Synopsis Self-sustainable community.docx

SYNOPSIS FOR THESIS SELF-SUFFICIENT COMMUNITY

Name: Ankit yadav A51204014034 B.Arch., 7th SEM

INTRODUCTION For the future, the notion of self-sufficient community is the answer for the protection of the environment and ecological systems. The increase in human population is inevitable and thus the consumption of natural resources increases too. Social and cultural issues go in tandem with the growth of population. Society tends to become less cohesive due to clash of backgrounds, unfamiliar traits and different customs. In order to achieve a self-sufficient community, the community must also be cohesive. The community’s well-being is important to be addressed and can be achieved through a more conducive living environment. The identification of practical green initiatives that promote collective living can be implemented in a community as ritual every day activities. This will inculcate community spirit while advocating the notion of saving the planet as a common cause. Housing development is the most recognised representation of a community as it generates the population. Housing development should belavished with quality open spaces for defined community activities as it encourages socio-cultural integration.

JUSTIFICATION With the increased population, design is only focused towards the revenue generation and incorporation the floating population. In these cases no such attention is provided towards nautre and the management of waste produced. This produced waste causes many problems such as, pollution of soil and ground water, pile of garbage causes unplesent views etc. Sustainability challenges us to reflect on wastewater treatment & wate management differently. Instead of focussing on end-of-pipe-treatment for emission prevention, attention shifts towards optimal resource utilisation, favouring the development of decentralised systems.

AIM The aims is to design a SELF-SUFFICIENT COMMUNITY

OBJECTIVES     

To understand the common design issue faced by community. To design and innovate layouts solving problems of community To design spaces for more involvement of public. To plan and Design on the concept of EOD-Employment Oriented Development. To incorporate sustainable features.i.e RWH, DWWT, WSUD features & Solar power use.  To plan and design on 3R-Principle-RE-USE, REDUCE, RE-CYCLE.

SCOPE 

Better living conditions, air quality because of more involvement of green spaces and gathering spaces.

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Reduced carbon footprint.i.e Less O&M cost.

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Providing the people of society a desiring and a comfortable place for their living.

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Creating employment opportunities.

LIMITATIONS 

This thesis is limited to the design & planning part, structural calculations will come under limitations.

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This thesis is limited to the design, placement & basic calculations of SUDs, DWWT & RWH features.

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The estimation and the costing are the part of limitations.

METHODOLOGY The process starts by identifying aims and objectives and followed by the literature study and reviews. Literature gives a sought into the work and makes easy to identify the different aspects of a community i.e., architectural, social, and areas of improvement. It helps understand the materials, techniques, difference in social lives. One can even make inferences from the case study. All these lead to the comparisons and can be concluded with the results obtained. Finally, the concept is evolved and progressed towards developing a design.

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