FOSTERS+ PARTNERS
THE BRIEF GIVEN BY THE CLIENT WAS TO PROPOSE INTERVENTIONS TACKLING URBAN HEAT ISLAND EFFECT WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF DELHI
APPROACHES FOR THE ENQUIRY:
INDIGENOUS AND ROOTED
CLIMATE CONSCIOUSNESS
ELEMENTS: LIGHT, AIR, HEAT
SUSTAINABLE AND STRATEGIC
AREA OF INTERVENTION:
UNAUTHORIZED COLONIES IN DELHI
RESEARCH IDENTIFYING THE PROBLEMS THAT CONTRIBUTED TO THE PROBLEM OF URBAN HEAT ISLAND IN AN UNAUTHORISED COLONY IN DELHI
INTERVENTION 1:
PRODUCT BASED INTERVENTION
A DEVICE THAT WOULD CAPTURE THE MAIN SOURCE OF HEAT THAT HAD NO SPACE TO ESCAPE LEADING TO THE CREATION OF HEAT SPOTS WITHIN THE HOUSE: THE KITCHEN
THE MECHANISM OF THE DEVICE TAKES INSPIRATION FROM THE IRANIAN WIND TOWERS, OPTIMISING AIRFLOW AND USING JAALIS TO PROPAGATE FAST MOVEMENT OF THE RISING HOT AIR.
PROTOTYPE:
INTERVENTION 2:
URBAN PLANNING LEVEL
ADOPTING A TABULA RASA APPROACH, FOCUSING ON COMPREHENSIVE BLOCK PLANNING INTEGRATING TRADITIONAL INDIAN PASSIVE COOLING SYSTEM TO MITIGATE THE URBAN HEAT ISLAND EFFECT. THE DESIGN PRIORITISES COMMUNITY ELEMENTS, INTEGRATES GREEN SPACES, AND ENHANCES THERMAL COMFORT FOR RESIDENTS, ULTIMATELY AIMING TO IMPROVE OVERALL QUALITY OF LIFE.
UNIT PLANS:
FOR A COUPLE:
FOR A FAMILY: COUPLE+ 2 CHILDREN
FOR 2 SEPARATE INDIVIDUALS:
PLAN OF AN ENTIRE BLOCK OF UNITS:
SECTIONS OF THE BLOCK:
AS A PART OF THE PROJECT, I WORKED EXTENSIVELY ON CARRYING OUT RESEARCH. THROUGHOUT OUT THE PROJECT, I WAS AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE IDEATING TEAM, FIGURING OUT THE BEST SOLUTION TO MITIGATE THE PROBLEM. MOREOVER, I HELPED IN CREATING NECESSARY MEANS OF REPRESENTATION OF THE PROJECT AND PROTOTYPING
