A one-day workshop on Sustainable Building Technologies 

The hands-on workshop (one-day program scheduled for 8th Nov 2022) shall be focused on sustainable architecture and building with a hands-on approach to learning.

It is an opportunity to plunge into a rich pool of ideas, inspiration, and practical knowledge that will give the trainees tools for personal growth as architecture/design/engineering students. The aim of the program is to open up young minds to the correct understanding of a material based on its intrinsic properties so that the trainees become capable of using these technologies for their own endeavors.

The workshop program shall cover lectures and practical training on the following disaster-resistant technologies:

Walling Blocks – Blocks with different kinds of infill mix shall be made. Trainees shall learn how to use mud, concrete, fly ash (subject to availability), etc., and will learn the process of surface engineering the blocks as they will be finished with finishes like broken tile, broken stone, broken bangles, stone chips, sand texture, etc. They will also study the relevance of these blocks in earthquake engineering and thermal insulation.

Flooring Panels – The trainees shall learn how to make flooring out of waste building material, they can make versatile designs using different materials, and learn a sustainable method of flooring.

Twisted Columns – The trainees shall learn how to make twisted brick columns and their advantages

The students shall understand how compression structures work and how waste can be utilized for building structures that are environmentally friendly and structurally stable. The focus is to develop an analytical and common-sensical approach to design.

About Tanya Pahwa

Tanya Pahwa is an architect, educator, co-author of ‘GREEN is RED’, and green building expert. She has spent over eleven years making rigorously simple architecture that speaks of the fundamentals but is also sustainable and cost-effective. Her work spans a broad range of scales and typologies, from private houses, art commissions, schools, hotels, interiors, and sustainable transport solutions. A sense of engaging with the essence of a philosophy of space through everything the eye sees or the hand touches is a defining aspect of Tanya’s work.

She has an eclectic portfolio of projects interfaced with ideation to design detailing and a hands-on approach. Tanya has been instrumental in organizing 30+ hands-on workshops on sustainable architecture and smart city development at Indigenous Design Lab, Anangpur Building Centre, and Earth Worth for civil engineering, architecture, and planning students, professionals, and faculty.

“Green is not a fashion statement, it is merely the logical and common-sensical way to go, and common sense, though rare it is said, should require no approval from specialized agencies”

– ‘Green is Red’ co-authored by Tanya Pahwa with Late Prof. Anil Laul

About Vedatya

Vedatya offers internationally recognized undergraduate and postgraduate programs of study in the professional areas of hospitality management, culinary arts, design, and business management-related fields of study.  The name Vedatya, which means “Source of Knowledge”, is derived from two separate Hindi words – “Ved” which means “Knowledge” and “Aditya” which means “Sun”. It reflects our core mission of providing students with quality education through a team of research-driven faculty and a world-class curriculum.

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