Uploaded on 2018-05-28 by Maitri Pujara

Hello, Manavsadhna activity center is indeed an epitome of integrated architectural design which attempts to resolve several perennial problems of the developing world. The activity center is built entirely with the recycled waste material from domestic center. Firstly, by recycling waste it addresses the issue of environmental pollution as such waste otherwise simply gets thrown away at dump fill sites. Secondly, by converting the waste into building product it creates employment opportunity for the urban poor and thereby economic empowerment. Thirdly, the products locally developed are cheaper and better than the conventional alternatives thereby making buildings affordable. The centre has been built with the involvement of local unskilled and semi skilled persons and its construction techniques and detailing has been done keeping such mode of production in mind. The building components developed through waste recycling have been tested for their performance and have measured superior to conventional practices. These have also been applied integrally such that construction engineering, functional needs as well as aesthetics emerge as mutually complimentary. Waste such as Flyash, dump fill site residue, plastic bottles, glass bottles, crate wood, re bars, packaging wrappers, oiltin containers etc. have been recycled as building material.