RESEARCH COMPONET

VERNACULAR CONSTRUCTION
TECHNIQUES AND SPACES FOR
ARTISANS

KUNAL SANTOSH PANCHAL

FIFTH YR. DIV-C
ROLL NO
B.V.C.O.A.
PROJECT OVERVIEW
LOCATION : GALTRE,WADA THANE,
MAHARASHTRA
LAND : 70 ACRES
TOTAL BUILT UP AREA : 2400.65 SQMT.
ENERGY CONSUMPTION
REDUCTION :57% REDUCTION IN
ENERGY CONSUMPTION
COMPARED TO GRIHA
BENCHMARK
ENERGY PERFORMANCE INDEX (EPI) :37.5
KWH/M2/YEAR
RENEWABLE ENERGY : RATED CAPACITY
OF SOLAR PV INSTALLED ON SITE IS 39 KW
GRIHA PROVISIONAL RATING : 5 STAR
YEAR OF COMPLETION :2012
ARCHITECT TEAM :BIOME ENVIRONMENTAL
SOLUTION ,BANGALORE.
GOVARDHAN ECO VILLAGE.
IT IS BASED ON THE VEDIC
PRINCIPLE OF LIVING
IN THE ANCIENT PAST, IN VEDIC
TIMES, LIFE WAS FOCUSED ON
SERVICE TO THE WORLD AND ITS
INHABITANTS – BOTH HUMAN AND
ANIMAL – NOT THEIR
EXPLOITATION. THIS WAS THE
ESSENCE TO LEADING A HEALTHY
AND SUSTAINABLE LIFESTYLE. WITH
THIS POSITIVE ATTITUDE OF
NURTURE AND SERVICE, GEV
SHOWCASES THIS PROFOUND
PRINCIPLE OF ‘SIMPLE LIVING,
HIGH THINKING’, AND ITS
RELEVANCE IN TODAY’S WORLD.
SRILA PRABHUPADA, THE
FOUNDER-ACHARYA OF THE
INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR
KRISHNA CONSCIOUSNESS
(ISKCON), FREQUENTLY
ENCOURAGED HIS DISCIPLES TO
ADHERE TO THIS PRINCIPLE BY
DEVELOPING FARM COMMUNITIES
FOR HEALTHFUL AND
ECOLOGICAL LIVING
AT GEV YOU WILL EXPERIENCE A
LIFE THAT IS SOCIALLY,
PHYSICALLY, MENTALLY,
EMOTIONALLY, AND SPIRITUALLY
JOYFUL, BASED ON A
SUSTAINABLE SENSITIVITY TO THE
ENVIRONMENT.
 EARTHQUAKE
RESISTANCE
THE GEV LIES IN THE ZONE WITH A REMOTE
CHANCE OF AN EARTHQUAKE. CONFORMING
TO THE BIS NORMS, WE HAVE PREPARED
EARTHQUAKE PROOFING METHODS TO SECURE
OUR BUILDINGS.

CSEB V/S CONVENTIONAL FIRED

BRICKS
LESSER AMOUNT OF ENERGY IS
CONSUMED IN PREPARING THE
COMPRESSED STABILIZED EARTH
BLOCKS AS AGAINST THE MODERN
DAY BRICKS USED INCONSTRUCTION.
 ASSEMBLED ARCHES
ADVANTAGES OF ASSEMBLED NATURAL INSULATION
ARCH PANEL: A SLOPED ROOF WITH DOUBLE
LAYER OF MANGALORE TILES WITH
 SAVES COST ON RCC
AN AIR GAP BETWEEN THE TWO
 SAVES COST ON PLASTERING LAYERS AS INSULATION. IT ENSURES
CEILING WITH CEMENT. THAT THE TEMPERATURE INSIDE
 SAVES WASTES IN PLASTERING THE ROOM IS MODERATE AS
CEILING WITH CEMENT AS LOT COMPARED TO OUTSIDE.
OF
CEMENT FALLS DOWN DURING
PLASTERING.
 MORE STRENGTH AND STABILITY

ARCH PANEL BEING SEPARATELY

CONSTRUCTED (LEFT) AND THEN
AFTER DRYING BEING PUT ON THE
ROOF (RIGHT)
 ILLUSTRATION THROUGH THE STAGES
INNOVATION IN METHOD
THE INTEGRATED
DEVELOPMENT
APPROACH GAVE
RISE TO VARIOUS
FAVOURABLE BY
PRODUCTS
WHICH SYNCED INTO
THE SUSTAINABILITY
CONCEPT. ONE OF THE
KEY INNOVATIONS WAS
THE RE-USE
OF THE CONSTRUCTION
WASTE MATERIAL IN
CREATING THE
PERMANENT RAISED
BEDS USED IN
STEP-1 MAKING STEP-2 DOOR AND STEP-3 RAISING THE STEP-4 CULTIVATION OF THE
BRICK WINDOW ARCHES COLLECTION OF RICE CROP AND
BEING SETUP THE TREATED VEGETABLES.
AMENITIES BLOCK WATER
RECOGNISING THIS
EFFORT, KRISHI SUTRA
THE FINAL STRUCTURES SURVEY -
CONDUCTED BY THE
SMALL FARMERS
AGRI-BUSINESS
CONSORTIUM - HAS
LISTED GEV AS ONE
OF THE TOP 100
AGRICULTURE
INNOVATORS IN INDIA,
FOR EXTENSIVELY USING
THIS TECHNIQUE.

COB HOUSE – ENTIRELY MADE

OF MUD AND STRAW

YOGASHALA
COMMUNAL COTTAGE
 COMPRESSED STABALIZED EARTH BRICK(CSEB) ARE DEFINED
AS EARTHEN BRICKS CREATED BY MEANS OF COMPRESSION
IN HAND-OPERATED OR HYDRAULIC MACHINES.

ADVANTAGES OF USING CSEB LIMITATIONS OF CSEB BLOCK

BLOCK -PROPER SOIL IDENTIFICATION IS
-A LOCAL AND REQUIRED.
BIODEGRDABLE -WIDE SPANS,HIGH RISE ARE
MATERIAL. LIMITED
-ENERGY AND COST TO DO.
EFFICIENCY. -LOW SOCIAL ACCEPTANCE DUE
-AN ADATABLE MATERIAL. TO
-TRANSFERRABLE NO PLASTER AND PAINTING
TECHNOLOGY. OPTION
-FLEXIBLE PRODUCTION SCALE.
-SOCIAL ACCEPTANCE.
-JOB CREATION OPPURTUNITY.
-REDUCING IMPORTS.