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SUSTAINABILITY AND DEVELOPMENT

SOLAR PANELS: RAIN WATER HARVESTING:
Solar panels are to be implemented to obtain A rain water harvesting system
electric energy, which will be stored and used for will be implemented throughout
domestic purposes in homes; such as for cooking, the site, to recycle rainwater, and
lighting and in water heaters. to recharge ground water, with the
excess used for terrace gardening,
farming, and landscaping.
ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICAL IMPACT: SOCIAL IMPACT
IMPACT: • Farming will be a self-sustaining (surrounding areas):
• Implementation of solar panels. production • Hiring local people will create job
• Design of roof gardens • Electricity generated will be opportunities and indirectly impact
• Indoor plants to improve air solar environment, for maintenance,
MAINTAINING SITE CONTEXT: quality • Energy efficient lighting will be landscaping, assistance, cooking, etc.
The design is made with the consideration of site • Sewage treatment plant for gray used. cost materials and • Public park will bring about the
• Low
context, so that the skyline or cityscape of the water recycling. construction techniques will be development of local areas.
Coimbatore is maintained. Like farmlands, low • Rainwater harvesting for ground adopted. • Bringing awareness of sustainable
rise buildings and high rise buildings are in closer water recharge and landscape • Local materials used extensively. methods through design to local
proximity. elements. communities.
• Decompose pits to convert • Native plants, and rock materials • Retail shops will reduce distance
food waste and organic waste into will be used for landscaping traveled to obtain items by locals.
manure.

MATERIALS:
The materials used for landscaping is carefully LANDSCAPING:
selected to most benefit the environment. The No part of the construction will go NATURAL BOUNDARY: PREFABRICATION:
gaps between the pathways, are made to be to waste, and all excavated land The site is surrounded by already The buildings will be prefabricated
porous and absorbent, to assist groundwater will be used for landscaping for all existing shrubbery and outgrowth, separately in a factory, and then
recharge. the outdoor spaces in our design. Which acts as a natural buffer. brought together at the site. This
The roads are also made with porous material for This can be developed into an will not only be efficient and fast.
the same. efficient green boundary.

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