A sustainable progress of a society depends on an effective and balanced routine of living life. This basic principle, which had guided ancient India and led to its celebrated status, when applied in modern set-up can help us to achieve an enhanced, vigorous and sustainable Vedic lifestyle. The Bangalore based Locus Architects have deployed this technique and agreeably married ancient architectural style to modern technical capabilities to achieve a rich architectural phenomenon.
Envisioning the Vedic approach of life, the architectural firm has visualized a freestyle communal space in their upcoming construction in the 2.25-acre plot housing about a varied 150 units.
Posed as their prime project, it manifests the ancient Indian art of architecture harnessed in a very hi-tech eco-friendly procedure. The overall concept utilizes the Indian age-old planning system of Vaastu Shashtra along with the Manai Adi Shastra of quantifying construction systems to undertake the desired effects of reliving the rich cultural past.
Wind towers, eye-lid windows, swiveling pergolas, flipping windows, solar-paneled chajjas (terrace), green curtains and dissolving balconies are some of the methods being employed in this project to make it more sustainable and keep the construction costs considerably low. Furthermore, the reduced emphasis for cars in the complex will reduce its parking demand and keep minimal vehicular circulation in and around the area. This in turn will count to the added ground security and ease out further disturbance sufficiently.
Maintaining unfussiness and ingenuousness in the interior planning of the home units are the key plans to access climate comfort and maximize health benefits to its housemates. The project, which will be an intermingling pot of global cultures, will have common spaces to persuade the mélange further confidently.
Via: Worldarchitecture
