This thesis project’s USP ; It celebrates waste.
Architecture here attempts to amalgamate the principles of sustainable living with development that this country presently requires. It is a synergy of the research and knowledge-based aspects of eco-innovation with its practical implementation, hoping to bridge the ‘Green Gap’ in the society.
The area program and design derives heavily from present site conditions, incorporating the slum situation and the overarching development proposal of the District centre wiith its core design decisions. Concluding the building typology to an Eco-centre, the research work primarily revolved on such building typologies and their success at triggering behaviour changes in their immediate communities.
The core challenge of the project was to ensure the feasibility of unconventional functions such as a waste-to-energy facility, eco-learning centre, eco-innovation centre amongst others within the context of a developing city centre. Exploring the pri
