An Initiative of

Environmental Management Centre, Mumbai

Dr Prasad Modak

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The Concept of the

Environmental Hub

Environmental

Education

Technical Workshops in

Environment

Community and citizen

discussions

Environmental Awareness Raising

Motivating towards Positive

Environmental Action

Concept of the Environmental Hub

A Platform For Networking For Environment

•Community Interactions

•Expert dialogues and capacity building

•Communication of Environmental Initiatives

•Sharing of Environmental Knowledge

•Environmental awareness and education

•Promotion of Eco Lifestyles

Why the environmental Hub in urban parks?

•Natural setting and serenity

•Community feels a Sense of belongingness

•People are at leisure and not under any stress

•Used by a wide cross section of society

•Strong way to influence children

Architectural form of the hub

environmental hub

Architecture of Hub shall demonstrate the eco friendly architecture •Eco landscaping •Use of eco friendly materials •Use of eco friendly construction techniques •Bio climatic design •Add on technologies •Community participation through ‘design charrettes’

Designing physical facility

The fountain in front of the

pavilion

The interior of the

pavilion

The pavilion proposed for the Environmental Hub.

Process is equally important as the Design

The design charrette

•Intensive multi-disciplinary participatory process

•Conducted in a series of week long workshops

•Discussions and brainstorming sessions between stakeholders

•Community to understand and explore design issues

•Local interest and flavor integrated

•Ideas recorded and incorporated in design for implementation

•Basis and Stimulus for Replication

The Praakrutee Process

Environmental Hub

Business

Corporates

Schools

School Teachers

Civic Authorities

Parents

Local

environmental

NGOs

Media

Children

Environmental

Research

Organizations

Urban Inteface

Complement to Education, Awareness, Building Skills

Stimulating

Community

Action

Influencing

Lifestyles

Sponsorship, Support, Responding to Concerns

Promotion

Wider

Outreach

Biodiversity

Maps

Praakrutee Stakeholders

The

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In Pune

The Environmental Hub

Design Brief

• The Hub Design – 1200 square feet

Eco Sensitive Design structure

•The Site – Jitendra Abhisheki

Udyan, Karvenagar

The Design Process Collaborative & Participatory

Six Colleges of Architecture from Pune participated

BNCA College as the Principal Partner

The Design Process

Wednesday, February 22, 2006

Exposure to Sustainable Design

Creative

Designing by

Participants

Thursday,

February 23,

2006

The Design Process

Friday, February 24, 2006

Display of Designs at Tathawde

Park for Citizen Feedback

The Design Process

Saturday, February 25, 2006

Technical Jury Selection of ‘Best

Design’

Implementation of Design Ideas

by Pune Municipal Corporation

• Allana College of

Architecture, Pune

•Incorporation of Cultural Elements

•Reinforcement of Rural Theme for

the Garden

•Climatic Design considerations for

the Hub

•Sustainable Landscape Strategy

Citizen Seminar with Lectures by Swedish Experts

on Sustainable Architecture

where Praakrutee Outcomes were shared

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We replicated

Praakrutee in

Mumbai