Building , Built Environment , Commercial , Corporate , Exposure , Interiors , Residential , Workplace Promoting adaptive reuse in commercial architecture: A crucial step towards global sustainability By Morphogenesis For the two Delhi Art Gallery (DAG) galleries—DAG 01 and DAG 02, at the Taj Mahal Palace hotel, Mumbai, Morphogenesis treated both as an adaptive reuse project. When we talk about bringing sustainability in architecture, the objective is not just to create new green buildings but rather, also incorporate the existing built into our urbanscape. T ...
Building , Built Environment , Identity , Livability , Sustainability , Workplace How can Design be used as a Tool to Empower Communities? By Morphogenesis One of the most compelling narratives emerging in the architectural landscape is the conscious effort to empower marginalised communities across the world. These comprise mostly of the elderly, children, and women, who find themselves at crossroads of inclusion in designs that surround them. However, now more than ever, there is a conscious attempt to create a built environment throu ...
Adaptive , Building , Built Environment , Environment , Livability , Sustainability , Workplace Navigating a Path to Sustainable Urban Development By Morphogenesis The global impact of human intervention on our ecosystems is evident, affecting economies, livelihoods, food security, and the overall quality of life. Human civilisation and technology have irreversibly transformed the planet, leading to challenges like population decline, deforestation, pollution, climate change, and more. The Challenge of Sustainable ...
Adaptive , Building , Built Environment , Climate , Environment , Identity , Livability , Research , Sustainability , Workplace Creating a Socially Sustainable Future for All By Morphogenesis One of the major challenges that developing countries face is uncontrolled urbanisation. As per a report by the United Nations, the global urban population is projected to surge from around 4.4 billion in 2020 to 6.7 billion by 2050, with the Asia Pacific region accounting for nearly one-third of the world's urbanised population. Amidst this burgeoning urban landscape, citizens grapple w ...
Adaptive , Building , Built Environment , Climate , Environment , Identity , Livability , Research , Sustainability , Workplace Advocating Sustainable Practices: India’s Ecologically Sensitive Regions By Morphogenesis The recent successful rescue of 41 individuals trapped in the Uttarkashi Tunnel on the Gangotri-Yamunotri Char Dham Highway Project serves as a stark reminder of the ongoing challenges faced by communities in the Himalayan states, including Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, and Assam. These regions continue to grapple with a relentless cycle of catastrophes, ranging from flash floods to lan ...
Adaptive , Building , Built Environment , Climate , Environment , Identity , Livability , Research , Restoration , Sustainability , Vision , Workplace No is more — Steps toward sustainable urbanism By Morphogenesis The construction industry presently accounts for nearly 30% of global natural resource consumption and contributes to a substantial 39% of worldwide CO2 emissions. As architects and urban designers, it is imperative that we scrutinize our design practices comprehensively. This introspection is essential as we endeavor to carve out a sustainable future that benefits not only our professio ...
Adaptive , Biophilia , Built Environment , Corporate , Environment , Landscape , Sustainability , Workplace Outdoor Offices | A Post Pandemic Solution For Workplaces By Morphogenesis The world has witnessed one of the gravest challenges of the century in the form of the global pandemic. The crisis, with its own set of difficulties, taught us to adapt to a new way of living, working, and socializing. It has also provided us with food-for-thought and forced us to re-look at the way we design our workspaces and homes. As the Indian economy opened up and employees returned to their workplaces, organizations ...
Adaptive , Building , Climate , Environment , Exposure , Facade , Glare , Light , Livability , Morphology , Research , Sustainability , Vision , Workplace PLEA 2017 Edinburgh: The Practice of Architecture in the Tropics By Nitin Bansal, Manit Rastogi and Piya Gupta Integrated Design Approach Architecture in some of the densest cities in India (and the world) demands highly conscious spatial consumption with office design standards reaching efficiencies as low as 50sq.ft./person. Consequently, high internal gains and stress on available resources have led to innovative developments in the way these buildings need to be designed and built. Sustainable architecture mus ...
Building , Workplace #ConstructionUpdate: Shoring Technique By Tanvangi Asthana An interesting shoring technique which we got to work with, for a multi-storey office building in Noida. The soil type in Noida is loamy and construction site has high water table. Such a combination of soil type and high water table creates the possibility of collapse (cave-in) of trench walls at the time of excavation. Hence, the shoring technique has to be designed to retain earth, water and adjacent structures. The b ...