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    The document profiles Yatin Pandya, an architect known for sustainable projects using recycled materials. His projects focus on low-income and social infrastructure. Some examples highlighted innovative community centers that also teach environmental education. Pandya is working on a low-cost housing project and has identified many recycled building materials from India's waste that could be used for affordable construction.

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    Yatin Pandya: An Architect Innovating for Inclusion and Sustainability

    By Lenora Suki on November 19, 2009 / Ahmedabad, India


    We went to visit Yatin Pandya of Footprints E.A.R.T.H, an architect noted for hi
    s career-long commitment to sustainability in cities as the head of research at
    the Vastu Shilpa Foundation for 20 years. His projects feature extensive use of
    recycled materials, participatory development and emphasis on low income and soc
    ial infrastructure. His work is currently engaged in three directions: academic
    research, demonstration projects as applied research and dissemination.
    Innovative projects. His projects illustrate many of the features that interest
    us most. As examples, the Environmental Sanitation Institute and the Manav Sadhn
    a Activity Center illustrate the junction between design and the need for more s
    ustainable building practices. In the second case, the building exemplifies the
    importance of social infrastructure in cities as one crucial part of making citi
    es livable, even in informal settlements and slum areas. Not to mention that the
    use of recycled materials in community centers can also be used as a vehicle fo
    r youth environmental education.
    Another interesting project in the works but not yet executed is a low cost hous
    ing project in Beawar, Rajasthan for SEWA, which would produce 700 units priced
    at Rs. 80,000/apt (USD 2,000 at Rs. 40/USD) so that the monthly payment would ma
    tch most slum dwellers rent. Mr. Pandya emphasized the importance of site planni
    ng, interactivity of process and social open space.
    Recycled building materials. One of Mr. Pandyas astonishing achievements is havin
    g identified, produced, tested and catalogued a whole range of recycled building
    materials, many of which on display in his projects. The argument is compelling
    : India produces 24.7 mn tons of urban/solid waste per day. Building products ca
    n be made from a whole range of products, many of which would be appropriate for
    affordable building materials. Not only do these materials result in lower poll
    ution but they also increase employment. Many of the materials result in better
    building materials performance, like reflective roof tiles for cool roofs.
    We were delighted to meet another great Indian innovator and again encouraged by
    the prospect of partnering with people like Mr. Pandya who have already tested
    and implemented these innovations but require some business acumen to take an id
    ea from design to development.

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