Smarter Unbuilt Environment
03:00 PM, 5th November, 2013
Presented by: Anam Khan, Malvika Mehta, Joyjeet Kanungo, Tarun Sharma, Dorji Yangki Dorji, Anish Prem Kumar
Advisor: Sandeep Menon
Advisor: Sandeep Menon
We live in an age
where we have the means to gather and disseminate a tremendous amount of
information. These tools bring to us new awareness. We can now comprehend
the massiveness and gauge the full intensity of the environmental crisis
that faces us.
Overwhelmed by the severity of the crisis, the builders of cities, above all, scramble urgently to find hope for the future in the possibilities afforded by radical ideas and alternate visions that call for a complete change in our current urban systems. The term ‘smart city’ is essentially an encompassing idea for all these visions. In this context, a Smart(er) city adopts a new value system that takes the non-anthropocentric approach to create a resilient, sustainable and healthy urban habitat. Information and ecology therefore become critical to unbuilt environment of smart city. The smartening process of Delhi has been visualised as a three level progression of endure, transition and transform. The study discusses water in the city as an energy flow cycle and considers concepts of bio capacity and ecological footprint. Also, it examines the current ‘Coping mechanism’ of the city and other positive aspects that one may capitalise upon to chart a route for the future. The seminar attempts to re-define the ‘unbuilt space’ of Smart(er) Delhi. The ‘unbuilt’ is no longer the physical negative of the ‘built’ but can be imagined as balanced ecological zones within the city. If the ‘built’ space is for humans, then the ‘unbuilt’ is for all. |