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learned on
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architecture and
design in India
On the 1st November
Anna Warrington
Forum collaborated with
our long-time partner
Interface to gather some
of the best architects and
designers together in
Mumbai. We had an
exciting topic to discuss:
regenerative, net positive
design in the built
environment; spaces that
quite literally rejuvenate,
revitalise and revive the
environment around them
and the people within
them.

We were privileged to
feature an all-star cast
both in terms of panel

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and audience members.

On our panel were:

Sanjay Prakash - a
deeply respected
architect of
sustainable buildings
yet who manages to
remain incredibly
humble. You can see
some of his work
here.
Rajat Malhotra - the
COO of Integrated
Facilities Management
at Jones Lang LaSalle
in West Asia, who is
walking the talk with
their new “showcase
of the future of
work” of ce in BKC.
Karen Lee – lead on
sustainability at
Interface in Asia and
the driving force
behind a huge
Interface effort to up
the ante on
regenerative design
across the region.
Priya Balijepalli - the
Market Development
Manager at Autodesk
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Sustainability &
Foundation. A water
specialist, she helps
startups use
Autodesk’s tools to
ensure maximum
sustainability bene t.
Dwaipayan Aich -
masterplanning lead
at the Design Studio at
Godrej Properties Ltd,
and a keen teacher of
the next generation of
designers on climate
appropriate buildings
and planning.

Whilst many insights were

shared on the current
state of play and what
can be done to radically
turn the dial, there were a
few that really stuck in my
mind:

1. We’re going to
need more space,
and quick: experts
suggest that with the
current pace of
urbanisation, we’ll
need to add oor
space equivalent to

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the whole of Chicago

each year in India
alone. Chicago is not
small. I’ve not been
but I’ve seen ER.
2. With current
practice, that’s not
going to be
pretty, or even
possible: buildings
use over 50% of the
world’s natural
resources. The cement
industry in India
openly admits that
there isn’t enough
limestone in the
country to meet
demand at current
projections. Buildings
also require 50% of
the water we use.
With water tables
dropping and water
availability reducing in
some areas and
becoming more
sporadic in others, we
don’t have the water
to sustain this growth.
3. Regenerative
design is already
here: There are
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incredible examples of
water self-suf cient
campuses in deserts,
7* hotels designed
not to interfere with
the thousands of
snakes that share the
same space, and
of ces that aim to
support our natural
circadian rhythms.
One audience
member shared how
crocodiles lived under
his of ce in harmony
with his employees.
Interface’s Climate
Take Back strategy is
full of excellent
initiatives that aim to
make products and
their manufacturing
sites net positive: from
carpet tiles made from
raw materials that
store carbon to a
factory that provides
the same ecosystem
services as a forest.
4. But it needs help
to be scaled up as
mainstream
practice: the current
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inclination is to move
pesky animals off the
premises, or to
maximise the
oorspace in a
development despite
knowing that the
water table will not
support it in 5 years’
time. It will require a
mindset shift in those
with traditional
concepts of short ROI
and limited
responsibility.
Dwaipayan shared
how water-aware
residents in Bangalore
are helping to drive
that mindset shift in
developers there by
asking the right
questions, and policy
makers have inspired
innovative
approaches by
outlawing the drawing
of water from certain
aquifers.
5. It’s going to need
everyone, but no
one is alone:
Sanjay recounted a
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story of how one

project of his was
stumped by one
conundrum and
simply asked the
internet. The global
hive mind answered
and provided the
perfect response.
Priya shared how it’s
in Autodesk’s interest
to help designers to
tackle the world’s
challenges. And Rajat
highlighted how you
have to bring each
client with you from
where they’re at, be
that a beginner
tackling ef ciency or a
pioneer seeking new
solutions that push
best practice to the
next level.
Collaboration is key,
and de nitely possible.

We’re excited to see the

growth of regenerative
design and architecture
here in India. Do get in
touch if you are too.

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report here.

Published: 21st
November, 2017

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