Ferrocement Architecture

[ad_1] By Namita Nathani First Prototype at Citadines, Auroville’s city centre, where children use it as a collective space.  Photography: ©Anupama Kundoo Dr Anupama Kundoo’s project, which recently won the Ferrocement Society of India’s V.D. Joshi award for best ferrocement structure characterizes ‘light’ in many ways: weight, cost and environmental impact... As part of her quest for ‘housing for all’, this project explores the use of ferrocement for further material economy through optimum form development, and aims to offer a genuinely feasible prototype for affordable housing units. The architect questions current standards of green rated buildings, arguing that if ‘green architecture’ […]