Design for Development (D4D)

I've gotten my hands on the powerpoint presentations last Thursday from Design for Development. I'm going to be posting them in order of appearance. These are, as you might imagine, works in progress.

Canning Campus

This group is designing a campus for religious worship and eco-tourism, based in Port Canning, east of Kolkata, which is the launching point for the Sundarbans.

Red Light Rehab

The focus here is the rehabibilitation of the slums -- essentially adding a story on top of existing stories and removing the adjacent building so there's more light.

Kalighat Flows

This group has a substantial range of sub-projects -- rainwater harvesting, constructed wetlands, wastewater management, etc.

Kalighat Recycles

A presentation on the possibilites of sustainable recycling. 

Interwoven Storytelling

Back on Friday night as part of RISD's Open Studios, we had the opportunity to make block prints of stories on cloth that will be presented to the kids of New Light in Kolkata. This presentation details the idea and process.

Local Building Materials

The last group presented on the sustainability and possibility of local building materials --straw bale, bamboo, adobe, etc.