syntropy Nikita Dutt

Tarun Sharma
Zalak Upadhyay
Guide: Rod Bamford, Rupesh Vyas

VIRAAM
An alternative approach to Heavy Vehicle Waste Management

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The redesigned network

This gives an insight into how the material is used at the moment and how it can
be reused in a different way in the proposed plan.
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Tanks: Stoves and pesticide
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highway, with this idea we urge people to
travel “our way”. Our way Lubricants: Used for
shunting in construction.

The
Plan

Area Plan / Design

This gives an insight into how the structures would be shaped
physically, and an overall mapping of locations of the various
amenities with respect to the area.

DETAILS
Viraam is a rest / refreshment house where
most of the infrastructure is made out of Fig. A.The shops and other amenities area. There are various
bencehes made out of the timber from truck bodies supported by
scrap. Right from rooms to gardens to
metal rods from chassis, for travellers to enjoy their meals out in open.
toilets.

The area is planned keeping the climatic

conditions of Gujarat in mind, while
maintaining the aesthetics of a typical Indian
truck.

Special Features
The construction of the area is planned
keeping the hot and dry climate of Gujarat,
which calls for certain special arrangments
in construction as metal structures could
heat up beyond bearable conditions in such
weather.
Some of the features to accomodate for the
same are:
Material usage
The construction is done mainly using the
truck components and other organic
products for a sustainable development.
Certain features of the same are:
Fig. B The rooms for night stay. Also the picture shows the pond used
>> Stripped truck bodies used to create for rain water harvesting to supply water for the drainage and
dining and cooking spaces. gardening purposes in the vicinity.

Mud wall Backing: As it can be seen in Fig
A, the South facing walls have been
provided with a mud wall backing over the
metal sheet to avoid the excessive heating
up.
>> Bamboo roofing used to project the
dining spaces out creating semi open areas.
>> Scrap metal sheets for flooring inside
the dining spaces.

Grey water harvesting: As Gujarat is a
dry region and it hardly rains here, every
drop of water is precious adn needs to be
saved.
Greywater is simply used wash water from
the bath, shower, sink or even rooftop
rainwater harvesting; this is slightly polluted,
very different from either potable
(freshwater) or non-useable sewage water
(blackwater). This can be used to sustain
the plantation in the area.
>> Mud bricks used as paving material for
open spaces along with broken tiles.
>> Rubber tyre tube flooring in kids
playground.
>> Chassis structure used to support the
heavy tanks. Fig C Huge water tanks supported by chassis structure.
>> Tyres, windshields, driver seats and
timber with chassis structure used to create
sitting arrangements.