Indian Green Building Council

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IGBC GREEN DESIGN COMPETITION 16

About Indian Green Building Council (IGBC)

The Indian Green Building Council (IGBC), part of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) was
formed in the year 2001. The vision of the council is, "To enable a sustainable built environment for
all and facilitate India to be one of the global leaders in the sustainable built environment by
2025".
With a modest beginning of 20,000 sq.ft. green built-up area in the country in the year 2003, today
(as on 1 June 2016) more than 3,657 Green Buildings projects coming up with a footprint of over
3.82 Billion sq.ft are registered with the Indian Green Building Council (IGBC), out of which 801
Green Building projects are certified and fully functional in India. This growth has been possible
with the participation of all stakeholders in the green building movement. Today all types of
buildings are going the Green way- Government, IT Parks, Offices, Residential, Banks, Airports,
Convention Centre, Institutions, Hospitals, Hotels, Factories, SEZs, Townships, Schools, Metros etc.,
The council offers a wide array of services which include developing new green building rating
programmes, certification services and green building training programmes. The council also
organises Green Building Congress, its annual flagship event on green buildings.
The council is committee-based, member-driven and consensus-focused. All the stakeholders of
construction industry comprising of architects, developers, product manufacturers, corporate,
Government, academia and nodal agencies participate in the council activities through local
chapters. The council also closely works with several State Governments, Central Government,
World Green Building Council, bilateral multi-lateral agencies in promoting green building
concepts in the country.

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INTRODUCTION
As per the Census report, India houses over 40,000 villages and about 60% of India's population
lives in these villages. Urban India craves and romanticises about eco-friendly lifestyle, open green
areas, fresh air and simple mud houses of a rural set-up.
The grass apparently is always greener on the other side!
The truth is that, with increasing migration, the projection of population in villages is to reach
under 50% soon. This shall create extremely dense and over-populated cities leading to further
depletion of lifestyle and the environment.
This contest attempts to bring out micro and macro level design ideas for the villages of India. The
design ideas are to make the villages self-reliant and are to cater to the aspirations of its residents.
Whether it's the roti, kapda or makaan - each of these basic necessities need to be at par with that
of the cities. Ideas that shall curb this mass migration movement from the rural to the urban areas
of India are to be proposed.
THEME
The theme for this year is "BACK TO GR(AM)EEN", where the participants shall explore a day at
the village for a typical residing family.
KEY ASPECTS
Family tree : The family tree consists of grandparents, parents and 2 children.
Spaces used : Each member's day shall be analysed and spaces used is to be studied. For e.g.: each
member may use these following spaces at different times of the day alone or together
Home

A place to park mode of transport

The pathway to work

Workplace: Sources of income needs to be analysed depending on site and context chosen: It
could be tourism related, poultry and dairy farming, handlooms etc. Thus a workplace as well as
a commercial model needs to be created.

Modes of entertainment

Market place

School and Vocational training centers

Panchayat etc

How life changes in a village :

Daily

Seasonally

Annually

should be analysed to give a wholesome design output for its residents.

Needs and Aspirations

Apart from the basic needs for the family, the designs need to cater to the aspirations of its
members as well. The quality of life and lifestyle needs to be at par with that of the cities.
Site
The site is to be chosen by the participant. A village, its primary occupations, modes of transport,
rural and urban contexts need to identified of the particular chosen village and design ideas to be
proposed.
Participants may look at interventions in the existing planning of the village, or you may look at a
complete redesign of the same. Either ways, the context of the village needs to be studied
thoroughly and the inferences drawn should reflect in the design.
City and Village: Inter-relationship
The co-existence and a mutually symbiotic relation of the city and the villages need to be devised
and designed for. One such example of this relationship is the three-tier model of the Amul
Cooperative wherein the first tier is a dairy cooperative society at the village level which in turn
affiliates itself to a milk union at the district level which is finally federated to the state level.
DESIGN OUTPUT
Macro level : Studying the key aspects mentioned above, a macro level planning of the chosen
village needs to be designed:
All the spaces used by the family - residence, workplace, entertainment hubs, commercial areas,
panchayat, schools etc. need to be planned for and a basic zoning is to be done. It is to be noted
that these spaces will be determined by the activities of the typical family which shall in turn be
governed by the choice of site. Thus, the design output should be site-specific.

The macro level planning should take into consideration the village's primary source of income

The inter-relationship between the village and its adjacent villages, cities should be catered to
in the designs

Needs and aspirations of the residents should be identified and taken care of in this macro level
design

Micro level : Any one of the spaces that is used by a family member needs to be designed and
detailed out at a micro level. It may be the home, school, workplace etc. The micro level designs
should also cater to the needs and aspirations of the individual members as well as the family as a
whole.
For the micro level output, each team shall first study the activities and spaces used by each
member of the family. Please note that the spaces will be determined by the activities of the typical
family which shall in turn be governed by the choice of site.
The micro level output will be a detailed design of one of the spaces used by any family member of
the particular chosen village.
Teams may submit entries in only micro, only macro or both categories.

Eligibility
Open to all undergraduate students of Architecture and Design across the country. Anyone who is
a student of Architecture or Design at the time of registration is eligible to participate.
Team Composition
Maximum of two members per team.
Facilitation by and Involvement of faculty members is desired. It would be extremely useful to the
students if this could be incorporated into the curriculum of the students in the manner found
suitable by the faculty.
Awards
Macro - Winner and Runner-up
Micro - Winner and Runner-up
*Subject to jury decision.
Important dates
Winners get an opportunity to participate in the Green Building Congress 2016 held between 6th
and 8th October, 2016 at Mumbai.
Last date for registration: 7th September, 2016
Last date for submission: 11th September, 2016 by midnight
Requirement for submission
A Background statement - defining the problem

A maximum of 2 A3 sheets ONLY MICRO, 4 A3 ONLY MACRO, 6 A3 BOTH excluding the

cover sheet shall be sent only as soft copy to ethosindia.helpdesk@gmail.com

The soft copies should be sent as pdf presentations or power point presentations to be
compatible with Microsoft office 2007.

Do not write your names inside any of the sheets. Name your entry as your name/college
name.

While mailing, in the subject box please write: IGBC 2016 your name/college name.

Please restrict yourself to a maximum word limit of 300 words per sheet. More graphical
presentations will be appreciated.

Acknowledge references used for case studies and also any design ideas that have been
adopted or adapted. All designs will be put through a scrutiny via different search engines.

We would also require you to furnish a letter stating that the design is your property.