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Modskool

ORGANISATION
Social Design Collaborative

CONTACT
socialdesigncollaborative@gmail.com

LOCATION
New Delhi, India

2
Branding For The Greater Good

ORGANISATION
Lopez Design Studio

CONTACT
nb@lopezdesign.com

LOCATION
Gurugram, Haryana

3
Solar Conduction Dryer

ORGANISATION
S4S Technologies

CONTACT
sales@s4stechnologies.com

LOCATION
Mumbai, Maharashtra

4
Kalkeri Learning Centre

ORGANISATION
Kumar La Noce

CONTACT
studio@kumarlanoce.com

LOCATION
Bengaluru, Karnataka

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BASA

ORGANISATION
Compartment S4

CONTACT
design@compartments4.com

LOCATION
Ahmedabad, Gujarat

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Commitment to Kashmir

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Commitment to Kashmir

CONTACT
ctok.delhi@gmail.com

LOCATION
New Delhi, India

7
The Light Box, PAUSE

ORGANISATION
RC Architects

CONTACT
rohan.rca@gmail.com

LOCATION
Mumbai, Maharashtra

8
Art For Life

ORGANISATION
Banglanatak Dot Com

CONTACT
banglanatak@gmail.com

LOCATION
Kolkata, West Bengal

9
Games For Social Change

ORGANISATION
Thoughtshop Foundation

CONTACT
tsfoundation@gmail.com

LOCATION
Kolkata, West Bengal

10
Agriculture Training Centre

ORGANISATION
Studio A Dvaita

CONTACT
studioadvaita@gmail.com

LOCATION
Pune, Maharashtra

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Rohilla Mohalla

ORGANISATION
RohillaMohalla

CONTACT
query@prarang.in

LOCATION
Noida, Uttar Pradesh

12
Carbon Tile

ORGANISATION
Carbon Craft Design

CONTACT
info@carboncraftdesign.com

LOCATION
Mumbai, Maharashtra

13
Magic Bus Learning Centre

ORGANISATION
Architecture BRIO

CONTACT
info@architecturebrio.com

LOCATION
Mumbai, Maharashtra

14
Sound, Fury, 4G

ORGANISATION
Khabar Lahariya

CONTACT
info@khabarlahariya.org

LOCATION
New Delhi, India

15
Disaster-Resilient Housing

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SEEDS

CONTACT
seeds.red.lab@gmail.com

LOCATION
New Delhi, India

16
The Vertical University

ORGANISATION
KTK-BELT Studio

CONTACT
info@belt-project.org

LOCATION
Kathmandu, Nepal

17
Creative Manufacturing

ORGANISATION
Industree Foundation

CONTACT
info@industree.org.in

LOCATION
Bengaluru, Karnataka

18
Farmer Innovation Centre

ORGANISATION
Better Life Foundation

CONTACT
–

LOCATION
Angangba, Nagaland

19
Graphic Law Library

ORGANISATION
Justice Adda

CONTACT
siddharth.justiceadda@gmail.com

LOCATION
New Delhi, India

20
Crop-Specific Harvesting Devices

ORGANISATION
Sickle Innovations

CONTACT
–

LOCATION
Ahmedabad, Gujarat

21
Aditya Solar Ferry

ORGANISATION
NavAlt Solar & Electric Boats

CONTACT
sales@navaltboats.com

LOCATION
Kochi, Kerala

22
The Bihar Museum

ORGANISATION
Opolis Architects

CONTACT
info@opolis.in

LOCATION
Mumbai, Maharashtra

23
Annie

ORGANISATION
Thinkerbell Labs

CONTACT
contactus@thinkerbelllabs.com

LOCATION
Bengaluru, Karnataka

24
Being in it and being of it

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Studio Anugraha

CONTACT
deshna@studioanugraha.com

LOCATION
Mumbai, Maharashtra

25
Maya Somaiya Library

ORGANISATION
Sameep Padora & Associates

CONTACT
sp-arc@sp-arc.net

LOCATION
Mumbai, Maharashtra

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HAPACOOP

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HAPACOOP

CONTACT
contact@industhan.com

LOCATION
Ahmedabad, Gujarat and Mumbai, Maharashtra

27
Bandicoot – Manhole Cleaning Robot

ORGANISATION
Genrobotic Innovations

CONTACT
info@genrobotics.org

LOCATION
Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala

28
ReFrame

ORGANISATION
Studio Kohl

CONTACT
hello@studiokohl.com

LOCATION
Mumbai, Maharashtra

29
Krushi Bhawan

ORGANISATION
Studio Lotus

CONTACT
media@studiolotus.in

LOCATION
New Delhi, India

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Observe!

ORGANISATION
Urban Design Collective

CONTACT
urbandesigncollective@gmail.com

LOCATION
Chennai, Tamil Nadu

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Prabhaav

ORGANISATION
Unbind

CONTACT
unbind.arch@gmail.com

LOCATION
Bengaluru, Karnataka

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Designing water systems for Ranchi

ORGANISATION
Integrated Design

CONTACT
connnect@integrateddesign.org

LOCATION
Bengaluru, Karnataka

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Waste Wagon

ORGANISATION
Studio Matter

CONTACT
studio@matter.co.in

LOCATION
Goa, India

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Jai Jagat Theatre

ORGANISATION
SEALAB

CONTACT
geral@sea-lab.org

LOCATION
Ahmedabad, Gujarat

35
Aanandshala

ORGANISATION
BPS Architects

CONTACT
bps_architecture@yahoo.co.uk

LOCATION
Rajkot, Gujarat

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Written and Contributed by Sameep Padora & Associa

Written and Contributed by Sameep Padora & Associates

https://socialdesignlibrary.in/jetavan/

Working closely with Hunnarshala, an institution looking to revive and resuscitate local building traditions. Our approach to the Jetavan project looks to extend the idea of the regional paradigm whilst separating it from the pervasive ‘image’ of what defines the local. The construction process also sets out an approach that looks to further construction techniques based on local materiality not necessarily used natively but appropriates for its context.

The stone dust, a waste from a nearby quarry is mixed with waste fly ash for walls. Repurposed wood from old shipping vessels acts as roof structure, with the understructure made of mud rolls, which are also great insulation. The roof itself is finished with clay roof tiles, remnants from older demolished buildings.

With the mandate of not harming a single tree on site, the sizable program was split up into 6 buildings each situated in gaps between the heavy planting. Through the design process, two courtyards emerged as links suturing these buildings into a common identity.

#locallysourced #reupurposed #publicinfrastructure #skilldevelopment

Written and Contributed by BPS Architects https:/

Written and Contributed by BPS Architects

https://socialdesignlibrary.in/aanandshala/

Aanandshala program and built interventions are implemented in over 300 primary and upper primary government schools in villages across India. It started in the year 2001-02, with schools in the tribal belt of Gujarat bordering Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh. The program had to adapt to various pedagogical systems, cultural and social context with technological challenges. With concerns to decrease the dropout rates, improve quality of education in the government primary schools and to imbibe the value of education, Aanandshala took various forms.

#participatoryplanning
#publicinfrastructure
#school
#villagedevelopment

Written and Contributed by SEALAB https://sociald

Written and Contributed by SEALAB

https://socialdesignlibrary.in/jai-jagat-theatre/

The project started with the aim to build an amphitheatre for the children. The rigorous study of the place, not limited to its architecture, helped to expand the project. The process delved into the history, social, and cultural aspects of the place. Speculative drawings helped to understand the evolution of urban form and its terrain. Public gathering spaces of different scales were developed around the theatre. These spaces are used as leisure spaces by the people of the ashram. It is quiet and submerged in nature. When there are no performances, the theatre transforms into a lively playground for children, a private study space, or a peaceful meeting space for grandmothers of the ashram.

#CULTURALCENTER
#PUBLICINFRASTRUCTURE
#THEATRE
#ARCHITECTURE
#THEATRE
#CULTURE

Written and Contributed by Studio Matter https://

Written and Contributed by Studio Matter

https://socialdesignlibrary.in/waste-wagon-upcycled-bus-for-waste-collection/

The project capitalises on the appeal for recycling/upcycling waste creating a familiar icon to manage waste. By providing second life to a retired vehicle, the design not only presents a sustainable alternative but also challenges the conventions of a single-use, single-life production idea.

By utilising simple details and a design-prototype-scale-deploy approach, the project ensures that any fabrication workshop can undertake the assignment of re-modelling the Waste-Wagon in less than 10% of the cost of a new vehicle! The design approach has the potential to be a model for cities to re-assign ageing vehicles in service of waste-management.

In the past decade, the world has witnessed the dark consequences of our wasteful and indulgent contemporary lives. In a developing nation like India, waste is an omnipresent by-product of progress. However, people of all ages and economic backgrounds are becoming increasingly aware of the value in ideas of using less and re-use.

#AFFORDABLE
#AUTOMOBILEDESIGN
#PUBLICINFRASTRUCTURE
#REMODELLING
#RETIREDBUSES
#UPCYCLING
#WASTEMANAGEMENT

Written and Contributed by Integrated Design http

Written and Contributed by Integrated Design

https://socialdesignlibrary.in/designing-water-systems-for-ranchi/

Mahila Housing Sewa Trust works with 55 informal settlements in Ranchi, and water insecurity is reported in each of these settlements. Informal settlements in Ranchi were traditionally reliant on community-managed resources such as open dug wells, tanks and ponds, which are closely linked to surface water sources and rivers. However, due to urban growth, inadequate treatment and discharge of wastewater into the rivers of the city, the surface and sub-surface water systems have become polluted. This, in turn, has contaminated water in wells, tanks and ponds along the floodplains of the rivers – sources upon which informal settlements were formerly dependent.
Integrated design studied to understand existing water stresses in the informal settlements of Ranchi by identifying common practices and specific challenges. Basis of this analysis, the study recommends general measures that will aim to enhance access to water by improving both the quantity and quality of water available. The outcome is meant to both decrease the dependence of settlements on piped water supply systems and groundwater, and to revive or strengthen their links to local water resources.
Since Mahila Housing Sewa Trust has a close working relationship with the informal settlements of Ranchi, it is anticipated that study will form the basis for further advocacy on water issues at the settlement and city level to be taken up by the Mahila Housing Sewa Trust with the Government of Jharkhand.

#COMMUNITYBUILT
#COMMUNITYDEVELOPMENT
#GROUNDWATERRECHARGE
#INFORMALSETTLEMENTS
#PUBLICINFRASTRUCTURE
#RESTORINGWELLS
#WASTEWATER
#WATER
#WATERCONSERVATION
#RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

Written and Contributed by Unbind https://sociald

Written and Contributed by Unbind

https://socialdesignlibrary.in/prabhaav/

The idea of this programme was born from a simple question – What are India’s design stories? While the question may be simple, the answer requires a deep dive into the heart of India-her villages. The present system of design/architectural education places emphasis on historic and contemporary design movements across the West, with comparatively less learning focus on the Indian idea of design. Once they complete their education, designers fail to understand the critical role they play as context-sensitive creators. For those who do identify this, there is no well-defined path to engage at the ground level. The entry into this sector is unclear, dissuading many from foraying closer to it.

#ARCHITECTURE
#COMMUNITYDEVELOPMENT
#CRAFT
#STEWARDSHIP
#WORKSHOP

Written and Contributed by Urban Design Collective

Written and Contributed by Urban Design Collective

https://socialdesignlibrary.in/observe/

Around the world, the pandemic has magnified the importance of public spaces and the way cities are built to facilitate healthy and happy living. Children and youth of today will be engineers, architects, planners and politicians of tomorrow and our experiences through ‘Observe’ has further cemented our belief in effectively informing this impressionable segment of our community. Through the course of Observe, listening to over 150 younglings across all editions wanting to transform our cities and helping them with avenues to do so gives us a renewed sense of hope that our cities and country will be in good hands.

#CITYMAKING
#COMMUNITYBUILT
#COMMUNITYDEVELOPMENT
#MENTALMAP
#PARTICIPATORYPLANNING
#URBANDESIGN

Written and Contributed by Studio Lotus https://s

Written and Contributed by Studio Lotus

https://socialdesignlibrary.in/krushi-bhawan/

One-fifth of the floor space at Krushi Bhawan is dedicated to crop and fishery samples—housed on the terrace level. These urban farming samples serve to train the state’s farmers in the latest agricultural techniques as well as educate the local population about the ecological diversity of the region.

Krushi Bhawan transcends the typical closed office campus morphology by integrating governmental functions with direct community engagement and education. Through the meticulously developed spatial programme, the complex brings the Odia farmers and the citizens of Bhubaneswar into the fold and facilitates their interaction and collaboration. It thus seeks to present with its design and building process a model of frugal innovation that celebrates culture, seeks to include the neighbourhood and is highly sustainable and relevant to what countries such as India need. It also serves as an example of how the government can become a key patron of regional crafts, and sustain the communities and economies built around them.

#CRAFT
#FARMERS
#LOCALLY-SOURCEDMATERIALS
#PUBLICINFRASTRUCTURE
#SUSTAINABILITY

Written and Contributed by Studio Kohl https://so

Written and Contributed by Studio Kohl

https://socialdesignlibrary.in/reframe-funding-mental-health/

The content is built in a way that is engaging and accessible to a wider audience, demystifying mental health and questioning existing norms. The approach to design and language deliberately appeals to a global audience, but from a uniquely South Asian perspective. This positions MHI as a global leader in mental health practices, a departure from the standard: the eurocentric perception of South Asian experiences.

#mentalhealth
#publicationdesign

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