Environmental Sanitation Institute

Sughad, India

Architect: Vastu-Shilpa Foundation / Yatin Pandya

Client: Environmental Sanitation Institute

Built Area: 2’500 m²

Cost: US$ 444’444

Using natural passive cooling strategies for climate mitigation, harvesting over two million
litres of water in a drought-prone region, recycling waste water through natural plant
(reed-bed) processes, bio-gas generation and composting - all are key components of this
project, an institute set up to increase knowledge of rural, low-cost sanitation solutions.
The campus is built essentially with natural materials and integrates local crafts skills
such as stone inlay and mosaic work. The ventilated two-leaf cavity walls are constructed
from load-bearing bricks, with the outer face left exposed, for cost and aesthetic reasons
(it achieves an ‘earthy’ look).
3139.IND
2007 Award Cycle
Environmental Sanitation Institute

Near Narmada Canal, Near Coba Circle, From

Sabarmati to G’Nagar Road
Sughad, India

Architects Vastu-Shilpa Foundation / Yatin

Pandya
Ahmedabad, India
Clients Environmental Sanitation
Institute
Ahmedabad, India
Commission 2000
Design 2000 - 2000
Construction 2001 - 2004
Occupancy 2004
Site 7’500 m2
Ground Floor 2’000 m2
Total Floor 2’500 m2
Costs US$ 444’444
Programme Using natural passive
cooling strategies for climate
mitigation, harvesting over
two million litres of water in a
drought-prone region, recycling
waste water through natural
plant (reed-bed) processes, bio-
gas generation and composting
- all are key components of this
project, an institute set up to
increase knowledge of rural,
low-cost sanitation solutions.
The campus is built essentially
with natural materials and
integrates local crafts skills
such as stone inlay and mosaic
work. The ventilated two-leaf
cavity walls are constructed
from load-bearing bricks, with
the outer face left exposed, for
cost and aesthetic reasons (it
achieves an ‘earthy’ look).

Building Type 18
2007 Award Cycle 3139.IND
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