FILMS ON SUSTAINABLE ARCHITECTURE
SOURCE: DEVELOPMENT ALTERNATIVES
contact : Development Alternatives
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Qutab Institutional Area
New Delhi - 110016
Phone : 91-11-6851158
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(Development Alternatives
also produce films for clients)
BUILDING WITH MUD
Language: English, Hindi
Runtime: 23 min.
Price Rs.400
Director : Safina Uberoi
Production Co. : Development Alternatives
T he
film is meant for NGOs, architects, builders and people involved
in exploring the possibility of mud as aviable building material. The Balram
mud block press,designed and marketed by Development Alternatives, is
a simple manual device which makes easy the tedious job of mud block making.
The film explains the procedure
and applications of Balram.
SBK: A
TECHNOLOGY FOR THE MILLENIUM
Language: English
Runtime: 9.30 min.
Price: Rs. 400
Director : Aparajita Gogoi
Production Co. : Development Alternatives
Traditional methods of manufacturing bricks use one of the most
polluting processes. The government in India has started its clamp
down on traditional brick kilns. The search for a cleaner
alternatives led Development Alterantives to the VSBK technology – atechnoloty
which enables improved fuel efficiency overexisting kilns and conforms
to all environmental norms. The technology, is now being disseminated
in India along with multi-sectoral partners.
HARVEST TO RAIN
Language-english
Runtime: 17 min
How to make the most of rain water for agriculturaldevelopment.
32 episodes of a weekly environment and business
magazine called "The Green Show" were produced by Development Alternatives
for three satellite channels. A similar series of 30 minutes duration
was then commissioned and telecast on Doordarshan III, India’s national
broadcaster. The following pages are an episode wise listing of the Green
Show stories.
Price: RS 450 per episode
EPISODE 1
Phosphogypsum as Wood Substitute
The destruction of our forests to answer the need
for wood is responsible for the vast tracts of degraded land
Phosphogypsum can
be an eco-friendly substitute forthe wood used in the interiors of
buildings.
EPISODE 2
Sewage Recycling
in Karnal
In Karnal, the experiment of recycling sewage water
and using it for plantations has been a success. This success story can
be replicated in other Indian towns and cities.
EPISODE 6
fly ash bricks ias building materials
Chimneys
of thermal power plants emit a environmental hazard
called fly ash. Presence of fly in the air is extremely harmful to health.
But, this waste can be used in making building bricks.
EPISODE 9
Green
Architecture
A new form of architecture has emerged in this post-industrial age,
which believes in a blend of renewable energy resources and innovative
alternatives with energy modification properties of the building fabric.
Such sources of energy are the elements of nature, sun, sky, air, earth and
water. It aims to put a greater control back into the hands of people.
EPISODE 10
Asbestos: A Health
Hazard
The manufacture
and use of asbestos has been banned in a few countries. This story discusses
the health hazards associated with asbestos.
EPISODE 12
Gloria Organic Farms
Gloria is one of the biggest organic farms in the country.The 100
acre expanse does not use any chemical pesticide or fertiliser. It recycles
the farm produce through composting and ploughs them back into the farm
to provide nutrition to the soil.
EPISODE 13
Exnora: Setting
an Example
The cleaning up of the filth and pollution in our surroundings
is often regarded as the job of thegovernment. Exnora, a civic body in
Madras, has
garnered people in localities who have taken the responsibility
of keeping their cities clean.
EPISODE 20
Tiling Right – Micro Concrete Roofing Tiles
Development Alternatives, a not-for-profit organisation
working on alternative technologies for sustainabledevelopment, has attempted
to plug the gap in roofingmaterials with its Micro Concrete Roofing technology.The
production of Micro concrete roofing tiles requiresneither any sophisticated
technology, nor highly skilled labour.
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ALTERNATIVES
SOURCE: BMPTC Building Materials & Technology Promotion Council
Price :Rs 1000 each film
+ packaging charges
MAKAN HO TO AISA-
Duration 15 Minutes
Film on improving shelter building in earthquake
prone areas of Garhwal. This is instructional documentary
film in Hindi for imparting training in repair and reconstruction
of damaged houses using local materials and
earthquake proof structures.
A
BETTER WAY TO BUILD -
Duration 25 Minutes
.Film on Technology Delivery System for
cost-effective housing. The film focuses on the develo
pment and diffusion aspects of low-cost housing technologies.
It highlights the activities of Building Centres as technology
transfer agents for improving housing delivery
system at gross-root level. Building Centres are being
set up in different parts of the country under a Central
Scheme of the Ministry of Urban Affairs and Employment.
Nearly 250 Centres have already been set up in different
states and these are making useful contribution in promoting
cost-effective innovative building materials and
construction technological for house construction.
HOUSING AND INFRASTRUCTURE -
Duration 18 Minutes.
The films shows the various aspects of housing
and cost-effective innovative building materials and technologies
developed in India.
IN SEARCH OF
HOME -
Duration 28 Minutes.
A film on the theme `Home and the Family' on the
occasion of World Habitat Day, 1994. The Film depicts poor
civic amenities in substandard shelters, the means for improvement
by using alternate cost- effective and eco-friendly
building materials and technol ogies to convert a shelter
into a home.
BUILDING THE
FUTURE BLOCK BY BLOCK -
Duration 28 minutes
Film on the activities of various Building Centers
located in southern regions of India and how they are
helping in promoting cost-effective technologies.
AASHRAY -
Duration 28 Minutes.
Film depicting Application of low cost building
materials & technologies and how to get financial support
and guidance for procuring a house by common man.
BUILDING
CENTERS - DELIVERING TECHNOLOGIES TO THE MASES -
Duration 15 Minutes
.Film on the activities of Rajasthan Building Centers
and how they are helping in promoting cost- effective technologies.
A brief work of Rajasthan Building Centre and then manner
in which they are helping to develop and promot
the innovative building materials and also cost
effective technologies which have been adopted by the
centre in their construction.
PHOSPHOGYPSUM BASED BUILDING
MATERIALS -
Duration 14 minutes.
Phosphogypsum is generated as a by-product of the phosphoric
acid based fertiliser industry. The interaction of
ground phosphate rock with sulphuric acid produces
10-40% free moisture along with phosphogypsum. Nearly
4.5 million tonnes is generated per year. Over 10 million
tonnes has accumulated at plant sites. The fluoride contents
of phosphogypsum causes land and water pollution.
This film shows the various methods of utilisation
of phosphogypsum in production of building materials for
ceiling, partition walling etc.
FLYASH UTILISATION -
Duration 20 minutes.
Nearly 40/45 million tonnes of flyash is being generated
annually as a waste by 70 Th ermal Power Stations in the
country. Apart from covering large chunks of useable land
this is creating environmental problems by
contributing to air-borne and sub-soil water pollution.
The film shows various methods of utilising flyash in manufacture
of b u ilding materials which can convert waste to wealth
as country is having severe shortages of building
materials for housing. Film covers various on-going
activities of flyash utilisation through small, medium
and large scale production of flyash based buil ding materials
in different states.
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Shot and produced on Hi- Band U-Matic
(broadcast quality) we provide you VHS copies of the films in the
PAL format. The present price of the films, though uneconomical
for us, is Rs. 800.00 per film. The further discounted cost per
film, for online subscribers, is Rs.700.00 per film. For overseas
buyers these are available at $30 each (inclusive of postage). These can
also be availed of as a subscription for 12 films at an economy
price of Rs. 8000 or $300 for overseas buyers.
Issue 1
Runtime: 23 minutes, Colour
Script
& Assistance in Production PRAVEEN SWAMY
.,Camera SANJAY KAPOOR & G.P.SELVAM
Editing & Post- Production G.P.SELVAM
Direction
SANJAY KAPOOR
Produced for H T N by GPS PRODUCTIONS
The first film in the series is a comprehensive
statement of the existing condition of the built environment; for
the improvement of which this endeavour has been undertaken. It
stresses the importance of the Indian Architectural Heritage (which
has consistently been the major source of inspiration in the development
of Appropriate technologies for human settlement) and provides a
preview of these appropriate systems for building construction and
planning that will be featured in the films to follow.
Exploding A Myth
18 minutes, Colour
The
size of bricks is a point contention among various building organizations
in the country. Even the Vaastu Shastra prescribes the material
to be used in a building depending upon the site and location climate.
Whether the standard size of the bricks should be large or small,
or whether the size should be standardized at all, has been strongly
debated upon for some time now and this film handles the issue regarding
the countrywide standardization of bricks. In addition to this,
a few alternatives to the regular bricks have been proposed, along
with methods of their construction (perforated bricks for example).
Presenter & Voice INDER MISHRA ,Script MADHU
RAMASWAMY,Technical Assistance ARADHANA HANDA,Camera ANURAG PANDEY,Lighting JAGDISH SINGH,Editing INDERJIT SINGH SACHDEV
Associate ProducerERUM RASOOL
This film provides a valuable insight on the propriety of Appropriate
Technologies towards efficiency in planning and constructing buildings.
It does away with the catachresis of "Low-Cost" housing and insists
on the importance of applying traditional architectural principles
in contemporary building practice by reintroducing domes and jack-arches
as as alternate and appropriate system of building. The Bhoomiheen
Camp, which is a case in point, curbs social and physical irritants
such as political intervention, commercial encroachment and illegal
vertical expansion, while maintaining beautiful architectural elements
and features previously unheard of in "Low-Cost" redevelopment
projects.
Presenter & Voice INDER
MISHRA,Concept ANIL LAUL,Script
INDIRA LAUL,Camera AMAR SHARMA & SARVESH GUPTA Computer Graphics
SANJAY CHAWLA & SUNIL THANEKAR Technical
Assistance SARVESH GUPTA & JAGDISH SINGH Editing
SABINA KIDWAI
The Big Thirst
20 minutes, Colour
The film handles issues concerning water shortage and introduces
ingenious methods of conserving water resources at various levels,
such as limiting water capacity in flushing cisterns to half that
provided; using ferrocement meshes with grass growing through, as
parking surfaces for vehicles, which results in absorption and retention
of rain water by the soil; and implementing appropriate planning
strategies by taking into account the topography of the site before construction
is begun.
Presenter & Voice INDER MISHRA Assistance
in Production SARVESH KUMAR GUPTA
& JAGDISH SINGH Concept & Direction ANIL LAUL
Art-Eco-Tecture: The Hundertwasser
Way
20 minutes, Colour
This film focuses on the work and principles
of this Master architect from Austria. The film is a monologue on
the relevance of his principles, which advocate the importance of
personalization of architectural elements by breaking away from the binding
rigidity of most examples of modern day architecture. Hundertwasser's
principles insist on man's coexistence with nature and harmonizing
new technologies with older, traditional practices.
Presenter, Script & Voice vistasp M Bhagwagar Camera SARVESH
GUPTA Lighting JAGDISH SINGH Editingn INDERJIT SINGH SACHDEV Associates in Production & Direction RAHUL RAZDAN, SUPREET SINGH & VIKAS KALRA
a film by D.E.S.I.G.N
for H T N
[Features on innovative new building products of interest and relevance
to builders and designers and actual users.
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On the Right
Track - India
Guided by Homeless
International, Earth Report took to the streets
and went 'down and out' in some of the world's
most deprived city districts and found that the
urban poor are very far from seeing themselves
as 'down' or 'out'.
'Home' for 30,000 families of Mumbai, one of
the world's most densely populated cities, was
a narrow strip alongside the city's main railway
track. In 1989 these residents formed the Railway
Slum Dwellers Federation to lobby the authorities
for safer housing. Seeing the need for slum-dwellers
to speak with one voice they found solidarity
with three other groups - The Society for the
Promotion of Area Resource Centres, The National
Slum Dwellers Federation and Mahila Milan which
in Hindi means 'women together'. 2000 households
were relocated to apartment buildings but the remainder
still live in self-built 'transit' housing. But Gandhian-style
quiet determination seems to be paying off. By
May 2001 this extraordinary collective managed
to relocate 13,000 families to safer accommodation.
The slum dwellers associations and the people
they represent keep coming up with workable alternatives.
In fact, they've been so successful that other
federations are urging their governments to
visit Mumbai to see for themselves how working
with the poor can achieve results.
For further
information, please contact:
Homeless International
http://www.homeless-international.org
Mahila Milan C/O SPARC
The National Slum Dwellers
Federation C/O SPARC
SPARC (Society
for the Promotion of Area Ressource Centres)
PO Box 9389, Mumbai 400026, India
tel/fax: 00 91 22 386 5053
admin@sparcindia.org
http://www.sparcindia.org
