GRIHA (TROPHY)

TROPHIES , GRIHA 06-Jan-2021

This year’s brief for the Griha Trophy was “Affordable Housing for the EWS group”. In India, access to affordable housing is crucial to achieve poverty reduction as urban housing shortage is expected to grow at 6.6% to 34.1 million units by 2022. Since, affordability lies at the core of sustainability, it should no longer be an option but the only way forward for low-cost housing innovations.In line with this thought, the brief comprised of a design for an all-weather EWS dwelling unit in a multi-storeyed super structure. The site for the project was located in Jailorala Bagh, Ashok Vihar, New Delhi. The designhad to be in accordance with the GRIHA Affordable Housing Rating system and ensure that a hundred percent of the construction is done with alternative and low-impact materials.Link to the brief: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/14H4eurBCxO1vUYiVZboaNoF7RlacqJIqLink to the poster: https://www.instagram.com/p/CJfao-1hroQ/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_linkThe brief was released on 10th November, 2020 with the registration deadline as 6th January, 2021 and submission deadline as 27th January, 2021. Total of 20 submissions were received.The moderator for the trophy was Mr. Sanjay Seth. We had an accomplished set of jurors Ms. Shabnam Bassi, Ms. Swati Gupta, Mr. Ankit Bhalla and Mr. Akash Deep who nurtured their valuable feedback and time in critically judging all the entries choosing forth the leading ones.The WINNING ENTRIES were-SPECIAL MENTION 2 - Z604, TKM College of EngineeringSPECIAL MENTION 1 - Z112, Faculty of Architecture, Malaviya National Institute of TechnologyCITATION - Z211, Indian Education Society’s College of Architecture