Pani, Potties aur Makaan: Fractured Domestic Landscapes

Ms Julia King, PhD candidate in Architecture for Rapid Change and Scarce Resources, London Metropolitan University, in conversation with Dr Renu Khosla, Director, Centre for Urban and Regional Excellence

Presentation on the development of a cluster-based sanitation system in Savda Ghevra, a resettlement suburb west of New Delhi whose inhabitants can seldom afford individual toilets with septic tanks. Following consultation with the community, municipal authorities were involved in revising regulations, and in place of the impractical strategy of community toilets was set up a low-cost system using rainwater collectors and individual basic toilet bowls connected to a common septic tank. For devising a simple, replicable model where service-users partner in a programme's design and management, the project received a Holcim Award for sustainable construction.