Esoteric and inventive creations for shelter after disaster are interesting to others in the design

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• CATTLE SHED
(# 21 Ref:
Traditional practices of livestock management in Northeast India, Date of Publish
2016-10-11
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Livestock are integral part of rural life of North Eastern Region (NER) of India. Cattle and pig are two important animals domesticated by many communities in the region. The entire animal domestication practice is linked to location-specific ecosystem, economy and ethos of respective areas and its inhabitants. But with the changing nature of weather, climate regime and anomalies threats are also fraught within livestock practices in relation to diseases, food and fodder supply. Fig. 31
– Cattle Shelter
• Mesi Lakahor’ is community-based cattle grazing system of Rabha community of Assam. It is a system in which one or two persons are given the responsibility of keeping the cattle of all the villagers. Generally, they happen to hail from landless families. They are paid in terms of rice by every household based on the number cattle they have, and it is paid after harvesting of the paddy. Usually, they collect the cattle from each household in the early morning and take them for grazing, again in the evening cattle are deposited back to the respective owner’s households. Usually, there is a commonplace where cattle are kept in the afternoon period in summer where they are provided with water. Basically, it is a provision to protect the cattle from intensive heat during the midday time. The practice is adopted by the community to manage their domesticated cattle and protect their crop field from straying cattle. So, the concerned Mesi Lakahor must work
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# 21 Ref:
Traditional practices of livestock management in Northeast India, Date of Publish 2016-10-11

49 for around nine months in a year. It is a cattle management practice that also provides opportunity of livelihood for the landless people-based on the collective responsibility of the community.
• Here are multistoried cattle sheds in neighbouring villages of Pathsala, many of them belong to
Barpeta and Baksa districts of Assam. Here villagers keep their domesticated cattle in multistoried cattle sheds, where one part of ground floor is used for fodder storage and rest is collection space of dung. The first floor of the bamboo-steel multistoried cattle shed is used for keeping the cattle. According to many villagers, these practices ultimately help them to maintain clean cattle sheds and make it easy to collect the dung. The clean cattle shed helps in maintaining cattle health, particularly from diseases that occur in the summer and monsoon season. Moreover, the collected dung is used to apply in agricultural fields.
• It is noteworthy that cow dung provides food fora wide range of animal and fungus species, which break it down and recycle it into the food chain and into the soil. Cow dung adds generous amount organic matter and increases moisture holding capacity. It also contains beneficial bacteria which covert nutrients to easily accessible form. Cow urine contains nitrogen from 6.8 to 21.6 grams liter along with other material which help in soil health.

50 PART C CASE STUDY
• COMMUNITY ON WATER Community on water Netherland Project Silodam Architect MVRDV Location Amsterdam, Netherlands
Silodam is equipped with 157 apartments, business units, and public spaces. The apartments are different sizes and are stacked to create internally connected neighbourhoods. Residents can walk through the building, passing different facades and rooftops, under the building through the hall to the terrace, or along the marina where boats can be docked.
Silodam is a storey building with 20 meters wide and 120 long. There were distributed and 157 rental apartments for sale, some of which are for offices and public spaces. Concept It is a block of flats and offices of high density, which was taken as a central concept flexibility. Silodam is an excellent example of the idea of cutting off. The space just does not flow in a horizontal direction but extends vertically through the floors to bend and fold like concrete waves. This idea is a step beyond what is experienced with the plant free. Here the facade was not designed as a wall but as an expression of the court. The building is pierced with three holes that were made in volume. One is a dock, while the other two are semi-public spaces for users of the complex.
Fig. 32
– Elevation of Silodom

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– Silodom Fig. 34 – Foundation Technology
Pro: The incorporation of mixed used industry allows for the development of a community. The Silodom is not only a place to live, but it provides, jobs, and public spaces. Also, the location of Silodam is beneficial to promote transitions from land to aquatic living in the event of arising sea/river level crisis.
Con: Although the Silodam successfully promotes the idea of mixed-use industry and living, it does not fully promote self-sufficiency. More alternative energy and living methods could be incorporated. Its design is internalized and because of this, it lacks the opportunity for growth on a larger scope. Fig
– Elevation Fig. 36 – Silodom View Construction On piles What is unusual is that the building stands on piles in the River IJ, as a result of which it seems like it is floating. This is a reference to the fact that the city of Amsterdam was built on piles. In order to prevent stray ships sailing into it, a sloping concrete slab has been installed underwater and marked outwith buoys. Neighbourhood colour

52 In order to accentuate the specific characters of the neighbourhoods, the corridors to the flats
– flooring, walls, doors and ceiling
– have been painted in one bright colour. On the façade the window arrangement, the colour and the use of materials make the distinction clear. Fig
– Entrance through Boat Fig. 38 – View of Silodom
(# 22 Ref:
https://www.dezeen.com/2015/07/28/silodam-mvrdv-housing-amsterdam-harbour-movie-
nathalie-de-vries/)
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# 22 Ref https://www.dezeen.com/2015/07/28/silodam-mvrdv-housing-amsterdam-harbour-movie-nathalie-de- vries

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• COMMUNITY CENTER
Nizzamuddin Urban Renewal Initiative Project Nizzamuddin Urban Renewal Initiative Architect Aga Khan Foundation Location Nizzamuddin Basti

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