Photos Eco-Friendly Housing (Bangalore, India)

  • Story Overview: A small, upscale neighborhood shows how eco-friendly living is a viable alternative to housing india’s high-tech affluent in unsustainable subdivisions.
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Stillwaters Restaurant
Stillwaters Restaurant
Ceiling of house, made of compressed earth blocks.
Compressed Earth Blocks
Lotus growing behind Subramanian house.
Lotus
View from the second floor of the Subramanian house.
Subramanian House
Vermicomposting bin.
Vermicomposting Bin
Bricks on walkways allow for water percolation.
Water Percolation
Local traditions/materials brought into building design.
Local Traditions/Materials
View of Stillwaters Restaurant patio from below.
Stillwaters Restaurant
Community center.
Community Center
Amphitheater, where theater, dance and other cultural events are held.
Amphitheater
One of the village 'tanks' which captures and stores water to recharge groundwater.
Village 'Tanks'
Swimming pool.
Swimming Pool
A scene from the village in the dry season.
Dry Season
A view of the village from the water tank.
Village view
Water tank, which supplies the village.
Water Tank
Baskar Subramanian, center, his mother (right) and gardener (left).
Baskar Subramanian...
A typical anthill from this region.
Typical Anthill
Sacred grove.
Sacred Grove
A simple form of 'drip irrigation', where plastic bottles with holes in the bottoms are buried neck deep into soil to allow for slow delivery to plant roots (see document). The exposed neck of the bottle is seen in this photo.
'Drip Irrigation'
Another view from Stillwater restaurant.
Stillwater restaurant.

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