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WORK PROCESSES This section includes all the work progress involved in every architecture experiment done with GDT.

ESTABLISHING ORCHARDS AND NURSERYS The development of one of the orchards mentioned in the article of some basic fundamentals considered to establish orchard and nursery its reports for series of site visits and work done is listed below in the following reports . Visit 1 Visit 2 Visit 3 Apple nursery at dehradun Case study for the

Gharat Puja – Village Baag GHARAT – WATER MILLS OF HIMALAYAS Working in a village in the foothills of Himalayas gives insights into culture and lifestyle of the mountain dwellers. The idea of localisation stems from working with natural resources available in ones vicinity. Even today this lifestyle is as close to carbon neutral as

BAMBOO SCREEN’S This was for the cow shed at Kalasan Nursery Farm we had to develop some partition element. It has to be easy to build and light in structure. It should allow light and wind to come in. The final outcome was quite juxtaposition to the actual work as timber is used but in contradiction bamboo jumps in

A FARMER’S CENTER IN UTTARAKHAND When you connect to farmers you encourage them to practice Organic farming(which empowers them and connects to the market) and for that you need a space to organize interactive activities.We are motivating farmers in Uttarakhand by doing such a work in Village Kaloon in District Pauri.   We are developing an old

ORGANIC SHOP WITH ORGANIC INTERIORS Opening the organic shop with the organic interiors was a task in that terrain though it is not tough! If you go back simply to your roots. We did try some small things that could do it We had everything available near us we used it and created something like this.

STONE PAVEMENT This exercise was to do pavement around the farmers center. Main idea was to make the work more interactive with the mason and helpers and to see what all the material of the surrounding which is of no use can be used somehow in the design. We were able to use some glass

MITTI KA KAAM – TERRACOTTA AND POTTERY QUICK OVERVIEW Origin: Village Dewari, Pangna Valley, HPProducts: Ghade, Maths, Gharoloo, Diye, Karwe, Paru and Gamle Tools Used: Potter’s wheel, Mud Kiln, Thread, Detailing NeedlesCraftsperson: Inderdev Verma, Natar Verma   THE CRAFT Terracotta is practiced as a hereditary craft in Pangna Valley, and can be traced back at least three generations. Over

KULLU AUR KINNAUR KI SHAWLS – WOOLEN HANDLOOM CRAFT QUICK OVERVIEW Origin: Kullu, Himachal PradeshProducts: Kullu and Kinnauri Shawls, Per Wool cloth for Himachali JacketsTools Used: Weaving Loom, Thread wheel, NeedlesCraftsperson: Lakshman Ram THE CRAFT The high altitude climate of Himachal Pradesh, locally available wool from reared sheep and goat, and quality pashmina wool from Tibet, has made weaving

BAMBOO CRAFT – BANS KA KAAM QUICK OVERVIEW Origin: Jaipur, RajasthanProducts: Temple Miniatures, Ships, Monuments, Name Plates, AnimalsTools Used: Carving knife, Scale, Scissors, Hammer, Pliers, Compass, Tweezers, SandpaperCraftsperson: Pawan Kumar Tula Ram at work crafting the Mahamaya Mandir in  Pangna Town THE CRAFT Several types of bamboo are locally available in Pangna’s neighbouring forests. Yet, bamboo craft is quite new