CITY RESILIENCE PROJECTS
The City Projects engage urban-ecology-community interfaces, with initiatives like the SusTaIND Project, Ceramic Waste Research, and the Sustainable Toilet. The SusTaIND Project pioneers in setting a new Circular standard for Zero-waste from virgin textile waste sources into urban landfill. The Ceramic Waste Research delves into repurposing ceramic refuse, turning what was once waste into valuable, sustainable resources. The Sustainable Toilet initiative addresses a crucial urban need, offering sanitation solutions that are both functional and environmentally responsible while changing the paradigm of a public toilet aesthetic. Together, these projects embody a holistic approach to urban sustainability, reshaping the city for a greener, more resilient future, even as the Foundation seeks to engage with new ideas for repair of cityscapes.
ONGOING PROJECTS
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Research: Yelahanka Tank EdgesAn research project that looks at edges of waterscape as sites of repair and rehabilitation; integrating technology of waste water treatment with urban and community engagement possibilities. It maps the producers of textile effluent from an old textile-dyeing landscape and intercepts the flows of toxicity. The research is centred about primary, secondary and tertiary water rehabilitation systems that explore how to re-culturate blue-green infrastructure within the community to enhance water quality and ecosystem health. Effect of change: The project promises to be a pilot for the city-of-tanks that explores replicable solutions, engaging immediate stakeholders such as the community surrounding the water.
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Research: Drain-Loves-TanksA radical sustainable model for a natural treatment of effluent in the Rajakaluve drainage system that looks at solutions for the apron areas, as well as toxic water and large particulate matter. It proposes a system that includes community engagement for civic discipline and sets a high goal as a Ground-Zero opportunity for action. It proposes alternatives that subvert traditional and ineffective large-scale STP cleaning to more decentralized options all along the beds of the drain networks of Bangalore. The ongoing research for the innovative 'Drain-Loves-Tanks' initiative presents a sustainable model, transforming urban drainage into clean channels that enhance the tanks liveability, and create a cascading good outcome for the downstream lake-tanks of Bengaluru. Effect of change: The project reimagines opportunities for a city's dead drainage system, integrating science, art and a passion for cleanWATER in urban settlements.