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Holcim Awards Acknowledgement prize 2008 Asia Pacific

Low-cost low-maintenance school extension, Bangalore, India

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Type of project:
Architecture (education)
Start of construction:
December 2007
Main author:
Georg Konrad Leuzinger, architect, L&S Architects, Bangalore, India


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Project Summary
The project Low-cost, lowmaintenance school extension uses local and robust materials and technologies to create a functional, environmentally-compatible and aesthetic construction. Thanks to natural stone foundations, rammed earth walls and a systematic integration of closed water and waste cycles, the school establishes a new standard in local sustainable design.

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Holcim Awards Acknowledgement prize 2008 Asia Pacific for "Low-cost low-maintenance school extension, Bangalore, India" (l-r): Georg Konrad Leuzinger, Rajai Saveri and Sree Ram Sambukumar.

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Low-cost low-maintenance school extension, Bangalore, India

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