Ashok B Lall
Principal, Ashok B Lall Architects, India
Ashok B Lall
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Holcim Foundation Awards 2011 jury for Asia Pacific
The Holcim Awards jury for region Asia Pacific met in Mumbai, India in July 2011 to select projects using the “target issues” for sustainable construction (l-r): Hans-Rudolf Schalcher, Olivia la O' Castillo, Gunawan Tjahjono, Wowo Ding (Head of Jury), Momoyo Kaijima, Valérie Portefaix, Paul Hugentobler, Ashok B Lall, and Uday Athavankar.
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Holcim Awards ceremony for Asia Pacific 2011 – Singapore
Holcim Awards 'Next Generation' 3rd prize 2011 Asia Pacific presentation for 'Decentralized sanitation system, near New Delhi, India' (l-r): jury member, Ashok B Lall, Principal, Ashok B Lall - Architects; Visiting Professor of Architecture, Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, New Delhi, India and winner Julia King, London Metropolitan University, United Kingdom.
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Holcim Awards 'Next Generation' 2nd prize 2011 Asia Pacific presentation for 'Town plan revitalization and urban development, Navi Mumbai, India' (l-r): jury member, Ashok B Lall, Principal, Ashok B Lall - Architects; Visiting Professor of Architecture, Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, New Delhi, India and winner Mishkat Irfan Ahmed, University of California, Berkeley, United States/India.
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Holcim Foundation Awards 2008 for Asia Pacific
The Holcim Awards jury for region Asia Pacific met in Shanghai, China in June 2008 to select projects using the “target issues” for sustainable construction (l-r): Kazuo Iwamura, Mark Lee, Hans-Rudolf Schalcher, Gunawan Tjahjono, Zeenat Niazi, Olivia la O’ Castillo, Hansjürg Leibundgut, Ashok B Lall (Head).
Last updated: July 10, 2024 New Delhi, India
He participated in the Concluding Debate at the 4th Holcim Forum 2013 on “Economy of Sustainable Construction” held in Mumbai, India. His current interest lie in developing strategies for sustainable urban development in the context of rapid urbanization, with a special focus on affordable housing.
In a book, published by the Holcim Foundation for Sustainable Construction, Ashok Lall, explains how a focus on sustainability generated an elegant solution to meet the needs of an office building, relying on scientific knowledge and simple means. This building – the Development Alternatives World Headquarters – tests innovative, customised elements and components such as a hybrid air-handling unit that incorporates evaporative cooling and refrigerant-based cooling in a new way to reduce energy consumption for air conditioning by 30%. Water demand is also substantially reduced wherein water is recycled and used for irrigation or to recharge groundwater.
Ashok B Lall is also Visiting Professor at the Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University (GGSIPU) in New Delhi, and Chair for Design & Technology at the Kamla Raheja Vidyanidhi Institute for Architecture (KRVIA) in Mumbai, India. He was Dean of the TVB School of Habitat Studies until its merger with GGSIPU in 2007.
We need an intelligent, articulate and well-informed dialog on sustainability. Ashok B Lall Principal of Ashok B Lall Architects
The firm Ashok B Lall Architects was established in New Delhi (1981-) and has won multiple architectural competitions. The practice has executed projects for educational research institutions in many parts of India and specializes in low-energy sustainable architecture. Projects include the Indian Institute of Health Management Research, Jaipur; Sehgal Foundation, Gurgaon and Development Alternatives World Headquarters, New Delhi.
Ashok B Lall is involved in several initiatives for the improvement of public spaces in cities and affordable housing. He is actively engaged in the development of the architectural curricula for the Indian context and contributes regularly to national professional journals in architecture.
Ashok B Lall studied architecture and fine arts at the University of Cambridge, United Kingdom and studied at the Architectural Association (AA), London, where he obtained his diploma (1970).
Development Alternatives (DA) World Headquarters
The project by Ashok B Lall Architects is a showcase of traditional, environmentally efficient construction materials and systems that can be economically developed for low-energy mass production and adopted by the mainstream building industry, especially in developing countries.
Ashok B Lall was convener of the Delhi Urban Arts Commission Work group on Energy, and coordinator of an EU-funded program for the development of a web-based teaching package for low-energy architecture.
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