Small change, major effects
The push needed to scale up a project
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“Incremental infrastructure allows us to engage with how the marginalized participate in making urban places, turning away from the moralized questions of belonging, and engaging with contested and agreeable practices of being civic or mutually connected.” – Julia King, PhD candidate, London Metropolitan University, UK.
Money isn’t everything. Intelligence is also required. Julia King, laureate of a LafargeHolcim Next Generation prize for Asia Pacific in 2011, advocated a sanitation strategy for New Delhi’s poorest neighbourhoods. Based on a survey painstakingly carried out in the most deprived streets of India’s capital, this young English architect prioritized the expectations of each individual, in addition to identifying the technical problems as well as the legal obstacles.
Last updated: July 18, 2019 New Delhi, India
Money isn’t everything. Intelligence is also required. Julia King, laureate of a LafargeHolcim Next Generation prize for Asia Pacific in 2011, advocated a sanitation strategy for New Delhi’s poorest neighbourhoods. Based on a survey painstakingly carried out in the most deprived streets of India’s capital, this young English architect prioritized the expectations of each individual, in addition to identifying the technical problems as well as the legal obstacles.
Assisted by local and international specialists of urban sanitation systems, Julia King imagined a ‘decentralised system’ for this situation with the implementation of septic tanks, solar pumps and reed beds. For Julia King, winning a prize in the LafargeHolcim Awards was the push her project needed to be scaled-up across India. She shares her experience in the special edition of international design magazine L’Architecture d’Aujourd’hui (AA) dedicated to architecture competitions. Read her full interview and jury member comments by Gunawan Tjahjono, Professor of Architecture, University of Indonesia and Wowo Ding, Dean of the School of Architecture, Nanjing University, China.
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Jury comments
“This project provides a lifelong learning example for incremental improvement on the issue of sanitation and public health.” – Gunawan Tjahjono (pictured, left), Professor of Architecture, University of Indonesia; and Member of the LafargeHolcim Awards jury for Asia Pacific in 2008 and 2011.
“We selected this project not only for its social influence, but also for its architectural quality. This winning project demonstrates the power of design in solving social problems by its educational function.” – Wowo Ding (pictured, above right), Dean of the School of Architecture, Nanjing University, China; and Head of the LafargeHolcim Awards jury for Asia Pacific in 2011.
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