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BROWNFIELSD REDEVELOPMENT

ABANDONED BUILDINGS LEAD TO URBAN DECAY OF PREVIOUSLY FUNCTIONING CITY, FRAGMNTED FAMILIES, CRIME AND DESOLATE CITYSCAPE TO REFURBISH A BUILDING AS NOT TO REPAIR IT NOR TO DO MAINTENANCE OR TO REBUILD, IT IS TO REESTABLISH IT IN AN ULTIMATE STATE THAT NEVER EXISTED BEFORE. EVEN OLD AND ABANDONED BUILDINGS HAVE A LOT TO OFFER WHICH SHOULD BE SEEN AS AN OPPORTUNITY.

LARGE NUMBER OF MILL WORKERS BECOME

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UNEMPLOYED AT ONCE WHEN MILL IS

CLOSED,SOCIETY CANT ACCOMMODATE SO

MANY PEOPLE SO EASILY.

DROP IN ECONOMY

MASS UNEMPLOYMENT BRINGS DOWN THE ECONOMY OF REGION AND AFFECTS EVERYONE.

DEGRADATION OF SOCIETY

THEY HAVE BEEN IN THEIR LOCATION FROM A LONG TIME THUS HAVE LAYERS OF LOCAL CONTEXT AND HISTORY ADDED TO THEM. THEY HAVE SENSE OF COMMUNITY,

MEETING ACCESSIBILITY REQUIREMENTS FOR ALTERATIONS TO EXISTING BUILDING DOSENT HAVE TO BREAK THE BANK

CONTAIN NECESSARY SERVICESAND ARE ALREDY CONSTRUCTED. BY RETAINING AND RETROFITTING A NEW LIFE CAN BE GIVEN, ADDING AN ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY ELEMENT CAN IMPROVE ITS SUSTAINABILITY

ENERGY CONSERVATION

BY REUSING THE BUILDING THEIR EMBODIED ENERGY IS RETAINED, SO THAT THE PROJECT IS MORE ENVIRONMENTALLY SUSTAINABLE THAN NEW CONSTRUCTION

COST AND TIME SAVING

REUSE PREVENTS DEMOLISHING COSTS AND CREATE UNIQUE DESIGN OPPORTUNITIES.AS THE STRUCTURE IS ALREDY THERE IT SAVES CONSTRUCTION TIME AND MATERIALS.

STABILITY

DERELICT BUILDINGS HAVE A CATALYTIC EFFECT ON ITS COMMUNITY IN ADDITION IT ATTRACTS DANGEROUS AND ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES.

ECONOMICAL DEGRADATION

INDUSTRIES CAN HAVE AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN REGENERATION OF DECAYED OR DECLINING AREAS. REUSE MAY PROVIDE PSYCHOLOGICAL AND ECONOMIC STABILITY FOR COMMUNITIES FACING SUDDEN END OF EMPLOYMENTS.

WHEN BUILDING HAVING STRUCTURAL STABILITY AND POTENTIAL IS NOT REUSED THEN IT IS WASTAGE OF TIME, MONEY AND ENERGY ONCE SPENT ON IT.

STRESS ON GREENFIELDS

INCREASES PRESSURE ON GREENFIELD SITES AND INCREASES BROWNFIELD LAND IN METROPOLITAN AREAS

MEMORIES

THE INTANGIBLE ASPECTS OF THE MEMORY INCLUDES THE USERS EXPERIENCE, HOW THE SPACE WAS USED EARLIER. IT INCLUDES ACTIVITY OF MILL WORKERS WHICH SHOWCASES THEIR LIFESTYLE.

ENHANCEMENT OF NEIGHBOURHOOD

INDUSTRIES ARE USUALLY CENTRALLY LOCATED THEY ARE OFTEN LOCATED NEXT TO MAIN TRANSPORTATION ROUTES, 2 SURROUNDED BY NEIGHBOURHOOD GROWN AROUND THEM.

OLD METHODS OF FARMING REQUIRES HEAVY WORKMANSHIP AND NOT WEATHER PROOF 6531 FARMERS AND CULTIVATORS COMMITTED SUICIDE ACROSS INDIA TRAINING CENTRES AND ORGANISED MARKET AREA IS REQUIRED

TO ENSURE THE INCOME THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, THERE IS NEED TO REORIENT THE PRESENT WAYS OF AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES AND DEVELOP SUITABLE MULTI-ENTERPRISE AGRICULTURE SYSTEM FOR FARMERS, AS SINGLE CROP PRODUCTION ENTERPRISES ARE SUBJECT TO A HIGH RISK OF NATURAL CALAMITIES AND SEASONAL, IRREGULAR, AND UNCERTAIN INCOME AND EMPLOYMENT OF THE FARMERS.

SHIFTING FROM A CROP, COMMODITY AND ENTERPRISE BASED AGRICULTURE TO INTEGRATED MULTI-ENTERPRISE SYSTEM WILL HELP TO CONSERVE NATURAL RESOURCES AND RESTORE THE FARMER’S CONFIDENCE IN AGRICULTURE BESIDES INCREASING INCOME OF THE FARMER PER UNIT LAND AND WATER.

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