This short video highlights the importance of using local and sustainable methods and materials for construction.

An individual seeks support from the community in terms of resources as well as labor so it is not unusual to have members of your family, relatives, friends, and other community members involved in building a house.

Architectural innovations are helping the community adapt to the annual flood hazard and reduce disaster risk in some of the region’s most flood-prone areas.

"In the future, even if the building is being demolished, I wanted to ensure that the materials would become one with the earth again,” says Lokesh, Founder of Hotel Sunyata

Ways in which residential buildings can be made cooler – a set of techniques called ‘passive design’ because they do not require the expending of energy for cooling.

To keep the heat out: Careful orientation and overhanging roofs and walls to shade buildings from heat, and central courtyards for ventilation

How an eco-conscious community in central Kerala creates and facilitates dignified rural livelihoods based on Gram Swaraj.

“We focus on the 4 prevalent stresses of the slums - heat stress, floods, vector-borne diseases, and water scarcity,”

Simple structure, used for shelter from weather and protection from wild animals, and also to store food. The hearth is under the elevated floor.