Projects

Greha has generated and been involved with various projects in the past, ranging from symposiums and comprehensive reports prepared for different governmental and non-governmental agencies, to instituting a school of architecture and an urban renewal initiative. Below is the list of all such projects; further details of each project will be made available soon:

March 2018
Presented by:
Greha

Public Health Pilot Projects

Sanitation Improvement in Aya Nagar, New Delhi

Implementation Report

December 2017
Presented by:
Greha
Venue:
Bikaner House, New Delhi

A three day conference is planned to discuss the study of history of architecture, with the participation of national and international scholars of eminence.

May 2017

The pilot project is a prototypical model for evolving and establishing a sanitation management program in Phase V, Z-Block, Aya Nagar.

December 2016
Venue:
G Block, Aya Nagar, Delhi

Urban Sanitation Project is aimed at improving health outcomes and standard of living for 55 vulnerable families living in G Block, Aya Nagar in South- Western Delhi.

November 2016
Keywords:

Mehrauli Collective - A Vision

The ancient settlement of Mehrauli is rich with history.

It is today a dense and active urban precinct of South Delhi.

A UNESCO certified World Heritage Site exists here and this draws visitors from all over the world.

August 2016
Presented by:
Greha
Keywords:

The history of architecture is presently research and written mostly by archeaologists and art historians. The approach has been to study buildings and monuments in a chronological matrix, separatign the object from its lived reality, rendering the study as a lifeless art form.

May 2016
Keywords:

Recent surveys carried out in Delhi have shown that 75 percent of its population is now living in informal settlements. The Delhi government defines eight types of settlements in the city, including 'planned colonies'.

November 2015
Venue:
Z Block, Aya Nagar, Delhi

The Aya Nagar pilot project is a prototypical model for evolving a sanitation management program  in the settlement .

August 2015

Attached are the slides of the proposal for the Urban Improvement of Lado Sarai

July 2015
Keywords:

"The concept of writing a history of architecture from an indegenous perspective calls for an engagement with indegenous reality, which in our subcontinent would emerge from the conjunction of history, geography, and philosophy giving rise to our architectural ethos.

July 2015

The Lado Sarai Urban Improvement Project has been launched in the community early this year. The project seeks to put into implementation mode the work of research and study done by Greha and Delhi Urban Art Commission (DUAC) over a long period of time.

January 2015

The following note outlines the activities, time and resources required to design and plan a decentralized sewage treatment system at demonstration scale for the urban village of Lado Sarai, New Delhi.

May 2014
Presented by:
Greha
Venue:
Mehrauli, New Delhi

If the urban fabric within which the historic monuments are located is in a state of blight and disrepair, we cannot expect the inhabitants to appreciate the heritage value of the monuments and care for them.

April 2013

1. BACKGROUND 

1.1 INTRODUCTION

April 2012
Presented by:
M.N.Ashish Ganju

The spread of unauthorised construction in our cities has assumed significant proportions. One such unauthorised colony is Aya Nagar, situated on the south-western edge of Delhi.

September 2008
Venue:
Bundi, Rajasthan

The architecture of Rajasthan is well-known and appreciated world-wide, primarily on account of its palaces and forts. The better known examples are in Jaipur, Jodhpur and Jaisalmer, which are visited an enjoyed by tourists in great number from all over the world.

January 2001
Presented by:
Greha, DUAC

An initiative of 'urban renewal by citizens' carried out by Greha and funded by Delhi Kalyan Samiti

January 1990

There has been a growing awareness amongst professionals in a variety of disciplines, that an unhealthy gap has developed between the expectations of well-being for society at large and the norms and values of professional practice and behaviour.

January 1989
Presented by:
Sharma, SK, PSA Sundaram, K Dharmarajan, Mulkh Raj, J.R. Bhalla, TS Narayanaswamy, AG Krishna Menon, MN Ashish Ganju, Dr K. L. Nadir, and Michael Slingsby
Venue:
Greha New Delhi, India

Formal outcome of the HUDCO-GREHA Proposal for Restructuring Technical Education to meet the requirements of Human Settlements Management Institute, designed to restructure Architectural Education which would have "provide(ed) Bachelors Courses in Habitat Planning, Habitat Management and Architec

January 1986
Presented by:
Greha

A conservation programme prepared by Greha for INTACH.
Click the attachment to read.

October 1975
Presented by:
M N Ashish Ganju, Vinod Gupta, Romi Khosla

The enclosed programme provides a basis by which a pilot study can be carried out in Delhi.

It shows how the existing housing process can be revolutionised by introducing “People’s Participation” in mass housing. We enumerate below the five essential components of the project.

February 1975
Presented by:
Ganju, MN Ashish, Naveen Kulshreshta and Ashok B. Lall
Venue:
Delhi, India : Greha, 1989

The concept of group housing or collective housing, where homes share land and community facilities and are built together to standard designs through a single agency, has its beginning in contemporary India during the first quarter of this century.