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Professor Anil Laul ==''' ==

Professor Anil Laul is an architect by profession dealing with sustainable human settlement design. He has represented HUDCO as a delegate to tour Bangkok, Hongkong, Singapore, Japan & Korea to study programs and policies with regards to housing.

IN HIS WORDS: Threads of Sustainabilty At best each aspect of sustainability is only a thread and each thread fragile as an individual string... The Woven Fabric Sustainability is best achieved in weaving these threads together and integrating them into a fabric, as the weaver - with understanding, care and respect for all the elements that went into the final fabric.

As an Architect Anil Laul pioneered the Building Centre Program in India and now has established Entrepreneur Building Centre at Anangpur and has been involved with pioneering work in the field of Appropriate Technologies for three decades. The Centre has been the forerunner of the Building Centre movement in India. The issues it addresses are right from the Brick as a basic element in building and its appropriateness to high-end technology structures such as Space Frames and Geodesics.

The interlocking blocks, an amalgam of traditional wisdom with present day technologies, were primarily designed for the earthquake-affected region of Gujarat, India. Interlocking Blocks were listed as one of the six best products for the year 2001 by the Design Sense Museum, London and nominated as 'Stockholm Partners' for the year 2002 for 'Earthquake Resistant Housing'. The structures built in Gujarat post earthquake received a Certificate of Commendation from the President of India.

The simplification of complex jointing systems for space frames and geodesic domes are among the centre’s high-tech developments. All the technologies developed at this Centre are based on the Integration of the Architect, Engineer, Artist and the Artisan.

"Every action is BEST performed at the lowest level that it can be BEST performed. "



Anangpur Building Centre
The Anangpur Building was started to cater to the needs of the common man as well as promote the use of cost-effective technology in the higher income sector. This was based on the realization that the pace of development is set by the rich and that the aspirations of the poor match the standards laid down by the rich.

Anangpur Building Centre believes that the issue of Human Settlements can not be looked at in isolation, from either an architectural or planning point of view. It seeks the solutions bearing in mind that the built form is the single largest factor that influences the occupant's psyche and also believes that the largest contributors to Environmental Degradation are the materials used for building. It attempts to use materials for their inherent qualities, rather than those one would like to bestow upon them.

The Anangpur Building Centre is an entrepreneur Building Centre initiated in 1991 by Prof. Anil Laul, an architect by profession, who has been involved with pioneering work in the field of Appropriate Technologies for three decades. The Centre has been the forerunner of the Building Centre movement in India. The issues it addresses are right from the Brick as a basic element in building and its appropriateness to high-end technology structures such as Space Frames and Geodesics. Unfortunately, apart from high technology surfacing materials that have emerged over the years, the basic performance criterion required of a walling material remains unexplored. An analytical approach plus a re-examination of requirements of an appropriate walling material has resulted in surface-engineered walling blocks (impermeable diaphragm with lean back-up), which have been successfully used by Anangpur Building Centre in several projects. The most recent developmental breakthrough are Interlocking Blocks for earthquake resistant structures which have elicited tremendous response from architects and engineers and about which information has been widely published. The blocks, an amalgam of traditional wisdom with present day technologies, were primarily designed for the earthquake-affected region of Gujarat, India. Interlocking Blocks were listed as one of the six best products for the year 2001 by the Design Sense Museum, London and nominated as 'Stockholm Partners' for the year 2002 for 'Earthquake Resistant Housing'. The simplification of complex jointing systems for space frames and geodesic domes are among the centre's high-tech developments. The Centre has also developed structural systems and building systems such as A-frames, Cube-on-vertex, Funicular shells that are earthquake resistant and yet costeffective. All the technologies developed at this Centre are based on the Integration of the Architect, Engineer, Artist and the Artisan. Anangpur Building Centre has ventured further, working on issues related to Appropriate Human Settlement Design, keeping in mind the fact that nearly 50% of the GNP of a country goes into building materials in one form or another. The building industry is the largest consumer of resources whether it is materials, capital or energy and is second only to agriculture in providing employment for the maximum number of people. Today, the largest single factor responsible for environmental degradation is the unsustainable Human Settlements and therefore, it is issues related to Human Settlement Design that require our most urgent attention and concerted action.

Technologies and developments at Anangpur Building Centre are not patented, ensuring accessibility to all. For speedy dissemination, all the developments have been documented and placed on the Centre's website,. This site is a resource base for several students in India and abroad and organizations working on Sustainable Human Settlement issues. This website is also recognized as the 'Best Educational Website' by Studyweb. The seriousness with which this website is being examined can be gauged by the fact that Prof. Anil Laul was invited for the 'Man and City Conference' in Naples hosted by His Holiness the Pope. He was also invited to the 'Sustainable Building Conference 2001' at Maastricht as the Asian resource person. In both cases, the organizers contacted Prof. Laul after having accessed the resource material on the website(www.anangpur.org). Amongst others, Prof. Anil Laul has authored a document titled 'Sustainable City Strategies for Developing Countries' which is a significant contribution in the field of Sustainable Human Settlement Designs. This is a consequence of lessons learnt from Jaunapur Slum Resettlement Scheme. It is also a part of Local Agenda 21 for the South-east Asia Pacific region, published by ICLEI and now a part of the Local Agenda for the Asian region, published by CSIR, Johannesburg (www.sustainablesettlement.co.za).

Habitat Technology Network
The Habitat Technology Network (a video documentation unit) was set up as a forum for documenting and perpetuating the endeavors of Anangpur Building Centre and other like minded individuals. The films have made an indelible mark in the system as a result of which the centre has had several students come for information to include in their Thesis and Dissertations and Training.

Appropriate Technologies:
-	THE VENE BLOCK

-	FERROCRETE RAFTERS AND PURLINS

-	HYPERBOLIC PARABOLOID

-	FOUNDATION SYSYTEMS

- ECCENTRIC ARCHED FOUNDATIONS

-	EARTHQUAKE RESISTANT STRUCTURES

-	WALLING SYSTEMS

- HOLLOW-CORE INTERLOCKING BLOCKS

- PRE-TENSIONED WALL

-	ROOFING SYSTEMS

- QUILTED ROOFING

- FUNICULAR SHELL

- BAMBOO ROOFING

-	FRAMING SOLUTIONS

- A-FRAMES

- WELDED TRUSSED WIRE GIRDERS

- CUBE-ON-VERTEX

-	SURFACE ENGINEERING

- RAMLOCHAN TILE

- SWARAN SINGH BLOCK

Awards
Awarded 'Best Practices' Certificate by Dubai International Award for ‘ Earthquake Resistant Structures- India’ in collaboration with United Nations-Habitat, Nairobi.

Recognition by EXPO-2000, Hannover for Project of Human Settlement Design and Rehabilitation at Jaunapur. Awarded the Bremen Initiative award in April 2001 for Deepalaya School for Slum Children.

Invited for the ‘Man & City Conference’ in Naples hosted by his holiness the Pope in 2000.

Interlocking Concrete Blocks selected among the six best products for 2001 by Design Sense Awards, London.

Also invited to the ‘Sustainable Building Conference 2001’ at Maastricht as the Asian resource person.

www.anangpur.com recognised as Best Educational Site by “Study Web”.

Nominated as ‘Stockholm Partners’ for the year 2002 for ‘Earthquake Resistant Housing’.

My works were also showcased in Berlin in 2003 during the Festival of India.

Awarded the INDIAN BUILDING CONGRESS Commendation Certificate by the Honorable President of India for Development of New Technology for Earthquake Resistant Buildings. Finalist for B&SHF World Habitat Awards for the year 2004.

Listed among the best 100 social entrepreneurs worldwide by the Schwab Foundation, Geneva.

Awarded the INDIAN BUILDING CONGRESS Trophy 2004 for Planning & Design of Exposition Centre, Bangalore.

Awarded the INDIAN BUILDING CONGRESS Trophy 2004 for Excellence in built environment in Category of Institutional, Commercial, Recreational complex.

Awarded First Prize for his contribution in the field of Innovative and Cost effective technology by The Ministry of Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation Government of India

Special award for Environment friendly Architecture by CNBC Awaaz CRISIL Real Estate Awards 2007

Awarded with “Good Practices – 2008” for Common Man’s Water Filter by UN-HABITAT (United Nations Human Settlements Programme )

Short-listed among top 30 grassroot level activities for KYOT5O WORLD WATER GRAND PRIZE at 5th World Water Forum, Istanbul 2009