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Materials Analysis and Application
Semester 5 | Environmental Studies
Ar. Prerna Thacker
Studio Conductors
The main objective of this project is to understand the ecological footprints of materials.
The bigger learning intent was to analyse the life cycle of a material from the point of view of its environmental and economic impacts and identify sustainable alternatives to that material. The idea is to analyse and bring out what makes the material unsustainable/ sustainable, what are the advantages and disadvantages of the material and explore alternatives that negate the unsustainable aspects and the disadvantages.
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