Delhi-based Sachin Rastogi, director and principal of ZED Lab, built a hostel that is the epitome of an amalgamation of traditional and modern architectural aspects.
Sachin Rastogi, director and principal of Zero Energy Design Lab (ZED Lab), strongly believes that it does not take special efforts to incorporate designs that make a building sustainable.
For him and his Delhi-based firm, the quality of life is improved when every stakeholder, including the environment, benefits. This responsible practice is reflected in all their architectural projects, from residential to hospitality, institutional and commercial ones.
The firm, which was founded in 2009, specialises in blending vernacular designs with latest techniques of passive cooling to create low energy buildings.
“If we trace our history, we can observe the impact of vernacular…