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ACCESSIBILITY: SUSTAINABLE DESIGN:

• Architecture can promote inclusivity by ensuring that buildings • Architects can also promote environmental
and public spaces are accessible to people with disabilities. sustainability, which can have a positive impact on
• This includes features like ramps, elevators, and wider doorways, reducing inequalities.
• which can help to reduce physical barriers and make spaces • Sustainable design practices, such as the use of
more inclusive. renewable energy sources and energy-efficient
materials, can help to reduce energy costs and
promote environmental justice by mitigating the
ARCHITECTURE AND REDUCED INEQUALITIES impacts of climate change on vulnerable communities.

Architecture and Reduced inequalities is a


AFFORDABLE HOUSING: multifaceted one that touches on aspects of
• The design and construction of affordable housing
is a key aspect of reducing income inequality.
social justice, urban planning, and design COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT:
• Architects can design cost-effective housing that • Involving the community in the design and planning
is both functional and aesthetically pleasing, Architecture has the power to either perpetuate process can help to ensure that the needs and
helping to provide quality housing options for perspectives of all residents are taken into
or mitigate inequalities in various ways consideration.
lower-income individuals and families. • This can help to reduce social inequalities by giving
marginalized groups a voice in the decisions that
affect their lives.

URBAN PLANNING: CULTURAL SENSITIVITY:


• Architects and urban planners can work together • Architecture can also play a role in reducing inequalities by
to create cities and neighborhoods that are respecting and celebrating cultural diversity.
equitable and inclusive. • This includes designing buildings and spaces that reflect V.U.’s SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE
• This includes designing public spaces and the cultural heritage and identity of different communities, ZAHID ZAKIR KOTIWADEKAR
amenities that are accessible to all which can help to promote social cohesion and reduce 4TH YEAR B- ARCH / SEM VII 2023 – 24
SRN NO 202000937 SUB : EVS
cultural divisions.

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