A "Beehive" Air Conditioner

A team of architects from New Delhi crafted a terracotta cooling system that looks like a giant beehive.

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00:00I was working with clay for many years, I mean before that.

00:29And something like this was first time.

00:32So the idea struck when I was actually thinking that okay, traditionally these earthen pots

00:36are used for cooling water for thousands of years.

00:40So we thought, okay, I mean, why not use the same system but probably in a slightly more

00:44innovative manner for cooling air.

00:46Well, how does it work?

01:17Currently the challenge is that when you look at an innovation like this, most of the

01:38people assume that it is meant for villages.

01:41That's the general mindset when they look at mitti and terracotta.

01:44And with good design and art, we are trying to break that stereotype mentality.