Architecture Portfolio

ARCHITECTURE PORT FOLIO

I MOHD FAISAL I

MOHD

Lucknow I Mumbai

+91 9264977427

+91 8604961103

faisalmohammad766@gmail.com

I am a passionate architect and Mumbai University graduate with a strong academic record and a history of excelling in architectural competitions. With nearly two years of professional experience as an Architect and architectural intern at Node Urban Lab, a prestigious firm, I have gained valuable expertise in working on diverse design projects at various stages. My collaborative nature, commitment to meeting deadlines, and ability to contribute effectively to team goals have consistently proven my capabilities. I am now seeking new opportunities to contribute to innovative design projects.

Education

Sem II

Bungalow Design

Common space for two different users at Banganga, Mumbai

Sem III

Parvarish

Day Care Center, Versova, Mumbai

Sem IV

Samudaya

Rural Housing : Extension of village along with a community school at Shanag, Manali

Sem V

Sem VI

Sem VII

Sem VIII

Sem IX Sem X

Azaadi Press Club, Azaad Maidan, Mumbai

Tafteesh

Research Centre , Kochi, Kerala

Reha-ish

Social Affordable Housing , Gautam Nagar, Mumbai

Thehra-o

Design addressing the identification of social layers & issues of neighbourhood, Nerul, Navi Mumbai

Tafteesh-e- Tehzeeb

Re- Inheriting with Cultural Exchange - Curating exchange and livlihood through the life of the city of lucknow

SoftWarE SkillS Extra- curricular Work

Autodesk AutoCAD

Autodesk Revit

Adobe Photoshop

Adobe Illustrator

Adobe Indesign

Google SketchUp

Twinmotion

Lumion

Microsoft Office

Site Development Head

Student Council

Rizvi College of Architecture

Cultural Team (core)

Site Development Team (core)

Archfest

Rizvi College of Architecture

Hyper Adobe Workshop I Manali

Ar. Mukundoom Iyer

Bamboo Workshop

PYHT Bio Architects

compEtitionS profESSional ExpEriEncE

Annual Nasa Design Competition

N.A.S.A

Louis I Kahn Trophy

N.A.S.A

Won Special Mention Sketcher

INTACH Heritage Awards

Award of Excellence

Documentation of Shanag, Manali

Annual Nasa Design Competition

Louis I Kahn Trophy

N.A.S.A

Shortlisted CAD Head

MS Landscape Trophy

Head

Louis I Kahn Trophy

N.A.S.A

Shortlisted Mentor

ADC

Lucknow Architecture Festival

2nd Runner Up

NODE URBAN LAB LLP

Lucknow, U. P.

Architectural Intern

• Architectural Design • 3D Visualization • Conceptual Design Development • Presentation Drawings •

As an intern, I actively participated in a variety of projects, primarily focusing on their proposal stages. My key contribution involved collaborating with fellow interns to create highly effective 3D models that enhanced the visualization of ideas and thoughts. This collaborative effort significantly improved the efficiency and effectiveness of our project presentations.

NODE URBAN LAB LLP

Lucknow, U. P. Architect

• Architectural Design • 3D Visualization • Conceptual Design

Development • Site Visits • Presentation Drawings • Consultant Co-ordination • Working Drawings • Bill of Quantities • Client Meetings • Project Lead • DPR Preparations •

As an Architect, actively involved in all phases of design from conceptualization to the DPR stage. Coordinated seamlessly with consultants based on guidance from the Team Mentor. Assisted in client meetings, ensuring effective communication, and collaborated with vendors to meet project requirements. Engaged in crucial site visits with government officials during project initiation. Led and assisted in a selected number of projects, demonstrating leadership and expertise in guiding them to successful outcomes.

rE- inhEriting With cultural ExchangE - curating ExchangE and livlihood through thE lifE of thE city of lucknoW

Design Dissertation

ABSTRACT

Lucknow, as it is commonly know is the cultural city of India. The identity it has gained over the years is of multicultural city which has been built by the cultural practices, the people living in it and the built form. The culture is an amalgamation of language etiquettes, music, dance, poetry, food, chikankari and zardozi which somewhere happened due to several processes of cultural exchange which happened thoughout its history.

It is this cultural identity which is still very much a part of the memory of people. Today as the forces of globalisation act on the city - it grows, modernizes and moves towards its goal of becoming a smart city, this culture which was ingrained within the people being a part of their daily lives, is getting dissolved. The cultural characteristic which differentiated the city from other places will soon fade into oblivian very heart of it.

The intent of this thesis is to revive the culture of Lucknow, highlighting the cultural exchange as the main root. It tries to do so by understanding the intangible and tangible art and craft form in the city through which the culture evolved, simulataneously identifying the spots of cultural exchange. It also aims to understand the current situation of artisans and craftsmen supports them through various intervention, thus helping in promoting culture.

KEYWORDS

Intangible heritage, preservation, cultural evolution, cultural exchange, Lucknow, arts and craft.

Cultural exchange can be used as a potential tool to review social layer of city of Lucknow towards a harmonious society. Architectural intervention that can bring people together to experience the cultural exchange and its importance with the city of Lucknow simultaneously promotes traditional art & crafts originated. It also tries to boost up the tourism and provides the support to the local artisans and craftsmen.

AIM

To preserve and conserve the tangible & intangible heritage which evolved through the various aspects of processes of cultural exchange in the city of Lucknow.

OBJECTIVE

• To conserve and preserve the unique traditional arts & crafts, thus providing sup port to the local craftsmen and artisans.

• Promote & organize a variety of cultural, educational and recreational programs to the public to learn and appreciate different aspects of Lucknow’s heritage and cultural exchange.

• Undertake programs such as seminar, workshops to encourage and involving the youth of the city among themselves and with those of the rest of the city in creative cultural communication.

• Develop and promote various traditional art forms of thr city and to upgrade and enrich the consciousness of local people about their cultural heritage.

Heritage Precinct Urban Sprawl

Complex act at a City Level

Kudiya Ghat

Heart of the Complex

- Chota Imambara

- Bada Imamnara

- Rumi Gate

- Picture Gallery

- Clock Tower

- Satkhanda

DESIGN

Primary Transits

Acts as a Experiential Spine connecting all majors Assets and the selected site

Secondary Transits Network connecting specific Assets Location of the proposed intervention

Cultural exchange can be used as a potential tool to review social layer of city of Lucknow towards a harmonious society. Architectural intervention that can bring people together to experience the cultural exchange and

- Picture Gallery

- Clock Tower - Satkhanda Kudiya Ghat

Aligning axis with the heritage assets

Exploring visual connection towards Kudiya Ghat

INTENT

its importance with the city of Lucknow simul taneously promotes traditional art & crafts originated. It also tries to boost up the tourism and provides the support to the local artisans and craftsmen.

Heart of the Complex

- Chota Imambara

- Bada Imamnara

- Rumi Gate

EXPLORING SITE EDGES & ESTABLISHING A RELATION WITH THE CONTEXT

MERGING MOVEMENT

THROUGH SITE WITH THE OBTAINED VISUAL AXISES

GROUND FLOOR PLAN

1. Entrance Porch (double ht.)

2. Open Exhibition

3. Auditorium

4. Exhibition Gallery

5. Kathak Workshop

6. Walkway

7. Reception

8. Waiting Area

9. Storage

10. PA Office

11. Director’s Office

12. Staff Offices

13. Toilets

14. Courtyard

15. City Ghat’s Interpretation Area

16. Raw Materials

17. Discussion Area

18. Workshops

19. Extended Workshop area

20. Exhibition of Surrounding Workshops(2xht )

21. Watchman’s Cabin

22. Amphitheatre

The project aims to create an architectural intervention whose major goal is to link people with the city’s culture by highlighting various processes of cultural exchange. Another supporting intention would be to promote the city’s traditional artisans and craftsmen while providing a learning opportunity for locals to experience and comprehend it through engaging workshops. It will also connect old neglected structures with heritage value through various temporary exhibitions and occasional exchange programs in which other artisans and craftsmen from outside the city can also participate and acquire diverse techniques through the whole process of exchange.

FIRST FLOOR PLAN

Way leading towards Kudiya Ghat

City Ghats Interpretation Area

Cafetaria

Teele Wali Masjid Courtyard Walkway

Workshop Area

Workshop Area (Chikankari)

Waterbody (Evaporative Cooling)

Extended Worshop Area

City Ghats Interpretation Area

Discussion Area Ramp towards Cafetaria

Entrance Porch Admin

Library walkway Courtyard

Cafetaria City Ghats Interpretation Area Waterbody (Evaporative Cooling)

Outside view of Exhibition Galleries

Lightwell inside Cafetaria Ramp towards Coutyard

Exhibition towards workshop area

CIRCULATION FLOWS THROUGH SENSES( BY VARIOUS ACTIVITIES)

Multi - Directional Exchange

Node points leading through Senses towards Dynamic spaces

Walkway towards Exhibition Gallery

Walkway guiding towards workshops

Breakout space inbetween city’s ghats

RAT TRAP BOND

• It requires approximately 30% less bricks and 50% less mortar than concevtional masonry. Reduces the cost of a 230MM wall by 20%-30%.

• Cavity included in wall provides the advantage of thermal comfort. Allows the interior cooler in summer and warmer in winter.

• All pillars, lintels, sill bounds, electrical conducts, tie beams, etc are concealed giving better aesthetic looks for exposed brickwork

Stone cladded steps with waterbody typical detail

Rat Trap Bond (Courses in Plan)

Courtyard towards Kathak workshop

City ghats interpretation area

AXONOMETRIC VIEW

ROOF PLAN

FIRST FLOOR PLAN

MASTER PLAN

STRIP SECTION THROUGH THE RETAINING DIAPHRAGM WALL

• Filler Slab has been used instead of normal R.C.C slab between floors. Structurally, R.C.C slabs does not require concrete at bottom level(tension zone), thus it has been replace with clay pots made by local artisans. This saves concrete (thus reducing cost) and provide better thermal insulation.

• 30% less concrete than conventional slab construction.

COMMON FACILITATION CENTRE I AGRA

Architecture is not just confined by built spaces but also deeply rooted in the local culture, art, and craft. With this core ideology the Common Facilittation Centre, Agra has been designed to foster community learning, bring people altogether under one roof, and improve human growth in all its facets.

The concept intends to ofeer an integration of a social, economic, and communal training facility for artists to study, develop, and present their creativity as a final product. It also intends to provide jobs for young people andartisans, conderve and advance local crafts and skills, promote art, foster mutual understanding, and foster the cooperarive mindset that the industry sorely needs. The project’s scope included the restoration of artisan’s homes and individual workshops in addition to the provision of common learning and working spaces.

Public zone

Breakout zone

Private zone

MASS PLACEMENT

PLANNING ZONES

BUILD FORM

COURTYARD/GREEN SPACES

6. Workshop

Worshop Area

Open Terrace

Multifunctional Courtyard

Open Exhibition Space

Visual connection between Floors

PUBLIC ZONE

Large Foyer

Interactive Node

Informative Area

Minimum width for adjoining space

Shaded shared corridors creates a narrative through out the Centre Corridor

MULTIFUNCTIONAL COURTYARD

Courtyard

INSPIRATIONS FROM THE MATERIAL

Taking inspiration from the ‘Fluidicity’ of the leather Extracting the Patterns

Extracting the Lines

Modular Bricks replicating the pattern

A Modular Brick Facade showcasing the inter-weaved pattern along with a fluidic facade that acts as an interactive and interpretative envelope for the space. The punctures allow the internal spaces to breathe and also acts as a shading device for the adjacent corridor.

INTER-WEAVED LEATHER

STITCHING PATTTERN

propoSEd

dEvElopmEnt of

BuddhiSt SitE at ram gram

TYPE : ARCHITECTURAL

SITE : RAMGRAM, MAHARAJGANJ

STATUS : ONGOING

TEAM LEAD :

AR. TANISHQ GUPTA & AR. SHUBHAM SINGH

Role

• Architectural Design

• Conceptual Design Development

• 3D Visualization

• Presentation Drawings •

• Site Visits

• Working Drawings

• Consultant Co-ordination

• Project Lead

• Bill of Quantities •

MASTER PLAN

1. Approach Road

2. Main Entrance for Meditation Hall

3. Reception + Waiting area

4. Guest Room (4 No.s )

5. Guest Room (1 BHK Suite)

6. Dormitory (40 People Capacity)

7. Cafeteria Block

8. Eightfold Garden & Landscaped

9. Meditation Area

10. Meditation Hall

MASTER PLAN

Key Plan

Meditation Hall from Eightfold garden

Eightfold Garden & Landscape Meditation Area

Eightfold Garden & Landscape Meditation Area Meditation Hall Ghats

Atithi Niwas

Meditation at Ghats

CONCEPTUAL IDEA

Idea of Light Well and cut-out to capture the solitary nature of the space. The play of light and shadow creates an innate sense of movement in space and the incorporation of natural light and wind helps the user to feel closer to nature and its elements.

Idea to connect the space with human through nature and to capture the solitary nature of the space.

TOURIST INTERPRETATION CENTER

A tourist information center, providing visitors to a location with information on the area’s attractions, lodgings, maps, and other items relevant to tourism. Often, these centers are operated at the airport or other port of entry, by the local government or chamber of commerce.

BUTTERFLY

TRUSS

• To allow natural light fill spaces and to enhance ventilation

• Adopted open floor plan to provide a multifunctional space

Clay Tile

RCC Gutter

Wooden Truss

Multifunctional Open Spaces

Brick Jali Pond

CAFETARIA

Clay Tile

Wooden Truss

RCC Lintel bands

Interactive Facade

Facade tranforms into a fixed seating space near the Cafetaria

Exposed Brick facade

Glass window

touriSt facilitation cEntrE

TYPE : ARCHITECTURAL

SITE : CHITRAKOOT

STATUS : ONGOING

TEAM LEAD : AR. RAHUL JADON & AR. SHUBHAM SINGH

Role

• Architectural Design • 3D Visualization

• Conceptual Design Development • Presentation Drawings

• Site Visits • Working Drawings

MASTER PLAN

SECOND FLOOR PLAN

FIRST FLOOR PLAN

GROUND FLOOR PLAN

Dormitories

Staff Dormitories

Toilets

Caretaker Room

Services

Multi Cuisine Restaurant

Audio Visual Room

Kitchen

Souvenir Shops

Library

Toilets

Food Court

Kitchen

Toilets

Amphitheatre

Shops

Waterbody

Entrance Lobby

Barrier free movement around the space

CONCEPT

Water body in the front signifies the abundance of water element in the city and further justifies the climatological orientation of the building.

Waterbody that cools down the hot air entering the building

Sun light through clear facade jali lighting the inner space

Water body

Sandstone Jali on North Facade Central courtyard used as a multipurpose space

models.

EXPLORATIONS

xplorations

A journey along the different phases of understanding scale & proportions through sketching and photography to expressing thoughts & ideas through models.

different scale sketching expressing xplorations

ITS US

SITE DEVELOPMENT

college hosts two fests every year

Archfest & Architecture People’s International Conference where from all batches put together thoughts & ideas into installations. ogether

Our college hosts two fests every year namely, Archfest & Architecture People’s International Conference where students from all batches put together their thoughts & ideas into installations.

SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

Our college hosts two fests every year namely, Archfest & Architecture People’s International Conference where students from all batches put together their thoughts & ideas into installations.