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PROFILE RESUME 01 RECLAIMING CHILDREN’S SPACES CHILD-FRIENDLINESS: A WAY FORWARD TO BUILDING URBAN RESILIENCE Master’s Thesis 02 STITCHING THE URBAN FABRIC: A NEIGHBOURHOOD OF SHAWLANDS MSc Urban Design Studio 03 URBAN ECOSYSTEMS Urban Landscape Design, MSc UD 04 CONTEMPLATING PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT AND BEHAVIOUR IN SCHOOL SETTING Cultural and Behavioural Factors in Urbanism and Architecture, MSc UD

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05 RADIUS WATERFRONT Professional Work

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06 AURUM HOUSE - CORPORATE OFFICE Professional Work

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07 SHRINE BOARD NURSING CAMPUS Professional Work

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08 POCKET PARKS AND CONNECTING STREET REDEVELOPMENT Bachelor’s Urban Design Studio, BArch

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PROFILE

I am an urban design graduate, motivated and passionate to create spaces for people, improving the urban life by resolving the urban issues and building a more sustainable and resilient environment. I am design, research and development oriented to study the built environment and transform the urban realms that communicates with children and the community as a whole.

After my BArch in Architecture from India, I worked for 2 years as an architect dealing in projects such as residential, hospitality and design of commercial spaces. I have worked as a team and individually, handling multi-scaled and multi-functional projects. The work done during this period has increased my knowledge and creativity surrounding the dialogue between architecture, its functionality and its users.

Seeking to improve my understanding of the relation between environment and human needs, I decided to expand my education. Studying Urban Design has kept me on my path.

I believe good design is a result of interdisciplinary symbiosis between ‘design — research — users — collaboration’, to holistically deliver meaningful experiences and sustainable outcomes. My goal is to help shape the built environment through creation of diverse and attractive places, communicate good ideas and respond to the contemporary needs and future issues of people.

I am an organised, hard-working and a considerate person with a responsive, trustworthy and patient attitude, willing to work and learn under more experienced urban designers and planners.

AANCHAL AGRAWAL

URBAN DESIGNER ARCHITECT (Affiliated in India)

Motivated and a recent urban design graduate, passionate to create spaces for people and improve the urban life by building a more sustainable and resilient environment.

Enthusiastic in studying the built environment to design and transform the urban realms that communicate with children and the community as a whole.

Hands on teamwork and management with over 2 years of professional experience in design and problem solving related to architecture and interior environment.

Looking for opportunities to work in an open minded and stimulating work environment to enhance my creativity and knowledge in urban design, adding to my professional experience.

Check out my latest projects on issuu.com/aanchalagrawal

CONTACT Glasgow, Scotland +44 7367 458428 aanchalagr92@gmail.com linkedin.com/in/aanchalagr

SOFTWARE & SKILLS 2D AutoCAD SketchUp

ACADEMIC BACKGROUND 2019-2020 MSC URBAN DESIGN, UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE

Subjects ranged from Urban Theory to Urban History, Urban Landscape Design, Cultural and Behavioural Factors and Public Policy.

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Approached the design led theme of urban seeding and plot based urbanism through pragmatic solutions that addresses the current urban issues with the acquired tools of urban design.

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Developed an understanding of the urban ecosystem and prepared a prognosis for the same associated with a design proposal.

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Acquired competences regarding concept development, resilient planning, sustainable design, mapping the urban fabric for structural analysis in terms of connections and centralities, and human behaviour towards their built environment, offering me tools to work with for creation and transformation of urban fabric.

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Established a comprehensive base for research thesis on children’s well-being and physical activity in the built environment as a responsive ‘third place’, and the role of child-friendly cities in building long term urban resilience; applied against the resilient urban planning of Glasgow.

(Link: https://issuu.com/aanchalagrawal/docs/a_agrawal_ab947_thesis)

Photoshop Indesign Illustrator Coral Draw

2011-2016 BACHELORS OF ARCHITECTURE, A.P.I.E.D - ANAND

GUJARAT, INDIA

Residential development, schools, hospitality and urban interventions were some of the themes approached through individual projects.

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Approached the architectural projects through basic design, contextual design, construction drawings, building regulations and sustainable design development amplifying my architectural knowledge.

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Boosting the local community and economy through tourism and conserving the heritage value, the bachelors thesis adopted to promote cave tourism as an analogue towards eco-tourism.

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Acquired competences regarding site analysis, concept design, design approaches, construction and material understanding, allowing me to design and develop various architectural projects.

Sketching & Rendering Microsoft Office Revit

GLASGOW, SCOTLAND

MANAGERIAL SKILLS

PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND

Masterplanning

2018-2019 ASSOCIATE ARCHITECT, ATMAN ARCHITECTS

Conceptualisation

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Responsible for concepts and design drawings of a high-end gym along with material selection and coordination with vendors.

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Worked on concepts and design drawings for various residential interior projects.

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Conceptualisation, client presentations and constructions drawings for various architectural projects.

Architectural and Interior Design Construction Drawings Model Making Writing

2016-2018 ASSISTANT ARCHITECT, PLANET3STUDIOS PVT. LTD.

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Being in charge of design and construction drawings of Hostels for Mata Mansa Shrine Board Nursing Campus, Jammu, India; held design discussions with the client and civil team.

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Worked on conceptualisation and 3d model of academic block for the Nursing Campus, Jammu, India; in coordination with the principal architect.

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Produced design and construction drawings as consultants for a high-end residential project in Mumbai.

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Assisted the senior architect in shop drawings for duty-free shops at Terminal 2 Mumbai and Kolkata International Airport, India; and held meetings and site visits with clients.

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Assisted in design drawings of International Cruise Terminal, Mumbai, India and met with government officials for design approvals.

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Worked on detail drawings of Thyssenkrupp Elevators Experience Centre, Pune, India.

WORK COMPETENCES

Communication Management and Leadership Problem Solving Time Management

MUMBAI, INDIA

Worked closely with the principal architect and civil engineer team for high end residential and hospitality projects.

CAD Drafting

Teamwork

GUWAHATI, INDIA

2014 (16 WEEKS) INTERN, STELLAR DESIGN STUDIOS

MUMBAI, INDIA

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Worked closely with the principal architect on design and construction drawings of Aurum Corporate Office, Mumbai, India for tender release and 3d conceptual modelling.

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Assisted in design drawings of various residential projects.

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Produced basic 3d models for a residential town house project in Gabon, Africa.

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“RECLAIMING CHILDREN’S SPACES” CHILD-FRIENDLINESS : A WAY FORWARD TO BUILDING URBAN RESILIENCE MASTER’S THESIS ABSTRACT Children’s well-being and physical activity is seeing a decline as a consequence of undermined independent mobility and free play due to the structure and constraints posed by contemporary urban environments. The research aims to study the built environment of children as a responsive “third place”, a crucial spatial aspect moulding children’s lives within the disappearing childhood domain, discussing the space and scale of childhood and the challenges laid out in the urban environment. Exploring the themes of child-friendly urbanism as an integrated approach in building long-term urban resilience, the aim of the research follows around the questions, what led to the issues of loss of childhood, how the environment affects the key dimensions of children’s well-being and are children the key to building a sustainable resilient future. And so, the research reviews the concepts of child-friendly cities and describes different approaches to evaluate child-friendliness.

Engaging in a broad qualitative approach, using relevant literature and applied case studies at different scales across the globe, the research derives the role physical environment plays in the narrative of children’s urban experiences. By analysing the prevailing designing and planning of child-friendly environments, the research defines the benefits of child-friendly urbanism that resonates qualities of good neighbourhoods and cities with urban scales, proximity, walkability, mixed-use, public space, independent mobility and connectivity. Against the background of the emerging interest of resilient urban planning in Glasgow, the research examines the principle framework of child-friendly urban planning, promoting to reframe the structure with children being the catalytic driver of change.

Reclaiming Children’s Spaces

The qualitative research concludes with a compelling exposition and acknowledgement of child-friendly planning to be incorporated and approached by urban analysis in masterplanning for change and designing resilient places.

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(Link: https://issuu.com/aanchalagrawal/docs/a_agrawal_ab947_thesis)

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THESIS HIGHLIGHTS

RESEARCH METHODOLOGY AND PROCESS

DEVELOPMENT OF CHILD-FRIENDLY THIRD PLACES

CONCLUDING BENEFITS OF CHILD FRIENDLY URBAN PLANNING

INTERSECTING FRAMEWORKS

Reclaiming Children’s Spaces

DEVELOPMENT OF LINK BETWEEN THIRD PLACES AND PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT OF CHILDREN

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“STITCHING THE URBAN FABRIC” A NEIGHBOURHOOD OF SHAWLANDS

MASTERS URBAN DESIGN STUDIO

The Master’s of Urban Design Studio called ‘masterplanning for change’, focused on development of design visions for the future of high streets in Glasgow. The approach to masterplanning dealt with strategic and detailed scales, evidence based and used elements of street hierarchy, urban nodes and density, green networks and streets fronts, in determining the relationship between the given study area.

The structure of the project was: Phase 1. Analysis, Phase 2a. Strategy, Phase 2b. Concept plans, Phase 3a. Local Urban Codes, Phase 3b. Foundation masterplan, Phase 4a. Detailed Masterplan and Phase 4b. Special Place Design. Phases 1 and 2 were worked on in a group of four in the first semester. Phase 3 and 4a as a team of two and Phase 4b as an individual project as part of second semester.

Over the year as a team, strategic ideas and concepts were developed for the study area in its wider context and then focused on areas of special interest, to develop detailed masterplans.

Further, a number of ‘special places’ were selected to work on and develop the characters of the study area represented through illustrative techniques.

Location : Shawlands, Glasgow

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The following project from Phase 3a, was planned and proposed in collaboration with a fellow student. We worked together to present an achievable approach to redevelop the urban fabric in the neighbourhood of Shawlands and further we selected our own special places as part of next phase to represent the attributes of urban design with vibrant, resilient, efficient and successful places.

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The main focus with masterplanning was developing liveable urban places in a way that promotes a sense of community belonging and enables a sustainable lifestyle while providing safe existence for pedestrians, cyclists and wider society; supported by welcoming and rejuvenating urban realms.

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PROPOSED STRATEGIC PLAN

Shawlands in general is a dense area in the Southside of Glasgow with Kilmarnock road, a high street, being the main connecting corridor to the city. It has been characterised by a long history, a strong multicultural community and is of economic importance to the city. The once thriving and vital street has reached a low level over a decade, with vacant retail units, poorly maintained public spaces and a shift in the density due to the economic and housing conditions. The south side of the street has seen a drastic change in its urban fabric and lost its character, leaving derelict and vacant plots. For Shawlands to further enhance its capacity to retain and attract residents and users, reclaiming and reimagining the role of housing and public realms, thus is of crucial importance for a vibrant high street. In response to this, the proposed strategic plan seeks to create a coherent built environment that helps in restoring the neighbourhood character of Shawlands, by making it a destination filled with diversity in cultural and social fabric with a quality of life for its community.

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“Stitching The Urban Fabric” “Integrating the neighbourhood of Shawlands into a destination filled with diversity and liveability by developing the neighbourhoods that promotes community living while maintaining its own unique identity and character, thus bringing a sense of place and supporting sustainable lifestyle.”

VISION

Community Buildings and Schools

COMMUNITY FACILITIES

Churches

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EXISTING DENSITY

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SITE ANALYSIS

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ANALYTICAL STUDY : SHAWLANDS

The proposed projects for the redevelopment of the area was to ensure a sense of arrival by uniting neighbourhoods with lively and creative communal spaces, celebrating everyday life. The proposal caters businesses and promotes local economy. The design aims to develop a safe and healthy environment for pedestrians and ensures active interactions. The aim was to be sustainable and achieve a functional ecological balance. Through careful design of public spaces and street networks, the design proposal aims to stitch the fragmented urban fabric proposing to bring character and community to the neighbourhood to make an everlasting impression.

In order to conceptualise the redevelopment plan, the site had been studied and mapped to understand the community needs. The site selected in the area of Shawlands is bounded by Kilmarnock road and Pollokshaws road, with a river bisecting the site. The area south of the river is dominated by retail park and residential in the north with fairly new developments. The area holds listed buildings, mainly community churches, contributing to the heritage value of the area. There are no public places and interaction spaces for community gatherings. The vacant land is a result of changing urban fabric, leading the study area to be fragmented and disconnected from the rest of the Shawlands. The area has weak street connectivity and low levels of street edges.

The strategy for reimagining the urban fabric started with retaining the physical structures as much as possible, such as listed buildings and a few new developments due to its potential physical nature and usage. The aim was to built around the retained existing structures considering a 25-30 year development plan.

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FOUNDATION MASTERPLAN

The Foundation Masterplan augments and builds upon the strategies and concepts formed during the analysis phase. It focuses to transform the study area following the vision to give a complete, balance and connected urban fabric. At this stage, the steps of translating the strategic and conceptual plan ideas were delineated to give a more concrete and realistic form to the design area. It contains all quantitative informations and spatially details the hierarchy of streets, blocks and public networks.

The plans produced were proposed with street layout and public networks, giving us well defined new blocks for further development. In order to mark the importance service areas the potential nodes were recognised followed by required density, thereby reconfiguring the density plan for the design area.

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STREET DESIGN

PROPOSED DENSITY

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PROPOSED NODES

PROPOSED PUBLIC NETWORK

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FOUNDATION MASTERPLAN

“Streets are a catalyst to urban transformation.” Recognising the importance of streets in stitching the urban fabric to its context, street design was one of the main focus.

The design strategy seeks to create a street environment that is walkable, accessible, connected, safe and brings the community together.

Thus, focused on achieving a balance between place and movement. The key attributes of Scotland’s Designing Streets was followed.

BEFORE

The street design strategies were incorporated with: • Curb bulbs • Traffic calming measures • Temporary street transformations • Shared Streets • Cycle lanes • Triangular plaza at junctions • Tactical urbanism • On street parking For a more clear and distinctive comparison, the proposed street designs were drawn against the existing street.

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CODING The produced Foundation Masterplan indicatively identifies the street network and distribution of densities in the block, and in order to detail the masterplan, a multitude of indicators were derived called the Local Urban Codes.

They define the plot based on density, structure and street edges. These codes were studied by examining the existing blocks and street edges in the urban areas, which further compile to form a library. A flexibility was achieved to design the plot and reflect an essential relationship between the urban from and street edges.

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A street edge passport was used as a guide for master planning. They were used as an interpretation to explain the possibilities and requirements of each type of density range, including the active fronts, scale and the relationship between the public and private.

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AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY ON MASTERPLAN

DETAILED MASTERPLAN As the masterplanning was worked on as a team, the work to detail the masterplan had been divided between the two members. Under the area of responsibility as mentioned, the blocks and street edges were defined using the codes, along with privacy levels and setbacks depending on the density and types of building. A number of existing building structures and streets were proposed to retain to indicate a practical and realistic holistic urban fabric.

Streets design prioritised pedestrians and cyclist, incorporated with traffic calming measures. The focus area was the central square with the proposed landmark, a clock tower, and the existing public library, connecting it to the urban main, Pollokshaws road, an identified neighbourhood node, revived by proposing an active street and filling in the missing gaps in the existing urban structure with pocket parks. In addition to this, proposed a public space on the riverside to enable connectivity to the nature. The street edges of the exiting structures were revised and refined.

SETBACKS

To support the vision, a set of overreaching yet practical principles were developed in order to guide the masterplanning of a neighbourhood in Shawlands.

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Improve the Street Edges Active Frontages Improve Pedestrian Environment Celebrate and Reinforce the Local Character and Heritage Encourage Sustainable Living Reclaim Public Spaces Connect and Grow Green Links Be Community Oriented

The Detailed Masterplan was a feasible communication of the Foundation Masterplan. It manifested a complete and an overall change in the urban fabric which was envisioned in the development process.

The vision to “Stitch the Urban Fabric” had been sufficed in this transformation presenting an area which is more connected, filled with distinctive character, is sustainable and brings the community together.

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SPECIAL PLACE DESIGN In order to convey the intended design and character of the responsible area as depicted in the detailed masterplan, place design was implemented. The place design focuses on 3 areas, the central square, the pocket parks and riverside development.

Urban Form: The Mclean Square is the central square of the neighbourhood named after the famous pioneer of Shawlands. This space also has a listed building, a clock tower which serves to the heritage of the area. The square has a slight topography. It is bounded by a vacant arcade and some commercial shops.

On the opposite side of the square is a public library at the street corner lacking legibility.

The idea with the pocket parks was to infill the gaps in the urban structure. At present the space between the existing buildings is neglected and has the potential to embody socialising and interacting urban spaces.

Therefore, the vision for the special place was to introduce a series of public spaces that are diverse in its activities, which would help improve the quality of the environment enveloped by the urban structures, with the aim to engage people in social interactions and active walking while, creating active edges and increasing the legibility of the public spaces.

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Opportunities: • Creating spaces for walking that is safe and an efficient mode of transport, encouraging liveable environments and a sense of place.

• Opportunities to revive the lost landmark that makes up the historical background of neighbourhood.

• Opportunities for the residents of the neighbourhood to utilise the spaces with flexibility.

• Opportunities for the local economy to flourish.

• Opportunities to be more interactive with the natural POLLOKSHAWS LIBRARY environment.

• Opportunity to retrofit the facade of existing built structures.

• Opportunities to use the topography and play with levels to give good viewpoints and increase legibility of built environment.

• Opportunities to create community orientated development, that includes cafés, restaurants and interactive community buildings like the library.

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With the design of special places, the idea was to create flexible spaces for community use as needed. Shops, restaurants and other facilities were proposed at the ground floor and residential housing above. Seating areas in the public spaces would allow people to stay for a longer period of time and enjoy the environment, observe, interact, eat, etc. In addition, outdoor café seating was proposed to make the street edge active, ensuring a lively neighbourhood and bringing a sense of belonging to the place.

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URBAN ECOSYSTEM

URBAN LANDSCAPE DESIGN, MSC URBAN DESIGN The aim of this subject was to explore and understand the fundamental environmental systems and flows that are eminent and considered in the physical nature of urban design. Thus, demanding that what is built makes a net positive contribution to the economic, social and environmental health.

The term assignment for this subject was to conduct a detailed analysis of the existing water, energy and food system that flows through a design area. Based on this, to evaluate the existing systems and identify opportunities to reconfigure the system in a way to generate a net positive impact and have a regenerative condition on site.

Urban Ecosystem

The following was the proposed ecological framework through which a systems proposal was developed that synchronized with the primary resource systems.

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Area: 164671.47 m2 Density: 38 units per ha EXISTING PHYSICAL CONDITIONS IN SITE

Design area selected for the prognosis of urban ecosystem is a neighbourhood of Shawlands picked from the Urban Design Studio.

PERCENTAGE OF AREA DISTRIBUTION

The existing site conditions and calculations suggest that the primary resource systems is being discarded which rather could be regenerated by altering the existing physical conditions on site. The proposal was to increases the density and built up area of the site; and improve the street conditions.

The proposed urban cycle aims to reconfigure the quality and quantity of resources that flow from the system to provide a sustainable, healthy and community based energy management system.

EXISTING PATTERN OF URBAN CYCLE IN UK FOR 2 PERSON HOUSEHOLD PROPOSED URBAN CYCLE

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PROPOSED PATTERN OF URBAN CYCLE IN UK FOR 2 PERSON HOUSEHOLD

Urban Ecosystem

Area: 164671.47 m2 Density: 71 units per ha

SECTION SHOWING THE FLOW OF PROPOSED URBAN CYCLE

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CONTEMPLATING PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT AND BEHAVIOUR IN SCHOOL SETTING CULTURAL AND BEHAVIOURAL FACTORS, MSC URBAN DESIGN

The term assignment for this subject was to identify a building environment or an urban space to conduct a desk research and assessment on socio-behavioural and spatial aspects of the selected space, using the tools addressing the relationship between people and environment. The selected building environment is of Anderston Primary School.

ABSTRACT The rationale of the report was to study the outdoor built environment of children in a school setting, to understand the quality of environment in which the children are engaged in outdoor play and learn. This involves gathering information on a primary school in the neighbourhood, as that is the age where the children grasp their basic knowledge and spend most of their time. The tools like activity mapping and contemplating settings, with the help of visual photographs was used to assess the built environment, along with a survey. The findings concluded with the understanding of increasing the link between the built environment and the children to alleviate active play and learning.

Contemplating Physical Environment

The cover page for the report was designed as an abstract for the study on children and the kind of environment that is needed.

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BUILT ENVIRONMENT ASSESSMENT PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT

BUFFERS AND BARRIERS

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CONTEMPLATING SETTING - THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT

OUTDOOR ACCESS PLAN

The school environment encourages children to learn more than what is taught, by inspiring them to explore their interests in spaces enclosed within the school’s built environment. The quality of the built environment enhances learning and impacts the occupants, and thus the school building is described as a “third teacher”. In light of this, the school building must operate as a teacher of sustainability and should be designed in a way that highlights sustainable practices; like good daylight, air quality, comfort and connection to nature.

The tool of contemplating setting was used to study the function and usage of spaces of the school’s built environment.

Behaviour and Activities Playing, Observing, Exercise, Talking, Standing, Performing, Territory

Behaviour and Activities Attentive, Running, Lying Down, Teaching, Learning, Observing

Behaviour and Activities Attentive, Distracted, Sitting, Teaching, Listening, Relaxing

Behaviour and Activities Attentive, Distracted, Smiling, Standing, Sitting, Learning

Behaviour and Activities Attentive, Distracted, Sitting, Teaching, Listening, Relaxing

Behaviour and Activities Relaxing, Resting, Sitting, Playing, Learning

THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT QUALITY ASSESSMENT

To further contemplate the built environment, online survey was conducted, on the bases of certain factors and measures to identify the quality of the existing built environment of the primary school.

SURVEY RESULT FOR THE QUALITIES OF BUILT ENVIRONMENT

OVERALL RESULT OF ASSESSMENT

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As a result, the built environment of Anderston Primary School has a good number of outdoor spaces for the children where they are encouraged in outdoor learning. The teachers conduct outdoor activities which helps enhance the well-being and active play. But it the environment lacks the sense of place and stimulation for the children that could bring out self learning. The environment has unvaried open spaces which if brought into consideration would encourage children in more creative and imaginative play.

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RADIUS WATERFRONT - DARIYA MAHAL

ARCHITECTURAL DRAWINGS & CONSTRUCTION DRAWINGS Radius aims to reshape the contours of luxury real estate in Mumbai with inspirational creations and mesmerizing architecture. This building was planned to remodel both the skyline and the street, in the rich heritage neighbourhoods of seven bungalows, Mumbai, India.

The luxurious Waterfront is a ten storey residential building, with 5 dwelling units. The units are divided as 1 studio apartment, 3 single family duplexes and 1 single family triplex. Apart from the residential units, the estate has five levelled podiums for car parking with car elevators, including a swimming pool on top podium level.

As a consultant on the project, with the principal architect I worked on the architectural and construction drawings, with the responsibility to hold meetings with the clients and the civil teams to discuss the drawings development for construction process.

Radius Waterfront

Location : Versova, Mumbai, India Site Area : 1670 sqm

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The building, Waterfront by Radius has catered to the needs of the residents by providing an elegant swimming pool at the top of the podium level. A false floor has been raised by 1.2m above the actual slab level for the services and regular maintenance. The schematic sections below shows the same.

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AURUM HOUSE - CORPORATE OFFICE, LOMA I.T PARK

ARCHITECTURAL & INTERIOR DRAWINGS, CONSTRUCTION & DETAIL DRAWINGS Aurum Corporate Office is the site office of Loma I.T Park, a multi-purpose development with I.T office buildings on the rear end of the site and residential buildings on the front.

Aurum House is at the centre of the site, with the purpose of observation and handling the development of the entire park in sight.

Tender drawings were released for the construction process with the required necessary construction, structural and detailed drawings.

As the only intern in the start-up firm, I was given the task to work on the architectural, construction and details drawings of the project. A basic conceptual 3d model was produced for the same. Under my term there, the construction of the project had started with the help of tender drawings that were submitted.

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Location : Ghansoli, Navi Mumbai, India Built Area of Office : 162 sqm

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The design of the office was intended to be open and have transparency in its built form as well.

The central structure consists of the main workspace with the directors office at the far end on the ground floor.

At the entrance, the structure was bridged into two blocks, one side the experience centre and on the other cafeteria and guest rooms.

The first floor also has workspaces and at the protruding canopy, a library and lounge.

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SHRINE BOARD NURSING CAMPUS

CONCEPTUALS, ARCHITECTURAL DRAWINGS, MASTER PLANNING & APPROVALS Shri Mata Mansa Devi Shrine Board in collaboration with the School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi, India, awarded the project to the firm for Consultancy to further carry forward the project completion. The firm was responsible for architectural, structural, landscaping and improvising on masterplan.

The proposed site is located in Kakryal, Katra, India and is naturally blessed with varying contours. Keeping in mind the levels on site and taking this an opportunity, a number of concept design were proposed.

With a number of proposals, I was responsible to work on one of the conceptual designs for the nursing campuses academic and hostel blocks. With the design process in flow, I led the project in designing the hostel blocks and produced architectural and structural drawings for the same.

Nursing Campus

Location : Katra, Jammu, India Area of Site : 40000 sqm

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CONCEPTUAL DESIGN OF HOSTEL BLOCKS

With such steep and varying contours, the concept for the hostel block was based on stag blocks keeping the architectural functionality in mind. The main entrance was from the b road with an array of staircases designed as an architectural element. With this conce arrangement of blocks came the opportunity to create a number of plazas and interaction at different levels and easily accessible for all.

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To develop the design for hostel blocks with the given requirements of number of students in undergraduate and postgraduate, the zoning and massing of blocks for each was necessary to give a balance between open and close spaces creating interaction zones within.

The massing of the blocks was confined between the two roads that would act as entry and exit from both top and bottom of the hills.

To start with the massing of staggering blocks, a desired room size was taken and the blocks were placed on the contours accordingly, with defined access blocks for movement within the hostel area.

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CONCEPTUAL DESIGN FOR ACADEMIC BLOCK The concept for the academic block was based on stepped verandahs or plazas, keeping mind in the steep contours.

The plazas was the main focus and the central of the building bifurcating into corridors with room entrances.

The plazas were designed for multi-purpose use leading down to a small amphitheatre.

With the given requirements, the academic building caters to each functions and use at different levels opening up to balconies from each room giving the view of site.

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Due to the structural complexity and the construction cost of the conceptual design, the proposed design for hostel blocks was finalised to be a more functional design with rooms linked together by long corridors facing the green retain walls.

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But with a more functional design, the question on typical boxy elevations and monotonous plans was solved by staggering the each floor plan with an offset of 2m and for the elevations a play on balconies was introduced with protruding sun shelters to give a playful and interesting facade elements.

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Internally, with the staggered plans, interactive social spaces were created PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK VERSION with a STUDENT double height common space that balances the open and closeness of building, giving more light and air to the corridors on back side.

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POCKET PARKS AND CONNECTING STREET REDEVELOPMENT BACHELOR’S URBAN DESIGN STUDIO

The design studio was based on achieving a flexible and responsible development plan to help accommodate the current activity levels on the main commercial street, keeping in mind the future increase in activity levels.

The street to be redeveloped is a gateway corridor, connecting the highway to the city, thus cluttered with heavy vehicular traffic.

It connects to city’s railway station used for daily commute. The street is a commercial street with a large supermarket catering to a high residential footfall. The city is a major hub for institutional population and increasing residential density, and is currently an attraction for residents and students due to the retail and food services.

Pocket Parks and Connecting Street Redevelopment

Street Name : Railway Station Rd. Location : Anand, Gujarat, India Length of street : 500m, including the junction Area : Approx. 1500 sqm for each pocket park

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ACTIVITY MAPPING Unorganised street parking in front of the supermarket leading to traffic No pedestrian pathways

Underdeveloped junction/ central island with Statue

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Consideration: Major gateway commercial street with heavy vehicular movement

Consideration: D-mart a major supermarket in the area generating large footfall and vehicles all day

Consideration/Need: Supermarket has underutilised basement parking Possible improvements for directed basement parking Need/Opportunity: Possible green corridor Need: Street safety for the retail customers

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Opportunity: Possible allocated car parking area

Need: Streetscape, organised on-street parking, intersection safety Appropriate junction to connect the neighbouring residential areas to main road.

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Need/Opportunity: Pedestrian friendly

Opportunity: Possible public plaza wit statue Need: Appropriately directed roundabout

Opportunity: Possible junction for pocket p and plazas for the community

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Para-transit is an obstacle when parked undirected.

Supermarket has a large footfall and vehicle movement all the day,

Hawkers on street side causing haphazard parking

CONCEPTUAL STREET SECTIONS Surface runoff causing water puddles No garbage bins near retails

Residential Commercial Mixed Use Community Facility Open Space Hawkers Para-transit parking Commercial Street Residential Street Statue

Open spaces at the junctions not maintained and inaccessible for community.

No sidewalks, walking on roads at junctions

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SITE ANALYSIS Residential Commercial Public Services

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- Open spaces at junction - On-street parking - Entry-exit for visiting supermarket customers - Pedestrian pathways along the length of main corridor - Hawkers randomly standing on street - Surface runoff flooding - Para-transit parking - Garbage disposal STREET NETWORK AND NODES

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The main objective of the proposal was to make the street pedestrian friendly with reallocation of existing on-street hawkers and provide dedicated parking spaces.

Being an important commercial street and gateway corridor, connecting the city and the highway, the intention was to develop the street in a manner catering to not only the vehicles and retail customers but also for neighbouring residents and student population.

Keeping in mind the context and the end users, measures had been employed in the design to resolve the existing concerns.

The major redevelopment in the project was revival of the unused open spaces at the junction as pocket parks, serving the residential density as a breathing and communal space in the prevailing land use.

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The revival of the unattended open spaces had been proposed for all age groups, from children to elderly as well as the students.

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Each pocket park has a different function and designed with different landscape features, serving the junction to be more attractive and welcoming to the community and visitors.

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The proposed street plan was designed with pedestrian pathways on both sides for easy movement and safety. Along the length of the street, parallel parking is provided as well as allocated parking spaces for the para-transits near supermarket.

SUDS are incorporated along the sidewalks to rectify the issue of surface water logging and to increase the vista of the street. More number of street lights were proposed to be installed to make the pedestrians feel safe at night.

Provision of guided entry and exit for the basement parking of supermarket, so as to utilise the previously unused space and thus, reduces the congestion on the street. The entry and exit for residential and commercial parking had been resolved as well, with indicated markings and signages.

Pedestrian crossings were taken into account for pedestrian safety on the busy commercial street along with shared street around the junction to reduce vehicle speed and allow easy movement to and fro the central island plaza.

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