Portfolio 2020

PORTFOLIO

AASIYA MAAVIAH MS.AUD, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY B.ARCH, SRI VENKATESHWARA COLLEGE OF ARCHITECTURE Email: aasiyamaaviah@gmail.com Work Samples: 2018 - 2020

AASIYA MAAVIAH | PORTFOLIO

AASIYA MAAVIAH ARCHITECT + URBAN DESIGNER

VISA: F1 Status with OPT and Stem Extension 729 Lafayette Avenue, Apt 3L Brooklyn, NY, 11221 917.705.2930 aasiyamaaviah@gmail.com WORK EXPERIENCE

EDUCATION

Al-Bawani Construction Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Intern Architect [July 2018 - May 2019]

Columbia University in the City of New York NY, New York Master of Science in Architecture and Urban Design [Summer 2019 - Spring 2020]

Assisted in the design and construction of three administrative buildings for the Riyadh Government and the design of institutional and residential design-build construction projects.

Led the team for the design of an ancilliary building for a housing expansion project. Tasks included conceptual and construction drawings, and preparing client presentations.

JNAFAU - Sri Venkateshwara College of Architecture Hyderabad, India Bachelors in Architecture, Head of Student Union, Member of Dean’s Student Advisory Committee, Class Representitive [September 2014 - May 2019]

Sri Venkateshwara College of Architecture Hyderabad, India Teaching Assistant for Urban Design Studio VI [Sept 2016 - July 2017] Awarded a Teaching Assistantship with Prof. Nagraj Naidu for Urban Design Studio VI. Assisted with the preparation of course material, studio schedules, and presentations. Additionally performed several administrative tasks for course projects.

VOLUNTEER WORK Columbia University Task Force Columbia University, New York, NY Member of Graduate Group for Inclusion and Belonging [Fall 2019 - Spring 2020] M.A.D - Make a difference foundation Hyderabad, India Teaching Assistant for 10th Grade Science [May 2017 - August 2017] Ashray Akruti for the hearing impaired Hyderabad, India Teaching Assistant for 6th Grade English [June 2014 - August 2014] AWARDS Dean’s List Recepient Jawaharlal Nehru Architecture and Fine Arts University, Sri Venkateshawara College of Architecture, Hyderabad, India [August 2019] Best Playwright Award College October Festival for Architecture, Sri Venkateshawara College of Architecture, Hyderabad, India [December 2017]

CERTIFICATIONS Council of Architecture Registration Certification Council of Architecture, Delhi, India License Number: CA/2020/120753 [May 2020] Revit Certificate of Completion Engineers CADD Centre (P) Ltd, Hyderabad, India License Number: 99653 [May 2018] 3D Studio Max Certificate of Completion Engineers CADD Centre (P) Ltd, Hyderabad, India License Number: 99653 [February 2018] AutoCAD (2D, 3D and Civil Engineering) Autodesk Authorised Training Centre, Hyderabad, India License Number: 17OAUT0OA7 [January 2017] SKILLS Computer Aided Design + BIM AutoCad (2D, 3D and Civil), Revit, Rhino, Grasshopper, Maya, 3DS Max, Sketchup, V-Ray Render, Keyshot, ArcGis Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, After Effects, Premier, Lightroom Microsoft Office Word, Powerpoint, Excel Other Tech 3D Printing, Preparing Files for Laser Cut and CNC Languages English [Fluent], Arabic [Fluent], Hindi [Native], Urdu [Native]

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A SENTENCE REWRITTEN

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FEEDING LIC

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AL BAWANI WORK

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STATE CENTRAL LIBRARY

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KAVADIGUDA’S CANAL

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HOSPICE

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Redesigning Sing Sing Prison for equity, fighting climate change, and generating employment

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Utilising Hydroponics on campus roofs to provide healthy school meals throughout Long Island City

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Design of ancilliary buildings for a housing project and a campus expansion.

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A dissertation on the expansion and restoration of the State Central Library in Hyderabad

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A water-front redevelopment proposal for polluted Musi River and its surroundings

A hospice design proposal for senior citizens suffering from stage-4 cancer

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Modelling the Hudson Valley, Columbia University in the City of New York, NY [Fall 2019]

A SENTENCE REWRITTEN Redesigning SingSing for jobs, justice and climate change Fall 2019, Academic Project, Urban Design Studio II Instructor: Kaja Kßhl Project Partners: Alvi Rahman, Yuan Qin, Zhen Hua Site: Westchester, Hudson Valley, New York Context | The Hudson Valley houses thirteen of some of New York State’s most notorious high-maximum security incarceration facilities. These prisons are spaces of extreme injustice and the pinnacle of police brutality. Additionally, an NYS prison generates an average of 25,000 MtCO2e of carbon.

PROJECT | The redesign of Sing Sing Correctional Facility addresses three primary goals. Firstly, the creation of a more humane environment for the inmates and their families through family rehabilitation, educational programs, and more access to parole officers and social justice workers. By reopening the waterfront to the public, there are also programs to connect the incarcerated population with the surrounding community.

Secondly, it fights climate change by shifting to clean energy and recycling waste. Thirdly, it generates employment by creating green-job for both inmates and correctional officers.

Factory Wind turbine

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Greene Correctional Facility Reimagining Greene Correctional Facility (closing in 2020) as a space to produce Clean Energy for Upstate New York

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Hall Security Activity center

Office Training center Teaching Building Family center Sports Court

Taconic Correctional Facility Reimagining Taconic Correctional Facility for women as a space to for rehabilitation and empowerment

Affordable living units

Community Art Center Clinic

Community Farming Garden

Day Care Center

Eco-Therapy Park

Community Gymnasium

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Market

Beacon Correctional Facility Reimagining Beacon Correctional Facility for women as a space to for rehabilitation and empowerment Museum plaza

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Sing Sing Correctional Facility Redesigning Sing Sing as a space to promote equity, employment, and rehabilitation for incarcerated citizens 08

The Criminal Justice System is a complex network of people and institutions that have left people divided. How can a community engagement program ensure that all voices are heard and given equal significance?

What are the priorities of Sing Sing Correctional Facility in looking after their inmates?

What does its incarceration population need? What are the best ways to help them?

How do the inmates feel about Ossining? Would they want to live here someday? How do the correctional officers aim to improve the inmates? What are their fears and concerns?

How does the local police manage security for such a notorious prison? How do the people of Ossining feel about a prison in their village? What do they think about a prison blocking their waterfront?

What are their dreams for Ossining?

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Sing Sing’s Proposed Site Plan Implementing three phases in Sing Sing for equity, employment and climate change

Water Front Master Plan Berm and wetlands for flood protection + Oyster farm to generate revenue for incarcerated citizens and their families

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Hall Security Activity center

Office Training center Teaching Building Family center Sports Court

Reclaimed Water Front Reclaiming the waterfront as a place for community gathering

Connector Master Plan Bridging the 15m Gap between the two halves of the prison with a Plaza for rehabilitation through the arts

Old Cell Block refurbished as a Gallery Repurposing the abandoned cell block as an exhibition and art gallery to display works from the rehabilitation program 12

Breaking down barriers Reconnecting the prison with its surroundings by adding community activities along the prison walls

Reconnecting with the community Introducing retail along the prison perimeter to generate employment and maintain interaction

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ENERGY GENERATION + SITE DEVELOPMENT

Berm Design Concept Repurposing Sing Sing’s berm in three phases in accordance with the Green New Deal 14

FEEDING LIC Spaces to produce, store and distribute food to the Schools of Long Island City Summer 2019, Academic Project, Urban Design Studio I Instructor: Martin Nans Voron Project Partners: Zixuan Zhang, Eleni Stefania Kalapoda Site: Long Island City, Queens, New York CONTEXT | Children of long island city rely heavily on school lunch meals to rescue themselves from hunger. However, these meals are often inadequate, of poor quality, and exported from outside the city. This pattern of neglect is observable in many growing urban societies.

PROJECT | The proposal is an agricultural experimentation centre with three categories of replicable modules in Long Island City’s industrial business zone. Firstly, the program offers students of agriculture an opportunity to grow and package food at a massive scale using advanced hydroponic techniques.

Secondly, this concept is supported by infrastructural modules for distribution to create a system around the life cycle of food. The third category of modules proposed aim to educate through mentorship programs and start a dialogue around the way we think about food and pass these lessons down to our children.

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Water Front Junction Utilising the existing infrastructure along the waterfront for inventory, manufacturing and processing.

Conceptual Proposal for LIC’s Industrial Zone

Storage and Delivery between Inventories

Creating Public Space in LIC

Utilising the cargo ships in the canal to move food material between industrial sites

Designing engaging community spaces for recreation, experimentation and education

Growing Hydroponic Fruit Assessing the quantity and seasonality of different fruits in Hydroponic systems

Growing Hydroponic Vegetables Assessing the quantity and seasonality of different vegetables in Hydroponic systems

Total Yearly Food Demand Analysing the lunch requirements of individual schools within Long Island City

Total Yearly Yield Analysing the possible yield from the agricultural experimentation spaces within LIC’s industrial belt 20

Taste Testing on Sidewalks Bringing food and health education to the sidewalks of LIC by utilising hydroponically grown plants into public landscape

Extending education to the streets Expanding agricultural practices from closed rooms and distant farms into the public realm

Master Plan Converting LIC’s industrial zone into an agricultural zone for school children

Distribution Routes Establishing connectivity within and beyond the industrial belt of Long Island City 22

STUDENT PICKUP DURING SCHOOL HOURS

FOOD STORAGE DURING OFF HOURS

School Bus Design Adding custom modules to school buses to deliver produce during off hours

AGRO-TOURISM SEATING

FOOD TASTING SPACE

Agricultural Tourism Bus Design Reconfiguring tour busses to promote agro-tourism in Queens

Increasing Accessibility App design for users, both consumers and schools, to customise and track produce according to their meal plans 26

AL-BAWANI INTERNSHIP Designing for King Abdullah University Summer 2019, Al-Bawani Architectural Internship Site: Thuwal, Saudi Arabia PROJECT 01 | King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) is a private research university located on the Red Sea at Thuwal, Saudi Arabia. Due to rapid enrollment growth and the subsequent need for on-campus housing, the university planned a dedicated facility for graduate students.

The design of public toilets was for the staff on the SouthEastern Campus block.

PROJECT 02 | The residences for the faculty and students are adjacent to the KAUST campus. HOK designed the master plan for the university, and Al-Bawani Co. LTD designed the villas. The design of the Ancillary Building was for the oncampus attendants. The design pedagogy and construction style of the Ancillary Building remains in harmony with the large-scale infrastructure. The circulation is very well-achieved to ensure that the new building complements the rest of the structure’s sustainability criteria because of its LEED Platinum Sustainability award.

Architectural Model

Section Model

Preparing the basic architectural structure for the toilets

Interior sectional render showing material layers and details

Architectural + Structural Model

Architectural + Structural Model

Coordinating the structural and architectural model

Integrating different materials in the combined model

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STATE CENTRAL LIBRARY Expanding and Rennovating the world’s largest Urdu Library Spring 2019, Academic Project, Urban Design Studio VIII Instructor: Shalini Reddy and Kalpana Machaali Individual Work Site: Afzal Gunj, Hyderabad CONTEXT | The Hyderabad State Central Library, looking over the banks of the River Musi across the stream from Salarjung Museum, was designed by Architect Aziz Ali in 1891. Completed in 1936, it stood for decades as a belt in the city dedicated to higher learning. Almost a century later, the monument has retained its significance but has declined in its ability to contribute to the intellectual needs of the city’s population. Attempts at restoring the library have caused further degeneration. In parallel, the city has lost its place alongside the educationally advanced states in India.

CONCEPT | Restoring the library required studying it as civic, academic, historical, and cultural infrastructure. The library had to be connected to all its counterparts throughout the city to re-establish its relevance in the current dynamic and urban context. The redevelopment program incorporates a distinct hierarchy of proposals that concentrate on the unique aspects of the overall project to actualise this connectivity.

PROGRAM | The project has been compartmentalised into four phases depending on the aspects of the library that require refurbishment. The stages include an Adaptive Re-use Proposal, a Building Extension Project, the Repurposing of the Library as a Cultural Centre, and the Development of Public Spaces.

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The site is located in Afzal Gung with a total area of 22,486 m2.

It is recognised as a part of Nizam’s historical belt along Musi.

Nizam ordered all the city’s icons to be designed along the river.

+C connectivity The State Library is located 7.7 km from the centre of the city.

Restoration of the Hyderabad State Library

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SECTION D-D’| EASTERN | EASTERN SECTION SECTION D-D’ SECTION original building annex building

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Library Extension New Library extension adjacent to the Hyderabad State Central Library

Ground Floor Core The reception, editorial rooms, and the service core on the ground floor

Editorial and Archives View of the editorial rooms on the ground floor to ease access to previously restricted resources

Creating circulation pathways Connecting space between the existing library and the extension

Kavadiguda’s Canal Reclaiming Tanbunk’s Waterfront

Fall 2018, Academic Project, Urban Design Studio VII Instructor: Nagraj Naidu Individual Work Site: Kavadiguda, Hyderabad CONTEXT | The Musi is the primary source of water in the State of Telangana. The canal connecting the River to the Hussain Sagar Dam was inaugurated to beautify the growing Urban Landscape in Nizam’s Hyderabad and as a reminder of the contribution of the Dam in regulating the flooding.

However, in recent years it has suffered severe interventions such as flooding, construction works, waste-dumping and public works. Despite the government’s efforts at cleaning the canal, the situation has proven to get progressively worse.

DESCRIPTION | The purification of the canal is part of the sustainable development project 2020. Foot-over bridges are provided at required intervals, providing easy access for pedestrian crossings—decks with seating spaces, and stalls bordered by engaging viewpoints. The Proposal includes organic farming and recreational tracks. The relocation of Market spaces rectifies the traffic congestion and haphazard development caused by the squatting of hawkers. These irregulated market spaces choke the streets by creating bottlenecks as they encroach onto the main roads and cause dead ends in local colonies. Market area design keeps the family as the basic unit of the client base, therefore, encouraging safer public activity by curbing the movement of any anti-social elements in the vicinity.

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Water Pollution

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Cycling Route Encroachment of Public Parks

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HOSPICE Rest and recuperation for the terminally ill

Summer 2018, Academic Project, Urban Design Studio VI Instructor: Praneeta Ankuri Individual Work Site: 100 Feet Road, Kondapur, Hyderabad CONCEPT | The pre-eminent ideology underlying this design is its emphasis on returning autonomy to its users. It keeps in mind their need for a space that acts as a sanctuary in their final stages, allowing them to live out their days with dignity, grace, and as much self-reliance as possible. The main character of Leo Tolstoyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s work, Ivan, from the Death of Ivan Ilyich, and his disarming diatribes were the inspiration for this design.

PROJECT | The entrance acts as a transitional zone that removes the visitor from the surrounding hospital environment.

The bridged pathway is of a hard, radiant oak that oversees a narrow stream of fresh flowing water and is offset by a row of small Gulmohars and birdhouses. Parallel to this is an open-air dining area that is visible through the gaps in the dense foliage. While walking onto the transitional bridge, the sound of feet tapping on wood, the changing colours of the Gulmohars, the chirping of the birds, and the faint rumbling of guinea pigs stimulate visual, auditory, and olfactory senses to provide a change of atmosphere and begin the therapeutic effect. The circulation circuit is a continuous network of ramps for unassisted movement.

The pathway leads to an informal reception and sitting area that doubles as a gathering space. Spacious wards with attached bathrooms have open floor plans that ease movement and communication. Adjustable partition walls allow for selected privacy, while large personalised windows placed parallel to each bedding arrangement allow for an unrestricted view of the outdoors.

Views of the wards are spaces allotted for organic farming, supervised by the residents. They stimulate a feeling of growth and novelty. A play area that doubles as an energetic meeting space borders the pre-operative consultation rooms to ease the patientâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s visits to their doctors.

[Top] View of the common lung space provided for the residents [Middle] The entrance to the hospice via the transition bridge [Bottom] The recreational space within the medical centre.

Aasiya Maaviah

MS. AUD - Columbia University in the City of New York Email: aasiyamaaviah@gmail.com, aa4429@columbia.edu Mobile: +1 917 705 2930 Website: www.behance.net/aasiyam LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/aasiya-maaviah-82311a129