ACADEMIC PORTFOLIO | ABHINAV JAYANTI | CEPT UNIVERSITY 2017-22 by Abhinav Jayanti

Portfolio

Abhinav Jayanti CEPT University 2017-22

Studio ‘A’ to ‘O’

01 02 03 04 05

with Kartikeya Shodhan, Jahnavi Bhatt and Manthan Mevada

Monsoon 2019 - semester 5

06 07

Related Study Program, Rajasthan with Smit Vyas and Puneet Mehrotra

Winter 2017

Designing With People

Humanities : Introduction to Culture, Society and Politics

Spring 2019 - semester 4

Monsoon 2017 - semester 1

with Jhono Bennet and Harshil Parekh

Towards a critical project and a project of criticism with Kevin Low, Shubhra Raje and Manthan Mevada

Spring 2021 - semester 8

Retrofit an Ecosystem

with Chitra Vishwanath and Ramya Ramesh

Monsoon 2021- semester 9

Office Training

with Meeta Jain Architects, Bengaluru

Monsoon 2020 - semester 7

with Prof. Gauri Bharat

Studio ‘A’ to ‘O’

with Kartikeya Shodhan, Jahnavi Bhatt and Manthan Mevada

Monsoon 2019 - semester 5 A construction and specifiying studio, with an aim to guide the design process of a dining facility at a school with insights from various construction processes by interacting with the craftsmen.

01 01 STUDIO ‘A’ TO ‘ O’

Scale 1:50

More than just a dining facility Located in the hilly tribal ranges of western India, the school is subjected to extreme weather conditions. The dining hall, designed for 300 children, is a dedicated space for them that could be used throughout the day, protected from the heavy monsoon rains and the harsh summer sun. The kitchen and the storage spaces in the adjunct block have been designed with courtyards for better ventilation.

Scale 1:100

01 02 STUDIO ‘A’ TO ‘ O’

Specifying the constituents

01 03 STUDIO ‘A’ TO ‘ O’

Laying of services Designing for a school run by a trust, it was important to integrate the services to the building frugally.

01 04 STUDIO ‘A’ TO ‘ O’

Detailing the components

01 05 STUDIO ‘A’ TO ‘ O’

Thinking as a constructor Constructing a part of a colleague’s design to understand the challenges faced by a constructor while translating the architect’s working drawings into reality.

Drawing made by Chanda Patel

Designing With People with Jhono Bennet and Harshil Parekh

Spring 2019 - semester 4 A co-production studio set in Mandvi Ni Pol, in the walled city of Ahmedabad, with an aim to learn an inclusive process of design while working with a community and understanding the various agents of decision making in a design process.

Mapping the stories of Mandvi Ni Pol A hunt for the most lively spots of the neighbourhood to peek into the factors that give them the quality that they possess

DESIGNING WITH PEOPLE 01

02 02 DESIGNING WITH PEOPLE

Lalabhai Ni Pol

i Ni Pol

Towards Jhumpd

Learning from Mandvi Ni Pol Certain areas were found that seemed to have the potential to be lively, yet could not thrive to their highest potential, and one such area was chosen to apply the learnings from the lively areas of the Pol. By identifying the anchors, inhibitions and engagements of the residents to the space, the direction of enhancing certain factors or creating others was achieved.

Towards Dev Ni Sheri

Existing Plan Akhada at Lalabhai Ni Pol Scale 1:100

02 03 DESIGNING WITH PEOPLE

Reworking with Mandvi Ni Pol Various small-scaled design interventions were designed at the neighbourhood, after a number of interactive sessions with the existing and potential users from the neighbourhood, in order to make amendments while retaining certain characteristics of the space. While working on a playground, it was important not to disturb the openness of the space and hence additions made had to be as minimal yet impactful.

02 06 DESIGNING WITH PEOPLE

Designing with Mandvi Ni Pol Visualisation is an agency that designers must possess, but while interacting with the people of the community, certain tools of design needed to be employed to aid their visualisation. A physical model proved to be quite helpful for the understanding of the users who could easy help make design decisions without having to step out of their houses. The existing enclosed spaces have been converted into mobile modules that could be placed according to the constrained pathways designed to serve different occasions at different locations.

02 07 DESIGNING WITH PEOPLE

Classroom

Night school

Sports meet

Routine activities (classroom and playground)

Festivities

Sports meet

Night school

Community Kitchen

Exhibit

Local festival

Dreaming with Mandvi Ni Pol

Dispensary Community kitchen

Garba Art / Handicraft Exhibit

Part of a group work with Tushar Kanoi

Towards a critical project and a project of criticism: Sangath, Ahmedabad

with Kevin Low, Shubhra Raje and Manthan Mevada

Spring 2021 - semester 8 A studio challenging the tendency to iconize architectural projects, with a persistent inquiry into the consequences of the design by scrutinising the built environment for its viabilities and limitations and eventually address the recognised conditions, through a critical process of reaching the potential of the program, the meaning of its use and recognising our vital responsibilities as architects rather than seeking for the associated reputations.

01 Towards a critical project and a project of criticism

Critical study An exercise of mapping habitation, heat anf light in the spaces has given us an understanding into the deep rooted hierarchy and the shortcomings in the application of certain building elements. The habitation mapping reveals how disjuncted the garden is with the building. The building shuts itself off to the garden and refrains views and breeze from the garden. It doesn’t allow for the life on the street outside to seep in either.

Habitation mapping

Thermal mapping

Light mapping

02 Towards a critical project and a project of criticism

B’

A’

Design stance The process of study revealed how the vaults are inappropriate in terms of light, heat, ventilation and habitation. Given the form and opacity of the vaults, there is no room for stack ventilation while cross-ventilation cannot be a solution for the dry parts of the year in Ahmedabad, which goes through distinct weather conditions throughout the year. The building is in some sense stripped to its bare structure and the spatial order indicated by the structure is taken forward. An additional floor is introduced by virtue of removing the vaults whichdoubles the area available for the same footprint. This approach to maximise the usage of the footprint comes from reasons of economy, and also wanting to preserve the garden in its entirety with minimum to no construction. in the garden.

03 Towards a critical project and a project of criticism

WINTER

SUMMER

WINTER WINTER

SUMMER SUMMER

WINTER

SUMMER

WINTER

SUMMER

WINTER

SUMMER

north

MORNING

NOON NOON

NOON

LATE AFTERNOON

WINTER

SUMMER

WINTER

SUMMER

Iterative design process WINTER

SUMMER

Light enters from the roof by virtue of the louvres that open towards the north and enter the space through the translucent sheet underneath. In between these two layers, an air space is created that works as insulation against the heat and protects the steel structure from getting heated. The double layered roof also allows for stack ventilation through at the top of the roof. Light also enters from the vertical facades of both the floors. The light from the roof on the first floor seeps into the ground floor too by virtue of glass flooring along two strategically located strips on the first floor.

WINTER

SUMMER

WINTER

SUMMER

WINTER

LATE AFTERNOON

SUMMER

The cross section of the roof shows the working of the system. The translucent sheet is placed between the I beams and the potential problem of water leakage is addressed through a drip and flashing system.

Section AA’

04 Towards a critical project and a project of criticism

Section AA’

Retrofit into the built environment The studios look into the garden and the openings on the ground floor are made such that they create a seat on the outside and storage on the inside. The gardens are contoured such that they face the east and are more inhabitable during the afternoon and evenings, which is when they are majorly used. The classroom cum theatre on the first floor, has larger western terraces that can act as informal socialising and gathering spaces when there are events held within the space and even as a break out space for the students. Section BB’

Retrofit an Ecosystem

with Chitra Vishwanath, Ramya Ramesh and Rajshri Jain

Monsoon 2021 - semester 9 An ecosystem is essentially complete within itself, yet constantly growing and subsequently undergoing multiple transformations. The process of the studio began with understanding the given precinct in Ahmedabad as an ecosystem that is a part of a larger one, while containing multiple subsidiary ones within. This is essential in determining our scope of work in order to enhance the ecosystem without disrupting it.

04 01 RETROFIT AN ECOSYSTEM

Density mapping

60sqm/person

A’

5sqm/person

Front alleys

Existing open space inside the housing

Back alleys

Abandoned play area due to isolated location

Festivities spilling onto streets

Overlap of open spaces on vehicular access

m 100

Observing life in density This precinct exhibits contrasting living conditions in terms of population density, economy and lifestyle. By virtue of being a catchment area, the Lakhudi housing society, a government housing scheme in place of an existing settlement, happens to have a density of 5sqm/ person as compared to the neighbouring houses which are upto 60sqm/person. This densely packed population is subjected to various questionable conditons due to the lack of sufficient natural light, ventilation, common open spaces.

Play areas spilling onto streets

Inundation of the catchement in monsoon

Ground level plan, existing conditions

04 02 RETROFIT AN ECOSYSTEM

19m

4.5m

Back alley

Front alley

Typical 1BHK unit

A’

Front alley

Toilets

4.5m

K 9m

commercial edge

Unit plan, existing conditions

2.5

Back alley

4.5m

abandoned play area

Documenting the densities

Site area

11900 sqm

Built-up area

24025 sqm

FSI

59%

Built-up area of each unit

29 sqm

Overall population

Anganwadi 9m

Back alley

4.5m

~4-6 ~2200

common open space

4.5m

Common open space (%) Residents per unit

Front alley

Lakhudi circle

Cluster plan, existing conditions

Typical floor plan, existing conditions

Thakur’s settlement

04 03 RETROFIT AN ECOSYSTEM

Caste segregation in the existing conditions

Rabari 27% (nomadic tribes, ST)

Thakurs 38% (upper castes)

Harijans 29% (backward caste)

Vanzara 7%

Section AA’, existing conditions

4.5

Section AA’, proposed conditions

4.5

(nomadic tribes, OBC)

Breaking the density apart Though the existing conditions have a fairly large proportion of open space, it is distributed within the 4.5m wide alleys and the common open space on the backside. The subsequent step was to carve out and rearrange the massing with the same number of houses and the same overall built-up area, while creating common open spaces adjacent to the units. Though alloted distinctly by the government, residents of each community have chosen to segregate each blocks by caste, giving way to inequity in the right to common space

04 04 RETROFIT AN ECOSYSTEM

G+4

Existing

G+4

Sequence of intervention The removal of units started with alternate blocks in order to create wide open spaces within the arrangement unlike how secluded the existing open space lies. 35% of the existing blocks have been carved out to create the courtyards within while new blocks of the similar unit plans have been added between the blocks and in the open space towards the southeast. The new block towards the south-east has been added on with 2 floors to maintain the same number of housing units.

G+4 Demolition

G+4 G+6

Addition

Proposed re-arrangement

04 05 RETROFIT AN ECOSYSTEM

Parking

A’

19m

Vehicular access

19m

Toilets

new bridging unit

Unit plan, proposed conditions

2.5

Re-arranging the densities In the new arrangement, each house faces an open space adjacent to it. Bridging units have been added between each block to connect them in a parallel orientaion towards the open spaces, while structurally countering earthquake threats by connecting the blocks. The new arrangement does not allow the formation of the front and back alleys hence creating a singularity to the access, compelling the residents to keep them maintained. This redistribution of massing provides equitable common spaces to every cluster of houses, in order to counter the inequity of the existing conditions. This way, even after a caste segregation, every cluster still has a space to spill out.

40m

38m

Cluster plan, proposed conditions

Typical floor plan, proposed conditions

Office Training with Meeta Jain Architects

Monsoon 2020 - semester 7 A 6 month long exposure as the only subordinate to the principal architect, with responsibilities of handling projects from their initiation, presentation all the way to exectution on site. The following projects are a few of those dealt with during the same period.

05 01 OFFICE TRAINING

hob

STORE 5'6"x5' LVL +9' 3" OVERHUNG CHIMNEY

2" DROP

SINK

SLIDING DOOR

DRY BIN WET BIN

Drain counter above

UTILITY 8'2"x9'8"

ROUGH STONE SLAB

1'DEEP SHELF

2" DROP

2' DEEP SHELF

crockery unit

KITCHEN 12'1"x9'8" LVL +9' 3"

1'DEEP SHELF

POOJA 5'5"X6'8"

2" DROP

MIXER GRINDER

FRIDGE

1' DEEP LEDGE

handwash counter

SHELF

SINK

OVEN 11"DEEP 15"DEEP SHELF SHELF

ROLLER BLINDS

sitting ledge cum cabinet

TOILET 5 3'4"X 5'11''

BALCONY SEAT

LVL +8' 6" 3 seater sofa

FAMILY AREA LVL +19' 3"

DINING

SWING

D removable partition cum cabinet

BALCONY

3 seater sofa SKYLIGHT

LIFT MACHINE ROOM

Ladder (Service access)

13 12 11 10 9 8 DUCT

1'DEEP SHELF

WALK-IN WARDROBE 5'-6"x5'

seat

TOILET -2 5'9X4'2" LVL +9' 1"

WARDROBE

TOILET -1 6'-5"x5' LVL +9' 1"

Word of mouth

Section A

SHELVES

TOILET -3 4'9"X3'

LVL +9' 3"

LVL +9' 1"

MIRROR

Project type : Architecture and Interior design, Site supervision

BEDROOM 1 13'4" x 10'x 3"

Ladder (Service access)

LVL +9' 3"

STUDY TABLE SLIT WINDOW

Channels for water supply lines

Marble slab

DRAWING TITLE :

ADDITIONAL WARDROBE

BALCONY BALCONY PLANTER

A G+3 apartment in a residential locality of south Bengaluru, for a joint family. The house is a exemplary for its negotiation of paradigms, designed with a modernist approach, while catering to an orthodox family of archaic practices. There is a constant involvement of all contingencies in the design and construction process with the clients aiming to have an modern outlook while not having to give up their exisiting lifestyles.

perforated sheet

CHECKED BY : MEETA

LVL +9' 3"

ROOF BLOCKWORK WITH ANGLED WALL

Acquisition :

30 MM dia pipe

WINDOW SEAT

FIRST FLOOR PLAN

A 2" latch and plaster wall

Roof plan

PROJECT TITLE :

Building type : Residence

8'9"X7'10"

GIRINAGAR APARTMENT

Project status : Civil work completed

GUEST BEDROOM

WARDROBE

2000 sq. ft.

WARDROBE

Area :

LIFT 5' X 5'

WARDROBE

Girinagar, Bengaluru, Karnataka

WATERTANK

WARDROBE

Site :

1 2 3 4 5 6

REVISION :

SHOWCASE

20 19 18 17 16 15 14

DRAWN BY : ABHINAV

seat ledge with drawers TV UNIT

LVL +9' 3"

THIS DRAWING IS SUBJECT TO COPYRIGHT c

backless stool

MEETA JAIN ARCHITECTS

LIVING AREA

FOR : EXECUTION

Girinagar Apartment, Bengaluru, KA

READY-MADE TULSI POT

CUT-OUT

WINDOW SEAT

backless stool

DATE : 11/12/2020

SEAT

05 02 OFFICE TRAINING

Towards Nandi

ft 12

2 plot arrangement

Nandi Swar, Sultanpete, KA Site :

Towards Nandi

Sultanpete, Chikkaballapur Dist., Karnataka

Built-up Area : 2400 sq. ft. Project status : Proposal Building type : Farmhouse Acquisition :

Marketing

Project type : Turn-key; Architecture, Interior and Landscape design As a part of the ‘House in a farm’ initiative from MJA, the Nandi Swar farmhouses, located in the lap of the Nandi hills, are designed as minimal footprint dens, perched in between a farmland, co-existing with the neighbouring farming community.

Ground floor ft 3

First floor Mezzanine

Roof Plan NORTH

NORTH 48

5 plot arrangement

SITE PLAN ft 12

05 03 OFFICE TRAINING

Competition entries

Entry panel for JK AYA 2020

Moolé Mané

Drawings and illustrations from the entry for Unbuilt

Bamboo Trellis house, 2013

Related Study Program with Smit Vyas and Puneet Mehrotra

Winter 2017

Measure drawings in a group of three from Chota Ora, a village in Rajasthan Hand-drawn with inking points

Part of a group work with Khyati Rajpara and Priyanka Kolhe

Humanities : Introduction to Culture, Society and Politics

Part of a group work with 11 students

with Prof. Gauri Bharat

Monsoon 2017

Mapping the stories of garbage from an active fast food street of Ahmedabad, all the way from the source to the final destination. Hand-drawn with ink

Journey of Garbage

Source | Law Garden

Final Destination | Pirana

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