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A K A S H G A N G U LY akashganguly.asapk@gmail.com +91 8697779057 Hi, My name is Akash Ganguly. I am a fourth year Architecture student at Amity School Of Architecture and Planning, Amity University Kolkata. What follows is a depiction and representation of my thoughts and perception, through architecture and design. All of what I have gathered and learnt in my journey as an architecture student is presented herewith.
CBSE X 2014 - Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Kolkata, West Bengal, India CGPA 10 CBSE XII 2016 - Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Kolkata, West Bengal, India 89% B.Arch 2016-2021 - Amity School Of Architecture and Planning, Amity University Kolkata, West Bengal, India Currently in 4th Year
WORK E X P ER I ENCE Summer Internship at DreamLeap Architects 2017 Member of ongoing Research team studying “Public Spaces” in collaboration with Penn State University, USA 2017-Present
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Worked on ongoing projects with ARCHDOMAIN3D Modelling, Architectural Visualisation and Rendering
SKI LL S
COMPETITI ON A ND ACH I EV EM ENTS
AutoCAD Revit SketchUp Rhino Adobe Photoshop Adobe Illustrator Adobe InDesign Adobe Lightroom DIALux Evo VRay 3.6 For SketchUp Twinmotion
ANDC 2018 - Top 36 Shortlist Junior Coordinator
RES EARC H AND D O CU ME NTAT ION
ANDC 2019 - Top 100 Shortlist (Ongoing) Senior Coordinator Product Design Tropy ZONASA 2018 Special Mention with Anwesha Bishnu and Nikhil Bera Flag Trophy ZONASA 2018 - Top 10 Shorlist Space Oddity 2019 - Photoshop Competition
MEASURE DRAWING Jahaz Mahal, Madhya Pradesh Virupaksha Temple, Pattadakal St.Peter’s Church, Fort William, Kolkata SETTLEMENT STUDY Locality around Brihadishwara Temple, Thanjavur
EXTRACURRICULAR Member Of National Athlete Team for South Asian(SAKF) and Asian`Games(AKF) U18 Karate 2014 recognised by Indian Olympic Association and Olympic Council of Asia.
WO RKS H OP S
INTERESTS
Carpentry Workshop by SpaceTale 2017
Travel
Bamboo Workshop 2018
Trekking
Floral Architecture Workshop 2017
Photography
CSEB & FerroCement Workshop at AuroYali 2018
Volleyball
Annual NASA Convention 2019
Karate
Earthquake Resistant Building Practices Workshop
Music
at IIT Kanpur 2019
Architectural Illustrations
Gold Medal in team event in SAKF 2014
Visualisation Critical Analysis
03 PRASANNA
Student Activity Centre Semester 3 Page 17-24
04 BRUMMELS CLOTHING
Interior Design Semester 6 Page 25-32
05 PHYLETICS OF A TRIBAL VILLAGE
CONTENTS 01 THE URBAN GYM
ANDC 2019 - Shortlisted Documentation and Design Page 33-40
06 THE TRYOUT
Community Space Design Semester 6 Page 1-8
Set Design/Stop-Motion Animation Semester 1 Page 41-42
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LOCUS UMBRA
Exhibition Pavilion Semester 3 Page 9-16
POSTER/BROCHURE DESIGN
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THE URBAN GYM Community Space Design
“We won’t ever solve the problem unless we use people’s own capacity to build.” Alejandro Aravena BRIEF: Design an outdoor furniture for existing college campus in Amity University Kolkata. A play on the words “Jungle Gym’, the Urban Gym is a concept developed and designed to be used at liberty. Untethered and unaffected by its surrounding environment, the Urban Gym aims to bring every disconnected individual into a safe haven. The design intends to work as a point of focus that provides some sort of identity and relevance to an otherwise uninteresting space. The interactive nature is focused on group interaction and connecting strangers to each other. It acts as a halting station, providing a space for its users to converse, interact, breathe, harmonise and destress. Bus stops, office complexes, school and college campuses, heritage monument sites, urban transition spaces, apartment complexes, the Urban Gym can cater to all of these spaces. Its versatile nature makes it welcoming to a wide range of users. Construction is quick, easy and left to the imagination and convenience of its users. It can be restructured and remodelled in numerous ways. This process brings the community into the designing process of the spaces as well.
AFFORDABLE MODULARITY
FORM AND STRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT
Scaffolding is used for the construction/renovation/restoration of almost all known structures. It’s affordability and reliability makes it a great structural system for temporary structures. Keeping that thought in mind, the flexibility of the spaces created aids the modular nature of the structure. Thus, the said materials have been used for the design.
Wooden boards used for making vertical partitions and sitting spaces.
Hardwood planks for making the floorings.
Hollow steel or iron tubes used for scaffolding.
BASE MODULE A simple and repetitive module of 1500x1500mm is used to construct a grid.
MASSING AND STRUCTURE Initial massing to provide a base. Scaffolding is provided in a similar grid pattern with a minimum height difference of 3000mm.
RESHAPING THE Introduction of le base (e.g. steps a spaces).
FREEDOM OF SPACE
SOCIO-SPATIAL SEG
The nature of the spaces and the various typologies, makes the ‘Urban Gym’ available to a vast number of people. May it be a college campus, office complex, bus stand, neighbourhood park, activities will vary according to the user groups. It encourages interaction and fluidity of communication.
The nature of the spaces May it be a college camp user groups.
Areas with furniture/recr elements, e.g, hammocks
SHADOW STUDY WHEN PLACED IN CAMPUS
BASE evels to the and sitting
LEVELLING UP Introduction of multiple levels to the structure, to provide viewing decks, sitting and leisure spaces etc.
FINAL MASSING With the introduction of vertical circulation and more usable spaces, the final massing is complete.
GREGATIONS
and the various typologies, makes the ‘Urban Gym’ available to a vast number of people. pus, office complex, bus stand, neighbourhood park, activities will vary according to the
Shaded areas with regulated visual permeability
reational s, swings etc
Shaded interactive areas with unregulated visual permeability.
Open interactive areas with absolute unrestricted visual permeability
Areas suitable for potted plants and creepers to grow
“The need for connection and community is primal, as fundamental as the need for air, water and food.� Anonymous
COMPONENTS 1. HOLLOW STEEL TUBEAND- CLAMP SCAFFOLING 2. TIMBER PLANKS 3. WOODEN BOARD
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Victoria Memorial, Kolkata
Gangtok, Sikkim
Endless alternate possibilities emerge based on location and user preferences.
New Town, Kolkata
Rabdentse Ruins, Sikkim
New Town, Kolkata
New Town, Kolkata
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LOCUS UMBRA Exhibition Pavilion Semester 3
BRIEF: Design an exhibition pavilion to be included in a Student Activity Centre. The pavilion must have interior and exterior exhibition spaces. Maximum BUA shouldn’t exceed 400m 2. Light is the administrator of vision. Without light, the human eye is non-functional. An adequate measure of light is usually required to wholesomely perceive the objects we are looking at. Hence, museums and exhibition spaces are illuminated with artificial methods of lighting to enhance perception as natural lighting is sometimes not enough. At LOCUS UMBRA, natural lighting has been incorporated as an element of dynamism and drama by allowing light into the space through meticulous placement of openings.
FORM AND STRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT
1. Initial Massing
2. Separation of masses
3. Introdution of levels
4. Establishing connectivity
5. Axiliary spaces
6. Chiaroscuro
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PLAN AND COMPONENTS
GROUND FLOOR PLAN • Internal exhibition space • External exhibition space
Fenestrations 1.0
FIRST FLOOR PLAN • Internal exhibition space
Fenestrations 2.0
External Exhiibition Space 1.0
External Exhiibition Space 2.0
Internal Exhibition Space
“All fine architectural values are human values, else not valuable� F.L. Wright
A pavilion which is an exhibit in itself.
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PRASANNA
Student Activity Centre Semester 3 “Nothing in the world is more simple than making spaces that provide better for the people� BRIEF: Design a Student Activity Centre for the campus of Amity University Campus. The SAC must include a sports complex, a cafeteria, an exhibition pavilion, boys-girls common rooms, a multi-purpose hall, a dance/music room. Further additions may be made. Architecture is built around those who dwell within. The area of a space can greatly affect the temperament of its users. The Student Activity Centre has been systematically planned, segragating a wide range of activities, paying attention to user privacy and interaction. The versatility and erratic nature of the spaces instill a sense of peace and motivation urging users to advance, explore and yearn for knowledge.
SITE DEVELOPMENT
Initial Massing
Axiliary Masses
GROUND FLOOR PLAN 1. Swimming Pool 2. Table Tennis Room 3. Gym 4. Changing Rooms 5. Tank Room 6. Volleyball Court 7. Toilets 8. Meditation Room 9. Club Activity Building 10. Cheap Store - Pharmacy 11. Common Rooms 12. Administration 13. Cafeteria - Reading Room 14. Exhibition Pavilion
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FIRST FLOOR PLAN Badminton Courts Conference Hall Multipurpose Hall Reading Room
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Pedestrian Entran
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“All fine architectural values are human values, else not valuable� F.L. Wright
SPORTS COMPLEX - HIGH ACTIVITY ZONE CLUB ACTIVITY BUILDING - MEDIUM ACTIVITY ZONE CAFETERIA, READING ROOM, COMMON ROOMS - LOW ACTIVITY ZONE
CAFETERIA AND READING ROOM The structure is composed of two intersecting cubes. The larger houses a double storied cafeteria, the upper story of which connects to the smaller cube, which houses the reading room.
Badminton Court - First Floor
Swimming Pool
Meditation Room
Balcony of Multipurpose Hall First Floor
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BRUMMELS CLOTHING
Luxury Clothing Store - Interior Design Semester 6 BRIEF: Design the interiors for a clothing store of area 500m 2 in a retail shopping complex. Choose the type of clothing according to convenience.
Beau Brummel was the first to design and wear the single breasted suit, breaking the traditions of his time. This store is a tribute to Beau Brummel and his work.
The basic design element most abundantly used in the store is the arch. The arched entrance welcomes users into the store where they are met with two more grand arches that define the display areas. Individual products are displayed in arches that are designed to preserve the identities of each of the products. The backlit brand logos and the glossy metal finish hangarsare in contrast with the lustureless concrete finish walls. The flooring is done with marble which gives the space a grand feeling.
MODULE 1 - ARCHES Two concrete arches invite the users into the store, acting as grand entrances. The display units also use arches for individual products to preserve the individuality of the products. They also work to expose the products and give them the attention they deserve.
MODULE 2 - CHECKOUT COUNTER The checkout counter of the store is clad with the marble to match the surrounding interiors of the store. The brand logo is backlit
MODULE 3 - LIGHTING The lighting fixture is designed to complement the bold arches and the rustic finish of the walls.
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LEGEND 1. DISPLAY AREA 2. VAULTED DISPLAY AREA FOR SHOW PIECES 3. BRIDEGROOMAL SECTION WITH TRIAL ROOM 4. TRIAL ROOM 5. CHECKOUT COUNTER 6. BACK OF HOUSE
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The vaulted display area leading to the checkout counter.
View from entrance of the store. The arches apart from acting as display units, also act as partitions between the display spaces
The hangars used to display the apparel has also been designed to complement the arches. They are attached to the ceiling and continue til the floors.
View from entrance of the store.
The Bridegroomal Section This section has a separate trial room.
The lighting fixtures provides dffused lighting for the store.
The trial rooms (right) The vaulted display area leading to the cash counter (left)
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PHYLETICS OF A TRIBAL VILLAGE ANDC 2019 Team Project - 6 Members Envisaging an utopian village paradigm. BRIEF: 01. Study and documentation: Identification, analysis, documentation and presentation of minimum 5 elements of the social production of the habitat process in a selected village. 02. Design: Design of a section of the village that includes an integrated community/ neighbourhood and at least one community element, using the identified elements of social production processes to give it a contemporary idiom and a modern look. Rayerpukurdanga, a village in Bolpur, West Bengal, India, was studied and documented. Rayerpukurdanga is home to the Santhals, a tribal community. The design approach taken is two-fold. An utopic model of a village is created to understand the functioning and interdependency at a very fundamental level. Furthermore, a practical design is then approached based on the understanding of the conceptual model.
CONTRIBUTION (As ANDC Coordinator): • Documentation On Site • Design Conceptualisation • 3D Modelling • Illustration and Visualisation • Sheet Composition
DOCUMENTATION
MASTER PLAN
Key plan of selected village
THE SANTHALESE - A MAVERICK COMMUNITY
The Santhals of Rayerpukur danga are self- contained, self- sustained tribes which exist independently on the resources available to them. They do not allow any degrees of interventions in their social production processes. They have learned to self-scan themselves by adapting to daily life. The Santhals are bound by a strong sense of social and cultural identity. The attributes of tribal identity, linguistics, cultural, social, religious practices are conceived in terms of community practices, under community authority and for a community life. Everything that is of some significance derives its validation from the context of community life. Despite vigorous contact with external/urban populace since two or three centuries, the reason why they have been able to keep up their traditional values and norms, is their strong and almost inseparable bond with the community and its cultural problems which pertain to their tribe.
HIERARCHY OF SPACES
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CONSTRUCTION TYPOLOGY
Characteristic components of a typical Santhali settlement. Components include building materials used for construction.
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STRENGTHS
Strong rural charac terms of architectu lifestyles. Socio-cultural ties.
Close to nature.
Aesthetically intelli
Functional planning tate occupational t social processes.
TYPE A Semi-enclosed with maximum permeability with neighbouring units.
TYPE B Linear clusters with moderate permeability with neighbouring units.
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WEAKNESSES
PATHWAYS
TYPE C Private units with enclosed courtyards, with minimum permeability with neighbouring units.
OPPORTUNITIES
THREATS
Accesilibility; remote (Hospital 4 km away.)
Diverging expansion.
Cleanliness of pond( contaminated)
Inability to accept developments.
Improving sanitation and infrastructure.
Isolated from the res vt of the world.
Continuity of Santhal architecture
Heavily dependent on agriculture. No economic diversity.
Self sufficient living.
No permanent constructed toilets.
Better living conditions.
Insensitive modern interventions in traditional architecture.
No education for adults.
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Dying culture.
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No financial aid.
DESIGN
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SYMBIOSIS WITH NATURE THE TREE OF LIFE
Living in harmony with nature provides an alternative to the widespread sense of loneliness and disconnection of modern day life. Each individual is a harmonious part of the social fabric and this should trace direct expression in the architecture of a society. A tree is an extraordinary symbol to represent gradual growth and development on the physical, emotional, intellectual, and spiritual level. It represents a truly altruistic society because it offers shelter and food to a multitude of species. Its branches extend in all directions and reaches all possible levels, thus bringing the community together under its unifying embrace. The tree of life helps us rediscover our roots and keeps us confined to the ground while allowing us to reach great heights. This illustration is a depiction of the same, where a village which thrives on individualistic ideals, is brought together by the tree of life. EDUCATE
A DYNAMIC, CALMING ENVIRONMENT THAT ENCOURAGES GROWTH AND WELL-BEING OF THE MIND THROUGH LEARNING AND AWARENESS, UNDER NATURE‘S COOL EMBRACE.
The school the shrine villagers an the life of t of the pon ronment.
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A PROGRESSIVE AMALGAMATION OF A MARKET SQUARE AND A CULTURAL CONGREGATION SPACE TO PROMOTE LOCAL CULTURAL PERFORMING ART FORMS AND PRODUCTS
ALTERNATIVE DESIGN
PRODUCE
THE LIFE OF A FARMER IN AN INDEPENDENT, AGRARIAN SOCIETY REVOLVES AROUND HIS HARVEST. THE FIELDS PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR EXPERIMENTATION, INCREASING THE SCOPE OF THEIR PRODUCTIVITY.
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CATTLE PLAY A SIGNIFICANT ROLE IN EVERY ASPECT OF AGRICULTURE. THEY HELP SUSTAIN THE VILLAGE ECOSYSTEM.
GRAZE
CONVENIENT RELOCATION OF GREEN PASTURES CLOSER TO THE SHEDS, IN LOW LYING AREAS, SO THAT THE FARMERS CAN KEEP WATCH OVER THEIR CATTLE.
SUSTAIN
PROVISION OF CONTEMPORARY BANKS ALONGSIDE THE PRIMARY WATER BODY, SERVING A WIDE RANGE OF PURPOSES FROM WASHING OF DISHES AND CLOTHES TO FISHING AND RECREATION.
PROPOSED
CITATION OF SCHOOL
PROPOSED POND SIDE DECK AND CONGREGATION SPACE
The deck encourages social interaction between the villagers by establishing an arena for their ceremonial activities and tribal gatherings. It revives the Santhalese culture by encompassing a platform which promotes tribal folk art culture. It is a multi purpose platform which provides for administative, recreational, congregational, and religious activities. The ramp is bidirectional towards the pond for ablution.
EXISTING SCHOOL
l is designed such that it overlooks the pond flanked by on the deck side which imparts spirituality among the nd preserves the sanctity of the nature that abounds the village. The realization of preserving the micro-life nd makes them responsible towards the natural envi-
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ALTERNATIVE DESIGN TYPOLOGY 2
ALTERNATIVE DESIGN TYPOLOGY 3
PROPOSED HOUSING TYPOLOGIES
CLUSTER TYPE A Common backyards and courtyards alternating w social cohesion.
CLUSTER TYPE B Double heighted structure with social productio
MASTER PLAN - PROPOSED
ECO SANITATION
Development is a gradual process and occurs in a series of distinct stages. A particular space moulds itself with time along the line of changes ushered by nature and its people who adapt themselves towards the external interventions. The verge between the real and the surreal lies in the unsettling juxtapositions of the tangible and intangible assets of the being. We have identified the five social production processes of the village which support social cohesion that enhance the very essence of village community.
LEGEND LANDMARKS 1
MULTIPURPOSE CONGREGATIONAL SPACE
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SCHOOL
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DECK WITH SHRINE
EXISTING SETTLEMENT PROPOSED SETTLEMENT
The Eco Sanitation process is a mechanism to purify the polluted water in the pond for sustaining aquaculture. A strategic location of a bamboo barrier demarcates the impure and pure water. The gravel belt is layed up on the inner side of the filtration belt to prevent the percolation of the Impurities due to washing, bathing and cattle rearing activities through osmosis. The radiations from the Sun help in killing of microorganisms and thus, help in purification of water for pisciculture.
ENVISAGE
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VILLAGE SHRINE MATERIAL Bamboo Hay
The above structure was chosen for the shrine amongst numerous other possiblities because of its simplicity. The shrine forms the centre which exploits the spiritual beliefs of the people and takes shape as a central focal area for offering prayers and rituals. The villagers does not believe in idol worship, therefore this structure preserves the spiritual belongingness of the villagers.
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THE TRYOUT
Set Design; Stop-Motion Animation Semester 1 BRIEF: Design sets for play/short skit of your choice and present in a slideshow/video format. Furniture, human figures, must be according to anthropometric scale. The skit, The Tryout, is adapted from Paperman, a 2012 American black-and-white computer-cel animated romantic comedy short produced by Walt Disney. Like every stop-motion film is shot, this skit was shot frame by frame in which objects are physically manipulated in small increments between individually photographed frames. The set is made using thermocol, sunboard, coloured paper and cardboard. The characters are made using wire and clay.
SCAN FOR LINK TO VIDEO
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POSTER/BROCHURE DESIGN 1. Fresher’s Poster 2. Conservation Seminar 3. Seminar with Ar. Anupama Kundoo 4. Amiphoria - Amity University Kolkata Annual Fest Brochure 5. Building Material Seminar 6. Fresher’s Poster 6. Flag Trophy 2018