Portfolio Akshat Soni
contents Objective
Architectural Design The aim of this practical training is to widen my architectural knowledge with practicality and working in professional environment. I hope to learn working as an integral member of the team and serve towards a better outcome.
1.Integrated Township 2. Cultural Centre 3. Weekend House
Interests
Akshat Soni +91 9049295652, +91 9713696776 akshat.soni.01@gmail.com
Technical Drawing 4. Working Drawing
participations
5. Construction
Ferrocement workshop - Auroville earth institute(2017)
Miscellaneous
Workshop on construction techniques -ACCE, Nagpur (2017) Annual Nasa Design Competition (2017)
Personal Info Akshat Soni November 23, 1996 +91 9049295652, +91 9713696776 310, Chandagiram Tower, M.G. ROAD, near Makhan Vihar, Ambikapur, Surguja (Chattisgarh) 497001
6.Sense of Place
Reubens Trophy (2017) Urban Design Studio at Amritsar(2018)
7. Urban Design Studio-Amritsar 8. ANDC 2017
Hand skills
9. Urban Insertion (Landscape)
academics projects Education Senior Secondary Kendriya Vidyalaya, Ambikapur (2012) Higher Secondary Indore Public School, Indore(2014) Undergraduate Institute Of Design Education and Architectural Studies, Nagpur(ongoing)
Digital skills
1. Weekend House (2nd sem) 2.Composite House , Hostel (3rd sem) 3. Industrial training Institute , Leh (4th sem) 4. Multi-storeyed Residence (5th sem) 5.Cultural centre, Bhopal (6th sem) 6. Integrated Township (7th sem)
Miscellaneous
Technical Drawing
Weekend House
Cultural Centre
Integrated township
This project was aimed to design a residential township which is supposed to cater and facilitate the people of elite class. The site is situated in a complex surrounding with slums situated on three positions onto the site . The selected site (Kanchipura precinct) is situated within four nodes with different characteristics. Master planning was done on the whole site and two plots were selected for the project to be designed
I n t e g r a t t e o dw n s h I p
OnSite Factors
Nodes
Climatic conditions
Selected Plot 10
The Site
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Climatic conditions
Total Area Of Site(including River) = 816284 Total Area Of Site(excluding River) = 97% 6
Site conditions Total Area Of River = 3% Total Built Up = 47 % Total Open Space = 54 % Planned Open Space = 1.07 % Unplanned Open Space = 52 % Area Of Slum = 11.02 %
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Existing slums
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Land use 5
1. 3Bhk tower 2. 4Bhk tower 3. 5Bhk tower 4. Reception 5. Entrance Water Body
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Road network
Existing vegetation
6. Sewage treatment plant 7. Clubhouse 8. Central Park 9. loop road 10. Secondary entrance
3 BHK Super module
4 BHK Super module
5 BHK Super module
Site Elevation The complexity of the site gives a challenge to the designer according to the context and encourages to plan accordingly. While creating a micro-environment for the residents not bothered by the outer activities. The project demands all modern amenities but should serve to both residential as well as commercial activities.
I n t e g r a t t e o dw n s h I p
The aim of the project was to build a centre to reect the culture and traditional background of Bhopal and Madhya Pradesh. The demand of the project was to provide spaces for the performing arts and display. Narrating the heritage of Bhopal , along with all necessary functional aspects. The project was to be constructed on a site with a elevation difference of 15 m from topmost point to lowermost point.
c u l t u r a l
c e n t r e
Section AA’
c u l t u r a l Section CC’
Section BB’
This project provides a loop as journey to experience the culture and flavour of bhopal. The planning divides te residential part with public part and the central cascading open space is a reflection of the cascading lakes the city is famous for. The grandeur of the entrance atrium reflects the lifestyle of the people of Bhopal. The play of levels is inspired by the the actual landscape of the city . The lakeside was left undisturbed for people to experience the truth of the site as visitors love the site at its present condition.
c e n t r e
The project demanded to reect the expressions about a weekend house/ leisure getaway which was to be perceived through the eyes of another personality. In this case Michael Phelps , the world famous Olympic swimming champion. He was assumed to be the client for this project and his wants and needs were assumed to satisfy the requirements of the project
Michael Phelps
W e e k e n d H o u s e
Michael Fred Phelps is an American competitive swimmer and the most decorated olympian of all time with total of 28 medals. Phelps was born in Baltimore , Maryland. His current family contains her wife and kids.
Ground oor plan
Elevation
Lower oor plan
W e e k e n d H o u s e
This project was bound only by the imagination of the designer and was given liberty to create / select the site as well as the surroundings and then designing the structure. The designer tried to design according to the lifestyle and habits of the client by data obtained about the client on the internet.
W o r k I n gd r a w I n g
W o r k I n gd r a w I n g
W o r k I n gd r a w I n g
W o r k I n gd r a w I n g
C o n s t r u c t I o n
S e n s e o f p l a c e This project was an intra college competition which was held under the annual vertical studio. In this design the site was a lakeside at Bordharan Sanctuary. This was a context based designed .The design was supposed to enhance the experience of the tourist and also beneďŹ ting the communities residing near the lake. The project introduced the amalgamation of activities which happen on the lakeside. Activities like hobby ďŹ shing and Boat repairs were introduced for tourists to experience a different adventure . simultaneously these activities encouraged the local economy and providing employment to the local residents.
URBAN DESIGN : PREMISE The necessity of an urban design studio in undergraduate architecture program is to develop sensitivity amongst students towards culture, religion and their role in shaping character of the city.
U R B A N
Urban design is the design of towns and cities, streets and spaces. It is the collaborative and multi-disciplinary process of shaping the physical setting for life in cities, towns and villages; the art of making places; design in an urban context. This also includes the process of reading the city (urban fabric) and settlement pattern catering to the social, economic and cultural factors.
AIM: The intent of the studio is to identify and understand a precinct in the walled city of amritsar, by realising the role of culture and religion in shaping the overall form and character of the city.
OBJECTIVE: To understand the people and their environment in shaping the overall urban form and unraveling its nature through time. To study the reflection of culture in the built fabric and lifestyle in the selected precinct. To analyze the responsiveness of a place through qualities like variety, permeability and legibility.
FOLK plural noun: people, especially those of a particular group or type. Humans have the ability to think, create, imagine and manifest individuals together to form a collective group termed as folk.
Cities have the capability of providing something for everybody, only because, and only when, they are created by everybody.” – Jane Jacobs
D E S I G N
PLACE noun: A space used for a specified purpose or activity.
Human interaction with a physical space gives rise to formation of a place. It acknowledges human intervention which may be physical, social or cultural.
CULTURE noun: culture; plural noun: cultures 1.the arts and other manifestations of human intellectual achievement regarded collectively. Culture incorporates laws of nature and accumulates to changing situations. It keeps evolving over time, having a flavor of our past traditions, lifestyle and belief system.
A N D C
This was an activity originally done under the subject of landscape design which later converted into this manner. “TURN TO LEARN” was an activity to find the a route which is not used much but has some interesting history/ characteristics related to it. In this activity a route inside the old city known as MAHAL is taken which goes through the winding narrow ‘GULLIES’ and tells a story about the past .To compare with today’s world a fictional character of a boy travels through these alleys and compares the current scenario with the one his grandfather tells about the past. In another section we interviewed the people living there or who are acquainted to this part of city about the experience of the changing urban landscape.
u r b a nI n s e r t I o n
u r b a nI n s e r t I o n This previous activity was extended towards a product design activity where we provide a modular solution to the temporary shops which will help the sellers to have a more durable shop/ shed with all the character and exibility of their current shops at the market place known as gol bazar. in this activity we analysed the needs of the shopkeepers here and the proposed a design which is economic and appropriate and also which can withstand the composite climate of the city and also the rough use of the sellers . The design was proposed to be shrinkable upto some extent as the sellers took in and out the product daily and the shop was not needed in the night to be used as store.
Akshat Soni akshat.soni.01@gmail.com +919049295652 ,+919713696776