Amay Shah Design Profile 2016
Education
Master of Architectural S The Glasgow School of Art
Bachelor of Architecture,
V.I.T’S PVP College of Ar
12 Years of Higher Second State Board, Pune, India.
Work experience:
Amay Rajeev Shah
Assistant Architect at SS 01.2015- 08.2015, Mumbai,
Affiliate Part Time Archi
And Consultants, 05.201412 January, 1991. Indian. B-702, Sujay Garden Mukund Nagar, Pune 411037, India. +91 8408829999 design.amayshah@gmail.com
Architecture Intern at Ma 06.2013-11.2013, Bangalor
Architecture Intern at Ar 09.2010-11.2010, Pune, In
Freelance Architect, 2012 Pune and Mumbai, India.
Competitions:
Sunbrella: The Future of Participation, Glasgow, U
Pune Biennale: Pune, Peop Competition, 2013, Pune,
Big Tree Paradigm by Shel Participation, Japan.
Green School Design Compe Pune, India.
Studies Taught, 2015-2016. t, Glasgow, UK.
,2009-2014
Skills: Auto CAD Sketchup with Vray and Lumion
rchitecture, Pune, India.
dary Education, Maharashtra .
Adobe Photoshop Adobe Illustrator Adobe InDesign
SA Architects, , India.
Sketching
itect at Delta Interiors
Model Making (wood,plastic,paper,metal)
-09.2015, Pune, India.
ayaPraxis Architects, re, India.
rtha Studios, ndia.
2-2016,
Grasshopper Revit Physical construction: Earth and brick masonry and wooden furniture. Strong communication, coordination and collaboration skills, conceptual thinking and ability to work hard.
Languages:
Shades, 2016. United Kingdom.
English fluent written and spoken
ple and Place, Landscape India.
Hindi advance written and spoken
lter Corporation, 2012,
Spanish basic
etition By ETHOS, 2012,
Marathi native p.01
01 Public Architecture: Back to Basics Master’s Thesis, 2016 Research | Design Demonstration
Tutor Location
Mark Baines Glasgow, United Kingdom
Picture: First snowfall, Glasgow, 18.01.2016.
The quest of my Master’s thesis was mainly inspired by the city of Glasgow. I spent the first few months exploring the city and reading about its architectural and urban history. Parallel to this exploration, I was researching of the scenario of public architecture and in western European cities focusing on how globalisation and urbanisation as affected the face of public buildings in 21st Century.
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Research Hypothesis Rapid urbanisation and technological advances have led to the further standardisation of built environments, depriving human habitats of cultural and regional identity; the trend of standardisation is becoming an international malaise as the same building methods, materials, and styles are applied worldwide. Large-scale development is currently governing architecture, forcing it into a paradoxical era; it has become a language of competition between nations and communities to leave a lasting impression on the entire world.
Illustration : Monotonous Globalisation
As a result, there has been an extensive formulation of quantitative development, but meagre qualitative expansion. Mass production of public infrastructure has lead public buildings to be perceived as large machines built to run cities. Thus, cities have lost the intimate relationship shared between people, architecture and spaces. The project takes a radical approach towards the current scenario of public architecture, trying to understand its roots and hence prioritising local context, architecture and urban needs of Glasgow. The desired program restricts itself to building what is necessary for the site in today's context and thus avoiding surplus construction for the future.
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Glasgow Cross The junction at the intersection of the High Street and Argyle Street was called the Mercat Cross (now called Glasgow Cross) and formed the city centre. Rich in history and culture, Glasgow Cross was one of the most vibrant squares of the city and a major working district, until it started losing its importance in early twentieth century. The area around Glasgow Cross, acquired its name Merchant City as merchants and traders had their offices and stores spread in Glasgow Cross, which was the city centre. As the new wealthy Glasgow started developing it sprawled westwards, the city’s central area moved from its predominant medieval origins at the Glasgow Cross as this area fell into partial dereliction, which can be experienced even today.
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Today, Glasgow Cross is deprived of any major public activity and has moved towards the eastern edge of the city center. The eastern part of the city that has a high concentration of industries and few residential developments is severely detached from the other parts of the city. This project looks at a potential architectural catalyst in the area of Glasgow Cross, proposing a new master plan for the regeneration of public activity at Glasgow Cross. A new train station is proposed in the area of Glasgow cross as a part of the future Cross Rail Project planned by the City Council. The project harnesses this opportunity and adopts the proposed train station as a part of its master plan.
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Public Building
train station
barrowland park
AN ensemble of multidisciplinary spaces
Response to the urban issues of the area
A new socio-cultural Green for the city
Art Galleries Exhibition area Library reading areas
Ticketing facilities waiting areas platforms
temporary markets Open air performance area public plaza park
pedestrian walkways connecting different parts of the site
contouring landscape connecting the building and the park
Master Plan The project proposes three major facilities in the area of Glasgow Cross. Firstly, a Public Building designed to house activities such as an art gallery, an exhibition area, a tourist information center and a library. Secondly a train station, as a part of the cross rail proposal for the city and the regeneration of Barrowland Park as a new socio-cultural green for the city.
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Handmade wooden model of the building to understand the physical scale and massing.
Beg, Borrow, Steal. The structure of the building takes inspiration from the traditional Scottish architecture. The local style of architecture has survived in Scotland for centuries and is best suited to its climate and environment. Emphasising on the idea of back to basics the structure of the building is a composition of gable walls, a light well, sloping roofs and large wooden doors. These elements come together to form a narrative responding to both the urban character of the city and local climatic conditions.
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The planning of the building follows a simple and linear geometry avoiding any complicated corners and niches to be formed within the building. After devising the program, the building was conceived to be a four storeys structure. The shape, size and form of the interior spaces is determined by their function, human scale and quality of light. The floor plans of the building are designed to keep the interior spaces lit by natural light at all times of the day. Thus their surface areas reduce as we move towards the upper levels. The light tower over the circulation core allows the light to fall on the staircase forming an impressive play of geometrical shadows on the adjoining walls and hence creating a visual experience for the users.
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02 Rejuvenating Chateau Indage Winery Graduation Thesis, 2014
Tutor
Ar. Prasanna Desai
Location
Narayangaon, India
Ar. Abhijeet De Site size
10200 SQ.MT
Site Plan 1. main winery building 2. administration block 3. restaurant and bar 4. wine
tasting area and gallery
5. guest cottages 6. reception area 7. irrigation and farming center 8. owner’s bungalow
In my final year at the graduate school, my thesis “ Rejuvenating Chateau Indage Winery” was a cumulative expression of my five years of study at the school of architecture. The site is the first winery to establish in India; I proposed an ancestral process of wine making called “Gravity Flow Winery” designed to be first of its kind in India. It allowed me to understand how the use of traditional methods in combination with modern day technology can influence new architectural development in a synergistic way. Wine manufacturing is a growing industry in India; These new wineries consume tremendous energy and water. Through the medium of this project, I proposed that architecture of these wineries can be more than just industrial sheds, and their design can facilitate in reducing the energy used in manufacturing and avoiding excessive water waste. This design harvests 2% more water than required for industrial use and the solar powered roofs cater to all the domestic energy required throughout the campus.
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The winery needed to house large machines such as the fermentation tanks, crushing machines and aging barrels, demanding large column free interior spaces. The structural system designed for the building takes inspiration from the anatomical arrangement of a grape bunch, which has the ability to hold the large weight of the grapefruit compared to its thin geometrical structure. The form of the building flows along the existing contours of the site, segregating each function vertically and thus incorporating the Gravity Flow Technique of wine making.
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Level 1: 1. Administration office 2. Aging room, finished goods storage and packaging area. 3. Wine tasting area and gallery 3
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Level 2: 4. Reception and entry lounge. 5. Tank hall (fermentation Area) 6. Restaurant and bar
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The winery is mainly divided into 3 main levels as per the need of wine making process, and other facilities are accommodated in the main winery building. The guest circulation is segregated from the industrial circulation by separating the respective entries on different levels. The wine making process starts on the top most level and continues to the bottom most level, thus using natural gravity to transfer wine from one process to other.
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Level 3: 7. Crushing and pressing area. 8. Other service areas. 9. Service road.
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Section AA Section cutting through main Winery building
Section CC Section cutting through the administration area & the lobby and reception area.
Section BB Section cutting restaurant and the Wine tasting area.
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Exploded diagram of the structure of the Winery Building. Similar typology is used for other smaller buildings in the campus.
While trying to come up with an intricate and complex structural system, the idea was to keep the elevation of the structure really simple and minimal which would help the building camouflage with the site surroundings, especially the vineyards in the foreground. Château Indage was the first winery to be established in India, the facade of this winery depicts Spanish classical style of architecture, built in basalt stone. The proposed winery building would portray modern style of architecture contradicting the classical style of the existing facade, but the materials used for the new structure will make it blend the existing site scenario and not make it look extrinsic.
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03 Revamping a Facade Freelance Project, 2014
Client Location
SMP Developers Pune, India
Conceptual diagrams
Soon after completing my under graduation, I was looking for job opportunities and freelance work in India. Before I left for the job to Mumbai, I worked on this project, where the brief demanded me to design a new facade for an existing commercial building project. With the building half built, the project suffered a fallout 4 years back. Eventually, the building was taken over by new clients and was ought to be completed. With the rapidly changing face of architecture in Pune, the new clients wanted a new exterior look for the building. The challenge was not only to revamp the facade but alterations to the planning of the building in order to carve out some breakout spaces (for informal interaction) and green areas within the building.
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Top View
West Facade
East Facade
Being a commercial project, about 1400 people were projected to using the whole space, with artificial ventilation (air conditioning) running throughout the structure, my role was to understand how it would be used more efficiently. Materials enveloping the building would play a crucial part in affecting internal temperatures and heat gain, hence a multi-layered structural system was designed for the facade. Air cavities were created between each layer, forming a buffer for the heat, and avoiding it to be conducted directly within the structure. A detailed climatic analysis was done to understand various factors affecting the facade of the building. Creating sufficient voids for natural ventilation and using a translucent material for penetration of natural light to form a comfortable working environment.
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The new design proposed each floor to have 4 offices . With each office space, a small garden terrace area is created. A common interactive area was proposed on the east side of the building marked in red in the plan. The existing structure of the building was not designed to hold a heavy skin as proposed in the new design. Hence, a separate structural system was designed to hold zinc panelling and would be attached to the existing structure of the building.
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04 GREEDY MAN PIZZERIA Interior Design | Freelance Project
Client Location
Rushad Wadia Pune, India
3140 600
1825
715
860
1855
230
450
680
57
3140 450
508
1175
450
600
MIXER
SOFA + STORAGE
PIZZA TABLE TWO SEATERS/ FOUR SEATERS
STOVE
1150
1400
500
SINK
600
230
425
CHOPPING COUNTER
800
550
1825
2800 1650
515
750
75
515
75
450
HIGHTED CHAIRS
750 515
75
515
110
750
HIGHTED COUNTER MAIN ACCESS TO MEZZANINE FLOOR
600
STORAGES/ CASH COUNTER/ OPENABLE SHUTTERS STORAGE
2170
2170
450
450
1040
300
100
100
1000
450
305
MICROWAVE/ OVEN 480
450
2390
1650
1400 910
3 DOOR OPENING FRIDGE
458
2800 1400
KITCHEN 3140 MM X 2800MM
2825
OVERHEAD STORAGE 910
50 2390
740
658
RISER = 180 MM TREAD = 150 MM
100
230
375
ROLLING SHUTTERS
270
1120
1000
750
MEZZANINE FLOOR
230
3600
GROUND FLOOR
75 MM THK. PARTITION
I helped a friend design a small pizza place in Pune, India. I am a strong believer of reuse and recycle, hence most of the furniture in the pizzeria was made out of old unused stuff found in our backyards and on the streets. The project was completed in 40 days from conceptualisation to execution using a limited money and resources.
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www.thegreedymanpizzeria.com p.23
05 SSA ARchitects, Mumbai Assistant Architect | January - August 2015
I. High Density Housing, Nala Sopara, Mumbai. I spent 8 months at SSA Architects in Mumbai working on various types of projects. Spending most of the time preparing construction drawings, learning the developement rules and assisting in site execution. A mass housing developemnt proposed in the area of Nala Sopara was the most learning experience of all. As an young architect the project placed a right perspective of the need of housing in major cities to sustain the increasing demand. The projected developemt sprawled over 325,212 SQ.MT constituting hundreds of apparments of various sizes.
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II. Construction Drawing, L&T Powai, Mumbai.
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SAMPLE FLAT AND MARKETING OFFICE- SECTIONS (MATCH-LINE)
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TOILET 004
EXECUTIVE TOILET -
CABIN -
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PANTRY AND STAFF DINING -
CABIN -
TOILETS
RECORD ROOM -
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BEDROOM 005
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TOILET 006
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TOILET
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DRY BALCONY 008
STAFF AREA
007
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5 KITCHEN
5.6
009 LIVING/ DINING 001
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FLOWERBED 010 DOUBLE HEIGHT RECEPTION AND WAITING LOBBY -
7 7.1
CONFERENCE ROOM -
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28200
4200
6000
4200
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3300
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III. Witty International School, Borivali, Mumbai.
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06 High Density housing Architecture Design IV Year Undergrad Project
Client Location
Maharashtra housing and Area Development Authority Pune, India
PUNE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
MHADA SITE
PUNE-AHEMADNAGAR HIGHWAY
KHADKI MUTHA RIVER
VEHICULAR CIRCULATION PATTERN WITHIN THE SITE
OLD PUNE CITY AREA
ROAD
ROAD WIDE 9M
PLACEMENT OF BUILT MASS
9M
WIDE
9M
ROAD
9M
WIDE
ROAD
OPEN SPACE
WIDE
LOWER INCOME GROUP SECTOR
MAIN ENTRY 9M
WIDE
12M
WIDE
ROAD
ROAD
PLOT FOR AMENITIES
9M
WIDE
OPEN SPACE
ROAD
MIDDLE AND HIGHER INCOME GROUP SECTOR
DIAGONAL PEDESTRIAN CIRCULATION WITHIN THE SITE.
An area densification project proposed by MHADA (Maharashtra housing and Area Development Authority) at an existing site in Pune. The development based on the Private-Public-Policy used to consume available FSI to meet the demand of rising need for government housing in the city. Total site area: 13.3 hectare. Site planning was the biggest challenge in this project. Dealing with modular design and to try and accommodate the maximum number of units to achieve the desired density. The site was divided into different zones according to the sizes of different tenements. Amenities and open spaces sprawl through the site to form interesting nodes in between housing clusters.
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LLIG Housing: 6 units of 40sqm each come together form a 5 storied building. The entry is segregated by splitting the lobbies mid landings for 3 units on one side. A couple mid landings extended to form common terraces different levels in each building.
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LIG Housing: 4 units of 54sqm each come together to form a 7 storied building. A community courtyard is formed between two buildings which acts as an entry point for both the buildings. HIG & MIG Housing: These two types of housings are located in a separate part of the site, and segregated from lower income group housing. There are two parts to each building where 1 HIG unit and MIG units are combined together with a common lobby.
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Travel and Photography “The camera is the least important element in photography.” -Julius Schulman
Architecture has taught me how to understand the environment around me and photography is the medium I use to express my perceptions of the world. I have travelled largely around India, exploring it’s vivid and diverse cultures. Post under graduate studies, my travel exploration began in 2014 by completing a bike ride of 5000 kms to the Himalaya’s. The past one year has helped me keep my passion for travel alive as I travelled around Scotland, England and Spain. The documentation of my travel experiences can be found on my blog, the-photowagon.tumblr.com.
Picture: Sevilla, Spain, 06.05.2016.
Amay Shah | 2016 Architecture | Design | Photography design.amayshah@gmail.com
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