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Resume WORK EXPERIENCE Village Development Program, Himachal Pradesh June - July, 2010 | Research Intern

Playgroup Studio, Goa

February - June, 2012 | Trainee Architect

PARTICIPATIONS EDUCATION School Of Planning and Architecture 2008 – present

Army Public School, Pune 2006-2008 Sanskriti School, New Delhi 2000-2006 International School of Prague, Czech Republic 1997-2000

CSEB Masonry Training Course, Auroville Earth Institute 2011 Typography Workshop, National Institute of Design 2010 Characterize Workshop, National Institute of Design 2010 IGBC Green Design Competition (Special Mention) 2010 AVIVA Great Wall of Education Competition 2010

IGBC Tree house Design Competition 2009


Projects

REFORMING COMMUNITY URBAN REDESIGN HOTEL Design SPIRETEC MIXED USE Design IGBC DESIGN COMPETITION URBAN REVITALISATION CIVIC CENTRE Documentation


2013

thesis: Reforming community, prison design BRIEF

Site

The site is located in North-West Delhi in Baprola Village. The area of the site is 28 acres. Public Access

Prison are perceived as ‘schools of crime’. The social environment in prisons has long been criticized for being counter-productive and inhumane. A prison must be a dichotomous institution. A place for punishment as well

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The existing Delhi prisons are presently highly overpopulated. They house more than double their capacity which has lead to horrible health & hygiene conditions, poor management and a lack of discipline. There is a need to reduce prison population on one hand and to construct new jails on the other. One of the sites sanctioned for a new jail by the government is in Baprola, West Delhi.

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The site is on agricultural land. The average height of the buildings in the village is 6 meters.

Zoning Map

The inmate area must be the least accessible. There must be minimum points of entry.

View of Site


2013

Thesis: Reforming community, prison design Vision

New Delhi, India

Area Distribution

Housing distribution

WORKSHOP

A prison is a controlled environment where convicts follow a strict daily routine.

14960 m 4790 m2 1790 m2 970 m2

Inmate Accommodation Inmate Facilities Administration & Offices Security Security

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Min.1.5 m per person

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Min.62.7 m area per person in compound

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Inmate Facilities

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High Security

General Security Under-Trial

102 persons 666 persons 234 persons

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relatable environment that encourages social rehabilitation.

Vocational training, farming and other means of earning are available to most inmates.

FUNCTIONAL DIAGRAM LEGEND Inmate Access Public Entry Staff Access Staff Entry Inmate Entry

Convict Entry Path

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Basic Requirements

The built form must represent a balance between secured imprisonment and a

Farm Land

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1 W.C & shower for 6 persons

HOSPITAL Min.3.71 area per person

High Security Community

SANITATION

ACCOMMODATION DORMITORY

Low Security Community

Under-Trial Community

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Min.150 m area for every 100 persons

ADMINISTRATION

MASTER CONTROL

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BOOKING

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COURT HOUSE

VISITING AREA

CONTROL ROOM RECREATION

SERVICE BAY WORKSHOP

COMMON AREA

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DINING ROOM KITCHEN

Function Diagram

1. Parking 2. Main Entry 3. Convict Entry

Site Plan

4. Intake & Release 7. Infirmary 10. Sports & Recreation 5. Visitors Centre 8. Administration 11. Guard Towers 6. Courthouse 9. Storage & Distribution 12. Cultural & Vocational Block


2013

Thesis: Reforming community, prison design Macro Concept The design creates an internal

community environment with an external barrier which is secure but disorienting; reflects

being within & outside society.

New Delhi, india

Reform Community areas on a level lower than the entry into each block, require fewer restrictions.

Segregation

Direct Interactive Surveillance

of inmates depending on severity of crime and possibility of rehabilitation.

Security Panopticon design; guards at higher vantage points are unseen by the prisoners. A consciousness of constant surveillance is internalized by the inmates. Hierarchy of Barriers Depths in Security Identical Paths and intersections ensures easy

access inwards but confusing to navigate outwards.

120째 Angled Corners allow

more visibility into connecting corridors and minimize blind spots. It also allows for quicker mobility.

Areal View


2013

thesis: Reforming community, prison design

New Delhi, india

Micro concept The internal environment should be socially relevant to the Indian context; community centric in nature. The built encloses a central courtyard. The ground floor contains group activities and functions. The top two floors contain the cells and som.

View from Entrance

High security Housing

Convicts with a life sentence

A central, visually unhindered open space. Corners house security posts, circulation between Duty Room

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Low security Housing

Under-trial Housing

3 blocks segregated by varying severity of crime. Cells are along ‘C’ shape & security is along

Contains maximum number of inmates Multiple open spaces which are visually outward

Convicts Returning To Society

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reforming community Correcting Human Behavior through Prison Design

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housing ground floor SCALE 1 :200

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Thesis Guide: Prof. M.L Bahri, Smt. Meena Mani

Thesis Co-ordinator: Prof. Aruna Ramani Grover

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Urban REdesign

2012

Group Project with Amri Chadha, Bhavika Aggarwal & Varun Bajaj

BRIEF

This project called for the reorganisation and redesign of the 62 HA area of Karol Bagh; one of the larger and populous commercial nodes of New Delhi.

Karol Bagh, New Delhi

Vision

Housing

Commercial

The design assigns priority to the pedestrian & public transit user, ensuring uninterrupted access across the site. walk home

walk to work

walk to school

PROBLEMS TO ADDRESS ! No privacy for the residents ! Lacks Accessible Large Open Spaces for the Residents ! Vehicular Traffic Congestion ! Inadequate Parking of Personal Vehicles of Visitors and Residents

Primary Road

Secondary Road

Tertiary Road

1 Metro Station 2 Market Street

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Existing Zone Plan

Institutional

walk to shop

Housing and Commerce, are consolidated and separated from each other. Consolidated open greens create a buffer between residential and commercial. Traffic congestion is minimized by providing one way loops for vehicles. The metro station is connected, unhindered, by a public walkway to the commercial and residential areas.

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Proposed Site Plan


Urban REdesign

2012

Group Project with Amri Chadha, Bhavika Aggarwal & Varun Bajaj

Karol Bagh, New Delhi

Green line The green line is an unhindered pedestrian walkway along the primary commercial street. The double axis connects to all the open greens and slopes underground, to cross the road.

Facilities & Amenities Group Housing

Public Toilets

Parks & Playgrounds

The entire site is pedestrian friendly without restricting the vehicular traffic, which is essential for a commercial district.

Retail

Every 250m along the green line, there are public amenities and facilities, including transport like rikshaw stands. It also also creates a safe and visible pathway between the housing societies and the schools.

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Offices

ATMs

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Metro Station Gurudwara

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primary market street

Gaffar Market

Ajmal Khan Road is maintained as the primary Market Street as it connects the metro station to Gaffar market. It is redesigned to have two pedestrian levels along its length; one on the ground and one at the metro station level.

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Ridge

Graphical Representation of Green Line Hawker Zone

Retail Arcade

Elevated Pedestrian Walkway

The shops are designed to allow for variation in shop sizes. It allows growth as shops owners can buy multiple spaces and expand their business.

Green line Public Park

Dedicated N.M.V Track

Retail Arcade

Hawker Zone

Ridge

Green Line Double Axis

Section of Ajmal Khan Road


2011

hotel design

FIROZ SHAH STADIUM, NEW DELHI

BRIEF

The brief was to design a hotel next to the Firoz Shah stadium in an irregular plot.

Access to the conference and banquet hall is separated from the access to the hotel lobby. The cafe can be accessed directly from the central open space.

The hotel is aligned to the stadium to allow hotel rooms a visual connection to the stadium field.

Staggered language of stadium reflected in design

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Internal public open space

Exclusive bar with viewing pavilion

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1. Lobby 2.Cafe 3.Kitchen 4.Hall

South View

North View


spiretec mixed use design

2011

Group Project with Amri Chadha & Kaushik Naayaran.B

NOIDA, NCR REGION

BRIEF

A concept design of a mixed-use building which was required to respond to the existing office buildings. It should be an iconic tower and a public space which would be the center of

Iconic design visible on the sky line

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commerce and culture.

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Ramp up To Plaza

CONCEPT >

SLABS

The slabs are an extension of the surrounding office buildings visually

Multiple levels of open public space

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1.Hotel 2. Service Apartments 3.Knowledge Center 4. Retail & Fine Dining 5. Business Center 6. Convention Center 7. Retail & Fine Dining 8. Food Court 9. IT Offices

View from main road

North View


2010

URBAN REVITALISATION

IQBAL MAIDAN, BHOPAL

BRIEF

Iqbal Maidan is a cultural space in Bhopal at the edge of the old and new city. The design should transform it into an urban space consisting of an art gallery, museum, tourist center, auditorium, library and restaurant that celebrates the old city.

Iqbal Maidan

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Site National Highway

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Artificial Lake

SITE MAP

New City Edge

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1.CafĂŠ with library on first floor 2.Musem 3. Art gallery 4.Museum 5.Tourist Center 6.Auditorium

View till Iqbal Maidan A visual connect to the maidan is maintained in the passage

The design relates the lake to Iqbal Maidan through

interconnected spaces which have multiple entries

Perception of traditional streets

Iqbal Maidan Auditorium Museum

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Areal View

Stepped Landscape

Museum

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Section along passage


IGBC DESIGN COMPETITION (JURY COMMENDATION)

2010

Group Project with Amri Chadha

SPA, NEW DELHI

BRIEF

FACTS OF COLLEGE ! Optimized orientation: Maximizes sunlight

The college should be retro-fitted and redesigned to attain a zero-energy building. A zero energy consumption and production equation.

and ventilation ! 6 floors with studios on the top 3 ! Total energy consumption: 237330kWh/yr ! Total organic waste: 7200 Kg/yr

Absorptive chillers

Wind turbines

Kitchen fumes used to chill water to 6-7째 circulated through pipes.

Reduces ambient temperature by 10-12째

Paper pellets

Uses organic waste and is a very clean fuel and

Reduces cooling load from 27680kWH/yr to 15499kWh/yr

REDUCE

Furnace Pulp Pellets

produces 9600 kWh/yr

Slats Slats allow little direct light and reduce heat and glare

Industrial Meat Grinder

Organic Waste

CONSUMPTION

110708kWh/yr INCREASE

PRODUCTION

Genera tor

Magnetically Levitated Vertical Axis Wind turbines(MLVAWT) of size 4ft x 4ft x 8ft. Cut-in speed of wind is 2kmph from any direction. 10 units placed on the roof produce

1,01640 kW/yr


2010

CIVIC CENTER BRIEF

A civic center that is climatically responsive and is sustainable. It should house a hospital, library, class rooms , hall, restaurant, and conference rooms.

JAISALMER, RAJASTHAN

1. L obby 2.Hall 3. C afeteria 4 . Library 5. Hospital Wing

CLIMATIC STUDY !Optimum Orientation is 177.5째 !Prevailing winds in South-West direction !Winds are hot with moderate humidity

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1. L obby 2.Hall 3. C afeteria 4 . Library 5. Hospital Wing

Climate control

Optimized Orientation

High Ceilings

Jali double wall with humidifiers

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(khas mats with dripping water) in Hot Air the cavity of the wall. The wall is in the direction of the wind.

Courtyards Courtyards


DOCUMENTATION KALPA VILLAGE

2009

(SETTLEMENT STUDY)

KINNAUR, HIMACHAL PRADESH

TYPICAL HOUSE

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Front Elevation Right Side Elevation Ground Floor Plan First Floor Plan Section

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ABANDONED TEMPLE a. b. c.

Side Elevation Rear Elevation Front Elevation

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SECTION THROUGH VILLAGE


DOCUMENTATION THAI KOTARAM

2009

(BUILDING STUDY)

PADMANABHAPURAM PALACE, KERALA FRONT ELEVATION

SIDE ELEVATION


INTERESTS

SKILLS Autodesk AutoCAD

Music (Saxophone)

Google SketchUp

Travelling

Gimp

Football

Microsoft Office

Basketball

Microsoft Movie Maker

Writing

Audacity

Doodling

Adobe Photoshop Adobe Flash Player

Film Making

Visual Basics

A Tale of Two Cities(link) Editing & Sound, Collaborated Script

HAND Sketching Model Making Drafting

3/10(link) Editing &Sound

Ammani Nair Dob: 19.07.90 07350512164 nair.ammani@gmail.com

Tall buildings all around Not one to call her own Her small one on the side The one that mattered most They walk on by Oblivious to all but the structures of the eminent The laconic one Forgotten by those who didn't even care to look for it It didn’t matter what they thought The opinion of the flock For those who noticed understood The simplicity of the small


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