ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN
PORTFOLIO Amulya Jaiswal Selected Works (2018-21)
Contents
Ankuram: Re-thinking Government school
Lonavala Food Festive: Ethnic Food Bazaar
Nature Wave lan
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Horizon House: Weekend Home Design
Makespace: Play-Interactive Furniture
Working Drawin
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nd: Riverside Nature park
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Through Urban Lenses: Street Documentation
Sieges: Chair Design
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Cities and Desire: Invisible Cities
Miscellaneous
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Contextual map of the site located next to Lakshmi nagar slum in Shrmaik Vasahat, Pune
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Re-thinking Government school
Architectural Design (Individual) Sixth (2020-21) Shramik Vasahat, Pune Ar.Smita Dalvi
Re-thinking Government School
Ankuram
The government schools in India’s major cities are suffering due to negligence, lack of sanitation and hygiene facilities, safety issues, lack of infrastructure & its quality. The aim of this project was understading the context and character of urban institutions of schooling and re-thinking goverment school for the children from poor and underprivleged communities. The program was proposed in Shramik Vasahat area, Pune that is adjacent to the Lakshmi Nagar slums. Apart from the need to earn money and mid-day meal being the only motivation for the children to come to school, they lack self esteem due to no involvement in school activities. Hence, introducing various activity spaces that engages the minds of the children, introduce a sense of delight and play in the learning environment and helps in their own personal growth.
Plan showing the interconnection between the Built and U
The aspect of multi-functionality and barrier free designing is kept throughout the design so as to involve outside communities and establish a more collabrative environment. It is visible in the multi-purpose hall that serves various purposes like as an Assembly hall, Midday meal area, space that can be lent out for community functions. Openable flexible bamboo walls also add to this aspect as various activities can take place at the same time. Along with the Multi-purpose hall, Anganwadi, Administration, Staff areas, Sick room and Sports locker rooms are at the ground floor level. Staircases and ramp providing the vertical circulation. The classrooms are planned around the central courtyard with the library, science and IT lab and breakout spaces on the first and second floor levels in order to get ample sunlight and passive cooling throughout the building.
Unbuilt spaces with the surrounding context.
Ramp tranforming into seating areas for the sports areas.
The ramps and staircase around the central courtyard.
Anganwadi with flexible partition walls opening into the play area outdoor.
Multi-purpose hall opening into the outside green space and yoga area.
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Exploded view of the school showing the floor layouts with respect to the nearby surrounding context.
Placing blocks on the site as to get an idea of the contour level differences.
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Re-thinking Government School
Dividing the area programme into zones based on academics, administration, community spaces.
Separating the spaces in the zones.
Changing the for the classr
e orientations for better sunlight rooms.
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Section showing the central courtyard and the inner workings of the spaces: the classrooms, multi-purpose dining, labs and the staff area.
The interior of the classrooms.
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Re-thinking Government School
Staircase and ramp around the centra
al courtyard with jaali wall behind.
The skylight roof in Science lab and IT lab.
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The Anganwadi is present near the entrance so that parents can pick up their children without disrupting the rest of the school. It is designed considering the psychological affect that colour has on the minds of little children. Differently sized and shaped windows are provided that allows the children to figure out time in a playful way of shadow formation.
Section showing the corridor and the vertical circulations.
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Re-thinking Government School
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View of the central courtyard from entrrance point.
View of the classrooms around the central courtyard with the breakout jaali space in between.
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Re-thinking Government School
View of the colourful fin elevation and anganwadi fenestrations.
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Plan of ethnic bazaar with respect to the context comprising of residential buildings, Indrayani river and Indrayani garden.
02 Project type Semester Project location Project guide
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Ethnic Food Bazzar
Architectural Design (Individual) Fifth (2020-21) Lonavala Ar. Neha Korde
Lonavala Food Festive
Ethnic Food Bazaar
Bazaars have always been a centre of social, economic and cultural exchange throughout the time. Over a period of time, the concept of Bazaars has changed in its spatial arrangement and what it offers as a facilitator. The presence of Indian bazaars is inextricably linked with the cultural fabric of India. The aim of the design was to create the sense of identity of a place and contribute towards shaping the culture around it and it goes on hand in hand. It consists of mainly food stalls with cold and dry storage - packaging and labelling - display and selling outlet for the products. A few exclusive set of eateries/restaurants with kitchen facility displays traditional practices of serving and eating
food, having an open and stalls having display and It is supported by a staff children and recreationa transitional spaces are th traditional and contemp in a very casual and unfu mall culture, the goal wa artifacts, local clothes an
d closed sitting area. It is followed by shopping d selling area for kitchen cutlery and utensils. ff facilty for workers and a creche for their al open spaces for the visitors. The corridor he main highlight. The use of combination of porary materials evokes a sense of gathering ussy way . Today, with the advent of modern as to make a bazaar shine magnificently with nd the exotic air that makes us fall in them.
The outside seating area with swing sets and side seatings.
Ready-to-eat stalls have counter window both outside and inside as per user’s
The core seating area.
Separate entrance for working staff for goods loading/unloading.
The amphitheatre where weekly cultural programmes are held.
The kids playland.
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Section showing the shops, corridor, terrace restaurants and the staircase block.
Arriving on the basic plan geometry.
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Ethnic Food Bazzar
Further dividing it into zones.
Differentiating between the built and transitional spaces.
Refining of the form an arrangement.
nd spatial
The terrace restaurant seating area and the jaali wall of the core
The food shop and ready-to-eat food shop’s outside counter.
The food shops and crech area provided for children of the working staffs.
Defining the main transitional space and extending it out to merge with the landscape.
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Diagram highlighting the outside activity spots of the Ethnic bazaar.
Sitting spaces
Eating spaces
Conceptural ideas behind the activity spots.
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Ethnic Food Bazzar
Swing seatings
Cultural event area
Kids Play ar
rea
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View of the central seating space.
View of the ready-to-eat food stall area.
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Ethnic Food Bazzar
Exterior view of the Ethnic bazaar.
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Landscape plan with the Ulhas river and nearby residential buildings.
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Riverside Nature Park
Nature Wave Land
Landscape Design Group (Sahil, Anuja, Tanvi, Kshitija) Fifth (2020-21) Badlapur Ar. Reshma Sathe
Riverside Nature Park
The program is proposed adjacent to the Ulhas river in Badlapur where the riparian zones of the river are varying in elevation from 4-8m along the course. The proposed site is of area 15,430 sqm. The core idea behind the design is Land, Water and People. Understanding how these three elements can fit together differently. The river flowing along the site is the inspiration that is followed into curve forms and pathways. The levels in the seating seen on the deck of riparian zone indicate the play of levels in water medium. Storm water also plays a key role in the design as it is flowing throughout the site engaging people and making itself an interactive element.
The green spaces and mount forms placed around also enhances the terrain. All types of user groups are considered in this. Public interaction is seen around the different zones created throughout the site such as the Auditorium, Playground (Sandpit, Adventure land, Snake climbing), Meditation area, Leisure and Relaxation deck. The central bridge overseas the whole park. Bioretention gardens are also ornamental and planted in landscape depressions designed to hold infilterate stormwater runoff within a short period of time.
The Enclave Seating acts as a leisure area with a creek at the centre.
The Relaxation space that halfway gets covered with water during the high tides.
Kids play area comprising of the Sandpit, Adventure land and snake climbing area.
The social seating deck used for relaxation.
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Landscape site during low tide
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Riverside Nature Park Landscape site during high tide
Relaxation Space
Longitudinal site section showing the relaxation space, the bridge, riverside seating and social seating deck. Gulmohar Evergreen deciduous type 5-12 meters in height 10-15 meters canopy Tree of spreading habit
Sita Ashok Evergreen type 5-10 meters in height 4-6 meters canopy Tree of fastigated or columnar habit
Silver Oak Evergreen type 5-35 meters in height 7-10 meters canopy Tree of fastigated or columnar habit
Tamarind (Imli) Evergreen type 12-18 meters in height 10-15 meters canopy Tall tree with broad canopy
Planting plan with tree specifications
Enclave seating
Amphitheatre
The sandpit
Social seating deck
Snake climbing
Kid adventure land
The Storyboard design elements.
Riverside seating
Social seating deck
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View of the creek surrounded by the Enclave seatings and Relaxation space.
View of the Sandpit, Kids adventureland, the snake climbing and Yoga space gazebos.
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Riverside Nature Park
View of the Social seating deck and The Leisure area.
View of the Amphitheatre, Yoga gazebos and the bridge behind.
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Through Urban Lenses
Street documentation and analysis of Princess street, Kerala
Project type Semester Project location Project guide
Humanities Group (Angel,Sahil) Sixth (2020-21) Kerala Ar.Smita Dalvi, Ar. Neha Korde
The figure ground diagram showing the built and unbuilt spaces.
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Street Documentation
Plan showing the documented street and its nearby city context.
Nollis map showing the accessibilty and and flow of spaces within the city.
City Map showing context.
g the green spaces with respect to the built
For the street documentation and analysis, the studied street is the Princess street, Fort Kochi located in Kerala. It is present in the heart of the city where the heritage has been preserved. It is known as one of the oldest streets in Fort Kochi, occupied with European style houses. Either side of the Princess street is occupied by the buildings of British, Portuguese, Dutch and French architecture. The street is colourful, vibrant and is a hangout place for social party-loving locals of the area. The study is based on the Five physical elements of a city by Kevin Lynch. The elements are paths, node, landmark, edge and district. Stretch from Pattalam Market junction to the Vasco da Gama Square is considered for the analysis. The scale of the structures are proportionate w.r.t. to the street but they dominate the human scale.
A soft edge is observed as the structures with shops are extended on footpaths and other vendors sit to sell their commodities. Temporary stalls are also placed near the beach side. Most of the shops are souvenir stores as the place is a tourist spot. There are independent houses, small cafes, lodges, hotels observed on the street. Communist party offices, tourist information centres, restaurants(tatta kada) can also be observed on this street. The attractive monumental spots are the Dravidian gallery and the St. Francis CSI Church which is the first European church built in India. The interaction is active because of the vendors occupying the space on the footpaths which creates a dialogue between the vendor and the consumer(tourists and residents).
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Stretch from Pattalam Market junction to the Vasco da Gama Square, Fort Kochi – Kerala.
Main street Section showing the main street and housing typologies.
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Street Documentation
The main street comprises of bronze stucco walls and peeling plaster, cafes, antique stores, art galleries and provisional stores.
The Cheena vala that is chinese fishing nets is a tourist attraction. Local fishermen houses are situated nearby the coast.
Bayview apartment - the only residential building in this part of the city.
St. Francis CSI church has great historical significance as a mute witness to the European colonial struggle, hence a tourist attraction.
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Waltons Homestay
Old courtyard Stay
Travellers Inn
The Princess street.
Mattancherry street market The St.Francis CSI church street.
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Street Documentation
Dravidian Art Gallery
Saffron Restaurant
Fort Kochi park
St. Francis CSI Church
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05 Project type Semester Project guide
Sieges
Chair Design
Interior Design Group (Angel, Kundanika) Three (2019-20) Ar. Kavita Pradhan
The inspiration behind the design is the formation of icicles. The chair prompts movement for better back posture and stimulates the muscles hence it best suits an eating place like a restaurant or a cafe. The material used for the formation is PVC pipes to give it a characteristic locally aesthetic appeal. Pipes of 0.5mm diameter has been used. The pipes are cut in various sizes so as to implement the variation seen in the icicles and also to form a slanting back support. They are then joined starting from the centre, it is placed radially
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Chair Design
around forming a circular base comprising of several pipes with gaps left in between evenly for maintaining it’s light weight and enable easy handling and lifting. Soft cushion base is placed over it for sitting. PVC pipe is a lowcost alternative to wood. The chair when repeated forms the restaurant seating for 2-4 people. Placed around a tree, this acts as the restaurant furniture. For the bar area, pipes of greater length are used to achieve greater height than the normal, converting it into a bar stool. The sitting base is 430mm from the ground level and the overall height of the chair is 760mm.
View of the chair used as a restaurant seating.
Side elevation of the live scale model of the Chair.
Front elevation of the live scale model of the Chair.
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06 Competition name House on the Lake Project location Udaipur Organiser Udaipur Architecture Festival
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Horizon House Weekend Home Design
Thought as an interface between the earth, the sky and the surrounding lake, the house aims to offer a timeless experience among nature and architecture. Use of local sandstone gives the user a sense of comfort and familiarity whilst giving a nod to the natural surrounding and context of Rajasthan. The different spaces stirs the mind of the users as well as relaxes them. The house has a jetty outside for reaching, there’s living room, bedrooms, kitchen, painting studio, balcony dining, deck area and a stargazing area. The painting studio is isolated from the rest of the spaces and aligned in a way that it receives bautiful views peace to the user’s mind.
Earth
Lake Form development orginating from the ramp to incorporating a courtyard within.
Party usage
Bamboo partition walls closed. Guest usage
Bamboo partition walls open.
View of the Horizon house.
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Weekend Home Design
Wind is flowing from SW to NE so arches and open spaces are aligned in this direction foruniterupted wind and ventilation.
Circulation within the site.
Central courtyard is cutting down the heat inside the house and maintains ventilation.
Plan at level 3.5 m
Plan at level 6.9 m
Roof plan
View of the stargazing spot.
View of the pond area.
View of the deck area.
View of the hammock space.
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Playhouse
Ballpit
Puzzle
Climbing space
Table and chair
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Play-Interactive Furniture
Makespace
Play-Interative Furniture
Competition name Play interactive It acts as a puzzle as there is play furniture design for kids of circles as well as colours presOrganiser ent in it. The furniture is made of Archasm durable plastic with void left in between to make it light weight for the child. The ball pit is simple made Makespace is a transformative furniture by detaching the top surface parts that lets the child create his/her own and attaching them to the base. play spaces which opens up the creative The base that is divided into two thinking. It challenges the child’s brain parts forms the chair just detaching as well as helps in their personal growth and folding. Similarly the back side and development. It can be trans- forms the table by simply folding. formed into various spaces as per the Bright colours like red, yellow and child’s moods and needs. Three of the blue are chosen taking in considsides are divided into 9 pieces that can eration child psychology, making be attached and detached in n number it dynamic and zestful. Makespace of ways, hence giving a different exte- acts as companion for a child rior everytime the child plays with it. during his or her formative years.
Working diagrams of the componenets Exploded axonometric view of the furniture
Different possibilities of arrangement
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Working Drawing
Project type Semester Project location Project guide
Working Drawing Sixth (2020-21) Kharghar, Navi Mumbai Ar. Suyog Dongre
Working drawing provides dimensioned and graphical information, it converts design data into construction information and communicated the drawing through detailing. A G+4 Residential building is worked upon and detailed in this studio. The plot size considered for the project is 1280sqm, surrounded by roads of 6m and 4m wide from two sides. Construction details of the staircase, toilet blocks, door and windows have been worked on to understand the specifications.
Setting out plan
Typical Floor Plan
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Working Drawing
Section through the staircase
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Section through the toilet blocks and the lift shaft
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Strip Section Y
Working Drawing
Strip Section X
Staircase plan at ground floor level
Staircase plan at first floor level
Detailed section of staircase block
Staircase plan at terrace floor level
Detail at C
Detail at A
Isometric view of staircase
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Toilet section AA’
Toilet section CC’
Nahni trap section
Nahni trap isometric Toilet section BB’
Toilet plan
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Working Drawing
Toilet section DD’
Toilet plan
Detail at X
Detail at Y
Casement windw elevation
Door elevation
Door plan
Door section
Door detail at X
Casement window plan
Casement window view
Louvered window elevation
Louvered window section
Sliding window elevation Sliding window detail at Y
Sliding window plan Louvered window plan
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09 Project type Semester Project location
Cities and Desire
Architectural Theory documentation Fifth (2020-21) Ar.Neha Korde
Invisible cities
The book explores imagination and the imaginable through the descriptions of cities by an explorer, Marco Polo. The book is framed as a conversation between the elderly and busy emperor Kublai Khan, who constantly has merchants coming to describe the state of his expanding and vast empire, and Polo. The majority of the book consists of brief prose poems describing 55 fictitious cities that are narrated by Polo, many of which can be read as parables or meditations on culture, language, time, memory, death, or the general nature of human experience. Short dialogues between Kublai and Polo are interspersed every five to ten cities discussing these topics. These interludes between the two characters are no less poetically constructed than the cities, and form a framing device that plays with the natural complexity of language and stories. From there, after six days and seven nights, you arrive at Zobeide, the white city, well exposed to the moon, with streets wound about themselves as in a skein. They tell this tale of its foundation: men of various nations had an identical dream. They saw a woman running at night through an unknown city; she was seen from behind, with long hair, and she was naked. They dreamed of pursuing her. As they twisted and turned, each of them lost her. After the dream they set out in search of that city; they never found it, but they found one another; they decided to build a city like the one in the dream. In laying out the streets, each followed the course of his pursuit; at the spot where they had lost the fugitive’s trail, they arranged spaces and walls differently from the dream, so she would be unable to escape again.
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Invisible Cities
Digital illustration of Invisible city of Zobeide.
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Miscellaneous
Hand-on sketches
Digital illustrations
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Miscellaneous
Sketches/ Digital illustrations
Hand-on models
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Miscellaneous Assi ghat, Varanasi
Dashashwamedh ghat, Varanasi
Ibrahim Rouza Masjid, Bijapur
Photography for me is capturing stories and invoking intriguing questions in the minds of people. Its much more than mere snapshots. These moments captured during the study tours and random strolls are now immortalised. Durga temple,Aihole Handloom workshop,Ramnagar Pillai college, Navi Mumbai
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