PORTFOLIO
ANAND LAKHANI
academic
CENTER FOR CAREER COUNSELING AND FOREIGN LANGUAGE, RAJKOT. site area: 5940 m2 built up area: 1210 m2 semester: 5 year: 2006
shroff road dharam cinema
The project aimed at the understanding of the institutional scale of the built form, where there is no specific user group and the building is for all people. The programme was to design career counseling and foreign language center in the busy area of rajkot called kasturba marg. There is an existing colonial building on site as strong reference.
site for an institution
kasturba marg
sharda baug
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mg road
sanj- samachar press
conceptual section of institution with reference to existing building on site.
idea and conception
conceptual sketches: how a virtual grid(shell)made, with respect to context and existing built form.
Visual grid [virtual grid] is made from cutting sections through existing structure and the surrounding (contextual) buildings. This helps to decide the height of each module. Some spaces are formed from the virtual grid. The module is derived by using different sections and height of the virtual grid. Planning of the institution done in such a way that no existing tree cut, they weave in the formation of courtyard.
conceptual modeling: respond to existing colonial structure as well as context.
conceptual modeling: derivation of directional roof slope.
conceptual section showing activities around courtyard and structural detail as painting on the wall.
ground floor plan
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Main Entrance
conceptual model classrooms and readind rooms: foreign language
low level open space
courtyard
multipurpose hall
existing colonial building
main entrance
multimedia room
courtyard
sections
section CC
section AA
canteen area
counseling rooms administration and waiting area
director and ass.director
faculty resedences
view of a conceptual model
conceptual section: activities around canteen area.
HIGHER END HOUSING, RAJKOT. site area: 23740 m2 2 built up area: 23740 m semester: 8 year: 2008
amin marg residential area pandit dindayal upadhyay road
The program of higher end housing was introduced for the middle class and upper middle class families, there is a rehabilitation program for bharwad community from this site to the other site nearby. The site is located at hingalaj nagar, Rajkot. Site has three side road and basic amenities nearby. F.S.I. is consumed 1.0, the requirement that we have been given for minimum three type of dwellings in a whole housing scheme. 2bhk, 3bhk, 4bhk.
shri saurashtra high school
site
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residential area
pandit dindayal upadhyay road residential area
conceptual elevetion (not to scale)
idea and conception
view of conceptual model shows openness on ground floor.
The initial idea was to give a new identity or new perception of housing (flats) to people. Planning, structure and design evolved from basic concept. The idea is the housing has feel of individual residences at each floor with covered, semi- covered and open spaces and have big gathering space within the complex surrounded by residences.
conceptual sketch shows independent residences with semi- covered spaces on different floor as one entity.
site plan
typical floor plans
floor plan: 2 bed rooms, hall, kitchen
conceptual elevation (not to scale)
floor plan: 3 bed rooms, hall, kitchen
floor plan: 4 bed rooms, hall, kitchen
view of a conceptual model
view of a conceptual model shows common open space.
view of a conceptual model
CENTER FOR REVIVING HERITAGE INTO CONTEMPORARY FORM, JUNAGADH. 2
site area: 36900 m built up area: 3670 m2 semester: 9 year: 2009
Sorath is one of the most important regions of the entire Saurashtra and kutch. With respect to its important of the heritage as well as the religious postulates. The town of Junagadh is beautiful with very wide streets, arches, shopping arcades and gardens. It is a quaint fort town of able to walk dimensions. Center to conserve the values, beliefs, anxiety and identity of our heritage. Intension is to provide a synthesized place from where our heritage will get formulate in contemporary form and will represent to the society. Center is a platform for representation of art, culture and architecture in exhibition format and it will promote our heritage in contemporary form. Site is located at the center of the city and the regional domain of Sorath.
hospitals residential area
state highway
old administrative complex
Narsinh Mehta lake
site employment office
N lal baug
elevation of the reay gate clock tower, junagadh.
state highway
residential area
idea and conception
conceptual sketch shows how higher plinth uses as a exhibition gallery.
Main design intention for the institution is design the movement of the building, the path itself unravel the values of heritage for the people during journey. One of the functions is virtual gallery, design evolved from this influential function. Overall planning and detailing gradually designed as per functional need and experience of different spaces through different frames of built form, like arches and building itself with the principles of perspective. Movement of building and perception of around spaces contains glimpses of heritage of Junagadh which have 2500 years of recorded history. It is a journey of history in modern building.
conceptual sketch: exhibition
lake
conceptual sketch plan(proportionate)
conceptual clay modeling
conceptual model
virtual exhibition
administration and information gallry
lvl -2.4 m library
restaurant
lvl +6.0 m lvl 0.0 m
permanent exhibition amphitheater
work shop narsinh mehta lake temporary exhibition
lvl 0.0 m
design studio
lvl +6.0 m
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1 administration 2 virtual exhibition 3 library 4 recreational area 5 dock yard 6 permanent exhibition 7 temporary exhibition 8 workshop 9 design studio 10 amphitheater 11 open exhibition
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bird’s eye view of a conceptual model.
view of a conceptual model shows virtual museum and plaza.
STATE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF CHHATTISGARH, RAIPUR. 2
site area: 3581300 m built up area: 49200 m2 semester: 10 year: 2010- 2012
RAIPUR NAYA RAIPUR
naya raipur Three key pillars for u n d e r s t a n d i n g architectural built form are social, political and economic aspects, synthesis of these three, with the prevailing art philosophy gives us a broader picture of architectural style and its significance with time. Understanding developed through this study will guide to derive a built form for ”Vidhan-Sabha” [legislative assembly] of Chhattisgarh state, India. ‘Chhattisgarh’ is a state in central India. A young state but an ancient land, referred to in ancient texts as “Dakshin Kosala”. This densely-forested tribaldominated state came into being in november 2000, as India’s 26th state, carved out of India’s largest state of Madhya Pradesh. One-third of the state population is tribal. The challenge in such context is to develop a design which balance Democratic Expression and Monumental identity to the Power Structure.
capitol complex
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peripheral road
central axis of naya raipur
to raipur
distributory canal
site for capitol complex
existing lake
villagerakhi peripheral road
village
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idea and conception Representation of Culture of People through Museum Distributory canal is the only e l e m e n t between public a n d administrative area. Water reflects both public and administrative system to each other.
The internal system of legislative assembly such as Assembly Secretariate and Ministry; is mainly Introverted except Debating Chamber and its peripheral functions. the design decision for this criteria is that- the building is express Introvertness based on system criteria and Environmental aspects through less outside openings, jali and cavity walls. these elements designed in such a way that the expression of building remain monumental and iconic. the front side of the building opens up for representation of democracy. Public access from the site to legislative assembly building is not axial or central [which gives building a monarchical or religious monumentality], but access way is beside the center to respond democratic system.
Plinth as an element to express power or dominance. In democratic system public structure should dominate the administrative structure. Raised plinth in different manner represents public realm influence the political realm.
Expression of democracy through screen of north facade Screen works as a facade treatment and the seen through s c r e e n i s reflection of dominant public realm and people.
idea and conception
idea of construction designs spaces with great rhythmic experience.
Here the system is based upon the federal p a r l i a m e n t a r y constitutional republic-it is almost represent democracy. The central idea is to give equal importance to public and political structure as the administration can be grown on the base of public [referential comparison of public and administrative domain], it is the administrative cycle which gives equal importance to public and government. The museum is proposed based on the comparison of : 1. Cultural representation for public realm. 2. Representation of legislation for political realm.
conceptual modeling
bird’s eye view of a conceptual model
view of a conceptual model from garden to museum and assembly.
master plan
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legislative assembly secretariat directorate governor’s residence MLA hostel and VIP guest house housing for ministers and officers police head quarter government offices helipad
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first floor plan
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public plaza public plaza chhattisgarh museum
outer lobbies distributory canal
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speaker’s office debating chamber
party halls and conferences
statue of Mahatma Gandhi
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70 m
sections
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section hh
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view of a conceptual model sows public entrance to assembly building.
bird’s eye view of a conceptual model
interior view of a conceptual model from meeting hall corridor
interior view of a conceptual model from outer lobby
view of a conceptual model shows monumental character of assembly and in between space of building
view of a conceptual from north side
non academic
BUILDING CONSTRUCTION: STEEL STRUCTURE semester: 5 year: 2006
In this exercise i explored steel as a building material. Program demanded a high rise building of 25 floors whose main elements would be made of steel, walls flooring could be made from a different material
braces and tension wire are there for mainly rotational forces and as per structural need of steel building.
steel columns
braces
tension wire
precast floor
side elevation of working model
working model of steel structure
THE BAT: A BIO-TENSEGRITY CONCEPTION semester: 8 year: 2008
Tensegrity describes a closed structural system composed of a set of three or more elongate compression struts within a network of tension tendons, the combined parts mutually supportive in such a way that the struts do not touch one another, but press outwardly against nodal points in the tension network to form a firm, triangulated, prestressed, tension and compression unit. “Its mystic composition is the prime reason for tensegrity to be used as artistic model in architecture� Taking above sentence as a challenge I found some reasons that can extrude the concept of tensegrity from the plane of sculpture to the space of architecture. Architectural possibilities: bus stop, dome, sculptures, stair cabin, space frame, non structural column.
bio-tensegrity conception and modeling
Biological structures such as muscles, bones, fascia, ligaments and tendons, or rigid and elastic cell membranes, are made strong by the unison of t e n s i o n e d a n d compressed parts. The muscular-skeletal system is a synergy of muscle and bone. The muscles and connective tissues provide continuous pull and the bones present the d i s c o n t i n u o u s compression. Aim was to understand tensegrity as 1 closed system (dome) 2 uniaxial system (spine) 3 biaxial/planner system (space frame) Manifestation of tensegrity bat: In bat all three systems could be found i.e. Closed, uniaxial and biaxial. The challenge lies in merging the three systems and therefore create a multi faceted form, which individually can itself be structural systems. head- sphere spine- column wings- space frame
THE DOME: SUN-DRIED BRICKS AND MUD MORTAR, IPSA, RAJKOT. year: 2008
The sun dried bricks were used in this experiment of masonry dome. The is to be made with corbeling and without scaffolding. During the process while twisting the column different interesting arch forms emerged, Which collaboratively participated in transferring the thrust to the ground.
PART DESIGN IN AN INSTITUTION
Auditorium
project: film institute, jaipur designed by: ar. dhaval nayak role: designing of auditorium and entrance block year: 2010
Entrance
key plan
To recreational area
The project is a part design of an Auditorium and an Entrance block in the Film Institute, Jaipur designed by my friend in ninth semester.
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idea and conception
view of entrance block shows play of light and shade entrance block
Auditorium: Concept is design Auditorium inbetween the pathway which connect main structure to recreational area and have a different expression and identity from main building language but part of the main building.
view of auditorium from recreational area
Auditorium
EXECUTION OF STONE WALLS project: weekend villa for shah family designed by: ar. prarthit shah role: execution and detailing of stone wall year: 2011
photograph of a detail
The project is to execute main load bearing stone wall of a composite structure. Every stone and every joint of the wall constructed as per basic rules with some modification of mix rubble masonry [random and coursed]. Some details such as inclined penetration of basalt stone details designed and crafted from 1:1 scale drawings with the help of skilled worker Hari bapa and sculptor Osman bhai.
31' 9"
wall b
wall a
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20'6"
27'6"
location plan of walls
31'9"
16'6"
wall b
wall a
photographs
photograph of a detail at construction time
photograph of a detail at construction time
photograph of a detail
photograph of wall a
professional
MR. PODDAR’S RESIDENCE, JAIPUR design province: rai architects, jaipur lead architects: sameer rai, ritu rai site area: 796 m2 2 built-up area: 542 m role: designing an alternative for this project year: 2007
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section cc
ground floor plan
bird’s eye view of a conceptual model shows garden area and porch at the east side and terraces at north direction
view of a conceptual model from north- east direction
MR. HEMANT’S RESIDENCE, AUROVILLE design province: auromodele atelier, auroville lead architect: andre hababou site area: 4282 m2 2 built-up area: 320 m role: assistant architect year: 2009
view of a conceptual model
10.70 m
site plan
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bird’s eye view of a conceptual model shows correlation of water and earth with main building as a center of the complex.
view of a conceptual model
west side elevation
MARK AND LILI’S RESIDENCE, SURRENDER, AUROVILLE design provice: auromodele atelier, auroville lead architect: andre hababou built-up area: 149 m2 role: assistant architect year: 2009
b 7.66 m
a a
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b view of a conceptual model
5.70 m
ground floor plan
section aa
view of a conceptual model
OFFICE BUILDING, SAPAR, DIST. RAJKOT design province: sparsh interiors, rajkot lead designer: viral patel site area: 161 m2 2 built-up area: 393 m role: architect year: 2011
view of a conceptual model from south- east side
parking office area
13.10 m
9.60 m
private area
conference
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ground floor plan
first floor plan
second floor plan
photograph during construction
interior view of the building towards north- east direction
interior view of the building towards south- east direction
MR. PAILESHBHAI’S RESIDENCE, RAJKOT design province: sparsh interiors, rajkot lead designer: viral patel site area: 209 m2 2 built-up area: 225 m role: architect year: 2011
view of a conceptual model
38'6"
water body
ground floor plan
view of a conceptual model
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