ANANT MITAL ARCHITECTURAL PORTFOLIO SPA, DELHI
ANANT MITAL DOB - 15 / 3 / 1995
A 14 / 7 ,Vasant Vihar New Delhi, India - 110057
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ACADEMIC 2013 - present
Student, School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi
2013
Cleared the ISC Board Exams with a 97 % aggregate , The Shri Ram School, New Delhi
2011
Cleared the ICSE Board Exams with a 95.2 % aggregate, The Shri Ram School, New Delhi
EXTRA CURRICULAR 2015 - 2016
Coordinator, CODA (Western Music Society), SPA Delhi
2015
Special Mention, ARCHUMEN Quiz (Team of 2)
2015
Semi-finalist (1 of 25 worldwide), Berkeley Prize Essay Competition, UC Berkeley (Team of 2)
2015
Selected for an inter-disciplinary workshop on “Community Space Design”, jointly organised by the Korean Cultural Centre,and SPA, Delhi (Team of 3)
2015
Compiled 1st Year B. Arch Measured Drawings of the Jantar Mantar, Jaipur, for the INTACH National Heritage Documentation Awards
2014 & 2015
Participated in The Great Debate, organised by the British High Commission, New Delhi (Team of 2)
2012-2013
Head of Student Council, The Shri Ram School, New Delhi
2011-2012
Secretary of Events, The Shri Ram School, New Delhi
2012
Selected for the Khemkha Leadership Programme in collaboration with Brown University
2012 2011 2010
Best Drummer - Kamala Nehru College - DPS Noida - Modern School VV
2011
Achieved Distinction in Drums (Grade 6), Trinity College, London
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CURRICULUM VITAE
EXTRA CURRICULAR (CONTD) 2011 & 2012 2012 2011 2010
Best Speaker (Debates) - Slater Debates (Bishop Cotton School), - East India Debates (Assam Valley School) - Shri Debate (TSRS) - G.D. Goenka World School
VOLUNTEER WORK 2014 - 2015
Worked as a ‘Teaching Artist’ with Music Basti, an NGO that works with at-risk children through the medium of music
2011
Volunteered at Frendicoes, a non-profit animal shelter
WORK EXPERIENCE 2012
Worked at NEXUS Design, New Delhi (Summer Internship)
RESEARCH WORK 2016 (ongoing)
Undergraduate Dissertation, “Government Policy and the basti in Delhi”, School of Planning and Architecture, Delhi.
2015
“Confronting Homeless through Community”, research essay for the Berkeley Prize Essay Competition, University of California, Berkeley
2014
“Slum Sanitation in Anna Nagar”, primary case study carried out as part of a Theory of Settlements assignment, School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi
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YEAR IV / SEMESTER I
DISSERTATION (ONGOING)
government policy and the basti in Delhi
DISSERTATION (ONGOING)
The policies of the government and its agencies within the sphere of urban development are inextricably linked with the basti or the slum in Delhi.
implementation. In addition, a number of such schemes fail to ensure uniform levels of implementation across bastis.
While the growth of bastis in Delhi is attributed to the policies of the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) and their implementation, their sustainment (in the form of policies for existing slums) and eviction (in the form of court rulings based on readings of the masterplan) is also the result of policy.
The dissertation seeks to determine the relationship between government policies and the residents of bastis. In particular, it aims to explore the engagement of the residents with the implementation of these policies, or lack thereof.
In the context of existing bastis in Delhi, a number of policies are already in place for the prevention of evictions without resettlement (the Draft National Slum Policy or the DNSP, 2001), the provision of certain basic services to existing bastis (Delhi Urban Shelter Improvement Board welfare policies as laid down in the Economic Survey of Delhi 201415), in-situ upgradation of bastis (the Rajiv Awas Yojna or RAY, 2009 onwards) and so on. However, these policies are often victims of incomplete
It will also explore how local politics (politicians and political parties) affects this relationship as well as the methods by which the residents engage with policies. In light of increasing ‘judicial activism’ with respect to bastis by the High Court and the Supreme Court in Delhi, a study of how the residents perceive and engage with the courts will also be one of the aims of this dissertation.
The study will thus aim at answering the follwing questions • Which government policies are relevant to and directly impact existing bastis in Delhi? • What is the relationship between politics and these policies? • What is the impact of these policies on the basti and its residents? • How are these policies implemented? • How do residents of bastis engage with these policies and their implementation, or lack thereof? • What are the possible steps that may be taken to ensure satisfactory conception and implementation of policies at city-level?
As part of the larger, city-level debate on policy, the study will also try to determine steps that may be taken to ensure satisfactory implementation of existing policies.
GOVERNMENT POLICY AND THE BASTI IN DELHI
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YEAR III / SEMESTER II / DESIGN STUDIO
AKSHAY URJA BHAWAN lodhi road , new delhi
YEAR III / SEMESTER II / DESIGN STUDIO
As opposed to the impervious, imposing block that has become the norm for government offices, the design opens up the site to the street and encourages the outsider to enter. As a result of raising the part of the building closest to the street, and by providing a clear line of sight, pedestrians can look right into the complex from the road.
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A secondary “street� created at ground level enables pedestrians to walk right into the site, to the large, shaded areas that form a space that the site gives back to the road as well as the city. The office is a net-zero building, making up the energy deficit through solar panels on the roof and biomass electricity generation (from algae grown on the panels
of the shading device seen in orange above.) The orientation of the block ensures no direct west or eastfacing facades, with vertical and horizontal fins further cutting heat gain within the building. A number of shaded terraces at various levels offer recreational spaces for the employees.
DESIGN STRATEGIES
AKSHAY URJA BHAWAN
LEGEND VEHICULAR MOVEMENT SECONDARY PEDESTRIAN
“STREET”
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SITEPLAN
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YEAR III / SEMESTER I / DESIGN STUDIO
SUSTAINABLE LIVELIHOOD INSTITUTE auroville, tamil nadu
SUSTAINABLE LIVELIHOOD INSTITUTE
ELEVATION
SECTION
SECTION
The design for SLI was created keeping in mind the values of community, freedom, and harmony with nature that Auroville embodies. Primarily an institute that teaches sustainable practices, the brief also included the incubation of a traditional livelihood, the choice of which was left to the designer. An emphasis was laid on passive cooling.
DESIGN STRATEGIES
The livelihood incubated in this design was interdependent animal-rearing and forestry. The introverted design for the SLI is based on distinct buildingsresidential,adminitrative, academic, and livelihood - united by common spaces, such as the cafeteria and entrance lobby.
Each of the buildings has its own courtyard which provides natural light to the various spaces within. All the public spaces have a view of the Irumbai lake to the north-east. The different blocks cluster around a large, shaded, green area, which acts as a spill-out for all of the blocks, as well as a common meeting point.
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YEAR III / SEMESTER I / DESIGN STUDIO
SELF SHADING
VERTICAL LOUVRES
INDIRECT COURTYARD LIGHTING
SOLAR CHIMNEYS
CAVITY WALL INSULATION
FLOORING SYSTEM
The buildings are all self shaded on account of their progressive outward-stepping profile, with the bamboo diagrid providing additional shading as well as acting as a frame that can bear perforated panels to cut the sun. A second layer of vertical louvres further cuts direct sunlight.
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Hollow concrete columns that double-up as solar chimneys form a ring around the inside of the courtyards, exhausting warm air and drawing in cool air from the windows, thus passively cooling the building. Cavity walls further insulate the interior of the buildings.
FLOORING SYSTEM TIMBER PLANAR TRUSS PRECAST CONCRETE RING BEAMS FOAM CONCRETE PRECAST SLAB PANELS
PASSIVE STRATEGIES
SUSTAINABLE LIVELIHOOD INSTITUTE
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LEGEND 1. RESIDENTIAL BLOCK 2. ADMINISTRATIVE BLOCK 3. ACADEMIC BLOCK 4. ACADEMIC BLOCK + LIVELIHOOD 5. IRUMBAI LAKE
YEAR III / SEMESTER I SITEPLAN
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YEAR II / SEMESTER II / DESIGN STUDIO
THE FOLLY the middle of nowhere
THE FOLLY
Provided with a 35m x 35m plot, the challenge was to design a “folly” on the basis of a single emotion. The emotion chosen for this design was ‘angst’. The design was based keeping in mind the experience of a person walking through the space. Thus, different materials, sounds, textures, forms, and even temperatures come together to form the designer’s
DESIGN STRATEGY
portrayal of ‘angst’. The entrance to the folly takes the visitor via an irregular staircase to a subterranean corridor that gently slopes back up to ground level. Within the corridor, the temmperature gradually increases until the visitor exits into the next space, a semi-enclosed area with a number of rusted iron shards
emerging from the ground as well as the superstructure. The visitor then exits the folly by climbing on top of the corridor roof, which once again gently slopes back down to the entrance. The design aims to portray the gradual build-up, intense existence, and slow decay of angst. (as perceived by the designer)
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YEAR II / SEMESTER I / DESIGN STUDIO
KALA KENDRA santiniketan , west bengal
YEAR II / SEMESTER II / DESIGN STUDIO
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SITE SECTIONS
KALA KENDRA
Situated in a village in east India, this design project followed a detailed settlement study of the same area. The design involved creating a brief and then executing it. This design is for a cultural center situated within the village. Consisting of dedicated, zoned spaces for folk dance, theatre and music, it also has a library.
DANCE STUDIO
MUSIC ROOMS
In keeping with the vernacular architecture of the area, the buildings are primarily built of earth, stabilised with straw. Brick jallis and walls are used only on the western edge, to protect the buildings from balls kicked or hit in their direction from the adjoining playing field. All the existing trees on the site were conserved. An amphitheatre provides a space to showcase the talents of the village residents, as well as a place for the village to congregate. In the event of a large crowd, the library roof doubles up as a spectator stand, accessed via a staircase at the entrance.
SITEPLAN
LIBRARY
THEATRE ROOM
AMPHITHEATRE
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YEAR II / SEMESTER I / DESIGN STUDIO
DHARAMSHALA birla mandir , new delhi
DHARAMSHALA, BIRLA MANDIR
Situated next to Birla Mandir, one of the largest temples in Delhi, the dharamshala (inn or rest-house) caters largely to the devotees of the temple. The building itself is placed such that it steps progressively away from the temple; the temple can be seen from all points in the dharamshala.
DESIGN STRATEGIES
The stepping of the successive dharamshala floors drew on the tapering form of the traditional temple shikhara, while the perforated jalli used for privacy and shading was abstracted from a motif of a bell found on the temple. The library, cafeteria and other public functions are situated on the ground floor.
The shops, a part of the area programme, are situated on the road-facing edge on one side of the entrance, stepping inward so as to extended the pavement into the shops. A raised platform for hawkers was also created.
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YEAR II / SEMESTER I / DESIGN STUDIO
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SITEPLAN
SIDE ELEVATION
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SITEPLAN + SECTION
DHARAMSHALA, BIRLA MANDIR
FRONT ELEVATION
SECTION
ELEVATION + SECTION
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YEAR II / SEMESTER I / DESIGN STUDIO
PHILATELIC MUSEUM general post office , new delhi
PHILATELIC MUSEUM
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The General Post Office (GPO) in New Delhi, is the main post office in the city. Housed within a neo-classical building, it is situated at the centre of one of the many roundabouts of Lutyens’ Delhi. The brief for the philatelic museum involved the conceptual removal of a section of the doughnut-shaped GPO, to be replaced by a philatelic
SITEPLAN
museum. The challenges involved were the responses to the strong contexts of not only the GPO itself, but also that of Lutyens’ Delhi.
SITEPLAN LEGEND GENERAL POST OFFICE FOOTPATH
The design continues the outer doughnut shape of the GPO in plan; the mass itself is punctured in elevation.
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YEAR II / SEMESTER I / DESIGN STUDIO
The public areas, such as the cafe and souvenir store, are located at ground level along with the reception.
FIRST FLOOR PLAN
An outdoor gallery and the administrative block make up the first floor, while the main galleries inhabit the upper two floors of the building. The two gallery floors are interconnected from inside, resulting in the flexibility of operating them simultaneously or individually.
SECOND FLOOR PLAN
The floors themselves are bent upwards towards the north, to allow a greater amount of glare free light (required by the gallery) to enter the building.
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THIRD FLOOR PLAN
PASSIVE STRATEGIES
PHILATELIC MUSEUM
NORTH ELEVATION
LONGITUDINAL SECTION
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YEAR I / SEMESTER II / DESIGN STUDIO
FARMHOUSE DESIGN nangal , punjab
FARMHOUSE DESIGN
The design was for a farmhouse in Nangal, in the northern state of Punjab in India. The placement of the built form on the site responded to climate, views, and the unique topography of the site. Since the site faced north, large
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amounts of glazing were provided on the northern facde, which also happened to be the one overlooking the lake.
Certain parts of the upper floor were cantilevered over the lower one, creating floating balconies and rooms.
The orientation of the building drew on available climatic data, especially regarding the breeze coming in towards the land from the lake.
A landscaped deck gradually steps down from the ground floor of the house to reach a jetty that extends out over the water.
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YEAR I / SEMESTER II / DESIGN STUDIO
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SITEPLAN
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GROUND FLOOR PLAN
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PLANS
FARMHOUSE DESIGN
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FIRST FLOOR PLAN
PLANS + SECTIONS
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YEAR I / SEMESTER I / DESIGN STUDIO
The design for a pavilion cum cafe was based on an earlier exercise that involved the three dimensional representation of elements. This design aims to represent the element of fire, as a sharp, engulfing and constantly changing entity. The site imagined for this cafe was the edge of a cliff, with the visitors looking out over the edge.
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CAFE DESIGN imaginary site
YEAR I / SEMESTER II / DESIGN STUDIO
Jointly organised by SPA-D and the Korean Cultural Center
COMMUNITY SPACE DESIGN WORKSHOP 33
INTER-DISCIPLINARY WORKSHOP / 2015
FARMHOUSE DESIGN
Hosted by Ctrl-Space
ISTANBUL MARKET DESIGN COMPETITION COMPETITION ENTRY / 2015
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YEAR I - III
GRAPHIC WORK
GRAPHIC WORK
MISC. POSTERS & LOGOS
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POSTER FOR HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE
GRAPHIC WORK
GRAPHICS STUDIO WORK
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YEARS I - III
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GRAPHICS STUDIO WORK
GRAPHIC WORK
GRAPHICS STUDIO WORK
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