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Conceptualisation & Visualisation
Rammed Earth was the hero material of this project owing to its low carbon footprint as well as its financial feasibility. Its a long lasting material that supports the idea of sustainability, environmental consciousness and economic construction practices.
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Design iterations and explorations
Technical Drawings
The toilet has been designed to resolve the persisting flaws in the current infrastructure, such as unequal wait times, safety, spatial movement within cubicles and easy accessibility. The structure of the public toilet is a fresh take on the typical cubicle system of toilets, build to maintain a sense of anonymity and safety.
Space between the two wall structures. Intention was to provide an added layer of security but also ensure transparancey.
Contextual visualisation of the proposed public toilet on site
02. Dissertation
Year: February 2021
Location: India
Type: Dissertation
Role: Research, analysis, planning & organising data and editing
Research Question
Dignified Living: How can Participatory Design transform the experience of Residential Slum Living in India?
The essay explored tools of participatory design to establish its importance in designing social and low-cost residential homes.
The essay studied the work of two architects in India, Laurie Baker and Balakrishnan Doshi, that dedicated their practice to social housing. The analysis was done using participatory design tools to establish its importance in designing residential homes. Surveying, prototyping, and observing lifestyle patterns revealed that high-rise buildings do not work in such establishments as people have always been accustomed to living in low-rise homes. They prefer spaces with ample ground space for their daily living and feeling a sense of community.
The dissertation emphasised the point through the Chengalchoola Housing Community case studies by Laurie Baker and Aranya Housing Community by B.V Doshi.
Collaboration between the residents of informal homes and urban planners has always been troublesome without giving any autonomy to the people for homes being built for them. This essay highlighted the importance of participatory design in breaking this divide.
03. Pews & Perches
Year: April 2022
Location: London, UK
Type: Product Design
Role: Design Conceptualisation and proposal
Pews and Perches is an annual design competition organised by the London Festival of Architecture. It invites architecture and design students, recent graduates and emerging practitioners to share their unique perspectives on sustainability within the Docks by designing a bench that actively engages its users and visitors to the Docks. The theme this year was ACT.
Design Context
80% of Marine Pollution comes from land-based activities
17+ Million Metric Tons of plastic entered the ocean in 2021
The design of the bench was based on the concept of balance. Through the design, we chose to represent both the balance and imbalance of the earth. We showed this by adding the seesaw mechanism. The movement of the bench works as evidence to its user that we need to come together as a society to have a balance on our planet.
Design Iterations and Explorations
Technical Drawings
1600mm
Bench in use
Bench Plan
100mm metal sheet that holds the central structure together
Adjacent legs of the bench are welded together
Bench Front Elevation
Central metal rod takes on the role of the lever and allows for slight movement of the bench
Bench Side Elevation
Timber Slab
Iron Rods. 385mm in length
Handles for support 300mm above ground so the bench can move. Replicated the see-saw mechanism
Side legs act as stopper to limit large movemements
04. The House of Four Seaons
Year: July 2020
Location: London, UK
Type: Interior Design Competition
Role: Visulisations and Technical Drawings
This project was done in collaboration with two architecture students Kritika Lilani and Diego Morataya with the aim of creating a home that allows you to experience all four seasons of the year by focusing on the interaction between the ground and the water of the lake. The project design had been completed earlier by my two colleagues and was re-illustrated for the competition by me. The competition was organised by Archdais in 2020.
Design Context
Seasons are a beautiful natural phenomenon that occur around us on a yearly basis. The combination of seasons and architecture is so natural, that it creates something simple, yet so extraordinary. Nature has so many elements to represent its seasons, which tell a different story at different times of the day, month and year. The house is located on an island in Eller Forst, Dusseldorf, at the shore. It is meant to bring to life the transition between the ground and water of the lake.
The position of the house is intended to have three hundred and sixty degrees views of the site in order to feel at one with surroundings. This also creates various points of observation throughout the house due to the play of light and shadows. There is a sense of flow and continuity created throughout the house due to the bridges that connect the exterior of one building to the other. This allows the viewer to experience new layers of the site and buildings.
Technical Drawings
05. Personal Branding
Year: August 2022
Location: London, UK
Type: Graphic Design/Logo Design
Role: Designing Brand Identity and conceptualisation
Ananya Agarwalla is a personal branding project where she tries to establish her foundation as an interior designer and creative. The project aimed to build a brand identity representing her as a designer and creative thinker, with the colours reflecting her bold yet subtle design philosophy. The seamless harmony shown in the gradient highlights her dynamic nature, and the combination of serif and sans serif font also works around the ideas of boldness and subtly.
