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ARCHITECTURAL ANKITA DEKA
LESS IS MORE.
- ludwig mies van der rohe
LESS IS A BORE.
- robert venturi
Ankita Deka ABOUT ME I am a fifth year student of architecture, currently working on my undergraduate thesis. I am interested to join an internship in the field of architecture and design, where I can apply my skills and grow by being part of ongoing projects.
EDUCATION 2003 - 2016 10 + 2 Delhi Public School 2016 - PRESENT BACHELOR OF ARCHITECTURE Guwahati College of Architecture and Planning
CONTACT deka.ankita73@gmail.com +91 84869 44921
SOFTWARE and SKILLS AutoCAD SketchUp Adobe Photoshop | InDesign Microsoft Office Blender Illustrations | traditional and digital Model making Content writing
EXTRA-CURRICULARS 2014 On the winning team of Inter-school graphic panel competition 2017 Attended a design development workshop, School of Planning and Architecture, Amity University, Dubai 2018 Volunteered at JK Architect of the Year Award Participated with a design team in VolZero Pocket Seat Competition Summer intern at Rittick Hazarika Design Associates, Guwahati, Assam 2019 Participated in Birla White JK Putty Competition Participated with a design team in ArchDais ‘The House’ Competition 2020 Participated in CIC MUN Designer and Editor of college publication Imprints Digital Team Head of intercollegiate fest Exurbia Member of North-East Architecture Students Association (NEASA) Participated in ArchDais ‘The House – Interiors’ Competition
CONTENTS Primary School
Architecture College
College Canteen
Pocket Seat | VolZero
The House - Interior | ArchDais
ACADEMIC
COMPETITION
PRIMARY SCHOOL PROJECT: A primary school of classes I-V LOCATION: VIP road, Guwahati, Assam, India SEMESTER: IV
CONTEPTUALISATION:
FORM OF THE BEEHIVE
Honeybees are social insects, and live together in large, well-organised groups - they have a well-defined social structure.
CONNECTIVITY USING SHAPES + SPACES
COURTYARD - OPEN TO SKY
OPEN LIBRARY ACADEMIC BLOCK
CLOSE-UP DETAIL OF PERFORATED BRICK WALL
DETAIL OF WINDOWS - REAR AND SIDE ELEVATIONS
Similar to bees, human beings have a social structure and a strong sense of community. Children in particular need to be included and learn in a social setting by imitating and developing intellectually, emptionally, and physically.
STRUCTURE OF THE BEEHIVE
AIM: This project aims to limit separation through hierarchy in the social structure of a primary school, i.e., promoting communication between students and the academic, teaching, and management staff.
CONNECTIVITY USING MOVEMENT
proposed block
SCHEMATIC DIAGRAM OF THE SITE
drop-off playing field
future expansion
ENTRY
7 M wide road
ARCHITECTURE COLLEGE PROJECT: An Architecture College, accomodating undergraduate students LOCATION: Near Guwahati University, Guwahati, Assam, India SEMESTER: VI
From green spaces moving inside the buildings, to foldable walls, to winding pathways through interesting landscape elements, the design explores boundaries and the blurring of them. A design college is incomplete without sources of inspiration, and that’s what each view out the studio window, each element on corridor walls aim to achieve.
CONCEPTUALISATION
ELEVATIONS THEORY BLOCK - WEST ELEVATION
STUDIOS
1. five interacting studios
CONNECTIVITY
STUDIOS
THEORY BLOCK - NORTH ELEVATION
2. blurring boundaries through green spaces
CONNECTIVITY
STUDIOS
STUDIO BLOCK - NORTH ELEVATION
3. green views for each studio space
UP CONNECTIVITY
STUDIOS
STUDIO BLOCK - EAST ELEVATION 4. non-linear studio connectivity for privacy 5. added vertical connectivity theory spaces all pushed tupwards LEGEND Studio Spaces Multipurpose Spaces Green Spaces
SITE PLAN
VIEWS
The site is near a busy national highway, and the placement of the strcutures and the landscaping elements are to prevent the noise from penetrating the college building. There are three entrances to the site - two of which are for students and as such are placed to the back of the site, nearby the hostels and the University buildings tial
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TIME PROBLEM - COLLEGE CANTEEN
Group Project PROJECT: Interior Design LOCATION: Guwahati College of Architecture and Planning rooftop, Guwahati, Assam YEAR: 2019 This project involved the design of a college canteen , as a limited time problem. The most important ideas that we chose to focus on was the feel of the environment, the services and movements, and the seating based on user behaviour. The space is designed for the seating for a limited amount of people, with a separate space for staff and faculty, with measures for extra seating if required.
MIND MAPPING
CONNECTING SPACES
COLOURS
PARTITIONS, NOT WALLS
WALL ART
UPCYCLED DECOR COLOURS COOL AIR
ZONING
CONCEPT INFLUENCED BY -
Seating Area Service Area
brutalism and contemporary contrasting interior colour schemes and COLOUR PROPORTIONS -
Acording to material + surface Grey - existing exposed concrete; cuts cost Yellow - contrast against grey; emulates sunlight Green - colour of plants and vegetation Red + Blue primary colours; strong and striking colours
SERVICE AREAS
COCOON Group project PROJECT: Product Design YEAR: 2017
Just as a cocoon encases and protects a silk moth in a shell, this product shelters a person inside it from the elements of nature and the weary pace of life. Taking the basic cotton ball-like shape of the cocoon, the product - when unopened - can be carried by hand or strapped to the shoulders like a backpack. MATERIALS USED: Cotton fabric (seat) Foam (seat) Aluminium tubing (inner frame) POSSIBLE SEAT HEIGHTS: 250 MM 300 MM 350 MM 400 MM
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RIDGES OF THE CATERPILLAR
1200 MM 400 MM
PROTECTION OF THE COCOON
A D A P T A T A T I O N
PROJECT: Interior Design YEAR: 2019 There are two forms of adaptation when you move into a house - first, to make it a home, and second, to make it cater according to the changing needs of the family.
In a small apartment - home to a family of four - issues arise with the passage of time. As the childen became adults, and the parents became older, there was a necessicity in adapting the home according to the requirements of the residents. There were a few problems to be solved - reduction of open spaces, increased obstacles in circulation areas, and child (and senior) unfriendly. The solutions had long-term implications, neatly divided into two-fold stages of execution: Stage 1 - To adapt to the needs of now grown children Stage 2 - To provide greater safety to the aging half of the family - the parents
EXISTING SPACES -
balcony
master bedroom
bedroom 2
bedroom 3
corridor toilet
toilet living cum dining
entry
kitchen
Livable Spaces Public Spaces Circulation Spaces Service Spaces
DESIGNED
Bedrooms: more storage + shelf spaces
Toilets: anti-skid tiles + grip handles
bookshelves for bedroom 2 and 3
Kitchen: Redesign of modular kitchen
Living cum dining: Redesign of seating areas + removal of obstacles
> Project was designed and constructed through 2019 June - December
EXECUTED
using L-shaped sofa in corner + removal of low coffee table
> Larger issues of safety (grip handles, anti-skid surfaces) still to be implemented
AWAY FROM THE STUDIO PHOTOGRAPHY
PHOTO ILLUSTRATIONS llustrated photos, carried out with an art software.
LIVE SKETCHING
LANDSCAPE SKETCHES
CONCEPTUAL SKETCHES For visualisation of spaces and ideas
ANKITA DEKA deka.ankita73@gmail.com +91 84869 44921