Bachelors in Architecture | 2018 - 2023
School of PLanning and Architecture, Bhopal
Secondary School | 2016 - 2018
Delhi Public School, RK Puram, New Delhi
High School | 2014 - 2016
RNS World School, Jhansi
Middle School | 2008 - 2014
Delhi Public School, Agra
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HELLO
Adobe InDesign, Lightroom, Photoshop Trimble Sketchup 3D, Layout
Graphisoft ArchiCAD
McNeel Rhinoceros 3D, Grasshopper
Semester II | 2019
Kiosk Design | Minto Hall, Bhopal
Product Design | File Folder
Cafeteria Design | Minto Hall, Bhopal
Semester III | 2019
Vernacular Documentation | Kamar Tribe| Manav Sangrahalaya, Bhopal
Vernacular Residence Design | Raghurajpur Village | Odisha
Semester IV | 2020
Way Side Amenity for MP Tourism | Bhopal
Semester V | 2020
Automobile Showroom for Jeep | Allahbad
Semester VI | 2021
In-situ Slum Re-development | Kolar Road Slums | Bhopal
Semester VII | 2021
Speciality Hospital Design | Delhi
Semester VIII | 2022
Park design (Internship) | Kranj, Slovenia
Semester IX | 2022
Urban design-Streetscape | MP Nagar, Bhopal
Semester X | 2023
Urban design-Tourism led regeneration in Maharaj Bada| Maharaj Bada, Gwalior
2020
ANDC Top 100
Hrrido | Bus Stand Design
Ganga Sagar | NASA India
Geoffrey Bawa Design Competition
Reclaiming Modernity | College Design
Colombo, Sri Lanka | UNI Competitions
Steel design Competition
COVID Relief Hospital | INSDAG
120 Hours
Minimalism - a culture
2021
The Dharavi Project (ongoing)
Community Center Design
Mumbai | Archdais
CLT Induction Special Mention
Gone With the wind | Adaptive Re-use
Dhanushkodi | Aakar Design Consultants
GSEN First Prize
Picky Eaters | Sustainable edible Landscape Proposal
Ghazipur, Delhi | NASA India
Nationality | Indian
Gender | Male
D.O.B | 14-06-2000
Mail | anubhavsaxena2000@gmail.com
Contact | +91 72 3391 6729
Passport no. | S5415299
Address | B-162 Avas Vikas Colony, Jhansi (UP), INDIA 284003
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English | Proficient
Bundelkhandi | Elementary
Sanskrit | Elementary
German | Rudimentary
Unreal Engine Twinmotion
S K I L L S Manual Model Making, Documentation, Drafting
Soft Skills
Teamwork, Improvisation, Communication, Problem Solving, Architectural Visualisation
W O R K S H O P S
CLT Induction Workshop Series
Aakar Design Consultants
Z- Axis : You and Your neighbourhood Charles Correa Foundation
Making Architecture IE university, Madrid | Courseera
Revit Training Programme
Awais Jamil | Udemy
Grasshopper Training Series
Lomos Archilabs
Undergraduate Intern ravnikar potokar arhitekturni biro d.o.o., Ljubljana, Slovenia (EU)
Semester I | 2018
Cafeteria Design | Bhopal
Arches Vaults Domes - Theory
C O N T E N T S
This portfolio contains selected works from design projects developed while pursuing a Bachelor of Arcitecture degree at School of planning and Architecture, Bhopal. The projects were chosen to highlight the diverse scale and approaches encompassed in my design education. Explorations of space , tectonics, time, awareness, social interaction, and reactions to contextual influences have all been presented.
T O U R I S M L E D R E G E N E R A T-
I O N I N M A H A R A J B A D A
Urban Regeneration, Maharaj Bada, Gwalior (Thesis project)
M E S S Y T R A N S I T S
Multimodal Transit Development, Kachuberia Jetty, Gangasagar
P I C K Y E A T E R S
Sustainable edible landscape development, Ghazipur, Delhi
G O N E W I T H T H E W I N D
Resilient Community Shelter, Dhanushkodi, Tamil Nadu
S L O V E N I A N P A T R I O T I S M Park Design, Kranj, Slovenia (Internship project)
L O C O M O T I V E B R E A T H
Showroom Design, Civil Lines, Allahabad
T H E O T H E R S I D E
In-situ Slum Redevelopment, Kolar road slums, Bhopal
P H O T O G R A P H Y
Other Works
Site
The city is know for its culture and heritage being the city of music but the question is is it still alive?
Stakeholders
Chai Vendors
Cobblers
Shoppers
Local Residents
Daily Labourers Vendors
Shop Keepers
Rickshaw Drivers
Tourists
Office workers
Requirements
Space to sell
Shoppers attention
Experience Culture
Share the experience
Health Management
Food
Convinient transportation
Maintaining the essence and character
Pedestrian priority
Urban issue
Certain ite issues that affects the stakeholders and because of which certain requirements of theirs are not taken care of.
Touring
Different activities happening thoughout the day from 0630 to 1930.
Intangible Tangible
Barricading
Five affordances for five habitational actions ~ Himanshu Burte.
The flow chart representsn, that, how certain aspects of urban design are interconnected and the way they affect this thesis.
HABITATIONAL ACTIONS AFFORDANCES PAUSE
1.
3. Green Quality
4. Utilization of existing infrastructure
5. Supporting local economy
URBAN HERITAGE DESIGN PRINCIPLES (DESIGN AIM)
TRANSITION COGNITION
LEGIBILITY
Extensional
Most fundamental initial experience for any environment
Barriers, boundaries, and Edges
Decisive transition from public space to public place. Isolaition and Insulation from street Graded transitions
SOCIALBILITY
SOCIAL INTERACTION
Choice Balance Distribution
TRADING OF CONTROL
POSSESIBILITY
A regulating socio-physical matrix A reason or desire to return A sense of memorable dwelling in occupying a place
Five affordances for five habitational actions ~ Himanshu Burte.
The flow chart representsn, that, how certain aspects of urban design are interconnected and the way they affect this thesis.
Macro
In the macro scale, the bada is being pedestrianised. The developments will take place mostly on the major axis. The Bada is an important market in the city center with buildings such as the town hall, Victoria Market , the Post office, the State Bank of India and multiple office buildings. The pedestrianisation of the plaza will help increase the tourist influx in the area as well as it will enhance the experience of shoppers and especially for local residents, since Bada is the only breathable space in the area.
Micro
The focus of the micro scale is to minimize the use of cars. The Bada is congested by the excessive use of cars and motorbikes. The bada will be transformed into a pedestrian zone with an emergency driveway that enables only ambulance, security vehicles and delivery service vehicles. The three entrances from Sarafa Bazaar/SBI Building, City Museum/Victoria Market and Madhavganj/Government press will be blocked by bollards. New un- derground parking proposed by the smart city mission in Gorkhi Complex would improve the life of people working in the area. In addition, green spaces with trees and benches will be added in order to enhace the occupiability of the area.
Urban Startegy
The strategy for Bada is divided into two scales.
Site Plan
VENDING ZONE FOOD COURT AMPHETHEATRE
Visualisation
Interventions added to the Gorkhi complex.
An occupiable space with a lot of transitions in terms of activity ranging from vending to entertainment to eating and at the same time a great place to socialise.
Visualisations
Drawings
The view shows the open plaza created infront of the Victoria Market as well as the enhanced green cover can be clearly seen.
ANDC | NASA India
Location | Kachuberia jetty, Gangasagar Island , West Bengal Group Work | Abhinav , Eish, Soumyadeep, Palak Multi Modal Transit Developement
Urban order goes beyond the abstract unit typologies of buildings and public voids; it is also defined by users purposes. Gangasagar Mela sees the congregation of two million people every year who take part in a three day ceremonial bathing at the Ganges. This massive gathering makes Gangasagar Mela the second largest mega fair in the world. Due to its cultural significance, the island is constantly in a state of flux. At peaks of influx, the transit systems at the island fail. Infrastructural failure and lack of organisation at Kachuberia bus stop leads to a disarrayed urban-scape.
The pandemic, being another factor, limits tourism to a great extent cutting down Gangasagar’s primary source of revenue. The program therefore intends to set up a conjunct system of transit along the main route to the Mela, through necessary infrastructural interventions and envisions a resilient community through economic sustenance.
Transit
Disjuction Personal/ Rental Jetty Bus
Contextual mapping of the island wherein two extreme ends are considered ie kachuberia jetty on the top followed by dubki point on the bottom.
Infrastructural Failure
Kachuberia Gangasagar Mela
Host
Durga Pooja
Momentary Influx Demand/ Supply Gap Unorganized Crowds Skepticism
Minimal Exposure Lost Trade Economic Downfall
Pandemic
StakeHolders
Existing System
1. Missing Infrastructure
2. Jetty
3. Convergence
Mapping existing situation
Clearly, the area does not have a well defined circultion which results into chaos and the above three maps reflects the same aptly.
Personal/ Rental Jetty Bus
Conjunction
Transit Kachuberia Gangasagar Mela Durga Pooja
Host
Momentary Influx Demand/ Supply Gap Organization
Security
Infrastructural Development
Trade Boost Economic Boost
Proposed System
PostPandemic
StakeHolders
1. Desolving and redirectng vehicular access
2. Segregation of vehicular / pedestrian
3. Developing a traffic node at intersection
4.Developing Civic Infrastructure
Mapping the Changes
Ghats are broadened, alternate road is created for vehicular traffic, bus stand is revamped, infrastructure for fishermen is created and an auto stand is placed near the jetties.
Final proposed plan at Kachuberia
Some more views
As we enter the island after a boatride the first thing we notice is the lively market place along with a huge Pandal. All sorts of street vendors have setup their shops.
GSEN | NASA India
Location | Ghazipur Landfill, Delhi Group Work
Sustainable edible landscape proposal
Located at the edge of Delhi, Ghazipur is home to the city’s largest wholesale food markets. Selling vegetables, flowers, poultry, fish and mutton to the rest of the city, it is a vital part of Delhi’s food supply chain. These markets directly employ the residences next to them. Ghazipur, however, is more famously identified by its monstrous garbage dump looming in the background.
Soaring into the hazy skies of New Delhi, Asia’s tallest landfill at the eastern fringe, Ghazipur, has become a fetid symbol. Over-saturated in 2002, the city’s scrap has kept on arriving each day in hundreds of trucks. With fires sparked by methane and leachate oozing from the dump into the canal, the landfill is a health hazard for the markets lying at its edges.
Plans to eliminate the landfill have materialized over the years, but this has led to conflicts with the community of rag -pickers whose livelihoods are dependent on the existence of the landfill.
The proposal aims to turn this Centre of the city’s food supplies into a neighborhood that would be able to independently sustain its occupants in times of a break in the supply chain. It also seeks to slowly convert the landfill on a time-scale large enough to enable the drift of the rag-picker community towards formalized employment.
CLT Induction | Aakar designs Location | Dhanushkodi, Tamil Nadu, India Group Work | Eish, Soumyadeep, Abhinav R, Abhinav G, Saavi Resilient Community Shelter
Dhanushkodi is located at the southeastern tip of Pamba Island, the start of the submerged land bridge between Sri Lanka and India. Unoccupied since 1964 following a cyclone, it is now a famed tourist destination, with its many abandoned buildings such as the church, the hospital and the railway station outof which the hospital building forms the largest of the ruins Placed between two seas, it is a major fishing hub, with a fishing community nostalgic about the olden times. Some members of this fishing community, now displaced, still sells fried fish to tourists, living in temporary shacks along the shoreline. Harsh weather, however, has prevented permanent settlements from coming up again in Dhanushkodi.
Our Proposal seeks to transform the abanoned hospital into a much needed comminuty shetlter for the fishing community and construct it with Cross-Laminated Timber (CLT), an upcoming new material. With the eventual increase in production of CLT and optimisation towards Indian coonditions. this proposal will become as easy, low-cost and highly durable option. This project can aldo be expanded to the other ruins of the ghost-town, and eventually help in the revival of Dhnaushkodi into a thriving community.
The site has two more abandoned buiding other than the chosen hospital (1) buiding and those are church (2) and railway station ( 3).
Ventilation Passages allows flow of Air through the structure preventing air pressure difference during high speed winds.
Ventilators open into the courtyards allowing stack ventilation and help the release of air pressure.
Cross-Bracing ensures resistance to transverse loads and keeps the walls in place.
Design Considerations
The structure was supposed to be made such that it could resist high wind loads that are present in the area and hence several perforation were panned.
Hospital walls
CLT Core Frame
Edge walls - CLT
CLT Walls and Floors
Roof frame
Wall finishing and roof boards
Construction processes
The CLT walls give support to the old masonry walls and help preserve it, while the old walls shield the lower levels of CLT from wear-and-tear.
Exploded view
An insight at the anatomy of the building and how it functions.
S L O V E N I A N P A T R I O T I S M
Semester VIII | Internship Project Location | Kranj, Slovenia Public Competition Park Design
The park is designed between the abstract and the real, between the rectangular geometry of the pavement the platform and the choice of plants and flowering meadow as its organic opposites. Paved part of the park is separated by a distance from the existing wall of Prešeren Grove, the eastern edge of which also the fences in front of the neighboring houses on the south side. The space in between becomes greener, foreseen is a green with planted trees, birches (Betula pendula), with a direct connection to Prešeren Grove, which is mainly planted with birch trees. The geometry of the paved part of the park is determined by the geometry of the central pavilion inside Prešeren’s grove (top work architect Marjan Šorli from 1952), therefore the line of the concrete bench, with which the height the transverse fall of the terrain is completed by three flagpoles. The trinity of poles comes from the triple arch of the pavilion. In this part, the paving is widened so that a sufficiently large space can be provided for events and celebrations. In everyday use, however, it is used as child’s play. A field is inserted into the paved part of the arrangement, made of white concrete of a blooming meadow, which symbolically illustrates the colors and waves of the Slovenian flag with texts from Slovenian anthem ‘Zdravljica’.
Semester V | Studio project
Location | Civil Lines, Allahbad, Uttar Pradesh
Individual Work Showroom Design
The automotive sector has always had an impact on architecture, dating back to the early twentieth century (but not so much the other way around). Different characteristics of the “automobile” have inspired architecture throughout history, whether as a material, shape, or the speed with which automobiles are created. The showroom caters to the brand Jeep and is and is design to be at par by their standards.
The design is not conventional, with super-high glass windows, like found in India. I approached the project by ignoring the stereotypical features of automobiles that people associate with them, namely “speed” and a “dynamic” appearance.
The cuboid is pushed and tugged, deformed, and separated into three galleries (all of which are connected). The windows of each gallery face the street and are of various sizes. According to the size of the gallery, each window has a distinct size.
Allahbad
I chose this site due to it being a cornered plot and can be accessed from all three sides.
Concept Development
A block is chamfered as per the site boundry and then one of the sides is distorted in three parts to get a visual focus on three display galleries.
Office spaces are present on mezzanine floor to make it eaisier for the administration to monitor the ongoing activities on the ground floor.
Visualisations
Construction Details
Visualisations
Spaces are designed keeping in mind the visual connectivity between them.
Visualisation
Axonometric featuring the entire structure
Structure is pretty much site oriented and not only that, it is designed in a way to enhance the overall user experience.
Semester VI | Design Studio Location | Kolar Road Slums, Bhopal, India
Individual Work In-Situ Slum Redevelopment
The “in-situ” slum rehabilitation approach aims to leverage the locked potential of land under slums to provide houses to eligible slum dwellers to bring them into the formal urban settlement. Under this scheme, slums which are located on central government land, state government land, ULB land, or private land are permissible for “in-situ” redevelopment.
Conditions at Kolar Road Slums are no good . Problems Such as congestion, deteriorating infrastructure exist in the area . There are no breating and social spaces in the area and hence this project aims at redeveloping the whole site which will ensure proper housing for all 969 households of the area along with market spaces and open courtyards. This proposal will make sure that the dweller of the area a provided with a safe and secure neighbourhood with good living conditions.
Concept Development
Basic line is rotated in aniclock wise manner following a arithmatic progression in terms of length after every rotation to form a spiral which is further multiplied and mirrored to form the basic form of the cluster.
Kolar road slums, Bhopal
The site is on a hill at the rear side of MANIT, Bhopal and is home to 969 households.
PLULARISM
ISSUES
SECURITY AND SAFETY
LACK OF COMMUNITY SPACES BAD IVING CONDITIONS
INCREASING FAMILY SIZE
NEEDS
COMMUNITY BONDING SOCIETAL UPLIFTMENT
OPEN SPACES
RESIDENTIAL CLUSTERS
HEIRARCHY OF VARIOUS TYPOLOGIES OF COURTYARDS
HEIRARCHY OF VARIOUS TYPOLOGIES OF SUB CLUSTERS
OPEN TO SKY SPACES
IMPROVED VENTILATION AND DAYLIGHT
HUMAN COMFORT
BALANCE B/W BUILT AND UN-BUILT
COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION
COMMUNITY INTERACTION
DISAGGREGATION
DIVIDING LARGER BUILT MASS INTO SMALLER BUILT BLOCK
MUTUAL LEARNING
DEVELOPING A LEARNING CENTRE WITH WORKSHOPS
SKILL SHARING
DIFFUSING BUILT WITH UN-BUILT IMPROVE CLIMATE RESPONSE
INTERMINGLING OF NATURAL LANDSCAPE AND MAN MADE LANDSCAPE
INTERWEAVING NETWORK OF VARIOUS PATHWAYS
You can clearly notice the trasition from a congested space on the right to a more organised and breathable space on the left. The view shows four out of seven cluster.
