ARCHITECTURE PORTFOLIO SELECTED WORKS 2015-2019
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Hello! ANUJ MODI www.anujmodi.xyz Date of Birth : 31 MAY 1997 Father’s name : AJAY MODI : +91 8141708080 Mobile : amo310597@gmail.com E-mail
This portfolio is a summarisation of academic and professional work from 2015-2019. The projects displayed varies from experiments to small scale projects and large scale urban inserts.
NATURE
EDUCATION
COMPETITIONS
NMIMS Balwant Sheth School of Architecture B. Arch (2015-2020)
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Delhi Public School, Ahmedabad Schooling
EXHIBITION AND AWARDS 2019
Thesis Bazaar Annual exhibit at NMIMS BSSA.
2018
Esquisse Intra-class Urban design competition at NMIMS BSSA. Volume Zero’s Marsception Participation entry
2017
Festival of Architecture and Interior Design (FoAID) Won the second prize
2017
Festival of Architecture and Interior Design (FoAID) Won the second prize
24H Matrix Participation entry
2016
Emergent patterns in nature Annual exhibit at NMIMS BSSA.
Volume Zero’s Tiny House Participation entry
WORKSHOP PARTICIPATIONS
SOFTWARE PROFICIENCY
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ADVANCE SKILLS McNeel Rhinoceros Adobe Photoshop Adobe Illustrator Adobe InDesign Autodesk AutoCAD Autodesk Maya Grasshopper Lumion Keyshot Vray Arnold
CEPT Summer School Aldo Van Eyck’s Playscapes Design Morphine streams Webinar series Parametric Vibrations Webinar by Arturo Tedeschi
2018
SciARC Summer School Portraits of Shapes and Forms
PROFESSIONAL WORK
LANGUAGES
2019
Teaching Assistant Third year studio at NMIMS BSSA
English Hindi Gujarati
2018
Visualisation Rohit Anchan Visualisation TMD Cell
ARCHITECTURE
24H Knowledge Top 50 entry
THESIS BAZAAR Annual exhibit at NMIMS BSSA. Kala Ghoda Arts Festival Certificate of Merit
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CULTURE
INTERMEDIATE SKILLS Autodesk Revit Autodesk 3dsmax Pixologic Zbrush Adobe After effects Final Cut Pro X BASIC SKILLS Unreal Engine Substance Painter Blender Cinema4D
TECHNOLOGY
SELECTED WORKS
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Ephemeral Urbanism| THESIS
[Re]vive | DESIGN STUDIO
Emergence | DESIGN STUDIO
Thesis (in progress) on ephemeral conditions of informal markets and organising them.
Fourth year design studio focusing on revitalising the eastern waterfront of Mumbai, India.
Fourth year design studio focusing on emergent patterns in urban fabric.
19 Menawali | DESIGN STUDIO Third year design studio based in Menawali, Maharashtra.
33 WORKSHOPS This includes summer schools attended in the past and webinars.
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15 Unfolding Spaces | DESIGN STUDIO Third year design studio based on designing an Institute of Astronomy in Ujjain, India.
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Acrobatic form | ADV. CONSTRUCT.
COMPETITIONS
Study of unconventional structural forms and understanding their behaviour.
Series of competitions taken part into during the course of Architecture.
Large scale installations for competition entries.
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Nomadic Forms | TEACHING ASST.
Visualisations done based on designs by the clients.
Teaching assistant for the third year studio from July-October 2019.
INSTALLATIONS
www.anujmodi.xyz Website developed for accessing architectural works and other interests. 2
EPHEMERAL URBANISM Semester 9 | Year 5
Academics Thesis mentor : Ms. Aparna Surve Year: 2019 (ongoing)
What kind of a space are we living in? Where is this going to progress towards?
Location: Mumbai, India. Programme: Informal markets
This thesis explores the various possibilities of digital impact on lifestyle. One such impact has been made by online shopping. E-commerce has heavily impacted the way people shop and the whole aspect of physical markets has become a question of existence. At the same time, the informal markets is one such domain which continues to exist and adapt to changes. It behaves like an organism which constantly adapts to survive. The street vendors and hawkers are a primary and integral part of the city which have been overlooked in the past and present. There is a strong need to dignify this sector of people who contribute significantly to the economy and city’s culture and identity. In a state of constant flux, how do you design something re-configurable, adaptable and sensitive to its surroundings? 3
The interesting part of the informal markets are their transitory quality. They are temporary in nature and can be termed as disappearing community. This makes them volatile in nature and helps them sustain.
Various markets have been studied in Mumbai to get an understanding of their behavioural pattern and spatial conditions. It has been observed that these informal markets start to grow near transit hubs due to high footfall and constantly change throughout the day. Certain objectives have been identified by few case studies which includes the formalisation of informal markets and dignifying the hawkers and vendors yet maintaining the market’s characteristics. There is a strong need to study about the Informal markets and the agents involved in it. As of now, the informal hawkers or vendors do not get recognised in the society. They contribute significantly to the society and are an integral part of the city. 4
[RE]VIVE Semester 8 | Year 4
Providing entry from two edges makes the zone completely pedestrian and gets rid of high volume traffic. By placing the stadium in the desired location, a virtual plaza is created and thus, a pedestrian zone is established.
Academics Mentors: Mrs. Namrata Shah, Mr. Milind Merchant Year: 2019 Location: Mumbai, India. Programme: Sports and recreational facilities
Possibilities of the location of the stadium
The studio aimed at redesigning the edge of the Eastern waterfront of Mumbai, India. The land of the eastern waterfront has now been declared open to public for construction and use which was earlier only used by the Mumbai Ports Trust. This frontage can change the entire image of the Mumbai once again as it provides large chunks of land to redefine the city once more. Sports has been given as the key programme for connecting the Eastern and Western parts of Mumbai which as of now function in isolation. Various sports have been identified and proposed on the plot keeping in mind the climatic conditions of the city and how naturally spaces can be created to ventilate and direct natural sunlight. 5
The site is situated near Tata Oil mills in the MBPt area. The eastern waterfront belt has been open for construction for private and public uses and thus, a sports complex has been proposed on one of these belts in the area to have a better connectivity and as an attractor for people to visit the edge,
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Fig. 5.1 Dividing the site into two domains as per the wind rose.
Fig. 6.1 Configuration of programmes.
Fig. Studying the edges of the building for better light and ventilation.
Fig. How more light and ventilation can be captured by making certain angles.
Fig. Studying the common space in section to enhance the amount of natural ventilation.
Fig. Modulating the edge
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Fig. Interior spaces
Fig. Studying the wind conditions on edges and how effective or ineffective could wind be in various sections.
Fig. Slicing the structure to make a slope according to the wind and the direction of the sun.
Fig. Form of the structure
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Fig. The stepped terraces provide for good sunlight and a smooth flow of wind.
Fig. Types of terraces with chamfered fenestrations to allow more light.
Fig. Allowing a smooth flow for wind by making a sloping gesture.
Fig. Thus, the final profile of the structure to be efficient in capturing good daylight and providing for sufficient ventilation.
Fig. 5.2 Access to the site.
Fig. 6.2 Study of sun movements at various times of the day.
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EMERGENCE Semester 7 | Year 4
Study of various typology of chawls in order to determine the volumetric encroachment pattern. 01
Bhiwandiwala Terrace Chawl
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The Bhiwandiwala Terrace chawl is a chawl which offers corridors on both the sides of the dwelling units. 02
Pannalal Terrace Chawl The Pannalal terrace chawl offered a total of 450 residential chawl system. Due to the over growing migrants in the city, the people became the external force and thus, acted upon the chawl by doubling the number of rooms by dividing it into halves.
Bhiwandiwala Terrace Chawl
Academics Mentor: Mr. Atrey Chhaya Year: 2018 Location: Mumbai, India. Programme: Mixed-use public space
02 Emergence is what are called adaptive self-organising systems: systems that are made up of many interacting agents who are individually not terribly smart, but who collectively come up with intelligent higher-level behaviour. An ant colony is a great example of this kind of system: nobody is technically “in charge�, and yet somehow the ants manage to behave in astonishingly complex ways: quickly determining the shortest distance to a nearby food source, shifting roles among the colony members in response to changing needs. It turns out that the world is filled with these systems: in the formation of city neighbourhoods, in the way our immune system learns about new invading microorganisms, in the neuronal connections of our brains.
Pannalal Terrace Chawl
The project started with the study of chawls in Mumbai. A chawl is a dense space with many dwelling units which accommodates its users throughout their lifetime. There is a constant demand to expand the space within the chawl. The idea of the design revolves around the ever-growing pressure formed inside the chawl of a dwelling unit and how the pressure is constantly being channelized throughout the day. This pressure is with respect to various forms; within the dwelling unit, unit to the corridor, corridor to the courtyard and within the courtyard. 9
The pressure kind of started
Taken into consideration a standard 10X12’ dwelling unit. Thus, spilling out into corridors and fencing existing balconies serve the ever increasing pressure within the unit.
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The people have the tendency to spill out in the corridors and encroaching it by loading goods in that space.
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Thus, each family member encounters another home by having a common passage to commute.
The balcony is a minimum space where the users tend to store excess goods or sometimes pull out a chair for leisure.
Volume starts to add in the dwelling unit when the encroachment takes place in the Z axis and beyond the balcony where they start occupying it in the virtual world.
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d growing in the Z axis where the storage tend to develope.
This is a typical dwelling unit which can accomodate one person.
How space isbeing occupied in a 10X12’ unit.
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Encroachment of volume takes place which is a very common event. People tend to occupy virtual space by extending their balconies and hanging their belonging through the balconies.
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How space isbeing occupied in a 10X20’ unit. 10
Through these mappings, conceptual understanding of spatial conditions w.r.t. force fields were generated to understand the movements. 11
The process models were developed based on the forces observed in the chawl. These forces depict the spatial conditions and movements that take place in a dwelling unit over the different times of the day. The dwelling unit has a tendency to constantly occupy more and more space. Thus, it tries to expand in every possible direction. This can be observed by storage kept in courtyard, balcony extensions etc.
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View from one of the ramps inside the structure.
The flow of pedestrians in and around the site from various parts of the precinct.
Prototype models for understanding the forces of fields on site.
Site context. Presence of various programmes around the site makes it interesting for the forces to act upon. 13
Final model fabricated using additive manufacturing methodology.
View from the ground level within the structure.
View from outside the structure.
Elevational view.
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UNFOLDING SPACES Semester 6 | Year 3
Various ways in which space behaves when any user navigates through the city.
Academics Mentor: Mrs. Anjana Chayya Year: 2018
Various pulling points observed at Ujjain.
Location: Ujjain, India. Programme: Institute of Astronomy
Ujjain is a city of Time and Space. There are many instances which give the notion of Ujjain being one of the oldest and geographical important place in India.
Site analysis
Breaking the spaces with facets.
There is a point pulling force which has been observed at many spaces in Ujjain and Maheshwar during the study trip in 2018. These points solely do the purpose of inviting the user into the space and further explore the space ahead. These point pulling forces come from a skewing of a regular form. These forces have been studied through various drawings and models for spatial understandings. The project aims at designing an Institute of Astronomy near the Rudrasagar lake in Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh. The multi-faceted institute has been designed keeping a central spine and the programmes running around the spine. The spine acts as a multi-functional space with exhibition pockets for display of projects to serving as a lobby. The institute further opens up to the pedestrian pathway near the lake frontage. This allows the institute to be a part of the city. 15
Conceptual sketch for plan and elevation.
Conceptual drawings
Form development
The sunpath analysis for the chosen site helps in differentiating public and private domain.
The chosen site is located having Rudrasagar on the west and Mahakaleshwar temple on the eastern side.
Conceptual plan
Iterations
Circulation
Walkthrough
FIG. As you enter the space, you encounter walls narrowing down.
Fig. The narrowed down passage leads the user into a much wider space.
Fig. The space keeps getting bigger as the user moves ahead.
Fig. The space again leads the user into a narrow passage.
Fig. Thus, the funneling of spaces is a constant feature in the structure.
Ground floor plan
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View showing how spaces underneath slabs are being used as public plaza and installation space.
View depicting the interior space and scale of the structure.
Views showing the interior spaces of dormitory and the way balconies will be projected out of the structure to maintain the similar language throughout.
First floor plan
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Sections showing the main spine of the astronomy institute and how the play of facets is taking place throughout.
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MENAVALI Semester 5 | Year 3 Separated by the river, connected by the people.
Academics Mentor: Mrs. Tapan Deshpande Year: 2017 Location: Mumbai, India. Programme: Re-defining public spaces the heart of Maharashtra, lies Menawali, a In historic village, approx 300 years old along the river Krishna flowing southwards towards Wai. Built by the vision of Nana Phadnavis, an influential minister of the Maratha empire, his residential wada, a traditional house with courtyards is the fulcrum with the sacred ghats forming a unit with a temple shrine. This heritage precinct today is a picturesque setting forming the stage for daily mundane activities of the settlements which constitute the village from generations over time. Through time, the river is losing its significance and gradually is being reduced to the backyard of the village. The several layers of volumes juxtaposed with the interfaces of the edges formed by the ghats along the river form the means for interaction and builds on the traditional way of life. The project aims to recreate the experience and reinforce the natural ecology using the waterfront on the opposite edge of the ghats. The focus is to establish the ecological balance by integrating community life with the elixir of water and creating the opportunity for inter-generational dialogue. Planting one seed at a time is a key factor in which the people can save up the trees which are being cut down at a very fast pace due to fueling of the sugar industries, in turn, builds this project as a seed which can be sown at various landforms to rejuvenate its peripheries and to complete the web of life. 19
Site analysis showing the vegetation around the site complemented by the river dividing the village into two parts. The ghats become an important feature of the village which serves as the most used public space. 20
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The proposal includes design which caters to all age groups. Instances have been developed to provide holistic education as well as playgrounds for children to play in natural conditions.
Various sections showing how interventions will affect the existing land and provide better spatial conditions for social interactions. 22
ADVANCE CONSTRUCTION Semester 7 | Year 4
Principles : 1. The basic principle on which the form has been achieved is the reduction of mass and counter balancing the weight.
Taking 3 different size of spheres; S1,S2 & S3. S1 - 20mm diameter S2 - 30mm diameter S3- 40mm diameter Firstly, calculating the mass of S1, S2 and S3. That is, volume of the sphere; 4/3(22/7)r^3
2. The form consists of three types of spheres which vary in radius/diameter. After volume calculations for each sphere, the intersecting volumes are taken care of. 3. Each of the attempt was to achieve the form having the base unit as the smallest sphere.
4. The spheres were initially taken as bodies with complete mass. Academics Mentor: Mrs. Anjana Chhaya Year: 2018 This studio focused on the acrobatic nature of structures and how could extreme conditions be developed for structures and yet make them stable.
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5. The mass was overpowering the form and thus resulted in toppling of the structure from one direction.
6. Creation of voids in the spheres lead to the achievement of form stability and reduced the weight of the structure.
They are deducted once from the whole form, so as to get the true mass of the form.
The centre of gravity is considered next to determine the stability of the derived form. According to the CG, the mass distribution is taken care of.
If the mass is more on any one side, the body will tend to fall on that side. Thus, cutting down of mass through creating voids lead to the optimum mass required for the form to be stable.
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MARS.ONE Competition
Competition Year: 2018 Organiser: Volume ZERO. Team members: Anuj Modi, Kshitij Mahashabde
The question of existence remains constant in the life of Homo Sapiens. Current supply rate won’t be able to manage the demand in the future and thus colonising of homo sapiens into outer space comes into play to which the most studied and potential source of living is the Martian land. The spaces have been built on the Valles Marineris canyon, which is below the equator of the Mars and serves as a potential site for research as traces of water flowing along the course, deposits formed by lava and landslides have been found. Having no planetary magnetic field of it own and therefore higher surface radiation than that found on earth, the walls of the structure have been designed with a mixture of saltcrete walls and carbonfibre net. The design is a prototype having the concept of a self sustaining unit which collects various resources from every other unit itself such as farming being the one. Magnetic levitation serves to be efficient and clean source of energy. The rover has been designed as an add on to the given requirements which continues the language of the form and functionality. 25
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Final form of the structure.
Inter-woven mesh.
Fabrication method using overlapping strips
THESIS BAZAAR Annual exhibit at NMIMS BSSA 27
Thesis bazaar is an annual exhibit at BSSA featuring the Thesis topics taken up by final year students. It is organised every year by pitching in ideas by final year students and making it an interactive and open-discussion session. The exhibition for the year 2019-2020 has been designed by Anuj Modi and Geet Sampat. It is an ongoing project which is guided by Bhavleen Narula.
KNOWLEDGE Top 50 entry
The module has been designed to tackle these problems and provide a pop up emergency space which could cater to all types of people. The module acts primarily as a school or a workshop where children or the people working there are their own creators. The idea of freedom of learning is encouraged as a student decides what kind of space he would like for a particular experience. Thus the student has the opportunity of learning from a wide range of experiences and paths, which he can choose. Team members: Anuj Modi, Siddhi Zaveri, Geet Sampat 28
[Re]Connect Competition entry 29
The word ‘play’ has a very one dimensional interpretation where we usually associate it to only particular age groups and spaces. Our design pedagogy attempts at breaking this perception. We want to integrate ‘play’ into our architectural gestures because we associate the word with comfort and individual expression. We have developed a mobile interface via which we can offer citizens options that cater to their moods. Based on their urge to Create, Introspect, Explore and Connect, we redirect them to an experience that highlights all that our city has to offer.
Our plug-ins are architectural gestures that enhance the history, culture and community of the existing space. Via a simple mobile application, one is opened up-to a whole new array of pathways and trails that will help optimise the experience of the city. Our architectural language is playful and responsive. Our inserts are adaptive and mobile in nature. It is important to integrate this element of ‘PLAY’ in our everyday lives in order to not loose ourselves in the pace of the city. Team members: Anuj Modi, Siddhi Zaveri, Aneri Shah, Jahnavi Shah 30
FOAID
Second Position winning entry 31
A library to us is an agglomeration of experiences, vehemence, fervour, excitement, and spirit; induced by its content. Such unfettered experience in a fringed space is what constitutes a library. These sentiments when abstracted via waveforms become the generators of our design. The product hence is a multi-functional, iterative furniture piece structured by the physical translation of the waveforms. This product is most suitable for a library space or reading rooms as it allows its users to have a variety of posture adjustments and utilitarian uses so as to make reading more comfortable. One of the key traits of this product lies in its modular and compacting ability, where the entire system can be flattened to a seamless surface when not in use. Team members: Anuj Modi, Siddhi Zaveri, Geet Sampat, Aadita Vyas, Sanika Charatkar, Pari Sanghavi, Tanishka Sarma
K.G.A.F. Certificate of Merit
Kala Ghoda is for, of and about the PEOPLE. It is a celebration of art, culture, music and people above all. Rigid and Durable steel box sections along with mirrors have been used to bring this interactive structure to life. The mirrors and stained glass attempt to encapsulate the colourful MEMORIES of this festival. The skewed reflections created by the mirrors along with the acrylic panels are representative of our hazy memories of the past 20 years of the Kalaghoda Art festival. The form is an abstract take on the symbolic Kala Ghoda, porous with seating spaces and colourful niches. Team members: Anuj Modi, Siddhi Zaveri, Henna Gala, Aadita Vyas, Sanika Charatkar, Shaishav Satra, Charmil Shah, Viraj Chauhan. 32
SciARC x BSSA Summer school 33
This summer school explored the idea of ambiguous forms and accidental creations through sculpting its geometries. Ryan Tyler Martinez conducted the 10-day workshop which included the exploration of geometries through cross-platform softwares and exploring the compositional techniques.
Parametric Vibrations Webinar
Arturo Tedeschi’s Parametric vibrations included the exploration of algorithmic expressions and how patterns can be sculpted through the algorithmic means. 34
Visualisation Kiosk 35
A visualisation of a kiosk proposed by Mrs. Tapan Deshpande for J.L.L. Builders for a trade fair. The captivating kiosk involved the inclusion of a 3 dimensional depth on a planar wall. The concept and design of the kiosk were solely done by Mrs. Tapan Deshpande.
Visualisation Mixed-use project
Visualisation done for Mr. Rohit Anchan for a personal project which is situated in the dense fabric of the town side of Mumbai. It involved the re-development of a residential building into a multi-level mixed use development. The design was solely done by Mr. Rohit Anchan. 36
Teaching Asst. Advance Basic Design 37
Advance Basic Design was a studio for the third year students of NMIMS BSSA conducted by Bhavleen Narula and Dhruv Sheth. The studio focused on using various mechanical ways to generate drawings.
This involved primarily to build analogue machines that would produce drawings based on certain set rules. This process of generative art was later converted into autonomous machines that would be running with micro-processors and motors. The studio had an exhibition set up after the final models and drawings made by the students. 38
For further projects in details and more works including projects like installations, advance constructions, urban design, interactive electronic short projects can be found on www.anujmodi.xyz
www.anujmodi.xyz Website 39
This is a summarization of academic and professional work from 2015-2019. The projects displayed varies from experiments to small scale projects and large scale urban inserts.
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