Architecture Undergraduate portfolio

ANUKRITI MEHTA

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EDUCATION 2017-07 - 2022-05 2002-03 - 2017-05

Bachelor's of Architecture :

Architecture Manipal School Of Architecture And Planning - Manipal, Karnataka

Class 10th/12th - ICSE/ISC Board

La Martiniere Girls' College - Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh

WORK HISTORY

A N U K R I T I M E H TA A R C H I T E C T U R E

S T U D E N T

2019-05 - 2019-06

Summer Intern:

2018-05 - 2018-06

Summer Intern:

Matrix Design Works, Noida , Uttar Pradesh Worked under the expert guidance of experienced architects who shared their knowledge of spatial planning and visualization Assisted in designing a live residential project with initial floor plans and conceptual designs, along with a thorough study of materials and services used in the structure.

VX Studios, Dubai, United Arab Emirates Worked under the expert guidance of the Senior Designer at the company and learnt about fascinating concepts and efficient ways of enhancing creative thinking Assisted the Senior Architect with research related to his then ongoing project whilst creating design suggestions and examples for the same

COLLEGE ELECTIVES

I am an ambitious, hardworking and conscientious fourth year architecture student, with a curious mind and willingness to learn. I am adept at handling multiple tasks on a daily basis competently and at working well under pressure.

I am passionate about architecture that strives to provide a unique experience to the users and evokes emotion through the manipulation of space, light and materials.

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Metal Workshop Creative Fashion Advanced Landscape Design Vastushastra Tall Buildings Product Design

INTERESTS • • • •

Exploring new music Sketching Travelling Photography

Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, 226010

+91 914 083 9306

mehta.anukriti99@gmail.com

linkedin.com/in/anukritimehta/

SKILLS

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Software Proficiency SketchUp

MS Office

AutoCAD

Rhinoceros

Revit

V-ray

Adobe Suite

Lumion

Model Making

Hand Drafting

• Completed an online course, Architectural Imagination (April,2020 - June,2020), introduced by Harvard University for global students to access and utilize during the Covid-19 pandemic.

• Participated in an Architectural Journalism - Essay Writing competition, hosted by IDHA Labs on the theme: SPACE TIME ARCHITECTURE - Approach to architecture of India: Traditionalizing modernity or modernizing traditionality.

• Attended Sustainable Interior Design Week, March 2021, organized by UGREEN. • Social Media manager and College Representative at "Tales Beyond the Tackboard", a podcast initiative by design students all across the country with an attempt to share experiences and explore multiple design horizons.

• Member of the Public Relations team at the youth organization, "GirlUp X GirlforGirl", an initiative under GirlUp, United Nations Foundation.

ACHIEVEMENTS Manipal School of Architecture and Planning, Manipal

• Served as a photographer of the International Press in 2016 at the

• Attended SHAAPED Conference, 2020

second session of Vox Poppuli at La Martiniere Girls College,

• Attended Ferrocement Workshop, 2019

Lucknow.

• Attended Bamboo Workshop, 2018 • Member of the college Drama Club, AILAAN (2017-2018) Participated in college fest, Opus,2018 • Member of the college March Past team (2017-2020) - Represented college in University level parades on Republic Day and Independence Day • Member of the college Fashion Forum (2018-2019) - Represented

college in University level fest - Revels, 2019.

• Served as School Photographer from 2015- 2017 at La Martiniere Girls College, Lucknow.

• Co-Curricular Prefect (2016-17) at La Martiniere Girls College, Lucknow.

• 2nd Runners up in the Girls U-18 category of U P State Championship held in Shri Ramswaroop Memorial University 2016.

• Participated in Youth Speak Forum powered by AIESEC, 2016 at La Martiniere Girls College, Lucknow.

• Received Certificate of Appreciation for contributing towards Akansha's mandate of Empowering Women and Girls in Uttar Pradesh in 2014-2015 and 2015-2016.

• Volunteered at Kalyankaroti, an organization that helps poor people with vision related problems from 2014-2016.

• Volunteered at Prakash Netra Kendra, an organization that helps poor people with vision related problems from 2014-2016.

• Stood 1st in Girls U-18 event of SDS Intra Academy Championship Tennis Tournament, 2015 at La Martiniere Girls College, Lucknow • Received Certificate of Appreciation for exhibiting Efficient Managerial Skills in organizing Ecobuzz, 2015 at La Martiniere Girls College, Lucknow.

• Participated in the project “Our Heritage- Our Children” organized

by Intach, U.P. State Chapter in December 2012.

WORKS

SCHOOL

KPS School, Thernamaki, Bhatkal.

HOSPITAL

Rejuvenation of Architecture in Hospitals.

URBAN DESIGN

KR Market Overhead Walkways.

INTERIOR DESIGN

Architecture Manipal School Of Architecture And Planning Manipal, Karnataka

MISCELLANEOUS

Architecture Manipal School Of Architecture And Planning Manipal, Karnataka

SCHOOL

KPS School, Thernamaki, Bhatkal.

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Karnataka public school is located on the outskirts of rural Bhatkal city which has become a day school for hundreds of children who come from lower income group families. The project key in hand was to reimagine an existing and decaying 100 year old campus which failed to meet and deliver the basic requirements for a growing child in a learning environment, whilst maintaining the movement patterns and flow of the child exploring his campus.

KPS is merely a facilitator for learning and growth for these children as well as their teachers, showing how buildings can be adaptive, passive and yet efficient in purpose.

SCHOOL

KPS School, Thernamaki, Bhatkal.

Elevation

Site Plan

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Primary and Middle School- Ground Floor

SCHOOL

KPS School, Thernamaki, Bhatkal.

Site Plan

Secondary School- Second Floor

Secondary School- Third Floor

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Primary and Middle School- Second Floor

SCHOOL

C

KPS School, Thernamaki, Bhatkal.

D Key Plan

Section CC’

N Site Plan

Section DD’

SCHOOL

KPS School, Thernamaki, Bhatkal.

Primary and Middle School + Kitchen and Infarmity

E

Key Plan A F B

Section BB’

Section AA’

Section EE’

Section FF’

SCHOOL

KPS School, Thernamaki, Bhatkal.

Views

HOSPITAL

Rejuvenation of Architecture in Hospitals.

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Located in the Udupi district, near Manipal in Karnataka , this 2.7 acre plot of land is proposed with a 150 bedded hospital. The project design aims at providing with all the necessary facilities and amenities to its local people.

The idea of this design is to provide a healing environment for patients by creating a visual connectivity and access between the patients and the incorporated landscape.

The design also aims at providing a comfortable space for the visitors as well, keeping their mental health in mind while visiting stressful environments.

HOSPITAL

Rejuvenation of Architecture in Hospitals.

N Site Plan

HOSPITAL

Rejuvenation of Architecture in Hospitals.

B Section BB’ (Residence)

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C Key Plan

Section AA’ (Hospital)

Section CC’ (Hospital + Residence)

HOSPITAL

Rejuvenation of Architecture in Hospitals.

Residence

Residence

First Floor

Ground Floor Hospital

Residence

Hospital

Parking

Residence

Residence (fourth floor)

Second Floor

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Third Floor Hospital

Hospital

Basement

URBAN DESIGN

KR Market Overhead Walkways.

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The KR Flower Market located in the heart of Bangalore city is the key focus of the urban revitalization project. This market is a victim to the threat of losing its identity imposed by improper planning strategies and informal vending activities.

The proposed design intervention aims at regenerating the lost vibrancy of the market and promote a positive outlook to the existing scenario by creating a path leading the market towards a strong economic hub.

URBAN DESIGN

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KR Market Overhead Walkways.

Location – KR market, Bangalore.

Intervention Area – 30,970 sq. m Intervention Typology – Urban Revitalization Scope: Connecting the surrounding transport hubs to the main market via overhead bridges to improve pedestrian connectivity. (Pedestrian safety, traffic decongestion, wayfinding, civic infrastructure) Objectives – place making , balancing the presence of formal and informal vendors, social acceptability, heritage conservation VISION STATEMENT OF THE PROJECT - “Envisioning KR market as a resilient economic hub through inclusive planning and sustainable infrastructure development to create a convivial visitor experience”

BELLI BASAVANA TEMPLE RR MARKET RAJA/VRG MARKET MASJID BADDI MOTTU

2 1 VICTORIA HOSPITAL BANGALORE FORT/ OTHER LANDMA RKS

SILVER JUBILEE PARK AMIA MASJID

BMCRI SUPER SPECIALITY HOSPITAL

KALASIPALAYAM VEGETABLE MARKET

SHREE JALAKANTESHWARA TEMPLE

VANIVILLAS HOSPITAL

15000 to 18000 approx.

KR MARKET

5000 to 7000 approx.

20000 approx.

The areas where the proposals have been positioned have adequate amount of room to house these bridges, these corridors will cut down on pedestrian traffic on road and will make the whole travel safe.

There is need to segregate the pedestrian movement from the vehicular in order to reduce the amount of chaos around vicinity of the market.

Improvement of pedestrian safety increased amount of green cover and inclusion of services.

URBAN DESIGN

KR Market Overhead Walkways.

Walkway 1 Pedestrian routes Congestion points

Existing dumping zone

Located at SJP road, connects spaces of the green zone to the market and regulates the footfall to and from the bridge Issues - Over the last few years there has been a major rise in the number of pedestrians killed in road accidents .It is recorded that on an average, one death occurs per day due to accidents, with pedestrians figuring in 38% of the road accident deaths in Bangalore. Pedestrians constitute nearly 45% in the total fatal category and 36% in the total injured category. The high pedestrian fatality rates emphasizes on the poor pedestrian facilities existing in Bangalore. Thus pedestrian safety has become a matter of grave concern. With this vision to improve pedestrian infrastructure, the project has been envisaged.

• 4000 formal informal vendors and around 1,00,000 customer footfall daily.

• The vendors are also located in areas with high pedestrian movement to attract customers.

ROAD WIDTH-12M RUNNING LENGTH189M

• The pedestrians create their own movement patterns due to the lacking pedestrian walkway/movement direction.

Footpath Walkability

Pedestrian Crossing Availability

Total Footpath: 4.5 km Un-walkable : 0.2 km (5%) Obstruction(s) : 23

Total Junctions : 27 Unusable Junctions: 25 (93%)

SOLUTION

RUNNING LENGTH-136M

ROAD WIDTH-12M

ROAD WIDTH-14M RUNNING LENGTH- 113M

Providing the overhead walkway transfers the traffic from the conflict zones to a safer passage, cancelling existing congestion. This walkway also connects with the adjacent bridges to form a safe connection with the main road and other important spaces.

Entry/exit point Proposed overhead walkways Arterial roads Flyover

The walkways club together the parallel existing walking routes taken by pedestrians towards the market. The walkways run over the most densely packed pedestrian and vehicular overlapping zones The ramps are to be built in already existing areas which block circulation to have minimal interference on already existing ground routes

E2

USABLE PEDISTRIAN CROSSING

E1

WIDTH: 3.5M HEIGHT: 9.6M

MEDIUM CONFLICT ZONE

BBMP MARKET

BBMP WASHROOM

UN-USABLE PEDISTRIAN CROSSING

COMMERCIAL PEDISTRIAN MOVEMENT

HIGH CONFLICT ZONE

PUBLIC TRANSPORT TRAFFIC MOVEMENT

PROPOSED OVERHEAD WALKWAYS

URBAN DESIGN

KR Market Overhead Walkways.

Walkway 2 Located near the meat market connects the adjacent blue zone spaces and is responsible for the to and for movement into these spaces, mostly hospitals and historically rich areas ISSUES - Max. footfall received from the public transport systems (16000 from buses + 4000 from cabs, rickshaws and surrounding pedestrians combined).

Major over lapping of pedestrian and vehicular traffic causing safety concerns. Interference for the basement parking entry via the ramp.

Zebra crossings are in places of fast moving traffic and multi road junctionarea. Multiple bus stops cause unorganized pedestrian movement in the area.

Post Office Proposed Area For Walkway Branched C on n e ctions Footfall From Mosque Commercial Shops Footfall From Public Transport Vehicular M ovement Congestion Points Commercial Users Mosque Front Access

URBAN DESIGN

KR Market Overhead Walkways.

WALKWAY 3 Rising from the Chickpet metro station, connecting mostly markets through the yellow zone

Road Hierarchy

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Fig 1

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YPRIMAR

SECONDARY

TERTIARY

ROAD WIDTH-12M

Zone 1 Zone 2

Vehicular movement

ROAD WIDTH 8

Pedestrian movement from chikpet to market is mainly from the road which has been highlighted. The total road width is 8m near fig1 and it gets wider when it reaches metro station. Current Scenario Vendors encroach pavements; Carriageway encroached by pedestrians. Traffic congestion is increased

• Vehicles approaching from BVK Iyengar road and from west side towards srinivasa char cross street park at zone 1 near conflict zone and walk towards the market area.

• Only 2 wheeler are allowed inside zone 2 • The squatters have encroached their stalls in zone 2 • Which is creating a major conflict for pedestrian and vehicles to move around.

Conflict zone

Pedestrian /two-wheeler zone

1500-1800 people get down at Chikpet metro everyday.

The arcot srinivasa char cross street is divided into 2 zone.

Pedestrian/2 wheeler zone and vehicular zone

Proposed overhead walkways

URBAN DESIGN

KR Market Overhead Walkways.

Site Plan

Section

URBAN DESIGN

KR Market Overhead Walkways.

INTERIOR DESIGN Private Government Residence.

INTERIOR DESIGN Schematic Plan

This interior redesign project explores into a 150 sq. m government private residence apartment in the hills of Richmond, Shimla. This family of 3 called for a design intervention which targets towards visually connecting the living spaces and inviting in a view of the hills through a glass house which brightens up the house.

Hence the concept To transform the existing space by following a touch of the rustic theme and style with warm and wooden tones and pallets that match with the cold context of the site and give the redesigned spaces a new personality while enhancing its original essence

The new colour palette is made reflective to the existing colour scheme of the house which creates spaces to brighten the rooms while centrally connecting them, breaking the visual and physical barriers between the two rooms, making it more functional, welcoming and accessible by the family. The outcome of the transformation is a more open space which enables fluid movement throughout the house while enhancing the cosiness and marinating the existing strengths of the space

INTERIOR DESIGN Schematic Plan

Veneer wooden tiles in living room make the space look bigger

GLASS HOUSE

DINING ROOM

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LIVING ROOM

Distressed wood table in dining room, stable rustic Dark veneer wooden tiles in dining room, gives volume

INTERIOR DESIGN Private Government Residence.

Installation of sliding glass door for accommodating more sunlight in the interiors and undisrupted approach to the balcony

Light colored walls in contrast to the dark furniture to give the illusion of a larger space Removal of excess furniture for an easy approach

Use of wooden wall cladding and heavy wooden furniture to enhance the rustic effect in the space

The glass sliding door breaks the visual barrier between the dining room and the living room and gives a feel of inclusivity

INTERIOR DESIGN Private Government Residence.

Working Drawing

MISCELLANEOUS

Working Drawing

MISCELLANEOUS

MISCELLANEOUS Photography

MISCELLANEOUS

Additional WorkPre-cast model, Case study Hamburg 1

Plinth and Foundation

During the assembly , the precast foundation is placed on the PCC bed , which has been previously prepared.

Then the precast column is mounted on the foundation. The precast element has been conceived to obtain a perfect connection between the precast foundation and connecting plinth beam, necessary for reducing lateral stress.

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Columns and Beams

First the location of the beams were finalized and their lengths were calculated. Formworks for beams and columns are made accordingly.

Reinforcements were made using wires of two thicknesses – one for stirrups and other for main reinforcing bars.

Concrete was the poured into the framework and left to cure.

Formwork of staircase

Slab

3

After the positions of the columns and beams were confirmed, the slabs were designed accordingly. Gaps were left with the dimensions of the columns , so columns could be placed there. The formwork was made using foam board.

Chicken mesh was placed for reinforcement. One side was left open to smoothen using a trowel , after pouring the concrete. Pouring concrete onto formwork while exposed surface is evened out and left for curing. Formwork of slab with chicken mesh for reinforcement.

Staircase filled with cement

Walls

4

Walls were made part by part to accommodate for openings Chicken mesh was used as reinforcement.

Staircase

5

Component created for curing

ANUKRITI MEHTA Architecture Undergraduate | mehta.anukriti99@gmail.com +91 9140839306

Manipal School of Architecture and Planning, 2017-2022