Architectural Portfolio

Portfolio

By Anushka Reddi

Master of Architecture - Georgia Institute of Technology

Bachelor of Architecture - CEPT University, India

Atlanta, GA

Phone: +1(404)955-2338

LI: linkedin.com/in/anushkareddi/ Portfolio Website archfable.com/ Email: areddi8@gatech.edu anushka0903.ar@gmail.com

Education

Master of Architecture, 2022 - 2024

Georgia Institute of Technology

• ULI Hines Competition 2024 - Honorable Mention

• ACSA - 2024 COTE Competition

• Spring’24 - Governors Island Studio with New York City Climate Exchange; SOM; Pratt Institute

• Ongoing proposal of a Modular Eco-Tourism Prototype for the Bahamas to be presented to the Bahamian Government (March’24)

• AIAS Member

Licensed Architect, Council of Architecture, India

Bachelor of Architecture, 2017 - 2022

CEPT University - Ahmedabad, India

• Thesis: Gated Communities and Neighborhoods: Relationships and Implications - The case of Ahmedabad

Certifications

LEED Green Associate, March 2024

In preparation, Examination scheduled

Fitwel Ambassador, February 2024

In preparation, Examination scheduled

The Architectural Imagination

EdX - Harvard University - 89% - 2019

I am a second-year student in the Master of Architecture program at Georgia Institute of Technology. I have gained insight into the interdisciplinary nature of the field and experienced procedures, possibilities, and challenges through exploratory curricula and multiple internships. I have developed a creative and pragmatic problem-solving approach towards design and response to the built environment.

I believe in architecture being a collaborative and multidisciplinary profession, encouraging me to take various courses to broaden my horizons. My interest in design and research dwells at the intersection of architecture and urbanism. Therefore, my design process emerges from extensive research and site analysis, followed by developing a meaningful relationship between architecture, landscape, and the project’s context. I constantly inculcate my love for travel, exploration, reading, fashion, and my eye for composition into my architectural work. I want to further my career in collaboration with the field of urban design, which has the power to generate a meaningful and inclusive relationship between architecture and its context.

My aim in life is to become better at what I do every day through hard work and to serve in different ways those who serve usthe earth, our built environment, and the community.

Experience

Graduate Student Assistant (Ongoing)

Capital Planning and Space Management, Georgia

Institute of Technology

August 2023 - Ongoing

Summer Architecture Internship

Farrington Design Group, Atlanta, GA

June - August 2023

Graduate Student Assistant

Capital Planning and Space Management, Georgia

Institute of Technology

February - May 2023

Architecture Internship

M/s. Prabhakar B. Bhagwat, Ahmedabad, India

January - July 2022

Teaching Assistantship

Winter School - CEPT University -Course: Decoding Indian Suburbia : Imaginations and Realities of Gated Communities

December 2021

Social Media Manager

Podcast: Tales beyond the Tack-board Student run podcast by the biggest design colleges in India

August 2020 - September 2021

Summer Architecture Internship

DesignCore Studio, Surat, India

May - August 2021; May - July 2020

Academic and Extracurricular Experience

2024 COTE Competition

Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (2024)

ULI Hines 2024 Student Urban Design Competition ULI Americas (2024)

Website Content Creation M/s. Prabhakar B. Bhagwat (2022)

Design Management : Planning Design-led Projects from Conception to Operations Winter School - CEPT University (2020)

Podcast - Tales Beyond the Tack-board Social Media Manager and Content writer for CEPT University (2020 - Present) (Google, Pocket Cast, Anchor, Spotify, YouTube)

Data Driven Design ARCHIDIARIES (2020)

Revit, Lumion and Photoshop Software training - Lomos Archilabs (2020)

Documentation - Faculty of Performing Arts, Vadodara Part of Working Drawing studio - Strange Details (2020)

Oritecture Workshop OneistoX, Rachna Sansad Academy, Mumbai (2019)

Campus Management and Hospitality team

Kurula Varkey Design Forum hosted by student body Architecture department of CEPT University (2019, 2018)

Transformation of a city: Singapore Summer School - CEPT University (2019)

Visualization and Communication- Product Design CEPT University (2019)

Skills

Software

AutoCAD, Revit, SketchUp, Rhino, Grasshopper and other plugins, ArcGIS, City Engine, Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign, Lumion, Enscape, Premier Pro, MS Office, Adobe Acrobat, Bluebeam

Other

Communication, Hand Drafting, Rendering, Model making, Fabrication - Laser Cut, CNC, Graphical design and composition, Project Management, Creative writing, Market Research, Public Speaking, Social media marketing, Wood work, Clay and Pop, Metal work

My Conscious Contemplation CEPT University (2019)

Ways of seeing structures in architecture: Decoding works of masters - Candella, Otto and Gaudi Winter School - CEPT University (2018)

Feather Pavilion - Construction CEPT University (2018)

Dome Construction CEPT University (2018)

Related Study Program - Documentation Winter School - Fontainhas, Panaji, Goa (2017)

Contents

A compilation of work from Graduate School, Professional Internship and Undergraduate School

Graduate School

01 The Weave | 1-14

Semester 2 - Portman Prize Studio - Public Infrastructure

02 ULI Hines 2024 - Nexus24 (Honorable Mention) | 15-28

Semester 3 - Urban Land Institute - Americas

03 Urban Agricultural Initiative (M.Arch) | 29-38

Semester 1 - Community Architecture and Landscape

04 Architectural Internship | 39-48

Architectural and Landscape Architectural Internship

Undergraduate School

05 Elphinstone Civic Centre | 49-54

Semester 8 - Start-up and Co-working Workplace

06 Rhythm Theatre Park | 55-60

Semester 7 - Performance Space as an Urban Catalyst

07 WindShade | 61-64

Semester 5 - Climate-specific kinematic plug-in

08 Herz Jesu Church | 65-70

Semester 6 - Construction Drawings Project

09 Purpose of Architecture | 71-74

Semester 4 - Visualization and Representation

10 Integrated Building Systems (M.Arch) | 75-76

Semester 1 - Building Design and Integration of services

11 Integrated Building Systems (M.Arch) | 77-80

Semester 2 - Layers of Building Construction

The Weave

Master Planning, Architecture, Landscape

ARCH 6040 | Advanced Studio II | Spring 2023, Graduate School, Semester 2

Professor: Charles Rudolph | Location: Atlanta, Georgia, USA | Individual, Academic Project

Site: Armour District, along the Peachtree Creek and the Atlanta Beltine

Existing Site Conditions - Disconnection

Initialized as research superimposing Atlanta city maps of density, urban centers, and implications of urban density, the project was realized as a manner of revitalizing nature to fight urban heat islands. The site was that of the former Armor Station, a growing node of the city’s heat island. It offered an intersection of the Peachtree Creek, MARTA lines, and the Beltline staged in a highly disconnected neighborhood. The programmatic premise was an intersection of landscape, water, and transit infrastructure with ecological sustainability and connectivity at the center of the project. The project thus comprised

Project Proposal - Network

a reinvented MARTA station, a Community Center, and an alternative transit hub for lastmile connectivity in the neighborhood. The concept was to stitch the neighborhood, activate the secondary street network to facilitate public transit between primary and tertiary roads, and primarily, redefine MARTA stations as ‘a place you pass through instead of a place to reach to go further to your destination.’ The landscape masterplan was developed to establish connections to and across the creek to create a dialogue with the water and as a potential next phase, develop wetlands, rain gardens, floating farms, and more.

Programmatic Premise and Comprehensive Sustainability Development Strategy

Intersection of the three pillars of the program - Transit, Landscape and Water

Drawing: Program Development Diagram

Drawing: Comprehensive Development Diagram

The project programmed at the intersection of Transit, Landscape and Water is planned to fit within the circular economy of the building for Comprehensively Sustainable and Thoughtful Development.

Conceptual Premise and Design Strategy

Diagrams portraying the conceptual diagrams of design and site development

Stitching the Neighborhood Activating Secondary Streets Redefining MARTA Stations

Landscape Master Study

Landscape Development Interacting with the Creek

The Weave

Site Design and Network - Site Plan and Site Section

Thesis Statement

The project aims to fight the repercussions of dense urban development. We propose a central spine reviving Peachtree Creek as an urban oasis, restoring biodiversity, and fostering civic engagement. It attempts to establish ecological sustainability along the spine with nodes of community spaces and a multi-modal transit hub connecting the finer grain of the city.

The project was conceived as a network of buildings and bridges spanning and connecting. The site plan portrays the transit hub as the heart, the MARTA lines as the spine and the beltline, the alternative transit routes and other pedestrian and bike pathways as the arteries of the development.

Circulation, as a network facilitated multiple routes, serving services and spaces the project offered. The network extended connecting the project deeper into the neighborhood.

Rain Gardens/Floating Agriculture

Peachtree Pond

Kid’s Play Area

Landscaped Mounds

Peach-tree Avenue

Flower Gardens

Garden Plaza

Peachtree Plaza

Community Pavilion

Community Building

Bridge

Existing dense trees

New Transit Hub - MARTA Station

Staircase Connection

City Bus Route

Landscaped Gardens

Bridge Landing

Peachtree Creek

Alternative Transit Hub

Beltline

Pedestrian Tracks

Drawing: Section through the Bridge looking toward the new Transit Hub

The Weave

Transit Hub - The New MARTA Station - A Pavilion of public transit for the community - Isometric and Sectional drawings

Redefining the MARTA Station

Existing idea of a MARTA station: A closeddark space where one must reach in order to be transported to a station nearest to their destination

Redefined MARTA station: A public pavilion where the community can visit for activities, pause during transit, grab a coffee and most importantly, find options of transit for connecting the last-mile for their travel. This is a space for the people where activity increases safety; the structural system makes it bright and open and the community can feel safe and encouraged to use public transit.

The Transit hub - redefined MARTA station, is connected to the community building at an intersection on the bridge at its upper level. It follows the light wooden structure of the community building, allowing it to be used as a light and airy space, harboring light, eyes on the street, and safety within the building.

Wooden Roofing Panel

Wooden Fascia

Wooden Beam

Steel Joist

Wooden column connector

Polycarbonate Sheet

Concrete Tile Flooring

Concrete Slab

Transom

Mullion

Concrete Curb

Wooden Beam

Concrete Floor Slab

Drawing: Sectional Isometric of the new MARTA Station at the intersection of the bridge

Drawing: Section through Transit Hub and the bridge connecting across to the Community Pavilion

Drawing: Wall Sectional Isometric of the new MARTA Station

The Weave

Community Building - A Pavilion for community gathering and interaction - Isometric and Sectional drawings

Drawing: Plan of Community Building

The community building offers intimate workspaces looking onto the ‘Peach-tree courtyard’ and larger voluminous spaces opening out toward the green open spaces of the project. It houses various spaces to work and play along with spaces to gather and celebrate. Utilizing the natural contour of the site, the green spaces were developed as mounds and wetlands.

Drawing: Sectional Isometric of the Community Pavilion Building at the intersection of the bridge

Drawing: Section through Transit Hub and the bridge connecting across to the Community Pavilion

Drawing: 3D Rendered View of the project

Staircase from the Alternative Transit Hub to the new MARTA Station

Drawing: 3D Rendered View of the project

View of the Project from the side of the Peachtree Creek looking at the pond brought in from the creek, the beltline running through, the garden

along the beltline and the woven network of the project with its bridge extending across the water

garden

Nexus24

ULI Hines 2024 Competition - Honorable Metion

Urban Design Competition | Spring 2024, Graduate School, Semester 4

Advisors: Dr. Ingeborg Rocker, Ar. Chirag Date, Geoff Koski | Location: Seattle, WA, USA

Role: Team Leader; Chief Conceptualizer & Diagrammer | Site: King County campus, Downtown Team: Anushka Reddi, Atharva Belsare, Mrunmayee Pawar, Christian Perry

Enrich Empower

NEXUS24

Proposal Logo

The 2-week competition was based in the King County Campus, Downtown Seattle, WA. It involved a comprehensive proposal for the site along with a proforma for the development proposal.

At an intersection of Seattle’s history and global diversity is the Nexus24. It is a new vision for the development of Seattle, developed for the people. Set on the highest standards of sustainability, the mixed-use, mixed-income neighborhood is designed on the guidelines of LEED and WELL. It connects

Everyday

Pillars of the Project

and transforms, facilitating a thriving community.

Nexus24, a 24-hour neighborhood, is an ecosystem of residential, retail, health, art, and innovation developed as an amalgamation of holistic new development and historically preserved and re-purposed architecture. The new development responds to the deficit in the community and attempts to enable a more prosperous civic life. It is designed to be a transformative beacon in downtown Seattle.

Opportunity Analysis

Studying the city for deficits and opportunities - an analysis to determine the needs of the city, to provide, and the strengths of the city, to bring

EMPOWER - The site is located in an area with a bad health index exceeding the 90th percentile - largely due to no exercise. The pluses show the network homeless shelters and free food banks.

ENRICH - To the north of the site are abundant (green circles), parks, and technology companies the south of the site.

abundant cultural centers (plus-circles), markets companies (ochre). There is a noticeable gap from

EVERYDAY - Along the north-south spine of Seattle, the site is connected with public transit very well. The site is surrounded by community centers and daily markets although, lacks these facilities in the heart of the site.

Master Plan of the Project

Master Plan with the 15-year future vision that extends the project onto either side

1. Courthouse Museum

2. Justice Plaza

3. NGO & Transitional Housing Program

4. Rental Luxury along with Daily activities

5. City Hall Park

6. Mobility Hub Plaza

7. Hotel

8. Condo, Affordable and Market-rate housing apartments

9. Market street

10. Affordable and Market-rate housing

11. Yesler Local business hub

12. Condo apartments

13. Condo apartments

14. Affordable housing apartments

15.Prefontaine Food & Retail Hub

16. Art, Tech, Food & Retail Hub

17. Yesler Bridge Pedestrian extension

18. Harbor-view Park connection

19. The loop

20. Underpass Activity Hub

Drawing: Master Plan A truly mixed-use development at the

and

Developmental Spines - Streets

Three programmatically designated streets that become the anchor of development for the Nexus24.

EMPOWER - Justice Street - Fronting the city hall, the justice street invites people living in a deficit. It offers a resource center for homeless and low-income people and a transitional housing program, supported by an in-house NGO. The program extends into training centers for basic skills in order to train people to get jobs. The street also has the justice plaza - a place for conversation and awareness.

ENRICH - Community Street - The cultural spine of offers retail, restaurants, bars and public plazas for the community to enjoy. This street, within the project is blocked off after 7 PM for the activity to spill out onto the street. The cultural nodes also stand here, bringing life, art and technology together.

EVERYDAY - Everyday Street - Here, the community lives together - they go to the grocery, the gym, drop kids off at the daycare, elder people meet at the senior care, children enjoy the youth recreational center.

Drawing: (Top to Bottom) Empower - Justice Street; EnrichCommunity Street; Everyday - Everyday Street

Art + Tech Activities

Affordable Housing

Affordable & Market Rate Housing

Condo Apartments

Rental Luxury Apartments

Student Housing Apartments

Retail Activities: F&B, event spaces

International market, local business hub

Transitional housing program

Mobility Hub

Hotel

Drawing: (Top to Bottom) Section through ‘Plus’ Plaza; Isometric Representation of Building Usage at the Nexus24

Community at Nexus24

Life of different people living at and near the Nexus24

Kim, 40

Alex Johnson, 32

Ray, 25 Michael Mason, 45

Riviera, 36

Jun-Soo Kim, 40 Nguyen Family, 33

John Parker, 42

Johnson,

Ray,

Mason, 45

Emily Riviera, 36

Jun-Soo Kim, 40 Nguyen Family, 33

John Parker, 42

Drawing: Life of Community Members at the Nexus24

Drawing: 3D Rendered View of the project

View of the Public plaza at the center of the project

Drawing: 3D Rendered View of the project

View from the Podium looking toward the renovated King County Courthouse Building

Urban Agricultural Initiative

Community Architecture and Landscape

ARCH 6039 | Advanced Studio I | Fall 2022, Graduate School, Semester 1

Professor: Kimberly Steiner | Location: Atlanta, Georgia, USA | Individual, Academic Project

Site: Along Southside trail (Segment 3) of Atlanta Beltline Project

Model: Modulator Box

Amidst rapid urbanization, technological advancement and a push for sustainability and equality, cities like Atlanta still have ‘food deserts,’ areas needing accessible, affordable, and healthy food options. Recognizing this, urban farms have sprung up in unconventional spaces like rooftops and abandoned lots.

Along Atlanta’s Beltline, urban farms have become institutions admired and supported by local communities. These farms supply fresh produce and foster communityled agricultural initiatives, bolster local trade,

Diagram: Abstract Layered Site Strategy

and provide social services, making a tangible impact.

The studio focused on crafting an agricultural solution that benefited the community, exploring farming systems and urban development to create a ‘Farm+Park’ on a narrow, contoured site along the Beltline’s Southern trail in a neighborhood marked by scarcity. The project aims to transform a ‘food desert’ into a vibrant gathering space, offering nourishment, education on farming, and wellness, thereby enhancing community life and sustainability.

Concept

development for Site design and Program generation for the establishment of the farm

Pre-design Kick-starter Exercise

Drawing: Digital Model of carved Modulator Box (Center); Exploded Axonometric Drawing of Modulator (Right(

The modulator represents ‘transformation from orthogonal to organic’ massing geometry. The concept was to depict the transition from planned geometrical development to unplanned soil erosion and climate-change.

The resultant modulator box was used to derive a ‘layered’ site design strategy. This strategy was used to layer the fields, program and pavilions.

Layers of derived Site-design strategy

Enclosure - Architecture

Orthogonal architecture as pavilions perching over organically threading fields.

Fields - Trails

Threading fields as connectors of program clusters across the farm.

Fields Independent programs

Fields threading around program clusters.

Chosen program elements as independent bodies, immersed in fields.

Drawing: Exploded Axonometric Drawing of Modulator

Medium: Hand-Modeling and Rhino

Drawing: Site Analysis

Figure: Program development basis - City, Community, Wellness

Figure: Programmatic Concentrations - Growing, Providing, Processing, Teaching, Nourishing

Elementary and Middle Schools

Site Boundary

Beltline

Bus Routes

Bus Stops

Grocery Stores

Occasional Farmer's Market

0.5 mile radius from Site

Program Development: The site, in a food-desert presented the challenge of efficiently providing for the community, and an opportunity to develop an urban agricultural oasis, deeply rooted within the community. The question was, how to provide care beyond just food?

The site, surrounded by schools offers an opportunity for collaboration, teaching of sustainable farming, and food provision services. At the beltline, the site is near a lot of parks, implying people are acquainted to the idea of visiting an open-green public space. The question was, how develop the farm as a public space that people could visit often?

The programmatic premise was drawn to develop an urban agricultural wellness initiative. Rising out of concerns of wellness for the community, the program included food production, processing, distribution, education and nourishment.

Drawing: Crop Matrix & 5-Year Farm Plan

A matrix of crops relevant to the program with a 5-year establishment plan for the farm. The matrix shows the time and degree of yield per season

season for the first five years along with cover-crop timelines and the products that will be produced on the farm based on season and yield.

Open Community Plazas

Built Community Pavilions

Biodiversity Pond

Berry Mound

Companion Plant Field

Berry-Flower Companion Mounds

Flower and Herb Tea Garden

Programmatic Nodes

Primary region of Influence

Region of harvest

Open/Agricultural Nodes

Walkways

Programmatic Nodes

Modulator Erosion

Fields

Urban Agricultural Initiative

Architectural Plans

‘A farm threading deep roots in the community, providing simple, accessible and affordable wellness.’

The project is conceived as threads of fields woven into the soil and the community, to provide accessible and affordable nutrition to an otherwise deprived locality. The developed site offers an agricultural park with walkways, plazas and architectural spaces embedded into the weaving. It offers the community a place to connect and grow.

The program defined for the site has generated spaces to learn, eat, exercise and unwind. The project encourages the community to see a farm as a space to visit often and be a part off through community farming, harvesting festivals and more. The project in its true essence offers fruit, community engagement in growing this food and learning ways to use it to generate wellness in the community. It aims to provide and teach wellness.

Drawing: Lower Architectural Plan of Wellness Network

Drawing: Upper Architectural Plan of Wellness Network

Drawing: Architectural Plan of Market and Education Pavilion

Medium: Rhino, AutoCAD, Photoshop

Threading Fields - An Urban Agricultural Initiative, South Beltline, Atlanta Site Drawings

As depicted in the Site Plan, the open and enclosed programmatic elements form an intimate relationship with the fields that thread around them. Each segment of field caters to the respective program zone it threads around and therefore grows a certain set of crops. To encourage water retention from Atlanta’s year long rainfall; develop an effective irrigation system and preserve biodiversity, the site offers two large water bodies.

The site section shows the use of the site’s contoured topography, During research conducted for the agricultural development of the project, the use of slopes for farming were studied. Hence, crops such as berries that grow well on slopes and provide a beautiful vista were planted on the hill spanning the entirety of the farm. Additionally, the architectural interventions were developed to have organic relationships with the land form, unique, based on the nature of the program they catered. The contour was further accentuated with crops and trees of differing volumes.

The project was designed to provide the user various kinds of wellness - nutrition, relaxation, mental and physical wellness and social health.

Drawing: Site Cross-Section

Drawing: Site Plan

Drawing: View of project on site

Medium: AutoCAD, Photoshop

Medium: Rhinoceros, Lumion

Professional Work

Architectural and Landscape Architectural Internship

Internship | Spring 2022, Undergraduate, Semester 10

Architecture Office: Prabhakar B. Bhagwat | Location: Ahmedabad, India

Experience of multiple scales of architectural, landscape and urban design and detail drawings.

The six-month internship was done at a firm specializing in landscape architecture and urban design and planning. I got the opportunity to work on numerous scales and typologies of projects. Furthermore, I got to work on drawings as zoomed-in and intricate as the detail of a customized light fixture, to architectural building drawings, to 600-acre masterplans. I also got to experience multiple phases of various projects, from program formulation and concept development, to site execution and project handover. Additionally, I got to work on a variety of drawings for each project which taught me the complexity of the layered process of design.

Most fulfilling was the time I spent on two projects, a private museum in Vadodara and a private 21-acre farmhouse in Ahmedabad, India. I was a part of the museum project since the first day the client walked in and asked to discuss the possibility of undertaking such a giant project. Discussing the conceptual premise of the

project, the possible collaborators and other fine aspects of the project was incredibly enriching. It introduced me to the dialogue between an architect and a client. Being a part of a conversation with exchanging ideas, questions being raised and concepts formulated by people with great experience was truly humbling.

The project I worked on singularly for the majority of my internship was the ‘Goyal Weekend Villas’. It was a project intricately with intricately designed landscape and architecture. The crop palette and growing techniques I learned were such that kept the whole area lush green even in the extreme heat of the city. The architecture was designed to complement the landscape. Halfway through my internship, I became responsible of the general handling of the project, communication with the client and consultants, along with overlooking drawings made by junior interns for the project. It was an extremely rich learning experience.

View: Top View of Goyal Weekend Villas Project - Primary project work

Landscape Architecture

'Goyal Weekend Villas' - Cactus garden Pavilion

Drawing: Pavilion Section

Drawing: Pavilion Plan; Render of pavilion (Right)

Landscape Design

'Goyal Weekend Villas' - Clubhouse Citrus Court

Drawing: Citrus Court Section looking towards Clubhouse

Drawing: Citrus Court Plan

The Citrus court at the farmhouse is an intimate tucked-in garden that welcomes people into the project’s Clubhouse. At the entrance of a space primarily to host visitors, the garden becomes a secluded pause-point before one enters the building from which the larger vista can be admired. Lined with citrus trees, a splash of bright colors floats over the stone-tiled planters, inlaid with bright-blue ceramic tiles to emphasize the garden’s geometry. The garden is an extension of the geometry of the building, sitting amidst an organically shaped larger landscape masterplan.

Drawing: Part Plan - Gravel planter with stone lining and ceramic inlay

Drawing: Part Section - Honeycomb Planter detail to control Tree root spread

The bay window, set into multiple spaces of the lavish villa at the farmhouse, is designed as a resting space along long corridors, a breakout space in the library, and a space to enjoy the views of the gardens and the pond.

The design language of the stone soffit, delicate aluminum window frames, and etched terrazzo walls is continued through all the doors and windows in the building.

The bay window was designed and detailed to be more than an opening - a space. The geometries, texture of the various surfaces, colored-glass fenestrations, and other details were designed to enrich the experience of using the space.

Drawing: Jaipur Sandstone Bay-Window Section

Architecture

Drawing: Villa Elevation

Drawing: Villa Plan

'Goyal Weekend Villas' - Villa with bay window detail

Interior Design & Architecture

Drawing: Part Section - Amphitheater Washroom

Drawing: Part Plan - Amphitheater Exterior and Interior

'Goyal Weekend Villas' - Amphitheater Washroom Finishing, Mirror, Light and Fixtures

Drawing: Mirror, Light and Fixture Detail

The restrooms encircling the circular amphitheater on the project were delicately designed to enrich the visitors’ experience as they enjoyed a party or a performance in the amphitheater.

The restroom’s interior was designed to complement the landscape within the project with thin hollow metal pipes bent into gentle curves to form the lights and restroom fixtures.

Elphinstone Civic Centre

Start-up and Co-Working Community Workplace

AR 3033|Workplace Neighborhoods|Fall 2022, Graduate School, Semester 1

Professor: Prateek Banerjee; Nimit Killawala | Location: Mumbai, India | Individual, Academic Project

Site: Elphinstone, Eastern Waterfront, Mumbai, India

Diagram: Sectional strategy

Amidst the pandemic, the traditional office model has evolved into more dynamic co-working spaces, prompting a reimagining of work environments at a neighborhood level. The studio delved into the co-working typology in Mumbai, aiming to weave it into the fabric of its immediate surroundings, fostering a communal ecosystem for freelancers and small businesses. By promoting collaboration and inclusivity, the project seeked to drive change in metropolitan areas through the integration of research and creative sectors.

Set near an abandoned rail yard

Diagram: Site, Plan and Massing strategy

along Mumbai’s Eastern waterfront—a region once bustling with port activities and now abandoned due to declining port functions - this project aspires to rejuvenate this area. It connects the city’s North-South axis while bridging the East-West divide caused by the rail yard. The design envisions coworking spaces, community areas, and the National Small Industries Corporation (NSIC), using homogeneous programmatic blocks to facilitate interactions and blend public, private, and communal activities, thereby preserving the area’s industrial heritage and fostering new synergies.

Urban context, Concept development, Massing and Facade strategy

Site and Design development - Local Connections, Public Space strategy, Division of programmatic blocks and Facade connections design

Drawing: Existing and Proposed (Blue) road and rail lines

Role: Drawing made by me in the 'Site Study' group of 4

Narrow plot in the Elphinstone Estate, within a network of 14 parallel streets - Adjacent to the Sandhurst rail-yard, in the premise of the to-be developed Eastern waterfront

Drawing: Facade Strategy

Medium: SketchUp and Photoshop

Terracing layers forming open public edges and private

Design strategy: Ground modulation, facade treatment outside into the building. Attempt to form spaces that

Open and permeable ground floor to facilitate alternate

Facades were designed to respond to the nature of and proximity to the surrounding built and unbuilt elements. The pedestrian elements, functions,

private spaces on higher floors

treatment and terraces to bring the that encourage collaboration

alternate movement patterns

Separation of programmatic blocks to form a bridge-like system

Facade modulation for a dialogue with the context

Courtyards as open workspaces

Spreading blocks to create an open, widespread and accessible network

Modulation of edges and levelsCreating interactive spaces

Network of programmatic overlaps

functions, circulation, degree of privateness are based on the degree of interaction with the passer-by based on the velocity of the passer-by.

Elphinstone Civic Centre

Site, Masterplan, Architecture, and Circulation strategies and design drawings

The project is a ‘Workplace neighborhood’ with diverse spaces for working, learning, making, or just relaxing. It offers facilities including a library, workshops, incubation centers, and more that cater to collaboration and growth as a community.

The project features elements from Mumbai’s local architecture including arched walkways, windows and courtyards to establish familiarity with the community and the city. The building heights are lessened to distribute the program over the site to make the building more relatable and inviting to the community. With a garden fronting it and a variety of collaborative spaces, the project aims to become an environment for work and play for everyone. The aim is to create spaces that encourage creativity and innovation. Run by the NSIC, the project offers work opportunities to those in need of finance, resources and workspace.

Drawing: Site Plan

Drawing: View of project looking towards sea

Elphinstone Estate Masjid station P.D. Mello road. Docks

Drawing: Contextual Section

Medium: SketchUp and Lumion

Medium: Google Maps, AutoCAD, SketchUp & Photoshop

The project, as the first ‘new intervention’ in the estate has been designed considering its role as a catalyst of a larger urban complex.

Building on the concept of ‘Urban Renewal’, the inner road has pedestrian elements. Additionally, a network of circulation makes the ground floor completely accessible to pass through. The idea is that if this strategy is repeated on more plots within the estate, it can transform the area into a permeable and inclusive neighborhood.

Drawings (Top to Bottom): Site Circulation strategy; Section across Community block - courtyard - Co-working block; Ground Floor Plan Medium: AutoCAD, SketchUp and Photoshop

Rhythm Theatre Park

Performance Space as an Urban Catalyst

AR 3018|The City and Performance Space|Undergraduate School, Semester 7

Professor: Viral Bhavsar; Jayant Gunjaria | Location: Ahmedabad, India | Individual, Academic Project

Site: Site of a proposed Municipal Auditorium in a peri-urban developing fringe of the city

Diagram: Inclusion of tree-line in site strategy and area activation

Performing arts, as vibrant expressions of human drama and sociocultural dynamics, play a pivotal role in the development and identity of cities. The studio explored the impact of performance spaces on society and their contexts through an indepth analysis of Ahmedabad’s public realm.

The project rose out of a comprehensive site and demographic study to inform its programmatic decisions and design development. The project envisioned a performance space within a public park, aimed at fostering cultural and institutional

Drawing: Vision for project

identity for emerging urban areas.

Emphasizing inclusivity, the design sought to create a green oasis in anticipation of dense future development, offering a respite from urban sprawl. The concept focused on countering the forthcoming verticality with pronounced horizontality, integrating elements that encourage pedestrian activity and communal engagement. This approach aimed to beautify and inspire a paradigm shift in the development of peri-urban spaces, promoting a more connected and accessible urban fabric.

Design Ideation

2 axes - Along the tree line and street as a nod to sustainability and encourage street activity

Pockets of interactive spaces to liven the site even when the auditorium is closed

A ‘Canopy’ that interacts with the tree line and emphasizes the horizontality of the form

Public facade with increasing privatization inward

Conceptual premise developed from site study and understanding of contextual requirements

Drawing: Layered Site study for SWOT to develop programmatic premise

Medium: AutoCAD, SketchUp, Photoshop and Illustrator

Site study, Conceptual premise and Understanding of building components and structure

Analysis of the layers of development on site, Site Design strategies and Structural system and framing members

Metal sheet roofing for Auditorium mass

Metal sheet roofing for spaces enclosing auditorium and artist building

Beam grid for the circulatory space enclosing the auditorium that continues across the courtyard and the artist building Steel truss spanning system in the auditorium with decreasing height of trusses with decreasing span towards the stage

enclosure for stage, service area and artist building

Beam grid and floor slabs for both foyers

Column grid that fans out from the auditorium

Screen enclosing the volume of the auditorium to mark its presence on the outside

Glazed glass facade forming a blurred boundary between inside and outside

Drawing: Exploded Isometric showing the organization of spatial and structural elements

Medium: SketchUp and VRay

Wall

Beam grid

Rhythm Theatre

Auditorium Design drawings - Vision study and Project Masterplan

The layered building design embeds the project in its context and in the community. The auditorium is fan-shaped. To emphasize its presence, the enclosing envelope is merely an offset of the auditorium. The massive glass facade allows visual connection while blurring the divide between the inside and outside. A screen enclosing the mass of the auditorium within the glass facade makes it presence evident from a distance.

The artist building was introduced for small groups of people or individuals who lack the resources to indulge in arts or practice for performances. It provides a space to get creative and make connections with people involved in the arts. For this, the building provides a meeting room, recording studio, dance rehearsal room, changing rooms, storage and an accessible terrace sheltered by the canopy.

The park on the site is minimally defined to let every kind of visitor find comfort. The premise comprises a cafe, pockets of gathering spaces and a washroom block so that visitors stay longer and are comfortable. It features an open-air amphitheater to let people from different parts of society meet, have informal gatherings and performances. Additionally, it has modulated lawns and numerous trees on-site to allow people to find an oasis of natural abundance within an area soon-to-be full of high-rise housing blocks.

Drawing: Cone of Vision plan for Auditorium layout design

PROPOSED 45M WIDE ROAD ROAD TO S.P. RING ROAD & KARNAVATI CLUB

WindShade

Kinematic Plug-in for the climate of Goa

AR

2021 |

Space Kinematics

| Undergraduate School, Semester 5

Professor: Anuj Anjaria; Muntaha Rushnaiwala | Location: Goa, India | Individual, Academic Project

Site: Facade fenestration plug-in for a documented 200-year old Portuguese house in Goa

The studio explored the transformative capabilities of architecture through kinetic systems, leveraging case studies and models to delve into materials, joineries, and systems designed to adapt to specific climatic conditions. The studio focused on making processes, experimenting with the kinetic potential of spatial elements such as roofs and facades to respond dynamically to environmental and functional factors like light, weather, and usage.

The design project targeted the hot and humid climatic zone in India, drawing

inspiration from Goa’s vernacular architecture to create a structure that addresses local needs with local materials. A key feature was the development of a kinetic facade system, influenced by the traditional Goan roof and Mangalore tiles, including considerations for the openable facade’s angle, louver size, and locking mechanisms. This hands-on approach fostered a deeper understanding of material processes and construction sequences and encouraged innovative design thinking grounded in the context of ‘making,’ culminating in the construction of prototypes at a 1:1 scale.

Original model by Bob Potts

Model of interpretation of primary mechanism

1/10 alterations made to primary mechanism

Case study in team of 2: Auspicious Messenger | Medium: Laser cut MDF, Joinery with nuts, bolts, etc.

WindShade

Conceptual Premise, Design Development, Model Making and Architectural Drawings

The project is a kinematic plug-in designed for hot-humid climatic zones. It responds to stuffy weather, frequent rains and need of ventilation by the addition of a secondary facade. The intention is for the added facade to protect the building from direct heat and light while allowing the users to change the angle of the structure and its louvers, depending on their comfort and requirements. Additionally, the space under the opened structure becomes an buffer semi-open space between the inside and outside.

Easy to build, it works on a mechanism of easily available fixtures like pivots, pulleys, tension strings in terms of usage, management, and repair. The operation involves pushing the lower arm out to a desired extent. A pulley system opens the louvers in accordance with the rest of the facade. Further, another independent pulley system allows rotation of the louvers.

The system was designed to allow easy modification in the length or breadth of the structure. Implying, the structure can be replicated for openings of varying sizes and levels.

Drawing: Open-condition Plan

Design

through

development

models - (Top to Bottom) Concept Sketch, Concept model, 1:10 scale project model

WindShade Design - Joinery Details and Sectional Drawing

Detail 1: Base pivotal arm - Allows pushing out arm to manually open facade

Detail 2: Louvre detail - L shaped M.S. plate on both ends for locking mechanism

Detail 3: 2 pulleys joint with connector to run on upper arm

Detail 4: System of pivot joints with M.S. base plate

Detail 5: M.S. plate and hook joint to tie string holding louvers together

Herz Jesu Church

Reinterpreting Peter Zumthor’s Unbuilt project - Construction drawing

AR 2004 | Strange Details | Undergraduate School, Semester 6

Professor: Mehul Bhatt; Rajan Bhatt | Location: Ahmedabad, India | Individual, Academic Project

Site: Site of existing historic CNI Church, Relief Road, Ahmedabad, India

Diagrams: Concept Diagrams for reinterpretation of project for Ahmedabad

The studio was based on the premise that while we perceive architecture as an expression of an idea, its manifestation is rooted in the realities of construction and the nature of materials It emphasized the importance of using contextual elements for informed design decisions, leading to meaningful architecture.

The design task was to reinterpret an unbuilt design by Peter Zumthor, the Herz Jesu Church planned for Munich, to fit Ahmedabad’s climate and community needs. This challenge involved adapting the

program, details, materials, and structure while preserving the original concept and philosophy.

Notable modifications included halving the building’s height to harmonize with the surrounding century-old buildings, brick jalis for climate responsiveness, altering the roof’s structural system, and creating a visual link to the old church, making it the altar’s backdrop. This approach aimed to integrate the new church into the city’s historical fabric, demonstrating a respectful and thoughtful adaptation process.

Unbuilt design, Project description and Site

Peter Zumthor’s Unbuilt design proposal; Conceptual premise and Design strategy

Herz Jesu Church, Ahmedabad

The project is a reinterpretation of Peter Zumthor’s unbuilt design for the Herz Jesu Church in Munich, Germany. It was redesigned for a site in the premises of a 162-yearold church, in the old city of Ahmedabad. This was the first church built in Ahmedabad which increases its significance. Its deep roots in the Gujarat Christian community makes it a popular spot for the celebration of festivals from other religious communities as well.

The design concept was based on my understanding of Peter Zumthor’s ideologies. The primary idea was to retain the historic layers of the site fully. The Herz Jesu church was added as a layer to the historic layers of the site. The aim was to develop a meaningful and respectable relationship between the two. The new church gently perches over the old church, creating a visual dialogue from inside and outside. This allows people to be connected with their history at all times while providing space and opportunity for the fast-growing community.

The building is conceived as 3 layers of boxes, reinterpreting Peter Zumthor’s concept of ‘Box in a box’ for the Herz Jesu. Two layers of brick walls form a peripheral corridor around the prayer hall, allowing preparation for the holy while walking through the corridors lit by the brick jalis. Upon entering the prayer hall, the massive walls inclining outward and the deep blue frustums that bring diffused blue light from the skies appear to establish a connection between the earth and heaven. This intense atmosphere is exaggerated by the texture and earthiness of bricks and the soft glow of the cobalt blue roof.

1:100 scale model made to test volumetric relationships between the old church, new church and roofing mass

1:50 scale model made to test spatial and light quality

Drawings from Peter Zumthor's design proposal - Concept sketch, Elevation; Plan

Material Palette

Brick, Concrete, Gypsum board, Steel, Wooden flooring, Colored glass

Drawing: Site Plan - Highlighting the premise of the CNI church

Drawing: Longitudinal sectional axonometric

Drawing: Sectional axonometry through narrow corridor at Western entrance

Material and Structure

Roofing Layers

- 20mm Plaster

- 5mm heat reflecting China mosaic

- 20mm cement mortar plaster with water-proofing chemical

- 110mm Brick Bat Coba, Sloped at 1:!50

- 15mm cement mortar plaster with water-proofing chemical

- 200 mm pre-cast concrete U-beam - 1500mm depth, 20m span

Frustum volume

- 12mm Gypsum board finished with drywall primer and painted Cobalt blue

- Various sizes and sections of Steel members forming the frame system holding the gypsum boards

Walls and Beams

- 420mm deep RCC bream with 120mm deep RCC slab

- 250mm deep concrete beam on internal wall to connect space frame to wall

-1.5 brick (365mm) exposed brick wall with Single Flemish bond

- Brick on edge condition for plinth

-Different types of brick jalis on each facade depending on directional radiation

- 3-pointed brick arch doorway

Flooring

- 18mm Engineered Wooden flooring - Shade: Walnut

- 6mm thick foam, chemical and adhesive layer

Foundation

- 150mm RCC Grade Floor Slab

- 100mm deep leveling sand

- 200mm Rubble Soling

- 400mm RCC Plinth Beam

- Compressed Earth

- 6 course brick Foundation

- 6 course Brick footing

Technical Drawings - 3 out of 17 technical drawings made for the project

Drawings from the construction drawing set that included interior, architectural, structural and detail drawings for the project

Drawings: Cross Section, Longitudinal Section; Ground Floor Plan

Purpose of Architecture

Visualization and Representation

AR 2001 | Purpose of Architecture | Undergraduate School, Semester 4

Professor: Anand Patel | Location: Ahmedabad, India | Individual, Academic Project Representation scales and techniques

The studio emphasized the critical skills of clear visualization and effective communication in architecture, focusing on enhancing representational and linguistic abilities through various mediums, including drawing, literature, and films. This broad stylistic exposure aimed to improve our ability to deliver architectural ideas compellingly.

Anchored in the concept “We’re all voluntary prisoners of architecture,” the studio fostered acute observation and learning from our surroundings, encouraging

diverse methods of representation. The mantra ‘Observe. Visualize. Communicate’ guided our learning, pushing us to perceive beyond the obvious, fueled by curiosity and inspiration from notable works.

The final task involved crafting 12 theme-based line drawings that captured our unique interpretations of various architectural aspects, focusing on the intangible elements of the field.

Drawing: Density (Right)

Drawings: (Left to Right) Objects in my space; Light in my Space; Elements in my neighborhood

Representation - Comic Strip and Thematic Drawing

'Goyal Weekend Villas' - Amphitheater Washroom Finishing, Mirror, Light and Fixtures

Exploring representation techniques like sketching, comic strips, digital sketching, miniature drawing, and thematic architectural drawings has taught me to choose the appropriate method of representation to communicate different things. Further, exploring these media on various scales - from objects in my house, my neighborhood, everyday journeys, and spatial experiences helped me develop the ability to visualize ideas and spaces more clearly, with the ability to communicate my ideas creatively and compellingly.

I aimed to illustrate the difference in infrastructure moving into the city along with the smaller details of occupancy that add life and value to the built environment.

Comic strip depicting 'My journey from home to college' - 100 sketches to illustrate a 12km long route beginning in a periurban area and culminating in the heart of the city.

Integrated Building Systems 1

Building Design and Integration of service and utility systems

ARCH 8833 | IBS I | Graduate School, Semester 1 | Professor: Yasser El Masri; Karen Jenkins

Project: Lateral Forces Tower

Team: Anushka Reddi, Atharva Belsare, Rohan

Jaitpal, Nehal

Design: The bracing structure consists of triangular floor plates, triple-coupled columns, column connectors, string bracing and a foundation structure.

Theory: The concept was to use triangular floor plates to for the stability of the ‘triangle’, it being the strongest shape. Columns were coupled to distribute the loads across more area. The column connectors functioned as a bracing mechanism within the columns. The string tying the columns pulled the structure in the opposite direction of the force acting on it to stabilize the structural elements with increasing load. The floor height of the building reduces in the lower floors to provide higher stability since the tension and compression acting on the columns increases as we go lower.

Drawing: Load Diagrams for Constructed Tower

Figure: (Left to Right) Axonometric Drawing of Model; Joinery Details; and Image of the model after the stress test

Integrated Building Systems 2

Layers of Building Construction - Material, Matter & Drawings

ARCH 8833 | IBS II | Graduate School, Semester 1 | Professor: Charles Rudolph, Karen Jenkins, Lena Klein

Course: The course aimed at understanding how the orchestration of design, materials, and drawings is captured in a set of construction drawings that are finally realized into buildings. For this, we generated a 3D model of a case study building in 4 phases - Building Research, Structural Framing, Substructure, and Enclosure.

Project: The project case study was the Mercedes Benz Headquarters, Sandy Springs, by Gensler, in collaboration with various consultants. The initial phases included modeling the simple column-beam structure and shear walls. The last phase included individually modeling the enclosure that comprised an intersection of mullions and transects. On this were facades of glass and stone with extremely varied joinery details.

Medium: Revit

Drawings: 3/15 Modeled details - (Top to Bottom) Exterior Corner Junction Cladding Detail; Ground Floor Stone and Curtain Wall Junction Detail; Under the Slab Detail at Ground Floor

Drawing: Phase 1 - Structure

Drawing: Phase 2 - Sub-structure

Drawing: Phase 3 - Enclosure - Peeling Building Layers - (Top) Roof; (Bottom) Ground

Drawing: Sectional isometric of North-Eastern Corner of building

Legend Notes

1.6” concrete slab assembly with 22 gauge metal decking

2. Corner junctions and periphery cladded with ACM panels supported by metal stud framing

3. Curtain wall assembly | 4. Stone cladding assembly

5. Mullions | 6. Transoms | 7. Shear Wall | 8. Exterior Planter | 9. Footing

Revit Modeled Representative Technical Drawings portraying an understanding of structure and material

A study of exploded structural layers - Layers of design and construction

1 {3D}

2 {3D} Copy 1

1. Stone Cladding panels and double-pane glass panels

2. Outer boundary mullion and transom framing for stone and glass envelope

3. Concealed Fastener System to reinforce stone panels to substructure

4. Metal Stud framing covered with 5/8” sheathing and water proofing

5. Ground Assembly - Concrete Footing and shear walls

6. 6” concrete slab with 22 gauge metal decking supported by W-beams

7. W-Section column cladded with ACM panels

8. Metal decking

9. Roofing membrane and insulation

10. Metal stud framing

11. ACM Panels

12. Rigid insulation and Box cladding panels

13. Mullion and transom assembly

14. Double paned glass panels

Drawing: Exploded Isometric Drawing of the North-Eastern Corner of the Building (Individual Study Area)

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