Architecture Portfolio 2014-19 by Anushka Shah

ANUSHKA SHAHDADPURI architecture design portfolio 2014 - 2019

PORTFOLIO NARRATIVE

Architecture and Urbanism 1.1 Abstract 1.2 A narrative of Ephemerality Rethinking Permanence 1.3 Streets for all ? Mapping the human dimension in Urban Streets 1.4 Talking Streets : Reimagining urban streets 1.5 Jugaad Urbanism 1.6 Changing Landscapes : Urbanization and Urbanism in the MMR

Architecture theory and history The portfolio is a compilation of the author’s diverse range of work produced during the ve years of architecture course. Through her undergraduate thesis -A narrative of Ephemerality, Rethinking Permanence, a condition that demonstrates how temporality can assist permanence for efcient functioning of various activities and at the same time for people of different economic classes. Additionally it also highlights the approach towards environmental sustainablity and cultural sensitivity within the context of architecture and the urban realm. Through the design projects that display detailed analysis of the concepts, architectural tectonics and the design process, she tries to depict the translation of vernacular and traditional ways of building occupying space into modern and contemporary contexts debating contemporary issues.

2.1- Investigating Architectural Heritage and History of 12 century Hoysala Dynasty, Belur 2.2- Bombay’s transition to Modernity.

Between humanity and nature 3.1 Business Plan : Reimagining workspace for the millennials. 3.2 A place for Learning : An ideology for Zilla Parishad School 3.3 Future of India - Smart or Indigenous ?

Systems : tectonics and building construction P.S 1) All drawings, images and texts in this portfolio have produced by the author.

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2) For group and professional projects, only the drawings, images that were produced by the author have been displaced. If otherwise, credits have been mentioned.

4.1 Structural Analysis of Folded Plate 4.1.2 Structural Analysis of Portal Frames 4.2 Work experience

1.1

ABSTRACT

The city is a coexistence of the kinetic city and the static city. It is often perceived as an enacted process- a temporal moment as opposed to buildings as a permanent entity. The city and its architecture are not synonymous and cannot contain a single meaning. Indeed, meanings are not stable, spaces are consumed and reinterpreted. The thesis tries to study a precinct in terms of the agents of change and the places of change through transient landscapes to develop an architectural strategy for the creation of an ephemeral landscape. The stretch is identiď&#x20AC; ed on the basis of its varying patterns and its constant attempt to cope up with permanence. This is to solely study the precinct as a sample, in order to rethink permanence. A series of ď&#x20AC;&#x201A;uid maps, interviews and comparative analysis has been carried out to support this conclusion.

BETWEEN THEN AND

COLONIAL PERIOD

NOW Historically, during the British colonization , there existed different worlds in these cities like economic, social, or cultural. These cities occupied different spaces and operated under different rules with a goal of maximizing control and minimizing conict among the opposing worlds. (King 1976)

CONTEMPORARY URBANISM

Today, cities include two components occupying the same physical space: the static city and the Kinetic City.

GLOBALIZATION 1990

elite subaltern In the postindustrial scenario, cities became critical sites for negotiation between elite and subaltern cultures. The new relationship between the social classes in a postindustrial econmy were quite different from those that existed in the state-controlled and the welfare state. Chatterjee 2003 .

Due to the economic opportunities, there occurred distressed migration during the later half of 1900’s, triggered the convergence of these worlds into a multi-faceted entity. Coupled with inadequate supply of urban land and the lack of new urban centers, this resulted in extremely high densities in existing cities. As a result of which these worlds share the same place but are understood and used differently.

STATIC KINETIC INFORMAL FORMAL All the above leanings are from the essay : Rahul Mehrotra, ‘Negotiating the Static and the Kinetic Cities’- The Emergent Urbanism Of Mumbaihttp://www.rmaarchitects.com/essays/static-kinetic-cities.pdf

Anika Pahadia, Devanish Mahajan, Shivani Raina, Shubham Keshwani, ‘Temporal Tamasha Exploring Temporal Urbanism’.

A BRIEF HISTORY

COLONIAL PERIOD

Furthermore, with the emergence of service based economy these worlds became even more intertwined within the same space. In contemporary urbanism, fragmentation of service and production has resulted in a new, bazaar-like urbanism weaving itself throughout1 the entire urban landscape. It is an urbanism created by those outside the elite domains of the formal modernity and thus a 2 pirate modernity that slips under the laws of the city simply to survive. (Sundaram 2001 )

OVERLAPPING WORLD

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MULTI-FACETED ENTITY

CITY

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SINGULAR ENTITY

1990

LACK OF NEW URBAN CENTERS

liberalization ELITE

DISTRESSED MIGRATION SUBALTERN

STATE PLAN

production services

BUILT SPACE STATIC

PIRATE MODERNITY

kinetic

Ephemeral

Permanent

Monumental 2 Dimensional PHYSICAL SPACE Constant MULTI-FACTED ENTITY

Change in the political and economic struggles.

ямБg- An Illusstra on summarizing the emerg t urbanism of mumbai

A BRIEF HISTORY

BAZAAR URBANISM

PROCESS OF S E T T L I N G

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TYPOLOGY

Stratically locate near the trafď&#x20AC; c signals and prime locations for easy access into the fabric of the city.

TYPOLOGY

Make goods and sell them for money.

Superstructure

MATERIALITY Corrugated steel

Rods MAIN ROADSTATION ROAD

TRANSIENT N A T U R E

No Roof

Wooden Members

Wooden Planks

STREETS FUNCTION-

Substructure DISMANTLE

STREET MARKET

Corrugated steel

No Roof

Wooden Planks

Flat Steel

Rope + Weight

SET UP

MATERIALITY

STREETS FUNCTIONMOBILITY

Rods

Wooden Members

Rope + Weight

M o v e w e e k l y / TRANSIENT monthly N A T U R E from one region to another

KASARVADAVALI

TALO PALI EDGE

DOMAINS

PATLIPADA

DOMAINS STREETS

MANPADA MAJIWADA

7 KM 6 KM 3 KM

SHIVAJI GROUND

ADJUSTMENTS

Buss routes altered to ease movements in evening. MAIN ROADSTATION ROAD

MAIN ROADSTATION ROAD

Buss routes normal in t h e morning. Arrangements for UtilityPublic Toilets Emergency Footpaths for

Carve out spaces for themselves

SAFE GUARD

Take shelter and food under the skywalks , bridges and footpaths.

Project Type: Academic Organization: Pillai College Of Architecture Year: 2018-2019 Project Type: Design Dissertation and Design Thesis Project Location: Thane, Maharashtra, India.

1.2 A Narrative of Ephemerality - Rethinking Permanence

Indian cities are expected to become one of the largest urban conglomerates of the twenty rst century that incorporate both physical and visual contradictions to coalesce in a landscape of pluralism. In this post-industrial scenario, cities in India have become critical sites for negotiation between elite and subaltern cultures.

This dissertation presents a compelling vision that enables us to better understand the blurred lines of contemporary urbanism and the changing roles of people and public spaces in the urban society. The increasing concentrations of global ows have exacerbated the inequalities and spatial division of social class. In a context, architecture requires a deeper exploration to nd a wide range of places to mark and commemorate the cultures of those excluded from the spaces of global ows. These do not necessarily lie in the formal production of architecture; rather, they often challenge it. Here the idea of a city is an elastic urban condition- not a grand vision, but a ‘‘ grand adjustment.’’ (Mehrotra, 2012)

The thesis addresses the context at 3 different levels :Macro level - Responds at the precinct level by creating social nodes through the city. Ĺ¸ Micro level- Responding to the site ( place of change) that is constantly change with respect to the functions, activities and people. Ĺ¸ Prototypes - Responding to the agents that act as a catalyst of change by interacting with the inner city. Ĺ¸

This is to understand its co-relation with the fabric of the city and the transient nature of these agents of change by mapping its extent within the inner city. How can architecture respond in time and not in space? Hence the thesis looks the state of temporality and reversibility as an expression. In all of the cases it is observed that the public is the protagonist of the formation of such architecture that allows for the degree of transformation, then everyday can become a form of celebration which adds a layer of public space landscape within the city.

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TRANSACTION

PREP ARAT ION F OR NEXT DAY

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g - time chart depicting the different types of vendors occupying the street throughout the day.

g-Map showing variation in place with time

g-Map showing the places where transaction occurs

MAPPING IN TIME The project endeavors to develop a from of architecture that responds to the physical environment as well as adopt to the urban socio cultural variations of the place as the city expands. In order to understand whether the area or stretch is apt for this kind of intervention , it is important to study and map the activities with respect to time- daily I monthly I yearly. Hence in order to capture these changes, I have generated a chart that reects my understanding of the stretch and it’s changes.

g- active street in the morning

UNPACKERS

MOBILE VENDORS

g- Dormant street

INTENSITY OF THE VITALITY OF THE STRETCH g- the street at 5.30 pm in the evening.

UNPACKERS

10:00PM HAWKERS WINDINGU P

MOBILE VENDORS

8:00PM HAWKERS

5:00PM

SEMI- PERMANENT VENDORS

HAWKERS

HAWERKS MOVEMENT

UNPACKERS

11:00AM MOVEMENT

PERMANENT VENDORS

SEMI- PERMANENT VENDORS

LOW

9:30 AM CLEANING

3:00 AM ARRIVAL

MEDIUM

3-9:00 AM WHOLESALE

HIGH

PERMANENT VENDORS

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Targets- Nearby- Locality Consumers

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Container crates stacked together in a geometric form laid over with a wooden plank used for product display. This type of installation allows ease of SEMI-PERMANENT AGENTS resetting the display on

Targets- Nearby- Locality Consumers

F STUDY

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Assemble near the Masundi lake, during various events and celebrations in order to sell stuffs like- balloons, jwellery, baskets and other hand made stuffs.

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MOBILE AGENTS

L A NS D IO T A

ď&#x20AC; g- Time and Movement Map

The map illustrates the movement of various agents and the change in place in time. It tries to study the relationship of the stretch with inner city and understand its reach and contact with the fabric of this city. This helps us to analyze the role of the agents and the place in the process of change that occurs on a daily, weekly and yearly basis.

PLAZA + HUB These pop up settlements allow for adjustments and alterations offering an architecture that demonstrates a wide range of places to mark and commemorate the

Are u playing with me?

oh, hey there!!

Where are the beans?

This place is so lively now!!

Lets eat there!

Hello, im waiting near the food stalls

Hello, are you coming for tomorrows talk?

SOCIAL THREAD

Lets go the market street, you get everything at a cheap price!

Social thread of the city reactivating the dead spaces in the city and creating places for people.

URBAN INNOVATOR There is an event at 5!!

Innovations of new cultures and ideas.

whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s happening there?

There is an event at 5!! Hey supp!!

The light show will happen in the evening

FESTIVE STREET

0.45M

URBAN ABSORBER The aggregation of essential services within the site intends to achieve the coordination of systems and the efciency of a new hybrid system

ENJOY!! Bylane restored!

The creche is there!!

Hello, im waiting near the food stalls

Let us have lunch!!

Im leaving at 8!

School is virtual

Almost there!!

what great music!! Look what's happening

what is happening today?

URBAN PAVILION Small temporary pavilions pop making urban life exciting and spontaneous.

Im waiting for Anuj!

Jogging is healthy!! CULTURAL PLAZA The cultural plaza celebrates the culture and everyday city life by facilitating active uxes in motion through architecture

The lake is so beautiful!!

My daughter is performing , I’m so excited!!

CITY - AS A PLACE FOR ALL?

The SOCIAL PLUG-IN creates exible spaces. that can be treated as an extension of the city’s image- providing place to express, conduct community welfare programs - offering a place for all in the city

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MULTI PURPOSE - SOCIAL PLUG IN Community outreach programs

Community outreach programs

Plan Reecting Reversibility

Stage 1 Introducing a bsic grid respecting the on site trees and natural surrounding

D e s i g n i n g moveable walls that allow exibility and for multiple activities to operate.

The courtyards acts as an extension to the structure, the openness thus allows for multiple activities to be carried out.

Stage 2

AXONOMETRIC VIEW OF SOCIAL PLUG-IN

Weaving space around the courtyards treating them as an extension of the social plug-in

DIFFERENT OPTION OF SPACE

DEBATE CENTER - CLUBBED ONE

PLACE TO RAISE VOICE

Morning Activity

Evening Activity

From the early morning to the mid afternoon hours the place may follow established cultural/ social activity that require for different spatial organization while also varying the combination of the components to suit the individual activity ranging from personal, social and communal scale.

REGULAR

Allowing accessibility from all sides and making the structure light and porous.

Seasonal Ephemera

In the afternoon the institution is rearranged by the locals to generate to organize community welfare programs This new forum provides the citizens a new voice and a new identity- an expression that can be practiced by all

WELFARE PROGRAMS + COMMUNITY OUTREACH

The places could be adjusted and rearranged in order to best t the needs of various people and activities.

The structure during various important events and festivals can emerge as a social node enabling public participation by transforming the whole space into one space.

ONE SPACE FOR POLITICAL MOBILIZATION

Reused bicycle wheels roong clay tiles as per spec

Fixed glass 5mm

ONE SPACE

Flexible Space The workshops can act as a exible space with moveable partition cloth and moveable boards.

Reused bicycle wheels

50 X 100 RHS Rafter 50 x 25 Purlins @ 350 C.C Roof detail

The structure tries to show that by building in a different way we can off the uses better, bigger and more exible spaces. This was made possible by using mostly recycled materials which were mostly free or of low cost and by establishing efcient building techniques. Step 1 Step 2 Step 3

Reused metallic beam

Material Composition

Moveable wheels 1 fabric of 3 m by 3.5 m - 19 rings at the top -19 rings at the bottom - 4 hem to pass the rope to lift the curtain up

DURING WORKSHOPS

Multiple activity space- the space can be transformed into separate space in order to carry out different activities.

SCHEMA

AGENTS OF CHANGE SOCIAL ENGINES The thesis responds to the movement of various agents of change in time by studying relationship of the stretch with the inner city. These prototypes further analyze the role of these agents to enhance the public realm of the city.

Addressing aspects which are crucial in the context of Indian Design today, identity- in terms of emerging pop-up engines by adopting abandoned spaces within the city , thus enriching the region and giving a new identity to the city.

As the typologies move within the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fabric, the external skin of the module, consits of various social messages that they can spread and earn money through advertisements.

These carts could be lessened by the TMC, each owner could be registered legally and enjoy various incentives provided by the government to these marginalized group of people. Low cost and recyclable materials can be used in the making of these prototypes to facilitate easy maintenance.

Sustainable and disposable recycling units

MAKE + SELL

POP UP

P O P UPâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S!! Help keep thane clean!! AwarenessSocial messages

MOBILE STRUCTURE AS HASTSHILP VAHAAN

Cart when stationed

Cart in motion

Corrugated Roof Sheets

Colorful Roof for attracting people

R e u s e d p o l e s attached to support roof

Reused poles attached to support roof

Interactive Enclosures made out of waste.

Structural Framework made out of reusable wooden poles.

Colorful cloth- used as panels.

The opening used for shade while selling things.

Base- cart wheels

Board to display things. Base- cart wheels Hang stuffs on the sun shade to attract buyers.

M O B I L E S T R U C T U R E A S MANORANJAN VIHAAN

2 MOBILE STRUCTURE AS KACHRA PRABHANDAN Upcycling of materials

Wooden plank for eating.

Separate boxes for recyclable and nonrecyclable materials.

Color Indication

Box for storage

Cart

Colorful plastic boxes used as seating.

Message printed on facade.

Activate determined urban spaces through Pop-Up Interventions.

Base- cart wheels

MOBILE STRUCTURE AS BHOJAN KENDRA

The social messages displayed on ex supported by structural system in fresh bright colors attracting people’s attention. DISPLAY SOCIAL MESSAGES

Front Elevation

Side Elevation

POP UP NE ZINDAGI BADAL DI!!

UNDER THE FLYOVER

SECTION THROUGH THE CITY

UNDER THE SKYWALK

FOOTPATH AND STREETS

1.3 STREETS FOR ALL? . Mapping the human dimension in Urban Streets

The exercise focused on a detailed documentation of Streets in Panvel and Thane, along with a broad study of the land and building uses around it. The physical, economic, institutional and socio-cultural networks were documented through mapping, surveys, interviews, counts and ď&#x20AC; eld visits. The quality of the public realm including public transport, pedestrian and bicycling networks were then analyzed to produce activity maps,

Project Type: Academic Organization: Pillai College Of Architecture Year: Spring 2018 Project : Urban Design and Planning Individual

7:30-9:30 AM

UNDERSTANDING OF THE SITE

DESIGN DEVELOPMENT MAPPING ANALYSIS

Macro analysis is carried out to identify various issues at the precinct level. This was done not only to respond to the site suitably but also to the neighborhood context within which the drama of the site unfolds.

This diagram is a translation of the eldwork analysis which indicated three types of pedestrians : the daily commuters to the railway station who visit the market, the street on their way and the customers who visit the market everyday/occasionally to market with the sole motive of purchase and the daily commuters.

Thus the semantic of Architecture that takes shape is not in isolation with the context, rather is inspired by the context itself, benetting the place and its people.

Based on this categorization, the patterns of movement of these pedestrians were mapped. Evidently, the commuters avoid the hawking zone and the parked vehicles, and follow a pattern of movement, that is clear from any obstacle.

v PEDESTRIAN PATTERN PARKING SPACES CUSTOMERS CUSTOMERS COMMUTERS VENDORS COMMUTERS

While the commuters who also seek to buy something on their way, chose to traverse between the parked vehicles, moving trafc and vending zone.

TWOWHEELER

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Where as the customer seeking goods from the stores next to the street avoids all of them.

VEHICULAR PATTERN

When all these patterns of movements on the sidewalk and the street are put together, one sees the intertwining of many of these patterns. A point where a pedestrian turns when it arrives at a parked vehicle on his/her path or another customer shopping to buy something from a vendor. The vehicles constantly use their breaks to stop for a pedestrian crossing the street. The diagram reects on the competing ows of movement on one spatial gure, each having a pattern devised out of logic

After carrying out a detailed study, the intention was to derive a design response which responded to the local

INTERTWINING PATTERNS

ACTIVITY MAPPING

ARCHITECTURE? TEMPORALITY ELASTICITY

QUALITY OF ARCHITECTURE

SPATIAL TYPOLOGY

FLEXIBILITY

CREATE AWARENESS

TYPOLOGY

CREATING AN ORGANIZATION THAT ENTERS AND ENGAGES WITH THE COMPLEX DYNAMICS OF THE CONTEMPORARY CITIES.

PUBLIC SPACE

OPEN PROGRAM

AFFECTS WELLBEING

TOWARDS AN INCLUSIVE A P P R O A C H

OPEN TYPOLOGY

Stimulation of self organization

OPTION TO CHOOSE

PEOPLE

Challenging the present Architecture Practices that are inuenced by the western paradigms

To Create an Architecture that accommodates transitions.

CITY

APPROACH

PRIMARY AIM

OBJECTIVE

TIME in design Accommodates : INux Adapts : Change Adjusts : Surroundings Associates : City and its people Duality

MORNING ACTIVITY MAPPING 6 AM- 10 AM

AFTERNOON ACTIVITY MAPPING 12 PM- 4 PM

Degrees of ephemera ranging from Daily, Weekly and Seasonal

EVENING ACTIVITY MAPPING 5 PM- 9 PM

INTERTWINING PATTERNS

CONTESTED AREAS

These logics when comes together, appears to be conicts on the street. As we can see, it is not just the vendor, but a major part of the contest lies with other factors like parked vehicles, vehicular domination, discontinuous footpaths. While factors like vendors and vehicles are visible to the eye, many smaller factors like discontinuity, shade often go un-noticed.

1.4 Talking Streets

The workshop focused on the paradigm shift in designing urban streets by emphasizing the human dimension and the need to make streets safe for pedestrians. Article selected for WorkshopRethinking Urban Streets in collaboration with US consulate of Mumbai and United States- Indian Education Foundation. The workshop was conducted by Rohit Tak, a Fulbright- Nehru alumnus.

TALKING STREETS Reimagining urban streets Project Type: Workshop Organization:United States- Indian Education Foundation Year: Spring 2018 Project Type: Urban Design and Planning

Economic Efciency

TALKING STREETS

Loss of Urban Living Space

ANUSHKA V SHAHDADPURI

Loss of Life Trafc congestion

Competitiveness INCREASING MOTORIZED VEHICLE DOMINANCEVisual

Intrusion

Energy Consumption

g- negative impact on urban quality of life

MULTIFACETED STREET multiple functions carried out on the same street at different times of the day I.

THE PHOTO MONTAGE DEPICTS THE FUNCTIONS CARRIED OUT ON THE STRETCH THAT WAS DOCUMENTED AS A PART OF THE STUDY.

Discontinuous pathways lled with parking has led to poor pedestrian mobility.

This creates conicts with pedestrians' movement, increases noise and air pollution, and increases the lack of safety for Vehicular pedestrians and nonDomination motorized transit users. Additionally, extensions Private vehicles occupy and unorganized street scape that results vending add to the in trafc congestion, existing chaos. crashes and unsafe streets for everyone.

1 Severance

of Pedestrian Infrastructure

Unorganized2 Parking

Accidents widening the streets, can help solve our mobility problems.

CKT COLLEGE

The following observations are made on the basis of a study carried out of a stretch in New Bikanear Panvel- Panvel station to CKT college. The study was done for a better understanding of streets and analyze the need to respond to the multitude of PANVEL STATION activities and functions that Lack streets perform

Blank Walls The building facades say “Stay Away.” At the ground oor there are no doors, shops, services or other features that encourage public activity.

WHAT IS WRONG WITH STREETS?

ontemporary cities are augmented with the physical and economic aspects of the city and not towards it’s social and metaphysical aspects. A city can be beautiful as physical habitat- with trees, uncrowded roads, open spaces- and yet fail to provide that particular, ineffable quality of urbanity which we call ‘cities’.This is well illustrated in case of Indian cities. Everyday they get worse and worse as physical environment .. and yet better as ‘cities’. On every level of society- from streets to a squatter they offer more in a way of skills and opportunities while destroying their social quality as cities. Streets rank amongst the most valuable assets and are the soul of our cities, they occupy approximately 20 percent of the total land area in a typical city, and they are the most important and ubiquitous form of public space. Streets are the stage upon which the drama of urban life unfolds every day. Streets in India are used as spaces for makeshift, to socialize, play, cook, eat, drink, sell, live - a place for everything. It is where the neighborhood ecology is visible. Yet this is not a recent phenomenon—streets have played this role since the beginning of urbanization. Streets not only ensure mobility but also foster the social and economic bonds, bringing people together. Streets make a city liveable. What would Mumbai be without Fashion Street and Linking Road or Delhi without Rajpath? Today, streets have been reduced to a more restricted role of serving as conduits for the movement of automobiles. It is becoming more and more difcult to retain adequate space for the social and economic activities that traditionally have taken place in our streets. Over time, streets have come to function less as social gathering spaces and market areas. There is an urgent need to look at streets as places where people walk, talk, cycle, shop, and perform the multitude of social functions that are critical to the health of cities. We need to reimagine streets to their full potential, by reimagining them as a real urban ecology, systems that allow for symbiotic co-existence, allow interaction and overlapping. As a result, new schemes emerge and encourage CONFLICT which is managed by diffusion and distribution, both in time and space. Here, these systems and controls are localized that often work through negotiations.

The study documents the lack of maintenance of the street furniture

Poor and broken street texture and footpaths.

Discontinuous footpaths encroached by street vendors and for parking.

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One of the key problems of Indian streets is also that they are designed from the centre line outwards, without taking the needs of all users into account. The median is marked and a carriageway constructed, and the undened outer area is left for other purposes. After parking eats away a signicant share of this area, pedestrians, trees, utilities, street vending, and social activities jostle for whatever space remains. It is no surprise that in most cases the leftover space is not sufcient to safely and comfortably accommodate these essential functions of the street. Pedestrian footpaths may vanish but the pedestrians do not, and the lack of proper pedestrian infrastructure forces people to walk on the carriageway. The same is true for cyclists, street vendors, and public transport. Eventually, everyone ends up sharing what is constructed as a motor vehicle carriageway, leading to a reduction in the amount of space that is usable by vehicles. The resulting arrangement is inconvenient, chaotic and unsafe for everyone, including motor vehicle users. So, why not provide adequate space for all users in the rst place? All streets that aim to TO W AR maximize mobility also need separate slow zones. The slow space is for liveability —for people to walk, talk, and interact, for doing business, for DS HD children to play. The provision of an adequate slow zone makes it possible for the mobility zone of a street to provide for safe, relatively FC C uninterrupted mobility at moderate speeds. The result is a safer and more pleasant street environment for everyone. IR

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RESOURCEFULNESS AND INNOVATION.

FRUGAL LIMITED RESOURCES

FLEXIBLE Thought It reminds us that the familiar is not necessarily known.

INCLUSIVE

DOING MORE WITH LESS

Jugaad is about doing more with less.

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'Jugaad' is a colloquial Hindi word which refers to attaining any objective with the available resources at hand. The Hindi term “jugaad”, in a broad sense, refers to a certain resourcefulness and innovation. It gives new life to objects discarded as valueless. It reminds us that the familiar is not necessarily known.

‘‘ THE HYPOTHESIS

1.5 JUGAAD URBANISM Project Type: Curatorial Organization: Pillai College Of Architecture Year: Spring 2018 Project Electives Team : Individual

he hypothesis of combining limited resources that emerge from a crisis out of adverse circumstances, show how a resilient mindset can transform scarcity into opportunity.

URBAN POOR:

The mother of all innovation L A C K O F FACILITIES : opportunities and resources are the perfect b r e e d i n g ground for innovators The l a c k o f resources is portrayed as the biggest asset Operates best in the face of adversity and insurmountable red-tape.

JUGAAD URBANISM BOMBAY

MILLION

Hetroginity of different people to m a k e a n impact.

MILLION

An urban population of 22.7 million, Mumbai is forecast to stretch to an even more ungovernable 25 million before close to the next decade.

The curator for this show is Anushka Shahdadpuri. The show opens on and will be displayed until It is free and open to all daily from 8am. The exhibit is organized by current resource issues and divided into four categories.

The project celebrates and encourages the act of jugaad. It highlights the unique talent of jugaddis who use constraints as catalyst for innovation. In a word of excessive commodication, it aims to provoke a new genre of art, design and architecture thought.

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Celebration Transaction Communities Housing

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The project lays special emphasis on issues of sustainability, recycling, redening and repurposing. The project carries out extesive material and structural research to develop a novel and integrated material system where both surface and structure the modular material system is designed for replication and disassembly.

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ANUSHKA SHAHDADPURI PILLAI COLLEGE OF ARCHITECTURE

Jugaad in Hindi is deﬁned in general as a resourcefulness and innovation found in Indian Cities. It is about making do with the resources you have. Resourcefulness strategies for Indian Cities explore how the energy of citizens ‘making do’ can be an inspiration and a catalyst for worldwide communities of architects, designers and urban planners.

SUBSTANCE

MATTER

MEDIUM

The project carries out extesive material and structural research to develop a novel and integrated material system wher e b oth surface and structure the modular material system is designed for replication and disassembly.

JUGAAD IN TIME

The string alters the perception of the potential growth patterns with respect to the changing landscapes that trigger off a new set of possibilities to physically structure the city. The string focuses on the evolution of a small village located in the tehsil of Thane district with a population of 711 people which surfaced a physical diversity in terms of its articulation, organization and its infrastructure. Jovele goan portrayed a diverse and mixed topology showcasing high-rise and single-storey houses with a heterogeneous population. Ambernath being a suburb is divided into East and West by the railway, while Kopar khairne being the node of Navi Mumbai, is a planned city with grid iron plan in contrary to Dharavi which is the largest slum in Asia with deep rooted clustered settlements. It's a neighborhood smack in the heart of Mumbai which has an informal economy. Lastly, the stretch looks at Colaba, located in the island city occupied by wooden faces with three lined roads, mansions and apartment buildings.

1.6

CHANGING LANDSCAPES

The study aims on the varied and gradual transformation of the dwellings. Bombay being an indigenous city, metaphorised from a settlement to become a large town, its growth being impulsive and incremental- expressing the idea of the city as a ď&#x20AC; eld of human enterprise. Thus, it is not conceived a s a singular image, infact the evolution consistently makes it evident as a series of dualities, to understand the physical development, it is crucial to examine the patterns of change in terms of duality. These dualities include the drastic population change, the fabric, the capital ethos, unprecedent scale of rural migration resulting in these institutions of certain social norms.

BHOJ LANDSCAPE a small village located in the tehsil of Thane district with a population of 711 people which surfaced a physical diversity in terms of its articulation, organization and its infrastructure.

SHIFTING LANDSCAPE OF JOVELI GAON Jovele goan portrayed a diverse and mixed topology showcasing high-rise and single-storey houses with a heterogeneous population.

CITY CENTER

WHERE THE RAILWAY CONNECTS - AMBERNATH

TOWARDS A PLANNED CITY- KOPARKHAIRNE

SIDE ELEVATION

3.1

History Culture and Identity - Investigating Architectural Heritage and History of 12 century Hoysala Dynasty, Belur th

Documentation of buildings and settlements play a seminal role in architecture education. Not only does it teach the physiology of the building, but it also prompts to ask critical questions on the contemporary nature of the architecture and built environment. Temples and spaces in Bellur are ornate, not merely with decoration and carvings but also with their expressions of material and history. They are a repository of architectural history spanning centuries. Project Type: Documentation Group Work Organization: Pillai College Of Architecture Year: Spring 2017 Project Location : Belur, Hassan District, Karnataka

Heritage Hoysala heritage in the region consisted of several settlements with grand temples, historic structures, vernacular houses and buildings. The region identiď&#x20AC; ed for the Hoysala trail in Karnataka consisted of Belur and Halebeedu and several other towns in the vicinity of Hassan district with a couple of places in Chikamagular District. The Hoysala kings ruled in the Southern India from 100 AD- 346 AD. The capital was initially based in Belur and later moved to Hallebeedu. Hoysala kings were great patrons of art and architecture. From the inscriptions, coins, evidence of trade and revenues. Ornamentation, sculptural details, depiction of scenes were inspired from Ramyana and Mahabhrata. King Vishnuvardhana started the construction of the Chennakeshaya temple at Belur in commemoration of his victory over the Cholas.

HalebeeduHalebeedu was a large fortiď&#x20AC; ed city, and was supplied with water from Yagachi river. Halebeedu was known as Dorasamudra, capital of the Hoysala at the end of the 11th century. The Hoysalas constructed numerous stepped wells, canals, lakes and gates. They believed to have channels water from the Yagachi river near Belur to bring water to Halebeedu more than 13 kms away.

In a typical Hoysala town, a main temple occurred at the center of the town with fortiď&#x20AC; ed area. The temples were made out of Balapada Kallu i.e soap stone and were elaborately carved.

The temples were carved out of Soap stone and were elaborately cared. They had a platform of 3-5 ft high with a star shaped plan. The temples were not built higher to exquisitely sculpt them. Each temple may have upto four Garba Grihas/ shrines within the temple complex. A navargana- A place for people to gather and participate in cultural programs. Water bodies were a signiď&#x20AC; cant feature of Hoysala settlements. They served a dual purpose of providing a source of water for irrigation as well as recharging of groundwater. The mandapas and shrinesevident around water.

Exterior Column Detail

Interior Column Detail

Plan of Temple Section AAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;

Plan of Temple

Temple Elevation

BOMBAY’S TRANSITION TO MODERNITY

2.2

an historical evolution in the metropolis

1850-1860

GOTHIC Gothic building style manifested itself, for its imposing grandeur. It served as a testament to the power of trade, of shared printed design resources and the discovery that architects as well as components, building parts could be exported to India. It also informs the city’s interaction with the architectural fashions of the world stage.

Late 1800s

GOTHIC REVIVAL Gothic architecture evolved into Gothic Revival architecture, Architect F. W. Stevens being referred to as the great Bombay Gothic Revival architect, most major buildings commissioned during the late 1800s were designed and constructed by him.

Early 1900s

INDO- SARACENIC A shift from the Gothic style to the Indo- Saracenic was indeed a big shift for Bombay. The style evolved as a result of the Jeypore Portfolio of Architectural Details produced by Swinton Jacob. It consisted of 6 volumes of 600 large scale drawings of elements picked from various buildings dating between the 12th and the 17th centuries. What was especially important was that the work was not organised by period or region but by function, coping and plinths in one volume, arches in the second, brackets in the third and so on

1915- 1920

EDWARIAN The early years also saw the climax of Gothic Architecture in Bombay. The Edwardian, the Renaissance and the Indo- Saracenic styles of architecture dotted the skyline of the 1900s Bombay. This was an effort to achieve the Colony’s adaptability to the Indian conditions.

1930

ART DECO -BOMBAY “French in origin, the Art Deco style represents the world’s rst initial amalgamation of modern design movements. This was also the time when Bombay was undergoing advancements of capitalist urbanism. A unique combination of factors led to the popular adaption of Art Deco in Bombay. People actively contributed to the skyline of Bombay by making buildings that were more ‘Indian’ in nature as compared to the Colonial Victorian Gothic, Neo- Classical, Renaissance etc, that were more ‘English’ in nature.

THE DAWN OF ART DECO

THE MAKING OF MARINE

Bombay was growing short of space to expand. This era of planned precincts gave rise to the apartment block as typology.

BACK BAY SCHEME 1919

Anushka Shahdadpuri The research was initiated by the author to study the Art Deco Buildings in Mumbai in collaboration with ArtDeCo Mumbai.

Where its views of the sea are not the only arresting sight, as 33 Deco buildings follow each other all along its curve against the bay.

T h e B a c k b a y R e c l a m a t i o n scheme began in 1919. Stone and mud were quarried in the north in Kandivali, brought by train to the site and dumped into the sea. But the whole project was badly planned.

CANADA LONDON

FRANCE PORTUGAL U.S

1930

CHINA CUBA

The art deco rst appeared in India when Indian royal families, entrepreneurs and merchants of the widely traveled educated upper middle class families, eager to adopt contemporary trends in western culture, began to assume sophistication in the trends in western culture, dress, furnishing and architectural design. The city’s new spurring building activity and the need for a new architectural style expressing the requisite optimism , Art Deco became a sorted- to do architecture

INDIA

BRAZIL

1 An inclusive space that embraces people across age groups, ethnicities and socioeconomic proles.

GB MHATRE

By the early 1920s it was clear that the development plan was a disaster

RECLAMATION

This was caused by the sudden need of housing in a growing city. The demand was met by the City Improvement trust, which was formed after the congested area of ‘Native town’ was affected by an epidemic of plague.

AUSTRALIA

The views from a Marine Drive at are bewitching: windows frame an endless, rippling expanse of silvery blues and greens, as shing boats move their way slowly through the waters.

ME E H

It undertook massive work in newly reclaimed areas of the city and suburbs and in order to decongest the city. Among these were Marine Drive, Oval reclamationsand Dadar-Matunga. The newer development showcased the concern for urban design issues and specic bylaws were evolved in each residential district. These related to setbacks, heights, and elevation controls.

The Art Deco buildings on the Oval are special as they demonstrate, simultaneously, a collective language that creates an urban fabric while individually allowing BACKBAY full vent tocr eative RECLAMATION SCHEME expression, each competing with the other, either in amboyance orsu bdued sophistication

Height

The government recommended that only four of the eight planned blocks should be reclaimed. The result can be seen when one stands at the jetty-like strip that juts out into the sea at Nariman Point and gazes at Cuffe Parade across the gap

ARGENTINA

KBAY BAC SC E

His practice is closely linked with the emergence of architecture which in the decade of 1930’s and 1950’s was signicantly different from what preceded it.

Reect the careful planning and attention, developed a personal and particular language. These buildings were different from those prevailing at the time.

FAILURE 1920

Same plot area

SECTION THROUGH BUILDINGS

Set-backs builtSECTION ACROSS MARINE DRIVE

openpromena

Spring 2018 PiCA Self Initiated Research Collaboration- ArtDeco Mumbai Non-Prot Organization

sea

THE INTERLOCUTOR OVAL MAIDAN

art deco precinct

that glances either side, is to be privy to a dialogue that is at once political , as it is aesthetic, the neo- gothic legacy of the British Raj is set against the Deco articulation of the city at the brink of its modernity. The Deco precinct that fringes that oval maidan was completed in 1930s. Gone were the days of spacious and airy verandas with high ceiling bungalows , land in Bombay was scarce and development projects sought housing that was able to compact pieces of land. Thus, Backbay streets were laid out in a precise grid, and architects had to devote attention to space. But what makes oval so ingenuous is the architects attention to surface.

promenande marine drive

THE INTERLOCUTOR

COLONIAL / CAPATALIST

brink of modernity

This was the result of building regulations that made all the apartment blocks toe the same frontage, have the same height and oor lines, a prominent entrance and stairwell and a clear line of at roofs. The rules, however seem to have liberated the architects rather than stie them. Even within these framed parameters there is free expression of shape, pattern and symbolism, making these some of the most

From home to work

After work hours at office is the best! I love hanging out with my colleagues.

I wonder how boring my day at work will be!! Oh, how I wish I could bunk office today!!

In-between is the new program, wherein I could take up any fun activity to distress.

Oh see, the new work place has this amazing food street at really cheap prices! This place looks like fun, it has so many different cuisines.

Come lets work in the open for a while and breathe some fresh air. AAH, this is so relaxing, could stretch for a while.

Co-working is always the best, could cook something whilst working. Engage in collabs and fun activities. I love my new work space.

Collab spaces are so inspiring!

3.1

Business Plan Reimagining workspace for the millennials. The design problem focused on how the business spaces should undergo changes in tandem with the work and work-styles adopted by the new- age millennials.

Chalo, its time to go home! I had a fun day at work!!

From work to home!!

The design was an attempt to respond to the historical shift in values, lifestyles and workplace environments by developing a ď&#x20AC;&#x201A;exible and human-centric approach by creating spaces that are inspiring both during the day and night. A one-size-ď&#x20AC; ts-all workplace would not do justice to the multicultural, multilingual, and multi generational workforce, hence the project tries to illustrates various typologies for different users and their needs. Project Type: Academic Organization: Pillai College Of Architecture Year: Spring 2018 Project Type: Architecture Design Team : Anushka Shahdadpuri, Siddhesh Bhandari, Neethi Acharya Achievement : Deigned Ranked 2 at the National Level Ethos Transperence Competition 2018, sponsored by Saint Gobain.

UNDERSTANDING THE CONTEXT INDIAN SOFTWARE INDUSTRIES

Inorder to be efď&#x20AC; cient, one n e e d s t o understand the co-existence of the Binaries and accept them simultaneously validate the differences and work towards dissolving them.

METROPOLITAN

GREEN COMMONS URBAN COMMONS

GARDEN CITY

IT HUB

45 %

population is due to migration

COSMO- BANGALORE CULTURE With the introduction of information technology in the city, it has assumed an international character, migration has led to Bangalore becoming more like the melting pot of various cultures.

adaptable space

ENVIRONMENT ECONOMIC ASPECTS T h e economic fabric of the city, although a t t i m e s masked by the IT-based industries is varied.

Air pollution and the reduction in tree cover have induced the urban heat island effect resulting in variations in local temperature and sudden anticipated showers during late afternoon.

FORMAL-CITY CLIMATE Bangalore is, almost equidistant from both eastern and western coast of the South Indian peninsula .The mean annual total rainfall is about 880 mm with about 60 rainy days a year over the last 10 years. responsive

innovation sustainability

inFORMAL

INFORMALCITY

LIFESTYLE

FORMAL Bangalore, the fastest growing city of India, comprises of a dynamic blend of people, belonging to various religions, castes and communities.

hybrid space

BINARIES WHOM ARE WE DESIGNING FOR?

HOW DO WE IMAGINE TO BE OUR OFFICE SPACE LIKE?

URBAN CATALYST?

ABSTRACT DESIGN PROBLEM

The design problem focused on how the business spaces should undergo changes in tandem with the work and work-styles adopted by the new- age millennials. The design was an attempt to respond to the historical shift in values, lifestyles and workplace environments by developing a exible and human-centric approach by creating spaces that are inspiring both during the day and night. A one-size-ts-all workplace would not do justice to the multicultural, multilingual, and multi generational workforce, hence the project tries to illustrates various typologies for different users and their needs.

METHODOLOGY The project site was proposed in the Silicon Valley Of India, Bangalore. The process began with studying the transition of Bangalore from a bean to boom city- transitions of green spaces and cultures of a growing metropolitan with respect to its lifestyle, culture, environment and climate to justify how we imagine our ofce space to be like and whom are we designing for?

DESIGN RESPONSE Sustainability being our major concern, the ofce building employed the idea of a double skin as an energy saving and visually striking mechanism. The inner skin of the building was adjustable glass windows with aluminum trellis integrated for growing a variety of plant species. The outer façade comprised of garbrieds frame and trusses to support the exterior column.

DESIGN MASSING AND FORM DEVELOPMENT

Strategies opted to with respect to the macro level context.

Strategies opted to specify the building placement, orientation and massing.

DESIGN

COLUMN FREE SPACE

SYSTEMS AND CONSTRUCTION

Located in Cyber City, Bangalore, the ofce buildings employ the idea of a double skin as an energy saving and visually striking mechanism. The inner skin of the building is a adjustable glass windows with aluminum trellis with hydroponic trays integrated for growing a variety of plant species. The trellis also has an integrated misting system in order to control and regulate the amount of water released to the plants and trays. The outer façade comprises of garbrieds frame and trusses to support the exterior column.

LOAD

The structural system is designed for

1 WITHOUT

GERBERETTES LOAD

Thermal insulation glass is a glass that conserves the warmth inside a building. It is particularly suited in areas that are fraught with cold temperatures. Using thermally insulating glass for glass facades is one of the most energy-efcient ways to keep interiors comfortable.

PRIVATE

Column free Structure

BIOCLIMATIC DESIGN DUAL FUNCTION

THERMAL BUFFER This zone 1200 mm acts as a thermal buffer for the interior of the building, moderating light glare and air temperature, also allowing for easy access to services.

SAINT GOBAIN THERMAL GLASS FACADE CREEPERS DIFFUSED LIGHT -

1200MM WALK SPACE

INTEGRAL MISTING SYSTEM

Performative Facade that responds to the changing climate.

COOL AIR THROUGH EVAPORATIVE COOLING

FLOWER BED

COLUMN FREE SPAN

LOAD gerberettes

external column cantilevered arm

long truss

EMERGING VOICE GERBRETTES MECHANISM

SHARED

The gerbrettes mechanism along with performative facade is not only a unique design technique but also provides a sustainable solution.

PERFORMATIVE FACADE

NATURAL LIGHT AND VENTILATION

PUBLIC

WITH GERBERETTES

To stabilize each bay on both sides, gerberettes are used. Gerberettes are small cantilevered pivoting beams that allow the tie rods and the columns to share the vertical load.

GERBERETTES

PRECAST

FLOOR PEDESTALS

I SECTIONS

WARREN TRUSS

STUDY MODEL OF THE STRUCTURAL MECHANISM DEPICTING THE LOAD TRANSFER

TRUSS MULLION

2 COLUMN FREE STRUCTURE

SECTION THROUGH THE KHAU GALI

PERFORMATIVE FACADE- TOWARDS A GARDEN CITY IMAGE

OGISTICS OF DESIGN

CRITICAL REGIONALISM The design tries to seek an approach towards critical regionalism by embodying an appropriate technology that translates traditional ways into modern and contemporary context by reducing destructive impacts on the environment.

PASSIVE DESIGN STRATEGY FLOWERING SEASON

SUN NEEDS

HIGH

FULL SUN

MEDIUM

PARTIALSUN

QUISQUALIS INDICA

ALL YEAR

trel

ALL YEAR

DENSITY

SYNGONIUM PLANT GREEN

east facade HIGH FULL SUN

ALL YEAR CLERODNDENDRUM THOMPSAN PLANT

MEDIUM

re tlu

PARTIALSUN

LOLCERA JAPONCA ALL YEAR

west facade MEDIUM PARTIALSUN

SYNGONIUM PLANT GREEN

bib

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ALL YEAR

The principal of the facade is inspired by the idea of a double-skin that allows a modulation of light and air through the building. This is in contrast to the business-as-usual idea of the ‘greenwall’, which is a simple application on a surface purely serving an aesthetic, rather than performative function. In this project, the screen also takes on an aesthetic function of a dynamic façade where assorted species are organized in a way to create patterns, as well as bloom at various times of the year, bringing attention to different parts of the building façade through the changing seasons. GARBRIEDS COLUMNS CREEPERS TRELLIS

CRITICAL DIALOGUE

An exploded view of the facade illustrating the double skin system

IMBIBING A CULTURE

The design focuses on creating a dialogue by embedding a culture, a culture of living and maintaining the nature amidst the daily routine of work life.

THE IDEA OF A GREEN WALL AS A PERFORMATIVE FUNCTION RATHER THAN A N A E S T H E T I C F U N C T I O N

3.2

A Place For Learning

Reimagining the idea of a Zilla Parishad School

A place for learning, the project revolves around the idea of understanding the importance and the value of education by analyzing the social and economical background of the site and its surroundings. It is a response to itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s duality by bridging the emergent landscape and an attempt to comprehend how these cognitive capacities are affected by the architectural of a school environment.

Project Type: Academic Organization: Pillai College Of Architecture Year: Spring 2016 Project Location : Kamothe, Old Panvel, Navi Mumbai. Achievement : Design ranked 7th at ACARA National Rookies Competition, 2017, Pune.

3.3 FUTURE OF INDIA

– SMART OR INDIGENOIUS?

NOTION OF AN INDIAN SMART CITY The no on of a smart city s ts up the environment to be fashioned in a single image. Smart ci es ae incapable of bring out emo onal and social securit. Whereas, the Indian ci es ae a mélange of tradi on and onjecture. Ci es are cultural speciﬁc, the only way to get people involved in the city’s imagina on is y responding to the ’locale.‘ Ci es hee need to grow from the root, they cannot be transplanted.

ANUSHKA SHAHDADPURI

At the beginning of the second decade of the 21 ABSTRACT The cites are growing faster than ever before hence the smart ci s have been the hearled as the avenir of the urban design. But the noton of these ci have been fasioned to set up a single image which is devoid of any emoton and social security. The development of technology and the advances of the human society have always been connected and as our world gets more complicated, we invent means to govern and interact with the underlying systems. The idea is certainly inclusive of eco- friendly, ‘sustainability’ - as the major intent of the city planning for the future development, but at what cost? How can we contrive smart ci e for disparate duali s that coexist in Indian ci s?

century networks of urbanized centers became the predominant framework of the life in the West. While in Asia and Africa a majority of the popula on does not li e in the ‘formal ci es. In a country like India, recognized for its prominent regional diversity and bizarre precincts where ci es consist of more dynamics in a constant development between con nuity and chan e, it is essenn alo conceive ci es as not neutal objects, but as an extension of oneself where the people gain the central role in defying the future ci es. st

The ci es of the futue will diﬀer from each other much more than those of the present because they will emerge in a globally networked knowledge of the importance of livability and sustainability. Understanding the city and the knowledge about the city should be the base for change. Smart ci es h ve been heralded as the avenir of urban design. But before talking about smart ci es, l t us understand the predicament of a city in the Indian context.

Smart ci es use i formaa on andommunicaca on technologies to be more intelligent and eﬃcient in the use of resources, resul ng in the ost and energy savings, improved service delivery and quality of life and reduces environmental footprint. The development of technology and the advances of the human society have always been connected and as our world gets more complicated we invent means to govern and interact with the underlying systems.

A city as a whole, its people, components, func ons and dynamics are crucial for the appropriate design and management of the systems exis ng in the civic. During the me the d velopmennt of the ci es which e strongly growing in diverse direc ons, the only ay to apprehend the city is by going beyond the physical appearance and by focusing on diﬀerent representaa ons, proper es and factors that impact the urban structure. It is crucial to personify the city as a complex human made ‘organism’ with metabolism in terms of augmenta on.

growth. Hence, the word urban needs to be ‘redeﬁned’ in the Indian context. Our ci es o a large extent are not as what is deﬁned as the city in the west. It is a collaa on of ANUSHKA SHAHDADPURI villages where everything is clustered together, something that exist in between. Perhaps what we need is a system of delivering ambi ons th t will be structured around the idea of such diverse in betweens in order to avert a scenario of blanket replica ons, which shall result in gated communi es and f lening of the city, driven by infrastructure.

At the beginning of the second decade of the 21 The idea is certainly inclusive of eco- friendly, ‘sustainability’ - as the major intent of the city planning for the future development, but at what cost? How can we contrive smart ci es or disparate duali es that coexist in Indian ci es? It is not essen al o recognize the quintessence of a SMART city in the INDIAN CONTEX. But a coherent deﬁni on of w t makes these ci es SMA T is very diﬃcult to pin down. It deals with scru nizing the cultue, aesthee cs and tradi on of the na ve.

The impact of the very essen ally the grammar of high technology , high eﬃciency , inﬁnite choices has been reinsta ng the indigenous domicile.

century networks of urbanized centers became the predominant framework of the life in the West. While in Asia and Africa a majority of the popula on does not li e in the ‘formal RACT ci es. In a country India, of recognized for its prominent The idea is certainlylike inclusive eco- friendly, regional diversity precincts where es ‘sustainability’ - asand thebizarre major intent of the city ciplanning

When one considers the base of urbaniza on in India, it is strangely dis nct e, there is large c connec o o the land that people feel and the legacy they carry on. Availability, connec vity and fulfillm t of the growing needs is the indispensible requisite. Hence, diversity is the elucida on for an Indianized smart city. The paterns and the recipes of the past shall shape and influence the blueprints of these ci es be ause we have deep rooted cconnec onso our past where anonymity is redundant. We reside in a tradi onal soci ty which is ss llonnected in all respects through its connec on o its past and its lineage where everyone traces their connec ons though this lineage. So where is this anonymity? Smart ci es cannot help us with this and when one segregates Smart City from the exis ng abric, who can be a part of the Smart City? Who can afford it?

Smart ci es in India an only exist in the urban context as agriculture alone cannot be a basis for economical

4.1

Tectonics in Architecture - Structural Analysis of Folded Plate

The exercise was an attempt to explore the concept of long span structural systems in order to understand the structural behavior and its relationship between materials and form. Form was also investigated through the lense of light, shadow and movement.

Project Type: Academic Organization: Pillai College Of Architecture Year: Spring 2018 Project Type: Building Tectonics and Structures Team : Anushka Shahdadpuri, Siddhesh Bhandari, Neethi Acharya, Jibi Job, Aswathy.

Secondly, the project also demonstrated the articulate behavioral relationship between ď&#x20AC;&#x201A;exible and brittle material to derive at structural form using principle of tension and compression. Lastly, the focus was to develop sensitivity towards form and size of material in relation to the adopted structural principles.

Elevation of Folded Plates Model Images

Glass- Rooﬁng

Supporting frame for Glass

Portal Frame Structure

4.1.2

Tectonics in Architecture - Portal Frames

Span : 60 m Clear height : 14 m Roof pitch : between 5° and 10° A frame spacing : 6 m Haunches in the rafters at the eaves and apex

The idea was to make the structure more efcient by allowing the ow of natural light and ventilation throughout the day.

10 M

The roof of the structure is covered with glass to allow light inside , while the side panels consists of inll panels to allow cross ventilation and visual connectivity.

14 M

The portal frame structure built in mild steel frames, a series of transverse frames braced longitudinally.

Model Views

Model views

Longitudinal Section through Portal Frame Structure

INTERIORS

AUTOMATION EXPERIENTIAL CENTER COMMERCIAL OFFICE

4.2

SITE AND THE OBJECT The structure explores the notion of senses within the experiential center by articulating a clear user story through an information , interaction and experience design that an end user navigates across products and services offered by the client. articulating a clear user story/journey through an information architecture, interaction design and experience design that an end user navigates across products and services offered by the client or as intended by the designer. SITE AND CONTEXT The design strategy takes into account various factors that are within the immediate perimeter of the site. The site is located in the dense urban fabric where in every situation the building reacts intuitively as well as addresses potential neighbors. SITE AND THE CLIENT The most fundamental of all beginnings in space making is the Client. The Client’s aspirations and the brief . The center is an exploration of the potential this holds; and a process that ultimately pushes the envelope to interpret their desires in a way that is unique , pragmatic and joyful.

Architectural space can be dened as a concretization of man’s existing space, overlapping perspective space is the pure of experiential ground.

ANUSHKA SHAHDADPURI : INTERNSHIP PORTFOLIO : AUTOMATION EXPERIENTIAL CENTER

CIRCULATION

DESIGN INTERVENTION

BLUESOUND WALL

PANTRY

7’-3” X 4’-0”

ANALYSIS SERVICES

WORKSPACE

WORKING

AUTOMATION CENTER

TOILET

SHOWROOM

4’-9” X 4’-0”

CRESTON WALL

: 1000sqft : Govandi, Mumbai : Visa PowerTech and Co. : Ongoing : 2017 ex end

Project Area Location Client Status Year

space in between

Architecture is about more than program and budget, project management and construction documents. It is fundamentally about how design affects people.

ex end

The intention of this project is to interpret the existing physical space into an experiential center that addresses the human senses ie see, feel and hear by dealing with intangibles. The essence of this project is that it encompasses all the experiences in order to create an exciting environment by achieving a strong sense of place and the atmosphere.

DISPLAY FLEX

HUMANS visuality systems

EXPERIENCE

feel

TOUCH

see

LIGHT

senses BLUESOUND

eyes

CRESTON

hear sound

ANUSHKA SHAHDADPURI : INTERNSHIP PORTFOLIO : AUTOMATION EXPERIENTIAL CENTER

DISPLAY FOR PRODUCTS

CIRCULATION

DESIGN INTERVENTION

BLUESOUND WALL

PANTRY

7’-3” X 4’-0”

ANALYSIS SERVICES

WORKSPACE

WORKING

AUTOMATION CENTER

TOILET

SHOWROOM

4’-9” X 4’-0”

CRESTON WALL

: 1000sqft : Govandi, Mumbai : Visa PowerTech and Co. : Ongoing : 2017 ex end

Project Area Location Client Status Year

space in between

Architecture is about more than program and budget, project management and construction documents. It is fundamentally about how design affects people.

ex end

DISPLAY FLEX

HUMANS visuality systems

EXPERIENCE

feel

TOUCH

see

LIGHT

senses BLUESOUND

eyes

CRESTON

hear sound

ANUSHKA SHAHDADPURI : INTERNSHIP PORTFOLIO : AUTOMATION EXPERIENTIAL CENTER

DISPLAY FOR PRODUCTS

The design revolves around the idea of the linearity of the space that enabled in the formation of a free owing space. Housed in the sweep of a workstation, pantry, display for creston and bluesound products along with an home theater experience. Since all this had to meet the constraints of the budget, we worked consciously inorder to mould the design according to the existing structural system. Another aspect that was explored that was integrated services, with the larger free owing spaces fused over one another to create a new dimension- the workstation , the pantry , services along with the play of partition wall to establish the sense of privacy. This allows for exible overlap between functions , while respecting the obvious lack of the space. The essence of this project which encompasses all of the above was to create an exciting urban retreat, one that would co-

SHOWROOM

HOME-THEATRE

4.2.2

Landscape Designing at Nere

The plan is not a new design but rather aim to the community symbiosis by placing open areas that accommodate users among the clusters of existing community.

ANUSHKA SHAHDADPURI : INTERNSHIP PORTFOLIO : LANDSCAPE DESIGN AT NERE

KIDS PLAY

OPEN AMPHITHEATER

SEATING

ENCLOSED SEATING

GREEN WALL SCHEMATIC SECTION

PLANTATION

BADAM TREE

ARECA PALMS

PLUMERIA

ANUSHKA SHAHDADPURI : INTERNSHIP PORTFOLIO : LANDSCAPE DESIGN AT NERE

IXONA MINIATURE

VEDELIA

GOLDEN FICUS

LILIES

MANGO TREE

BOUGAINVILLEA

TOPIARY

PUDICA PLUMERIA

FOXTAIL PALMS

RAPHIS

DESIGN PHILOSOPHY We see the site as a place where a variety of programs could be realized within the enclosure . The open areas are designed like pockets that encourage social encounters and congregation. Integrating the aspects of passive and active landscape , the open area performs as the domain for continuous reinvention of the complex.

CONTINOUS CURATORSHIP Providing a ï&#x20AC;&#x201A;exible greenscape and hardscape that translates into an environment for continuous exchange and negotiation among the users . The passive landscape builds for an active engagement for the users .

PROGRAM STRATEGY EXPERIENCE

ACTIVE ENCOUNTER ENTRYPOINT PASSIVE

ANUSHKA SHAHDADPURI : INTERNSHIP PORTFOLIO : LANDSCAPE DESIGN AT NERE

We see the site as a place where a variety of programs could be realized within the enclosure. The open areas are designed like pockets that encourage social encounters and congregation. Integrating the aspects of passive and active landscape , the open area performs as the domain for continuous reinvention of the complex. The landscape design uses a language of alleys and hedges to create an intimate amphitheater garden that deď&#x20AC; nes the openness and connects to the greater Recreational area. The amphi is an outdoor performance space that can also be used for programming and social events. Through a simple gesture, the landscape features a low hedge or curtain, which wraps the site and building addition to create an intimate landscape which belongs to the residents. The ground plane deď&#x20AC; nes circulation and to ground the landscape in the greater campus language.

SECTION

LAWN

SEMI-COVERED DECK

PATHWAY

OPEN AMPHI-THEATRE

LAWN