PORTFOLIO
ARADHANA KAPOOR
ARCHITECTURE URBAN DESIGN 2009 - 2017
PROFILE
Recently graduated from Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL with a specialisation in Urban Design. My post graduate year involved exploring cities through radical methods of representation and experimental distortion of media, challenging the means by which cities are planned, designed, represented and experienced. Using these techniques speculative urban futures for the city of London and Los Angeles were re - imagined and developed through a playable virtual environment.My keen interest lies in possibilties of infusing mobility and technology using inherent skills of urban design and architecture, creating coherent and intelligent urban practices. My passions include architecture, graphical representations, digital fabrication, wood working, model making, typography, photography and film.
ARADHANA KAPOOR ARCHITECT . URBAN DESIGNER London, United Kingdom
PERSONAL DETAILS
Date of Birth: 26.09.1991 Mobile :
+44 7926708463 +91 9820073552
Email :
kapoor.aradhana@gmail.com aradhana.kapoor.16@ucl.ac.uk
Website :
www.aradhanakapoor.com
Nationality :
Indian
WORK EXPERIENCE
Dec 2014 - July 2016
Century Mills,Worli, Mumbai Art Guild House, Phoenix Marketcity, Kurla, Mumbai Locksley Hall, Pune MRC, Chennai BITS Pilani, Goa Kalpataru, Jade Residences, Baner, Pune Nashik Sangralaya, Nashik Amaravati City Capital Complex (Competition entry) Bamiyan Cultural Complex (Competition entry)
July 2014 - Dec 2014
TECHNICAL SKILLS
Adobe Photoshop Adobe Illustrator Adobe Indesign Adobe After Effects
Junior Architect at ReD Architects, Mumbai, India Vaid residence, Goregaon, Mumbai General Atlantic,Worli, Mumbai
March 2014 - June 2014
Graphics
Architect at Design Cell, Mumbai, India
3D Modelling & Rendering Rhino Sketch - Up AutoCAD 3DS Max Grasshopper Lumion UNITY Game engine V-Ray
Intern at InForm Architects, Bangalore, India MVJ Residences, Bangalore AP Residences, Bangalore Godrej GGC, Bangalore ARH Residences, Bangalore Northstar Apartments,Vizag VDB Housing, Bangalore
EDUCATION 2016 - 2017
M.Arch Urban Design
2009 - 2014
B.Arch Architecture
2009
ISC (Senior Secondary)
2007
ICSE
Bartlett School of Architecture, University College London, United Kingdom
Balwant Sheth School of Architecture (BSSA), NMIMS University, Mumbai, India
Lilavatibai Podar School, Mumbai, India
Maneckji Cooper Education Trust School, Mumbai, India
DOCUMENTATION AND PUBLICATION
June 2017
Tools of Urban Control
Jan 2014
Pro - Tech (t)
Nov 2010
Sediments - Hampi
Aug 2009
38 Experiences - Ajanta and Ellora
Postgraduate Thesis - Bartlett School of Architecture, University College London, United Kingdom
Undergraduate Thesis - Balwant Sheth School of Architecture (BSSA), NMIMS University, Mumbai, India
Balwant Sheth School of Architecture (BSSA), NMIMS University, Mumbai, India
Balwant Sheth School of Architecture (BSSA), NMIMS University, Mumbai, India
EXHIBITIONS & WORKSHOPS
Sep 2017
The Bartlett B-PRO Show
Jan 2016
Flash Back City
Nov 2012
Urban Mapping - My Very Own City : Mumbai
Sep 2009
Annual Exhibition :The Corridor
2010 2011
Bartlett School of Architecture, University College London, United Kingdom
The Bakerloos, Bartlett School of Architecture, University College London, United Kingdom
Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia Barcelona, Spain
Balwant Sheth School of Architecture (BSSA), NMIMS University, Mumbai, India
Emergence & Ageing Dreams Kala Ghoda Arts Festival Mumbai, India
UNDERGRADUATE
2009-2014
Emergence : Swarm Intelligence Religious Hospitality Downtown Golf Hotel City Museum Urban Mapping : My Very Own City
PROFESSIONAL
2015-2016
Art Guild House Century Mills Compound
POSTGRADUATE Tell all:scope Ether : Now Playing Los Angeles The Snooper’s Charter
2016-2017
SNOOPER’S CHARTER
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Drones have become increasingly popular in broader society. They are either equipped with a camera or can have a camera attached to them. This enables them to take photographs or deliver live streaming video to the owner or user. Drones can also be controlled remotely using an app on a smartphone or tablet, and even autonomous via GPS.
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There is currently no law specifically covering the use of drones; however the Civil Aviation Authority offer specific guidelines for the commercial and personal use of a drone.
REPORTS INVOLVING DRONES
257 concerns for safety 77 anti-social behaviour 18 criminal 14 transport related 13 burglary 10 protests 10 prisons-related 7 minors involved 5 violence 3 drugs 2 sexual offences
GPS A GPS tracking unit is a device that uses the Global Positioning System to determine the precise location of a vehicle, person, or other asset to which it is attached and to record the position of the asset at regular intervals. Unfortunately, this system is prone to weak signals and even hacking, since it’s a free service from the government.
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BODY WORN CAMERAS Body worn cameras can film continuously or be switched on or off as required. Like all data controllers, local authorities must be compliant with the Data Protection Act. However unlike the police they have no strict, industry specific guidance on how to ensure they comply with their legal obligations. Cameras film everything they see. Passers by can be caught on camera as can colleagues of the individual wearing the camera. The retention of any personally identifiable footage of people runs the risk of creating a “honeypot” of data. Fifty-four percent of all local authorities across the UK are equipping members of staff or contractors with body worn cameras.
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As technology continues to become “smart” - meaning always connected to the internet- the phone in your pocket or the technology at home and work will be pumping out information about you, available to companies, advertisers and potential malicious hackers.
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R.F.I.D CHIPS This identification system uses radio frequency identification in which tiny chips can communicate with detectors up to 20 ft away. The chip can then return information — anything from a unique serial number to more complex product details. The technology is mostly used to track batches of products through the supply chain. everything from yoghurt pots to clothes. One potential problem with RFID tags is that they can still work long after the product has been bought. Manufacturers, however, insist that the chips can be disabled at the point of sale.
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Over Oyster cards had been issued and more than 80% of all journeys on public transport in London were made using the card.
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However, no register of CCTV cameras currently exists in the UK.This means we have no idea exactly how many cameras are present in the country. Without precise numbers it is very difficult to know where cameras are located, how intrusive they can be and indeed how effective they are.
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As a common sight in the UK, the CCTV have been used by public authority, councils, or police forces. Some are privately owned by a shop or pub. It is becoming increasingly common for members of the public to have CCTV cameras on the outside of their homes due to concerns about burglars and anti-social behavior. Recent studies show that there are about one surveillance camera for every 11 people in Britain. The estimate is about 5.9 million cameras in the UK alone.
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FACE RECOGNITION This technology identifies a person from their thermal signature and matches infrared images with ordinary photos. It uses a deep neural network system to process the pictures and recognize people in bad light or darkness. Retailers are starting to see face recognition as a means of distinguishing their VIP customer loyalty schemes. En masse, then, facial recognition looks to be a way off and will possibly never be accepted because of privacy concerns.
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This video game imagines a near-future London as a surveillance state that has spiralled out of control and now examines every facet of its citizen’s lives at all times. As the hero of the game, the player controls a faceless hacker fighting to preserve their identity against all the technologies encroaching on their privacy. The game space is developed in response to research examining technologies of surveillance, past, present and future, and the way they are continuing to shape our lives. Will the citizen of the near future be in a state of perpetual tension, worried that giving out the wrong snippet of information will end their career or friendships? As the player navigates the openworld city they must move in a choreography responding to all the way they may be seen, from a security camera at a station, to an RFID in a bank card, through to facial recognition software in a supermarket and drone imagery. By co-opting these technologies of control, the player can start to wrest back the city from the overarching powers and start ‘liberating’ areas of London from the all-seeing eye. The player hacks the city through a series of ‘mini-games’, using drones to graffiti buildings, interfering with security cameras or hiding buildings from satellite imagery. The game moves between an aerial view and both first and third perspective viewpoints, between the view of tracking and position and the view of human experience, showing the city through the eyes of a citizen as well as through all the innumerable technological eyes for seeing that regulate our modern cities.
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Urban Tactics
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GAMEPLAY - SURVEILLANCE STATE IN LONDON
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ETHER : NOW PLAYING LOS ANGELES This game takes the player on a route through Los Angeles as a city of ‘ether’ the term for ineffable cultural power first coined by Hardt and Negri. The game space becomes a virtual embodiment of the city as inspired by Thom Andersen’s ‘Los Angeles Plays Itself’ documentary: the player navigates through a series of filmic recreations of LA, all those different ways in which the city has been represented to the rest of the world through ether. Picking up symbolic tokens from each scene of LA’s many filmic forms, the player navigates through trails of popcorn to piece together a landscape that seems like a city we know but is very far from reality. Visiting Los Angeles as a part of our Term 2 brief and taking clues from the city’s mind altering culture through TV, cinema, games and music as the home of Ether. The city hosts various environments of cinema and its altering landscape provides a cinematic backdrop for all sorts of media. Studying the various conditions and movies in which the city has played a unique character, a staged city of Los Angeles was created allowing the player to navigate through various cinematic eras and be present in the real and ether version of the game world.
Iconic Landmarks in Los Angeles
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Site Plan
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THE DARK KNIGHT RISES at UNION STATION
BLADE RUNNER at UNION STATION
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TWIX FACTORY COMMERCIAL at BRADBURY BUILDING
BLADE RUNNER at BRADBURY BUILDING
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THE SHARD’S
INTERACTIVE TELL:SCOPE
“Explore the capital’s past, present and future through our high-tech fully interactive digital telescope and multimedia guides, enabling visitors to experience the entire city like never before.” The Shard’s Interactive Telescope uses augmented reality technologies to combine optical views of the city of London. An additional layer of the AR technology helps visitors to have an insight into London’s current issues and shows a satirical take on some of the cities most popular structures. Forms of protests in the city of London inspired the hacked views from Shard’s Interactive ‘Tell All Scope’, a device that reveals the current issues and challenges in the city in a satirical format. Re - designing the interface of the Tell All Scope allowing the viewers to experience a hacked version of the city of London that is shaped on the trending news and media response currently taking place.
The Interactive Tell:scope at The Shard, London
Forms of protests in London
Original Version of Tell All Scope at The Shard, London
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Palace of Westminster
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Neo Bankside and Tate Modern
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CENTURY MILLS, WORLI Being an old mill compound originally, Century Mills in Worli, Mumbai, India was later developed into a commercial complex in South Mumbai district. The site had two large land parcels on either side of the buildings. In order to beautify the existing plot, the landscape team at Design Cell headed by Mr.Ravindra Punde was commissioned for the site beautification. The issues of development on site which needed to be addressed were mainly : 1.Vacant land parcel development 2.Development of landscape around existing buildings and entire campus In order to ensure the landscape development to be existent for a limited time, cost effective and less infructous, mounds filled with earthwork and laid out with planting were proposed to enhance the experience of the commercial complex. Other interventions around the complex were to enhance pedestrian movement and pause points and define control points of vistas across the site. T/L +4.55
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DESCRIPTIONDESCRIPTION SYMBOL SYMBOL MCU-03 20MM BLASTED PEARL GREY GRANITE 20MM THK SHOT BLASTED PEARL GREY GRANITE MCL-01THK SHOT
MCL-02
20MM THK SERRATED BLACK GRANITE 20MM THK SERRATED BLACK GRANITE MEX-01 MCL-02 20MM THK POLISHED BLACK GRANITE MCL-03 20MM THK POLISHED BLACK GRANITE 25 MM THK WOODEN CLADDING MCL-04 25 MM THK WOODEN CLADDING 40MM THK SHOT BLASTED BLACK GRANITE MCO-01 40MM THK SHOT BLASTED BLACK GRANITE 150X300X250 MM SOLID GRANITE KERB MCU-01 150X300X250 MM SOLID GRANITE KERB 150X450X250 MM SOLID GRANITE KERB MCU-02 150X450X250 MM SOLID GRANITE KERB
MCL-03
MPV-04
40MM THK FLAME FINISH SADARHALLI GREY GRANITE MCL-04 MPV-04 40MM THK FLAME FINISH SADARHALLI GREY GRANITE MCO-01 MPV-05 20MM THK SHOT BLASTED BLACK GRANITE MPV-05 20MM THK SHOT BLASTED BLACK GRANITE MCU-01 MPV-06 20MM THK SHOT BLASTED CERA GREY GRANITE MPV-06 20MM THK SHOT BLASTED CERA GREY GRANITE MPV-07 20MM THK FLAME FINISH STEEL GREY GRANITE MCU-02 MPV-07 20MM THK FLAME FINISH STEEL GREY GRANITE
(SCALE-1 :25)
SOLID GRANITE SEATS MEX-01 SOLID GRANITE SEATS
600 600
T/W +4200 12 MM THK MORTAR
468
600
L8
RCC WALL AS PER STRUCTURAL CONSULTANT
ELEVATION
L8
(SCALE-1 : 50)
20
L8
515
515
T/W +3350
L7
EXISTING RAMP WALL
400
T/W +3300
L8
T/W +2600
T/W +2700 L7
2700
L8
CLADDING FINISHED IN MCL-03
T/W +2600
15
00
20
0
147
1000
0
350
1150
(SCALE-1 : 50)
T/W +3350
EXISTING SHAFT WALL
AS PER CONSULTANT
L3
COPING FINISHED IN MCO-01
850
L7
10500
L8 L8 L7
T.O.S +1200
L7
L8
T/W +1750
LOCATION FOR SUMP AS PER WATER SUPPLY PIPE CONSULTANT
L7
L8
L7
COPING FINISHED IN MCO-01
SECTION A
L8
L8
CLADDING FINISHED IN MCL-02 (L8) LIGHT FIXTURE AS PER LIGHTING CONSULTANT WATER PROOFING 12MM THK. MORTAR RCC WALL AS PER STRUCTURAL CONSULTANT
DETAIL A (SCALE-1 : 10)
L8
SECTION A L7
L7
T/W +2100
(SCALE-1 : 25)
COPING FINISHED IN MCO-01
L8 L7
CLADDING FINISHED IN MCL-03
L7
COPING FINISHED IN MCO-01
00
18
WATER PROOFING 12MM THK. MORTAR
T/W +4200
SUMP LOCATION ASRCC WALL AS PER PER CONSULTANT STRUCTURAL CONSULTANT
1400
COPING FINISHED IN MCO-01 12 MM THK MORTAR RCC WALL AS PER
T/W +2100
LED LIGHT IN NICHE
0
130
L8
SPILL EDGE FINISHED IN MCO-01
3600
0
L7
NICHE WITH LIGHT FIXTURE
L3
130
L8
WATER PROOFING
400
266
49
50
190
(S
DESCRIPTION SYMBOL DESCRIPTION PRE-CAST MCU-03MOUNTABLE PRE-CASTKERB MOUNTABLE KERB
200
2400
(SCALE-1 :25)
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SCREEDING LAID AS PER SLOPE
STORM WATER DRAIN
L8
COPING F
VIP Drop - off
Driveway
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Central Plaza
Entrance Plaza
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ART GUILD HOUSE, MUMBAI
Plan - Elevated garden 02
F.G. +15.55
LM-01
1:3
PE SLO
SL OP E
1:3
F.G. +14.55 CHAIN LINK FENCE WITH CREEPERS
SEC 01 LD-500
STONE PLAZA WITH BENCH
F.G. +15.15
1:3 SLOPE
Being an old mill compound originally, Century Mills in Worli, Mumbai, India was later developed into a commercial complex in South Mumbai district. The site had two large land parcels on either side of the buildings. In order to beautify the existing plot, the landscape team at Design Cell headed by Mr.Ravindra Punde was commissioned for the site beautification. The issues of development on site which needed to be addressed were mainly : 1.Vacant land parcel development 2.Development of landscape around existing buildings and entire campus In order to ensure the landscape development to be existent for a limited time, cost effective and less infructous, mounds filled with earthwork and laid out with planting were proposed to enhance the experience of the commercial complex. Other interventions around the complex were to enhance pedestrian movement and pause points and define control points of vistas across the site.
EXISTING TATA TRENCH
DRIVEWAY
GROUNDCOVER
SECTION 01 (SCALE-1 :200)
MOUND
SEC 02 LD-500
F.S. +14.55
STONE PLAZA WITH BENCH
F.S. +15.00
T/W +15.85 F.S. +14.55 PATHWAY (CRAZY PATTERN) 1:3
SLO
PE
F.G. +15.75
SEC 03 LD-500
MOUND
DRIVEWAY
SECTION 02
E
(SCALE-1 :200)
OP 1:3 SL
F.S. +14.55
DRIVEWAY R.L. +9.50
UP
SECTION 03 (SCALE-1 :200)
F.S. +14.55 SEC 04 LD-500
ENTRANCE PLAZA
F.G. +14.55 CRAZY PATTERN WITH GRASS
F.S. +14.55 F.S. +15.00 F.G. +14.55 1:3 SLOPE
SEC 05 LD-500
F.S. +14.75
STONE PLAZA WITH BENCH GROUNDCOVER
STAIRCASE
SECTION 04 (SCALE-1 :200)
F.G. +15.75
1:3 SLOPE
MOUND
F.G. +14.55 MASS PLANTATION
ELEVATED GARDEN PLAN
SECTION 05
(SCALE-1 :200)
SYMBOL
100 X 100 GREY COBBLE PAVERS VYARA MAKECIOTTOLI-COBBLE SQUARE 60MM SHOTBLASTED
CH-01
DESCRIPTION 12 MM THK. CHAIN LINK FENCE
PV-GR-01
40MM THK BRUSHED AND HONED PEARL GREY GRANITE
TE-01
FINETEX TEXTURE - ASIAN PAINTS
PV-GR-02
20MM THK SHOT BLASTED STEEL GREY GRANITE
PV-CO-01
Elevation - Green wall
DESCRIPTION
(SCALE-1 :200)
PV-KT-02
40MM THK.KOTAH STONE ROUGH
PS-01
300 MM THK. PEBBLE DRAIN
landscape_professional
SYMBOL
Driveway and Pedestrian pathway
E
PV-GR-01
PV-GR-02
CHAIN LINK FENCE WITH CREEPERS
PV-CO-01
03 LE-01
F.S. +15.00
Elevated garden
BENCH FINISHED WITH GRANITE WITH 300 MM BRICK MASONRY
F.S. +14.55
PEBBLE SWALE 150 MM BRICK MASONRY
D RAIN NG COMPACT EARTH
LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS
DETAIL 01 (SCALE-1 :50)
1:3
E
CHAIN LINK FENCE WITH CREEPERS
02 LD-500 PV-KT-02
F.G. +15.15
GRASS MOUND
SLOPE 1:3
PE
F.S. +14.55
CHAIN LINK FENCE WITH CREEPERS
COMPACT EARTH DETAIL 02TATA TRENCH EXISTING
DRIVEWAY
GROUNDCOVER
SECTION 01
Details - Elevated garden
PAVED PLAZA
04
F.G. +15.75
PEBBLE SWALE 150 MM BRICK MASONRY
PE
F.S. +14.55 PATHWAY (CRAZY PATTERN)
COMPACT EARTH MOUND WITH PATHWAY
MOUND
DRIVEWAY
(SCALE-1 :50)
SECTION 02
COMPACT EARTH
DRAWINGS ISSUED
06
MOUND MOUND
F.S. +14.55
COMPACT EARTH PAVED PAVEDPLAZA PLAZA
DRIVEWAY DRIVEWAY
NO
SECTION SECTION01 01
EXISTING TATA EXISTING TATA PLAZA FINISHED TRENCH TRENCH WITH GRANITE EXISTING TATA AND CONCRETE TRENCH COBBLES EXISTINGELEVATED ELEVATED EXISTING STORMWATER WATERDRAIN DRAIN STORM EXISTING ELEVATED EXISTING EXISTING RETAINING RETAINING 150 MM BRICK STORM WATER DRAIN EDGE EDGE MASONRY EXISTING RETAINING EXISTINGSTORM STORM EXISTING EDGE WATERDRAIN DRAIN WATER EXISTING STORM WATER DRAIN
PEBBLE SWALE PS-01
COMPACT EARTH
PV-GR-01 PV-GR-01
PV-GR-02 PV-GR-02
F.S. F.S.+15.00 +15.00
03 03
F.G. +15.75
PV-CO-01 PV-CO-01
LE-01 LE-01
F.S. F.S.+14.55 +14.55 PV-KT-02
F.G. +14.55 1:3
PE
SLO
F.S. +14.55 COMPACT COMPACTEARTH EARTH COMPACT EARTH
DETAIL DETAIL01 01
CHAIN CHAINLINK LINKFENCE FENCE CHAIN LINK FENCE WITH WITHCREEPERS CREEPERS WITH CREEPERS BENCH BENCHFINISHED FINISHED CLIENT CLIENT T/WWITH +15.85 WITHGRANITE GRANITEWITH WITHDRAWINGS IS DATE 300 300MM MMBRICK BRICK GRASS MOUND WITH MASONRY MASONRY SHRUBS AND PEBBLE PEBBLESWALE SWALE GROUNDCOVERS 150 150MM MMBRICK BRICK MASONRY MASONRY PROJECT PROJECTAD A PEBBLE SWALE PLAZA PLAZAFINISHED FINISHED PS-01 WITH WITH GRANITE GRANITE AND ANDCONCRETE CONCRETE COBBLES COBBLES PATHWAY FINISHED IN KOTAH CRAZY LANDSCAP LANDSCAP PATTERN
(SCALE-1 :50)
ENTRANCE PLAZA 08 LD-500
CHAINLINK LINKFENCE FENCE CHAIN WITHCREEPERS CREEPERS WITH CHAIN LINK FENCE EXISTING TATA EXISTING TATA WITH CREEPERS TRENCH TRENCH
CHAIN CHAINLINK LINKFENCE FENCE WITH WITHCREEPERS CREEPERS F.G. F.G.+15.15 +15.15
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PE
PATHWAY FINISHED IN KOTAH CRAZY PATTERN
(SCALE-1 (SCALE-1:50) :50)
LD-500 LD-500
SLO
ARCHITECTS:
Studio Phoeni
PE
DETAIL 03
(SCALE-1 :200)
1:3
CONSULTAN
GRASS MOUND SLO
F.S. +14.55
CHAINLINK LINKFENCE FENCE CHAIN CHAIN LINK FENCE WITHCREEPERS CREEPERS WITH CHAIN LINK FENCE WITH CREEPERS WITH CREEPERS
(SCALE-1 (SCALE-1:200) :200)
F.G. +15.75
PV-KT-02
STATUS
1:3
PEBBLE SWALE EXISTING ELEVATED PS-01 STORM WATER DRAIN EXISTING RETAINING EDGE PATHWAY FINISHED EXISTING IN KOTAHSTORM CRAZY WATER DRAIN PATTERN
SECTION 03 04 04
STONE STONE PLAZA PLAZAWITH WITHBENCH BENCH F.S. +14.75 PE CRAZY PATTERN WITH SLO GRASS 1:3
PRINT ISSUED TO OPE
1:3 SL
PV-CO-01
STONE STONEPLAZA PLAZAWITH WITHBENCH BENCH
(SCALE-1 :50)
F.G. +15.15
DATE
(SCALE-1 :50)
02 02
GROUNDCOVER GROUNDCOVER DETAIL 04
LA
DETAIL 02
LD-500 LD-500LD-500
EXISTING EXISTINGTATA TATATRENCH TRENCH
PROJECT ADD
LANDSCAPE
CHAIN LINK FENCE WITH CREEPERS
(SCALE-1 :200)
PV-GR-02
CLIENT
PLAZA FINISHED WITH GRANITE AND CONCRETE COBBLES
CHAINLINK LINKFENCE FENCE CHAIN WITHCREEPERS CREEPERS WITH
EXISTING TATA WITH GRASS MOUND TRENCH SHRUBS AND GROUNDCOVERS
LO :3 S
1
BENCH FINISHED WITH GRANITE WITH 300 MM BRICK MASONRY
F.S. +14.55
PEBBLE SWALE EXISTING ELEVATED PS-01 STORM WATER DRAIN PATHWAY FINISHED EXISTING IN KOTAHRETAINING CRAZY EDGE PATTERN EXISTING STORM WATER DRAIN
T/W +15.85 STONE PLAZA WITH BENCH F.G. +14.55 PV-KT-02
CHAIN LINK FENCE WITH CREEPERS
PV-CO-01
(SCALE-1 :50)
LD-500
F.S. +14.75
03 LE-01
DETAIL 01
MOUND
CHAIN CHAINLINK LINKFENCE FENCEWITH WITH CREEPERS CREEPERS
PV-GR-02
F.S. +15.00
ARCHITECTS:
(SCALE-1 :200)
DETAIL 03
PV-GR-01
EXISTING TATA TRENCH
STONE PLAZA WITH BENCH
(SCALE-1 :50)
CONSULTANTS
ARCHITECTS & PLANNERS
Studio Phoenix
SLO
E
D RAIN NG
LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS
CHAIN LINK FENCE WITH CREEPERS
E
D RAIN NG
PROJECT ADDRESS
PLAZA FINISHED WITH GRANITE AND CONCRETE COBBLES
E
D RAIN NG
CLIENT
GRASS MOUND WITH
OPE OPE 3 SL 3 SL 1:1:
PV-KT-02 PV-KT-02 1:31:3 SLO SLO PEPE
PV-GR-02
PV-CO-01
CHAIN LINK FENCE WITH CREEPERS GRASS GRASSMOUND MOUND
L
CONSULTAN CONSULTA
ARCHITECTS ARCHITECT
Studio StudioPhoen Phoe
F.S. F.S.+14.55 +14.55
EMERGENCE
Process
The second year design workshop was based on ‘The Game of Life’, a cellular automation devised by British mathematician John Conway in 1970. The underlying concept behind The Game of Life was used to decode several instances of emergence and self organization in nature. Focussed observations and investigations of these phenomenons led to construction of physical models, created for habitable and ergonomic use. Based on the brief given and after further research on the concept of swarm intelligence,a detailed study of fireflies was taken up. The synchronised glowing of the fireflies and the various oscillations caused was the main basis of the research. Fireflies can be abstracted as oscillators that emit a pulse of light periodically. This type of oscillators is referred to as “pulse coupled oscillators”.Pulse coupled oscillators refer to systems that oscillate periodically in time and interact each time they complete an oscillation. This interaction takes the form of a pulse that is perceived by neighbouring oscillators.
On Site : BSSA Corridor - NMIMS University, Mumbai (2010)
On Site : KALA GHODA, Mumbai (2011)
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Joinery Details
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RELIGIOUS HOSPITALITY
Site Analysis
Menavali,a small village on the foothills of the Sahyadri mountain ranges in India, has a strong cultural background with the ghats on the river bank,a small temple complex adjoining the water body and a heritage wada(traditional dwelling). The site invokes a great sense of pride for the residents of the village and is extensively put to use by them in various ways. While the saints who consider the river holy, spend most of their day within the temple complex, the residents of the village would use the ghats for their daily household activities as the river water was a viable source for them. Eventually, the village of Menavali and its heritage became popular among film makers and the site began to be used for numerous film making projects, causing an invariable growth in its tourist component. Due to the site’s increasing popularity,the brief given was to design a hospitality component consisting of a hierarchy in its establishment along with the concept of ‘inclusive development’ allowing the nearby residents would have an interaction in the form of an art or craft exhibited to the tourists.
Program Distribution
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Due to the variety of visitors coming to the site,the hierarchy in the hospitality component proposed was suggested as : MATTH for the saints, DHARAMSHALA for the disciples and a HOTEL for the film actors. For the Inclusive development on site, the villagers would offer home made meals to the tourists allowing this activity to spill over onto the streets creating larger platforms and otlas which would act as meeting spaces. The intent was to revive the earlier existing formal hierarchy that had been diluted over a period of time due to the emergence of informal settlements.
Release and Vantage Points
Both social and religious axis were designed to eventually open out into a larger space giving a wider spectrum to the viewer while overlooking the water body.
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Proposal
Considering the wada and the river existing on site as the node, there were two axis created namely social and religious that would cross each other. As the name suggests the religious would connect the temple,math and the dharamshala ending into the heritage structure on site(wada) and the social would connect begin from the inclusive development from the village into the hotel complex releasing itself into the holy river as a release point creating a vantage. architecture_undergraduate
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MAPPING : URBAN LAND USE The Khetwadi area in southern Mumbai in Maharashtra,India, prior to urbanization was an area of coconut plantations and paddy cultivation (Khet=farms).Bombay underwent a period of intense prosperity and construction riding on profits from exporting cotton and opium in the19th century. The area then began attracting new migrants as construction labor/mill dock workers. By the late 19th century,migration rates made the need for migrant housing an emergency. The Sardar Vallabhai Patel Road shown here typifies this approach - a planning oriented stroke ploughing right through the otherwise organic loyalty,connecting from shore to shore. This study was designed and conducted for the “My Very Own City� Exhibition at the Institute for Advanced Architecture in Catalonia, Barcelona. S.V.P Road hosts three cinemas along its stretch, mostly clustered along the western, residential stretch since the eastern end is dominated by dock related industries. Activities like the string dyeing workshop is a nocturnal operation which produces colored strings for drawstrings, clothes and Khamni( holy thread tied on the hand). Colors are restricted to crimson and indigo. The workers work night shifts while day jobs are at the steel workshop or pulling handcarts. Fabric for block printing is first washed and bleached. the block with the pattern is made of seasoned teakwood by craftsmen. the blocks are carved and printing is carried out in designated workshops in the upper levels of the buildings.
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DOWNTOWN
GOLF HOTEL
The design brief given for the fourth academic year of undergraduate college consisted of a botique hotel located in downtown Mumbai, India. The programme exploration was made based on the analysis on the city of Mumbai, the challenges of building in the city and the space constraints. A downtown Golf hotel was chosen as primary program for the site with the challenge of introducing such a program within a site with area constraints. Since the site was set in a rigid landscape of the south Mumbai area, the intervention proposed was made keeping in mind to break the hard edge and introduce a green,effluent space in response to the surrounding site. The idea that came about from various studies was to identify different methods of stacking all functions vertically to achieve maximum space on the ground. A comprehensive study on all golf related activities were made and various ways of including the same in the hotel programme was worked upon. Through programme analysis and on the basis of site conditions massing models were made. Lifting the entire project off the ground,making it seem visually that it is resting on the grass mounds rising from the golf course itself. Showing the essential services required for the functioning of the Hotel along with basic golf related activities like virtual golf rooms and a golf pro shop for all retail related activities. A range of accomodation rooms were stacked vertically as studied and other recreational areas like the pool, gym and spa were located at the top most floor separated from all the golf related activities.
Programme Distribution
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Roof Plan
Floor Plans
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Views
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CITY MUSEUM Watson’s hotel, one of Mumbai’s few surviving cast iron structures was chosen as a site for an upcoming museum depicting the history and culture of South Mumbai. The brief was to retain atleast 50% of the original structure and the initial idea of the study was derived on the perceptions based on the city of Mumbai. upon studying the early works of Suprematist painter Kasimir malevich, initial perceptions of the city were made assuming a worm’s eye view. In doing so, the city built mass was percieved as a mechanism having a continous motion, having an almost floating effect. Studies were carried out mainly using figure ground and Google Earth maps and worked to have a certain drift as observed in malevich’s works, been seen as floating objects. varying degrees of buoyancies were categorised by grouping elemtns seen in the figure ground plans, such as mangroves aligning to the landforms and the built structures settling within pockets of green on the landforms. The buoyant nature of the city was also explored by a series of monochromatic graphics showing how the heavier element sits withing the smaller pockets of softer landscape.
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Floor Plans
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Sections
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