Eshwara Rao Kesarker, Rakshak

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I am a postgraduate student recently completed the Master in Liverpool john moore university and bachloures from India.

Being a international student have gained a lot of experience up untill now in academic and in proffesional level also considering myself being more analitical towards developing disuse public spaces with aim of reclaiming through 3d visuals and sketches which has been my intrest from the beginning which turned out to be my expertise. Music, travelling and sketching helps to define myself.

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Contents MA Year 2 Semester 2: Sports complex

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MA Year 2 Semester 1: 14-16 live project

MA Year 2 Semester 2: 17-22 Urban group project MA Year 1 Semester 2: housing project

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MA Year 1 Semester 1: 30-33 Desertation

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M Arch Year -2 Semester -2 - Thesis design project The Community Sports Center

This thesis deign project is deriving from Urban design proposal implemented in Brikenhead, United kingdom. The report demonstrated the research, origination and resolution of the parrt of the urban proposal in a gradual manner which extending and developing the green disuse space furture into the docks of Brikenhead. This community space in the docks curently open recreational ralm in the heart of the city whcih goes thorugh many urban issues.

The spaces with a community emphasis is a response towards the vision which lead the city towards innovation. One of the main objectives of the masterplan is to enhance the community in Brikenhead. A propsed city that consists of a new museum, art school, exhibition platform, gallery and residence etc is included in the masterplan to achieve the goal ”. For a long time the term “sports block ” was a building metaphor that summed up the way of just huge block with less interative spaces to their own intellectual world.

But not anymore.

This SPORTS CENTRE promotes not only physiical activities but also socially engaged spaces so that the

public can be more engaged with work when they can easily see on going sports and well connected to the exsiting spaces.. It join the dots between each of them, nurturing the internal and external connectivity spaces which enhances them to move more seamlessy through the sports centre in to the world.

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Intial Design Development sketch work

Design approach

Site Apprisals

With gradual extention of the green disuse space frommurban context towards the docklands which leads to improving the North and South connection.

Visualizing the exsiting site contexts and developing the proposal around it.

Implementation

Zonning

Concept

Intial approach towards the concept was allowing public to access in various levels.

Build massing

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Master plan

Typical Internal Massing

This thesis deign project is deriving from Urban design proposal implemented in Brikenhead, United kingdom. The report demonstrated the research, origination and resolution of the parrt of the urban proposal in a gradual manner which extending and developing the green disuse space furture into the docks of Brikenhead. This community space in the docks curently open recreational ralm in the heart of the city whcih goes thorugh many urban issues.

The spaces with a community emphasis is a response towards the vision which lead the city towards innovation. One of the main objectives of the masterplan is to enhance the community in

view from the exsiting buidling

typical interior view of a sport hall

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Floor plans The whole scheme is sperated in diffrent block yet connected in each levels within itself and with surroundings, with easy access and bridges allowing public to move in and out the scheme easily.

BASEMENT FLOOR PLAN FIRST FLOOR PLAN

section from the dockland waters

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Serial vision - Of the scheme

View looking down to the street baskeball

View towards the street baskeball

Entry towards individual sports block

view from the bridge

view from the bridge towards the sports area

View from administrative block towards the scheme

Outdoor cafe’s

Outdoor cafe’s

View looking down to outdoor cafe

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Sectional prespective

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Structural details

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Arial sketch view of the scheme The final sketch repesents the public realm and responding to the site contexts and design aspects

Green roof

primary concrete beams and rafters

Concrete fins

Retaining walls

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PHYSICAL MODEL

Quick sectional model of understanding the interior spaces

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M Arch Year -2 Semester -2 - Live project ECO- VILLAGE

In collaboration with Livy Africa Eco-Village is a feasibility project designed by March studentsat liverpool john moores University between November 2021 and january 2022. Our group were assigned to design the overall site plan for the village along with another group mombers designing the innovation hub within the village.

Livy Africa is a manufacturing research and development social business and development social business focused on the production and development of ethical production and services.

Livy Africa is working to become a leading research development organisation in natural health and beauty, eco-tourism and ethical food produce. The main sectors Livy Africa works in are agriculture, health and beauty, food, tourism and sports.

There is a core focus on social impact within the communities Livy Africa work within Livy’s community enhancement programme supports areas of health education and sustainable livelihoods ensuring a ethicaal and sustainable supply chain for production.

The site plan was to develop eco-lodges, an innovation hub, a resturant and trainning space and a natural swimming poolsite. The client emphasised on utilising biomimicry, African architecutre and natural mateirals. On our first client meeting, the client explained that the existing site was untouched althiugh had a rather extreme terrain with large rocks surrounding and only one access road.

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Long sectional prespective along swimming pool

Due to the propsal location, using material such as fired bricks, bamboo and rammed earth all seemed apparent as popular building material along with the client expressing the need for an exterior swimming pool. From this research along with client comments in meeting, we were able to direct some basic sketch design for the client. The use of earth steeped walls to direct the wind over the building and protect from the livestock with bamboo roof structure.

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Precedents- Ulyankulu primary school.

Intial sketch scheme

sketch ideas

roofing ideas

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M Arch Year -2 Semester -2 - Urban project Re-stitch Re-connect Re-imagine

RESTITCH Bir kenhead has the opper tunities to become a wellconnec ted, engaging cit y for all. However to achieve this it needs to reconnec t with its residents, its visitors, its commuters and most impor tantly to itself.

RECONNECT Each year the Wir ral attrac ts a large number of c yclistsand walkers, mostly because of the spec tacular views and well connec ted c ycle paths and walk ing routes. B y creating a cit y centre that caters for c yclists and pedestr ians, Bir kenhead is able to tap into these routes and become par t of the Jour ney.

REIMAGINE Large green spaces opened up in Bir kenhead by declining industr ies provide opper tunities for other more sustainable ideas. Bir kenhead has the oppor tunit y to create its own power and become self-sustaining. New building projec ts can become more environmentally aware allowing for a greener, cleaner and sustainable Bir kenhead to be created.

CONCEPTUAL THINKING Through the first part of the analysis it was found that throughout its history Birkenhead was always a well connected city to both itself and its neighbours. However through economic decline and failed regeneration projects it appears that Birknehead has lost its sense of connectivity to itself. This is not to say, however, that there is no room for development as through analysis and research it has been found that there is potential for Birknehead to become connected again. It was found that the city currently has a strong east and west connectivity however it lacks the vital north and south connection that sees Birkenhead city centre connected to the new Wirral Waters project at the north of the site.

By analysing Birkenheads history we were able to identify a disused, old railway network line that runs right from the south part of the site (By the market place) right up to the new Wirral Waters development project and defined that this would be a potential site for an Urban regeneration project. It would reconnect the North and South of Birkenhead while also feeding into the already strong East and West connection. It has an oppertunity to become the spine of Birkenhead serving as a new connection route to new centres and developments in the surrounding area.

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Identifying the disuse spaces in the city where the old rail network liking from north to south direction which is been one of the major reason of losing the prominent connection of the city , developing with its surrounding space and connecting the green network which allow the public to move in and out of the space easily

Implementing few Ideas for the alloted functions in the urban spaces which moves the city towards more sustainable apporach

Implementing ideas likes easy access cycle and pedestrain routes, utilizing ground or water source heat pumps, soalr panels and waste to engery plant to the required space as shown in the sketch.

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SERIAL PRESPECTIVE VISION

View towards tower road

Transport museum

Transport museum

GREEN CORRIDOR

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NEW URBAN PARK

Roof top garden

GREEN CORRIDOR

GREEN CORRIDOR

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M Arch Year -1 Semester -2 - housing project Dingle

Project Introduction The Project is to design an spatial contextual responsive housing unit and the dwelling is to be design i such a way where it should be liveable simple and quality design in the proposed urban housing.

The major setbacks what we are facing is covid-19.

During lockdown people spend lot of time indoor and their prespective of housing sectors have changed and many have moved away from the city to find more peacful and ventilated designed places ratehr than the compact city scape.

In order to avoid people migrating and provinding a better suitable dwelling the hosuing scheme proposed would be help them to live in a better way.

The site is located in toxteteth Dingle where it has a asthonishing view towards Mersey river mjority of the space is been surrounded by residential neighborhoods. There are exisiting housing unit on the proposed site but are quite distored from the surrounding place because of topography condition having sudden down fall in the site which leads to site not well connected to its contexts.

Furthermore proposing a site by having a gradual slope from the top of the Grafton street to the bottom which elevates the housing units by having sutiable position which creats maximum view towards the mersey.

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Typical floor plans

Towards the Mersey River

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Intial sketch scheme

INSULATION The useage of high grade specific insulation and construction techniques to mainimum thermal which has environmental benefits from hgih ecoustic retention and fire resistance to minimising heat loss maximusing the heat gain

VENTILATION A design of a dual aspecy housing throughout the development, the private garden space allow for a combined stack and cross ventilation method. This encourage to develope window facing towards garden to increase maximum natural ventialtion which reduce mechincal ventialtion

NATURAL HEAT TRAPING SYSTEM Courtyard being the major spect in developing the dwellings being a narrow dual aspect facing major part toawrds the sun light which allows to capture the warm air and later being circualted thorughout the house.

ROOF GARDEN Considering the dual aspect housing design and provising the open space like garden and balconies which helps to socilse and have private space at the same time (helps in growing planters).

Sectional prespective

Elevational Grid system Strategies

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Structural Study The development strucuture is composed of load bearing wall’s and reinforcement concrete.

The mixture of sloping and flat roof is to incorporate the existing surroundings and to provide terrace roofing to enhance the view in and around the developemnt.The facade consists of two diffrent elements in it, soft and hard facade treatment.

The use of red clay bricks as the main elements to wrap the major portion of the facade as in to merge with the exisiting surrounding design and even being inspried by the Mar Terrino the way it has designed the exposed concrete element on to the facade which helps to enhance the naturality from the material

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Interior Lighting Study

The project is to design spatial context responsive housing scheme and the dwellings is to be design in such a way where it should be livable simple and quality design in the proposed urban housing sectors This study specially focus on, one of the dwellings which consist of three stories and a ectented terrace gardeing. this design is mainly influenced from Mar terino in mexico city which consits of natural exposed use of mateiral and dwellings facing inwards towards the open space.

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M Arch Year -1 Semester -2 - Desertation POST PANDEMIC ARCHITECTURE A new interpretation of living

Post pandemic architecture where thinking of designing a space after the impact of covid-19.

We all know we are not going back to the original state like how we lived before people have understood the importance of spatial arrangement and interaction with the nature and surrounding space.

It’s my personal experience where I have been isolated in Liverpool for 14 days when I landed due to the rules which I had to follow.

During my stay it felt like a prison being captive between four walls with no actual connection and communication with surrounding space it was miserable and which affected my mental health too the way things were going on I understood how important green space and public spaces are and how well each space should be designed. And by this it made me connect well to my dissertation topic and wanted to learn and research how well can we redesign and rethink about the present This situation what we are living won’t be for few months and due to which our work life have also been shifted within four walls of house with our day-to-day activities and balancing work life too has been difficult if the design is poor which will directly impact our mental health status and even considering public spaces too on how well it can utilized even in this pandemic situation as the virus spread more where there are crowd gathering and interaction is main in public spaces and its normal to expect crowd and this would be challenging on how design should be developed We all known 2meters social distancing won’t be our future and it can’t be implemented to our life style cause on a smaller scale it may work but in public spaces it would be difficult to follow by its own means. If we have a proper air circulation and well utilize natural elements between building and inside too it would eventually brighten up the space and provide positive impact of individual lives.On understanding the problems and thinking about the solutionfuctional city, sustainable city and biophilic (nature) could be a perfect fit for the situation we are in, by implementing the green space around and inside the built space would help to interact with spaces with are implanted with these aspects which improve mental health conditions of individual.

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History of pandemic have always made planers to rethink on how to shape the cities. Which have been reflected on architecture and urban planning.

Today the world has been facing the worst in more than century, COVID-19 has impacted and changed the lives of millions around

These inequality case should be quickly resolved to upgrade human and social space that directly affect the public health in which open space and uses of natural elements and orientation of the design would bring a good neighborhood rather than having a contaminated space in urban life.

Access to outdoor parks and green area are quite essential to improve physical, psychological and mental health its quite challenging during covid-19 terms of usage of outdoor spaces. It is clear that after the crisis we won’t go back how life was before covid-19 but instead it has made to change our perspective views towards life and lifestyle in city of each individual who are looking for a new beginning.

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KEVIN LYNCH ideology

And green space being a major aspect to all the situation and its importance being clearly visible now. Being with climate change and it would also act a major part with solving the pandemic situation. And housing design would definitely change and people have a different perspective on their lifestyle as work have being shifted to homes and things have being difficult to balance if the design is poor it would definitely effect their mental state so orientations and designing each aspects would be important now

Jersey citiy

Los angles

What are the reason city being dead Boston

With experience nature consists of three basic categories in biophilic design which include direct experience of nature, indirect experience of nature and experience of space and place.

•Mainly reduces stress and anxiety.

•Enhanced physical health.

•Helps to provide emotional energy.

•Sense of being more connected.

•Eliminates pollution and maintain clean environment.

•Improves the creativity and productivity in a person.

•Connected to nature even though sitting in a building.

•More sustainable approach.

THE WORLD WONT ADAPT TO US LETS ADAPT TO THE WORLD

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