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Portfolio Avani Sheth
Spring ’01, Kolam, Auroville
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Fired House
Spring ’01, Kolam, Auroville
2. pg. 05
Town Hall
Spring ’05, I.E.D., Undergrad Thesis
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Eco Industrial Park
Fall ’08, SCI-Arc, Los Angeles
4. pg. 13
Downtown Densification
Spring ’09, SCI-Arc, Detroit
5. pg. 17
Urban Micro Climates
Summer ’09, SCI-Arc Gallery
6. pg. 23
Styrofoam Lover with (E)motions of Concrete
Summer ’09, SCI-Arc, Beijing
7. pg. 25
Beijing’s Near Futures
Summer ’09, Deegan Day Design
8. pg. 33
Blow x Blow
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Fired House Spring ’01, Kolam, Auroville
The 700 square foot fired house is a residential project for a client who is a ceramicist. This was an experimental building which became a trend setter for others build of its kind. It is a vernacular building which derives from the building traditions of Southern India. It utilizes local designers as well as organic building materials. The bricks are made on situ with the same soil that is excavated for the foundation and the mortar used is raw potter’s clay. After construction, the entire house is fired to strengthen the structure by baking it at very controlled temperatures. The domed and vaulted roofs facilitate the heat flows needed during the firing process.
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The bricks are arranged so as to fill the entire interior space leaving a hollow core to circulate heat during firing.
After firing, the building is left alone to cool. This helps strengthen the structure. The filled in bricks are then unloaded first.
The superstructure of this building is first built with a combination of sun burnt and unburned bricks.
The temperature is kept under control for the entire firing process and the shed is build above to protect it from unexpected rains.
The structure is coated with clay and set to fire. Openings along the vaulted roof allow for air circulation.
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Town Hall Spring ’01, Kolam, Auroville
Located in Auroville’s administrative zone in the centre of the city, the Town Hall symbolizes Auroville’s growth over the last three decades into an ecologically sustainable international community. The complex has a solid, modern, urban feel. The large, spacious and efficient set-up of the building houses the planning and administrative offices of Centre for Urban Research of the community and is built according to the green principles that constitute the core values of Auroville. The building has a covered surface of 1300 sqm plus 350 sqm of verandas distributed over 3 floors. The roof is designed to collect rainwater which is harvested and reused. An elaborate wastewater treatment plant is also incorporated in the design. The electricity is supplied by the hybrid system that uses solar panels along with the main supply.
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This harvested rain water is used for toilet flushing and to irrigate the huge landscaped area around the builing.
This single roof top opening brings natural daylight inside the builing.
The central opening for syklight is like a functional core during construction.
The staircase is also designed to allow in natural light and keep it mantainance free.
Large overhangs for shade were provided to protect the interior from gaining heat in the extreme climate and the glass windows are openable to regulate air-flow.
The construction of the building started in May 2001. In the original design, solar pannels were intended to shade the front facade along with collection & re-usage of rooftop rainwater.
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Eco-Industrial Park Spring ’05, I.E.D.,Undergrad Thesis
Auroville is an international community located near Pondicherry in Southern India. The concept for the Eco-industrial park is based on the principle that the manufacturing units can symbiotically function together by using each others by-products and waste. The design combines interdependent industries with living spaces and a primary school to create a self-sustaining work-live-learn environment.
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11.2.1 Explaining the working of industries in the EIP
Selection of Industries
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Sun Path and Shadow Study
By studying the various sun and wind directions the building is oriented to the N-S direction so as to make maximum advantage of the wind coming from N-W to S-E direction.
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Rainwater harvesting tank Inter Relationship Between Waste, Water and Energy
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Working Diagram of the Building
This sloping roof allows in north light and helps in ventillating the interior space of the industry. The rainwater is collected from the sloping roof in the harvesting tank where it is stored to be reused.
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The grey water is transported to the oxidation pond and then to the filtration plant where the color and odor is removed. Then the treated water is pumped to overhead tank for the reuse.
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Downtown Densification Fall ’08, SCI-Arc, Los Angeles
During the Fall 2008 semester SCI-Arc’s SCIFI program exhaustively analyzed Downtown Los Angeles with the goal of addressing the RFQ issued for Planning Alternatives for the former State Civic Center site at First and Broadway. From studies conducted, it is argued here that downtown Los Angeles does not share the attributes of a traditional North American downtown. In fact, it differs from other Downtowns in terms of its historic growth, demographic patterns, economic development and zoning regulations. Using these findings, provocative statements have been formulated about the future of the city and its downtown in the hope to initiate constructive changes for Los Angeles. As a broader goal, this studio has sought to generate solutions for the current state of Downtown Los Angeles as well as compelling new realities for the development of the City of Los Angeles.
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Why do public spaces not function in downtown Los Angeles? Are public spaces disconnecting downtown LA, instead of connecting it?
What if all the imp. buildings were not concentrated in one part of the city, but spread out in the periphery. Would they be able to generate a core for downtown LA?
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Zoning in LA has failed to produce integrity of land use. Instead it has segregated the various land uses in downtown L.A.There are no links between each of the land uses.
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What would happen if the industrial zone shrinks in the downtown? What happens to a city when its manufacturing part is eliminated?
What if zoning and planning in downtown LA was democratic? Is zoning and planning limiting the development of downtown LA instead of promoting it?
The zoning legend diagram is formulated to understand categories of various zones. The outer circle shows four major zones and public facilities which are each color coded.
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Site vicinity area - 101 to the North - 2nd Ave. to the South - Hope street to the West - Los Angeles street to the East Why? -It incorporates the grand ave. project, all civic center buildings and the cultural revival area of downtown LA -It also includes the school and the LAWPD as they lie on the grand ave and the school will effect the day time population of the area. -101 is a natural barrier -Los Angeles street is the end of the civic district.
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Site Area = 97423 S.F. Setback on 3 sides = 5 ft Building area 85690 S.F. Circulation for traditional parking = 25% Usable area = 64267.5 S.F. Area per car = 162 S.F. No. of cars per floor = 396 For 3000 cars, floors required = 7 In automated parking: No. of cars is 2.5 time more then traditional parking Therefore the no. of cars 396 X 2.5 = 990 per floor To fit 3000 cars, no. of floors required = 3 The automated parking is more space efficient than the traditional parking by 40%
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Urban Micro Climates Spring ’09, SCI-Arc, Detroit
Empty density is not a midpoint in the process of densification, but is instead a strategy that embraces both possible outcomes (emptiness and density) and aims to instill each with a sense of the other. The intensification of urban micro climates is a catalyst for this process. Duality between form [solid] and atmosphere [void]: The empty density of Detroit offers a feeling of spatial fullness with small physical or structural density. Surplus of open and empty space, yet density of presence atmosphere of density, physical emptiness.
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Berry Plantation Berry plantation
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The exterior of the buildings also allow a view to the inside due to its facade treatments.
Each individual block is unique from the other with respect to its exterior and interior.
The effect of empty density is created with a block within a block, both with see through skin conditions.
The model was lit from the bottom to enhance the structureal quality of each builing.
Interior view of the block looking outside through the perforated skin.
The final model was made by lazer cutting mill board and connecting surfaces of each individual building.
Detroit City Model with Site Inset
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Styrofoam Lover with (E)motions of Concrete Summer ’09, SCI-Arc Gallery
Styrofoam Lover with (E)motions of Concrete, was a site-specific installation where I got a chance to work closely with Vienna-based architect Susanne Zottl. The installation proposes a new program that at once asks for a transformation of existing spaces and structures, as well as an improvement of the energy efficiency of existing buildings. Walls in this exhibition bend and undulate: they push into space; space pushes into them. They gain their shapes by using casting, coupled with a flexible textile membrane, as its mode of creation. The definition of the wall is expanded, making the hard-divider into a shapely constituent, not limited to the language of flatness. In addition to testing our relationship to space, this experimental installation sees this opportunity and these materials as a subtle push towards energy efficiency and sustainability.
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The pieces were cleaned and arranged as per the model made eariler.
The final pieces were ready to be displayed for the reception.
The objects were arranged and then the molds were removed.
Rebars were added and then the styrofoam and concrete mix was poured.
The molds were then put together with a Latex frame in between.
The first agenda was to build the molds out of plywood and then water proof it from inside.
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Beijing’s Near Futures Summer ’09, SCI-Arc, Beijing
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The goal of the thesis studio was to gain an understanding of Beijing from the point of view of its particular mode of regulation and accumulation. Gaps were identifed between the rhetoric of urban development promulgated by the state and the reality of the built environment. Once these potential contradictions were explored, the research mainly focused on the possible future implications of the existing system of urban development as latent existing challenges were extrapolated out into the intermediate and long term futures. Beijing has a fetish for iconic architecture. But at the same time, the repetitive nature of development dominates the city. Beijing acknowledges its tendency to follow and copy from other sources to transform itself into a modern city. The Copy – Paste proposal turns this repetitive tendency to Beijing’s advantage. The Olympic City’s icons are mutated and repeated to fill in surplus vacant space in the Olympic City. This proposal understands Beijing on its own terms and puts its logic into practice.
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Traditional Infill attempts to merge traditional and modern architecture in a non-disruptive manner. This will give Beijing the opportunity to preserve its existing iconic architecture and bring back its traditional housing.
Beijing has ‘The Nest’ (Olympic stadium) and ‘The Egg’ (National Centre for the Performing Arts), but where is the bird? The idea is to build another iconic piece of architecture in the Olympic zone that will attract more tourists. Sell The Bird’s Nest
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Beijing has larger problems to solve than taking care of the Bird’s Nest. The Nest was built for a purpose and it has fulfilled its role. An option is to sell and transport the Bird’s Nest off-site, freeing up the land for new development.
Copy, Paste, Alter takes the simple act of repeating a form to the next level by altering, transforming and merging the form into varied combinations. This proposal enables the site to reach its full potential as a vibrant urban hub by adding mix use developments. Copy-Paste
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Opposite page : Five Unauthorised Future Proposals. Adjecent: Successful building types are excessively repeated in Beijing. The logic of this copy - paste urbanism is applied to the iconic architecture of the Olympic City.
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Beijing is an example of a mix urban density, however, the transition from one to the next happens as a result of rapid, uncoordinated urban growth. The mix and match diagrams attempt to explore this transition from one urban density to another. In plan, a strong edge is seen between one density and the next, but in vertical density, the transition is smoother and more gradual. The Olympic City is in all cases much larger, which means that programming and occupying the site will be much harder and require more than just the public element. Public and semi-private / semi-public spaces will need to be introduced to diversify the site and avoid large, unused public spaces.
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Blow x Blow Summer ’09, Deegan Day Design
Blow x Blow displays two trends in exhibition: the claiming of gallery space by architects, and the ceding of that space to the ambient possibilities of new media. To chart this collision, techniques of cinematic projection and scripting are repurposed to spur new orders of spatial and structural sequencing, and new environments for communing with new art. The installation derives first from the filmic, rather than architectural, relationship between script and projection - the former usually serving as the template or pretext for filmmaking, and the latter its (increasingly historical) mode of delivery and final fruition. The title Blow x Blow alludes to a few ‘blown’ opportunities, including Antonini’s Blow Up (1966) and Gordon Matta-Clark’s Blow Out of 1976. The choreography of freedom and constraint in the design of Blow x Blow also keys to its inaugural programming, PRI/MUS: Architectures for Art and Crime, a study of prisons, museums and their complementary roles in contemporary high design and US urban renewal.
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The spanning surfaces of the vector paths create a ‘grey room’ condition in which viewers may see each other, but projected images are shaded from clerestory exposure.
Projection precedes script in our equation, with the parameters of the projected image ‘cast’ in roles of formal generation.
Within this matrix, a vector path was developed. Each third vector point was triangulated back to its origin to create a facetted surface.
The final product is seen in relation to the gallery space and its ceiling.
The fabrication was done at the gallery using Ocapane as the builing material. The screens were made from Nida Core.
First, the space of the gallery was reconceived as a 6’x7’x8’ gridded frame, the proportions of which allow a 4:3 televisual image on one face, and a 9:16 cinematic aspect ration on the diagonal.
Plan
Section B
Section A
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