Portfolio by Bhavika Aggarwal

PORTFOLIO

BHAVIKA AGGARWAL school of planning and architecture new delhi

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RESUME EDUCATION /

SKILLS /

WORK EXPERIENCE /

School of Planning and Architecture New Delhi 2008 - present / Bachelor of Architecture

Personal Leadership and organization skills Dedicated, responsible and hard working

2012 / vir.mueller architects, New Delhi 22 weeks / Architectural Intern

subjects Art Appreciation, Arts and Graphics, Architectural Design, Building Construction, Building Management, Building Sciences and Services, Computers, Dissertation, Form Space and Social Order, History of Architecture, Industrial Design, Seminar, Theory of Design, Theory of Settlements, Theory of Structures

Capabilities Architectural Design Drafting and 3D Modelling Basic construction and working drawings Measured Drawing Construction Management

2011 / The Genda Phool Project 6 weeks / volunteer Mapped the flower markets of Delhi as part of an initiative to save them from displacement 2010 / Quizcraft, New Delhi 8 weeks / Summer Research Intern organized data bank, researched business, industry and architectural questions

Research and Analysis Delhi Public School, Vasant Kunj 1994 - 2008

Layout and Presentation Design

2008 Gold Medal for excellence in academics

Technical Skills

2008 / Class XII aggregate 94.4% subjects English, Physics, Chemistry, Math., Economics

Comfortable with AutoCAD Google Sketchup Adobe PhotoShop Adobe InDesign Microsoft Office Hand Drafting Model Making

2006 / Class X aggregate 93.2% subjects English, Math., Science, Social Studies, Sanskrit

Familiar with Adobe Illustrator Sketching, drawing Photography

2010 / Studio IF, New Delhi 1 week / presentation Editorial design and layout

CONTACT /

M 9654228807 E bhavika1990@gmail.com W http://bhavikaaggarwal.blogspot.com/ W http://dillidallying.wordpress.com/ R A 202 Shivalik Colony, New Delhi 110017

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RESUME AWARDS AND COMMENDATIONS /

PUBLISHED WORK /

ORGANIZED /

2013 / nominated for the Pidilite Award for Excellence by the School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi 2010 / Awarded a Jury Commendation for the IGBC Green Design Competition 2010 / Won the second prize at Underscore quiz competition, SPA New Delhi 2008 / Awarded a Gold Medal for proficiency in academics for seven consecutive years by Delhi Public School, Vasant Kunj 2007 / Won the sixth position in the finals of the Columban Open Quiz, St. Columbaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s School, New Delhi 2006 / Awarded the Blue Coat & Tie for proficiency in academics by Delhi Public School, Vasant Kunj 2006 / Awarded the Sanskrit Pratibha Puraskar by the Sanskrit Academy foe scoring above 95% in Sanskrit 2003 / Won the second prize in Story Illustration Competition at the Agnel Talent Fest, Fr. Agnel School, New Delhi 2002 / Won the third prize in the On the Spot Painting Competition, Arts & Crafts Festival, Crafts Museum, New Delhi 2001 / Won the second prize in the On the Spot Road Safety Painting Contest, Road Safety Week, Delhi Traffic Police 2000 / Won the second prize in the On the Spot Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Drawing Competition at the Hungarian Information and Cultural Centre

2013 / By the People: Complexity in the Commonplace selected to be publiched in Seminar 2012, School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi 2013 / Inclusive Housing study selected to be published in Housing: Research and Documentation, School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi 2012 / The Elusive Inclusive City, published as a dissertation, School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi 2012 / contributed to college magazine Spaced Out as writer 2011 / contributed to student magazine S.T.U.P.D as book reviewer 2010 / contributed to Bhopal: Documentation and Intervention at Iqbal Maidan, School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi 2009 / contributed to Kalpa and Sangla: Research and Documentation, School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi

2013 / Walk 1.2, Delhi Dallying 2012 / Seminar Week, School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi 2012 / Walk 1, Delhi Dallying 2011 / Seminar, Delhi Dallying, School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi 2011 / Inter-College Quiz, School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi 2008 / Inter DPS Contemporary India Quiz, Delhi Public School, Vasant Kunj

PARTICIPATED IN /

2013 / participated in URBZ Mashup Workshop, UnBox Festival 2012 / selected to participate at PD6, organized by the Design Factory India 2011 / participated in Typography Workshop with Rajesh Dahiya, NID 2011 / participated in Comic Book Workshop with Anupam Sinha, NID 2009 / participated in Ferrocement Workshop with Anupama Kundoo, SPA

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ARCHITECTURE FIFTH YEAR / THESIS

FIFTH YEAR / URBAN DESIGN

FOURTH YEAR / HOUSING

in progress

group project with Ammani Nair, Amri Chadha and Varun Bajaj

group project with Varun Bajaj

The development of urban villages can be accelerated by both public investment in infrastructure and a steady increase in the income of residents. However, public investment itself depends on the prosperity of the village.

The aim of the exercise was to redevelop Karol Bagh with to capitalize on the metro connectivity and create an active urban environment.

The exercise required us to design an â&#x20AC;&#x153;inclusiveâ&#x20AC;? housing complex in Dwarka, New Delhi. Our scheme is an overlay of multiple environments and urban characters catering to diverse economic groups. In the stark contrast between market driven development needs and the surrounding barren land, our scheme tries to create a sense of place based on the shear diversity of its inhabitants, their needs and the possibility of their harmonious coexistence towards the creation of an inclusive city.

Intervention in the form of a facility which aims to build long-term skills and assets for the villagers will lead to their socio-economic development. This will be followed by improved civic infrastructure and amenities.

walk home

walk to work

walk

Community Center Plaza

increase in cash in-flow to the village

villagers support and invest in their property, pay increased taxes and the village becomes prosperous

villagers learn new skills, become economically selfsufficient

increased public investment in civic infrastructure leads to social, cultural and economic development

a facility for progressive self-sufficiency at

HAUZ-i-RANI New Delhi

walk to school

walk to shop

Street Park Plaza

Activity plane 1: Activity plane 2: The street The plaza ground level level +4500

Transaction Zone

Activity plane 3: The deck level +9000

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ARCHITECTURE INDEPENDENT / ANDC

THIRD YEAR / HOTEL DESIGN

group project with Rohan Patankar and Varun Bajaj

The brief called for detailed analysis of any urban neighbourhood and the careful consideration of associated lost traditions. The main aim of the intervention was to make man realize his deeprooted relationship with nature by bringing to light the many ways in which he is (and always will remain) dependent on it- a fact that man is now prone to ignore.

THIRD YEAR / MIXED USE group project with Kabilan S. and Vishal Jayan

The brief was to design an iconic business hotel for the city, responsive to the surrounding context of the Feroze Shah monument and the Kotla sports stadium. The site was located at the intersection of old and new cities, and the design capitalized on its potential to become a major cultural, historical and sporting hub.

An architectural design competition adopted as the studio exercise. The brief called for a large mixed use development as part of an IT office complex in Greater Noida. One of the main challenges was to create a design that can â&#x20AC;&#x153;witness, influence and remain pertinent to the sharp, anticipated transformations of the regionâ&#x20AC;?.

intervention metro malls saket malviya nagar bus depot khirki Feroze Shah Kotla Stadium

islamic conquest hauz rani

Signature tower hotel + apartments

Public Park

Feroze Shah Kotla Fort

Convention centre

Retail F+B

IT, Business Centre

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ARCHITECTURE THIRD YEAR / GREEN DESIGN

SECOND YEAR / TOURIST FACILITY

group project with Varun Bajaj

The brief was to redesign or renovate your college to make it sustainable and zero energy. To this end the class first conducted a detailed energy audit. In depth research and technical and mathematical skills were necessary to reach the realistic figures. We won a Jury Commendation for this project.

SECOND YEAR / TREE HOUSE group project with Aditi Veena Gupta

The brief was to design a semi-permanent tourist facility centre, to be used only during the hospitable summer months. The site was along a steeply sloped hill, overlooking a river and shadowed by the Kinner Kailash and other mountains.

The brief was to design a sustainable tree house, necessarily elevated from the ground. The design was to be a holiday retreat for a married couple and their two teenaged children, the husband an author and the wife a painter. The vine house is inspired from climbers. The structure of the vine house is like a spiral which is open to both the outside and the inside. study studio bath toilet

Peripheral Road Shop

bed rooms

Parking

living/kitchenette balcony

Reception

Camping grounds

Toilets

Guest dorms kitchen + services

staff accomodation Guest pods

outdoor dining area viewing deck

the vine house

living

bed rooms

study/ studio

toilet

kitchen

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WORK EXPERIENCE PROJECT MANAGER / OFFICE Architectural and furniture design, on-site supervision and liaison with construction workers.

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WORK EXPERIENCE PROJECT MANAGER / RESIDENCE

PRESENTATION / INSTITUTE

MARKETING / RESIDENCE

architectural and construction drawings

architectural and construction drawings, layout design of client presentations

presentation drawings, liaison with magazines for publishing purposes may 2012

project information zoning

circulation administration/faculty

functional climate responsive

education/research recreation/assembly outdoor recreation

courtyard

kund

labs

corridors

auditorium

faculty offices

lecture halls auditorium terrace

canteen ground floor

typical floor

BID SET institute of ict vir.mueller architects 30 march 2012

plaza pedestrian sidewalk vehicular road entry line of trees

courtyard

defence colony residence

kund

c-386 defence colony new delhi - 110024, India

vir.mueller architects

616 asian games village new delhi - 110049, India

north

site plan 0 2.0

5.0

10.0

BID SET institute of ict vir.mueller architects 30 march 2012

14 06

07 04 13 conditioned spaces are insulated against the direct sun

corridors

act as thermal buffers

courtyard

acts as the landscape focus of the new building

screens

modulate the pattern of light and shadow on the facade / corridors

screen + window assembly

creates a zone of shading

section A

10 09

schematic section

BID SET institute of ict vir.mueller architects 30 march 2012

north

first floor plan

room index 01 entry hall

site plan 10 dressing room II

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RESEARCH FIFTH YEAR / SEMINAR

FOURTH YEAR / DISSERTATION

INDEPENDENT / GPP

Through my dissertation, The Elusive Inclusive City, I attempted to understand the role of temporary informal markets in the modern Indian city. I questioned the relationship between the city and temporary markets, and the increasing hostility between them even while the markets remain an important part of the city economy.

I helped map the temporary wholesale flower markets of Delhi at Connaught Place, Mehrauli and Fatehpuri Masjid. This exercise was part of the Genda Phool Project, an initiative to save them from displacement to the outskirts of the city.

group project with Ammani Nair, Rohan P., Vani Sood and Varun Bajaj

Through primary research, we documented the characteristics of three mohallas in Shahjahanabad, Delhi. These findings were presented in a seminar titled By the People: Complexity in the Commonplace. We learnt that these micro-communities have largely emerged through self-organized, nondesigned growth and exhbit cooperation, resource sharing, and respect for public spaces- characteristics that planners value but are unable to recreate. Our seminar also raised pertinent questions about the role of the designer in such a reality: how does this knowledge of self organization -of unconscious and spontaneous non-design, by the people- affect the designerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s response? Can active design make conversation with this self-organization in a way that multiplies its positives and negates its negatives?

looking closely from a distance

Shahjahanabad

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RESEARCH FIRST YEAR / DOCUMENTATION

group project

As part of the Overview group helped make a movie and collate our analysis on Bhopal and the historic royal precinct of Iqbal Maidan, one of the few large open public spaces in the old city. Our findings were published in a book.

As part of the second year academic trip, the class studied the village of Kalpa, Himachal Pradesh, declared a Model Heritage Tourist Village by the Government of India. Smaller groups studied individual neighbourhoods and documented them via drawings. The body of work was collated in the form of a Class Project Book.

The class documented the 16th c. royal residence of the Travancore kings, the Padmanabhapuram Palace. We prepared detailed measured of the palace. PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK EDUCATIONAL PRODUCT

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SECOND YEAR / DOCUMENTATION

group project

PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK EDUCATIONAL PRODUCT

THIRD YEAR / ANALYSIS

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LAYOUT DESIGN 2013 / BOOK

2012 / BRANDING

in progress with Kabilan S.

poster, invitation, website with Kabilan S.

Cracking Codes 2.00 pm 29 Madhav Raman MON

By the People: Complexity in the Commonplace 2.45 pm Leon Morenas

question. think. talk.

Beyond the Built 11.30 am 30 Aishwarya Tipnis TUE

Continuity in Indian Architecture 12.15 pm Peu Banerjee Time in a Frame 2.00 pm Abhinav Gaurav Low: The New High 2.45 pm Mukta Naik

The Inevitable Extinction of 31 the Architect 11.30 am WED

you are cordially invited to

seminar 2012 october november

Auditorium, Dept. of Architecture wordpress / www.spaseminar2012.wordpress.com facebook event / seminars 2012

School of Planning and Architecture 6, Block B, I.P. Estate, New Delhi

Amit Khanna Architecture Post-Apocalypse 12.15 pm Ameet Babbar Practicing Architecture 2.00 pm Prabhjot Singh Sugga Design for a Difference 2.45 pm Amritha Ballal

Context in a Contest 11.30 am 01 Sandip Kumar THU

Architecture of the Unbuilt 12.15 pm Samir Mathur Walls that Talk: PORE-o-city 2.00 pm Arpita Dayal Delhi | City of the Expressionless 2.45 pm Moulshri Joshi

Digital Foundation 12.15 pm 02 Pashim Tiwari FRI

Veni Vidi Vici 2.00 pm Sambuddha Sen Adaptive Environments 2.45 pm Shweta Manchanda

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LAYOUT DESIGN 2012 / POSTER

2012 / WEB SITE

group project with Ammani Nair, Rohan P., Vani Sood and Varun Bajaj

basic design of the vir.mueller website and liaison with programming professional

vir.mueller architects

defence colony residence

new delhi, india

2009-2011

vir.mueller architects

wolkem office building

vir.mueller architects

ruh boutique

defence colony residence

new delhi, india

2009-2011

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LAYOUT DESIGN 2012-2013 / BOOK

2011 / MAGAZINE

in progress with Sandeep Ahuja and Varun Bajaj

concept design for youth-oriented NOOSE magazine

HOUSING research and documentation B. ARCH FOURTH YEAR academic session

2011-12

SCHOOL OF PLANNING AND ARCHITECTURE NEW DELHI

POLICY

HOUSING

1.1 National Housing Policy 1.2 Bye Laws 1.3 Legislation

ISSUE SPECIFIC

INTERNATIONAL

2.1 Inclusive Housing 2.2 Unorganized ‘Slum’ Housing 2.3 Green Housing 2.4 Utopian Housing

CLIMATE & TECHNOLOGY

SITE SPECIFIC

3.1 Services & Structures 3.2 Climate 3.3 Disaster

research and documentation

DELHI

4.1 Traditional Delhi 4.2 Contemporary Delhi 4.3 Larger City Urban Concerns

INDIAN SUBCONTINENT 5.1 Himalays 5.2 Plains 5.3 Coastal 5.4 Desert 5.5 Deccan

6.1 Canada 6.2 Africa 6.3 Middle East 6.4 South East Asia 6.5 China & Japan 6.6 North America 6.7 South America 6.8 Scandinavian Countries 6.9 Eastern Europe 6.10 Central Europe 6.11Central Asia & Russia

7.1 Karkardooma 7.2 Dwarka

2008-2012 / PRINT + SCREEN

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DELHI DALLYING 2013 / DELHI GRUB QUIZ

2013 / FORK

2012-2013 / WALK

in progress

in progress with Hands On Factory

Shahjahanabad

Participants win food for answering questions. The event will be video documented in 2 parts: when we go to Shahjahanabad to introduce and buy the food, and the actual quiz.

Seminars and interactive workshops with B.Arch. graduates who don’t practice architecture. The idea is to showcase the broad value of architectural education.

Delhi Dallying has hosted 2 walks through the mohallas and by-lanes of Shahjahanad. The walks follow a loose chronology of events critical to its evolution and attempt to incite conversation about the relevance of contemporary Old Delhi.

WALK M

1 2

3 4 5

chandni chowk metro station chandni chowk dariba gali khazanchi kinari bazaar naugharha gali paranthewali maliwara ballimaran ghalib’s haveli chandni chowk lala chuna mal’s haveli fatehpuri masjid gadodia market khari baoli lahori gate polyclinic for the destitute

wordpress / dillidallying facebook / delhidallying

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DELHI DALLYING 2012 / WHAT’S YOUR DELHI?

2012 / TYPERVENTION

2011 / SEMINAR

with Delhi Typerventions

Poster series to encourage people to think about what Delhi means to them.

Kaun Jaye Zauq par Dilli ki Galiyan Chhod Kar?

Delhi Dallying began with a seminar on the imageability of Delhi: Is Delhi an iconic city? If New York: skyscrapers, then, Delhi:? We invited guest speakers to share their thoughts, followed by an open discussion. The seminar led us to conclude that Delhi is a true multiplicity, as many images as people. In fact, searching -or hoping- for a single unified “image” will be quite futile when it is an amalgamation of layer upon layer of built and social fabric.

The idea was to start conversation. Delhi is as multifaceted as its people, and there are as many Dillis as there are Dilliwallas: a true multiplicity. With these posters Delhi Dallying wanted its audience to stand up and take notice, to think.

delhi dallying facebook/delhidallying wordpress/dillidallying

what's your delhi?

blog.talk.walk

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