Bina bhatia portfolio msaud gsapp 2015 pages

Bina Bhatia

- Selected experiences and memories of becoming an Architect and an Urban Designer

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MSAUD @ GSAPP • • • • •

Patching Urban Ecosystems Social Network Fracture Placemaking - Newburgh Fluctuatat Nec Mergatur

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MO-OFism

• School of Planning and Architecture • The Big Bang Bar and Cafe • The Myst

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The Blank Slate

• Pen: From urban extension to Urban Inclusion • Re-living the city, foot by foot

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Auroville • • • •

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An Acadamite • Profiling Mumbai

Private Residence, Bangalore The Lotus House, Pondicherry The Inside-Out house, Gingee Private Residence, Vizag

Part 5 : MSAUD @ GSAPP Creating Places and not Spaces , First as an Urban Designer, and then as an Architect.

Designing the unbuilt, the fluid space between buildings and the powerful role that a single building can play in a neighbouhood to create experiences and memories within the realm of social landscapes...

Patching1 Urban Ecosystems- Connecting municipalities through water [pach] To patch means ‘to mend or strengthen a weak area’

Reorienting development based on watersheds by limiting development around Lake Washington’s drinking water supply while promoting development to activate Newburgh’s forgotten Quassaick creek watershed.

Locally this project repatches the shared fabric of Newburgh, New Windsor and Newburgh town by through a series of patched corridors between the two towns with the creek at their center. The watershed becomes the organizing feature to Activate a recreational hub, to Connect to new livable development opportunities, and Innovate new green industry opportunities while reactivating the forgotten Quassaick creek waterfront.

GSAPP | MSAUD Fall 2014 | Urban Design Studio II | Team Work Bina Bhatia . Abdul AlIshaq . Long Xu . Manuela Souza

“Preserve undeveloped pervious land around city’s key drinking water resource – while refocusing development in relation to water within the urban fabric of Newburgh and New Windsor to catalyze regional economies.”

Leveraging water’s value in the region as a critical commodity (drinking water) as well as a critical ecological and recreational asset, this project envisions a new place for water in urban development in the region.

Through a strategy of ‘re-patching’ urban and ecological fabrics we propose to: (1) Protect areas around critical drinking water resources; (2) Mitigate the most threatening impacts on water quality through new green infrastructure (3) Enhance quality of life by leveraging water; (4) Use water to catalyze new development, minimizing footprints around water and refocusing development in already urban areas to reinvigorate urban space and connect fragmented neighborhoods and resources.

Quassaick Creek Patton Brook Connected with Washington Lake Washington Lake Primary Water Source for Newburgh City

3 MONTHS

Brown’s Pond Connected with Washington Lake New Windsor Emergence Source

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NEWBURGH TOWN

SULPRUS

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NEW WINDSOR 3.0 MGD

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SCHEDULED SHUTDOWN IN NYC AQUEDUCTS

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$1,149/MG

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NEWBURGH’S WATER

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POTENTIAL REVENUE GENERATION FOR NEWBURGH

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INCREASE IN RATES BY NYC TO UPSTATE COMMUNITIES

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QUASSAICK CREEK:

ZONING

In need of protection

Wood duck

Around drinking water sources

Shopping mall

Treatment plant Tufted titmouse Snake

Green heron

Armory

Buffer zone Microorganism

Run off Garbage

Sewage

Protect

Mitigate pollution with Creek

Wet land

Gym

Enhance

Use water to Catalyze

Ecology

fish

Species

Green Infrastructure Water Development

Housing

Tortoise

Kayaking

Microorganism

Picnic Green roof

Education

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Job Shrimp

Identifying Major Watershed Polluters- Patch Mosaics

Big Boxes Parking

High Traffic Roads

Urban Fabric

Suburban Fabric 2004

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Drinking Water Sources Subwatersheds Development Pressures

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LOW DEVELOPMENT ZONE

MITIGATION AREA

NO DEVELOPMENT ZONE

FRESH WATER

PRECIPITATION

BIG BOX

RUNOFF ROUTE 300

SWALE OVERFLOW PERCOLATION

GREEN PARKING

SSO

LAKE WASHINGTON

SWALE OVERFLOW INFILTRATION

Humans Fish

Garment factory

Construction

Manufacturer

Tires

CSO

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LAKE STREET Activate a Recreation Hub

A celebration of life, culture and environment to sustainably connect the surrounding communities and boost economic investments.

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Mitigate Runoff

Transform

Vegetated buffer Retention Pond Financing: City of Newburgh

Incremental transform of existing establishment Construction of Mixed Used Devpt.

Infill devpt. & Plaza : Land Bank Rezone to Mixed Use: City of Newburgh Cleaning Floating Island : QCWA

Complete the buffer Transfer ice skating business

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Destination New devpts. finance green infrastructure Kayaking school starts operation Bikeway is developed by Scenic Hudson

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1.Muchattoes Lake 2.Pedestrian Street 3.Armory 4.Health Care Facility 5.Proposed Parking 6.Proposed Housing 7.Retention Pond 8.Existing Ice Company 9.Existing Museum 10.Existing Little Falls Park

Patch Analysis: Disconencted Fabrics Big Boxes

Urban Fabric

Natural Fabric

Catalyzing Research

Upgrade

One Neighbourhood

Establishing the research Institute in a temporary building Financing: DEC, NSF Partners: QWA, OWA, BIRE, SUNY.

Research institute moves to Water St. Previous headquarters become a community training center.

Training in water sensitive measures and incentives leads private runoff mitigation projects.

New Housing developments are built on water sensitive design principles.

Bio swale constructed by local contractors Increasing mobility between both sides of the neighborhood leads to pedestrian network construction across the creek.

Increase in density makes TOD projects feasible.

Conencting Communities

Armory extension to New Windsor Rezoning to increase density and provide neighborhood amenities

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1.Armory Expansion 2.Training Center 3.NY Theatrical Storage 4.Historical Bridge Sidewalk Currently Closed 5.9W Road 6.New Housing with Retail

Connecting the Fragmented Urban Fabric

Big Boxes

Natural Fabric

MILL STREET Connect Livable Neighbourhoods PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE

BUFFER ZONE COMMUNITY TRAINING CENTER 100’

CONNECTED NEIGHBORHOOD

Creation of a vibrant, pedestrian friendly mixed use neighbourhood bridging Newburgh city with New Windsor town with shared spaces to eat, shop and live life...

Minimize Industrial effluents

Mitigate CSO Runoff

Design and construction of the wetland park.

Financing: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Minimize Industrial effluents Rezoning to a Green industrial park land use.

Implement restrictions on existing industries.

Construct Green Infrastructure Construct permeable public parking.

Redesign Last 1000ft of Walsh Ave. Construct Industrial park infrastructure.

Catalyze Industrial development Construct and operate the green industrial park.

Relocate Warex Terminals Corp to new site.

Reuse existing structure to relocate the research institute.

Financing: Industrial Development

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1.Constructed Wetland Treat CSO Overflow + Park 2.Retention Pond 3.Erie Railroad 4.Constructed Wetlands Treat Industrial Runoff 5.Proposed Green Industries 6.Proposed Street Car + Ferry Station

Natural Fabric

Industrial Fabric

Urban Fabric

Call Outs PRECIPITATION

RETENTION SWALE

QUASSAICK CREEK

PERCOLATION

CONVEYOR

URBAN EDGE

WETLAND

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FILTERATION

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WATER STREET Innovate New Green Industries

Biological Wastewater Treatmnent Park, near new green industries connecting the two neighbouhoods

Social Network

Connecting people to create better neighbourhoods We visualize Morrisania as a lively neighborhood with engaging infrastructure for the current and future residents, revitalized streets, and a new development model based on community participation.

This model will create a network of services over time with the collaboration of HPD, developers and the community and include green pockets, community empowerment facilities, essential neighborhood services and retail creating a sustainable and thriving district.

The mandatory green factor model would ensure sustainable development over time as well as create quality open spaces. 3rd Avenue would become an active commercial corridor with restaurants; community music centers connected to outdoor performance spaces and Washington Avenue would become a friendly street with adult literacy classrooms, cafes, reading rooms overlooking green picnic spots and community pockets interconnected with bike paths.

GSAPP | Summer 2014 | Urban Design Studio II | Team Work Bina Bhatia . Qian Wang . Crystal Eski

Currently a neighborhood lacking identity trespassed by truck routes and interspersed with empty and industrial, our proposed social network will rejuvenate the community and provide it legibility.

Proposed

Vacant Lots

Existing Large Parking Lots

Large Parking Lots

Parking Lots

Large Parking Lots

Melrose Station

Metro Station

Trucks Routes

The Divide from Industry

New Construction

Retail

12% of land wasted in parking Salons & Barber

The Lack of Necessary Resources

Lifeless Fresh Produce

Fast Food

Insufficient Fresh Produce Repetitive

Inactive Streets

1,335 crimes each year

BOTTOM UP STRENGTH MEETS TOP DOWN INNOVATION

INTERACTION with Private Developers

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SUSTAINABILITY EXPERTS

DESIGNERS AND EXPERTS

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AFFORDABLE HOUSING

COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDER PARTICIPATION

Symbiotic Development Model

Bottom up Strength meets Top down Innovation

SYMBIOTIC DEVELOPMENT MODEL

Destination Washington Street, Morrisania

Green FloorArea

Porous Architecture Community Empowerment

Public Facilities

Retail Space

The Housing

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Design guidelines and Incentives

Programmatic Typologies

Possible Configurations

Programmatic Typologies

Washington Avenue

Green Initiative Community Commercial nue

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3rd Avenue Commercial

Programmatic Typologies

Community Facilities Community Empowerment Green Initiative

Community Empowerment

Fracture GSAPP | MSAUD Fall 2014 | Surface, Screen, Structure| Team Work Bina Bhatia . Crystal Eksi. Charles Xou . Mark Mandera . Stephanie C. The articulation of the surface is driven by the desire to create the illusion of fluidity and volume as light filters in through the building skin. The main thread of design investigation for the double skin facade was to create a sense of movement through an abstraction of ‘twist’ to create fractures to percieve different view cones as a person moves along the street or within the building.The surface acting as a mediator between the building and the street is three dimensional in the sense that it allows seeing through completely, partially or nothing at all.

Early Concept Models

Design Details

Directing different visual cones as people walk around the screen

Placemaking- Newburgh MSAUD |Fall 2014 | UD Studio| Team Work Bina Bhatia . Abdul Al Ishaq . Maneula . Long Xu

#Tweet the Creek was a walkthrough simulating the Quassaick Creek in an abstract fashion. Participants walked the downhill path of Downing Vaux Park in Newburgh city and followed stenciled information about the Quassaick Creek’s issues. Along the walk, two active interaction points were installed to aid in selecting between design site options and to inform on proper program makeup for the future design proposal. The intent of the project was to gauge from people which parts of the hidden creek they know about and access, which would inform design and also through a mini photo booth help residents visualize the creek programmatically.

The project began with the assumption that people attract people. As lovers of the urban environment, we understand that it is the most efficient way to activate an urban space. The underutilized park was chosen for this urban installation to work as a testing site to see if it would be reactivated once the intervention got built. The results showed that the creek, also underutilized, can be reactivated.

From Left to Right: 1. A Resident walking by along the designed path reading information about the Quassaick watershed.

2. Another resident appreacting photographs of the forgotten assets of the Quassaick.

3. Two ladies visualizing how they wish their favourite spots on the Quassaick Creek could be developed.

1. A little girl poses on the green screen, stating what she wants to do at the creek ‘Sit and see Water’ 2.The stencil that was stamped all over Newburgh city, directing people to the Quassaick Creek with the twitter handle #TweetTheCreek for them to share their experiences.

“Every city that succeeds has undergone an awakening, a new beginning.”

-(Jaime Lerner, in Urban Acupuncture)

We believe the Quassaick Creek can do this for Newburgh.

A group of Newburgh residents marking the predominantly known spaces and access points to the Quassaick Creek. In the background are postcards depicting the beauty of the underutilized Quassaick watershed and the Virtual Reality Google Glass Stand which was used to show forgotten spots on the creeks.

Fluctuatat Nec Mergatur

MSAUD |Summer 2014 | RNYU + DMUD | Team Work Bina Bhatia . Jun Park . Ceaser Nicholes

For ages urban dwellers have thought of their city survival as that of the ships. Rome had a manifestation of a ship like city island, their merchants carried this mythology to Paris. New York city’s own island was a zone of quarantine isolating diseases and criminals that might otherwise jeopardize the city’s survival.

With the future of coastal cities uncertain, it is now time to revive this mythology. These vessels are Arcs for preserving our urbanity and modes of life in an unknown world. New cities, new islands, new ships all imbibed into one, these vessels are cities that can choose their connections and their geographies. Their resiliency will get them through the future.

Fluctuatat Nec Mergatur “ The waves tossle her but she does not sink....”

“Il est agité par les vagues, et ne sombre pas” - motto of Paris, France

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Screenshots from the movie produced for DMUD + RNYU

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Part 4 : MO-OFism Taking the first step towards designing and managing complex structures as an Architect, visualizing and creating impressions and experiences within the built and between the built, detailing the handrail and the window cill , and materiality of the walls, of the roof and the spaces contained within and having that first argument with the structural designer, for that flawless cantilevered soffit... yes, we did manage it at the end.

School of Planning and Architecture, India

School of Planning and Architecture, Vijaywada Project BUA: 320,000 sq ft.

Involvement : Project Architect, Design Development and Tender Design Team : Shantanu P.,Manisha A., Bina B., Akshay S., Shivani S., Tanuj J. The interdependence of a community and the individual is vital for the growth of an educational institution. These relationships have been structured into three dimensional constellations that is informed by movement and varying level of privacy of diverse programs. The entire Institute is structured around the courtyard concourse and its various voids connecting flowing spaces at different levels for a networked learning process.

Top Level

Concourse Level

Ground Level

Grid effective for focused learning

Field Informal for networked exchange

Centre and Periphery Effective for Interactive learning

Ramp towards the concourse

Faculty Floors

Section AA’

The Networking Floor

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Ground Floor Plan Parasol roof

The Platform The Lower program is seen as a heavy base to a floating canopy. The base houses the afternoon programs of the learning curriculum such as workshops and Laboratories. The heavy base with thick stone walls increases the ‘Time Lag’ for solar- heat penetration. The solid platform is punctuated with voids that allow for hot air to dissipate.

Concourse The Middle section of the building is a ‘Stilted Platform’ that allows for a student activity zone. This zone behaves as concourse level to the entire building as it filters and mediates people through. The concourse is visually connected to the section above and below through the voids.

Lightwells The voids are reminiscent of the traditional courtyard that anchor common public and community programs. Smaller courtyards work as three dimensional light wells which offer visual connectivity through the layers. These redefined courtyards holds the institute and the larger academic community together. The space operates both at a community scale and individual scales.

School of Planning and Architecture Project BUA: 320,000 sq ft.

Involvement : Project Architect, Design Development and Tender Design Team : Shantanu P.,Manisha A., Bina B., Akshay S., Shivani S., Tanuj J. The Student housing is fragmented moving away from dormitory or hostel organisations which foster a regimented form of social control. An attempt is made to break this very notion by streets, courtyards, bridges, verandahs and terraces. These spaces create a variety of chance interaction between students.This fragmentation is continued on the floors above which allow for semi-private interaction zones.

View of internal courtyard in Student Housing

Terrace Terrace

Terrace

Deck

Stilt Terrace

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Stilt Rec. deck Terrace Terrace

The 3 modules are used to create the housing complex.

Stilt

Section showing terraces, courtyards, verandah’s and bridges

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Terrace

Deck Stilt

The housing is envisioned as a low rise environment with the idea of creating Living Courts that merge with active streets. The housing merges residential program with contiguous non program which allows for spillover. This creates a lively neighborhood that fosters informal interactions between students.

Ground Floor Plan, Girl’s Hostel

Model showing massing of the University Campus

The housing is an active pedestrian ground which is stimulated as the streetscape gets transformed into verandahs and chowks. The housing breaks the strict definitions of the layers by fragmenting the program by streets, verandahs, courtyards and other common programs.

The Big Bang Bar and Cafe, Mumbai Project BUA: 4000 sq ft.

Involvement : Project Architect, Concept Design to Execution Design Team : Manisha Agarwal, Bina Bhatia

The space creates a sense of romanticism and whimsy that is often lost in brand coordinated spaces with the use of recycled materials such as stacked beer bottles as the luminescent bar and ceiling, coupled with the inclusion of wooding seating that is salvaged. Reused Handmade tiles snake through the restaurant in a random pattern that allows for new imaginations and re-imaginations of floor frescoes.

The Myst: Luxury Eco Residences, Kasauli

Project BUA: 350,000 sq ft.

Involvement : Project Architect, Concept Design Stage Design Team : Shantanu Poredi, Bina B., Akshay S., Pathik J.

76 villa residences with 18 typologies and a common clubhouse are scattered on a hilly site, with spectacular views. Each typology is designed unique to the topography it sits on with airy living spaces, large decks and balconies with infinity pools that extend from each room to take in natural light, air and views. The exteriors are designed using a combination of three materials stone, plaster and wood to break scales.

Master plan of Auroville - the City of Dawn Ar. Roger Anger

Part 3: The Auroville Story Started my journey, as an intern from a place that was created from scratch by young Architects, just like me, with a dream to create the ideal, utopian place, completed with gestures of creative innovation and love. Learning Sustainability, blend of vernacular and contemporary practices, where the house is more often in the community and within nature rather than inside

Private Residence, Bangalore

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Project BUA: 7250 sq ft.

Involvement : Intern, Concept Design Stage Design Team : Pino Marchese, Bina Bhatia, Pratik Daulat Concieved as a mix of rustic and contemporary architecture, all internal spaces of the house open out to some form of nature. Each outdoor space is formed as an extension of adjacent interior space, and they come to embrace spatial narratives of public space as a semi-private buffer zone against neighboring spaces and the surrounding nature.

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1.Living Room 2.Home Theatre 3.Dining Room 4.Master Bedroom 5.Secondary Bedroom 6.Kitchen

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7.Children’s Bedroom 8.Swimming Pool

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Section AA’

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Entrance view , looking at water body outside the living room

The Lotus House, Pondicherry

Project BUA: 7250 sq ft.

Involvement : Intern, Working Drawing and Detailing Stage Design Team : Sheril Castellino, Bina Bhatia, Pratik Daulat The house is an example of how traditional style can blend into a modern house, where each element retains its distinct character yet there is a perfect amalgamation of the old with the new. Old vernacular elements like the Kerela style terrace and roof with wooden posts and rafters, wooden louvred windows and brick jali come together to form a contemporary looking house with subtle hints from the past. The internal rooms of the house are tiled with various tones of natural Shahabad stone to form patterns of different hues of green and yellow. The living spaces open unto the internal courtyard which acts like an organising feature within the house.

East Elevation

Tiling Layout at 4.6m

Measurement plan at 4.6m

Parapet Detail

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WORKING DRAW WORKING

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Exposed brick jails with mesh Exposed brick jails with mesh

Three shutter, two openable glass one Three shutter, two openable glass one fixed with wood movable louvers. fixed with wood movable louvers.

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Mosquito proof mesh Mosquito proof mesh in wooden reaper frame in wooden reaper frame

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Double door, teakdoor, teak Double wood frame withframe with wood fixed louvers. fixed louvers.

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The Inside-Out House, Gingee

Project BUA: 3400 sq ft.

Involvement : Intern, Concept Design Stage Design Team : Pino Marchese, Bina Bhatia, Pratik Daulat

The house is designed with a small temple as its centrality, surrounded by a small pool of water, visually connected to the landscape visible on each side through small courts, that connect vertically and horizontally, allowing cool breze to come in and ventillate the entire space.

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Private Residence, Vizag Project BUA: 4740 sq ft.

Involvement : Intern, Concept Design Stage Design Team : Pino Marchese, Bina Bhatia, Pratik Daulat

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The design process started by carving out open and semi open volumes from all sides of the house to create terraces, niches and balconies to derive a volumetric form that is functional and aesthetic.

The semi open patio divides the house into two, with the living room on one side and the more private spaces on the other.

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Part 2 : The Blank Slate my personal brand

Testing unknown territories on my own, taking my own decisions, feeling afraid yet empowered with each step, I fall , make some mistakes, but learn to get up by myself only to make some more and learn some more... until I reach my destination.But then, isn’t it always all about the journey?

LIVE + WORK in Pen

Pen : From Urban Extension to Urban Inclusion Involvement : Design Head Design Team : Bina, Tejas, Pratik, Kshitij, Sanya, Tejashree

Pen, a part of the Mumbai metropolitan region is strategically located between two growing cities Mumbai and Pune and is in danger of becoming just another part in its agglomeration and losing its cultural heritage and identity. Pen is going to become the epicenter of developments due to the various infrastructure projects that connect it to Mumbai.

The project proposes to create a vibrant urban culture within this dense city, built around local communities, institutions and governance. A knowledge economy which is about creative people coming together to add value to work, through the exchange of information to generate new ideas. This inclusive approach in planning of urban growth will facilitate the process of decentralization of production and distribution, making this peripheral city self sufficient.

Developmental pressures on Pen

Sustainability Riverside Spaces Children Farm Park Visarjan Point

Central Plaza City Square Public Art City Maidan Nature Trails

Mobility Network Ring roads Green links City nodes Transport Interchange Hub

Kalagram Image Market Pen University of Art Kala Gharanas Live Work Space Kalagram : The Artist District

The BAU Scenario 2030 Due to the increased connectivity, transport to the neighbouring cities will be made easy causing Pen to become a dormitory town. It will stand to lose its indeginous culture and will embrace a new suburban way of life encompassing slums, poverty and unemployment

The Culture under threat The otlas, verandahs and balconies surrounding the houses are used as workspaces by the people for making ganpati idols and papads.

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Declining number of people taking part in small scale industries.

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The advent of SEZs and industries has created a new working class culture in Pen.

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Pen has followed the common route of cities ; the service sector concentrated at the center and the residential area expanding around its periphery.

1,2.Ignoring local industry 2.Change in the language of the core 3.Human scale at the street level lost 4.Poverty behind the glossy image 5.Ganpati workshops replaced by service centres

Strengths

Historic Architecture contributing to character Vegetation contributing to setting Farmland corridor, high biodiversity Landmarks contributing to legibility High Pedestrian Flow Long Distance Views Existing local artistic economy

Polyhouse Children’s Farm Park

Image Market Food Park

Art Exhibition

Weakness

Pockets of poor quality architecture Fragmented public open space Movement barrier - Railway, NH, water courses Vehicle dominance - traffic congestion High Pedestrian Flow Railway station edge - no sense of arrival Sewage discharge points into the river

Kalagram Node

Civic Square Pen Art University

Station Plaza

Area for windmills

Urban expansion limit

Opportunities

Improve access with mixed waterside uses Enhance E-W permeability Potential gateway focal points Vehicle dominance - traffic congestion Close proximity to city centre Potential valuable water frontage Integrate ecological networks Large areas for potential regeneration

Threats

Flooding risk , dictates landuse, economic viability Height restriction leading to sprawl Net increase in traffic flow and congestion Depletion of agriculture and landmills

S.W.O.T

Reserved Forest

Strategic Vision plan The vision is to provide a strategy plan for Pen for the next 20 years aiming to transform the city into a livable urban utopia. A series of projects have been proposed, spread across the city. It is envisioned that these will act as a catalyst that direct the natural growth of the city.

Strategic Interventions Kalagram - Art hub

The art district located in the city core will become the destination for creativity, providing inspiration and recognition, nurturing innovation and diversity. The housing created offers scope for densification for future population. This is done without losing the essence of their lifestyle due to the provision of interactive spaces and visual connectivity with the street.

Home level Small scale

Food Park The setting up of the food park will enable them to capture their entrepreneurial spirit and scale their skills from the kitchen level to the community level and finally to the industrial level. This community level entreprise will give a boost to the local agro based industry through value based addition by combining skill and technology at the same place.

Community level moderate scale

City level Large scale

Mobility Regional and city level linkages developed with a clear priority towards non-motorised and public form of transport.

A ring road and intracity bus system is implemented with extra storage capacity enabling the transport of goods. Green multimodal links provide connectivity with the residential areas and the transit routes.

River Revitalization

The city no longer acts as a parasite to nature in the process of urbanization. The role of river is reintegrated into the everyday life of the people through the creation of community farm parks, public spaces, nature trails and a public spaces and Ganpati idol immersion during festivals.

“The entire organism spreads into the city giving it a new life and world class quality of recreation bringing people together and making the city more than just a workspace.�

Central Plaza

The divide in the city due to the presence of the highway and the railway line causes inequitable growth of the city .

A city level recreation hub provided over the existing transit corridor connecting the two areas by pedestrian green links flowing into the cityscape.

Energy Security

Food Security

Water Security

Employment Security

“The proposed urban development for Pen will facilitate the process of decentralisation of production and distribution making these peripheral cities independent thus preventing the spread of cancerous unbalanced urban growth.�

International Art and Food festival in the Art district

Re-living the city foot by foot

Involvement : Design Team Design Team : Bina, Tejas, Pratik, Kshitij, Sanya, Tejashree

CULTURAL HUB The street serves as a performance arena apart from being a religious congregation point

BAZAAR A semi open, women oriented space

TEMPLE

MEDIUM DENSITY LOW DENSITY

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MASJID BANDER STATION

COMMUNITY SPACE In order to retain and revive its old glory street elements frame the fountain well.

To ease the congregation on the entire CRAWFORD street, handcart and truck activity is MARKET CRAWFORD segregated beyond this point.

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RELIGIOUS NODE The mosque opens onto the street to incorporate religious activity with street life.

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HIGH DENSITY

TRUCK HALTING POINT: Trucks have been rerouted to facilitate pedestrian movement.

A truck depot - with provision for loading and unloading.

MASJID BUNDER STATION

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MASJID BANDER STATION

RELIGIOUS HAWKERS

KHAU GALL WHOLESALE

CLOTH MARK RETAIL

TRADING

Activity

MASJID BANDER STATION MUMBADEVI

CRAWFORD MARKET

HIGH DENSIT MEDIUM DENSITY

DENSITY Pedestrian HIGH Density MEDIUM DENSITY

LOW DENSITY

RECREATIONAL AREA The khaugalli, the bhaji market and the papad shops have been reorganised to form an introverted, family oriented space

Composite Mapping

LOW DENSITY

Ÿ PATTIWALAS- After a tiresome day of carrying

SENIOR CITIZENS- The area outside the Masjid and the Mumbadevi temple becomes the most used space by the elders. They visit the mosque daily for namaaz and then the street automatically becomes the opted spill out space.

heavy headloads, these pattiwalas simply invert their carry baskets and sit on it in an unobtrusive place to ward off the day’s hard work.

C.P. TANK

HAWKERS- As hawkers cannot leave their respective stalls, they limit their recreation to interacting with the neighbouring hawkers on the streets.

MUMBADEVI NODE M E TA L S H O P S

CLOTH MARKET SCHOOL

HANDCARTWALA- The people pushing the handcarts are engaged in delivering goods the whole day.

The little time that they get between two trips, they spend in relaxing on their handcarts, making small talk with other handcartwalas generally in front of shops that are shut.

RESIDENTS- Besides a few road side eateries and the bhaji market ,the residents of the area find no other space to recreate, on the chaotic street.

HOME

RG

CHILDREN- The small RG is the only recreational space for the children. The area is deficit of open spaces and although this land comes as a welcome space, the unappealing paving makes most of the children go to Azad Maidan.

PLUMBING MARKET VEGETABLE MARKET

LOADING AND UNLOADING

MASJID BUNDER STATION

SHOPKEEPERS- The shopowners, in their leisure time, prefer to gather just outside their shops and pass their time with the adjoining shopkeepers.

PASSERBY- The pedestrians simply passing through the street generally halt in front of eateries or the bhaji market, due to lack of space and the prevailing bustle on the street.

WOMEN- The bhaji market and the cloth market are the only women oriented spaces in the area. The site does not have any other recreational space dedicated for women.

Mapping of Street Users

Part 1 : Academite @ AOA Here’s where the journey first began, the first introduction to Architecture as a profession, to drawings and materiality, to the first discussions on the roles of Architecture and Urbanism and everything in between...

Profiling Mumbai - Bharat Nagar

AOA | B.ARCH 2010 | Town Planning| Team Work Bina Bhatia . Deep Dodiya. Hitesh Gujjar . Swapnil Shinde . Dipti Bhaindarkar

Bharat Nagar -1910

Bharat Nagar -2010

Bharat Nagar, a marash land was reclaimed in the 1970’s and saw a shift of people during th 1976 riots. At that time, the site was known for the illegal production of alchohol and drugs and there was a constant period of conflict between various religious communities.

Recently, this area has been taken up DBI builders and political leaders directly or indirectly funding the development with private institutions.

The entire landscape pf Bharat Nagar will undergo a massive makeover with the upcoming metro line.

Apart from the mosque surroundings, the entire area faces reconstruction and commercialization with reduction in residences.

If developed with the current developer lobby nexus...

Bharat Nagar -2060

Bina Bhatia

Education

500 Riverside drive, Apt. 520, NY 10027 Tel: 347-217-8400 bmb2174@columbia.edu www.linkedin.com/in/binabhatia

May 2015 MS. in Architecture & Urban Design GSAPP, Columbia University (expected graduation) May 2012 Bachelor of Architecture Academy of Architecture (AOA) University of Mumbai

Work Experience

Blank Slate Design Studio Co-Partner in Freelance Practice | Jun. 2012 - Present

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MO-OF Project Architect | Mar. 2013 - Apr. 2014

Design Development of a university campus commissioned by the Govt. of India after a National Competition • Engaged in design development and prepared approval, tender and working drawings • Co-ordinated with MEP & structural consultants to ensure adherence to building codes • Revised project specifications and BOQ’s and conducted in-depth research on materials • Created 3D Visualizations and interior and exterior renderings with Vray

School of Architecture & Planning 10 acres, BUA:320,000 sq.ft DD + Tender Stage

Big Bang Bar and Cafe, Mumbai 4,000 sq.ft Design Stage to Execution

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MYST, Luxury Eco Housing, for Tata Housing 11.6 acres, BUA: 350,000 sq.ft Design Stage

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Castellino & Marchese Architects, Auroville Intern |Dec. 2011 - Mar. 2012| Design Stage

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Design Worldwide Partnership, Bahrain Intern | May 2008

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Freelance design and execution of residential and office interior projects ­Currently engaged in co-developing a master plan for a rural community development project in Shahpur, India in collaboration with the Art of Living Foundation

Single handedly prepared design, construction, electrical and mechanical drawings Managed cost estimates, project scheduling and material procurement Monitored site construction and managed 35 workers from various teams Key member of the design team responsible for carrying forward the scheme proposed by Llewelyn Davies Yeang Architects and finalizing the concept design of complex housing typologies Revised structural drawings and worked in constant engagement with THDC, structural and interior consultants Conceptualized and engaged in design development of residential projects Responsibilities included delivering various drawings, 3D and physical modelling, construction details and client correspondence Reorganised material library and assisted in preparing material boards for clients

Academic Experience

Studio Projects

AOA, Mumbai Visiting Faculty for Building Materials and Arch. History Jun. ’13 - May’14

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Make a Difference, Mumbai Volunteer English Project Teacher Jun. 2013 - May 2014

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Restructured traditional course contents and introduced current concepts and technologies focusing on practical application and field based study projects Introduced an integrated approach in design, history and building materials Volunteered as an English Project Teacher (Cambridge Board) at Make a Difference mentoring 12 children at risk in Orphanages and Street Shelters

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Workshops and Exhibitions

Achievements and Awards International House, 2014 New York COA NIASA, 2013 Mumbai

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International House Resident Scholarship

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Special Mention |‘Excellence in Architectural Thesis Award’

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Minal Panchal Excellence in Thesis Award, 2013

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Nomination by Academy of Architecture

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SAARC NASA India

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Citation,GSEN trophy for ‘ Adaptive Reuse of Capitol Cinema’, 2009 Special Mention,Urban Redesign Competition, for ‘Redesigning a Sustainable Indian City for 2030’ in 2010

Ethos Archumen, 2010 India

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Western Interface Runner’s Up, The competition consisted of 126 teams in the West Zone and more than 500 teams nation-wide

Academy of Architecture, Mumbai

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Design and Aesthetics Award - 2nd Place Award, 2009 History of Architecture Award - 3rd Place, 2009 Best Overall Academic Performance - 2nd Place, 2009 Design and Aesthetics Award - 2nd Place, 2008

High School,2005-07 Bahrain

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Grade 10th School topper and Grade 12th GCC topper of 110 schools, 2005 & 2007

Air India Airlines, 2005

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Air India Scholastic Award

Academy of Architecture

i-Rec (Information and Research for Reconstruction) Conference and Workshop held in CEPT, Ahmadabad, in 2010 Fabricated and installed a Bamboo structure in Auroville in 2010 Kala Ghoda Arts Festival, designed and exhibited an art installation at Mumbai’s largest Art Festival in 2009

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Organized various cultural events as the Cultural Asst. Secretary, AOA 2007 Held the position of Jt. Secretary of Film Club of Rachana Sansad, 2008 Completed the Art of Living Foundation, Yes Plus Course in 2012

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Licensed Architect with Council of Architecture (COA), India

Language Skills

Publications + Research Columbia University

Revitalization of a South Bronx, NYC neighborhood through rezoning and mixed use redevelopment Reorienting growth based on watersheds by limiting development around drinking water supply while activating Newburgh’s forgotten Quassaick creek waterfront Rethinking the Social Housing typology in Rio de Janeiro to catalyze mixed use, mixed income growth in a peri-urban area

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‘Patching Urban Ecosystems’ GSAPP Abstract, 2015 (to be published)

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‘Auroville : A Utopian Paradox’, 2015 ( Seminar Research Paper)

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‘Emotions in Architecture’ Archiving Architectural Thesis 2013, COA-NIASA, 2014 ‘Design for Yusuf Meherelly Street Project’ Midday newspaper, Mumbai,2011

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English, Hindi, Sindhi

Software Skills Adobe Suite | Esri ARCMAP | MAYA (basic) Revit Architecture | Autocad | Rhino Grasshopper(basic) | Google sketchup | Adobe Aftereffects

Thank you for taking the time to review my portfolio!

Bina Bhatia

MSAUD+B.Arch bmb2174@columbia.edu 347-217-8400