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Photographic work: Hanging grooves of a worn out loom. (By Self)
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‘Meeting the people involved in the process of the creation of the crafts has been an inspiration, opening up the mind to the needs and the possibilities of promoting the crafts, with the idea of uplifting the status of the crafts and the craftsmen in the state of Punjab.’
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Photographic work: ‘A Reminiscence of Beauty’, a handloom in a dilapidated condition in the old Dana Mandi of Nakodar, India. (By self)
The district of Hoshiarpur produces
dark tali sheesham furniture with beautifully detailed dense foliage patterns that are both engraved and inlaid with acrylic, camel bone and shell. The motifs are either of persian origin or adaptions of the exquiste wood carving in the havelis, mansions, of Hoshiarpur.
The Punja Dhurrie is a flat woven rug.
In the post-independence Punjab, it has been connected with the Punjabi concept of dowry that includes items of bedding. Although the craft was practiced in most rural areas of Punjab, it has become a domestic industry on a commercial scale after immigrant weavers from Sailkot and Pakistan arrived at Nakodar, Noormahal and the villages around.
The Phulkari is a traditional handmade
embroidery, practice originated by the women of Punjab (North-west India & Pakistan) during the 19th century. As the name suggests, Phulkari means ‘flower work’. In the past, ladies of the neighbourhood would gather in their leisure time to create beautiful works with the silk threads. This craft has now grown from a simple cottage industry to being a full-grown industry.
The Punjabi Jutti is a traditional
footwear, characterised by a curled upturned toe and has an intricate embroidery, which still is executed completely by hand. In the past, embroidery was done in pure gold and silver wires, covering the entire surface of the pair. In this cottage industry craft, the cutting and stitching is done by men while the women embroider the uppers.
Photographic work: A craftsman demonstrating the process of Wood Inlay, in the Dabbi Bazar of Hoshiarpur, India. (By self)
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Map source © Department of Town and Country Planning, Punjab
The Urban Context
Jalandhar Old City To the Left: A map of the state of Punjab, depicting the three major regions: Majha, Doaba and the Malwa. Jalandhar lies in the
Doaba region of the state, which is identified as the area that lies between the Beas river and the Sutlej river.
Model Town Road Skylark Chowk
Milap Chowk
Jyoti Chowk
Bhagwat Nadev Chowk
Shreeram Chowk
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Map source © Google Earth
‘What’s in and around the site’
Opposite the Site: The skyline outside is majorly defined by the two storey buildings
(shops), the commerical set-up, and the four-five storey buildings functioning as hotels and offices.
Plain, linear, plastered or exposed
brick facades can be observed. There is no defined language to the built form.
Parts of the structures exhibit old style architecture of Punjab (cement
Non-plastered
casted parapets and railings, windows)
walls-exposed
opening directly to the street.
untidy mortar.
Narrow
Informal
Streets
Hoardings
The Skyline
OUTSIDE
Through the Site:
The Skyline
The skyline inside is marked by
INSIDE Built in the 1957, the Guru Nanak Dev District Library is a prominent part of the site. It needs to be preserved for the sense of heritage that with the age of the
eucalyptus boulevard
building to a time of the country when postindependence architecture was important.
the two monumental historic
buildings, namely, the Guru Nanak Dev District Library
and the Auditorium attached to it, the existing Virsa Vihar
building(in a dilapidated state) and the row of the monumental
Eucalptus trees.
THE GURU NANaK DEV DISTRICT LIBRARY THE OLD VIRSA VIHAR BUILDING
THE AUDITORIUM
Illustration and Photography Source: By Self
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The row of the ever-monumental Eaucalptus trees is a loudly visible feature of the site.
The site is located in the heart
of
the
Jalandhar
district, majorly surrounded by the residential colonies of
the executive officers of the
city and a row of commercial buildings lining the road leading to the old city.
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BHAGAT NAMDEV CHOWK HOTEL SHEKHON GRAND
CENTRAL WORKS DIVISION PWD HOUSING
THE EXISTING VIRSA VIHAR BUILDING
BUS STOP
A AL DI JAN T.NT CA AR
THE AUDITORIUM
D T DH AN AN ST MEN JAL XI TA ACH O CR EN
THE LIBRARY
AD RO
RESIDENTIAL QUARTERS POWERSTATION OFFICE
POWER-STATION
J NSRA DA HA RAIZA M STADIU
The Proposed Site 0 10 20 30
The Bhagwat
site abutting the
node of the city
been encroached
connects to the
of Taxi stands for
as it directly Old City.
70 m
The edge of the
Namdev Chowk is an important
50
arterial road has
upon by a group business.
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Z
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Site Area: 16.5 hectares
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SECTION ZZ
The Art and Craft Studios
The Museum
Walkway
The Media Centre
The Guru Nanak Dev District Library
The Auditorium
The Cafetaria 12
‘The Arts and Crafts in Motion’ The Arts and Crafts’ Studios have been
strategically
staggered
around the row of Eaucalptus
trees. As one strolls from the ticket
pavilion
towards
the
studios, one experiences the live demonstration of the various forms of artistry. The alternating
semi-open and closed spaces cater to the dynamics of the
Roof Level
While the closed spaces provide
First Floor Level
studios
spaces
in
practice.
a sheltered domain for the
demonstrations, the semi-open spaces around the Eaucalptus trees provide an environment
close to what one finds in the rural context in Punjab.
From the Eaucalptus Court or
the Crafts’ Street, one can freely or directly access the studios (the podium level and mezzanine
Podium Level
sections). The knowledge here
Mezzanine Level
is imparted through a series of visual and tactile experiences.
Semi-Basement Floor
ssCro
lIGHT wELLS
THE ARTS & CRAFTS' STUDIOS
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n tio tila
n ve
CIRCULATION CORE
The monumental Eaucalptus
Lift Studio
The Street
B
‘The Street and the Studios’ : Section BB
B
SD AXI
The walk through the Arts and Crafts’ Street is a depiction of the physical connection between the rural and the urban Punjab. Roads linking the city and the villages are often lined with rows of Eaucalptus trees and the podium here is a symbolic representation of that transition. The idea of the centre is to bring the rural craftsmen into the urban space to raise awareness. The podium suggests the link.
ERI BY V E D EXI THE S EAU ROW TING CAL OF PTU S
THE ARTS & CRAFTS' STREET- THE PODIUM
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THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART AND VERNACULAR CRAFTS
Narratives of Modern Art
The Museum of Modern Art and
Vernacular Crafts houses artifacts of
regional
importance
and
works of Modern Art by famous Narratives of Modern Art
+
of the Vernacular Crafts
Modernist artists of the state.
It allows people to imbibe the
cultural context through visual prompting.
While
the
lower
floor exhibits works of art, the Narratives of Modern Art and of the Vernacular Crafts
+
Verticle circulation core
Narratives of Modern Art and of the Vernacular Crafts, Circulation core
+
Electrical Services North Light for the Galleries Entry from the podium The
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Museum
upper floor weaves a story of the
cultural heritage, making people the connect the dots of the story
as one moves from the vestibule, to one chamber to another.
ROOF LEVEL LVL.+ 8.4 m
FIRST FLOOR LVL.+ 4.8m
GROUND FLOOR LVL.+0.6m
‘The Reflections of the Past’
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THE REDEVELOPED BUS-STOP
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‘Making the crafts available to the public’ The purpose of the centre is not only to raise
awareness about the tangible heritage of Punjab through display or demonstration of
the making but also to influence people to
purchase the crafts for their use, encouraging the hardwork of artisans and craftsmen. The
centre has been designed to contain a public plaza at the entrance from the Namdev Chowk which also transforms into a Crafts Haat where the craftsmen can sell their works.
‘A Place for All’ Apart from educating people about the culture of Punjab, invigorating the dying crafts,
Virsa Vihar also serves as a general place of interaction
for the public, with multiple plazas and informal pockets THE crafts haat
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inter-weaved, for people to meet and learn.
VIGYAAN KENDRA ‘A Science Center in the Pink City of India.’
Illustration: The Kaleidoscopic Tower
THE SITE
sound gallery
The Proposed site for the Science Centre lies in the Sitapura area of Jaipur, has a plain land, sloping down towards a naala or an
whispering dishes visual gallery
open drainage channel that runs close to the site.
ENERGY HALL
A public plaza
X
entrance plaza Sitapura, Opposite Bombay Hospital,
Y
19.9
Hectares
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Jaipur
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earth-bermed cafetaria
‘Where Architecture aids in the demonstration of Science’
Dinosaur park
The ‘Vigyaan Kendra’ or the Science
a
second of its kind in the city and
light walkway
al
Centre in Jaipur is supposed be the
e
na
th
Light gallery
contexually the only one in the south of Jaipur. The theme of the centre has
been done to the discretion of the
Reception
designer. It is based on the theme of
Light and Sound. The architectural
structure has been used to aid in the demonstration of the science of light and sound.
Load transfer of the structure via. a
Whispering Dishes
frame supported on ‘V’ shaped columns.
Sound Gallery
Based on the principal of reflection and amplification of incident sound from concave surfaces.
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BOMBAY HOSPITAL, SITAPURA
Road lvl. + - 0.0 m
Slope
PLANET hall
ENERGY PARK
Site lowest Lvl. -5.1 m
1:20
STAFF PARKING
SERVICE YARD
Landscape Plan at A
Kaleidoscopic Tower
AV Room
Refracting glass
SECTION XX
Electrical Shaft The grass that covers the dome
The Earth Cafetaria
of the cafetaria attracts children and merges to become a part of
the dinosaur park. One can freely access the grass roof .
Kaleidoscopic Tower
Light Gallery
Reception
SECTION YY
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YAK SHELTER ‘An Abode in Ladakh’
THE PROJECT The ‘Yak Shelter’ aims at giving shelter to around 7-8 domestic yaks, creating spaces for the arrangement of their nourishment, recreation and medical attention.
THE YAK SHELTER Shey, Ladakh
Total AREA: 1800 sq. m.
D
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FODDER STORAGE
MILK STORAGE
CATTLE SHED
MEDICAL ROOM
WILLOW TREE
WEST ELEVATION
THE SHED
FOOD TROUGH
YAKS LINED UP
CARETAKERS' ROOM
BACKYARD
SECTION DD
SOUTH ELEVATION
pond
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Model and Illustration: By self Project content Š SRDA, Mumbai
PROJECT
WESTMORE, Worli, Mumbai
LIVING ROOM
BEDROOM 1
AREA: 16,000 sq. ft.
LIVING
LIVING
ROOM
ROOM
An upper floor on an existing
building in the Worli area of Mumbai, Maharshtra, which needed interiors
done, eliminating few structural parts, working on the materiality of
flooring and wall-details. A number of options were generated for the
BEDROOM 2
flooring material palette, based on
aesthetics and the volume of the space and the requirements of the same.
A list of the Materials and their Details
Final Flooring Plan indicating the Material
Option 1
Option 2
Option 3
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PROJECT
COIMBATORE HOUSE Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu AREA 10,000 Sq. Ft.
Courtyard
The Coimbatore
Bedroom 1
House is a residence for a wedded
Bedroom 2
Deck
couple, their children
l Poo
and the children’s
grandparents. While
the old members were to have a bedroom
on the ground floor,
Kitchen Office
Dining Room
Parents’ Bedroom
Living Room
the upper floor
comprised bedrooms
for the couple and their
Multipurpose Room
Courtyard
children. The house is characterised by the
collonaded vestibule
and derives inspiration from the south Indian
The Basic Layout of the House Model and Illustration: By self
style of architecture,
containing courtyards.
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Project content © SRDA, Mumbai
First Floor Plan
‘The process of iteration’
OPTION
OPTION
AGRAHARAM
PAVILION
(To the left)
Agraharam comes from the South Indian concept of having rows of similar looking Brahmin houses along the two sides
of the lane, the Pavilion is more to do with creating pavilions on the land, generating multiple courtyards in the process.
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PROJECT
The Spine House is a residence in Bharuch of Gujarat. It
THE SPINE HOUSE
is characterised by its cozy narrowness of the interstitial
Bharuch, Gujarat
spaces- the creek, and the courtyard nestled between the family spaces.
AREA 10,000 Sq. Ft.
‘Part to Whole Development’
South Block
The nonaligned block with the bedrooms
The Staircase
The Plinth
The Block with the mezzanine floor (A)
The railing
The Spine
The spine of connection
The Components of the Built Form
Feasable roof options for ‘A’
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Project content © SRDA, Mumbai
The components assembled: View from perpendicularly above
The Plinth + The Staircase
‘The Staircase through the plinth is an important elongated sculptural element of the house.’
+ The Spine + Block on the East
+ The Non-aligned Block
‘The Bridge of connectivity as seen from the western courtyard.’ + The Front Block (= The Western Elevation)
The East-side Elevation
PROJECT
THE HOUSE WITH A SALON & SPA
WORKING DRAWINGS Academic Project
Jaipur, Rajasthan AREA 570 Sq. m.
GROUND FLOOR PLAN
TOILET DETAILS
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TOILET DETAIL A
DRAINAGE PLAN
TOILET DETAIL B
ELECTRICAL LAYOUT
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Documentation (study and measure drawing) of the entire historical city with its Urban Regeneration, specific study of the City Dispensary, undertaken by a group of four students.
Photographic work: City Dispensary, Sawai Madhopur, India.
Map Source: Forwarded by ASA, Jaipur
THE MAJOR SUBARTERIAL ROAD
MAP OF SAWAI MADHOPUR
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B
SECTION AA
FIRST FLOOR PLAN
FRONT
THE URBAN
SIDE
THE ‘JHAROKHA’ AT ‘B’
REGENERATION
NASA LIK TROPHY 2014-2015 GROUND FLOOR PLAN
BEFORE
The first floor of the building in a state of ruins.
canteen
dining
public toilet
medical information centre
AFTER
Transformed into a health camp zone for health check-ups.
The abandoned part of the dispensary that had been in the state of ruins, has been restored and put to adaptive re-use, maintaining all its architectural elements.
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Documentation of the water systems of historic town, specific study of the Ancient Hindu Baodi.
Photographic work: Ancient Hindu Baodi, Mandu, India.
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OTHER WORKS
A Mural Inspired by the works of the great Spanish artist, Pablo Picasso, this
mural has pictorial elements taken from two of his famous works,
namely, Guernica and Night Fishing at Antibes and has been composed out of an amalgation of the two.
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Planes of Contrast A demonstration of the
modulation of space.
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A Sculpture ‘The void’ symbolises the impact of negativity on a human soul and
is manifested by a rusted claw, penetrating an undulating, slanting form which represents the human
life, creating a circular cavity (a subtracted space), the void in the
human. The visual tension here is
potrayed by the inclination of the major axis of the core.
Prototype
Medium:
Wood and Iron
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The Lotus
A demonstration of the form
articulation for a given cube.
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RK Mahavidyalaya, Sawai Madhopur, India A part of the documentation of
the city of Sawai Madhopur. This building is a college for women
and is partially a temple, at the entrance of which beautiful Jain
style arches can be noticed.
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Luxor Temple, Luxor, Egypt The sketch of an Ancient Egyptian temple.
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the beginning of the design journey
School Studios Aayojan School of Architecture, Jaipur, India
Studio Jalandhar, India
where the ideas popped up
Cafetaria Aayojan School of Architecture, Jaipur, India
an architectural installation
‘The Wall as a Room’ Jawahar Kala Kendra, Jaipur, India
Project content © SRDA, Mumbai
a new dimension to archiitecture and design
becomes an architect observation & experiment
Practical Training Samira Rathod Design Associates, Mumbai, India
? Would love to learn and evolve under the guidance of an architect and designer, curious about furniture design in particular.
Studio Jalandhar, India
