Portfolio Design and Architecture- Divyansh Agarwal by Divyansh Agarwal

[20112019] portfolio architecture and design DIVYANSH AGARWAL

This is a catalog highlighting various scales of architectural intervention, development, and speculation. It covers a wide array of work in architecture that addresses and instigate familiar and unfamiliar questions rooted in a changing discourse. The academic projects are resolved to a level that is appropriate to understand a specific line of intrigue or curiosity. No project is entirely exhausted, instead considered to a point where questions and discourse can be provoked, furthered through conversation. The work done as a professional in the field conform to the high standards followed by the employer and as per the requirements set by the client. This document is primarily about showcasing skills acquired as a student through collaborative efforts and constant learning on the job. The motivation for this work comes from the need to express and constantly create. It is about engaging in a dialogue questioning the familiar to open up new avenues for investigations.

portfolio architecture and design DIVYANSH AGARWAL

Divyansh Agarwal Master of Architecture _M.Arch2 Southern California Institute of Architecture, Los Angeles Bachelor of Architecture _ B.Arch RV College of Architecture, Bangalore 100 S. Santa Fe Avenue, Apt 1-536, Los Angeles, CA - 90013 ar.divyanshagarwal@gmail.com https://divyanshagarwal.myportfolio.com/ 213.296.8261 ÂŠ2020 All rights reserved. No part of the book may be reproduced in any form without written permission of copyright owner.

table of contents

//background //new nature of architecture

//technology and technique

//design development

//professional practice

//resume

Man-Made Nature Park of the Post-Anthropocene The Garden in the Machine Landscapes of the Post-Anthropocene The Vessel Inhabiting the Urbanscapes City on A Bridge Musi River Front Development Semblance After Image The Medicine Cabinet by Darwin Broke Studio 2059 String Theory Robot Assisted Weaving and Tensile Structure Gestural lines Follies Prism Design Development Integrated Design China Academy of Arts by Kengo Kuma Advance Tectonics Little Tokyo Subway Station Long Span Structural Design FLAME University National War Memorial - Museum Auronya Liberal Arts University Haiku Housing by Kensville Polycab Hospitality and Experience Center Center for Performance Arts and Multimedia

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background

Artist impression of the River Front Bridge Proposal

Divyansh Agarwal is a graduate from the Southern California Institute of Architecture, Los Angeles where he received the Master of Architecture degree. As a student of the advance design program, he prepared to pursue architecture at the intersection of cuttingedge technology and contemporary practice. Prior to his time at SCI_Arc, he received a Bachelor of Architecture degree with distinction from The R.V. College of Architecture, Bangalore, India. He is also registered as a licensed Architect with the Council of Architecture, India. He has professionally worked in the role of a Junior Architect at Vastushilpa Consultants Sangath, Ahmedabad under the tutelage of professor emeritus Dr. B.V. Doshi. His work here was focused on the design and development of large-scale National Educational Institutions being built across the Indian subcontinent. He has also undertaken a year-long internship at Fountain Head Design Consultants Pvt. Ltd., Hyderabad, assisting on the design and detailing of residential and commercial projects of varying scales, with an emphasis on smart and sustainable design practice. This experience has helped him cultivate a new attitude towards architectural design and has developed a repertoire of contemporary tools and techniques. With his learnings, he hopes to contribute to the development of architecture, with his in digital design, fabrication, and art. He is looking forward to work at an architectural practice that encourages learning and growth by engaging with new ideas.

duarte public library 34° 6' 35.964'' N 118° 14' 48.084'' W

g2 taylor yard

34° 6' 35.964'' N 118° 14' 48.084'' W

piggyback yard

34° 3’ 35.5824’’ N 118° 13’ 27.858’’ W

dtla flower market 34° 6' 35.964'' N 118° 14' 48.084'' W

new nature of archite

ecture

The most significant architectural spaces in the world are now entirely empty of people. The data centerers, telecommunications networks, distribution warehouses, unmanned ports and industrialized agriculture that define the very nature of who we are today are at the same time places we can never visit. Instead they are occupied by server stacks and hard drives, logistics bots and mobile shelving units, autonomous cranes and container ships, robot vacuum cleaners and wi-fi connected toasters, autonomous tractors and taxis. This is a catalogue of sites, architecture and infrastructures that are not built for us, but whose form, materiality and purpose is configured to anticipate the patterns of machine vision and habitation rather than our own. We are said to be living in a new geological epoch, the Anthropocene, in which humans are the dominant force shaping the planet. This collection of spaces, however, more accurately constitutes an era of the Post-Anthropocene, a period where it is technology and artificial intelligence that now computes, conditions and constructs our world. Marking the end of humancentered design, the projects turns the attention to the new typologies of the post-human, architecture without people and our endless expanse of Machine Landscapes. Here the city of Los Angeles is seen as the test bed for this new nature of architecture. The interventions view the reality of contemporary building environment as a provocation for a new architectural form, material and technology. The aim here is to explore the conceptual and aesthetic possibilities of architecture and urbanism through the application on new mediums and technology. From capturing and surveying the known environment and towards creating new realities with the use of new technology.

man-made nature Park of the Post-Anthropocene

2019 SCI_Arc Vertical Studio Mentor_ Florencia Pita In the era of the Anthropocene, humans have left deep scars along the Earth’s surface. Ranging from industrial enterprise to technological advancements for human benefit, earth has been left with a toxic footprint that has endangered life for future generations. In addition, it has left tension between the industrial and natural worlds. This is especially apparent along the LA River. Ravaged by pollution and the use of toxic substances from G2’s history as a train yard, the site has been contaminated past the point of human habitation. Thus, the era of the Post-Anthropocene takes place. In the park of the Post-Anthropocene, the tension between industry and nature is addressed through a myriad of techniques meant to not only heal the site but also to catalyze a dialogue as to humankind’s relationship with nature. This is done by constructing a park that takes advantage of several soil remediation techniques laid bare before the public. In addition, the water system and greenery demonstrate nature making its way back into its natural habitat, encouraging growth from pain. Botanical gardens and water deltas are incorporated along with an underlying grid system that provides an interactive experience for humans as to the interaction between nature and industry, showcasing the healing process and providing various dialogue opportunities. Naturally, typical park programs are also distributed throughout, such as sports areas and dining shops, to engage the public further.

Model and the big drawing presented at the SCI_Arc Spring Show 2019

And thus with the era of the Post-Anthropocene, we present a park that is visionary in a multitude of ways. Firstly, G2’s history of contamination is addressed through multiple soil remediation techniques that are intended to heal the land for generations. Secondly, a myriad of dialogue opportunities is laid before the public to catalyze conversations regarding humankind’s relationship to the tension between nature and industry. Lastly, the programming encourages a variety of people to come to the park so that its opportunities become much more widespread to the public. Altogether, such factors create a vision for a master-plan scale future where nature returns to whence it came.

Model and the big drawing presented at the SCI_Arc Spring Show 2019

`Buildings are islands, Streets are rivers. Reservoirs as lakes, Islands are our city blocks.â&#x20AC;&#x2DC; Thus, Nature is all about scale, some of these are contained in our cities, and some exist in our life. In our project is aiming to establish the artificial terraces in the industrial area which is a conceptual park proposal. Different from those ordinary parks, we suggest surreal pieces of highland to dominate the functions of the park which addresses a new version of LA River Park. The layers are walking paths, highlands, grasslands, and fake lakes which provide multiple platforms for the recreations and leisure. Those platforms create a sense of blurring elevation scales in this micro artificial park and our mega-

scale nature of the Los Angeles River. The LA River is not only an urban connector with an uninterrupted linear path, but also it carries water, which flows toward the ocean. This extravagant expenditure of water in a desert city seems paradoxical. This project will take on the nature of this river and will look at it for what it was meant to be and not what it has turned into. A concrete channel will be transformed into a breeding ground for natural rejuvenation and serve as a vital organ for the city. An example is set for future developments and cities for sustainable growth.

Sketches from the notebook- design process

The Designed Wetlands and the Machine- Cyborg Urbanism

Focusing on soil remediation of the site, the project takes advantage of various ambiguously natural elements to produce a compelling industrial park. These elements are water wheels, fake trees, deltas, mountains, orange groves, zankas, botanical gardens, and wells. Orange groves are placed throughout the site. In particular, they are positioned in the delta and botanical garden sectors of the project to encourage the healing of the soil on site. This is a direct application of the phytoremediation technique. To assist in the process of phytoremediation, a passive hydro circulation system is employed throughout the site. Primarily, a water wheel system is used to

not only supply additional power to the site but also to circulate water into a network of channels, reservoirs, and wells built into the site, supplying water throughout the delta and botanical garden. Essentially mimicking the old Zankas system, the that was once employed in LA as the primary source of water to the city. Through this process the natural pH level for the soil is achieved, simultaneously the groundwater level is being recharged through a network of wells bored throughout the site. Also, these zankas serve the purpose of channeling stormwater and mitigating floods as the surrounding residential neighborhood is in the direct line of danger from a 50-year flood scenario.

The Park of the Post Anthropocene The Big Drawing

Tension Fields Montage

the garden in the machine

Landscapes of the Post-Anthropocene

Graduate Architectural Thesis 2019 SCI_Arc Mentor: David Ruy In an era of increasing ecological anxiety, the Anthropocene marks what now appears to be the permanent human influence upon the natural order. Though the discourse of the Anthropocene is new, already in the last century, Leo Marx identified the conflicted and peculiarly American history of the human-nature-machine conjunction in his seminal text The Machine in the Garden: Technology and the Pastoral Ideal in America (1964). Americaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s contradictory ambitions for both endless pastoral landscapes foreshadowed the often bizarre interactions between technology and nature that have become our reality. Alarming ecological scenarios have emerged in this ongoing problem of how the human, the natural, and the machinic should relate. This thesis is an investigation of alternative design agenda that might reformat these relationships. Piggyback Yard, the 80-acre parcel of land that was once part of the LA River system is one such scenario that demands a non-conventional intervention. Cut off from the now channelized LA River, the natural floodplains have been erased by the forces of mechanization. The project proposes a restoration of the floodplain but in a synthetic way by subjecting mechanisms to a process of â&#x20AC;&#x153;naturalization.â&#x20AC;? The proposed solution being a garden built on a mechanical grid full of agencies employed to create a new state/form of nature that enables the transitions into the Post-Anthropocene. Employing machines that cater to the posthuman - postnature challenges of human-driven climate change, oceanic pollution, and wastelands. In the sense that the machine creates an efficient ecology that is inclusive of human, yet is built without any human bias. The new aesthetics of this landscape are generated (while satisfying its true intentions) using machine vision and kitbashing of machine parts and nascent landscapes. This project proposes these new machine hybrids that seamlessly fuse with rays in the hope of generating nonconforming architecture and a series of spatial hybrids that are found in this new garden. And finally, a machine that becomes a landscape itself.

The Territorial Machine - Using technology to go back to a New nature

The Turbines and Pump Houses help in Bringing up the River Water from the reservoir to feed the Giant Machine. It also recharges the natural groundwater system.

Territorial Machines The intricate and complex framework of machines now occupies the center of our territorial and physiological experience. For the most part, the infrastructures that condition and construct our world have been rendered invisible to it. Often at distance, looming in the background, these landscapes are hidden away from our day to day life. These unsung heroes have championed our claim as the apex species. The project aims to bring them to the forefront of the conversation and also shed light at the scale of operations that occur behind the proverbial limits of our cities. These are city machines, each pipe, and turbine, every connection and structure a critical component in the planetary scaled robot that supports contemporary life.

21 The Incinerator and the Steam Engine burn all the Trash collected from the city and the river and generates steam to power the Turbines. The residue is left behind is used to create synthetic landscapes that are safer to the environment.

There is something unsettling about these machine landscapes, it might be that they are deeply, fully alive at the same time they are unrecognizingly technological...they are prostheses of the city. They keep us alive and able, enough to make us forget our dependence on a series of machines and networks for our survival.

The Cyborg landscape is a montage to showing a renewed LA River and a thriving relationship between the machines, Nature and the city of Los Angeles.

Machine Vision of the New Landscape Image developed using GANâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s and Style transfer Machine learning. It is as seen through the lens of Google Earth. A camouflage for the machines.

Satellite Landscapes In satellite photography, individuals on Earth are too small to be visible, but our impact through technology is massive. At the resolution of the satellite image, a pixel is slightly larger than the human itself. At the scale of infrastructure, we do not register; we are just a discoloration, a dead pixel thoroughly embedded in the grain of technology and indistinguishable from the systems that surround us. We are not welcome in these sites, but the uncomfortable reality is that they are central productions of our urban environment. By employing machine learning to catalog and study machine landscapes, there is an attempt to create an image that serves as portraits for our role in forming the Anthropocene and one that will further help us embrace these landscapes as we step into the era of the Post-Anthropocene. And thus, the new hybrid image is generated of the designed machine landscape using Generative Adversarial Networks( is a class of machine learning to form neural networks). This image has the semblance of our past and present but also predicts as to how our future cities might look through the eyes of a satellite. Textures of the Anthro- 4. pocene 1. Qinhuangdao Port, China 5. 2. Puente Hills Landfill, USA 3. Uralkali Potash 6. Mine, Russia

Shin-Nagoya Ther- 7. mal Power Plant, Nagoya, Japan Soquimich Lithium 8. Plant, Atacama, Chile 9. Kolyma River Oil Spill, Zambia

Bandar Imam Khomeini, Musa Bay, Iran Oil Fields, Levelland, Texas, USA Bextar Concrete Works, USA

Finally, the Garden in the Machine

the vessel

Inhabiting the Urbanscapes Spring Studio 2018 SCI_Arc Mentor: Kristy Balliet

The Vessle, 3D printed Model in Copper

Issues of labor, commerce, tourism, and global economies marked the final phases of what is usually called “modernization”. This process can be described as the end of nature - using Zizek’s words, “Nature is over, there is no nature anymore.” And while classical ideals of nature disappear, the territory of nature has silently become an area for work, speculation and potentially a new aesthetic of architecture. It is precisely in this arena that the studio will look for new architectural opportunities. The studio takes on this controversial discussion - how contemporary “architecture” engages with “nature” within a high-density city setting like Downtown LA. The project is productively situated between a mid-rise and tower massing, during one of the fastest economic turns that transformed a lowdensity industrial zone into a highly valuable land for mixed-used developments. These definitions are often relative to context and are relevant here, as the area of the project is in the transition from horizontal fringe to a vertical landscape condition. This mixture of the expansive market hall and repetitive vertical housing units will be exploited through the deliberate integration of nature, real, implied or fake. This combination will require innovative reconsider of circulation models, hybrid structural systems and an extensive exploration of material and color.

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Plan at Flower market level Section through the Third space

The proposal for the Flower Market acknowledges the tensions between nature and rapid urban growth through the design of sweeping greenhouses with the functions of the market, office spaces, and condos built around these vessels. I am calling these greenhouse spaces as â&#x20AC;&#x153;vesselsâ&#x20AC;? as they allude to the crafted object of a vase and hold vegetation as a bouquet. The vessels hover above the site, allowing light to penetrate below to the public plazas and allowing passage underneath. The vessels swell and maneuvers itself to create spaces that connect with the living and working spaces. These combinations allow the building to fluctuate character between urban structures and tranquil urban gardens. Each of these vessels has a unique attitude and provide a productive tension resonating through the design. 3.

Illustrations showing the intertwined Vessel with the residential spaces. View inside the Vessel

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The Vessel against the Los Angeles skyline Model view showing the hierarchy of the spaces. Model View Side Elevation.

â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;The Vesselâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; is designed to camouflage itself against the background of Los Angeles. It mimics the silhouette of a skyscraper but reveals its true nature at curated junctures that act as a peephole into the world inside. It tries to embody the sculptural qualities of a Henre Moore sculpture. The materiality of copper allows the building to develop a patina and age over time, recognizing the effects of time on the built environment. The play between the very different material qualities, and how they are revealed both on the exterior and interior is an attempt to engage questions of estrangement of aperture, material, and surface tectonics.

city on a bridge Musi River Front Revitalization

Undergraduate Architectural Thesis 2015 RVCA, Bangalore Instructor: Nagraj Vastarey Soumithro Gosh An inquiry into the history and heritage of the city of Hyderabad. Musi river - once the datum of growth for the city of Hyderabad. Now lies in a humbled state of extinction. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s river banks hold the grounds for Hyderabadâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s heritage wealth. The attempt is to insert a catalyst into the precinct to restructure and re-establish its lost glory. Hyderabad, a city still rising from a harsh bifurcation has a rich history and heritage. The city grew on the south banks of the Musi river - a tributary of Krishna river. The river, once the datum of growth for the city now appears to be a scar on its face. It splits the city into two contrasting parts. The purpose of this study is to approach these two sides of the city from a viewpoint that recognizes the distinctions between cultural sections based on social, economic and also physical parameters. The city is seen as a cross-cultural laboratory for investigating how a cities machinery is operated on the two sides of the geographical divide under pressure of varying parameters of social, cultural and economic norms. The deteriorated state of the Musi and the alarming state of its heritage has lead to several questions about a cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s stand on its heritage and cultural wealth. The inquiry of this thesis would be to understand the issues of traditionalism, continuity and changing nature of the built environment, in and beyond the walled city of Hyderabad, viewed in this above-mentioned context. The attempt is made to answer these issues through architecture and to establish a framework to revitalize the precinct.

Rendered view of the redeveloped North River Bank with the Cultural center in the backdrop.

Exploded axonometric of the Cultural center and the Gallery Bridge.

Old and the New

Purana Pul, built-in 1578 AD, is a bridge over river Musi in Hyderabad, Telangana, India. It is the first bridge ever constructed in Hyderabad and among the oldest in South India. It was the only surviving bridge after the Great Musi Flood of 1908. Prince Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah was in love with Bhagmati, a Hindu girl who lived on the other side of river Musi. His father Sultan Ibrahim Quli Qutub Shah decided to build the bridge so that his son could cross over the river safely. For this reason, it was also known as ‘Pyarana pul’ meaning ‘On Love Bridge’ in English. Stories such as these provide a city its identity. Hyderabad has seen so many such stories and over time with this rapid growth - these stories are lost to time. River Musi has seen several bridges span across it over decades and with each bridge, it has created connections and new opportunities for the people. Not all bridges (stories) survived the flow of time. The idea here is to re-establish connections across the river and create - recreate new and old stories. A catalyst to be introduced to create interactions and restart the infrastructure in the precinct.

South Bank of the Riverfront North Bank of the Riverfront

Plan showing the Proposed Cultural Center and the bridge in its precinct.

Program The attempt is to realize these potentials and establish it as a CrossCultural Hub, by creating a pedestrian bridge that connects the banks of the River Musi. The bridge will be a link between the museum and the State Library. Performance arts center- 1000 people capacity. Museum extension Library extension Art gallery Bazaar /Marketspace Viewing decks Architectural Scope Tourism center office Developing an intervention that can accommodate universal functionality. An open-air audiovisual show Food courts Proposing a new typology of a Local craft market Habitable Bridge. Proposing a structure that can evolve, adapt and grow over some time. Reshaping the Rendered view of the redeveloped North River Bank with the Cultural landscape to achieve quality spaces. The Proposal Connecting points A and B with social interactive spaces. Alternative Network or Pedestrian Mobility. Social interactive spaces along Pedestrian Network. Connecting the fabric of the city across the river banks to suppress the existing cultural divide. Taking Musi River Revitalization project as existing Scenario. Redistribution of density and activity

center in the backdrop.

Rendered view of the Library entrance with the photogrametry exvironment.

semblance After Image

FALL 2018 SCI_Arc Mentor: Florencia Pita The studio deals with the idea of semblance; semblance between the Fictional and the Real. To manifest the studio learnings, we create a library in a digitally captured fabric/ fragment of Duarte. Through the process of photogrammetry, we have undergone the process of image capture, depth mapping and digital recreation of the subject, that is, a composition of soaps. Here, we attempt to capture the physical attributes of the soap and project it onto its digital image, in the process, manipulating the digital image through a controlled workflow imparting to it, its original characteristics, also re-imagining and recreating new traits of its own. Here, we transition from an everyday object to a speculative image and finally to a habitable mass. The array of textures projected on to the digital image is a semicontrolled amalgamation of the original textures of the soap and the scripted, manipulated versions of them. The landscape around the building is so designed to create pause points and direction, and direct visitors towards the library. It envelopes the mass of the library on the lower floor, creating a community-centric space. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve achieved a spherical space, enabling us to create a focal point; an automated book retrieval system as its core, flanked by an open-planned system of seminal spaces that can adapt to the changing nature of the library as a typology. Logically, the auditorium is positioned on the topmost level to create large-span free-flowing spaces underneath.

Ground Floor Plan Rendered view of the Library NOrth

The Duarte Library proposal is designed to create a sense of belonging in the small community. The Duarte Library redefines the library as an institution no longer exclusively dedicated to the book, but as an information store where all potent forms of mediaâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; new and oldâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;are presented equally and legibly. In an age where information can be accessed anywhere, it is the simultaneity of all media and, more importantly, the curatorship of their content that will make the library vital. Flexibility in the libraries is conceived by the creation of a Central Autonomous Book retrieval system that means generous and tailored flexibility is achieved in the library to compartmentalize and function as a library but also evolve as a cultural space for the neighborhood.

Tectonic systems of the Library 1. A Central Autonomous Book Retrieval system and the core structural assembly 2. Faceted GFRC facade and envelope system 3. Shading Systems and landscape systems

Facade Chunk

This 3D model of the exterior facade system shows the response towards the tectonic qualities and the environmental strategies employed in the design of the library. The facade system comprises of multiple systems that manage and maintain a suitable microclimate. Double Low E rated glass filters out harsh light from the East and West directions. The primary facades system is comprised of Pigmented GRFC Panels. These Glass Fiber Reinforced panels are pigmented using offset printing during the process of casting of the panel to mimic the digital patterns from the original soaps. A GFRC Brise-soleil is deployed to filter in light for the reading areas.

technology and techn

nique

The following projects are about using the speculative scenario as a lens to examine human conditions, tackling issues of technology in architecture and art and developing the techniques to create something new. Works include mediums ranging across installation, film, robotics, coding and 3D printing exploring the impacts of science and cutting edge technology on design. The attempt is to use technology as a mechanism to signal and provoke old techniques and develop new aesthetics and forms of expression. These works have been done under the supervision of some of the pioneers in the fields of art and architecture. Darwin 2059 speculates on the future of human existence by exploring the limits of the body, health, biotechnology and the self with the help of Lucy McRae (Sci-fi Artist and creator). String theory explores the world of Robotics in the field of Architectural engineering and design. Working with Curime Batliner to develop, program and construct systems for robot-assisted weaving tensile structure. Coding and creating objects in the world of VR using processing and 3D printing with Casey Reas and Casey Rehm. All these have been experiments in developing new sensibilities in design and tools in the design repertoire.

The Medicine Cabinet

the medicine cabinet by darwin Broke Studio 2059

2019 RVCA, Bangalore Mentor: Lucy McRea Noemi Polo BROKE Studio is intuitive, unconventional and swims against anything current. Advances in science and biotechnology have led to the design of a new human body. 41 years ago in July â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Louiseâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; was birthed from a petri dish via in-vitro fertilization IVF a procedure that unites sperm and egg outside the body. The announcement was met with excitement, fear, and hostility, heralding worldwide that the first test-tube baby had been born. Fast forward 38 years to 2015, China edits genes in embryos via CRISPR technology, attempting to produce human pregnancy via the modification of the human germ-line. If weakness and accident are what makes us human and science is attempting t remove all error, then what is human in a potentially non-human era 41years from now? BROKE reflects on the transformative potential science and technology has when designing human biology, looking at the year 2059 as the setting for all plausible speculations. In the pharmacopornographic era, nature has lost its active deterministic power and the body is completely subjected to the intervention of society, imagination and scienceâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s idea of what is human. Products become a manifestation of our desires, part of our rituals and procedures and are by definition loaded messages in disguise. As a result of these speculations, the students will produce a fictionally commercial product to be presented with a corporate appearance. The final presentation will consist of a series of installations representing a retail experience of the fictional product and brand.

Patents filed by Darwinâ&#x201E;˘ The Synthesis of the Symbiotes in the Lab and the various offerings from Darwin Exhibiton at the SCI_Arc Gallery

Darwinâ&#x201E;˘ introduces an alternative system of medicine evolved from Asian medicinal practices to replace the now ineffective western medicine techniques. The company has created a Menagerie of symbiotes/ organisms that become an extension of the human body to provide a holistic approach towards health and wellness for the host. These organisms have been carefully selected, genetically modified and cloned with the understanding of the AMPs and gene editing techniques of CRISPR_ CAS9. These organisms produce enzymes and hormones that provide a potent and direct cure that is found in nature. Darwinâ&#x201E;˘ has patented the technology to produce transgenic dysmorphic symbiotes that have been selected due to preexisting features that are beneficial to the human hosts. These features are genetically enhanced and engineered to provide a targeted medical cure. The organism that has been processed has always been found in the Asian Medicinal Practices and have proven to be common practices for generations.

52 Darwin Storefront -The Medicine Cabinet , Patents and the Mask on display at the SCI_Arc Gallery

AD 550// CHINESE USE ANIMAL PARTS IN MEDICINE AND EVERYDAY USE 1859// DARWIN PUBLISHES ’ON THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES.’ 1865-1909// GREGOR MENDELS DISCOVERS AND COINS THE WORD ‘GENE’ 1978-88// HUMAN DISEASE - LINKED GENES ARE MAPPED 1999// JESSE GELSINGER DIES AFTER ATTEMPTED GENE THERAPY

2020// PERPETUAL HEALTH MONITORING SYSTEMS 2021// LAB GROWN MEAT AND PROTEINS IN WHOLE-FOODS 2025//BILLION HUMAN GENOMES HAVE BEEN SEQUENCED

2012// DR. JENNIFER DOUDNA AND DR. SAMUEL STERNBERG CRISPR CAS-9 2014-16// EBOLA EPIDEMIC

2030// AVG. LIFE EXPECTANCY AS HIGH AS 82.5

2015// PERSONAL GENOME EDITING BECOMES MAINSTREAM - GARAGE KITS

2020-30// COSMETIC INDUSTRY THRIVES WITH THE NEW ADVANCEMENTS IN GENETIC ENGINEERING

2020// NOVEL CORONAVIRUS BREAKSOUT IN WUHAN CHINA-GLOBAL PANDEMIC DECLARED

...2020

2021// BIO-PRINTERS AND 3D PRINTED ORGANS

// FDA CLEARS CRISPR FOR HUMAN AND ANIMAL TRIALS

2020-30

2030// GENE DRIVE ENDS MALARIA CAUSING MOSQUITOES IN AFRICA 2032// SUCCESSFUL CURES FOUND FOR MALARIA AND DIABETIES WITH GENETIC ENGINEERING 2039// NEW ANIMAL AND PLANT SPECIES CREATED WITH GENETIC ENGINEERING WITH PRECISE MUTATIONS 2040// SUPERFOOD DEVELOPED

2030-40

2030// AVG. LIFE EXPECTANCY AS HIGH AS 90.3 2042// NEW BREAK THROUGH IN CRYOGENIC RESEARCH 2045// ORGANIC REPLACEMENT FOR PLASTICS DEVELOPED USING MODIFIED ANIMAL PROTEIN 2042// GENETIC MANIPULATIONS LEAD TO UNEXPLAINED MUTATIONS IN HUMAN TEST SUBJECTS //CRISPR TRAILS ON HUMANS SLOWDOWN //ALTERNATE WAYS OF EASTERN MEDICINE EXPLORED BY BIO-HACKERS

2052// BREAKING POINT FOR THE POPULATION BARRIER THAT EARTH CAN SUPPORT WITH ITS LIMITED RESOURCES 2055// GROUP OF BIO-HACKERS CREATE GM ANIMALS AND PLANT THAT CAN HAVE BENIFTS FOR THE HUMAN HOSTS 2059// FURTHER DEVELOPED AS DELIVERY METHODS FOR MEDICATION AND DRUGS // LAUNCH COMPANY CALLED DARWINâ&#x201E;¢

//CRISPR TRAILS ON ANIMALS TO BE CONTINUE....

2059// SERVICES EXPANDED TO SECTORS SUCH AS COSMETICS, WELLNESS AND FOOD.

2040-50

2050-60

// ETHICAL CHALLENGES LIE AHEAD AS THIS PROCESS IS LEADING TO A GREATER EVOLUTIONARY PACE THAN EXPECTED. NEW SPECIES DEEMED TO BE UNNATURAL AND SAC-RELIGIOUS // BLACK MARKET EUGENICS AND DESIGNER BABIES WIDESPREAD PRACTICES // POPULATION BURST AND VERY LOW MORTALITY RATES LEAD TO GOVTS. APPROVING PRACTICE OF EUTHANASIA AND LIMIT ON LIFE CYCLE 2030// AVG. LIFE EXPECTANCY AS HIGH AS 120.5

2060...

The Medicine Cabinet on display at SCI_Arc Gallery

The Medicine Cabinet is a centerpiece of the Darwin™ Pharmacopoeia. It is built on the lines of Asian Apothecary cabinets of the bygone era. It is a controlled microcosm of Darwin’s transgenic symbiotes, nurtured in the tanks of the Medicine Cabinet to cater to the human needs. This tank allows the forming of bonds with the symbiotes to successfully and wholly integrated with the host. It monitors and modifies the symbiotes for more targeted treatment. It is designed to be part of every household and caters to multiple individuals in the family. It aims to provide a midpoint between Darwin company and the consumer. The Cabinet is built to house specially designed capsules that carry the symbiotes called Inro™. Inro originally comes from an ornamental box with compartments for items such as seals and medicines, worn suspended from a waist sash as part of traditional Japanese dress. These capsules can be designed and customized as symbols of self-expression. They are meant to be carried along with you as a prosthesis. It helps in maintaining a constant link between the host and the symbiotes. These can be housed and renewed in the Medicine Cabinet. This system would help provide a more holistic approach to our health in the future.

Illustration of the Process of Tensile Weaving with Robotic Arms

string theory Robot Assisted Weaving and Tensile Structure

2018 Fall SCI_Arc Mentor: Curime Batliner Team: Ruquia Akter William Maya The aim was to develop a fiber-winding technique over a longer span, which reduces the required form-work to a minimum, while taking advantage of the structural performance of continuous filament. The resulting pavilion features a bending-active substructure combined with a wound fiber reinforcement, as well as alternating orientation fibers. This is to further explore building-scale fabrication in glass and carbon fiber-reinforced composites. The novel process is based on the unique affordances and characteristics of fiber construction. Because these materials are lightweight and have high tensile strength, a radically different approach to fabrication becomes possible, which combines low-payload yet long-range machines, such as unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV), with strong, precise, yet limited reach, industrial robots. This collaborative concept enables a scalable fabrication setup for long span fiber composite construction. The research builds on a series of successful pavilions, which investigate integrative computational design, engineering and fabrication, and explores their spatial ramifications and construction possibilities.

Within architectural scale production, where material self-weight is of high concern for largerspan structures, lightweight fiber composites provide unparalleled performance. We currently lack adequate fiber-composite fabrication processes to produce at this scale without compromising the design freedom and system adaptability required for the architecture and

design industries. Mimicking a mothâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s webs, the resulting pavilion features a bending-active substructure combined with a wound fiber reinforcement, as well as alternating orientation fibers. The team also developed a multi-stage fiber-laying processes to make the complex three-dimensional geometries.

1. Prototype Model with the Jig 2. Top view of the finished Prototype

In progress the Prototype being fabricated in the Robot house at SCI_Arc

gestural lines Follies

2017 Fall SCI_Arc Mentor: Casey Rehm Kristy Balliet The process will cover issues of contemporary representation and the development of splines in relation to complex digital form and physical and visual space. Visualization today encompasses the development, exploration, and communication of information and ideas in multiple mediums. The process will engage in recent techniques related to splines, gesture interfaces, and virtual reality. The process will develop critical visual literacy and review methods for generating and evaluating lines, surfaces, and volume. We will review modes of drawing and modeling in three-dimensional space, including the importance of precision and abstraction. These exercises provide opportunities to discover novel concepts through transformation and tactical workflows. Finally, the process will foster the development of architectural character. The exercises will include straight forward drawing tasks to tasks that will require aggressive experimentation. This process will introduce us to methods and concepts of threedimensional drawing (zero gravity), digital modeling, multiple realities, and digital/physical fabrication.

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The final object that is produced through the exercises resembles a coral. It has gone from the splines drawn in virtual space, redrawing these splines in digital space, forming surfaces between the splines and then populating these surfaces with smaller volumes. These volumes are projected with textures that are produced on the Processing. The final object, a Folly is 3d printed.

1.Folly 2 2.Folly 3 3. Line drawing overlayed with the Gestural lines of from the VR.

design development

This series investigates issues related to the implementationofdesign:technology,theuseofmaterials, systems integration, and the archetypal analytical strategies of force, order and character. This includes a review of basic and advanced construction methods, analysis of building codes, the design of structural and mechanical systems, Environmental systems, Buildings service systems, the development of building materials and the integration of building components and systems. The intent is to develop a cohesive understanding of how architects communicate complex building systems for the built environment and to demonstrate the ability to document a comprehensive architectural project and Stewardship of the Environment. These studies are done in-depth with construction details, 3D renderings, and technical drawings and details. Pertinent specific topics are highlighted in each project, with a focus on the evolution of building design from concept to built form.

prism Design Development Integrated Design

2018 Fall SCI_Arc Mentor: Herwig Baumgartner Brain Zamora Mathew Melnyk S.E. Team: Bohong Qui Gun Srisawat Peter Chu Prism investigates issues related to the implementation of design: technology, the use of materials, systems integration, and the archetypal analytical strategies of force, order, and character. The project includes a review of basic and advanced construction methods, analysis of building codes, the design of structural and mechanical systems, Environmental systems, Buildings service systems, the development of building materials and the integration of building components and systems. This exercise intends to develop a cohesive understanding of how architects communicate complex building systems for the built environment and to demonstrate the ability to document a comprehensive architectural project and Stewardship of the Environment. A series of built case studies were reviewed along with visiting professionals in the field who are exploring new project delivery methods. The project-is drew and detailed in-depth with construction details, 3D renderings, and technical drawings and details. Pertinent details are drawn with a focus on the evolution of building design from concept to built form. Further, a GFRP panel is designed and a life scale mock-up is created with the expertise and supervision of Kreysler Associates, San Francisco.

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Prism is a mixed-use development designed to replace the current Los Angeles Flower Market. It comprises of a high-rise residential tower, and two interlocked towers consisting of the flower market and office spaces. The project design includes a prismatic multilayered glass facade. It was one of the more challenging parts of detailing. Several approaches were considered to achieve the desired effect, from multi-layered glass systems to ETFE membrane systems. At last, a hybrid system was devised which keeping in mind the diverse functionality that the project houses.

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Three main envelope systems will be utilized in this project. To maintain the surface-like aesthetic of the building, a stick glazing system will be the primary envelope system to minimize the appearance of the structure. However, a steel window system will be primarily utilized in the residential building of the project for possible tenants. Finally, the glass panel cable system will be utilized for its purpose of minimizing the appearance of a structure on the facade and also to maintain the project’s surface-like motif.

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Artist Rendering of the Glass Fiber Reinforced Panel Mold Preparation and out of High density Foam milled with a 3-Axis Mill Mold Release added for ease of release of the final panel. Final Layers of the Glass Fiber layered on the mold with help of Resin GFRP Panel after layering with the 3M Dichoric Film and added back-lighting

This is the process of fabrication of a Glass Fiber Reinforced Panel design and executed with the help of Kreysler and Associates, San Francisco. The lightweight GFRP cladding saved an enormous amount of weight and installation cost in the construction of the facade compared to the GFRC alternative.

Artist Rendering of the proposed Subway Station at Little Tokyo

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Long Span Structure Design

2018 Spring, SCI_Arc Instructor: Greg Otto The long span structure is designed for Subway Station. It uses the Concept of Hyperbolic - Paraboloids for its canopy to span the width of the station. Its primary structural materials used are Steel Tubular sections, with the major feature of the structure being, the distinctive free-form glass system made up of more than 1,500 individual glass panels held in place by interior steel frames connected to the glazed curtain wall. It was designed keeping in mind the modular nature of the project to offer flexibility in construction and quick assembly and erection. The signature swooping steel and glass roof emulates sea waves, an image used to accentuate the city skyline and serves as an iconic canopy over the main arteries of the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s transport. Hyperbolic Paraboloids - Formed by sweeping a convex parabola along a concave parabola of by weeping a straight line over a straight path at one end and another straight path nor parallel to the first. Structural Behaviors- Depending on the shape of the shell relative to the curvature, there will be different stresses. Shell roofs have compression stresses following the convex curvature and the tension stresses follow the concave curvature.

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Artist rendering of the subway station from the tracks. Artist rendering of the interior view of the subway station. Artist rendering of the subway station from the street.

The symmetrical planning of the structure helps in even distribution of load and clean planning for the linear functional requirements. The high roof heights are to provide the feeling of openness in public spaces like these. The canopy structure is meant to be prefabricated in modular parts and erected on site. The inverted half pipe roof over the tracks is to collect rain water from the glass canopy and provide clear drainage.

china academy of arts Advance Tectonics

2017 Fall SCI_Arc Mentor: Maxi Spina Team: Swetha Arun Kumar Priyanka Patel In congruence with the lightness of the existing facade of the Folk Art Museum at the China Academy of Art in Hangzhou, China, we have developed an adaption that attempts to address the local climate of the new site of the building, Los Angeles. Since Los Angeles predominantly experiences a hot and sunny climate in most months throughout the year, the main aim of the design of the facade system was to effectively shade the interior closely studying the direction of incident sunlight throughout the day. Maintaining elements from the original Kengo Kuma design - the Low E double glazing fronted by the steel mesh with clay tiles embedded in the network, our adaptation of the design aims to distribute and redesign the length and orientation of the clay tiles carefully to provide effective shading throughout the day during hot months. The Low-E glazing controls the amount of UV radiation that penetrates the interior and the frontal steel-clay network, in addition to controlling sunlight, also produces interesting patterns of light and shade throughout the interior. Our design thus incorporates longer tiles and a denser distribution of tiles towards the higher end of the steel mesh and shorter tiles and a more scattered distribution of tiles towards the lower end. The lengths of the tiles are calculated using the altitude angle of the sun at the hottest time of the day. Thus, maintaining the perforated and light nature of the original facade, our adaptation aims to more precisely calibrate the screen density and tile lengths, responding to the local climate of Los Angeles.

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professional practice

The following work was completed in the role of a Junior Architect at Vastu Shilpa Consultants - Sangath, Ahmedabad. Sangath was founded by professor emeritus. Dr. B.V. Doshi (Pritzker Award Winner 2018) in 1955. In the organization, each project is dealt in a unique manner & approach, and perhaps that is why most of the projects today stand as benchmarks in the profession and are used as examples in academic circles, besides being recipients of several national and international awards. Here my role ranged from design through construction. A significant amount of experience gained was in project management, construction administration, and client interface. Here I have experience in multiple types of projects from high end residential to educational, and institutional projects. Before this, I have also Interened at Fountain Head Design Group, Hyderabad. FHDGroup is a multidisciplinary firm that practices design at the very cutting edge and has managed to build projects across the Indian sub-continent. Here my role as an intern ranged from assisting the project teams with CAD, physical modeling (from study models to presentation models), digital modeling, renderings, videos and animations, graphic presentation, and design studies. In my second half of the internship, I was given greater responsibility and promoted as a Designer. Thereafter the work responsibilities included Design Development, Schematic Design, and Construction Document work.

flame university Liberal Arts Institution Phase 2

Firm: Vastu Shilpa Consultants, Sangath Location: Pune, India Type: Institutional Status: Completed - 2019 Role: Schematic Design Design Development Construction Documents Mentor: Dr. B.V. Doshi Ar. Rajiv Katpalia Ar. Vijay Patel Nestled on the slopes of the Sahyadris, the FLAME arises as a testament to man’s ever increasing need to be in touch with nature, and its myriad of inspiring and thought provoking creations. This educational institute believes that the process of learning extends far beyond the classroom, into encounters of nature; people and life… The conceptualization of this University is to give living expression to the wisdom of embodying nature within man’s creation. Conceived as a place of ‘liberal education’, the approach to design in itself gives impetus to lateral learning. A place aimed at establishing the relationship of students with life all around them, goes a long way in imbibing a way of lateral thinking in addition to the impartment of knowledge within the classroom. FLAME is the epicenter of a university town, envisaged to have bustling streets, bazaars, sports arenas, cultural centers and social amenities that go into nurturing a settlement

View from the library overlooking the Cafeteria Building and the water-body in between.

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Physical Balsa wood model of the Flame University Campus

The campus is designed around a central axis, the Academic blocks branch out from this meandering plaza. This is done to traverse the sloping terrain on the site. This reinforces the concept of the â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;bazaar of educationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;. This spine starts with a wide plaza that also serves as the location for the convocation ceremonies. The spine terminates at the Amphitheater at the foot of the Academic block. There are water bodies sprinkled throughout the campus that help in creating various microcosms of vegetation and shaded spots as the temperature can rise to very high levels. All the spaces are designed with the idea of passing through a series of spaces with an in-built hierarchy that will lead to the core functionals areas. The Faculty and student housing are sited away from the central spine split by the water body. A sports complex is being currently constructed in addition to the existing campus. Locally sourced cladding materials are used in the construction.

The Administrative block is the latest addition to the campus. This helps terminate the central spine into an amphitheater for the students. Its symmetrical planning of the structure helps create an overhang and helps negotiate the steep slope at this part of the site. The integrated steps of the amphitheater help create a visual connection across the campus and also assists in circulation through the campus without interfering with the core functions of the building. The facility has been designed to match the global standards for institutions. The Administrative block carries on the design philosophy from Phase 1 of the project and elegantly integrates into the current scheme of the campus.

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Views of the campus 1. Entrance Plaza, Starting point for the Central Axis 2. â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Kundâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;- Water body outside the Department of Performance Arts 3. View of the Conference/ Study towers 4. View of the Administration Block from the main access road 5. View of the Amphitheater and the Administration Block 4

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national war museum and memorial Reworking the Luytenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Delhi

Firm: Vastu Shilpa Consultants, Sangath Location: New Delhi, India Type: Institutional Public Space Status: 2016 Role: Concept Design Visualization Mentor: Dr. B.V. Doshi Ar. Rajiv Katpalia Team: Satayaji Maal Anshul Goel Digvijay Singh The allegorical idea that public space and public freedom are hard won through the great sacrices of countless individuals in the pursuit of liberty provides the original design concept for this project. A memorial and a park built to represent this truth should pay homage to the loss incurred in securing these freedoms. It is hoped that the engagement of the lay public, while at leisure, within these plazas set amidst mature trees and buildings of the war museum with their figurative walls,sculpture, quotations, and displays of weapons, will encourage them to imbibe not only the military traditions and history of the nation but also help them understand the ethos of bearing arms for the nation. Though the plazas have been created by the making of the war museum and will be maintained by the museum, they are open to the public, even when the museum is closed

Physical study model of the proposed National War Memorial and Museum

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Layers of the National War Memorial The geometries of the wedges comply with the formal character of the existing scenario. These wedges around the Chattri are currently less frequented. In order to activate the spaces, the outer circle is linked with the inner circle by designared zones for public activity. This activated public interface would seamlesslt blend into the vast landscape of the memorial space.

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National War Museum The underlying principle of the design was to retain the trees that already exist on the site. To achieve this we have maintained the existing barracks as the basic footprint of the building for the smaller galleries. The infills in between these series form the larger galleries. The goal is to engage with the formal axial plan on the vicinage. The form and spaces of the building are shaped by the constant sight line towards India Gate through the streets in between, The built footprint is held back purposefully to create spaces for the public - a civic space within the museum site in response to the prominence of the location. The site is accessible from the outlying roads through theses plazas.

Schematic Plan showing the sight lines to the memorial Aerial view of the Museum Model

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Artist Rendering of the Display Galleries inside the Museum

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auronya liberal arts university Liberal Arts Institution

View from Plaza looking over the Academic Block

Firm: Vastu Shilpa Consultants, Sangath Location: Puducherry, India Type: Institutional Status: Competition 2016 Winner Currently under Construction Role: Schematic Design Design Development Construction Documents Mentor: Dr. B.V. Doshi Ar. Sonke Hoof The Auronya College will be situated partly in the northwest part of Puducherry area and the neighboring Tamil Nadu Area. Agriculture fields, majorly used for paddy fields and Casuarina plantations, characterize the chosen site for the Academic Block. On approx. 7-acres land the campus will with offer around 25.000 SQM of built up area providing Classrooms, Design Studios, Workshops, Performing Areas, Faculty & Administration, Cafeteria and Library spaces. The campus will be a place for â&#x20AC;&#x153;liberal arts educationâ&#x20AC;? in an interdisciplinary environment where knowledge of different fields come together and get exchanged. Apart from providing the necessary program in terms of space requirement the campus will have a developed sustainable strategy, which will adapt through the process of further growth in time. An important role will have the integration of the landscape with water bodies, which will have an impact on the climate of the campus. The built form and nature will have to merge so that the inside and outside spaces are in a constant dialogue and the people are kept in close relation with nature.

Nature As The Center The Nature is a fundamental element of the campus. In keeping the center free of buildings and letting a “Forest” grow in the Centre, integrating water bodies on the ground level and using the roof as a garden, the vision of the campus is reflected that human progress and innovation can only sustain in future if nature is respected and valued.

Interdisciplinary The idea of Liberal Arts Education should be enhanced in allowing maximal communication and exchange of knowledge between the different disciplines and interaction between Students, Faculties and the public.

Sustainable Campus The aim is to design a Net zero energy campus, which uses the advantages of existing resources like Rainwater, Sun and Wind energy to minimized Public Campus & Social Context The campus should be the link between the additional energy supply. Accordingly rainwater public and the academic world. They should be in harvesting, solar energy, natural ventilation and a constant dialogue, so both can be beneficial for cooling systems are introduced. each other. This means that the campus should be as public a possible and eventually grow in Future Adaptability future to a “city center” for all in respecting and The master plan is planed to allow a maximum support the social context of the surroundings. flexibility for future expansion and future changes Instead of creating an exclusive campus 2 main in the curriculum of the college. entries are forming a diagonal connection from North West to South East to enforces the idea of inclusive campus for all.

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Concept Drawing for the proposed campus exploring various design strategies Artist Rendering of the central green space

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haiku housing by kensville Community Housing

Firm: Vastu Shilpa Consultants, Sangath Location: Ahmedabad, India Type: Residential Status: Unbuilt Role: Master Planning Schematic Design Design Development Mentor: Dr. B.V. Doshi Ar. Sonke Hoof Is it possible to be part of this tradition and yet be of our time? Can we make spaces that are linked to cosmic time and yet are useful in our daily rituals of meeting, community and neighbourliness? Like the river that we sit besides can we create continuity yet an unfolding of a variety of spatial experiences to give identity to the many diverse inhabitants. Perhaps, what is private will become public sometimes and what is public, private on occasion. Matter seemingly inert will come alive and dialogues will happen. Gatherings may happen and celebrations will take place, spontaneously! The proposed master plan aims to capture these vistas through carefully positioned streets and axes, which pull in the views of the horizon. The arrangement of the lab clusters, are also with the consideration of framing the horizon and views at many levels.

Artist rendering of the view from meandering landscape between the condos

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polycab hospitality and experience center Community Living and Housing

Firm: Fountain Head Design Group Location: Ahmedabad, India Type: Hospitality Status: Built 2015 Role: Concept Design Master Planning Design Development Mentor: Ar. Mathan Ramaiah Ar. Bhanu Prakash Located near Halol, Polycab Hospitality and Experience Center are built to accommodate 160 people at a time and three boutique bungalows. The aim is to built a facility which reflects the sense of simplicity and rich Indian culture. This is designed to be a world-class net zero organic farming community which will set bench mark in showcasing the modal of using seven strands of sustainability in simple yet luxurious calm serene atmosphere. The center is envisioned to establish a self sustaining environment in the middle of a harsh desert climate, using cues from the vernacular architecture and techniques of the area. It also essentially establishes the companies position as a world leader and responsible power.

Artist rendering of the view of the Experience Center from the entry road.

The evolution of the arched entrance pavilion started by drawing the inspiration from the Rajasthani ornate shades -â&#x20AC;&#x153;Jharokasâ&#x20AC;? and the western architypical arcades. The design evolved by decoding and deconstructing the elements by understanding its spatial and aesthetic character. Hence deriving a contemporary but a rooted design to the precinct.

Organic Food grown in naturally condensed soil and fertilized with animal manure from on site animal husbandry. The earth and soil is conserved and build organically to help increase the soil organicsVedic farming People and the way they live are important aspects of the community, their interactions within and outside. Their involvement in social welfare is an essential criterion. Food without using any antibiotics, growth hormones and non organic feed for the farm animals. Watershed areas and conservative usage at

all levels with the help of latest technologies. Self reliant 100% off grid clean tech energy systems designed to meet the communityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s loads. The shelters are designed to optimize the spaces and to encourage better interaction with nature. Outdoor air cooled with earth as the heat sink. Self reliant 100% off grid clean tech energy systems designed to meet the communityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s loads. Effective Watershed measures to enhance the catchment conservative at all levels with the help of latest technologies. Fresh outdoor Air

naturally cooled earth as the heat sink. The Earth and Soil is conserved and build organically to help increase the soil organics - Vedic farming. The Shelters are designed to optimize the spaces and to encourage interaction with nature. People and the way they live are important aspects of the community, their interactions within and outside. Their involvement in social welfare is an essential criterion.

Site Plan of the Hospitality Center

Artist rendering of the central Courtyard of the experience center Artist rendering of Entrance Pavilion overlooking the Lotus Pond

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Center for Performance Arts and Multimedia

Artist rendering of the aerial view of the Performance Center

Firm: Fountain Head Design Group Location: Hyderabad, India Type: Institutional Cultural Status: Competition Entry 2015 Role: Concept Design Mentor: Ar. Mathan Ramaiah The competition brief originally described the need for a tower to accommodate the huge demand in the built up area. The proposed design is an stacked blocks or horizontal skyscrapers that share volumes and overlap each other to create drama and a sense of volume. This approach help create terraces and outdoor spaces through out the program. The programs being both public and institutional at the same time presented a challenge. Design focuses on fostering dialogue between performance and the public. As a public, urban hub for performance and gathering, and a platform for the growth of Theatre and Music, the project required an 560000-grosssquare-foot building with a 500-seat concert hall and a 270seat flexible main stage theater, as well as rehearsal halls and theater production shops. Also included are facilities for Animation studios, Motion Capture Studios, Sound Recording Studio, Game development and Rendering Labs. Also small cafĂŠ/restaurant is provided with large exhibition space. The project also employees sustainable stratergies and passive design strategies to curb its environmental footprint.

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Playful Design Aesthetic. Formal play based on programmatic and climatic logic. Forms look like they are gently balancing on each other like Jenga Blocks. 560,000 sq-ft of program. Studios and Auditoriums kept on the ground with Free roof to ensure large spans and adaptability. All the public programs are kept on the lower levels around the Urban Courtyard which can also be used for events. Office tower rotated to N-S orientation to reduce solar gain. Naturally creates a overhang above open spaces. Active roofs with walkways and landscaping to create plazas for leisure and to boost creativity. 40% lighting cost reduction by passive deign and orientation of workspaces. Passive cooling achieved through channeling of breeze through the volumes. Solar Panels deployed over the roofs to create a self reliant system with in the project. 35% Heat gain reduced by N-S orientation and Facade Shading devices. Roof top Landscape reduces heat radiation from floor slabs.

Site Plan Section through the Theater Artist rendering of the Entral Plaza and the Facade.

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résumé

DIVYANSH AGARWAL About Me

Design Architect with a Masterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Degree in Architecture and 2 yrs of work experience with expertise in conceptual design, physical and digital 3D modeling, and a keen eye for design details. Experienced in working with design and execution of large scale architectural projects of various typologies.

Current Objective

Actively seeking opportunities as an Architectural Designer in a firm that provides an engaging and challenging environment for learning and professional practice.

2017 - 2019 2011 - 2016

2018 2017 2016- 2017

Technical Skill

Autocad 3d Rhinoceros 3d + Grasshopper Archicad 18 BIM Modelling Revit Architecture Sketchup3D Adobe Media Suite Maya 3D ZBrush Autodesk3dsMax+VRay Keyshot NukeX 3D - Digital Composting Processing- Algorithmic Design

Interests

Sketching and Painting Architectural Photography Metal Fabrication Wood Working

Contact

100 S.Santa Fe Avenue, Apt. 1-536 Los Angeles,CA - 90013 ar.divyanshagarwal@gmail.com danshrvca@gmail.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/ardivyansh30 https://divyanshagarwal.myportfolio.com/ +1 213 296 8261

Portfolio Link

https://indd.adobe.com/view/0f323b62-502647f5-bd0c-8f42c21f9886

2015- 2016

2018 - 2019 2019 2018 -2019 2017 2013 - 2014 2011 - 2014

Education

Southern California Institute Of Architecture, Los Angeles Master of Architecture | CGPA 3.6 R.V. College of Architecture, Bengaluru, India Bachelor of Architecture First Class with Distinction

Professional Experience

Michael W Folonis Architects, Santa Monica, CA Summer Intern Model Making and Visualization Samar Ramachandra Associates, Hyderabad, India Architectural Designer Consultant Concept Design, Construction Drawings, Project coordination Vastu Shilpa Consultants, Sangath, Ahmedabad, India Architectural Designer Multidisciplinary practice started by the 2018 Pritzker Prize Laureate Dr. B.V. Doshi. Schematic Design, Design Development, Construction Drawings and, Project co-ordination Fountain Head Design Group, Hyderabad, India Professional Training and Internship Multidisciplinary practice with expertise in Net-Zero Design. Research, Concept Design and Design Development, and Planning

Leadership

Teaching Assistant to Prof. Greg Otto, SCI_Arc Advanced Structural Systems Organization and technical support for students of 1st yr. M.Arch2 Miniatures Exhibition at the Hauser and Wirth Gallery, LA Part of the exhibit at the exhibition currated by Florencia Pita SCI_Arc Spring Show Work selected for the SCI_Arc Spring Show 2018 and 2019 Musi Riverfront Revitalization Plan State recognition for work done as a part of the Bachelorsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; thesis. Report Presented to the Minister of River Development, Telangana College Publication - Editor Co-edited the RVCA Journal Negotiated City | issue 2014 Pavilion and Installation Design and fabrication the Entrance pavilion and Kinetic Installation for the 7th and 8th RVCA Annual Architecture Exhibition

References

David Ruy | david_ruy@sciarc.edu Florencia Pita | florencia_pita@sciarc.edu Greg Otto | gregaotto@gmail.com Lucy McRea | lucy@lucymcrae.net

DIVYANSH AGARWAL 100 S.Santa Fe Avenue, Apt. 1-536 Los Angeles,CA - 90013 ar.divyanshagarwal@gmail.com danshrvca@gmail.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/ardivyansh30 https://divyanshagarwal.myportfolio.com/ +1 213 296 8261

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