Portfolio of Work, Deepika Banerjee

Portfolio of Work

Email: deepikabanerjee@gmail.com

Phone: 607 768 8384

Address: 30 S Doughty Ave #405, Somerville, NJ 08876

DEEPIKA BANERJEE

Salem Courthouse

Salem County, NJ

USE GROUPS: A-3 ASSEMBLY, COURTROOMS AT BUILDING B AND EXISTING BUILDING A; B BUSINESS; S-2 STORAGE; I-3 INSTITUTIONAL AT BUILDING B AND EXISTING BUILDING C

BUILDING A = 15,135 SF (EXISTING COURTS/ OFFICE BUILDING RENOVATION)

BUILDING B = 18,050 SF (ADDITION)

BUILDING C = 9,520 SF (EXISTING ADMINISTRATION/ POLICE BUILDING = 8,265 SF; INMATE INDAKE ADDITION = 1,255 SF)

USA Architects, Planners & Interior Designers

Building B includes 4 new courtrooms + supporting judge’s chambers, jury deliberation rooms, secure holding, jury assembly room and support space, new training room, and a large lobby and new main entrance and new secure judicial parking. Building B is adjacent to an existing building and is separated by a 3-hour fire wall. Building B is also connected via connecting corridor to Building C, separated with a firewall.

Building A creates workspaces for the family, civil criminal and surrogate court departments, and allows for the public to access the new Building B. included as part of the alteration of Building a are new public bathrooms, upgraded finishes to the existing courtrooms, and upgraded mechanical and electrical equipment.

Building C creates workspaces for the probation departments on the second and third floors.

TREATMENT CENTER

CONSTRUCTION TYPE - IIB

USE GROUPS: B, CONSTRUCTION TYPE - IIB

FIRST FLOOR AREA = 14,455 SF (16,450 SF INCLUDING OVERHANGS)

Independent outpatient and inpatient sections including group therapy rooms, private offices, living room, gathering spaces for each group.

RESIDENCE BUILDING

CONSTRUCTION TYPE - IIB

USE GROUPS: I-1, INSTITUTIONAL, BOARDING HOUSE (OVER 16 RESIDENTS), B

FIRST FLOOR = 17,565 SF

SECOND FLOOR = 9,020 SF

TOTAL = 26,585 SF

Residence space serves 16 occupants with private bedrooms, split in two floors, library, four seasons room, gathering room, gym, dining room, spa, theater, outdoor seating area and other utilities.

Edison Schools - John Adams Middle School, Woodrow Wilson Middle School Edison, NJ

JOHN ADAMS MIDDLE SCHOOL:

USE GROUPS: E, EDUCATIONAL FIRST FLOOR AREA = 14,075 SF

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WOODROW WILSON MIDDLE SCHOOL: USE GROUPS: E, EDUCATIONAL FIRST FLOOR AREA = 9,875 SF

Two new auxilliary gymnasium additions at John Adams and Woodrow Wilson Middle Schools for the Edison Township Board of Education, located in Edison, New Jersey. Additions include, new stage, supplemental warming kitchen, with new roof-top mechanical equipment.

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Bucks County Mental Health Facility

Doylestown, PA

USA Architects, Planners & Interior Designers

USE GROUPS: I-2 INSTITUTIONAL, PSYCHIATRIC FACILITY; A ASSEMBLY, SMALL (BUSINESS); B BUSINESS; S-2 STORAGE

BUILDING AREA = 22,825 SF

Mental health facility houses a total of 28 patients in care suites. Medical offices, administrative offices, a demonstration kitchen and support spaces are provided. The three types of care suites include an 8 bed short term care suite, a 4 bed return to competency suite, and a 16 bed residential facility for adults. Genders are separated in each suite.

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County College of Morris Advanced Engineering Building

Morris County, NJ

USE GROUPS: B BUSINESS; S-2 STORAGE BUILDING AREA =638,580 SF

Advanced Engineering + Manufacturing Building

• Manufacturing Prototyping Lab

• Advance Product Prototyping Lab

• Automation + Control/ Robotics/ Emerging Technology

• Quality Control/ Measurement Lab

• 3D Printer Room

• Welding Lab

• Materials Testing Lab

• Electronics Lab

• Clean Room

• Sheet Metal Lab

• MakerSpace + Classrooms

• CAD/ Computer Lab

• General Purpose Lab/ Lecture Hall

• General Purpose Computer Classrooms, Administrative and suppport space

Sussex County Community College

Sussex County, NJ

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13,000 SF ADDITION INCLUDES A MAKER SPACE, CLASSROOMS, TIERED LECTURE HALL, AND COMMON SPACE

AS DESIGNER

• DEVELOPED MULTIPLE DESIGN OPTIONS, MASSING, AND FACADE STUDIES.

• CREATED CONCEPTUAL AND WORKING BIM MODELS.

• COLABORATED WITH LEAD INTERIOR DESIGNER TO SELECT AND PRESENT FINISH FURNITURE OPTIONS.

• CREATED DESIGN DEVELOPMENT AND DOCUMENTATION DRAWINGS.

Camden County, New Office Center Camden,

USE GROUPS: B (EXISTING); A-3 (ADDITION)

CONSTRUCTION TYPE: IIB (EXISTING); IB (ADDITION)

BUILDING AREA (FOOT PRINT) = 149,181 SF

TOTAL = 195,969 SF

State – of - the - Art Office Center that will provide Camden County with design performance and operational efficiency. Building contains offices, classrooms, conference rooms, outdoor areas and support spaces. Incorporation of sustainable design strategies provides long term economic value to the county.

New Construction of High School consisting of congregation spaces, tiered lecture halls, cafeteria, Art Room, Outdoor Spaces and other High School Facilities

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Redesign and renovations to offices, lobby, cafeteria, as well as infrastructure and interior upgrades

Veeco Instruments, Inc. Somerset, NJ

Fredricks High School, Baltimore, MD

176,950 SF New Middle School for 7th & 8th grade students. Project incudes classrooms, large central media center, art rooms, maker spaces, auditorium, gyms and outdoor courtyards.

Master Planning Redevelopment │ New Brunswick School, NJ; Rowan College,NJ

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80,000 SF Student Success Center with lounge, bookstore, media center, cafeteria, classrooms and offices.

Rowan College, Mt Laurel NJ

North Brunswick School, NJ

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Urban Sustainability Development

22@ Innovation Business district, Barcelona

Sustainability & Planning Studio

The 22@ district of Barcelona is part of a transformation project of 200 hectares of obsolete industrial land in the center of Barcelona into an innovative productive district, aimed at concentrating and developing knowledge intensive activities.

A project of social and economic revitalization, there is a unique opportunity to turn this district into an important scientific, technological and cultural platform for its future users. The studio aims at generating a sustainability module for this district based on the following Primary goals:

Rehabilitation of the urban fabric; Mixing of uses; Coexistence between pre-existence and transformation; Innovative educational environment; New green public spaces and amenities; New social housing, Industrial heritage protection.

The views exemplify this final aim towards creating public streets, habitable social spaces, economic development, in short a dynamic and futuristic environment with the highest urban and environmental quality.

The visualizations follow the proposed sustainability metrics and demonstrate their potential to create a safe public friendly environment for the residents of 22@ district and help draw potential developers and residents.

Sustainability & Planning Studio

Regulate the scale of development with respect to surrounding conditions.

Create and encourage a mixed use development.

Preserve existing urban fabric while providing opportunities for new developments.

Create a definition and activity in the public realm.

Urban Mixed Use Development

Bloomfield, Pittsburgh PA

A new mixed-use center for one of the most high-visible sites in Pittsburgh

The intersection of the bridge, Liberty Avenue, and Main Street creates a major place of arrival to Bloomfield as the bridge is linked to major arterials from Downtown, Oakland, and the regional highway system. It serves not only the Bloomfield neighborhood, but West Penn and Children’s Hospitals and destinations throughout the East End. The area also anchors the western end of the Bloomfield Business District. The surrounding fabric of dense working class neighborhoods is largely intact, which situates the site within a highly walkable and potentially sustainable urban destination.

Urban Place-making Studio

Existing conditions

Bloomfield is known for its main street known as Pittsburgh’s “Little Italy” whose main street is the center of the neighborhood culture with its array of shops and restaurants on Liberty Avenue that add great life to the street. Its broad sidewalks, street furniture, various displays, and other small in-house modifications to the street have generated an identifying character to the street. This has generated a certain density which has in turn created a distinctive sense of place that attracts and sustains certain types of residents, organizations, entrepreneurial businesses, and patrons. This character is continued to the site along with a central space that acts as an extension of the Bloomfield community.

Urban Place-making Studio

Create building edges at square.

Create landscape edges.

Create main pedestrian crossing connections at square.

Reinforce new pedestrian links towards square.

Visual/physical links to related green space.

Define new activity spaces.

Create active building frontages with relevant uses.

New landmarks.

Improve legibility with gateways.

Reinforce and augment existing green structure. Redefine green spaces.

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Zoning

Modular

Urban Place-making Studio

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Arcaded retail spaces help continue the horizontal character retain Liberty Avenue street shops. The entrances to the buildings respond to the descending street elevation to generate an urban room.

Groceries zone with high range residences above

Public cross over corridor towards public market and stores

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Urban Place-making Studio

Urban Place-making Studio

Public Market:

An indoor public space - specialty food mart providing for a vast variety of food types from every culture and ethnicity and nourishing the community with education about food sources, nutrition and preparation. This market has the potential to provide for various small and special cuisines that would otherwise not be able to prosper individually.

This market not only generates business for the smaller groups but at the same time creates a grand feature for the people of the neighborhood that will act as a multi cultural interactive and regenerative space attracting people from all around due to its unique character.

Farmers market:

An open green space catering towards various community activities like farmers market, community concerts, parade-day activities, festivals, fairs that binds the community together.

These activities are placed at the edge of the road and are clearly visible to passers by making it easier to attract more people.

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Pittsburgh Riverfront Park Pittsburgh PA

Pittsburgh rivers and their edges with highly diverse typology of uses and physical features, consist of a range of river bank and river user characteristics. This required that we address and recognize these various differences in order to design a sound system for the river edges. Based on our observation of the topography, activity, edge and physical character of Pittsburgh, we classified the riverfront into five major zones. Proposed River Centers for Visitor orientation and rivercentered activities were designed for each zone to test the Riverfront Park’s recommendations.

“Cities are rediscovering their rivers. For at least the past 30 years, cities and towns have been turning back to their rivers, transforming industrial and derelict land into new parks, residences, and commercial space. The trend appears to be continuing and perhaps even accelerating, with major planning and construction efforts underway in cities around the country. After abusing urban rivers through years of hard use and neglect, we have come to realize they are valuable economic and community assets.”

A system of parks along Pittsburgh’s riverfront, dramatically improving the quality of life and environment of the city to retain and attract many young professionals to live in this increasingly vibrant city. The vision is a city and riverfront with complete trails connected in loops through an inviting and green atmosphere meant for public activities and recreational uses.

Industrial - 1795

Industrial Peak - 1957

The Vision:

Proposed Zone Sections : The Downtown zone is active and currently well detailed. It consists of a complete trail system with highly active riverfront and urban character

Mixed use Zone

0’-200’ in depth, walking + biking. Consistant trail elements, public open spaces, and large congregation spaces. Wider portions house water activities such as barges pools, marinas, water taxis, etc.

Industrial Zone

Under a 0’ and 50’ depth, walking + biking. There may be portions that require the trail to be extended out into the river through decks that will help complete the trail system. Zone for small scale activities such as fishing, boating, marinas, etc.

Neighborhood Zone

50’-200’ in depth and the trail used for walking and biking. It contains complete and constant trail elements with small and intimate public open spaces

Conservation Zone

Zone for ecological restoration and conservation. Under a 50’- 200’ depth. Dense tree cover. Quiet and peaceful character mainly used for biking and walking. Small scale and simple activities such as boating, fishing, viewing, etc.

Proposed Edge Conditions

Wetlands

Trail

0’ Setback

Bulkhead conditions found in industrial zones built for loading and unloading of heavy goods. Considering the space restrictions, a cantilever on the bulkheads helps continue the trail.

50’ Setback

A 2:1 slope contained with shrubs and live stakes to stabilize the slope and to create a safe condition. Trail lined with tree cover on both sides in order to generate a shaded path. Lower terraces with riparian grasses and shrubs. Trail to be located at a distance of 30’ from the river and 25’ above the water level.

100’ Setback

A space for two trails. At least one trail above flood line (25’ above water level). Slope between two trails ideally to be maintained at 4:1. Edge to be contained with live stakes and shrubs.

100’ Setback

Most recommended condition where possible. This setback provides the opportunity for two trails, one of which can be directly connected with the river with extensions in the form of decks and piers. Green zones extend to the building edges in the form of meadows and designed landscapes with the potential to retain storm-water in wetlands and gardens.

Shrubs & Live Stakes

Residential and commercial uses each with river views.

Vehicular circulation around periphery of the site to create green pedestrian zones at the center and along the riverfront.

The primary uses consist of high rise residences, offices, recreational facilities, restaurants, health center and the River Center. The physical form responds to the grid system of the site while bringing the river into the sitea with marinas, kayaking, water taxi spots, and sitting spaces along the river edge. The trail runs along the edge creating an inviting atmosphere. The site is planned with the idea of slow and steady growth of usage, while retaining small open spaces with the possibility of large congregational spaces as well.