Dhanvi Shah - Portfolio by dhanvishah_portfolio

Architecture Portfolio

Dhanvi Shah

This is a curated compilation of Dhanvi Shah’s academic work from 2018 - 2021, pursuing from School of Environment and Architecture (SEA) under Mumbai University.

00 Curriculam Vitae 01 What is a Community Centre?

transformation of spaces by undulating planes

02 What is a Home?

home as an experience

03 What is a School?

learning through subconscious

04 What is a Library?

scafolding as a seed garden

05 What is a Museum?

of steel cages and pilotis

06 What is an Institution? open education

07 Travel and Derives 08 Papyrus Cotton

I am constantly questioning; I am learning to see. Deciphering preconceived ideas, rethinking and relooking architecture, to not design a building but a space. The importance of weaving a building with its contextual language and responding to the rhythm of all beings through a lens of culture and life is something I want to delve into. As design changes and evolves with us, I aim to explore technological progressions that are socially, culturally and environmentally relevant. Architecture contributes to a peculiar exchange where a person lends her emotions to the space and the space lends its atmosphere which entices and emancipates her perceptions and thoughts. Through all my works, I am trying to develop and understand a sense of aesthetics and who I am.

Dhanvi Shah

dhanviashah@gmail.com +91 9820160729 5 October 2000 Mumbai, India

Education 2018-2023 School of Environment and Architecture University of Mumbai Bachelor’s Degree in Architecture 2016-2018 Mithibai Institute of Science The Maharashtra board of Higher Secondary Education Grade 11 and 12 2004-2016 Mary Immaculate Girls’ High school The State board of Secondary Education Till Grade 10

Workshops Hands on Cob l Pratik Dhanmer l 2018

Ceramics l Neha Kudchadkar l 2019 Urban Farming l Julius Rego l 2020 Photography l Mina Barrio l 2020 Curation, Exhibition Design l Anuj Daga l 2020 Bricolage as Method l Rupali Gupte l 2021

Skills AutoCAD

Adobe l Photoshop l Indesign l Illustrator Rhino l Sketchup Hand-drafting l Model making Basic Carpentry and Masonry Architectural Photography Microsoft Word l Excel l Powerpoint

Languages English

Hindi Gujurati Marathi Sanskrit (basic)

Work Experience Founder of Papyrus Cotton

Ongoing Project | Miniature Dreams l Dipti Bhaindarkar l 2021

ground floor plan

conceptual models

01. What is a Community Centre? semester 3 location Alibaug

Objective of this module was to understand the context, its morphology and design a community centre as an insert referring to the site. The program extended to redesigning an existing tailor and barber shop, their homes, community kitchen and a dormitory for Jewish pilgrims.The building folds itself and the skin becomes an extension to the street. 3

east elevation

I visited a street shop in Alibaug. The space inside the shop was very compact but because of folding windows and the shop having face on two sides of the road it was perceived really huge. The detail that allowed this transformability was the folding window which caught my attention. The design was further developed from this detail.

section yy’

north elevation

terrace plan

section xx’

Life is beautiful only when shared delicate fragile absurd selfless experienced dark optimistic punctual balanced dependent stubborn emotional balanced responsible curious innocent engrossed tranquil warm compassionate sustainable porous as an escape medical support negotiations lifestyle rituals

Survival requirements Water Food Shelter Clothes (Electricity)

Home is an intimate view of people’s collection formed over years through bought, borrowed, inherited objects. The space embodies joy of experiencing practices, rituals, relationships and associations of various sensibilities under conditions. home (noun.) a place where one lives. suggests temporality // conceptually home is not a physical place The next step was listing down trigger words to understand the soul(emotions) of an old person and connecting them to spatial qualities.

ground floor plan

02. What is a Home? semester 5 location Borivali

The design process started by understanding and rethinking terms home, life and old age. The intention was to investigate and develop the flow in nature, optimise its use, make it partly self sufficient and thus constantly questioning the survival requirements and then bringing out a sense of community. 7

detailed layout pattern of one of the homes

first iteration of models developed considering climate, windflow and light, modulating stairs and floor planes

model exploration on site to understand massing, roof and movement.

creating a poetic space by undulating floor planes for different activities

first floor plan of home building

second floor plan of home building

section through home, gathering space, kitchen courtyard and dinning

astronomy 4 walls, no roof, one small door, floor as beds detail of nailed wooden columns (an observation from village homes of veti, dahanu) used to hang bags

sound and dance core space surrounded by a temporary pavillion to feel free and enjoy the music. flowing body connects to the amphitheatre used to learn literature through drama, skits, prose and poetry

library of hyperlinks computarised walls, roof and floor corridor connecting to a library overlooking the garden passing through a narrow, cold, dark seedbank

lone chair a serene view and endless sky to reflect upon thoughts, inner self two chairs under a tree for conversations to sprout

earth laboratory elliptical classroom with an embossed map, tactile contact with places - subconscious learning; a part of the cabin located on a hilltop overlooking the village with a zillion binoculars.

corridors & pathways isolated, random walls to draw understandings (one will have to erase to redraw and thus learn in the process) skylights, seedbank, perpetual caves

03. What is a School? semester 6 location Veti, Dahanu

Exploring and questioning different logics and politics of an education imaprting institute. Thinking beyond school as a mere building, to open up sites of conversations and develop a curriculum through collective consciousness and architectural elements.

astronomy, star corridor, math, chemistry lab

geography, biology cabinet of curiosities and sun

gateway, pathway, health care centre,public toilet

sound and dance pavilion

home (dorms)

library, seedbank corridor

kitchen and dining, dairy, amphitheatre

pond, pathways and garden of hyperlinks

physics and digital laboratory

section through sound and dance pavilion

sectional perspective of health care understanding the material and it’s construction process 13

section through pond, garden of hyperlinks and library

section through library, garden, amphitheatre, astronomy and math

section through library, kitchen and dining, seasons, life and berms

zoomed section to highlight the floor finish details

sections exploring the roof forms that define spaces to invoke a certain experience, volume of space as well as for understanding contours, levels and cut & fill. concept models (undefined scale) playing with the material to get a sense of its properties

‘One unchanging element is the roof - protective, emphatic and all-important - governing the aesthetic whatever the period, whatever the place. Often a building is only a roof, columns and floors - the roof dominant, shielding, giving the contentment of shelter. Ubiquitous, pervasively present, the scale or pattern shaped by the building beneath. The roof, its shape, texture and proportion is the strongest visual factor. - Geoffrey Bawa 17

Suskindia is a text from the book Invisible Libraries, Lawrence Liang which speaks of a library whose language is smell. Dadar market is a site which has a polyphony of smells. As I was walking past the bridge and curved streets of Dadar arriving at my site, I found myself caught in the bustling crowds, drawn to sounds, and smells of vegetables, fruits and flowers. Ahead of me lay a visual feast of colours and textures. The new Dadar flower market I found was a male dominated, enclosed dingy space. Thus, this design project acts as a counterpoint to it. It is a light, airy, transparent structure and a safe market for women. It becomes a part of the street, and blurs the boundary between street infrastructure. People inhabiting it become, in the words of the famous urbanist, Jane Jacobs, the eyes on the street.

ground floor plan

04. What is a Library? semester 4 location Dadar library of seeds library as market

The central 6 metre road is redesigned as a meandering path which fosters exploration and multiplicity. It is a heavy concrete structure below(underground) that stores seeds and a light scaffolding above as a garden pavilion. 19

(left) master pla

(below) notes fr sketches of juga

view of underground seed bank

section aa’

section bb’

an of dadar market

rom the derive, site observations, adi spaces and human activies

section cc’

One of the stark observations that I made on site was the way in which the hawkers tied their roof. It was a temporary tarpoline sheet that would protect them from harsh heat and rains. Thus, taking from this observation, the roof of my design is a temporary cloth that is suspended from the top by metal cages creating waves above and a pavilion underneath. The metal scaffolds also function as storage spaces, resting rooms, hanging gardens, room for books, balconies, bridges, light lanterns, seats, stairs and portals.

first floor plan

ROOF Accessible roof top and souvenir store RCC slab 150 mm thick

SPANNING STRUCTURAL SYSYTEM Waffle slab 650 mm deep @ c.c 2000 mm supported by shear walls

FUNCTIONAL SPACES Space zones from within shear walls 500 mm thick cement concrete partition curved walls 100 mm

SLAB RCC slab 200 mm thick

PCC layer 150 mm thick to support the curved partition walls without foundation

05. What is a Museum? semester 5 location Tulum, Mexico

FOUNDATION Strip foundation for shear walls 2000 mm deep Pier foundation for columns 2000 mm deep

One of the guiding factors to derive the form of the structure was respecting the palace and its morphology, yet having one’s own contemporary identity. The space here in turn becomes an object that is constantly being crafted and moulded to be reconfigured resembling the wet soil of the beach. Dhanvi Shah A18-29 Programme l Musuem Tulum, Mexico Exploded Axonometric

200 mm GROWTH MEDIA 20 mm FILTER SHEET 100 mm DRAINAGE CELL

100 mm COPING KOTA DRIP MOULD

PARAPET WALL

25 mm WALL PLASTER

500 x 100 mm CONCRETE SEATING

230 mm BRICK WALL -

200 mm GROWTHDRIP MEDIA MOULD 20 mm FILTER SHEET 10 mm GLAZED TILES

100 mm DRAINAGE CELL PARAPET WALL

DETAIL A

POLYSTYRENE BOARD 120MM THK 50 mm S-FELT

NOSING 10 mm CHINA MOSAIC TILE 25 mm SCREEDING 150 mm BRICK BAT COBA

30 mm PVC MEMBRANE 150 mm BRICK BAT COBA

150 mm R.C.C. SLAB

MOISTURE RETENTION MAT 70MM THK

TERRACE

DETAIL B

150 mm R.C.C. SLAB

45 mm WATER PROOFING 3 LAYERS

TOILET DETAIL A

230 mm BRICK WALL

45 mm WATER PROOFI

150 mm BRICK BAT COBA DRIP MOULD 10 mm GLAZED TILES

+18.6 m

25 mm WALL PLASTER

10 mm CHINA MOSAIC 25 mm SCREEDING150 mm BRICK BAT- CO

DRIP MOULD

500 x 100 mm CONCRETE SEATING 30 mm PVC MEMBRANE

TERRACE

DETAIL B

100 mm COPING KOTA STONENOSING

MOISTURE RETENTION MAT 70MM THK POLYSTYRENE BOARD 120MM THK 50 mm S-FELT

+18.6 m

45 mm WATER PROOFING THREE LAYERS

45 mm WATER PROOFING 3 LAYERS

TOILET

150 mm R.C.C. SLAB

+15.6 m

SCALE 1:20

TOILET FIFTH FLOOR

DETAIL B - PARAPET WAL

DETAIL A - ROOF GARDEN

FIFTH FLOOR

DETAIL A - ROOF GARDEN

DETAIL B - PARAPET WALL

SCALE 1:20

TOILET

230 mm BRICK BAT COBA 150 mm R.C.C SLAB

FOURTH FLOOR

DETAIL C

+12.6 m

230 mm BRICK BAT COBA

350 mm R.C.C RETAINING WALL 25 mm SCREEDING

150 mm R.C.C SLAB

10 mm 1st LAYER SHAHBAD TILE

BRICK MASONRY WALL

FOURTH FLOOR

DETAIL C

+12.6 m

25 mm SCREEDING

400 mm GROWTH MEDIA

10 mm 2nd LAYER SHAHBAD TILE 350 mm R.C.C RETAINING WALL 25 mm SCREEDING

30 mm PVC MEMBRANE

10 mm 1st LAYER SHAHBAD TILES

45 mm WATER PROOFING 3 LA

BRICK MASONRY WALL

25 mm SCREEDING 10 mm 2nd LAYER SHAHBAD TILES

150 mm BRICK BAT COBA 400 mm GROWTH45 MEDIA mm 3 LAYERS WATER PROOFING 30 mm PVC MEMBRANE 150 mm R.C.C. SUNK SLAB

45 mm WATER PROOFING 3 LAYERS

150 mm BRICK BAT COBA

FIRST FLOOR

150 mm R.C.C. SUNK SLAB

+4.2 m

230 mm RUBBLE 500 mm DEEP STEP RAFT FOUNDATION 150 mm P.C.C BED 1:4:8

FIRST FLOOR

TOILET

230 mm RUBBLE SOLING

+4.2 m

TOILET

DETAIL C -TOILET GARDEN

DETAIL F

DETAIL E

DETAIL F

PLINTH

500 mm RAMMED

500 mm RAMMED EARTH

DETAIL D - FOUNDATION

DETAIL C -TOILET GARDEN SCALE 1:20

DETAIL E

500 mm DEEP ST

150 mm P.C.C BE

45 mm 3 LAYERS WATER PROOFING

DETAIL D - FOUNDATION SCALE 1:20

SCALE 1:20

+1.2 m

PLINTH

+1.2 m

150 mm THK BRICK MASONRY WALL 150 mm THK BRICK MASONRY WALL

GROUND

+0.0 GROUND +0.0 m

25 mmTHK EXTERNAL PLASTER

100 mm COPING

PUMP ROOM

100 mm COPING KOTA STONE

PUMP ROOM

600 x 100 mm R.C.C. SEAT

DETAIL D DETAIL D

LOUVERED WINDOW FOR VENTILATION

600 x 100 mm R.C.C. SEAT

1200 mm PLINTH PROTECTION SLAB

-2.0-2.0 m m

1200 mm PLINTH PROTECTION SLAB NOSING

25 mm WALL PL

DE AT

25 mm WALL PLASTER

LOUVERED WINDOW FOR VENTILATION

BASEMENT BASEMENT

DRIP MOULD

230 mm BRICK WALL

230 mm BRICK W

NOSING

DH NOSING

NOSING

30 mm DPC LAYER

200 mm R.C.C BED 150 mm P.C.C BED 230 mm RUBBLE SOLING

RO THI 202

30 mm DPC

200 mm R.C

SC AN

150 mm P.C

230 mm RU

500 mm RAMMED EARTH

EXTERNAL WALL SECTION THROUGH F F '

EXTERNAL WALL SECTION THROUGH F F ' SCALE 1:50 SCALE 1:50

500 mm RA

EARTH FILL

350 mm SHEAR WALL

EARTH FILL

230 mm RUBBLE SOLING

230 mm RUBBLE SOLING 45 mm WATER PROOFING 3 LAYERS 45 mm WATER PROOFING 3 LAYERS

DETAIL E - PLINTH PROTECTION SCALE DETAIL E -1:20 PLINTH PROTECTION

SCALE 1:20

DETAIL F - COMPOUND WALL

SCALE 1:20 F - COMPOUND WALL DETAIL

SCALE 1:20

W3 W3

300

1675

3750

2885

930

2360

DATE

ISSUED B

1200

4982

3500

3502

2735

ALL DIMENSI OTHERWISE ALL THE WR FOLLOWED. DRAWINGS T OTHER DRAW P.C.C. IS IN T COARSE AGG ALL LEVELS ALL DECISIO NEED TO BE DO NOT SCA ALL DISCREP NOTICE TO T COMMENCEM RICHER CON FOUNDATION THE SUPER S SUGGESTED THE STRUCT VERIFY FIEL WITH THE PR PROCEEDING WORK WITHI SPECIFIED IN COMPLY WIT CODES, REG REQUIREMEN OCCUPANTS PROJECT AR UNINTERRUP DURING THE

3700

7650

6318

6000

2000

3925

5650

2000

2298

2500

30000

10225

2000

11875

5300

4650

4747

5000

2650

2447

925

4000

D2 D1

D7 P1

7000

6000

10218

1980

6650

3540

2870

2000 5700

3000

3250

2570

2000

4260

3000

2570

4000

2151 1579

5650

2000

4260

1200

3230

4 3 5700

2700

2230

4 3

2630

726

2000

1450 D4

3650 P1a

DESIGN S AT DADA

DHANVI S B'

ROLL NO | A1 THIRD YEAR B 2020 - 2021

SCHOOL O AND ARCH NORTH

GROUND FLOOR PLAN

15350

3350

15350

3350

300

7000

4000

06. What is an Institution? 6355

11995

9300

350

39300

58000

14650

6680

7795

42650

1900

1975

9650

semester 6 location Prabhadevi

The module, design in detail revolved around micro to macro concerns in order to understand the construction process, assembly and aesthetic of materials.

DRAW

BASIN FOR EXTERNAL USE

WATER COOLER

1500 2300

150 mm PARTITION BRICK WALL

1000

150

1400

760

1000

1280

650

WATER CLOSET

HEALTH FAUCET

DATE REVISION DESCRIPTION

LADDER FOR INTERNAL SHAFT ACCESS

1000

120 mm THICK LEDGE WALL

E 1:1

ISSUED BY

E 1:1

100 mm THICK DADO TILES UPTO 1000 mm HEIGHT

CHECKED BY

150 mm SHAFT BRICK WALL

3400

6000

20 mm SCREEDING

1000

350 mm SHEAR WALL

2570

400

150

NAHANI TRAP

1650

DRAWINGS TO BE SEEN WITH RESPECT TO ALL OTHER DRAWINGS. P.C.C. IS IN THE RATIO OF 1:3:6 (CEMENT : SAND : COARSE AGGREGATE). ALL LEVELS SPECIFIED IN METERS. ALL DECISIONS REINFORCEMENT CALCULATIONS NEED TO BE TAKEN BY STRUCTURAL ENGINEER. DO NOT SCALE THE DRAWING. ALL DISCREPANCIES SHALL BE BROUGHT TO NOTICE TO THE ARCHITECT BEFORE THE COMMENCEMENT OF ANY WORK. RICHER CONCRETE MIX TO BE USED FOR THE FOUNDATION AND M:30 MIX TO BE USED FOR THE SUPER STRUCTURE, ALL MIXES SHALL BE SUGGESTED, EXAMINED AND APPROVED BY THE STRUCTURAL ENGINEER. VERIFY FIELD CONDITIONS AND COORDINATION WITH THE PROJECT DOCUMENTS PRIOR TO PROCEEDING WITH THE WORK. WORK WITHIN THE FIELD BOUNDARIES AS SPECIFIED IN THE PROJECT DOCUMENT AND COMPLY WITH ALL THE APPLICABLE BUILDING CODES, REGULATIONS AND ORDINANCE REQUIREMENTS. OCCUPANTS ON THE ADJACENCIES TO THE PROJECT AREA SHALL CONTINUE UNINTERRUPTED/UNDISTURBED OCCUPANCY DURING THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE PROJECT.

KEY PLAN

250 mm STAIRCASE SHEAR WALL

150

CATWALK

1650

1100

300x300 mm CERAMIC TILES FOR FLOORING

900

4100

1280

150

230

WASHBASIN FOR INTERNAL USE

1100

18 mm INTERNAL PLASTER

STAMP & SIGN

150

1150

TOILET GARDEN 6350

DESIGN SCHOOL AT DADAR, MUMBAI

DHANVI SHAH ROLL NO | A18 - 29 THIRD YEAR B.ARCH 2020 - 2021

TOILET PLAN TOILET PLAN

SCHOOL OF ENVIRONMENT AND ARCHITECTURE

SCALE 1:20

NORTH

SCALE

1:20 DRAWING TITLE & NUMBER

TOILET DETAIL PLAN WD - SEA - T - 01

1500

1650

LADDER FOR INTERNAL SHAFT ACCESS

230 mm BRICK MASONRY WALL

250 mm STAIRCASE SHEAR WALL

2750

30 mm THK WOODEN PARTITION DOOR

2100

18 mm PLASTER

DATE REVISION DESCRI

400

25 mm TILE 15 mm SCREEDING

1000

300x300 mm DADO TILES

ALL DIMENSIONS ARE IN MILLIMETERS U OTHERWISE SPECIFIED. ALL THE WRITTEN DIMENSIONS ARE TO B FOLLOWED. DRAWINGS TO BE SEEN WITH RESPECT OTHER DRAWINGS. P.C.C. IS IN THE RATIO OF 1:3:6 (CEMENT COARSE AGGREGATE). ALL LEVELS SPECIFIED IN METERS. ALL DECISIONS REINFORCEMENT CALCU NEED TO BE TAKEN BY STRUCTURAL EN DO NOT SCALE THE DRAWING. ALL DISCREPANCIES SHALL BE BROUGH NOTICE TO THE ARCHITECT BEFORE THE COMMENCEMENT OF ANY WORK. RICHER CONCRETE MIX TO BE USED FOR FOUNDATION AND M:30 MIX TO BE USED THE SUPER STRUCTURE, ALL MIXES SHA SUGGESTED, EXAMINED AND APPROVED THE STRUCTURAL ENGINEER. VERIFY FIELD CONDITIONS AND COORDI WITH THE PROJECT DOCUMENTS PRIOR PROCEEDING WITH THE WORK. WORK WITHIN THE FIELD BOUNDARIES A SPECIFIED IN THE PROJECT DOCUMENT COMPLY WITH ALL THE APPLICABLE BUIL CODES, REGULATIONS AND ORDINANCE REQUIREMENTS. OCCUPANTS ON THE ADJACENCIES TO T PROJECT AREA SHALL CONTINUE UNINTERRUPTED/UNDISTURBED OCCUP DURING THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE PR

975

BRICK BAT COBA 15 mm 3 LAYERS WATER PROOFING

CATWALK

150 mm R.C.C SUNK SLAB

T STEEL SECTION

ISSUED BY

CHECKED

KEY PLAN

SECTION X X' SCALE 1:20

STAMP & SIGN

25 mm PLASTER 300x300 mm DADO TILES

230 mm BRICK MASONRY WALL

WOODEN FRAME MIRROR SUPPORT

DESIGN SCHOOL AT DADAR, MUMBAI

2750

750 x 850 mm MIRROR

1000

MIRROR

150 mm BRICK BAT COBA

1000

360 610

1000

745 300

646

400

30 mm PVC MEMBRANE

300

400 mm GROWTH MEDIA

360

WASH BASIN BRICK MASONRY WALL

BOTTLE TRAP 50 mm DIA. PVC PIPE NANHI TRAP 150 mm RCC FLOOR SLAB

45 mm 3 LAYERS WATER PROOFING

150 mm R.C.C SUNK SLAB

150 mm R.C.C. SUNK SLAB

R.C.C BEAM

DHANVI SHAH ROLL NO | A18 - 29 THIRD YEAR B.ARCH 2020 - 2021

SCHOOL OF ENVIRONMENT AND ARCHITECTURE NORTH

SCALE

1:20

DRAWING TITLE & NUMBER

SECTION Y Y' SCALE 1:20

TOILET DETAIL SECTIO WD - SEA - T - 02

TERRACE

+18.6 m

+18.6 m +17.1 m D2

FIFTH FLOOR

+15.6 m

D11

CATWALK

+15.6 m +14.1 m D10

D10

FOURTH FLOOR

+12.6 m

CATWALK

+12.6 m +11.1 m D2

THIRD FLOOR

+9.6 m

CATWALK

+9.6 m +8.25 m P2

SECOND FLOOR

+6.9 m

CATWALK

+5.85 m

D10

FIRST FLOOR

+4.2 m

CATWALK

+4.2 m +2.7 m D2

PLINTH

+1.2 m

CATWALK

+1.2 m

GROUND

-0.3 m

+0.0 m

ONE WAY CAR

BASEMENT

RAMP SLOPE

1:10

-2.0 m

SECTION AA’ 8

ALL DIME OTHERWI ALL THE W FOLLOWE DRAWING OTHER D P.C.C. IS I COARSE ALL LEVE ALL DECI NEED TO DO NOT S ALL DISC NOTICE T COMMEN RICHER C FOUNDAT THE SUPE ROL SUGGEST THE STRU THIR VERIFY F WITH202 THE PROCEED WORK WI SPECIFIE COMPLY CODES, R REQUIRE OCCUPAN PROJECT UNINTERR DURING T

DE AT

SC AN

1200

PARAPET WALL WITH KOTA STONE COPING

ISSUED

TERRACE

+18.6 m

FINISH 1 - EXPOSED R.C.C SHUTTERING

FIFTH FLOOR

+15.6 m

50 x 50 x 900 mm WOODEN RAILING

FOURTH FLOOR

+12.6 m

THIRD FLOOR

+9.6 m

LIFT SHAFT

SECOND FLOOR ELEC & LV SHAFT

R.C.C SEAT ALONG RAILING

+6.9 m

FIRST FLOOR

BEAM WEDGE DETAIL ( FOR VISUALLY SEAMLESS, HANGING FLOOR PLANES)

+4.2 m

PLINTH P3

+1.2 m

GROUND

+0.0 m P1

DESIGN AT DAD

BASEMENT

-2.0 m LIFT PIT

SECTION BB’

SUB BASEMENT

-3.0 m

DHANVI

ROLL NO | THIRD YEA 2020 - 2021

SCHOOL AND ARC

NORT

Gateway

Jantar Mantar, Jaipur

07. Travel and Derives My travels and derive walks in the city and around have lead me to experience places, unfold and absorb their essence. They have also become a driving force for how I perceive architecture differently. Jama Masjid, Mandu

The burning tree, Kashmir

Pahelgam, Kashmir

Library on Ghats of Maheshwar

flower pressed bookmarks

coptic binding with sliders

coffee infused papers

japanese binding

warli spined

08. Papyrus Cotton The idea of Papyrus Cotton stemmed from wanting unique sketchbooks each suited for a specific purpose. Hence, I began to bind my own diaries and eventually explored different binding techniques and also delved into other forms like handmade papers and so on.

flower pressed bookmarks

handmade paper

blue teak coptic