DIVISHA VADEHRA Hello there I am an architecture undergrad at SPA Bhopal, keen to explore and learn about different cultures and professions. Understanding spaces and its people through observation, research and engaging them in impromptu conversations is my idea of fun. I aspire to put my learnings and experiences as a student and an individual to use in a way that contributes to betterment and ease of life of masses. Functionality veiled in design that it makes life simple without notice.
9560053111 New Delhi , India vadehra.divisha@gmail.com /divisha.vadehra43 Hindi|English
Education
Academic Projects
Bachelors of Architecture | 2018- 2023
Semester 1
School of Planning and Architecture Bhopal
Secondary Education
Amity International School Delhi
Design - Organization Principles | Exhibition Space
Semester 2
The Tamil Quarter , Pondicherry Documentation Architect’s Office Guest House
Semester 3
Garo Tribal House Documentation Contemporary Vernacular Retired Architects Home Aanganwadi
Skills
Semester 4
Primary School
Archietectural Visualisation Documentation Analysis Concept Development Communication Hands on
Semester 5
Automobile Showroom & Service Center
Semester 6
Mid Rise Housing
Semester 7
7 Star Hotel
Software
Competitions & Achievements
2D Drafting
Auto-CAD
BIM
Revit Architecture Archicad
3D Modeling Render Sketch-up Pro Rhino
Presentation Photoshop MS PowerPoint InDesign MS Office
Lumion Enscape Coohom
Workshops & Courses Green Revolution Certification Program 2019 | Grade A Happy Cities Summit , Vijaywada Matti Karyashala | Vernacular Practices | Hands-On Oneistox | Physical Model Making On Archidiaries - Grasshoper as a tool - Grasshoper as a Design Assistant Rivet Master Class Kaarwan | Facade Design Make Spaces | Mood board Design
120 Hours Smart Housing Design | Top 8 Amravati Design Challenge Rethinking Student Housing In India Archmello Quarantine Facility Design | Top 8 Kaarwan Tiny Library Volume Zero
Work Experience B R V Design Studio | 3 Months Architectural Intern | Draftsperson | Site - Coordination Indian Army Recreational Hall Renovation | Freelance
CONTENTS
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Reno
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Hexa Pods
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Continuum
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Garo
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The Residence
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The Getty Center
Car Showroom | Individual
Quarantine Facility | Competition
Housing | Individual
Documentation | Group Work
Working Drawing | Individual
Art Gallery | Individual
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Matti Karyashala
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Photography
Hand’s On | Mud Workshop
Other Works
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Reno Typology : Commercial (Showroom and Service Station) Area : 3.8 Acres Location : Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh Academic Project | Individual Brief : The project was to build an automobile dealership and workshop for Renault, with the goal of attracting customers and potential purchasers. The concept was to show connection between the two spaces despite their distinct identities and functions.
Site access to site
Block placement on site
Block divided into 2 parts ( Showroom and service station)
8| Form Development
Segregation of public semi public and private space
Block inverted in opposite direction for better visible connectivity
Introduction of cafe to connect both the blocks
Site Plan |9
10| Elevation
LEGENDS 1.Entry 2.Reception 3.Waiting area 4. Car Display Area 5.Spare Parts Display 6.Accounts 7.Pantry 8.Washrooms 9.Maneger’s cabin 10.Parking 11.Cafe 12.Inspection Bay
13.Medical room 14.Tool room 15.Oil storage 16.Machinery storage 17.Spare parts 18.Paint booth 19.Body shop bay 20.Service floor 21. lockers 22.Car body wash 23.Worker’s Dinning 24.Delivery Bay
24. Discussion area 25. H.R cabin 26. EA Seating 27. Marketing 28. Policy Department 29. Conference room 30. Dinning area 31. Sales Department 32. I.T Department 33. File room 34. Ceo’s Cabin 35. Training Cell
Ground Floor Plan
First Floor Plan
Floor Plans |11
Visual connectivity created through double height spaces
Inter connections between spaces
Spaces directly or indirectly connected to nature
Transparency achieved through materials in display area
12|Section
View of the Ramp
View of Service Station
View of Cafe Views |13
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Hexa Pods Typology : Healthcare (Quarantine Facility) Area : 6.9 Acres Location : Rohini , Delhi Kaarwan National Design Competition|Group - 4| Special Mention Brief : A project designed to respond to global challenges of unexpected inadequacy of emergency quarantine facilities during the Covid 19 pandemic, with the aim of rapidly increasing the capacity of healthcare settings in cities. modules designed to be installed near the hospital to increase the capacity or as a healthcare center in affected metropolitan or remote locations, adjusting to space constraints without compromising health and hygiene .
Clustering
Zoning
Flexible Design
The hexagons can be oriented to form interesting arrangement of clusters enclosing green spaces Easy circulation is ensured.
Zoning of the areas has been done in a manner so as to keep public areas such as admin, offices, separate from private areas such as isolation wards.
The structure can be reused as temporary accommodating facilities in case of tournaments, tourism events, slub rehabilitation etc. in post COVID era.
16| Form Development
Vertical Stacking
Horizontal Stacking
The modules can be aligned vertically according to the design requirements.
The modules can be aligned horizontally according to the design requirements.
Site Plan |17
18| Phase 1 Plan
Administration & Technical Block
Access of this block is restricted to head doctor, subordinate doctors and technical staff for sample testing and record maintenance. An examination room is provided in case any staff member is suspected of infection.
Isolation block
This block is primarily for infected patients and a limited number of nurse stations are provided, with equipment room and medicine preparation room. It is connected to all other blocks via corridors.
Phase 1
Phase 2
Phase 3
Service block
Access of this block is limited to service personnels working in laundry and dirt room for PPE kit disposal. A separate corridor is provided for escorting suspected patients to the isolation block via sanitization zone and
Phase 4 Movement |19
Panels are designed in order to provide space for all electric conduits and plumbing lines.
Top & bottom rails are specifically designed to fasten the wall panels in place
Corner lock & post is provided to secure the edges of the panels and ensure stability ,
Service ducts for toilet .
Exterior panel and interior panels are 150mm and 75mm thick, respectively.
Glass door and window for visual connectivity
Floors are insulated with Styrofoam sheets and finished with laying of plaster board on top. Structural framework consisting bottom rail , corner lock and intermediate members are used as the base of the floor .
Isolation ward layout with furniture
20| Structure
Joinery of two EPS Panel Steel studs are used to connect into T or L joints
T-Junction Joinery of Panel
Joinery between two wall panels with hollow space for conduits.
Section |21
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Contiuum Typology : Residential (Housing Society) Area : 15 Acres Location : Parparganj , Delhi Academic project | Individual Brief : The project focuses on the ideology of connecting people & designing of a mid rise residential complex combined with commercial recreational spaces & hospitality facilities in order to provide the inhabitants supreme comfort & luxury at the door step . Inspired from Future Towers , Pune the aim was to connect people through one corridor to make them interact in their busy schedule .
Site access points and building form
24|Site Plan
Using Hexagonal grid to form courtyards
Placement of Service core
Introduction to Green terraces at different levels
View |25
26| Section
Forming Common Terraces
Semi Covered Areas
Connectivity to Nature
Views |27
1 BHK Carpet Area - 43 Sq m 28|Unit Plans
2 BHK Carpet Area - 76 Sq m
3 BHK Carpet Area - 132 Sq
4 BHK Carpet Area - 225 Sq Units Plans |29
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Garo Typology : Vernacular Documentation Area : Garo Hills | Meghalaya Academic Project | Semester III | Group Work Brief: The project focuses on documenting , The Garos a ethnic group from meghalaya , Assam and some neighboring areas of Bangladesh. Garo means hill tribes who call themselves Achik or Mande . They are the second largest tribe in Meghalaya after the khasi
Wangla or the harvest festival is the main festival of the tribe , being celebrated in late autumn , second week of November . Usage of any agriculture products is not allowed before thanking god of fertility “MISI - SAOLJOING” . The festival is marked by the sound of 100 nagaras and people dancing , drinking , singing for three days and nights.
Timber Joinery - 1
Bamboo Joinery
Timber Joinery - 2 32|Plan
Front Elevation
Side Elevation
Elevations |33
Matting Detail 1
Joinery Detail
Matting Detail
Matting Detail Joinery Detail
Matting Detail 2
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View |35
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The Residence Typology : Residence (Working Drawing ) Academic Project | Semester V | Individual
9 WASHROOM 3000 x 2900
WASHROOM 3000 x 2900
8 DRESSING D3
BEDROOM 1 4800 x 4000
MASTER BEDROOM 6800 x 4000
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UP
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KITCHEN LVL+640 4800 x 4500
FAMILY ROOM 6800 x 4500
DECK LVL +480
5 SERVANT QUARTER LVL +640 7520 x 5990
UP
DINNING AREA 5000 x 3754
DECK LVL +480 8950 x 6280
RECEARTIONAL ARA 7450 x 3754 2 1
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FORMAL LIVING ROOM 6950 x 4500
TOILET 1770x1850
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RISER -160 TREAD -300
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Ground Floor Plan
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ENTRY PORCH LVL +640 3000 x 3350 3 4
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9 WASHROOM 3220 x 2900
8 DRESSING 2020 x 2350
OPEN TERRACE 6260 x 4100
MASTER BEDROOM 6800 x 4000
7 OFFICE 2880 x 4585 OPEN TERRACE 7824 x 4385
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LVL +3830
5 STORE 1770 x 3754
POOJA
4 FORMAL LIVING ROOM BELOW 6700 x 4450
UP
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PORCH TERRACE
First Floor Plan K
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Ground Floor Electrical layout
First Floor Electrical layout Electrical Layout|39
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Detail A
Washroom Plan
WAIS
Cold water pipe line
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Hot water pipe line
DETA Grey water pipe line
DETAIL B
DETAIL C
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Detail B
Detail C
EXPOSED CONCRETE
+11170 Mumty STAINLESS STEEL RAILING @50
ST SLAB STAIRCASE TREAD-300MM RISER -160MM
+7020 Terrace
STAINLESS STEEL RAILING @50
STAINLESS STEEL RAILING @50
STORE +3830
STUDY +3830
AIL A
+3830 First Floor BRICK@230
DINNING AREA +640
BEDROOM +640
KITCHEN +640
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TOILET +620
+640 Plinth Lvl +0.0 Ground Lvl
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Matti Karyashala Typology: Mudd Labs | Hand’s on Mud Workshop Location : East Delhi The hands on workshop was an exploration of potential of mud in compression. Moulding the earthy components to form adobe bricks ornamented in neutral’s the rammed earth seating mud plastering & traditional worli art design to be more complex guna vaults. Dry arches & corbelled domes. The whole experience proved the worth of traditional vernacular materials and forms.
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The Getty Center Typology:Insignia | Alphabetic Influence Academic Project | Semester I Brief: The project focused on establishing a design as a derivative language & forms by employing orders and principles of design pushing the limits of creative minds into transforming elementry line compositions to complex spatial layout .The exercise was carried out in stages .Final form came out to be a Art Museum.
Linear
Axis
Rhythm
Hierarchy
Radial
Chunked
Grid
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PHOTOGRAPHY “What i like about photographs is that they capture a moment that’s gone forever, impossible to reproduce.” - Karl Lagerfeld
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DIVISHA VADEHRA 9560053111 vadehra.divisha@gmail.com
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