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Urbanism Portfolio - Divya Gunnam

URBANISM PORTFOLIO DIVYA GUNNAM SELECTED WORKS - 2015 - 2021

Urbanism Portfolio - Divya Gunnam

PROJECTS UNDERTAKEN Professional Projects Sangath, Vastu-Shilpa Consultants, India

Divya Gunnam B.Arch, Msc. Urbanism 06.08.1993

2015 - 2018

Smritivan Earthquake Memorial, Bhuj, Gujarat, India, 2016

Delft, Netherlands

Nalanda University India, 2016

gunnam.divya1993@gmail.com +31 644148583

Amaravti Government Complex Design Competition Amaravati, India, 2016

EDUCATION MSC Urbanism, 2019-2021

National War Memorial, Competition Delhi, India, 2017

TU DELFT I NETHERLANDS Currently pursuing Master thesis, Second year.

Venkataramanan Associates, India

Bachelor of Architecture, 2010-2015

Police Housing Complex and Command Centre Bengaluru, India, 2014

RV COLLEGE OF ARCHITECTURE, BENGALURU I INDIA CGPA - 7.92, Top 5 percentile

2014 - 2015

Wipro, IT Campus, Kodati Bengaluru, India, 2015

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Academic Projects

Short term Consultant, Urban Designer, World Bank WORLD BANK I INDIA

R.V.College of Architecture, India

Student Assistant, Architect and Urban Designer TU DELFT I WHO I NETHERLANDS

Redevelopment of Commercial Centre Tirumala, India, 2013-2014

Assistant Faculty, Architectural Graphics RV COLLEGE OF ARCHITECTURE, BENGALURU I INDIA

Jaaga, Urban Intervention, Frazer Town Bengaluru, India, 2020

Architect

Freelance Projects

VASTU SHILPA CONSULTANTS - ‘SANGATH’, AHMEDABAD I INDIA

World Bank Group

Architectural Intern VENKATARAMANAN ASSOCIATES, BENGALURU I INDIA

Student Assistantship - WHO

Levels of proficiency III III III II

ADOBE PHOTOSHOP ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR ADOBE INDESIGN

2021

Integrated Gender Programme India, 2021

SOFTWARE SKILLS ARCHICAD AUTOCAD AUTOCAD 3D

2010 - 2015

III III III

MS OFFICE QGIS SKETCHUP ARTLANTIS

III II I II

2020-2021

WHO COVID-19 Initiative Global Clinic Refurbishment, 2020

Other

INTERESTS

Public Hospital Liberia, 2021

2021

ACADEMIC WRITING ACADEMIC RESEARCH AND LITERATURE STUDY RESEARCH BY DESIGN

Private Residence India, 2018

2018

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CONTENTS Circulabs, South Holland Towards Fair and Knowledge driven Circular Development, Regional Planning

.. 1

Academic Project - TU Delft, Netherlands

Cracking the Grid, Rivierenbuurt Sustainability through a Synergy of Flexible Systems, Densification, Den Haag

.. 9

Academic Project - TU Delft, Netherlands

Resilient City Network Regional Development through Resilient Systems- Greater Bay Area, China

.. 13

Academic Project - TU Delft, Netherlands

Loiter City Spatial Strategies for redefining a Women’s place in the Public Realm, India

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Academic Project - Master Graduation Research Thesis, TU Delft, Netherlands

Amaravati, Capitol City Complex Amaravti Government Complex Design Competition, India Professional Project - Sangath, Vastu-Shilpa Consultants, India

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Smritivan Earthquake Memorial Memorial for 2001 Gujarat Earthquake victims in Bhuj, India Professional Project - Sangath, Vastu-Shilpa Consultants, India

.. 31

Nalanda University Revival of 5th Century AD Nalanda Center, Bihar, India

.. 35

Professional Project - Sangath, Vastu-Shilpa Consultants, India

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CIRCULABS, SOUTH HOLLAND Towards fair and knowledge driven circular development PROJECT TYPE - Academic I Q3, Msc Urbanism, TU Delft YEAR - 2020 LOCATION - South Holland, Netherlands PROJECT SCALE - Regional Planning CONTRIBUTION - Group Work, Conceptual framework and Methodology for the project. Vision making and strategy maps, Strategic zoom-in maps, Consolidating the report Project I - CircuLabs

The Province of South Holland is an important economic player both nationally and globally with several green ports, knowledge centres and the port of Rotterdam. The current practices in the construction and demolition sector make it the largest contributor to greenhouse emissions, and consumer of resources. The drive towards the circular economy is dependent on a great deal of knowledge and spatially, this shift is threatening to leave behind yet another layer of brownfields. The project aims to promote just spatial conditions and fair sharing of knowledge by utilising these transitioning landscapes in a circular development.

The interventions are realised by introducing living labs called the ‘Circu-labs’ in these transitional landscapes. Goals under the categories of people, land, material and knowledge are formulated and implemented. The region would have a synergetic urban network where circulabs provide knowledge and support the transition towards a circular construction and demolition cycle with well-balanced and inclusive living environments. The circulabs will act as catalysts to boost the circular economy in construction and also transform South Holland into a lab itself which would be optimised and made sustainable towards the future needs.

Problem Areas - Three sectors Problem Statement -

Biomass Building stock New Development/ Processed mat Urban mining/ Recycled mat.

Green ports Delta Landscape Building Stock

Urban cores

Existing urban areas

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Knowledge hubs Knowledge Network

Developments New developments “The growing demands on urban areas to support Plugin steady growth and tackle pressures of migration and influx of people are leaving the urban fabric unevenly developed. The Attractive Green Demolition resulting urban sprawl and crammed centres are creating unequal and unjust living conditions. The current practices in the construction and demolition sector make it the largest Knowledge hubs contributor to greenhouse emissions, and consumer of resources. The drive towards a circular economy is dependant on a great deal of knowledge, which is mostly controlled by a just a few actors. Spatially, this shift is also threatening to leave behind yet another layer of brown fields. Our challenge is to promote just spatial conditions and fair sharing of knowledge by utilising these transitioning landscapes in a circular development.”

Migration Patterns

Transforming Landscapes

There is an unbalanced flow of people within South Holland towards the Hague and Rotterdam metropolitan region (OECD, 2007). The main contributor is the non western migration in the region due to good job opportunities and the rich range of cultural facilities (PBL Port of Rotterdam & CBS, 2019). The city’s rising popularity is causing gentrification. Gentrification attracts wealthy new residents / users and the expels Steel Plant lower classes from the district reinforcing the capital and spatial inequality in the Netherlands.

Industries are constantly under transition. The move towards circular economy leaves behind large footprints of buildings and supporting infrastructure which can be brought into the new models of development. Large buildings are also abondoned and they need to be assigned new functions by either recycling or refurbishment.

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The cities around the port are flourishing due to trade.

Port Industry Train Stations Green Ports Airport Centres Smaller towns appear along majorKnowledge infrastructural axis.

Urban Cores Agricultural Land Houses GrowthGreen is along the axis. Cities develop satellite towns

Highway Railway Waterway

Industrial Axis Knowledge Axis Green Port Axis

Urban Cores

Agglomeration Points

Pressure on Rotterdam - The Hague metropolitan area

Areas under transition Drossscapes Brown Fields

Potentials areas for Circular economyAgricultural Lands Green Houses Pressure on Rotterdam - The Hague metropolitan area

CO2 Emissions

Materials for the evergrowing city and surroundings are often made from non-renewable materials. The current system is highly linear and unsustainable with high energy consumption, CO2 emissions and consecutive long-term land pollution.

Production

- WATER - ENERGY - FUEL - LABOUR INTENSIVE

Processing

CO2

organic waste reused for burning

water for curing

power for working

Manufacturing

plastic for packing

Logistics air transport

road transport

residential buildings

roads and infrastructure

CO2

Electricity

Quarrying for limestone

Building

inflow of knowledge

water for curing

Recycling

power for working

multiple actors construction elements

inflow of knowledge

post building life span

CO2 sand + water + cement

CO2

cement kiln

Sea Port Transport for Rotterdam

concrete plant at rotterdam port + storage

water channel

logistics+ distribution centres

building construction site

inflow of knowledge

Contributing to air pollution

recycling centres

40% of recycled waste

Wet concrete - smaller distances Dry concrete - directly from the plant ground water excavation

Quarry land, long healing periods

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unreacted raw material waste

Contaminated land because of silt particles

contaminants into the land

Contaminated brown fields due to processing

Infrastructure, connectivity potential

waste sent to the landfill

material back into the construction stream

Land with reusable potential for future developments

Knowledge centres with future sustaining power

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Vision for South Holland - Drive towards Circularity In 2050, the region of South Holland consists of a synergetic urban network where circulabs provide knowledge and support the transition towards a circular construction and demolition cycle with well-balanced and inclusive living environments.

URBAN - Circular construction that contributes to sustainable urbanization by relieving pressues on the urban cores

AGRICULTURAL - A circular agricultural system in which biomass and construction production chains are cleverly linked together.

HARBOUR - Where maritime and industrial history is making a way for tomorrow’s crossovers.

The regional network that we are proposing is of interdependant disciplines and is multi-scalar and temporal in nature. Each circulab maximizes the local potentials and synergizes with the rest. There is a hierarchy in their workability which is mainly derived from its surroundings and existing infrastructure in place. A few circulabs would just be processing hubs and support networks while the others would serve as a starting point for larger housing developments. These together form a strong regional backbone that drives the transition of the economy of Zuid Holland towards circularity.

Project I - CircuLabs

GREEN PORT - The transition towards sustainability and logistics optimization and moving towards a biobased economy.

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Spatial Strategies

Port Train Stations Airport Highway Railway Waterway Urban Cores Nodes

Production: Concrete/ Granulate Production: Concrete/ Prefab Port Production: Brick Train Stations Recycling: Concrete Airport Demolition Sites Highway New Developments Production: Concrete/ Granulate Railway Processed materials Production: Concrete/ Prefab Waterway Demolition waste> Production: Urban CoresBrick Recycling centre Recycling: Concrete Re-used materials Nodes Demolition Sites ‘Circulabs’ New Developments Circular construction hub Processed materials Living labs Demolition waste> Knowledge Recycling centre Re-used materials ‘Circulabs’

Plug-in Region Railway Network Industrial Area Construction Area Workshop/ Knowledge Area Residential Area Port Logistics Area Train Stations Material Banks

Plug-in Region Railway Network Industrial Area Construction Area Workshop/ Knowledge Area Residential Area Duckweed (Azolia) Logistics Area Hemp Material Banks Myceliums (mushrooms)

Biomass Building stock New Development/ Processed mat Urban mining/ Recycled mat.

Green ports Urban cores Delta Landscape Plugin Developments Building Stock Attractive Green Knowledge hubs Knowledge Network

Urban cores

Existing urban areas

Attractive Green

Demolition Knowledge hubs

Nodes

Circular construction hub Living labs Knowledge

Circular construction hub Duckweed (Azolia) Living labs Hemp ports Housing Knowledge Biomass MyceliumsGreen (mushrooms) Building stock Delta Landscape Biomass New Development/ Building Stock Knowledge Processed mat Urban mining Knowledge hubs Urban mining/ Logistics Recycled mat. Knowledge Network Housing Biomass Knowledge Urban mining Logistics

Airport Highway Railway Waterway Urban Cores

Housing Biomass Knowledge Urban mining Logistics

Existing urban areas New developments Demolition Knowledge hubs

Circular construction hub Living labs

Duckweed (Azolia) Knowledge Hemp Myceliums (mushrooms)

Housing Biomass Green ports Knowledge Delta UrbanLandscape mining Building Logistics Stock

Biomass Building stock New Development/ Processed mat Urban mining/ Recycled mat. Urban cores Plugin Developments Attractive Green

Plugin Developments Strategy for MaterialNew developments

Production: Concrete/ Granulate Plug-inPrefab Region Production: Concrete/ Production: BrickRailway Network Industrial Area Recycling: Concrete Demolition Sites Construction Area Workshop/ Knowledge Area New Developments Processed materials Residential Area Demolition waste> Logistics Area Recycling centre Material Banks Re-used materials ‘Circulabs’

Production: Concrete/ Granulate Production: Concrete/ Prefab Port Train Stations Production: Brick Airport Recycling: Concrete Highway Demolition Sites Railway New Developments Waterway Processed materials Urban Cores Demolition waste> Recycling centre Nodes Re-used materials ‘Circulabs’

Biomass Building stock New Development/ Processed mat Urban mining/ Recycled mat.

Knowledge hubs Urban cores Knowledge Network

Plugin Developments Existing urban areas Attractive Green

New developments Strategy for Knowledge

Plug-in Region Railway Network Industrial Area Construction Area Workshop/ Knowledge Area Residential Area Logistics Area Material Banks

MATERIAL - Utilizing the intense and highly automatized biological production in greenhouses, we propose transition towards the production of technically demanding but promising bioproducts like mushroom mycelium. The region has an infrastructural advantage producing bio based construction materials. These materials are further refined in the material hubs into reusable building elements.

Duckweed (Azolia) Hemp Myceliums (mushrooms)

KNOWLEDGE - The vision for the transformation of the knowledge sector focuses on diffusing the strong backbone of knowledge centers into a new network of local living labs, workshops and other centers of investigation, education and collaboration. This system of living labs drives forward the innovation in the region, establishing its strong position as a world circularity transition leader.

Green ports Delta Landscape Building Stock Knowledge hubs Knowledge Network Existing urban areas New developments Demolition Knowledge hubs

Demolition Knowledge hubs

Port of Rotterdam Steel Plant Sites of Sand Excavation

Production: Concrete/ Granulate Plug-in Region Production: Concrete/ Prefab Railway Network Port Port of Rotterdam Production: Brick Industrial Area Plug-in Region Production: Concrete/ Granulate Production: Concrete/ Granulate Plug-in Region 500 or more 6% or more 32% or more Production: Concrete/ Granulate Steel Plant Train Stations Recycling: Concrete Production: Concrete/ Prefab Construction AreaRailway Network Production: Concrete/ Prefab Railway Network 100-500 5% - 6% 16% - 32% Production: Concrete/ Prefab Sites of Sand Excavation Port Port Airport Production: Brick Production: Brick Workshop/ Knowledge AreaArea Demolition Sites Industrial Area Industrial Port of Rotterdam 50-100 4% - 5% 8% - 16% Port ofBrick Rotterdam Train Stations Production: Train Stations Highway Recycling: Concrete Construction Area Residential Area Construction Area New Developments Recycling: Concrete Steel Plant 30-50 3% - 4% 4% - 8% 500 or more 6% or more 32% or more Recycling: Concrete Production: Concrete/ Granulate Steel Plant Airport Airport Railway Workshop/ Knowledge Area Workshop/ Knowledge Area Demolition Sites Demolition Sites Logistics Area Sites of Sand Excavation20-30 Processed materials 2% - 3% 2% - 4% 100-500 5% - 6% 16% - 32% Demolition Sites Production: Concrete/ Prefab Sites of Sand Excavation Highway Highway Waterway Residential Area New Developments New Developments Production: Concrete/ Granulate Material Banks Residential Area Plug-in Region Demolition waste> 10-20 1% - 2% 1% - 2% 50-100 4% 5% 8% 16% New Developments Production: Brick Railway Railway Urban Cores Logistics Area Logistics Area 500 or more 6% or more 32% or more Recycling centre Processed materials Processed materials Concrete/ Granulate Concrete/ Production: Prefab Railway Network 5 0% - 1% Lower Production: than 1% 3% - 4% 4% - 8% Processed Recycling: Concrete 500 materials or more 6% or more 32% or more30-50 Waterway Production: Concrete/ Granulate Waterway Material Banks Material Banks 100-500 5% - 6% 16% Port - 32% Demolition waste> Re-used materials Production: Concrete/ Prefab Demolition waste> Production: Brick Industrial Area 20-30 2% 3% 2% 4% Demolition waste Nodes Demolition Sites 100-500 16% - 32% Urban Cores Urban Cores Production: Concrete/ Prefab Recycling centre 5% - 6% Recycling centre 50-100 4% - 5% 8% - Train 16% Stations ‘Circulabs’ Recycling: Concrete Production: Brick Construction Area 1% - 2% 1% - 2% Demolition waste> New Developments 50-100 8% - 16% 10-20 Re-used materials 4% - 5% Re-used materials Production: Brick 30-50 3% - 4% 4% - Airport 8% Recycling: Concrete Recycling Nodes Nodes centre Workshop/ Knowledge Area Demolition Sites Port Industry Urban Cores 5 0% - 1% Lower than 1% Circular construction Duckweed (Azolia) Processed materialshub LAND - Each of the the ‘Circulabs’ ‘Circulabs’ 30-50 3% 4% 4% 8% Recycling: Concrete Highway 20-30 2% - 3% 2% -hubs 4% benefits fromNew Demolition Sites Flows from outside South-Holland Residential Area Train Stations and together Greenthey Ports catalyseDevelopments Agricultural Land Living labs waste Hemp Demolition output of others 20-30 2% 3% 2% 4% Railway Demolition Sites 10-20 1% - 2% 1% - 2% Circular construction Duckweed (Azolia) Circular construction hub Duckweed (Azolia) New Developments Logistics Area hub Processed materials Airport Knowledge Centres Green Houses Demolition waste> Knowledge Myceliums (mushrooms) the transition towards a 100% circular 10-20 2% 1% - 2% LivingMaterial labs1% - Banks Hemp Living labs Hemp 5 0% - 1% LowerWaterway than 1% New Developments Processed materials Recycling centre Demolition waste> Port Industry Urban Cores construction sector. The construction ofRecycling the centre Urban Cores Knowledge Myceliums (mushrooms) Knowledge Myceliums (mushrooms) 5 0% - 1% Lower than 1% Processed materials Demolition waste Flows from outside South-Holland Highway Industrial Axis Train Stations Green Ports Agricultural Land circulabs themselves is a testing ground for Re-used materials Demolition waste> Demolition waste Railway Knowledge Airport Knowledge Centres Green Houses new technologies and Nodes approaches to Axis be used Recycling centre ‘Circulabs’ Port Industry Urban Cores Demolition waste> Waterway in the subsequent Green phases. Port Axis in the industry Flows from outside South-Holland Recycling centre Train Stations Green Ports Agricultural Land Circular construction hub Industry Urban Cores Duckweed Port (Azolia) Highway Industrial Axis Flows from outside South-Holland Biomass Airport Knowledge Centres Green Houses Train Stations Green Ports Agricultural Land Living labs Hemp Green ports Housing Urban Cores Agglomeration Points Railway Knowledge Axis Knowledge Myceliums (mushrooms) Airport Knowledge Green Houses Building PEOPLE - Through the establishment of Biomass Green ports Centres Biomass Delta Landscape Green ports Biomass Waterway Green Port Axis Housing Housing stock Highway Axis CircuLabs,Industrial new plugin developments to the New Development/ Building stock Building Stock Building stock Delta Landscape Delta Landscape Biomass Biomass Knowledge Railway Knowledgefabric Axis Processed mat existing regional will be developed. New Development/ New Development/ Building Building Stock Highway IndustrialStock Axis Urban Cores Agglomeration Points Urban mining Knowledge Knowledge hubs Waterway Axis relieves the pressure Processed mat ProcessedKnowledge mat Urban mining/ These new Green livingPort spaces Urban mining Urban mining Railway Knowledge Axis Logistics Recycled mat. Knowledge hubs Knowledge NetworkKnowledge hubs Urban mining/ Urban mining/ on urban centres. Theywould serve students, Logistics Logistics Waterway Green PortNetwork Axis Recycled mat. Recycled mat. Knowledge Knowledge Network Urban Cores

Agglomeration Points and low income elderly , starter families, Biomass households to have Housing a better chance of Building stock Biomass in an inclusive finding fair housing conditions New Development/ Knowledge and healthy living environment. Processed mat

Urban mining Logistics

Project I - CircuLabs

Urban mining/ Recycled mat. Urban cores Plugin Developments Attractive Green

Green ports Delta Landscape Building Stock Knowledge hubs Knowledge Network

Urban Urbancores Cores Plugin Developments Attractive Green

Strategy for Land Existing urban areas New developments Demolition Knowledge hubs

Existing urban areas Agglomeration Points New developments Demolition Knowledge hubs

Existing urban areas Urban cores Plugin Developments Urban cores New developments Existing urban areas Plugin Developments New developments Attractive Green Demolition Attractive Green Demolition Knowledge hubs

Strategy for People

Knowledge hubs

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Vision for CircuLabs

Strategies and Toolkits at Meso scale To realise the goals for people, land, material and knowledge spatially, a tool box has been proposed. By applying specific toolboxs with spatial design interventions to a specific location, opportunities and qualities of a place can be explored.

People A region where people can enjoy fair living environments and find decent work opportunities under circular economic growth.

CONSTRUCTION SECTOR

LIVING AND AMENITIES

The new construction infrastructure would be mainly focusing on developing new ways of building, dismantling and collaboration.

The new living environments will aim at driving social cohesion and teaching through experimentation and real implications.

Knowledge A region driven by experimenting and circulatin knowledge throughout different sectors. Region itslef becomes a lab for experimentation for others to follow.

Shops ShopsShops Shops Wind Turbines Maker Industry WindWind Turbines Recycling Recycling Centre Recycling Centre Recycling Centre Centre Maker Maker Industry Maker Industry Industry Turbines Wind Turbines

Shops RecyclingRecycling Centre Recycling Centre Recycling Centre Maker Centre Industry Maker Maker Industry Industry Maker Wind Industry Turbines Wind Wind Turbines Turbines Wind Turbines Labs

Shops Shops Shops

Schools Housing SchoolsSchools Housing Housing Housing Schools Labs Labs Open Labs Workshops OpenOpen Workshops Workshops Open Workshops

Land To build a region whose landscapes can withstand the pressures of urbanisation and climate change while not compromising on values and quality of life.

Schools Schools Housing Housing HousingHousing Schools Schools Labs Labs Labs Open Labs Workshops Open Open Workshops Workshops Open Workshops Community Library Library Community Community Hall Community Hall Hall Hall Co-working SpacesCo-working LibraryLibrary Urban Farm Urban Urban FarmUrban Farm Farm Co-working Co-working Spaces SpacesSpaces

Knowledge

Community Community Hall Community Hall Hall Urban Farm Urban Urban Farm Farm Urban Co-working Farm Co-working Co-working SpacesCo-working Spaces Spaces Spaces Library Library Library Library Community Hall Sports Facilities Facilities Ground Sports Facilities Material Bank Play Ground Upcycling Upcycling facility Upcycling facility Upcycling facility facility Material Material Bank Material BankPlay Bank Play Ground PlaySports Ground Sports Facilities

A region where all the potential waste streams are redirected into the sectors reducing the dependencies on natural resources. Locally produced materials would be used in circular cycles.

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ENERGY SECTOR

A shift towards renewable sources of energy is imperative to become circular in all sectors. These toolboxes facilitate this transition.

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Eateries and Eateries Barsand Eateries Bars Healthcare Healthcare Healthcare Healthcare Eateries and Barsand Bars PV/ Solar Infrastructure Infrastructure PV/Panels Solar PV/ Solar Panels PV/Panels Solar Panels Infrastructure Infrastructure

The transport hubs would be upscaled and shared facilities would be provided to the locals since collective growth is important.

These regional living labs are plugin developments to the existing urban structures. These labs are not envisioned as static designs but more in terms of general strategies applicable to the diverse local contexts offered by South Holland. The previosuly analysed construction and potential landscapes would become the new areas of interest for these Plug ins. They are broadly classified under Industrial areas, Port areas, Green ports and vast agricultural landscapes. Project I - CircuLabs

PV/ SolarPV/ Panels Infrastructure PV/ Solar Solar PV/ Panels Panels Solar Infrastructure Panels Infrastructure Infrastructure Transport Hubs Car Sharing Car Sharing Facilities Facilities Car Sharing Facilities Energy Energy HubsEnergy Aquathermal Aquathermal Energy Energy Transport Transport Hubs Hubs Car Sharing Facilities Transport Hubs Hubs Energy Hubs Hubs Aquathermal Aquathermal Energy Energy

Transport Hubs CarFacilities Sharing Energy Hubs Aquathermal Energy Energy Energy Hubs Hubs Energy Aquathermal Hubs Aquathermal Energy Aquathermal Energy Transport Energy Transport Hubs Transport Hubs Car Sharing Hubs Car Car Facilities Sharing Sharing FacilitiesFacilities

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Project 1 - Schiedam Port Phasing of the CircuLab

Masterplan

Phase I Construction industries will transform into urban mining centers and should introduce biomass materials.

Production: Concrete/ Granulate Production: Concrete/ Prefab Port Production: Brick Train Stations Recycling: Concrete Airport Demolition Sites Highway Phase II New Developments Railway Recycling companies should grow and be the gate into the Processed materials and upcycled materials. Waterway region for recycled Demolition waste> Urban Cores Recycling centre Re-used materials Nodes ‘Circulabs’ Circular construction hub Living labs Knowledge

Plug-in Region Railway Network Industrial Area Construction Area Workshop/ Knowledge Area Residential Area Logistics Area Material Banks

Plan of the intervention of the Living lab

Duckweed (Azolia)Schiedam Harbour is located south west of Schiedam. The site counts with a prime location being on the Port of Rotterdam as well as the proximity to the city of Rotterdam. Along with the initiatives set by the municipality the area offers a lot of potential for transformation focusing on a circular economy in the Construction and Demolition cycles. The harbour will focus mainly on the development of Hemp biobased materials and recycling materials. The port counts with a ample logistics area and infrastructure to develop circularity in the material sector. Along with the existing infrastructure a knowledge Myceliums (mushrooms) base construction industry will grow and develop circularity in the living sector.

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Residential area

Housing Biomass Knowledge Urban mining Phase Logistics

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Green ports Delta Landscape Building Stock

Knowledge hubs Knowledge Network Dwellings should be developed in the areas closest to the intermodal nodes taking advantage of the waterscape.

Urban cores Plugin Developments Project I - CircuLabs Attractive Green

Existing urban areas New developments Demolition

Erasmus University TU Delft Material transfer

Localized material transfers

Material transfer for urban mining Material transfer for further recycling

Material bank for the whole region

Energy transfer - Renewable energy for new housing

PHASE II

PHASE III

Knowledge workshop areas

Upscaled Recycling Plant

Residential area + Living labs

From demolition sites

Material transfer

New building technologies workshops for knowledge

Knowledge about reuse + recycle

Urban mining

Workshops for developers and residents to develop ways of circular housing

Reusable material for the construction of new housing

multiple actors

Housing with fair participation of multiple actors and citizens

Reusable design and easy dismantling for future usage

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The harbour and the campus is the spatial result of the collaboration between the different sectors: Material, Construction companies and the present Knowledge centers. They will focus mainly on the development of biobased materials and recycling materials. This collaboration on the green campus and the harbour will stimulate the research and production of biobased materials by re-using organic waste.

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Circularity through Co-creation IMPRESSIONS

Bio-based new construction

‘S Gravenzande, Westland - Green Industry The green campus in ‘S Gravenzande, Westland is the most important part of the Circulab plug-in. The campus is the spatial result of the collaboration between the different sectors involved: Greenhouses, Construction companies and the present Knowledge centers. This collaboration on the green campus will stimulate the research and production of biobased materials by re-using organic waste.

Green energy

Preserved heritage

Open workshops

Biofuel production

Revitilzed industrial land Green greenhouse energy

Biomass production

Local produce market

Urban farming

Alphen A/D Rijn - Material Industry The new knowledge hub becomes a significant driver in production and usability. This also assists in the shifting economy and offers more jobs in service based sector. The conventional ways will be modified to ease the transition to a more circular system and this process will be match up people of varied backgrounds to collaborate. The knowledge is then dispersed to a surrounding areas.

IMPRESSIO 104

Applied research

Shared workspace

Shared equipment

Schieoevers, Delft - Construction Industry

DIY construction

Project I - CircuLabs

Waterfront activation

The new manufacturing industry is a driver of innovation in regional value chains and creates above-average new jobs. Collaboration with existing companies and new start-ups is important here. Students, residents and graduates can contribute to this. Investing in talent and idea generation is an important first step in order to subsequently convert the idea into a business.

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CRACKING THE GRID, RIVIERENBUURT Sustainability through a synergy of flexible systems PROJECT TYPE - Academic l Q2, MSc. Urbanism, TU Delft YEAR - 2019 LOCATION - Den Haag, Netherlands PROJECT SCALE - Urban Design and Densification Strategy CONTRIBUTION - Group Work - Analysis during initial site visits, Densification Strategies Individual Work - Concept making, Vision for densification and design for Public Space Project II - Cracking the Grid

Rivierenbuurt is a quaint little neighbourhood in the central district of Den Haag. The neighbourhood has an intriguing quality where it suddenly transitions into a quiet area towards its heart. Each street is its own, each district of the neighbourhood is unique. There is an order to everything, clearly stating their purpose. This rigidity also leads to inflexibility. Being a predominantly residential neighbourhood with a small number of car service shops, the place doesn’t offer much to its visitors. The presence of the canal is calming but no infrastructure would allow the residents to loiter in its streets.

The assignment of densifying the eneighbouhood needs to do more than just adding quantity. It needs to add quality to the life of its current and future residents. This report addresses the idea of sustainability in terms of flexibility of space. The grid is a metaphorical term that represents rigidity and strong barriers between different elements of the neighbourhood. This includes public and private, built and nature, vehicular and pedeestrian and volumes and eye level. The densification strategy addresses this rigidity at multiple levels attempting to crack it and achieve these niches which in turn promote livability and quality.

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Cracking the Grid - Strategies

Masterplan

Existing

Proposed

Cracking the Volume The neighbourhood predominantly consists of row houses with an average height of 10 mts. This rigidity gives very little scope for micro climates and dynamic functions. The strategy breaks this by offsetting the mass to give way to the informalities adding visual stimulation. Existing

Top-up

Cracking the mass

Terraces and Microclimates

Cracking the Edge The canal has a rigid edge which is currently used for parking. These areas would be repaved and seating areas created for the residents. The edges will be softened. Existing

road car

canal

Proposed

car road

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cycle lingering

canal

walk cycle

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Public space design

Vehicular Private Semi Private Semi Public

Applying the concept to public space; cracking the elements

Public/open Pedestrian

Existing - Highly vehicular, grey courtyards

Plan of the public space: community space inside social housing

Breaking mass to facilitate movement

Swale

flowing water to help 1 Shallow reduce the micro climate and increse the ground quality

2 Vehicular

Vehicular

Private Vehicular Vehicular Semi Private Private Private Semi Public Semi SemiPrivate Private Public/open Semi SemiPublic Public Pedestrian Public/open Public/open

Private

1 6

Semi Private Existing Existingpath path Semi Public New Newpath path Public/open Lobby Lobby Pedestrian Common Commonactivities activities

Pedestrian Pedestrian

Claimed land for densification

Amphitheatre Competitive kids performance areas, and other social events. Steps for seating and reecreational purposes

Rainwater collection pond These water ponds are supplied by water harvesting systems and used for gardening and recreation purposes

Library For book clubs, and also hosts a viewing gallery on the top

Gardens Flexible areas for playing, meeting and other recreational activities

Providing both front and backyards

2 4 3

Vehicular Vehicular Private Private Vehicular Vehicular Semi SemiPrivate Private Private Private Semi SemiPublic Public Vehicular Semi SemiPrivate Private Public/open Public/open Private Semi SemiPublic Public Pedestrian Pedestrian Semi Private Public/open Public/open Add/ Add/Top Topup up Semi Public Pedestrian Pedestrian Transform Transform Public/open

Densification strategy

Restructure Restructure Pedestrian Demolish Demolish

Existing Existingpath path New Newpath path Existing Existingpath path Lobby Lobby New Newpath path Private Common Commonactivities activities Lobby Lobby Semi Private Residential Residential Common Commonactivities activities Semi Public Lobby Lobby Public/open Amenities Amenities

Waterflow flow Water

Natural and human flows

Peopleflow flow People

3 Add/ Add/Top Topup up Transform Transform Add/ Add/Top Topupup Restructure Restructure Transform Transform Private Demolish Demolish Restructure Restructure Semi Private Residential Residential Demolish Demolish Semi Public Lobby Lobby

Movement patterns and axes

Public/open Mainaxis axisflow flow Main

Secondaryflow flow Secondary

Lobby Lobby Residential Residential Amenities Amenities Lobby Lobby Water Waterflow flow Amenities Amenities People Peopleflow flow Water Waterflow flow Residential Residential People Peopleflow flow Lobby Lobby

Community hall Houses gym, yoga area on the ground floor, sports facilities underground that opens up to the sunken garden.

Gardens Flexible areas for playing, meeeting and other recreational activities

Cracks/Fragments Fragments Cracks/

Formation of clusters by cracking the grid

Residential Residential

Lobby Lobby Residential Residential Mainaxis axisflow flow Main Lobby Lobby Secondaryflow flow Secondary Main Mainaxis axisflow flow

Lobby Lobby Residential Residential Cracks/ Cracks/Fragments Fragments Lobby Lobby

Secondary Secondaryflow flow

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Residential Residential

Cracks/ Cracks/Fragments Fragments

Covered pergola Gathering places that are flexible in nature; community kitchens and get togethers

5 A

Allotment gardens Soil beds are provided for growing small scale crops for inter communal consumption.

Green house It houses ancillary functions necessary for urban farming and also indoor crops with special needs

The selected site is the courtyard between social housing units. It is predominantly used for car parking currently. After the neighbourhood becomes car free, the grey courts can be designed to be of great value. The community space caters to people of all age groups all around the day. It acts as a catalyst for social cohesion and belongs to each and everyone. The public plaza is a flexible area that can accomodate different age groups and social groups. For this reason, the area is further divided into equal fixed and flexible areas. The space can transform keeping up with the demands and this flexibility lends to a sustainable space. 11

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Public space design Restructuring the urban block Existing Dwellings - 85 units

View of the public space Proposed Dwellings - 185 units

Top-up

Terraces The breaking of mass modulates the perception of overbearing buildings all aroung the plaza. The visual line is always at 10 mts to maintain human scale.

Restructure

Plans of each floor Ground Floor Lvl - +00

First Floor Lvl - +3.00mts

Row houses Row houses

Stairwell / Stairwell Lift / Lift

Towers; Studios Towers; Studios

Cycle parks/ Cycle Storage parks/ Storage facilities facilities Community Community functions functions Row houses Row houses Waste collection Waste collection areas/ areas/ Stairwell Stairwell Lift / Lift Retail / Retail

Community Community functions functions

Cycle parks/ Cycle Storage parks/ Storage facilities facilities Community Community functions functions

Community Community functions functions

Row houses Row houses Towers; Studios Towers; Studios

areas/ Waste collection Waste collection areas/ Retail Retail

Second Floor Lvl - +6.00 mts

Third Floor Lvl - +9.00mts Towers

2 The north houses the tallest towers

and used for installing solar panels

Row houses Row houses

Towers; Studios Towers; Studios

Apartments Apartments

Terraces; Green Terraces; roofs Green roofs

Viewing Gallery Viewing Gallery Row houses Row houses

Towers; Studios Towers; Studios

Apartments Apartments

Terraces; Green Terraces; roofs Green roofs

Viewing Gallery Viewing Gallery Row houses Row houses

Towers; Studios Towers; Studios

Fourth Floor Lvl - +12.00 mts

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Apartments Apartments Viewing Gallery Viewing Gallery

Sunken Plazas Cracking the ground plane to create microclimates for different organsims and for catchments for water during monsoons.

Terraces Overlooking terraces are used for terrace farming and green roofs

Viewing Galleries Maintain visual connection between the buildings and ground plane engaging social activity.

Section AA’

Apartments Apartments

Fifth Floor Lvl - +15.00mts

Terraces; Terraces; Green roofs Green roofs

Towers; Studios Towers; Studios

Apartments Apartments

Terraces; Green Terraces; roofs Green roofs

Terraces; Green roofs Terraces; Green roofs

Towers; Studios Towers; Studios

Apartments Apartments

Terraces; Green roofs Terraces; Green roofs

Towers; Studios Towers; Studios

Apartments Apartments

Terraces; Terraces; Green roofs Green roofs

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Resilient City Network Regional Development - Greater Bay Area, China PROJECT TYPE - Academic l Q4, MSc. Urbanism, TU Delft YEAR - 2020 LOCATION - Greater Bay Area, China PROJECT SCALE - Regional Planning CONTRIBUTION - Group Work, Vision Building and Strategy Making, Morphology Game Individual Work - Theory Building, Conceptual Framework Project III - Resilient City Network

The Greater Bay area is a vital economic player both nationally and internationally with several ports, innovation hubs and manufacturing industries. These developments have also influenced how four territories i.e. fire (economy), air, earth and water have been inhabited. The territory of the economy is also mainly responsible for the transformation of other territories.This profit-oriented character of the economy, however, no longer fits well with the changing societal values as the current pattern is highly detrimental to the ecological systems and contributes to unfair human inhabitations. Market liberalisation, lack of government

interventions have resulted in the division of class systems with high-income disparities and lack of fair access to the territories. The vision stresses the need to bring people forward and transform them from passive actors to active agents of change. The region would become a synergetic and resilient urban network where local potentialities would be identified and upscaled by innovations. The people will remain the main drivers of change which aims not only at mitigating the effects of previous destructions but also reverse them by integrating green and blue multifunctional landscapes with human systems.

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Problem Field

Poor living conditions

Air quality

Environmental risks - Flooding

Vulnerable edges

Problem Statement Even though the GBA has the highest economic development and GDP of the country, it poses a grave challenge of having the highest income disparity worse than some developing areas of the world. With the economy shifting from manufacturing to service-based industry, the rates of unemployment have been at a rise. Poverty concentration, creation of urban villages, unfair resource distribution and poor living conditions have become prevalent throughout the region. Climate change and the potential impacts have been extensive posing one of the gravest environmental, economic, and security challenges the world is facing. The cities of the Greater Bay area representing the most concentrated units of human society have also become the most vulnerable regions in the context of climate change.

Due to the continuous economic activity in GBA, there were major changes to the environmental and social structures. Poverty remains a persistent feature of society at all levels of per capita income, including the highest. Along with it, accelerated economic growth brings its own forms of environmental crises, social dislocation and heightened social inequalities which the current market has not displayed any capacity or inclination to resolve. GBA’s development in the last five decades mainly focused on profit at the expense of its people and the environment. These shortcomings, if not addressed, would significantly put the area at risk for both socio-economic and socio-ecological challenges in the future. The new vision for GBA has to adopt resilience thinking where there is fair access to the resources for all the inhabitants rather than a few actors.

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Vision Vision PPP

Vision Map

This project aims to transform the current economic-driven developmental model to a more people-ecological centric development which matches with the values and needs of the society today. The new growth model would deviate from profit to prosperity with people and the planet as the main attributes. Evolutionary resilience is built by the co-evolution and cooperation between natural and human systems.

The project envisions the Greater Bay Area as a megaregion of resilient city networks, which would function in a state of dynamic equilibrium. These networks, social, ecological and economic, would contribute to a fair and equitable society, mindful usage of resources and overall sustainable development. It fosters a growth engine focusing on building social and ecological resilience for the region.

+ People

city subcentre

flood management network + land reclamation

city (sub)centre extend

green network

knowledge/economy network

Planet

city centre

Dynamic equilibrium Prosperity

Profit

People

STRATEGY Strategy Resilience thinking Resilience Thinking

CURRENTtrend TREND Current Profit-minded Profit - minded

Socio-Ecological Resilience

Prosperity

People

VISION Vision Evolutionary resilience Evolutionary Resilience

Socio-Economic Resilience

healthy cities knowledge economy

climate adaptation

biodiversity conservation

well-being of people

socio-spatial justice

Socio-ecological and socio-economic resilience are the principles that should drive the development of the region. Knowledge is introduced both as a tool and a centrality which aims to promote equal and fair access of the four territories of inhabitation to people. Resilience thinking as a strategy fixes the previous shortcomings and also facilitates the ability of complex social-ecological systems to change, adapt and transform to people or environmental induced stresses. The proposal explores the interdependencies of complex systems in this megaregion and calls for a paradigm shift in thinking by prioritising people and planet through integrated regional planning. Project III - Resilient City Network

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Vision Socio-Economic Vision

Three networks

Socio-Ecological Vision

Impression of new capacities

Three networks; green network, coastal protection systems and the knowledge axis are identfied. The green structure binds the whole region together by integrating ecological systems with the urban fabric. These lines represent multiple functions at local scales which are driven by local challenges and potentialities. Each area would contribute to the poly-centric development of the region of GBA. Secondly, the Nansha area becomes the new centre of the knowledge economy. In order to strengthen the importance of the west bay in the further development process, there is a need of creating a robust and resilient system in that part of the region. To do so, we introduced a new green axis together with a network protecting the coasts and riverbanks from flooding. This knowledge axis along with the economy and ecology axes establish new structures of development in the western bay of the GBA. The knowledge-economy network is another step to make the potentialities of the west bay area stronger. All three networks lead to a more even distribution of people and resources in the region.The focus of development shifted from the east bay. The new centralities achieved by this move create balance and establish synergetic growth across the region. Project III - Resilient City Network

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Resilient thinking through linear systems How do we traslate strategies Resilient thinking through linear systems through lines as medium? A. PRESENT

Translate strategies through lines as medium

Ecological Mega Scale - Strategy Mapcorridor 2 X 2 KM For biodiversity, flood protection

Socio-ecological resilience established

Evolution and Growth

ZHUHAI

Buillt Ecology

A. PRESENT A

2 X 2 KM

Buffer zone between farmland, fishponds and new development zones

Socio-ecological resilience established

Evolution and Growth

SHENZHEN

STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK A - Existing Situation - 2020 B - Integration - 2025

C - Catalyzation - 2030 D - Amplification - 2035 VISION - 2040

A. PRESENT

NANSHA

A. PRESENT 2 X 2 KM

2 X 2 KM

Ecological corridor For biodiversity, flood protection

Socio-ecological resilience established

Urban- green corridor connecting park and the river front.

New urban green/ recreational corridors bridging HK and Shenzhen

Improvement of living conditions, socio-spatial justice

Evolution and Growth

ZHUHAI

A. PRESENT 2 X 2 KM

Buffer zone between farmland, fishponds and new development zones

Socio-ecological resilience established

Evolution and Growth

SHENZHEN

A. PRESENT 2 X 2 KM

Urban- green corridor connecting park and the river front.

New urban green/ recreational corridors bridging HK and Shenzhen

Improvement of living conditions, socio-spatial justice

In the proposal, there is a focus on giving importance to the areas that were until now developed much slower, for instance, the Nansha area. A new sub-centrality in Zhongshan makes it one of the most important nodes in the area. It is well connected with other cities in the area creating a network of knowledge, economy, new housing and services developments. They are intertwined with a network of green public spaces linked to the nature reserves. All of these strategies influence the four territories: economy, land, water and air. Project III - Resilient City Network

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Mega Scale - Strategy Phasing

In the mega (regional) scale, three main networks of axes are derived - green axes, flood management axes and knowledge-economy axes. Although the first two can be developed at the same time in different parts of the region, the knowledge-economy axes are dependent on the existing and upcoming development. Therefore at this scale, the build-up of that network was explored further. The Zhongshan-Shenzhen bridge, which is currently under construction will have a significant impact on the development of GBA. It will help strengthen the west bay area by linking both coasts and thus easing the people flow.

Step I

Step II

Step III

Shifting the future developments to the west bay by using the proposed ZhongshanShenzhen bridge between the bays as leverage

Shifting the future developments and strengthening the west bay area by linking both coasts and thus easing people’s flow.

Creating new centralities in the west bay and making a new sub-centrality in Zhongshan. Creating a network of knowledge, economy, new housing and services developments. They are intertwined with a network of green public spaces linked to the nature reserves.

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Strategies at Meso Scale - Shenzhen Area 1 - Urban centre The urban areas are prone to heat flashes and pluvial flooding due to the greyness of the infrastructure. The urban fabric is integrated with green areas and provide public spaces that are accessible to all. Green axes are established connecting the existing urban parks, and built areas with the coastline. Along these axes, promenades and boulevards are created that softens the urban space. The 3 olds of the region are identified and replaced with green tissue. Sponge areas are created to encourage water percolation and flood protection. Water catchment areas maintain microclimate of the area and provide access to water systems to vulnerable communities. The knowledge economy facilitates economic opportunities for unskilled labourers

Interweaving existing urban fabric with green network and public spaces

Designing new developments with 40% green

Establishing axes of networks

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Making urban areas sponge with permeable surfaces

Strengtening local character to withstand external pressures

Water catchment areas for fair access

Moderating microclimate and creating roofscapes

Integrating green axes with pedestrian routes of the areas

Transforming cultural nodes with local artists

Identifying areas of regeneration

Ecological treatment for flooding

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Vision Area 1 - Urban centre For the urban area, the strategies facilitate the accessibility of different resources to the vulnerable communities. It encourages establishing green buffer zones throughout the urban fabric which helps to manage microclimate, provide public spaces for the migrant workers and also boosts the water table of the area. Creates platforms for these workers to develop new skills for the changing economy.

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Loiter City Spatial strategies to redefine a woman’s place in a public realm PROJECT TYPE - Academic l Graduation Research Thesis, MSc. Urbanism, TU Delft YEAR - 2020 LOCATION - Bengaluru, India PROJECT TYPE - Research Thesis, Strategy Making CONTRIBUTION - Individual Master Thesis

Project IV - Loiter City

This project deals with the inequalities between gender and focuses on the spatial dimension of this inequality trying to locate socio-spatial justice through an Indian perspective. Through this project, we try to understand culturally constructed social structures, behaviour patterns, relationships between people and the built environment. By exploring these complexities, we try to recognise how gender plays a role in segregation, exclusion of marginalised communities in society and redefine the notions of inclusion, socio-spatial justice through ‘just’ spatial practices. By reading the cities through the lens of men and women differently, one

can map the systemic ignorance that has led to the current disparity. The project attempts to redefine a sustainable city, by imagining gender equalities as the central ingredients. It studies the importance of participation and the rights of women as a legitimate citizen. It emphasises on creating operational frameworks and policy initiatives that prioritise establishing safer and accessible spaces for women which results in personal and social gains. The project explores spatial justice through gender-sensitive city planning and by giving agency and ownership to women towards the cities they inhabit.

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Research Field

Problem Field

Problem Statement

Safety Analysis of Bengaluru

In a predominantly patriarchal society like India, women have had historically well-defined roles in the private realm of home and family and an ambiguous relation with the public sphere due to cultural barriers (Moser C, 1989). They were dictated to remain in traditional gender roles that have systemically limited their access and appropriation of the public realm. They were traditionally excluded from active participation, governance and co-creation of cities. As a result, what we see today are women struggling to create a niche for themselves in what is shaped to be a men’s world. Cities are spatial and organisational expressions of social relations which are based as much on power and conflict as on cooperation and consensus (Beall J, 1996, p.10). It meant that the needs of Indian women have often been ignored. Even though in current urban societies, political and economic visibility has brought increased access to public space, it does not automatically mean that women enjoy unrestricted rights to the public spaces in a city (Phakde S, 2007, p.186). “ The demands of the new bodies in the city are often met with conflict and dissent manifesting into violent encounters further restricting accessibility and mobility for women. Additionally, the strategic and practical needs of women have been ignored making public space uncomfortable and impractical to provide real inclusion to women.”

marganalised position of women in public sphere

SEXUAL DIVISION OF LABOUR

Contentious Relationship with Public Sphere

GENDERED NORMS

SOCIAL MARGINALISATION

CULTURAL PARADIGM SHIFT

Changing Working Demographic

expectations + behaviour

Gendered Spaces

Temporal quality Vulnerabilities at night

Unsafe public Spaces

Trip-chaining not addressed

last mile connectivity

Non-inclusive Neighbourhoods

ECONOMIC INCONSIDERATION

blue collar+white collar

Unsafe Pedestrian Networks

Societal SOCIAL+ CULTURAL+ ECONOMIC

SPATIAL FRAGMENTATION

RAPID URBANISATION

Inaccessible infrastructure and services

no holistic vision for womens safety

Lack of integrated Mobility

appropriate

No Gender Impact Assessment Study

LACK OF AGENCY

Knowledge gap between Policy and Grassroots

belong

Invisible in Planning

LEGITIMACY OF WOMEN

Economic centres for Women

Exacerbating

illegitimacy in public spaces

Gender Spatial/ Divide Physical

Governance SOCIAL + ECONOMIC

SOCIAL+ EXPERIENTIAL

Vision

participate

Societal SOCIAL+ CULTURAL+ ECONOMIC

appropriate

Accessibility

Safety

Policy Interventions

SPATIAL/ PHYSICAL

SOCIETAL

GOVERNANCE

belong

LEGITIMACY OF WOMEN Mobility

Governance

Spatial/ Physical

SOCIAL + ECONOMIC

SOCIAL+ EXPERIENTIAL

participate

Inclusivity

Ownership

Gender Mainstreaming

Capacity Building

Engaged Planning

The project argues that there is an urgent need to rethink the existing planning and design disciplines through a gender perspective and study their implications on women’s role in Indian society. It challenges the current scenario of gender-neutral planning that ignores the critical and vulnerable position of women. These systems do not aim to relieve the plight of women in public spaces where they often feel like intruders.

The perceptions of the right to the city, inclusivity and diversity do not account for the existing patriarchal power relationships, which are deeply rooted in ethnic, cultural and genderSafety Policy Interventions related biases against women. It tackles the notions of gendered exclusions and explores various discourses around citizenship and what it means to have legitimacy for women. The project aims to illustrate the scope and application of inclusive gender policies in urban design and planning disciplines to facilitate a just, safe and collaborative environment.

Accessibility

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SPATIAL/ PHYSICAL

SOCIETAL

GOVERNANCE

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Gender Mainstreaming According to the European Council, Gender mainstreaming is defined as:

Operational Strategy

“The (re)organisation, improvement, development and evaluation of policy processes, so that a gender equality perspective is incorporated in all policies at all levels and all stages, by the actors normally involved in policy-making.”

Operational strategies involve setting an agenda that includes providing guidelines, training programmes, special research projects and tools that aim at capacity building and skill development for women at grassroots levels (Kanji, 2003). To implement operational strategies, multidisciplinary collaborations from various stakeholders are necessary. In this project, the strategies are divided into policy interventions, programmes and guidelines suitable for gender-inclusive public spaces.

Policies, Programmes and Guidelines

GENDER MAINSTREAMING

Institutional Strategies

Operational Strategies

• Structural Changes to Departments • Gender Perspective in National Development Policy • Gender Budgeting in every Development Agenda

• Alterations to existing policies • Policies, guidelines and Programmes for women • Multi-stakeholder collaboration through operability studies

It is important to contextualise gender mainstreaming into the Indian context by identifying entry points, opportunities and operabilities of institutions. Through the fieldwork and expert interviews, the project uncovered MATRIX the extensive network of grassroots organisations that are OF DOMINATION largely dependent on the local knowledge, activism and drive. To sustain this, the collaboration of informal institutions’ knowledge and formal institutions’ capacities becomes extremely crucial. To carry forward the vision of creating legitimacy for women, the strategies proposed should be amplified and replicated with the help of a robust gender mainstreaming framework. For efficient gender mainstreaming into policy, there CHANGE is a need to develop strategies that are INSTITUTIONALISING informed by existing institutions, their hierarchies, processes and modes of operation. To mainstream gender into development organisations, strategies can be divided into institutional strategies and operational strategies (Jahan,R., Mumtaz, S. 1995).

Institutional Strategy To sustain and enforce gender mainstreaming, the project proposes an integrated body called “Gender Lab”. This body functions by enhancing the capacity of institutions and formulate projects that would facilitate social change. It has working members who are specialists in the fields of policies, transport, communication and gender studies. It clubs the expertise of urban development and social welfare for women becoming a point of commonality.

Spatial Strategies Strategy 1

Strategy 4

Reduce vulnerabilities through integrated transport systems

Integrate and upgrade vulnerable edges for safety and inclusivity

Strategy 3 Reconfigure the urban morphology for vibrant neighbourhoods

Strategy 2 Protect pedestrian mobility through robust street networks

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Strategy 5 Enrich women’s engagement with the built environment

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Institutionalising Change web of institutionalisation developed by Caren Levy is used as a starting point to evaluate the capacities and the shortcomings of GENDERThe INEQUALITY X GOVERNANCE DIMENSION the existing institutions. For this, the web has been contextualised to reflect the potentials of the selected sites, the capacities and barriers

of the existing planning disciplines. The web of Gender Lab starts from changing mindsets of women, to empower them to hold their representatives accountable. It addresses the capacity building of women, to develop agency to represent themselves in policy spheres.

GOVERNANCE

POLICIES

SPATIAL

Sphere Scope of the project

Influence

TAKEHOLDERS - TWO BRANCHES Citizen Sphere

Collaborate

Oversee

GENDER PUBLICLAB SECTOR

Organisational Sphere

Ministry, Municipalities Monitor

CTOR aluks

Top-down approach Active Participation

Delivery Sphere

Execute

ss mi Per

The web addresses four spheres of action. Gender Lab acts as the central element that sustains change within this web. Citizen Sphere creates the ripple and demands change and the policy sphere responds to the issues through creating suitable policy and planning INFRASTRUTURE formal Collaboration interventions. ToNo incorporate these interventions and sustain them, fundamental structural changes in the organisational sphere become important. It includes allocating responsibilities for gender mainstreaming and altering the lens of the existing procedures needed to create change. Finally, the delivery sphere formulates and implements strategies with the oversight of the Gender Lab. ion

bottom - up

approach An important aspect of this web is to facilitate the involvement of the citizen sphere in the delivery system. This step clarifies the implication that delivery of projects is a top-down activity and gives clarity to the bottom-up approach which is prudent. It also reflects collaboration between formal and informal institutions, knowledge centres and local women. PRIVATE SECTOR CIVIL SOCIETY CIVIL the SOCIETY

Women’s Activists, NGO’s, NPO’s

Individual developers, Construction companies,

Citizen Organisations, NGO’s, Urban Labs

Independent Grassroot movements

STRUCTURE OF SOCIAL GOVERNANCE

MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS (MoHUA)

MINISTRY OF WOMEN & CHILD DEVELOPMENT

Authority over the formulation and administration of the rules and regulations and laws relating to the housing and urban development in India

Responsible for social & economic empowerment of women, develop an environment free from violence and discrimination

Women’s empowerment and gender equity

planning and mobility

CENTRAL PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT

DEPARTMENT OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

URBAN DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT KARNATAKA (UDDKAR)

Govt. of Karnataka Responsible for mainstreaming gender concerns in policies, like Gender-budgeting

State Level

Govt. of Karnataka Responsible for urban civic matters and overseeing new developments

BRIDGING THE GAP

DIRECTORATE OF URBAN LAND TRANSPORT Responsible for overseeing all the urban land transport initiatives in Urban/ Local Planning Areas

Collaborative governance model across the domains

KARNATAKA STATE POLICE (KSP)

KARNATAKA STATE ROAD TRANSPORT CORPORATION (KSRTC)

RASHTRIYA MAHILA KOSH (RMK)

NATIONAL COMMISION FOR WOMEN (NCW)

State Level

TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING ORGANISATION

Collaborative governance model across the domains

National Level

STRUCTURE OF SPATIAL GOVERNANCE

National Level

STAKEHOLDERS FOR SPATIAL GOVERNANCE

STREE SHAKTI

SANTHWANA

Progress through Women Empowerment; Self-reliance through income generating projects

Provide counselling; help to women who are victims of violent atrocities

GENDER LAB EXPERT COMMITTEE

KARNATAKA PUBLIC KARNATAKA POWER WORKS DEPARTMENT TRANSMISSION (KPWD) CORPORATION (KPTCL)

THE KARNATAKA MAHILA ABHIRUDDI YOJANE (KMAY)

District and Taluk Level

Addressing the Gaps

OCIAL GOVERNANCE

To ensure Gender Equality and to bring women in mainstream of development.

Overseeing Authority

Gender Lab bridges the largely independent structures of urban development and social welfare for women becoming a point of commonality. It achieves collborative governance systems and provides the possibility of systematically achieving integrated and holistic results through urban policy. It aims to sustain this movement by being bridging the knowledge gap between formal and informal institutions. Gender Lab body is an instrumental organisation that would land policy decisions from a top-down governance structure and contextualises them to suit the needs of local neighbourhoods with different capacities and barriers. Project IV - Loiter City

BCP

BTP

Law-enforcement agency

Traffic Police

BBMP

BDA

BRDA

BMTC

BMRCL

Civic amenities, Principal planning Autonomous body Public transport Rapid transit infrastructure authority of the metropolis bus service system serving

BWSSB

BESCOM

Responsible for sewage disposal and water supply - Roadworks

Electricity transmission and distribution company - Lighting

HOSTEL FOR GIRLS

STAIRYA YOJANE

GELATHI

GENDER BUDGET

STATE

SWADHAR GRUHA

Encourage education among rural girls

Provide financial aid within stipulated time

Services for women affected by violence

Addressing various development indicators

Safe and suitable accommodation

Rehabilitation Scheme in difficult circumstances

City Level

Working members City Level

N’S ES

CAPACITY Funding BUILDING

Political Accountability INTERVENTIONPolicy

Informal Institutions

Ward Level

Web of institutionalisation - Sustained change

COUNCILORS OF WARDS

CITIZENS

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Testing Strategies - Lastmile Connection

Identifying cultural hotspots

Creating Shorter modes of transport

Creating Zones

Reducing walking distances Proposed sections

Project IV - Loiter City

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Impressions after applying Strategies

Project IV - Loiter City

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AMARAVATI, CAPITAL CITY COMPLEX Amaravti Government complex design competition PROJECT TYPE - Professional l International competition YEAR - 2016 OFFICE - Sangath, Vastu-Shilpa Consultants LOCATION - Amaravati, AP, India PROJECT SCALE - City Planning and Urban Planning CONTRIBUTION - Presentation, concept and schematic drawings. Renders and area calculations of the high court. Site sections, Acropolis schematic drawings and sections. Project V - Amaravati

The State of Andhra Pradesh in India was split into two states with an immediate requirement for a new Capital in Andhra. The selected area is the village of Amaravati , situated at the banks of river Krishna.

The new state Andhra Pradesh has two of India’s biggest rivers flowing through its lands and one of the longest coastlines in the country. Water is central to state and this will reflect in its new capital.

The brief is to create a masterplan for the city including the framework for the construction of the new city, lay guidelines to future developmenmt scenarios and design the administrative buildings i:e, High Court, Assembly Building, Secretariat and Supporting administrative offices. The scheme also involves Residential, Recreational and service areas.

The new city of Amaravati lies at the confluence of the Krishna river, the Godavari canal and the new canal inside the city. The interlinkage of canals has a symbolic significance, but also serves to drain away the heavy monsoon rainfall. With the river as the focal point, the city is envisioned to grow along the banks.

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City of Amaravati Location Map

Layers of Masterplan

The capitol complex is essentially located on a green eld site along the Krishna river. The plan proposes to enrich the existing system of blue-green networks. Large maidans, as well as intimate courtyards and productive agriculture landscapes cover 70% of the site. This region is faced by heavy monsoon rains and periodic flooding, and so a series of canals collects the excess water. This water is used for all water demand on site, as well as being used in heat exchange.

Green Network

Water Network

Public Plaza

Energy Network

Road Network

Basement Parking

Cycle Track

Pedestrian Walkway

Masterplan of the city of Amaravati

Acropolis

Project V - Amaravati

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Layers of Acropolis - Assembly and Secretariat Zone

Project V - Amaravati

Road Layer

Pedestrian Connections

Security Zones

Zoning Public Spaces

Green Network

Blue Network

Accessibility

Zoning Built-up

Figure Ground

VIP Network

Visitor/ Staff Movement

Walkability

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View of Public Plaza in the Secretariat

Project V - Amaravati

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SMRITIVAN EARTHQUAKE MEMORIAL Memorial for 2001 Gujarat Earthquake victims in Bhuj, Kutch, India

The January 26, 2001 Earthquake of Gujarat in India snuffed out 13,805 lives in seconds and destroyed property and infrastructure worth billions of rupees.

A site of 470 acres was selected in Bhuj, Kutch. The site is the Bhujiyo Dungar hill that houses the oldest snake god temple and the fort wall.

PROJECT TYPE - Professional Project YEAR - 2013 OFFICE - Sangath, Vastu-Shilpa Consultants LOCATION - Bhuj, Gujarat, India CONTRIBUTION - Working, Presentation, Detail, Concept and Schematic drawings. Execution of Amenities points, Pause points. Site coordination of Sun Point, Coordination with structural and MEP consultants.

The Smritivan memorial will give a finality to the loss of human beings by being a lyric of loss. It is a visual manifestation of hope and courage. The memorial will pay homage to all the victims by dispalying their names on the checkdams and immortalising them forever. In addition, one tree will be planted for each victim indicating rebirth, renewal and hope, the beginning of the journey of the life once again.

The terrain of the hill facilitates the collection of the water that is quientessential in planting and supporting the growth of the trees. To sustain this ecosystem, leaky checkdams are constructed to both contain water, percolate to the surrounding areas and also to display the victim names panels. In addition to the checkdams, the memorial hosts several cultural programmes and ancillary functions.

Project VI - Smritivan

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Master Plan

Site Sections through the Checkdams

Process The Site The terrain of the hill facilitates the collection of the water quientessential to plant and support the growth of the trees.

Mapping the Valleys To sustain this ecosystem, leaky checkdams are constructed to both contain water, percolate to the surrounding areas

Master Plan - 1st Phase The master plan envisages 81 reservoirs to collect the runoff of the Bhujiyo Dungar. It is expected that the water that overflow from the site and floods the surrounding areas in the monsoons will now be contained. Along with this, the checkdams also display the victim names panels. In addition to the checkdams, the memorial hosts several cultural programmes and ancillary functions. The Entrance Points provide information, recreation and are the first stops in the journey into the Park. The Sun Point perched on top of the hill provides a perfect setting to capture the view of the skyline of the city and the memorial itself. As the park matures, the place will provide leisure and recreation along with pilgrimage.

Locating the Checkdams The overflow of each reservoir goes to the next and eventually into a series of wetlands along the property of the site.

Leaky checkdams feedings trees The water recharges the ground and increases the soil capacity to sustain the plant growth.

Sun point Check dams Entrance Points Project VI - Smritivan

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Checkdams

Internal view of the Checkdam

Types of Checkdams

Type 1A

Type 3

Type 1B

Type 4

Type 2

Type 5

Checkdam Type 5 - Plan

Checkdam Type 5 - Section

The checkdams are constructed with Gabion walls which are pervios in nature help the water penetrate into the area surrounding the checkdams. The RCC Slabs around the checkdams are porpous as well incresing the water content all around to make the soil fit to sustain such an ecology. Project VI - Smritivan

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Entrance Points

Entrance Point 1 - Plan

Key Plan

Checkdam

The 5 Entrance points are strategically placed along the road wherever the pathways branch out. They receive, orient and guide visitors. Their design depends on views and pathways. Components of Entrance Points 1. Toilet Block 2. Orientation Centre 3. Cafeteria 4. Plaza

Cafeteria

The Blocks are designed in a tube like fashion because the site is an Earthquake prone area.

View of the plaza inside the Entrance Point

Orientation Centre

Public Plaza

Toilet

View of the Entrance Point from the pathways

Section A-A’

Orientation Centre

Toilet

Cafeteria

Public Plaza

Project VI - Smritivan

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NALANDA UNIVERSITY Revival of 5th Century AD Nalanda Center PROJECT TYPE - Professional l International competition YEAR - 2013 OFFICE - Sangath, Vastu-Shilpa Consultants LOCATION - Rajgir, Bihar, India CONTRIBUTION - Working, Tender, Presentation, Detail, Concept, Schematic drawings, Area calculations. Execution of Outreach centre, Lab blocks, Block A, Mockup gopuram. Site coordination, Coordination with Structural and MEP consultants. Project VII - Nalanda University

Nalanda was an ancient centre of higher learning in Bihar, India. It was a religious centre of learning from the 5th century AD to 1197 AD. Former President of India Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam in March 2006 mooted the idea of reviving the university. The University is envisaged as the campus of the future, positioned at the forefront of global education and the hub of intellectual excellence. The 455-acre campus planned for an eventual 7000 population is an iconic beacon that attracts global attention for adopting sustainable methods to achieve social, economic

integration with local community. The university is composed of three primary land use elements: the academic facilities, student/staff housing, and the campus preserve to advance agriculture as the area’s major economic engine. A lake forms the epicenter of the campus. After careful analysis of terrain and flooding pattern of the site, a manmade lake that feeds on a network of storm water channels is created. By using permeability as the main theme, the plan seeks to accentuate the existing linkages that pass through the site connecting the surrounding villages.

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Masterplan of the Campus 30 27 25

Existing water bodies

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Balancing tanks connecting to make Kamal Sagar

Sketches made by Principal Architect Ar. Rajeev Kathpalia

By limiting vehicular access to the perimeter of the site, the plan enables 80% of the campus to be reached by walking within 10 minutes. Combined with pedestrian and bicycle friendly pathways, this network links academic facilities with residential quarters, recreational and cultural facilities and green areas.

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Primary Secondary

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Creating water network

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Pedestrian Network

Road Network

Sustainability is addressed through orientation of buildings along a N-S direction and surrounded by water features reminiscent of the Nalanda ruins. More than 75 percent of the land is made up of the campus reserve and landscaped public spaces. These areas and the rainwater from roads and rooftops recharge the aquifers aiming to recycle 100 percent of the water.

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Masterplan made with the contributions of Janardhan and Raju

Water Network Project VII - Nalanda University

Walkability

The different components of the campus are clearly articulated as interconnected clusters grouped around the lake. All the buildings are positioned along the water networks, thus creating a generative system that can grow in small increments. The balanced public space structure, together with a diverse program and sustainable infrastructure systems, create a high quality environment with a near zero to positive total energy.

01. Main Entry 02. Administration Block 03. Entrance Plaza 04. Academic Area 05. International Relations 06. Communication Center 07. Campus Inn 08. International Center 09. Faculty Housing 10. Library 11. Amphitheatre 12. Campus Amenities 13. Student Center 14. Sports Center 15. Central PV Station 16. Faculty Club 17. Infirmary 18. Commercial market 19. Sports Field 20. School and Creche

21. Student Housing 22. Dining 23. ESR 24. Kamal Sagar 25. Parking 26. Nursery 27. Other Entries 28. Substations 29. Main Receiving Station 30. DEWAT System 31. Bio digester 32. Solar Panels 33. Balancing Tank 34. Railway Station 35. Underground Tanks 36. Treatment station 37. Museum 38. Auditorium 39. Mockup Gopuram 40. Edge Drain

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Academic Spine

Status on Site

The Academic facilities are comprised on three main components. Shared facilities like classrooms, seminar rooms, meeting and tutorial rooms between the various schools are called the ‘bazaar of knowledge’. By sharing facilities, the students from different schools are empowered to transcend the boundaries of their respective disciplines. Connected to the bazaar are a series of meandering courtyards towards the lake. Faculty rooms form these courtyards or ‘cloisters of contemplation’, which are essentially cellular in nature. Here scholars and faculty are somewhat removed from the hubbub of the bazaar but are easily accessible on the way in or out to the rest of the campus. Some of the schools have laboratories attached to them that need easy access from students in the bazaar but also need servicing from a rear street for equipment and material. These are the third component and are labeled the ‘incubators of innovation’. The porous nature of the space and the ambiguous boundaries between inside and outside, this being part of the landscape yet being protected from the harsh weather conditions is something unique to this university.

Academic Spine - Pile Construction

Academic Spine plan 1. Laboratory 2. Chiller Room 3. Faculty Room 4. Discussion Room 5. 300 Seater Classroom 6. 30 Seater Classroom 7. Entrance Catenary 8. Promenade

9. Administrative Block 10. Kamal Sagar 11. Campus Inn 12. International Center 13. Substation 14. ESR 15. Parking

Lab Block 01 - Drive through area

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Lab Block 02 - Entrance Block

Block A - Casting the terrace slab

Section A-A’

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Rendered view of Academic Block

Project VII - Nalanda University

THANK YOU DIVYA GUNNAM