Gaurav jhunjhunwala by Gaurav Jhunjhunwala

URBAN PHYSICAL CONDITION

GROWTH & FORM

BSSA + IAAC WORKSHOP : INTERFACE

SCHOOL + CRECHE

TOURIST RECEPTION CENTER

PENINSULA HOUSE EXTENSION

2010 - 2011

02 APPLE PICKER 03

2009 - 2010

INDIVIDUAL PROJECTS

2008 - 2009

01 SYSTEMS

2007 - 2008

GROUP PROJECTS

BARCELONA EXHIBITION

11 KALA GHODA EXHIBITION

FREEMIUM CENTER BANDRA

URBAN HOUSING JUHU

CLEVELAND BRIDGE COMPETITION

URBAN HOUSING JUHU

2011 - 2012

GAURAV JHUNJHUNWALA WORKS 2007 - 2012 Please Note : All group work drawings added in the portfolio were made by me and my colleagues. No individual has made the drawing independently. The drawings made by any individual independently has not been added in the portfolio. To get a more detailed outlook about me, kindly explore my resume underling my credentials on http://issuu.com/gauravjhunjhunwala/docs/gaurav_jhunjhunwala-cv my portfolio on http://issuu.com/gauravjhunjhunwala For any further information, please do contact on +91-9920459529 or gaurav.jhunjhunwala89@gmail.com

This project was done by 8 students each one working on different design; only the initial urban site study was done as a group following which each student took their own path and created their own designs. In the 5th Year the students did the working drawings of the same project and developed further details. The students were given a site at Bandra Reclamation, Mumbai. The site lies at the southern tip of National Highway 8, at Bandra Recalamation. It is an easily accessible site, with connectivity to Worli via the newly constructed sea link, to Mahim via the Mahim Causeway, to Bandra via S.V. Road and Bandra Linking Road, and to East and North Mumbai via the Western Express Highway. The project requirements call for a recreational center, which will allow people from all the above areas access to facilities and spaces which will help them nurture their talents on a leisurely or professional level. The architecture should promote a sense of confluence and congregation, which will promote the programme. There are ONGC residential buildings to the north, a 10m wide no man's land to the south, open ground to the east and the sea link site office to the west. Apart from these immediate surroundings, Lilavati hospital, IES college, Bandra Fire Station, and the Rajiv Gandhi Sea Link form the prominent landmarks around the site. The lay of the land is flat, with the no man's land sloping up to the highway at a height of 5m.

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HIG HW AY EN AD E

The brief required us to design a recreational facility for an NGO, with programs being flexible in both space and time to maximize the usability of the facility. With the restrictions placed on us due to the zonal regulations, climate, site shape, views, adjacent highway, views, etc., we came up with varied design responses towards the brief.

NIGHT

LESSACTIVITY MOREACTIVITY

BANDRA

Academic : Individual X Trimester / 4th Year Julyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;10 - Octoberâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;10 Name of Supervisor - Prof. Anand Pandit Email id - jayashreepandit@gmail.com

FREEMIUM CENTER

Bandra Freemium Center

IN G RO

HW AY

GUJARATIS

IG SH ES PR EX N ER ST WE

TRANSPORT NETWORK + PROGRAM DISTRIBUTION

RELIGION 29%

EDUCATION 26%

MUSLIMS CHRISTIANS SIKHS PUNJABIS

MALLS 17%

OPEN AREAS 11%

ART/CULTURE 14%

AGE GROUPS (MAX USER GROUP in black)

Site Plan

SIKHS

MAHARASTRIANS JAINS CHRISTIANS

EDUCATION 27%

MALLS 5%

SPORTS 11%

PUNJABIS

RELIGION 11%

MUSLIMS

OPEN AREAS 22%

ART/CULTURE 22%

WORLI

CHRISTIANS

RELIGION 27%

PROGRAM DIVISION Catchment Areas

SPORTS 22%

40-60 YRS

ART/CULTURE 11%

GUJARATIS

EDUCATION 38%

KHAR

EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS

RESIDENTIAL

CULTURE STUDY

OPEN GROUNDS

Evolution of the Suburb

SITE

SIKHS

25-40 YRS

COMMERCIAL

INFRA-STRUCTURAL SERVICES

SIKHS MUSLIMS GUJARATIS CHRISTIANS

12-25 YRS

SLUMS

BANDRA

FREEMIUM CENTER

ART/CULTURE 25%

EDUCATION 20 %

OPEN AREAS 35%

RELIGION 20 %

MALLS 18% RELIGION 21%

EDUCATION 35%

SPORTS 10%

OPEN AREAS 5% SPORTS 7%

MAHIM

NO. OF PEOPLE USING PROGRAMS (MAX. USER GROUPS)

Mass and Void Study Income Group Study OA

BANDRA-E

R V.

Mumbai is a region of great ethnic diversity; this results in a multitude of different communities, each with their own unique cultural traits coming together. The pursuit of excellence in passions creates professionals. Unfortunately, the spaces available for these communities to pursue and showcase their hobbies and passions, which arise out of their cultures, are extremely limited. On the off chance that some facilities or spaces do exist, they are seldom well maintained, and are unused or misused for the rest of the time. Furthermore, due to various reasons like lack of space, high land values, etc, the facilities that are provided are very expensive for the vast majority who have passion, but cannot afford such spaces.

BANDRA-W

Architect’s Brief

lic pubpublic

E T A RIV i

sem

LAYERING TRANSITION

PRIVATE :SEMI-PUBLIC:PUBLIC

SEMIPUBLIC -PUBLIC

PRIVATE

SITE

ZONING:EVOLUTION SITE

LIFTING OF SITE CONE OF VISION

S E

CAFETERIA AUDITORIUM

PAINTING SPACE

PRIVATE

SEMI PUBLIC

PUBLIC

ADMINISTRATION

SECTION STUDY

GROUP DISCUSSION

INDOOR GAMES

OUTDOOR GAMES

EXHIBITION

BANDRA

The site is at the confluence of varying infrastructural developments and acts as a binder between the city and the suburbs. The idea of connectivity and visibility from afar and in between the programmes was examined. Zoning was done in such way where the central staircase acted as an adhesive to the spaces around and as a viewing gallery to the surrounding. Categorizing the programme from public to private led to the transition of transparent to opaque experiences within the spaces of the recreation center.

FREEMIUM CENTER

CONCEPT (Individual Work)

AUDITORIUM 2 REHERSAL ROOMS GROUP DISCUSSION AUDITORIUM 1 ADMIISTRATION INDOOR GAMES

PROGRAMME ORGANISATION : DENSITY These diagrams were obtained from the conceptual diagrams. They indicate how the plates shift in plan and elevation i.e. the public spaces shift up and the private spaces move down. Studying these diagrams gave clues for the overall massing which lead to the final proposal.

ENTRY

INDOOR GAMES

LIBRARY PAINTING SCULPTURE

BANDRA

FREEMIUM CENTER CAFETERIA

CIRCULATION

ROOF PLAN

PLAN AT 4.5M

PLAN AT 12M

PLAN AT 0.5M

PLAN AT 9M

BASEMENT PLAN

PLAN AT 8M

BANDRA

FREEMIUM CENTER

PLAN AT 6.5M

RENDER VIEWS MODEL IMAGES

BANDRA

FREEMIUM CENTER

SECTION STUDY

Academic : Individual XI - XII Trimester / 4th Year Novâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;10 - Aprilâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;11 Name of Supervisor - Prof. Anand Pandit Email id The agenda of this semester was to take a fresh look at the problem of urban housing in the suburban area of Juhu. The site chosen for redevelopment is located in a densely populated patch of Juhu. The plot consists of units of numerous different housing typologies varying in densities, users and programs.

MUMBAI

The students in a group of 8 studied the site in relation to the urban scenario and then selecting a site. The process then requires them to survey each house and number of people and the requirements which they had to consider while designing. They came across many difficulties that the residents were facing. After the urban study and the requirements the students worked on the project individually developing their initial concept with a detailed design proposal. The primary focus was to develop social housing and create strong community spaces, not just inhabit people, in dull, uninteresting blocks. Integrating public spaces within an urban environment, such that it can support all the activities and programs that are a part of daily lives of the inhabitants. Urban issues such as lack of adequate open space, social problems, sustainability, movement of traffic and pedestrians, incremental housing as well as integration into the area's economic, social and cultural structures is studied and focused on in the design proposal. In the nineteenth century, Juhu was an island: a long, narrow sand bar rising above sea level by a metre or two, just off the west coast of Salsette. It could be reached during low tides by walking across the tidal inlet. The open beaches of Juhu have attracted the well-heeled and the most affluent among Mumbai's population for almost a century. Soon the higher class in Mumbai started developing bungalows in vicinity of Juhu; until recently where Juhu has attracted a number of builders who have been eyeing these bungalows to build high rises and yield more money out of every square inch of the plot. The prices of these areas have almost doubled in the last five years which is the main reason why the typology of the area has been changing and evolving. People who still want to retain their bungalows are forced to move out because of the hap hazard construction which is happening in their vicinity. Some are attracted by the money offered by the builders and some families themselves need to expand. Hence the whole area of Juhu has changed rapidly in the recent decade. This has been the main reason why Juhu attracted us an area of study. The project involves us understanding the topologies of the building as well as developing a module for the new housing keeping in mind the future potential of the plot and developing the scheme as a whole.

JUHU

JUHU, MUMBAI

URBAN HOUSING

Urban Housing

JUHU STUDIO 1.1 FIGURE GROUND_BUILT MASS AND OPEN SPACES A1

1 A2

LAND AREA = 0.220 sq.km LAND BUILT= 0.008 sq.km UPON

03.6% LAND OCCUPIED LAND AREA = 0.140 sq.km LAND BUILT= 0.026 sq.km UPON

18.6% LAND OCCUPIED LAND AREA = 0.070 sq.km LAND BUILT= 0.013 sq.km UPON

18.6% LAND OCCUPIED LAND AREA = 0.030 sq.km LAND BUILT= 0.003 sq.km UPON

10.0% LAND OCCUPIED LAND AREA = 0.000 sq.km LAND BUILT= 0.000 sq.km UPON

00.0% LAND OCCUPIED LAND AREA = 0.250 sq.km LAND BUILT= 0.036 sq.km UPON

14.4% LAND OCCUPIED LAND AREA = 0.250 sq.km LAND BUILT= 0.043 sq.km UPON

17.2% B3

3 B4

LAND AREA = 0.250 sq.km LAND BUILT= 0.050 sq.km UPON

20.0% LAND OCCUPIED LAND AREA = 0.250 sq.km LAND BUILT= 0.043 sq.km UPON

17.2% B5

JUHU

LAND OCCUPIED

LAND AREA = 0.250 sq.km LAND BUILT= 0.027 sq.km UPON

10.8% LAND OCCUPIED LAND AREA = 0.250 sq.km LAND BUILT= 0.016 sq.km UPON

06.4% LAND OCCUPIED LAND AREA = 0.250 sq.km LAND BUILT= 0.045 sq.km UPON

18.0% LAND OCCUPIED

LAND AREA = 0.220 sq.km LAND BUILT= 0.071 sq.km UPON

28.4% LAND OCCUPIED LAND AREA = 0.220 sq.km LAND BUILT= 0.011 sq.km UPON

04.4% LAND OCCUPIED LAND AREA = 0.220 sq.km LAND BUILT= 0.061 sq.km UPON

24.4% LAND OCCUPIED LAND AREA = 0.220 sq.km LAND BUILT= 0.032 sq.km UPON

12.8% LAND OCCUPIED LAND AREA = 0.220 sq.km LAND BUILT= 0.053 sq.km UPON

21.2% LAND OCCUPIED LAND AREA = 0.220 sq.km LAND BUILT= 0.074 sq.km UPON

29.6% LAND OCCUPIED LAND AREA = 0.220 sq.km LAND BUILT= 0.038 sq.km UPON

15.2% LAND OCCUPIED LAND AREA = 0.220 sq.km LAND BUILT= 0.050 sq.km UPON

20.0% LAND OCCUPIED LAND AREA = 0.220 sq.km LAND BUILT= 0.048 sq.km UPON

19.2% LAND OCCUPIED LAND AREA = 0.220 sq.km LAND BUILT= 0.051 sq.km UPON

20.4% LAND OCCUPIED LAND AREA = 0.220 sq.km LAND BUILT= 0.090 sq.km UPON

36.0% LAND OCCUPIED LAND AREA = 0.220 sq.km LAND BUILT= 0.057 sq.km UPON

22.8% LAND OCCUPIED

LAND AREA = 0.250 sq.km LAND BUILT= 0.075 sq.km UPON

30.0% LAND OCCUPIED

LAND AREA = 5.45 sq.km LAND BUILT= 1.10 sq.km UPON

20.1% LAND OCCUPIED N

JUHU, MUMBAI

URBAN HOUSING

Kolis are fishing community, settled near the beach. The kolis are a very self sustained community, as all the occupational requirements are met in the community itself. This is the main reason for the pattern in the koliwada to be so dense.

JUHU STUDIO 2.1 DEMOGRAPHY_ PERMANENT

Gilbert hill has been declared as a National Geological Monument thus restricting development in that area. Due to this reason, clusters of slums developed around the hill, making it a densely populated region. The government authorities have recently given builders permission to build skyscrapers near the hill. Thus the pattern of density around the hill changes from a denser one to a sparser one.

JUHU CIRCLE

Existence of old residential buildings from the town-planning scheme alongwith newer high-rise apartments on other ends creates varying densities. this is in contrast to the relatively open patches around other ends for airport and military purposes which completes the density pattern.

JUHU-ANDHERI LINK ROAD Close proximity to the road networks connecting the city to the northern suburbs leads to high densities automatically along these roads while older gated communities as well as slums existing on empty plots around the region add to variations in the pattern.

JVPD Town Planning Scheme: with a view to provide housing stock to the city after independence, plotted developments like Juhu vile parle development scheme were planned. coperative socities and bungalows provided the necessary densities planned by the city authorities. The City as a commercially engineered phenomena: redevelopment schemes in old buildings with higher FSI created apartments out of bungalows. the entire region underwent the same trend due to higher land values within existing city limits.

100

25 200

0 500

300

Slums Service provision: the large number of educational institutes within the site alongwith service provision to the existing bungalows and high-end residential apartments all year round attracts and keeps intact the inhabitants within these slums.

JUHU TARA RD

VILE PARLE STATION

The mixed pattern: hotel ventures capturing the beach-front came up along the road making it a strip of leisure and celebration, along with older existing colonial bungalows and housing societies. Recent redevelopments of these properties has created apartments, to create the existing pattern.

Proximity Phenomenon: Daily access and footfalls to the station automatically created viable zones for exchange and trading around the station. This is in accordance with old residences around the station, which prompted the station to come up in the first place. Old Housing Existence: The existence and survival of east Indian and Christian communities as also the simultaneous redevelopment of bungalows and gaothans into residential apartments creates overloaded streets and chaotic patterns on habitation densities.

JUHU, MUMBAI

GILBERT HILL

URBAN HOUSING

JUHU KOLIWADA

Dichotomy: the scheme has integrated many educational institutes within the proximity of the residence, thus a duality of programs is seen in this area

WORKERS 50 abv

The shoreline: Juhu beach is conducive to a series of Luxury hotels due to the onshore breeze acting as a major attraction. The beach, which more or less seems deserted throughout weekdays, tends to get very densely occupied on weekends

Feeder: a highly dense market area intercedes providing a feeder to the residential and educational zones 100

HOSPITALS 100 abv

200

TRAVELLERS 200 abv

LEGEND 100

HOSTELS

100 abv

500

Heterogeneous character: the main connector to the station has many colonies created either by housing societies, industrial and commercial concerns resulting in an amalgamation of industrial workers, business communities and the working sectors

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STUDENTS

500 abv

JUHU, MUMBAI

Mixed pattern: there has been a merger of informal and formal sectors in a dense residential space which is gradually blurring the distinction between public and private zones

URBAN HOUSING

JUHU STUDIO 2.2 DEMOGRAPHY_ TRANSIENT

25,400 sq. m.

GAOTHAN SLUMS

1,00,350 sq. m.

JVPD SCHEME COLONY

17,130 sq. m.

9,140 sq. m.

4,450 sq. m.

9,320 sq. m.

30,600 sq. m.

29,100 sq. m. 3,150 sq. m.

7,46,200 sq. m. TOTAL AREA OF GAOTHAN = 89150 sq.m.

1.42% 19,300 sq. m. TOTAL AREA OF SLUMS = 2,14,070 sq.m.

10,700 sq. m.

3.4% TOTAL AREA OF JVPD SCHEME= 7,46,200 sq.m.

89,280 sq. m.

11.93% TOTAL AREA OF COLONIES = 49,770 sq.m.

15,970 sq. m.

0.79% N

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JUHU, MUMBAI

3.2 LANDUSE_ HOUSING

URBAN HOUSING

JUHU STUDIO

15,300 sq. m.

120 Rooms 80 Rooms 120 Rooms 240 Rooms 3 Rooms 335 Rooms 17 Rooms 40 Rooms 115 Rooms

TOTAL NO. OF FIRST GRADE ROOMS = 810 TOTAL NO. OF SECOND GRADE ROOMS = 303 TOTAL NO. OF THIRD GRADE ROOMS = 65

FIRST GRADE

SECOND GRADE

THIRD GRADE

RESTURANTS

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JUHU, MUMBAI

48 Rooms 60 Rooms

URBAN HOUSING

JUHU STUDIO 3.3 LANDUSE _ HOSPITALITY

PRIVATE-PRIMARY

4000

PRIVATE-SECONDARY

4000

PRIVATE-HIGHER EDUCATION

1500 1000 600

PUBLIC PRIMARY PUBLIC SECONDARY PUBLIC-HIGHER EDUCATION

PRIVATE INSTITUTES

600 1050 4500

4000

3000

2500

650

1500 500 3500

1000

4500 1300

1160 8000

10030

TOTAL NO. OF STUDENTS=71626 PRIVATE PRIMARY=236 PRIVATE SECONDARY=31150

138

PRIVATE COLLEGE=32140

700

PUBLIC PRIMARY=3600

PUBLIC SECONDARY=2400

600

PUBLIC COLLEGE=2100

2400

N 1200

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JUHU, MUMBAI

2500

URBAN HOUSING

JUHU STUDIO 3.4 LANDUSE _ INSTITUTIONS

VILE PARLE STATION JUHU AERODROME PROPOSED JUHU HOVERCRAFT PROPOSED METRO RAIL PATHWAY

JUHU AERODROME RUNWAYS JUHU BEACH PROPOSED JVPD METRO STATION

GULMOHUR ROAD

JUHU TARA ROAD

OVER SOVA H TO VER

CRAFT

JUHU BEACH

PROPOSED JUHU METRO STATION S.V. ROAD

PAWAN HANS

N JUHU CHOWPATTY

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PROPOSED VILE PARLE METRO STATION

JUHU, MUMBAI

PROPOSED METRO STATIONS

URBAN HOUSING

JUHU STUDIO 4.2 TRANSPORT_RAIL/METRO 4.3 TRANSPORT_AIRWAYS 4.4 TRANSPORT_WATERWAYS_SEA

After studying the urban scenarios of juhu the site was selected by the students. The selected site is located in a densely populated urban plot of Juhu. The plot consists of units of varying topologies, varying in density, users and programmatic distribution. Urban housing issues such as lack of adequate open space, physical needs, social problems, sustainability, movement of traffic and pedestrians, incremental housing as well as integration into the areaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s economic, social and cultural structures is studied.

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JUHU, MUMBAI

URBAN HOUSING

Site Selection

HOUSING TYPOLOGY

4 5 6

8 9

11 13

Inside

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Inside

25%

Outside

Inside Inside

Outside

Inside

edisnI

F.S.I - 1.0 + ADDITIONAL 0.8 T.D.R - 1.0 + FUTURE - 1.0

BUILT UP AREA - 39200 SQ. MTS. COMMERCE - 2100 SQ. MTS. HOUSING - 37100 SQ. MTS. FUTURE POTENTIAL - 14000 SQ. MTS.

2 1

Inside

8 6 8

Inside

Outside

Inside

Outside

Inside

3 1

Outside

Inside

Inside Outside

Inside

Outside Outside

1 7 3

Outside

DUPLEX

APARTMENT

BUNGALOW

JUHU, MUMBAI

URBAN HOUSING

BUNGALOW

Outside

NO. OF FLOORS

FAMILY

12 8

MIXED USE

SITE SYMMETRY

BREAKING THE SYMMETRY

SPACE USAGE

WIND TRAP CREATED

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WIND FLOW

basic form

JUHU, MUMBAI

A site at Juhu was investigated for its potential for future development of housing. The project intended to break the boundary between the two cross lanes. Experimentation to develop a thoroughfare within the intervention led to a change in orientation of the built form. Also the housing typology was designed considering community dwellings which required inserts of open and free spaces of landscape at various levels left for interactions between the individual houses. Voids were intentionally left in the ground cover for future potential.

URBAN HOUSING

Individual Work

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URBAN HOUSING

kitchen

library

bedroom

living dining

family room

SETTING BASIC MASS OF 300 SQ. MTS. OF EACH MODULE TO APPLY THE OFFERED AREA

basic mass

FL OO

mass division

mass stacking

PUBLIC AREA

ARRANGING PRIVATE AREA TO THE UPPER PART AND PUBLIC AREA TO LOWER PART

AL TE

ENTRY

AT IV

-4 B. H. K

FL OO

DECIDING EACH OF THE SPACE POSITION FOR THE COMMON LAYOUT

-3 B. H. K

BASIC MASS

terrace

FL O 6 B. 2 OR H. FL P K L AP ATS AN AR CO TM MB EN IN T I

TERRACE DINING LIVING

POOL

ENTRY

GARDEN

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SECTION OF PENTHOUSE

JUHU, MUMBAI

bedroom

URBAN HOUSING

gym staircase

PRIVATE AREA

VIEW FROM THE STREET

SECTION

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JUHU, MUMBAI

URBAN HOUSING VIEW FROM THE MAIN STREET

Academic : Individual XII - XV Trimester / 5th Year July’11 - March’12 Name of Supervisor - Prof. Trilochan Chhaya Email id - chhayatm@vsnl.com / TrilochanChhaya@nmims.edu Time and space are the two variables around which architecture is built. Buildings evolve over a period of time because the perception of spaces changes. A building needs to constantly respond with the its surrounding contexts and find a way to inhabit itself all round the year. Such a strategy will ensure its survival and sustainability over a period of time. A primary requirement for this, is a flexible program or in other words a variable use of space which will lead to a constancy of use, over a period of time. This is especially true in the case of public buildings. Public spaces designed for time bound activities tend to fall in disuse after the completion of events. The most commonly examples are those of stadiums and public parks with specific timings. Consequently, anti social elements and activities abound such dead areas. Another point in the case of public buildings is the issue of maintenance. A public space which enjoys high occupancy will automatically generate its owns funds and find novel techniques to overcome inactivity. In the contemporary context it is essential to design spaces which last over a period of time. Flexibility of programs, giving rise to multiple activities are the key to sustainable design. This was the start point for the selection of the program. Self-Sustainence

In today’s context,

BUILD

through

SUSTAIN

$ ECONOMICS

PROGRAM MULTIPLICITY

is the way ahead for Public Programs to stay alive!

Flexibility

NEW YORK

TOKYO

LONDON

MUMBAI

For a building to be flexible and responsive it needs to follow a five point strategy. 1. ADAPTABLE - adaptable structures features repositionable partitions or are changeable as per user/occupant 2. UNIVERSAL - what typifies a universally flexible building is its ease of adaptation per use, these buildings are often characterized by open floor plans and typology free design 3. MOVABLE - It consist of re-locatable or buildings capable of being torn down and reassembled in another location 4. TRANSFORMABLE - characterized by modular design (capable of adding or removing units or components) transformable structures can also open and close, change form, or change colour. 5. RESPONSIVE - responsive buildings can respond to a number of external stimuli, including, but not limited to, energy/environment, interaction, usage, or occupation. In today's world leisure is given least importance. A daily mans average number of hours has just started increasing. The explosion of blogs, social networking sites and other masterpieces of the wireless world is the main culprit for the reason of the quickly diminishing social face to face interaction. As designers, this creates both a challenge and an opportunity. ( The title of my project has been derived from the initials of these words i.e transformable Responsive Adaptable Universal Movable - T.R.A.U.M )

Sections showing instances of flexibility & hyper-programming in a structure

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This project was the final project before receiving the Bachelor degree in Architecture

PAREL, MUMBAI

Public Area/Population

DESIGN DISSERTATION

TRANSFORMABLE RESPONSIVE ADAPTABLE UNIVERSAL MOVABLE

TRAUM

Design Dissertation

exhibits

storage

100

seating Gallery Section program

Gallery Plan program

seating

play

Stadium Section limited accesibility

storage

seating

usage %

administration

exhibits

play

Stadium Plan

accesibility

40 20

storage

during season

average turnout

off season

Stadium Plan usage per year Stadium Rigid in AREA + Rigid in TIME (yearly cycle)

exhibits

STUDIO

LECTURE Diagramatic plans of classroom showing flexibility auditorium

circulation+activity

seating

circulation+activity

x 3x

green

Theater Plan program rigidity and separation

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x x

x 2x

Promenade Plan program flexibility based on usersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; wants

Auditorium in AREA configuration + Flexible in TIME (24hr-cycle)

seating

circulation+activity

Gallery Plan program flexibility or rigidity based on configuration

seating

Gallery Flexible in AREA configuration + Flexible in TIME (24hr + yearly cycle)

administration

PAREL, MUMBAI

avg season off season

DESIGN DISSERTATION

during season

foyer

auditorium

green

Theater Section program

foyer

auditorium

x green

Theater Section program rigidity and separation

Auditorium

Green Room

Administration

Exhibition Gallery

Boutique

The thought behind the whole transformation was to divide a program in a set of modules which in turn would transform to become new programs. If you see the diagram you will notice that a single mass gets divided and some of them split and some of the other combine together to form various combinations to perform new programs which are apt for a particular space. eg an auditorium is converted into a boutique and an exhibition gallery by just breaking the initial program and the space by simple transformation. Operations carried out on each container were to be carried out on the framing as well as its surface. They were as simple as folding / rotating or sliding. By these combinations I got various sections as well as spaces that could be transformed and with the help of these operations I would be able to transform the space as per the user.

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FOLDING / ROTATING PLATE SLIDING FOLDING / ROTATING FRAME SLIDING

PAREL, MUMBAI

FRAME

DESIGN DISSERTATION

Green Room

Auditorium Plan program flexibility or rigidity based on configuration

Auditorium

CUBE FACE (PLATE) OPERATORS

Initial sketch showing the cranes integrated with the structure and lifting the containers so that each set of them combines with one another to make new programs and transforming the space with different configurations.

For the slab to move about in the x-y axis a framed mesh was designed keeping the integrated track in mind which would help in the shifting of slabs. The placement of the wheels that would shift the slab was important as they had to be placed in between the junction of the tracks (highlighted above) so that the slab is able to shift in the desired direction to the Animation showing the movement of slab in all axis. desired place. After the verticals were set constant and the horizontals the variables I realised that the spaces were just changing in terms of volume and there was no qualitative change in them. as a thought I decided that the slabs should also move in the other to axis i.e. the x-y axis to bring about the transformations and change the space qualitatively.

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PAREL, MUMBAI

DESIGN DISSERTATION

A new system had to be evolved so that the desired distances be achieved. The problem for using containers was that the span had to be limited and the stacking of one container on the other would have to be taken care of. As a result more than 6 or 7 containers could not be stacked on top of each other. To design a system there had to be some constants and some variables. I decided to keep the verticals constant on which the variables will move. The verticals would be acting like columns in a structure which would tie the building around. Having fixed the constants the variables needed to move about the constants. As a result the columns would have a rebate on which the horizontal members would move in the vertical axis. Once the verticals and horizontals were fixed the motion would be in the vertical axis which would be further developed depending on the structure to get the motion required for the spaces to transform. The main section of the column would be developed from a composite section of an I -section and two C - section on either side of the section creating a rebate for the variables to move about it.

Mulund

Goregaun

Bhandup Jogeshwari

Kanjurmarg

The centralised site has its proximity to South Mumbai and well connected to both the suburban lines. Huge land is available for private developers for big housing complexes. Many of such projects already started or on the verge of it. The ruling by the Mumbai High Court on the sale and redevelopment of mill lands has renewed attention on the future of the city. In the last decade, even as rapid construction of high-rises has wrought drastic changes in the city's skyline and in the elusively defined â&#x20AC;&#x153;quality of lifeâ&#x20AC;?, it is the court that have to direct the debate on Mumbai's development.

Andheri

Vikhroli

Vile Parle

Ghatkopar Santacruz Vidhya Vihar Khar Road

Kurla

Bandra

Chembur

Chuna Bhatti Sion Mahim

Mankhurd

Matunga Dadar

Wadala

Parel Elphinstone Road

Sewri

Lower Parel

Curry Road Cotton Green Reay Road

Mahalaxmi Mumbai Central Grant Road

Byculla

Dockyard Charni Road

Masjid

Marine Lines C.S.T

MILLS REDEVELOPED MILLS [UN]DEVELOPED MILLS UNDER REDEVELOPMENT

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CENTRAL Mumbai is acquiring a new landscape, which seeks to obliterate any trace of its vibrant industrial past. The textile mills, which played an important role in the industrialisation of Mumbai and evolved around the culture of the city's working class, are now giving way to development of upscale neighbourhoods. Mill floors that resounded with the clang of machinery have been converted into shopping arcades, and residential towers have replaced their chimneys in the new skyline. If the Maharashtra government and the construction companies have their way, which in all likelihood they will, the now-defunct mills will soon be sold and they will make way for shopping complexes, luxury apartments, high-tech corporate offices, entertainment parks and star hotels.

DESIGN DISSERTATION

Malad

Site Selection

Churchgate

Major concentration of the mills is in the Parel area which has its proximity to the railway stations on the western as well as central lines

Proposed site Location - Parel Area - 80,400 sq mt

Panoramic View of the entire site

RESIDENTIAL MIXED USE COMMERCIAL HOTEL

SS H

IGHW AY

RAILWAY STATION

EASTERN EXP RE

RAILWAY TRACK RAILWAY WORKSHOP

LOWER PAREL STATION

ST ER NE

SITE

SITE NTC MILL NO. 1

UNDER DEVELOPMENT

RE SS HIG HW AY

MILLS

INSTITUTE

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CURRY ROAD STATION

EASTERN EXP

PARKS

RESS HIGHWAY

FLYOVER

HOTEL ITC PAREL

PAREL, MUMBAI

DESIGN DISSERTATION

The Eastern Express Highway connecting to the outskirts of Mumbai making it an ideal location

SCHEMATIC SECTION The sections shows some examples of how the plates will change depending on users. These sections can be used for art/installations or some can even be used for trade fair depending on an individual .

FIXED SPACES CONSIST OFFICE SPACES, STORE ROOMS, FIXED CORE CAFETERIA, AUDITORIUMS, MACHINE SERVICE CORE ROOMS AND MULTI - PURPOSE HALLS. RAMPS OPEN COURTYARD

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PAREL, MUMBAI

DESIGN DISSERTATION

The basic form of a cube with a multipurpose courtyard opening up towards the recreation area.

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DESIGN DISSERTATION

SECTION - A FAIR SET UP TO PROMOTE A TRADE FAIR

SECTION

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PAREL, MUMBAI

DESIGN DISSERTATION

SECTION - A CONCERT TO PROMOTE AN EXHIBITION EVENT

VIEW FROM THE STREET

SECTION THROUGH THE STREET

The animation on the right shows the process in which the spacial transformation takes place and how the plan changes according to the user as demonstrated above.

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DESIGN DISSERTATION

SECTION THROUGH AN ART EXHIBITION