POSSIBLE REALITIES
PORTFOLIO
GAURAV SARDANA 2016
GAURAV SARDANA 734.353.2376 | gsardana@umich.edu http://gauravsardana.squarespace.com/
WORK EXPERIENCE Summer 2015
Gensler Seattle WA Design Strategy Intern
Workplace Design Solutions for a Technology Company 2012-2014
Malik Architecture Mumbai IND Junior Architect Bhau Daji Lad Museum Extension (w/ NietoSobejano) Precinct Housing, Mumbai Weekend Residences, Pawna Rooftop Residence, Trivandrum Index Pavilion, Mumbai
Office Parallel Mumbai IND Project Architect BMW Guggenheim LAB Kalanagar Jn Competition Restaurant Retrofit, Bangalore Kala Ghoda Arts Festival Installation, Mumbai IIT-B Mood Indigo Festival Installation, Mumbai 2011-2012
StudioAmitaVikrant Mumbai IND Architect Intern Club Uber, Mumbai Residential Apartments, Pune
EDUCATION 2014-2016
University of Michigan Ann Arbor USA
Taubman College of Architecture & Urban Planning Master of Architecture (NAAB) Dow Sustainability Fellow 2015 KC Mahindra Education Trust Fellow 2014-2015 RD Sethna Trust Scholar 2014 Lotus Trust Scholar 2014 2007-2012
NMIMS University Mumbai IND Balwant Sheth School of Architecture Bachelor of Architecture
Certificate of Honor - Rank 2, Graduate Batch 2012 Certificate of Merit - Design Studio 2011
AWARDS 2015 Design Honorarium - Top Three Projects Social Enterprise, University of Fraser Valley & UN-Habitat 2013 First Prize Budding Talent Category, Society Durian Interiors Competition - Restaurant Design in Bengaluru 2013 Top 10 Shortlist BMW Guggenheim LAB Redesign Kalanagar Traffic Junction in Mumbai, as part of a team 2012 Student Fellowship AIGA Design Ignites Change Student Fellowship
ACADEMIC 2014-2016
University of Michigan
Taubman College of Architecture & Urban Planning Design Assistant Research Through Making 2016 Exhibition: Tactical Urbanism in Detroit 2015 Research Assistant REFRESCH 2015-2016 Cleveland DesignLab 2015 Guest Reviewer Liquid Planning Elective 2015 .2011
NMIMS University
Balwant Sheth School of Architecture Teaching Assistant Fourth Year Theory of Design Elective
2010 Second Prize Build India Architectural Journalism Competition (Green Building), as part of a team 2008 First Prize Build India Architectural Journalism Competition (Heritage Conservation), as part of a team
PROGRAMS Digital Modeling Rhinoceros, SketchUp, Revit, AutoCAD Parametric & Analysis Grasshopper, Ecotect, ArchSim, ANSYS Visualization VRay for Rhino & Sketchup Graphic Communication Adobe Creative Suite - Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign, Lightroom
INDEX OF WORKS
time
2010 - 2016
HUD Affordable Housing Santa Monica
2016
Zero Net Energy Building
ULI Hines Atlanta
Quivering Shingle Cabin
Envrionmental Design Simulation
2015 Gensler Workplace Design Strategies
2014 Robotic Column
2013
2012
2011
Opportunistic Occupation
Python Generative Design
Liquid Planning Cleveland
Kampung Housing Singapore
Mobile Urbanism Detroit
ANSYS Structural Analysis
Airport City
Prozone Facade Studies
far(M)ore Urban Farming
Malliparmi Store Society Durian Restaurant Refit
Kala Ghoda Festival Installation Index Pavilion
Precinct Housing India BMW Guggenheim LAB
Rooftop Residence
The Town Around The Pilgriamge
2010
Freemium Center environment
interior
architecture
urbanism
Winter 2015 Systems Studio | University of Michigan
HOUSING
KAMPUNG PAUSE POINTS Singapore is often cited as a benchmark in achieving a balanced quality of life for its residents, translating architecturally into high-density housing amongst open yet highly private outdoor spaces. Singapore’s pre-modern street houses are significant since they remain highly public, thus vibrant cultural spaces. This project seeks to introduce elements of these pedestrian streets into high-density housing, and leverages the region’s tropical climate to add semi-outdoor spaces amongst the housing units that reduce the distinction between public and private space.
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5 HOUSING
A
PRIMARY STREET DN
fashion store DN
gallery
FLEXIBLE RETAIL
convenient store book store cafe
UP
UP
UP
UP
DN
FLEXIBLE RETAIL DN
ENTRANCE LOBBY
digital products store
DN
INNER STREET
B
B DN
DN
children game corner
ENTRANCE LOBBY
DN
DN
COMMUNITY CENTER
DN
HOUSING
UP
UP
management office
UP
multi-purpose room UP
community exhibition
DN DN DN
DN
TERTIARY STREET
A
Ground Floor Plan Showing street porosity and program mix
Semi-Planned
Outdoors
Celebrate
The Bugis Lifestyle...
...in the Highrise!
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Punggol Township
Village Vibrancy
+
Tower Density
View showing the three-dimensional street inserted between housing clusters
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HOUSING
Little India / Kampung Glam
PLANTED TERRACE
LIGHT SPORT localised void decks are planned as semi-outdoor + semi-public spaces interspersed across the building and serve as pause points
BRIDGE CONNECTOR
DAYCARE
2.5 meter offsets allow building interior to open up for air and void decks
BRIDGE CONNECTOR
VOID DECK
HOUSING
cross connections across building bays open into void decks to allow for spontaneous interactions
DECK CONNECTOR
2.5 meter offsets occur every eight storeys
TERRACE GARDEN void-decks are planned to be built as per users’ collective requirements
STAIRCASE CONNECTOR
EXERCISE
ENTRANCE LOBBY
TERTIARY STREET
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PRIMARY STREET
HOUSING Team: Gaurav Sardana Qing Sun Yingjing Ma
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11.5m or 14
noon sun 8 mm fixed glazing panel
25 mm partition walls to allow bedroom 2 to be combined with study
bedroom 2
lounge
sliding door
HOUSING
terrace 3 morning and evening sun
1.8 m cantilvered slab in reinforced cement concrete
slide-fold door
terrace 1
deck
living
1800
dining 3000
Typical Unit Section Self-shaded Interior & Exterior Facades
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3000 currently
2.5 m STREET
4 m UNIT
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200 mm brick infill wall
10 mm glazing within aluminum channel, as operable window
bedroom 1
2600
terrace 2
HOUSING
200 mm thick RC parapet Wall 5mm glass panel embedded
reinforced cement concrete two-way slab spanning 5 m
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plexi-glass sheet between aluminum mullion system acting as translucent wall 2600
200 ‘interaction room’
2 1/2’ Roving Wall snack-bar counter
kitchen 3000 currently
music - coaching 200
3000
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corridor-street 2500
key
present
OPPORTUNISTIC OCCUPATION Graduation Thesis 2015-2016 | University of Michigan
system
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OPPORTUNISTIC OCCUPATION LOUISIANA SE
wetlands & sediments
INFRASTRUCTURE
ECONOMY constructed environs
logistical connections
resource extraction
nomadic opportunism CO N
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‘wildness’
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URBANISM
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CO MI AS IN GRATAL CE TI NT ON IV IT Y
dynamic delta
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opportunistic
extraction & logistics
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oil & natural gas
ECOLOGICAL URBANISM
ECOLOGY
The Shifting Landmass of Southern Louisiana Mississippi River
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New Orleans
today
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Port Fourchon
ECOLOGICAL URBANISM
projected tomorrow
Gulf of Mexico
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deltaic
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ECOLOGICAL URBANISM
ECOLOGICAL URBANISM
Site: Leeville LA
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vegetal
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ECOLOGICAL URBANISM
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Lake Laurier
Site Port Fourchon, LA, USA
Grand Isle
LA 1
Old Highway 1
LA 1
Port Fourchon currently services over 90% of the Gulf of Mexico's deepwater oil production. With over 600 oil platforms within a 40-mile radius of Port Fourchon, this region furnishes 16 to 18 percent of the US oil supply.
Bayou Lafourche
Developed as a multi-use facility, it has historically been a land base for offshore oil support services as well as a land base for the Louisiana Offshore Oil Port (LOOP).
Port Fourchon
Additionaly, it has served as a commercial and recreational fishing mecca, foreign cargo shipping terminal, and a unique area for recreation and tourism.
Gulf of Mexico
OPPORTUNISTIC HABITATION
Port Fourchon canals
Gulf of Mexico canals
to mainland Louisiana
spillway
Bayou Lafourche
to Louisiana Offshore Oil Port (LOOP)
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ECOLOGICAL URBANISM
water
Internship 2015 | Gensler Seattle
WORKPLACES
GENSLER DESIGN STRATEGIES Understanding the changing relationships within the technology sector and across multiple business functions, to produce a set of workplace design strategies - ranging from flexibile walls to provisions of catalog based spatial components defined from observation, research and facility manager interviews.
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WORKPLACES
1975
1975
current workspace 1980
1980
1985 1990
1985 1990
densify 1995
1995
2000
1-2
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2005
2000
2x
2010
2008
2005 2010
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ecosystem pressure
CURRENT DENSIFICATION PROCESS 2015
100%
LEGACY OFFICE CABINS
2015
2012
30%
BUILDING 83 `PILOTS`
WPA 2.0 NEIGHBORHOODS 20%
2004
WPA 1.0 SPACES
2015
1x
+
1x
core workspace + support spaces
ONE DRIVE
SKY DRIVE AZURE
PHONE 10
PHONE 8.1
PHONE 8
PHONE 7
SURFACE 3
OUTLOOK
EDGE
IE 11
IE 9.0
IE 8.0
IE 7.0
OFFICE 2013
OFFICE 2010
OFFICE 2007
WINDOWS 10
WINDOWS 8
WINDOWS 7
WINDOWS VISTA
WINDOWS 2000 WINDOWS XP IE 6.0
OFFICE 2003
WINDOWS 98 OFFICE XP
WINDOWS 95
WINDOWS NT 3.1
OFFICE 2000
OFFICE 95 OFFICE 97
WINDOWS 3.0
WINDOWS 2.0
WINDOWS 1.0
MS-DOS
IE 5.0
IE 10
BING
MSN SEARCH 2.0
MSN SEARCH
IE 4.0
IE 3.0
IE 1 & 2
SURFACE 2
SKYPE
MSN MESSEN GER
5 BUSINESS TYPES
SURFACE
XBOX ONE
XBOX 360
10 BUSINESS TYPES
XBOX
HOTMAIL
OUTLOOK
OFFICE 3.0
MS OFFICE
MS WORD
1 BUSINESS TYPE
BASIC
current
to capacity
rk wo ce spa
underutilized
overflow
t por sup ace sp
or
mothership-based
business diversification
MICROSOFT CULTURAL TRANSITION
Research Analysis Understanding Company Culture (left) & Spatial Propositions (right)
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autonomous connections
MKTG
FIN
C&E
NEIGHBORHOOD CONFIGURATION SPATIAL ORGANIZATION
WDG
NEIGHBORHOOD DYNAMISM SPATIAL EXTENT
ASG
BUSINESS CHANGE (=) SPATIAL AGILITY
or
SMSG
needed
WORKPLACES
WPA NEIGHBORHOOD
ADJACENCY
PEOPLE
IMMEDIACY
INFRASTRUCTURE
PROXIMITY
SPACES
besides
teams/leaders culture
access
lab tools
supportive open/focus
+
z
zz quiet
+
open
+
support
break
open
+ focus
flexible
conference
shared
phone rooms
example: WPA
private
resources
desk
collaborative CURRENT WORKSPACE
SEPARATE ELEMENTS FOR ‘CATALOGUE’
CHOICE OF ‘MIX’ WITH BUSINESS GROUPS
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stimulation
WORKPLACES
around
Top 10 Shortlist 2013 | Office Parallel, India
BMW GUGGENHEIM LAB MUMBAI
Bandra Worli Sea Link
Mithi River
URBAN DESIGN
extending park to m with Mithi river ba
The competition proposal envisaged optimizing traffic flows at a busy traffic junction within the city of Mumbai. Solving an urban infrastructure problem and yet making the area more user-friendly was the main theme of the solution. A network of underpasses and sunken tunnels aim to reorient the traffic and regulate areas of heavy and light use, instead of using bulky and costly flyovers, which are a common sight within the city. Taking advantage of the sites proximity to the sea-front, traffic islands and existing parks were looped together so that commuters and citizens of the suburb can relax withing the environs of the traffic junction - a luxury as well as a necessity!
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Western Express Highway
Bandra Station (E) Road
densifying the road network through existing plans
split levels to accomodate surface-underground conditions
Kala Nagar
URBAN DESIGN
merge ank
Bandra Kurla Complex
KEY Flyover Surface Road + Overpass Surface Road + Overpass Existing Road Surface Underpass Tunnel Tunnel at the junction freeing underpasses
type A
Traffic Flow Diagram Solution proposes overpasses and
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type B
type C
Sion-Dharavi Link Road
surface space
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URBAN DESIGN
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Team: Gaurav Sardana Palak Kothari Prachi Donde
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High-Density Multi-Family Housing | Malik Architecture, India
HOUSING
PRECINCT HOUSING CLUSTERS Private housing schemes are always challenged with a lack of community spaces. This project was driven by tackling the addition common areas whilst meeting the required housing density. Segregating streets as pedestrian and vehicular increases the amount of area to include these community spaces. Creating ‘clusters’ instead of long ‘rows’ introduces neighborhood squares which allow for interaction rather than isolation. By using a combination of seven housing types, the project achieves diversity in built form while prodving flexibility in choice to owners.
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ST
CLUSTER FORMATION
STAGGERING CLUSTERS
HOUSING
ROW HOUSING TYPOLOGY
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CREATING COURTS & NEIGHBORHOODS
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bedroom terrace
ventilation
terrace garden bedroom
lounge courtyard ventilation
courtyard
living room
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0.150
0.650
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3.450
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2.700
1.650
0.300
1.400
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1.500
1.050
2.275
2.600
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0.800
0.150
0.600
TERRACE
3500 mm
1200 mm
2.700
3.050
0.900
3.450
3.500
4.350
450 mm
TERRACE LOUNGE 0.900
1.400
3500 mm
3500 mm
0.150
2400 mm
6500 mm 1.050
1.900
2.900
2.750
0.150
0.300
BEDROOM
TOILET
3500 mm
3500 mm
3.650
0.150 0.600
0.750 0.150
0.150 0.450
0.600
0.150
0.150
0.900
0.300
1.600
0.300 1.500
0.150
1.650
2.950 0.150
3.100 0.150 0.650
3.100
2.600
0.150
8.000
Construction Drawing: First Floor 1200-sft 3-bed unit
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0.400
0.450 1.400
15.000
600 mm
COURTYARD
1.475
HOUSING
4300 mm
0.300
3500 mm
0.150
2.600
TOILET
BEDROOM
0.150 0.150
3.500
3.350
4950 mm
8.000 3.100
0.650
2.600
0.150
0.150
0.150
0.150
TERRACE BELOW
AC UNITS
0.750
0.150
0.150 0.150 0.450
0.300
1.200
HOUSING
0.150 0.450 2.250
2.700
0.450
1.400
0.500
4.700
3.950
15.000
0.150
2.150
0.300
0.900
0.150 0.150
0.150
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0.900
2.600
2.600
3.350
3.500
0.600
0.600
0.150
2.275
2.200
1.650
0.750
ROOF
0.150
0.150
6550 mm
0.150
3.550
0.150
1.900
1.200
0.150
0.150
2.900
2.750
0.900
AC UNITS 5900 mm
3.300 0.600
0.750
0.150 1.650
4.100 3.100
2.175 0.650
2.600
8.000
Team: Arjun Malik Gaurav Sardana Meghna Tipnis Sagarika Suri
Construction Drawing: Second Floor 1200-sft 3-bed unit
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0.150
0.150
0.850
1.475
0.150 1.725
CONCEPTUAL DIAGRAM _ PUBLIC SPACES - COURTS - SQUARES - STREETS
HOUSING
TERRACE
VEHICULAR STREET
PARKING AREA
BEDROOM
COURT
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LIVING ROOM
OUTDOOR PLINTHS
PEDESTRIAN STREET
OU PL
UTDOOR LINTHS
HOUSING
TERRACE
LIVING ROOM
COURT
BEDROOM
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DECK
VEHICULAR STREET
Fall 2014 Networks Studio | University of Michigan
TACTICAL UBRANISM
MOBILE URBAN FABRICATIONS With the dissolution of fixed program, especially in Detroit, mobility can allow creation and repair of the urban fabric quickly and perhaps more appropriately than investments in permanent built structures. This mobile urban fabric can hold until the city gains economic and citizen stability, while aiding its repair. Mobile loggias plug into existing citizen initiatives - tutorials space from wifi routers, health clinics alongside urban farms and schools near art galleries - augmenting them for fabric repair.
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TACTICAL UBRANSIM
co te wo ac r hi k ng &
palmer park
university district
north end
PLACEMAKING ON THE ROAD
new center
milwaukee junction
eastern market
TACTICAL UBRANISM
mid town
downtown Diagram Showing possible locations of mobile loggias
Roaming Pageant Wagons
$ 2,000 $ 10,000
$ 5,000
mobile loggia TOTAL = $ 27,000
$ 35,000 $ 5,000
permanent space TOTAL = $ 40,000
Tailgating Culture
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$ 10,000
partial inflation and partial flexible parititon allow the space to expand
TACTICAL UBRANSIM
Second Level WIFI
First Level MEDIA
fixed supports replace vehicle when program runs for longer duration
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1950
fixed program, fixed location
1990
fixed location
TACTICAL UBRANISM
mobile program
the freedom/dilemma of being ‘anyplace’
Mobile Program
2015
the learnspace
the earnspace
the funspace
Mobile Loggia Diagram The Changing Landscape of Work
media access
co-working spaces
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outdoor projection
workstations seating web conference room
power
class
living area
power storage
class cafe
toolroom
utilities
seating
power
seating
media labs
garden
machines
staff
class
kitchen
[internet access - online courses]
[community hall]
[fabrication workshop]
[temporary shelter]
[middle school]
vending outdoors
eating space power
news-stand
cubicles
cooking
clinic
outdoors classroom
utilities
pharmacy clinic
lounge vending cooking
classroom
media center
lounge waiting area staff area
conference
[classroom & news-stand]
power clinic
power
cashier
[vocational training class] [food truck corner]
[nursery school]
[health clinic]
Program
8 Mile
Location
Woodward Av
Mediatheque
Clinic
Stop No: 1 Duration: 4 weeks
Stop No: ___ Duration: ___
Grand Boulevard
Clinic
School
Stop No: ___ Duration: ___
Stop No: 7 Duration: 24 weeks
School
Stop No: ___ Duration: ___
Mediatheque Stop No: ___ Duration: ___
Mediatheque Stop No: ___ Duration: ___
School
Clinic
Stop No: ___ Duration: ___
TACTICAL UBRANSIM
Stop No: 3 Duration: 2 Weeks
augment existing networks
NEEDS
Mobile.Urban.(Fabric)ations
Clinic
SKILLS School
Mediatheque
truck bed
power
utilities clinic reading
utilities
vending
seating
internet access
class waiting area
store physical education
clinic
truck bed
power
[grocery store & food-vending]
kitchen
[eatery]
staff area
[wifi-cafe]
[immunization clinic] [primary school]
daily produce
cooking gas/utilities
work space
work event
cashier common table
farm produce
folding partitions
utilities
work space
utilities
work space
seating meeting room
class
[co-working space]
staff area
books storage
snack bar
power
power
[mobile library] [catering class] [rental office space]
[grocery store]
media room (below)
media room (below)
seating book collection cashier
reading area
fresh produce
computer lab
stage
power (below)
workspaces (below)
power
cold storage
study space
power
work space
work event
work space
public event
work space power
[market]
[community stage]
sound room (below)
[rental office space] [tech office + school]
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[kids’ library]
Propositions Studio Fall 2015 | University of Michigan
EXQUISITE CORB CULTURAL PROGRAMMING
St Die-des-Vosges FRANCE In the modern architectural canon, the shingle is an under-exploited vernacular element, which when aggregated, serves as a semi-permeable shell to both humble and historic northern homes. This exploration introduces a Cabonon to the enclosed landscape fronting the Menuserie Sylva, and seeks to take what we know about the vernacular building component, reimagine its functional properties, and augment its aesthetic and dynamic possibilities. The quivering shingle is both an aggregated graphic language and a loose, living skin.
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43 CONSTRUCTION
CULTURAL PROGRAMMING
Vinyl Shingle 1/8” Steel Cable 3” Eye Hook 1/4” Polycarbonate 2 x 4 Stud Frame
“Living” Assembly Prototype Detail
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45 CONSTRUCTION
2 x 4 Stud Frame
Polycarbonate & Plywood Panels
3” Eye Hooks & 1/8” Steel Cable
Vinyl Shingles
Quivering Shingles
CULTURAL PROGRAMMING
“Living” Assembly System
1:1 prototype fabricated and installed for studio reviews at Taubman College (right)
Team: Adam Wilbanks Alysson Hrit Gaurav Sardana
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Dow Sustainability Fellowship 2015 | University of Michigan
MICRO PUNCTURES DESIGN STRATEGIES
Liquid Planning With the dissolution of fixed program, especially in Detroit, mobility can allow creation and repair of the urban fabric quickly and perhaps more appropriately than investments in permanent built structures. This mobile urban fabric can hold until the city gains economic and citizen stability, while aiding its repair. Mobile loggias plug into existing citizen initiatives - tutorials space from wifi routers, health clinics alongside urban farms and schools near art galleries - augmenting them for fabric repair.
inaccessible
25 %
flat & accessible
50 %
sloped & accessible
25 %
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steps
ramps
lookout
deck
physical access
visual access
Easy Access & Visibility
DESIGN STRATEGIES
bridge
Overlook Brook
connectivity
Educational Access
Street Junction Access
StreetVista
WaterTreatment
Lakes2Lakes
School
SOLUTION KEY
RAINGARDEN
ElderCare
BIOSWALE MICRO-REFORESTATION BUS + BUS STOP BIKE TRAIL + RACKS
HealthCare
BIKE + BUS SHELTERS CONNECT ROUTE
School
ShakerLakes
RecreationClub
DECK / LOOKOUTS RAMPS / STAIRS CROSS-CONNECT PATHS BROOK FILTRATION TERRAIN KEY
TERRAIN: FLAT & ACCESSIBLE TERRAIN: SLOPED & ACCESSIBLE TERRAIN: INACCESSIBLE POSSIBLE VISUAL & PHYSICAL CONNECTIONS
Proximity & Flatness
Therapeutic Access
Narrow Banks
All-Weather Activity ShakerSquare
Team: Dana Wall Gaurav Sardana Madeline Buck
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Brook Junction
2015
Protect
Ecology
RAINGARDEN 2015
BIOSWALE
MICRO-REFORESTATION Protect RAINGARDEN BIOSWALE Protect Ecology
2015
Surface Run-Offs
Ecology
MICRO-REFORESTATION RAINGARDEN BIOSWALE MICRO-REFORESTATION
Surface Run-Offs Surface Run-Offs Bus & Bike
2017
Connect
Bus & Bike
2017
Links
BUS + BUS STOP
Connect PATHS BUS + BUS STOP Connect BIKE TRAIL + RACKS Bus & Bike BIKE TRAIL + RACKS Links
Bus & Bus &Bike Bike
2017
Links
Bus & Bike
BIKE TRAIL + RACKS PATHS
Bus & Bike
Bus & Bike
2019
CreateBus & Bike
Punctures
Access Pause Access
Access
2019
DECK / LOOKOUTS Create RAMPS / STAIRS CROSS-CONNECT BIKE + BUS SHELTERS Create DECK / LOOKOUTS Punctures
2019
Connect Pause
Punctures
Access Access Access
BIKE + BUS SHELTERS
Pause Connect
RAMPS / STAIRS BIKE + BUS SHELTERS CROSS-CONNECT DECK / LOOKOUTS
Access
Connect
2021 Access
RAMPS / STAIRS CROSS-CONNECT
Reveal
Access2021
Identity
CONNECT ROUTE
BROOK FILTRATION Reveal CONNECT ROUTE Reveal BROOK FILTRATION Identity
2021
Identity
Social + Cultural LANDSCAPE Social + Cultural LANDSCAPE Social + Cultural LANDSCAPE
CONNECT ROUTE BROOK FILTRATION
Masterplan (left) & Phasing Strategies (above) Doan Brook watershed in the Buckeye-Shaker area of Cleveland, OH
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URBAN DESIGN
PATHS BUS + BUS STOP
Site: Atlanta GA | University of Michigan
ULI HINES 2016
MASTERPLANNING
Competition Entry “PAGES”
$900 M $800 M $700 M $600 M $500 M
ASSET VALUE
$400 M $300 M $200 M
DEVELOPMENT COST
$100 M
2018 LTV
2019
2020
63%
2021
73%
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2022
2023
2024
73%
2025
2026
2027
MASTERPLANNING
Team: Frank Romo Gaurav Sardana Prashanth Raju Terence Cho Xiaojun Zhang
Tax Credit Equity $35M
Construction & Perm Financing
$350M
Equity Sources $99M
$205M
Reinvestment of Asset Proceeds
$15M
NOI Applied to Construction
SOURCES OF FUNDING
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Fall 2010 Studio | Balwant Sheth School of Architecture, India
CULTURE
FREEMIUM CENTER
SPACE INTERACTION (MIXING)
SPACE CHANGE (PHYSICAL)
SITE \\ SUNKEN SITE - LINEAR SITE - SET AXIS - VOLUME DEFINER
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CULTURE TO THE CITY TO THE SITE FORM TERRAIN CITY-SITE RELATION
TO THE PUBLIC PROGRAM
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Society Interiors Magazine Competition 2013 | Budding Talent Category, India
SOCIETY DURIAN First Place “FlexiSocial Cafe” SERVED
SERVICE
SERVED
SERVICE SERVED
MIX!
SERVICE
INTERIOR ARCHITECTURE
Programmatic Flip
MIX!
MIX!
FlexibleSocial Concept
TOILETS
SEATING
FLEXIBLE-MIX!
RECEPTION
3300
4150
STAFF TOILETS
DJ-BOOTH
2550
TIERED SEATING
POOL AREA FOOSE-BALL
STAFF TOILETS
TOILETS
SEATING
FLEXIBLE-MIX!
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FREE-SEATER ZONE
OPEN-TO-SKY COURT
HVAC
DIESEL GEN DN OUTDOOR SEATING
STORAGE
NON-VEG
TIERED SEATING +530 Omm
PREPARATION
VEG
DN BAR
+175 +350
FINISHING /SERVING
POOL AREA
WASHING
FOOSE-BALL RECEPTION
ENTRY
STAFF
TOILETS BILLING
FLEXIBLE-MIX!
GENTS
LADIES
DJ BOOTH SUNKEN COURT
GROUND LEVEL PLAN
First Floor Plan
HVAC
DN
COLD STORAGE VEG
PREPARATION STORAGE NON-VEG COMMON
DN FOOD
STORAGE
CUTLERY
DESSERT BAR
FINISHING STAFF
TIERED SEATING TOILETS
GENTS
LADIES
FREE-SEATER ZONE SUNKEN COURT
BASEMENT LEVEL PLAN
Basement Floor Plan
From the reception From the bar overlooking the double-height space towards the mixing zone
From theThe bar tiered-seating overlooking theand double-height cherry tree space
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INTERIOR ARCHITECTURE
SERVING
Exhibited Installation 2013 | Office Parallel, India
KALA GHODA ARTS FESTIVAL research diagrams
CONSTRUCTION
model
drawings
montages
model model
Content Diagram
foldable display panels
modular base pods modular base pod
travel
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unfold
Cultural Plurality Station presents
CONSTRUCTION
The Town Around The Pilgrimage
‘animated packing’ of the foldable panel system
setup
twist
reveal
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Exhibited Installation 2012 | Malik Architecture, India
VOID PAVILION INDEX TRADE FAIR
CONSTRUCTION
in-out
above-under
loop
in
under
in
out
under
above
generating lines
out above
plane formation
loop formation
Team: Amay Gurkar, Arjun Malik, Gaurav Sardana
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flowing loop
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Digital Fabrication 2014 | University of Michigan
CONSTRUCTION
ROBOTIC COLUMN FABRICATION
GENERATIVE COLUMN GEOMETRY
ER SMITH
1 16
2
15 14 13 3 12 4
11 5 6
10 7
Team: Eldo Mathew, Eric Harman, Gaurav Sardana, John Larmor, Tyler Smith 8
9
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5
CONSTRUCTION
NOITARENEG MROF LANIF
Design Computing 2015 | University of Michigan
GENERATIVE TRUSS DESIGN #generate point matrix grid from u v surface, with selective point range import rhinoscriptsyntax as rs def main(): intU = 15 intV = 15 Pt = {} PtEnd = {} #select surface srfGUID = rs.GetObject('Select surface', rs.filter.surface) #find surface domain UDomain = rs.SurfaceDomain(srfGUID, 0) VDomain = rs.SurfaceDomain(srfGUID, 1) #find step value Ustep = (UDomain[1]-UDomain[0])/intU Vstep = (VDomain[1]-VDomain[0])/intV
CONSTRUCTION
print Ustep, Vstep #loop to plot points for i in range(intU + 1): for j in range(intV + 1): #set u and v values in relation to step and i and j u = UDomain[0] + Ustep * i v = VDomain[0] + Vstep * j #assign points to dictionary for Pt Pt[(i,j)] = rs.EvaluateSurface(srfGUID, u, v) point = rs.AddPoint(Pt[(i,j)]) #get vector normal to srfGUID at a uv parameter VecNorm = rs.SurfaceNormal(srfGUID,(u,v)) #scale the vector to create an offset VecNorm = rs.VectorScale(VecNorm, 1) #assign endpoints to dictionary for PtEnd PtEnd[(i,j)] = rs.PointAdd(Pt[(i,j)],VecNorm)
Base Unit
#call dictionary to assign variables pointend = rs.AddPoint(PtEnd[(i,j)]) point = rs.AddPoint(Pt[(i,j)])
Base Unit Transformation
#loop to plot points within matrix: for i in range(intU +1): for j in range(intV +1): #adding 'depth' between Pt & PtEnd: crv00 = rs.AddLine(Pt[(i,j)], PtEnd[(i,j)]) #conditional loop to add diagonal beyond a certain threshold: if PtEnd[(i,j)][2] <= 3: #selecting threshold parameter here: crv01 = rs.AddCurve((Pt[(i,j)], Pt[(i-1,j)], Pt[(i-1,j-1)], Pt[(i,j-1)], Pt[(i,j)], Pt[(i-1,j-1)]),1) crv02 = rs.AddCurve((PtEnd[(i,j)], PtEnd[(i-1,j)], PtEnd[(i-1,j-1)], PtEnd[(i,j-1)], PtEnd[(i,j)],PtEnd[(i-1,j-1)]),1) elif i > 0 and j > 0: #adding boundary frame to all points: crv01 = rs.AddCurve((Pt[(i-1,j)], Pt[(i-1,j-1)], Pt[(i,j-1)], Pt[(i,j)],Pt[(i-1,j)]),1) crv02 = rs.AddCurve((PtEnd[(i-1,j)], PtEnd[(i-1,j-1)], PtEnd[(i,j-1)],PtEnd[(i,j)],PtEnd[(i-1,j)]),1) main()
Perspective View w/ Surface Matrix
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Surface Geometry
Perspective View w/ Surface
Perspective View w/ Conditional Loop Output
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CONSTRUCTION
Surface Curves
housing
Architectureâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s domain is not the act of constructing spaces alone, something which could be excused of in the twentieth century. That era was recognized for the thriving of humanity as a culture, but our current era will be defined through architectureâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s intent to embrace the demand of building new environments and the remediation of our already built environs.
design strategy
POSITION
This collection of projects - ranging from architecture, urban design, fabrication and design strategies - aims to consciously reflect these values through a variety of scales and spatial types to enhance our contemporary landscape.
construction
2016
urbanism
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