Portfolio 2020 by Kanika Pawar

PORTFOLIO KANI KA PAWAR

INTERIOR & SPATIAL DESIGN

TEMPLE OF PLASTIC AT MAUNSELL FORTS 2020

TRAIN OF THOUGHTS 2018

URBAN RESET 2017

MELTING MOTION 2018

LIGHTHOUSE 2018

VORTEX 2018

ARCHITECTURE

CHILLIâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S BAR & GRILL 2017

AIRPORT TERMINAL 2016

URBAN REVITILISATION 2016

DANCING ABODE 2013

AXES 2013

I NT E R I O R & S PAT I AL DES I G N

TEMPLE OF PLASTIC AT MAUNSELL FORTS MAUNSELL FORTS | NORTH SEA THESIS | 2019-2020 TEMPLE OF PLASTIC ‘Temple of Plastic’ is a large scale adaptive re-use project of the abandoned Maunsell Sea forts, located 14 kms from the shore in Thames Estuary in North Sea. Maunsell forts has been left unmaintained, standing in the sea as warriors.The Maunsell Sea Forts, a complex of abandoned sea forts designed by Guy Maunsell during the Second World War, to deal with the laying of mines by the enemy. Human materials have invaded every space, changing the natural space. Similarly, plastic waste has reached to natural spaces, affecting the lives of natural species. And one such space is ocean water which houses different kind of marine life, each one affected by plastic. The need of the hour is to find solutions for our unsustainable lifestyle and help to repair the earth from the damage we have inflicted on it. This thesis research is on the possibilities of plastic waste to use in architecture and responding to a function which it doesn’t align with to enlighten human being of the adverse effects of the collective consumption lifestyle. Through this thesis, I attempt to explore the use of plastic waste in a space which is governed by both sacred architecture and art. The four-legged podlike deserted structures filled with plastic waste, propose themselves as a space of meditation. he waste which is considered to be impure, combined with the sacredness of a temple generates thoughts and emotions of repent among human beings. This proposal is based on the key idea of creating chaos in order, implanting plastic waste in a temple.

INTERVENTIONS As per the research on spirituality in spaces, I concluded four key points to follow in my design approach. Major interventions are made according to the four key points to achieve sprituality in the space. Combining the four key points, the flow of spaces and the use pf plastic terrazzo material, the project was designed as a journey through the site, taking care of emotions and atmosphere to achieve in the spaces.

Transition Pathway

As the transition pathway is the main part of temple design, A circular pathway is proposed along which the flow of spaces is to be designed. Circular movement is connected to the concept of cosmos and create a sense of focus.

Light Openings

All the walls are covered and the window openings are closed. The only source of light is the skylight which gives the view of the sky to the visitor making the human focus on the space itself without any distraction.

Scale Height

The middle floor slab is removed, and a double- height space is created to achieve more openness and grandness in the space.

Order Circulation

The middle floor slab is removed, and a double- height space is created to achieve more openness and grandness in the space.

TRANSITION PATHWAY Transition is the most important aspect of the temple design and becomes the main thread that connects the whole site. The flow of spaces is achieved by treating each tower differently and responding to their purpose.

The steps provide a sense of entering a higher space and provide a collecting space for the temple where visitors can socialize with others.

The bridge is used as the directional space where the composition of structural members such as tubes directs the visitor.

Nature is proposed in two towers as threshold spaces, where nature is enclosed by plastic, making the visitor ponder on the use of waste.

The meditative space is created by enclosing the space fully with plastic. A space of spherical form, a pure geometry is proposed in this tower.

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BRIDGE The Bridge is designed to assist in the smooth transition between the towers. Each section of the bridge is also treated with the same colour as the tower it is leading to. The opacity also increases along the path towards the meditation tower, to increase the intensity of focus before reaching the space of meditation.

SPATIAL DESIGN The whole journey scheme of the temple is displayed by the table below where interventions on the levels of sensitive, natural, built and connection are proposed. The graph also shows the transition between spaces by the increase in plastic material and sounds used in each tower as per the use of the space. The top view can showcase how the metallic rustic image of the forts is retained by limiting the intervention to the interiors only. The new structure added is the only bridge structure showcasing a balance between old and new structures.

This is the bridge section connecting to the entrance tower. As this is the first section, it is kept as transparent as glass. The structural members are painted white responding to the upcoming tower.

ENTRANCE TOWER Steps are used to achieve this sense of elevation and also desinating this space of the temple for events and socializing. Being the first tower, the whole space is treated with natural elements such as stone. The walls, floor and roof are fully cladded with stone, retaining the texture of nature in this space untouched by plastic.

This is the bridge section that connects the entrance tower with water tower. As this is the second section,the opacity increases to 20%. The structural members are painted light tint of cyan color responding to the upcoming tower.

WATER TOWER Water is introduced here to create a threshold space. When a visitor enters this room he/she does not expect a natural environment created in a space fully governed by humans. plastic is introduced in the form of plastic pebbles on the floor. The walls and roof are fully cladded with stone. The water and the light cyan blue pebble on the floor create the ambiance filed with light blue.

This is the bridge section that connects the water tower with green tower. As this is the third section,the opacity increases to 40%. The structural members are painted light blue tint responding to the upcoming tower.

GREEN TOWER Nature enclosed by plastic is a strange intervention with the purpose of addressing the problem of plastic waste we are disposing of. It gives the experience beyond the present to the visitor and creates uncomfortableness to question the procedure of nature replacing by human waste.

This is the bridge section that connects the green tower with meditation tower. As this is the fourth section,the opacity increases to 60%.The structural members are painted blue responding to the upcoming tower.

MEDITATION TOWER The meditation space is a half-dome fully cladded with plastic. One enters the space already filled with questions about the nature diminishing and plastic overtaking. And now one has to meditate, focus in a space fully governed by recycled plastic waste. The visitor will be full of thoughts of repenting and will be forced to rethink his actions towards nature.

This is the bridge section that connects the meditation tower with central temple. The opaque materials are replaced by transparent glass. The structural members are cladded with plastic waste tile.

TEMPLE The last destination is a replicate of an old structure that was built with arches with a central circular opening. There are four arched window openings at each direction overlooking the fort.

The concept of opposites and contradictions in the project raises an uncomfortable feeling. You would have questioned why a blue tower is called green, why is nature surrounded by plastic, why one has to meditate in a space fully constructed by waste. These are the questions we need to ask ourselves for future, for nature, for the earth and for us...

TRAIN OF THOUGHTS SCALO FARINI | MILANO 1st YEAR - 2018 NOSTALGIA ‘Train of Thoughts’ is a large scale (300.000 sqm) urban regeneration project of the abandoned railway depository ‘Ex Scalo Farini’, located next to the major Garibaldi railway station in the northern part of historic centre of Milano. Farini railway yard has been left unmaintained, aimlessly occupying a large central location since years. The site is surrounded by active neighbourhoods, which are cut off from a more direct access to central Milano due to the length of the Farini rail yard. This site is a part of the urban fabric and of historical value. 24Hr Sentimental Urban Park ‘Train of Thoughts’ aims to empower the existing history of the site and reintegrate the area into the public and social domain. Shifting the focus on the existing railways on site and retaining many other architectural details, the project was developed to allow the public to explore the once unseen space, and participate in reclaiming it. Existing site features, complimented by new architectural interventions and urban social programme, create a space that triggers senses of personal nostalgia and communal history. Through sentiments people will create an intimate connection with the new space, and find a place of reflection and comfort in the environment.

VOID Placed in a heightened physical context, the heart of the project lies in the completely opposite concept - the void. Absence of traditional materiality creates a space for tranquility and personal reflection, triggered by the simple yet nostalgic presence of an endless wheat field. The monumental structure of the old depository, the field lies in the empty space inside it and opens up to the sky and the natural elements. The soothing rustle of the wheats in the wind, the soft and allencompassing sensation of being submerged in the field triggers memories of childhood, allowing to focus on oneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s own thoughts, senses and experiences.

VOID

Masterplan (Day) Scalo Farini, Milan, Italy Scale 1:1500

TRAIN OF THOUGHTS Taking the user throughout the site in a train journey driving between different elements, potraying different experiences to make them go through the journey of memories.

LOSE YOURSELF Nostalgia is something invisible, something that cannot be put into words. It’s a feeling of imagination and Illusion, like Losing Yourself. An ‘Attribute lost’ within underlying covers of human interaction with space, present a link to something in the past lost in time.

THE HUB The main space for activities is centred around the existing framework of the old depository building, spanning 600m in length and resembling an artificial jungle of structural columns. Such existing structure allows to distribute spaces for various functions and services along the whole site. Main services include a large marketplace, a cafe and restaurant and an exhibition space with old Milanese trams that host people to go around the site.

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PHYSICAL

VISUAL + SPIRITUAL + PHYSICAL Nostalgic sentimentality is triggered by combining multiple senses such as spiritual, physical and visual memory. Various site specific interventions such as treehouses (spiritual), amphitheatre (visual), intuitive playgrounds (physical) create the opportunity to experience each one separately, while spatially connecting the multisensory experiences of the train ride and the wheat field, which combine to evoke a strong all-encompassing experience.

VISUAL AMPHITHEATRE

PHYSICAL PLAYGROUND

SPIRITUAL TREE HOUSES

URBAN RESET BOVISA | MILANO 1st YEAR - 2018 IN-BETWEEN Initiated with the idea of installing pieces of intervention in the hidden and ignored spaces between Bovisa and Affori, led to conscious design of inbetween spaces. We understood IN-Between spaces as the attractive merging points between the two environments and carried over the concept of blurring. An environment between built and nature was created by transparency, layering and senses. The prism experience, under the bridge and the green canal is treated as a bigger and emphasized IN-Between space in our stretch where human can interact with the two environments at the same time, through senses and experience. Principle of layering Layers are transformed to 2-Dimensional panels, Screens with which human can interact with touch and smell. Different transparent materials are used to erase bounderies and provide tactility.

BUILT SCAPE The project aims to enhance the experience of the space throughout the built environment in terms of a layering of various elements, which define the different spaces. In terms of spatial configuration, these layers are built in the form of two dimensional and three dimensional layering. Throughout the stretch these interventions enhance the verticality, materiality, transparency and the depth of the space.

Overscaled Green Overtaking Nature Canal In-B (4)

In-B (3)

Vertical

Connection

Under The Bridge

Built Enviroenemnt

Movement in realtion with

Rough Concrete

Air ( Heat )

NATURE The condition of the selected stretch has a major, prominent land of green nature, which was in the past completely disconnected from the other areas. Therefore, the natural treatment which enhance and increase experiential movement of the communities is treated in a layering of gradual flow of green patches which leads to the merging of the spaces all together in coherent and inviting way.

CONNECTION SCAPE

In terms of connecting two communities of Bovisa and Affori are coming together, on the other hand different users belonging to different age groups and background are also connected by creating a central community space at the site.

BUILT SCAPE Free flow movement throughout the site, by making the built opaque at the two opposite edge of the stretch and then gradually moving to the transparent center where people can connect more and are not restricted by barrires of built architecture.

NATURE SCAPE

To create a wholesome space, the green landscape an d built are layered. The nature is smoothly layered throughout the space, leading to blurring the boundaries between these two environments present in the Unseen and In-between spaces.

SENSE SCAPE

To enhance the experience of the space, the tactility with the site which lacks at present, senses are intensified. Hence making the site more interactive and userfriendly by connecting the user at personal level as well.

BOVISA

AFFORI

Spirit Di Milano

Villa Litta Park

SPATIAL GRAPH

NATURE SCAPE

Populus alba

Tall Grass

SECTIONS

SENSE SCAPE

BUILT SCAPE

PLAN

AXONOMETRIC

Tall Grass

[Populus alba

Bushes

Tall Grass

Perennial Plants

Populus alba

Short Grass

Ficus nitidia

Climbing Vines

Short Grass

Perennial plants

Moss

STORY Short Grass

Populus alba

Moss

Ficus nitidia

Short grass

Populus alba

W ORKSHO PS & C O MPET I T I O N

MELTING MOTION PORTA VENEZIA | MILANO 1st YEAR - 2018 WORKSHOP PAVILION IN PERFORMANCE

With uncontrollable urban construction scale and rising temperatures around the world, the cities are now facing another increasingly worrying problem - urban heat islands. Forming in densely built environments with heavy construction materials, these space are pockets of hot air, exposed to sun. Our project aims to use this phenomenon to create a dynamic urban installation, which would be the most powerful exactly when it is the hottest. Melting is a metaphor for the result of the builtscape we have built since centuries, resulting into liquid state by the increasing heat in the atmosphere. We use Wax as the element to show the process and the installation would be calculated to progress over the whole month of July in central Milan.

TRANSFORMATION OF FORM

It would transform from a almost invisible 2D form into a 3D space, taking over the very little open public space available on site and raising awareness about the decreasing accessibility to our own urban environment. Installation would conclude by completely melting down to the ground to give the space back for public use.

TRANSPARENCY

CURIOSITY

PERFORMANCE

DISAPPEARANCE

LIGHTHOUSE

LYGTEN STATION | COPENHAGEN 2ND YEAR - 2018 WORKSHOP CONNECTING COMMUNITIES

KEA CHARRETTE workshop held in copenhagen, intended to develop an interdisciplinary solution to urban issues in the local Copenhagen area. The Charette incorporated various subject areas such as Design and Communication, Multimedia Design and Production, Product Design, Industrial Design, Architecture & Building Construction. LYGTEN STATION Lygten Station is a concert venue , Comedy Club , Live music , cinema & cultural centre. It is a central cultural place located in the middle of Nørrebro / Nordvest , a diverse neighbourhood. People from different communities and cultures resides together in this area. Lygten station holds historic importance but lacks to invite the public and is exclusive to a certain group of audience. Connection to this place was designed by a simple concept of ‘Grow Together, Share Together’. Humans coming together to grow vegetation in a green house which is used by the cafe placed in the piazza infront of the station. ‘Farm to Kitchen’ resulted in a space ‘By the people, For the people’ of Nørrebro / Nordvest, and hence resulting into a more stronger connection with Lygten station.

CONCEPT

LOGO DESIGN

NIGHT VIEW Responding to the old structure of Lygten station, the glass roof is extruded out to maintain transparency in the space. To establish the station as a landmark and achieve safety, the structure was treated to as light source in the area. Hence the idea of LIGHTHOUSE.

VORTEX

PLACE DES JACOBINS | LYON, FRANCE YEAR - 2018 COMPETITION FĂ&#x160;TE DES LUMIĂ&#x2C6;RES

As part of the call of competition, seven locations were provided for the installation, event to be conducted. One of the seven Place des Jacobins, a historic piazza is located at the heart of Lyon. CONCEPT Created in 16th century, the piazza has gone through various historical changes. The time and environment kept on transforming but the architecture remained static, the main axis at the center. Therefore an installation around the fountain was designed as 3-Dimensional Vortex. The facades of the buildings surrounding, piazza ground and the fountain structure were involved in the experience of vortex, a time machine. The Vortex experience was built up by Four phases.

PERFORMANCE

TEARING

FADING

EMERGING

TRANSFORMING

ARCHITECTURE

CHILLI’S BAR & GRILL

CANNAUGHT PLACE | NEW DELHI, INDIA INTERHNSHIP - 2017

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During my internship at 42MM ARCHITECTURE, I got the opportunity to work on various projects from interior designt o architecture. Chili’s Grill & Bar is an American casual dining restaurant chain that features Tex-Mex-style cuisine. Our firm works on the implementation of prototype design of CHILI’S which is suppose to be same throughout the world. All the branches in India are designed by firm. As this branch is coming up at Connaught Place, center of Delhi and prominent heritage of tht city, we faced many challenges with the site. The site being small in size posed many challenges in designing as well as executing.

NEW DELHI AIRPORT

TERMINAL 4 | NEW DELHI, INDIA 4TH YEAR - 2016 Through my thesis i have explored design of an airport terminal building to enhance a passanger experience. An airport is more than a place to catch a flight - it is a gateway to a country, which needs to be addressed by all construction aspects like architecture, design, lighting, usablity, etc. Airports are deemed to be the most exciting places on earth, and whilst airports have offered us the first and last impressions of the very nations they serve. These structures can be seen as a transitory environment, and thus this thesis is an attempt to focus on design driven by the idea of ‘an airport which invokes image of a place’, through architecture and space. The most inevitable part of an airport design is its long span roof covering the whole travelling world under it. Long span structural roof design, helped me to explore the expressionist terminal design and imagery of “place”.

STRUCTURAL SYSTEM BIOMIMICRY Structures in nature

My Dissertation topic being Long Span Structures in nature allowed me to explore natures concept of CLOSE PACKAGING and its strength of material increasing if followed a particular pattern.

SENSE OF PLACE PATTERNS Nature | India’s architecture

Redefining the meaning of decoration in INDIAN ARCHITECTURE.The aim is to restore traditional and symbolic values, which is based on abstraction of certain patterns in many elements of indian culture.

FORM EXPLORATION Stability of structures was explored with physical models.This helped to understand the structural stability and aesthetics as well.

Spaces were designed keeping in mind the spatial experience. SITE Terminal 4, New Delhi (masterplan 2036) LOCATION The airport, spread over an area of 5,106 acres (2,066 ha), is situated in Palam, 15 km south-west of the New Delhi railway station and 16 Km from the city centre. 28deg 33’31.00” N 77deg 05’15.39 E SITE AREA FOR TERMINAL BUILDING Approx 20 Acres SITE DIMENSION 300 m * 290m The new terminal will come up on the old terminal.

STRUCTURE DETAILS

ROOF STRUCTURE

HOTEL & DUTY FREE LEVEL

DEPARTURE LEVEL

SERVICE & OFFICES LEVEL

ARRIVAL LEVEL

BASEMENT LEVEL Flow of Movement is an important planning aspect of terminal building design. Airport design requires beforehand extensive study of flow of passangers, staff and baggages. Fully planned movements are incorporated.

URBAN REVITALISATION BHIKAJI KAMA | NEW DELHI, INDIA 4TH YEAR - 2015 Urban Design is about making connections between people and places, movement and urban form, nature and the built fabric. Urban design transcends planning and transportation policy, architectural design, development economics, engneering and landscape. It draws these and other strands together creating a vision for an area and then deploying the resources and skills needed to bring the vision to life. Throughout the course of the project the focus was to understand the factors that governs the success of public spaces. It can be proportion of built forms and open spaces; it can be the activities happening in the space or it can be the materials used in that space. We studied many factors, analysed them and tried permutations and combinations to reach for a desirable solution. We learnt how combination of built forms affects the image of the city on a macro scale whereas also governs the behavior of activities around it on a micro scale. The district centre is on a 35 acre plot located on the arterial road of Delhi. This centre was designed to provide a focus for social and cultural life for a population of three million, along with the necessary commercial, recreational and working facilities. The proposed scheme contained 300 shops, commercial office development, a cinema, hotel, museum, art gallery, an open air theatre, parking at different levels and informal sector areas.

FAR - 3

CANAL REVITILIZATION

EXPERIENTIAL PEDESTRIAN MOVEMENT

GRAY WATER TREATMENT

BARRIER FREE PUBLIC MOVEMENT

VISION

EXISTING MOVEMENT PATTERN We considered this important before starting the design process because it is an integral part of the daily life cycle of people and we wanted to preserve it

POSSIBLE MOVEMENT PATTERN Using the crowd influx points and initial movement patterns, possible movement patterns were discovered along the shortest routes.

PROPOSED SITE Due to the potential of site being in the centre of the city on the arterial road and govt promoting transit oriented development, we â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;included the land for upcomin metro station into our proposal.

FINAL MOVEMENT PATTERN Some movement patterns were rationalised and positions of plazas were determined so that every plot faces a plaza.

BARRIER FREE PEDESTRIAN MOVEMENT For a barrier fre pedestrian movement, vehicular movement is diverted into tunnels and the ground above it is transformed into a public realm .

FINAL STREETS AND PLAZAS To increase legibility, streets were categorised into a central spine wide along the drain , primary streets and secondary streets. Diffrent shapes of the plazas were based on biophilic patterns to maintain a balance of mystery and prospect.

REVITALISATION OF DRAIN There is an existing rain water drain flowing near the site. We proposed to treat the water and channel it through the site and use it as design feature to enhance the public experience.

FINAL PLOTS Plot boundaries emerged after identifying the streets and plazas. These are also defined on basis of balanced area distribution, accessibility connection with the public realm and several other factors.

No motorised vehivcles were allowed in the complex to promote pedestrianisation . All the buildings adjacent to the pedestrain walkways/streets could only have public function on the ground and first floor so that the public realm was always active and diverse. Parking was proved in the basement but for high prices to promote use of public transport. Paratransit movement was proposed through and around the site. Media facades were promoted on the ring road as all vehicular traffic was diverted into tunnnels. This could give the complex a national idendity as there is no media facades in India on this scale yet.

The built forms proposed were governed by some factors. 1. Building floor plate width was kept between 20-25 mtrs to get ample amount of daylight. 2. For comfortable scale of built environment, the street width to building height ratio was kept between 1:1 io 1:2. 3. High rise towers were made only adjacent to the plazas.

DANCING ABODE

ARAVALI HILLS | NEW DELHI, INDIA 2ND YEAR - 2013 I believe that the way people live can be directed a little by architecture. -TADAO ANDO

Residence Design was introduced as a 4th Semester Studio Design exercise. The project was to design a residence for an inspiring celebrity by following the design principles of a renowned architect. The site allocated for this project had contoured topography. This exercise was important because it demanded to understand the role of site’s topography in functioning of a building. I chose Ashley Lobo to be the celebrity client and Tadao Ando as the architect. The first step was to read and understand the client’s personality and requirements and the architect’s design philosophy. Tadao Ando’s architecture is about recapturing the natural sense of going from one place to another and feeling certain magnetic or spiritual forces on the way. And this spatial design approach has always inspired me to focus onto inner spaces than a facade of a building. Through this exercise, my approach to architecture was transformed and more focused on spatial experience of architecture.

When conceptualizing his structures Ando takes inspiration from Zen philosophies as an underlying constant, with the interplay of nature and artificial structures often resulting in complex interweaving three- dimensional designs that come together to form large geometric shapes which transverse both interior and exterior spaces â&#x20AC;&#x201C; intended to represent the dual nature of existence.

GROUND FLOOR PLAN

FIRST FLOOR PLAN

VIEW

AXES

GULMOHAR PARK | NEW DELHI, INDIA 2ND YEAR - 2013 Community Center Design was introduced as a 3rd Semester Studio Design exercise. The project was to design a community center at Gulmohar Park, Delhi to let public gather for group activities, social support, information and a space where community can enjoy various ocassions and traditions. The site alocated for this project had flat topography and surrounded by residences. Centrally placed building needed an identity and provide functions for all age groups. CONCEPT Surrounded by residences, center structure needed an identity and act as a landmark for the area. The structure design was evolved out from planes at different angles, breaking the monotony of surrounding structure. The walls were designed in such a way so that the perspective views are enhanced. Two main axis were maintained and the functional spaces were planned according to axis.

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