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KEVAL SAKARIA Architect & MSc in Urban Planning and Policy Design

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KEVAL SAKARIA Architect & Urban Planner and Policy Designer

Hello!

I’m Keval an Architect and Masters student of Urban planning from Milan, Italy.

My educational and professional journey over the last few years has provided me with many Challenging experiences which include working with a diverse set of colleagues, consultants, governmental bodies. My career choices have given me exposure to a global work environment and lifestyle.

My interest lies in Urbanism, Architecture, and Graphic Designing. Being a selfmotivated learner-driven by the anxiety to learn new things, I constantly quest to learn and relate every aspect of work to the world outside. Which portrays an understanding of the need of society with respect to my work.

I believe in accepting new challenges every day to increase my knowledge in the field of my interest.

This portfolio is the compilation of some selected academic and professional works, which reflects my interests and abilities in the field of Art, Architecture and Urban Planning.

Via Alessandro Pestalozza, 11, 20131 (MI), Italy t: +39 389 6484869 e: kevalnanjibhai.sakaria@mail.polimi.it

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shifting lambro Milano, Italy

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towards eco-district...

Milano, Italy

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integrated community housing Mumbai, India

24 I 239

mixed use development Baroda, India

30 I 33

arthut gallery Rajkot, India

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shifting lambro Academic Project Milano, Italy 2018 Prof. Antonio Longo Prof. Matteo Motti Re-discover the role of the Lambro along the valley starting from its features.

The river Lambro, located in a complex palimpsest where different elements coexist together and define various territories, is nowadays an element in background and for different reasons the opportunities of its Valley are hidden and underused.

Understanding such a large and complex territory is extremely necessary to describe and analyze its features that characterize the Valley and to define some urban questions.

These questions are the starting point to define a concept and a strategy for the Valley, where water is identified as the resource to rediscover the river and to think for new development.

Three sub-strategies are set according to the different roles that water can play in the strategical areas to define a multi-scale approach and a long term vision. So it is possible to offer scenarios of some strategical areas as examples of strategy’s development to define the new palimpsest of the valley, in which the river and its features will have a central role.

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The new asset for the Valley of Lambro structured by a series of common features that come from the former issues of the Valley; and the three strategical areas (Cascinazza, Rubattino, Melegnano) that have been selected to present scenarios are considered as strong examples of three real different pilot projects (according to their position, their own features and their relationships with the river) to demonstrate that the river has interesting nodes that can be the opportunity to rediscover the Valley.

This project tries to focus the attention on simple but important issues: it wants to be based on the features that characterize the valley and to propose a flexible, multi-scale and long- term approach.

The Valley will be not only an important geographical element of the Region but a system on which people can enjoy and deal with the river, rediscover also cultural, historical and social values of the complex territory in which the river is based.

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Cascinazza

15 km

Rubattino

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From close to open

Melegnano

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From not-work to network

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“To Lambro” is proposed as strong and structural interventions related to the transformations area (AT) that are spread in the Valley. They are a huge opportunity to rethink their position, their functions and their relationships with the urban surroundings through water management.

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Abandoned

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Rescaling

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Fragmentation

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Temporary

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Bypass road

Along Lambro

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Multi-scale Strategies

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“From Lambro� is proposed as a punctual set of interventions (local and site scale) directly related to the flood risk, to shift it into an opportunity for agriculture (especially) but also for leisure and water sensitive areas.

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AFTER

Connections

AFTER

Slow mobility

Activities

Boxes

Public spaces

AFTER

Before

Firms Connections

AFTER

Activities

From Lambro

15 km

Pipes

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Before

Water collectors

Roofs

Water collectors

Firms

Canal (OUT)

The peri-agricultural land - Cascinazza The Villoresi and the system of agricultural fields along the canal and along the Lambro could be a huge opportunity to enhance this periagricultural reality in the metropolitan area. The relationship between the river and the cascinas could be a strong element to increase the economic aspects related to the agriculture but also to increase social and cultural aspects, related to the presence of some leisure areas in the urban areas close to Monza

Garbagnate Milanese Muggiò

The axes of public facilitie Monza

Brugherio

The strategical area of Rubattino appears as a node where the relationship between the city and Lambro is strong (the river, thanks to the presence of leisure areas close to it, plays an active role as connector) and at the same time as a node at the larger scale, working as a door for the north-south and east-west connections in the metropolitan system.

Monza

Villoresi canal

Railways station

Sport center

Lambrate FS

CittĂ studi

Sport center

Forlanini park

Scenarios for three strategical areas

es - Rubattino

The heritage system - Melegnano

Monza

Sesto San Giovanni Cologno Monzese Milan

Enhancing the relationships between some cascinas through the reuse of water as the opportunity to deal with Lambro could improve the economic and social value of some places. The use of water collected from flood risk and its reuse for irrigation is an economic opportunity, while the food production and the agricultural activities could enhance social relationships between casinas and citizens.

Milan San Donato Milanese San Giuliano Milanese

Melegnano Cerro al Lambro

Sant’Angelo lodigiano San Colombano al Lambro

Milan Chiaravalle Viboldone

Cascina Santa Brera

Rocca Brivio

Cascina Cappuccina

View from the cascinas of Cascinazza

View from the Melegnano agricultural fields

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Towards Eco-District...

Academic Project Milano, Italy 2017 Prof. Balducci Alessandro Prof. Bruzzese Maria Antonella

The project area, Porto di Mare, is located in the south-east part of Milan, at the border between the edge of the city and the rural and agricultural countryside.

The area has faced multiple problems during the years and the area is still affected by bad stigma today. The area has been exposed to illegal activities and occupation, environmental pollution and besides, there are big barriers that distance the area from its adjacent neighbourhoods in the east.

The area is under environmental degradation, it is an area with the impression of insecurity and it is an area with a scarcity of services.

For this, the strategic vision is to develop Porto di Mare as a Strong centrality. The objective is to create functions and vibrant spaces that support Eco-Social activities within the area as well as new users of spaces.

Three strategies have been derived to achieve strategic vision; to develop, to secure and to preserve.

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‘To develop’ is aiming to improve an area with degraded buildings, insufficient services, and transportation systems, the strategy formed was of a well-covering scale, with the focus to introduce new qualitative spaces and services.

‘To secure’ is to provide a solution to eliminate the existent prejudice, intervened both physically and mentally. The strategy is formed to enhance safety and security, while also eliminating the bad stigma.

‘To preserve’ is related to several environmentally related problems, to preserve micro-climates in the area, to provide a multifunctional solution and to develop green and blue infrastructure.

This project tries to focus on future vision with the hope to transform Porto di Mare into a safe area where people want to be and can fulfill their daily needs. Porto di Mare will become a new eco-district which provide its surroundings with important green nature and services.

inside outside

Santa Giulia

Mazzini

Rogoredo

Nosedo Water Treatment Plant

Chiaravalle

Urban Metabolism of Area Areas

Connections

Insecurities

Potentiality

Functions

Educational Area

Railway Connection

Insecure Area

Cascinas

Mono-Functional Area

Public Services

Railway Connection

Existing Dump-site

Potential active network

Area Under Restructuring

Commercial Area

State Road Connection

Concentration of Bad Stigma

Parco Cassinis

Religious Area

National Highway Connection

Weak Connections

Protected Green Area

Potential Shift for New Functions

Industrial Area Recreational Area Water Elements Urban Green Area Agricultural Area Agricultural Area

Areas in Decay

Great potential for strong centrality

36 085 Residents in the Area

To Develop - Create functions and vibrant spaces - Make the area permeable, usable, liveable, enjoyable - Provide a platform to new services

To Secure ??

An area under environmental degradation - Polluted area - andfill asteland scrape - Green space without character

An area with impression of insecurity - Physical and social degradation of area - Drug dealers - Illegal occupations - Lack of permeability - Isolated area

An area with scarcity of services - The abandonment of buildings - Lack of proper functions - Informal settlements - Lack of public services

How to Protect and enhance the Ecological features?

To Preserve

- Create functions and vibrant spaces - Make the area permeable, usable, liveable, enjoyable - Provide a platform to new services

Introducing different functions (like small term public bid projects) to identify the future needs for local cohesion and social inclusion Increasing pedestrian areas with the criteria of security and permeability

Phase_1

Enhance visibility and movement

Protection of wildlife habitats + creating new bird habitat Taking advantage of sharing Cities digital platform and newly introduced Open-Agri community, to create cultural and educational hubs Facilitate the productive fabric and the renewal of urban economy oriented to young people To recover the degraded area through re-qualification process or transferring existing rights

Phase_2

Create a district park equipped with leisure and recreational facilities Implementing sustainable solutions for the new development Introducing a new category of economic activities both public and private based on advance services, research and innovation

Improve the Multi-mobility network to connect with existing and future proposed urban Nods

Promoting urban garden and enhancing peri-urban agriculture

Phase_3

Future vision for strategical area

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INTEGRATED COMMUNITY HOUSING B.Arch. Thesis Mumbai, India 2015 Prof. Anand Achari

The aim is to demonstrate a design solution that generates the opportunities of the ‘LIVE-WORK-PLAY’ model for integrated community living.

Our world is changing. Globalisation has shifted cultural specificities. It has transformed communication networks and has radically changed the population density, diversity and economy of our cities. At the same time, modern advances in science, technology, and industry have significantly influenced the way we live, how long we live and where we live.

Many developing countries are experiencing rapid urban growth due to their high economic growth rate. Architects, urban designers, theorists and artists all over the world are responding to the explosion of urbanism.

Some are examining how we live and the effects of our urban environments. Many are imagining new forms of cities, which are socially democratic, promote social cohesion and which respond to the urgent need to create sustainable environments.

By proposing such a program it is believed that buildings, residences, shops, and services built in close proximity of each other, enable more efficient use of services and resources thus creating a more convenient and enjoyable place to live.

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MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT OPENIDEAS LLP Baroda, Gujarat, India 2015 -

The aim is to build an urban hybrid development proposal that combines characteristics of city dwelling ‒ privacy with the characteristics of suburban life, gardens, a neighborhood mixed-use community.

Environmental, economic, and cultural sustainability are foundational elements of the project.

The project consists of 160 apartments of 4 different types and 720 twin bungalows. A cohesive landscaping plan foresees a wide variety of fruit trees in the courtyard, in both the private and public areas.

An important aspect of the project is the high quality of construction in combination with relatively low prices. Clients will be able to buy a more or less finished house ‒ comparable to the basic model of a new car ‒ with options leading up to almost fully fit and finish possible. Homeowners with little money can, therefore, delay investment and still live in high quality, new build home.

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Aerial view of general masterplan

General masterplan

12 mts. Road

18 mts. Road

24 mts. Road

Roundabout

Aerial view from Roundabout

Construction work progress towards the end 2016

View from common open space

Construction work progress around middle of 2017

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ARTHUT GALLERY CW interiors I Publication ‘A Work of Art’ Sep 2018 link

From an industrial warehouse to an art gallery, ArtHut Gallery in Rajkot scripts a story of positive changes.

ArtHUT Gallery in Rajkot is a 1,000 sq yard green space with a stone structure that is over 50 years old, which previously served as a godown (storehouse). The space is an idea incubator and a platform for sharing different perspectives and is used as an art gallery, a workshop space or simply a space that can adapt itself to the context of any event or purpose.

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The openings of the roofs were made transparent and the interior surfaces were made light and reflective.

Minor details like the lifted service bar above the flooring were carried out to dignify the existing flooring finish.

Abhishek Panelia, Founder, ARPA Design

The aged wooden roof and the battered stone flooring were restored and repaired to bring out their original appealing character.

The entrance was cleared of minor installations and plant materials to disclose the striking texture of the restored basalt stone wall.

A Work of Art

From an industrial warehouse to an art gallery, ArtHut Gallery in Rajkot scripts a story of positive changes

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rtHUT Gallery in Rajkot is a 1,000 sq yard green space with a stone structure that is over 50 years old, which previously served as a godown. The space is an idea incubator and a platform for sharing different perspectives and is used as an art gallery, a workshop space or simply a space that can adapt itself to the context of any event or purpose.

When Keval Sakaria of Studio Black Space and Abhishek Panelia of ARPA Design came together to refurbish the space, they wanted to carry forward the already existing sustainable features and add to the list. “Sustainability is a perspective one adapts to make any project feasible. For us, this space was sustaining itself for the past five decades. Initially, as an industrial warehouse (established in 1959), then as an artist’s workshop and a graphic design studio till 2017. Although the issues of nurturing the structure were cramping with

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Keval Sakaria, Founder, Studio Black Space

time but the project was flexible enough to adapt to the ever-changing requirements. Hence sustainability in terms of design and resources were already a pivotal part of the project, and all we did was enhance its existing spatiality to continue its legacy as a productive building,” Sakaria says.

The positive trajectory curve in this project was the client who is a visionary artist/graphic designer in the region of Saurashtra. He is strongly inspired by Saurashtra’s rich culture of art and craft and realised that very few platforms expose them for appreciation amongst other artists and residents. “Our designs were based on this very idea and it became easy for us to recognise this heritage structure as an exhibit itself. We decided to celebrate this existing ambience, which led to a minimal approach of design that also incorporated utilising existing material and resources around the site,” Panelia says.

The major challenge of this project for them was to keep a check on the design interventions, as even the slightest change could have desolated the existing ambience. Repair work and modifications were finished within a strict timeline and budget and the gallery turned out to be an inspirational space for artists and creative people.

Contact: Keval Sakaria, B-25, Aalap Century, Pushkardham Main Road, Near AG Chowk, Rajkot - 360005, Email: keval.092@gmail.com

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This article was featured in CW INTERIORS, India’s first B2B Interiors magazine from the house of ASAPP Info Global Services Pvt Ltd. For more details on the magazine visit www.cwinteriors.in or mail: sub@ASAPPinfoGLOBAL.com for subscription and sales@ASAPPinfoGLOBAL.com to advertise.

PHOTO COURTESY: DHRUPAD SHUKLA

The positive trajectory curve in this project was the client who is a visionary artist/ graphic designer in the region. He is strongly inspired by rich culture of art and craft and realised that very few platforms expose them for appreciation amongst other artists and residents. Our designs were based on this very idea and it became easy for us to recognise this heritage structure as an exhibit itself. We decided to celebrate this existing ambience, which led to a minimal approach of design that also incorporated utilising existing material and resources around the site.

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View of the exterior space

View of the interior space

View from the attic floor space

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SERIGRAPHY Print making 2017

This creative work combines two sets of portfolios: a set of ten postcards under the theme of ‘Heritage of Ahmedabad’, and the other one is a set of four posters with different illustrations.

‘Heritage of Ahmedabad’ is a series of postcards to celebrate the occasion of Ahmedabad becoming the first UNESCO World heritage city of India. Each postcard is depicting different illustrations like heritage monuments, famous buildings, sketches reflecting the identity of the heritage city.

This work portrays our love and passion for art and architecture and a constant quest to convey our thoughts to society through different mediums.

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‘The First Ray’

size - 42 x 29.7 cm

‘Searching Self’ size - 42 x 29.7 cm

‘Heritage of Ahmedabad’ size - 14 x 9 cm

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Keval Sakaria t: +39 389 6484869 e: kevalnanjibhai.sakaria@mail.polimi.it