DESIGN APPROACH

from Kibriya Firoz Graduate Architecture Portfolio (2018-2023)

The main Design Concept was to create a user friendly Hospital with modern architectural style. The facade and site Environment is enhance to refresh the user exprience of patients, visitors and the working staffs.

The Facade is treated with full height glazing Glasses covered MS curtain walls. There are three connecting bridges of which two are inside and one is open to air. A triple heighted lobby is created to connect the two blocks.

Site Plan

CIRCULATION ICU

OUT-PATIENT DPT. DELIVERY SUITE

SEMI PRIVATE OBSTETRIC WARD

DIAGNOSTICS OPERATION TH. RADIOLOGY NICU

CSSD DELIVERY SUITE

LABORATORY MALE WARD

KITCHEN FEMALE WARD

EMERGENCY DPT.

The central block connects both the building blocks with running 2.5m corridor acting as a internal balcony, which also ease the ciculation inside the Hospital. Large full height Glasses allows ample amount of sunlight to enter inside to luminate the central block and corridor. There are total 5 saircases for fire emergency, each department is attached to a staircase thus incase of fire they can easily access that without running along the building.

TRIPLE HEIGHT LOBBY WITH RECEPTION AND CAFETERIA

" Mai Khuwabo Meh Ek Khuwab Sa Dekhta Hu

Mai Aksar Khudko Tereh Pass Dekhta Hu

Jo Sadrkay Tereh Ghar Seh Hokar Guzartay Hai

Mai Un Rasto Par Khudko Chalta Dekhta Hu "

ALEEZA

Doctor's Residence

5th Semester

Designing a 4 BHK Residence with a Doctor Chamber in the Ground Floor.

Design Concept Form Development

During the Pandemic , citizen were restricted to their home, which was quite monotonous. Thus to over come this the main design concept was to create a Space for all age group , which could be both safe and entertaining.

The Design has two parts, The Doctor’s Chamber and the Residence, both are intregated but yes with safety measure and no hindrance to the Residents. The Common spaces have almost no internal walls to keep a sence of togetherness inside the home.

It has 4 Bed Rooms, 3+3 Toilets, 4 Balconies, Mini Library, Gaming Zone, Bar, Swimming Pool, 2 Car Parking and Garden.

1. Initial Massing

Site Plan

EAST SIDE ELEVATION

NORTH SIDE ELEVATION

WEST SIDE ELEVATION

SOUTH SIDE ELEVATION

Bedroom Kitchen

Chandeliers , by nature ,plays the leading role in decoration

Architects can Design Spaces, but it is the people who makes them to feel as a Home

" Kya Huwa Tha Kabir Zara Pata Toh Chalay

Waqt Kya Horaha Tha Ghari Banatay Huweh "

Mixed Use Complex

5th Semester

Designing a Mixed Use Complex with a Shopping Mall and a Office Block in Dalhousie , Kolkata.

MODERN STYLE + COLLONIAL STYLE

The main Intend behind the design was to club Modern Architecture and the traditional Collonial Style of Architecture. The Site given is located at DalHousie, Kolkata. All the adjacent buildings are Collonial and designed by British Architect. Thus Creating a Link Between Modern and Classical Architecture without Dis-respecting the surrounding the design evolve in this way that the entrance of the site has collonial entrance while the inside environment is modern, thus the user experience a transition effect while moving inside the complex.

The Office Building is totally modern with full height glass facade and few exposed circular columns with the play of mass and void. The Demand for Parking was huge thus the double basement car parking facility has been designed which can accomodate more than 650 cars.

The Central Plaza has a Semi Permeable Shell Structure which acts as a shaded connection between the Parking block and Mall block. It also gives a shade to the site which encourage people to roam outside even when there is a bright sun. It is also designed for Seasonal Exhbition and events to go along , without hindering Mall's environment.

Multipurpose Hall

Office Block

CORRIDOR & BRIDGE CONNECTION

SEATING & INTERACTIVE SPACES

MALL BLOCK

The Central Corridor of the Main Mall Block has lots of voids creating a visual connection from the ground floor to the upper floors. Connecting bridges are made with translucent glass to enhance the user experience.