CONTENTS
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Landscapes of Power- Spatial strategies for Energy Transition in Luxembourg
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Negotiating CollectivityCollective Social Housing In Luxembourg
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Social Housing In RotterdamPromoting Communal Living
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Edges In TransitionThe Eastern Waterfront Reclamation, sasson Dock
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An Idea Of Virtual ExistenceConcept Design For VR Museum
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Landscapes of PowerSpatial strategies for Energy Transition in Luxembourg
Nature; Location: Spatial Planning, Energy transition; Esch-Sur-Alzette (LU) Type; Year: Master thesis/ induvidual work (2021) Tools used: ArcGis, Rhinoceros 7, Adobe Suite Preface: Energy and Space have a reciprocal relationship. This relationship between energy and space has always been driven by necessity and the drive for development. The extraction and consumption of fossil fuels like coal, oil, and gas, and energy infrastructures like minefields, and power plants, dictated the perception of energy-space, its use, and its qualities. However, the drive towards energy transition, and the advent of renewable sources of energy like wind, solar and geothermal energy, uses space in a different way, although 95% of Luxembourg’s energy demands are fueled by its imports from the neighbouring countries, the dependence has increased the greenhouse emissions in the country. By studying, mapping, and analyzing the existing energy frameworks and consumption scapes of the state, a framework for transitioning to renewable energy (R.E.) sources is presented, A regional design, comprising of a set of spatial strategies and a Strategic Plan for the country provides pathways for an adaptive, inclusive, and collaborative energy transition trends in energy. Master thesis research questions: How can regional design of energy production landscapes create a framework for energy transition in Luxembourg?
Scales of intervention
Urban-Energy integration Principle Energy production
Greater Region
Energy storage
Luxembourg- Regional Framework
Esch-Sur-Alzette (Micro Interventions)
Strategic Zoomins (Local Interventions)
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Energy storage
Multi-Dimensional Analysis Energy production
Design Interventions
Problem Analysis 1
Spatial analysis for energy potentials:
Solar Solar potential
Introducing a 1x1km grid as a common spatial analysis unit
Wind potential
Overlaying energy potentials to evaluate the spatial grid
Regional design formulated according to energy potentials Wind
Bio-mass potential
Spatial potential
Bio-mass
Regional design
Spatial
Social potential
Social
Spatial design typologies based on scale:
Rooftop PV
Wind farms
Power plants
Off- shore farms
Small scale pv plants
Small scale turbines
Pv integrated to roads
Wind turbines integrated to roads
Residual agriculture
High co2 emmiting industries
Industrial ecological remediation
Small scale industries
Forest residue usage
District heating
Biomass power plant
Past industrial sites
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Proposals: Localising in Esch-Sur-Alzette Luxembourg
Topography
Sites selected to illustrate local impacts: Esch-Sur-Alzette
Networks
Industrial Buildings
Clockwise: Cloos sand & gravel quarry; Old mining building, Esch Sur Alzette
Clockwise: Old industrial site at terre rouge, Esch Sur Alzette
Strategic increase in energy generation landscapes:
Densification of energy production infrastructure
Diversification of energy production means
Integrated energy production
Better transmission of energy produced
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Create multi-functional energy landscapes through crossprogramming: Cross programming mobility and renewable energy
Cross programming waste management and renewable energy
Integrating energy & landuses such as roads and buildings
Ecological remediation & reconfiguration: Energy storage infrastructure as a part of the urban fabric
Downsize and adapt heavy industries to produce clean energy
Ecological remediation of polluted industrial sites
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Proposals: Visualization Reconfiguration of the industrial sites-Terre rouge, Esch
Ecological remediation through energy infrastructure
Reconnecting & restoring polluted landscapes through energy infrastructure
Adaptive reuse of the past industrial buildings & infrastructure
Energy infrastructure incorprated into the urban infrastructure
Clockwise: Collages showing the vision for energy transition in Luxembourg (Images from Esch-Sur-Alzette) 5
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Negotiating CollectivityCollective Social Housing In Luxembourg
Nature; Location: Housing prototypes; Esch-Sur-Alzette (LU) Type; Year: Academic IBA ALZETTE/ induvidual work (2020) Tools used: Archicad, Rhinoceros 7, Adobe Suite, V-ray Preface: ‘‘Negotiating collectivity’’ rethinks how we approach our future homes, neighborhoods, and cities. The project puts an emphasis on communal spaces at the expense of private space, at its most elaborate, the communal space can include a plethora of engaging activities, and it’s a concept that’s getting some traction over the past few years. Architecturally, the idea is to reaffirm the concept of modularity & the idea that housing units that are built today are mere repetitions with no relation whatsoever to the residents living in them, and at the same time make them affordable for the common public. The project reinforces the notion that houses are for living and not an investment for the affluent class of people.
Site design principles: Site Location
Revival of Alzette river
Adaptive re-use of existing buildings
Mixed-Use development
Industrial heritage conservation 6
Conceptual framework: Living units:
Ideal mass propotion
Core circulation component
Site attributes
Micro flat
Play area
Studio
Park
Duplex
Library/reading Unit generation
Waterfront
Collective laundary
Collective kitchen
Bicycle stand
Common area
Core structural component Cluster setup
Basic programs
Agglomeration
Co-working
Living units: Site attributes: Micro flats-20 sqm
1 Park
Duplex-60 sqm
2 Garden area 3 Play area 4 Revived Alzette riverfront
Studio-40 sqm
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Perspective Section:
Proposals: Shared infrastructure visualization Co-Working areas in the ground floor
Collective kitchens
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Proposals: External visualization In-Between spaces doubling as areas of social interaction
Rejuvinated Alzette river front boosting the livability standards of the area
Riverfront acting as an interaction point
Recreational areas incorprated into the site attributes
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Social Housing In Rotterdam, NetherlandsPromoting Communal Living
Nature & Location: Social housing; Rotterdam (NL) Type & Year: Professional/Internship (2021) Tools used: Archicad, Rhinoceros 7, Adobe Suite, Twin-motion Preface: The project focuses on this dichotomy of affordability & suitability of housing in the port city of Rotterdam. By drastically reducing construction costs through design interventions, materiality, & prototyping dwelling units, the project aims to tackle the issues such as affordable housing for the younger sections of the society & the non-stop urban fringe development thats been happening due to raising costs, and provide an optimal place to live within the proximity of the city.
Morphology of the block: Commercial function, parking spaces in the ground floor with double height (6m)
Vertical densification of the FSI
Place/Space making for different vertical functions
Addition of public/private outdoor spaces & green areas
Roof gardens
Terraces Courtyard
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Space Allocation for solar pannels
Space Allocation for vertical green areas
Circulation: Internal vs External
Plinth Functions
Final design
Commercial Bike Parking Car Parking Corridors, Lifts External Courtyard
Dwelling units Generation
Type 1 Type 2 Type 3 Type 4 Type 5 Type 6 Type 7 Type 8 Type 9 Type 10 Type 11
Collective Functions
Co-Working areas Laundry rooms
Communal Kitchens
Rental spaces
Type 12
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Typical residential floor Plans First Floor:
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Second floor:
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Rental spaces Storage areas
Communal Kitchen
Shared Laundary
Clusters with partial access
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Proposal Visualization
Perspective Section:
Frontal facade
+51.30m +48.30m +45.30m +42.30m +39.30m Central Courtyard as an Interaction/Connecting area
+36.30m +33.30m +30.30m +27.30m +24.30m +21.30m +18.30m
+15.00m Commercial functions in synergy with the waterfront +12.00m +9.00m +6.00m +3.00m
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Edges In TransitionThe Eastern Waterfront Reclamation, sasson Dock
Mapping the eastern waterfront & the Sassoon dock:
Nature & Location: Coatal waterfront development, Master planning; Mumbai (IN) Type & Year: Bachelor graduation thesis/Individual work (2017) Tools used: Autocad, Sketchup, 3ds max, Adobe Suite, V-ray, Preface: A coastline of a massive 1800 acres, the eastern waterfront of Mumbai hosts multiple harbours and trading ports and one of them is the sassoon dock, built in 1875, it is one of the six docking stations on the eastern waterfront of the city and over time it has thrived as a marketplace for fishermen and traders from the far corners of the Arabian peninsula. Over time, with rapid urbanization, this dock has been left in a dilapidated condition. The project revolves around rejuvenating the Sassoon dock and analysing the morphological impacts of urbanization on the fringes of the city of Mumbai.
Natural park
Harbour line
Urban Morphological Mapping:
MUMBAI CITY
Central dock
Public promenade
Building usage Resource areas Offices
Figure ground Fish processing Abandoned spaces
Auction areas
Built
Un-built Sassoon Dock
Active Frontage High
Active Frontage Medium
Low
Workers
Public usage
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Proposals: Master plan
LEGEND: 1 Service entrance 4 Vehicle entrance 7 Parking-Public
10 Info desk
13 Loading bay
16 Dorms
19 Export shed
22 Workers area
25 Garden
28 Fishing podium
2 Public entrance
5 Vehicle exit
8 Fish market
11 Bay- Trucks
14 Workshop
17 Fuel depo
20 Loading dock
23 Lift room
26 Hotel-Public
29 Gallery of Sasson dock
3 Pedestrian way
6 Parking
9 Public restrooms 12 Fish processing
15 Green platform
18 Truck shops
21 Parking B1
24 Cafe
27 Yatch dock
30 Entrance tower 15
Isometric breakdown:
The new gallery of Sasson dock:
Axonometric view Food tower Residential development View tower
Fish market & processing
Community Centre
Public- Markets, Green areas Public
Proposed Interventions
Private Private
Connectivity Private
Connectivity Proposed fish market and processing area
Yatch Dock Trawler Dock Proposed
Existing zones
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An Idea Of Virtual ExistenceConcept Design For VR Art gallery
Nature & Location: Immersive architecture, Virtual reality, HCI; Luxembourg (LU) Type & Year: Professional/Freelance work (2022) Tools used: Unreal engine, Blender, Metashape, Adobe after effects, Spark AR Preface: As a bit to study the dynamics between virtual & physical spaces and how both could be integrated seamlessly and an immersive experience could be created as a part of an ongoing venture with nocturn absl, an idea of a virtual art gallery/museum is envisioned to study, understand & process how our sensory experience & the perception of space differs in an interactive virtual space. The project also aims to bring tools such as VR, AR & MR into the mainstream field of visual arts & architecture as an alternative to large scale physical gathering of people, resources & finance, which was disrupted due to the pandemic in early 2020. This rudimentary exploration allows users to interact with the art gallery and the art installations within the confines of their homes through various hand/gesture controls that are predefined and allows they will experience being within a virtual space as a euclidean part of the physical world.
Virtual world conceptual view
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Virtual world navigation:
Various interactions to explore different elements of the gallery:
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Interactive digital art:
Artist corner, digital installations:
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