Kshitij Churi
Hello! I am a fourth year, seventh semester student studying in Kamla Raheja Vidyanidhi College of Architecture & Environmental Studies.
Creating experiences is something that I have always been passionate about. Be it through photography, film-making or architecture. Architecture has thus always been a medium for me to explore the ideas of how these experiences can be choreographed to set up a play.
KSHITIJ CHURI
kshitijchurikshitij_churichurikshitij@gmail.com9763018359India/9503960856
Seeking a position as an architectural intern from 14th November 2022 to 14th May 2023 (6 Months)Mumbai,
Third in Maharashtra (Abacus)
Photography Elective Kunal Bhatia
20162019Ongoing RENDERING/MODELLINGCADAutocadArchicadQGISSketchupRhinoPOSTPhotoshopIndesignLightroomIllustratorPremeireProHanddraftingModelmaking 2019 Semester 1 2019 Semester 2 2021 Semester 4 2021 Semester 5 2022 Semester 6 2022 Semester 7 LANGUAGES HindiMarathiEnglish 2020 Semester
Third Place Chess (Vasai Kala Krida)
EXPERIENCE/WORKSHOPSEDUCATION
SKILLS
Rupturing Architecture of the Heteronormative Aishwarya Padmanabhan
Democratizing the Geo-spatial Abhijit Ekbote
The Moving Pin-up Ankush Chandran
Digital Workflows Ankush Chandran, Mamta Patwardhan, Rutika Parulkar
Art and Architecture Percy Pithawala
Photography, Cinematography, Chess, Travel, Trekking
Second Place Chess (Virar kala Krida)
Nirmala College of Science and Commerce, Kandivali (East)
Study trip committee Class AurangabadAmbedkarKaranjaRepresentativeBookBookCompilation202220222022202020192016201420132010
CURRICULUM VITAE INTERESTS
National English School, I.C.S.E, Virar (W) ICSE 3
Looking in/ Looking out Prajakta Potnis
ACHIEVEMENTS
Kamla Raheja Vidyanidhi Institute for Architecture and Environment Studies (K.R.V.I.A), Juhu Mumbai University
HSC State Board
FIDE Chess Rating (Mayor’sCup,Bandra)
The BeaconGirdling01 Karanja Marine Edge 02 Surging Sierra03 DrawingsWorking04 4270 1395 680 4340 680 RECEPTION AMBULATORY CARE UNIT DISPOSAL DIRTY UTILITY RECEPTION WARDS +450 mm +450 mm +300 mm +450 mm LIFTSHAFT1.851.9M LIFTSHAFT1.85X1.9M WAITING AREA +450 mm ROOMEXAMINATION+450mm CONSULTATION+450mm WAITING AREA +450 mm LOBBY+450 mm LOBBY+450 mm STORAGE+450mm C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 C10 C12 C14 C15 C17 C16 C18 C19 C20 C22 C23 C24 C25 C27 C28 C29 C34C44C43 C9 C49 C13 C26 C50C51 C54 C55 PHARMACY+450mm WAITING AREA +450 mm 23 800730 10002550 730 2750 3575 2620 2375 1775 1390 1775 1390 4615 6550 3020 4750 250533001500 1040 1540 900 900 1030 1525 6535 2535810 1000 810 6625 800 66251950 4340 1395 800 25908004270 680 680 2430 1750540 540 13952125 2125 3370 3120 1525 800 7220 1075 10752750 5625 439536257956600 5625 675 1350 675 4340 2320 1160 W1 W1 2010 2185 1350 W4 D4 D5 W2 D10 D10 3125 1170 31257450 +450 mm WARDS 675 2100 1300 3750 3625 3625 100 7000 7000 7000 1425 35001425 3500 13 14 15 16 7000100 17 12 4 8 10 11 22232120 8500 4500 10000 30001500 3750 3750 2165 3500 150 3020 18 19 20 C D M Q G100H 115 3950100115 352350 7000 2125 115 4 A2 B1 C1 E2 A2 B1 C1 E2 A2 B1 C1 E2 A1 B1 C1 E2 A2 B1 C1 E2 A2 B1 C1 E2 A1 B1 C1 E2 A1 B1 C1 E2 A2 B1 C1 E2 A1 B1 C1 E2 A1 B1 C1 E2A1 B1 C1 ROOMEXAMINATIONE22+450mmA1B1C1E2 A1 B1 C1 E2 C1A2 E2 35620 37540 22875 18550 56830 A3 B3 C3 E1 A3 B3 C3 E1 TABLE OF CONTENTS
Photography05 Landscapes of Care 06 Ambedkar&ArchitectureMemory:07
To Encircle Of Colonisation
Studio brief- The students were provided with a series of VERB and NOUN associations. The verb is the action element of the pair whereas the noun is the character element of the pair. The Dwelling will be designed using the formal studies undertaken using the action verb but at the same time, understanding the nuances, contexts and relationships that emerge from the noun/site.
Studio- Architectural Design 3 Guide- Shilpa Ranade
Program- A domestication space for a coastguard that guard’s the beach and for small boat fishermen that sail from nearby villages for some fishing. The coastguard is a permanent character of the building whereas the fishermen are temporary habitants who domesticate the space overnight or for couple of nights. The building also acts like a landmark for the fishermen which aids them in navigation.
Semi-PrivatePrivate
Of Colonisation -the action or process of settling among and establishing control over the indigenous people of an -thearea.action by a plant or animal of establishing itself in an area Colony,ColonisationConquest, Settlement
-to form a circle around; surround Girdle,Encircle-Surround, Enclose, Fringe, Circle, Encompass, Ring, Circumscribe, Border
Off centering the courtyard from the external circle
The concentric circle is cut radially from the centre
Process
01
To Encircle
Noun
Circles are fragmented into arcs forming walls, encircling each other and are shifted from their orbits
Circulation
Verb
The Girdling Beacon
Plan at +1500MM
Lamp Room Light CoastCabinGuard’s Room Ground Floor Lighthouse Section CC’ Section BB’ Section AA’ LighthouseCirculationinthelighthouseatnight
Lighthouseatnight
Process McHargian Analysis BuildablePreserve TransportLandusePopulationHumidityVegetationHydrologyTopography
The design, while conserving what remains of the plants, animals , insects etc that make up for the natural world, also catered to the need to provide for people’s primary needs such as shelter, food and economic activity and intended to encourage the development of environments which people experience as satisfactory places to live, work or play.
The studio’s aim was to develop a masterplan for an ecological site in Karanja using McHargian’s Design with nature - La analysis method - developing a visual layered mapping technique to combine and analyse the site. The masterplan was to be developed for a self sufficient living commune for 25 non-residents. Identifying and designing different quadrants according to the calculated biocapacity and ecological footprint of the sites studied. Providing each quadrant with a suitable program that benefits the location and works in the masterplan as a whole.
Karanja Marine Edge
Guide- Shruti Sheth & Ketaki Tare
Group members- Tejas Bilay, Tanvi Daga, Mansi Rane
Studio- Allied Design Semester 6
Studio brief-
TopographyVegetationMicroclimateLanduseTransportPopulationHydrology 02
Buildable Areas
Iteration 3
Iteration 2
Iteration 1
Multiple iterations were done to figure out an ecological solution for the site. The analysis, site visits and iterations led to a combined program that catered to ecological interventions like mangrove restoration & nature park, pisciculture, housing, aquaponics, urban edge, and a market.
Mangrove Restoration & Nature Park Cycle MangroveVegetationDensestandsCircularPavillionWorkshopparkWatchtowerBirdwatchingtowerFloatingDeckPedestrianTrack
Mangrove restoration is an attempt at the base of the site, to renew the depleted coast of Karanja which once were thriving with mangroves. Similarly, a nature park was planned to stop soil erosion, promote flora and fauna, and add to the experience of being in the nature.
DETAIL
OF WILDLIFE POND SPOT SECTIONSstonePavedpath Circular Pavilion Structure(Bamboo VegetationDense VegetationSparsed FloatingDeckMangroves WildlifePond Pavilion Pavilion
Mangrove RestorationEVOLUTION OF SITE WITH MANGROVE RESTORATION STAGE ONE STAGE FOUR STAGE THREE STAGE TWO SITE SECTIONS SECTION B-B’ SECTION A-A’ 0 1 5 100 DETAILS OF INDIVIDUAL PARTS OF THE NATURE PARK/TRAILS
Wildlife Pond
Masterplan
Sierra
Studio brief- As part of a community wellness and comfort station in the neighborhood, a public healthcare centre and a public toilet of 150 sq.m needs to be designed keeping in mind the context and the relevance of this community intervention with the neighborhood. The studio majorly focuses on integration of different construction materials and their resolution through TheNarrative-design.siteissituated
The primary healthcare centre and the public toilet are placed around the community space which is a pavillion for multipurpose activities including but not limited to sports. The form of the whole structure is of a mass emerging gradually from the ground which replicates the form of the Jivdani mountain which is a feature visible from the site. Space
Public Toilet
03 600mm A' C C B B' E E' 150mm 1 2 3 54 6 7 1 - Admin room 2 - Pharmacy 3 - Waiting Room 4 - Reception 5 - Doctor's Cabin 6 - Wards 7 - Community Space/ Playground 8 - Men's Toilet 9 - Women's Toilet Ferrocement Ferrocement3.6MMTHKGutterCHSTHKCHSRoofGutterRCCColumnRCCSlabMMRCCColumnFootingPCCBedweldedtovertical CHS 4.5MM THK CHS 300MMPlinthPlinth Beam Tile Plan at +1500 MM Elevation IsometricFrontElevation PublicCenterHealthcare Community
Surging
in Virar and features a sight to the Jivdani temple and mountain which has a huge prominence in the city. It’s also situated next to a slum settlement which makes it a perfect site for a public toilet. The site also has a cricket pitch indicating the site is frequently used by kids in the city to play cricket matches. The program tries to cater both these features in the site.
Studio- Integrated Design Studio Semester 4 Guide- Shantanu Khandkar
Ferrocement roof Cantilever steel Concretetruss columns Concrete roofFerrocementSteelbrickLoad-bearingPlinthwallstruss Incast Ferrocement Gutter 25 MM THK Ferrocement Roof ISMC 100 50 7.5 MM THK 15MM THK Gusset Plate ISA 100 100 10 15MM THK Gusset Plate Base BrickConcretePlatePadPier20MMTHKTile30MMTHKScreed200MMTHKBrickBat Coba 150 MM THK PCC Bed 200 MM THK PCC Bed Rubble RammedSolingEarthMasonryStripFoundation PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK STUDENT VERSION VERSIONSTUDENTAUTODESKANBYPRODUCED PRODUCEDBYANAUTODESKSTUDENTVERSION VERSIONSTUDENTAUTODESKANBYPRODUCED Wallsectionthroughpublictoilet A A' B' D D' E' 5 10 Incast Ferrocement Gutter 48.3MM ø 3MM THK CHS 76.1 MM ø 3.6MM THK CHS Ferrocement Roof Incast Ferrocement Gutter 500 MM THK RCC Column 150 MM THK RCC Slab 3000MM X 500 MM RCC Column RCC Spread Footing 300 MM THK PCC Bed Rubble Soling Lattice girder welded to vertical CHS 114.3MM ø 4.5MM THK CHS 150 MM THK Plinth 300MM X 300MM Plinth Beam 3MM THK Plaster 15MM THK Brick Tile 0.5 2 5 in meters Structural DetailsColumn with cantilever truss - details Trussjoinerydetails
4270 1395 680 4340 680 RECEPTION METER ROOMPLANT ROOM AMBULATORY CARE UNIT DISPOSAL DIRTY UTILITY RECEPTION WARDS STAFF ROOM +450 mm +450 mm +300 mm +450 mm +450 mm +150 mm +450 mm LIFTSHAFT1.851.9M LIFTSHAFT1.851.9M WAITING AREA +450 mm ROOMEXAMINATION2+450mm CONSULTATION+450mm WAITING AREA +450 mm LOBBY+450 mm LOBBY+450 mm STORAGE+450mm +150 mm +450 mm AMBULANCE PARKING +0 mm D3 +300 mm MEN'S TOILET +450 mm WOMEN'STOILET+450mm C1 C2 C3 C4 C52 C53 C5 C6 C7 C8 C10 C12 C59 C60 C63 C67C64 C65C68 C66C69 C70 C14 C15 C17 C16 C18 C19 C20 C22 C23 C24 C25 C27 C28 C29 C31 C32 C33 C34 C39 C44 C35 C36 C37 C40 C41 C42 C47C46C45C43 C9 C49 C13 C26 C30 C50C51 C48C38 C54 C55 C56 C57 C58 C62 C71 C72 C73 C74PHARMACY+450mm WAITING AREA +450 mm 10 12 20 800730 10002550 730 2750 3575 2620 2375 1775 1390 1775 1390 4615 6550 3020 4750 250533001500 1040 1540 900 900 1030 1525 6535 2535810 1000 810 6625 800 66251950 4340 1395 800 25908004270 680 680 2430 1750540 540 13952125 2125 3370 3120 1525 800 7220 1075 90010752750 12502550 127523201275 1000 5050720 1275 1000 5270 12752320 6625 106010605050 1350 675 5625 4250439536257956600 5625 675 1350 675 4340 2255 3625 1625 2320 1160 26251625 2205 3815 1930 905 905 2010 2185 1350 W4 W4 D4 D4 D4 D5 D5 D5 D5 D5 D10 W2 W2 3125 1170 31257450W2 W2 D7 D7 +450 mm +450 mm WARDS+450mm 675 11 12 13 19 +45027 mm +2550 mm W1 22232120 2100 1300 3750 3625 3625 100 7000 7000 3500 3500 7000 7000 1425 35001425 3500 13 14 15 16 7000 45004000 C D M N P Q 100 17 12 2 3 9 4 5 8 10 B A 11 G L K U V W X 22232120 A 8500 4500 10000 30001500 3750 3750 2165 3500 2000 150 3020 21 18 19 20 C D E M F N Q B G K H 100J 115 3950100115 352350 R 7000 U V W X 2125 115 13 14 15 16 17 12 2 3 4 5 8 10 11 21 18 19 20 A2 B1 C1 E2 A2 B1 C1 E2 A2 B1 C1 E2 A1 B1 C1 E2 9 A2 B1 C1 E2 A2 B1 C1 E2 A1 B1 C1 E2 A1 B1 C1 E2 A2 B1 C1 E2 A2 B1 C1 E2 A2 B3 C3 E4 A2 B3 C3 E4 A1 B1 C1 E2 A1 B1 C1 E2 A1 B1 C1 E2A1 B1 C1 E2 ROOMEXAMINATION2+450mmA1B1C1E2 A1 B1 C1 E2 A2 B1 C1 E2 35620 33645 12370 14305 37540 22875 18550 18550 56830 27950 27950 3445 A3 B3 C3 E1 A3 B3 C3 E1 A3 B3 C3 E1 2.8LIFTSHAFTX1.9M D8 D8 D8 Primary Healthcare Centre Plan at +1500 mm - 1:300 04
Studio brief- The studio intended to resolve Architectural Design Semester 5 projects and produce working drawings for it.
1:100 Bridge Details - 1:50 IN OUTIN STACKVENTINSTACKMAIN 150MM THK BBC 150 MM THK RCC SUNKEN SLAB 30MM THK SCREED 20MM (LOUVERED)CEMENTVITRIFIEDANTI-SKIDTILES20MMVITRIFIEDTILES(DADO)BOARDFLUSHINGBUTTONSIN-WALLTANKCONCRETESILLTOILETWINDOWCONCRETELINTEL230MMTHKBRICKWALL30MMTHKFLUSHINGPIPELEDGEWALL Column cap plate ISWB 500 Steel Haunch ISA ISMBCHS100100Ø500200880530 1200 1200 Steel railing 150 MM THK PCC BED RCC REINFORCEMENTRUBBLEBOLTSFULLFOUNDATIONSTRIPCONCRETEGROUTINGSTEELBASEPLATETHREADANCHORSOLINGSTIFFENERPLATESCHSØ500 2650747037004000400012004050120012001950405044501500 265015001500 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 27 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 123456789 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 1011121314 1918171615 +2550 mm 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 54 53 52 51 50 49 48 47 46 45 44 43 42 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 81 80 79 78 77 76 75 74 73 72 71 70 69 LIFT SHAFT 2200 X 2800 MM 300 X 500 MM PLINTH150BEAMMM THK BUND100WALLMM THK RCC SILL STEEL RAILING 300 X 500 MM RCC 100BEAMMM THK RCC LINTEL300X 400 150STAIRCASEMMBEAMMMTHKBBC230MMTHKBRICKWALL+2550 mm +6750 mm +10950 mmW1W1W1W1A A'B'B +450 mm C58 C57 C62 SW1 450 X 450 MM RCC RCCCOLUMNSTRIP C56FOOTINGC60A2 B5 C4 E4 12 1314 17 1615 30 MM THK MARBLE 100MM1520REINFORCEMENTTILEMMTHKSCREEDMMTHKEXTERNALPLASTER3MMTHKINTERNALPLASTERTHKCONCRETESILL 1500 230MM THK BRICKFLASHINGWEATHERWALL 3125 775 3125 1525 775 3125-40mm3125Tiledrop Tiledrop-40mm 1:100 SLOPE 1:100 SLOPE 1:100 -20mmSLOPETiledrop Tiledrop-20mm Tiledrop-40mmTiledrop-40mm 1:100 SLOPE 1:100 SLOPE 1:100 SLOPE 1:100 SLOPE I.C 12 490 MM I.C 11 450 MM GT GT GT FOUL AIR OUTLET D8 D8 D5 D5 D8D8 W2 W2 W2 W2 A A'B'B1350 2000 2000 1350 2200 2200 915850A3 B3 C3 E1 A3 B3 C3 E1 1 2 3 4 30 MM THK MARBLE RCCTREADWAIST REINFORCEMENTSLAB20MMTHKSCREED30MMTHKMARBLERISERNOSING
Details-
Toilet
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1:50 Staircase Details
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Section AA’ - 1:200
Wall Section - 1:150Wall Section - 1:150Plan at +1500 mm - 1:300
Waffle Slab Detail
Studio- Technology Semester 5 Guide- Minal Yerramshetty
+3650 mm D5 D12BACKSTAGE-1200mm LOBBY 1 2 3 5 7 8 9 10 11 12 CONTROL ROOM D5 W14 BASEMENT WAITING AREA WAITING AREA 1 2 3 5 7 8 9 10 11 12 +7000 mm +8500 mm +9550 mm STAGE-1200mm +9550 mm +7000 mm +4730 mm +3200 mm +2200 mm +450 +1750mmmm D12 STAGE-1200mmCATWALKS+3200mm 250MM THK BBC Rubble soling 200MM THK Raft slab 40 MM THK PCC Polished flooring 20 MM THK Screed 200 MM THK RCC Slab 40 MM THK PCC Polished flooring 20 MM THK Screed 50SkirtingMM X 75 MM RAFTER 15MMNosingTHK WOODEND FLOORINGPANELSSteelrailing80MMTHKMetal Catwalk 50 MM THK Wooden diffuser panels Tension WingsSpotlightsCables20MMTHKWaterproofing Layer 20MM THK Screed 40MM THK PCC GREENROOM-1200mm UP UP D7 C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C13 C14 C15 C16 C7 C8 C9 C10 C11 C12C6 C17 C18 C21C20C19 C22 C23 C24 C25 C27 C28 C29 C30 C32 C33 C34 C35 C31 C36 C37 C38 C39 C40 C41 C42 BACKSTAGE 11 ADMIN WC+150 mm MAINSTAGE-1200mm CAFETERIALOBBYKITCHEN WAITING ROOM +150 BOOTHTICKETINGmm LIFT SHAFT 2.2 1.5 M 12 DUCT D8 D10 39 C26 CATWALK AREA -1200 mm PORCH+150mm EXIT+150LOBBYmm 3 4 6 138 9 12 ML 12 13 14 15 MKHFECAJ 10 11 NDGNDKHCABG 3 4 6 138 9 1210 11 Gravel backfill drainage 18 mm THK Ø 180 mm Drainage pipe 3MM THK Damproofing 20MM THK Drainage mat 550 X 300 MM RCC Beam Waffle Slab Mortar slope RCC Raft Foundation 250MM THK BBC 40 MM THK PCC Polished Rubbleflooring soling RCC Retaining wall 200MM THK Raft slab 190 MM THK400BBCMM150 MM 910 MM 207 MM 150 MM Auditorium
Studio brief- The aim and objective of technology studio was to understand the planning of institutional typology. This was done through Auditorium design which demands the integration of design, large span structure, acoustics principles, lighting design, safety measures, and many other consultants to arrive at a form that represents a public place and can be an identity marker for the precinct or even for a city.
Studio brief- The studio focuses on resolving an Architecture Design project to produce statutory drawings for municipal approval. The studio also focuses on designing and resolving working drawings for a basement with detailing out waterproofing, parking, circulation, ducting layouts for mechanical ventilation, fire layout with sprinklers, fire staircase, placement of neon signages, alarms, detectors and drainage for the basement.
HDSDSB SMOKE DETECTOR HEAT FIRESANDDETECTORBUCKETEXTINGUISHERWETRISERPIPECO2PANELFIRESUSCEPTIBLEAREASFIREESCAPESTAIRCASE Rammed Earth Rubble 150membraneWaterproofingSolingMMTHKPCCBEDRCCToeofraft18mmTHKØ180 mm Drainage pipe Cant strip 200 MM THK RCC Retaining wall 250 MM THK DuctDrainageWaterproofingBoxMatWaterproofingMembrane450X300MMExhaust25MMTHKFLOORING300MMWideGutterat-295MMfromFloor SB SBSB SB SB SB SBSB EXHIBITION SPACES -3000 mm OFFICE-2700mm -1500 mm PLENUM HVAC AHU ROOMSTORE EXHAUST ARCHIVE ROOMGENERATOR -2700-2700mmmm -3000 mm -3000 mm -3000 mm ROOMELECTRIC Drain Slope Drain Slope Drain Slope SD SD HD SD HD SD SD HD SD HD SD HD SD HD SD SD SD SD SDSDSDSDSDSD SD SD SD SDSD PUMPFIRE FIREFIGHTING COMPARTMENT Drain Invert LevelDrain Invert LevelDrain Invert LevelDrain Invert Level FIRESHAFT Wet Riser UGT D1D1 D6 SB SBSB SB SB SB SBSB EXHIBITION SPACES -3000 mm OFFICE-2700mm PLENUM HVAC AHU ROOMSTORE EXHAUST ARCHIVE ROOMGENERATOR -2700-2700mmmm -3000 mm -3000 mm -3000 mm ROOMELECTRICSD SD HD HD SD SD HD SD HD SD HD SD SD SD SD SDSDSDSDSDSD SD SD SD SDSD PUMPFIRE FIREFIGHTING COMPARTMENT FIRESHAFT Wet Riser UGT Detailed Section - 1:100 Ducting Layout - 1:400 Firefighting Layout - 1:400 IndexIndex
DIFFUSERSDUCTSPLENUMEXHAUST Rammed Earth Rubble 18150membraneWaterproofingSolingMMTHKPCCBEDRCCToeofraftmmTHKØ180 mm Drainage pipe Cant strip 200 MM THK RCC Retaining wall 250 MM THK WaterproofingBox 750 MM THK BBC 400 X 600 MM THK RCC RAFT BEAM Drainage Mat Sump Drain Slope1:100 MembraneWaterproofing 20 MM THK Metal Drain Grating 450 X 250 MM THK Plenum Duct 450 X 300 MM Exhaust Duct25MM THK Flooring 450 MM THK One Way Ribbed Slab 300 MM Wide Gutter at -295 MM from Floor EXHIBITION SPACES PLENUM HVACEXHAUST -3000 mm -3000 mm -3000 mm OFFICE-2700mm PLENUM HVAC AHU ROOMSTORE EXHAUST ARCHIVE ROOMGENERATOR -2700-2700mmmm -3000 mm -3000 mm ROOMELECTRIC D3 Library Studio- Technology Sem 7 Guide- Saurabh Barde
Mr Scissorhands Urban Marinesandmassacre ThugsofKoliwadaDeathbythesea Photography
Flight Tranquility
A vertical sunset
Blushinghorizon
LastbitsofBombayrains Sundayafternoon Pre-monsoon tint Eyesonthestreet
The lone wolf ForgottenspacesDecay DystopianAbandonment
Alternateperspectives
Stillstanding
Artificial
Silhouette
06 SkywalkPlanSectionAA’
program caters to two functions in the healthcare institute. The first program on the skywalk creates a gradual sense of transition from an urban environment to a more vegetated, open- free environment into the healthcare institution. The second caters to the users of the emergency care unit on the ground floor. Given the dynamic and heavily trafficked conditions on the site, rapid movements were a major issue for the patients, their family members and the healthcare workers working there. The landscape program thus aims to create a sense of pause that gradually moves from an environment full of chaos to an environment more peaceful for the users to use.
Landscapes of Care
TheTheNarrative-Movementlandscape
Studio- Allied Design Semester 5 Guide- Shruti Sheth
Plan at +1500 MM
Section AA’ Section BB’
ProposedHospitalBlock
The 07Ambedkar
Studio briefIt was in this milieu that Ambedkar conducted his activities and struggles. The project identifies institutions that were central to his work. In spite of them being central to one of the most important social and political movements in the country, they have largely been forgotten, and have even been destroyed. Reciprocally, political organisations have tried to incorporate Ambedkar into their own agendas.
Buddhist Temple
Built in 1938, this temple is now situated within a tenement in a lane eponymous to it, i.e., Buddha Mandir Lane on Dr. B. R. Ambedkar Road, Dadar East, Mumbai. It is organized by the Anand Bahujan Vihar Trust and includes a shrine to Lord Buddha and Ambedkar and is a site for marriage and prayer rituals. It is a sacred Ambedkarite space, graced by the touch of Babasaheb Ambedkars feet, who made weekly visits with Maisaheb Ambedkar from their residence at Rajgruha, Matunga. It does not receive many visitors as part of the pilgrimage, but Dr. Ambedkar is remembered through special prayer meetings, revisiting of memorabilia and displaying of old pictures.
Buddhist Temple, Dadar East
Studio- Architecture Design Semester 6 Guide- Rohan Shivkumar
Maisaheb1938Ambedkar and Babasaheb walking on the road towards the temple.
2022 The monk and the people from the Trust office positioned at the entrance. Ambedkar1938sitting wide legged and reading a book peacefully. inclosePeople2022residingbyprayingthetemple. temple.prayingAmbedkar1938inthe ceremonies.weddingNeo-buddhist2022 Buddha1938 addedAmbedkarandbustinlater.2022 2022 Staff quarters for the temple.
AGITATE
BDD Chawls,
The Buddha Vihar in the middle of the BDD Chawls lies next to the Ambedkar Bhavan and is a centerpoint for most communal activities related to Ambedkar. It is run by people of Mahasabha Shakha, the organising body of all Ambedkar related activities in the neighbourhood. The Buddha Vihar is completely community driven, since the residents of the Chawls support it in all possible ways through donations and acts of service. It also lends itself to as many community needs as it can, by being a host to blood donation camps, medical check up drives and was recently even a Covid Vaccination Center.
EDUCATE
Ambedkar followers, or neo-Buddhists, have been part of the proud political movements connected to the industrial working class history are seen in places between the buildings and around the chawls during
The BDD chawls in Worli, Mumbai, is a neighborhood primarily includes Ambedkarites followed by groups religious groups from Maharashtra. Built in 1920, the from the Bombay Development Department and needs in terms of the typology of the buildings. corridor that lead and end up to the common toilets. The neighborhood has been an active center the Ambedkarites, neo-Buddhists, Dalits and the Ambedkarite presence and his legacy through its
The office of the Mahasabha Shakha, the organising body of all Ambedkar related activities in the neighbourhood, is located next ot the Ambedkar Bhavan. It has a large Buddha statue kept inside and alot of material related to Ambedkar.
AGITATE
Chawls, Worli
proud Dalit history of the city. The neighbourhood has seen several history of Mumbai as well as the Dalit-panther movement. Installations during Ambedkar Jayanti.
ORGANISE
neighborhood comprising of different communities which groups of state government employees and other the chawls catered to the needs of the employees and represent a colonial idea of the working class buildings. Stone buildings with rooms along the central
toilets.forpolitical movements that are connected to the working class. The chawls actively resonate communal activities, institutions and memorials.
The Mirror
Section AA’
Studio- Architectural Design 6 Guide- Rohan Shivkumar
Studio brief- The Sixth Semester Architectural Design Project intends on enabling a conversation with the Past through architecture. The project is interested in the gestural relationship the new intervention wants to make with history. Which history does it choose to write? Whose? And in what way? The programme evolves through a critical examination of the three mandates of the Archive, the Library and the Museum around the historical figure of Dr Ambedkar.
Narrative- The concept of the project is that of a mirror. The institution is a reflection of the society and tries to deconstruct the societal structure and norms and create a heterotopia in this reflected version. The institution focuses primarily on education and media as a tool for the Dalit community to self-liberation. The programmatic intervention is of a library which promotes interactive spaces and freedom of accessing educational material and rethinking the act of learning from merely a book, by expanding it to and combining it with forms of arts. The institute also expands the relation of library with the outside creating a more interactive space for learning.
Elevation
Massing Program
HVAC PLANT ROOM -2700 mm LOBBY-2700 mm OFFICE-2700 mm MEN'S TOILET WOMEN TOILET +300 mm +300 mm SEMI OPEN CAFETERIA EXHIBITION SPACES +300 mm +450mm LOBBY+450mm MULTIPURPOSEKITCHEN SPACE -450 mm READING SPACE +3600 mm ADMIN GREENROOM+3600mm DANCE STUDIOS/ REHEARSAL ROOM +3600 mm LIBRARY+7200mmLIBRARY+7200mm READING/ COWORKING SPACES READING SPACE +3600 mm ART+7200STUDIOmmAV+5400ROOMmm ADMIN +9000 mm LIBRARY+10800 mm +10800 mm LIFT SHAFT LIFT SHAFT CHILDREN'S LIBRARY READING SPACE +3600 mm GREENROOM+3600mm DANCE STUDIOS/ REHEARSAL ROOM +3600 mm -450 mm LIBRARY+7200mm READING/ COWORKING SPACES +5000 mm READING SPACE +3600 mm AV+5400ROOMmm PRECAST CONCRETE PANEL STEEL STUD FRAMING GYPSUM 150MM150MMRCCPRECASTPANELSTRANSLUCENTBOARDPOLYCARBONATECASEMENTWINDOWCONCRETEPANEL400X550RCCBEAMSHEARWALLTHKSILLSKYLIGHTRCCISOLATEDFOOTINGTHKPCCBEDRUBBERSOLINGRCCPLINTHBEAMPIVOTINGDOOR HVAC PLANT ROOM -2700 mm EXHIBITION SPACES -3000 mm LOBBY ARCHIVES-2700mm 7200 mm READING SPACE +3600 mm 10800 mm -2700 mm OFFICE-2700 mm +300 mm +300 mm BOOK STORE SEMI OPEN CAFETERIA COUNTER/ BAKERYEXHIBITION SPACES +300 mm +450mm +150mm MULTIPURPOSE SPACE -450 mm MEN'S+3600TOILETmm WOMEN TOILET +3600 mm +3600 mm ADMIN+3600mm EXPERIMENTAL THEATRE MEN'S+3600TOILETmm WOMEN TOILET +3600 mm LIBRARY MEN'S+7200TOILETmm WOMEN TOILET +7200 mm LIBRARY READING/ COWORKING SPACES +3600 mm +7200 mm+5400EXPERIMENTALmm THEATRE ADMIN+7200 mm LIBRARYLIBRARY+10800 mm SectionalPerspective Wall Section Basement Plan Ground Floor Plan First Floor Plan Second Floor Plan
Routes and Access
Glaciers, Rivers and tributaries
Spiti Valley is a cold desert mountain valley located high in the in the north-eastern part of . The name ‘Spiti’ means ‘The middle land’, the land and India.
Grass
Most of the settlements are placed on comparatively flatter lands. The main settlements focused on are Kaza, Langza, Demul, Kibber,Hikkim.
The main source of water is Spiti river which is from Glacier Perad.
Regional Division Spiti is the middle land between Tibet and India.
SPITI VALLEY | 250 mil year to current
Work
Lahaul and Spiti valleys straddle the greater Himalayas and are cut through by the Chandra and Spiti Rivers, and their tributaries. At a mean elevation of 4570m, Spiti is less accessible and less developed, is vastly different from the regions that surround it, and thus has its own mountain ranges. Spiti mountain ranges belong to the Great and Middle
LAHAUL-SPITI MERGE | 1960SPITI RIVER
Settlements
WithTerrainalmost no rain, the land is a dry cold desert mountain valley, poor in cultivable land.
Spiti and Lahaul are connected by the Kunzum Pass, and all the settlements are interconnected too.
Spiti is surroundedLadakhby in the North, Kullu and Lahaul in the South and Kinnaur in the South East.
Miscellaneous
SynthesisforWindhoverContemplativeCenteraspartofallieddesignstudiosemester508 ContextAxoaspartofarchiteccturedesignstudiosemester4SynthesisdrawingforGurjitMatharoo’sparent’shouseaspartofarchitecturedesignstudiosemester3Massingdiagramsaspartofarchitecturedesignstudiosemester3 Diagramming
Shopdrawings(Handdrafted)aspartofARDsemester1 Processmasterplanforallieddesignsemester6
Tools- Qgis, Mapillary, Field Papers
papers used as a method of mapping on-site conditions
suggests that probably the areas which are older and have a lower run-off coefficient tend to flood as the newer developments have concretised their ground and increased their levels
Guide- Abhijit Ekbote
Studio- Elective Semester 7
Studio briefThe elective was about mapping the run-off coefficient of various types of surfaces along the immediate catchment areas of the Dahisar river and then overlaying the flooding spots over them.
Fieldtoo.
PrimaryConclusionanalysis
Democratizing the Geo-spatial
Studio- Architecture Design Semester 1 Guide- Nikhil Khadilkar
Exploring Play
Studio briefA play of levels
The process of the cube exercise involved exploring the play of different levels in a space and how those levels connected with each other. I started with exploring and creating spaces at different heights which were linked with each other. Further, I connected those spaces with different ramps of different widths and lengths. After this, I started to explore how to create spaces below the ground level and exploring their connections with the above spaces. The whole space had a connectivity and a play of levels from a height above the ground, to a space below the ground. It also showed how light and shadow can act at different levels and how it transformed the outlook of the space.
TheNarrativebinaries - wet & dry, were interpreted using the element of water. Using water, as an element to cre ate experience of wetness and dryness, two interven tions were suggested.
Wetness of “water” was interpreted from it’s softness and curves, colours with higher contrast in the envi ronments that it exists in, and the amount of green cover that increases as the water in that environment
Studio brief- The students are asked to consider a 25m x 25m patch of land with a seemingly flat topography overlooking a landscape scene of the student’s choice. The students are urged to create two design responses in the site to evoke any one pair of the following binary experience scenarios.
Drynessincreases.of “water” was interpreted from forms cre ated by water in environments where it is scarce. Dry cracks, rigid forms and less greencover collectively gives an experience of dryness.
Studio- Allied Design Semester 5 Guide- Jude D’souza, Sanyukta Sanjeev
-1500mm Water Body 0 1 2 5 10 in metres Water Body Water Body Water Body Wet Plan at +1500 mm Isometric
Binaries
IsometricIceWalls
0 Dry Plan at +1500 mm Section A Section B
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