Portfolio Kushal Saraiya
Table of Contents
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Analyzing Crowd Flow
Systemic Diversity
Aga Khan Academy
La Casa
Contextualizing Public Space
2019 - ongoing Professional Research
2018 Professional - DCOOP Housing Competition
2017 - 2018 Professional - DCOOP School Campus Extension
2017 Professional - Atto Atelier Microbrewery
2016 - 2017 Academic Thesis
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Design Strategy through Research
Revitalizing Suburb
Esplanade Mansion
Sensile Infobahn
Complexity in Non-living
Methodology
2015 Academic - Group Urban Design
2015 Academic Architectural Design
2015 Competition - Group Ideas Competition
Natural Systems
2016 Academic Strategic Design
2013 Academic - Group Workshop
Analyzing Crowd Flow in Mumbai Metro Type
Precursory Research
Year
Ongoing
Project
Mumbai Metro Station Planning
Location
Mumbai, India
Exploration
BIM simulation and crowd flow analysis
In recent years the city of Mumbai has undertaken massive projects to upgrade the transportation network. While coming across an article for a competition to be organized by the Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation and Observer Research Foundation inviting ideas to plan the station areas for the city’s fully underground metro, Mumbai Metro Line-3, I reached out to the organizers with a proposal to use crowd flow analysis for
design optimization. This will be done by simulating pedestrian movement and thereby assessing parameters such as the travel time of commuters, dwell time for queues, evacuation time as well as mapping potential risk and congestion areas. This research is focused on analyzing commuter flow in an existing metro station in Mumbai to help derive relevant data which can be used to design the station areas for the upcoming metro. 1.1 Commuter flow at Andheri Metro Station, Mumbai.
Overcrowding due to design issue Lack of sufficient space on the second level of the station due to the narrow platform width as observed in simulation and in real.
F >2.17 E 1.08 - 2.17
Source: Hindustan Times
Level 2 Boarding and Alighting
D 0.72 - 1.08
Overcrowding observed at the ticketing counters during peak hours. Can be resolved by efficient crowd management.
C 0.43 - 0.72 B 0.31 - 0.43 A <0.31
Source: Mid - day
1.3 Overcrowding at Andheri Metro Station Experienced Density (LOS Fruin) Pedestrian/m2
Level 1 Ticketing and Processing
1.2 Experienced density analyzed via simulation for Andheri metro station
1.4 Site plan Andheri metro station
Systemic Diversity Type
Professional, Housing Competition
Year
2018
Design team
Quaid, Shilpa, Kushal, Chetana, Aditi
Location
Russia
Design firm
DCOOP
Contribution
Lead the design for the competition under the guidance of principal architects
This proposal was selected as a 3rd category winner in the 2 stage open international competition for alternative layout design in standard housing in Russia. The competition was organized by the Ministry of Construction of Russia focusing on the development of architectural concepts for standard residential buildings. Several political leaders and movements have left a strong impact on housing in Russia. The Soviet era Housing has been described through terms like Kommunalki - Communal Housing, Khrushchevki or Khrushchovkas. This mass housing made during the 1950s and 1960s is devoid of identity and expression. People lived in cramped housing which decayed quickly over the next couple of decades. In cities like Moscow and Saint Petersburg, large areas have this kind of housing which has a crucial impact on the urban character. This design proposal is trying to create a more distinct, contemporary identity for mass housing keeping systemic processes and design principles as the central idea. A set of layouts have been worked out based on a modular grid as an ordering principle. The apartments are efficient not just in their floor area but are designed to be flexible such that they adapt to the needs of the residents as well as the changing building typologies. The layouts form the basic modules for conjuring the various building types. This modular nature of the layout is used in various configurations resulting in varied formal outcomes. The Urban Villa, Tower, and Section building are all designed using the same layouts. A set of components which come together in various permutations have been created for making the “Sun Rooms” and façade modulation. Every apartment has a sunroom which can be modulated as per the climate.
Project video link: https://youtu.be/XmlFDVovamU
2.1 History of mass housing in Russia 1920 Communal Settlements
Russian Revolution (1917) 80% of population lived in rural areas.
2.2 Concept Diagram
Modules 1R
1930 Worker Settlements
1950 Stalin era
1970 Khrushchev era
1980 Brezhnev era
2018 Contemporary
Density of people in urban Russia rapidly increased due to the world wars and industrialization. Housing for workers were largely communal and cramped.
Personal space not encouraged. Apartments owned by aristocrats confiscated and divided into family communal apartments. Common bathrooms and kitchens.
Large scale housing projects. The Krushchyovka gets established. Prefabricated construction is wide spread. Function over superfluous. Monotonous facades.
1BR
1BR+
2BR
3BR
Duple
Grid
Arrangements
Stacks
Panels
Taller prefabricated structures with advancement in technology.
Privatization brings new type of housing. 75% population lives in urban areas.
Form
Tower
Urban Villa
Section Building
2.3 Apartment Catalogue
2.4 Apartment Arrangement
Studio (1R)
The service ducts are restricted to the edge of the common space or lobby
The frequency of gaps are reduced for more efficient planning.
This allows for flexibility in the entrance of the apartments
Apartments can be slid across the grid
Apartments can be flipped internally
2.5 System of Assembly Pre-cast partition wall
Beam: Pre-cast for villa Cast in-situ for tower & section building
1-Bedroom (1BR)
Pre-cast partition slab
Prefabricated facade panels
Column: Pre-cast for villa Cast in-situ for tower & section building
1-Bedroom+ (1BR+) Brick cladding Structural frame
Slabs and walls
Facade and components
2.6 Wall sections Pre-cast Vertical Fin Concrete Panel
12mm laminated Board
12mm laminated Board 3mm polystyrene foam backing 100mm Skirting Radiant Floor Heating 70mm 60mm Glass fiber Insulation 25mm Screed
3mm polystyrene foam backing
2-Bedroom (2BR)
100mm Skirting Radiant Floor Heating 70mm 60mm Glass fiber Insulation 25mm Screed
Brick Cladding Panel
75mm GFRP Board Insulation
Mineral Wool Insulation 75mm Concrete panel 75mm GFRP Board Insulation
125mm thk AAC Panel
125mm thk AAC Panel
75mm Concrete panel
Urban Villa
Concrete Fiber Cladding Monolith Concrete Beam 200 mm Hollow Core Slab
Structural connections Pre-cast concrete Fin Monolith Concrete Beam Decorative Plaster Finish
Pre-cast Concrete Beam
3-Bedroom (3BR)
Clinker brick Cladding
Section Building
75mm Concrete panel 75mm GFRP Board Insulation 125mm thk. AAC Panel
Tower
2.7 Services
2.8 Tower AHU with heat recovery system
BUILDING
Air supply from AHU Roof
Ground floor Hot water from district heating plant
Heating substation for district heating system
Cold water return to district heating plant Sewage pipe Storm water drain
FLOOR Hot water supply Cold water return
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Air supply duct Air extraction duct
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Elevation X
Section AA
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Ap
Elevation Y A
Central heating unit Air supply to dining area APARTMENT Central heating unit
Air extraction from kitchen
X
X
X
False ceiling
Air extraction from toilet Air supply to bedroom
Radiant heating
Ground floor plan
Y
A
First floor plan
Y
A
Sixth floor plan
Y
A
2.9 Urban Villa
Elevation R C
Elevation S C
R
S
Section BB C
R
S
S
B B
C
B B
C
Ground floor plan
First floor plan
R
S
B
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Section CC C
R
B B
C
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Second floor plan
Third floor plan
2.10 Section Building
Elevation U
Ground floor plan
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Section DD
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U
First floor plan
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U
Second floor plan
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Aga Khan Academy - Sports Hall Type
Professional, Campus extension
Year
2018
Design team
Quaid, Shilpa, Manisha, Neeti, Kushal
Location
Hyderabad, India
Design firm
DCOOP
Contribution
Design and tender drawings for sports hall skylights and acoustics.
The Aga Khan Academy is located in Hyderabad, India. It is a school campus designed by HCP design planning and management. DCOOP Architects won the competition to design the extension to this campus which included a sports hall, an open-air theater, and pavilion for the junior school playgrounds. It was decided to place the new sports hall close to the existing sports facilities. The hall is a massive box of 28 by 38 meters. The mass is sunk by 1.5 meters so that the building is not too imposing in relation to the existing buildings. The level difference from
the roadside to the poolside is used strategically to create steps and an entrance porch from the east side. The building is further scaled by adding an entrance porch on two sides and is carefully oriented in such a way that part of the landscape grows to cover it and helps to temper its mass. Skylights to the sides and roof lights give optimum day-lighting to the hall. Multiple options were tried and tested for the design of the skylight to optimize daylight in the space and to avoid glare and excessive heat. Tectonic articulation and detail give the building an identity of its own. 3.1 Model of Sports Hall
Roof Monitor
Acoustic panels
PUF panel top sheet
Corrugated metal vertical Acoustic panels
Corrugated metal vertical
Perforated sheet Glass
3.2 3D visualization of the interior of Sports Hall Opening
Position of acoustic panels A1
A2
Roof monitor
Toughened glass Opening
A3
Position of acoustic panels C1
Roof monitor Metal sheet fin
Metal sheet fin Option - A
Option - C B1
Option - B
3.3 Skylight design options
B2
Corrugated metal vertical D1
Metal box section framework
Option - D
3.4 Schematic view of roof monitor - Option D1
3.5 Sports hall wall sections
100mm wide perforated metal sheet strip welded to skylight frame Metal top sheet
Chemical water proofing Kota stone coping LVL +11.60m sloped inwards Form Finished concrete
BBC laid to slope
BBC laid to slope 80mm puff panel
Slope
Glass 60%VLT
IPS finish
25 x 25 mm drip mold Form Finished concrete
Slope
IPS finish
25 x 25 mm drip mold Form finished concrete
Flashing to detail
Form finished concrete fin
Form Finished concrete fin Internal plaster finished with paint
300x600 Aluminum aerofoil fin in mill, anodized or polyester powder coated finish
Glass louver window (W2a)
Slope
Internal plaster finished with paint Outlet
BOS +4.95m
Sliding acoustic panel shutter 75mm thk Concrete jali (W1)
Stainless steel wire mesh (W2b)
Slope
Plaster with grooving finished with textured paint
LINTEL +4.25m
300x600 Aluminum aerofoil fin in mill, anodized or polyester powder coated finish
Nodes Tubular sections, Powder coated, light gray
Stainless steel wire mesh (W2b) Waterproofing as per specification LVL +7.70m
Chemical water proofing Kota stone coping sloped inwards LVL +11.60m Form Finished concrete
Glass louver window (W2a) Waterproofing as per specification LVL +7.70m
Plaster with grooving finished with textured paint
Outlet Internal plaster finished with paint
IPS finish
AC unit
BOS +4.95m
Internal plaster finished with paint
25mm Acoustic paneling as per detail
BBC laid to slope
Kota stone coping TOS +5.85 m Form finished concrete Membrane water proofing Drip mold BOS +5.85 m Form finished concrete
Louvered door D1
500mm RCC column finished with paint
500mm RCC column finished with paint
Stainless steel wire mesh (W1)
60mm MS flat railing Polished kota flooring
BBC laid to slope IPS finish SILL +1.85m
60mm MS flat rods Rough Shabad flooring FFL +1.95m Existing courtyard flooring
Rough shabad coping
Polished kota 25mm Polished kota Vinyl sports flooring
Vinyl sports flooring
SPORTS HALL FFL +0.0m
Polythene sheet Well compacted earth PCC Well compacted rubble Well compacted earth
Polythene sheet Well compacted rubble Well compacted earth
PCC
3.6 Acoustic panel detail Pelmet Sliding top channel
19mm edging painted red meranti
LVL +9.05m
19mm thk painted Ply backing
25mm thk Heradesign superfine acoustic panel
LVL +7.65m
LVL +4.95m
25mm thk Heradesign superfine acoustic panel
Wooden handle LVL +0.10m
Sliding bottom channel Pelmet
DETAIL B
LVL +0.00m
SECTION AA
LVL +9.05m LVL +7.65m
Serge Ferrari Batyline acoustic fabric wrapped around space-frame as per vendor detail
LVL +4.95m Space frame LVL +0.10m LVL +0.00m
SECTION BB
DETAIL C
B
25mm thk Heradesign superfine acoustic panel mounted on wall in incline position 25mm 96 Density rock-wool packed behind the Heradesign panels following the same angular profile
25mm thk Heradesign superfine acoustic panel mounted on wall in vertical position
A
A
25mm 96 Density rock-wool packed behind the Heradesign panels following the same angular profile
20mm thk Red Meranti finished with paint
20mm thk Red Meranti framework
25mm thk Heradesign superfine acoustic panel
B
REFLECTED CEILING PLAN
25mm thk Heradesign superfine acoustic panel mounted on wall in incline position
DETAIL A
20mm thk Red Meranti finished with paint
20mm thk Red Meranti framework 25mm thk Heradesign superfine acoustic panel mounted on wall in incline position
25mm thk Heradesign superfine acoustic panel
DETAIL D
Aga Khan Academy - Open-air Theater Type
Professional, Campus extension
Year
2018
Design team
Quaid, Shilpa, Kushal, Aashna
Location
Hyderabad, India
Design firm
DCOOP
Contribution
Design and tender drawings of theater
A shading structure was to be designed for the existing amphitheater in the campus. The amphitheater steps are semicircular in shape with a circular stage in the middle of it. Multiple design options were tried and tested to offer ideal thermal comfort while retaining the overall form of the theater. The chosen design uses a tensile fabric to shade the sitting and stage area. The design comprises of a circular ring beam that gives the structure its simple form. The circular roof is supported by using an array of columns. One-quarter of the circle has a wall to offer shade from the harsh south sun. The roof is designed using two beams and a series of chords, the tensile fabric is wrapped around the chords in a zig-zag way to break away from typical tensile tent form. This allows a minimal depth of the roof such that it does not harm the aesthetic of the existing structures on the campus.
A Tensile fabric
Chord
Aluminum profile
Metal box section
1000
Beam
B
B
Brace
Reducer Column
Aluminum profile Metal box section
3.10 Detail A Beam Chord Brace Tensile fabric Aluminum profile Slope
3.12 Part model made in wood
Aluminum profile Metal box section
3.7 Theater plan
3.11 Detail B
A
Beam 122 x 61mm M.S. sections
Ring beam 450 x 450mm M.S. section
Detail B
Chords 122 x 61mm M.S. sections
Top of ring beam LVL +7.50m
2786
6500 3200
2750
5236
6800
Bottom of lintel LVL +4.80m Top of sill LVL +3.35m
LVL 0.00m
3.8 Section AA Ring beam 450 x 450mm M.S. section
Detail A
Beam 122 x 61mm M.S. sections
Chords 122 x 61mm M.S. sections Top of ring beam LVL +7.50m
6500
Bottom of lintel LVL +4.80m Steel beam 450 x 450mm M.S. section
Top of sill LVL +3.35m Top of steps LVL +2.45m LVL 0.30m
3.9 Section BB
LVL 0.00m
3.13 3D visualization of open-air theater
Aga Khan Academy - Pavilion for Playground Type
Professional, Campus extension
Year
2018
Design team
Quaid, Shilpa, Manisha, Kushal
Location
Hyderabad, India
Design firm
DCOOP
Contribution
Design and tender drawings of pavilion
This campus is situated in the city of Hyderabad which faces harsh summers during which the temperature can rise up to 40°C in the daytime. Therefore shading pavilions are designed to allow the use of existing playgrounds outside the junior school during summer. The design of the pavilions consist of square modules of 2.7m x 2.7m which house series of boards placed perpendicular to the direction of the sun. This allows for air ventilation while providing efficient shade required for the playground. The color pattern makes it playful and matches it with the surrounding Red Agra stone cladded buildings. 3.14 3D visualization of the pavilion 12mm thk Shera board louvers at 300 angle, 150mm c/c bolted to M.S. cleat finished with paint
A
M.S. cleat welded to M.S. plate
Lapping Joint
122 x 61 x 4.5 mm M.S. section 60 x 60 x 4 mm M.S. section
P2 M.S. plate welded to M.S. box section 122 x 61 x 4.5 mm M.S. section
122 x 61x 4.5 mm M.S. section 122 x 61x 4.5 mm M.S. section
12mm thk Shera board louvers at 600 angle finished with paint
Detail A
P1
6mm M.S. plate M.S. cleat welded to M.S. plate Junior school First floor
175mm wide, 12mm thk Shera board, 150mm c/c bolted to M.S. cleat
60 x 60 x 4 mm M.S. section 6mm M.S. plate
3.17 Pavilion color pattern
122 x 61x 4.5 mm M.S. section
LVL +4.05m LVL +3.75m
125mm wide, 12mm thk Shera board louvers finished with paint LVL +3.00m 122 x 61x 4.5 mm M.S. section
16mm dia M.S. rod
60 x 60 x 4 mm M.S. section
Shera board fixing detail
16mm dia M.S. rod sub-grid 900mm c/c 12mm thk Shera board finished with paint 3mm thk Z plate bolted to Shera board
175
60 x 60 x 4 mm M.S. section
3.18 Axonometric View
60 x 60 x 4 mm M.S. section 122 x 61 x 4.5 mm M.S. section
11 12mm thk Shera board finished with paint, bolted to M.S. cleat, resting on M.S. rod sub-grid, lapping joint provided where board length exceeds 2400mm
2700
12mm thk Shera board louvers at 600 angle finished with paint
3.15 Pavilion reflected ceiling plan
16mm dia M.S. rod
Elevation
1350
A
150
Junior school Ground floor
150
12
Plan
2700
LVL +0.15m LVL 0.00m
3.16 Section AA
Plan
1350
3.19 Typical Shera board lapping detail
M
3.20 Detail A
N
La Casa - Microbrewery Type
Professional
Year
2017
Design team
George, Ann, Kushal, Vidhi
Location
Bengaluru, India
Design firm
Atto Atelier
Contribution
Execution of the entire project, designing the roof, integrating brewery into the restaurant
A small villa was to be converted into a microbrewery and restaurant. While certain parts of the villa were in good condition, most other parts such as the roof and interiors were in a state of disrepair. To house the brewery equipment, the villa was extended outside by a metal frame structure. Connecting the newly added metal structure with the existing loadbearing structure of the villa was one of the most challenging parts of the project. While doing this the dilapidated roof of the villa had to be replaced by a new roof that would cover both the structures thereby making it one. Roof tiles with glass were used to bring daylight from the east and the north side of the structure which also gives a bejeweled cover to the brewery.
New roof added to cover the entire structure
Existing Villa converted into a restaurant
Villa extended to house a microbrewery Ground level turned into a garden restaurant
4.1 Villa before refurbishing
4.3 Site images during construction
4.2 Axonometric View
4.4 Images after completion
Contextualizing Public Space Type
Academic, Thesis
Year
2016 - 2017
Advisor
Kaiwan Mehta
Location
Gorai-Manori-Uttan, Mumbai, India
School
NMIMS - BSSA
The sanctioned regional plan of Mumbai metropolitan region approved in 2013 identified the area of GoraiManori-Uttan as a recreation and tourism development zone, which was previously a no development zone to protect the land of the community inheriting these villages. As per the new development plan, large swatches which were earlier marked as ‘preservation zone’ have been changed to ‘green zone’, a misleading terminology that is often used to open up the land for farmhouses of the wealthy. This process is backed by the agenda of creating a recreational getaway for the people of Mumbai, but with the increased mobility and development in this region, not only will the livelihood of the existing community; surviving on fishing, agriculture and salt farming, be affected but will also wipe out the last recognizable East Indian village. The picturesque vision for the people of Mumbai demands a renewed understanding whether how much of this new public space to be created, will truly be public at the cost of eviction of the marginalized community.
5.2 3D visualization of intervention near Adarsh Vidya Mandir, Rai.
At a time when the government is eying these lands under the name of development, and the community slowly getting gentrified due to the lack of support for the economic growth, it is necessary to create room for new technology that allows the community to strengthen their livelihood. To preserve the rural character and community values the proposed design interventions integrate changes at the urban-rural edge. This limits urban sprawls and loss of rural land which impact food supply to urban areas. Making room for new production and processing techniques the proposed institute ensures the environmental and economic health of the region while also filling an educational gap which provides support and information required by the community for their livelihood. It helps in mediating socio-political conflicts. The design also defines regional character based on the ecological system and relationships between large and small rural towns and communities. Empowering these rural communities to actively participate in the decision-making processes enables better land use and community well-being. It also helps in containing an unmanaged change in land use due to demographic shifts, economic pressure, and spot rezoning.
5.1 3D visualization of intervention near Bhayander Secondary School, Bhayander.
5.3 3D visualization of intervention near St. Andrew’s School, Uttan.
The study is based in a peripheral rural region located along the northern boundary of Mumbai. Easy accessibility to the main city has brought in rapid development in the region. The new development plan for this region has led to the gentrification of the native communities. To investigate this, the research is based on the present situation of the people residing in the area. The communities are divided based on their occupation which includes fishing, salt farming, and agriculture. Fishing and salt farming is the major activity. The fishing community follows an annual cycle of fish hunting and breeding. The reductions in the fish catch from eighteen thousand tonnes per annum to thirteen thousand tonnes annually is a rising concern. Since the peak production catch of the fish has already been 5.4 Existing land use (2011).
reached on account of the increase in the number of mechanized boats, the economic sustainability of these fishermen becomes weaker day-by-day, thus forcing the newer generation to engage in jobs other than fishing. On the other side, the salt farming community follow an annual cycle of salt farming and prawn culture in the salt pans. At present, the 5 month period of prawn culture brings a family an average annual income of five thousand rupees per hectare. The potential being sixty-six thousand rupees for the same hectare of land. This becomes crucial after understanding that over two hundred hectares of land in this area is under salt pans. 5.7 Images of fishing community. 5.5 Proposed land use zones.
Arabian Sea
5.8 Images of salt farming community.
5.6 Prevailing situation of fishing and salt farming communities.
Arabian Sea
Mumbai
Mumbai
Wetland
Wetland
Agricultural
Agricultural
Fishing
Fishing
Retail
Development zone 1
Residential
Tourism Development
Institutional
Development zone 2
Intervention near Bhayander secondary school In the expanding urban sprawl of Bhayander, a landlocked site behind the school compound of Bhayander secondary high school provides an excellent opportunity for the design of a multipurpose hall accompanied with outdoor and indoor sports facility. This site has the potential to cater to the spatial needs of the community for marriages and social gathering coupled with events of sports for the younger generation. The design concept emerges from the landlocked site condition 5.9 Section AA which demands a meticulous design of circulation routes that encourage constant movement and neglect dead-end corridors. This ensures a smooth transition between public and private spaces by creating a network of spaces that transform from large to small. Exposed structure is used to promote the observation of parts in motion and part to whole, allowing a play on material that links spaces and flows of people through visual complexity. Spaces whether big or small also enable flexibility as per need. The exhibition theater on the first floor of the proposed design can be used to create opportunities for exchange of ideas and foster communication between people of different age groups. 5.10 Section BB
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5.7 Ground floor plan
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5.8 First floor plan
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Intervention near Adarsh Vidya Mandir, Rai The site across the compound of Adarsh Vidya Mandir in Rai overlooks and shares a boundary with a large expanse of salt farms. It is located between two low-rise high-density settlements. The proposed design provides a retail market and a playground to allow the people from these communities to freely access this open patch of land. The design also incorporates an institute that can provide the technology required by the community for prawn culture in their salt farms. The design accommodates multiple necessities and unifies different programs such as retail market, playground, training center, labs, seed bank for prawn culture, policy support and meeting spaces. These programs offer knowledge about salt farming, fish culture, and sustainability through a hands-on relationship while creating spaces that hurl these communities together, fostering interaction and giving people a place to talk, thus allowing the human friction to spark. Hierarchy has been disregarded to disperse importance to all spaces and people by providing playgrounds that promote social interaction and physical exercise.
5.13 Section CC
5.14 Section DD
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5.11 Ground floor plan
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40m
5.12 First floor plan
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Intervention near St, Andrewâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s School, Uttan The site near St. Andrewâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s school is situated in the fishing village of Uttan. The side of a rocky mountain is flattened at multiple levels for activities such as fish drying and boat building. The proposed design for this site aims to build spaces for togetherness and group interaction by creating vibrant spaces with abstract shapes to break the rigidity of the existing surrounding. By using the natural environment as an extension, the openness of the design is enhanced while creating a seamless transition where indoors and outdoors intertwine facilitating the better use of jetty for public transport. The way-finding circulation of the design follows a consistent path that arrives into a vast open space where boat building is carried on. Niches nestled within the spaces create the private spaces required whereas play spaces are designed where jumping, climbing and rolling provides exercise and imaginative development.
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5.16 View from point E
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5.17 View from point F
5.18 View from point G
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5.19 View from point H
5.15 Ground floor plan
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Design strategy through research methodology
Bandra - Kurla complex, Mumbai, India
School
NMIMS - BSSA
The aim of the project was to develop an organizational strategy for a new headquarter of FSSAI which would not only enable smooth functioning but also
Laboratories
Food Samples
Accreditation
Test Reports License Research & Development
Food Samples
Scientific Panel
Food Products
Food Products
Information & Consumer Education
Test Reports
Accreditation Management System
Industrial Interface
Quality Standards
Quality Council
Capacity Building
Food Samples
Capacity Building
Regulations
Quality Standards
Indiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Position
Quality Standards
Management System
Training
Schemes & Programs
Proposals
Financial Aid
Market Conditions
Framework
Schemes & Programs
Financial Aid MoU
Organization
Financial Aid
Input
Organization
Information Education Output
Framework
Communication Regulation
Selective
Food Product
Universal
6.1 Role of FSSAI in the food industry
Centre of Excellence
Circular Letters & Reports
License
Network of Institutes
Indiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Position
Circular Letters & Reports
National Codex Contact Point
Codex Alimentarius Commission
Codex Secretariat
FSSAI Test Reports
Food Products
Research & Development
Research & Development
Proposals
Research
Resources
Research
Food Products
Regulations
Distance Education System
Financial Aid
Structured Courses
Resources
Training Data Interpretation & Survey
NGOs
Location
Various case studies of organizational bodies dealing effectively with testing and communication were taken up, inferences of which helped generate a strategy. This strategy was then deployed along with other programs of FSSAI through a diagrammatic understanding of functionality to arrive at the conceptual organizational structure.
Consumer
Milind Merchant
Market
Advisor
Local Body
2015 - 2016
discard the existing loopholes. This strategy was then applied to arrange various programs under the purview of FSSAI.
IGNOU
Year
The fourth-year design studio was an extensive research-based project which adapted a different perspective on spatial design. The studio focused on studying the functioning & scope of FSSAI which has been established under the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006 as a statutory body for laying down science-based standards for articles of food and for regulating the manufacturing, processing, storage, distribution, sale and import of food.
Food safety centre
Academic, Strategic Design
FBOs
Type
Information & Consumer Education Consumer Survey
6.2 Functional divisions within FSSAI Surveillance Communication
Administration
Regulation
Standards
Standards
Enforcement and Food Testing
Administration
Standards
Regulation
Finance and Accounts Education
Codex
Dissemination
Risk Assessment
Capacity Building
Vigilance
Establishment
6.3 Proposed program distribution for headquarter of FSSAI
Surveillance Product Approval
Quality Assurance
Enforcement
Import
Imports
Information
Legal Cell
Quality Assurance
Training
Workstations Cubicles
MoU
Research & Development
Data Interpretation & Survey
Private Offices
Meeting Rooms
Team Spaces
Presentation Rooms
Schemes & Programs
Filing Facility
Library
Cafe
Shared Spaces
Framework
Regulation
Financial Aid
Risk Assessment
Consumer
Financial Aid
Centre of Excellence
Finance
6.4 Proposed strategic organization of functional divisions within FSSAI
Risk Assessment
Exclusive Spaces
Booths
Local Body
Product Approval
Schemes & Programs Management System
Area wise Information
Framework Distance Education
Regulation
Research Report Food Samples
Test Reports
Test Reports
Research & Development
Quality Assurance
Enforcement
Legal Cell
Surveillance Consumer Education
Product Information Capacity Building
Import
Indiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Position
Quality Standards
Framework
Area wise Information
License
Product Approval
Quality Standards
Management System
Product Testing
Circular Letters & Reports
Framework
Regulation
Dissemination
Circular Letters & Reports
Data Interpretation & Survey
Food Safety Education
Indiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Position
Proposals
Data Interpretation & Survey
Standards
Codex Alimentarius Commission
Research & Development
Food Safety Centre
Framework
Research & Development
National Codex Contact Point
Framework
Network of Institutes
Financial Aid
Codex Secretariat
Proposals
Administration
Regulation
License
Scientific Panel
General Administration
Organization Information
Test Reports Research
Food Business Operator
Education Communication
Selective Universal
Research
Distance Education Structures Courses
Foreign Organization
Structures Courses
Organization under FSSAI
Standards
Training
Food Product
IGNOU
Regulation
Surveillance
Regulation
Enforcement
Task Force
Revitalising Suburb Type
Academic, Urban Design
Year
2015 - 2016
Advisor
Atrey Chhaya, Prachi Dhonde
Location
Malad, Mumbai, India
School
NMIMS - BSSA
Team
Misri, Shamika, Harsh, Shriya, Kushal
7.1 Development in Malad
7.2 Images of Malad
The studio had identified the suburb of Malad as a study, situated in the northwestern region of Mumbai. In the past, it was inhabited by hamlets that were sustained by fishing and small scale agriculture. A vast expanse of the land was a mangrove forest abutting a creek that brings in the Arabian Sea. Over the past 40 years, a series of waves of urbanization brought in small scale industries, government, and public housing colonies. Malad today, like many suburbs in the city, is a multi-layered sprawl tending towards a car-dependent, gentrified communities. The aim of the studio was to search for new identities for Malad, in the process it would reflect upon changing ideas of living space and domesticity, urban ecology, new commerce, and public space.
The effects of Somwari Bazaar in the neighborhood of Kumbharwada were studied. The area around the Somwari (Monday) Bazaar which is an important node between the S.V.Road and the Link Road is the Monday market which has been around for over 30 years. The intention of the insert is to make the connection between S.V.Road and the Link Road stronger. It aims to serve as an important primordial stretch which caters to both the bazaar, adjoining workshops, and residential areas. The periodic Somwari Bazaar and public spaces housed within the design supports the idea of diversifying social networks, neighborhood services and businesses reinforced in the community. Promoting a community transition to a mixed-income, mixed wealth and diverse community.
7.3 Time-line of typologies
7.4 Existing typologies & site sections
Residential
1700 1800
Residential with shop Bazaar
1820 1850
2005 Temple
Workshop
1880 1900 Chawl
2010
Public housing
1950 1980
Retail Religious Public Housing Tower 2015
Workshop
2000 2016
Residential
7.5 Plan of proposed design
7.6 Progressive section of proposed design
7.7 Model Images
7.8 3D Visualization of proposed design
The project starts with research and documentation of old, dilapidated but once important landmarks of the city which now have somehow lost their identity, often remaining just symbols of the past. The study consisted of four modules: 1- Video depicting a fictional story related to the structure, 2- Abstraction from Academic, Design studio the video, 3- Drawing excerpted from the video, 4- Design to refurbish or retrofit the structure. Watsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Hotel also known as Esplanade Mansion, the oldest 2015 cast-iron structure of the century is one such structure. Once an ĂŠlite European only hotel, it now lies in ruins, taken over by small tenants and shopkeepers. Atrey Chhaya, Dipal Chhaya Situated in the heritage precinct of Kala-Ghoda, the mansion cries for attention. Besides the cast iron structure, nothing of the past remains as is. The mansion Kala-Ghoda, Mumbai, India was documented through an animated story about a bag traveling through the structure in its prime. The bag travels through various spaces at different speeds NMIMS - BSSA and in varying motion paths, almost like an assembly line. The motion of pick, drop, stumble and fall was extrapolated into a design insert to reinvent the mansion into a transit node.
Esplanade Mansion Type Year Advisor Location School
8.1 Animation of a bag traveling through the hotel
8.2 Abstraction from the animation
8.3 Drawing excerpted from the animation
8.4 Reinventing Watsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Hotel as transit node - Esplanade Mansion
Exploded Axonometric
Basement plan
Ground floor plan
Top floor plan
Sensile Infobahn Type
Competition Entry
Name
Evolo Sky-scraper
Year
2016
Team
Monik, Shourya, Misri, Sharvari, Saurabh, Kushal
Contribution
Concept, 3D modeling and visualization
In an ever-changing techno-scape, the proposed design of a skyscraper encompasses a variety of dimensions, both physical and social. It engages the bionic humans in socializing, obtaining information and exploring the factors that influence the constant morphing of the design. The tower posits that the user’s response to space moderates his or her purpose for visiting a certain pod and his understanding of what he wants. The framework is both theoretically and managerial, assisting the users, who are also the planners, to identify and plan the spaces based on the primary purpose of area/ zone requirement. The tower provides for continued growth
based on the constant availability of material, efficient transfer of information, direct addressing of information, interactivity and individuality. By building abstractions from the characteristics of the virtual world, representations of the material world potentially become the cognition of the spaces that the user moves through, touches, sees, and hears. The material used is ‘Catoms’, described as being similar to a nanomachine, but with greater power and complexity. While microscopic individually, they bond and work together on a larger scale. Catoms can change their density, energy levels, state of being, and other characteristics using thought alone. The skyscraper
consists of three main structures; the core, the framework, and the units. The core provides a design to focus constructive rearrangement on each node and a software matrix that motivates local cooperation among groups of catoms. This protocol ensures a seamless union between form and functionality. Constructed from the bottom up, these catoms get information input from the core, run along with the framework and form the units. The material enables the units to be constantly dynamic, going through multiple mutations, creating a more responsive space that is adjusting to the bionic human’s needs.
The spaces are based on the requirements of the residents and mutate within the set framework. The design commands from the core for any extensions or additions to these units are implanted keeping the changing paradigms and behaviors associated with the user in mind. Designed to be the brain of the skyscraper, the information core is connected to every entity that builds itself upon the nodes of its framework. It hosts, processes and delivers all the information fed into it by the user. Sending out commands for designing and redesigning at short intervals, it renders itself to be constantly active.
Complexity in Non-living Natural Systems (Limestone Coves) Type
Academic, Design Workshop
Year
2013 - 2014
Advisor
Atrey Chhaya, Mahek Lalan
Team
Shourya, Saurabh, Navaz, Shriya, Kushal
Location
School corridor
The workshop focused on structural and functional complexities found in non-living natural systems. These include geological formations, ice, rocks, minerals, quartz, etc. Complex systems are signified by two or more components that are distinct and integrated. Systems in nature show an inherent complex structure based on their processes of formation. These systems react with dynamic environmental factors (such as heat, pressure, and agents such as wind, water, etc) that cause functional and formal complexities. The studio investigated various systems through a process of diagrams and models to devise a dynamic installation based on specific structural complexities and their reactions to changing environmental conditions.
Limestone Coves are pavements formed due to limestone weathering. Limestone areas are weathered when rainwater, which contains a weak carbonic acid reacts with it, thereby eroding the joints and bedding planes. This happens in specific conditions when the base stone in parallel to the ground surface. The formation thus created depends upon the angle of the rocks. The study is related to the change in angles and the inclination of the surfaces so formed. This is further explored by modeling a dynamic form which formed the basic concept for the design. With simple mechanism and co-related elements the installation moderates the size and character of the limestone pavements. The materials used are Deodar wood, stainless steel pipes, and acrylic.
10.1 Image of Limestone Coves in nature
10.4 Exploded axonometric of the installation
10.2 Different angles of formation
10.3 Process model
10.5 Images of Installation
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