MahimaPandya_Portfolio 2015 - 2016 by Mahima

MAHIMA PANDYA

DESIGN PORTFOLIO SELECTED WORKS 2015 - 2016 MSAUD, GSAPP, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY

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HOUSE OF BREAD II, CUSTOMER INFORMATION CENTRE & EVENT FORUM, AUSTRIA

PROFESSIONAL _ INTERNSHIP I COOP HIMMELB(L)AU, VIENNA

NYCHA FOOD CAMPUS

ACADEMIC _ MSAUD I SUMMER 2015, GSAPP

SEED OF CHANGE

ACADEMIC _ MSAUD I FALL 2015, GSAPP

MADURAI ‘RIVER’SED

ACADEMIC _ MSAUD I SPRING 2015, GSAPP

INDEX

HOUSE OF BREAD II “Haus des Brotes II” The Customer Information Centre and Event Forum Professional _ Internship I Coop Himmelb(l)au, Vienna

COOP HIMMELB(L)AU - WOLF D. PRIX & PARTNER ZT GMBH Design Principal: Wolf D. Prix I Design Partner: Karolin Schmidbaur Project Team: Friedrich Hähle, Günther Weber, Stephan Sobl, Mahima Pandya, Albara Arab, Martina Bighignoli, Daniel Bolojan, Donna Riedel, Benjamin Schmidt, Damian Site Area: 3,750 sqm Building Height: 20 meters

Gross Floor Area: 1,850 sqm Number of floors: 4

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“Haus des Brotes II” (“House of Bread II) is a customer information centre and event forum at Asten, Austria. It consists of two elements: a box shaped plinth building with foyer and event rooms plus the “Wunderkammer des Brotes”, a two storey freeform exhibition

area floating on top. The materials chosen enhance each of the elements; the square base building shows a cast-in-place concrete façade while the rounded wood structure of the museum is clad with stainless steel shingles.

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While the base building houses the event rooms, the design of the exhibition area is based on the idea of a cabinet of curiosities, a concept for collections originating in the Baroque period. This concept is especially appropriate for the unusual and small-scale

objects in the collection related to the topic â&#x20AC;&#x153;breadâ&#x20AC;? which are presented in the exhibition area. The atrium, well lit from above is enclosed by a spiral stair where visitors can look at the exhibited items from various perspectives.

The center of the exhibition is defined by a circular atrium

Site _ Under Construction

I was a part of the project in its early stage and thus had the opportunity to witness its rigorous design process. It involved extensive model making and resolving minute details along with the spatial space making.

NYCHA FOOD CAMPUS Re-envisioning and transforming the Lower East Side Grace Salisbury Mills, Mahima Pandya, Lee Yan Shun Summer 2015

The summer studio frames the five boroughs of New York City as a learning lab, examining biophysical infrastructures, conflicting public and private interests, and ongoing socio-spatial change. This project is focused on the lower east side, analysing the dilapidated condition of New York City housing which is one of the only government housing associations left in the country.

EXISITING FOOD INFRASTRUCTURE

CONDITIONS ON AVENUE D

PRESENT SCENARIO The east village neighbourhood has a pressing need for greater employment and socio cultural integration considering the current low employment rate. Unlike the adjacent thriving alphabet city;

Avenue D is a desolated street with no social cultural activities. The aim is to harness job opportunities and uplift the potential of the local food economy in the area.

NEED FOR EMPLOYMENT

vision / PROPOSED STRATEGIES The goal of the project was to transform the New York City housing in to a vibrant mixed use food campus using a series of food related urban strategies to generate jobs and reintegrate its population in to the neighbourhood.

Avenue D would be transformed in to a commercial zone and a new green avenue would be flanked by community spaces on either side. This would lead to an improved street quality to the FDR drive and will have a reinforced connection to the east river park .

proposal A range of physical and programmatic interventions are planned ranging from commercial to community engagement to create a more robust and resilient society driven by the food economy.

Safer Crossing

View through Corridor

Introduce Retail Activity

Sound + Po

STRATEGIES : PUBLIC CONNECTIVITY & INFILL There were various strategies proposed to revive the area. Strategies for infill consisted of breaking and consolidating the super block, inserting ground floor commercial space and converting a desolated street into a continuous street front of varying heights

with mixed use programs. Another strategy proposes to reinforce public connection to the east river park by creating a direct access connecting the NYCHA campus to the park.

ollution Buffer

Community kitchen

STRATEGies : community integration with neighbourhood To integrate the community with the neighbourhood, the idea would be to create shared and permeable spaces along venue D for greater interaction and community participation.

Community courtyard and social services

Market garden

STRATEGIES : INCUBATORS In order to promote avenue D as a food hub, it would house food related functions and activities like farmers market, an incubator space , small retail shops and community gardens.

Incubator space

Plaza/farmers market

SEED OF CHANGE A new form of production and engagement with local seeds Hannah Beall, Aminata Seck, Fei Xiong, Mahima Pandya Fall 2015

The Fall Studio II expands in scope to consider the city-region, examining large scale interdependencies and interactions. Studio research addresses the particular conditions of American city-regions; in this term the Hudson Valley in which shifting ecological, topographical, infrastructural, demographic and social conditions call for new strategies for systemic action.

OBJECTIVES

HEALTHY AND BIODIVERSE ECOSYSTEMS SEED CYCLE

WATERSHED SYSTEM HEALTH STEWARDSHIP OF THE URBAN AND NATURAL

ANNUAL SEED PROCESS

SEEDS

PROCESSING/PACKAGING/DISTRIBUTING

SEED GROWING

SEED PLANTING

PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS

208’ - 26 ROWS (5’ ROW + 3’ SPACING)

PROCESSING

LAND REQUIREMENTS: MAXIMUM SLOPE FOR GROWING: 6% SOUTHERN EXPOSURE PRIME GROWING MONTHS: - MAY THROUGH OCTOBER

208’

TYPICAL 1 ACRE PLOT - 43,560 SF

PRODUCTION: AVERAGE SEEDS NEEDED (PER ACRE): - 19,360 AVERAGE SEEDS PRODUCED (PER ACRE): -2,250,000,000

01. SEED GROWING

SEEDS

PACKAGING

SEEDS

DISTRIBUTING

GREENHOUSE SIZES

WAREHOUSE SIZES

TRANSPORTATION

SIZE TYPOLOGIES: GARDEN: 100 SF HOMESTEAD: 384 SF FARM: 1,728 SF

SMALL DISTRIBUTOR: - 1,000 SF AVG - BIKING 10 MINUTE PROXIMITY - LOCAL DISTRIBUTION

INITIAL DISTRIBUTION TYPES: - LOCAL BIKE SERVICE - 0-15 MIN DELIVERY AREA

LAND REQUIREMENTS: MAXIMUM SLOPE FOR GROWING: 6% SOUTHERN EXPOSURE PRIME PROCESSING MONTHS: - JULY THROUGH NOVEMBER

MEDIUM DISTRIBUTOR: - 2,500 SF AVG - BIKING/CAR DISTRIBUTION

LATER PHASING: - SMALL TRUCK DELIVERY - REGIONAL DELIVERY ACESS

LARGE DISTRIBUTOR: - 5,000 SF AVG - CAR/TRUCK DISTRIBUTION

02. PROCESSING/PACKAGING/DISTRIBUTION

PROGRAM OBJECTIVE Monoculture farming comprises more than 60% of the farming throughout the world, leaving the environment susceptible to catastrophic ruin. Biodiverse and unique Hudson Valley seeds have the ability to re-establish localized biodiverse ecologies along creek based cities adjacent to the Hudson River; through

farmed propagation and a series of land management measures. The reintroduction of native and heirloom seeds aid in combating the global issue of monoculture farming. Additionally, social and economic programming aim to create jobs, connect communities, and establish a new base for economic activity in disparate cities.

AREA 1

ARMORY PROCESSING GROWING

AREA 4 AREA 3 AREA 2

PLANTING

PLANTING WAREHOUSE

GROWING

PROPOSED SITE CONDITION

PRODUCTION SEEDS TOMATOES BEANS ZUCCHINI MELONS EGGPLANT PEPPERS BROCCOLI CORN TOMATILLOS KALE ASPARAGUS CUCUMBER SUNFLOWERS ZINNIA CELOSIA HYDRANGEA ECHINACEA VERBENA LOBELIA ASTILBE DELPHINIUM COLUMBINE HELLEBORES LAVENDER HIBISCUS

COMMUNITY CENTER Armory Unity Center

STORAGE

PROCESSING

Tractor GROWTH Seeds

PROCESSING

Greenhouse

DAIRY CONE

QUASSAIC CREEK CAR BODY SHOP

PROCESSING Greenhouse

PERVERVATION AREA

GROWTH

PROCESSING

Seeds

Erosion Control Restorative Meadow

Seeds Distribution Center

Stormwater Filtration

CONSERVATION SEEDS

PRODUCTION SEEDS

ANDROPOGON PANICUM ELYMUS SORGASTRUM CHAMAECRISTA AGROSTIS CAREX VERBENA ONOCLEA HELIOPSIS ASTER JUNCUS SUNFLOWERS LOBELIA EUPATORIUM SCIRPUS

TOMATOES BEANS ZUCCHINI MELONS EGGPLANT PEPPERS BROCCOLI CORN TOMATILLOS KALE ASPARAGUS CUCUMBER SUNFLOWERS ZINNIA CELOSIA HYDRANGEA ECHINACEA VERBENA LOBELIA ASTILBE DELPHINIUM COLUMBINE HELLEBORES LAVENDER HIBISCUS

RESIDENT

CAR SHOP RESIDENT

PLANTING AREA

RESIDENT

COMMUNITY GARGEN

GROWTH SEEDS

PROCESSING

GROWTH PLANTS - SOIL POLLUTION

STORAGE

PROCESSING

SHOPPING CENTER

Greenhouse

area1

AREA 1

area 2

AREA 2

area 3 AREA 3

area 4

AREA 4

newburgh seed hub Phase 1 of the project is initiated at a site located near the existing community; taking advantage of the vacant plots. The site is well connceted to Newburgh as well as Windsor. Each portion of the

site is allocated witha program in conjunction with seed growth, processing and planting.

CONSERV GREEN ROOF SCHOOL

GARDEN

200-500 SF (VARIES)

RAISED BEDS

GARDEN SHED

NEW WINDSOR

QUASSAICK CREEK

section 1

COMMUNITY CENTER

COMMERCIAL

GARDEN

CONSERVATION PLANTING AREA

INDUSTRIAL

CONSERVATION AR

500 SF - 1 ACRE (VARIES)

GARDEN SHED

NEW WINDSOR

QUASSAICK CREEK

section 2

RESIDENTIAL BLOCK

RESIDENTIAL PRIVATE BACKYARD

CONSERVATION AREA

200 - 500 SF (VARIES)

COMMUNAL GARDEN

QUASSAICK CREEK

section 3

NEW WINDSOR

FARMLAND

SMALL FARM

PLANTING FIELDS

section 4

EXISTING RAILROAD

CONSERVATION PLANTING

QUASSAICK CREEK

section 5

PLANTING USER TYPOLOGIES & SITE SECTIONS A large range of varied users would be catered through the seed program ranging from conservation planting to community gardens with different spatial and programmatic requirements. The site sections shows the diversity in the neighbourhood of the

Seed Hub, cutting through the Quassaic Creek and other land uses ranging from an industrial back yard to an armory.

BARN

VATION PLANTING AREA

REA

INDUSTRIAL

C’

food literacy outdoor learning academic success

food literacy

outdoor learning academic success

R.O.W. DETAIL 02

GROWING FIELD

DRYING + PROCESSING

The armory The armory

field crew field crew

NEWBURGH ARMORY PLANTS AND AREA

20 lotstotak totak 20 lots

R.O.W.

vegetable_flowers_herbs

harvest + drying + sorting harvest + drying + sorting

vegetable_flowers_herbs

Arugula Asian Greens Beans Beets Arugula Asian Greens Beans Beets Broccoli Broccoli

ft high 18 ft18 high

200k lbs to 200k to be becultivated cultivated

CONSERVATION AREA

PLANTS AND AREA FOR GROWTH FOR GROWTH

GREEN HOUSE

SEEDS ALLOCATIONS SEEDS ALLOCATIONS

NEWBURGH

BrusselsBrussels Sprouts Cabbage Carrots Celery Fennel Garlic Greens Ground CherryCherry Kale Kale Sprouts Cabbage Carrots Celery Fennel Garlic Greens Ground Chard Corn Cucumbers Eggplant Eggplant and and Collards Kohlrabi Chard Corn Cucumbers Collards Kohlrabi

RESIDENTIAL+ HOME

TOUCH AND SMELL GARDEN

VEGETABLES GROWTH

kale, mustard green, collads, broccoli etc.

healthy healthygrowth growth

FARMLAND

AVERAGE SEEDS PRODUCED (10 acres*) TOTAL LOT SIZE: 46 acres AVERAGE SEEDS PRODUCED (10 acres*) TOTAL LOT SIZE: 46 acres

allocating 10 acres for seeds growth

vegetable_flowers vegetable_flowers acres for seeds growth allocating 10allocating acres for10seeds growth

Brussels Sprouts CabbageCabbage Carrots Celery Chard Corn Brussels Sprouts Carrots Celery Cucumbers Eggplant

Cucumbers Eggplant

Chard Corn

CHEMICALS FOUND ON SITE PLANT CLEAN UP CONTAMINATION

CHEMICALS FOUND ON SITE

indian mustard

LEAD

PLANT CLEAN UPPROCESS CONTAMINATION

sunflowers indian mustard sunflowers

LEAD

PROCESS

rhizofiltration rhizofiltration

phytostabilization

METALS

phytostabilization

METALS

phytostabilization

thlaspi

phytostabilization

B’

URBAN REMEDIATION

active railroad

TREES

mulberry

mulberry willow

willow

cadminum, chronium, mercury, lead, zinc, cadminum, chronium, mercury,cesium lead, zinc, cesium

water hyssop water hyssop SHRUBSHRUB quassaick creek quassaick creek

water hyarinth mustard greens, and so water hyarinth kale mustardkale greens, broccoli, and broccoli, so brasica family brasica family

forth

MADURAI ‘RIVER’SED Madurai’s channels as a template for its future urbanization Adrinee Bodakian , Karan Daisaria, Anubha Joshi, Mahima Pandya Spring 2016

The final Spring Studio III takes on problems of global urbanization, extending previous work on variously-scaled physical and social infrastructures, programmatic interventions and community partnerships. This year the studio looks at the city of Madurai, deciphering ways of how to deal with its present day urbanization along with reviving the dying water system.

TWO CHANNELS CHOSEN PERIYAR CANAL

ATAKA

Salem KARNATAKA

Namakka’l

VAIGAI RIVER

Salem

Perambalur

WASTE Dharmapuri

Erode

Namakka’l

Karur WATER

Per

Tiruchirappalli ECOLOGY

Tiruppur Karur

COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT

Tiruchirapp

FRAMEWORK & SPECIAL ZONING DISTRICT The increasing population and constantly growing urbanization poses a great threat to Madurai’s historically intricate water system. The project’s vision is to revive this system sustained by its interlinkage of channels and tanks, through redefining boundaries based not on government districts but on the natural chain system

of water corridors, formed by the channel and tank connections. The city is looked at through the lens of its water system network by proposing Special Zoning Districts (SZDs) and policies along the channels aimed at their revitalization. It is a four step action process:

Periyar Canal SITE1:Kulamangalam site

Vandiyur Surplus Channel Vaigai River

SITE 2:Vandyur lake

Avaniyapuram Channel

SITE 3:Avanyapuram 32

UNCLOG - aims at the removal and treatment of solid waste and sewage from the channels CAPTURE - utilizes techniques for rain-catching and retention ACTIVATE - aims at using the captured water to activate the channel edges by engaging the community

PRESERVE - aims at preserving and evolving the city’s water system for generations to come As a pilot project, the proposal looks at 2 of SZDs, located at critical intersections and overlaps within the city’s fabric and region’s ecology.

Social capital/ Health Benefits

Perception Change

Bridge Filters

Unclog BOTTOMUP

TOPDOWN

Capture Activate Preserve

Plastic-Co Parallel Sewage Channels

Sedimentation

Sewage Treatment

Meandering

Softening of Edges

Revival of Tanks

Redirecting to smaller pools

policies Each of the four phase action plan is followed by policies implemented along a period of time. 1) BRIDGE FILTER - A filter system is attached to existing bridges over the channels to trap plastic waste which can be easily removed and taken to the Plastic-Co for Social Capital Credits.

2) ALTERNATE SEWAGE CHANNEL - A separate sewage line, utilizing the French Drain System, which runs parallel along the channel is proposed to protect the channelsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; health. 3) SEDIMENTATION AT RIVE & CHANNEL JUNCTIONS - check dams for building sedimentation along the Vaigai are proposed for raising

Unclog Parallel Sewage Channel

Bridge Filter

New Pumps in Community Spaces capture

Public Toilets

Meandering of Channel

Sedimentation

Employment

Public Edges

activate Public Edges

Public Toilets

Reserving Agricultural Land preserve

Ground cover Policy

Ground cover & FAR policy

Reserved Green Zone

FAR

the riverbed and allowing flow into dried channels. 4) RAIN CATCHING - Through softening the edges of the channels, creating meanders along them, and providing for basins in low-lying areas, the presence of water is maintained for a longer duration. 5) PUBLIC TOILET - Within public areas, public toilets are made accessible to the community. 6) WATER BASED PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE - Public spaces house

public infrastructure which utilizes the water from the channel for creating community gathering spaces. 7) AGRI-ZONE - In lieu of the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s future urban growth, a percentage of land along the channels is preserved for agriculture use. 8) FAR & GROUND COVER POLICIES - Greater FAR and ground coverage offered to developers in return for maintaining the public space along the channel in front of their property.

IMPLEMENTATION ON A SITE Three sites are selected along the two pilot channels to carry out the action plan. Out of the three,this site is along the channel leading from the Periyar Canal from the North to the Vaigai River, which passes through the Vandiyur Tank. The channel is divided to pass through the site in two directions. The new diverted channel

is designed to pass through a newly proposed Bio-Diversity Park, a new middle income housing development, and the SMP colony which is maintained and cared for by the members of the communities in formation.

Water spout in a hollow brick wall

Community water spout

Water collector shed

4. Energy generation through recreation

6. External facade water collection

5. Public Restroom

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action phase : activate One site is selected within the larger site, in order to detail out how the action plan can be carried out in its different phases. Within the site, the activate phase consists of elements of design consisting of energy creation, public space, public toilets, rain catching techniques, and community spaces. The water from the channel is

pumped into the community via energy created from the swings in the childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s playground. As the children utilize the elements in the playground, energy is created and stored, which is later used to pump water for the various activities.

unclog The Unclog phase begins with installing bridge filters along the channels, where there are existing bridges. The bridge filters capture the plastic and solid waste in the channels, which then is turned in to the Plastic-Co which is a recycling organization, in return for

social capital credits which can be used for subsidized hospital visits and health check-ups. A separate sewage channel is proposed parallel to the channel, to further improve th health of the channel.

Unclog

Capture

capture The Capture phase introduces a meandering channel that has soft edges which leads into a retention pond, surrounded by walking and biking paths, situated within an ecological park which restores

bird migration patterns which have been lost, and bird sanctuaries, as well as the habitat for several wildlife.

activate The Activate phase utilizes the water from the channel, which is pumped to the community using the energy produced from the playground situated in the community. This water is filtered and used for community uses such as washing clothes.

Activate

Preserve

preserve The Preserve phase gives FAR and ground cover bonuses to the buildings along the channel in return for the maintenance of a green corridor along the channel, which becomes a linear public space creating and preserving lost bird habitat and tree cover within the city.