Graduate Portfolio by Maitreyi Murali

MAITREYI MURALI Graduate Portfolio 2011 -2019

EDUCATION

WORKSHOPS

Post Graduation : September 2017 - 2019 Master of Urban Planning and Policy Design Politecnico Di Milano Milan , Italy

Life in the Streets Workshop - Dakshinchitra Ar. Kiran Keswani, Ar. Pramod Balakrishnan Semester 5 - 2013

International Exchange : July - December 2018 Master of Urban Planning Regional Planning University of Sydney Sydney,Australia

Urban Planner | Architect Milan

CONTACT +39 - 3493949026

English

Hindi

Tamil

Graduation : 2016 Bachelor of Architecture SRM University Chennai, India CGPA :7.7

Higher Secondary School : 2011 Vidya Mandir Senior Secondary School Chennai, India Score : 87%

maitreyimurali99@gmail.com

Earth Architecture Workshop - Auroville Ar. Manu of EarthHouz Architecture Semester 6 - 2014

Urban Design Conference - SOA, Meenakshi College Heritage and Urban Renewal Semester 6 - 2014

Tamil - Mother tongue Hindi - Read, Write , Speak Italian - Beginner - Conversational

COMMENDATIONS Delegate, Zone Nasa ‘12

L Studio Soumitro Ghosh - Bangalore Ar. Bijoy Ramachandran, Ar. Soumitro Ghosh Semester 9 - 2015

Conﬂuence 10 - Chennai Interdiscplinary Discourse Platform Ar. Durganand Balsavar Semester 9/10 - 2015/2016

Delegate,Nasa ‘14 Nari Gandhi Trophy - National Runner Participant, INSDAG ‘14

STOPOVERS

WORK EXPERIENCE ABOUT ME I am an urban planner and an architect, living in Milan. I’m lookiing for positions that help me expand my creative and technical skills in the ﬁeld of design, planning and policies. Driven by the need for perfection and functionality, as well as aesthetic appeal, my design are usually backed with a combination of research as well a strong concept.

Italian

English - Native tongue

CGPA : 105/110

Maitreyi Murali

LANGUAGES

Intern at Mathew and Ghosh Architects Bangalore, India Ar. Soumitro Ghosh and Ar. Nisha Mathew Ghosh July - October 2015

SKILLS Autodesk AutoCAD Autodesk Infraworks

SOCIAL You can ﬁnd me on social media as maitreyimurali

Autodesk Revit

INTERESTS

Adobe Photoshop

Urban Design

Adobe Illustrator

Adaptive Re-use Public Space Design

Adobe InDesign

Community Driven Design

Trimble SketchUp

Participatory Planning Resilience Driven Policies

Lumion Q GIS

UNDERGRADUATE WORKS SEMESTER 01

Basic Design exercises

SEMESTER 02

Single Space Design - Bedroom Design

SEMESTER 03

Meditation Hall Rural Studio - Agraharam Settlement in Udayalur

SEMESTER 04

Oldage Home Montesseri School

SEMESTER 05

School of Architecture Shopping Mall

SEMESTER 06

Multi Speciality Hospital Office Design [Time Problem]

SEMESTER 07

INSDAG - Spiritual Centre Five - Star Hotel

SEMESTER 08

High Rise Residential Complex Urban Design Studio - Redesign of Pondicherry Canal

SEMESTER 09

Internship Documentation in Thanjavur

SEMESTER 10

Thesis - Museum of Modern Art

01 Resilience to Urban Risk : A Perspective of Chennai

02 Re-conquering

Co - Pilastro, Bologna

the Vettabia Valley, Milan

04 Kolkota Museum of Modern Art

05 Temple on Water, Coorg

POSTGRADUATE WORKS SEMESTER 01

Redesign of the Vettabia Valley, Milan

SEMESTER 02

Co - Pilastro, Bologna

SEMESTER 03

Exchange Semester at University of Sydney

SEMESTER 04

Thesis - Resilience to Urban Risk : A Perspective of Chennai

CONTENTS

to Urban Risk : A Perspective of 01 Resilience Chennai Postgraduate Thesis Project Our thesis focuses on a particular urban risk Chennai has been facing continuously over the past years : Floods. In the year of 2015, Chennai was battered due to excessive rainfall, and the entire city was underwater. This has not been the first incident of floods that have affected the coastal city in the past two decades. Every year, the vulnerability of the city to these disasters has left us to wonder if this city can overcome this risk and whether it can be developed into a resilient city. The project is a reflective think piece on Chennai cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s perspective of resilience in planning that starts with a certain degree of universal relevance of the perspective and moves to a more regional scale to spatially regionalize the idea.

Typ e : A c a d em i c - Gr o up Level of Pr oj ec t : Ye a r 2 , Se me s te r 3 S i t e Loc a t i on : C h e n n a i , I n d i a Rol e : In c ep t i on to C o mp l e ti o n

*All drawings done by Maitreyi Murali and Sarayu Madhiazhagan

CONTEXT The scheme at the right corner of the page shows us the location and context of India and Chennai City. The City is located on the south eastern coast of India and has three major rivers - The Adayar, Cooum and Kosathalaiyar. Chennai also has another important canal which is part of the water system - The Buckhimgam canal. Our research site, MRC Nagar that has been indicated in the map below is at the edge of the Adayar River.

Plan of the city showing the site, MRC Nagar

DESIGN PROCESS

MEASURABLE

URBAN CITY RESILIENCE INDEX

To analyse the Tangible and intangble elements that translate into qualitative and quantitative data.

Helps in quantifying the factors taht contribute to the perspective through the assesment and evalution of pre-existing data

Quality power supply [uninterrupted]

Landscaped greenery in Adyar Growth oriented reforms

Skilled and Educated man power

PPP investments Good Urban Land Market

Exisiting Landuse pattern

High Standard of Educational Institutions

Floating of bids for projects for city makeover Eco-restoration of the Adyar River

Strong Commercial and Industrial Base Metrowater Agency will implement projects to prevent sewage inlets in the river.

Urban with Green

Walkways and parks in the stretch from Saidapet to Ramapuram

Availability of developed lands

NE Monsoon

Urbanisation Pressure

Eco-restoration of the river in suburban areas proposed by Water Resources Department

Institutions

URBAN SYSTEM

Existing water system and drainage systemurban expansion has undermined this very complex network of waterbodies and drainage system.

URBAN FACT INTREPRETATIONS

Parks will be developed in localities along the river where encroachments have not been identified so far

STRENGTH

Connectivity [street driections] Functions[building composition] Services[facilities] Urban pattern[bulit space/empty] Urban pattern[green space] Ongoing projects [actors].

Any human settlement – metro olis, city, town or village – is an integrated and complex system of systems, comprised of sectors, people and hazards, and managed through effective governance mechanisms.

Migration to city Pressure

BUCKINGUM CANAL (man made) OTTERI NALA

Chennai city

George Town

RISK /HOTSPOTS MAPS Spatial distribution of a natural hazard, flooding overlaps with that of a population and assets their exposure and vulnerability distribution.

SHOCKS AND STRESSES

Egmore

COOVUM RIVER

Hazards can be sudden and slo burning, natural or human-made, rare or regular, foreseen or not that create stressin the existing urban fabric.

Nugambakkam BAY OF BENGAL

Triplicane T Nagar

OPPORTUNITY

Mylapore ADYAR RIVER Expansion

Creating implementation strategies that encourage a city to do more with what it has, tackle vulnerabilities and strengthen capacities to function effectively and efficiently depending on how the city system chooses to respond.

Adayar

Environmental Pressure

SW Monsoon

SCENARIO

PLAN

Environmental Pressure

Guindy

This thesis sets out 3 scenarios offering a glimpse into the potentials including temporal aspects covering a range of possibilities to address the summary of above analysis Isolated and localised scenarios.

Health & Well-being andLeadership & Strategy Infrastructure & Environment

RESILIENCE CITY DIMENTIONS

Economy & Society

zones ASSESSMENT ELEMENT

Built Infrastructure N

1 km

3 km

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Nature

Physical factor

Instituition

Spatial Assesment [ SWOT] Map - Strengths & Opportunities

Inhabitants

Socio-economic factor

URBAN CITY RESILIENCE INDEX

Urban System

CHENNAI RAINFALL DATA (IN MM)

TEMPRATURE DATA (IN NUMBER OF DAYS BEYOND 40°C)

2,566 38

2,095 23

1,836

1,660 1,596 Ø 1,438

1,633

Ø 14 1,399

13 1,295

1,210 1,310 1,310

1,181

7 1,094 1,053

1,016

Neighbourhood

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2002

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2010

2012

2014

2016

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Scales of Assessment

Encroachments narrowing the width of the waterbody [Varied densities of settlement]

Traffic Cogestion Inadequate infrastructure

[LEGAL] Government and institutions and residential settlements

Social vs economic need safeguarging future resources

[LEGALISED] Private Developments

Inland flash floods [areas affected by water clogging]

Low Lying Area [flood prone areas]

Alternatives/adopted for landuse [encroachment]

Flat terrain Sewage disposal

Private properties vs Informal settlements

Construction debris

Governmant Infrastructures Future land requirement [estimated]

Residential waste disposal Lack of acccessibility WEAKNESS

Projected flood risk map

Spatial Assesment [ SWOT] Map - Weakness & Threat

[ILLEGAL] Informal settlements

Water shortage

Automobile pollution THREAT

GREY AND GREEN WIRING After analysing the urban systems through diffrent spatial assessments and studying the policies applied at different levels (International, National and Zonal), we came up with THREE SCENARIOS - Rewind, Pause and Fast- Forward. Each scenario explores different issues - Policies, Interventions at the ground level and the potentials into which a resilient city could be (case studies).

Ecological restoration of adyar creek and Estuary [1.5 sq.km]

Theosophical society 0.004 Sq.km

Guindy national park

Rewind

Fast- forward

Pause

Map and Graph showing green wiring of the site

SCENARIO 1 : REWIND : 2002 N

Map and Graph showing Road Pattern orientation in the context with the bars indicate the direction that more roads point to than any other direction.[Generated using by releasing a free tool created by Geoff Boeing]

:Map showing traffic pattern of the precinct

Policy frameworks guide public interventions – the overarching principles are social justice, equity and a general understanding that it is good for all. This is not to say that policy takes care of all the public concerns but it approximates a package representing the idea that all concerns can be addressed within the framework. Some policy narratives are stronger and others leave the door open for amendments. The framework is intended to complement existing approaches, which often require resourceintensive self assessments and the capacity to collect detailed data that is out of reach for most cities across the world. Taking a Reverse step to evaluate the approach : considering the ideas suggested by John Wood, who identifies Metadesign as an approachable to “transform the world by reimagining new ways to live”. This profound rethinking of the system is needed because working within the limits of the current system to make it “sustainable” is not enough. In the same manner, Urban Resilience can evolve as the collaborative design of the design tools, processes that can produce a systemic change.

Transboundary dimension

Risks arising from interdependencies and interconnectedness cannot be fully onal dimension. Fostering on is key to infrastructure resilience.

Risk-based and layered approach

Given the considerable degree of uncertainty about future risks, the manifold dimensions of infrastructure systems vulnerability, and all the on of resilience al. A risk-based and layered approach helps account for complex interdependencies, for all-hazards and across the infrastructure life-cycle.

re risk management cycle

A comprehensive resilience policy should incorporate measures throughout re risk management cycle, from risk assessment, to risk preven on, on. cal cal infrastructure is either privately owned or operated. The resilience of these systems depends upon governments partnering with infrastructure operators from the public and private sectors in resilience eﬀorts through the establishment of relevant governance arrangements.

Diﬀerent resilience measures may apply at diﬀerent phases of the infrastructure life-cycle: robustness and redundancies requires investments nuity planning and maintenance ons, and adaptability can be based on infrastructure ng. Thus, it is important to set-up a comprehensive policy that enables resilience throughout infrastructure life-cycle.

Life-cycle approach

Addressing interdependencies in policies requires policy makers and operators to go beyond a silo-based approach and to target the cal infrastructure sectors together. While operators tend to be well aware of cal sectors, they may not be as conscious of the dependencies others have upon their own services.

System-level

Infrastructure assets are usually only the components of a wider complex rety in a comprehensive cal es re system.

All-hazards and threats

Single-hazard policies are not suﬃcient to build infrastructure resilience. An cal infrastructure er resilience and security enables policy makers and operators to prepare for the unexpected.

Fig 4.1 : OCED Toolkit to integrate resilience into Planning and designs [ source : OCED]

Policy Toolkit : To integrate resilience into planning and design

SCENARIO 2 : PAUSE : 2019 Scenario 2 talks about the importance of MRC Nagar as an area that is vital to the city as a whole but also how it has been used as a â&#x20AC;&#x153;testing groundâ&#x20AC;? for developing projects in other parts of the city. MRC Nagar was one of the most affected areas during the floods of 2015. It became a virtual island as it was flooded on three sides and it was close to impossible to reach the area due to this. A â&#x20AC;&#x153;sponge architectureâ&#x20AC;? approach has been executed - small interventions at the street, building, and open spaces level to counteract this â&#x20AC;&#x153;islandâ&#x20AC;? effect and make MRC Nagar more porous and a part of the city during disasters like flooding. The aim was to frame the toolkit and to explain why and to what extent they are relevant for all the projects, highlighting the differences but also the common elements as well as the initial shared lessons.

Primary Circulaďż˝on Secondary Circulaďż˝on

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An aerial view of MRC Nagar

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SPONGE ARCHITECTURE

The aerial view highlights the height differences of the buildings in the site Primary Circulaďż˝on Secondary Circulaďż˝on

Memorial

Slums

School

Residences

Office

Media House

By mapping the blue-green - grey wiring of the city as well as mapping the hazards faced by the city, we can conclude that sponge architecture can be used as an intervention to facilitate the revitalization of the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s infrastructure as well as provide co-benefits to the stakeholders who help in realizing these sponge architecture interventions. Sponge Architecture is a way by which the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s water systems can be managed. It consists of small and significant interventions in the city that help at the smallest level but make the most significant impacts. Chennaiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s evergrowing population and its growth of urban fabric to accommodate the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s population has harmed its hydrology. The developments have encroached on all the water basins, and the natural flow of the water from its source to the sea has been disturbed. There are four water management systems of Sponge Architecture that help, namely PROTECT, DELAY, STORE, AND RELEASE. These principles can only be realized through the protection and restoration of Sponge landscapes and the creation of a comprehensive landscape network.

Water bodies

INDIA CEMENTS

AMBEDKAR MEMORIAL

QUIBBLE ISLAND CEMETRY MRC HALL

SUN TV

Water bodies

Arrows

Railway

Neighbourhood

Extent of City

SRINIVASAPURAM LEELA PALACE HOTEL

CHETTINAD VIDYASHRAM

CHETTINAD PALACE

The aerial view highlights the various land-use of the site

The flow of water through the basin without any interventions

The flow of water through the basin after "Sponge architecture" interventions

SPONGE ARCHITECTURE The four principles of water management can be implemented in three levels across the city - Sponge open spaces, Sponge Buildings, and Sponge Streets. These urban morphological elements help in the enhancement of water quality and provide various co-benefits to the key stakeholders. As these interventions are at three different levels, the effectivity of these interventions will be at a higher level.

PROTECT OPEN SPACES DELAY BUILDINGS

PROTECT

DELAY

the city's blue-green grid from encroachment and pollution

stormwater surface run-off into the rivers and sea

STORE STREETS RELEASE

KEY STAKEHOLDERS For Regula�ons and For Planning Regula�ons Design For Planning Regula�ons and and Design For Planning Regula�ons and Design For Planning Planning Regula�ons and Design Design Guidelines Guidelines Guidelines Guidelines Guidelines

SPONGE STREET TYPE

SPONGE OPEN SPONGE OPEN SPACE TY SPACE TYPE

Bioswale Channels Curb Bulbouts

Constructed Wetlands Con Constructed Ponds Con Bioinflira�on Basin // Basin Bioinflira�on // Bioinflira�on /Basin Bioinflira�on Bioinflira�on BasinBasin Rain Garden Rain Sunken Plazas Sunken Plazas Sunken Plazas Sunken Plazas Sunken Plazas

Porous Pavements Government of TamilNadu

Metro Dev. Greater Chennai Authority Corpora�on Corpora�on Corpora�on Corpora�on Corpora�on (GCC)

Consultants

Tree Trenches

SPONGE BUILDING TYPE Green Roof Rainwater Harves�ng Harves�ng Harves�ng Harves�ng Harves�ng

For Financing

STORE

RELEASE

rainwater in basins, reservoirs, tanks etc.

rainwater into the underground aquifiers to recharge the water table

Public/ Private Corporate / Civic Donor Developer

GoTN - State Govt. GCC - Budget + Scheme Discre�onary Discre�onary Discre�onary Discre�onary Discre�onary

Value Capture Mechanisms

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Protect requires the protection of the city’s blue-green infrastructure from encroachment, infrastructure developers, and pollution. This measure also attempts to identify the functioning natural systems, and restore the polluted and degraded water systems. Regulations and Policy measures to tackle encroachment and pollution are also one of the ways to help in the protection of natural systems. Delay is a vital principle to mitigate the risk of flooding after a flooding or hazardous event. This measure requires landscape infrastructure to slow down rainwater runoff. Natural ground cover, tees, and topographic variations along with landscape infrastructure can delay this run-off from overloading stormwater drain inlets, canals, rivers, and other water bodies. Store is the principle to remove the risk of water scarcity by storing all the excess water from flooding or storms or cyclones. Chennai’s water supply is through a network of reservoirs. The creation of a sponge landscape infrastructure like green roofs, rainwater harvesting systems, detention tanks, ponds, etc. can ensure water availability instead of scarcity. Release is the principle that refers to water management of the stormwater runoff which is directed to the aquifer without polluting it. Chennai’s households run on aquifiers for drinking water. This system, along with diverting runoff into the aquifer, the protection of natural aquifer- zones, ensuring groundwater is pollution free, also includes avoiding the overexploitation of groundwater.

GoTN - Public Works

Storm Water + Parks + Roads

Land Owner

Suitable Suitable Loca�ons Loca�ons Suitable Loca�ons Suitable Loca�ons Suitable Loca�ons Sidewalks Sidewalks(>/< 3.5m) Medians (>/< 2m) On Shared Streets

Public/ Private Developer

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For Maintainance Selected Selected Sites Selected SitesSites Selected Sites Selected Sites Storm Water + Parks + Roads

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Filter

Key stakeholders for the selected sites in MRC Nagar

NEIGHBOURHOOD DESIGN - LARGE SCALE

Neighbourhood 3 : Small Open Space

Neighbourhood 1 : A cluster of 4 Small Open Spaces

A small open ground has been converted to a detention basin as it in located in a residential zone and the water can be stored and used for the people living around the area.

Two of these have been converted to detention basins for storing and replenishing the water table. The other two spaces have been converted into sunken plazas which can be used in multiple ways. It is used as a public space when it doesn't rain and during the raiiny season it is used as a catchement area.

Neighbourhood 4 : A cluster of 3 small open spaces The bigger open space is a school courtyard which has also been converted into a sunken plaza as well as a filteration garden. Helps in the interaction of school students, while the plaza acts as the public space.

Neighbourhood 2: A Pond and a residential courtyard The bigger open space has been converted to a constructed pond in order to delay the early run - off of stormwater and also act as a storage space. The residential courtyard consists of a sunken plaza as well as filtration gardens so that the water can seep into the ground easily.

An open ground near the memorial has been converted to a detention basin and a small plaza space. The ground behing the Ayyapan temple has been divided into two sections- a traditional temple tank to store water as well as a filteration garden will could also act as an open, public space.

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City Border Railway Testing grounds

Site

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MRC Nagar as a "testing ground" and expansion of the project across the Adayar Basin This scenario answers the question - “Can Chennai ‘s Streets, Open Spaces, and buildings be more resilient?” By implementing Sponge Infrastructure in various neighborhoods across the Adayar Basin, keeping “MRC Nagar” as our testing ground, Chennai can develop its resiliency towards such disasters.

Rainwater harvesting and detention tanks direct water towards storage structure for future consumption or groundwater recharge. A rejuvenated Adayar basin now has a greater capacity to absorb excess rainfall and inflows from various streets and sources.

The Adayar Basin will be a small scale intervention of Sponge Architecture when compared to the scale of the metropolitan region of the city. With a networked system of Sponge Streets, Open Spaces, and Buildings in place, the neighborhood is more prepared for cloudbursts and drought cycles. Sponge Street upgrades slow down water before they are collected by interceptor storage tanks, rain gardens, and sunken plazas.

The entire system, from streets to open spaces to buildings and the canal are playing their part in turning the Adayar sub-basin into a Sponge. A similar combination of Sponge Infrastructure interventions made at the city -scale, along with changing policies, tactile urbanism, and participatory planning, will lead to a more livable and resilient Chennai.

CO - PILASTRO , BOLOGNA Between Bridges and Hubs Masterplans Studio Pilastro neighborhood is an important public housing settlement situated in the northeast periphery of Bologna. The area presents two major infrastructural elements: the railyard and the Tangenziale E45, which act as barriers and separate physically the residential neighborhood from the rest of Bologna and from its immediate settlements. Pilastro is enclosed by countryside to the north, accentuating the neighborhoodâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s condition of isolation. Such spatial and functional fragmentation has shaped the marginal identity and social segregation of the area. The different settlements that compose the area are characterised by a distinct type of users (middle class residents in Pilastro neighborhood,workers and businessmen in Roveri which results in the coexistence of extremely heterogeneous populations in the same territory. Although the area has facilities and services of metropolitan and even international importance (such as CAAB and the Faculty of Agriculture) and is rich in sport facilities and open green spaces, the physical fragmentation and social isolation makes it difficult to integrate the various settlements to allow the users to have an effective access to them.

Typ e : A c a d em i c - Gr o up Level of Pr oj ec t : Ye a r 1 , Se me s te r 2 Rol e : In c ep t i on t o C o mp l e ti o n S i t e Loc a t i on : B ol o g n a , I ta l y

DESIGN PROCESS EXPLORATION : FLUXES OF RESOURCES The various fluxes of resources were mapped to understand the various potentials sites which could be transformed into different corridors of food, energy and knowledge.

INTERPRETATION : CITY OF ISLANDS Functional Segregation

Spatial Segregation

Social Segregation Cadriano

FLUX OF FLOOD

FLUX OF KNOWLEDGE

FOSTERING A SUSTAINABLE LOCAL FOOD ECOSYSTEM THROUGH SHARING NETWORKS

SHARE YOUR KNOWLEDGE. IT IS A WAY TO ACHIEVE IMMORTALITY. – THE DALAI LAMA

Pilastro Via Larga Roveri

Residential Industrial Agricultural Infrastructure

Road Barrier Space Barrier

Immigrant Local Elder Urban Conflict Aged Generation

Food Grower Agricultural Land Cascinas Urban Agricultural Areas

Food Distributer Supermarkets CAAB

Food Consumers CAAB Public Open Spaces Restaurants & Cafes

Business Sports Facilities Cultural Center

Education Parks Vacant/ Abandoned

Agriculture

Incubators & Cafe Network of Knowledge Sharing

FLUX OF ENERGY

FLUX OF MOBILITY

THE MIRACLE IS THIS : THE MORE WE SHARE, THE MORE WE HAVE. - LEONARD NIMAY

Existing mobility

A “Mental Map” of the city inspired by Guy DeBord

The geographical alienation from the city center and the spatial, social and functional fragmentation inside the area is conceptualised as a sum of urban islands. The heterogeneous islands co - exist with a weak physical and socio- economic connection between them.

Gas Stations Existing Facilities Parking

Solar Panels Rainwater Reserve Areas

Highway

Proposed Strategy Transportation Hub

Main & Secondary Road

Bike racks

Bus Lane

New Bike Lane

Railway

Public Parking to be switched

Bike Lane

Public Parking to be switched

Bus / Train Stops

Temporary Vacant Space

Public Parking Private Parking

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Food District

Railyard

Roof Garden

Garden

Residential

Roof Garden

Via Larga

Virgolone

Kitchen garden

School

Community Garden

Urban agriculture Hub Workshop

Church

Roof Garden

Food Roof

Supermarket

Community kitchen

Residential

Art District

Energy District

Food Roof Garden

Industrial

Park and Go

Agriculture Field

Street cafe

Industrial

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HUBS Hubs are the points where resources [food, energy and knowledge] concentrate. Production and Collection hubs fosster community interaction. Transportation hubs introduced to change means of transportation.

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Event Area

Food

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Agriculture

Community Meeting Hub Compost Culinary School

Mobile Shacks

Chess Court

Bike Racks

Vegetative & Educational Bu Garden

E- Charge Playgrounds

Outdoor Library Outdoor Gym Shops

Community Garden Botanical Garden Bike Rack Temporary Mobility Agro - Exhibition Transit

Temporary Commercial Open Spaces Produce Park

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Co-Pilastro is a strategy to join the islands that constitute the Pilastro area. Through linking the resources that already exist but are scattered around, the project aims to foster social integration and economic collaboration to improve the productivity of the area. According to the facilities and potentials encountered, three main fluxes of resources are identified: FOOD, KNOWLEDGE AND ENERGY.

Hubs & Bridges are the two main elements for these transformations: where hubs work as places for production and collection of resources, and bridges as connectors to pass through. Added to the strong gastronomic tradition of Bologna, the presence of CAAB, the Faculty of Agriculture, the kitchen garden and the vast agricultural lands set the opportunity to form a strong network of food production.

MOBILITY strategies are implemented as a catalyst to bring together these fluxes. The spatial interventions take place in the several degraded and underused spaces of the Pilastro area, which concentrate particularly along the railyard border, as well as throughout the streets that have the potential to improve the connection of resources.

Bolognaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s status as City of Music, along with the presence of the University of Bologna, the Roveri Music Factory Center and the many sport and cultural facilities, also sum up to the importance of building a knowledge network. Similarly, the presence of Hera, CAAB and the industrial neighborhood of Roveri call attention for the generation and distribution of alternative forms of energy.

Food Collection Hub: Waste Treatment + Compost

Food Collection Hub: Retail Centre/ Food Storage

Cultural bridge

Mobility Hub

Food Production Hub: Farm=

Food Production Hub: Pop- Up Garden

Energy Collection / Production Hub: Waste treatment + Compost

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Energy Production Hub: Solar panels + green houses

Mobility Hub

Knowledge Production Hub: Meeting Center

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Flux of Knowledge

FOOD DISTRICT

Energy Collection Hub: E- Charge

Flux of Knowledge

KNOWLEDGE DISTRICT

ENERGY DISTRICT

RE- CONQUERING THE VETTABIA VALLEY , MILAN Through Residual Ambiguous Spaces Ur b an p l an s St u d i o Vettabia Valley, also known as La Vettabbia , or Naviglio Vettabbia,is a navigable agricultural canal that was born in the subsoil of Milan at the intersection of via Santa Croce and via Vettabbia from the union of the Molino delle Armi canal and the Vetra canaland the Fugone del Magistrato. It then flows into the Cavo Redefossi in San Giuliano Milanese . Along its banks are the Parco della Vettabbia and the Mulino Vettabbia. This project focuses on re-vitalizing the dilapidated Vettabia Valley through itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s residual ambiguous spaces. These ambiguous spaces were mapped and the design areas selected. The main aim was to re-think about the role of the vettabia valley and selecting the right areas for economic, recreational and water management solutions. Ty p e : Aca d em i c - Gr o up Level of Proj ect : Yea r 1 , Se m e st er 1 Rol e : In cep t i on to C o mp l e ti o n Si t e Loca t i on : Mi l a n , I t a l y

CONTEXT AND MAPPING The mapping of the “ambiguous spaces” is done through six different topics which yielded in the following maps. The categories according to which the research is done are in the following order -Landscape, Environment, Wasteful Spaces, Habitat, Infrastructure and Economy. These themes helped us categorize the spaces and help us identify the spaces which can be used for our design. The mapping according to these systems led us to identify ambiguous residual undesigned spaces. The landscape and environment maps help us identify the “natural” residual spaces which have detoriated over time due to weather changes and conditions. The wasteful spaces map are a result of man made negligence over the years. The habitat map highlights the spaces where buildings have been built on parks which are used either publicly or privately or both. The Infrastructure map identifies those spaces which have been neglected while building bridges, highways, intersections. Finally, the economy map helps us find those interstitial spaces between the urban tissue and industries.

INFRASTRUCTURE

ECONOMY

WASTEFUL SPACES

Undefined - Undesigned - Ambiguous Spaces : Leftovers of the mobility network

Undefined - Undesigned - Ambiguous Spaces: Leftovers, in between spaces by the industrial activity

Undefined - Undesigned - Ambiguous Spaces: Underused zones due to contextual conflictual situations

Map of all the ambiguous residual spaces

LANDSCAPE

ENVIRONMENT

HABITAT

Undefined - Undesigned - Ambiguous Spaces : In between Agricultural landscape & Urban enclaves

Undefined - Undesigned - Ambiguous Spaces : In between water bodies & productive tissue

Undefined - Undesigned - Ambiguous Spaces : forgotten, unclear public/private open spaces

STRATEGIES

DESIGN SCENARIO BUILDINGS

River related intervention area Infrastructure related intervention area Residential related intervention area Industries Residences Water Streets Gravel filtration Bioremediation Infiltration Organic filtration Recreative Open air canal

ECONOMIC INTERVENTIONS

River related intervention area Infrastructure related intervention area Residential related intervention area

Organizing present residual spaces for transformation

Industries

Creation of 3 AREAS OF INTERVENTION related to Rivers, Infrastructure, Industrial/ Residual and Transition WATER NETWORK

Residences Water Streets

River related intervention area

Gravel filtration Infrastructure related intervention area

Bioremediation Infiltration Organic filtration

Residential related intervention area

Recreative Open air canal

Industries

OPEN SPACE

Residences

River related intervention area Infrastructure related intervention area Residential related intervention area Industries Residences Water Streets Gravel filtration Bioremediation Infiltration

Key map

Organic filtration Recreative Open air canal

An amphitheatre space for events

New playgrounds for children by the riverside

KOLKATA MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, KOLKATA Int erweaving art int o public life Un d e r g r ad u at e Th e si s Pr o j e c t The Kolkata Museum of Modern Art will represent Kolkata’s cultural renown by establishing itself as an ‘Art City’ , bringing modern and contemporary, natioonal and international art together with performing arts, music, cinema, photography, literarture , fine art and sculpture. KMOMA will expand the multiple functions that support a traditional contemporary museum to provide a platform for artists, scholars, students and visitors alike to have an enhanced experience of the critical role art and museums play in the country. Ty p e : Aca d em i c - I n d i vi d u a l Level of Proj ect : Ye a r 5 , S e me s te r 1 0 Rol e : In c ep t i on t o C o mp l e t i on S i t e Loc a ti on : Kol ka ta , I n d i a

DESIGN PROCESS CONTEXT The site for the new building is situated in Rajarhat, a new commercial, industrial and residential district on the north-eastern fringes of Kolkata, building on the Old City and Salt Lake City from the nineteeth and twentieth centuries respectively. It is one of India’s fastest growing citites and is destined to become a vibrant hub in Kolkata with an increased presence of cultural activity.

The program is divided into two equal zones : A Museum containing galleries, art restoration, education, research facilities, phtographic facilities, offices and theatre; and a ‘Culture City’ containing dining and event spaces, commercial facilities, artist studios and residences, spaces for the sale of art and crafts, outdoor performance, public space and car parking. The building responds to Kolkata’s tropical climate. Volumes are strategically placed to control sun exposure during hot and humid summers, while a water basin in the Plaza swells during the moonsoon season. Lush vegetation further enhances the environment by weaving together the diverse building program and providing a pleasant transition for pedestrains’ approaching the museum.

CONCEPT AND DESIGN PROCESS

Art meets the public

Aerial View of the entire complex MASSING DEVELOPMENT

Final overall site development various levels and various viewpoints to exprience site as a whole

Initial ideas of earth burms and lower interaction spaces with angular geometry

Visual from the piazza

MASTER PLAN

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LEGEND 1 - THE MUSEUM 2 - AUDITORIUM 3 - THE PLAZA 4 - THE ACADEMY 5 - OAT 6 - RESIDENCE 7 - PARKING

The Museum The MOMA has permanent & temporary exhibition spaces as part of the program. The entry to the museum is through the plaza wihich acts as a public entry. Firstly, we see the sculptural staircase and the mettalic skin of the auditorium. There is a steel staircase cantilevring from the wal that leads to the gallery spaces above. A ramp connects the plaza to the garden at the back, to make the rest of the site accesible to the public.

The Plaza The plaza has a two way entry, one from the highway and the other from the adjoining road. The plaza is raised by 3 meters to highlight the museum block, which is the main focus of this project. It can also be used as a temporary exhibition space during the Durga Pooja. In the evening, the slanting wall of the museum is used as a projection wall to view movies from the plazas. The Open Air Theatre It is used for small scale performances, or lectures. It is in the middle of the site, hence easily accessible from the rest of the buildings.

The Academy It has temporary workshops spaces that can be students by students. These spaces are used for conducting seminars where art students gather to listen-see lectures-demonstrations by renowned artists. A library is housed here, which is accesible to the students as well as the public.

The Trade Square It consits of 3 main parts : retail market, restaurant and the roof garden.The roof garden is a slopin surface which is accesible from the plaza and the retail market. It has a jagged landscape and it has seaters which accomodate the public. From the zenith of the roof garden, the entire site is visible.

The Residence It is the artistâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s residence, and it is a temporary stay which the artists are given during their visit. There are 2 units on one floor. It is a G+6 structure isolated by trees< but from the top of the tower, the entire site is visible.

Section of the site through the longer side

MUSEUM AND THE ACADEMY THE MUSEUM The plan at +0.0 M Level contains the lower level of the auditorium whose entry is at the +3.0 M Level and the storage areas of the galleries. The backside is a covered temporary exhibition space. The plan at +3.0 M Level contains the administrative offices of the museum complex and the access to the auditorium here, is through the elevated plaza seen in the site plan. The upper floors contain various galleries displaying art work from across India.

The entrance to the academy is a meter below the ground. A narrow passage leads to the humongous lobby which lets us experience the spacee wholly. The lobby has a skylight (as seeen in the seciton) and has a dynamic sculpture that hangs from the ceiling. As the light hits the sculpture, it will cast a light and shadow effect in the lobby. The corridor spaces in the academy have lits in the walls to allow light to enter the corrridors. The academy alo has access to a small outdoor cafe’ that is used both by the students and the faculty.The cafe is situtated in a garden where people can enjoy their food leisurly and can enjoy their surroundings as well. The biggest structural element in this part of the building, is the library. As you can see on the right, the outer shell of the library is an angular box with a slanting roof. This wall has huge windows which let in the light. The library has a ground and a mezzanine floor and is connected by a staircase that is hanging from the ceiling by mertal wires.

THE ACADEMY

Plan at +3.0m level

Plan at +0.0m level Temporary exhibition Eatery

Storage

Admin

Permanent exhibition

Temporary exhibition

First floor plan

Ground floor plan

Section YY’

Reading area

Storage

Admin

Stacks

Permanent exhibition Temporary Steel staircase exhibition

Reading area

Lobby Admin

Seating

Acoustics

Catwalk

Stage

Backstage area

Section XX’

A conceptual view of the academy

A conceptual view of the museum

TEMPLE ON WATER, COORG A buddhist way of life Un d e r g r ad u at e St u d i o Pr o j e c t The Temple on Water in Coorg is a buddhist spiritual Centre built for the buddhist settlemnt nearby in bylakupe. The site alloted was a contour site situated in the hilly regions of Karnataka. The aim of the project was to provide a spiritual centre, library, administrative complex and a residence for devotees. The two main blocks were built at a higher level.The spiritual centre has been built in response to the environment and been built with TATA White plated Steel and concrete.

Ty p e : Aca d em i c - G r ou p Level of Pr oj ect : Ye a r 4 , Se m es te r 0 7 Rol e : In cep t i on t o Co m p l e ti o n S i te Loca t i on : Coo r g, I n d i a

DESIGN PROCESS CONTEXT Coorg is an administrative district in Karnataka, India. It occupies an area of 4,102 square kilometres in the Western Ghats of southwestern Karnataka. In 2001 its population was 548,561. The project is situated in Bylakuppe, an area which has a very strong buddhist influence.

The Temple on Water in Coorg is a buddhist spiritual Centre built for the buddhist settlemnt nearby in bylakupe. The site alloted was a contour site situated in the hilly regions of Karnataka. The aim of the project was to provide a spiritual centre, library, administrative complex and a residence for devotees. It is split into two dynamic blocks whose planning and form takes inspiration from the Enzo and the Stupa, are connected to each other by a pedestrian bridge. The two main blocks were at a higher level because it gave views to lake and water body. The spiritual centre in response to the environment and also made use of TATA White plated Steel and concrete.The smaller circular block houses the administration spaces, while the oblong eggshaped building accomodates a library, congregation hall and meditation spaces.

CONCEPT AND DESIGN PROCESS

Buddhism

SITE AREA - 12,675m2 TOPOGRAPHY - Rocky LAND USE - Agricultural CLIMATE - Tropical We and Dry SOIL - Red Sandy loam soil SITE ALTITUDE - 1198 m

STRUCTURE The building structure makes use of a radial grid of columns from the ground, combined with a concrete core which acts both as a support and a service core.There are two long span spaces. The first is the congregation hall which is spanned by a series of trusses in a radial pattern. The second space is the meditation hall whose roof is supported by a space frame structure almost like a dome.

An aerial view of the complex

SITE PLAN

LEGEND 1 - SPIRITUAL CENTRE 2 - ADMINSTRATION 3 - RESIDENCE 4 - OPEN AIR THATRE 5 - LAKE

THE SPIRITUAL CENTRE THE TEMPLE ON WATER is split into two dynamic blocks whose planning and form takes inspiration from the Enzo and the Stupa, are connected to each other by a pedestrian bridge. The smaller circular block houses the administrative spaces, while the oblong egg-shaped building accomodates a Library on the ground floor, Congregation hall on the first, a Sanctum with circumambulation on a mezzanine level, and the meditation space on the second floor.

Ground Floor Plan

First Floor Plan

Ramp Water feature

The expansive use of heat-resisting glass connects the interior with the exterior, along with cantilevered deck with infinity pool that overlooks the lake and provides space for outdoor meditation. A curvilinear staircase winds along the administration block and leads to the terrace which has stalls for prayer offerings that then leads to the bridge that takes one to a circular ramp around the sanctum to the meditative space.

Mezzanine Floor Plan

Congregation Hall Library Meditation Hall Sanctum

Site Section