I am Niharika Yenamandra, graduated in Architecture from Rachna Sansad’s Academy of Architecture, Mumbai. As a fresh graduate, I look forward to working in an environment where I can develop my skills, innovate and harness my potential to the maximum. I am constantly striving to create a positive impact on society through my designs. I have always approached design as a process rather than an end product which inspires me to ideate an apt solution for the project on hand. While ideating, I look for inspiration from the environment and design spaces which respond dynamically to its natural settings and also to the user. My experience over the last few years of having worked in cross functional teams has moulded my leadership abilities and honed my coordination skills. I have collated my work here to showcase my growth over the years.
date of birth address
1st September, 1997 702, Inder Tower, K.G. Marg, Prabhadevi, Dadar (west), Mumbai-400025, Maharashtra
email id
nikarika.y@aoamumbai.in niharika1997@gmail.com
mobile numbers
+91 9920758698 +91 9820902852
E D U C AT I O N
PROFESSIONAL WORK
ICSE
2013; Lilavatibai Podar Senior Secondary School, Mumbai secured 90.80%
2015-16
Class Representative in 1st year
ISC
2015; Lilavatibai Podar Senior Secondary School, Mumbai
2018-19
Internship at SJK Architects, Mumbai (Oct 2018-May 2019)
B.Arch
2020; Rachna Sansad’s Academy of Architecture, Mumbai CPGA: 8.35
2020
Teaching Assistant for orientation of the first year batch, Academy of Architecture
WORKSHOPS AND COURSES
D O C U M E N TAT I O N
2016
Bamboo Construction Workshop, Alibaug
2016
2017
Bamboo Advanced Construction Workshop, Auroville, Pondicherry
Windows to Vernacular; Documentation of Khirku village and understanding vernacular architecture with Didi Contractor
2018
Patterns, Processes and Prototypes; Digital design using Explorative Geometry
2018
Beyond the edge; Research and projection of flooding crisis in Mumbai
2020
Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat
2020
Documentation and understanding of Old Jaipur Markets; third year study tour
2020
First Step Korean, Yonsei University (via coursera)
Kalaghoda Arts Festival, Mumbai
2020
Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat
2016-17
Reubens Trophy, NASA (special mention)
2020
Charette Thesis Of The Year
2017-18
Mohammad Shaheer Landscape Trophy, NASA
COMPETITIONS 2016
SOFT WARE SKILLS
LANGUAGES
Autodesk Autocad 2D
Adobe Illustrator
English
Google Sketchup
CorelDRAW
Telugu
Vectorworks
Vray for Sketchup Autodesk Revit
Adobe Photoshop
Adobe Indesign MS Office
Adobe Premiere Pro
Hindi
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Possibilities in Absence Re-appropriation of Urban Voids Design Dissertation
Mumbai is an island city with a dense urban fabric. Post-industrialization, the mill system rampant in the city had died down, leaving the land vacant. However, all these “vacancies” do not yet offer breathing space for the city, but instead accentuate the congestion of the non-vacant parts. Since public space is becoming extremely scarce in a dense city like Mumbai, the high potential of the dead spaces can be utilized as urban public spaces, which will engage people and enhance the public realm. The selected site, Apollo Mills, located in a densely packed urban context is dwarfed by the rising city that engulfs it. The design concept provides the formation of a public space for its all new “identity” through user interactions to create a successful and active public space. Moreover, it takes a stand against the DCR policy of giving 1/3rd of the land to MHADA for mill redevelopment. The main idea was to create a dynamic, flexible and open public space that welcomes all users and allows for various and diverse events - an urban arena where music, culture, creativity and city life can unfold. All spaces can be transformed to function at night, thus, bringing to life what used to be an urban void.
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“Space” is a continuous area or expanse, which is free, available, or unoccupied. It represents a location which has no social connection to a human being or wherein no value has been added to it. It is an abstract concept that needs human interaction to be re-defined into a “place”. On the contrary, place is context specific and inhabits the memories, experiences and the associations of the people within it. The place, the buildings and the human beings are an essential feature defining human existence in a place. Typically human interactions essentially act as a force that aligns people to places and things.
Man’s engagement with place lies in his response to the environment, since he just does not exist in the environment but interacts with it. 8
The fabric of the city is continuously changing and developing into a new identity. However, the development process treats the surrounding buildings and sites as isolated objects not considering it to be a part of the urban fabric of the city. Thus, the resultant typology cannot be called inappropriate but is unsuccessful to induce animation, spontaneity and participation.
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The constant changes within the city create an “accumulation of disparate spatial experiences”, alternatively called as urban voids.
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Voids in a broader perspective can be understood as a space being without permeability and social realm. Permeability has two factors, social and physical. 9
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The area around the site has dense vegetation cover, especially behind the mill walls since that area is yet to be developed.
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U R B AN CON TE X U L ISAT ION
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Based on the mapping it can be inferred that the site has predominantly industrial building typology since many of the existing construction around the site still consists of mainly industrial sheds. The area has many back offices of companies.
VO ID S
The mill land around the site has been developed into high rise mixed use buildings. This orientation works in favour of the site because it remains shaded throughout the day, hence promoting more outdoor activities.
Mills present themselves voids since their function total of 54 mills in Mumb
41 of the lands have been disputed land or under-u scars in the fabric of the c
Revitalization of such la the city land and also h the area.
Hypothesis statem “Since public space scarce in a dense potential of the de urban public spac and enhance the p
under the category of Functional Urban n has outlived the building. There are a bai, occupying over 500 acres of land.
sold and the remaining 13 mills are either utilised land which present themselves as city.
and will help to relieve pressure from help to uplift the economic vitality of
mente is becoming more and more e city like Mumbai, the high ead spaces can be utilized as ces, which will engage people public realm.� 11
Mills are the symbols of the commercial spirit of Mumbai as they played a major role in the city development. However, the high rises around the mill are starting to lose character and are becoming more and more like matchboxes in a concrete jungle.
In conclusion, the silhouette of the mills is dwarfed by a rising city that
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D E SIG N
GOALS
-Provide a design proposal that is beneficial for the renewal of the Apollo Mills property by gaining involvement of the user group of that area. -Keep the architectural identity intact in the design through tangible and intangible elements. -Redevelop the site into a shared space by creating a building for the public realm, by designing cultural, social and multipurpose spaces.
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P ROGRAM
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This design proposal strives driven redevelopment as seen a public space that enhances t
An important aspect of design w as possible to increase flexibilit transformed as per the user’s ne Moreover, the height of the int of the mill since the design prop mills property with new interven process.
1. Canteen cum Passenger wa travellers for which Apollo mills s throughout the night, keeping t
2. Workshop Station helps to pr
3. Art Galleries to be given o exhibitions and showcase the w as well.
4. Plaza’s design helps different space drawing people in with its
5. Outdoor Theatre takes form By adding stairs and hanging sc multitude of activities can exist i
6. Treetop Walkway; a combin brings forth a new kind of sig both human and urban in scale indigenous hinterland stretching
SITE USERS
USER INFLUX
7. Central Courtyard serves as the day and transforms into a m mills with melodies.
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8. Admin and support services COMMUTERS
OFFICE EMPLOYEES
FAMILIES
STREET VENDORS
migratory birds
to stay away from capitalism n in other textile mills and create the current mill.
was to keep the built mass as less ty of spaces allowing them to be eeds. tervention is less than the height posal aims to highlight the Apollo ntion being a supplement to this
aiting area caters to the interstate serves as a waiting point. Functions the mill active at night.
volières
vegetation
treetop walkway
romote indigenous arts and crafts.
on rent to local artisans to hold work of the workshop participants
t activities to exist within the same s diverse uses.
intervention on ground level
existing mill wall
with help of the existing mill wall. cenographies and lights, a diverse in coherence with each other.
nation of the loop and flat portion gnature urban connector that is e and provides accessibility to the g beyond the mill walls.
proposed design
an open exhibition ground during musical arena at night livening the existing site ecology
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DES IG N
D E V E LO P ME N T
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The compound wall of the Mill was retained with new programmatic inserts that prompted the creation of a new geometry and therefore, a hybrid identity, amalgamating the past and the present identities of the textile mill.
the market street serves as a shortcut towards the station and helps to appropriate the street vendors by bringing them into site
creation of a central open court gives an ground level overview of the entire design to the visitors
articulation of zones
giving character and finalizing form
addition of treetop walkway in response to the DCR rule of development of Mill land
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The design was twofold; on one hand it had to serve as a functioning point of sale for a rotating cast of vendors, and on the other it had to stand as piece of public attraction through the night. The platform in front can used for small performances that people can watch from the plaza. Some of the modules can be converted into seating blocks as well.
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The forest acts as a live filter for water and air and on the ground. Viewing deck gives a wide v with an alley of trees all throughout the route.
Deciduous trees are planted in the garden wit shed leaves in late fall and throughout winter; th evergreens. The shedded leaves will then de Moreover, as the skies are comparatively clear and study the astronomical bodies.
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The outdoor theatre took advantage of the existing mill wall to create a flexible space where performances and exhibitions can take place simultaneously. The steps also open up at different levels creating cubes which could become mini cinema halls to watch films. The stage for the actors and the public is interchangeable and thus paves way for innumerable settings that can be brought to life.
allowing animal ecologies to exist within, atop view of the diverse fauna at different elevations
th other evergreen trees. These trees begin to hus the forest becomes a void within the dense ecompose in-situ, providing natural nutrients. r, the deck becomes an ideal place to observe
The backdrop of the theatre can be used as a projector screen at night to showcase movies. Hence the space remains active throughout the day, bringing life to what used to be an urban void. The truss frame on top provides support to hang lights and scenographies. Thus different activities like exhibitions can take place at the same time without disturbing the theatre act. 19
P L A Z A With multiple zones arranged in a gridded fashion, activities can happen within each other while maintaining ease of circulation. Each zone can be transformed into its own distinct condition and is flexible in short term uses. Possibilities range from rock climbing to animal petting zoo; thus stitching the gap between people and societies by drawing them in with its diverse uses. The plaza features a hot air balloon that functions as a communication device, attracting people in farther distant areas that activities are taking place here, thus helping to generate revenue.
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The structural framework of the outdoor theatre allows to create flexible rooms suitable for organising various functions and events at the pavillion. The backdrop and scenographies can be changed at any time by hanging curtains and stage lights. The versatile nature of the design offers a myriad of possibilities for various arrangements that can be created.
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The central court remains shaded throughout the day pro like exhibitions, plays or performances. The walkway ente on the upper level, providing an aerial view of the entire without creation of physical walls, while retaining their ind insert carefully placed around the existing mill walls, thus
oviding an ambient space for organising outdoor activities ers into the existing structure through the arched openings re program as one space seamlessly blends into another dividualistic identities. The walkway stands as an modern s reinventing the old structure.
The pedestrian walkway offers multi level viewpoints to any festivities that might be taking place in the open court when it is not being used for exhibitions.
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The objective of the project was to make it accessible to everyone. The obvious geometric shape to support a continuous ramp was the cylinder. The footprint of the cylinder was maximized at the bottom to provide support and cinched at the top to allow crown of surrounding trees grow closer to the spiraling path.
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From the outset, the aim was to keep the walkway as visually and naturally unobtrusive as possible, producing a discreet presence at ease with its natural surroundings and also not damage the complex root systems of the existing trees.
Adding intermedia the mill compound
ate exits that use the upper level of d wall openings to enter into the site.
Looping the path inside the site to make it more engaging.
Adding elements of aviaries, seating, safety net pocket which serve as multiple pause points.
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The trees begin as a canopy at the lower levels, immersing the visitors as they ascend and finally form a carpet below, stretching across the landscape as visitors emerge above the treetops. As one emerges above the tree tops, the city opens up and the curved route rises upto the crown of the trees, providing continuously changing views of the landscape, rather than a constant destination viewpoint. The spiraling aviary stands as an icon in the vicinity, visible from afar. The entire length of the route has sufficient seating to take rest, look and learn about the ecology. Many bird feeders are placed around the volières to create a conducive environment, for both the birds and the visitors to exist in harmony. At nights the mill wall acts as a projector screen for the movies. The deciduous trees planted around the landscape provide much needed relief during the summer. And, as they shed their leaves in the cold season, the walkway, away from any city lights, makes for an ideal spot to visit at night and study the constellations. The walkway thus contributes to the liveliness of the project at any given time.
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THE WALKWAY FLOOR PLATES ARE ATTACHED TO THE I-SECTIONS, THUS FORMING THE WALKALE PATH 1100
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EXPLODED ISOMETRIC VIEW OF WALKWAY STRUCTURAL MEMBERS
DETAIL A CROSS-SECTION THROUGH AVIARY
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ISMC 50 WELDED TO I-SECTION
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ISMB 300, RUNS FOR THE ENTIRE LENGTH OF WALKWAY ON BOTH SIDES OF THE WALKWAY BASE
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SPECIAL BRACKET WELDED TO STEEL COLUMN, AT ITS BASE
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300MM DIA TUBULAR COLUMNS WELDED TO M.S. BASE PLATES
D LEVEL 400MM DIA CIRCULAR BASE PLATE BASE PLATES SPLICED TOGETHER
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NETTING DISTRIBUTED AROUND THE WALKWAY WITH BIRD FEEBERS ATTACHED, TO ATTRACT VARIED SPECIES OF BIRDS
COLUMN EXTENSION WELDED TO THE AVIARY COLUMNS WALKWAY DECK TOP OF TREETOP WALKWAY +8.3M
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DETAIL A2 JOINERY OF AVIARY STRUCTURAL FRAMEWORK AND WALKWAY STRUCTURAL INTERSECTION
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TOP PF ROOF RIDGE
110MM THK CONCRETE SLAB
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M.S. CHANNEL CLEAT (ISMC 150) M.S. TOP CHORD (ISA 50 50) M.S. GUSSET PLATE, 8MM THK M.S. PURLIN (ISMC 150)
PRIMARY REINFORCED BEAMS TO BEAR LOAD OF ROOF STRUCTURE
M.S. ANGLE CLEAT (ISA 50 50) TO SUPPORT SKYLIGHT FRAME M.S. ANGLE STRUTS (ISA 50 50)
SHORT WALLS WITH OPENINGS ARE PROVIDED FOR VENTILATION
SKYLIGHT IN 12MM THK GLASS
SECONDARY WOODEN BEAMS
20MM THK EXTERNAL PLASTER
TRADITIONAL TEXTILE PATTERNS ARE INSTALLED BETWEEN THE WOODEN BEAMS
M.S. CHANNEL (ISMC 150) M.S GUTTER (OF ISA 75 75 WITH M.S. BASE PLATE)
PRIMARY REINFORCED BEAMS TO BEAR LOAD OF ROOF STRUCTURE
M.S. CHANNEL LAID ALONG THE BOTTOM OF TRUSS (ISMC 150) TOP OF SLAB` +9.81M
EXPOSED BRICK WALL BRICK BAT COBA WITH CHINA MOSIAC LAID TO SLOPE
NATURAL STRAW DOORS OF THE WORKSHOP UNIT GIVE A FLEXIBLE USE WHEREIN THE SPACE CAN BE EXTENDED TO THE PAVILLION ON EITHER SIDE AND ALSO AID LIGHT AND VENTILATION
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DETAIL C EXPLODED ISOMETRIC SHOWING CONSTRUCTION OF A UNIT WORKSHOP MODULE DETAIL A CANTEEN NORTHLIGHT AND GUTTER DETAIL
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The design is a new cultural setting for music, events, cultural life and city life in general. The main idea was to create a dynamic, flexible and open life can unfold. All spaces can be transformed to function at night, thus, bringing to life what used to be an urban void.
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public space that welcomes all users and allows for various and diverse events - an urban arena where culture, creativity and city
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The “Where�-House Diagnostic Resolution of Kika Street semester IX, with Sanjana Patil
Kika Street in Gulalwadi, Bhuleshwar is a hub of numerous markets which sell items ranging from imitation jewellery to hardware and metal products. The occupants of this street have been living here for generations and each of them have added on to the characteristics of the street in various layers over the original built form. Our proposal aims to provide these temporary masses of trucks and hawkers with a designated area at the rear-side of the shops, so that the material delivery and procurement takes place there while the shop frontage functions purely as a retail end. This will reduce the clutter and blockages on the road. Further the proposed shop modules offer extra volume to the larger shops for storage on the upper level as opposed to the current system. The design was planned from the lens of being a module which could be repeated for the entire stretch of Kika Street while encompassing the wholesome nature of Kika Street in the design as well. Further, the project envisioned breakout spaces and voids in the initial massing to make the form lighter as well as increase ventilation at the core of the building which guided the designing the form via explorative processes.
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The trucks visit Kika Street 2-3 times a day and carry around 8-10 tonnes at a time
Delivery Trucks Handcarts occupying the street Parked vehicles The trucks attract handcarts, which together occupy a width of the street creating a bottleneck on a regular basis
Concern: Temporary masses on the street
The warehouse attempts of declutter the street by freeing up the temporary masses. It acts like the back-office of the retail front of each shop from which exchange of materials takes place. Thus the road is free for vehicle movement
Revised street section after propsed design
Cupboard shops Small-sized shops Medium-sized shops
By re-allocating the temporary masses, bottlenecks will be avoided. Hence the existing noise levels of road traffic will be reduced. Also it provides relief to the residents by diminishing the metal clanking resound within its huge volume
Large shops
Current shop typologies based on volume
Noise Level Mapping of the street
Shop typologies based on product
The driving force of Kika Street lies in its bustling commerce throughout the day. The ground level of the street is a transparent layer of commerce. The frontage of the shops forms the boundaries of the street on either side and the upper levels are opaque as they are occupied by the residents. The movement of material to the smaller shops takes place between the warehouse and smaller shops via tempos and trucks. As one manoeuvres through the site, the movement is restricted by clusters of laborers and hawkers gathered around various intersections. These clusters are the temporary masses on the street restricting the smooth flow of movement at various intervals in a day’s cycle. Hence this was one of the main driving forces for the intervention, requiring to address the clustering of the trucks and hawkers present on the site. The new system was designed in such a way that they are integrated to provide more efficient results and their participation is not isolated.
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Initial massing
Shops arranged to provide them maximum frontage and the central area to be used as a material exchange bay with designated truck parking bays
Introduction of vertical circulation cores Offices added on top and connected for ease of circulation while creating breakout spaces on each level
Added a skylight on podium level to enhance light quality underneath
Placement of residential module on the periphery
Creating voids and green spaces on every level of the residential block
The project has been designed keeping in view the multi-functional activities which are taking place in the location presently. The ground floor provides for the industrial activities. The project has been infused with open spaces and wider areas for the commercial activities so that the movement of people is not hampered while these activities are being undertaken. The project design is a fusion of the commercial and residential activities while giving each an identity and space of its own to flourish and prosper.
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The movable sunshades used for the residential units are perforated metal screen which have also been used in the lower floors to render it with a distinct identity of its own. At the lower floors, the sunshades move outwards from the point of attachment on the first floor and create an interesting play of light and shadow.
The bracketed arch also continues inside the structure and supports the cantilevered green pockets.
Module 1
1. Living room/Kitchen: 16.7 sqm 2. Bedroom: 7. 3 sqm 3. Toilet: 1 sqm 4. Balcony: 2 sqm
5. Living room/ Kitchen: 15.5 sqm 6. Bedroom: 8.05 sqm 7. Toilet: 1.45sqm 8. Balcony: 2 sqm
They are 2m wide green beds located on the extended floor plate which also serves as an congreggation area. There are multiple perforated PVC pipes running beneath them in the soil layer which work on the principle of drip irrigation hence utilizing minimum water. Module 2
1. Living room/ Kitchen: 14.6 sqm 2. Bedroom: 7.8 sqm 3. Toilet: 2.2 sqm 4. Balcony: 2 sqm
SECTION AA’ The bracketed arches in the design provide support to the building’s structural system while enhancing its aesthetic value. This has been designed while retaining the existing character of Kika Street.
5. Living room/ Kitchen: 16.83 sqm 6. Bedroom: 10.1 sqm 7. Toilet: 2 sqm 8. Balcony: 1.45 sqm
The drip irrigation pipes are connnected to the overhead water tank with a pump in between and needs to be switched on timely for watering the plants
Module 3 The micro elements of the street contribute to the design such as the railing is made up of metal pipes and box sections widely available on the street.
1. Living room/ Kitchen: 14.5 sqm 2. Bedroom: 8.5 sqm 3. Toilet: 2 sqm 4. Balcony: 2 sqm
Module 4
1. Living room/ Kitchen: 14.3 sqm 2. Bedroom: 8.7 sqm 3. Toilet: 2 sqm 4. Balcony: 2 sqm
The rainwater falling on the facade of the module is collected in a channel and brought down to the green spaces via gutters. Then the water moves down via a rain chain. With the help of a perforated pipe in the gravel bed the percolated water is collected, in turn also watering the plants, and brought down to a rainwater collection tank located in the basement using a duct
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Every floor accommodates 12 flats creating voids in between them. These pockets are also formed when the corridor widens or narrows down at various points throughout the massing increasing internal visual connectivity. Each individual mass is stacked in the rhythm of 1-1-2-3-1-1-2-3 to achieve a total of 116 flats.
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The staircase forms an integral part of the design facilitating connections across multiple levels
Material loading on ground floor The internal voids to be experienced across multiple levels
Internal Courtyards on alternate floors
Library on podium level can be multi-purposed into a community hall as well Canteen at public plaza
The main stairwell forms lets one experiences the openness of the design across all floors as one moves upwards
Arched brackets are the design elements incorporating old style into the new re-development
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SECTION CC’
The perforated metal screen continues downward to form an arcade which defines the elevation of the shops on ground floor.
The space frame is an element of truss used to support the truck parking cover
The metal screen also serves to hide the services and ducts that run along the external facade of the building and hides the service passage underneath it.
Truck parking bay as seen from the road
The office spaces around the plaza
The skylight on the podium level View of the arcade at the north-east entrance NORTH-EAST ELEVATION
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Kika at the crossroads
Placemaking at Kika Street semester IX
Bhuleshwar is an old part of Mumbai which has been thriving since then. Today its is a mixture of old and new architecture, along with layers of history showcased in the facades and the rich community of people. The area caters to various types of commerce. The project aimed at studying a 1km stretch of road of Kika street. A thoughtfully selected site, A JUNCTION, plays a critical role in the urban fabric. This particular junction spreads out into completely different market typologies on its various ends, giving an excellent example of how the junctions create a change and yet at the same culminate these varied activities smoothly into one focal point. The study has also looked into how a market typology changes the street fabric and creates distinctive street edge conditions responding to the requirements of that market. The project conducted a micro + macro level documentation and diagnosis of the roads leading to the island. The market, street typology and the social circles were evaluated and design resolutions were proposed that will help to enhance the existing quality of life of Kika Street Junction.
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Beyond the Edge
Urbane coalesce of the Natural and the Built semester VII
Nature and man have always had a lopsided relationship with each other. We are dependent on the resources of nature for our survival, but with urbanisation, we have developed an apathy towards nature. After years of neglect, nature has finally started showing signs of fighting back. Mithi River is a natural water body that came to be Mumbai’s storm-water drain since 3rd century BC. It is a confluence of tail-water discharge of Powai and Vihar lakes. Although the river flows through the city, it is not at the centre of any tourist or leisure activities - it has been twisted, turned, and reclaimed for human needs leaving it in dire states and a dumping ground of all the dirt, pollutants, and refuse in the city. The banks of the river are encroached by slum dwellers on one side with high-rises are taking over the other. Since the unchecked exploitation continues, the yearly floods will also continue. In the last 20 years, flooding has been the most common natural disaster by far, accounting for 43% of all recorded destruction of life and property. Every Mumbaikar has a story to share from the 26th July 2005 flood and thus it became the event tying the project together.
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2009
Mangroves act as a flood control device (riparian zone) The general land profile of Dharavi is sloping down towards the river Fishing was a major occupation of the residents
Replacement of the riperian zone with retaining walls The slope of the land towards the river led to the clogging of water in Dharavi Waste deposition on the river bed reduces the depth of the river bed causing it to overflow during the floods
The sludge deposited in the river accumulates to an extent that it creates a layer of artificial land reducing the depth of the river
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The depth of the river is maximum in this period (before 2005 floods)
The depth of the river considerably reduced, due to which the flood water easily overflowed into the surrounding areas
A retaining wall has been constructed to prevent flood water from flowing in The presence of green cover along the river edges has increased
On July 26, 2005, the Mumbai Metropolitan Region was struck by a severe storm and subsequent deluge. The Mithi River breached its banks soon after the first rains. This caused water logging and submerging of certain low-lying pockets of the region, such as Dharavi and Bandra-Kurla Complex. The damage to life and property was heavy, the death toll resulting in the floods was estimated to be over 900 people.
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The land on either side of the river was undisturbed, and void of development
The infrastructure of BKC had started developing on the left side of the river The green cover also depleted significantly, on either side of the river
The CRZ has been treated to form a green space
The Mithi river is currently in a dire state, with the water quality being 13 times worse than permissible. The river is currently treated as a dump for the city’s neverending waste problem. At the same time, the city’s highest number of land reclamations along the river have taken place in the last 40 years with 70% decrease in mangroves and 40% increase in concretisation of the river’s banks.
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The design on present retaining walls is such that it does not allow to water to spread during high tide or when water level rises. Vanashakti has proposed a design of retaining walls which have a trapezoidal design and sloping walls, which will allow the water too spread. Mangroves are removed from their natural habitat and shifted to bounding concrete walls which will eventually lead to their demise.
Floating Booms should be installed at strategic locations such as the junction where the nallah meets the river, which will trap all the debris and not let it enter the river. This debris can be removed later at regular intervals.
The amount of silt in the river accumulated is so much that it has now created a mound on top of which mangroves have stared growing.
Deepening of the river through blasting process
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“This place is blessed with facilities like school and marketplaces in the nearby vicinity. We don’t even face water shortage. We’ve adjusted to this lifestyle and it’s inconvenient only during the 3 months of monsoon because during heavy monsoon we’re evacuated to a school nearby.”
“The floods hit us very hard. Our businesses suffered a lot and the authorities gave a meagre amount to break-even our loss during the floods. People spent days stranded in unreachable locations and many more passed away due to the floods.”
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Even though a retaining wall has been constructed in this area in an attempt to tackle the floods, it has remained ineffective and they are evacuated to a nearby school every year.
“When the 2005 floods hit Mumbai, the area adjoining the Mithi river was flooded to nearly 3-4m. My house and my neighbours house was submerged in the water and we spent many days on our rooftops. We stepped over the bus rooftops and travelled across the area. Our business suffered heavy losses but more importantly many more lives were lost. When the water receded, we cleared the leftover waste by ourselves. This was an awakening call for the BMC, and since then they have been clearing out the river bed every monsoon season.”
BKC
The designed green belt at the edge of the Mithi river is not site responsive. It lacks the buffer zone needed to maintain the riparian zone.
“I have lived and worked my entire life in this area. The stench from the river does not bother us anymore. Our bodies have adapted to it. Any newcomer like you would find it repulsive, but for the poor people like us, we’ve got no other option.”
DHARAVI
The lane in Dharavi is on downward slope towards the river. The lack of a compound wall and heavy deposition of sludge is the reason for floods.
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Cultural Hub at Assam
Architectural Design Studio semester IV
The Assamese culture is a rich and exotic tapestry of all these races evolved through a long assimilative process. The cultural life of Assam is interwoven with the activities of a number of cultural institutions and religious centres, such as the satra and namghar (prayer hall). The design of rural administrative center in Assam is inspired by the same learnings and explores vernacular construction methods, keeping in mind the climatic and surrounding conditions.
Site area: 1900 sqm Built up: 800 sqm
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Dadar Market Redevelopment
Architectural Design Studio semester V
The new redeveloped market in Dadar (w) situated between the N C Kelkar Marg and the Tulsi pipe road; intends to redesign the traditional market space to inject a ‘thrive’ in the marketplace architecture and planning, making it more dynamic, systematized, and organized high-pressure public space.
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Landscape Design Studio semester VI
The exercise aimed at conceptualizing a landscape design in a plot of size 100 x 150m that houses a bungalow for a family of four on a contoured site. The proposed design aimed at creating a series of spaces, maximizing natural contours and the vegetation, so that the user can experience different spatial qualities. The idea is to design the open spaces more through the medium of softscape and generate interesting experiences in the space through this medium.
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Salon Interior Design
Allied Design Studio semester IV
Into the Victorian West The mirror’s reflecting the beauty And the hands bound to this duty. The Salon is a maze of sophistication, Where everyone has the right to beautification. The magnificent instruments are magical, The transformation they are capable of is almost hypothetical. It is a place of grandeur and socialization With a tinge of the west and modernization. The place has infinite possibilities; You can experience a transformation from head to toe, such are its facilities; A place where you meet and greet, Along with a pretty look, you get a sweet retreat.
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Hotel at Bodhgaya
Internship at SJK Architects October 2018 to May 2019
Bodhgaya is where Buddha received enlightenment under a Bodhi tree, making it an extremely sacred place for Buddhist pilgrims. The project aims to create a resort that breathes of a calm and serene environment and utilises the natural elements and materials like exposed brick walls, vaulted spaces and corbels that adds to the tranquility of the place. The project has been divided into 3 parts, viz., the Public block, Residential block and Service block. Sustainable design, craftsmanship and collaboration are the definitions I could experience during the my internship. I am glad to been given this opportunity as I learnt and enriched my knowledge.
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A) Preparation of architectural GFCs 1. Resolution in elevations, sections, end wall sections and their respective details for public block and PB connector 2. Architectural details- jamb details (RB connector, lift block), skylight, keyhole niche and openings (PB). 3. Resolving and preparing full drawing set for: - Main gate security cabin - Exposed café brick wall in Public Block - Exposed brick wall in all residential block floors - GFCs to plot vault curves (at 45 degrees) - Bar in Public block 4. Railing details for RB staircase, windows, connector, lift block staircase and Service block staircase. 5. Preparation of preliminary set of drawings to be shared with Permission Architect.
302-303,VEENA KILLEDAR INDL.EST. ,10/14,PAIS STREET, BYCULLA-WEST, MUMBAI-400 011 TEL.NO.: 022- 2300 8766, 022-23008761 FAX.NO. : 022-2309 0983 email: design @sjkarchitect.com
PMC:
MASTERS PMC New Udyog Mandir No. 2, Unit No. 7 , Kamanwala Chambers, Mogal Lane, Mahim (West) Mumbai 400 016 TEL.NO.: +91 22 6456 7600 Email: sujata.gupte@masterspmc.com Website: www.masterspmc.com
CLIENT:
MARASA HOSPITALITY PVT. LTD. 11th FLOOR, BAKHTAWAR BUILDING, NARIMAN POINT,MUMBAI 400 021
PROJECT:
HOTEL AT BODHGAYA
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TITLE: SITE PLAN
1. All Dimensions Are In Millimeters Unless Otherwise Specified. 2. All Dimensions Specified Are UnFinished Dimensions, Unless Otherwise specified. 3. All structural dimensions shall be referred as per Consultants' drawings. 4. DO NOT SCALE Drawing 5. Any Discrepancies In the Drawings Shall Be Brought To The Notice Of The Architect,Prior to Execution.
DRAWING NO:BH/PLN-003
SCALE: 1: 400
DATE OF DRAWING: 08/03/18
REV NO: R3 DATE OF REVISION: 30/11/2018
PURPOSE: GOOD FOR CONSTRUCTION
This "drawing" is the copyright of SJK Architects and shall not be used for any purpose other than that for which it has been loaned.
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C) Co-ordination with Vendors and consultants 1. Research and co-ordination with vendors for Urn , Monsoon blinds, Mosquito mesh, Prayer flags. 2. Co-ordination with structural and services team for issuing the GFCs mentioned above. D) 3D modelling 1. Design resolution of spaces using 3D sketchup views. 2. Updating site plan and design changes whenever applicable.
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Trophy Brief: The aim of this competition is to display the standard of teaching and the quality of student work in every college.
Mohammad Shaheer Landscape Trophy 2017-18 Theme of NASA 2017-18: Reflections Trophy Brief: The design brief encourages the participants to reflect on the relationship between memory, place and space and create a Landscape Of Commemoration. Trophy Brief: We selected Mithi River in Mumbai as our object of study and gave design proposals for each edge condition observed along the full stretch of the river. Mithi river is a natural element of our city which catered to huge biodiversity when it was flourishing. By rejuvenating the river, we aim to instill the forgotten memories in people’s mind by showing them a future that was once the past of the river. 91
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Miscellaneous works Architectural Design Studio 2015-16: Each object has an characteristics unique to itself which forms its definitions. This exercise required us to study the physical and formal aspects of an given object. Keeping in mind these aspects, we had to identify and analyse its essence and design a space inspired it. The combined analytical result of form, structure and functional study gave rise to an origami module that could formulate into any organic or geometric form. Kalaghoda Festival 2015-16: The art form, Sunheri Chidiya, installed under visual arts, MAKE IN INDIA category, is a peacock, the national bird of India. The wings of the installation portray the rich culture and heritage of India in the form of jali work and the origami modules form the body of the peacock. It acts as a mascot to attract national companies to produce their goods using indigenous resources in our country, thus leading to a win-win situation. Alibaug Bamboo Workshop 2015-16: Basic rope knots were taught to the students by the local fishermen. The aim of the workshop was to learn the techniques and apply the new-found knowledge to create a small bamboo structure where the visitors to the resort could spend their day. The design varied according to the location of the four groups to suit it best to those conditions.
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Auroville Advanced Bamboo Structures 2016-17: This was a earthquake resistant collapse hut. The structural walls collapse to a circular bunch of bamboo with the roof closed in at the center. The walls and the roof were made separately and joined using metal ties. The roof is made separately while maintain logic of connecting 1-1st,2-2nd,3-3rd and 4-4th point ratio. The cross wall is drilled and screwed together. The screws add to its ability to flatten out and curved accordingly.
Architectural Design Studio 2015-16: A 1:1 scale structure was made out of a framework of wood to get a real grasp on anthropometry. The design was varied with openings, seats and steps at varied heights to experience the spaces with different qualities.
Patterns, Processes and Prototypes 2018-19: Architectural design process has been through a big paradigm shift post digital revolution. The computational possibilities in geometry, form funding, prototyping and fabrication became multi fold post use of digital tools. For effective use of computation tools as design tools, this elective aimed to understand the “Pre Computational Computation thinking� and to introduce rule based geometry through Patterns Processes and prototypes.
Allied Design 2015-16: Jenga was pixelation and expansion of a 5 inch cube made from 125 one inch cubes using mathematical reasoning. Each cube could be moved along perpendicular axes only. Understanding mass and voids and its composition and manipulation in the given space was the main aim of this exercise.
Theory of Design 2017-18: Analysis of Lotus Temple using hanlon’s method was carried out to understand elements of deisgn like symmetry, repetition, geometry, proportion and hierarchy.
Allied Design 2015-16: Origami is the art of folding a single piece of paper or multiple papers folded together or put together to develop various forms ranging from crisp flat surfaces bent at odd angles to complex curved forms.
Building Construction 2019-20: Options for design of the shell for the port terminal were explored using rhino visualisation and physical POP models. The structural elements for the said model was then rationalised to be aesthetically pleasing as well as stable.
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Adobe illustrator and photoshop
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