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Nikita Nangia
My name is Nikita Nangia and I’m from India. I did my graduation in architecture from Manav Rachna International Institute for Research and Studies, India and post graduation in Landscape Architecture from Manchester School of Architecture. I am highly ambitious, seeking a challenging and rewarding position that offers advancement opportunities. A strong team player, reliable and adaptable person with good communication and leadership skills and passion for quality and desire to succeed. An organised, detailoriented and conscientious, self-starter, able to strategize effectively to accomplish multiple tasks and stay calm under pressure. I am proficient in the use of Autocad, Adobe Suite, Microsoft Office, Sketchup and Twinmotion. As additional skills, I like travelling and photography.
NIKITA NANGIA
EXPERIENCE:
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Phone: +44 7856474851
1. Atkins, Manchester July 2021 - September 2021
1. Digital Sketching 2. Pen Rendering 3. Manual Drafting
Email: n15nangia@gmail.com Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nikita-nangia-7b7a1b12a/
2. MSA Live - Archiving Albert, Lendlease May 2021 (2 week project) 3. Ravindra Bhan and Associates, New Delhi August 2019 - January 2020 4. Pangasa Chetana Designs, Gurgaon January 2018 - June 2018 5. 3D Architects International, Faridabad June 2017 - July 2017
Portfolio Links: https://issuu.com/nikitanangia/docs/ landscape_portfolio EDUCATION: https://issuu.com/nikitanangia/docs/ sknnangianikitala2c
SOFTWARES
Masters of Landscape Architecture, Manchester School of Architecture 2020 - 2022 Bachelors of Architecture, Manav Rachna International Institute of Research & Studies 2014 - 2019 12th CBSE Board, Fr. Agnel School 2014
PERSONAL SKILLS: 1. Organised 2. Detail Oriented 3. Team Player 4. Motivated 5. Positive Outlook
INTERESTS: 1. Music 2. Travel 3. Photography
LANGUAGES: 1. English 2. Hindi
10th CBSE Board, Fr. Agnel School 2012
LEADERSHIP: Unit Secretary - NASA, National Association of Students of Architecture 2016-2017
Resume
PROTAGONIST FOX - REWILDING ECOSYSTEMS
The project “Protagonist Fox-Rewilding Ecosystems” explores how Animal Aided Design can be used to mainstream biodiversity into the urban areas of Stockport with the help of foxes. Foxes being an opportunistic predator sits at the top of the food chain, and are an adaptable species being a friend and foe to humans. The project aspires to resolve and build the relationship between foxes and humans through the landscape of a concrete jungle which tends to be one of the most challenging sites in Stockport. Using different tactics like Surface, Movement, Object and Territory presented in the book called Re-Readings into the design will strategise different elements. It will also focus on territorial and transitional space segregation for foxes. Rewilding derelict industrial sheds and introducing woodland-wetland ecosystems will attract birds and mammals within the area, which will give foxes an opportunity to express their instinctive nature to hunt. The creation of intimate homes and playscapes within a derelict building shed, called overground fox dens is a haven to raise their kits and relax. It will have an entrance and exit with a few multifunctional rooms, all designed to suit the needs of the foxes. This overground fox den is one of the most important elements of the design and is made up of reclaimed materials from the site. Workshop allotments and the orchards are a space for the foxes and humans to interact, where humans can experiment with growing vegetables and fruits and foxes can come in for the food. The introduction of a hidden fox path will help foxes to move across the site. These routes intertwine and subtly connect each space together, additionally connecting to the fox tunnels. These fox tunnels are created to avoid vehicle-fox collisions. The elements and features introduced for foxes via landscape into the project will help them to roam freely and safely giving them a sense of exploration in Stockport.
A mosaic of habitats creates an opportunity for biodiversity to thrive in the urban areas of Stockport.
PROTAGONIST FOX - REWILDING ECOSYSTEMS
PROTAGONIST FOX - REWILDING ECOSYSTEMS
Legends
MASTER PLAN
Preservation of existing habitats, buildings and vegetation
Woodlands Parks Gardens/Recreation Industrial Parks Underground Fox Dens Creation of new habitats and vegetation
Allotments Wetlands Orchards Bioswale Planting Wildflower Meadows Urban Woodland River Streams Built Interventions
Overground Fox Dens Wildlife Bridges Connectivity
Fox Corridor Fox Hotspots Scale 1:10,000
Fox Range
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PROTAGONIST FOX - REWILDING ECOSYSTEMS CONCEPT AND SITE
TACTICS: MAPPING PRECEDENT ON SITE These are methods that are strategized for reuse and adaptive projects according for our design based on RE-READINGS.
MOVEMENT
Territory Describes how physical and visual relationships can be eshtablished between places and things
The site that we chose is in the middle of Stockport. This is a problematic area for foxes due to busy roads, high human activity and being an industrial site. These issues and problems will give us the opportunity to have more design ideas and create something more suitable for foxes.
Threats: Cars Sudden noises Humans
TERRITORY
Object Discusses elements such as furniture or larger scale things can provide a focus or a rhythm to a space.
Use of specific materials to confer + identity
Our client is the urban fox, they are considered to be one of the most adaptable animals, thriving in urban and natural areas.
Needs: Sleep/rest throughout the day Diet, food and water that will satisfy thier instinictive nature Territorial spaces for them
SURFACE
Surface
CLIENT
Lifespan: 2-4 years in the wild, 10-12 years in Captivity.
OBJECT
Movement
Circulation or movement of foxes
Rereadings talks about remodelling and re-purposing of buildings into different functions. Using different tactics that are presented in the book to strategize different elements of our design.
PROTAGONIST FOX - REWILDING ECOSYSTEMS
Legends 01 Pond
VEGETATION STRATEGY
02 Walnut Trees 03 Silverbirch Trees 04 Hazel Trees 10
05 Fox Den
26
06 Fox Path
08 01
07 Wetlands 10
08 Human Centric Zone
09 20 21
09 Industrial Shed
07
10 Local Business
06
10
01
20 01 22
11 Underground Fox Tunnel 12 Walkway
20
21
07
46
47
48
13 Roof Garden 14 Woodland Industrial Shed
01
15 Crushed Brick Pathway
18
05
19
16 Human Corridor
23
49
16
17 Vegetable Allotments
23
23 23
02
01
18 Orchards
06
02
04
11 12
11
19 Sound Amplifier
18
20 Peepholes
22 Nursery School
03
02 14
23 Existing Vegetation 50
24 Water Tank
13
15
49
21 Existing Car Park
17 17
24
25 Tool Shed
17
17
17
26 Mechanical Workshop 11 25
PROTAGONIST FOX - REWILDING ECOSYSTEMS
Legends
1:100 PLANTING PLAN - TREES
Juglan Regia “Walnut” Betula Pendula “Common Silver Birch” Betula Pendula “Common Silver Birch” Juglan Regia “Walnut”
Sambucus Nigra “Elder Corylus Avellana “Hazel”
49 Number
Plant Name
4 4
Betula pendula “Comman Silver Birch” Betula pendula “Comman Silver Birch”
Girth/Daimeter cm 10-12 10-12
Height cm 500-600 600-700
Root Ball
Specifications
RB RB
4x; Multi-stem; bushy; 2 stems 4x; Multi-stem; bushy; 2 stems Selected Standard; clear stem 175-200cm; 4 breaks Heavy Standard; clear stem 175-200cm; 5 breaks Multi-stem; bushy; 5 stems minimum 1+1; Transplant - seed raised; Provenance UK Area 403
4
Juglans regia “Walnut”
10-12
300-350
35-45L
14 9
Juglans regia “Walnut” Corylus avellana “Hazel”
12-14 12-14
350-425 150-200
45-85L 45-65L
7
Sambucus nigra “Elder”
15-20
80-100
B
Creating a heavy density of Betula pendula’s in the entrance of the industrial shed then slowly shift into larger and more diverse set of trees such as the Juglans regia and hazel trees which give an organic feel and a grandiose woodland space for the foxes.
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Sambucus Nigra “Elder Corylus Avellana “Hazel”
PROTAGONIST FOX - REWILDING ECOSYSTEMS
Legends - Grass
Grass Mix 1
1:100 PLANTING PLAN - SHRUBS, GRASSES, WETLAND PLANTS AND VEGETABLE ALLOTMENTS
Grass Mix 2 Grass Mix 3
Berberis “Barberry” Colocasia Fontanesii “Taro Red Stemmed” Typha Latifolia “Bulrush”
Legends - Shrubs Euonymus Europaeus “Spindle Berry”
Pygmaea Helvola “Hevola Waterlilly”
Berberis “Barberry”
Acorus Gramineus “Sweet Flag”
Rubus Fruitcosus “Bramble”
Colocasia Fontanesii “Taro Red Stemmed”
Cytisus Scoparius “Common Broom”
Salix Reticular “Netleaf Willow”
Salix Lanata “Woolly Willow”
Typha Latifolia “Bulrush”
Salix Purpurea “Purple Willow”
Ulex Europaeus “Gorse”
Euonymus Europaeus “Spindle Berry”
Cytisus Scoparius “Common Broom”
Rubus Fruitcosus “Bramble”
Salix Lanata “Woolly Willow” 49
Legends - Soil (Vegetable Allotments) Clay Soil Sandy Soil Silt Soil
500
Peaty Soil Loamy Soil Shrubs
Berberis “Barberry”
Height cm 300
Root Zone 25L
Branched; 5 brks
area m2 142.5
44
Rubus Fruitcosus “Bramble”
<200
2L
Branched; 3 brks
78
629
53 18 19 22 55 4 4
Ulex Europaeus “Gorse” Cytisus Scoparius “Comman Broom” Cytisus Scoparius “Comman Broom” Salix Lanata “Woolly Willow” Salix Reticular “Netleaf Willow” Euonymus Europaeus “Spindle Berry” Euonymus Europaeus “Spindle Berry”
3L 10L 15L 5L 10L B
Bushy; breaks Bushy; 8 brks Bushy; 9 brks Branched; 3 brks Bushy; 3 brks Branched; 6 brks 1+2; Transplant - seed raised; branched; 5 brks
94 34 34 114 12 100.5 10
629 629 629 629 629 629 629
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Salix Purpurea “Purple Willow”
150-250 100-150 100-151 100-150 10 350-600 350-601 400800
B
2x; Feathered; 5 brks
10
Num
Plant Name
29
Specificatiom
total
total area m2 629
Acorus Gramineus “Sweet Flag”
629
Pond Plants
Pygmaea Helvola “Hevola Waterlilly”
Number
Plant Name
48 7 9 40
Acorus Gramineus “Sweet Flag” Colocasia Fontanesii “Taro Red Stemmed “ Pygmaea Helvola “Hevola Watelilly” Typha Latifolia “Common Cattail”
Height cm 60-50 60-90 n/a 250
98
Phragmites Australis “Common Reed”
150
Root Zone 2L 2L B 1.5-2L 0.5L
area m2 11.9 12.4 0.6 0.3
Specification Full Pot Full Pot, 1 Stem Bunched and Weighted Full pot; British native-origin Full pot; June to Sept planting; British native-origin
3.1 total
28.3
Ulex Europaeus “Gorse”
total area m2 28.3 28.3 28.3 28.3 28.3
Phragmites Australis “Common Reed” Salix Purpurea “Purple Willow”
Salix Reticular “Netleaf Willow”
PROTAGONIST FOX - REWILDING ECOSYSTEMS
12 mm x 230 mm wide Steel Plate fastened into Beam
1:20 DETAIL - FOX OVERGROUND DEN
Entrance and Exit to Fox Burrow
Underground Litter Space
Underground Food Space
Existing Structure - Roof Detail as per RIBA Eng. Spec.
Metal Corrugated Sheet 25 mm thick
Roof Perforation
Window 900 Truss mm above from welded into ground level Steel Plate
B
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Section A-A 400 mm dia. Circular Hollow Pipe 20 mm thick
Metal Native Corrugated Subgrade Sheet 2 mm thick
Top Soil from site
Repurposed Crushed Bitmac from site
Surface Course 40 mm thick
Binder Base Course Course 100 120 mm mm thick thick
Entrance and Exit to Fox Burrow Human Corridor
PLAN
B
12 mm x 230 mm wide Steel Plate fastened into Beam
Underground Resting Space
Metal Corrugated Sheet 25 mm thick
Existing Structure - Roof Detail as per RIBA Eng. Spec.
Peep Hole 1500 High from ground level
Sound Amplifier
Repurposed Brick Wall from site
Roof Perforation
ROOF PLAN
Metal Corrugated Sheet 25 mm thick
Section B-B
Metal Corrugated Sheet 2 mm thick
400 mm dia. Circular Hollow Pipe 20 mm thick
Top Soil from site
Repurposed Crushed Bitmac from site
Surface Course 40 mm thick
Binder Course 100 mm thick
Base Course 120 mm thick
PROTAGONIST FOX - REWILDING ECOSYSTEMS VIEWS AND MODEL
A fox in a woodland-wetland area shows how adaptable it can be in different habitats.
1:25 Sectional model showing overground den for Foxes inside a dilapidated building.
Side View of overground fox den showing the connectivity of rooms through a hollow cylindrical pipe inside a building.
A dynamic relationship between foxes and other species in the wetland habitat.
LANDSCAPE DESIGN - MANCUNIAN WAY
Nowadays the issues of using public spaces in cities for social interactions and other purpose can be very sensitive. One of the public spaces that have usually been used by people is the space under a flyover/bridge. Therefore chaos has been depicted under and calm over the bridge. The amalgamation of mixed land use and green streets below the bridge could intrigue the users to explore the space. A layered ecosytem above, contains a viewing deck at its tip where one could find take a look at the mesmerising locations of Manchester. Mancunian way has always been known to its vehicular movement but now will be known for its pedestrian movements too.
GARDEN FOR HOMELESS, LANCASTER
THE CONCEPT - HEALING GARDEN Natural elements such as trees, leaves and vegetation have an exclusive benefit for mental refreshment. Simply put, seeing a vegetated or ‘green’ environment results in a positive mood. The features should contain salient amount of real nature components such as green vegetation, water and flowers. In order to call a garden a healing garden it is important it should have therapeutic health effects on its users. To create a therapeutic place a combination of two objects are required; creating the place and facilitating healing process. According to Marcus Cooper and Barens “understanding how people see their environment and how they react to it is the most critical component of therapeutic design”. First level is what the individual observes and second is how it is interpreted. INTERACTION: Open and Social Zone Not Heavily Programmed Flexible Space Welcoming Space Multifunctional
ACTION: Productive Zone Space for Engagement & Interaction Space for Learning
REACTION: Relaxing Zone Space to Retreat
INITIAL CONCEPT: The aim is to create a space that generates a natural (biological) response from the user that is intrinsincally beneficial. The second is to allow the user to interpret the garden dynamically.
PARK DESIGN - BEECH ROAD PARK
Forest Narrative is the key concept of the park. The concept aims at providing spaces for a wide range of users. The spaces are dsigned in a manner which can be used by people of differnt age, regardless of the physicl capacity.
A view from the deck.
Foresty feels of the park.
ARCHIVING ALBERT, MANCHESTER MSA LIVE PROJECT
As a part of Manchester’s Our Town Hall restoration project, MSA and Lendlease are proud to present Archiving Albert - an initiative to create accessible digital connections to the rich archive of the Town Hall and Albert Square’s collective heritage. We seek to revive and reintroduce Manchester’s ‘hidden’ historical artefacts to the wider community by connecting them with the ‘story’ of the Town Hall and Albert Square. We want to make sure that our urban development, artefact revival and digital network not only caters to everyone who wants to explore the realms of Mancunian history, but enhances Albert Square’s role as one of Manchester City Center’s most important landmark and active event spaces.
Legends 01 Landscaping 02 Townhall 03 Visitor’s Center 04 Albert Memorial 05 QR Code 06 Display Stand 07 Hexagonal Flooring 08 LED Srip 09 Access Point
A wider Manchester
A RIVER PARK - LLOYD GEORGE AVENUE, CARDIFF ATKINS SUMMER VIRTUAL PROJECT 1:20 DETAIL - FOX OVERGROUND DEN
Cardiff’s docks have a fascinating history and a close connection with water. The plan to uncover and redirect the hidden feeder canal along Lloyd George Avenue brings into consciousness the palimpsest of history and culture in Butetown. The vision will animate and bring life to Lloyd George Avenue for both people and wildlife, reconnecting north-south and east-west across the avenue. The design will incorporate a range of characteristic zones to join the city centre with the bay. Each area will establish a new web of habitats both aquatic and terrestrial to provide healthy and beneficial waterside green spaces for humans and wildlife.
A RIVER PARK - LLOYD GEORGE AVENUE, CARDIFF ATKINS SUMMER VIRTUAL PROJECT CONCEPT
GA PLAN
LINEAR TREE BIO-CORRIDOR
RIVER CHANNEL AND WATER STORAGE
PATH NETWORK AND ACCESS
LOCAL ROAD NETWORK AND INTERCEPTION POINT
Throughout this project, the underlying focus has been reconnecting the river to the urban environment. As a result, we chose to use the river characteristics of the Taff to inspire a new channel and functional processes of the immediate surrounding park area to represent the natural processes. The zones created in this project follow this narrative of source to bay, and showcase the benefits of ecosytem services through a nature-led design. Each area highlights a different process and benefit to 21st Century urban living where by areas near residents show an increase in intensity in flower borders and small paths for community gardens and informal meetings, where as the innovation area is close to the links for the Atlantic Wharf development and the twining with Venice sis presented to the government buildings and wider audience. On the whole the park will showcase new green and blue solutions as alternatives to traditional construction in relation to water, energy and food production. While each zone can stand alone as a theme for the new river park, there is potential for a strong educational narrative that flows with the new river. To improve living and environmental challenges sustainably, we must also inform the populations we are interacting with through the development. Regenerating Lloysd George avenue now will help to ‘future proof’ the local area with respect to climate change impacts, mitigation, access to green infrastructure and active travel networks for a healthier and social population, as well as an economic boost from linking the city, bay and Atlantic wharf development.
MOSQUE CUM ISLAMIC CENTRE, INDIA CONCEPT
MOSQUE CUM ISLAMIC CENTRE, INDIA VIEWS
People enjoying the outdoors of the Mosque.
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