Nikita Sharma Portfolio 2019 by nikkilia

Nikita Sharma Portfolio

Nikita Sharma ADDRESS | B19 ‘Jalada’ RBI qtrs., Tata Press Lane, Prabhadevi, Mumbai 400025 CONTACT| 9930829752 / 24330098 Email ID| nikkidsharma@gmail.com

EDUCATION B.ARCH GRADUATE from Academy of Architecture Recipient of Reserve Bank of India golden jubilee scholarship throughout 5 years Sem 1: CGPI 9.25 (highest marks in AD and allied design studio and in the exams) Sem 2: SGPI 9.11 CGPI 9.18 (second highest marks in the exams) Sem 3: SGPI 6.64 CGPI 8.35 Sem 4: SGPI 7.56 CGPI 8.15 (class representative in 3rd and 4th semester) Sem 5: SGPI 7.72 CGPI 8.06 Sem 6: SGPI 6.97 CGPI 7.88 Sem 7: SGPI 6.97 CGPI 7.75 Sem 9: SGPI 7.94 CGPI 7.78 Sem 10 : SGPI 6.8 CGPI 7.35 TEACHING ASSISTANT for orientation of first year batch of 2017-18

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE INTERN | SOMAYA & KALAPPA | 15TH NOV 2016-30TH MARCH 2017 RESEARCH FELLOW | PUKAR | AUGUST 2018-JUNE 2019 • PUKAR is a research fellowship programme accredited by Tata Institute of Social Sciences dedicated to making research accessible. Through CBPAR (Community Based Participatory Action Research) and as part of a group of 8 an original research was carried out w.r.t. URBAN VOIDS- (unused spaces under flyovers) within the city of Mumbai- case in point taken as the Bandra Reclamation Flyover. DOCUMENTATION TEAM MEMBER | WINDOWS TO VERNACULAR 1.0| APRIL 2016-JUNE 2017 college funded documentation of Khirku (a village near dharamshala, Himachal) and contemporary vernacular construction practices of the region RESEARCH ASSISTANT AND JUNIOR FACULTY | ACADEMY OF ARCHITECTURE | JUNE ’18-MAY ‘19 • As a member of the Research Cell formulated and carried out 2 research projects with students from the 2nd and 3rd year acting as contributors. Objects (Research Project 1) was an attempt at building an alternative narrative for the city of Mumbai through the lens of the everyday objects that exist within the public realm. Play (Research Project 2) was an intervention based study of the lack of spaces within the city that are intended for adult citizens to engage in play activities. • Also served as full time in house faculty for ‘Architectural Representation and Detailing’ and assisted with the College Projects and Architectural Design studios for first year. • Helped in the formulation and execution of the 2 week long first year orientation workshop in August 2018 • Co- Guide for Bamboo Construction workshop held in March 2019 for first year students • Co- guide for Documentation Study of Achara, fishing village, conducted with first year batch in January 2019 CO-ARCHITECT MAHARASHTRA PAVILLION, IITF | MAHARASHTRA GOVT. MSSIDC DEPARTMENT |20TH AUG 2018-28TH NOV 2019 • Participated in and won a competition to design the Maharashtra pavilion at the Delhi Indian International Trade Fair at Pragati Maidan as part of a team of 3 architects. The team was awarded complete charge of design and execution of the pavilion façade and interior design which housed 14 stalls at the fair for a period of 14 days. WRITING WORKSHOP CONDUCTOR | T.H.O.T.P.O.T |24TH DECEMBER 2018 • Formulated and conducted a workshop on creative writing

Extracurriculars NASA (National Association of students of Architecture- competitions) 1st year 2013: product design (awarded special mention) 2nd year 2014: ANDC (qualified in top 50 folios) and Reubens (awarded special mention) 3rdyear 2015: ANDC guide (qualified in top 10 folios) and co-heading Reubens Trophy (awarded special mention) MINDSPARK 2013 Our group Secured Third place at this urban planning competition help by College of Engineering (C0EP), Pune PIN ARCHITECTURE international level competition, requiring entries composed in a 20cm diameter circle in response to the monthlybrief) qualified in top 20 international entries KALA GHODA 2015 Was part of building the first ever installation by academy of architecture at the art fest, from conceptualization to construction. INKCEPTION (internet based Start- up selling designer paper stationery products) we have sponsored two major college fests IES -Avartan and Xavierâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s - Malhar and we have customized and sold over 1500 books to a private firm- Lumiere. MALHAR (Xavierâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s College Fest) 2013: 2nd place total recoil (wire modelling workshop and competition) 2nd place in situation room (a mock parliament event) 2014: qualified in cover story (book cover design competition) 2015: sponsors at Malhar (as inkception) Qualification in top 5 in prime time (news presentation) competition 2017:2nd place in the Forensics Workshop Town planing group research and design project was awarded 2nd place at the PCERF state level competition in the urban design and architecture category 1st place at the VOWELS national level competition. WRITING The Albert Barrow memorial all India interschool creative writing competition 1st best essay: gold medal and rotating shield. Regular contributor to the school and college magazines Helped formulate brief for Intra college competition S[pace]PLAY TRINITY COLLEGE OF LONDON EXAMS: Communication skills & speech and drama exams given till grade 8 VOLUNTEER WORK Executed a wall art project within college to revamp the amphitheatre space. Participated in the Maharashtra government initiative by making Wall Art for the Village of Books : Bhilar Volunteered at PetFed fest with Inactus and Career Ninja to help organize secret santa for underpriveleged children wall painting with Chal Rang De, Khar : an initiative to revamp the slums with art Helped organize multiple events at college

Thesis Through the ages, many people have attempted to make sense of architecture and it has therefore had as many definitions as the number of people attempting to define it. The dissertation attempted to study architecture from an alternative perspective through the heuristic tool known as Analogical Reasoning. This critical thinking tool relies upon the Analogy to gain a better understanding of the unknown subject matter through comparing it with known matter. The accepted similarities between two systems are then used to support the hypothesis that some further similarity exists between them. This hypothesis is known as the Analogical Argument. In this thesis, the analogy was drawn between architecture and language on the basis that both are means of communication that follow certain rules and employ a specific vocabulary. The analogy was strengthened by finding parallels between the 5 systems of language and architecture as presented in the adjacent graphic. Based upon this, the following Analogical Argument was presented: Language has an additional layer of communication that goes beyond grammar and vocabulary and engages of body language and voice modulation, therefore, architecture as a form of predominantly visual medium of communication can stand to communicate more if it aims at stimulating the other four senses as well.

The dissertation recognized that there was a shortfall in both the architecture and the users themselves in terms of being perceptible to non visual cues. Blind people, on the other hand, are attuned to experiencing the world through their other senses, hence the dissertation manifested programatically into an interaction and co-learning center where one may highten the use of their senses through art and cultural programmes conducted by blind instructors and by engaging in activities like dark dining and invisi-ball which challenge the senses by being conducted in complete darkness.

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The experiential corridor that leads one into the designed campus, acts as a sort of cut off from the outer world, providing the stark transition necessary to prepare one to engage the senses.The series of sketches above indicate the kind of expriences that may be curated along this corridor to stimulate the visitor. It is a non- fixed entity, where artists may intervene as and when called upon.

Section through the collaborative studio cluster. These spaces are created to encourage collaborative projects between the blind and the sighted.

Section through the largest studio i.e. the Art studio in the collaborative studio cluster. Where blind instructors curate special sessions that delve into non-visual art

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he common spaces have been created uniquely to act as location markers for the blind. These markers lude the water atrium, the wind chime wall and the rain chain corridor. The last two of which are shown in the section above.

Section through the ceramics studio and the physiotherapy room, both of which are common skills taught to the blind in order to make them independent.Here however, rather than just being taught, they also teach.

The classrooms are meant primarily for the instruction of the blind students who will enroll to the institute. However, they also serve the purpose of educating the sighted in the language of Braille. The are equipped to be made almost entirely dark by covering the single source of light, the north light through curtains.

section through entrance atrium which is permeated by the sound of water, the source of which is hidden within the Bamboo grove. And the dark restaurant which is one of the main attractions for external visitors and is a unique experience of dining in the dark.

construction technique employed isSuper Adobe, which allows for the creation of the smooth curved form with a lot more ease and a lot less expense than RCC.The technique employs Polyester bags filled with a mixtrue of cement and mud which hardens into load bearing walls.

Delhi Pavilion In August of 2018, as part of a team of three from the Rachana Sansad’s Academy of Architecture - Research Cell, I participated and won a competition organised by the Government of Maharashtra. The competition was a first time initiative, organised to innovate the design for the Maharashtra Pavilion at the Indian International Trade Fair which is annually held at Pragati Maidan in Delhi.

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Our design was selected amongst the 7 others that were presented to the Minister for Industries, Energy and Labour at Mantralaya, and our team was officially appointed as the architects for the pavilion. Under this capacity, the team took part in the ‘pre-bid’ process undertaken to appoint the contractor and handled all ensuing coordination between the client and contractor. We spent 14 days in Delhi prior to the inauguration of the exhibition, overseeing the construction processes and coordinating on site changes right up till the inauguration of the exhibition. The design was awarded an appreciation certificate by Indian Trade Promotion Organization at the conclusion of the fair.

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WHITE IN THIRD DIMENSION The facade design was of extreme importance as it was intended to represent the state in an arena with all the other states competing. Inspiration was drawn from the traditional form of art known as Sanskar Bharti Rangoli, which is drawn in front of homes as a form of welcoming guests.

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Aside from this, the brief also included the design of three installations within the pavilion. Since the theme for the year was Micro Small and Medium Sized Enterprises, (MSME), these installations were incorporated as high tech inserts which would provide information regarding the functioning of MSME withing Maharashtra.

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Residential Ideation This was a non-academic project, the brief for which required the creation of a Bungalow for a wealthy individual. As an ideation based project, the intent was to create a home that provided for no form of engagement within its facade. The house and its spaces unfold only once the viewer enters. The large wooded courtyard enclosed by the brick jali acts as a barrier , protecting internal fucntions while providing something for the hall to spill into . Internally, the spaces were organized based as Inter-active and Intra-active spaces. The Intra-active spaces i.e. the bedrooms were placed upon the second floor with a corridor acting as the buffer between them and the double heighted Inter-active hall. A large swing along the edge of the hall was also created to act as the interface between inside and outside, as the sliding folding partition between the hall and the main courtyard allows for the outside to become part of the inside and vice versa.

Spotting Criteria

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It must be in the public domain i.e. must be accessible without restriction

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Objects Mumbai

It must exist in multiplicity, so that it is a part of the fabric of the city rather than a monument within it.

Research studio

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The city is alive. She breathes. She eats. She produces. She thrives. She bruises. She dies. She resurrects. Every day she is different... The city can be perceived, defined and read through various lenses such as people, places, history, built form, culture etc. Over the years, many narratives of the city have been told and PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK STUDENT VERSION some remain to be relevant over time and generations, becoming her identity. The research cell undertook this project in an attempt to create a set of alternate and parallel sketches through an unexplored lens; the objects that are found within it. Each object, being the focus of every narrative could tell a different story of Mumbai. Staying unbiased and indifferent to popular and known imagery, phenomenon, events and stories, the team has relied completely upon the findings and renderings that the objects offer to create individual narratives of each object and its existence in Mumbai.

It Must be Perennial. This criteria was added to avoid seasonal or festive objects. since the study did not have a year long time frame

It Must be designed (Man-made) and not a natural entity like a tree or geographical feature.

BY AN AUTODESK STUDENT VERSION It must be interactable with through some sense even if its out of reach, its realm of influence may extend through other senses eg. Dome cameras

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The research was conducted in Three Basic Steps, namely: 1. Spotting 2. Enquiry 3. Analysis

It must be an active object (not derelict), the study was intended to be of the present day fabric of the city, not a nostalgic once.

PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK STUDENT VERSION BY AN AUTODESK STUDENT VERSION 1. Spotting - identifying the objects within the city which would be the narrators in the study. Generally, an object is defined as any material thing that can be seen and touched. However, for the purpose of this research, certain criteria were added and only the objects which met the following criteria had the merit to be spotted in this first step.

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Segregating the Objects The objects thus selected were then placed into a table and segregated into the following categories based on the degree and nature of engagement that can be had with them . Private objects in public domain

Public objects

Occupational objects

Saleable objects

Sponsored objects

Signages

objects which belong to individuals but are accessible to the general public through either visuals, sound, touch or smell

objects which are meant for public access, interaction and/or use

objects that are interacted with only in the course of occupational engagement

objects that are obtained or given in exchange for money

objects that are paid for by private individuals or organisations and are placed in the public domain

objects that act as indicators or sources of information.

Yellow gas pipeline

Divider block

Bamboo tokri

Gajra

Political/religious flag

No parking sign

Yellow painted tires hung on trees

Tree bench

Taxi meter

Mats rented at beaches to sit

political rickshaw stand pole

Railway station indicators

Nimboo Mirchi

Chowk marker

Bus horn

Chai ka glass

Political boards/signs

Railwire free wifi sign

Tulsi vrundavan on footpath

Bus handles

Post box

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Billboard

Bus route information

Stool on footpath near food stalls

Public transport ticket

S hook used by hawkers in train

Tissue paper packets

Bus stop name plate

Black anti skid mat

Footpath bollards

Dabbas

Energee bottle

Green chemist sign

Enquiry Table 2. Enquiry - Asking general questions pertaining to the ownership, purpose, monetary associations, number of people the object engages with etc. The answers to these questions were recorded in a Matrix for each object.

Yellow Tires|signage for puncture repair shop At the start of the research, what made you notice the object? Functionality

Observation

The object was noticed and perceived due to it’s:

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Position

While in active use, does the object allow for any self volumetric or physical change?

Change

No change

Ownership

Government

Private

Categorize the purpose of the object: Public objects

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Functional

Is there any monetary component involved in the interaction with this object ?

Yes

What does the object signify?

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System

At a point of time, what is the maximum number of people it can serve?

1 person

2-10 persons

Is it environment specific?

Yes

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Sound

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Energee Bottle |Beverage At the start of the research, what made you notice the object? Functionality

Observation

The object was noticed and perceived due to it’s:

Color

Position

While in active use, does the object allow for any self volumetric or physical change?

Change

No change

Ownership

Government

Private

Categorize the purpose of the object: Public objects

Informational

Functional

Is there any monetary component involved in the interaction with this object ?

Yes

What does the object signify?

Self

System

At a point of time, what is the maximum number of people it can serve?

1 person

2-10 persons

Is it environment specific?

Yes

Scale

Form

Disciplinary Any other

10+

Play

Urban Play

Research- Design Studio

Incorporating play for adults in the urban everyday Play is conventionally related with children even though for years now, several scientific discourses have advocated the benefits of play amongst adults too. The studio focused on investigating urban play for adults and its relationship with the city of Mumbai. Forms of play are either curated or noncurated and get appropriated in the cityscapes, irrespective of being public or private. From parkour to equal streets, gully cricket to train stunts, playing in the rain to playing on the turf, people are subconsciously in unison with the city through play. And yet... Most of this play is snatched from the city or stowed away within its many crevices, available, but only out of the way of the everyday. One must step out of their work shoes and off their daily routines in order to engage in most forms of play that the city has to offer. In exploring the many genres of city play, the studio recognized this as an opportunity to explore the integration of play into the every day of an urban adult, and as such attempted to design urban inserts which would allow for such play to exist .

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Play is an engagement. Play has known cognitive benefits and as such, is encouraged amongst children But research shows that these benefits extend beyond childhood too...

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intent : create an insert for play in the everyday method: derivatives of logic, space, color, movement, motive, rules and restrictions from the formal plays become initiators for design and provide site and design criteria

Intervention

Chess

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Badminton

The game of skating gives the idea of maintaining alleys and lanes.

The game of football defines that there are two opposing teams competing for a neutral element(ball) to determine the winner.

The game of chess gives the idea of restricted moves for a user.

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The promenade has two way pedestrain traffic which act as the two opposing teams which are at play. The width of the promenade allows for a huge grid of play to be formed inspired from chess in terms of directing the players along specific restricted routes. The intersections of these routes are designed to have anamorphic artwork which creates an interesting backdrop for the confrontation and interactions which they were intended to cause between players approaching from opposite sides .

Dharamshala

Documentation Project Architecture as a practice has existed since long before it existed as a certification. Knowledge of nature and ones surroundings used to be the primary precipitators of constrcuction prcatices. However as settlements started to get more urbanised and the age of industrial fabrication set in, vernacular practices became blanketed by the title of backward. The Dharamshala documentation project was set to study such vernacular practices that persist in Himachal Pradesh till date. The mode of study was a comparison between the existing practices of a small mountain village of Himachal and the unconventional practices of NonArchitect Didi Contractor, a woman who understood the relevance of traditional wisdom and vernacular architecture and made modofications to imbibe them in contemporary architectural practices.

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Town Planning

studying and responding to informality in Bandra The focus of this studio was to pick an aspect of a precinct and carry out a layered analysis based on this aspect. Our topic of study was Informality in the Bandra Precinct along hill road and in thh Ranwar village just off hill road. Informality has many definitions in the urban context, but the common underlying principle for them all is â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;activities which have not been planned for which are appropriated within the built fabric by the intent of the usersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; As per this definition, many forms of informality exist within the Bandra precinct, from slums to roadside parking. The group chose to focus on street shopping along hill road and Street art in Ranwar village. A thorough mapping exercise of the precincts was carried out to provide the basal understanding of how these activities function on a daily basis and at seasonal occasions. Following which, interventions and policies were proposed.

Pre-design condition

Post-design condition

Considering that the street shopping at hill road is such an important contributor to its Fabric, the design was a proposal to reorganize existing functions rather than completely be rid of them. Policies were alos suggested along with street furniture and footpath design. On the other hand, Ranwar was found to be a historic precinct with a fast depleting active population. Therefore the proposal for Ranwar was to create a festival for Ranwar and activate the streets by extending the heritage walk to include the Bandra Art Poriject and propose some home run cafes in the two public squares of the village.

ANDC 2014

Ideas Competition

Banganga Pradakshina to revive the district Banganga is one of the last remaining tirthsthals in Mumbai! The revival of the precinctâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s purity and culture was intended to gain attention of the devotees and induce a larger footfall in the precinct. This would make the locals conscious about their way of living and would direct them towards leading a better life. The revival will also result in the economic development of the locality. This intervention had to be sensitive in maintaining the religious elements i.e. the tank and the temples around it. Regular cultural events are what constitute the real intervention. The intervention intended to prevent disrespect of the site, by activities like washing of clothes, bathing with soap, alcohol consumption, which would stop as the sanctity of place is restored . In fact the original character of the place may be reinstated strongly enough to prohibit the â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;localsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; from engaging in unacceptable behavior as well. The technological aspect of the intervention on the other hand contrasted the impact on the precinct. It catered to the ease of accessibility and made provisions for senior citizens. The flow of water should was also utilised fruitfully so as to benefit society better.

Art Gallery

Studying the masters The brief given to us in the first year of architecture required us to study the works of famous architects and create a structure that corresponded to their ideology. The architect assigned to me and my partner was Norman Foster. From looking at structures like the Gherkin and the Reichstag designed by him, our initial approach was to draw on his use of trusses in all of his projects to create large glass fronts which allow light to permeate into the structure. However, on studying his works further, we decided to move forward on a more innate principle behind his works. Continuity. Whether it was a seamless continuity between the external and the internal environment or the site and its context or within the floor plates of the structure itself, continuity was the common principle in a lot of his structures. Hence the art gallery too manifested itself as a continuous staircase. Rather than a serious of slabs connected by a staircase, the slabs themselves rose through the building. The visitor was taken from the ground floor seamlessly viewing paintings along the wall and before they knew it, they were upon the terrace amphitheater, a space for interaction and discussion.

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Elephanta caves are a tourist attraction located on an island just off the coast of Bombay. The caves are at the top of a small mountain which can be accesses via a central stepped route. The path is lined with hawkers and shops and is wide, but quite packed at almost all times. The brief was to introduce a visitor center along this route, that acts as an introduction to the Unesco site uphill. The site for this project was divided into 3 parts. While the central part lay along the central route that lead up to the caves, The remaining two parts fanned out on either side of this central segment. Keeping this mind, the design strategy was centered around creating the â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;HUBâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;. A plaza of sorts which could act as a central anchor for the design tying together the portions of the programme that fanned out on either side. The design responded to the site context by weaving the design amidst the trees without cutting any of them. The design also utilized a triangular roofing system which optimized the flow of air through the interior spaces of these structures located in a humid climate zone. The steep roofs also provided an opportunity for rainwater harvesting and revival of the dry stream on the site.

Bombay City Museum This third year brief provided as a site along the Eastern water front of Bombay. The intent was to create a museum displaying the history of Bombay. Having recognized that one of the most iconic truths about Bombay is the formation of its rugged coastline by reclamation, the design intended to address this concept in 2 ways. First: in form- with the seven galleries being connected to each other seamlessly just as the 7 islands of Bombay were connected so many years ago by the British. Second: in site response- taking into consideration that the site was surrounded by water on 3 sides, the primary intent of the design was to prohibit the view of the ocean from being obstructed by built form. This was achieved by elevating the entire structure on stilts and submerging the ticketing and orientation zone in the ground such that the visitor climbs up to the site and their first view is of the sea from within the stilted region of the structure.

Parking too was reserved along one edge of the site and the path from it led the visitor into the main atrium such that it was constantly abutting the sea edge. Gallery 3 connects to Gallery Five via a suspended glass bridge in order to maintain continuity through the structure.

Film Institute This third year brief required the creation of a Film Institute within the campus of the Films division of India, Bombay. The institute being for a creative field, one of the primary concerns in design was the creation of interaction spaces outside of the classroom, since creativity and inspiration are often not restricted within these spaces. The design involved a form exploration that allowed for every classroom to have its own spillover terrace, where in mid class discussions and sessions could happen. Aside from this, ground floor plinth was modulated into amphitheater steps at every point where it spilled out into the common landscape spaces in order to urge interaction.

Form exploration (right) that allowed for the creation of double terraces as seen highlighted in yellow (left).

Gym

Multipurpose Rooms

Classrooms

second void Central Pentagonal Void Main entrance Canopy

Main entrance Amphi

Auditorium for external use (rented)

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cafe

Parking Subterranean Auditorium (only for campus)

S t a i r c a s e courtyard

E n t r a n c e amphitheater which houses the auditorium beneath it.

t e r r a c e overlooking the pool and cafe interaction spaces.

Luxury Apartment It is a prevailing culture in Bombay for people of wealth to invest in homes in towering structures that loom along the city skyline, quite often, the first five to seven floors of which are dedicated to the service of cars. When asked to design such a structure in our fourth year brief, I decided to look at the structure from the perspective of a passerby, the commoner on the road. While all the necessary luxuries were provided in the homes above, how could the ground floor be made more accessible and palatable to the human pedestrian scale. The site was located in Bandra, and was abutted by roads on 2 sides. Taking advantage of this, the structure was designed to house a small woodland at Ground level. While it was impossible to make this space available to the public, due to privacy and privilege concerns, I believe that the incorporation of greenery at that level is in itself of service to the community by virtue of the air purifying qualities and overall soothing nature that trees possess. Another common issue with large buildings it the penetration of light upto the regions where people actually live. The large central void and the Four floor high corridor staggers were an attempt to counter this issue as well.

Inkception

Entrepreneurial Venture Inkception was a paper stationery company conceived with the intention of making a difference...of bridging the chasm that has always existed between ‘the designed’ and ‘the affordable’ Started in April 2015, we have since participated and sponsored a few major college events like Malhar by Xaviers. We have also provided a large corporate order of over 1000 custom diaries to Lumiere (a private marketing firm) and done several smaller individual client orders. The team consists of three people, and we create the designs for the diaries and notebooks by hand, followed by handling the printing, packaging and delivery to our clients.