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Curriculum Academics: 2013-2014 MSAUD. (GSAPP, Columbia University) 2006-2011 B. Arch. (Pune University) 2006 Higher Secondary School
Professional Training: 2008 - Summer Intern W.S. Atkins (June – July) 2010 - Trainee Huckle & Partners.LLC (June – Oct) • Ministry Building • Nimr -Fahud PAC’s • Hotel
Work Experience: 2011-2013 - Junior Architect Huckle & Partners.LLC • Villa’s • School • Medical Centre
Individual Work 2012- Architect • Villa in Suriname , South America
Work at Columbia University Spring 2014-Teaching Assistant June 2014- till now - Associate in Architecture
Architectural competitions: 2006-2010 , Participated every year, placed in top 10 NASA (National Architectural Students Association), ANDC Architecture Design and analysis competition 2007 - Placed second Constro,Inter-state design competition
Honors and Awards May 2014, Lucille Smyser Lowenfish Memorial Prize, GSAPP, Columbia University May 2014, Honor Award for Excellence in Design, GSAPP, Columbia University
Co-curricular activities: 2006-2011 - Placed first every year Fashion Design Show, Inter-campus and inter-college (all clothes designed and hand stitched by design team) 2009 - Placed second NASA annual dance competition
Technical Knowledge: • AutoCAD 2006 • Adobe Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, Indesign) • Microsoft Office Suite • Sketch up • Revit (basics) • 3d Max (basics)
Hunkaar- A cry for revolution Annual National Design Competition 2009 The concepts main goal is to create a visible center of literature while giving tribute to the poet Ramdhari Dinkar. The design aims to create a new environment that becomes the identity of the state and strengthens the relationship between the communities. Using Dinkar’s poem and interpretation of “power” being the prerequisite to winning an enemy but also to forgiving him as a concept to develop the form. Within the building there is no controlled path. The visitor is free to move through the installation according to his own will. The movement through the panels is indicative of the life history of the poet, from his childhood until he reaches enlightenment. Reaching the fifth and final panel yields views of the central installation piece as well as of the riverbank, while the peak of the structure lies overhead.
Amphitheatre Installation Cafeteria Parking Solitude Path Main Pathway Roads
Power Vs Forgiveness
Form guided by concept
Zones
Circulation Paths
Project Location Maharashtra, India Design Team Aziz Rajani, Hussain Qureshi, Aditya Bhosle, Ninoshka Henriques
Programed Open space
Overall vision of the memorial
View from the river
Church Complex Thesis ‘2011, Sinhgad College of Architecture, Pune University, India
What makes a church?
The design aims to catalyze interactions and relationships between the different communities. The concept focuses on the church being a much larger community., than individual denominations.
PARISHONERS
PRIEST THE TRINITY
COMMUNITY
The concept of the design comes from the structure of the christian community and how over the years different denominations have broken of from the Catholic church and then from the protestant church due to differences in thoughts and beliefs. Keeping in mind these differences but trying to use the spaces that exist in between these buildings as some common ground for interaction and relationship. The design of common spaces that would be shared by these communities both built and open would help strenghten the interaction and create the “Ecclesia” that the project aims to do.
Project Location Muscat, Oman Design Team Ninoshka Henriques
View of Catholic Church
OR
ECCLESIA
Christian
Overall View of Complex
Catholic
Orthodox
Protestant
Trinity (heaven) Father
Father Son
Son
Son
Holy spirit
Holy spirit
Father
Section
Holy spirit
Suriname Villa Individual Project, 2012 Due to the size of the site, maximum coverage was important while keeping in mind the clients need for outdoor family space. The clients had a very clear vision of what they wanted. The challenge was keeping that same vision but introducing quality spaces and alternatives. The design of the villa was to make use of the N.E winds coming into the site and to get maximum daylight into the house. Due to the tropical climate of Suriname, the design uses sloping roofs.
Family Room
The concept aimed to create different spaces both within the house and outside, playing with levels inside the house to create a variation in the feeling of the space and giving each space a different ambience using these levels , adding elements to highlight (stone wall) and providing openings that allow different amounts of light and transperancy. B
Interior View
Dressing Pool
Guest Bedroom
Toilet
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Store
Toilet
Master Bedroom
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Bedroom 1
A
Dining
Kitchen
Toilet
A
Living
DR
WM
Store
Bedroom 2
Garage + Store Verandah
B
Project Location Suriname, South America Design Team Ninoshka Henriques
SECTION B
View from Main Gate
Rebuilding the Bowl Summer’ 13, GSAPP, Columbia University The bowl area is located in midland beach on the East Shore of Staten Island. Its unique inverted bowl like topography and proximity to wetlands make it extremely vulnerable to disaster situations. These conditions were massively tested during hurricane Sandy, as the neighborhood had the highest amount of fatalities in New York city and hundreds of thousands of dollars in building damages. Our attitude is building upon Mayor Bloomberg’s statement of no retreating from the shoreline, but instead to divert our efforts towards building a more resilient community, that generates economy and catalyzes on existing infrastructure through rehabilitation of the edge and sustainability of identity.
BOWL AREA
RESTORE STORMWATER STORAGE Increasing size and amount of ponds
W
ET
RESTORE STORMWA
INCREASING SIZE
HYDROLOGY
RESHAPED Larger open space along the beach
RESHAPE
LARGER OPEN
BOWL AREA ECO-SYSTEM
INTIMATE SPAC
RECREATION Different programs on Island
RECREAT
DIFFERENCE PR
New Proposed Housing New Wetland Pond Existing Hydrology
Design Team: Nijia Ji, Ninoshka R. Henriques, Wagdy Moussa, Ye Zhang
Boardwalk
Project Location: East Shore of Staten Island, New York City
Deep water Habitate
Proposed Boardwalk
Wetland
System
Muti-family/Mixed used
Bus Stop
Elevated Parking
Watching Deck
Wetland Island
View of Rebuilt Bowl
Exsiting Community
Reclaiming & Activating Hidden Assets 1
Increase ownership= care= maintenance
o Neighb rhood
defined Block Re d Buil ings
Fall ’13 , GSAPP, Columbia University The very evident threat of displacement, along with the low rate of privately owned apartments and the segregated NYCHA community cause a sense of insecurity in East Harlem. Increasing the neighborhoods health and ownership is essential.
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Social ownership Responsibility network
Individual ownership From renting to owning
EAST HARLEM FABRIC
Policy Change
Define comfort zones Differentiate private & public
RE-ESTABLISHING COMMERCIAL CORRIDOR
By identifying hidden assets we create a social network that provides a variety of job opportunities along with acquiring new skills.The second phase will introduce new infill residential buildings, relocate residents, and replace the empty NYCHA buildings with new affordable housing. These phases aim to assure a more resilient community while retaining the existing residents and culture of East Harlem.
Inner organizations relations
Intermediate areas
Apt
JEFFERSON WAGNER
HUNTER COLLEGE
May 31st, 1958 2,154 apartments ,716 stories 22 buildings
June 30th, 1959 1,487 apartments 3,729 residents 7-13-14 stories 18 buildings MANHATTAN CENTRE For Science and Mathematics
EAST RIVER
May 20th,1941 1,158 apartments 2,435 residents 11 stories ,6-10 buildings
THOMAS JEFFERSON RECREATION CENTRE
School of social work
Pools Soccer Field Baseball Fields
MIDDLE SCHOOL 224
Manhattan east school for arts and academics
TAFT METROPOLITAN HOSPITAL
May 31st, 1958 2,154 apartments ,716 stories 22 buildings
1954 1,373 apartments 3,325 residents 13-14 stories 10 buildings
3rd AVENUE
JOHNSON
Commercial Corridor
December 27, 1948 1,308 apartments 2,957 residents 10-14 stories
EL MUSEO DEL New York's leading Latino visual arts cultural institution
WASHINGTON MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL
CARVER
January 31st,1958 1,246 apartments 2,723 residents 15 stories 13 buildings
MUSEUM MILE 5th Avenue Museums Art and Culture
July 31st,1957 1,501 apartments 3,517 residents 11 stories , 14 buildings
RE-ESTABLISHING COMMERCIAL CORRIDOR
KING TOWER
RE-ESTABLISHING NYC BLOCKS
Harvest Home Farmers Market Inc.
Identifying Hidden Assets
Design Team Adi Efraim Betty Fan, Feyza Koksal, Ninoshka R. Henriques, Zuhal Kuzu
Farmers market
PROGRAM INFILL
Project Location East Harlem, New York City
Harvest Home Farmers Market + Grow NYC
Silberman School of Social Work at Hunter College
Art
Tutoring for children and adults Health Care
Sports
Mount Sinai Hospital
Junior High School 99
New York Sports clubs
Design Framework
Commercial and Program Infill
Reclaimed Fabric
Placemaking for Innovation Spring’14 , GSAPP, Columbia University How can we expand San Cristobal as a built environment that continuously encourages diversity and innovation for growth? The current dormitory natured ‘corrigimiento’ of San Cristobal is facing immense developmental pressures from the rapidly growing city of Medellin, the vast number of incoming migrants from the rural areas and the upcoming economic corridor – the new highway. Our project aims to embrace the incoming density yet propose alternate methods of growth. The scheme works towards harnessing the wave of innovation, currently looming over Medellin, and create mixed use blocks within San Cristobal that foster similar innovation based activity, so as to build economic generators for a holistic and sustainable pattern of densification.
Establishing Nodes of Inno
Overall Vision
Project Location San Cristobal, Medellin, Colombia Design Team Abhimanyu Prakash, Daniela A. Jacome, Joel N. Rios, Ninoshka R. Henriques
ovation
Physical
Programmatic
utilizing natural corridors
building cooperatives
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Strategies
Model
Live.Work.Play Experience
Personal Open space
10m buffer Units beyond the buffer
Community space
Commercial Street/ Public Space
Establsihing Co-operatives
Inter Block Dissemination
Economic Generators
Physical Strategies
San Cristobal Fund