Undergraduate Academic Portfolio Nirva Sheth
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Nirva Sheth Contact No. - +91 9427341286 Email - shethnirva.15.barch@idea.indusuni.ac.in
Institute of Design Environment & Architecture (IDEA) INDUS University, Ahmedabad. 2
CONTENT HOUSING STUDIO
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FORM AND SPACE MAKING STUDIO
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MATERIALITY AND INSTITUTION STUDIO
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PEOPLE AND PLACE STUDIO
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DHARMALAYA WORKSHOP
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WATERING THROUGH YESTERYEARS WORKSHOP
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ART DECO WORKSHOP
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MATERIAL STUDY
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TECHNICAL DRAWINGS
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DESIGN THINKING
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STUDIO 5 - HOUSING STUDIO A high rise residential building was designed for lower-middle-income group in consideration with horizontal and vertical connections wherein for the first time bylaws and certain FSI and other numerical details were worked on which brought some changes in the design. Designing was done keeping in mind the user groups and their daily routines and their response to the neighboring area. Basic idea to have a single corridor throughout the housing in order to feel as if its a street. To provide as much open space as possible on the ground, design expanded vertically instead of spreading out horizontally. Final design model in elevation
+ 00 VEHICULAR EXIT
+ 1000
CAR PARKING
RAMP 1:10 SLOPE
+ 1000
+ 1075
UGWT
TAILORING WORKSHOP + 1750
PLANTATION
A
+ 1300
WALK WAY OPEN GARDEN
+ 1150
+ 925
CHILDREN PLAY AREA
+ 1000
A UGWT + 1075 1:8 SLOPE RAMP
EXISTING SHRINE
VEHICULAR ENTRY + 00
+ 1225
PEDESTRIAN ENTRY
PARK AREA FOR ELDERLY
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Ground floor plan
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Design in context with surrounding area
STUDIO 1 - FORM AND SPACE MAKING STUDIO This studio was more about making spaces through models, a high emphasis was on ‘thinking through hands’. Exploratory models using the grid of 5 mm and cutting along the lines in 2 different scales were made. We made 1 model in the group of two people with a combination of spaces (open and semi-open) of other models. This studio was about bringing in light, manipulating it and making connections between spaces. A model of 360*360*360 mm was made with 3 sides as full surfaces and other 3 sides remained in parts which made it seem carved out.
Space designing and understanding model iterations
Final model in the size of 360*360*360 mm
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STUDIO 4 - MATERIALITY AND INSTITUTION STUDIO The main goal of this studio was to understand and work around different materials and design through the light. Through the semester of this studio, various building materials were studied. Design was evolved from abstract models and later making sections of one of the models. Plan was brough about from the sections. The design was thought of by circulation and prolonging the journey of the users with their deceased loved one. Material value and importance was emphasized by using rammed earth bands as a guiding force for movement through the crematorium.
Abstract Process model with its developed sections
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Designin plan and perspective
Groupwork
Studio casestudy - Rammed Earth (Neembaadi) A 1:10 scale model with real materials of an NGO in Sanand was made in order to understand the construction process of rammed earth as a building material. Rammed earth walls ranging from 230mm to 450mm in thickness being the vertical structural members with a concrete band at 450mm for earthquake resistance. Rammed earth walls contained stone dust of the local sandstone from Dhrangadhra and earth from Bhuj. For roofing corrogated sheet was used under which simple timber truss had been used. Many different joineries were made to scale.
Rendered plan
1:10 scale model of actual rammed earth walls with roofing
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STUDIO 3 - PEOPLE AND PLACE STUDIO Architecture is all about people and their relationship with spaces - that is what the Maheshwar studio was about. The program was to design a Weaver Education Centre with exhibits for the famous Maheshwari sarees and to promote them. Spaces were created according to the intent that was - axial connection to the chowk near the site. The entire design process revolved around the main intent that was chosen. The idea to have a singular axial connection was to show sky and greenery to a person standing at the entrance of the institute. Hence on the person’s one side was chowk and river with sky and greenery on the other side.
Plan of studio design
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Model details
Model in context with surroundings
Groupwork
Maheshwar Analysis As a class, the town of Maheshwar was visitedwhich is located at the banks of river Narmada in Madhya Pradesh. The stay there for 8 days studying the people there as clientele for studio. The house-forms, lifestyle, culture and the religious context of the town was studies and looked around. There is hardly any transportation available which made walking around possible. Information in the time that we stayed there was gathered and after coming back transformation was done of all the information into 100 and 200 scale models.The 200 scale model was of the entire town.
Collage for the group of Sadhu’s
Analysis sheets of house typology and street
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WORKSHOP - DHARMALAYA INSTITUTE, BIR, HIMACHAL PRADESH,
Groupwork
HANDS-ON
Dharmalaya institute is located on Dhanaari hill, above the village Gornala 3km northwest of the town of Bir in Kangra district of Himachal Pradesh. It cannot be reached by vehicle, atleast 1 km track is to be done on foot. Due to limited budget, the requirements of Dharmalaya were minimal. The client required space to conduct small workshops and small duration retreats.This building is made with the neo-kangra style of architecture. . Getting the basic necessity such as drinking water is also difficult here. Human chains were made to get water from a stream near the institute’s valley.The stay here was 14 days.
Plan and Section of Dharmaya Institute
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wall section showing foundation
Floor details
Roof details
Work on the foundation with hard rock was done along with the making of a brick, mortar, plaster - all out of the mud. An actual building was worked upon - a space that was to be occupied. The institute itself is so isolated from the city that it felt to be a part of nature the reason for this being its texture due to the mud used in construction.
removing the turf and digging
adding water, rice husk and pine needles
The materials had to be transported by a human chain as vehicles could not reach the institute by road. Even life essentials such as food and water had to be transported with the help of human chains. Learning from there was a lot more than building, life and architecture was understood.
removing gravels from the composition
pugging the mix again
making a heap of the composition
stuffing the mix into frame
adding water and pugging the composition
once the bricks are dried they check plum can be used for construction
Casestudy of a local house in Bir
adding frog- removing frame
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WORKSHOP - WATERING THROUGH YESTERYEARS, JAIPUR, RAJASTHAN, DOCUMENTATION
Water is considered sacred in India. The Step well was originated to access the water from aquifer and it created a deep relationship with water. In olden days shoreline of rivers and land were separated by edifice. Edifice were elongated with sets of steps and platforms, this idea was applied to the step wells. Step wells became resting spot for travelers, as step wells were providing shade and water for drinking. Platforms which were shaded was a boon to the tired travelers. Certain provisions were made like resting area for people i.e. aged people and women carrying earthen pots or buckets who would feel tired while climbing steps. Analysis of the Baori
plan of Thattar Baori
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sections of Thattar Baori
Groupwork
ART DECO - AHMEDABAD, GUJARAT.
Groupwork
DOCUMENTATION The emergence of Art Deco was connected with the rise in status of decorative artists until late in the 19th century. Firstly the Art Deco type houses were located around the prominent part of the city i.e. near Ashram road. In the groups of two, the house and some parts of the furniture – sofa sets, tables and also the staircase were documented. Once that was completed making of an actual wooden model for the house began. The Sevan wood was used for walls and MDF sheet was used for slabs. The wooden model was made with Art Deco details.
Wooden Model of the house
Plan of Avanti house in Paldi, Ahmedabad
Sections showing Art DECO staircase detail
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MATERIAL STUDY - MANUAL SKILLS
Groupwork
STRUCTURES Collage was made with geometrical shapes which were given volumes and made into a composition. This composition was taken further and divided into 2 parts i.e. One which is frame and another load bearing. The load-bearing part was done in mud for which brickswere baked and for frames, cycle spokes. MATERIAL MODELS CSEB bricks as a construction material, Vikas Community Centre in Auroville was studied. The model was done in 1:10 scale and had all the details such as foundation which was rammed earth. Paper tubes as a construction material, Shigeru Ban’s Poet Library was studied. The madel was made in 1:10 scale and had details such as foundation and cables.
CSEB model of Vikas Community in Auroville
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Understanding load bearing and wireframe structures
Papertube model of Poet’s Library by Shigeru Ban
Groupwork
Bamboo Joinery 1
Wooden Joineries as an installation
Segmented Arch with abutments
Bamboo Joinery 2
Bamboo Joinery 3
Wooden Joinery
One brick semi-circular Arch
Segmented Arch with abutments
Two brick semi-circular Arch
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TECHNICAL DRAWINGS
Different types of Arch
Single flight metal and timber staircase
Toilet casestudy - Parishram Apartments
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Step-footing foundation
DESIGN THINKING
Creating Contours through Ink
Geometry - Dots - 3Dimention
Poster making
Sand Collage for Cept Institute
700 mm tripod structure
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