Omkarlele portfolio 2016

O M K A R L E L E S E L E C T E D W O R K S A R C H I T E C T U R E + D E S I G N

OM K A R L E L E 51 E JOHN ST, APT 206 CHAMPAIGN IL, 61820 olele2@illinois.edu +1 217.904.5965

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D O CUM E NTING D AD A H ARIR NI VAAV lik tro p hy // nasa - india 2 0 1 2

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TH AKUR CO LLEGE O F CO MM E RCE & ARTS

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teachin g hos p ital in g reater noida , india

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architecture that reacts

obser v ation tower and m useu m for the city of m u m bai

NARRATI VE S O F A CO UNTRYSI D E rural infrastructural de v elo p m ent p ro g ra m m e

STE PP I NG D O WN TH E H I LL g olf and country club on stee p hills in p une

TH E P YRAM[ ] D p ublic g allery for the v isual arts

E NLI GH TE NE D LAND S CAP E S re j u v enation of kanheri ca v es p recinct

STA GGE RE D FRAME S interior desi g n for a bachelor p ad

educational buildin g p ro j ect

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4 ADMINISTRATION & PUBLIC 4.1 Administration 4.2 Education/Learning/Research 4.3 Public Spaces 4.4 Retail 4.5 Child Care

CONURBATION AND HEALTH teaching hospital in greater noida, india

Total Net S.F. Variance 6560 20% 11000 20% 12000 20% 1580 20% 3850 25%

DGSF 7872 13200 14400 1896 4813

Distribution of Services SUMMARY 1 ‐ Inpatient Care 2 ‐ Diagnostic & Therapeutic 3 ‐ Support Services 4 ‐ Administration & Public

Group/ academic instructor - william worn M.Arch. Studio / spring 2016 - arch572 location - Noida, India BGSF

Total DGSF 430521 118874 130943 42181 Total 722518 1.33 960949

This evidence based design studio focuses on Healthcare No. of Beds 800 1201 GSF/Bed design and we are in the process of designing a teaching hospital in India. Noida is a part of the great conurbation around the capital city of India - Delhi. A rapidly growing suburb, Noida is facing the heat of urbanization and the problems that come with it - Pollution, Population explosion and diseases. We are creating a facility that focuses on the wellness of the population in the service area.

Greater Noida Medical Center

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Our design revolves around the traditional concept of a ‘Mandala’ - a geometric circular form of Indian buildings and explores the idea of wraping the massive structure around a healing courtyard. The waiting rooms in the nursing towers are conceptualized keeping in mind the large groups of visitors visiting the patients and at the same time, providing them with the views of the outside.

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Patient outcomes being our top priority, our patient rooms are designed for maximizing views of the outside to the patients.

The design is currently in the schematic design stage.

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CONURBATION AND HEALTH teaching hospital in greater noida, india

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R E A C T . P R O A C T . E N A C T laka - architecture that reacts / competition 2015 individual/ academic instructor - erik hemingway M.Arch. Studio / fall 2015 - arch571

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Organized by ‘LAKA’ this competition challenges architects from around the world to design ‘architecture that responds to its surroundings for the benefit of humanity.

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The first iteration explores the aspect of flexibility of a modular architectural system which can be used for various exhibition and roofing purposes.

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R E A C T . P R O A C T . E N A C T laka - architecture that reacts / competition 2015

The second iteration tries to find a solution for the protection of street kids by means of providing them with a refuge pod. This pod, made for the children of the streets activates only at night providing enclosed shelter toprotect them from social abuse, harm and give them a shelter.

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THESIS:

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IDENTITY_SKYTOWER

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observation tower and museum of the city of mumbai

individual/ academic guide - ar. shilpa chandawarkar year v - thesis/ june 2012- november 2013 location - bandra, mumbai Through this dissertation I’ve tried to give Mumbai, my city, what it needs - an identity. The Skytower 360 is an observation tower combined with a museum of the city which takes the visitor from past via the present onwards to the future of Mumbai. Besides designing an iconic structure, this dissertation addresses the issue of lack of public spaces in Mumbai and opens up the waterfront of Bandra for public use. The entire experience is designed to create a sense of pride in the heart of a Mumbai-kar, and a sense of awe for the visitors of this city.

SkyTower 360 is a place that takes the visitor to a different position, to a much higher point from where he can read the city, enjoy the visual diversity, locate his surroundings, relate to it, as opposed to the everyday eye-level interaction with the city.

A place which gives an OVERVIEW of Mumbai...

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The site chosen for this intervention is in the heart of the city next to a water promenade. Mumbai is a linear city, with a long natural seaside. These spaces along the arabian sea have immense potential for developing public spaces. Bandra is suburb central to the old Mumbai and the newly developing extension of Mumbai metropolitan Region. Bandra is a hub for educational and commercial activities and is one of the most favorite visitor destination. The proximity, centrality and the activities taking place in Bandra makes it the best place for an iconic structure for the city of Mumbai.

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observation tower and museum of the city of mumbai

The SkyTower emerging from the seaside and rising tall, signifies that never-back-down spirit of a Mumbai-kar.

The landscape at the site is designed as a constraining membrane that has given way to the emerging Sky Tower. The membrane which has been penetrated and cracks formed into it. These cracks act as pathways leading to the structure.

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ph y sical m o de l The scaled model of the tower is made of sticks of bamboo, 8-10 mm in dia. 14 sticks of bamboo were held together with the help of metal hooks screwed on the inside of a wooden ring, 120mm in dia. and twisted at both ends to achieve the desired shape of the structure.

The base is made out of laser cut chipboard. This model was fabricated by me under the guidance of my father.

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NARRATIVES OF A COUNTRYSIDE rural infrastructure development program

individual/ academic guide - ar. vilas avachat year iii - studio i / june 2010 - september 2010 location - medha village, maharashtra medium - ink on gateway A small village at the base of a historic fort ‘Avachitgad’ is the case for this studio. Investigating the effects of modern urbanization on rural India is the central theme of this project. This village - a community of not more than 40 houses - sits adjacent to the national highway, is passed through by a railway track and often visited by tourists as a basecamp for the fort. These interactions result in the aspirations for urban infrastructure development. Through the studies and analyses conducted, a program is derived which would address the villagers’ urban aspirations, but retain the architectural language. The concentration of planning the program across the village is on making the lake precinct a memorable experience for the villager and the visitor alike.

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NARRATIVES OF A COUNTRYSIDE rural infrastructure development program

PRETEXT

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Site with highway on one edge, railway track running through and lake in the centre.

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Exploring the design potentials of the lake fringes Establishing central sqaure as community center.

Reconfiguring lake edges. Distributing activities across the site. Public and private activities segregated by the railway track.

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individual/ academic guide - ar. snehal chitale year iv - studio i / june 2011 - october 2011 location - oxford golf & country club, pune The Oxford golf & country club located in Pune is spread across a hundred acres and is surrounded by hills on its three sides. The site for this studio included much of the steep hills combined with a complex program of banquet halls, sports and leisure club, residential hotel and golf clubhouse. The challenge was to create a functional circulation plan with a design that encopasses the brief. The proposal responds to the steep contours by effectively using the slope to create a stepped and a multi-level structure. Incidental open spaces, and courtyards with plantation are planned across the structure and is a characteristic of this design.

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individual/ academic guide - ar. ritesh joshi year ii - studio iii / september 2009 - november 2009 location - sir j j school of arts campus, mumbai medium - ink on gateway The J J School of Arts and Architecture is one of the finest school for the creative arts in India. The assignment for this studio was to design a state of the art public gallery for the students of this school to exhibit their works. While primarily for students, it could also be leased out to generate revenue and could be used as an event space. Therefore, this art gallery has four main components, the exhibition center, the workshop, the multipurpose area and auditorium and the cafeteria.

The design is inspired by the shape of a pyramid, the form of which is experimented with to generate interesting effects of rays of natural light. The exhibition area draws light from glazed faces above it and centralizes in the central masterpiece gallery. The flooring of this central space is made of structural glass which further percolates light to spread into the workshop below.

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transplantation of bodhi tree

individual/ academic guide - ar. vinit mirkar year iii - landscape studio i / july 2010 - sept 2010 location - kanheri caves, national park, mumbai medium - colored ink on paper Through this studio we dealt with the fundamentals of landscaping in public spaces. The Kanheri caves are national heritage Buddhist monuments carved out in basalt rock.

Located in the national park, a vast reserved green space in Mumbai, it is visited by a number of tousrits around the world. Our assignment was to design a tourist plaza at the base of these caves which would crate a memorable experience for the user.

The entire plaza is designed on the lines emerging from a tree on the lower edge of the site. The basic principle of radiation dictates the orientation of the structures and pathways. The amphitheatre sits from where the lines radiate from as if Buddha’s teachings are radiating from the amphitheatre. The central Bodhi tree area is introduced to give visitors a chance to meditate sitting under a transplanted Bodhi tree just like Buddha. Designed as a positive-negetive space the area below ground is provided for meditation, and area above ground, for circum-ambulation around the sacred Bodhi tree.

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ENLIGHTENED LANDSCAPES rejuvenation of kanheri caves precinct

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ENLIGHTENED LANDSCAPES rejuvenation of kanheri caves precinct

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individual/ academic guide - ar. vinit mirkar year ii - interior design studio i / august 2010 - sept 2010

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An interior design assignment which required us to design the interiors of a small studio apartment as a bachelor pad. This design efficiently utilizes the available sapce and segregates it into four different areas: entrance, pantry, sleep, work. The segregation is achieved subtly by using visual seperation using frames. The frames and furniture merge into eachother to form a continuous loop resulting in a unique design.

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DOCUMENTING DADA HARIR NI VAAV lik trophy // nasa india 2012 group/ competition college entry for ‘lik documentation competition’ organized by ‘nasa-india’ [team strength-32 members] my role - head of documentation/actual site visit/detailed documentation and analysis of structure/co-ordination documented structure - dada harir ni vaav (stepwell) location - asarwa village, ahmedabad, india medium - ink on gateway result - speacial mention award [4th place] amongst 73 entries across india in the year 2012 The theme for 2012 LIK documentation competition was “water and architecture”. This struture in response to the theme was chosen after pilot visits to various sites because of its unique typology. Stepwells, first innovated in the Gujarat region in India, was an answer to the local arid and dry climate. These structures were built to access the deep resources of water below ground level.

This specific stepwell is five stories below ground and was built in the late 15th century. With a team of 32 members, this structure took 5 weeks to document. The work prsented here is a compilation of some precision hand drawings of the documented structure made by the drawing team, as presented in the annual NASA convention, Ahmedabad, 2012.

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DOCUMENTING DADA HARIR NI VAAV lik trophy // nasa india 2012

stepped pyramidal crown

horizontal ornamental band lintel ornamental motif [karnaka] vertical supports column carvings on the face base with inverted moulding [jaadyakumbha]

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Ornamentation was a vital part of Indian architecture. The ‘Jharoka’ detail shown above is an example of this. The long section explains the structure and illustrates various motifs spread across the stepwell. l o ngitudina l section

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TH AK U R C OLL E GE OF C OMM ER CE & AR TS educational buildin g p ro j ect

individual/ professional ongoing project at arcord architects & designers november 2012 - present [project architect] location - dahisar, mumbai client - thakur educational trust scope of work - design, detail, municipal approval drawings, execution drawings, project co-ordination, client meetings, site co-ordination verticalorganization

This project is located in Mumbai and is an educational building being developed for the Thakur group. The space planning is functional and straightforward. Modular classroom design for flexibility in planning is the vital aspect of this design. The structure consists of a basement and 8 upper floors designed for a capacity of 4000 students.

The building is planned over 18,000 sqft. of footprint on a site which admeasures upto 35,000 sqft. The 30M tall RCC structure stands on a raft foundation 5M below ground level.

public area/ admin common areas classrooms

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The project is in its construction stage with the basement, ground floor and first floor erected and is estimated to get completed by september 2015.

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The work presented here is completely done by me under the guidance of chief architect Abhijeet Samant

TH AK U R COLL EGE OF C OMM ER CE & AR TS educational buildin g p ro j ect

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The work presented here is completely done by me under the guidance of chief architect Abhijeet Samant

MISCELLANEOUS WORKS

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M IS CE LL ANE O U S WO R K S e x p lorations with v acuu m for m er

Individual / Academic Semester - Spring 2016_Arch576

alternate process exploration

Instructor - Jeffrey Poss Tools - Vacuum Former, Styrene Objective - Design a pavillion in the university campus using vacuum formed panels / products

The ongoing seminar is focused form exploration through the process of thermo-Vacuum forming. My current approach is to test the limits of this machine and the material and explore possibilites keeping the end product in mind.

form exploration using simple techniques

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MISCE LL ANE O U S WO R K S lo g o desi g n co m p etition

INDIVIDUAL/ COMPETITION JULY 2015 MEDIUM - AutoCAD, Photoshop RESULT - Jury’s Special Mention, Top 10 all over India.

The nationwide competition, held by Motorola India, Asked participants to re-imagine the ‘Batwing’ logo in different ways. Among my four entries, the ‘MotoVilla’ [In blue] received jury’s special mention, top 10 all over India.

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MISCE LL ANE O U S WO R K S other creati v e p ro j ects

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Shot during trips to different corners of India and Srilanka, these are some of my personal favorite frames. Presented thematically, these photos cover the span of my five years in architecture.

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