architecture portfolio
PARUL GUPTA SCHOOL OF PLANNING AND ARCHITECTURE, BHOPAL
2016 - 2021
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EDUCATION
Secondary Education (10 CGPA) The Heritage School, Rohini, New D
Sr. Secondary Education (95%) Delhi Public School, R.K. Puram, New
Bachelors in Architecture (8.25 CGP School of Planning and Architecture Madhya Pradesh, India (Literature club co-ordinator - 2017-
PARUL GUPTA
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parulgupta.spa@gmail.com +91 9910533404
I am a recent architecture graduate from School of Planning and Architecture, Bhopal with a keen interest in urban and sustainable architecture, solution oriented design, and art.
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WORKSHOPS & CONFERENCES 2017
UNFCCC Gr Certificate Pro
2018
Z-Axis | Charl Designing Equ
Annual NASA National Asso Architecture
2019
Public Open |City Labs
Gurugram, Haryana, India 11 November 1997 Indian English, Hindi, French F-59, South City 1 Gurugram, Haryana 122001
Delhi, India
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SKILLS AND INTERESTS Skills - Architectural visualization and designing, concept development, 2D and 3D graphics, Illustrations, manual and digital painting, architectural writing, presentations, model making. Interests - Sustainable Architecture, Urban Design, Inclusive Design, Public-oriented Design, Graphics, Art
AWARDS 2017
NASA ANDC | Top 60
2018
World War I Peace Memorial |Honourable Mention Arras, Pas-de-Calais, France
2019
Memory - Regathering Syria |People’s Choice Award UNI XYZ
WORK EXPERIENCE 2020
Architectural Intern |Studio K.I.A. Gurugram, Haryana, India
2021
Freelance Illustrator |Rajiv Associates Architects Delhi, India
(January June) (April - May)
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SELECTED ACADEMIC WORKS 2018
Interpretation Centre - [SEM V]
2019
Mixed-Use Complex Design - [SEM VI]
A Convention ociation of Students of
n Spaces in Kathmandu
Near Sanchi Complex, MP
Smart City Bhopal, MP
Lakeside 5 Star Hotel Design - [SEM VII] Bhopal, MP
2021
Multi-functional Hub - [SEM X - Thesis] Gurugram, Haryana
CONTENTS
PART 1 ARCHITECTURE | UD PROJECTS
01
Multi-Functional Hub, Gurugram
02
Rejuvenating Sadar Bazaar
03
Lakeside Luxury Hotel, Bhopal
04
Place of People, Syria
05
Interpretation Centre, Sanchi
06
Pop-up Bazaar, Istanbul
Transit-Oriented Mixed Use Public Space
Urban Design Analysis and Interventions
5 Star Hotel Design AlongLower Lake
Conceptual Design for Healing Memory
Interactive Museum Design
Compact Flexible Market Design
2021 Academic Individual Project Semester X - Thesis
2020 Academic Group Project Semester lX
2019 Academic Individual Project Semester Vll
2019 Group Project UNI XYZ Competition Entry
2018 Academic Individual Project Semester V 2019 Group Project Archasm Competition Entry
PART 2 PROFESSIONAL WORK
01
Villas at Kasauli, Himachal
02
Fatorda Margao Bus Terminal
Luxury Villa Design
Transport Complex Design
2020 Studio KIA Design Development Stage
2020 Studio KIA Design Development Stage
PART 3 RESEARCH WRITING | ART
01
A Critical Analysis Of A Modern Day ‘Green’ Building
02
Resident-centric Public Spaces in Gurugram and its Social Dynamics
Sustainability of Green Architecture in the Modern Urban Context
Analysis of the Types, Need and Lack of Public Spaces of Gurugram
03
Selected Artworks
2019 Individual Research Paper Semester Vl
2020 Individual Research Paper Semester lX
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| URBAN DESIGN
01 MULTI-FUNCTIONAL HUB, GURUGRAM Transit-Oriented Mixed Use Public Space Gurugram, Haryana, India
2021 | Academic Individual Project | Semester X - Thesis
Gurugram, as a city, is the quintessential example of a neo-liberal Indian city which has seen sudden and quick takeover of private developers into creating a functioning, consumerist and fragmented urban pattern, devoid of inclusive public infrastructure and accessible and pluralistic public spaces. Public spaces that cater to the diverse population of the city with its diverse uses are needed. The approach towards attaining such a space would be a multifuctional hub in the centre of the city, accessible from multiple transit nodes and offering commercial, social and recreational functions at different levels. The thesis project, hence, was visualized as a space that can fit into the current context of Gurugram while providing a common platform to its heterogenous demographic to come forth and work, interact and unwind. This project focuses on providing several economic opportunities to various people in a highly dynamic, socially charged environment.
Sociability
Economic generation
Recreation
Walkability
Interaction
Common platform
The aim of this project is developing a social, city level public space catering to varied user groups and their uses - public, semi - public, commercial, recreation, economic generation and social interaction. The design approach involves built and open, low and high rise spaces combining to form a multi-functional complex with green spaces.
Sector 29 has been proposed as the commercial central district of Gurugram, surrounded by old and new residential sector. Site has direct connection to all parts of city through several metro lines, and bus routes. Site has direction connection to NH 48 through main road, HUDA city centre metro station and a proposed site for intra-city bus terminal.
TOWARDS DELHI
NH 48 OLD GURGAON
GOLF COURSE ROAD SOHNA ROAD
Location - Sector 29, (adjoining Huda City Centre Metro Station) Gurugram, Haryana. Area - 21,500 SQM Ground Coverage - 60% FAR - 1.75 Max. Builtup - 37,625 SQM
COMPATIBILITY
TRANSITIONAL
HUMAN SCALE
Compatibility with the surrounding infrastructure - physical context
Transitionary public space - encouraging access in an through the site, transient.
Human scale - approachability, unrestrictive, flexible design and circulation
BRIDGE
DYNAMICITY
CONTEMPORARY
HYBRIDIZATION
Combination of different city apects for a hybridized, dynamic public space
Local + modern materials used in a contemporary way - evolved approach
Hybridizing a public plaza typology into a multi-spatial hub
The building facades have been kept porous, with extended plinths and collonades and semi-open spillover seating spaces which directly interact with the OAT, and the main promenade.
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The buildings directly open into the public landscaped spaces which connect to each other via walkways, and have different kinds of interactive spaces for recreation.
TOP OFFICE FLOORS
INTERMEDIATE OFFICE FLOORS
OFFICE AMENITIES
Undertaking the form-follows-function approach, the project is a mid-rise building with a cascading form and porous facades for seamless transition between the indoors and outdoors, and a hybrid of local as well as modern materials integrated with greenery.
Different levels of retail spaces stores, anchors, kiosks
The building consists of 3 blocks connected via walkways, with public activities in the lower floors and offices above.
2ND FLOOR - PUBLIC
FIRST FLOOR - PUBLIC
GROUND FLOOR PUBLIC
BASEMENT PARKING
The project has dif functions with varying of public-ness, like retai offices, recreation and All the spaces have bee signed so that there is a nect between the in and outdoors through dens or terraces at v levels. Moreover, the plex has walkways on v levels for connections.
Different scales and types of eating joints for varied users - restaurants, food courts, kiosks
Office blocks for additional character and economic generation
Indoor recreational spaces like exhibits, galleries for interaction and culture
Outdoor recreational spaces like OAT, landscaping, seating for socializing
Connecting spaces like streets, walkways, bridges, terraces
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FRONT ELEVATION
Wooden vertical fins for shade on south western facade
Double glazed insulated glass panels
DETAIL A TERRACE DETAIL
Beige sandstone cladding on walls - insulation
Metal column covers over RCC columns
Double glazed insulated glass panels
Beige sandstone cladding on walls - insulation
DETAIL B
Jaali panels (1500 mm high in exterior spillover spaces
DETAIL C
The elevation of the building is designed to achieve maximum interior-exterior connection, such as shaded glass panels, terraces at every alternate floors, exterior spill-over spaces and jaali panels, which help in forming a visual as well as physical connection between the spaces. Moreover, materials like sandstone, wood and concrete jaali at the exterior help in making the space more contextual and attractive to the locals, breaking away from the typical corporate high-rise glass box typology.
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The different functions are dispersed throughout the complex such that different activities come together to form multi-functional hybrid zones. The form has been conceptualised to allow maximum ventilation and passive cooling.
3D form Analysis
3D functional Zoning
Dholpur beige sandstone cladding
Cascading terraces
Modular facadeintegrated Green wall
VIEW FROM PROMENADE
02 REJUVENATING SADAR BAZAR Urban Design Analysis and Interventions Gurugram, Haryana, India
2020 | Academic Group Project | Semester lX
Sadar Bazaar emerged as the central bazaar for the pre-Independence agrarian, rural Gurugram. It started as a majorly wholesale and granary market for the newly developing city in the 40s and 50s and as the first proper marketplace of the city. Slowly evolveing over time, it now offers mostly retail commercial activities in a dense, compact and unorganised set-up. This ever-growing bazaar, although a crucial commercial anchor for the city, especially Old Gurgaon, sees government neglect and deteriorating infrastructure on a daily basis. As the city of Gurugram continues to grow and develop under the ‘Millennium City’ image, the Sadar Bazaar of the city, which offers a unique, characteristically and historically rich marketplace in the city, is in a need of serious interventions for regularization and overall betterment due to lack of public transportation, connection to the new city and overall lack of resources and chaos.
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Sadar Bazaar exists in the older part of the city of Gurugram in Haryana, India. It is a retail market that has existed for several decades.
The city of Gurugram is divided into the older, nort ern part by the NH8. Sadar Bazaar lies in the northe geographical centre of the city, from where the cit surrounded by other older sectors and nodes and la
thern part and the newer, southern part of Gurugram. It lies in the ty started evolving, and now liws andmarks of the old city.
Sadar Bazaar forms the main core of Old Gurgaon, with several significant routes passing through it. Proximity to the main Gurgaon bus stand, Railway station, several bus stops, NH8 and other important junctions. Multiple religious nodes in and around it give it a unique, heterogenous, dynamic character.
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Most of the important landmarks and the larger nodes of Sadar are clo chowks and roads, and are presumably few of the oldest shops to c precinct as well, and hence situated near the importance junctions.
Several large and small nodes form along the whole Basai and Neh intersections acting as the anchor points for activity.
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Pedestrian Flow
2 wheeler Movement
GROUND FLOOR
3 wheeler Movement
4 wheeler Movement
FIRST FLOOR
MOVEMENT AND TRAFFIC ANALYSIS
DENSITY ANALYSIS
Important Nodes
The buildings at maximum extend till the third floor with some of them also having a basement. There is no clear pattern that is seen for the building heights along the Basai Road. However, the taller buildings can be seen forming the corner plots. The shops in these buildings happen to be older, noisier and additional floors have been built on them over time.
The precinct consists of a dense, unintelligble arrangement of broken down plots with no clear patterns of functions or sizes of shops. The various types of shops includes different levels of clothing, footwear, eateries, ardware, electrical, granaries, jewellery and etc. Most of the upper floors of the shops have been constructed for storage purposes. This thin street, lined on both sides with buildings and narrow arterial streets is veru crowded, unorganised and uncomfortable for the users to walk through. Moreover, it lacks regular open and green spaces as well as adequate public infrastructure.
Cosmetic shop
Lace shops
Garment shops
Ration shops
Sweet shops
Dairy Shop
Earthenware shop
Utensil shop
Electrical shop
Fabric shop
Footwear shop
Gift shop
Jewellery shop
Bag shop
SECOND FLOOR
BASEMENT
Nehru Park Node Mapping
General Node Mapping
Entry Node Mapping
The junction along Nehru park is analysed for the various activities & usage
A general intersection connecting 4 streets is analysed for usage pattern
The entry junction near post office is analysed for activities and usage
Central street cross-section and park
Arterial street section
Arterial section - old
Section at street entry
Central street section
Arterial section - new
VISION -
Imagining Sadar Bazaar as a more systemized marketplace with increased legibility and comfort, wh taining its organic, dynamic nature and rich cultural character, by ennhancing the essence of the ba through regularization of its activities, legibility, upliftment in the market’s imageability and visual ord
General Node This will also help in regularising the activities of the node, adding breathing spaces, improving access and ensuring user comfort as well as resource utilization. Plan at General Node along Basai
Section Through Street Centre
Section Through Street Entrance The vision objectives include unrestricted pedestrian pathways, designated vehicle stands/parkings, overall legibility of the market, and etc. The 2 sections shown here portray the potential effect of the intervention plan on the market as a whole.
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The general approach towards re-designing the important nodes would be to reduce encroachment on streets, and introduction of green spaces.
Nehru Park Node
Plan at Nehru Park intersection
03 LAKESIDE LUXURY HOTEL, BHOPAL 5 Star Hotel Design Along Lower Lake Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India
2019 | Academic Individual Project | Semester Vll
The city of Bhopal offers several breathtaking views and natural landscapes which have the potential for creating architecture that can be inspired from it and enhance the character of the space, while providing for spaces that are required in the city. Bhopal lacks luxury 5 star hotels, which can help make it a magnificent tourist destination, combined with the natural beauty and essence of the city and the luxury and comfort of 5 star hotels. The Lower Lake of Bhopal lacks high-end hospitality services around it, even though there is a huge potential in the land available in the vicinity. A luxury lakeside hotel is designed just a few metres away from the Lower Lake, on a sloping land parcel along-side important government buildings such as Minto Hall and Raj Bhavan. This hotel is conceptualised to have a design that is moulded along the terrain, offering views of the lake and the surroundings from several possible points. It combines luxury, comfort, and wellness in a serene environment with greenery all around.
The hotel has been designed to offer a ence alongside the Lower lake of Bhopal with landscaping around it, as well as gre throughout. The stepped terraces imitate t and offer large spaces for different activitie for the lake.
LOWER LAKE
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RAJ BHAVAN SITE
BHOPAL, MADHYA PRADESH The site lies along the lower lake with the main road parallel to it. It has the Minto hall and the Raj Bhavan site in its vicinity, making it an important and beautiful location for a hotel.
a relaxing, luxurious experil. The building is surrounded een terraces and balconies the sloping terrain of the site, es while providing the views
The aim of the hotel was to make a well-ness oriented hospitality space in Bhopal, that focuses on various aspects of mental and physical well-being while providing international level 5 star luxury in the city. The hotel consists of landscaped terraces, interactive spaces, wellness centres (spa, gym, yoga etc.), water bodies and an overall serene essence to compliment the lake and the surroundings with neutral colours and aesthetic form.
SITE PLAN
SITE SECTION
SIDE VIEW
ROOM LAYOUT
GROUND KEY MAP
SECOND FLOOR
The hotel has been designed on a sloping land parcel. hence the ground floor has multiple internal levels of 1m difference, connected with ramps and stairs both. These levels also help in differentiating the different activities and public/semi-public areas, and have different entrances as well. The ground floor consists of entrance lobby, restaurants, cafes, banquet halls and other utilities. The first floor has restaurants, meeting rooms and the access to the wellness and spa centre, as well as the swimming pool and the bar at the back. The second floor consists of working spaces, meeting rooms, conference halls, and services pertaining to the hotel. The rooms and suites begin 3rd floor onwards with balconies giving the view of the lake and surroundings. There are several terraces on the lower floors as well.
FIRST FLOOR
UPPER GROUND
LOWER GROUND
PERPENDICULAR SECTION
FRONT ELEVATION
The materials used on the exterior are sandstone, wood and glass, and the facade combines landscaped terraces with the vertical walls to form a balanced elevation that provides views of the lake from several places.
04 PLACE OF PEOPLE, SYRIA Conceptual Design for Healing Memory Aleppo, Syria
2019 | Group Project | UNI XYZ Competition Entry
Syria has been in a war with itself for almost a decade now, and its end still seems like a distant dream. However, when it does end, when all the violence, destruction and fear subsides, will normal life, life as the Syrians knew before the war, prevail again? Will the memory of a peaceful, community-bonded Syria be enough to bounce back on? Aleppo, one of the oldest inhabited cities in the world, has been reduced to rubble among all the blasts and gunfires. The important areas of the city located around its ancient Citadel have been wiped off the map. Once the war ends and Aleppo’s people look for home, the Citadel will stand as an inspiration and as a reminder of what once was. The site, located adjacent to the Citadel, was designed as a healing and nurturing space to ease the Syrians back into their life. This incredibly social community has deviated from its way of life and needs a space that can act as a first step towards instrospection, mental peace, community interaction, finding their voice and gradually healing from the memories of the atrocities of war. This site is designed as a series of pavilions, landscaped parks and underground spaces in consecutive layers which aim to ultimately heal the people, but through a gradual process.
The form was developed as a combined inspiration from the traditional cultural spaces of Syria (islamic architecture) and the rubble they were reduced to during the war. It is an abstraction of the physical form of the damaged architecture of Syria, and is conceptualised as an instrospective, healing space for memories.
FORM CONCEPT
Citadel Destruction of property
Loss of public space
Site
Aleppo, Syria - The site is located adjacent to the central citadel in the ancient city of Aleppo which suffered heavy damage during the Syrian civil war
Upper - social, Lower - introspective
Spaces connected via spiral ramp
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1. entrance 2. pavilion 3. sunken courtyard 4. memorial 5. water pond 6. children play area 7. sculptural park 8. community garden 9. pocket garden
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Need for rejuvenation
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The pavilions are modular installations varying in sizes, interconnected with one another in an organic fashion. Creating a cluster of free flowing and shaded interactive space. The lower level is naturally illuminated by a series of courtyards that also act as effective transitional spaces.
LAYER 1 - Providing a space for relaxation and introspection
LAYER 2 - Encouragement for interaction of community
LAYER 3 - Rediscovery of voices through dialogue and free thinking
LAYER 4- Underground platform for spiritual healing and safety
PAVILION TYPICAL PLAN
LAYER 5 - Memorial aims to heal the memory wounds of people
LONGITUDINAL SECTION
PERPENDICULAR SECTION
The pavilion provides spaces for interaction, introspection, dialogue and group therapy. In the future, these spaces will help conversation, debate and free-thinking to flourish. The courtyard spaces are a spillover for the rooms around them, providing light and ventilation. In the future, they can be used for various social activities, including speeches and music events.
PAVILION INTERIOR
The memorial is representative of the final step in healing of memory through embracing both our strengths and broken parts by reflecting upon the traumatic journey and turning it as a tool for personal healing.
MEMORIAL FOR HEALING MEMORY
05 INTERPRETATION CENTRE, SANCHI Interactive Museum Design
Near Sanchi, Madhya Pradesh, India 2018 | Academic Individual Project | Semester V
The Sanchi Stupa complex is an ancient Buddhist worshipping complex with buildings as old as 3rd century BC, which today, is a UNESCO World Heritage Site visited by people from all over the world. However, only a very small part has been actually made accessible to everyone. Most of the complex still lies un-restored, inaccessible and unwelcoming. Due to restrictions on most types of construction in a heritage site, there was a need of making the whole experience of this complex universally accessible and comfortable for every kind of visitor. An ‘interpretation centre’, or an interactive museum which aims to not only display artefacts and information, but provide a wholesome experience of the heritage site was designed for this purpose. The interpretation centre, designed just a kilometre away from the Sanchi complex, right next to the original house of John Marshall, is a contemporary building made with modern architecture techniques and materials, but imbibed with the essence of the Sanchi Stupa through form and circulation concept.
FORM CONCEPT - The form is a modern abst accessibility in mind.
SANCHI, MADHYA PRADESH The chosen site is approximately one kilometre away from the Sanchi Stupa heritage site. The designed interpretation centre complex will replace the existing ASI Sanchi museum in the site.
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The circulation between floors and the different internal levels is through circular ramps with glass the sides to provide for view of the surroundings and the Sanchi complex, making it an authentic experience inspired from the real Stupa. Moreover, the extending floor plates offer large terrace spaces at the different levels.
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06 POP-UP BAZAAR, ISTANBUL Compact Flexible Market Design Istanbul, Turkey
2019 | Group Project | Archasm Competition Entry
Istanbul as a city is a co-existence of all sorts of contradictions, constrasts and diversity. From its ancient bazaars, traditional Islamic landmarks and Asian-Middle-Eastern influences, to its modernization and urbanization under Western influnce, this city is an ever-changing, ever-evolving melting pot of whatever it has to offer. With limited physical space and the need to fit in its vast heterogeneity and temporality, public spaces which are a reflection of its character are required. Marketplaces, or ‘bazaars’ are large cultural focal points in this city which represent all facets of Istanbul as a city other than one, its flexibility to adapt to whatever it is given. Yenikapi station is an important train station in the centre of Istanbul. A rectangular space of land right opposite to it was given as the site to design a contemporary ‘pop-up bazaar’ which combines both modern and traditional elements and fits in the narrative of Istanbul. This bazaar combines traditional Islamic architectural elements in a busy, modern marketplace which easily adapts its form as per requirement. The basis of its concept comes from the basis of geographical formation of Istanbul, seven flexible platforms representating the seven hills Istanbul was found on.
FORM CONCEPT - Inspiration of the 7 risen platform modular, flexible and dynamic in movvement.
OPPOSITE YENIKAPI STATION, ISTANBUL, TURKEY The site is an open area right opposite the prominent Yenikapi station in Istanbul. The rectangular space includes the four entries and exits to Yenikapi and lies between busy roads
STORY OF ISTANBUL - Order in Chaos The story of Istanbul has always been one consisting of its rich cultural heritage and its ever evolving heterogeneity. The city not only houses few of the most ancient and vibrant bazaars in the world, but also prides itself on its contradictory, as well as temporal nature with both western and asian influences. Istanbul has always been flexible to its sheer diversity and somehow manages to maintain a constant character of order among all its chaos
ms of the bazaar is taken from 7 hills of Istanbul which form the basis of Istanbul’s geography. These platforms are
FRONT VIEW
FLEXIBLE CONFIGURATIONS OF THE BAZAAR -
REPRESENTATION 1 During a concert
REPRESENTATION 2 - On a normal weekday; retail below, tea garden, children’s area and working space above
REPRESENTATION 3 Exhibition and retail
REPRESENTATION 4 During a community gathering. Retail above
A SHOP UNIT | MODULAR | FLEXIBLE | PORTABLE
The main retail areas are designed to be flexible and vibrant where the arrangements can be adapted as per the requirement. They combine both cultural elements as well as the factor of temporality as a representation of Istanbul’s character as a city
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01 VILLAS AT KASAULI, HIMACHAL Luxury Villa Design
Kasauli, Himachal Pradesh, India 2020 | Studio KIA | Design Development Stage
Villas at Kasauli is a series of projects under one umbrella. On a site owned by the principal architects, Rajiv and Sabeena Khanna, a series of luxurious yet practical villas with facilities such as a club, resort and etc. are to be designed, constructed and then sold further. With the one flagship 5BHK villa under construction, the other buildings are in the design development stage. The aim is to create a community which provides a peaceful life in the picturesque hills of Kasauli.
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PROPOSED 4BHK VILLAS PROPOSED 3BHK VILLAS
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PROPOSED 4BHK VILLAS
MASTER PLAN PROPOSED
FLAGSHIP 5BHK VILLA - ONGOING ENTRANCE + SECURITY
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A villas were designed while keeping the site context in mind. In a site as dynamic and large as this, spread out plans which allow maximum light and ventilation in the cold and sunny weather of Kasauli were needed. Moreover, large rooms, open and welcoming public areas as well as large decks that face the valley add on to the luxurious essence of these villas. The architecture is European villa inspired.
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TOILET 3685X1500
BEDROOM 5000X3600
GROUND FLOOR PLA AREA = 156 SQM 5460
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STAIRCASE LOBBY RENDER - 3 BHK
3 BHK TWIN VILLA SIDE RENDER
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FATORDA MARGAO BUS TERMINAL Transport Complex Design Margao, Goa, India
2020 | Studio KIA | Design Development Stage
A transport complex was designed for the GSIDC. Although a modern building, the openings, colours and facade elements were given a Goan Portugese feel so that it blends in with the local architecture of the place. The bus terminal is a three storeyed, expansive building where interesting elevations have been created through varying use of arches, collonades and cornices. In the surrounding areas of the building, extensive landscpaing has been proposed, including water bodies, fountains, green spaces and seating areas. The building houses offices, retail stores, food courts and community halls.
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WRITING | ART
WRITING A Critical Analysis Of A Modern Day ‘Green’ Building Sustainability of Green Architecture in the Modern Urban Context 2019 | Individual Research Paper | Semester Vl
With the constant growth in the construction industry, the negative impacts of it on the environment are also growing. Green architecture, which emerged as a response to this problem, has been constantly evolving and prompting debate on its effectiveness and future scope. In spite of a lot a research already done on the topic, clear critical analysis which compares the performance and the success of present day green architecture to present day conventional architecture through first hand data collection, in addition to critiquing the green rating systems and coming up with an improved model for attaining sustainability in architecture is lacking. The aim of this research was to critique the current approach towards sustainable architecture and the trend it encourages, while looking into its future repercussions and improved alternatives which utilise not only advanced technology, but basic principles of sustainable design and take inspiration from the past as well. For this purpose, literature sources which deal with green architecture, its merits and demerits, its comparison with conventional and vernacular architecture and critical study of some green rating systems such as BREEAM, LEED and etc., as well as literature and live case studies were studied and then analysed comparatively to come up with a solution model.
Resident-centric Public Spaces in Gurugram and its Social Dynamics Analysis of the Types, Need and Lack of Public Spaces of Gurugram 2020 | Individual Research Paper | Semester lX
Gurugram has seen tremendous growth in the last few decades due to rapid urbanization amidst globalization, which has resulted in a consumerist, fragmented urban pattern under the complete take-over of private developers. Within the city exist everything from gated residential enclaves, high rise commercial hubs, multi-level road systems to the older, neglected parts of the city, urban villages and a complete lack of infrastructural facilities. This vastly detached, almost hidden imagery of the city is visible in its city level public spaces. The city, although, has several spaces/buildings that cater to the public, none of them cater to the residents in a holistic manner. Moreover, a cohesive, urban sentiment that connects its different residents to the city and to each other seems to be completely missing. Through this study, the aim is to gain further insight into the meaning of urban public spaces, the social dynamics of the people of the city of Gurugram with respect to the different communities and the people from different backgrounds who live here, their networking patterns, their purpose and usage of the public spaces around them, and their requirements regarding the social, public architecture of the city.
Moreover, prominent examples of the different typologies of public spaces that exist here are analysed with respect to functionality, sociability, public nature and spatial features. This is further aided by a case study of a successful Indian urban public space that caters to its different residents and offers an inclusive, accessible public platform with several functions and spaces for everyone. Several factors were identified that help make a public space truly public in the context of its city and to its residents. These range from offering multiple activities that cater to multiple groups of people, spaces that are designed yet left open to interpretation regarding their usage and purpose, commercial incentives to make it sustainable and attractive, direct transport connectivity (transit oriented) that make it accessible to everyone, and an overall sense of comfort and belonging. These parameters increase the sociability of a space, and would help create a contextual city level public space in Gurugram that would promote a cohesive urban image.
Conclusion of the Public space features and requirements in Gurugram
ART My artworks are essentially a representation of my changing perspectives, moods and aspirations. They include paintings of my immediate surroundings, real and fictional landscape sceneries, abstract paintings that reflect my cuurent mood at the time, and portraits (mostly self) that depict my space of mind. I use painting as an outlet for my changing feelings.
The Journ
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ney of a River
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Ujjain Ghats at Sunrise
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These paintings are vastly different landscape sceneries created in different styles, both inspired from real life scenes with artistic innovations. Painting in lockdown included several landscape paintings inspired from my travels and aspirations of travels.
The Neighbourhood in Spring Medium - Procreate on iPad
The paintings are a result of the visual imagery created in the mind at a specific point of time, which can vary from beautiful scenes in my surroundings or abstracted sceneries with vivid colours that respresent my mood and longings at that time.
Lost at Sea, Sunset
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My colour palettes are non-consistent, and largely depend on the emotion of the painting that is trying to be conveyed, or the emotions of self that need an outlet. These paintings have very different styles, one being an abstracted landscape image, while the other being a realistic backyard painting inspired from my balcnony.
Gardens of
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Backyard in the City
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Inner Peace
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Small Things in Life
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The Tea Terrains
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My self-portraits are a very personal, vulnerable depiction sof me. They vary vastly in style, theme, and brushes used, however they accurately represent my innermost sentiments. The introspection that has come with the quarantine period has forced me to create an outlet for my overwhelming feelings, of which portraits are by far the most real and raw mediums.
The Pinkest of Feelings
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reaming on Weekdays
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These paintings are a few of my very abstract creations, and have stemmed from periods of confusion, loneliness and monotony. The process involved in these is usually letting the colours choose themselves and then trying to make sense of them to create a scenery.
Ghost Beach-side
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Sunflowers under the Sea Medium - Procreate on iPad
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The Window in my Room Medium - Procreate on iPad
The daily scenes of life, my surrounding environment and the mundanities of the routine in quarantine have been attempted to capture in these paintings exploring still life and indoor scenes.
Trivialities of Life
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