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DECLARATION This portfolio is a compilation of my selected academic and professional work. Academic work is my own, completed during my Undergraduate Architectural studies at Kamla Raheja Vidyanidhi Institute for Architecture. Group work and citations are duly mentioned. The portfolio is a reflection of my scholarly potential in the field of Planning and Urban design.
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Redrawn using reference of Pilgrim map(Origin unkown) in order to read and interpret the non manifest layers of Mathura and its neighbouring cities. For Final year Architectural thesis.
INDEX PROFESSIONAL Warali Haat1, Palghar Ratan J Batliboi Consultants Pvt. Ltd. Residential Township at Kalinganagar, Orissa Ratan J Batliboi Consultants Pvt. Ltd. International Institute for Information Technology, Naya Raipur Ratan J Batliboi Consultants Pvt. Ltd. ACADEMIC The role of myth as an Architect: A case for Mathura Final year Architectural Thesis A Manifesto for Deolali: City for the elderly Urban Design studio. Fourth year B.Arch Ecology of Collective living: Senior citizen housing Architetural Design: Housing studio. Fourth year B.Arch Learning Spaces: Centre for theological studies, Uttan Architectural design studio. Third year B.Arch
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A Haat is a rural market place. The Warali tribe of Maharashtra is most famous for their indigenous art form called ‘Warali art’. The measured drawing was drafted as a part of documentation of Bishnupur, Kolkata. It was done by me and another team mate, during the Second year Study trip.
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WA R A L I H A AT 1 AT M A N O R , PA L G H A R C o m p e t i t i o n
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Map locating the closest tourist destinations from site
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Mentor: Ratan J Batliboi (Principal Architect of RJB-CPL)
D e s i g n Te a m : Po o j a C h a u d h a r i , S w a r a d a Po y a r e k a r, P r i y a n k a M e n o n
Design Brief:
The project is aimed to achieve social upliftment of tribes of the art of Maharashtra by bringing the Adivasi tribes on tourism platform through skill development. The main emphasis of this project is not only to bring art and culture of tribes of Maharashtra & India to main stream, but also to bring these tribes in sector of economic growth through their skills. The project at educating the common man to tribal skills and culture. To make the proposal self sustainable, the project aims to add commercial aspects.
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Palghar District
Maharashtra State
Valsad
Map locating the closest major cities and towns to attract visitors
Vapi
Talasari
Boisar Vikramgadh
SITE Palghar
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Thane
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Functional facades Porches, verandahs, backyards for gathering spaces
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Nature as an inspiration Depiction of daily life activities Paintings not static but always in motion
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Dahanu
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Lifestyle and culture of Warali
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Salient Features of the Warali Art:
Kalyan
Mumbai
Pune
Area Requirements:
Ways to Inform the parking requirements:
usable space
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Value Creation:
For Visitors Cultural Destination
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EAT SHOP UNWIND LEARN PLAY TRAVEL STAY ENGAGE CELEBRATE
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EDUCATE INFORM CONSULT INVOLVE COLLABORATE For local tribes DEVELOP Platform for EMPOWER Community upliftment PARTICIPATE SUSTAIN
Value Addition:
AGRO tourism CULTURAL tourism EVENT tourism SUSTAINABLE tourism ECO tourism
A Haat is a rural market place. The Warali tribe of Maharashtra is most famous for their indigenous art form called ‘Warali art’. Image from https://remidesouza.blogspot.in/2010/05/warli-house-and-habitat-1.html. It was used for reference purpose only.
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Spatial sequence
Pedestrian axis and ascending massing strategies in North South direction to achieve shaded open spaces at all times of the day
Ground level Plan Movement and circulation:
Pedestrian Entry 1
Vehicular Entry
Pedestrian Entry 2
Outreach Programs Stage 1: Drawings and views
View of the Art Galleries
Aerial view of the Administration Block
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Bamboo
Productive Landscape
Tourists, students and art enthusiasts look forward to a hands on experience with the art form. In order to do so, we proposed productive landscape, where the indeginous materials used in the process of painting are grown on site itself. Renditions of a typical Warali house cluster are also proposed, where visitors can have an insight of the lifestyle of the tribe, given how the art form has been derived from day-today activities itself. White pigment-mixture of rice paste and water with gum as a binding.
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Creating platforms for mobile exhibitions
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Tool: Bamboo stick chewed at the end to make it as supple as a paintbrush.
Medium: mixture of branches, earth and cow dung, making a red ochre background for the wall paintings.
Network of collaboration with design institutes of the Western zone in the country
Community engagement
for Construction using locally available materials
RESIDENTIAL TOWNSHIP , KALINGANAGAR Status: Ongoing construction. Area: 60 acres
Mentor: Ratan J Batliboi (Principal Architect of RJB-CPL) Individual work done in co-ordination with the Urban designers, Architects and Consultants
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The amphitheater abuts the Stadium and festival plazas to form the central part of the Township. It will attract people for a casual recreational gathering. It is designed to accommodate all comfortable informal seating positions. Hence, treads of varying sizes are proposed. In addition to this, landscape is integrated within the steps. Since this area is informal, it allows people to use it anyway preferred.
Key plan
Vehicular road
Upper Plaza Wall painted with tribal art of Orissa
Elevated Stage
Gabion wall (meant for leaning only)
Lower Plaza
Pedestrian road
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I N T E R N AT I O N A L I N S T I T U T E F O R INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, NAYA RAIPUR Competition entry. Status: Shortlisted. Area: 120 acres
Conceptual zoning diagram for Masterplan
Mentor: Ratan J Batliboi (Principal Architect of RJB-CPL) Design, development and production done in co-ordination with a team of Urban designers and Architects
The Project entails the Preparation of Comprehensive Campus layout Planning integrating with the existing. Presently IIIT Naya Raipur has strength of about 200 students and over a period of 10 years, it is likely to reach a capacity of 1610 students. These zonal categories act as an extension based on existing programs of the building (phase 1). Retaining residential zone furthest away from the main entry and plot periphery provides privacy and security for the inmates. This defines the Live zone. Academic functions are housed in the centre of the plot. This creates the learn zone in the centre that is accessible to all. While the third zone, closest to the entrance houses functions and facilities for outsiders. Strategically positioned to minimize unwanted trespassing and opportunities for shared programs that with outsiders. It acts as the formal edge with important facilities such as the placement and research cell that acts as student’s ticket to experiment with real world entrepreneurial challenges. The edges between these three zones are very clearly defined using designed landscape elements like bio swales.
Delayering Masterplan for analysis Activity node Walking radius 75 metre = 1 minute
Mobility diagram
Vehicular route Non motorized bus stop bus movement cycle sharing spot cycle route car park
Open space analysis
Courtyard Formation Flow Movement
Movement and Circulation
Cluster: Ground level Plan
Introvert, inward looking
Unidirectional
Punctured
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Key plan Green buffers at building edge Sit outs Trees on the W and S facade Trail option 3d View
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THE ROLE OF MYTH AS AN ARCHITECT: A C A S E F O R M A T H U R A F i n a l
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M e n t o r : N i k h i l K h a d i l k a r The sacred of the Hindu mythology is largely based on a set of scriptures, religious architecture and narratives passed on, over generations. The manifestation of these beliefs take roots in the society in the built form. Many a times, after a long period, the myth or the story behind a certain event is forgotten and only its physical manifestation remains. The thesis ventures in search of such spaces particularly in the public realm, that tell a story of their own. The intent is to investigate the role of myth in the organisation of a city SPACE, TIME, PHENOMENA
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Govardhan The mountain that ‘shades’ the city of Mathura
Mahadev temple 1
RITUAL (experience)
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Mahadev temple 2
Birthplace of Krsna SITE
Mahadev temple 4
Mahadev temple 3
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SPACE, TIME, PHENOMENA (identity)
MYTH (expression)
Private realm
Vrindavan A forest where Ksrna would graze his cows and meet gopis
Myth manifestation map Interpretting the master plan to locate Mathura
The birthplace of Lord Krsna is situated in the centre of the city. It was believed that Lord Mahadev descended on the earth to protect Krishna which is why there are four Mahadev temples at the four corners of the city. These four temples mark the extents of the mythlogical city of Mathura. The birthplace, is at a higher level so as to look over the city.
Sacred realm
THESIS LIES HERE
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Diagram showing that architecture emerges at the conjunction of the three axes: History Geography Philosophy
PERSON : (spectator, participant)
Resident, tourist, businessman, brahmins, monks, widows, tourists, animals)
PLACE :
Places mentioned in scriptures, places of public gatherings, ancient forest land, private spaces, places specific of rituals, temporary pavilions, routes etc
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Temples, markets, NGOs, trusts, civic bodies, heritage institutions, yagyas, puja spaces
Form of communication Time/ Place markers Disciplinary program/ social control Principle for a community structure
Plan: City on the river Edge Temples, Institutions Residential + Shops Residential + Temples Residential Unhabitated, dilapidated structures Ghats (Steps) Farmlands Yamuna river Flood prone areas Site Model showing the ghat edge
Image from ‘Theory of Architecture.’ Authors Narendra Dengle Ashish Ganju and Kamu Iyer
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events actors rituals ANIMALS IN THE SOCIETY The mythological city of Braj had a pastoral character to it, hence animals still have an important and integral place in the society. They are used for either livlihood or domesticated for religious reasons. Architecture is specially designed to accomodate/ protect against a number for animals like cows, bulls horses, donkeys, monkeys and a variety of bird species.
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Section through ‘kunj’ streets showing temple and shopstreet interface
OLD DILAPIDATED STRUCTURES Ancient structures built by kings and saints adorn the ghat edge. These are protected heritage structures which now serve as meditation spaces and shelter for monks. Maximum activity can be seen here during festivals and other auspisious days. These structures also double up as recreational and leisure spaces due to the lack of designated public places in the city.
PRIVATE HOUSING Residential structures abut the streets leading to the ghats and are easily accessible but have a visual restriction from the road due to high plinths. Most structures have incorporated a temple in the courtyard/central space, which is overlooked by private living spaces on higher floors. These courtyards form important social spaces for womencentric festival celebrations.
STREET NETWORKS (kunj streets) The streets leading to the ghats mostly have shops and roadside carts on the edges. The buildings have plinths upto 60-70 cm while temples have higher plinths. The streets in the inner city are relatively narrower and are commonly called kunj galiya. The street networks are narrow and maze patterned as they were designed to serve the purpose of hiding and playing for Krsna.
Myth manifestation map Mapping the river edge conditions
RIVER AND THE GHATS Yamuna river is one of the most celebrated components in the layout of the city. According to popular mythologies, a number of events in the took places along the river. The river is referred to as a Goddess and hence worshipped. The ghats along the river denote specific time of the year.
Section depicting a typical terrain leading to the ghats and river
TEMPLE STRUCTURES Mathura is known to be the birthplace of Krsna. It is the place that is witness to all events in Krsna’s life upto adolescence. Hence he is worshipped in form of a child. It is a common belief among people that the child sleeps till late, hence all temples open late around noon. All the commercial activity around the temple slows down during the afternoons and evening when the temple opens. Temple premises form the most common public platfom in Mathura for the people to interact. Temples are at a higher level that the street
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Since the site is opposite the ghats which are the nexus of all activities in the city, the site could be treated as a viewing platform with various levels designed for the required programs. There is a constant play of activites and events constantly changing throughout the day. The myth are generators of a narrative. Events, rituals serve as time markers on stage.
The building as a convergence of ideas and values of the ghats. Each ghat has a specific nature and use which can be reflected in form of architecture on the opposite bank using notional lines.
Retaining the profile of the ghats to be a stretch along the river edge and carving through it to form public thoroughfares. These routes are derived from the current public routes. Public functions like performance area, library, canteens can form the edge while comparitively private functions on the inner side.
Different follies are identified within the dense fabric of ghats and using reference lines the values of these spaces are reflected in the building. In an attempt to thread the two banks of the river. These notional lines help in placement and nature of spaces across the building.
Maximum allowable height limit. Stilt+3
Stepped profile to reduce the scale of elevation Conceptual diagram and development
Public thoroughfares in the building
Functional front porches
Classrooms
Entrance to classrooms
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A M A N I F E S T O D E O L A L I : C I T Y F O R T H E E L D E R LY U
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Deolali is a cantonment town which has impressions of the British Era. The sanitoriums which still have traces of the past, are surrounded by wilderness and are enclosed within boundaries, separated from one another. This makes up Lam Road, a long stretch with gated communities. Lam road is anticipitated to be the densest area in Deolali due to • Senior citizens travelling from distant cities, who visit to spend time with nature. • The locals from the inner town, migrating due to high property prices, most of whom are retired. The boundaries of the sanitoriums have created hindrances for interaction amongst the residents. The lack of common open spaces within Lam road have limited the elderly to the boundar y of the sanitorium. The distant market spaces have led to the use of cars to an extent that there is no cultural communication on the lam road. The manifesto aims to make a city for the elderly by redefining the edges of Lam road, so that the edges form a medium of interaction with each other and the public activities are promoted along the road and not just concentrated within the sanitorium boundaries. In Deolali the present, should be be preserved and the negative spaces between the present and the future should be filled so that the entire road is activated. The street consists of the identity of the past, the ongoing building of the future and the negative spaces between them form the public spaces which bind them. • Architecture must be an improvement or value addition to what it replaces. • The Sanitorium architecture can thrive only if there is a public demand for it. • The boundaries between the road and sanitoriums should be faded to allow activities from the Lam road to spill and make the residents interact with different age groups. • Urban environments must be planned by the residents.
Boundary Dharna river Railway line Plot boundary Road network Settlement
Map: Deolali Cantonment
Site analysis: Important markers Check naka
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Cantonment Board office
Upto15 Between years 15-30 years
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Statistics to support premise
Landuse Statistics
Agricultural Lands
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2025 Future Possibility
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2014 Present Conditions Private Developers Barren lands Green 1967-1950 Past scenario Permanent residents Floating population
Barren lands Green
Building Typologies along the Lam road
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Analysis of Built- Unbuilt: Built=15.78% Unbuilt=84.22% Almost all the plots on the stretch are gated and have compound walls that hinder public interaction. If these boundaries are broken at places where the open spaces are unused, those pockets could become new recreational and interactive nodes.
Analysis of Road Network: The only network between Nashik city and the Deolali Cantonment Board is the Lam Road. This primary road network is linear and does not have any major secondary connections to the main city or the Cantonment market. If alternate routes are established, it would create better accessibility and provide opportunity for public amenities to set up along those alternate routes.
Analysis of Road Network: Deolali has an FSI of 0.5 and a height restriction which states that buildings cannot be taller than G+2 or stilt+3. The sanotoriums are also only ground floor structures scattered in the plot connected to by pathways.
Analysis of Green Cover: Green cover mainly consists of wilderness. Shading Trees like Banyan exist along the stretch of Lam Road, the primary road network. Due to the lack of public spaces, these trees become spaces where people stand and talk, and set up their temporary establishments. These spaces can be enhanced into public seating and informal activities.
Ground floor residential G+1 G+2 Stilt + 3 Sanitoriums
Urban scale proposals for an Elderly friendly Deolali
Using open areas and unused land to plant more trees and shrubs in order create shaded areas for the people to gather and socialize.
Bicycle tracks and gathering spaces at nodes to facilitate social interaction and a healthy lifestyle.
In order to have green buffer zones as plot boundar y with the help of trees and shrubs and creating pathways for pedestrians in these zones. Design of this zone as per the standards of requirements of the elderly, such as gradual slopes, low railings, seats at short and regular intervals etc.
To maintain the nature of the town, preserving the green cover and using it to create public spaces around the existing trees and green areas.
Street furniture as a “boundar y wall� - Existing trees could be made use of and transformed into shaded seating.
An elevated pathway to connect accross the road without disrupting traffic movement.
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ECOLOGY OF COLLECTIVE LIVING: SENIOR CITIZEN HOUSING A
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INTENT: To de-isolate the living of the senior citizen community and create platforms and event spaces for them to engage and interact with the built and unbuilt environment. To build for a collective living atmosphere and form a communal fabric for the elderly. To create a congregation space for the residents of sanitoriums and similar structures along the Lam road.
“A building can be a garden. A garden, a building.� PERMEABLE: To let other things invade burst interference. Being capable of absorbing but also constantly exporting things. A porous treatment is given to the structure so as to establish a direct visual connect from the Lam road and to encourage community activities with neighbours.
Direct visual connect
Restrictive permeability for private clusters
Boundary condition for privacy along streets other than Lam road.
Conceptual Plan: Sculpting the built form using a base grid
Conceptual Section:
The parallel edges of the plot boundary are softened to make them the most porous. This is to establish a relationship withe Lam road. On one edge there is organic farming. On the other the wilderness is preserved, which forms the quiet back for the housing complex. Platforms can be provided in this spaces, for meditating purposes. Ideogram
S space Secondary living spaces are to be created for communication and community participation with the most immediate neighbourhood.
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Event spaces are designed in a hierarchy of public and semi public spaces. Semi public event spaces are placed at the most porous junctions of the housing.
Pedestrian paths in the form of walking tracks are wrapped around the housing. The smaller clusters being inward looking will have a connect at the first level.
L landscape The unbuilt form, landscape dictates the quality of living spaces by sculpting the physical form.
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CARPET AREA = 29.6 SQ. M. 1 BHK
CARPET AREA = 22.6 SQ. M. 1 BHK/ STUDIO APT
CARPET AREA = 46.42 SQ. M. 2 BHK
CARPET AREA = 54.95 SQ. M. 2 BHK + DECK
CARPET AREA = 60.75 SQ. M. 2 BHK + DECK
Masterplan
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L E A R N I N G S PA C E S : C E N T R E F O R T H E O L O G I C A L S T U D I E S , U T TA N
Masterplan
Architectural Design Studio: Through model explorations
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The design was conceptualised by exploring various parameters through model making and diagramming for the requirement of a learning centre. Models were then discriminated after site analysis and its spatial demands. This exercise was aimed at understanding spatial arrangemnents, tactility and light, shadow in architecture.
Panorama of the cliff
Hierarchy
Hetrarchy
The design was conceptualised by exploring various parameters through model making and diagramming towards the requirement of a learning centre. Models were then discriminated after introduction to site, its analysis and the spatial demands. This exercise was aimed at understanding spatial organisation, tactity and light, shadow in architecture. The design esablished the main resource ie. Reference Library in the central area, accessible to the public. Other private and semi private functions were on a higher level overlooking the courtyard and towards the horizon. The Library had a wide staircase descending as a spill out for reading space.
The master plan was documented and illustrated in a group towards common research and site study.
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Discriminated models
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