ARCHITECTURE PORTFOLIO Rajvi Anandpara
Selected Works 2016-2021
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PORTFOLIO Rajvi Anandpara
CURRICULUM VITAE
Education 2022 London School of Trends. Diploma in Interior Designing and Styling (Ongoing) 2016-2021 Kamla RahejaVidyanidhi Institute of Architecture And Environmental Studies. Bachelor of Architecture 2014-2016 Nagindas Khandwala College of Commerce And Arts. H.S.C
Rajvi Anandpara
2002-2014 Borivali Education Society. S.S.C
Mumbai, Maharashtra +91 9769546055
rajvi.anandpara@krvia.ac.in
Professional Practice 2019-2020 (December 19’-April 20’) Office For Political Innovation, Madrid
Hello! I’m a recent graduate from Kamla Raheja Vidyanidhi Institute For Architecture And Environmental Studies (KRVIA). Architecture is a form of art and every great design comes from a source of inspiration and for me its from my early passion for writing, photography and traveling.Throughout my architectural course I have seek to engage in collaborative, cross disciplinary and cross sectoral exploration. I have worked on a broad range and scales of architectural design and planning projects, architectural publications and films. I believe in learning and striving to decode ways that architecture may evoke emotions, spark curiosity and improve everyday lives.
Languages English Hindi Gujrati Sanskrit Interests Writing Photography Dance Traveling
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Skills AutoCad Rhino Sketchup Photoshop Indesign Illustrator Premiere Pro (Beginner) MS Office Google Workspace
2022 CURRICULUM VITAE
Electives & Workshops
Achievements
2021 Heritage Resilience for Future Cities, Professional Development Program, B_RE_U_COM.
2022 Top 8 shortlisted entries for K.R.V.I.A Dissertation Colloquium.
Architectural Theory and Criticism, People Place Project.
2021 1st Position in Sem 9 for Architecture Thesis Research.
The Body of Architecture, Sonal Sundararajan.
2020 1st Honorary Mention in Residential Category for The Disruptive Design Awards.
2020 Architecture of Thought, Aastha Deshpande.
Transscalar Architecture of COVID-19 Film launched on Dezeen.
2019 Conception of liberty constructing the real Danish Hamid 2018 Sustainable Development, Lund University, Denmark. The process and techinique of Animation, Yatish Chavan. 2017 Interior Designing Elective, Amrita Singh.
Colegio Reggio School model displayed at Norman Foster Exhibition, Madrid. 2017 COA award for excellence documentation of Architectural Heritage for Evolution of Domestic Architecture, Patiala.
Exchange Programs 2019 7th PAAU Exchange Program Penang, George Town
Publication and Exhibitions
Relevant Experience
2020 Housing Ecologies, Hyderabad with Kalpit Ashar.
2019 Co-Curated the ‘Housing Ecologies, Hyderabad’ exhibition.
2019 Braj Exhibition displayed at KRVIA college, Lalbhai Library, CEPT, Ahmedabad and Kalakriti art gallery in Hyderabad.
Co-Curated the ‘Braj Architecture Of Parikarama’ exhibition. 2018 Core Organization Committee Team Member of the ‘Evolution of Domestic Architecture: Patiala’ exhibition. 2017 Co-Curated the Badami exhibition.
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Preface The portfolio is a collection of my selected academic and professional works. The chosen projects highlight different scales and contexts, thus offering us a versatile understanding of spaces, materials and methodologies. Architecture for me has been more than buildings. A medium to observe, learn, grow and challenge one ownself and develop as a team and an individual every day. Throughout 5 years in architecture, I have adopted certain ideologies and have developed a sense of responsibility towards my work, people and environment.
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2022 CONTENTS AND PREFACE
CONTENTS Acts Of Collective Memory
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A case of the Local Gandhi Museum.
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(De)Coding (Re)Coding
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Re-envisioning the DCPR 2034
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Breaking The Boundaries
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Housing For All
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Co-Living Housing
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Transition from Owning to Sharing
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Braj
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Architecture of Parikrama
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Patiala
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Shahi Samadhan
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Colegio Reggio, Madrid
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Rambla Climate-House, Mucia
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01. ACTS OF COLLECTIVE MEMORY A case of the Local Gandhi Museum.
The thesis intends to imagine the history that is lived and experienced in the contemporary through ‘Architecture of Remembrance’ which makes it possible to keep past events alive in the common memory through physical representation in the public realm using mnemonic devices such as Historic Buildings, Memorials and Museums. Further taking the case of museums it aims re-envision a conventional museum model in the Kora Kendra Lands of Borivali, Mumbai. The site traces its history from postindependence in 1948 which aimed to promote Mahatma Gandhi’s philosophical and political ideologies. The Gandhi Museum in the locality is a symbol of our citizenship but is not visited much and is unknown to many as it fails to function in a new participatory manner. The thesis attempts to understand the relevance of Mahatma Gandhi’s ideologies in the present and reimagines the practices of a Body, of Learning, of Building Communities, and Acts of our Citizenship in a metropolitan context.
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Type: Academic Location: Borivali, Mumbai Program: Institutional Semester: IX & X, 21-2022 Guide: Sonal Sundararajan Recognition: Top 8 shortlisted entries for K.R.V.I.A Dissertation Colloquium. 1st Position in Sem 9 for Architecture Thesis Research.
Acts of Collective Memory ACADEMIC PROJECTS
A space to display works of contemporary artists along side the existing collection.
A space for collective learning.
A space for self-learning and contemplation.
A space to engage in the acts of local production.
A space to engage in the acts of skill based learnings.
A space to re-interpret and sell khadi and other forms of sustainable clothing.
COUNTER
A space to for elderly to come for evening A space for locals to collectively sit and spend A space to engage in the acts of self reflection strolls, and for kids to play. their past time. by taking care of one’s own health.
A space to engage in the acts of hands on A multipurpose open to sky space to perform labor. evening prayers, celebrate local festivals, etc.
An open-air theatre for performances.
Re-imagining the framework for Gandhian Institution through the ‘Acts of Curation and Participation’.
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1. VISVA-BHAR
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ENGAGEMENT W HISTOR
WHY HISTORY MATTERS? History studies the past and the legacies of the past in the present. Far from being a ‘dead’ subject, it connects things through time and encourages us to take a long view of such connections. The study of the past is essential for ‘rooting’ people in time. Our identities are made up of our past experiences and ideas. HOW DO SPACES AND BUILDINGS ACT AS MNEOMIC DEVICES AND FACILITATE OUR ENGAGEMENT WITH HISTORY?
WHAT SYNTHESIZED THE GROWTH OF ART AND ARCHITECTURE IN SHANTINIKETAN?
Santiniketan embodies Rabindranath Tagore’s vision of a place of learning that is unfettered by religious and regional barriers. Established in 1863 with the aim of helping education go beyond the confines of the classroom.
PRACTICES OF MEMORY PREVAILING IN SHANTINIKETAN IN THE PRESENT.
Memorialization plays a central role in shaping and managing civilian and urban life and policies, and becomes a reason to explain peoples’ opinions on social and political issues and ideologies. Engagement with history through Historic Buildings, Museums and Memorials set up rituals of remembering and association. Each of these categories enable us to engage with the acts of remembrance differently.
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Acts of Collective Memory ACADEMIC PROJECTS
RATI, SANTINIKETAN,
3. 9/11 MEMORIAL, NEW YORK
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a public space, remembering city’s shared history. ENGAGEMENT WITH HISTORY THROUGH MUSEUMS
WITH HISTORY THROUGH RIC BUILDINGS
THE AFRICANAMERICAN HISTORY
Anacostia Museum documents and preserves communities’memories, struggles, and successes, and offers a platform where diverse voices and cultures can be heard. HOW IS THE MUSEUM CURATED FOR PEOPLE TO ENGAGE IN THE ACTS OF COMMON MEMORY?
HOW DOES THE UNIVERSITY’S ARCHITECTURE ALLOW FOR IT TO BE MORE THAN AN EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION?
2. ANACOSTIA MUSEUM, WASHINGTON D.C. , a cabinet of Acts of Collective Memory.
ENGAGEMENT WITH HISTORY THROUGH MEMORIALS
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THE COLLECTIVE MEMORY OF THE 9/11 ATTACKS IN NEW YORK CITY.
National September 11 Memorial has transformed the last remnants of the former World Trade Center (WTC) towers into a power civic space for contemplation and healing. HOW DOES THE ARCHITECTURE OF THE MEMORIAL ALLOW PEOPLE TO ENGAGE IN THE ACT OF CONTEMPLATION?
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ANALYSING THE HISTORIC MUSEUM MODEL THE ACTS OF CURATION The traditional role of the museum is curating public education, but it now has to move to a more synoptic consideration of its interaction with the public. It is vital for museum curators to expand and enrich the audience’s experience. Museum curators need to innovate new ways in which history can be seen, understood, and disseminated.
THE ACTS OF PATRICIPATION The museums should aim at engaging with users as active participants, contributors and collaborators on a learning journey together, rather than as passive recipients of museum wisdom. The museum models need to break their existing paradigm and add public participation on the top.
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1830 Karl Friedrich Schinkel, Altes Museum, Berlin.
Mies van der Rohe, Barcelona Pavilion.
Frank Lloyd Wright, Guggenheim Museum, New York.
The palace-museums merged culture and power to convey an image of an idyllic past. Entering the museum today gives one a sense of reverence for the objects and the cultures from which they came.
A museum ahead of its time, was conceived as a fluid space, like an artificial platform. The glass walls function as a filter between interior and exterior, creating metaphysical spatial properties.
The spatial setting of the museum had an affect on the exhibitions and changed the viewer’s perception of the works on display. With the Guggenheim, memory, or the act of remembering, resides at the intersection of resources and materials.
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James Stirling, Neue Staatsgalerie, Stuttgart.
Peter Eisenman, Wexner Centre, Columbus.
Frank Gehry, Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao.
In the post-modern era of the ’80s the museum itself becomes a kind of citadel – a complex image of solids and voids, with components of public space.
The design was a series of interlocking paths that would provide the possibility of visiting the exhibition halls according to one’s own inclinations harked back to the idea of an experiential museum.
In the museum’s, design articulation became spectacular. Like some futuristic work, the museum traces the defining lines of the city like an urban sculpture, an icon in the landscape of public domain.
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Acts of Collective Memory ACADEMIC PROJECTS
1.CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, SAN FRANISCO
Minerals and Rocks
Kindly Touch
WEBCAM TRACKER
1977 Renzo Piano & Richard Rogers, Centre Pompidou, Paris.
California Academy of Sciences is a natural history museum, an aquarium, planetarium, rainforest. The architecture, conveys their passion for knowledge of nature and the fact that the earth is fragile.
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In the 1960s, new trends in architecture led to the development of the museum as a kind of kinetic, dynamic machine. The introduction of a movable skeletal structure allowed flexibility of use.
2004 Paulo David, Centro de Artes, Madeira.
The architect had an issue with the idea of the museum as a space to house dead matter. The relationship between the museum and its context is translated into formal and figural principles, which interpret the landscape.
2. BHAU DA JI LAD MUSEUM, MUMBAI The Dr. Bhau Daji Lad Museum opened to the public in 1857 aims to engage the community, especially children, to promote a greater appreciation of Mumbai’s artistic, cultural and economic history.
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INTRODUCTION: THE LOCAL GANDHI MUSEUM, KORA KENDRA LANDS
GANDHI MUSEUM PREMISES
C.B KORA KENDRA INSTITUTE KORA KENDRA GROUND 2
KORA KENDRA NURSERY
IMPORTANT SITE BUILDINGS AD R.M. BHAT TAD RO
KORA KENDRA GROUND 1
1. The Local Gandhi Museum 2. Khadi Bhandar 3. C.B Kora Kendra Institute
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Museum Sales Unit Watchman’s Cabin Museum Administartion
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Gandhi Museum 3D View Highlighting Important Institutions.
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Plot area: 18900.63 sqm
C.B Kora Kendra Training Institute,
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engages in the acts of civic life and skill based training.
Section across Khadi Bhandar, Gandhi Museum, C.B. Kora Kendra Institute.
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Elevation showing the Honey Unit, Khadi Warehouse, Plant Nursery. 12
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Diagram narrating Gandhi’s Way of Life which contains ideas of individuality, collective learning-working and civic life.
Diagram showing the relationship of the ‘acts’ with institutional programs and its user groups. 13
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi’s (1869– 1948) ideas of individuality, collective learning-working and civic life, shaped Indian modernity in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, and that matured through his experimentations. In Gandhi’s architecture of ashrams and dwellings bodies both individual and societal are shaped into a variety of institutional relationships through disciplined activities and practices.
Acts of Collective Memory ACADEMIC PROJECTS SABARMATI ASHRAM, AHMEDABAD
Water Court
Room/ Ordo
Exhibition Space
Verandah /Osri
GANDHI’S ROOM
ROOM 1
VERANDAH
MANI BHAVAN, MUMBAI
Courtyard
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VERANDAH
SEVAGRAM ASHRAM, WARDHA
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COURTYARD ROOM 3
Room/ Ordo
Verandah Courtyard/ /Osri Aangan
Outdoor Kitchen Area
Cleaning Area
In Hriday Kunj, Gandhi’s kutir there is a gradual dissolution of the ‘closed room’, the opening up of the private space of the body as an expression of a new, modern relationship between body and dwelling.
The interpretation of Gandhi’s approach is most striking in the design of the public toilets here. Toilets – typically places that are thought of as being unsanitary – are lent dignity through generous courtyards that bring in light and flora.
Live reading sessions are conducted for different age groups, also evening bhajan sessions are held in the library room. It also houses an Institute of Research on Gandhian Thought and Rural Development, is recognized by the University of Mumbai. Nai Talim aimed towards holistic development through 3Hs – head, heart and hand. The concept revolves around a learning process through crafts and skill training integrated with life. It promotes the real world as a classroom.
सेवाग्राम खेती
शहद उत्पादन केन्द्र
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The 3D drawing projects how sensitively the intervention sits within and around the existing site structures (built in different time periods beginning from 1948 thus they hold a historic value and act as mnemonic devices) and landscape while creating large green spaces and pockets of building extensions to perform several collective activities.
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Acts of Collective Memory ACADEMIC PROJECTS
Drawing on Rhino 3D+SketchUp / Render on Ps 16
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SITE STRATERGIES AND DESIGN DEVELOPMENT 1.
The major structures on site are Gandhi Museum Building, Khadi Bhandar, Production Units, Administrative office and warehouses. The Museum premises has only one backroad vehicular and pedestrian entry.
Drawing on Rhino 3D / Render on Ps 17
5. Annexes are created for the Gandhi Museum building and the old structure at the back (now function as the new cloth recycling unit) by insering a new structure within the existing and also simply by extending.
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After a structural analysis of the site structures, depending on their mnemonic values, conditions and locations certain structures are repurposed.
A new structure is build within the old ruins on the site which are traces of that era.
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A Frontal Plaza is created along the main road in order to make site more accesible and visible to the public. The edges of the plot are anchored with an insert that sits parallel to it in order to bring in more public.
Large part of the site are green open spaces which are left unbuilt in order to retain the existing spatial experience.
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A new roof is designed on top of the two existing volumes which are further connected with a plinth thus creating a courtyard.
Pockets of open to sky spaces are created as extensions to the building, allowing multiple activties and ease of movement.
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Section AA’ through Gandhi Museum building (annex gallery in elevation), children’s museum gallery and workshop area and the entrance courtyard.
Section BB’ through Gandhi Ghar, bio retention garden / open-air classroom and multipurpose pavillion.
Drawings on AutoCAD + Ai / Render on Ps
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180 X 320 MM HOLLOW S 12 MM THK ASPHALT SHINGLES
15MM DIA TENSION COSSET BATTENS
40 MM THK BISON BOARD
50MM X 80MM RHS FRAME
150X65 MM STEEL PURLINS FOLDED METAL BOX GUTTER 350 MS
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350X350 MM HOLLOW SQUARE DETAIL A
150X150 MM SHS DETAIL B
475 X 350 MM HOLLOW STEEL BEAM MS STEEL RAFTER COSSET BATTENS SCREEN 150X65 MM STEEL PURLINS
350X350MM STEEL
150 MM WIDE ALUMINIUM
150MM TK PCC
NATIVE PLANTS CURB NOTCH MULCH LAYER BIO RETENSION SOIL
GRAVEL BASE
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Acts of Collective Memory ACADEMIC PROJECTS
350X350 MM STEEL
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L ANGLE 400MM X 400MM BASE ANCHOR BOLTS RUBBLE SOLING RAMMED EARTH 450 MM WIDE RCC FOOTING
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PIN & ANCHOR PLATE
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Section CC’ through housing unit, amphitheatre, central avenue, khadi gallery, cloth upcycling and recycling unit and khadi warehouse on the first floor.
Section DD’ through training institution pavilion and communal gardening area. 23
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900 MM X 320 MM 3 TAB ASPHALT SHINGLES
40 MM TK BISON BOARD
65x150x8MM TKx12MM (LIP) C SECTION PURLINS
450 MM WIDE AND 320 MM DEEP GALVANIZED STEEL GUTTER
PIN AND ANCHOR STEEL BASE PLATE
2.2 M (H) COSSET BATTENS SCREEN ON 150 x 180 MM RHS FRAME
300 MM x 300 MM SQAURE HOLLOW SECTION
450 MM PLINTH
Set of Axonometric Drawings made on SketchUp+Ai / Render on Ps 25
KAMLA RAHEJA VIDYANIDHI INSTITUTE FOR ARCHITECTURE AND ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES
EXPLODED STRUCTURAL AXO Program: Multiporpose Pavillion
Acts of Collective Memory ACADEMIC PROJECTS
450 MM DEEP INVERTED RCC BEAM
900 MM X 320 MM 3 TAB ASPHALT SHINGLES
40MM TK BISON BOARD
420 MM x 250MM MANGALORE TILES (Old, Deteriorated Mangalore Tiles replaced.)
100MM x 80MM TIMBER PURLINS 120 x 100 MM TIMBER PURLINS
120MM x 100MM TIMBER COMMON RAFTER
10M X 2.8M ONE SIDED SLOPING TRUSS 10 M (L) x 3.2 M (H) EXISTING TIMBER TRUSS
50 MM TK WALL PLATE
300 MM TK CSEB NEW WALL
450 MM DEEP RCC BEAM
450 MM EXTENDED PLINTH 345 MM TK EXISTING LOAD BEARING WALL
EXPLODED STRUCTURAL AXO Program: Gandhi Museum & Children’s Museum
KAMLA RAHEJA VIDYANIDHI INSTITUTE FOR ARCHITECTURE AND ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES
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150 MM RCC SLAB 15MM TK GLASS SKYLIGHT WITH WOODEN FRAMEWORK
900 MM X 320 MM 3 TAB ASPHALT SHINGLES
40 MM TK BISON BOARD
420 x 250MM MANGALORE TILES
100 x 80MM TIMBER BATTENS
TIMBER RIDGE PIECE 120 x 100 MM TIMBER COMMON RAFTER
8 (W) 3.6 M (H) KING POST TRUSS
350X350 MM RCC COLUMN 450 MM DEEP RCC BEAM 300 MM TK CSEB NEW WALL
EXPLODED STRUCTURAL AXO Program: Honey Unit, Cloth Recycling Unit, Cloth Upcycling Unit. 27
Acts of Collective Memory ACADEMIC PROJECTS
View from Multiporpose Pavilion showing the Public Plaza.
View from the Public Park showing Multipurpose Pavilion and Children’s Workshop building.
View from the Central Avenue.
View from the Communal Gardening area showing the old ruined walls and the housing block and cafe within in elevation. It also shows outdoor cafe space.
Children’s Museum Courtyard.
Children’s Museum Workshop.
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02. (DE)CODING (RE)CODING Re-envisioning the DCPR 2034
(De)coding (Re)coding is a critique to the current developmentcontrol regulations that govern housing in the city of Mumbai and have led to a homogenous form of urban landscape. The current rules are highly influenced by market forces and the high value of real estate. The project thus looks at how development rules can be re-coded as Form based codes in a democratic and collaborative framework, allowing all the stakeholders to participate in the process and help create better living spaces.
Type: Academic Location: Bandra, Mumbai Program: Residential Semester: IX, 2020 Guide: Sameep Padora Collaborators: Mokshit Dedhia Srusti Shah Saivi Shah Savalee Tikle
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DCPR 2034 Masterplan
Association Masterplan
MCGM Masterplan
Resident Masterplan
MHADA Masterplan
Developer Masterplan
(De)Coding (Re)Coding ACADEMIC PROJECTS DEMAND 1: PROVISION OF LARGER PARKS, GARDENS, OPEN SPACES AND AMENITIES ON THE PODIUM LEVEL.
WE PROPOSE THAT PARKS, GARDENS AND OPEN SPACES ALONG WITH RECRETIONAL AMENITIES SHOULD BE PROVIDED AT THE PODIUM LEVEL FOR THE RESIDENTS.
I AGREE WITH THE RESIDENTS AS THIS MIGHT REDUCE THE BUILT DENSITY CONSIDERABLY AND HENCE PROMOTE INCLUSIVITY WITHIN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
I DO NOT AGREE TO THIS IDEA! RESERVING THE AREA ON THE PODIUM FOR PARKS MEANS GREATER GROUND COVERAGE. SINCE I CANNOT BUILD HIGHER DUE TO HEIGHT RESTRICTIONS, THIS MIGHT REDUCE MY PROFIT CONSIDERABLY.
I DO NOT AGREE TO THIS DEMAND. WE WOULD EITHER WANT MAXIMUM UTILISATION OF SPACE TO BUILD MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING. THUS, THE SPACE ON THE PODIUM FOR OPEN PARKS SHOULD INSTEAD BE GIVEN TO US TO BUILD THE EXTRA UNITS TO HOUSE MORE NUMBER OF PEOPLE.
SINCE WE AREN’T COMING ON A CONCLUSION LET’S ASK THE ASSOCIATION WHAT THEY THINK OF THE PROPOSAL?
I COMPLETELY AGREE WITH THE RESIDENTS, WE SHOULD ENCOURAGE A BETTER QUALITY OF LIFE FOR THEM IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. THIS MAY BENEFIT THE DEVELOPER SINCE HE CAN GET SOME FSI BENEFITS. ALRIGHT! IF I AM GETTING SOME FSI BENEFITS, I AGREE TO THE PROPOSAL THEN.
CONCLUSION: GARDENS, OPEN SPACES AND RECREATIONAL AMENITIES WILL BE PROVIDED AT THE PODIUM LEVEL AND THEY WILL NOT BE COUNTED IN THE FSI SINCE THE MCGM ENCOURAGES PROVISION OF SUCH SPACES.
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DCPR Prototype 1- Luxury Category by Developer.
MCGM Prototype 1- Luxury Category
Consensus Prototype 1- Luxury Category
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DCPR Prototype 2- Affordable Category by Developer+MHADA
MCGM Prototype 2- Luxury Category
Consensus Prototype 2- Luxury + Affordable Category
Association Prototype 1- Luxury Category
Association Prototype 2- Affordable Category
Resident Prototype 1- Luxury Category
Resident Prototype 2- Affordable Category
(De)Coding (Re)Coding ACADEMIC PROJECTS
Consensus Prototype 1- Luxury Category
Drawing made on Rhino+Ai / Render on Ps+Ai 32
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Final masterplan
Private areas
Public areas
Consensus Masterplan
Open spaces
Road Network
Spine
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Master Plan Diagrams made on Rhino+Ai / Render on Ps+Ai
(De)Coding (Re)Coding ACADEMIC PROJECTS
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A 18 m wide main turner road with seperate bus lanes and on the RHS privately owned public space on the ground floor.
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B Pedestrian and bi- cycle friendly bridge getting connected to the Luxury housing prototype and the Main Market street which is covered by the arcades.
C LOS of the Hybrid typology used by residents for recreational activties.
D Podium connection between the luxury prototype and hybrid prototype. The 12m road has a cycling track and arcade for the shop entrance.
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1. Prototype
Drawing made on Rhino+Ai / Re
2. Combined LOS typology
3. Green shortcuts typology
Bridges connecting at p level for vertical layered from the street. 4. Connected Podium typology
6. Open Space typology
7. Combined Podium + Bridge + Open space typology
8. Hybrid Typology
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Consensus Masterplan 3D
(De)Coding (Re)Coding ACADEMIC PROJECTS
ender on Ps+Ai
podium d transition Interconnectivity between neighbourhood through open terraces at various levels in the built space
Central open space for encouraging green neighbourhood, connectivity through cultural and spatial ideas
Central street network with pedestrian pathways, cycle tracks, bus zones and vehicular traffic ways. Shared LOS spaces used as green open spaces for recreational activities and gathering space.
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03. BREAKING THE BOUNDARIES Housing For All
Kukatpally precinct in Hyderabad city has one of the largest housing board colonies in Asia. It is developed by the City Improvement Trust that established the Housing Board Colony. The board’s agenda was to build homes for Lower income groups. It was developed in fifteen phases. Later housing for middle income and higher income groups were also build in response to the budding neighbourhood suburbs.The project majorly plays with density where it was compared with the case studies like - Lodha towers and L.I.G. Housing.
Type: Academic Location: Kukatpally, Hyderabad Program: Residential Semester: VII, 2019 Guide: Abhinav Kalpit Ashar Collaborators: Vaishnavi Gondane Recognision: 1st Honorary Mention in Residential Category for The Disruptive Design Awards.
Handmade Site Model on 1mX1m Mdf Base, bio-pack laser-cut for building blocks and acrylic sheet laser cut for site intervention.
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Breaking The Boundaries ACADEMIC PROJECTS
Kukatpally Narrative
Storyboard made on Autocad+SketchUp+Ps+Ai 38
PORTFOLIO Rajvi Anandpara Sub Programme : Amenities and Maidan Total Plot area : 14000 sq. m. Area of the Maidan : 5000 sq. m. Number of units : 120 unit
Type : Rental Unit (G+mez) Area : 200 sq. m.
Ground Floor Plan The plan shows the relationship between the ground and the Building where the maidan sits in the center.
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Type : Rental Unit (G+2 Area : 120 sq. m. No. of Occupants : 4
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Breaking The Boundaries ACADEMIC PROJECTS
Type : Rental Unit (G+1) Area : 200 sq. m. No. of Occupants : 5
Type : Rental Unit (G+2) Area : 60 sq. m. No. of Occupants : 3
Axonometrics made on SketchUp / Render on Ps+Ai
Section made on AutoCAD / Render on Ps+Ai
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Breaking The Boundaries ACADEMIC PROJECTS The relationship of the verandah and terraces of the building is established through the seamless connection to the street and the ground. The residents are majorly families and co-living units for students along with an existing cricket academy and maidan which shall bring together all the residents of the nieghbourhood. “The street” that emerges from the ground leads to the rental units and below are the coliving and amenity spaces. The street creates an active plane that becomes a multifunctional space : a cycling and skating path , playing area for kids ,hangout spots for adults etc. Thus the housing is articulated to build a multifolded space. To create an urban edge and maidan in the centre , the building sits on the perihery of the plot.
The project is disruptive in nature because most architects fail to engage with the user groups, but our approach to the project enables us to incorporate their aspirations. Very importantly it tries to break away from the existing housing typologies, which are categorized on the basis of income groups.
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04. CO-LIVING HOUSING
transition from owning to sharing
We live in a globally connected world and this has led to the real estate sector experiencing disruption led by nomadic millennials, who are redefining the meaning of ‘living’ and ‘working’.It has been gaining traction in the commercial real estate segment under ‘co-working’, and ‘co-living’ on the residential side. The rising population of millennials and their share in the workforce are key to these changing times. The ‘co-living’ concept is a reflection of the ‘assetlight model’ that was pioneered by the hospitality sector. The concept is fast emerging as an alternative residential real estate offering, ensuing as a sustainable solution to the ever-growing urban space scarcity. While keeping privacy sacrosanct, ‘co-living’ emphasizes on social exchange, flexibility and affordability.
Type: Academic Location: Vile Parle, Mumbai Program: Residential Semester: IX, 2021 Guide: Gerge Jerry Mamta Patwardhan Recognision: Published in K.R.V.I.A Newsletter’2021
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Ground Floor Plan
Co-living Housing Modules
SW View
Axonometric View
First Floor Plan
Open Spaces
Second Floor Plan
Toilet
SE View
Commercial
Third Floor Plan
Common Spaces
Fourth Floor Plan
Circulation
NW View
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0.15M 0.15M 0.15 M 0.15 M Spill over double Kitchen Kitchen Spill over double CommonCommon height space (3 sided (3 module) height space sided module)
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Toilet
0M
Spill over double Spill over double height space height space 0M 0M
0.15 M 0.15 M
Ground Floor Plan
20 MM TK FLOOR BOARDS 2.8 M 2.8 M Open to Open Sky to Sky shared space shared space
0.15 M 0.15 M Commercial Commercial (4 sided (4 module) sided module) Gymnasium Gymnasium (4 sided (4 module) sided module)
0.15 M 0.15 M Co-Living Co-Living Type A Type A (4 sided (4 Module) sided Module)
2.95 M 2.95 M 0M
GROUNDGROUND FLOOR PLAN FLOOR PLAN
0M
LaundaryLaundary Room Room (4 sided (4 module) sided module)
Toilet 0.15 M 0.15 M
Bathroom 0.15 M 0.15 M Bathroom
0M
2.95 M 2.95 M
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Co-Living Co-Living Type B Type B (4 sided (4 Module) sided Module)
First Floor Plan
2.8 M 2.8 M
2.8 M
2.8 M
75 MM XPS INSULATION BOARD
20 MM DIA ANCHOR BOLTS 50 MM X 100MM ALUMINIUM TRANSOME 6 MM THK GLAZED GLASS
50 MM TK CONCRETE PANEL BOARDS
1700 MM X1400 MM ALUMINIUM WINDOW
Second Floor Plan
Third Floor Plan
DOUBLE WALL JUNCTION XPS INSULATION BOARD AND CONCRETE PANEL BOARD
90 MM X 100 MM C SECTION STEEL CHANNELS DRY RUBBLE PACKING 400 MM DEEP PILE CAP RAMMED EARTH 30 MM DIA PILE
Fourth Floor Plan
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2650 MMX 1500 MM ANGLED BOX BALCONY
50 MM X 100 MM ALUMINIUM TRANSOME
6 MM THK GLAZED GLASS 50 MM TK CONCRETE PANEL BOARDS 1700 MM X1400 MM ALUMINIUM FRAME WINDOW
900 MM X 500 MM ALUMINIUM BOX VENTILATOR
90 MM X 100 MM C SECTION STEEL CHANNELS DRY RUBBLE PACKING 400 MM DEEP PILE CAP RAMMED EARTH 30 MM DIA PILE
Wall Section AA’
Wall Section BB’
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05. BRAJ
The Architecture of Parikrama The study of Braj’s landscape was curated to study how architecture, everyday life, and rituals intersect with each other, in an attempt to understand the difference between what is imagined of the parikrama and what really exists. It is circumscribed by a 252 km pilgrimage across Mathura, Gokul, Govardhan and Vrindavan. Each site has its own narrative:historical and mythical. These narratives lead to specific practices that are deeply embedded in the everyday lives of the sites.
Davanal Kund located in the interiors of the city is surrounded by the ashrams and the houses, thus the kund becomes a community spot for the brajvasis.
Davanal Mandir is just a lane away from the kund. It’s a small temple with limited visitors although a part of parikrama Marg. The mandir was build by the brajvasis during the reign of Aurangzeb.
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Sem IV & VI Study Trips ACADEMIC PROJECTS
06. PATIALA
Shahi Samadhan Patiala was documeted through the lens of heritage history, traditional and construction methods. Shahi Samadhan is a burial space for Baba Ala. Certain important tombs have been monumentalised and have been adorned in marble with intricate details on them. Based on a symmetric plan, it has columns with detailed carvings that carry the load with the help of arches.The cladding on each floor is distinct, with sandstone on the ground floor and marble on the first.
Recognision: COA award for excellence documentation of Architectural Heritage for Evolution of Domestic Architecture, Patiala. Plan and Section hand drafted with graphic ink pen / Render on Ps
Section through Shahi Samadhan Palace and Burial Tombs
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07. COLEGIO REGGIO, MADRID The design of Reggio School is based on the idea that architectural environments can prompt in children a desire for exploration and inquiry. In this way, the building is thought of as a complex ecosystem that makes it possible for students to direct their own education through a process of self-driven collective experimentation—following pedagogical ideas that Loris Malaguzzi and parents in the Italian city of Reggio nell’Emilia developed to empower children’s capacity to deal with unpredictable challenges and potentials.
Type: Professional Practice Location: Madrid, Spain Program: Educational Institution Team: Roberto González García Alberto Heras Meerati Rana Saumil Shanghavi Shubhankar Bhajekar Mishti Shah Recognision: Included in the list of the most impressive buildings to be finished in 2022 by El País ICON Design. Exhibited at Arc en Rêve (2021-2022) and Fundación Telefónica (Curiosidad Radical. En la órbita de Buckminster Fuller, 2021)
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Colegio Reggio, Madrid Professional Practice
Exploded Axonometric
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Avoiding homogenization and unified standards, the architecture of the school aims to become a multiverse where the layered complexity of the environment becomes readable and experiential. It operates as an assemblage of different climates, situations, and regulations. Recognision: Colegio Reggio School’s Handmade model displayed at Norman Foster Exhibition, Madrid.
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Elevation AA
Elevation BB 52
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Ground Floor Plan
Site Plan for Vegetation Location Third Floor Plan 53
Colegio Reggio, Madrid Professional Practice
First Floor Plan
Fourth Floor Plan 54
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08. RAMBLA CLIMATE-HOUSE The Rambla-ClimateHouse mobilizes the wastewater and organic waste of a detached residential infrastructure, to restitute in an elliptical artificially-nurtured-landscape-unit, the ecosystem of the laurisilva forest. Southern European climate was severely affected by the loss of laurisilva forest veins, that accumulated corridors of water and wet life within dry ecosystems. Carbon sequestration, oxygen liberation and biodiversity would multiply in these veins that disappeared with urbanization and infrastructuralization of territories since early 19th century.
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Type: Professional Practice Location: Mucia, Spain Program: Residential Team: Roberto González García Alberto Heras Meerati Rana Saumil Shanghavi Shubhankar Bhajekar Mishti Shah
Rambla Climate House
Professional Practice
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“ARCHITECTURE IS JUST ART WE LIVE IN”
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