ARCHITECTURAL
PORTFOLIO Ria Sheth
EDUCATION
Bachelors Of Architecture (Currently in Third Year) IDEA, Indus University, Ahmedabad Higher Secondary (2018) The New Tulip International School, Ahmedabad Secondary School (2016) The H.B. Kapadia New High School, Prernatirth, Ahmedabad
RIA SHETH 18.01.2001 Indian
ABOUT ME
LANGUAGES
PERSONAL SKILL AND INTERESTS
SOFTWARE SKILLS
MANUAL SKILLS
AutoCAD Adobe Photoshop Adobe InDesign Rhinoceros SketchUp Twinmotion ArchiCAD Microsoft Office Vray
Drafting Model Making Sketching Rendering Photography
I am an architecture student who is passionate to explore the field of architecture and design. I like to know and explore about different cultures and the stories behind them. I am interested in the exploration of space making by elevating its experience and material exploration which enhances the spatial quality. I like to prioritize quality of work than the quantity. I am open and dedicated towards learning of new skills and softwares.
Reading, Writing, Travelling, Photography, Music, Cinema, Graphic Design, Cricket, Material Exploration
English Hindi Gujarati
CONTACT
address: A/2, Devarshi Bungalows, Near Anuradha Society, Bopal, Ghuma road, Ahmedabad - 380 058. email: riasheth.18.barch@idea.indusuni.ac.in riasheth18@gmail.com phone: (+91) 9725346728
Content Design Studio Material Studio
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People and place Studio
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Rapid Migrant Housing Studio
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Sabarmati Riverfront, Ahmedabad
Nashik, Maharashtra
Besides ISRO SAAC Guest House, Bopal, Ahmedabad
Relative Study Programme Setting Sail
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Nashik
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Mandvi, Gujarat
Understanding people and places Upper Promenade, Sabarmati Riverfront, Ahmedabad
Collaborative Workshop Reinterpretating Surfaces The Catalonian Way
Upper Promenade, Sabarmati Riverfront, Ahmedabad
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Documentation Uvarsad Documentation
Khodiyar Nagar, Uvarsad, Gandhinagar
Technical Details Technical Drawings Services - Plumbing
Macro and Micro level plumbing
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Explorations
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Graphic Design
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Sketches and Photography
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MATERIAL STUDIO
Spatial Isometric
The program was serving a multipurpose space along with gathering space and café, so the idea was to have a void which connects the solid and open towards the west side facing the Sabarmati river. The concept revolved around the developing of open space which acted as a courtyard and an extension of the enclosed spaces creating an engaging atmosphere with the contextual atmosphere. As the material being rammed earth, certain disciplines were maintained for spanning with light timber roofing structure sitting on massive load bearing walls which contrasted the heaviness of rammed earth walls. Thus, the idea was developed around these concepts which fulfilled both the material and spatial needs.
First Floor
Section AA’
Section BB’
Ground Floor
Wall Section
Structural isometric
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Cable tie rod
Rafter Supporting wooden member 150 mm X 300 mm RCC Band - Beam 350mm x 450 mm
PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK STUDENT VERSION
RCC Slab 150 mm
Hip roof of Mangalore tile
RCC Beam 350mm X 600 mm
Rammed earth wall Thickness - 350 mm Panel size - 1800 mm
Truss formed by connecting the cable tie between the two rafters resting on the wooden member on RCC band
RCC Plinth Band 150 mm Stone Pedestal 450 mm X 750 mm 75 mm PCC 760 mm deep Stone Foundation Compressed Earth 75 mm PCC
RCC slab of thickness 150 mm
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PEOPLE AND PLACE STUDIO
The focus of the studio was to design an aanganwadi for the children living around the site and to built the relation of the site with the context and the river Godavari. As its about the people and places which make them alive, the core idea of design was to have spaces which opens towards the river and the Gadge Maharaj road where spaces towards the road become spill over space along with story reading spaces. As the local materials used in wada in Nashik is timber and brick, so the grid of the structure is derived from the available sizes of the timber pieces. The expression of design was allowing recreational spaces in the aanganwadi which helps the children to grow as an individual.
Elevation EE’
Section DD’
Plan
Section BB’
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Reading space towards the river edge.
Reading space towards the Gadge Maharaj road and entry.
Section FF’
Section AA’
Section CC’
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RAPID MIGRANT HOUSING STUDIO
The project focuses the complex issues of homeless migrant workers affected by the unawareness of laws for migrants. Hence, the idea is to have simple, rapid but effective housing which caters to their basic needs and lifestyle. Using modularity of ferrocement helps a simple way of construction without any other required skills. The main idea of the design was to have small footprint of the house where spaces have multiple functions. The modules are designed as storage which becomes the part of the structure keeping the spaces free to be used as required. The edges of site were designed such that it has spaces like Kadia Naka, which acts as serving space for the workers.
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PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK STUDENT VERSION
Cluster Plan
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Site Plan
Cluster Section
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Site Section
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PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK STUDENT VERSION
PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK STUDENT VERSION
Unit Section
Roof panels resting on the walls 4200 X 300 X 300
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PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK STUDENT VERSION
Trapezoidal hollow ferrocement modules of maximum depth 430 mm acting as storage as well as structure
The joints are staggered between the modules and joined by mortar.
10 mm mortar used in stacking the modules Precast RCC beam used as a foundation for the walls
Wall Section
Compacted earth
The roof modules are rotated and interlocked through mortar resting on walls.
Joinery
The spatial use during the daytime PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK STUDENT VERSION
PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK STUDENT VERSION
Unit Plan
PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK STUDENT VERSION
Concept sketches
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The spatial use during the night time where living space is used as resting space
PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK STUDENT VERSION
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SETTING SAILS, MANDVI
Documenting indegenous knowledge systems of shipbuilding at Mandvi, Kutch. The main aspect of this study was to document one of the ships that was being constructed and questioning that are ships moving shelters? The idea was to learn to make corelations about the environment in which the tradition influences the lifestyle and to observe and document the impact of this co-relation on the built environment and activities. It also aimed at understanding the cultural representation and documentation of knowledge that is present on-field, both architectural and anthropological.
West Shore Section
Elevation XX’
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Ship Plan
West Shore Plan
East Shore Plan
Section AA’
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Front Mohra
Layered Joinery
Front Mohra
Rear Mohra
Location of Joineries
Elevation BB’
Ship plan with scaffoldings
Lap Joint
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Section BB’
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Rear Mohra
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UN DER S T A ND ING P E OP LE A N D P L A C E S , N A S HI K The study aimed towards an understanding of this perpetual dilemma found everywhere. It is more like a study of intangible aspects that makes a city and also how different tangible things (like built forms, streets, etc.) come together to form a remarkable experience of the city which marks an impression on our mind. But the study of these aspects is not possible without understanding the people of the city, their lifestyle, and their beliefs. We tried to understand Nashik through all these aspects by different mediums of documentation and recording which also included interaction with different people. Alongwith the documentation, these different stories of the people and their experiences of Nashik helped in understanding the city better. C C A
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First Floor Plan
Section FF’
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LEGEND 1. Mandap 2. Garbhagriha 3. Pradakshina Path 4. Verandah 5. Storage
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Section AA’
Section CC’
Elevation GG’
Slab Beam
Column Window
Street Section
Railing Slab
Beam Tie Beam Brick Wall Bracket
Column
Wall Section 01
Wall Section 02
REINTERPRETING SURFACES, BHUJ
The collaborative was about exploring the Catalan way of building vaults using terracotta tiles. We explored the different geometry in which the Catalonian shell technique could be used through which we understood the handling of material, its structural strength and the propertiesof the tiles. It was not only about learning different techniques but also a different experience of hands on working on site.
This idea of opening was affecting structural stability of the form.
By uplifting position of the radius of sphere increases the height of the sphere. Shape doesn’t loose its own character by sinking one forth part of sphere into the ground.
r= 710 mm
PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK STUDENT VERSION
With the help of guide, we achieved the circumference of the sphere and making guide the centre of this sphere. The dimensions of the form was derived by using 500 tiles (including tiles of both layer).
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Here, the guide is placed at the center of the sphere tied to a metal rod.
The sketch has an opening of almost half of its overall radius.
PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK STUDENT VERSION
The sketch shows the position and size of the opening. Different sizes of openings, changes it’s purpose.
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String Guide
h= 1200mm
Cement base acts as a foundation of this form.
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The iron rod was fixed on the point marked on the ground. The string was attached to the rod which acted as a guide.
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The string which is attached to the guide provides an angle for laying tiles. This method gives accurate curvature of shape.
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Laying of tile with the help of a guide at a certain angle, to attain the curvature of the shape.
Covering the first layer of tile with cement to bind the form and then, tying the chicken mesh on the form.
Applying cement slurry to cover the chicken mesh with the help of lelu (Trowel), for providing smooth surface for laying the tile.
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Staggering of the tile to break the vertical bond. The tiles were cut into half to attain the precise curvature of the form.
The second layer of cement is added to cover the chicken mesh and to provide a smooth surface for laying the tile.
The outermost layer is covered with smoother surface of tile.
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While constructing the shell, due to some errors in its method of construction, there were some on-site failures which helped in understanding the handling of material and how minor errors in using the guide leads to deformation of the geometry.
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UVARSAD DOCUMENTATION
Documented the housing typology of Uvarsad where understood their concerns about the spatial planning in the houses and inside-outside relation of spaces. The part to whole and whole to part relation of the spaces and knowing the materials used and arrival of dimensions of spaces through that.
Section CC’
Mezzanine Plan
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Section AA’ First Floor Plan
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Ground Floor
Section BB’
Section DD’
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First floor common room
From first floor towards attic.
Wall Section 01
Wall Section 02
Wall Section 03
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TECHNICAL DRAWINGS
Documenting and understanding the technical details and joineries for the elements like staircase for different materials. Studying the junctions of the element where two different parts of the element meets.
Pol House, Jyotiben Patel, Desai ni Pol Detail B
Joinery of handrail and vertical support
Detail C
Joinery of stringer with the landing
Section AA’
Front Elevation Front Elevation
Plan
Detail E
Detail A
Joinery of tread and stringer
Net House, Matharoo Associates
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Plan at 1334 mm level
Section AA’
Detail 03
Plan and elevation of clamp C
Plan at 3370 mm level
Section BB’
Detail 01
Elevation of clamp A
Detail 04
Plan of clamp D
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SERVICES - PLUMBING
UWT
Understanding technical details, design concerns and the different stages about how plumbing is done for a whole house or society to a single toilet. Studying the construction process about the plumbing services and its application and concerns.
G.T.
M.H. 01
Macro level plumbing
Septic Tank GSPublisherVersion 0.35.100.100
M.H. 02
Plan
Overhead Water Tank Diameter - 1200 mm Height - 1200 mm Capacity - 1000 litres Sintex Tank
Man Hole
Secondary drainage pipe
Water tank
Primary water inlet pipe
Pump
Secondary water inlet pipe
Primary drainage pipe
Hot water pipe
Manhole given for future I.L. 02 connection to the gutter
Gully Trap ( G.T.) - L X B - 600 mm X 350 mm - Invert level 01(I.L. 01) - 1000 mm
Underground Water Tank L X B X H - 1200 mm X 900 mm X 1500 mm Capacity - 1000 litres RCC made tank
Manhole 01(M.H. 01) - L X B - 600 X 600 mm - Invert level 02(I.L. 02) - 1032 mm
Municipality water supply Society borewell water supply
Water Supply system
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Section AA’
Waste water pipe
Submergible water pump
Society borewell water supply
I.L. 03
Drainage system
Manhole 02(M.H. 02) given for future gutter line connection - L X B - 600 mm X 600 mm Septic Tank - L X B - 900 mm X 1200 mm - Invert level 03(I.L. 03) - 1070 mm
Micro level plumbing
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V1
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230mm thick brick walls
Slope
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Slope
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PlanPlan of private toilet Plan of private toilet
Construction of the structure Column, Beam and Sunk. slab.
Section - AA’
12mm thick plaster
25mm OD PVC Domestic water supply
600mm x 600mm grid
12mm thick 12mm thick plaster plaster 115mm ledge
600mm x 600mm 600mm x 600mm grid grid
wall
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Construction of masonry walls and ledge wall.
Chalk line on the walls for water supply pipe fixing
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Plastering on ledge wall and masonry walls.
Drawing of tile pattern on the plastered walls. Dimension of tile - 600mm x 600mm
Jari work on the wall, with chalk to represent the position of pipes in the wall.
Laying of water supply pipes inside the wall.
Shower kit
110mm OD PVC Soil waste pipe
ingPlastering on masonry on walls. masonry walls.
Drawing of tile pattern onpattern the plastered walls. Drawing of tile on the plastered walls. DimensionDimension of tile - 600mm 600mm x 600mm of tile -x 600mm 75mm OD PVC Domestic Waste water pipe
Wall mounted Urinal Wall mounted WC Nahani trap Tabletop Washbasin
25mm Laying of drainage pipes below the slab. OD PVC
Domestic water supply pipe
Fixing 25mm OD PVC Domestic water
of tiles and faucets.
110mm OD
110mm OD Adding PVC Soilpartition walls and fixing of PVC Soil waste pipe sanitaryware and accessories. waste pipe
Axonometric view of the plumbing layout of the washroom.
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EXPLORATIONS
It includes the explorations of different mediums of rendering, understanding of concepts through tesellation, designing the context with reference to design, semiotics of understanding housing typology, and expression of perception through graphics.
Designing a city fabric built around the multipurpose community center where a water body is a part of the city.
Different mediums used for understanding the details of an accident - collage created for knowing the idea of composition.
Tessellation based on the concept of symmetry, repitition, rhythm.
Taking a part of Picasso’s and MC Esher’s painting, to understand the language its follows and when combined how each and every line is a part of each other.
પાેલ-મ- પાેલ
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Hello! I Girish My Age 65 Retired Bank Manager
Hi! I am Deep Girishbhai’s Son I am businessman running electronic shop
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Hey! I am Zara I am House-wife
Hi! My name is Khushboo I am 3 years old
‘‘ રાેજ નાે �ાસ’’
A very famous story teller amongst the chillar party, Girishbhai, 65 years old man who is a retired bank manager living happily with his wife Lalitaben , son Deep, daughter-in- law Zara and granddaughter Khushboo. Every morning he wakes up at 7:30am to collect milk from Satabhai.
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As a part of semiotics, a story was built around two housing typology - pol house and slums where how transition and change happens when one goes from pol house to slums and vice versa. The changes in living style and spatial changes which affect the routine were traced.
The poster and collage is the exploration of mediums through which one can be perceptive and arise the feeling of perception when seen and it was done as a part of the studio about abstraction where how one word is felt through the experience in the pavillion.
Ferrocement product - Bottle Holder Exploration of possibilities of forms in ferrocement and to understand its properties and structural stability.
Jetavan - by Sameep Padora For understanding the material rammed earth.
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GRAPHIC DESIGN Table Of Contents
RAMMED EARTH
Setting Sail
Rammed earth is a technique of constructing homogeneous walls by compacting wet mixture of clay, sand, gravel and silt in between a formwork. The wall is constructed in layers and the technique is majorly found in northern parts of India(Ladakh, Aravalli ranges), Russia, Brazil, Germany and some parts of The Great Wall Of China.
RAW MATERIALS
Documenting indigenous knowledge systems of shipbuilding at mandvi, kutch
Inorganic sub-soil - Clay(5% - 20%) Sand and gravel(45% - 80%) Silt(10% - 30%) Other materials like cement or lime are used as stabilizers.Sometimes, natural pigments are added to the mixture to get varied colours.
PROCESS OF MAKING Rammed earth walls are made by first testing the inorganic sub-soil mixture and checking the proportions, then adding the stabilisers to increase the strength in dry mix, then sprinkling water, breaking lumps and then, ramming the mixture layer by layer into the formwork.
SIZE AND COST The maximum spanning of rammed earth walls is 1.5 to 2 m. The cost of constructing a rammed earth wall per sq.m is Rs.1500.
Fig.22 Rammed earth walls
PROPERTIES The U-value(Thermal transmittance) for a 300mm thick rammed earth wall is 1.9-2.0 W/m2K. The R-value(Thermal resistance) for 300mm rammed earth wall is 0.35-0.70 m2K/W. It has good resistance towards fire as the mixture doesnot contain any flammable substances but as it is fully exposed to moisture, it needs protection from rain and long term resistance at the top and bottom of the walls.
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BUILDING USE
32 River Shores
Techniques and Details of Ship making
Dra
Trade Routes Locations Mind Map
East Side West Side
Study of Anthropometry Tools Joineries Wood Impressions
Elev Sec Plan
It is used in constructing walls and for flooring.
Fig.23 Fixing formwork for constructing the wall
Fig.24 Rammed earth wall panels in Jetavan
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Setting sails, Mandvi
Chapter name
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Introduction to Mandvi
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Material Manual
Setting Sails Publication
Nasik: Understanding people and places publication
Reinterpreting surfaces publication Content Preface
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Objective
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Geographical location
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Brief History
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City and culture
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Ambeykar Wada
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Goreram Mandir
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Koshire Mandir
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Dixit Wada
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Comparative Analysis
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Third Layer Construction
Introduction to Site
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Site Context
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Programmatic Interventions
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Glossary Nashik-Understanding people and places 01
On Site Construction
The outermost layer of the tile is placed in a direction that is perpendicular to the direction of the tile laid in the first layer. It is important to break the bond while placing the tile on the cement layer.
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The excess of cement slurry should be removed by gently hitting on the tile, to align the adjacent layer.
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Bibliography
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Illustration Credits
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This layer includes cladding of tile on the outer most layer of cement.
Study of Site
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The cement slurry (cement and water) should be applied on the undulated side of the tile, which provides a better grip when placed on a smooth cement surface.
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Study of Wada Typology
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Acknowledgement
Introduction to Nashik city
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To avoid the collapse of the structure, the tiles should be staggered while laying. The breaking of bonds provides stability to the structure.
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Water supply demand: 31 MLD Actual water supply -27 MLD
Number of Households - 41,140 (Census 2011)
Ground water
Slum area (66360)
115
litres
MIGRATION
135
Source 3
litres
Economic factors
Unemployment, Poverty, low consumption, living standard
Political factors
Bad governance, democracy of low thinking, services and facilities which can be provided by the government is less, for security there are less rights or laws to oppose
Ecological factors
Ecologic disaster, lack of natural resources, water shortage, lack of environmental policy
Source 2
Sump Required water supply per person
Why people are migrating?
Transport
Food distribution
1 Work/Employment 10.22 % (4.66 cr.)
Business 0.96% (0.43 cr.)
Education 1.77% (0.80 cr.)
Marriage 49.35% (22.5 cr.)
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Water tank
Moved with household 15.39% (7.01 cr.)
Moved after birth 10.57 % (4.70 cr.)
82.18%
14.61 cr.
Work, Employment and Business
Marriage
Moved after birth/ with household
Other 11.74% (5.35 cr.)
Education
According to 2011 Census
Types of migration Long term migration
Short term migration
term migrants.
Location of various wells in the city Water recharge zone
Production wells
Water field
Shallow wells
Water tank
Deep wells
Wards having fully piped water supply
Long term migrants are people from upper income groups, educated and have jobs of long term.
6.50 Lakh 3.53 Lakh
Tap
Uttar Pradesh
12.2 Lakh
West Bengal
Gujarat
9.29 Lakh 3.6 Lakh
restore the ecological balance by harnessing, conserving and developing degraded natural resources such as soil, vegetative cover and water. The outcomes are prevention of soil run-off, regeneration of natural vegetation, rain water harvesting and recharging of the ground water table.
Madhya Pradesh
11.04 Lakh 2.39 Lakh
13.6 Lakh
27.55 Lakh 5.68 Lakh
35,441 1.47 Lakh
Construction -
Maharashtra
Migrants from Bihar Migrants from Uttar Pradesh
47.7 lakh
< 2 Lakh <10 Lakh 10-20 Lakh >20 Lakh
Andhra Pradesh
6.4 Lakh
Migrants from
12,303 9,904 According to article from bloombergquint,
Rajasthan -18.5 Lakh
for almost 88% of all internal migration (39.57 crore people).
88.09% (39.57 crore)
Agricultural labour -
Drivers -
Madhya Pradesh- 16.7 Lakh
According to 2011 Census, intra-state movement accounted
Intra-state
According to Census 2011, there are 45.6 crore(38%) migrants of the country’s total population.
7%
Loaders -
West bengal- 8.3Lakh
States With Biggest Influx Of Migrant (inter-state)
According to article from the logical indian,Internal
Other -
migrant flows can be classified based on origin and destination. One kind of classification is:
4%
7%
Overall migration
39.57
Cr.(Intra states)
Inter-state
11.91% (5.43 crore) Inter state Major states from where migrants are coming -UP, Bihar
Source- http://purimunicipality.nic.in/SBM/CitySanitationPlan.pdf http://pkdapuri.in/pdf/PKDA_vol1.pdf http://pkdapuri.in/pdf/PKDA_vol2_partB.pdf
35%
15.2 lakh
15.3 Lakh
The proximity of Puri to the sea hence poses a risk of salt water intrusion in the ground water resources. Source augmentation hence becomes very essential.
Top 5 major found occupations of short term migrants
4.96L
14.2 Lakh
Rajasthan
These migrants are less educated, from lower income groups, backward castes and have temporary jobs.
Assam
Bihar
Tube wells
309.64 cr.
Others ( Disaster, natural calamity, health reasons, for religious activities )
55% migrants of the total migrants are long
Production wells
67 14
ESR
Population
Elevated storage reservoir
Financial aid
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Other
Map showing water supply facility
Housing
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82.18 %
How the government helps migrants?
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Population covered under piped water supply
Water supply in different sectors
- Poor implementation of protections under the Inter-State Migrant Workmen Act, 1979 (ISMW Act) - Lack of portability of benefits - Lack of affordable housing and basic amenities in urban areas - Less acceptance from people for newer culture of people - Public facilities sometimes not available in rural areas
Social infrastructure
Other (133640)
Water supply received per person
What are the adversities faced by migrants?
Population growth, Indequate educational institutions, security purpose
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Total Population 2011 -2,00,564 2019 -2,60,000
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WATER SUPPLY - PURI
Rural-Rural
21 cr. (54%)
Rural-Urban
8 Cr.(19.5%)
Urban-Rural
3 Cr.(7%)
Urban-Urban
8 Cr. (19.5%)
Design process 05
IDEA
Nishant Patel - IU1843000014
08-10-2020
Indus university
Ria Sheth
- IU1843000028
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