ADAPTIVE REUSE OF MILL BUILDINGS
Mixed Use
U.S. MISSION TO THE UNITED NATIONS
Office Design
‘TRUTI’ An eco-resortKALA KHOJ
Artist’s Studio Workspaces
THE GRATE GRAPE
Retail Design
‘REFLECTIONS OF CONDITIONS’ Sketches
BUTTERFLY CHAIR
Furniture Design
EDRA 53 - HEALTHCARE IN DESIGN Greenville, SC (2022)
EDRA 54 - DESIGN RESEARCH PRESENTATION Mexico City, Mexico (2023)
Adaptive Reuse of Mill Buildings
THESIS DESIGN PROJECT
SITE: 1 Ferry Street, Easthampton, MA
‘Building 7’ is a one of its kind of housing scheme developed specially keeping in mind the growing art culture and the artist’s community in the mill heritage city of Easthampton, MA.
The project is surrounded by mill buildings which are in the process of redevelopment and surrounded by housing community and has a beautiful view of the Lower Mill Pond, which again has a lot of historic significance when the original building was a flourishing button factory in the 19th century.
The building is divided into three parts which serve a different purpose. The concrete addition is redeveloped as office spaces and conference rooms on different levels. The central part is converted to housing and studio spaces integrated for the artist’s with various housing requirements. The last volume is developed into community meeting space to hold larger number of people for community gatherings.
The first level also consists of an art gallery space to promote collaboration amongst artists and exposure in the community.
VIEW OF THE COMMUNITY SCHEME
EXPLODED VIEW OF THE HOUSING SCHEME
INDIVIDUAL HOUSING BLOCKS
ART GALLERY FOR COLLABORATIVE EXHIBITIONS
OFFICE AND MEETING SPACES AT DIFFERENT LEVELS
US State Department’s Diplomacy Lab
OFFICE DESIGN PROJECT
SITE: Geneva, Switzerland
For this project, the design studio participated with the US State Department’s Diplomacy Lab to work on the design of the new building for the U.S. Mission to the United Nations in Geneva. The Diplomacy Lab is a publicprivate partnership with the State Department.
This program includes various publicly accessible amenities and services, office space for many NGOs, and US state department functions with varying degrees of security classification.
One of the interesting things about designing an embassy building is that it exists to serve the public while also needing various levels of privacy to do so. For the design, we explored the relationship between the need for security and being open to the public.
The design process focuses on the idea of two clashing axes as a means of depicting the contrasting levels of security needed throughout the building.
• The idea plays with having one axis housing less secure spaces such as the lobby, gallery space and a commercial kitchen while the second axis would become a more secure space that held secure office spaces.
• The central circulation is planned so that it is accessible to both users and staff. There is a need for a secured circulation as well to cater only to the important spaces.
• The overall idea is to make the secure building almost a tower which is prominent from the surrounding whereas the public spaces remain landscaped in the site.
APPROACH
• Added sunken plaza to connect the exterior with the interior public space. Along this section, a section of the green roof would connect to the surrounding landscape while the other opened up to allow southern sun exposure.
• The green roof was initially designed making it accessible to walk for the public users to access the conference center, but later made it not accessible keeping in mind the security of the diplomacy building and the slope ratio on site.
SECTION ACROSS THE CONFERENCE CENTRE
Eco Resort Design in a Tourist Village HOSPITALITY DESIGN
SITE: Gajaldoba, West Bengal, India
The project is located in the village of Gajaldoba, West Bengal, India. The aim of the design brief was to contextualise interior spaces. The design intent is met by using locally available materials such as terrazzo, terracotta, clay shingles for roof. etc.
The concept of the project is ‘wabi-sabi’, which finds its roots in the japanese philosophy of perfectly imperfect. This concept is inspired by the location of the project which is located near the Teesta river. The river is an important factor in the site as it is home to migratory birds and also ends here to flow into the barrage. The road towards the site slopes down the contour and hence due to the height difference, the view of the Teesta is not visible from the site. This is one of the tragedies of the site. To compensate this, there is a view of a lake just next to the site, the serene views of which balances the imperfection of the river view.
BAR
RESTAURANT
VILLAS
SERVICE BLOCK
RECEPTION
SITE PLAN
ENTRANCE
SPA POOL VILLAS TEA LOUNGE
SECTION OF THE RESTAURANT
VIEW FROM THE BUFFET COUNTER
VIEW OF THE BAR SETTING
VIEW SHOWING BAR SEATING
INSTITUTIONAL DESIGN
SITE: Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
The design process involves three stages: initiating from smaller private spaces to clusters of these studios and finally composing these clusters to make an art center.
The ndividual studio spaces for artists which are designed to satisfy their work essentials and also their style and character.
Clusters: This involves selecting artists according to their work styles and interests and clubbing them with a common collaborative space such as workshops, library and gallery to cater to the initial idea of bringing artists together.
Composition: The last stage showcases the combination of the clusters to form a cohesive design for the artists residency.
G + 4
Calligrapher’s studio, Painter’s studio, Toilet, Terrace
G + 3
Library, Garden space, Furniture designer’s studio, Material Library, Toilet
G + 2
Painter’s studio, Weaving artist’s studio, Potter’s studio, Workshop, Toilet
G + 1
Potter’s studio, Sculptor’s studio, Textile designer’s studio, Open exhibition/ breakout space, Classroom, Ceramic Workshop, Toilet G Amphiteatre, Dancer’s Studio, Dancer’s Studio, Singer’s Studio, Theatre artist’s studio, Cafeteria, Exhibition Space, Admin, Toilet
Material library Classroom for design enthusiasts.
on the top floor Wood and metal workshop.
Luxury store design for wine and cheese
RETAIL DESIGN
SITE: Palladium Mall, Mumbai, India
The display unit is a part of a studio project which briefs about a luxury retail store. The project also included branding, working drawings and a designing a free standing display unit and fabricating it.
The design reference was a ferris wheel which has individual pods. Just as those carry humans, these will hold the best of wines. The whole system was made out of MS to hold the weight of the wine bottles, and later powder coated in black and gold. The system consists of three main parts which can be transported individually and assembled on site. It includes the wheel which holds the bottles, the pole which has an offset for flange of the wheel to join through and can be bolted at the back, the pole is joined to a base plate which holds the pole
1:1 FABRICATED DISPLAY
SECTION SHOWING THE DISPLAY AREA
EXPLODED VIEW OF THE STORE SECTION
Hand drawn collages which represents the extrordinary forms froms homes around the world. These are done from a series of four of BBC documentries. The homes are built on unusual areas like in desert, on mountain regions, underground and near the coast. These sketches can be called glimpes of these amazing built forms in the world.
These illustrations are published in two different editions of the monthly newsletter “The Plinth” of Faculty of Design, CEPT University, India.
Appropriate and emerging design technology
FURNITURE DESIGN
FURNITURE DESIGN THROUGH BIOMIMICRY
Butterfly wings are composed mainly of thin layers of a protein called chitin, the same protein in the exoskeletons and hard shells of insects and arthropods. Each of the two wings is divided into two parts, the upper forewing and the lower hindwing. On both sides of the wings are overlapping layers of tiny scales also made of chitin. The scales are responsible for much of the wings’ interesting properties: their color, iridescence, and air flow around the wing.They are attached to the second and third thoracic segments (the meso- and meta-thorax). Strong muscles in the thorax move the wings up and down in a figure-eight pattern during flight.
STAGE 1
The frame structure of the chair will be 3D printed and the seating will be made of lycra like stretchable frabic which take the form of human body.
WAFFLE GRID
RHINO 3D VIEWS
MODEL
STAGE 3
GRASSHOPPER
LYCRA LIKE FABRIC FOR SEATING
(10MM DIA) M.S. PIPE WELDED TO THE VORONOI SURFACE
M.S. MONOLITH STRUCTURE CASTED IN 3D PRINTED MOULD
