Rank 2 in All India Engineering Entrance Examination [Architecture], 2012.
Intern at Studio DRA, Noida, India, under Architect Kapil Handa. [2017]
Honorable mention in Archasm International design competition [Film city design], 2015.
Intern at Design Mafia [start up]. [2015]
Attended Computation Design and Emerging Technologies workshop by Future Studios [one], New Delhi. [2019] Completed Bachelor of Architecture from School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi. [2012-2018]
Thesis: issuu.com/saifiz/docs/ saifiz_thesis_report_final_issuu Seminar: issuu.com/saifiz/ docs/final_single_page
Schooling at S.N Vidya Bhavan, Kerala, India. [1997-2011]
Moonupeedika, Kerala, India -680686 www.saifiz.com@ gmail.com
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Bridge design and concepts. Resort Unit design. Measured drawing of Lodi garden complex.
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LANGUAGE: Created a model of Sanchi Stupa for blind chlidren.
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Park design at Green fields, Faridabad. Residence design at Green fields, Faridabad. Settlement study of Sarai Amanat Khan. Community Center at Sarai Amanat Khan.
Made a short film- “Kitaab” for the college short film competition.
HYP-Cup 2014 design competition- Unexpected City, incorporated in curriculum. Settlement study of Mandi. Student welfare center at IIT Mandi. Net-zero Office design in New Delhi.
Archasm design competition 2015- Film City Tower. Archasm design competition 2016- Paris Peace Pavilion. Sports Photography installation in college.
visit to under-construction Kishangarh airport. Jaipur International Airport design. Dissertation on “multi-storeyed Large span structures”. Internship at Studio DRA, under Architect Kapil Handa.
HYP-Cup 2016 design competition- Love Hotel. Archasm design competition 2016- Rio Olympic fanbox. Archasm design competition 2017- Hyde park Library.
Transit oriented Urban design at Sarai kale khan, Delhi. Research, presentation and ehibition on impact of urban transportation on built form in 2037 Delhi as part of Projecting 2037 seminar series. Thesis on Sports City Kochi, India. Installation using recycled bottle and flouroscent paint as part of “new media art” elective.
PERSONAL STATEMENT : In the following pages, I have put together some of my slected projects, both academic and beyond, which showcase qualities I prioritise while approaching a design project : flexibility, experimental approach, structural challenges, repetative patterns and complex geometry. With the growth of our population and resulting scarcity of resources, adaptability has become one of the key driving factors for technological and infrastructural advancements. The increasing number of parameters have exposed the limitations of the traditional design methods and we have already started facing the consequences. It is of utmost importance that we realize that every design decision will impact the lives of people. With the rapid developments in computational design, we are witnessing evolutions in the design process involved in architecture on various scales. I believe that exploring the fields of complex geometries, machine learning and artificial intelligence is the next step to understanding the design process better and push its limits for the best.
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sck. Architectural Thesis. Semester X.
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sports city kochi. ACADEMIC : YEAR : TYPE : PROFFESOR : MEDIUM :
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Architectural Thesis Studio 2018 [Semester X] Individual Ar. Shirish Malpani Prof. Manoj Mathur Prof. Jaya Kumar Computerised sheets and model
Even though the site is located along the outskirts of the city of Kochi, it remains well connected through different modes of transportationroad, rail and water.
Site location:
The design involves creating vibrant, walkable, mixed-use Sports communities surrounded by transit stations.
Country: India State: Kerala District: Ernakulam City: Kochi Ward: Kakkanad
In a country of over a billion people, we only have a handful of champions. The sporting culture in India is very weak and sports as a career is still an unfamiliar thought. The proposition of the thesis lies within creating an advanced facility for sports in the city of Kochi that would help spread the sporting culture in the city as well as serve as a stepping stone in raising the sporting standards of the country. The project of this scale would serve as an urban initiative for an inclusive approach towards developing the quality of sports infrastructure and education in the city.
Sky: Indoor facilities stacked together towards the sky. Earth: Athletics, football ground and hockeys interacting with ground
Conceptual Visualisation of Sports City
Water: Rowing facilities in the existing natural water body.
Concept of creating an interlink with Nature
Conceptual visualisation of Sports Tower 4
Ariel View of the Sports City
Rowing/Canoeing 5
Athletics Track
Football Academy
BUILDING PROGRAMME: The Entire Programme is been divided into the following major components: 1] Sports Tower 2] Hostel block 3] Residetial 4] KBFC football academy The Indoor sports cover them maximum part of the total built up required as it includes almost all the olympic indoor facilities. The residential apartments cover the majoritty of the remaining area.
Ground floor: Football Academy
SPORTS TOWER: The sports tower forms the main focus of the sports city project as the design explores a new building typology for a sports facility. As an attempt to make this one of the best facility, the inclusion of all olympic indoor sports creates a scope to build vertical due to lack of ground cover.
Ground floor: Sports Tower The Kerala Blasters Academy consists of Offices, Match Area, Fan zone, Fitness center, Recreation area and Lecture facilities. FOOTBALL ACADEMY: The Kerala Blasters Academy consists of Offices, Match Area, Fan zone, Fitness center, Recreation area and Lecture facilities. HOSTEL BLOCK: The Hostel block consists of Boys hostel, Girls hostel, Rowing Area and the stadium support. It has been designed in a way that it interacts and responds to the activities surrounding it.
Ground floor: Hostel Block
Site Plan 6
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Sports Cloud
Indoor Sports Facilities
The design creates an experience of the collective, where the sports facilities interact and compliment eachother sharing a common open space. The corridor provides a view of the outdoor sport facilities along with the essence of the nature, framed by the group of indoor sports arenas, forming what is called a sports cloud.
As an attempt to make this one of the best facility, the inclusion of all olympic indoor sports facilities creates a scope to build vertical due to lack of ground cover. This results in the process of modular stacking.
Building Services The MEP service layout and details showing both internal and external services. The service diagram shows the Electrical, HVAC and plumbing layout of a particular floor of the sports tower.
Building Structures The Tower’s structural system is a combination of Moment frame, shearwall and Braced frame system. Braced frame
1] Plumbing layout of the basement floor 2] HVAC layout of a indoor court floor 3] Electric layout of a typical floor
The sports facilities are therefore supported by a braced frame system. While the central core is made of shear wall, the remaining support functions are within the moment frame. Open web joists have been used as the flooring system with joist girders carrying the major spanning load across the sports facilities.
Moment frame
Shear wall core
1:000 scale physical model
Pile foundation
Whole structure
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skk. Urban Design. Semester IX.
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sarai kale khan. ACADEMIC : YEAR : TYPE : PROFFESOR : MEDIUM :
2 Urban Design Studio 2017 [Semester IX] Group of 4 Ar. Rajiv Agarwal Prof. Aruna Ramani Computerised sheets and Model
Site Profile. Bus terminal placed in close proximity to the ring road, metro and rrts station and the sarai khale khan settlement.
Isbt divided into arrival, concourses and departure. Community facilities and ews aligned along the settlement. Retail close to the ring road adjoining the arrival block.
Post area analysis, the zoning call for introduction of a tower to free up an urban plaza at its podium. Ews is positioned above the community facilities. Hotel is positioined on top of the tower giving priority to views.
Final massing and zoning. Addition of the mandatory green and other complimentry green patches provides life to the overall settlement.
In keeping with the policy of increasing the population holding capacity and proper utilization of land within city limits, the strategy is to carry out intense re-development in the specific pocket. Under the Transit Oriented Development norms of the Masterplan and as per the approved proposal this pocket will cater to the inter-city and intra-city transport need of the future, by housing underground the DMRC Metro and exits on surface, the overhead RRTS Station for the northsouth line and the terminal for the Meerut line, exits on surface, the sky-walk connection to the Nizzamuddin Railway station, the ISBT and the local bus terminal along with essential support facilities for all the transports function and additional commercial, residential and support facilities.
Movement diagram 10
Site Plan
Mall Drop-off 11
Bus stops near Retails
Departures
Departure Block
The typical hotel floors begins at the 59th floor and continues till the 78th floor (19 floors) after a few hotel admin floors. The office core is discontinued from this floor (59th) and instead transforms into an atrium adding a grandeur to the space. The floors alternately extend into the atrium forming lounges for the guests to relax and interact by. The hotel block begins at the 55th floor of the tower, where situated are our secondary double-heighted hotel lobby (connected with the ground floor lobby) and admin, and shops.
The office are located on floors 3-9, 11-24, 26-39, 41-54,interjected by the foodcourts in between. Each space is provided with their own washrooms, as well as good connectivity to the common core facilities.
Each EWS unit is around 25 square metres and provides all basic housing necessities.
The Retail block connect the arrival block and the departure block with rest of the development. The block is zoned along the ring road to facilitate vehicular connectivity. The block is 5 floors: 3 floors of retail and 2 floors of the arrivals. Each floor has 2 service cores alond with escalators.
The EWS block consists of the EWS units and the public facilities. The block is zoned close to the Sarai Kale Khan settlement to facilitate public interaction and development. The public facilities occupy the lower levels of the block, while the EWS units are staggered in an incline.
The retail shops are placed around the 3 level atrium with a skylight on top. This lights up the building and provides natural light for the arrival floor which is below the ground level.
The foodcourts are a supplementary function catering to the office population. Adjoined is a multi-cuisine restaurant also serving the daily office goers and visitors. Both function are directly connected to both the cores, main circulatory and service.
The base of the tower at +0 level is dedicated to areas linking the tower as a whole. This includes : 1. office lobby and its main dropoff 2. hotel lobby and its main dropoff 3. hotel back of the house function The cores connect the retail units to the ISBT Arrivals on the lower level.
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caa. Research and Presentation. Semester IX.
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connected and autonomous. ACADEMIC : YEAR : TYPE : PROFFESORS : MEDIUM :
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Research Presentation Seminar 2017 [Semester IX] Group of 6 Prof. Anvita Arora Prof. Anjali Mittal Computerised sheets, Research paper and Installation
Come 2037, the culture of ownership will have changed dramatically and people will simply not buy the way they do today. Products will have evolved into services, and this shall reflect in the mobility sector as well. This sharing economy will be enabled by the Internet of Things giving rise to a transportation internet, where every individual will own a ride rather than a vehicle, among other developments with respect to mobility and daily commute. This seminar aims to uncover and account for the effect of such developments on the built form, where shared value is the key deciding factor. WORKING OF 2037: PROJECTION – EVOLUTION OF PRODUCTS INTO SERVICES : Even though the extreme scenario of a person owning nothing at all seems to be a reality only in a fictitious world, yet the scenario of a person having access to all the services without ownership looks like a reality by 2037. Using megatrends (EY, McKinsey, Frost and Sullivan, Quantumrun projections) as a source and research material to project 2037 based on current analysis, it is essential to notice an increased demand for service-based organisations. Simply put, customers are changing how they choose to acquire technology, mainly focusing on individual services and outcomes a product provides rather than the product itself. In short, everything that was considered a product, will eventually become a service. This will open doors for people to utilize their liability as an asset. This incentivisation will in turn speed up the move towards a circular economy rather than the current system of a linear economy. 14
DEVELOPMENT IN TRANSPORTATION - THE RISE OF THE TRANSPORTATION INTERNET : The future of transportation is often derived by strong desires for personal freedom and people’s need to gain control over lifestyles that are moving faster and faster. Just as the IoT allows a more user centric control of technology through AI, transportation will also focus on the flexibility of a user by incorporating technologies like the IoT.
Transportation Network Interaction
Smart Traffic lights
Due to the evolution of AI and Internet of Things, there is going to be a development known as the ‘Transportation Internet’. Since everything would be self-regulated, the integration of driverless tech would substantially change the equation of logistics of any transportation system. CHANGES IN THE BUILT FORM IN THE CITY DUE TO THE CONFLUENCE OF FUTURE TRANSPORTATION AND IOT : With the realization that congestion cannot be tackled by simply adding on to the network of roads, sustainable mass rapid transport modes are being given much priority. With such paradigm shift, it is essential to also look into the transit mode’ future in terms of its built form. With the major influence of Internet of Things, the concept of smart bus shelters, parking towers etc are on the rise. In the upcoming 20 years, public transportation’s role as the backbone of urban mobility is being further expanded and continually modernized. For example, in integrated planning, with walking and cycling as part of eco-mobility, whose share of road space is increasing. Supplementing this, citizens also have individual transport modes at their disposal (bicycles, e-bikes, electric cars and transporters), indeed precisely when and where needed by an individual, which is essentially mobility on demand. This “sharing” provision, following the principle of “using not owning,” is being introduced and extended by various providers and helps to greatly reduce the amount of public space currently taken up by private cars. A personal, mobile and electronic mobility assistant allows all the available means of dealing with daily mobility to be weighed up, and situation-specific optimal variants to be selected.
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Effects on Built form
Apart from the role of transportation and IoT changing built form, urban design has to brace itself for the change it will undergo in the next 20 years. With a focus on denser urban scenarios, the implementation of density tax, replacing the concept of property tax will also probably take place. A density-based property tax provides a financial incentive for people who choose to live in more densely populated areas. Solutions like this will encourage more equity in the market as young professionals and families would be able to afford cheaper housing right in the core of the city. However, due to large scale job loss scenario, the future will also look at providing mass affordable housing solutions for those affected. This further accentuates the argument that mass transit systems and ride owning/ sharing shall be of paramount importance to move around. The Game THE INSTALLATION : The installation was conceived as part of an interactive atmosphere where visitors, first and foremost, be explained the narrative via panels and then apply the narrative onto the game. At present and twenty years from now, the internet of things acts as an enabler to feed us with all the information we need in order to make the right choices to commute from one place to another. In this game, the information provided for the person playing (travelling) the game is limited so that the person himself/herself has to make certain calculations to try and decipher the most efficient path to reach the destination. Of course, 20 years from now, IoT will give us the most personalised and optimum solution, but the aim of the game is that the player must find it on his own. Towards the end of the seminar, we would compare the scores of all the players and find the most efficient path in term of time and money. So, hence this game is a process through which we are taking the players along with us to find the most efficient path. This exact process is what is being followed by the internet of things to provide us with the most efficient and best options.
“This projection is something we have been trying to visualise for a while now, and your group has explained them wonderfully through the installation and illustrations. Keep it up.� - Sanjay Gupta [ Head of Department of Transport Planning, SPA Delhi] 16
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Airport Design. Semester VII.
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jaipur international airport. ACADEMIC : YEAR : TYPE : PROFFESOR : MEDIUM :
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Large Span Design Studio 2016 [Semester VII] Individual Prof. Kalpana Sethi Prof. Anil Bhatia Computerised sheets and model
The brief of the Large span design studio was to design a passenger terminal for the Jaipur International Airport. The Airport being the gateway of the city, the design focuses on representing its image and essence by integrating it with the form of the Jaipur International Airport; taking inspiration from the traditional handmade carpets of Jaipur and linking it with the concept of the flying carpet in Aladdin. For meeting this challenge, the building roof form has been conceptualised in the form of a flying carpet, a moderator of the cultural portrait, and as a solution to the efficiency needs of the day by integration of active renewable energy systems.
Site Plan
Model image 1
Model image 2
View from the Airside 18
Arrival floor, normally zoned on the ground floor. Departure floor zoned above the arrival floor .
The terminal oncourse connects both the arrival and departure floor on the airside of the terminal.
Addition of roof. Roof is one of the most important element of an airport.
Envelope below the roof for the inclusion of all the spaces within and keep it air tight .
Applying skin and design pattern on the exterior members. Skylight designadds detail to the concept of the roof.
Departure floor
Skylight Large span roof
The carpet inspired roof form takes inspirations from the traditional Rajastani embroidery for the skylight design.
Steel truss
Steel trusses form the backbone of the carpet like roof.
False cieling
The false ceiling deisgn compliments the skylight Structure is composed steel 3 elements: Mega arches support the departure floor, peripheral cross arches take the major roof load and concrete columns carry load on the minor span.
concrete columns Mega arch Observation tower
Aerobridge floor
Cross arch Suspenders Building envolope
The suspended departure floor provides a notion of departure on a flying carpet while satisfying the visual element as well. Concourse
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Arrival floor
Departure floor concept
Structural complexity
Sky light concept
Concept revolves around providing the user both visual and physical experience of departure. The suspended departure floor provides a notion of departure on a flying carpet while satisfying the visual element as well.
The structural system consists of a steel ribs and concrete column structures to take the load of the roof. The departure floor is suspended on the two central mega arches while the peripherial cross arches take the major roof load.
The carpet inspired roof form takes inspirations from the traditional Rajastani embroidery for the skylight design. The elements such as the borders and the rectangular pattern forms the main inspiration for the skylight.
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Competition Entry: sheet 1/3 21
The love hotel.
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COMPETITION : HYP-UIA Cup YEAR : 2016 TYPE : Group of 4 JURY : Bernard Tschumi Cul Kal Jaque Ferrler MEDIUM : 3 Computerised sheet
Ant farms reveal a different means of achieving space making and movement in space.
Unlike hamans that incline to additive process of designing, ant tend to achieve their architecture by subtractive process, making tunnels through earth with wider chambers. These tunnels interlink and form chambers.
Inspired by this concept, the end chambers become the rooms in the love hotel, and the interlinked tunnel becomes the the corridors.
The building provides multiple pathways to rooms. The network tends to become smarter detecting movement and provides shortest path.
Architecture almost exclusively uses visual means to outline what it does: Plans, Sections, Elevations, Perspectives, Axonometrics. But what about movement—the movement of bodies in space? Are there modes of notation applicable to what has been excluded from architectural discourse? The competition demands to invent new modes of notation that not only include the proposed movement of bodies in space, but also lead to an architectural concept, namely an overriding idea that directs the development of the scheme. The program will act as an urban generator, a place that can foster and encourage new modes of living unknown till today. Participant had to choose one of the following five programs: library, museum, clinic, love hotel, cemetery. For the program we have designed a Love Hotel in the city of Hong Kong, inspired from the concept of an Ant Hill and the movement of bodies within.
View of the corridor
Front Elevation 22
Competition Entry: sheet 2/3 23
Competition Entry: sheet 3/3 24
Competition Entry: sheet 1/1 25
FILM city TOWER.
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COMPETITION : Archasm [Mumbai Filmcity tower] YEAR : 2015 TYPE : Group of 3 JURY : Cyrus Patel Rafael Gonzalez del castillo Sancho Amit Gupta MEDIUM : 1 Computerised sheet
View of the vertical green
View of the bridge connections
The aim of this competition is to design a ‘Film City Tower’ in Mumbai and explore the possibility of a new vertical typology for a film city. The project resolves to put Bombay and Bollywood on the global map through a futuristic and contemporary landmark for the city. The design attempts to portray a dual nature with respect to both the city of Mumbai and film making. The outer facade represents the digital and technological advancements, while the inner facade stands for its evergreen art. The LED facade expresses a dynamic nature in creating a loop from black and white to colour, represennting the shift in the film making. A total of 324 entries were recieved by the organizers, of which 3 winners and 10 honourable mentions were announced.
view of the tower
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Competition Entry: sheet 1/1 27
the fan crater.
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COMPETITION : Archasm [Rio Olympics fanbox] YEAR : 2016 TYPE : Group of 2 JURY : Arthus Casas Flavia Quintanilha Adrian Welch MEDIUM : 1 Computerised sheet
View inside the Tunnel
The aim of the competition was to design a SUSTAINABLE FANBOX’, a new typological structure and mascot for the games that would be the prime interaction and gathering zone for the spectators during the Rio Olympics 2016. The Fan Crater has its concept derived from the crater created by a meteorite when it hits the surface of the Earth. The crater becomes an important landmark on the surface of the planet for people to witness. The designed fanbox takes inspiration from the impact that the meteorite has created relating to the magnitude of impact that every athletes make aims for in the olympic games. Thus the fanbox becomes a landmark for them to witness their countrymen perform at their best. Inspired from the simple concept of building a sand castle, the Fanbox enclosure is made up of sand and remaining elements are made of steel. Once the games are over, the sand is flattened and the steel structures are dismantled and taken away or replicated somewhere else. Thus the temporary and sustainable nature of the fan box is well established. This leaves no mark on the environment, but ensures an unforgettable experience for the fans. A total of 454 entries were recieved by the organizers, of which 25 designs were shortlisted and 3 winners were announced.
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Competition Entry: sheet 1/1 29
the uprooted impact.
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COMPETITION : Archasm [Paris Peace Pavillion] YEAR : 2016 TYPE : Group of 3 JURY : Cedric Petididier Raphael Bouchemousse Adrian Welch MEDIUM : 1 Computerised sheet
Exterior view of Memorial 1
Interior view of the Memorial
The aim of the competition is to design a ‘Peace Pavillion’ in Paris that would exhibit the virtues of hope and tolerance, translated through the language of art and architecture. The competition hopes to stimulate and educate people about the virtues of social and religious harmony,and translate the message of peace,and innovate and redefine the aesthetic approach towards designing a pavillion. The design of the peace pavillion revolves around the concept of an uprooted impact. The design is divided into three scenarios: expression of chaos(drop-off, assembly area, random movement of people), realising the losses and its impact on the rest of the world( the memorials, ripples in the water) and coming together to promote peace, contemplate, appreciate and encourage ones who are striving for it.
View inside the Meditation hall
The view of the Pavilion complex 30
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