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Champa ka ped (Plumeria alba)

Graphic interpretation of parts of a tree - Bark, foliage, leaves, branching and flowering.

Contents Academic works Wazirabad housing community, Gurgaon Bachelor of Architecture, third year.(2011)

Brownfield remediation at Rakhi Mandi, Kanpur Bachelor of Architecture, fifth year.(2013)

Professional works The Crest, residential landscape, Gurgaon Oracles Landscape.(2016)

Amrita Shergill Marg residence, New Delhi Oracles Landscape.(2017)

Personal works Courtyard, design explorations (2015)

Copycat Paperworks, Handmade products (2014-2016)

Urban village extension - High rise residential view

Urban Village extension, Wazirabad Location

Gurgaon, India

Site Area

26.5 hectares

Team Members Contribution

About

urban housing

Three Site survey and analysis, concept evolution, green spine design, graphic representation.

Gurgaon is one of the leading metropolitan cities in India, and along with its intense degree of development, it’s villages find themselves increasingly isolated from the society around them.

“The villages have been squeezed between private colonies. Life in villages is becoming difficult, “ said Naresh Yadav of Sarhol village. (excerpt from an article on www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com)

The urbanisation of Gurgaon has seen most of its urban villages deplored, with people fast moving out. Communities that once thrived with agrarian activities at their core are fast evolving into empty shells, with delipidated housing and open spaces used as makeshift parking lots and illegal alcohol shops fueling anti-social activities.

This loss of a culturally rich urban structure urges to create an urban core that renews community involvement and encourages the renewal of a healthy social structure at Gurgaon’s urban villages and associated open spaces.

Gurgaon’s open spaces

survey

Open spaces have little association with the surrounding built. They are encroached upon, by dump yards and illicit businesses.

Predominantly middle-aged men are observed sauntering at the large expanses of desolate land. Women and children’s safety is also of concern. Last mile transportation is missing because of buildings enclosed in high boundary walls.

Wazirabad Village Unique architectural charecter.

Mixed use development.

Village expanding outward.

Farmland Existing tilled land at site.

Public Plaza as an auxilary to Artemis, for services like Bus stand/Taxi stand

Artemis Hospital City wide medical facility catchment.

Community Kachha road Informal pedestrian connections through the site.

Sub arterial road Well connect site ,proposed metro line & stations. Acts as an expansion edge for urban village.

Housing typologies

Access High rise mid density mixed use housing.

Rejuvination resort for medical tourism catchment.

Informal junctions Informal pedestrian nodes through the site.

Artisan Village & LIG/MIG housing as an extension to the urban village.

Farmlands retained.

Activite points

Connectors

Farmland preserved

‘green spine’

Farmland Green Spine

The project site at the intersection of an urban village, arterial road and active open space becomes a magnet for towards the urban village.

Wazirabad pattern

Urban Village extension

High rise mixed use development

Built mass Circulation Open space

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Proposed Site Plan

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EXISTING BUILT

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TEMPLE/MOSQUE/GURUDWARA

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FARMLAND

4

REJUVINATION CENTRE

7

2

REED BED

5

FARMER’S MARKET

8

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PUBLIC PLAZA

12

SPORTS ZONE

10

EXISTING MALL

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TAXI STAND

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ACCESIBILITY Entrances Roads

ARTISAN’S VILLAGE COMMUNITY CENTRE & SUB STATION

HIGH RISE RESIDENTIAL COMPLEX GROUND COVERAGE 27.58% 31.11% 30.30% DENSITY

BUILDING USE Medical Commercial/Services Recreation Health care Religious Government buildings

61.89 DU/HA 38.8 DU/HA 156 DU/HA FLOOR AREA RATIO 0.90 2.11 0.51

ARTISAN’S VILLAGE MASSING SYSTEM Module A (50 sqm)

Module C (150 sqm) breadth side open 2 breadth side open

breadth side open

Module B (75 sqm)

Module D (225 sqm)

breadth side open lengh side open opposite side open (breadth) opposite side open (legnth) 2 adjasent side open 3 adjasent side open

breadth side open

Location and orientation of each block chosen on basis of number of sides open, occupation of user and overall solar shading to best utilise mutual shading and save on energy costs.

Business residence at ground floor, worker’s residence above.

Artisan residence at ground floor, worker’s residence above.

Worker residence

SUMMER SOLISTICE

WINTER SOLISTICE

Artisan’s village typical elevation

Artisan’s village typical section

In 2014, Indian Government undertook an exercise to assess pollution levels in some of the highly polluted industrial areas of India. It then released a list of 43 most polluted areas, 3 of which are in Kanpur, terming them critically polluted, and identifying them as requiring urgent intervention and pollution abatement measures. The exercise proved futile as these areas remain highly polluted and have brought no change in the lives of people living near them.

Brownfield remediation, Rakhi mandi Location

Kanpur, India

Site Area

7 acres

Team Members Contribution

About

fifth year

Indivisual Site analysis, concept design, design development,

The Comprehensive Environment Pollution Index rates Kanpur as the 15th most polluted city in India, with at least 4 critically polluted sites.

Every month more than 2000 million ton of sludge from cloth tanneries is dumped on the open ground, where chromium turns into toxic Cr+6 and percolates down the lower aquifers.

These toxic constituents, dumped at the 4 most populated municipal zones in Kanpur, range up to 6 to 10 mg/l of water, which is almost 1000 times the maximum permissible level of .01 mg/l of water fixed by the World Health Organization for drinking purposes.

The project presented here is a comprehensive development plan of a parcel of area, at Rakhi Mandi, Kanpur. Previously a dumping ground for hexavalent chromium, it is now occupied by Fly ash traders. The project involves construction of a community complex including an awareness centre, a vocational training institute, a research and development centre as well as a health care facility for the locals, post extensive remediation of the currently contaminated site.

Rakhi Mandi

conditions at site

Dense settlement on the site. 20 to 25 years back waste from Kanpur Chemicals (engaged in bulk manufacturing of Chemical dyes) was dumped at the site. Approximately, 10,000 tonnes of waste has been dumped in this area. Presently, the waste is buried at 3 to 5 feet below the surface. The site is uneven and is being utilized mainly for coal ash dealing and storage (from rubber foundries and paper industries) and is called Rakhi Mandi.

Fly ash storage mounds

Make shift housing

Lumber storage yards

Stagnant rainwater. Edges used as dump grounds.

300 mm

- Loamy Sand soil

750 mm

- Depth of average root length

900mm

- Hexavelant Chromium

1200mm

- Sandy Loam soil

1550mm

- Unsolidated materials

1800mm

- Water Table

Contaminated water sample

18000mm - Contaminated Ground water 36000mm - Bedrock

There is no piped water supply or any sewer lines in the area and the residents use hand pumps for daily needs. It was observed that a shallow hand pump drawing water from 60 to 70 feet is slightly yellow and greenish in color and upon testing, shows the existance of chromium in the strata. Area of contamination due to chromium was reported to be around 1 to 2 km.

The main tress in the area is Acacia, Peepal. Gular and Neem. The residents are ignorant of the health problems associated with the contaminated water.

Planned Residential

Religious

Recreational

Commercial

Slum

Institutional

Green

Public buildings

Kaccha slum

Governement buildings

Timber storage and processing

Unprotected heritage

Residential

Govenrment buildings

Institutional

Light industrial/storage

Urban sprawl

Recreational

Commerical

Public building

Waterbodies

Rakhi Mandi

remediation

Ganga river Ground water flow direction

Site

Ground water flows to the nearest possible lowest point of water head, wiz Ganga river.

Quality control point

Contaminated plume

Contaminated plume

Chemical chambers

Treated plume

Permeable reactive barrier placed along ground water flow direction, at the depth of contaminated water flow. Three walls as representatives contructed at site as an architectural feature commemerating the remediation.

Water hyacinth is a free floating aquatic plant considered a weed growing in contaminated water. Usually it is undesired , but is widely used for phytoremediation of contaminated waterbodies. The existing waterbodies on site shall be remediated using water hyacinth, which grows quickly and can be harvested to produce different woven products and construction material for the intervention zone.

Atrium with folded plate roof support on trusses.

Grand central staircase at the entry of the complex.

Awareness Exhibition

Light and shadow play guiding visitors on a predetermined path

Ground Floor Plan - Awareness Centre

West Elevation

Section A-A’

First Floor Plan

Training Centre

West side wall shaded with use of shades.

First Floor Plan

Louvers

The louvers on east facade are set at an angle which allows winter sun inside the building while blocking the summer sun.

Ground Floor Plan - Training Centre Second Floor Plan

Section E-E’

Section D-D’

The Crest , DLF 5

residential towers

Location

Gurgaon, India

Site Area

35717 sq m

Team Members Contribution

Three Design development, prepration of construction drawings, value engineering of materials, finishes and plantation, coordiantion with consultants and vendors, client feedback and coordination, construction management.

The open spaces at Crest have been designed to emulate a resort like landscape experience.

Divied into two zones - podium level and sunken court landscape, the design provides residents with open recreational spaces at the podium level, and a sunken tropical retreat along the community club.

The focal point of the design - a four meter tall waterfall feeding water into the lagoon pool, drowns out distracting sounds of the city, providing a soothing experience.

Water circulates out of the swimming pool by pooring into a central island with seating area and a fire pit, creating an evening atmosphere of being near the ocean, surrounded by lush greens and flowering trees.

The Crest

construction documentation and management

Splash waterfall under construction

Section at ramp

Detail at trough

Stone lip detail

Splash waterfall plan

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Section across splash waterfall

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Lagoon pool bar post construction

Signature jaali design

Signature jaali detail

Section across lagoon pool bar

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1000m

Overflow pool edge and skimmer pool edge post construction

Sections at overflow pool edge and skimmer pool edge

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The Crest

plantation scheme for specimen trees

An assortment of approximately 250 trees from various nurseries in and around the city were selected on the basis of their apparent health, transplantability, and their height and girth.

Alstonia scholaris saptparni

Bauhinia variegata alba bakain

Callistemon lanceolatus bottle brush

Delonix regia gulmohar

Erythrina indica indian coral tree

Ficus infectoria pilkhan

Ficus retusa laurel fig

Manilkara zapota chikoo

Mimusops elengi maulsari

Peltophorum pterocarpum copper pod

Plumeria rubra red flowering frangipani

Plumeria alba white flowering frangipani

Swietenia mahogani west indian mahogany

Signature trees planting scheme for transplanted specimens in lagoon pool area.

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Pheonix sylvestris indian date palm

Alternanthera green

Bougainvillea buttiana ‘lady mary baring’

Bougainvillea peruviana ‘subhra’ Bambusa ventricosa

Cyperus alternifolius

Cestrum nocturnum

Cycas revoluta

Clerodendrum splendens

Ficus panda

Hymenocallis littoralis

Jatropha panduraefolia

Livistona chinensis

Lantana camara ‘depressa yellow’

Phyllostachys aurea

Phyllostachys nigra

Pennisitum setaceum alba

Rhapis excelsa

Wedelia trilobata

Shrubs and ground cover planting scheme under transplanted 0 specimens in lagoon pool area.

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Cyanodon dactylon

Custom notebooks - Hand printed, hand sewn with traditional indian embroidery threads.

Copycat paperworks, handmade products Location Team Members Contribution

business

New Delhi, India Indivisual Product design , development and construction, sales and marketing, client feedback and coordination.

Jungle book play - Costume design for 30 actors.

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