Sarika Bajoria : Architecture, Interior Design, Urban design, branding by Sarika Bajoria

SARIKA BAJORIA architecture interior design masterplanning urban design brand design

Recent Awards and Publications I, Sarika Bajoria, am an architect and designer. I am a visionary leader driving the strategy, design and execution of multidisplinary design projects to transcend limitations of program and create enhanced value for the client through establishing a compelling “why” for projects. I have over fifteen years of experience in all the phases of design, execution and management for international projects of varied scales and typologies ranging from commercial, residential, hospitality, retail and office to socially conscious projects for non-profits. I grew up in Calcutta and dreamed of becoming an architect since the age of fifteen. At eighteen, I left home to study in the United States to pursue my dream. The journey of exploring uncharted territories was deeply transformative and gave me the confidence to approach challenges with imagination and possibility. I continue this journey by pushing boundaries of design, opportunistically integrating multiple disciplines to create impact and a dynamic vision unique to every project. I am passionate about innovating user experience through a customized narrative that unfolds through its spaces and design. My unique undergraduate background in Physics, Math and Art gave me the foundation to explore the interconnections between these disciplines which I translated into my design process in Architecture during my graduate studies. My projects therefore achieve a careful balance between science and art, performance and form to create meaningful settings. I won “Building Design + Construction 40 under 40 2014” Superstars title and publication cover feature and “Engineering News Record New York’s Top 20 under 40 2013” Rising Stars title which celebrates the design excellence, leadership, career achievement and service to communities of emerging leaders. I received “Professional Achievement Honor Award’ by the Society of Indo-American Engineers and Architects in New York in 2015. I was awarded Permanent Residency status in the United States based on demonstrating “extraordinary ability” in the field of Architecture and Design. My design work has been published in leading international design publications including Architectural Record, World Architecture News, Engineering News Record, Building Design + Construction, Perspectivas de arquitectura y diseno. Prior to establishing my practice, I worked for many years in design leadership roles at many New York firms, notably Skidmore Owings & Merrill in New York as a senior designer for landmark projects in India, New York and the Middle East. I have collaborated with many progressive design firms in NYC namely Yabu Pushelberg, Woods Bagot, TPG and Design Republic on cutting edge award winning projects of varied scales and typologies. I have taught as a lecturer and jury at University of Pennsylvania, Cooper Hewitt National Design Museum, Columbia University, School of Visual Arts and City College in New York. I served as the elected Founding Director for Architecture for Humanity New York Chapter for many years and proactively contribute my time to nonprofit and humanitarian design projects.

BUILDING DESIGN + CONSTRUCTION (BD+C) “TOP 40

ENGINEERING NEWS RECORD “WOMEN AT WORK”

UNDER 40 2014” SUPERSTARS AND COVER FEATURE

PUBLICATION COVER STORY FEATURE

ENGINEERING NEWS RECORD “NEW YORK TOP 20

DESIGN WORK PUBLISHED IN ARCHITECTURAL

UNDER 40 2013” RISING STARS

RECORD INTERNATIONAL PUBLICATION

THE GREAT EASTERN DEVELOPMENT

HOSPITALITY, RETAIL, LIFESTYLE

MIXED-USE DEVELOPMENT : FIVE STAR HOTEL & RETAIL

INTERWEAVING TEXTILE MILL SITE HISTORY, ARCHITECTURE & LANDSCAPE MUMBAI, INDIA

Area: 600,000 sf The project strives to become one of the main actors of the urban stage, not just a destination space.

Per-forma Studio is designing the masterplan and architectural vision for this new mixed use high end development in Mumbai. Situated in the heart of the city on the 8.6 acre site of old textile mills, The Great Eastern is poised to be Mumbai’s new retail, hospitality, lifestyle and entertainment destination space. The conceptual genesis of the architectural design is derived from the textile mill site and its trade of the “spinning and weaving” of the cotton loom. The design boldly “interweaves”the rich history and preserved relics of the textile mill site with its future and also integrates its architecture and landscape with the city. Green spaces and water elements are interwined in the public areas with view extensions to the city and the sea beyond. The dynamic form of the hotel tower, offers an iconic silhouette to the Mumbai skyline, responding to the ever changing dynamism of its movement, energy and people. The intertwining of the new and the old, modern amenities and the sanctity of undisturbed nature, relaxation, shopping, entertainment and luxury within the design and vision for the development, creates a very unique visual and holistic experience for its visitors.

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View of the entry of the High Street Retail Plaza and of the Five Star Hotel images C Per-forma Studio

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Site Plan

“Spinning and Weaving” of program threads on the site

HOTEL AND SERVICED APARTMENT TOWER

Overall bird’s eye view of The Great Eastern Development

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HOTEL AMENITIES PODIUM

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AMPHITHEATER / PERFORMANCE

RESTAURANTS CAFES & BARS FRESH WATER POND

Program DistribuƟon Diagram

HOTEL SERVICED APARTMENTS CLUBHOUSE

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RETAIL LIFESTYLE STORE

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RESTAURANTS / BARS

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SPA / YOGA PARKING

HIGH STREET RETAIL PLAZA

HIGH END RETAIL

LIFESTYLE STORE

Interlacing of the “green” and “blue” threads to create green public spaces throughout the development

Five Star Hotel Tower Massing diagrams

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View of the Hotel entry and the fresh water pond amphitheatre and performance area

View of the Retail High Street Plaza

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TOREN TOWER DUPLEX PENTHOUSE RESIDENCE RESIDENTIAL ARCHITECTURE, INTERIOR DESIGN AND DECORATING BROOKLYN, NEW YORK

Area: 3000 sf Status : Builtwork completed 2015 The Penthouse Duplex private residence at the top of the Toren Tower in Brooklyn has the most magnificent view of Manhattan from all the major rooms of the condo. The interior of the residence is meticulously planned and designed to its last detail to create a beautiful setting which would complement the Manhattan skyline view. The spaces were designed to create a modern home with special attention to materials, textures, furniture, lighting, window treatments, color and accessories selection. All the Art and the antique pieces in the condo were specifically curated and selected by the designer. [ Sarika Bajoria, Founding Principal and Lead Designer for the project at Per-forma Studio ]

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COMMERCIAL, HOSPITALITY AND RESIDENTIAL COMMERCIAL, COMMERCIAL, HOSPITALITY HOSPITALITY AND RESIDENTIAL AND RESIDENTIAL

DELHI ONE MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT OFFICE, RESIDENTIAL, HOTEL & RETAIL DEVELOPMENT NOIDA, DELHI, INDIA Area: 2 million sf Status : Under Construction

The ambitious master plan of this new “mixed use” premiere development in Noida, organizes the buildings of the Five star hotels, Residential Towers and Office Buildings around a central public courtyard space flanked by high street retail on both sides. The master plan is organized by the concept of “fields” which are created by the lines of the site which extends from the immediate context to form the building masses and view corridors in the masterplan. The project responds sensitively to the site, context and environment and integrates sustainable principles and analysis within its design. [Project design collabora on with Woods Bagot]

Night view of the Mixed Use Development

Bird’s eye view of the Mixed Use Development Eleva on of the development showing the Oﬃce Buildings and Hotels

Masterplan massing diagrams Eleva on of the development showing the Residen al towers and the Oﬃce

View from the ground level Retail courtyard of the Mixed Use development images C Woods Bagot

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KADAMPA MEDITATION CENTER NYC

INSTITUTIONAL

PRO BONO NON PROFIT INSTITUTIONAL PROJECT CHELSEA, NEW YORK CITY

Area: 9000 sf two floor storefront space, completed 2012 A reflective and peaceful sanctuary in the heart of Manhattan with a light, modern and “New York” feel.

The Meditation Center is located on the street front on a busy street in Chelsea, Manhattan. Per-forma Studio worked collaboratively with the non profit client to provide probono services for the vision, planning, detail design, material specifications and full gut renovation of the two floor Meditation center with a large meditation space, bookstore, cafe and reception on the ground floor and offices, administration and a smaller meditation space on the floor below. [ Sarika Bajoria, Principal and Lead Designer/Architect at Per-forma Studio ]

Sculptural staggered column of the View of the main MeditaƟ onshelving room from thebookstore double height atrium images C Per-forma Studio

View of the main MeditaƟon room overlooking a double height atrium with natural light streaming in SARIKA BAJORIA

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View of the Entry RecepƟon, Bookstore and Cafe space

View of Atrium space with skylights and windows to the MeditaƟon Space

Flexible Bookstore and Cafe space SARIKA BAJORIA

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OFFICE AND RESIDENTIAL TOWER

SERVICE APARTMENTS WITH MAXIMIZED SOUTHERN SUN EXPOSURE

ENERGY EFFICIENT TOWER FOR CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT BEIJING, CHINA

The 300m tall Office and Residential Tower is an icon for the Beijing Central Business District inspired by the concept of “movement” through the city and through nature. This notion of movement is also inherent in traditional art and landscape in Chinese culture. The form of the tower torques and twists to optimize solar exposure, views to the city and program uses. Movement is expressed through a vertical green continuous path cutting through the tower to form vertical atria and green terraces and gardens. Like the symbolic and bold virtuosity found in “grass-style” calligraphy, sweeping lines and curves unify the twisting form of the tower as it sweeps and builds an iconic profile on the Beijing skyline.

COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL

AFTERNOON AND EVENING LIGHT IN THE SERVICE APT ZONE

MORNING LIGHT AT AND THE OFFICE GREEN ATRIUM

AFTERNOON AND EVENING LIGHT INTO THE GREENWAYS

MORNING LIGHT INTO THE PLAZA SO

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[Sarika Bajoria, architectural design consultant with Woods Bagot]

SERVICE APARTMENT ZONE SERVICE APT SHARED AMENITIES PODS INTIMATE COMMUNAL GREEN TERRACES LOCALIZED CIRCULATION PATHS CONNECTING PODS AND TERRACES

OFFICE ZONE COLLABORATIVE WORKPLACE PODS INTIMATE COMMUNAL GREEN TERRACES

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LOCALIZED CIRCULATION PATHS CONNECTING PODS AND TERRACES

GREENWAY

SOCIAL INTERACTION ZONES

COLLABORATIVE WORKPLACE PODS

INTIMATE COMMUNAL GREEN TERRACES

LOCALIZED CIRCULATION PATHS CONNECTING PODS AND TERRACES

View of the ground level entry podium images C Woods Bagot

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COMMERCIAL

HILL COUNTY SEZ OFFICE PARK ENERGY EFFICIENT OFFICE COMPLEX HYDERABAD, INDIA

Area: 1.2 million sf 2008 Bronze Award for Sustainable Construction for Asia Pacific Region by Holcim Foundation Hill County SEZ masterplan of 11 IT office buildings is part of a larger (400 acres) mixed use masterplan. The two prototypical buildings consisting of a total of 1.2 million sf of office space are exemplary in design as well as their performance. The building form and the site walls emerge out of the unique site by a process of three dimensional layering from the dramatically contoured site. The courtyard form and the layout were derived in direct response to high solar radiation which was identified as the key contributor to internal heat gains. The exterior facade clad in stone and vertical strip windows ‘jali’ shading devices were analyzed to achieve maximum protection from solar radiation while providing ample daylighting. The shading devices are inspired by from local traditional “kolam” pattern. [ Sarika Bajoria, senior designer/architect at Skidmore Owings & Merrill LLP ]

Masterplan Level

Building Level

Activated three dimensional ground plane as an extension of the landscape

Buildings emerge out of the site as a layered landscape scap pe

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model : plan

Typical Floor Plan

SITE PLAN of the prototypical oﬃce buildings

Environmentally responsive building massing

SITE PLAN of the SEZ masterplan

Ver cal fin pa ern derived from the vernacular kolam pa ern

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Closeup view of the facade

shading fins “jalis”

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MALL AND MULTIPLEX

RETAIL AND ENTERTAINMENT

NEW TOWN, KOLKATA, INDIA

Area: 120,000 sf This extroverted mall strives to evoke theatrical moments within it, not just a stage setting without. [ Sarika Bajoria, Principal and Lead Designer/Architect at Per-forma Studio ]

View of main atrium

View of multiplex volume images C Per-forma Studio

View of of the the entry facade and entry to the mall View front facade SARIKA BAJORIA

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THE INDIAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

COMMERCIAL AND INSTITUTIONAL

KOLKATA, INDIA

Area: 46,000 sf A dynamic and environmentally responsive faรงade with sculpted shading devices, designed to express the energy and power of this long standing institution.

Per-forma Studio designed the facade of the Indian Chamber of Commerce located in the heart of Kolkata. The dynamic facade is designed to express the movement and power created by this long standing institution through the force of its energy, ambitions, new ideas and growth. The environmentally responsive facade has sculpted shading devices that make the building more energy efficient and its sculpted form more performative. [ Sarika Bajoria, Principal and Lead Designer/Architect at Per-forma Studio ]

West and South Facade Solid and Voids diagram

View from the street of South and the West Facade of the Indian Chamber of Commerce Building images C Per-forma Studio

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FICUS FINE LIVING STORE

STORE INTERIOR DESIGN & PROTOYPE, BRANDING, GRAPHIC DESIGN MUMBAI, INDIA

Area: 1800 sf “Ficus” is a genus of woody tropical trees which is conceptualized through the brand tag line “Fine Living”for this lifestyle brand. Through integrating “green” elements within the design, there is a blurring of exterior and interior in the brand store spaces. Recognizable Elements of the Home - garden, shell, doors, windows, chairs are conceptualized to create custom display systems for the furniture and accessories of the lifestyle brand. Branding elements and motifs were developed to communicate the overall narrative of the brand in the stores. [ Sarika Bajoria, Principal and Lead Designer/Architect at Per-forma Studio ]

“ fine LIVING ” “ we GROW furniture” “ crafting the NATURAL ”

View of the focal Sculpture Tree display, cashier desk and perimeter display shelving images C Per-forma Studio

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View of the entry molding portal framing the sculpture display tree beyond

View of the entry portal and Cashierâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s desk images C Per-forma Studio

View of the setting portal display for signature products and gallery

Display designed with elements of home : shell, door, chair SARIKA BAJORIA

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BRANDING : Custom wallpaper design to be applied to all Ficus Stores

BRANDING

Branding design elements

Branding motifs images C Per-forma Studio

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FICUS FINE LIVING

COLABA, MUMBAI, INDIA

STORE INTERIOR DESIGN , BRANDING, GRAPHIC DESIGN

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HYUNDAI DEPARTMENT STORE

HIGH END RETAIL

HIGH END RETAIL INTERIOR DESIGN SEOUL, KOREA

Area: 550,000 sf Status : Under Construction The Hyundai Department Store is envisioned to be the new high end shopping destination in Seoul consisting of 12 floors for the different retail departments. Each floor is designed and planned to have a unique identity that enhances the experience of the shopper and displays the merchandise strategically. [ Project designed in collaboration with Design Republic LLP ]

View of the main atrium space

View of the main entry to the Department Store images C Design Republic LLP

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COSMETICS

View of the retail environment of Cosme cs departments on the ground floor

JEWELRY

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View of Women’s Shoes department FASHION RUNWA Y

View of Women’s Clothing department

View of the retail environment of the Jewelry department

View of Women’s shoes and handbags department

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View of Cafe/Lounge

CULTURAL CENTER

View of Men’s Clothing department

View of Kid’s classroom in the Cultural Center floor

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COMMERCIAL AND INSTITUTIONAL

QATAR PETROLEUM CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS ENERGY EFFICIENT OFFICE COMPLEX DOHA, QATAR

Area: 2 million sf Client: Qatar Petroleum Qatar Petroleum new energy efficient world class corporate headquarters located on a desert site in Doha is a self sufficient office campus with an office tower, office buildings, a mosque, heathcare facility, ballroom, auditorium,training facilities and recreational buildings. The design of the masterplan is inspired by the â&#x20AC;&#x153;desert flowerâ&#x20AC;? where the buildings emerge from the desert landscape as elegant flowers connected by floating glass office floor plates. The project has been designed with sensitivity to the site, context and culture. Landscape and water elements are interweaved seamlessly with the architecture in the desertscape. The project is distinctive iconic vision and for its profound implementation of sustainable design strategies and environmentally responsive design. [ Sarika Bajoria, senior designer with Skidmore Owings & Merrill LLP ]

night view of the Tower and the office buildings

The overall masterplan for Qatar Petroleum Headquarters images C Skidmore Owings and Merrill

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the office buildings

the mosque

design process models the ballroom building

view from the lobby

the office building facade

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