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fig.1 revitalising and redefining urban square in Surat.
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Surat, India
fig. 2.1 a conventional urban square in cities.
fig. 2.2 an urban space for displaying art and interaction at its core.
fig. 2.4 an urban space with a cohesive configuration to promote various activites.
fig. 2.3 an urban space for recreational activites and relaxation.
Urban spaces have always played a vital role in the generation and continuation of our civilization. Urban squares are closely associated with the public image of the cities to which they belong, often with special significance for the city itself. Great public spaces are the living room of the city – the place where people come together to enjoy the city and each other. Redefining the Vanita Vishram Ground into a public square for Surat needed a proper program and analysis backing it. Hence, depending on various events held around the year, programmatical zoning has been deduced to the major zoning for the proposal.
fig. 4.1 zoning configuration during Navratri and Uttrayan.
fig. 3 the site and its context along with vehicular activity.
The site is located in one of the busiest areas of the city. Therefore, it experiences a large yearly footfall due to major exhibitions, fairs, festivity celebrations, and business expos. The site has always been a part of the city and hence is connected to most major institutions and commercial areas by a 40-meter wide road network. Its location is of extreme importance as it is at the connecting point between the two major localities which are separated by the river Tapi. The cohesive nature and multipurpose personality are what make the project justifiable.
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fig. 4.2 zoning configuration during fairs and exhibitions
fig. 4.3 zoning configuration during carnivals and business expos. parking multi functional hall
food court central court
stalls/shops utilities
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Urban Square
The major drawback on the site was the parking facilities to be provided couldn’t be done above the ground. Hence, the amphitheater and parking facilities were taken underground to solve the issue of overcrowding and chaos. The green cover in Surat has been steadily depleting due to various industrial growths and business developments. Hence, to provide green spaces as well which is centrally located was a major aim for the project as well. The canopy being semi-circular produces a porous enclosure for nature to penetrate but still demarks a space for activities to take place. The main central plaza being below the ground level helps in achieved higher view points as well for the visitors to enjoy a program without possessing the need to enter it.
fig. 5. section through the urban square and surrounding context.
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Surat, India
fig. 6. part section through the urban square and the underground parking facilities.
fig. 7. part section through the urban square and the auditorium.
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Urban Square
The roof’s structural system has been designed by keeping in mind to create a lightweight, easy to maintain, and contemporary appeal to it. The roofing structural system is an aluminium space frame structure with aluminium cladding over it. Solar panels would be inserted and fitted into these aluminium frames over areas with maximum exposure to the Sun to work efficiently. The solar panels located on the top are counterbalanced with openings in the roof to make it look porous and lightweight as well as allow wind to pass through it. fig. 8. physcial model of the enclosure with solar panel installations in an aluminium frame.
fig. 9. site plan of the urban square in the surrounding context.
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Surat, India
fig. 10. view from the amphitheatre above towards the plaza and city.
Supported on steel members, the roof would be able to sustain an intense climate as well. The steel canopy has been positioned with its back facing the south, therefore gaining and capture maximum sunlight on the solar panels on top to generate electricity and making it selfsustainable and economical. The urban further provides platforms for various cultural and business-oriented activities and programs to be held. The ambiance created allows people to feel refreshed and gives them breathing spaces while located within the central city. The curvilinear landscape complements the curve of the canopy and also softens its impact on the viewer due to its scale. Such urban squares may become a necessity in cities with such rich cultural and a social backgrounds.
fig. 11. form of the enclosure above formulated through the sun paths to provide maximum shading.
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competio fig. 1. site plan of the urban square in the surrounding context.
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Mumbai, India
fig. 2.1 intial massing option (A).
fig. 2.2 intial massing option (B).
fig. 2.3 intermediate massing option (C).
fig. 2.4 final massing option.
fig. 3 site plan demarkating the project’s platform and overall dense context of the Mumbai Mainland Area.
Due to overpopulation and deforestation, the connection between humans and architecture has been degrading at an alarming speed. As the cities continue to grow, the way we construct and manage buildings has never been more crucial to global economic and social development. Overpopulation in cities is an important issue in the world, silently increasing the forces behind the current environmental problems. The vital task in a city is to pack a lot of people in one place without depleting the quality of life. The soul of the city is in its people, culture, and heritage, architecture adds the character to it. But as we progress in time today, all we see is tall glass cutting edge buildings disconnected with the people and the city around. We must figure out how to make our cities more livable and sustainable without causing the seemingly inevitable march of duplicity.
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fig. 4 overall zoning plan of the ground floor area demarkating amenities, built up and green spaces.
fig. 5. zoning plan of the terrace garden area demarkating amenities, built up and green spaces.
fig. 6 unit floor plan at residential levels.
fig. 7. amenities floor plan at sky garden level.
The skyscraper consists of residential and service floors with regular sky gardens at every 20 floors. The sky garden brings the landscape to the sky with proper green roofs with sustainable materials in use and also provides a green space at elevated levels with multiple amenities. This pushes the line between the built and the open with multiple gaps for air circultion and also provides a counteracting thrust for the air pressure at top. fig. 8 unit floor plan of one tower.
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Mumbai, India
residential apartments amenities floors service floors basement parking sky garden
Four major characteristics were considered while designing this skyscraper. Functionality, Purpose, Life Cycle and Futuristic appeal. The design has been create by keeping mind to create functional and stable spaces by following proper building safety guidelines to avoid any hazards. Skyscrapers may often be critisised but it should be known that they server for the betterment of the city and provides thousands of homes to people. The form and structure of the skyscraper has been created to withstand natural wear and tear and also sustain its form and function in the future. Technical advancements for a futuristic design and appeal has been adopted on various levels through the building to achieve modernity and adaptibility as well. It is a dynamic and adaptive vertical community that serves the needs of the inhabitant at the same time being a flag bearer of global responsibility towards the city below and the planet around.
fig. 9 section of the skyscraper at a sky garden level to show surrounding context .
fig. 9 overall zoning of the skyscraper highlighting the residential, service, amenities and parking floors.
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bus termin
fig. 1. view of the bus terminal from the entry side of the site.
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Pune, India
nal fig. 2.1 existing site condition with no proper infrastructure.
Bus transit systems have always been one of the primary transport systems in India. Even though it carries millions of people to various cities and towns every day, the infrastructure provided for such causes is poor and not efficient in many levels. A bus terminal in Talegaon, Pune faces the same adversity that all rural and suburban bus terminals face : Large footfall yet neglible services like waiting area, refreshments stalls and utilities. The road and pathways for vehicular and pedestrian are nonestablished and very random therefore casuing chaos and cluttering. fig. 2.2 existing bus terminal with poor structural integrity with minimum parking space.
The main objective to achieve in this project was to keep in mind the basic requirements of a bus terminal and design a terminal to cater to multiple travellers, bus routes and also create a status and landmark in the suburban area of Talegaon. The context surrounding the site is quite significant but poses a danger as it may uproot the nearby slums therefore decreasing the daily users who are daily wagers and labourers. Such weaknesses proved to be challenging, hence keeping in mind future development, vehicular parking for visitors and users were provided. To create a volume that commorates the form and circultion pattern regulating the functional transit nodes’ movement was kept at the very core of the design formulation.
fig. 2.3 the current utility area with minimum to none hygenic factors monitered.
fig. 3.1 keeping the exiting character of a pavilion type language to the form designed.
fig. 3.2 the proposed enclosure with a sloping roof to comlpement modernity and the climate.
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Bus Terminal
fig. 4.1 propsed site plan of the bus terminal.
fig. 4.2 section 1 cut centrally to portray various levels and doule heighted spaces within the terminal.
Various strategies for design formulation were decided and adopted in the bus terminal. One of the main factors to be considered was efficient circulation and movement between well defined entry and exit points. Instead of just catering to the depot needs, economy should be generated to create sustainable jobs for the people in slums nearby. Saturating all activities in one space could prove difficult and chaotic hence, three major levels were created: ground floor contianing waiting areas, ticket counters, lobby space, shops/ stalls and parking areas. An intermediate floor is used as a service floor. The top layer would be the first floor consisting of common areas, dormitories, guest rooms and driver dorms for overnight passengers and drivers as well. 16
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fig. 4.3 ground floor plan of the bus terminal.
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fig. 4.4 first floor plan of the bus terminal.
fig. 4.5 section 2 cut through laterally to hightlight the contemporary columns and sloping roof.
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art galler fig. 1. view of the art gallery from an elevated level.
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Pune, India
fig. 2. conceptually derived circulation achieved in the gallery.
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8. Store Room 9. Open Workshop Area 10. Restaurant 11. Kitchen 12. Utilities
Art galleries have always been more catering towards the conventional arts and moern arts. Platforms for local artists and creators has always been scarce. To provide an upliftment towards greatness and recognition, an art gallery was designed to showcase their work and also spread and distribute the knowledge they have been collecting and evolving since generations. The typical reception and waiting areas have been provided for the public. Display areas are connected with the outside with arches to signify the Mughal influences in Pune. The materials used are also locally avaible stone and bricks in Pune. The roof has been kept sloping but fluid witht he circular form to provide basic shade and protection along with volumnous spaces.
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Reception Waiting Area Souvenir Shop Art Display Area Sculture Display Area Tribal Art Display Area Metal Art Display Area
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fig. 3. axonometric blow up of the gallery.
fig 4. section cut centrally to show the vernacular elements along with open to close ratios within.
fig 5. central courtyard acting as a light well to illuminate various spaces.
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fig 1. Geeta Mandir Bus Terminal at Ahmedabad - ground floor working drawing.
fig 2. Geeta Mandir Bus Terminal at Ahmedabad - first to sixth floor working drawing.
fig 3. Geeta Mandir Bus Terminal at Ahmedabad - Section 1
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fig 4,5. Geeta Mandir Bus Terminal at Ahmedabad - Section 2 and 3
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fig 1. Kutch Virayatan Temple Plan
fig 2. Kutch Virayatan Temple Elevation showing the traingulated tensile canopy formed
fig 3. Kutch Virayatan Temple Section.
Kutch Virayatan
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Juja Housing
fig 1. Inner court view of Juja Housing.
Frontera Development Holding Limited proposed a competition for creating housings for an indigenous African community. The brief was to create homes for various demographics of the community while also designing various open spaces for the elderly and the young. A chunk of the site had been desginated toward commercial purposes. The massing of the buildings and form of the structures were determined by analysing various area parameters to create efficiency and maximum area utilisation for functionality. As the site was of an irregular shape, rather than defying the rigidness, the form embrace its enclosure and creates a demarkated area of the housing. Internal green pockets have been designed keeping in mind of the extreme weather and also for the easy utility for the people who may reside here.
fig 2. Juja Jousing massing options and variations.
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fig 3. 3 BHK housing cluster
fig 4. 2 BHK housing cluster
fig 5. 3 BHK apartment unit.
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Entry + Exit Joggin Track Basketball Court Communal Space Children’s play area
fig 6. 2 BHK apartment unit.
6. Lawn 7. Pavilion and Gazebo 8. Senior Citizen Garden 9. Parking 10. Commercial Space
fig 7. master plan
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