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The site is located in the vibrant Indian city of Margao. The city has a rich history and culture. The issues brought on by the increase in the population and number of vehicles include congestion and a lack of connections.

Therefore, we have made an effort to give a progressive masterplan in order to assist the gradual development of the complex asymmetries present in Margao and to encourage the formation of public areas of interest and appeal. Our urban planning concept aimed to redefine the city. a democratic, reachable, and hospitable city.

A CITY BUILT FOR LOCALS AND THE COMMUNITY

MASTERPLAN

A CITY WHERE THE PEDESTRIAN IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN THE AUTOMOBILE, CATALYSED BY THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CENTAL PLAZA AND THE REJUVENATION OF 4 KEY AREAS (* INDIVIDUALLY DEVELOPED LATER ON)

EXISTING TRANSIT PLAN

Development of Urban Growth in the city of Margao.

Our vision as a group was to create a warm, democratic environment at the city’s centre, one that surrounds a pluralistic community with chances for development and nourishment. additionally, to promote the development of a beautiful and useful mixed-use neighbourhood that will serve modern living.

Margao needs to strike a balance between its endearing colonial charm, neoclassical and art deco architecture styles, and a fine grain of urban fabric with which its citizens are familiar and comfortable, and the changing times that dictate much of how the city is used. The requirement for denser networks and infrastructure that is consistent with the needs of the twenty-first century pushes the city toward a postmodernist setting, where traditional conventions may fall short of responding to a population that has grown quicker and smarter than the city.

a. The axis connecting the plazas

b. The connection between pedestrian movement and the activities of the plaza.

c. Use of vegetation to highlight the axis.

d. every axis termination point is a point of focus.

d. Rejuvenating the central plaza

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FLOOR PLANS

- Seemles ground floor plan , connects with the arcades of the current character of Margao.

- Play of heighted spaces, which gets in the light.

-Offset helpsin the shadow play which shades during the peak heat times during the day

- Greenscapes are made to slowing xreep up from the horizontal plaza ground to the verticals of the built form.

VIEWS

The built environment has a crucial role to play in the global economy, creating prosperity, innovation, and growth. (Acharya et al., 2018) .The goal of this project is to raise awareness about the subject of sustainable design in a city setting and to test an alternative approach to the building industry’s linear paradigm. Material reusability, modularity, and design for disassembly were all priorities in the design process. The circular thinking in the built world is the emphasis of my design idea. The challenge begins with determining whether the structure must be demolished, and if so, whether the elements may be reused or recycled, or whether creating a new structure using renewable raw materials is the best solution.

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The construction industry uses more raw materials by weight than any other industrial sector. About 50% of all materials extracted from the Earth’s crust are processed into construction materials.(Taffese & Abegaz, 2019) We now live in a world that is 1°C warmer than pre-industrial levels. (Wit, 2018) The re-port finds that, despite a brief dip in carbon dioxide emissions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the world is still heading for a temperature rise over 3°C this century. (Gap, 2020). The climatic, lack of resources and growth in urban population are of high concern. The world’s urban population is growing rapidly: in the next 30 years, more than two-thirds of the world will live in urban areas, increasing from 55% today.(Acharya et al., 2018)

The life-cycle of a building begins the minute construction begins, whereas the life-cycle of material begins long before we extract it from the soil. However, building and material are frequently seen as synonymous. As a result, when the building reaches the end of its useful life, so does the material, and both end up in the landfill. That is a linear system. A linear model of resource consumption that follows a ‘takemake-dispose’ pattern. Companies extract materials, apply energy and labour to manufacture a product, and sell it to an end consumer—who then discards it when it no longer serves its purpose. (Macarthur, 2013).

“We “make, take, waste” natural resources at a

that

ceeds the earth’s ability to produce them.”

- Nicole Holman

Location : Panjim, Goa

Sculptural Stairs

The spaces designed are multiuse and multifunctional allowing for resuse of spaces which can be increased and decreased as per requirement.

The materials designed in a panel division way to help the product component multi use.

Flexible work station

Structurally, all the structural components are mechanically joined, no wet joints. to allow for disassembly.

Case studies

Criteria for selection

• Structures that are deemed unsafe, up for demolition, renovation or in their end of life phase

House at Taleigao

54 years 40 years 30 years

House at Betim House at Ribander

House at Caranzalem House at Porvorim

Present Day 1700 1800 1900 2000 1961 Liberation

Load bearing structures 300 years 120 years 100 years

Quarters in Porvorim RCC structures

The curiosity of finding out how much material is lost during a lifetime of a product and was there a way of using the material again or recycling it led me to this research

To Think in a Circle

Above are the range of houses studied , which are similar typolygies around the state at that particular period.

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With the linear system no longer sustainable. The study concludes that buildings can be optically discerned as a material bank rather than a material dump. The case studies led to conclude, the answers to the future were somewhere hidden in the learnings of the past. The building as a product has been researched upon verbally expressing design for disassembly and material passports can assist in tackling environmental and economic impacts.

And conclusively many of the micro and macro solutions of lack of resources and climate change can be tackled. With waste being our most sizably voluminous resource and technology advancements that we have, a sustainable path is very much possible.

A timber model of a walk through museum was designed and created based on the concept of time, taking forward the idea from a sun dial. The project had a play on the sun dial system with the timings of the day. The base platform of the structure was in the form of 2 semi circles. The model portrayed a structured form to the idea of the sun dial.

Physical Timber Model

The project brief called for the creation of an institutional structure. While researching the topic, I came to a few key conclusions on which to build my design concept. The concept was to create horizontal and vertical interactive zones. it promotes teamwork and relationship building I believe that as people engage, the world expands, allowing for more expansive thought and visibility. As a result, the idea includes pockets of hotspots that connect places and students.

Minimalistic Interiors

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