PORTFOLIO NARRATIVE UNDERSTANDING URBANISM 1.1 : REVIVAL OF THE CULTURAL NODE FOR THE EXISTING BANNI COMMUNITY AT RUDRAMATA 1.2 : STREETS AS SPACES 1.3 : THE BUSINESS PLAN; REIMAGINING WORKSPACES
ARCHITECTURAL DOCUMENTATION 2.1 : SARVE, STORY OF A FISHING VILLAGE 2.2 : TEMPLES OF HOYSALA DYNASTY
ARCHITECTURE AND LANDSCAPE 3.1 : INDUSTRIAL PROJECT AT PUNE 3.2 : ENTRANCE DESIGN FOR A JEWELLRY STORE
3.3 : PODIUM DESIGN FOR A RESIDENTIAL BUILDING 3.4 : BRANDING FOR A COMMERCIAL PROJECT 3.5 : PODIUM DESIGN FOR A RESIDENTIAL BUILDING
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1.0 : UNDERSTANDING URBANISM
ABSTRACT PROJECT TYPE : ARCHITECTURAL THESIS (2018-19) LOCATION: KUTCH, GUJARAT
The traditional art and crafts of India has been under crisis since the rise of industrialization and modernity and since then craft is struggling to find a place for itself. When a craft dies, along with the artisans and their business dies; also the rich tradition, a legacy, an entire history and immense knowledge meets the end. This matter has been brought to light many times in the past and many groups and organizations have been formed to find ways to revive the rich heritage of each community. With the increase of the cost of living, all of the artisans and craftsmen earlier practicing their skills, have started to find wealthier means of making a living, leaving behind the traditional skill set of craft and art making. This passed onto the next generations and now there are very few practioners left to preserve our rich heritage.
1.1 : REVIVAL OF THE CULTURAL NODE FOR THE EXISTING BANNI COMMUNITY AT RUDRAMATA
Kutch district is inhabited by various groups and communities. Many of these have reached this region after centuries of migration from neighboring regions of Marwa, and is now eroding due to various reasons. The primary objective is to develop tourism related infrastructure at the identified site at Rudramata on a suitable format,in order to develop a revenue platform for the community at Rudramata. The project aims at developing a unique rural tourism product in providing an enriching experience to visitors. The project will also act as a catalyst in promoting tourism and local enterprise development in the area, and aims to generate a literature for designing a better interdisciplinary art module that helps its participants connect and communicate more efficiently with the surroundings in an informal, sustainable manner, helping the community revive and expand its cultural values. Also, to generate a catalyst in order to promote rural tourism, and to enhance the values of the selected community.
The banni community is a living cultural heritage initially envisaged as an artist community with great minds in textile, wood work, metal work, building techniques, leather work, music and dance.
Earthquake further led to a shift in the community towards the urban settlements, leaving their origins behind.
To prevent the community from losing its cultural identity, the government and the NGOs, redirected the setting towards a guided growth by rebuilding their homes and enhancing their magnitude.
However, the 2001 earthquake led to a major drift in this settlement, causing either redevelopment of the smaller settlements within the communities or relocation of the entire settlements.
Another reason for the shift was the economy. The aftermath of the earthquake led to a downfall in the tourist flow because of which the entire community got disconnected from the urban settlement.
This dissertation is an attempt to research on the fading heritage of crafts and arts of Rudramata and to propose a platform for its revival through the means of architecture. The idea of the project revolves around the expansion of the relation of people with their culture and history, knowledge about the skill set of the ancestors, limitations and difficulties faced by the artisans, providing a solution for their problems and preserving our rich culture.
Cluster Planning
Multifunctional Spaces
LEVELS
Social Response
Courtyard Effect
Hierarchy Of Spaces Heat Gain Reduction
Shading element
Archival office
Waiting Area
Gathering Area
Concept
Display
Classroom
Practice
Workshop
The workshops are designed keeping in mind the climatic conditions, in order to prevent the spaces from becoming inhabitable. The layout is designed in a cluster inspired from the housing layouts as observed in the villages, this gives the user a transition in experience from small pedestrian spaces opening up into larger areas which are utilized for exhibitions. The workshops are designed in a way that the visibility of the passerby is not obstructed, maintaining a connection between the activities that are taking place inside and outside the workshops.
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Material Palette 300 x 300 Stabilized earth tiles, Resting on teak wood framework Supported on 150 dia, mud roll, 600mm long Reused TW rafter, 38mm x 127mm @ 830 c/c
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300mm thk Rammed earth wall
150mm thk RCC lintel band 150mm thk RCC sill band
2 nos. Reused TW rafter, 38mm x 100mm @ 830 c/c Movable wooden bench
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50mm thk Rammed earth flooring with cowdung plater
4. 5. 150mm thk RCC plinth band
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Stone footing
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Planting Plan Terminalia bellirica Aerva tomentosa Maytenus emarginata
Reed irrigation belt Acacia nilotica
Lasiurus sindicus
Terminalia bellirica ( Baheda )
Bougainvillea glabra
Acacia nilotica ( Desi Babool )
Aerva tomentosa
Native. Spreading, open, feathery crown. 10m mature height. Deciduous
Tamarix articulate ( Farash )
Lasiurus sindicus Aerva tomentosa
Native. Massive dome shaped crown with broad leaves. 20 - 40m mature height : Deciduous
Maytenus emarginata ( Kankera ) Small Tree; Deciduous Native. Can have large oval crown. Considered sacred. 5m mature height.
Garden soil
Ziziphus mauritiana Tamarix articulata
Existing comact earth
Native. Fast growing. Salinity tolerant. 10m mature height. Evergreen
1m deep pit for tree plantation along with shrubs underneath
TYPICAL PLANTATION DETAIL
Ziziphus mauritiana ( Ber ) Small Tree; Deciduous Native. Dense spreading crown. 8m mature height. Also cultivated for its fruit.
1.2 : STREETS AS SPACES PROJECT TYPE : TOWN PLANNING & DESIGN (SEMESTER 9) LOCATION: NEW PANVEL, MAHARASHTRA
Placemaking is all about turning physical public spaces into places that support human interaction, economic exchange and well-being. It is a continuously dynamic process, not a static set of amenities, objects or activities. It comes from the people and involved everything we experience at eye level. The process empowers everyone including residents, businesses and local government as co-creators and modifiers of place. It’s not only about one place, like a park or a square or a building. Placemaking aims to transition the street back to a series of places, a series of activities. This used to be normal, daily living: we walked down the street to our local post office, then to the hardware store, baker, deli, etc. We can call it the art of the path. These are all places that attract people in different ways. With modern development models, we’ve lost the ability to create places or nodes of activities along the street. We have to be much more engaging about understanding street life and life on the sidewalk.
Minimalistic Approach To Urban Catalyst
AIM
: To insert an urban element which can act as a catalyst to enhance the notion of allotted precincts.
SITE LOCATION : HDFC circle, New Panvel PROPOSAL : Permanent parking zone next to the water plant and temporary market under the existing flyover.
DESIGN ELEMENTS
JUSTIFICATION : The site is currently being used as an open urination spot by the passerbys, since it is an open ground surrounded by plantation. The site also experience heavy traffic jam during the peak hours, as it is a junction with no parking plots. As the result the vehicular movement spaces are reduced due to the illegal parking that happens along the pavements.
Hence, by proposing a well designed parking zone in the selected area can help the vehicals move in a more organized fashion. Also,it will encourage future temporary settlements for leisure as well.
Selected area
Proposed Parking
Existing flyover
Cycling track Temporary markets underneath the flyover
Shading elements
Gathering pockets
Temporary stalls Public seating area Kids play area
DESIGN ELEMENTS
1.3 : THE BUSINESS PLAN REIMAGINING WORKSPACES PROJECT TYPE : ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN (SEMESTER 9) LOCATION: BANGLORE, KARNATAKA
The Indian workspace is undergoing dramatic changes with Indian millennials spending the most amount of time in their offices compared to their global peers, working an average of 52 hours per week! Emergence of many new “startups”, affordability, distance and time for travelare some of the other factors that are crying out for a change in the way we look at and design our work spaces. Flexibility, need-based space requirement, dynamic spaces that are inspiring both during the day and night, spaces that allow for collaboration – these are some of the ingredients that would make for an apt office space today. Transparence 2018 looks to redefine the way business spaces have been conventionally looked at.
Are the days of workspaces being limited to a cubicle and meetings to a conference room over?
Cities and buildings are changing in tandem with work and work styles. Significant factors, including a younger workforce and innovationdriven nature of business, mean that building typologies are being challenged both in form and provision.
The lines are blurring between an office and a home. Since the dawn of the white-collar age, office prototypes have been a habitual dilemma. There has been a historical shift in values and lifestyles and hence a shift in workplace environments over the last decade.
The revolution that started changing the workplace layout in the early 1990s has spread now to buildings and campuses. Instead of businesses owning or occupying large office buildings, more companies are shifting towards shared work centres and self-sustaining vertical work towns.
Volume of Space While companies like Google and Facebook are revolutionizing the way office buildings and workplaces are conceived, some also believe traditional workstations maintain employees’ attention spans, productivity, and provide a clear schism to separate work from leisure. Connectivity By Common Space
Interlocking Spaces
The workplace is evolving faster than ever before and we must pioneer the new office design movement. A onesize-fits-all workplace does not do justice to the multicultural, multilingual, and multigenerational workforce. Old ways are being set aside, and new-age solutions are being criticized. The challenge is to program and reinvent our offices into a modern workspace that are inclusive and take into account the various parameters which makes up the human construct.
There is a play of open, semi-open and enclosed spaces throughout the building blocks which gives the experience of transition between the spaces and breaks the monotony of the space.
The corporate and shared office spaces are separated by a distance but linke with each other by common intermediate spaces.
DESIGN details
2.1 : SARVE, STORY OF A FISHING VILLAGE PROJECT TYPE : ARCHITECTURAL DOCUMENTATION (SEMESTER 4) LOCATION: SARVE, MAHARASHTRA
In developing countries, urbanisation usually occurs when people move from villages to settle in cities in hope of gaining a better standard of living. The movement of people from one place to another is called migration, Which can be influenced by economic growth and development and by technological change and possibly also by conflict and social disruption. Employment opportunities in cities are one of the main pull factors.There are also more educational institutions providing courses and training in a wide range of subjects and skills. People are attracted to an urban lifestyle and the ‘bright lights’ of city life. All of these factors result in both temporary and permanent migration to urban areas. Rural to urban migration can be a selective process, as some types of people are more likely to move than others. One of the factors involved is gender, because employment opportunities vary greatly with different jobs for men and women. Another factor is age..
BUDDHAWADI
One of such rural settlements which has been influenced by urbanization is a fishing community lying along the coastal zones of Maharashtra. Sarve is a small village consisting of three different religious communities, muslims, hindu and Buddhists, living together, holding a rich cultural history. The main objective of this assignment was to comprehend the community character of the village, its diversity that coexisted its influence on the architectural attributes that coalesced the village and its neighborhood.
2.1 : UNDERSTANDING LIVES
Muslim Housing Style
Hindu Housing Style
2.2 : TEMPLES OF HOYSALA DYNASTY PROJECT TYPE : ARCHITECTURAL DOCUMENTATION (SEMESTER 6) LOCATION: BELUR, KARNATAKA
Belur and Halebidu are the best known temples of the Hoysala dynasty. The Belur and Halebid temples give a glimpse of Hindu temple art at its glorious best of the 16th century. They are famous for their carvings and splendid architecture. The Hoysalas improved on the Calukyan style of architecture by building extremely ornate temples in many parts of Karnataka noted for the sculptures in the walls, ceilings, curved pillars and many more. They followed Dravidian style, vesara style of architecture. The founder of this dynasty, prince "Sala" fought with a tiger single handed. Legend has it that the prince's teacher shouted out "Hoy Sala" meaning "strike Sala", this later became the emblem of Hoysala dynasty. The first capital of the Hoysala dynasty was Halebidu. It was later shifted to Belur.
INTERIOR COLUM DETAILS
SIDE ELEVATION
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Like many of the rulers of the times, Vishnuvardhana and his successors were adventurous in their artistic expressions. Hoysalas followed the footsteps of Chalukyas, in the art and architecture and their carvings were extremely ornate and intricate. Chennakeshava Temple in Belur was commissioned by Vishnuvadhana the Hoysala king himself to celebrate an important military victory in 1117 AD against the Cholas in battle of Talakad.
Since the king wanted an extraordinary temple, it has been built in an architectural style (Hoysala Style) which was new to the region. The monument is exceptionally large and its decoration is very lavish.
The decorations for this temple still continued after the rule of Vishnuvadhana by his successors and it took nearly 103 years to complete this temple. The wall-images of the Chennakesava-temple are one of the large sculptural attractions of the monument, among them are Shiva dancing on a demon, Incarnation of Vishnu as Vamana and Varaha, Kali, Ganesh, Mahisasuramardini.
In ornate Hoysala temples the depiction of numerous gods and attendants in a horizontal row of large images is common. The temples in Belur are dedicated to Vishnu. Scenes from the epics, elephants in battle and sensuous dancers come alive in stone. There are 42 celestial dancers and the sculpture is simply outstanding. The other two Hoysala temples are Kappe Chennigaraya and Viranarayana.
Halebidu (Hale'beedu) literally means "the ruined city". It was then known as Dwarasamudra (gateway to the seas). It was the capital of Hoysalas before they shifted the capital to Belur. The height of Hoysalan art and architecture survives in the form of Hoysaleshvara Temple at Halebidu. The temple is dedicated to Lord Shiva. It has two shrines each shrine has the lingam of Hoysaleshwara and Shanthaleshwara, Ketumalla. Opposite to Shiva there is a big statue of Nandi. It took more than eighty years it is not been completed. The temple is richly ornamented with most intricately carvings. The wall inscriptions include endless display of gods, human, animals and images of war, hunting, music, and dance. Other temples to watch are Kedareswara Temple, trikuta temple, Jain temples etc.
There is an image of a dancing Ganesha at the entrance of the temple. There are more than 240 images in the temple and no other temple has these many intricate sculptures.
NORTH ELEVATION
TEMPLE ELEVATION
TEMPLE PLAN
The temple has exclusive carvings and has a plan with two shrines, one for the King and one for the queen. It has about thousand figures on the walls which depict scenes of Mahabharata and Ramayana. It reflects the Hoysala architecture and was built in soapstone. The outer walls of this temple have intricate carvings and the temple has been described as an outstanding example of Hindu architecture. The temple has four porches for entry and the main shrine faces on the east. There are exquisite sculptures and paintings inside the temple. The most interesting part of the temples are the Garuda Sthamba, which is a rare pillar that depicts the history of the bodyguards that lived with the Kings in olden days. These bodyguards committed suicide on the death of their master and this pillar pays homage to a bodyguard named Kuruva Lakshma who killed himself after the death of his master. The event is narrated in detail on the pillar.
3.0 : ARCHITECTURE AND LANDSCAPE PROJECT TYPE : PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE ORGANISATION : ENVIROSCAPE LANDSCAPE DESIGN AND PLANNING, MUMBAI
Landscape architecture is the study and practice of designing environments (outdoors & indoors) of varying scale that encompasses elements of art, environment, architecture, engineering, and sociology. Landscape architectecture involves designing of spaces that “creates and enables life between the buildings�. The involvement of landscape architects can be seen in streets, roads, shared paths, housing estates, apartment compounds, shopping malls, squares, plazas, gardens, pocket parks, playgrounds, cemeteries, memorials, museums, schools, universities, transport networks, regional parks, national parks, forests, waterways and across towns, cities and countries. Landscape architects often go beyond design creating frameworks and policies for place and city shaping that enable citizens and government to create better places for all
THIS INDUSTRIAL PROJECT BASED IN PUNE IS DIVIDED INTO SEVERAL PLOTS FOR DIFFERENT PURPOSES. EVERY PLOT IS TO BE DESIGNED IN SUCH A WAY THAT IT MEETS THE TREE COUNTS SPECIFIED BY THE AUTHORITY BY USING NATIVE SPECIES.
3.1 : INDUSTRIAL PROJECT AT PUNE PROJECT TYPE : PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE LOCATION: CHAKAN,PUNE
F I R S T Water Feature
O P T I O N
View To Entrance
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3.2 : ENTRANCE DESIGN FOR A JEWELLRY STORE Pantry PROJECT TYPE : PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE LOCATION: GHATKOPAR, MUMBAI
This commercial project wanted their entrance designed in such a way that it becomes an attraction of its own. As per the brief the client wanted a contemporary subtle feel to the entire design that feels very calm and peaceful surrounded by water features and green wall and potted plants
View To The Green Wall
The entrance to the showroom was directed by a subtle vitrified paving with printed tiles on either side. The guests would be welcomed by a pantry cladded in same printed tile along with potted green wall one side and seating and water feature on the other followed by the lawn. A niche for displaying the mannequique was introduced with creepers around it.
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Pantry with water feature
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1. KID’S PLAY AREA Epdm floorinng play zone set at the end of the central core surrounded by jogging tracks and medium height plantation 2. CELEBRATION ZONE Festive activity spaces around tree courts
3. INTERACTIVE BAND Seating spaces surrounded by pergolas, tree courts and multipurpose courts. 4. DEFINING THE ENTRANCE The paving pattern directing the pedestrian to the water feature, seating spaces and other focal points.
3.3 : PODIUM DESIGN FOR A
RESIDENTIAL BUILDING PROJECT TYPE : PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE LOCATION: AMRAVATI, ANDHRAPRADESH
As per the brief , the podium had to be designed as the main interaction space consisting of various activities for different age groups, keeping in mind the vehicular movement within the podium. Hence a central pathway was designed which would act as a vehicular movement road and all the other interactive zones were placed on the either sides in small pockets.
5. GREEN ZONE Theme garden, herbal garden pockets with cycle parking stands
7. ACTIVITY ZONE Sitouts, play courts, skating zone
6. SILENT ZONE Meditation zones with low height seating arrangements.
8. WELCOMING AREA Ornamental trees along the periphery
3.4 : BRANDING FOR A COMMERCIAL PROJECT PROJECT TYPE : PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE LOCATION: BANDRA, MUMBAI
As per the brief , the podium had to be designed as the main interaction space consisting of various activities for different age groups, retaining the existing features.
3.5 : PODIUM DESIGN FOR A RESIDENTIAL BUILDING PROJECT TYPE : PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE LOCATION: SANPADA, NAVI MUMBAI