CV + Portfolio: Shreya Bansal [B. Arch] by Shreya Bansal

Architecture + Design Selected Works

P O R T F O L I O Shreya Bansal ( B.Arch )

CURRICULUM VITAE

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I am a recent graduate of architecture seeking the position of a junior architect. I believe architecture gives an opportunity as spacemakers to enhance human relationships with one another and with one’s surroundings. Through my work, I attempt to manifest my thoughts and aspirations by creating spaces of interactions at various scales. Now that I’m outside school and entering the professional world, I seek to learn more and explore my capacities to its best potential.

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Curriculum Vitae 2020

Name: Shreya Bansal Email ID : shreyabansal97.sb@gmail.com Contact : +919987046661 Date of Birth: 27th April, 1997 Address : Whispering Palms, Lokhandwala Complex, Kandivali East, Mumbai- 400101

EDUCATION

ACHIEVEMENTS

Bachelor of Architecture from Mumbai University Kamla Raheja Vidyanidhi Institute of Architecture and Environmental studies (June 2015- October 2020) CGPA- 8.05

World Urban Forum, 2019 Redefining Urban Mobility (Won the Local Projects Challenge Award- Innovation in Education)

Senior Secondary School (CBSE) RN Podar High School, Mumbai (2015) Percentage- 91.8%

Heritage Awards for Excellence in Documentation, hosted by INTACH, Delhi, 2017 Building Stories, Chakrata (First Place across India)

Secondary School (ICSE) Lokhandwala Foundation School, Mumbai (2013) Percentage - 94.3%

WORK EXPERIENCE Dominique Perrault Architects, Paris Internship (December 2018- April 2019) An Internationally renowned architecture, urban planning and design studio, famous for the design of National French library Office in Dar-e-Salaam, Tanzania Ongoing individual project for Mr. Nilesh Bhatt (December 2020)

RELATED EXPERIENCE Collaboration with Perkins Eastman (June 2019- November 2019) Developed an urban plan for Mumbai’s port lands as a part of a Bridge Studio with KRVIA for Semester IX which won an award at the UN organised World Urban Forum. Teaching Assistant, KRVIA (August 2019) Guidance to the first year architecture students of KRVIA in designing an installation on John Hedjuk’s work. Design + Curation: Exhibition (2017) Design of an exhibition that displayed the documentation of four villages, Building Stories: Chakrata, in the form of narratives and physical models. Volunteer, SP+A, Mumbai (December 2015) Work related to the ‘State of Architecture’ Exhibition

COA Documentation Award Building Stories, Chakrata (First Place across India) Esquisse - KRVIA, July 2017 Cross dress (First Place)

TECHNICAL SKILLS AutoCad 2D SketchUp Rhinoceros Adobe PhotoShop + Indesign + Illustrator Microsoft Office Model Making Hand drafting and sketching

WORKSHOPS & ELECTIVES Humans of Chunabhatti- Shriya Bhatia (2015) The production of Home- Parmesh Shahani (2016) Appropriations in the city of Mumbai- Shreyank Khemalapure (2017) Podcasts- Namrata Kapoor (2018) Globalisation and Culture- Dr. Binti Singh (2019)

INTERESTS Trekking (Certified upto 15500 ft, Himalayas ) Architectural Photography/ Sketching Graphic Design Sociology and Urban Theory

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Academic Projects

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The Paradox Of Recognition

Redefining Urban Mobility

Port Housing

Rethinking Faith

A Case of the Hijra Community in Malvani Design Dissertation

Urban Design, Mumbai Bridge Studio | Competition

Institutional Housing in Ramnagar, Varanasi Architectural Design Studio

A Center of Theology, Ajmer Architectural Design Studio

Family Court

BKC, Mumbai Architectural Design Studio

Building Stories, Chakrata

Chakrata, Uttarakhand Measured Drawing + Documentation

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01 The thesis is an enquiry into the transgender community, who are often excluded from the process of normalization. Their ‘otherness’ has forced them to lead a marginalised existence on the fringes of society, dwelling in poverty and social difference triggered by inequalities of gender. For the scope of the thesis, a qualitative ethnographic study was adopted to gain insights into the secretive nature of the hijra community with the help of two NGOs in Malvani. A qualitative approach helped in understanding the behaviors, social structure and shared beliefs of the community. The motivation for the thesis is an attempt to assert the position of the transgenders in society. This is facilitated through architectural design that would act as a tool to break the stigma around the community. The project is set in Malvani, an extremely dense residential settlement with very limited ‘public spaces’. The lifestyle of hijras living here however is very different from the other residents. While the threshold between the ‘home’ and the ‘outside’ is blurred for most, the hijras prefer to stay in the privacy of their homes. The purpose of the project is thus, to create an inclusive public space instead of a self sufficient ‘enclave’ to empower marginalised communities.

The Paradox Of Recognition A Case of the Hijra Community in Malvani Malvani, Mumbai Academic Project | Design Dissertation | Community Amenities KRVIA | 2020 Guide: Shweta Wagh

Can we challenge hetero-normativity and reimagine the conventional institutions of family and marriage? What is the “home” in this case, and what are the attributes that build this home?

Can another system of community living devoid of the hierarchies of the gharana system (co)exist to support the transgenders?

How can skill development programmes be reimagined for the transgender community in India? Can a better built environment support their existing means of livelihood?

How can public spaces be planned such that they are inclusive, allowing for gender specificity while retaining gender diversity and is accesible and safe for everyone?

Can architecture enable normalizing the existence of gender nonconforming people within the community ?

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Fig: Illustrations depicting the peculiar position of Hijras in India

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Site plan

Fig: Site Plan of the New Collector Compound/Old Collector Compound region in Malvani, highlighting the site of intervention

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DWELLING SPACE

TABOO SPACE

SOCIAL SPACE

1000 members of the hijra community reside in Malvani in rented homes, across the site. They rent small ‘rooms’ with an area of around 150-200 sq feet. Often, 4-5 transgender from a gharana live together in one house. They practically live “in shifts” due to space crunch by building a situation such that at any time, half the people living in the house are working. They pay higher rents for homes with in-built toilets as they are uncomfortable with using binary public toilets.

The maps identifies the ‘hotspots’ that are accessed by the transgender people involved in sex work, generally including paan shops and abandoned spaces at night like schools. Due to the harassment and uncertainty associated with sex work, many hijras in Malvani are looking for other opportunities to earn a living.

The map identifies the social institutions and public spaces, mostly NGOs and religious spaces that are accessed by the transgender people in Malvani. The transgender community are often discriminated against, thus large public spaces like parks are inaccessible to them. They generally socialise indoors in spaces like the NGOs, religious institutions and their homes.

Fig: Mapping the concentration of Hijra dwellings, taboo and social spaces in Malvani

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MORNING

9:00

The guru is making tea while the 2 chelas who do sex work during the night time go to sleep in the morning.

EVENING

20:30

NIGHT

AFTERNOON 13:25

The chelas prepare lunch for themselves and their guru. They mostly spendd the day inside the house watching the television.

Fig: Sketches from hijra households highlighting how they â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;live in shiftsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;

Fig: Sketches from hijra households highlighting the interior spaces

The chelas who beg/ perform at ceremonies return home and cook dinner, while the other 2 leave for work.

23:40

The bed and a carpet on the mezzanine level are used for sleeping at night. The guru shares the single bed with her chela.

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Fig: Sketches highlighting taboo spaces like abandoned shelters and hotspots used by the hijra community for sex work

Fig: Sketches highlighting social spaces like NGO offices and religious institutions

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Current site condition

Development as per DCR Regulations

URBAN STRATEGY The current site has gated individual plots with informal activities lined along the compound walls spilling onto the roads, and very limitted access from the settlement to the main road. If development happens as per DCR Regulations, gated high rise buildings for amenities like schools and hospitals with FSI of 4 and 5 and large open spaces like public parks would be designed with restricted entry and a high compound wall. All informal activities would be stopped along the boundary. The Proposed project however, creates a continuous (not treat the site as individual plots) social amenity edge where the levels act as an interface between common public programs and communityspecific programs. A network of open spaces and pedestrian streets are used to divide the project in program-specific blocks that respond to the needs of both, the traffic heavy main road and the internal community galli. Fig: Sketches from hijra households highlighting the interior spaces 12

Proposed Social Amenity Edge

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Existing site conditions

Cutting lateral connections from the internal road to the main road

Creating an internal pedestrian street

Creating public plazas along the pedestrian street

Reserving the first level for marginalised communities

Sloping the roofs to collect rainwater

Fig: Intervention Strategy Diagrams 13

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1. Study Block 2. Community Block 3. Livelihood & Vocation Block 4. Market Block 5. Utility Block 6. Care Facilities Block 7. Public Plazas 8. Existing School Complex Fig: Ground Floor Plan- Designed as a thoroughfare, responding to two very different interfaces 14

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Fig: First Floor Plan- Spaces designed especially for marginalised communities 15

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Public park and sports amenities accessible to everyone

Laundry and drying space along the internal road

STRATEGY DIAGRAMS FOR EDGE CONDITIONS The project is designed carefully around the existing school complex by opening up the space in front of the school for sports amenities and a public park for the settlement. The project is planned around four major plazas that are connected by an internal road. Multiple lateral connections between the main road and internal road hold the project together. The edge on the main road is programmed with shopfronts, public outdoor rooms, vegetable market, health post, resting/locker space, water fountains and a wifi zone allowing for a thoroughfare along a 3m wide footpath. Whereas, more community based programs like public toilets, workshop spaces, laundry/drying spaces, anganwadi and large spaces for community gatherings can be accessed directly from the internal road.

Vegetable market along the main road

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Retail shops and stores opening onto the main road

Rentable workshop spaces along the internal road

Public toilet along the internal road

Outdoor eating space creates an active public plaza

Anganwadi and outdoor classroom opening into the internal road

Embedded public amphitheater in the school complex Fig: Strategy diagrams for edge conditions 17

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Fig: Isometric drawing highlighting the public interface created by the project between the main road and the internal community galli

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Fig: Exploded Axonometric of the ‘Study’ block highlighting the structure and roofing members 20

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Fig: A view from the school complex looking at the â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Study blockâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; opening into an outdoor amphitheater

Fig: A view from the internal community galli stepping down into a public plaza with public toilets and workshops around 21

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SECTION

01 02

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03 Fig: Key Plan

Section 01 is cut through the Library and Education block highlighting the shopfronts on the street edge and the study spaces cascading into an outoor amphitheater in the school complex. Section 02 is also cut through the Library and Education block highlighting the public outdoor room allowing porosity into the project from the main road leading to an audio-visual room and the amphitheater on the ground level, and a night/adult school and public library for marginalised communities on the upper level. Section 03 is cut through the Care Facilities Block highlighting the Anganwadi with outdoor classrooms, and resting spaces with water fountains on the ground level with dormitories for the marginalised communities on the upper level. Section 04 is cut through the community kitchen and market block which create a public thoroughfare between the settlement and the main road.

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Elevation 05 looks at the project from the internal community galli. The project is designed to allow porosity into different spaces, making it extremely accesible and safe for the marginalised communities. Multiple entry points directly from the street instead of one larger entry point enables the project to act as a thoroughfare. Section 06 is cut longitudinally across the site highlighting how the project is designed around public squares/plazas. The section cuts through the care facilities block, utilities block, livelihood and vocation block and the community block (from left to right). Large terraces on the upper level are flexible spaces for use by the marginalised communities.

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ELEVATION

SECTION

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Fig: Key Plan

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Fig: Daytime- Wooden louvers can be shut on the upper level to filter sunlight coming from S-W direction during the daytime, making the space cool and usable

Fig: Night time- Wooden louvers can be opened on the upper level to allow cross ventilation during the night time, making the space cool and usable. 26

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5 mm thk Polycarbonate Roofing Material 200 x 80 x 8 mm MS Purlin 300 x 230 x 12 mm MS Bolted beam 200 x 180 x 10 mm MS Column 20 mm thk Kota Stone Flooring 20 mm thk Cement Mortar 100 x 100 x 10 mm Box Section Hand Railing 300 x 230 x 12 mm MS Bolted beam 6 mm thk Steel Deck for RCC Slab 100 mm thk MS Riser with U- Shaped Bracket Bolted MS Base Plate Connection (I-Section to Concrete Pedestral) 20 mm thk Kota Stone Flooring 100 mm thk PCC Bed Brick Infill 230 x 450 mm RCC Plinth Beam Foundation Overflow Drain Sub-soil Fig: Wall Section highlighting the roofing details

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02 Being able to walk to a mix of shops, restaurants and open air markets in carfree neighbourhoods and work centers would add an interesting variety and vitality to an area. The master plan aims in building a pedestrian and transit friendly design. The roads within neigbourhoods are fluid in nature with well designed pavements, commercial activity and eating spaces encouraging people to walk. Concentration of major populations in a walkable radius from the station are few strategies used to create a great experience for the pedestrians. In order for the routes to be safe and lively, public plazas, green spaces and corridors have been proposed within the network. The scale of both open spaces and buildings are broken down (decentralised) to create more intimate and usable spaces.

Redefining Urban Mobility Darukhana, Mumbai Academic Project| Bridge Studio | KRVIA | 2019 Competition | Urban Design | World Urban Forum (Won the Local Projects Challenge Award- Innovation in Education) Team: Shreya Bansal, Rohit Kudale, Nidhi Poojary, Aditya Thole In collaboration with

PROJECT BRIEF The site, Darukhana lies on the eastern waterfront of Mumbai. Once, a center for trading in the 19th century, it now lies largely inaccessible and in disarray. Redesigning the site to open up the waterfront to the city would unlock the potential of the land and open new opportunities for various purposes. The site extends out into the water in the form of three disconnected bunders. The idea is to create a city connected with multiple modes of green public transport networks and pedestrian streets which provide ease of access to the residents on a daily basis and is an urban magnet for tourists offering a variety of spaces and experiences with a possibility of an ever changing landscape.

Academic Project: Redefining Urban Mobility

Connecting the existing open spaces

Extending private transport connections

Extending public transport connections

Proposed Master Plan

Electric bus routes, bus stops and charging stations

Cycling and bike route and pick up/drop off points

Private vehicle route, car parking and car rental

Fig: Master Planning Strategies for a pedestrian and transit friendly design 29

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Fig: Neighbourhood level plan highlighting the nature of open vs built spaces, and how a fluid path connects different blocks to form decentralised open spaces that are more intimate and usable

Fig: Neighbourhood level view highlighting the hierarchy of different modes of transport which promotes the use of cycles/bikes/electric pods and walking within the vicinity and public transport for long distances instead of private vehicles

Academic Project: Redefining Urban Mobility

Fig: The Central 30m wide commercial street with wide pavements for spillout spaces, cycle/bike tracks and a fixed bus route; no entry for

Fig: Neighbourhood level view highlighting the small scale open spaces created for public use in each block encouraging alternative green modes of transport within the vicinity

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PROGRAM ZONING A mixed-use neighbourhood is designed so as to create a active and bustling space, with a mix of residential, commercial, and tourism activities. Program zoning on site is done in accordance of the road network, such that high rise office/ commercial/retail spaces are lined along major wide roads, while low/mid rise residential spaces and public facilities are located on quiet internal roads.

PHASING - The project is divided in 6 phases, such that revenue generating activites like high-rise commercial buildings, HIG housing, tourism sector are alternated with building public amenities, LIG housing, state run education and health facilities. 32

The three bunders have very distinct programs (top to bottom): 1. Commercial/Tourism- Hotels, restaurants and ferry terminal act as a revenue generating model for the tourism sector 2. Public Amenities- The central bunder that continues from the station road is programmed with State built amenities for all like public library, museum, etc. A large public park on the wateredge acts as an magnet for public activity. 3. Residential- HIG housing and commercial spaces generate large revenues due to â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;value through waterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;.

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Fig: Program Distribution on site

Fig: Program Diagram 33

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Active ground plane

LIG / MIG Housing 4000 Families

Urban Health Center 300 beds

Active ground plane

Housing for all

Primary School 2000 students

Senior Living 700 Senior Citizens

PARAMETERS Urban Health Center 300 beds

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The studio emulated a real world scenario by facilitating students to become advocates for competing claimants for the city land such as open spaces, commercial developers, tourism, housing, water management, heritage and wilflife conservation. Through informed debates and advocacy for the users, while learning how to leverage opposite interests, the studio narrowed down to a set of parameters, urban design guidelines and strategies that can respond to the SDGâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s and the New Urban Agenda while working to provide creative approaches to making a livable and future proof city.

Academic Project: Redefining Urban Mobility

Low impact development

Lateral connections

Tourism

Value through water

Education for all

Employment opportunities

Value through transit

Buffer from waterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s edge

Zero energy development Fig: Urban Design Guidelines executed on site 35

PORTFOLIO | Shreya Bansal Primary and Secondary Schools are provided within the fabric of mixed income neighbourhoods, a subsided bus service and metro is available for students from the city.

Primary 30m wide street running from the railway station uptil the central bunder

Bus Depot near the railway station acting as a node for public transport

Waterfront

Academic Project: Redefining Urban Mobility Low risk income generating activites are encouraged to provide a safe working environment for the people, additionally institutes for vocational training are planned to get youth jobs and ensure equal pay.

A network of electric buses and charging bus stations are used instead of diesel/CNG to reduce toxic pollutants and depend on renewable sources of energy. Nature is integrated with the civic buildings to create public spaces and make people aware of a lifestyle in harmony with nature.

Secondary road adjoining the school complex

LIG/MIG Housing neighbourhood

Underground metro exit into the edge of a public park

Fig: Sections highlighting the transit oriented design and SDGs executed on site 37

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EQUAL ACCESS TO AFFORDABLE TECHNICAL, VOCATIONAL AND HIGHER EDUCATION Subsidised metro and bus services for students from the city

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FREE PRIMARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION Free quality education for everyone

Fig: Storyboard highlighting how the SDG- Quality Education is amplified through design

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Academic Project: Redefining Urban Mobility

PROMOTE YOUTH EMPLOYMENT, EDUCATION AND TRAINING Vocational training centers and public library for everyone

PROTECT LABOUR RIGHTS AND PROMOTE SAFE WORKING ENVIRONMENT Use of machinery with safety measures; low risk activites which are income generating

FULL EMPLOYMENT AND DECENT WORK WITH EQUAL PAY Vocational training helps youth to get jobs, ensure equal pay for all

Fig: Storyboard highlighting how the SDG- Decent Work and Economic Growth is amplified through design

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RESPONSIBLE MANAGEMENT OF CHEMICALS AND WASTE Electric buses are used instead of Diesel/CNG to reduce of toxic waste and pollutants

AWARENESS OF LIFESTYLE IN HARMONY WITH NATURE Integrating nature with the civic buildings to create public spaces

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TOURISM THAT CREATES JOBS AND PROMOTES LOCAL CULTURE AND PRODUCTS Street markets in the park and museums create jobs for the locals

Fig: Storyboard highlighting how the SDG- Responsible Consumption and Production is amplified through design

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Port Housing Ramnagar, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh Academic | Architecture Design Studio | Institutional Housing KRVIA | 2018 Guide: George Jacob, Kalpit Ashar

With the increase in the industrial area and the port hub, even more, the town will become attractive for variety of social groups, from labourers, workers to young families to energetic entrepreneurs. The port authority of india claims that port will generate direct 4000 jobs after completion of the project, the industries will demand more labour and employees. There will be major inflow and migration of people in future. The proposed site has existing temporary housing for the labourers working for the construction of the port. This piece of land, 15000 sq. m in area is at a walkable distance from the port. The proposed project aims to provide appropriate housing along with basic amenities for the lower and middle income group employees of the three major nodes, i.e. The industry, road trade(terminals), water trade(port).

Retaining the turtle sanctuary that helps in cleaning the water Fig: Future Projection Drawing of the city of Ramnagar 44

Academic Project: Port Housing

Common junctions should become shared amenity spaces

Hierarchy of spaces from the main highway to the interiors: Bike/cycle parking, Resting Lodge/ restaurants, Green buffer, housing

Residential complex developed on farmlands should compensate by making urban farms

Activating the banks of the river on this side by programs like learning center, womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s collective, library, jetties

Sewage Treatment Plant for industrial waste that leads to the Ganga

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DEVELOPMENT AROUND THE RAMNAGAR FORT (1750 ONWARDS)

The Ramnagar Fort was made in the 1750s in Mughal style by Kashi Raja Balwant Singh. The title has been abolished since 1971, yet the current Maharaja resides in the Fort. The city seemed to have grown radially around the Fort, creating really dense pockets in that area.

After the densification of the Fort are, people started to settled in villages nearby (mostly around water bodies like lakes, ponds, etc)

DEVELOPMENT AROUND THE INDUSTRIAL AREA (1900 ONWARDS)

With industries coming up in the early 1900s, an industrial area was setup on the outskirts for various manufacturing units. It created employment, therefore drawing people in and around that area, and nearby villages.

Settlements started getting formed near the industrial area along the Grand Trunk road for the ease of commuting.

Fig: Evolution of Ramnagar over the years and the future projection once the port is built 46

Academic Project: Port Housing

DEVELOPMENT AROUND THE MULTI-MODAL TERMINAL (2020 ONWARDS)

With the multi-modal terminal coming up in 2019, Varanasi is going to be connected to Haldia via NW! for transportation of cargo and export in the South Eastern countries. An estimate of 4000 direct jobs and innumerous indirect jobs have been created.

The barren and farm lands around the port area is proposed to be developed into residential areas. (keeping in mind that the 200m patch from the river Ganga is un-buildable) Various amenities are proposed in the 2034 Development Plan as well to cater to the migrants.

SITE CONTEXT Ramnagar, Varanasi a small town on the other side of the river ganga, has an exceptional urban setting with its initial growth around the Ramnagar Fort. It has slowly transformed into an industrial zone and deems to be the major trade hub of east Uttar Pradesh with lots of new upcoming projects on the urban scale. The town is scattered across the land with small pockets of houses with bare amenities. The new town is growing around the industrial zone which is well connected with roadways and railways (only for goods). The major national highways, grand trunk road (nh19) and nh22 run across the town. Railway line connecting varanasi to kolkata runs across. The third network, waterway network, is being developed with the construction of multimodal inland water way port to open the ganga water to trade economy.

Water bodies Farm Lands Green Patch Heritage Structure Industrial Ares Multi-modal Port Settlement around Fort Settlement around industries Settlement around port Proposed Amenities No Development Zone

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The proposed project aims to provide appropriate housing along with basic amenities for the lower and middle income groups who are employees of the three major nodes, i.e. The industry, road trade(terminals), water trade(port) excluding high income group(managers and owners) with HRA(housing rent allowance) from the government. Community is imagined to be self sustainable, with the port employees working in the port premises, and the younger generation, kids etc., going to anganwadis, schools, cyber hubs etc. Women could be involved in nursery farming, recycling units, community kitchen workers, running self help groups, workshops etc.,

Fig: Location Plan

Proposed Amenities: Market anganwadis, schools, cyber hubs, nursery farming, recycling units, community kitchen, self help groups, workshops

Proposed Network: A loop for private cars connecting from both sides with limitted car parking on the peripheries; majorly pedestrian complex with central courtyards used as community spaces

Proposed water network: A network of retention ponds in each block is connected through underground channels which leads to a filter bed

Proposed Farming activity: Small scale farms in the backyard of the houses which can be shared/divided as per preference; can act as an additional source of income

Academic Project: Port Housing

Fig: Housing Master Plan

Fig: Section through the housing complex 49

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Fig: Cluster Plan- Ground Floor

Fig: Cluster Plan- First Floor

Fig: Cluster Plan- Second Floor 50

Academic Project: Port Housing

Ground Floor Unit Plan: - A mix of 1 BHK for small families/ LIG/MIG and Dormitory rooms for migrants who are port employees. - 1 BHK houses open into a a small backyard which can be used by drying/washing clothes and urban farming

First Floor Unit Plan: - A common staircase leads into two 2 BHK houses in each unit, for big families/MIG. A small open to sky space can be used for farming/ washing/drying.

Second Floor Unit Plan: - A common staircase leads into two 1 RK houses in each unit, for LIG households. A small open to sky space can be used for farming/ washing/drying.

Fig: Unit Floor Plans for the mixed income housing complex

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Fig: Bird-eye view of the housing complex 52

Academic Project: Port Housing

VOLUMETRIC/MASSING STRATEGY FOR MIXED INCOME HOUSING UNITS

South and south west planes are higher so as to get protection from the south west heat. Terraces cascades towards the center of a cluster creating a community space.

The higher planes partially or fully shade the terraces for a few hours in a day, such that these terraces become useful outdoor spaces.

Terraces used for urban farming / clothes, spices drying/ community gathering purposes.

Trellis and other sun shading devices used for shading the terraces such that activity increases at all hours

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04 Religion is an anchor where one finds emotional solace, a hope to cling onto in times of need. Millions show their strong belief in the doctrines of a religion and its ideologies, based on spiritual conviction rather than proof. However, we forget that the institute of religion is a social construct made by man, perhaps to provide a sense of belonging to a large diverse group of people and to instill order amongst them. We have lost the ability to question this faith, where it stems from and why and how it still continues to grow. The project attempts to understand the genesis and the growth of faith in the context of the Dargah. The Centre of Theology will assert why and how critical thinking is a prerequisite in practicing a religion. The project choreographs oneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s movement from the entry point of the dargah to the main shrine. Places of critical thinking will be juxtaposed with existing places of faith and rituals, thus demanding oneself to think. The institution provides a research centre, exhibition spaces and a school of theology. Equipping the Dargah with practices of community organising, efficient use of resources and research to support its objective, the project will thus create a critical dialogue between the Dargah and the city, and channel it towards a new belief system.

Rethinking Faith A Center of Theology

Dargah Sharif, Ajmer, Rajasthan Academic | Architecture Design Studio | School of Theology KRVIA | 2017 Guide: Shilpa Gore, Jude Dâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;souza

Academic Project: Rethinking Faith

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Fig: Ground Floor Plan

Fig: First Floor Plan

Academic Project: Rethinking Faith

PROJECT BRIEF The project attempts to question and understand the growth of faith in the context of the dargah. The school of theology and research will try to assert critical thinking within the premises of this institute. The building sits on the edge of the Dargah complex thus providing a big mouth on the face of the thronged street driving people into the tranquility of the dargah, with the building acting as a catalyst of thought in the middle. By cascading towards the shrine, the building creates terraces as nodes of interactions and reflection between the different built forms.

Fig: Section AA’ Fig: Section AA’

Fig: Section CC’

Fig: Sectional Perspective BB’

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PROGRAM ZONING Workshop School of Theology Research and Publishing Dormitory Interconnecting Terraces Library Langar

MOVEMENT & AXIS Entry Gates Main Axis from Buland Darwaza Secondary axes through the project

NATURE OF OPEN SPACE

Public courtyard Private courtyard

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Existing complex

Langar Area

Worshops

Library

School of Theology

Shrine

Research & Publishing

Dormitory

Fig: Physical model showing the cascading nature of the project towards the shrine 59

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05 Family Court Act was passed in 1984 to take family and marital disputes in privacy away from the intimidating and congested environment of traditional courts of law and bring them to more sympathetic surroundings. In Mumbai, the family court is located in the midst of the planned commercial complex of BKC. The building typology is common for all the MMRDA buildings in the area that follow a G+7 structure, with an active ground plane. Marriage/divorce a private affair, viewers are not allowed in the courtroom during a session unlike other civil courts. Unlike other â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;courts of justiceâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;, the family court deals with intimate issues relating to personal family affairs. Through the court, an attempt is made to resolve marital problems peacefully with counselling. The project thus tries to create spaces where couples can interact with counsellors in a non intimidating environment, using terraces, balconies and large waiting spaces.

Family Court BKC, Mumbai Academic | Architecture Design Studio | Court House KRVIA | 2017 Guide: Shilpa Gore

Academic Project: Family Court

Need for light in the central portion of the building; lightwell created

Planes shifted to be able to do a play of light

Spaces given different heights on the basis of degrees of publicness

Projections in the central area creates spaces of interaction

Fig: Sectional Perspective highlighting the public plinth and the staggering planes

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Fig: Design Ideas: Sketches

DESIGN CONCEPT A large plinth on the ground floor acts as a public space, accessible to everyone. Overlooking spaces are designed around the central courtyard by shifting planes on upper levels that are used for different purposes like waiting space, childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s play area.. A double height library space opens into an open reading space that looks down into the lightwell. 62

Academic Project: Family Court

Fig: Site Axonometric with layered building plans 63

WINDOW NUMBER

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LOU W3

CIRC W4

A12

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CLE W7

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Fig: Section AAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; 64

SINGLE D3

FOLDING

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SLAB DETAIL ON SHEET NO. 18

Academic Project: Family Court WINDOW SCHEDULE NUMBER

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Fig: Railing and Reinforcement Details 65

WINDOW NUMBER W1

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LOU W3

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Fig: Section BBâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; 66

DETAIL A AT 1:5

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DETAIL A

- ALL DIMENSIONS ARE IN MM UNLESS SPECIFIED. - ALL DIMENSIONS ARE UNFINISHED DIMENSIONS. - DO NOT SCALE THE DRAWING. - FOR ALL OTHER DETAILS REFER TO OTHER RELEVANT DRAWING. - THIS DRAWING IS THE PROPERTY OF THE ARCHITECT AND SHOULD NOT BE COPIED WITHOUT HIS CONCENT. - THIS DRAWING IS THE COPYRIGHT PROPERTY OF THE ARCHITECT. - FOR ALL OTHER DETAILS REFER TO OTHER RELEVANT DRAWINGS -ANY DISCREPANCIES TO BE BROUGHT TO NOTICE OF THE ARCHITECT BEFORE THE COMMENCEMENT OF WORK - ALL STRUCTURAL DIMENSIONS ARE TO BE MENTIONED FROM THE STRUCTURAL ENGINEER'S DRAWINGS. - ALL SERVICES DIMENSIONS ARE TO BE MENTIONED FROM THE SERVICES CONSULTANT'S DRAWINGS. - ALL EXTERNAL WALLS ARE 230 MM THK. - ALL EXTERNAL PLASTER IS 25 MM THK IN CM 1:4 IN 2 COATS. - ALL INTERNAL PLASTER IS 19 MM THK IN CM 1:6 - 12 MM CEILING PLASTER IN CM 1:4 IN - SINGLE COAT FINISHED WITH NEERU. - DPC 25 MM THK IN LAYERS OF BITUMEN MATIC.

DETAIL B

DETAIL C

RESERVE BANK OF INDIA

IFBI

OAD

MMTC LTD

BLUE DART

NCL BUILDING

J J HOSTEL MARUTI SUZUKI INDIA LTD

LIFE INSURANCE OFFICE

SAI MANDIR

PUBLIC PARK

GOVERNMENT REST HOUSE

MAIN ENTRANCE

SALES TAX OFFICE PANSHIKHAR TASTAEURANT

RBI OFFICERS HEADQUARTERS

MMRDA OLD BUILDING

XANDER FINANCE LTD. GOOGLE CENTRAL EXCISE RESIDENTIAL COMPLEX

MITHI RIVER

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MARUTI SUZUKI INDIA LTD

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4000

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11700

51375

SALES TAX OFFICE

PANSHIKHAR TASTAEURANT

MMRDA OLD BUILDING

XANDER FINANCE LTD.

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CENTRAL EXCISE RESIDENTIAL COMPLEX

GOOGLE

SITE PLAN 1:2000 KAMLA RAHEJA VIDYANIDHI INSTITUTE FOR ARCHITECTURE AND ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES W4

FAMILY COURT, BKC BKC, MUMBAI SINGLE RIBBED SLAB DETAIL NAME : SHREYA BANSAL

STRIP AT 1:10 Fig:SECTION Slab Reinforcement SINGLE RIBBED & TWO WAY SLAB DETAIL

SIGNATURE:

SECTION AT 1:25 Details STRIP SCALE-VARIES 18

Fig: Glazing Details 67

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06 Chakrata, a town at the foothill of the Himalayas, situated 7000 feet from sea level, consists of tiny settlements, each more than a hundred years old, situated along the banks of a stream. They have a unique style of the vernacular cyborg that they evolve as a community. The building typology has developed as a result of the climate and geographic conditions. The earthquake resistant construction, ornamented wood work and the role of cattle and farming are highlighted and emphasised through the work. Our drawings are an attempt to use the conventional plans, sections and elevations and script the lives of the people living in Chakrata, using the many ways of telling a story in the graphic novel form. We documented four settlements, namely Mohana, Sujaw, Sawara and Khoya in the town of Chakrata tracing the domestic landscapes

as the home and its extension into the community The villagers travel to the north of the mountain to Mohana, Sujaw, Sawara in Summer and return back to their â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Channiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; in winter. Khoya is the channi of mohana, abutting a stream nestled in a valley and is well suited for agricultural practice. The stream is used to irrigate farms that stretch for a few kilometers downstream from the settlement, the seasonal shifts in cropping patterns, animal husbandry, the architecture and associated caste differences and religious ceremonies play an integral role in the lives led by the villagers. Khoya is an agricultural economy amidst a mountainous terrain. Winding roads and passages through the mountains connects the settlement to the nearby cantonment town of Chakrata creating an interdependent economy.

Academic Project: Building Stories, Chakrata

Fig: Key Plan of the whole village (Khoya)

PORTFOLIO | Shreya Bansal

Fig: Axonometric view of a typical house in Chakrata

Fig: Key Section of the whole village (Khoya) 70

Academic Project: Building Stories, Chakrata

Fig: Typical construction details adopted in Chakrata

01 PORTFOLIO | Shreya Bansal

Professional Projects

01 02 03

The Olympic & Paralympic Village

Catalinas Norte II

2019 | Paris, France Urban Design

2019 | Buenos Aires, Argentina Private Competition

Fondation Ă&#x17D;le Du Ramier

2019 | Toulouse, France Heritage Conservation & Refurbishment

PORTFOLIO | Shreya Bansal

Fig: Office Studio Space at Dominique Perrault Architecture

Letter of Appreciation

PORTFOLIO | Shreya Bansal

01 The Olympic Games forge a strong relationship between the identity of a city, its urban planning and the practice of sport to deliver a common experience to the nations gathered. For the 2024 Paris Olympic and Paralympic Games, DPA sees the village as a metropolitan, open and innovative district. It will provide athletes from across the world with a real experience of the Grand Paris, its cultural wealth and its landscape qualities. Spread over three communes, Ile Saint-Denis, Saint-Denis and Saint-Ouen, and crossed by the river- an unprecedented fact in the history of olympic villages- the village will be a part of a mixed territory in its functions, already inhabited and already subject to change. The project aims to improve the interactions between this territory, one of Parisâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; most active in terms of urban mutations, and the whole metropolis. During the Games, the Village location will reduce the athletes travels.

The Olympic & Paralympic Village Paris 2024 Olympics Games Paris, France Professional | Urban Design Dominique Perrault Architecture | 2019

Connected to the major metropolitan transport networks, located close to most of the competition venues, the village site, compact and enjoying a seven-hectare stretch of water on the Seine, meets the functional efficiency requirements. But the project also offers the athlete a quality urban experience. It offers the opportunity to reveal this territory on the banks of the Seine and to discover the new face of the Grand Paris metropolis. The site also reconnects this territory with SaintDenisâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; historical center which concentrates an exceptional but unknown patrimonial wealth. The urban project offers great flexibility and allows the reversibility of the installations after the event. The urban strategy undertaken is a long-term reflection with the aim of creating a new sustainable district, a part of the city offered to all, anchored in its territory and its geography.

Professional Project: The Olympic and Paralympic Village

THE OLYMPIC AND PARALYMPIC VILLAGE PARIS 2024 OLYMPIC GAMES

“If the NEWSLETTER XIXth century was marked by an urban geography, notably with Haussmann, and the XXth century by Le Corbusier and a zoning Dominique Perrault Architect N°1 rue Bouvier 75011 geography, the XXIst century will be characterized by a territorial geography within, which the public 6, space constructs itselfParis from and www.perraultarchitecture.com at all JANUARY scales. The 2019 Olympic and Paralympic Village is an opportunity to constitute a showcase territory, a model of sustainability” : +33 (0) 1 44 06 00 00 Dominique Perrault, DPA Contact Louis Henaux lhenaux@perraultarchitecture.com

Press Camille Abeille cabeille@perraultarchitecture.com

Fig: Future Projection : Olympic and Paralympic Village, Saint-Denis 77

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Fig: Massing model of the Olympic and Paralympic Village urban design

Professional Project: The Olympic and Paralympic Village

Fig: Massing model of the Olympic and Paralympic village sitting on site

PORTFOLIO | Shreya Bansal

28.70 28.90

29.00

34.00

29.10

31.00

29.90

43.00

32.40

44.00

34.00

35.50

39.60

44.00 46.00

31.00 34.40

33.30

46.60 44.50

43.50 42.70

40.35

36.50

35.60

35.00

41.00 42.50

36.50

36.10

36.50

39.90

36.50

MISSION 01 I PLAN AMENAGEMENT

VILLAGE OLYMPIQUE

Fig: Water Management and Lighting: Plan

Professional Project: The Olympic and Paralympic Village

Fig: Relocation of the Physiotherapy University and Commercial Center

PORTFOLIO | Shreya Bansal

02 Consultatio Real Estate, the owner of a unique piece of land in the city of Buenos Aires plans to develop a building complex on the Catalinas Norte II area. It sees the project as a unique opportunity to create a new urban architectural concept that will add value to this strategic area of Buenos Aires and provide for new ways of inhabiting and experiencing work spaces of the future. The general outline of the building is made up of successive volumes, overlap, and relate to the urban gaps left by the existing towers. The architectural proposal is revealed as a building “Filter”, passing the views in the EastWest direction of the city with the river, as if it were large urban spaces This series of volumes is articulated following a horizontal line, which it develops along the plot and is located about 40 meters above the level of the street. This line, this bridge, is revealed as the monumental element of the architectural device. “The Line” will be an iconic element of the intervention and to our understanding will be recognizable from the great distance of the Río de la Plata.

Catalinas Nortes II Buenos Aires City, Argentina Professional | Private Competition | Commercial Center Dominique Perrault Architecture | 2019

Professional Project: Catalinas Norte II

Fig: Urban Strategy- A Floating Deck- Between the City and the Horizon

PORTFOLIO | Shreya Bansal

Fig: Site Plan 84

Professional Project: Catalinas Norte II

Buenos Aires Skyline

Urban Regulation- Phase 1

Horizontal Monumentality

Urban Deck

Urban Levels

Campus

Tower

Fig: Design Development 85

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Fig: Urban Void: Site Model

Professional Project: Catalinas Norte II

PORTFOLIO | Shreya Bansal

Campus Configuration- A

Program Zoning

Vertical Circulation

Fig: Sectional diagrams 88

Campus Configuration- B

Professional Project: Catalinas Norte II

Elevation: East View

Fig: Rendered elevation 89

PORTFOLIO | Shreya Bansal

Professional Project: Catalinas Norte II

Fig: Exploded Axonometric of the Campus

PORTFOLIO | Shreya Bansal

Programs

Levels

Professional Project: Catalinas Norte II

Fig: Sustainability Diagram

PORTFOLIO | Shreya Bansal

03 Surrounded by a vast park, the building combining brick and concrete, realised in 1954 by the architect Robert-Louis Valle, disciple of Le Corbusier, is classified Heritage of the XXth century. The building is a a part of the Daniel Faucher Residence complex, however it is abandoned and out of use since more than a decade. Dominque Perrault Architecture has been given the project to transform the building into a new place of culture open to public, which will participate in revitalising the island of Ramier. Retained after a public consultation initiated by Crous de Toulouse, owner of the premises, the project promotes the views and transperancies between spaces and offers a variety of programs to encourage creation, exchange with the public and research.

Fondation Ă&#x17D;le Du Ramier Toulouse, France Professional | Heritage Conservation & Refurbishment Dominique Perrault Architecture | 2019

The current building has four floors. Its uniqueness is that it is built on stilts, such that main spaces are located on the first floor and mainly include two beautiful volumes. The project provides for the upgrading of the building in terms of accessibility and safety, landscaping of the surroundings and the restructuring of the different levels to create a new cultural place. The approximately 2000 m2 of space will host exhibition spaces, an auditorium, residences and artistsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; studios, a media library, co-working spaces, a caferestaurant with a concept store. The project of Villa du Ramier provides for restructuring of the original project while offering it a new contemporary identity.

Professional Project: Fondation Île Du Ramier

An original image of the brick and concrete construction of the Fondation île du Damier as designed by the architect Robert-Louis Valle between 1949 and 1953.

Abandoned for more than fifteen years, the building is in a advanced stage of degradation. Many original elements have disappeared (exterior stairs, railings, etc) or have been vandalised.

An original image of the brick and concrete construction of the Fondation île du Damier as designed by the architect Robert-Louis Valle.

PORTFOLIO | Shreya Bansal

Fig: Office Studio Space at Dominique Perrault Architecture

Professional Project: Fondation Ă&#x17D;le Du Ramier

Fig: Exploded Axonometric

PORTFOLIO | Shreya Bansal

Fig: Ramp Options

Professional Project: Fondation Ă&#x17D;le Du Ramier

Fig: Ramp design: Physical Model & Rendered view

THANK YOU

Name: Shreya Bansal Email ID : shreyabansal97.sb@gmail.com Contact : +919987046661