Shruti Shiva
Architecture Portfolio Selected academic and professional works from 2010-2017
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“I believe that the way people live can be directed a little by architecture�
Tadao Ando
Architecture has gathered various connotations through my years of academic and professional training. In this portfolio, I seek to share the lens through which I’ve begun to define architecture. From undergraduate school, to professional practice and now to masters in sustainable design, my architecture has always rested in the hands of its occupants. This portfolio seeks to illustrate my attempts at bringing together performance with atmosphere, intangible with the palpable, architect with the user.
SHRUTI S H I V A GENERAL INFORMATION NAME BIRTH BORN NATIONALITY LANGUAGES
| SHRUTI SHIVA | 6 MARCH 1991 | MUMBAI | INDIAN | ENGLISH, HINDI, TELUGU, MARATHI
EDUCATION
OTHER INTERESTS
2015-2017 | Masters in Sustainable environmental design Architectural association, London Commendation for dissertation (A+) Term I - B+ grade in group project, A grade in individual paper 2009-2014 | Bachelors in architecture Kamla Raheja Vidyanidhi Institute of Architecture, Mumbai Cumalative grade of five years : 60% 2008 2007
READING
| A levels graduate, CIE examinations Podar international school, Mumbai
WRITING
| ICSE 10th grade 93% (math, science, technical drawing and languages)
BAKING
WORK EXPERIENCE June 2014- Nov 2014 | Apurva Amin architects, Ahmedabad, India Architectural Intern Worked on design development, working drawings, site inspection and client presentation drawings
DANCING
Dec 2014- Feb 2015 | Researcher and Writer at Citiscope Researched on slum renewal in Pune, India and published an article
TRAVELLING
June -July 2013
| Teaching Assisstant, Kamla Raheja Vidyanidhi institute of architecture
Softwares -
CINEMA
COURSE SPECIFIC SKILLS
SKILLS Proficiency
AutoCAD (2D and 3D). Sketchup Pro. Kerkythea Adobe Photoshop. Adobe Indesign Ms Office. Hand drawing / Drafting. Quick model making. Rhino/Grasshopper Adobe Illustrator
Softwares Openstudio (thermal simulation) Daylight simulation (DIVA) Autodesk FlowDesign Rayman Pro MINT (excel based analysis tool) Energy Plus IES / IES VE Revit [Grasshopper pluggins : Ladybug/Honey bee Butterfly Galapagos] ENVI-met (outdoor design)
Proficiency
Contact details : Phone : (+91) 9820076450/(+44) 7456740741 Email : shruti.shiva6391@gmail.com LinkedIn : https://in.linkedin.com/in/shruti-shiva 3/12, seema society, N dutta marg, Andheri (w), Mumbai
SELECT PROJECTS Learning from the chawl Low cost social housing, Mumbai M.Arch Dissertation AA_SED
Priory green estate Refurbishment project,London M.Arch term 1 AA_SED [https://issuu.com/shrutishiva/ docs/prior y_green_book_soft_ copy_-_copy]
[https://issuu.com/shrutishiva/ docs/aa_sed_2015-17_dissertation_shruti_]
Fleet Street Mixed use development,London M.Arch term 2 AA_SED [https://issuu.com/shrutishiva/ docs/prior y_green_book_soft_ copy_-_copy]
IMPORTANT PUBLICATIONS PLEA 2017 | Learning from the chawl ; adaptive opportunities in transitional spaces M.Arch Dissertation| Learning from the chawl: low-energy social housing in Mumbai Research paper I | Passive cooling strategies : investigating the role of transitional spaces Research paper II | Chawls : Study of exiting social housing typology in Mumbai as a built precedent study Berkeley essay 2014| “Apathy or Adulation- What can an architect do about slums?” (Semi-final placing essay) Berkeley essay 2013| “How expensive is health in Mumbai?” (Semi-final placing essay) Citiscope
| “Seven lessons from a successful slum up grading project”
Edge Condition | “what I learnt and what I was taught” (article) Reflections
| “The object, the building and the in-between”
HONOURS AND PARTICIPATION Exchange Programme (2012)| Participated in a student exchange program with Tongji University, Shanghai, China. Study trip management team (2012) | Organized study trip to Sri lanka and conducted an exhibition of the same Completed online course on contemperory architecture assessment (5 months, 2014) Completed online course in sustainable design theory ,University of Philadelphia (4 months, 2015) Diploma in Bharatnatyam, classical dance : first class (learnt for 11 years ) Undergoing autodesk Building Performance Analysis program certifying course (2017)
WORK METHODOLOGY
SOFT SKILLS
CONCEPT
| Reading | Art inspiration
SYNTHESIS
SITE SELECTION
| Renderings | Collages
| Photography | Sketches
Ability to work in a team, social, mutable and hardworking.
Aptitude in conducting in-depth research and studies for concepts, and thereafter translate it into design.
SITE STUDY
DRAWING
| Interview | Mapping
| Design Drawings | Sectional iterations
FORM EXPLORATION | Massing models | Diagrams/Plans
Fluent and confident at presentations and public speaking platforms.
Proficient in communication verbal as well as written.
References : Jorge Rodriguez (Architectural association, London/ UDC, Spain) Rupali Gupte (Senior Professor, Kamla Raheja Institute of architecture, Mumbai) Bhaumit Shah (Senior Architect, Apurva Amin architects, Ahmedabad) Hussain Indorewala (Professor, Kamla Raheja Institute of architecture, Mumbai)
CONTENTS
Learning from the chawl
Priory Green estate
The in-between institute
M.arch term I project
B.arch thesis
M.arch thesis
Refurbishment of a housing estate in London
link for the whole book [https://issuu.com/shrutishiva/ docs/aa_sed_2015-17_dissertation_ shruti_]
link for the whole book [https://issuu.com/shrutishiva/ d o c s / p r i o r y _ g re e n _ b o o k _ s o f t _ copy_-_copy]
2016-17
2015
Social housing in Mumbai
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A school campus for autistic children
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Professional practice
Exchange program
A space for mourning
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Exchange program
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Term project
A selection of works from professional practice Internship
2014
Shanghai-Mumbai city mapping (same-same project)
2012
Short project for reviving the last Hamam, Mumbai
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LEARNING FROM THE CHAWL Low-cost social housing in Mumbai
designing for user adaptibility Chawls are historically built high density social housing, which were built by mill owners to house communities of migrant textile workers. This paper studies the potential of this typology to be a precedent for passive design, while outlining the role and performance of key features, such as the corridor and the courtyard, in providing comfort and creating an enriching social environment. At the centre of the design lies the adaptibility of the user and enhancing the adaptive comfort of the user is prime. The paper concludes by culling the learning from this typology, to propose a new outlook for sustainable high density housing through the preservation of urban communities. 8
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M.Arch Dissertation AA Sustainable design Individual | 9 months Guide : Jorge Rodriguez Alvarez
A unit is a living unit that consists of living and kitchen space. It may or may not have attached toilet facilities
A corridor is flanked by many units, serving as a thoroughfare and an unique extention to the living space.
A courtyard is generally enclosed by the built in a chawl type.
Mumbai has tropical weather, with two distinct seasaons, namely, the summer and the rainy season. The temperatures are median and pleasant in the rainy season, but tend towards discomfort in the summers. The strategies explored in proposing a new chawl are thus, focused around : Reducing radiation and promoting wind flow.
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Low-cost social housing in Mumbai COURTYARD ANALYSIS
Courtyard forms analysed for incident radiation and optimal aspect ratio (source : Ladybug+ grasshopper)
The ‘U’ shape courtyard studied for surface material and comfort paramters (source: ENVIMET)
CORRIDOR ANALYSIS Avg incident radiation : 1155 w/sq.m
Avg incident radiation : 961 w/sq.m
Avg incident radiation : 1056 w/sq.m
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Corridor analysed for type of shading provided and depth of corridor to be included (source: ladybug)
UNIT ANALYSIS
base case dimensions : WxDxH _ 4.0 x 6.0 x 3.0m maximum no. of occupants: 8 internal gains (equipment) : 1.7 w/sq.m lighting loads : 1.35 w/sq.m Living unit area : 26 sq.m Volume :91 cu.m Window to floor ratio : 0.19 Fenestration percentage: 7.8% ach : 10
The unit was analysed for various cooling strategies. Figues 8 : Effect of cooling strategies in lowering cooling load.
Door used as an opening. And open whenever indoor temperature exceeds 31°C
Door opened only when ventilation is needed to maintain comfort
Case B +screen
Solar radiation (w/sq.m)
Case C indoor temp (°C)
Comfort band
Case B indoor temp (°C) Case A indoor temp (°C)
Outdoor temp (°C)
Graph respresenting the indoor temperature of the unit as a combination of the various strategies.
COMBINED PERFORMANCE SECTION
Section through the various spaces indicating relative comfort in terms of temperature
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Low-cost social housing in Mumbai
The passive design concepts are enlisted as follows: Encourage cross ventilation: promoting ventilation through the space to rid the unit of unavoidable excess internal gains Permeable and operable facade: Solar protection through shading which is operable to allow wind and daylight when desired. Flexibility of space usage through transitional spaces: creating multiple thermal zones and microclimates (the unit/the corridor/ the courtyard), in order to provide greater options for comfort, thereby negotiating and distributing internal gains. Light weight materials : materials that reduce thermal mass and increase porosity Insulating roof with green roof system : reduction of heat transmission through the roof to lessen thermal discomfort, while also providing a substrate on which wall vegetative shading could grow; from roof to ground.
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Series of diagrams to arrive at form for building block
Green spaces & amenities
Laying grids on site
Courtyards
Extruding the resultant built
Open spaces
Carving out axes & opening courts
Built form Optimizing for windflow
Optimizing for overshadowing Mapping diagrams for site
Massing diagrams
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Low-cost social housing in Mumbai
Master plan of the complex with units and various courts
Section through a block (section AA’)
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West and East elevation
South elevation
North elevation
Aerial view of the design proposal, indicating built, courtyards and green roofs
Night time view of the unit
Day time view of the unit
Corridor view
Corridor view
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Low-cost social housing in Mumbai Courtyard views with various uses and their comfort parameters
Air temp :30.4°C Rela. humidity: 63.2% Wind speed : 2.9m/s mPET: 27.7°C Air temp : 30.6°C Rela. humidity: 75.3% Wind speed : 2.9 m/s mPET: 25.9°C
Market plaza courtyard
Air temp : 31.6°C Rela. humidity: 64.5% Wind speed : 1.3m/s mPET: 28.7 °C
Courtyard for public functions
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Air temp : 30.3째C Rela. humidity: 62.3% Wind speed : 2.3m/s mPET: 28.7째C
Garden court
Air temp : 31.5째C Rela. humidity:54.9% Wind speed : 1.4 m/s mPET: 28.6째C
View of playground court from corridor
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PRIORY Refurbishment GREEN ESTATE of a housing estate in London
designing for user comfort Priory Green is a modernist urban development from the 50s, which was a landmark social housing during its time. But it fell through a severe patch of deterioration before only recently gaining its heritage status. It was thereafter adopted by the Peabody Estate and went through some basic refurbishments. The strategy to approach this project was identification of possible areas of interest or concern, through site visits and field work. Through the large courtyard and its thermal comfort and its relationship to activity pattern were looked at. Further one apartment was studied as a base case and modified with different parameters such as insulation, night shutter, natural ventilation and glazing percentage to explore the potential of making the estate free running 18
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M.Arch Term project AA Sustainable design Group | 4 months Guide : Jorge Rodriguez Alvarez
Left to right : Figure ground of site, major road mapping and open/green space mapping
Left to right : Diagram of plan and relative location of spaces ;
Axonometric diagram of vertical stacking of building blocks
Left to right : Section across the site showing relative measures of illuminance, temperature and wind speed
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Refurbishment of a housing estate in London The unit was simulated for thermal and daylight performance. The unit was first studied to reveal key areas of heat losses through thermal imaging. The unit was further improved by changing the fabric. Various parameters such as thermal performance, daylight and fabric gains are compared in the images below.
Existing unit characteristics :
80 mm Concrete wall Air gap (50 mm) Brick wall (105 mm)
Wall section U value : 1.45 W/m2 K Glazing unit U value : 2.9 W/m2 K Glazing percentage : 13.4%
: 1.3 W/m2 K
Heat loss through the fabric (thermal image)
Improved unit characteristics:
80 mm Concrete wall Insulation Brick wall (105 mm)
Wall section U value : 0.33 W/m2 K :0.33 W/m2 K Glazing unit U value : 1.3 W/m2 K Glazing percentage : 39.2% Reduced heat loss in improved fabric
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Daylight factor : 1.9%
Daylight factor (improved case) : 4.2%
Typical summer week performance (existing) Heating load : 68Kwh/sq.m
Typical summer week performance (improved case) cooling load : 11 Kwh/sq.m
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Refurbishment of a housing estate in London
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Six spots of the courtyard were studied during various times of the day due to their varied activity pattern. The spots identified are 1 - Lawn towards the rear of the Estate 2 - Entrance of West Block 3 - Entrance of East Block 4 - Courtyard Centre 5 - Estate Entrance 6 - Pathway from Block entrance to the Estate Entrance The PET values experienced in the courtyard during the morning, afternoon and evening, respectively are calculated by observations of site activities during these times and Rayman Pro. From these studies it was observed that although the courtyard is a large space within the gated community, it is used merely as a transition space, from the apartments to the outside. The courtyard is utilized to its maximum only when a few children play here, during their after school hours (4-5 pm) under adult supervision, beyond which it is largely under-utilized. These findings can be attributed to low PET values The renderings on the left are representations of possible interventions to improve outdoor comfort.
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THE IN-BETWEENSchool INSTITUTE campus for autistic children
designing an architectural language from intangible user needs This thesis explores the relation between perception and design. In cases of a certain user group having physical limitations, we design keeping ergonomics in mind. If a certain climatic condition is to be met, we design keeping constructional issues in mind. But when the parameter for design becomes an intangible aspect, how do we then design for this? In this thesis, I chose to look at a specific user group, autistic children, who perceive space differently from what is considered ‘normal’. What is normality? How does then one design? More often than not, a perception different than ours, we label as “strange” or “abnormal” So my question through this thesis also asks - Can design then bridge the gap between these two worlds, by creating an intermediate ‘blur of perceptive space’ ?
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B.Arch Dissertation KRVIA architecture school Individual | 10 months Guide : Shilpa Gore Shah
Collages exploring the various facets of designing for the specialised user group; spatial markers for desigining for children with autism
NAIR HOSPITAL - EDUCATIONAL AUTISTIC DEPT. PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK PRODUCT
ADMIN
AS RECOMMENDED BY STANDARDS, THEY HAVE THE FOLLOWING ELEMENTS IN THEIR THERAPY ROOMS1)RAMPS- FOR BALANCE 2)VISUAL SIGNAGES 3)SWINGS FOR REPETED MOVEMENT THERAPY 4)BALL POOL FOR TEXTURAL AND VISUAL STIUMULI AND SPEECH THERAPY FOR VOCABULARY PRACTICE
PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK EDUCATIONAL PRODUCT
WOOD PANNELING
IMMOVABLE FURNITURE
PLAY MATS BARRELS BALL POOL
PLAY RAMP
SWING
TILTING BOARD
SWING
TREADMILL
BOLSTERS /PLAY MAT
BALL POOL
STEPS TRAMPOLINE
PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK EDUCATIONAL PRODUCT
PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK EDUCATIONAL PRODUCT
TOPAZ
AMETHYST
PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK EDUCATIONAL PRODUCT
PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK EDUCATIONAL PRODUCT
COMMON SPACE
PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK EDUCATIONAL PRODUCT
CORAL PEARL
PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK EDUCATIONAL PRODUCT
DIAMOND
OPAL
JAI VAKEEL SCHOOL FOR SPECIALCHI
SHARANAM THERAPY CENTRE
THE HOSPITAL ADOPTS WHAT IS CALLED AS “SENSORY INTEGRATION THERAPY” WHICH INVOLVES PROMOTING ALL SENSES ALONG WITH VESTIBULAR AND PROPIOCEPTION (I.E SENSE OF PRESSURE AND BALANCE)
THE SHARANAM CENTRE IS MORE OF AN NGO- SETUP, CONDUCTED IN A SMALL SPACE, WHERE THE SAME ELEMENTS AS STATED EARLIER ARE REPEATED.
SWING
THE SPACE IS MORE FLEXIBLE WITH IMPEREMENT ELEMENTS, ALLOWING A FLEXIBILITY IN THE USAGE OF SPACE, MAKING IT LESS FORMAL.
TREE BOARD TRAMPOLINE
PERSONAL SPACE
THE MAIN FORMS OF THERAPY ARE VOCATIONAL AND SPEECH, AS OBSERVED IN NAIR HOSPITAL AS WELL. HOWEVER, IN THIS SETUP, AN EFFORT IS MADE TO MAKE IT MORE COMMUNAL AND PARTICIPATORY THE GENERAL EXCEPTED PLAN IS EITHER RADIAL OR SPIRAL, HERE HOWEVER, A FREE PLAN IS USED.
Snippets of case studies of educational facilities in Mumbai for autistic children
SIMILAR TOOLS ARE USED IN THERAPY LIKE CUTOUT STOOLS UED FOR SECURITY, PLAY WEDGES, RAMPS, STAIRS ALL USED FOR BALANCE PRACTICE.
VISUAL INSTRUCTIONS A THE CORRIDORS AND TRA WIRTTEN INSTRUTIONS SEQUNCE TO FOLOW ACTI MOTION / TIME TABLE.
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HOWEVER, ITS A CLOSED SETUP WITH NO EXPOSURE TO REAL- TEXTURE, SOUNDS, STIMULI.
SPACES ARE MORE PERMA TO THE FACT THAT AUTIST PROBLEM DEALING WITH C
WITHDRAWAL SPACES ARE PROVIDED THAT
School campus for autistic children
Picture above shows statistics and figures pertaining to the rise in the number of children with austism in Mumbai Various newspaper clippings regarding the lack of facilities for austistic children Map indicating locations and number of facilities for austictic children in the city.
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Primary Mapping of POTENTIAL Powai through MAPPINGmapping THE AREA:OF POWAI AS SITE the senses IN TERMS OF THE FIVE SENSES
Mapping the area of Powai in terms of the responses the site offers to the senses. Upon analyses, it was concluded that a stimuli-less site would be less demonstrative of the concept as compared to a stimuli-filled one.
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PrimaryTHE mapping : Mapping of South Mumbai through MAPPING AREA OF MARINE LINES AS POTENTIAL SITE the senses IN TERMS OF THE FIVE SENSES
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Primary mapping : Mapping Dockyard area through the MAPPING THE AREA OF HARBOUR AREA AS POTENTIAL SITE senses IN TERMS OF THE FIVE SENSES
Mapping of the area of Andheri station as a potential site. The site offered a rich complexity of stimuli which would infiltrate into the proposal
Detailed mapping of Andheri : left to right- Pedestrian density, Land use, Light density and traffic
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School campus for autistic children
a. b. c. d. IMAGES A- F : Evolution of form applying diagram. The behaviour pattern of the users themselves (hypo-hypersensitive) are applied to the form to the
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DANCE - 500 sq.m WORKSHOP -500 sq.m PHYSICAL THERAPY- 400 sq.m CLASSROOMS - 1100 sq.m LIBRARY - 100 sq.m CAFE - 100 sq.m POOL THERAPY - 260 sq.m ART THERAPY - 100 sq.m RESIDENCE - 1500 sq.m TOILETS/CIRCULATIONS - 400 sq.m ADMIN AND STAFF OFFICE- 400 SQ. M TOTAL BUILT UP - 5640 SQ. M GREEN/ OPEN SPACES -1350 sq.m
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DANCE THERAPY WORKSHOP PHYSICAL THERAPY CLASSROOMS LIBRARY CAFE POOL THERAPY ART THERAPY RESIDENCE TOILETS/CIRCULATIONS ADMIN AND STAFF OFFICES
DANCE THERAPY WORKSHOP PHYSICAL THERAPY CLASSROOMS TOILETS/CIRCULATIONS ADMIN AND STAFF OFFICES
FIRST FLOOR PLAN
GREEN SPACE DIAGRAM
CIRCULATION DIAGRAM SECONDFLOOR PLAN
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School campus for autistic children
In this project, an allusion was made to various common moments in the city by deploying simple break common architectural features like- terraces, balconies, out bridges, so as to imply a similar generic archetypal feeling of an experience within the building and in moments in the city. However, these are not specific and breakto the experiential quality of certain are only alluding out event-spaces. For instance, the act of talking through a balcony to a neighbour, the act of viewing a sea of stimuli from a bridge, the act of viewing markers, etc. Thus this project attempts to be more inclusive of nternal a disenfranchised populace. This populace is not court blatantly different as are the physically disabled, but this populace has a different mental perception, which is sadly, considered something that can be “cured”.
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break internal out court more quieter residence component
teacher’s station View from the connecting bridge
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View entering the “Hypo-sensitive “court residence
teachtherapy er’s spaces station
break component out
internal court physical activity
View from the corriodrs common spaces cafeteria) (play space internal court
herapy paces internal court
teacher’s station
more quieter residence component
therapy spaces View from the roof garden towards the mosque
A montage to create allusions between spa
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ieter nce ent Having said that, there are a few limitations I would like to point out in this project. The project involves observational study. Therefore, it does not assure that all biases are removed during the study. The idea is speculative and not absolutely conclusive. On this note, I would like to conclude saying that as designers, it often becomes our unspoken responsibility to create scope where it exists, as it is possibly the few fields where manifesting intangible to tangible is possible.
SECTION - Through the pool & classrooms
SECTION - Through the classrooms, reading room & art centre
SECTION - Through comp. labs & music rooms
SECTION - through physical therapy rooms & vocation room
aces in the city and spaces in the proposal
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PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE Selection of works from professional practice
PROJECT NAME,
TYPE
a) The Grand Kalyan, Ahmedabad page 33
Township
Masterplan for 5m typology, design development drawings, detail and working drawings
b) Renesa, Ahmedabad pages 34-35
Residential building
design development, detail design (railing/ door-window) working drawings for execution
Row house scheme
design of landscape and frontal, working and design development of units, 3D presentation for client approval.
c) Amaranthus, Ahmedabad (pages 36-37)
Row house d) Alpine woods, Ahmedabad with clubhouse (pages 38-39 ) detailing
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PROJECT INVOLVEMENT
design development and working drawing of club house. Concept generation for landscape around units and 3D model generation for presentation purpose to the client
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Internship Apurva Amin Architects 6 months
THE GRAND KALYAN PROJECT- township apartment, twin bunglows and row houses DEVELOPER - kalyan toll infrastructure ltd. NO. OF UNITS - 56 row houses, 40 pairs of twin bunglows and 4 apartment buildings of 3bhk flats (168 units) PROJECT STATUS- ongoing Row house ground floor plan
Row house front elevation
Row house side elevation
Side unit ground floor plan
Scheme master plan
5 M wide road, master plan
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Selection of works from professional practice
Typical apartment plan
Views : left to right - Entrance view, View from
Typical floor plan
Right side elevation
34 5 M wide road, master plan 34
RENESA APARTMENTS PROJECT - residential apartment scheme CLIENT - maruti group NO. OF UNITS - 4 flats per floor + 2 pent houses PROJECT STATUS - ongoing 6 floors + h.p + basement + pent house level total built up - 4395 sq.m total built up per flat - 122 sq. m internal spaces per unit 1.drawing room- 15’ 6” x 15’ 7” 2.dining/living - 10’ x17’ 3. kitchen- 11’ x 8’ 4.master bedroom 1- 15’ 7” x 10 ‘ 5.bedroom 2- 10’ 3” x 14’ 6.bedroom 3- 10’ 2” x 10’ 7”
Pent house plan
m the road and night time view
Left side elevation
Front elevation
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Selection of works from professional practice AMARANTHUS PROJECT - Row house Scheme (multiple typologies) NO. OF UNITS - Type ‘A’ - 26, Type ‘B’ - 12 units, Individual units- 10 ; Total units - 48 PROJECT STATUS - ongoing FACILITIES - Garden, Common court, Gymnasium, Multipurpose/ Indoor space ,semi open verandahs
Front elevation Rear elevation
Overall scheme view with garden
Front elevation
Overall scheme view
Right side elevation
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View of the frontal development
First floor plan
Second floor plan TYPE ‘A’ UNIT PLAN WITH FRONTAL DEVELOPMENT DETAIL
Master plan of scheme
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Selection of works from professional practice THE APLINE WOODS PROJECT - twin house residence scheme CLIENT - arpan gupta NO. OF UNITS - 75 + a clubhouse PROJECT STATUS - ongoing plot area - 30345 sq. mt. total built up of each unit - 230 sq. mt
Residence ground floor plan
Residence front elevation
Residence side elevation
Residence rear elevation
Clubhouse view
Clubhouse ground floor plan
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Master plan
Clubhouse view
Clubhouse front elevation
Clubhouse right side elevation
Clubhouse rear elevation
Clubhouse left side elevation
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EXCHANGE PROGRAM Shaghai-Mumbai city mapping project (Same-Same project)
A city is made of narratives woven by its inhabitants and users The exchange program was focused on mapping of the cities of Mumbai and Shanghai through its urban narrators (inhabitants) to establish similarities and dissimilarities. This section deals with the mapping of the Chinese soujourn. Our student-friend, became our point of entry. Ping, being non-resident Shanghainese, led us to her roommate, Jessica. Their family moved from Yancheng to Shanghai in the early 90’s as the city was then willing to absorb all intellectual assets it could gather. Her story then took us to a tangential aspect. If her family could easily rent an apartment, could we as foreigners also do so? Is the city as willing to accept
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foreign middle class as well? We then shifted our central character from Jessica to ourselves; we entered the real estate system as potential clients to rent an apartment, in Shanghai, to see how the city would then treat us. The middle class of shanghai are cultivated through a plethora of desires and dreams it offers to them. We were then lead into towns that were almost replicas of European towns, institutes in forms of palaces or housing onion domes; Shanghai too had a desire to invite people from all walks of life to her. And to explore this story, we literally unfolded our chinese-scroll inspired mapping drawings, to unravel urban narratives hidden in the city of Shanghai.
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Exchange programme Tongji university, Shanghai Team of two | 1 month Guides : Rupali Gupte, Rohan Shivkumar
The step by step process of unravelling the scroll map and with it, various urban narratives explored in Shanghai
Mapping Shanghai from the lens of “her projection of herself� to outsiders, how Shanghai wants to be perceived by its own people and the outside world, as a world-city. The form is that of a traditional scroll map, in a reinterpreted fashion, following the story of one character to another to reveal an urban narrative about the city and her inhabitants.
Left to right : Yu-Yuang gardens, Xintiandi- french district, modelled after french cities and Thames town - Replica of an English city
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A SPACE Short FOR MOURNING project for reviving the last Hamam, Mumbai
Evoking emotions through architectural experience
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Tucked into the corner of the bustling urban fabric of Mumbai, is a small Hammam. The hammam (a traditional turkish bathhouse) on Imamwada road, is the only existing functional hammam in India. Its position in the city was fairly interesting as it sat juxtaposed between a graveyard and a highly regarded Mosque. Our project intent was simple : react to anything in the site and intervene. Despite the almost nondescript yet powerful element of the hammam existing on site, my attention was drawn to the graveyard, owing to the fact that I was present on site, on the day when a funeral procession was being carried out. The burial took place and because of the loaded urban nature of the site, the intangible process of mourning, spilled out into the streets. My project thus, is the story of a set of walls, a non-building form, which is a journey. From the burial to entering back into the streets, it provides pause spaces, to aid the simple act of walking from a state of complete loss to a state of reality. The elements of this journey, do not represent anything, as much as they try to invoke. In its most
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Short project contest KRVIA Hammam revival 3 months
The intervention is experienced through four major phases 1) the connection to the graveyard where one still feels connected to the lost loved one(s) - entrance phase
Rendered view from between the brick walls
Rendered view of the step well
Decay phase
Reflection & expression phase
2) the series of brick walls, texturally warm, some slowly getting covered with vegetation, symbolic of death and offers a space to grieve alone - decay phase 3) a stepwell, soothing water, reflective, community based, expressing grief through a pause space - expression phase 4) a series of metallic ‘plates’ reflective of oneself and urging us to face yourself before going to the outside world - reflective phase
Rendered view of the brick walls
Sections across the intervention (ink on transparencies)
Decay phase
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MISCELLEANOUS WORKS Selected explorations of other forms of media
Water colour and sketching collage representing the circulation pattern of an area in Mumbai. (college exhibtion work)
Pen sketch of lunuganga by geoffrey bawa (on site)
Water Colour comission work : dream catcher reinterpretation
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Wax resist painting of the museum of islamic arts, qatar, by i.m pei, illustrating the concept of reflection and geometric form
Collage of sketching and photo montages representing Mumbai city
Water colour and pen sketch of a Chawl in Mumbai city
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1:100 scaled model of housing project (year 4)
1:100 scaled model ofEmbassy project with surrounding landscaping on site model. (year 3)
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images a- i image a : ceramic piece exploring the idea of negative and positive spaces image b : clay modelling : a nest of birds image c : clay miniature modelling 1:100 scaled model of Urban farming project (year4)
image d: cla modelling - attempt at realistic face sculpting image e : clay modelling : creating a clay model of an animated character image f : ceramic pottery making with the aid of a potter’s wheel
Plaster of paris, poetry to sculpture project models
images g-j : file card model of a household object in its basic planar form and the resultant form when the plans are twisted.
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