URBAN DESIGN PORTFOLIO - Shyam Samani

CONTENTS

01. THE JACOB CIRCLE

A 200 acre urban intervention in the heart of Mumbai

02. ULI HINES - THE OAKLAND LINK

Incorporating missing social links within the city of Oakland

03. RAISING COMMUNITIES

Elevated housing at the banks of Mississippi .

04. COASTAL ROAD

An 8 lane road over water.

05. PARK AND ROAD REDESIGN

Redesign of Bandstand promenade and road.

06. PRAGMATIC UTOPIANISM

A mixed use hub within the business district of Mumbai city

07. PLANNING VISUALIZATION UNA Toolbox, ELK Grasshopper

01

THE JACOB CIRCLE

200 Acres

Situated in Mahalaxmi region of Mumbai, India, the junction between Dr. E Moses Road and Bapurao Jagtap road has a heavy traffic flow, with traffic converging at the Mahalaxmi Station junction from all three directions, travelling to and from Jacob circle (locally known as saat rasta -7 roads). The Saat Rasta project is based on connecting the missing links between Dr. E Moses Road and Jacob circle via underpasses and R.O.B’s, thus the overtly congested Mahalaxmi Bridge is turned into a pedestrian bridge with 1.7 acres of space.

Professional Work| Abraham John Architects | Seoul Biennale| 2019 Team Alan & Shyam

Seoul Biennale Entry - Crossroads 2020 Abraham John Architects

Podium Garden (Functional Distribution)

Podium Garden and Jacob Circle (Exploaded View)

Podium Garden (Ariel View)

Jacob Circle (Underground)

Jacob Circle (Seven Roads)

Podium Garden (Functional Distribution)

Jacob Circle (Underground)

Podium Garden (Functional Distribution)

Railway Station (Underground)

Jacob Circle (Underground)

Elements of Intervention (Jacob Circle)

THE OAKLAND LINK 02

Competition | ULI Hines | Group Project | 2022

Team : Shyam, Steven, Carmen, Aishwariya, Karunya

Worked on : Renders, Concept Diagrams, Massing, Planning

The Oakland Link Central District provides the missing social links necessary to ensure the proper development of social capital, an increasingly influential commodity that predicated collective economic success and requires robust public connectivity. Through the three guiding principles of social connection, social opportunity, and social support. The Oakland Link will lift the area's social capital, convert it into economic achievement and stability, and position the surrounding community for sustained success in the modern world.

RAISING COMMUNITIES

Top 15

This proposal looks at a cohesive implementation of 3 strategies i.e. Community habitation and sustenance, Community engagement and aquaculture, and lastly transportation and logistics. These strategies are implemented from the landside moving outwards towards the river in a continuously interconnected ecosystem.

Portman Prize | Daniel Baerlecken | Individual | Spring 2022

Community Inclusion (Implementation Strategy)

Elevated Housing (Self Sustainable)

Elevated Pathway (Connector)

Community Center (Aquaponics)

THE COASTAL ROAD 04

The Coastal Road project is one of the most anticipated projects within the city of Mumbai. The Coastal Road is an under construction 8-lane, 29.2-km long grade separated expressway that would run along Mumbai's western coastline connecting Marine Lines in the south to Kandivali in the north.

Professional Work| Abraham John Architects| 2019 Team Alan & Shyam

Abraham John Architects

Reclamation Cover

Typical Cross Section (Tunnel)

Typical Cross Section (Bridge)

Typical Cross Section (RE Wall)

Government Proposal

Office Proposal

Sea Edge Landscape (Design 1)

Sea Edge Landscape (Design 2)

Sea Edge Landscape (Design 3)

Podium Garden (Section)

Podium Garden (Section)

BANDSTAND REDESIGN 05

The Bandstand Project proposal aims to bring 3.9 acres into the public domain including 1.5 km of dedicated cycling tracks, a wider and better seaside promenade & an even and usable footpath on the residential side. The realignment of Bandstand ensures an even 1.8m footpath along the residential side. With the extra space created, a 1.5 km long cycle track has been proposed encouraging a healthier lifestyle.

Professional Work| Abraham John Architects| 2019 Team Alan & Shyam

Abraham John Architects

Master Plan (Bandstand)

Nat Park (Before)

Nat Park (After)

Hill Road Junction (Before) Hill Road Junction (After)

Taj Roundabout (Before) Taj Roundabout (After) Taj Extension (Design 1) Taj Extension (Design 2)

Otters Club Junction (Option 1)

Otters Club Junction (Option 2)

PRAGMATIC UTOPIANISM

764000 sq.ft.

The intent of this design is to create a socially inclusive, vibrant and cohesive environment fused with another environment that is becoming highly monouse and programmatic in its nature, (and evolving to be isolated and fragmented in the present due to inconsiderate and capitalist approach), as an example for various zones with highly monouse functions. In turn fostering the fabric of the city by eliminating these socially isolated zones.

Undergraduate Thesis | Sukumar Adhikari| Individual Project | 2019

2nd Runer Up - Design Whack Awards Council of Architecture - U.G. Thesis Awards

Research and Mapping

Cities are, extremely complex objects in morphological terms. They are integration of different objects made up of different parts. It is possible to distinguish a number of interconnections between these objects ‘from the part to the whole’ and to identify a hierarchy in these connections. To deal with the complexity of cities, urban morphology uses this hierarchical view of the city, structured according to a set of fundamental physical elements.

Research and Mapping

Cities are, extremely complex objects in morphological terms. They are integration of different objects made up of different parts. It is possible to distinguish a number of interconnections between these objects ‘from the part to the whole’ and to identify a hierarchy in these connections. To deal with the complexity of cities, urban morphology uses this hierarchical view of the city, structured according to a set of fundamental physical elements.

Extrapolation of 3D data from .osm Maps - Manhattan (ELK for Grasshopper)