ARCHITECTURE | DESIGN PORTFOLIO 2021 SHAILESH SINGH
SHAILESH SINGH thatshailesh@gmail.com Architecture Student, 21 Indian
D-3/418, Danish Nagar, Bhopal, 462026 Mo. – 9770411461
Study of Architecture enables you to take charge and provide solutions which does not limit itself to the physical attributes but goes beyond it, for the better tommorrow. It gives you the power to start new trends but keeping in mind that its also your responsibility to first observe, understand, analyse and absorb the context of the problems before catering it with any solutions.
EDUCATION 2017
School of Planning and Architecture | Bhopal Bachelor of Architecture
2016
Carmel Convent Sr. Sec. School, Ratanpur | Bhopal Secondary Education
WORKSHOPS AND CONFERENCES 2020
CCF | Z axis Conference
2019
KOCHI DESIGN WEEK WARP | Steel and Bamboo Workshop at 61st ANC Bengaluru D- VIEWS Bhopal (30 days Architectural Intern)
COMPETITIONS AND ACHEIVEMENTS 2020
Kaira Looro 120 Hours Design Class Berkeley Solar Decathlon India
Emergency Operation Centre Out of Sight, Out of Mind Adaptive Reuse Architectural competition Essay Prize competition Net Zero Building
2019
ARCHASM WAF Student Charette 120 Hours NASA G-Sen Trophy INSDAG ARCHASM
Fashion Pavilion Milan Moving Parts 22nd Century Settlement, Svalbard Hyper Resilient Cities International level Cricket Stadium Cannes Temporary Cinema
IIID SHOW CASE NASA ANDC Trophy
Redesigning Bathrooms for Tomorrow BETWIXT
2018
Top 50
Citation
ACADEMIC PROJECTS 2018
Kiosk | Pondicherry Weekend Cottage | Bhopal
2019-20
Automobile Museum | Bhopal Swimming Pool | Bhauri
2018 -19
Documentation of Konyak Naga Tribe Anganwadi using Vernacular Techniques Residence | Nagaland
2020
Highrise Housing | Bhopal
2019
Primary School | Dehradun Product Design | Outdoor Playing Equipment
2020-21
5-Star Hotel Design | New Delhi Product Design | Architect’s desk
SOFTWARE SKILLS BIM and CAD 3D modelling Graphics Rendering engines Productivity
AutoCAD (2D), Revit, ArchiCAD Rhino, Sketchup Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign V Ray, Lumion, Blender MS office
Compilation of some of the selected works from 2017 - 21 representing evolution of my understanding and role of research before reaching the intervention stage in design.
Tables of Contents 1
La vie en rose Bhopal
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Weekend Cottage Academic project
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L’amour de Soi Milan
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Fashion Pavilion Design competition
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Tumaini Senegal
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Emergency operation centre Design competition
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Celestial Crib New Delhi
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Five-star Hotel Academic project
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NHM Office Bhopal
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Solar Decathlon India Design competition
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Aalmi Tableegi Ijtema Bhopal
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NASA India, Gsen 2019 Winning Entry
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Miscellaneous Adaptive Reuse Product Design
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La vie en rose An intimate refuge for weekend getaways. Acadmic project, 2018 Bhopal “ Those who are happy are not without pain, They just know how not to be controlled by it”
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The site is located at kerwa dam, Bhopal above on a cliff surrounded by the beautifull hills. It is a holiday/weekend cottage designed for a couple to spend quality time away from the hustle of the professional life. Design inspiration came from, the relationship that people share with there partners, and how that bond can be celebrated by providing relaxing experience. The space is being imagined in away that included a view of the majestic lake reflecting fiery sunset everyday. The foundation was a challenge at this height and hence the building was sunk into the ground with bedroom’s balcony extending towards the cliff giving the impression of being stuck in sky together. By opening the dual doors the green landscpae flows through to the living room. A small kitchenette for all the romantic meals.
CONCEPT
SITE CONTEXT AND PLAN
GROUND FLOOR PLAN
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SUNK FLOOR PLAN
LIVING ROOM V RAY + PS
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2. L’amour de Soi Fashion Pavilion Design competition, 2019 Milan “ Fashion is the armor to survive the reality of everyday life.”
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Milan, synonymous with Haute couture, is a city that continues to generate lots of new talent, emerging designers and lots of high end brands. Fashion industry has been a propelling force to bring inclusivity in limelight. Recognising and being one with the fact that physical appearances are temporal is the objective that is being put forward. Can ‘positivity’ exist in mainstream culture that determines a human’s worth primarily through appearance? L’amour de Soi is an interactive ephemeral space, that helps inch closer to a more inclusive approach and what amounts to ‘beauty’. Walking between the mirrors, placed in a formal triangular grid one realizes that the silhouette of their reflection seems altered, which confronts them to be acceptable to others and themselves. Everything appears to be under monotone, looking through the black tinted glass, which provides for an unusual perspective of the surrounding. What is seen is a distorted reality where perception is shaped by their personal experiences. The whole setup with the punctured seating in turn builds curiosity and harmony and various tangible parameters are diminished.
INSPIRATION
Curiosity
Open area
Harmony
CONCEPT
Monotony seen through the tinted glass.
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Altered reflection seen through the mirror.
V RAY + PS
PLAN
SECTION
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3. Tumaini Emergency operation centre Design competition, 2019 Senegal “ The criteria for architecture after the tsunami is humbleness”
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The proposal comes from the idea of creating a sensory journey, revealing and building on the sense of humility. Inspired by the simplest churches. The idea of hope is expressed in the built form through lightwells. The oculi allow natural lighting in the building, representing the sun lighting the earth. These spaces are a gentle reminder to the community of people working, that the building is an embodiment of hope. The building is responsible for guiding both the aiding and the affected. The building dons locally sourced, sustainable materials and follows reversibility in construction. Simplicity, low-tech design solutions and an understandable design process are the most significant aspects to communicate and realize the project successfully with the local inhabitants and local workers. The components used, render the building modular, adaptable and flexible. The materials elicit emotions in space and invite meditation. The EOC caters to the psychological functions described by Carl Jung and provides placidness and relief, akin to home. Showering the essence of light and space on the users.
CONCEPT
Hope as a light well
Connection through circulation
Psycological space
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Distribution of hope throughout
Program around hope
Fenestrations, louvers and jaalis
PLAN
SECTION
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CONSTRUCTION PROCESS
1. Digging and filling strip foundation
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2. Plinth infill
3. Erection of wooden columns
4. Stud walls placement
5. Roof structure placement
6. Fixing sheet roof
V RAY + PS
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MATERIALS Corrugated sheets are used for roof. Lightwells covered by angled oculi oculi. Rooms have skylights skylights.
Rafters purlins and Rafters, pergolas made from baobab wood. Fabrics are used to cover semiopen sapces.
Studwalls made from baobab wood with clay and shells for board. Colourful curtains recycled from local markets. Jaalis covered with mosquito nets.
Columns made from baobab wood. Plinth made from stone and clay infill as binding agents.
Strip foundation made from regular cut stone.
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V RAY + PS
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4. Celestial Crib Five- Star Hotel Academic, 2020 New Delhi “ When I’m working on a problem, I never think about beauty. But when I’ve finished, if the solution is not beautiful I know it’s wrong.”
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This was an academic project intended to learn the incorporation of various services in a way that it does not hinder with the spaces visible to the visitors and also in a way that is efficeint as well as logical. The hotel area is an uninterrupted narrative of ‘a story’, which will give guests the feelings that define their experience during their stay. The hotel has ceased to be a one-dimensional place to stay, but it is the place that gives to the visitors the opportunity to get in touch with the culture of the area he is visiting, to open new fields of knowledge, to feel, discover, relax and even self-reflect through new experiences.
CONCEPT
COMPOSITE CLIMATE SHEILD
CREATING OPENESS
EFFICIENT INTEGRATION OF SERVICES
TOUCH OF TRADITION
FORM DEVELOPMENT
VIEWS AND SHADING ORIENTATION AND SUNPATH
DOUBLE LOADED WINGS
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TERRACE AND COMMON SPACES
REVIT + PS
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SPACE DISTRIBUTION Water tank Machine room Mumty
Rooms lobby and verticle circulation Corridor Services
Open terraces Swimming pool lobby Services GYM and Health Club
Flexible Halls Restaurant Meeting rooms Services
Entrance Restaurant Banquet hall Services Offices Semi open spaces
Basement Services Termination
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LUMION 10 +PS
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GROUND FLOOR PLAN
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Entrance Drop off Lobby Main Staircase Elevator Service elevator Semi covered spaces Banquet Hall All day Dine in Kitchen Pre-Functional space Coffee shop Offices Staff Canteen Washrooms
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Elevator Service Elevator Lobby Services and chutes Corridors Rooms Fire Core House keeping Staircase
TYPICAL FLOOR PLAN
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LUMION 10 +PS
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Aamad Aalmi Tableegi Ijtema The ephemeral City Gsen NASA India, 2019 Winning Entry Bhopal “ In a time that change and the unexpected is the new normal, urban attributes like reversibility and openness seems to be critical elements for thinking about the articulation of a more sustainable form of development”
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Nikah Weddings
Dua
Namaaz
Bayan
Supplication
DailyPrayer
Sermons
The Aalmi Tableeghi Ijtema, a four day festivity involving preaching of Islamic teachings, leads to a temporal 40% increase in the population. The resultant stress was deemed overbearing on its historic location surrounding Taj-Ul Masajid in the old city. Owing to which the Ijtema is currently hosted in the outskirts at Islamnagar.
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VRAY +PS
This shift demands a greater networked infrastructure, pollutes the existing ecological system, and deprives greenfields of a sustainable crop. After expanding 30 times in area in less than two decades, the event faces a space crunch and seeks yet another location. The Ijtema is an ephemeral part flowing in limbo, one that seeks resolution.
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GIS+ GRASSHOPPER +PS
Aamad identifies resilience as the ability to restore balance between the city’s parts by reinstating the Ijtema to its original location, one that continues to live in memory. Architecture is mobilised against its conventional rigid framework to form a flexible, adaptive, and polyvalent body, such that it caters to disruption through tactical and decentralised ephemeral urbanism. The proposal develops the rerooted Ijtema as an ephemeral city existing vertically above on the old city’s underutilised terraces, an approach that 78% of the demographic appreciated based on a conducted survey. The ephemeral city relies on the old city for space and services, giving back an economic and infrastructural return. For a better understanding of the flow between moving parts, the proposal suggests parts be identified as interlaced parameters - Socio-cultural, Ecological, and Economic, not as explicit and isolated entities.
THE EXISTING SITE
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AREA REQUIRED ON SITE
DESIGNED CLUSTERS AND ACCESS NODES
CONCEPT
Reflective
Flexible & Resourceful
Redundant
Inclusive & Integrated
FLOW CHART
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For a better understanding of the flow between moving parts, the proposal suggests parts be identified as interlaced parameters - Socio-cultural, Ecological, and Economic, not as explicit and isolated entities.
01. Socio-Cultural: Mosques, a recurring typology in the area are identified as nodes to be woven together in a network of reliance and interdependence. A conscious understanding also establishes a network of non-muslim community nodes for minority communities, as relief points for urban accupuncture. 02. Ecological: The deteriorating historically significant system of three terraced lakes; Motia Talab, Noor Mahal Talab, & Munshi Hussain Talab, are brought to attention through the engagement of identified stakeholders. 03. Economic: As an effective resource management strategy to empower the old city through its own resources, an existing system of material and craftsmen is catalysed. This system facilitates the circular flow of energy, waste and other resources such that it creates a zero-waste metabolism. The resultant is a framework of existing systems that effectively dissipate temporal stress, a multistability.
VRAY+ PS
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THE EMPHEMERAL CITY
THE OLD CITY
NETWORK
ECOLOGY
GIS+ GRASSHOPPER +PS
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Taj ul Masjid
Rerooting the Ijtema
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CAD+VRAY+ PS
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6. NHM Office Net Zero Building, Solar decathon India Design competition, 2020 Bhopal “ As an architect you design for the present with an awareness of the past for a future which is essentially unknown.”
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GOALS
PROJECT DESCRIPTION The headquarters of the National Health Mission for Madhya Pradesh is currently under construction in Patrakar Colony, Bhopal. As per Köppen climate classification, Bhopal is situated in ‘Humid Subtropical’ region of India. The headquarters will be used as the main office building to oversee various health policies and family planning initiatives undertaken by the Government of India. It is a Build-Own-Operate project.
MAXIMUM BUILT UP AREA : 9100 m2 BUDGET : 30,000 INR/m2(Construction) PROJECT BUDGET : 28,00,00,000 INR (including MEP)
ANNUAL EPI 32.35 422 KWH ANNUAL GENERATION 50% LESS AC TARGETS
W CLIMA
ENERGY PERFORMANCE
CONTEXT For the past few decades, Bhopal has worked hard to create an identity of a beautiful, green city. Designing the headquarters of a state-level government office provides an opportunity for the city to reinforce this identity, and advertise the many financial and environmental advantages of such buildings. Bhopal is famously known as the city of lakes, and many of its lakeside palaces have several traditional passive design strategies. We have attempted to follow up on these architectural traditions with courtyards, jalis and water-edges.
LOCAL MATERIAL, SYSTEM COORDINATION, RESOURCE OPTIMIZATOION
AFFORDABILITY
DESIGN APPROACH INTEGRATED DESIGN APPROACH
RESEARCH AND INNOVATION DESIGN
PASSIVE DESIGN
CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS
HVAC
WATER
RESOURCES AND TECH.
Phase 1- Base Models Analysis
SITE CLIMATE STUDY
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PASSIVE DESIGN
ARCHITECTURAL IDEAS
BUBBLE DIAGRAM
DESIGN ANALYSIS
WITHSTANDING ATE SCENARIOS TILL 2050
BREAK MISCONCEPTION ABOUT GOVERNMENT AND NZEB BUILDINGS
FUNCTIONALITY AND OPTIMUM ENERGY USAGE
RESILIENCE
SCALABILITY AND MARKET POTENTIAL
ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN
INDOOR COMFORT USING VERNACULAR TECH. AND BMS APP
INNOVATION
FOLLOWING ECBC AND IMAC GUIDELINES
LIGHTING POWER DENSITY OF 5.4 W/SQM MIXED MODE COOLING
NET ZERO WATER CONSUMPTION ANNUALLY
COMFORT AND ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
ENGINEERING AND OPERATIONS
WATER
Phase 2- Design Development
SIMULATING THE PROTOTYPES
ANALYSING RESULTS
COMBINING THE ASPECTS
ZONING IN LEVELS
ALLOCATING STRATEGIES
ADDING SPECIFIC DETAILS
Phase 3- Finalised Design-Planned
INNOVATION
ENHANCING STRATEGIES
DESIGN DEVELOPMENT
DESIGN ANALYSIS
COST EFFECTIVE
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SITE ANALYSIS Patrakar Colony, where the building is under construction, is a central and administratively important part of the city. The site sits amidst a lush distribution of natural vegetation. The link road in front of it connects the site to other major areas. Further, the residential areas are in front. On its right, a multi specialty hospital has been proposed. On its left is the Hindi mail bhavan, which is a newspaper publishing office.
Climate in Bhopal is composite. The summers are hot and last from April to July, reaching upto 43°C. The winter months from November to February are relatively cold, with the temperature dropping as low as 7°C. The monsoon months of August and September have comfortable temperatures along IMAC standards. VIEW 1
SUNPATH
VIEW 2
ANNUAL HUMIDITY CHART
November-March - Dry (Humidity 2-40%)
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April-May - Comfortable (Humidity 40-60%)
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June-September - Muggy (Humidity 70-100%)
ANNUAL HUMIDITY CHART
VEGETATION COVER
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ANNUAL HUMIDITY CHART
RADIATION INFERENCE
Optimal building size: 32 m x 72 m x 16m, 4 floors. Orientation: E-W aligned
SITE PLAN
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DESIGN DEVELOPMENT From the three previous explored idea we have narrowed down to two options. Out of the two models, we chose the one that performed better. We continued to optimised this model till we achieved compliant EUI, daylighting and architectural design.
Design options for simulations EUI-Energy Use Intensity
Daylighting
The idea of a central courtyard was taken forward at account of good ventilation and daylighting. The electric loads were comparatively low. Buffer spaces such as record rooms, toilets and corridors are placed to face the south to minimize heat gain in the main offices
In the case of the dispersed building, daylighting proved to be the most efficient. In this step we brought the blocks closer to concise the building spread. This however came at a tradeoff as there was more heat gain which is evident in the generated EUI.
The final model was developed around the two-courtyard typology, minimally dispersing the office blocks around it. The resultant form was rearranged several times to achieve the low EUI values and good daylighting values as depicted.
EUI Calculated = 91 KWh/m2/a
EUI Calculated = 101 KWh/m2/a
EUI Calculated = 75 KWh/m2/a
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ARCHITECTURAL DRAWINGS
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The final material palette was selected based on best energy performance and affordable cost. Fly ash based AAC is used as the major masonry material and Rockwool as the insulation. Embodied energy is reduced by 38% as compared to EDGE base case simulation of the building data.
MONTHLY GENERATION VS CONSUMPTION
PV LAYOUT
OPTIMIZATION EUI optimizations were done parametrically, against a default value defined earlier. After achieving a desirably low EUI value, elements were added to increase visual and thermal comfort, especially in non-HVAC areas.
OPTIMIZATION RESULTS TILL DATE
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NET ZERO WATER CYCLE
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7. Miscellaneous Adaptive Reuse Hands on fabrication I personally enjoy using tools to make something new and functional. It includes structures, models, products etc.
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Adaptive Reuse Revitalizing a dilapidated District and Sessions court
Drawing from the existing urban fabric, the project revitalizes a former District and Sessions court, built in 1966, to create a Vocational Training Centre. The Centre will be an epicentre for learning, across all genders, ages and income groups, for skill development and imparting practical knowledge. Thus, encouraging marginalised part of the community to generate additional sources of income. The choice of repurpose is hence apt to the surrounding context. The idea was to design outside-in, providing possibilities for outside work and teaching. Opening up the ground floor and court rooms, thus generated a sequence of urban and free flowing space blurring the lines between exterior and interior. The precious informal outdoor spaces around the building double up as congregation space for talking, cooking, performing and learning, and the extension of the bazaar. It is in this unbuilt public space that the built completes itself.
ILLUSTRATOR
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BLENDER + PS
BLENDER + PS
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Warp Experimenting with seating arrangement for better interaction
Warp was a workshop programme which offered working with integratipon of materials like steel, cement and bamboo. This project’s intension was to experiment with the seating arragnement in recreational spaces like parks, school playgrounds etc. Design involeved rotating seats with different ocuupancy capacity, enabling numerous interative patterns among the people seating. For fabrication of frames, bamboos were used and joints were assembled using hollow steel pipes welded at desired angles. Once the chairs were completed, they were attached to the bearing pipe which was further installed in the holes digged. The extra cavity was then filled with mortar to provide stability. This whole arrangement was planned in a college campus to be used by the students. The results were amazing, different groups of students from couples to big friends group used the seating at the same time as the privacy and visiual connection changed just by facing in different directions. This demonstrated the flexibility in functionality of the design. In all, the experiment was a success and also had further scope of improvement.
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Kanya Dola Outdoor playing equipment, Anganwadi
This project was the part of a time problem studio exercise. In a duration of three days, an outdoor playing equipment was designed that will be donated to the all girls daycare centre cum pre school. The design was curated keeping in mind the activities of the girls throughout day in the daycare centre. Bamboo was used as a main framing material because of its strong structural properties. Junctions were made by drilling holes in the members at the joint and held together with long scews, which was then covered by tightly wrapping it with the reused tyre tube bands. This provided a whole assembly an aesthectic look. The top or the platform was made by weaving between the hexagonal frame with a whole in between from where children can drop down in the pouch hanging at the centre of the play equipment. Kanya Dola is a fun outdoor playing equipment which promotes motor development of the children by providing different approach to the platform above.
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