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architectural design master planning urban transformations landscape urbanism sketching photography
Seeking to utilize my skills and learnings in the Design
and Planning industry that provides an opportunity to contribute to the society in large and also offers professional growth; while being resourceful, innovative and flexible.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION
SKILLS
PUBLICATIONS & PRESENTATIONS
Practice Design Pvt. Ltd., Kolkata 4years
CEPT University, School of Architecture Ahhmedabad 2010-12
Research & Analytical Studies
Urbanisation Trends and Environmen- AWR – Architecture Ideas Competition AUTO-CAD tal Concerns Horizontal Farms, New Delhi, 2012 Proficient August 2012 International Second Prize ||||||||||
Jadavpur University, Dept. of Arch, Kolkata 1semester
Mumbai University, Bharti Vidyapeeth’s COA, Navi Mumbai 2005-10
Concepts & Ideation
Architect-Urban designer
Assistant Professor (visiting)
Centre for Research Development & Consultancy, CEPT University, Ahmedabad 2months Urban Designer - Intern
Romi Khosla Design Studio, New Delhi 5months Architect - Intern
M. Arch in Urban design
B. Arch (First Class Honours)
Understanding & Interpreting Design Brief
Design Development Structure/Master Planning Preparation of Design Reports Integration of Stuctural & MEP design Costing, Budgeting & Tendering Design Co-ordination Good for Construction Drawing Documentations Liasioning & Resolving construction related queries
Centre for Urban Economic Studies, University of Calcutta
Journal of Landscape Architecture, Quarter 3, 2011 Nilayaa - Seasonal Jungle Enclosures
A+D Journal, February, 2011
Central Park Transit Hub, Salt Lake (B.Arch Thesis)
Council of Architecture, India, Archiving Thesis - 2010
Central Park Transit Hub, Salt Lake, Kolkata
AWARDS & NOMINATIONS
SOFTWARES
Sankranti – Transform Urban India SKETCH-UP Challenge Proficient Indian Urban Conference, Mysore, 2011 |||||||||| Final Round - Amongst National Top 6 teams.
Landscape Journal Competition Enclosures, Bengaluru, 2011 National Third Prize
MS OFFICE Proficeint
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PHOTOSHOP Ahmedabad Archives Photography Proficeint Competition |||||||||| Living Heritage, Ahmedabad, 2011 National Third Prize IN-DESIGN Intermediate Kshitij, IIT Kharagpur Tech Fest |||||||||| Sustainable Transit Hub, 2011 National First Prize POWER DIRECTOR MOVIE MAKER Intermediate Sir Ratan Tata Scholarship |||||||||| Mumbai University 2006-08 (3 consecutive years)
central park transit hub Central Park, Saltlake, Kolkata illusive expressions Bharat Chamber of Commerce, Park Circus, Kolkata
explosion of space Cultural Centre, Balewadi, Pune
horizontal living A comunity, New Delhi
hideaway abode Farmville, Benapanjari, Odhisa
connecting two entities Rural - Urban Interface, Dholera, Gujarat
PLUG - preventing loss of urban green Multiple Comunities, Mumbai, Maharastra
split House, Ballygunj, Kolkata
heritage revitalization Sarkhej Roza, Ahmedabad
oragan -o- machine Generic Idea
boutique
public realm
pragmatic utopia
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sustaining an urban ecological setup East Kolkata Wetlands the chlorophyll project Vikram Co-orporate Headquarters, Anandapur, Kolkata
the deya Atmosphere, Kolkata
ecology & sustainibility
complexity
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Bharat Chamber of Commerce, an institution 100 years old decided to move to their own new building shifting from an old colonial white elephant, also a very popular landmark. The brief was very straight forward, they wanted something that denotes some identity, strength and character. What would be the architectural expression? How does this building come out as symbol of collective strength? What would be the contextual respose? The design exercise had started with all these questions. The idea was very clear that the building has to come out as a monolithic, yet should have that sense of fragments which make the inseparable constituents of the total. The physical context of so much variety and less of uniquie characters demanded the building to not be so loud as an image. The buiding just needed to be kinetic, which changes its experiencial dimmentions so as to state its presense, but in an elegant yet modest means. The facade pattern is parametric. Application of parametric design in building facade, as significant means of architectural articulation, has provided the exterior surface with various levels of differentiation and correlation.This differentiation of the pattern, as visible from any corner of the appreciation space is local, context sensitive and generated by the differential solar exposure of the specific. Study model as means to understand the pattern and its experiencial implications
An image of the idea
Professional work
(for practice design pvt. ltd.)
Project: Bharat Chambers
New premises for Bharat Chamber of Commerce
Area: 50,000 Sqft. Progress: Completed & Handed over Location: Park Circus, Kolkata
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Heat map of the building
The more visible south-west edge the building
Functional parameters
Facade Algorithm
illusive expressions
Secretary General’s Cabin
The building set in the context
Gradation of the Terracotta Louvers
From inside
The working floor
illusive expressions
The south facade
illusive expressions
Master Plan
The master plan focuses on creating a dynamic landscape, rich in bio-diversity, where the architecture of the Farm Houses remain simple, minimalistic and a reflection of the local vernacular style. The zoning takes into consideration the functional arrangement of various activities sothat it can exploit of the best possible view corridors and their interconnectivity. The existence of the Built mass is made subtle, making it blend with natural surroundings.The Built mass is a composition of apparently disconnected elements, helping the structures to suddenly appear and disappear amongst the labyrinth of landscape and waterscape. The Architectural configuration of the building is layered in a way such that it generates a hierarchy of spaces and volumes providing a multitude of experiences. These experiences covers a range from group activities to absolute solitude. The overall nature of the architecture is kept simplistic with a stress on the intricacy of cutouts and fenestrations. It uses light as an extra dimension to render the opaque walls, filter through the transparent surfaces, cast shadows and generate reflections.
background architecture Ostritch’s Den
Animal shelter + Grazing Meadows
layers
Staff Quarters
Professional work
Cricket Ground + Party Lawn
(for practice design pvt. ltd.) Pavillion
Experiencing openness
Swimming Pool + Main habitable cluster Pavillion
Duck House
Panaromic experience
Experience within enclosure
rendering with light
Experiencing the sky
Project: Farmville
Fahamida Serajuddin Farms
Area: 5.15 Acres Progress: Under construction Location: Benapanjari, Odhisa
Basketball Security House
Tennis Backyard pond
Fruit Orchird
Service block
Clerestories
Cut-outs in the sky
Pergolas
hideaway abode
Living area pool deck
Pool Levels Study
Rear pond deck of the cottages
Structural System Study
Composite flat roofing system + interface study
Cross-section of the living unit
Cottage bakyard pond deck
Sloped roof system + window interface study
Sloped roof system study
Cottage interface with the backyard pond
hideaway abode
Guest Cottage
Dining + Kitchen
Main entry to the cottage cluster
Koi fish pond - a spill over of the living area
Living Unit
Swmming pool
Cottage 1
Cottage 3
Main habitable cluster
Cottage 2
hideaway abode
progress at site
Site section
hideaway abode
Bars interlaced functionally and arranged climatologically with each other to a network of living and interactive spaces to suit the program; the green lung plays an integral part interconnecting levels and uses.
Transition volume
Opaque Transparent Private Semi-private
Void/Court
Summer solstice | 09:00 hrs
Summer solstice | 12:00 hrs
Summer solstice | 15:00 hrs
Winter solstice | 09:00 hrs
Winter solstice | 12:00 hrs
Winter solstice | 15:00 hrs
Transparent Opaque Semi-private Private
Comfort zone analysis: Assement of extent of self-shading during summer & winter solstice
Professional work
(for practice design pvt. ltd.)
Project: The Split House Area: 10,000 Sqft. Progress: Concept Approved Location: Gurusaday Road, Kolkata
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Master Bedroom Son’s Bedroom Family Balcony
North Side - from the backyard Office Puja
Split Volume Living Room Backyard Deck
Cross section East Side - Main entry and drop-off
split
Virgin landscape
Landscape transformation trends
This thesis questions the current day trends of; one time acts of engineering, the primary economic sector (food production) being pushed out by the new emerging economies and large centralized allocation of services and infrastructure. It therefore attempts to explore the idea of combining the use of natural landscape and infrastructure as a probable answer to the modern day threats on urban ecological setups. The decentralised allocation of soft infrastructure will determine the nature of transformation in this area and help ensure a long term sustainability of the wetlands, its people, their economy and thus the city of Kolkata. The project further attempts to super-impose the ecological and economical networks to achieve a mosaic of various small scale activities empowered by institutions, intense activity nodes, and new whole sale markets as places for economic exchange. It is supported by strategies and guidelines for new developments that helps maintaining an optimum land-water ratio.
Post Graduate Thesis Project: Sustaining an Urban Ecological Setup Area: 12,500 Hectres Location: East Kolkata Wetlands
Proposed landscape tranformation
Conceptual Idea - A network of navigable canals replacing heavy road infrastructure
Proposed urban morphology
sustaining an urban ecological setup
Structuring Principles: 1.
A new network of canals connecting various parts of the wetland with the city edge.
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Canal infrastructure as a substitute for Heavy road based infrastructure.
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Developing the canal stops at each urban-village as a activity node.
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This activity nodes acting as trigger for transformation within the villages.
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Insertion of institutional amenities to upgrade the villages and foster resource-recovery economies.
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Proposed new wholesale markets on the city edge as a place for economic exchange.
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Generation of subsidiary small scale economic activities along with the wholesale markets.
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New development maintaining the optimum land-water ratio.
Proposed transformation along navigable cannal edge
river hoogly
the city of kolkata
east kolkata wetlands river kulti
untreated sewage from the city
40% fish + 20% vegetable supply of city’s needs
bio treated water
sustaining an urban ecological setup
The sludge-trap pond as an urban activity node
sustaining an urban ecological setup
The whole-sale market - an interface between the city and wetlands
Navigable canals - the edge of transformation
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animal excreta
animal excreta
animal excreta
animal products
sustaining an urban ecological setup
Principles of Sustainibility This project propagates that, with increase is quality of air the productivity of the working environment is impacted positively. We have introduced phytoremediation - a process where living plants are used in the indoors that generate oxygen in landscape pockets, indoor green walls, air recycling greenhouse in terrace where it instead of taking warm fresh air from outside recycles and rejuvenates used air into the greenhouse. In a way, it reduces heat-load as well.
Professional work
(for practice design pvt. ltd.)
Project: Corporate Office For a Solar company
Progress: Work on hold Location: Anandapur, Kolkata
the chlorophyll project
Lounge Executive Floors
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Protection from sun by proper solar shading during overheated months. Avoiding heat storage and promoting ventilation to dissipate humidity. Expanding use of outdoor living areas during day and evening when it is not raining.
Offices
17°C
Entrance lobby + Exhibition
Core + Services
Loss of energy to gain fresh air from outside
dissipating
Using vegetative cover or non-reflective flooring materials to prevent reflected radiation and glare.
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Conversion of stale air into fresh air without gaining outside heat
the chlorophyll project
North Facade
South Facade
Facade Detail
an iteration in brick
South Facade - Section (Double skinned facade & Air recyclying green house)
West Facade - Section (Deep balconies with landscape)
North Facade - Section (Glass facade with shallow planters)
the chlorophyll project
Idea + Context
The mechanisms within a city are very complex....as complex as the Architecture of the human body, one of most complicated creations on earth. In this case the ‘Central Park’ acts as the lungs of Salt Lake, replenishing the environment. The design envisages the heart of this precinct where the transport hub is the bloodline(proverbial lifeline of the city). The two main structures, comprising the metro station and bus terminus, are symbolic of the arteries from where the masses are pumped into the veins;represented by bands of landscape merging with the waterfront etc. The building emerges from its own surroundings and submerges in the same like a parasitic structure that embeds itself into a hosting context. The roofs of the structure transforms into ‘green plaza’ which directs the flow of people into the landscape. Thus, the concept underlines “INTEGRATION”, where the site is treated as “one environment”, and “not built and natural”. The design also houses archives, library, coffee shop, open air restaurants, conference and banquets all aimed at transforming a monotonous transit hub into a cultural transit hub.
UnderGraduate Thesis Project: Cultural Transit Hub Location: Salt Lake, Kolkata
Volumetric studies
central park transit hub
Transit interchange interface
central park transit hub
Bus Terminus Metro Station Interchange Plaza Activity Center Green Link Urban Haat Fair Ground
central park transit hub
View from central park
Cross-section of experience
central park transit hub
The form and scale of a public building always indicates its importance. If we look back in history we will find examples of Palaces, Zigurates and Temples all with its monumental form highlights ‘One Being’ as the supreme. However with the change in time this heirarchy system has been dissolving. Therefore the new architecture of the public building should be monumental yet be able to accomodate people within it. The structure is placed at the back end of the site giving it foreground to be visible. The design revolves around the central space which acts like a magnet holding the rest of the activities together at various levels, giving them interconnectivity, necessary zoning and hierarchy. The ‘Museum’ placed inside the core is the witness of the glorious past and the ‘Performance Arena’ on top of it is the stage for expression of todays’ time, the energy being transformed through time as a great culture evolves taking the vibes from its rich past.
UnderGraduate Studio VII Project: Cultural Center Location: Balewadi, Maharashtra
Upper Terraces
Upper Terraces Performance Arena
Open air forum
Art Gallery
Intermediate Terraces
Museum of Culture
Coutyard
Entry Foyer
explotion of space and time
explotion of space and time
mixed-use node commercial node
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cultural node
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transit node
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Dholera has been announced as a ‘Special Investment Region’ along the DMIC (Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor) and is at the stage of Master Planning proposals. The studio intended to develop a model settlement at Dholera based on the theme of ‘Morphology and Energy’. The aim of the project was to design a sustainable urban development, studded with green belts and corridors along water channels and hence conserve water along with variuos scales of public spaces and amenities such that people get ample chances to recreate and interact with the other citizen of the city. All focus has been imparted to compact and smart growth, generate leverage through transit options but paying full attention to the existing environmental concerns. One of the main challenges of the exercise was to connect the existing villages and newly proposed urbanization as both of them are separate entities. Therefore the demostration project looks to detail out such an interface; in this case the existing street that connects two villages have been retained and developed as an active public realm consisting of various activity nodes.
primary pedestrian network
secondary pedestrian network
Urban Extension Studio Project: Connecting Urban & Rural Location: Dholera, Gujrat green network walkability radius transit hub shuttle stop bus stop BRT stop
transportation scheme
connecting urban & rural
The cultural node
Cross section thru the plaza
Shopping Arcade & Recreational Fascilities
Temple Plaza
Socio-cultural Center
Sunken Plaza & Transit Stop
connecting urban & rural
Structure plan Indegenious villages Stock Resevior Tomb
Main axis
Main Tank
Natural streams
11 heritage sites have been identified jointly by the AMC, ASI and TCGL for re-development, beautification and infrastructure improvement. Sarkhej Roza is one important tourism destinations that have been identified as one of the sites for which a preliminary conceptual Master Plan is to be developed. It will include formulation guidelines and controls for the monument precinct, detail design of access points, streets and furniture. The work for the preparation of this proposal is in progress, as of now work has been done on preparing a Master Plan and identifying various projects within the comprehensive plan. As a first phase of detail design the strengthening of the ‘historic axis’ will take place.
Indegenious villages
To sabarmati river
Internship - Centre for Research Development & Consultancy, CEPT University Project: Revitalization of 11 heritage sites in Ahmedabad Location: Sarkhej, Gujrat
Proposed master plan
heritage revitalisation
Public amenities and interpretation centre Proposed section of the historic axis
Insertion of Public Amenities like Information center, toilets and parking facilities
Creating a foreground and plaza for the defunct tomb adjoining to the main mosque complex
Foreground landscape and restoration of the Tomb Reinventing the historic axis
Restoring and beautifying the Tank edge gardens
Defining the edge and loop around the historic precinct for better visibility and accessibility Re-eastablishing the historic axis
heritage revitalisation
We are brought on to the table as the Design Manager in terms of Architecture and Interior Design for the Project. With the expertise and previous learnings, we initiated ‘Gapanalysis’ and abridged the missing link between the principal consultants and the site reality. The team is reinforced with the back-up involvement and frequent monitoring by the principals.
Professional work
(for practice design pvt. ltd.)
Project: Atmosphere
Skybridge
Area: 3 acres Progress: Under Construction Location: E M Bypass, Kolkata
the deya
Level 34 - Terrace
Level 34 - Concrete body plan
Level 32 - Mini Golf course
Level 32 - Concrete body plan
the deya
Long Section of the Sky bridge
L-32 Spiral stair connecting to the terrace
Short Section of the Sky bridge
L-32 Lounge lit by the navel skylight
Transitional ramp from L-32 to L-34
Facade wrap framing
Fabrication of the spiral stairway
the deya
Staircase skylight study
Swimming pool overflow levels study
Study model
As built scenario
Study model
As built scenario
Fall barrier apron shop detail study
the deya
Level 33 - Ceiling + Services co-ordination drawing
Layout and levels study process
Level 32 - Bund heights study
Mound +Tunnel details
Level 34 - Bund height study
the deya
A COMMUNITY MADE OF ACQUIRED USABLE WASTES “Slums” are the most sustainable settlements our cities ever had. Minimised consumption of resources and maximised reuse of collected item, shape such urbanities, especially in India where cities are always a cross-section of disparities.
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A century back, when the first skyscraper was built, it was considered as “a machine that would make the land pay.” Today it’s a race to go higher than the highest. A century later, skyscrapers would be “elements which would be governing the urban dynamics.” Skyscrapers would determine urban edges, sprawl, nodes, congestions, commerce, vitality and many other factors of the future societies.
Hence, the idea of ‘Jugaad Urbanism’ comes into picture where “arrangement and optimised augmentation of usable acquired resources” holds the lives of the inhabitants of the horizontal farm. In this present context Jugaad happens at three levels, in the form of “natural exchanges” [rain-water, organic wastes, etc.], “external exchanges” [city waste collected and reused] and “internal exchanges” [farm waste, domestic waste, etc. being reused] which determines the variety in the urbanism within the slum.
Competition entry for AWR awarded international 2nd position
Project: Horizontal Living Location: Delhi, India
juggad sarai
Functioning of the Jugaad Khana (Recycling Workshops)
Morphology
1. Waste is collected and segregated here. Settlement dwellers collect waste based on occupation/need within the community.
1. A continuous ramp (Max. Ht. – 10m) runs along the longer axis of the site which performs as a multi-level bazaar (market) street punctuated with public institutions.
2. Orgttanic waste is mainly provided to farmers and heavy durable wastes are primarily used for construction purposes or internal furnishing.
2. Dwelling units are designed as clusters up to a maximum height of 17m (5 floors) beyond which issues of improper light / ventilation and accessibility arises. Farming is done on staggered level rooftops, which fosters a typical Delhi type multilevel interaction and activity based realm, also creating zones of outdoor interaction.
3. Paper and softwood wastes, glass and plastic bottles, etc. are mainly distributed to artisans to prepare handicrafts and other usable products for the community.
3. Some vertical Circulation cores were necessary within the ‘Jugaad Khanas’ (Recycling Workshops), which were further extended upwards till the height of 30m to accommodate more density.
‘juggad khana
‘schematic morphology
STAGE 1 - LOCATING THE “JUGAAD KHANAS” AND THE RAMP TO CREATE UPPERLEVEL CONNECTIONS
STAGE 2 - BASED ON THE ORIENTATION OF “JUGAAD KHANAS” A GRID OF 6 X 6M IS LAID TO DEVELOP THE RESIDENTIAL CLUSTERS
STAGE 3 - THE “JUGAAD KHANAS” ARE DEVELOPED ARCHITECTURALLY AND FUNCTIONALLY TO RESPOND TO THE GROUND LEVEL AS WELL AS THE RAMP
STAGE 4 - THE CIRCULATION CORES WITHIN THE “JUGAAD KHANAS” ARE EXTENDED UPWARDS TO CREATE INVERTED MOUNDS OF HOMES
juggad sarai
‘reversing the growth direction
A.D. 2012
A.D. 2018
[P]reventing [L]oss of [U]rban [G]reen The idea is about of giving back the Greens to Mumbai, device a method to reduce built cover but still fulfill demands of growth pressure and to identify an implementable built form and involve the Mumbaikars in the final decision making. Here, we need a TYPOLOGICAL INNOVATION! The idea is to introduce a Densified Living Block that accretively changes according to growth pressues and time. To implement this a new policy called SEEDZ can be introduced, which is a Development zone demarcated near Ecologically sensitive areas inside cities, which is identified by the government to cater all type of existing and upcoming developments. As Urban Enterprise Zone(UEZ) aims for blighted areas of cities (Manhattan, New York), SEEDZ aims for ecologically sensitive areas which are being damaged due to immense pressure of urbanization. The Economic benefits will be largely for the common masses, and the scale of transaction will be more at a ‘local scale’.
A.D. 2036
‘ad 2035 - Area of the park = 104 + [24] sq. km. Competition entry for SANKRANTI
shortlisted in national top six
Project: India Urban Challenge Location: Mumbai, India
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‘it’sA century back, when the first skyscraper was built, it was considered as “a machine that would make the land pay.” Today a race to go higher than the highest. A century later, skyscrapers would be “elements which would be governing the urban
dynamics.” Skyscrapers would determine urban edges, sprawl, nodes, congestions, commerce, vitality and many other factors of the future societies.
Often organisms are incapable of carrying out all their metabolisms on their own. This results in a few kinds of relationships such as parasitism, commensalism, mutualism and many more. Among all, mutual symbiosis works as a win-win situation for the involved organisms which are strongly dependent on each other. The incapability of crops to process themselves into edible or consumable goods led to the pairing of agro industries along with the agrarian skyscraper. Both the elements in the union are benefitted due to the pairing. The farms feed the industries and the industries process the farms for being consumed, hence becoming mutually symbiotic. It has been conceptualized as a demonstration which explains the vital role of both “Nature” and “Machines” and their contribution towards each other’s well being. Dependencies form a loop of resource exchanges, structural and circulatory dependencies and energy exchanges.
Competition entry for EVOLO Project: Futuristic Skyscraper Location: Generic
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