Sonia Guha Portfolio

PORTFOLIO Sonia Guha

It’s not the clouds, the sun, the moon or the stars that alone decide the fate of sky.

The city shapes its own sky.

CONTENTS a compilation of selected works

r_RESUME

page 04_05

a_ACADEMIC

page 06_25

p_PROFESSIONAL

page 26_47

c_CREATIVE

page 48_51

t_TECHNICAL

page 52_61

u_UG_Thesis

page 62_69

Cover Study on perception of Sky_Ground relation in a city as defined by architecture for Multi-Scale Building Design Studio III

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The Pink Flower The Pink flower in my hand Asks me, ‘Am I beautiful?’

‘Do I remind you of Spring?’

I laugh at it’s vanity I tell her - ‘You are a fool’ ‘Don’t you see You will not last this week’ ‘Your beauty is transient, These daisies are an illusion; The frost is lurking around Waiting to take it’s place.

And soon, before you know, It will be winter - cold and grey.

Don’t you feel ?

The descending fog, Made of your saddest thoughts, Ready to cover All, in a dampen gloom?’

She stares at me, with an ignorant bliss She smiles and says ‘Oh, It doesnot matter.’ ‘for Now I am pink And this you will remember!’

About Me

Experienced architect with a poetic disposition, acute asthetic sense and positive inclination towards life.

Versatile, creative thinker with proven analytical skills.

This portfolio is a compilation of selected academic and professional works with glimpses of other endeavours from 2006 - 2016.

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RESUME

18th April 1988

Sonia Guha

Kolkata, India

EDUCATION

@ sonia.guha@gmail.com Via Mignone, 24 29121 Piacenza, Italy

+91 9836283289 sonia.guha

Politecnico di Milano, Italy 2013 - 2016 | 110/110 con Lode

Laurea Magistrale (M.S) in Sustainable Architecture of Multiscale Projects Jadavpur University, India 2006 - 2011 5yr Bachelor of Architecture, First Class Honors (Gold medal for Rank #1 ; Gold medal for Best Thesis 2011)

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EMPLOYMENT

Auroville Earth Institute, India December 2010 Theory + Practical course on Arches, Vaults and Dome Construction

Escola de Arte y Superior Deseno, Ourense, Spain October-December 2009 Student Exchange Program on Graphic Art, Interior Design and Restoration

Tutor at Politecnico Di Milano,

- MultiScale Urban Design Studio I , 2015

Prof. Lluis S. Vives , Prof. Gian Carlo Vechhi, Prof. Chen Jun Ho

- Architectural Design Studio I, 2015

Prof.Juan Carlos Dall’asta, Prof. Alessandra Opio, Prof.Renzo Marchesi

- MultiScale Urban Design Studio I , 2014

Prof.Lluis S. Vives , Prof. Gian Carlo Vechhi, Professor Chen Jun Ho Internship at AATVOS, Netherlands, August - October 2014 Architect at Pace Consultants Pvt. Ltd, Kolkata, June 2011 – August 2013 Internship at Shatotto, Dhaka for Architect Rafiq Azam, June – August, 2009

Research Assistant to Tania Sengupta, from University of Westminster, London documenting British Colonial Architecture in Suburban West Bengal in 2007

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AWARDS

Personal Skills

Professional Skills

Language Skills

Teamwork Leadership and organisational Adaptable, Instinctive, Learner

Concept, Design Critical thinking and writing Layout and graphics

English, Bengali Hindi Spanish, Italian

Politecnico Di Milano Gold Scholarship based on merit Everest Award for Excellence 2012 for Best all Round Talent Pidilite Award for Excellence for Architectural Studies 2011 For rank #1 in B.Arch University Gold medal Nabendu Sarkar Memorial Award for Best Thesis 2011 For best academic excellence in 4th yr Meera Rani Memorial Award First prize in Trophy Design Competition, Annual NASA 2007

Revit

Autocad

Indesign Illustrator

ACHIEVEMENTS Leadership and organisational

As co-editor of C/O Earth (e-newsletter on Earth and Environment) - fund raising & send medicines to villages afflicted by cyclone Aila - covered Peace and Conflict Resolution Organisation, D.R.Congo to help publicize their organization for fund raising General Secretary of Student’s Society of Architecture, JU, 2008 - 09 - co- ordinate all student activities,workshops etc in the department - instrumental in organizing ZoNASA 2008, the zonal convention of National Association of Students of Architecture, involved in planning and decision making for the 4- day event of 450 number of students

3ds Max

Rhino

Photoshop CorelDraw

Coordinated the Thursday Open half - a series of guest lectures and presentation by eminent Architects ( July 2010 to December 2010) Involved in peace promoting activity during Iraq War 2003. Painting workshops were organized & 1000 paintings by children in Kolkata were collected and sent to injured and traumatized children of Iraq (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/ shared/spl/hi/pop_ups/04/south_asia_painting_for_the_children_of_iraq/html/1.stm)

Ecotect Sketchup

MS Excell MapInfo

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RE-CONSOLIDATE . . . part to whole Ri-Formare Milano - Multiscale Urban Design Studio II

Entrance to Creative Hub

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Date

Location

03/2014 - 06/2014

Milano

Professor

Team

Guya Bertelli Andrea Camarata Sandro Rolla

Guha, Sonia, Osman, Emel Erol Pokorskaya, Elisavetta

Project Redevelop the Creative Hub

Ex-Macelleria

as

Concept City as a system of Static and continuous Open space where Public Experience coincides with dyanamics of place and crossing it.

Achievement Graded 30/30 con Lode Exhibited in Triennale di Milano as a part of Ri-Formare Milano - Multiscale Urban Design Studio II

Software - Revit, Photoshop

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Side elevation of Creative Hub that doubles up as Skill wall - establish a dialogue between inside outside - restricting and exhibiting

Tracing the connections between the Site and Historical Centre

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g at the same time

Connection between historic centre and site was made Courtyard as the intimate stop points for the city extended morphologically into the site

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Master Plan

Seamless Integration with the city

Orchard

Green

Water

Public Space

Built up Space

Paths

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Master Plan Flow of the city and green inside the site

Preserved Buildings

Creative Hub

Social Housing

Food Market

Library

Glass Houses

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Software - Revit, Photoshop

Public and community spaces arevisually and physically connected to make a vvibrant living condition

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Social Housing

System of connected Common Spaces

Community Spaces

First, Second and Third floor plans from botom

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Creative Hub

Hub as City Continued

The Hub is designed not as building but a Continuation of the City represntative of the European Mixed Use High Streets punctuated with public Piazzas.

The part plan of ground floor shows one such “piazza� that acts as an informal sitting gallery for performances

Part Plan of Piazza

Ground floor plan of Creative Hub

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Software - Revit, Photoshop

Exhibition Gallery - Old meets the New

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Poetics of the Creative Hub - Old marries the new Space features a dual Reality ... where some times the inside goes out and sometimes the outside comes in

The Section shows how the New Creative Hub on the left and the Ex Macelleria building on the right mitigate their difference through architecture.

The old building acts as a Expostion pavillion for the Artist’s work from their Ateliers of the “Fab Lab City”

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Software - Autocad 2d, Photoshop

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Creative Urban Regeneration - culture as enabler of sustainable develo Thesis for Laurea Magistrale, 2016 BUILT HERITAGE FREED RE-ORGANISED BOOK MARKET

CULTURAL CORRIDOR

Transformed College Square

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IMP PUB

opment

PROVED BLIC GREEN

Location

Relatore (Thesis Guide)

Kolkata

Prof. Michele Roda Prof. Lluis . S. Vives

Abstract The thesis explores the potential role of culture and creativity in urban regeneration especially in case of post-colonial cities of the developing world using the case of Kolkata, India.

RECLAIMED URBAN GREEN

RAIN WATER COLLECTOR/ OAT

CREATIVE HUB

European cities engaged in re-generating themselves using cultural policies are examined to identify common trends that could help in translation of the Creative city ideology into a generic planning paradigm that can be applied for cities in a diverse context.The strategies and tools assessed are enlisted in to following broad categories - Public Space – Build Heritage Architecture - Infrastructure – Intangible Cultural Heritage. Using these categories the project aims to rejuvenate the historic-core city of Kolkata.

For the second part of the project historical and statistical data, infrastructure and spatial structure of the city of Kolkata was analysed to identify the potential for social restructuring through culture-led development and resulted in a territorial strategy for a culture and creative industry corridor.

The thesis concludes in developing an Urban Design strategy for College Street Area and Architectural design strategy for adapting the urban ruin of College Street Municipal Market as a Creative hub.

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Urban Strategy - Cultural Corridor College Street axis

Shyambazar Market

In 19th century this north-south road axis was created for convenience and became the great seed bed of aspiration of the enlightened Bengalis.

The map shows the activity

Haatibagan Market

Square Maniktala Market Sreemani Market

College Street Market Square

1690-1757 Bowbazar Market

Square

Square

1757-1798

Cultural Commercial Institutional Gastronomy Entertainment Open space

1798-1858

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Street market

PHASE 1: Municipal markets and the four existing squares are used as the catalyser of the Cultural Corridor

PHASE neighb for cre schoo

E 2 : Potential green spaces and public places inside the bourhood is reclaimed into a network of adaptive platform eative action and artistic exploration. Temporary spaces like ols which can connect to this sytem in case of an event

College Street Area as the protype for next scale

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Ground floor plan

Existing Ground Floor Plan

Proposed Section

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Usable Floor Plate Before & after

Condition of Light Before & after

Proposed Section

College street Market as the Creative Hub

ex- proposal

College Street Market, built in 1917 is the third oldest Municipal Market in Kolkata, directly under the Corporation who decided to redevelop the Market.

Construction of which started in 2007, but is stopped since 2013.

At present the Mall stands as a huge Urban ruin.

3rd_4th and 5th floor

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Elevation Strategy To be completed by the city as and when required.

Initial Proposal - 8 floors

Constructed building - 6 floors ( maximum)

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LIBRARY

AUDIOVSUAL ROOM

FABRICATION LAB

‘MAZHAR’

SERVICES

REMNANT OF OLD STRUCTURE

AUDITORIUM

COLONNADE

Masses and Volumes determining the character of Building

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Modular Housing Summer Internship_ Research on prefabricated House

Date

Location

08/2014 - 10/2015

India

Design Process follows an Hierarchy of components – Envelope –

The Base.

The Structural System The Floor Roof Inner House –

The vertical elements Stairs Upper Floor

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Co-ordinator

Role

Aat Vos

Research on the existing Dutch Barn House and develop a prototype for Indian Market

Shematic Section

Design Module Prefabricated Modular Unit with provision for future expansion The wall panels at 1,2 m module ; Door and Window in 0,8 m Module

The modular factory system combines engineering knowhow and factory-production methods to design and build more efficiently with greater quality control.

Ground Floor

First Floor - can be added later

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NITMAS SB-III Scholastic Building for Electrical Mechanical Engineering Department

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Built Up Area

Date

Location

over 6000 SQM

2011 - 2013

India

and

Principal Ar.

Project Ar.

Assistant Ar.

Debmalya Guha

Sonia Guha

Mosharaf Ansar

Role As Project Architect involved since conception of Design to completion.

Gained first hand experience in designing, drafting, preparation of presentation and technical drawings, interacting with client and coordinating for construction.

Design Intent A climatically responsive building that brings learning outside the class with passive sustainable techniques.

Schematic studies and initial thoughts shows how the philosophy of integrated built form was pursued from the initial stages. In north-west side and north side of the building more openings are given with projecting library and seminar block.

South side is receded and shaded using a pergola. This allows cross ventilation and reduces the glare of the sun.

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Plan Interactive niches are created at intervals in the corridor to break the monotony and terraces are created

Ground Floor

First Floor

Second Floor

Third Floor

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Construction I had regular experience in visiting the site and coordinating with them from the beginning till completion

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View Point Hotel Guest House for NDITA with Dinning and Banquet

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Built Up Area

Date

Location

over 6000 SQM

2013

India

Principal Ar.

Project Ar.

Hiren Chowdhury

Sonia Guha

First Floor Plan

Fourth Floor Plan

Seventh Floor Plan

Second Floor Plan

Fifth Floor Plan

Eighth Floor Plan

Third Floor Plan

Sixth Floor Plan

Ninth Floor Plan

Role Concept and brainstorming for design development. Translation of ideation into schemes and presentation drawing based on Building codes and Normatives. Area calculation and cost estimates. Internal functional planning and spatial layout.

Presentation for client.

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CMC House, Kolkata IT Office Building for CMC Ltd Enterprise Project

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Built Up Area

Date

Location

22450 SQM

2012 - now

India

- a TATA

Principal Ar.

Project Ar.

On Site Ar.

Assistant Ar.

Hiren Chowdhury

Sonia Guha

Yawar Ali

Debabrata Baidya Mosharaf Ansar

Role - Project Architect As part of concept and design development team Coordinated and developed Municipal Drawings , Schemes for presentation etc.

Interact with the client and coordination with MEP

Ground Floor Plan

Typical Floor Plan (1st-5th floor)

6th Floor Plan

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Hotel Kautilya, Bihar Government of Bihar Tourism Competition Entry - Won

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Built Up Area

Date

Location

4000 SQM

2013

India

Principal Ar.

Hiren Chowdhury

Project Ar.

Sonia Guha

Assistant Ar.

Yawar Ali

Design Intent Ecologically sustainable and resilient approach, that integrates activities of vacation, socilaization and relaxation.

Inspired from traditional Madhubani paintings from the local region - Local meets global feel

Role Architect in Competition Team Contibuted in Research, ideation, design development, Drawing ,documentation and compilation

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Ground Floor Plan

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First Floor Plan

Second Floor Plan

Third & Fift

th Floor Plan

Fourth Floor Plan

Sixth Floor Plan

Seventh Floor Plan

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Sonar Bangla Township for Bengal Shriram

Built Up Area

Date

Location

314 Acres

2013

India

Sustainable Site development This project aims to create a 314 acre township on a greenfield site, while retaining existing water bodies in Kolkata, India.

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Principal Planner

Debmalya Guha

Team Sonia Guha Arka Banerjee

Main access points

Road network with minimum footprint

Residential Towers

Commercial unit

Towers on water

Water encomassing towers

Public Green as Spine

Mid- rise Units

Low rise Units as ‘para’ (neighboorhood)

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Design Intent Preserve the ecological balance and achieve harmony with the nature and built form

Achievement 100 Acre of Water body Retained 200 Million USD saved in landfilling cost, approximately Estimated value of project increased by 1.2 billion USD

Study on dept of Water body on site

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Process and the background

Step 0 - existing profile of site

Step 1 - Road Construction

Kolkata, close to the Gangetic Delta is dotted with water bodies and shallow land.

The city is undergoing rapid ubanasiation in the periphery.The site is one such primarily low-lying agricultural land with several water bodies and a canal which acts as the storm water drainage system for the region. The conventional way would be fill up the land with fly ash from thermal power plants for development.

However in this master plan an alteranative approach is taken as shown on the left.

Step 2 - Embankment and dewatering

Step 3- Pile foundation

Step 4- Building on Basemnet

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Competition Panels Designed and Compiled panels Internations Award Competitions

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for

Awards

Softwares

City Scape Award ( Won) World Architecture Festival(Shortlisted) Leaf Awards (Won)

Corel Draw Photoshop Indesign

Principal Ar.

Documentation Architect - April 2012

Rafiq Azam

Ideation, Compilation and coordination for the Monograph published by SKIRA

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Creative Work

Organised series of guest lectures and presentation by eminent Architects like B.V. Doshi, Christopher Benninger, Rafiq Azam

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Annual NASA trophy Competition 2007 - WINNER

Design

Concept : Unity National Association of Students of Architecture(NASA) is an ensemble which unifies the aspirants of a country which is inherently diversified. A forum where unity rules . . . unity with ones own heart, ideas and that of the people around . . . Mรถbius ring with one surface and one edge symbolizes ultimate unity in design

Sculptures Medium - Plasticine

Graphics

Short Films for a Cause

Storyboard

Script

Living Tall Research and script writing along with Santanil Ganguly and Raja Gupta.

The film was featured at Kolkata Film Festival 2011

IPM in Bangladesh Involved in the script of the documentary on the research The Economics of Pesticide Contamination in Bangladesh - a World Bank initiative.

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AVD Workshop Auroville Earth Institute

Conical dome

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Date

Location

Director

12/2010

Auroville

Mr. Satprem MaĂŻni

Week 1

Week 2

theoritical study on the stability of arches, vaults and domes

construction of archs and domes using compressed earth brick.

Semicircular or Segmental Arches and domes to Bucket and Egyptian Arches, Pendentives, Squinch, Corbelled and Conical domes were studied and constructed without Centering and then tested for stability.

Resolving a bucket arch using optimization and funicular method.

(The drawing is of the initial funicular study)

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Sustainable Social Housing Multiscale Building Technology Studio

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Date

Location

03/2015 - 06/2015

Napoli

Professor

Team

Mattia Federico Leone Claudio Del Pero Alessio Broggini

Guha, Sonia, Osman, Emel Erol Kadouh, Khaled

Chiroli, Ana Chiari, Anna

Project Analyse the proposed Master Plan for Area Q8 considering sustainable parameters and propose an alternative scheme.

Develop one building as a protype of sustainable social housing.

Shadow Range - 21 June 08:00 - 18:00 hrs

Shadow Range - 21 December 08:00 - 16:00 hrs

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A green corridor linking the project with the surrounding active nodes and Vertical arteries penetrate into the blocks as slow mobility network through the central green.

Envisioning A New Image for the neighbourhood of Area Q8 an ex- industrial zone to be functionally supporting the new Residential Zone

Sustainable Site

Green Mobility - Electric tram Restricted traffic

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Water Efficient

Managing Storm water run-off Preventing Flash flood

Energy & Atmosphere

On-site RenewableEnergy Production

LEED - Sustainable Site development Strategies of site-development based on LEED guidelines for sustainable development of project site.

phytoremedition

Design & Innovation

Solar and Smart Lighting System Preventing Flash Flood

Sustainable Site

Urban Agriculture

Water Efficient

Grey water Management

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Volume and Massing Daylight Analyis was conductd to generate courtyards and difference in height in between two blocks

Bioclimatic Section Summer

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Climate responsive strategies Light trays ; Deep seated windows on the south for shading ; Evaporative cooling etc

Bioclimatic Section Winter

1_Solar Pv Panels 2_Cross Ventilation 3_Diffused Daylighting 4_Stack Effect 5_Collecting Grey water 6_Collector 7_Grey water_for Phytoremedition 8_Solar Pv Panels As Shading Element 9_Geo- Thermal Heat Exchanger 10_21 June 12:00 (73 Degree) 11_21 December 12:00 (26 Degree) 12_Blocking The Wind In Winter 13_Deciduous Tree Diffusing Summer Sun 14_Deciduous Tree Allowing Winter Sun 15_Rain Water Collected_ Evaporative Cooling In Summer 16_Radiant Floor 17_Deep Shading 18_Winter Sun Is Allowed 19_Splayed Roof

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First Floor

Second Floor

Third Floor

Fourth Floor

Fifth Floor

Sixth Floor Community Interaction Spaces

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The challenge was to retain the environmental and socio cultural sustainabilty of Napoli. The courtyard promotes stack effect and also maintains the rich outdoor life. The project made a concious attempt at mitigating the difference between indoor and outdoor.

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Technical Drawing Detail drawing & skin sections to resolve thermal bridges critical junctions

1_LEAN CONCRETE ( 90 mm) 2_MODULES FOR VENTILATED FOUNDATIOn 3_SCREED (30 mm) 4_WATER PROOFING MEMBRANE (3 mm) 5_REINFORCED CONCRETE SLAB (150 mm) 6_SLOPED SCREED %1 (80 mm) 7_NEAT CEMENT FINISH (30 mm) 8_STUCCO (20 mm) 9_REINFORCED CONCRETE WALL (700 mm) 10_DRAINAGE PLANE (4 mm) 11_REINFORCED CONCRETE WALL (300 mm) 12_SLOPED CONCRETE %10 (50 mm) 13_FOUNDATION (500 mm) 14_PERFORATED DRAIN PIPE (d:150 mm) 15_FILTER FABRIC 16_FREE DRAINING FILL (COARSE GRAVEL ) 17_REINFORCED CONCRETE SLAB (250 mm) 18_MOISTURE BARRIER (2 mm) 19_RIGID THERMAL INSULATION POLYURETHANE FOAM (100 mm) 20_SCREED WITH RADIANT HEATING PIPES (70 mm) 21_CERAMIC TILE+MORTAR (30 mm) 22_DOUBLE GLAZING SLIDING DOOR (h:2200 mm) 23_SLOPED SCREED %1 (80 mm) 24_NATURAL STONE FLOORING (25 mm) 25_NATURAL STONE FLOORING (35 mm) 26_ROOT BARRIER SHEET 27_DRAINAGE PLANE (60 mm) 28_GEOTEXTILE FILTER LAYER 29_ SOIL (300 mm) 30_POROUS CONCRETE (50 mm) 31_VEGETATION 32_POROUS CONCRETE BLOCK (100X180 mm) 33_PEBBLE STONES 34_PLASTERBOARD (12,5 mm) 35_AUTOCLAVED AERATED CONCRETE BLOCK 36_PARQUET FLOOR (20 mm) 37_RIGID THERMAL INSULATIONEPS (30 mm) 38_METAL C SKIRTING (80 mm) 39_RENFORCED CONCRETE SLAB (120 mm) 40_STEEL CORRUGATED SHEET (50 mm) 41_PRIMARY STEEL BEAM (HEB 320) 42_RIGID THERMAL INSULATION POLYURETHANE FOAM (40 mm) 43_GYPSUM FLASE CEILING (30 mm) 44_ AERATED CONCRETE BLOCK (150)

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45_AIR GAP (50 mm) 46_AERATED CONCRETE BLOCK (250) 47_AQUAPANEL FALSE CEILING (CEMENT BOARD OUTDOOR 30 mm) 48_WATER PROOFING MEMBRANE (2 mm) 49_EXTERIOR CEMENT RENDERING 50_ AUTOCLAVED AERATED CONCRETE U BLOCK LINTEL (200X300mm) 51_REINFORCED CONCRETE FILLING 52_DOUBLE GLAZING LOW-E SINGLE LEAF WINDOW (60X170 mm) 53_ALUMINIUM COVER PLATE (2 mm) 54_RIGID INSULATION COVERED BY STRUCTURAL PLYWOOD 55_DOUBLE GLAZING LOW-E FIXED WINDOW 56_ALUMINIUM CAVITY TRAY (2 mm) 57_RIGID INSULATION COVERED BY STRUCTURAL PLYWOOD 58_PRIMARY STEEL BEAM HEB 320 59_TERRA COTTA CLADDING (24 mm) 60_DRAINAGE CAVITY (57 mm) 61_BREATHABLE WATER PROOF MEMBRANE 62_ALUMINIUM SILL PLATE (2 mm) 63_ALUMINUM PARAPET COVERING PLATE 64_RIGID THERMAL INSULATION POLYURETHANE FOAM (90 mm) 65_SLOPED SCREED %1 (50 mm) 66_CERAMIC TILES EXTERIOR+MORTAR (30 mm) 67_STEEL PLATE (5 mm) 68_STEEL SQUARE FRAME (80X80 mm) 69_LIGHTWEIGHT PLASTERBOARD FALSE CEILING (20 mm) 70_SECONDARY STEEL BEAM IPE 270 71_PRECAST CONCRETE (115 mm) 72_SCREED (20 mm) 73_THERMAL INSULATION ROCKWOOL (90 mm) 74_PLYWOOD (13 mm) 75_WOODEN BATTEN (50X50 mm) 76_WOODEN BATTEN (50X90 mm) 77_CAVITY (50 mm) 78_POLYCRYSTILANE SOLAR PV PANEL (675X1490X35 mm) 79_GALVANIZED IRON GUTTER (90X120 mm) 80_THERMAL INSULATION MINERALIZED WOOD WOOL (60 mm)

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Forest Kindergarten An U.G. Thesis , 10th semester

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Date

Location

12/2010- 05/2011

Kolkata

Professor

Thesis Guide

Samaresh Mukherjee Shubhrajit Das

Dr. Shivashis Bose Subrata Ghosh

Key Words : Architectural Psychology, Forest kindergarten, Nature Deficiet Disorder, Sustainable Architecture Abstract: Forest kindergarten was chosen as the project to explore the possibilities of architectural psychology in grooming the minds of children towards an environmental friendly attitude and to compensate for their Nature Deficiet Disorder as prevalent in urban children.

Designed as a kindergarten cum creche it followed the progressive methods of eduction in a forest setting to boost creativity and originality in the children.

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Design Directives

Making a Contextual Statement

The Site is a threshold between New Town towers and huts of existing settlement. Profound linearity of it makes it difficult for light and wind.

Central spine emerges naturally due to the linearity and shape. This spine is modified to address either side with contrasting settlements A metaphorical connection is established between both the sides on breaking that spine into multiple units and creating links.

Finally the forest passes in between them as continuous trail. Activities gets stretched along the spine

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Site Plan - Recreating an Urban Forest

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Selected Units

No defined doors or windows - prevent negative conditioning of mind ; mitigates the difference between inside and outside

There is careful level changes to create a playful feeling simultaneously provide connection and segregation required for progressive method of teaching.

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Design Process

Relationship between soil and Sky

An unconventional approach to design is taken where first sketches were made of functional spaces and demarcated using trees, shrubs and height difference.

Tensile roof respects the child’s angle of view as by semiotics the adult is also directed to look up

child relates to this 2100mm walls at the same time the slope roof ensures a greater air volume suitable to the hot humid climate

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Home Room

Where sky is our roof

With sloping floors as a playful innovation to help children master gravity, give them privacy and facilitate adult supervision. Designed for flexibility the walls act as seats to tables to enclosures based ont he age and need of a child. The floor has variation in material, pattern and colour to encourage imaginative play .

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Logo designed for event IMAGE 2006 the Architecture Department Reunion in 2006.

_ thank you

Sonia Guha

+91 9836283289

@ sonia.guha@gmail.com

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