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.
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