Extended Portfolio of Works

Plannning Urban Projects/ Urbanism Architecture

portfolio of works

spandan das Architect +Urbanist + Planner

IN A NUTSHELL . . .

KEY HIGHLIGHTS: -

- Currently engaged as a Junior Research Associate at the National Institute of Urban Affairs, for the ‘Preparation of Heritage Conservation Plan for the Walled CIty of Ahmedabad’, with a heavy focus on Local Area Planning.

- Team member in the Master Planning team at IPE Global Ltd. for the ‘Preparation of Concept Development Plans and Detailed Master Plan for Holistic Development of Package Islands (Package 3)’, commisioned by Niti Aayog and ‘Integrated Development Plan for the Eco-Sensitive Area of Dandi’, a Pilot project for the ICZMP Gujarat project, commissioned by the World Bank.

- Successfully completed and notified with State Department the project of ‘Addendum to Master Plan for Jamshedpur Urban Agglomeration 2027’ and Inte grated Corridor Development for Road Alignment of Mangal Pandey Marg, Delhi for PWD Delhi, vetted by UTTIPEC. - Professional Urban Design & Planning experience in Transit Oriented Development & Multi-Modal Integration project for Delhi Metro Phase 3, during 2013/14., as an Architect at K.C.A, New Delhi, working on a 9 station package commissioned by UTTIPEC. - Academic project experience(s) in Urban Design, City & Regional Planning projects in countries like India, Belgium, Indonesia

SKILL SET’S CORE COMPETENCIES • Comprehensive Urban & City Planning skills.

• Mobility based Urban Design & Planning projects.

• Regional Planning & Analysis skills.

• Urban Design & Landscape Planning (Zoning).

• Design Research​& Urban Studies.

• Architectural Design (Conceptual & Design Development) COMPUTER SKILLS: ADVANCED USER: AutoCAD (2D & 3D) Adobe Creative Suite (Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign, Distiller) Google SketchUP Corel Draw ArcMap GIS MS Office Suite

SECONDARY SKILLS • Analytical Writing & Research Skills.

• Understanding of various urban planning an design issues.

• Interdisciplinary approach in working research and analysis.

• ​Good organizational & Managerial skills​(through experience) • Enthusiastic about ancillary avenues like Sociology, Economics • Team Player & Flexible working attitude.​

EXPERIENCE IN: Global Mapper Maperative (For extracting .OSM map formats) Space Syntax ODK Collect (online surveying)

EDUCATION BACKGROUND 2014 to 2016

ASRO, KU Leuven, Belgium (Sep 2014 - Sept. 2016) 2007-2013 School of Architecture, Vadodara Design Academy, Gujarat University, India

KNOWLEDGE BASED COURSES (Short Term) November 2019

École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne on Coursera, Course Name: - ‘Municipal Solid Waste Management in Developing Countries’, Credential ID: - TKBV75GM2LWB

January 2020

University of Pennsylvania on Coursera, Course Name: - ‘Designing Cities’, Credential ID:- T3RG9S5WKSLY

Ongoing Courses Erasmus University Rotterdam on Coursera, Course: - Studying Cities: Social Science Method for Urban Research University of Bocconi on Coursera, Course: - Financing and Investing in Infrastructure WORKSHOPS & TRAININGS December 2019 October 2019 January 2018 February 2015

UMTC - ‘Mobilize your City’ CEPT University, ITPI - ‘Accelerated Capacity Building Workshop on Formulation of Local Area Plan & Town Planning Scheme’ SICOM, GEC - ‘Coastal Resillience Management’ UN Habitat - ‘Making Urban Investment Planning Work, Building on the Indonesia CDS. Indonesia’

PUBLIC EXHIBITIONS World Urbanism Vol 02: Presented Landscape Urbanism Studio, Banjarmasin, Indonesia

spandan das

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(e) - spandandas121988@gmail.com (m) - +91 7042 817 239 address: 40/120, first floor, chittaranjan park, new delhi - 110019

PROFILE BRIEF -

Spandan Das is a professional Architect, Urbanist and a Strategic Planner, with about 5 years of combined work experience as an Architect, Urbanist /Strategic Planner. He has gained relevant exposure and diversified experience in Urban Design / Planning projects like Tourism Master Planning, City Master Planning,Transit Oriented Development, Integrated Road Corridor Development projects and Special Area Plans with a balanced focus of Urban Design & Planning. He has a vast and intensive experience of working in the Indian context, especially in the government sectors; at State and National level government bodies. He has successfully completed his Post-Graduation in M.Sc in Urbanism & Strategic Planning (Majors: Spatial Planning) from K.U. Leuven, Belgium in 2016 and Bachelor’s in Architecture from Gujarat University in 2013. He is currently engaged as a Junior Research Associate at the National Institute of Urban Affairs, for the ‘Preparation of Heritage Conservation Plan for the Walled CIty of Ahmedabad’ that is focusing on Local Area Planning. Through his brief career span and owing to his past exposure, Spandan is well-versed with his technical skills to be well positioned with organizations, institutions with and management consultancies who are intensely engaged in the Development Sector, facilitating end-to-end solutions.

PROFESSIONAL ENGAGEMENT’s March 2019 - present NIUA, Ahmedabad, India Junior Research Associate [Focus in Urban Design/ Planning], Project -’Heritage Conservation Plan for the World Heritage city of Ahmedabad’ Stakeholders: Ahmedbad Municipal Corporation, Ahmedabad World Heritage City Trust, Ahmedabad Urban Development Authority, Heritage Conservation Committee Oct 2017- March 2019 IPE Global Ltd. (1 year 6 Months) Architect - Urbanist/ Planner Project- ‘Preparation of Concept Development Plans & Detailed Master Plan for Holistic Development of Package Islands (package 3) Client: - NITI Aayog,Stakeholders: - NITI aayog, Departments under Union Teritorry of Lakshadweep Administration, SPORTS

Project- ‘Preparation & implementation support for the Integrated development plan for the Eco-sensitive zone of Dandi in Gujarat’ Client: - World Bank (Project under the ICZM Project), Gujarat Ecological Commission (State Agency), SICOM, MoEF&CC (GoI), Stakeholders: - SICOM & GEC Oct2016 - Sept2017 Superior Global Infrastructure Pvt. Ltd (1 year) Urban Designer/ Planner cum Project Manager Project: - ‘Addendum to Master Plan for Greater Jamshedpur Urban Agglom-eration 2027’ Client: - UDHD Jharkhand, JNAC (Nodal Agency), Stakeholders: - UDHD Jharkhand, JNAC, MNAC, Adityapur Municipalilty, JUSCO Project: - ‘Integrated Street Corridor Development project of Mangal Pandey Marg in Delhi’ Client: - PWD, Delhi, Stakeholders: - PWD Delhi, UTTIPEC, DUAC Dec 2013- August 2014 Kaimal Chatterjee & Associates (9 months) Architect Project- ‘Multi-Modal Integration of Delhi Metro Rail Phase-3 development’, Client: - UTTIPEC, Delhi, Stakeholders: - UTTIPEC, DDA ACADEMIC ENGAGEMENT’s July 2019 - present LJ School of Architecture, Gujarat Technical University Visiting Professor Design Seminar & Theoretical Development, Focus areas: - Urban Design, Urban Housing & Planning Theories and Strategies, Research oriented academic practices on

Urbanism Theories like New Urbanism, Tactical Urbanism, Interdisciplinary approaches in Architecture & Urban Design RELEVANT ACADEMIC WRITTEN WORK (Published/Unpublished) September 2016

(re)Constructing the Image of C.R. Park: a research investigation of an ethnic commune on its identity and its probe towards diversity and pluralism (unpublished masters dissertation) M.Sc Urbanism & Strategic Planning, K.U Leuven, Belgium, 2016. please visit the following link to view publication draft: http://issuu.com/spandandas/docs/thesisbookspandandas?e=25408125/38259639 June 2015 WATER URBANISM, RIVER & ROAD AS WARP & WOOF : Interweaving Ecologies and Economies in the deltaic territory, Banjarmasin, Indonesia : EXPLORATIONS,

K.U. Leuven, 2015. (VOL 1 & 2) please visit the following links to view the official publications VOL 1 - http://issuu.com/spandandas/docs/kul2015_banjarmasin_vol1_exploratio?e=25408125/37071792,

VOL 2 - http://issuu.com/spandandas/docs/kul2015_bjm_vol2_design_investigati?e=25408125/37071778 June 2015

Das, Spandan (2015), K.U. Leuven, Strategic Spatial Planning (unpublished draft), How can public transportation system support urban tourism ? - A case of Delhi.

June 2015

Das, Spandan (2015), K.U. Leuven, Urban Studies: Research Methodology (unpublished work), The importance of people and informality in assesing public space: A case of C.R. Park, New Delhi.

December 2014 A guide to the DAM, Antwerp - Thinking of processes and values (unpublished) KU Leuven, 2014. please visit the following links to view the publication - http://issuu.com/spandandas/docs/studio_ssp_fall_2014?e=25408125/37071753 December 2014

Das, Spandan (2014), K.U. Leuven, Urban Anthropology (academic work), Ethnicity & Neighborhood: How people & lifestyle animates the neighborhood.

RESEARCH INTERSTS Urban Morphological studies, Regional Planning Strategies, Transit Oriented Development, Community oriented Planning, Tactical Urbanism, New Urbanism, Socio-Cultural studies, Strategic Urban Development, Systemic

& Cyclic Urbanism, Project Financing and Infrastrcutural Planning, Anthropological & Ethnographical studies.

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PLANNING Holistic Development of Project Islands of Lakshadweep - toruism master plan Integrated development plan for the Eco-sensitive zone of Dandi- coastal master plan ADDENDUM TO JAMSHEDPUR MASTER PLAN 2027 - city master plan

URBAN PROJECTS/ URBANISM Integrated Road Corridor Development project of Mangal Pandey Marg,DelhI - Urban Street Design Delhi Metro Phase 3 Station Development - MMI & TOD

Holistic Development of Project Islands of Lakshadweep ORGANIZATION: IPE GLOBAL Ltd. STAKEHOLDERS: NITI Aayog, UT of Lakshadweep STATUS: Ongoing NITI Aayog, the premier think tank to the GoI, had commissioned the project of 5 islands of Lakshadweep to IPE Global Ltd, Delhi for a preparataion of Holistic Planswith a special focus on Tourism. The project is the first of its kind in India and also explores the potential of the untouched ecology and geology of the Lakshadweep islands. The project aims to bring about long term solutions of 5 project islands mostly focussing upon bringing and capitalizing the existing tourism domain in the islands and to tap the unique ecology of these islands.

The Master Plan to be prepared would be served as Vision Documents and aims at forming guidelines and framework for overall development strategies for the islands besides tourism as well. The project also aimed at promoting and better organizing the Fishing Industry and the Coconut industry by engaging localcommunity and enhancing the micro economics of the islands. The projected tourism growth also aimed at creating local jobs for the islanders thereby making the vision of the project to reverbrate with the holistic sense of it.

The 5 islands; of which only 1 was inhabituated and rest 4 were unhabituated, tourims promotion areas were identified for all the islands, besides creatinga tentative Structured growth pattern for the islands through Land Use mechanisms. Due to the fragile and sensitive ecological systems of the islands, there were thorough study & analysis that were made at various levels of the activity mapping, marine zoning of activities, ecological profiling and land suitability analysis.

The process of understanding the islands was really a task in hand as first it was the lesser known and unexplred territory, which brought along undocumented pristine territories and an ecology; both terrestrial and marine.

Initial Zoning were carried out mostly based upon Land & Land based activities, to understand its potential asssets which may be conducively utilized for the Tourism Promotion strategies.

The Marine Zoning were equally important to understand the tentative usage of the lagoon areas.

Some of the islands already had Tourism activities both on land and Lagoon, hence they were easier to observe and understand. Also through local consultation with the fishermen or the islanders tentative zones on the lagoons could be identified where there are rich marine life, greater depth shallow corals etc to ideate the tentative activity allocation if tourism were to be followed and proposed.

MARINE ZONING (ACTIVITY BASED)

A series of ecological & environmental based studies were also done to form larger zones based suitability potential of its development.

Shown here are examples of the study mappings of the Minicoy island, being one of the exemplary islands of the 5 islands. Marine zoning, Land Zoning and

ACTIVITY & ASSET MAPPING (LAND)

SCHEMATIC SECTIONS OF THE ISLAND EDGES

OVERLAY OF VARIOUS LAYERS

FINAL SEGREGATED ZONES FOR VARIOUS ACTIVITIES

HOLISTIC VISION FOR ALL THE PROJECT ISLANDS The schematic map shows the larger vision or framework for the realisation of the Tourism Master Plan, with identified themes for each island and broader aspects of tourism packaging. The map also defines & establishes the broader connectivity aspects, keeping Kochi as the main head and also Agatti island as one of the focal points within the archipelago.

HOLISTIC VISION MAP FOR THE 5 ISLANDS

CONCEPTUAL SCENARIO BUILDING FOR MINICOY ISLAND

CONCEPTUAL SCENARIO BUILDING FOR CHERIYAM ISLAND

CONCEPTUAL MASTER PLAN FOR MINICOY ISLAND In the example shown above, is the conceptual plan for the Minicoy island. This island has been specifically taken up as an example due to its complexity, distant proximity to the other islands and the Indian mainland, and also because this is the only populated island. With a population over 10,000 people, with a very strict and a rigid traditional and societall setup, the tourism industry has not boomed that much.

In the plan as seen above, the population centre is mainly residing at the northern half of the island segregated into 11 villages, where as the southern half is used for the present tourism activities. The guiding principle for this island was to reinforce the sea side edge through a larger connecting road infrastructure

connecting the Jetty from the north to the Tourism areas of the south directly so that the existing population is not disturbed.

Also, to ensure the sanctity of the community most of the Tourism promotion areas are located in the southern tip of the island, hence maintaining that distance from the villages. The central portion is identified as the potential new residential and mixed use development which shall enhance once the Touirsm activities picks up pace.The ideated residential and mixed use zones are kept in reserve keeping in mind the future when the people from the village would start moving towards the newly developed areas, as there were already instances of sporadic developments in this part of the island.

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FINAL LAND USE PLANFOR MINICOY ISLAND FInal Master Plans for the islands were guided by the overarching principles or thematic discourses that were ideated and conceptualized for each of the islands seperately, based majorly upon their tourism potential, proximity, accessibility and developable area available.

In the Final Land Use plan/ Zoning plan; as seen above in the case of Minicoy, which is the only habituated island of the 5 islands, the consideration was laid equally to the existing condition of the villages and its community. The land revenue records and the surveys were duly considered, and partially even resurveyed by the Lakshadweep Administration to revise the plot boundaries and delineate the government area and the privately owned areas. It was done jointly by the NITI Aayog (primary client), the

UTLA (secondary) and IPE Global (consultants) so that there is an outright approval of the final boundaries right from the inception of the exercise. These boundaries were instrumental for getting the final developable areas for tourism promotion without any obligation, and also to identify potential spots for the future infrastructural setups.

As marked Site 1 & Site 2 in the map above, the detail design of these sites were also submitted to NITI Aayog as an exeplary outline of the final output of the Tourism promotion areas will be like. Seperate DPR’s were generated to pitch to potential investors with Project Strcuturing, Financial Feasibility and Design of the sites.

SITE 1 - SITE PLAN

Seperate Detailed Project Reports were made for these 2 project sites in Minicoy island, besides 2 other project islands. The maps shown here shows the kind of development, its language and flow which can be implemented and executed in a consition like this.

The main idea was to open up maximum towards the Lagoon side and its serene environment, as it is the calmer part of the sea.

The resorts were majorly categorized into 2 types; Beach Resort and the Water Villas. In principle approval, based on the Lagoon assessment of the Marine life and the desirable depths based on the Bathyometric Charts had been taken by relevant authorites to make the project a practically implementable project.

More than 100 keys were proposed along with nature trails and water based activities to enhance the Tourism Promotion areas.

The number of keys were projected on the basis of a complex methodology of Carrying capacity asseessment that were seperately ratified by relevant authorties.

The carrying capacity also helped in the assessment of the required infrastructure, both for the Tourism activities and the general population, besides merely providing a figure for the number of keys that can be planned for.

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Integrated development plan for the Eco-sensitive zone of Dandi, Gujarat ORGANIZATION: IPE GLOBAL Ltd. STAKEHOLDERS: SICOM, GEC, WORLD BANK - ICZM Project STATUS: Completed Government of India (GoI) along with Government of Gujarat (GoG) has declared the Dandi Area comprising the villages of Dandi, Samapor, Matwad, Sultanpur, Aat, Onjal and Karadi (in Taluka Jalalpur, District Navsari, Gujarat), as eco-sensitive zone under the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986.

Accordingly the master plan has been prepared in lines with the ICZM objectives of conserving the natural resources and heritage of the area, and embody the Gandhian values of village development & environmental conservation while respecting CRZ regulations.

The total population of the all the 7 villages is 20,429 as per Census 2011 and it is expected to be around 21,954 by 2031 considering the growth trend of the region. The total project area is around 95.4 sq.km.

Alternative-1: Emphasis on high conservation while low priority for development

Alternative-2: Emphasis on low conservation while high priority for development

Alternative-3: Balanced approach with equal emphasis on conservation and development

PROJECT AREA with all 7 Villages

CONCEPTUAL ALTERNATIVES for DEVELOPMENT: - Three alternatives have been prepared without physical or financial constraints but ensuring that each of them followed the declared intent of the Dandi Eco-Sensitive Zone Notification including the Dandi Memorial Complex Project and the relevant regulations applicable to the project area.

PRINCIPLE CONCEPT: EQUAL EMPHASIS ON CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT An equal emphasis has been laid on the environmental conservation (considering the nature of the project area falling under eco-sensitive zone) and the developments (to improve the socio-economic status of the local people and to increase livelihood opportunities).

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EXISTING LAND USE MAP OF THE PROJECT AREA

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DIFFERENCES BETWEEN EXISTING & PROPOSED LAND USE OF THE PROJECT AREA

EXISTING LAND USE - DANDI VILLAGE

NOTE* Dandi is just one of the 7 villages in the over Integrated Plan and is just shown as an exemplification.

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PROPOSED LAND USE - DANDI VILLAGE

NOTE* Dandi is just one of the 7 villages in the over Integrated Plan and is just shown as an exemplification.

Similar details has been produced for each of the 7 villages.

PROPOSED PROJECT SITES FOR DANDI VILLAGE

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ORGANIZATION: Superior Global Infrastructure Pvt. Ltd STAKEHOLDERS: JNAC, UDHD, Jharkhand STATUS: Notified The project is an addendum to the existing Master Plan for the horizon year of 2027.

This project was essentially to prepare a Master Plan for the Additional area of Jamshedpur as shown in the map besides. The prime focus was to juxtapose the additional area of the Jamshedpur Urban Area, with the additional area with the guiding principles like:1. Larger Regional connectivity corridors to ease of the Industrial Logistic Traffic

ORIGINAL AREA - 149.23 SQR KM ADDITIONAL AREA -71.97 SQR KM

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The existing conduitions of the Urban Area of Jamshedpur is very sporadic in its nature and focussed with the Industrial Core at Sakchi, which was the origin of the city. The TATA industries established right at the heart of the city has acted as the core of its urban growth with other usages organically spreaded around it.

Most of the Land in the city is owned by the TATA and also used for the functions of or related to TATA’s activities. The Residential as existing in the centre area of the city is mostly Low Density and have inefficient Land utilisation. The entire urban area is comprised of the Jamshedpur Notified Area, and in the additional area 3 other ULB’s; Adityapur Municiapl Corporation, Mango Notified Area and Jugsalai Municipality, are added to form a larger Urban Agglomeration to suffice the pro-

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As seen in the map below, the sporadic distribution o fthe Residential area (low rise, low density mostly) is one of the major issues which was sought to be reconcilled, redenisified & intensified. The core of the city is the TATA Industries and as the morphological establishment of the built environemnet around the core centre was planned initially only sought to create larger Bungalow type residential fabriic, slowly transformed and gentrified over the times.

However, the prime focusses were to organize and synchrobnise the housing densities, interweave the urban fabric with an efficient Transit Systems and promote Pedestrian freindly environment.

TRANSIT AS THE KEY STRATEGY As previously described, one of the prime focusses and the strategy for the proposed development shall be and will be around the concept of TOD; Transit Oriented Development, which will insure better & faster Oublic Transport systems, through a proposed North-South & East-West LRTS alignments.

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posed, which shall also become focal points of the further development models. The TOD affected or impacted zones were connecting the ends of the additional areas to the present urbanized areas towards the core. These TOD zones shall guide the Development Regulations based on the context of the LRTS stops. Regulations would be based upon Redevelopment & Redensifying models mostly and shall promote safer pedestrian environments

SCHEMATIC PROPOSAL FOR THE LRTS ALIGNMENT

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Jamshedpur, as we all know is a industry centric city, the TATA industry sits right at the centre as seen in the maps above. The transportation logistics and related traffic movement is taxing to the city and its functions.

The road infrastrcuture, existing and in the proposed Master Plan are one of the key components to be fo-

cussed upon. The map above shows a strategic layout for the suggestive logistic transportation movement along the edges of the city, to connect it to the nearby towns and urban areas of sinilar industrial activities.

Larger links, are intercepted through larger elevated corridors for the Logistic movement.

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Integrated Road Corridor Development project of Mangal Pandey Marg,Delhi ORGANIZATION: Superior Global Infrastructure Pvt. Ltd STAKEHOLDERS: PWD Delhi, UTTIPEC STATUS: Approved and Finished, To be Implemented The project entails preparing of Corridor Development Plan and detailed design of all intersections and mid-sections based on detailed traffic and feasibility studies for Mangal Pandey Marg, from foot of Signature Bridge at Khajuri till Bhopura Border.

The Development Plan would entail as a Comprehensive study of Traffic (all modes including Pedestrian/NMT)movement along the corridor/network considering that Future Transportation (Metro /BRT) proposals along and around the influence zone, identifying the mobility issues on the study corridor and proposing recommendations towards improving the transportation environment and enhancing mobility.

The preparation of the Integrated Transit Corridor was majorly based upon the UTTIPEC guidelines and standards with detailed design of intersections, mid-sections and all other features.

The major focus were to comprehensively address and encompass: - Traffic Circulation system, Network and Connectivity plan for the corridor and network under the influence zone.

-Prepare a public transport oriented specific last/first mile connectivity plan for the entire influence zone - Prepare Multimodal integration plan for the intense zone around all Metro stations ( 3-4 stations) along the corridor - Prepare ‘On- Street’ parking plan, if any, on the corridor/ network and identify suitable ‘Off-Street’ parking sites within the influence zone.

- Prepare design of all signages, road markings along with other road features required to facilitate all road users as part of UTTIPEC Street Design Guidelines

PROJECT AREA WITH JUNCTION & SUBSIDIARY ROAD ARMS

LOCATION OF ACTIVITY POINTS WITHIN THE PROJECT AREA

LOCATION OF JUNCTIONS WITH ELEVATED CORRIDORS

Shown in the images are part plan and sections of one of the junctions of the entire alignment of 6.3 kms, with a proposed ROW of 60 mts.

The project is proposed in 2 phases: The Short Term proposal entails the implementations of all the junction resolution with immediate construction of all the elevated corridors and 1 underpass proposal at Loni Junction. This will ensure an efficient and functional utility of the actual carriage way available at dispense and aims to smoothen the vehicular traffic at the earliest.

PART PLAN OF ONE JUNCTION AS AN EXAMPLE

The second phase or the Long term ensures and sees the full utilisation of the 60 mts ROW, with almost 8-10 mts of the Road shoulders dedicated towards NMV and Pedestrian movement along the edges, once the short term proposal ensures the smooth functioning of the vehicular movement.

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PART PLAN OF ONE JUNCTION AS AN EXAMPLE

PART PLAN OF ONE JUNCTION AS AN EXAMPLE

DELHI METRO PHASE 3, M.M.I PROJECT TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT

MOTIBAGH STATION is one of the newer station that is coming up on the Outer Ring Road system of Delhi and acts as an important intermediate junction to reach to various important institutional areas of Delhi. Thus, a very careful planning of the Multi-Modal Integration had to be done apart from the development of the pedestrian realm. This particular junction is perhaps an important junction as model of M.M.I more than the pedestrian realm development because of locational vicinity important areas close to it.

STRATEGIC LAYOUT for MOTIBAGH, DELHI

DETAILED LAYOUT for MOTIBAGH, DELHI

SOUTH CAMPUS STATION was one of the priority stations for its imporatnce as a institutional hub that attracts a lot of student passengers. Public Realm development was one of the prime focus in all the stations that were to be designed. Also because the station is located in one of busiest junctions on the OUTER RING ROAD of Delhi, so there was all the more issues of a very seamless controlled traffic and the location of Para- Transit modes that had to be solved within the Project Definition.

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JUNCTION LAYOUT STRATEGIC LAYOUT for SOUTH CAMPUS STATION, DELHI

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SCHEMATIC LAYOUT of ROAD SECTION for SOUTH CAMPUS STATION, DELHI

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I.N.A MARKET STATION is an important junction in the new phase of Delhi Metro, as there is already an existing station from the previous phases which is in this phase being made as an interchange station between different metro lines. This brings all the more pressure on this station due to volume of ridership that is estimated to be doubled and also because of the surrounding fabric having important places in Delhi, like the INA market itself, and also DILLI HAAT a touristic destination, and close to it is a huge residential fabric of mostly Governemnet servant quarters.

STRATEGIC LAYOUT for I.N.A MARKET STATION, DELHI

Major focus was again laid upon bring up the pedestrian realm in the whole design and strategically merge it with existing activities of vending and hawkers and also with incorporate with the Para-Transit model. It was one of the prime guiding lines in almost all the urban design layouts of all the stations to keep the prime focus on the pedestrian zone, but in this particular case a well elaborated segment had to be drafted of the concourse level with the existing service outlets on the ground and carefully managing the design so that the new introductions of the Para-Transit nodes and the pedestrian realm do not interfere the heavy traffic of the Ring Road.

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CITY PLANNING, BRUSSELS STUDIO, FALL 2015-16 the revolution of everyday life . . .

The studio challenged the design groups of studio with practical challenges of urban living scenario of Brussels; the apparent and the administrative center of European affairs. Brussels, a city progressing with time is going towards a scenario of becoming a Global metropolitan. With its pluralistic demographic composition, it has got every complexity of an urban living with its spatial formation and transformation over time, its natural ecological setup and the typical challenges of its infrastructural provisions.

As a group of designers and spatial researchers, we tried to get into much of its layered depths and tackle the societal realm of social housings, the public life(s) there, building an ethnographical understanding of the spaces, people and their contemporary living ideology, the whole studio group worked upon the 5 chosen areas spread across the peri-urban boundaries of Brussels region. The most challenging part of our study was to understand the economic, social and spatial difference within our area and then strategising a re-appropriation for the same.

However, we as a group of young professionals and designers chose to get into the more ethnographical ideology of our sample beyond its spatial modality and understanding, and attempted to strategise a systematic development which would not only induce more social cohesion within our sample amongst the various ethnic groups and migrant groups but would also revaluate and reinforce their SOCIO-ECONOMIC outset.

SPATIAL MORPHOLOGY of the AREA

OBSERVATION’s FROM EVERYDAY LIFE

Distortion of travel time of three different areas at the same distance (4.5km) from or to the city center • • • • • •

There is no big public transport (tram, underground) in the sample Travel time by bus: 32 minutes. Last place Travel time by car: 19 minutes. Last place Car is faster than the bus The worst accessibility of the three, by car and bus.

No good connection towards the public transport nodes (which could offer opportunities to work and enjoy social life).

STRATEGIES for EVERYDAY LIFE socio - economical development and agriculture as an economic base for cooperative production and housing Small scale industry

Common activities

Occupations

Local market

Commute tram

Commute

Abattoir

Tramline ‘connecting media’

West station

Package proces and local market

tram

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Cooperative agriculture and package process

Cooperative agriculture - production

Farming

Westland shopping center

Green houses

Sell - local markets

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Transport - labour occupations green houses

Package

Local market

Agriculture selling

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Productive zone Čˆ Č‹ Â‡ČŒÂ—Â•Â‹Â?‰ –Š‡ •—”’Ž—• Čˆ š–‡Â?•‹‘Â? ‘ˆ —”„ƒÂ? ˆƒ”Â?‹Â?‰ ƒÂ?† ˜‡‰‡–ƒ„Ž‡•

Pajottenland

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Metropolitan distribution zone - Abattoir Čˆ ‘Â?Â?‡…–‹Â?‰ ‡–‡”„‘• Čˆ ƒ”‰‡” Ď?Ž‘™ ‘ˆ †‹•–”‹„—–‹‘Â?

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Westland Shopping center

Peterbos

Abattoir

the present strategies and concepts are of socio-economic reformation and enhncing the self-sustainability aspect of the social realm of the chosen context of Peterbos in Brussels and its peri-urban part of Dilbeek falling in the Flemish region of Belgium. this is primarily a settlement which is mainly dominated by a larger prevailing group(s) of multi-ethnic migrants and is often connoted negatively for a wide reasons of social problems.

Not very popular fo the right reasons domicile and surrounding context becomes the main focus of our strategies, to engrain the seeds of changes of its future, by enabling and providing opportunities for the people to reclaim their social stature. the main strategies and the integrations are that of the opportunities of community farming, self-employment activities and in the proposal it is done through intensifying the neighborhood and inculcating different opportunities of community supportive agriculture and local markets, by the means of which they find a mean of co-production and self-involvement in their own growth. in the overall proposal it is attempted to physically and mentally connect the neighborhood to its urban vicinties through an establishment and extension proposal of the TRAM line along its corridors and through connecting the activties of the regional market of Brussels and the productive landscape of Pajjotenland in the Flemish region. it is enviosoned that the surplus of the Pajjotenland and the surplus of regional market of Brussels can be used, processed and re-cultivated into the intensified zone of the Peterbos neighborhood by establishing various small scale processing units, local markets in and around the neighborhood itself and of course the new productive landscape of the neighborhood itself by inculcating varieties of orchards, community agriculture and reclaiming the surplus road surface for production of ‘MUSHROOMS’ to begin this practice of this new revolution of socio-economic setup through which they can regain there position in the city and enable themselves as well.

STRATEGIC LAYOUT the idea(s) of the infrastructure, strategic project(s), and the inter-connectivity [physical + mental]

DESIGN MAP a translation of the concepts and strategies on the physical space

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SEQUENCES OF EVERYDAY LIFE - (a scenario from the future.......)

scene from the new social life with local market

PETERBOS - the intensified zone

The story of yesterday, today and everyday

scene from the new social life at the plaza with the new tram stop

Temporal interventions as experimental thing and to incrase safety

Temporal interventions and C.S.A. Temporal spaces can become an infrastucture to build on, like infrastructural points for C.S.A.

Temporary interventions, C.S.A., processing and packaging

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project phasing

the above sequences of visualisations is envisioning the life after the integration and the execution of the project and its strategies. a much detailed aerial view of the neighborhood of the neighborhood at Peterbos supports the idea of the intensified reclaimation of the physical space. however it is still much to do with the societal mindset of the inhabitants, but as a urbanist this module of ‘SOCIAL-based-URBANISM’ is an attempt to ideate a new realm for the neighborhood to be mentally included within the context of the city for all the right reasons and make an effort to adhere the idea of ‘productive-self-sustainability’.

directed wetlands - enhancing the landscape through a cyclic waterscape . . .

WATER URBANISM & REGIONAL PLANNING STUDIO, BANJARMASIN, INDONESIA SPRING 2015

Water is one of the main tools in landscape design. In the context of Kalimantan and Banjarmasin area, this is even more true. Water, a resource of life, can become a danger if it can not find its way to join the sea or to extend when needed.

Looking at the evolution of the territory is a way to rediscover what the soil is truly made of, what can be best produced and where the water used to be as well as how human appropriated the landscape and natural resources. Currently, the space for the water to migrate through the territory is constantly shrinking.

This situation leads to a patchwork landscape made of stitches and pockets that are juxtaposed and where the water try to flow down.

The water can be trapped by people uses, infrastructures, ineffective artificial water network, or a lack of drainage for example.

NOTE* PLEASE VISIT at the following links for the publications of the project (Vol1 & 2) VOL 1 - http://issuu.com/spandandas/docs/kul2015_banjarmasin_vol1_exploratio?e=25408125/37071792 VOL 2 - http://issuu.com/spandandas/docs/kul2015_bjm_vol2_design_investigati?e=25408125/37071778

DIRECTED WETLANDS enhancing the landscape through a cyclic waterscape . .

Water is / could be one of the most instrumental aspects in defining the landscape of a region or a territory and in the context of Kalimantan region and Banjarmasin area, this is even more crucial.

The water plays a strong role in the landscape and becomes a crucial spatial element, organizing the region and acting as an economic spine and social corridor for the city and the whole stretch.

A first analysis of the region of South Kalimantan, which Banjarmasin and Banjarbaru are part of, allows understanding the general dynamics of the area and the role that the cities and their surroundings play in a larger context. South Kalimantan region is part of the Borneo Island and is mainly made of low lands, such as marshland and wetland, crossed by Meratus hills chain and irrigated by the Barito River.

The idea is to manage water and landscape in such a way that it allows to provide space to extend for the city but also for the economic activities and most certainly for water itself. To reach those goals, the strategy is to connect people, green and water to form one common language.

The idea is to boost a compact development north-south of the cities in order to reinforce their own and distinct identities and to preserve a natural protected area between the two urbanized zones. This way we can direct water through this corridor instead of to the cities and reorganise productive landscape and waterscape.

ANALYSIS SYNTHESIS of the REGIONAL CONTEXT

STRATEGIES PRESERVE PROTECT PRODUCE

CONCEPTS & STRATEGIES

SYSTEMIC TRANSECT of the STRATEGIC PROPOSAL

The approach is to create a blue corridor between the cities to give a path to the excessive water from the foothills down to the sea and to reduce pressure on Martapura river and Banjarmasin.

The city becomes an island using infrastructure like dikes and doors letting the water cross or blocking it following the needs. Coming from the foothills water has different itineraries to join the sea without flooding Banjarmasin: an almost completely man-made and controlled system in the north with the polders and canals network, a mostly controlled system through Martapura river and Banjarmasin city, an almost not controlled and natural system in the south through the creek landscape.

Taking time into account, the strategy is to reinforce drainage and storage of excessive water during the wet season while increasing flows and irrigations during the dry season to ensure production, life and security.

Through our strategic layout of the water system, rather say the re-creation of the new water management system we not only adhere to the urging problems of saline intrusion or the infiltration, but also wish to tackle the problems of flooding over the entire region.

This we try by devicing a systemic generation of different landscap(e)ing techniques where we priortize the movement of the water; from the main source or from the rain source.

On the map one may witness a composition of atleast 3 to 4 different territorial demarcating different landscape characteristics. One of the first major territorial landscape creation right after the Martapura river starts descending from the main source of the Dam or Rain, just before entering the urbanised context.

That is the territory marked as the ‘productive forst’ in proposition where it is directly used by the local farmers and aqua-farmers to sustain their agricultural practices.

The second territorial expansion is within suburban bounds of the Martapura city where it is held in the wetlands more precisely the polluted water, to be cleansed before further directing towards the city core of Martapura and Bajarbaru. These are also abbreviated as the agricultural terraces, as these wetlands allows a natural system of cleansening and also a much intensified agricultural production takes place apart from the cleansening.

REGIONAL DESIGN MAP

PHASING OF STRATEGIES & THE LANDSCAPE

The development plan of Banjarbakula is mainly in line with the presented strategies. Whereas industries and unified urbanized area are not part of the strategies, several actions are similar (forest, peat, mangroves, fisheries etc.

Wetlands and Gambut as indigenous territories offer efficiency to tackle the contemporary water management problems: DRY SEASON from November to March.

The crucial points are developed in order to manage the main water issues while protecting the cities and redirecting the flows.

The rivers and wetlands are choreographed to respond to TIDAL CONDITIONS.

Lines are reinforced while offering more specified opportunities to middle scale stakeholders in order to intensify the potential of the region.

The rivers and wetlands are choreographed to respond to RAINY SEASON from April to October

Small scale appropriations of the new landscape and waterscape are implemented, collecting the benefits and multiplying stakeholders in a more individual scale.

The rivers and wetlands are choreographed to respond to EXTREME CONDITION of heavy rainfalls

SHAPING OF THE LANDSCAPE MORPHOLOGY

THE PRODUCTIVE & PROTECTIVE FOREST in the FOOTHILLS In the foothills, the protective and productive forest is reinforced to keep water longer. Using small scale check-dams the water is slowed down, favouring infiltration, recharging the aquifer and protecting topography from erosion while supporting economic local productions.

THE AGRICUKTURAL TERRACES & WETLANDS The wetland is associated with cleansing systems, storage areas and intensive productive landscapes that defines the transition between the city and the wetland. The waters of Banjarbaru are collected to be cleaned in a park mixed with orchards before joining the wetland.

THE CLEANSENING WATERPARK & PEAT FOREST After the wetland, the water passes through a cleansing waterpark forest before joining a storage area. Forest and storage are located in productive peat forest in order to take advantage of the high retention capacity of peat soil while protecting the region of ground fires in dry season.

THE CREEK SYSTEM The creek system acts as a sponge. Coming from the sea, a productive mangrove forest aims to become a buffer zone, consolidating the river bank and reducing saline intrusion.

a guide to DAM - neighbourhood & participatory planning

DAM IS AT THE HEART OF ALL THESE VALUES . . .

NOTE*

PLEASE VISIT at the following link for the publication of the project - LINK: http://issuu.com/spandandas/docs/studio_ssp_fall_2014?e=25408125/37071753

SPATIAL ELEMENTS OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD

WHAT IS DAM ALL ABOUT ? ? ?

Dam neighbourhood in Antwerp city is strangely very crucially located on its physical map, but still does not really lies on the mental map or image of the city dwellers and its habitants.

Tthe focus of the studio was to bring in to light the capacity & capability of DAM as a strategic location and a worthy fabric, especially in context of the large Slaughter house site, that will under go a massive urban revitalization project, to be held through design competiotion in the future and this project will be really crucial for many actors and the city and most importantly the nieghbourhood itself.

One of the interests of the studio was to prepare a detailed study of the area and enlist critical values and spatial elements that would be crucial for the future designers to know, who will be participating in the design competition.

We as a team collaborated ideas and vision of the DAM people, through a mid-review workshop and sorted out their needs and formed VALUES for the neighbourhood that would correspond to certain spatial elements of the DAM itself

The Dam neighbourhood feels the challenges of its own needs and is overshadowed by the large projects of mobility, environment and economic development. The diagram is an abstract of the possible impacts on the neighbourhood due its proximity to large scale projects. The impacts are measured on the aspects of mobility, effect on land values, environment and variables such as water.

Lobroekdok

Slachthuislaan

Slachthuissite

Lange Lobroekstraat

‘DAM IS COMPLEX SURROUNDINGS OF HEAVY INFRASTRUC”TURAL INVESTMENT’s OF THE CITY, FOR THE CITY; BUT NOT PRECISELY FOR THEM” . . . . . .

WORKSHOP ADVIES VAN HET DAMCOMITÉ

The Mid-Semester Panel discussion proved to be a crucial one and perhaps one of the most interesting one as well, for it involved true and honest feedback from the people of the neighborhood.

Hence, based on the learnings of this discussion we as a whole studio group could proceed further and started chalking and drafting out possible plans for the future. One of the major task was to keep in mind that we do not design but do ‘something’ that was valuable for the people and the designers fo the futur competeition project to be taken place.

PROCEEDINGS OF THE PUBLIC FORUM

A SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM TO KEEP IN CONSTANT TOUCH WITH THE COMMITEE OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD

VALUES FROM THE NEIGHBOURHOOD NEEDS . . .

INTEGRATED NEIGHBOURHOOD

SELF SUFFICIENT NEIGHBOURHOOD

SAFETY & COMFORT

After reading the advice of the Dam, based on various meetings of the neighborhood and after the public forum idscussion on the midsemester panel, which would accompany the project definition, we tried to associate the aspirations and statements of the advice to certain values that are intrinsic to the neighbourhood.

These aspirations translate to the values; - Integrated neighbourhood - Heritage + Living by the water - Selfsufficient neighbourhood - Saftey + Comfort - Equity.

EQUITY

HERITAGE

As we realised that we are not really going to design anything that matters the transformation of the physical space there, and rather deal with more of the intangible parts, these values comes up as one of the most important inventories of the research output.

Based on the findings of these values concerning over the physical space, we understand that over the whole neighborhood tissue, the pressence of various existent physical spaces which contains one or the other value(s).

Hence, we start seeing this neighborhood not just as a physical space but as a composite of different meanings, legibilities and values the people of the neighbor hood hold for these spaces in the neighborhood.

Based on these findings, we as a smaller part of the studio group organised a small design charette just to make some possible suggestions for the designers.

HOW ALL VALUES CO - EXISTS OVER THE DAM NEIGHBOURHOOD

RESULT OF THE DESIGN CHARRETTE . . .

zone 5

urban garden / vegetation

green boulevard

cycle friendly environment

public space

safe crossing

public green

a public realm

CONCEPTUAL DIAGRAM of the STRATEGIC POINT SHOWING VARIOUS POSSIBLITIES

Towards the end there were some basic design idea’s and gestures that were explored just as to check, whether the process of finding values was of any use to deesign or not for the future designers.

This i would personally recommend as one my most memorable experiences of an academic project which included importance of people’s role in the transformation process of a physical process. This is something very new and unique for the background i come from which has more TOP-DOWN approach in large public projects.

THE STORY OF FREEDOM - a paseo a tribute to the freedom ďŹ ghters... (undergradtuation architectural thesis project)

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FOR VIEWING THE ENTIRE DISSERTATION PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING LINK: http://issuu.com/spandandas/docs/the_story_of_freedom_-__a_paseo_?e=25408125/37181582

THE PROPOSAL the primary idea was to inculcate the story of INDIAN FREEDOM STRUGGLE as a built mass based on the principles of not only architecture but also the integral social and cultural backdrops of modern history of INDIA. a self asserted project according to the understanding of the need of todays modern times and the society of present day INDIA. the project is primarily targeted at the youth of INDIA especially the studying category to reiinstate the ideas of such strong dedication by our forefathers who did a lot struggle to get INDIA free from the colonial rule...

THE SETTING the site chosen for the insert was absolutely obnoxious to its realm. Set amidst a large scale expo and convention center in PRAGATI MAIDAN, it does not follow the prejudiced idea of setting it at the whims and realm of other memorials in NEW DELHI, dedicated to honour of single persons and their contributions. It is thus intendly done so as to differ out its purpose of showcasing the whole struggle of 190 years and highlighting the events and many other persons who are not usually reckoned by us. Thus the chosen site proposition is easily accessible and attracts more than a million visitors through the year and the insert was anticipated on such grounds that it shall be easily accssible to large masses in numbers.

the process was mainly through the idea of acheiving a mass that will not only be a form which is monolithic in nature, because of the nature of the project but also it shall reflect upon the crudenes of the matter through its development as a built mass . . . the form of the mass was thus a gigantic block which interprated as the long course of time frame of the whole freedom strucggle of India from the colonial rule . . .

CONCEPTUAL & DESIGN PROCESS

FLOOR PLANS

SECTIONS & ELEVATIONS

URBAN DESIGN city level study - understanding the layers and dynamics of a city . . . urban insert project

THE RESEARCH - CITY LEVEL STUDY - understanding the layers and dynamics of a city . . . as a foundation for the urban insertion project to be proposed and designed, it was really important as a student to understand the various layers of it and its fabric, and the factors associated to it. . . in the initial stages the city of ANAND had been documented, studied and physically mapped to bring forth the underlying dynamics of the city and factors affecting its functioning . . . also it was important to understand the understand the overall matrix including the socio - cultural and economical dynamics so as to understand the true needs of the people and the place in totality . . .

PANELS FROM FIELD WORK

THE PROPOSAL simply it was termed as a CIVIC CENTER, constituting a variety of functions of public interest as well as keeping the function of gallery space specific to the heritage of the region was albeit the prime focus. As a matter of fact the project was self asserted to be UNbuilt MORE . . . It simply meant to occupy the least footprint of the building and give more to the public as a lot of cultural and festive activities were anticpated.

UNDERSTANDING THE SITE / CITY & CULTURE - Anand city was studied at various layers that forms an urban matrix of the city, based on which the broader level imageability was carried out, thus concluding upon various selected sites and drawing out different programmes for each that will suit the public of the city with respect to the various sites.... also important was to understand the need of the place, not in terms of physical environment but at a SOCIO CULTURAL BACKDROP . . . so as to interpret the nature of the proposal and then its design . . .

SITE PLAN

few driving points towards the design 1. MINIMUM BUILT- to provide more opportunities of public activities including large social and cultural events . . .

2. OPEN SPACE as its UNIQUENESS- keeping the public court clear, plain and simple with multiple options of different activities around, the sense of a place is woven by the open court surrounded by the built and serves as its unique identity.

CONCEPTUAL SKETCHES

3. VISUAL APPEAL - the fore ground of the court to the built mass is mainly to enable clear visual penetration for the people and thus making it feel a more familiar space for them . .

SECTION THROUGH BUILDING

SECTION THROUGH SITE

FLOOR PLANS

SECTION THROUGH SITE

A PARITY in DIVERSITY, MASS HOUSING STUDIO, BARODA, GUJARAT.

a uniquely formulated program, based upon the idea of community living & co-existence, which was not defined by the economic quo, but by their professional and occupational variations....

QUICK FACTS SITE AREA - 3 hectares (2 hectares for housing & 1 for community & neighborhood development). CLIMATE - HOT & DRY (GUJARAT, INDIA) PROPOSAL HOUSING - 380 UNITS ( 190 UNITS / HECTARE), NEIGHBORHOOD LEVEL - PUBLIC PLAZA & FOOD COURT, PUBLIC HEALTH CENTER & YOUTH RECREATIONAL CENTER. SITE PLAN

BUILT VOLUME AND FUNCTION’S

INDIVIDUAL PROFESSIONAL AUTO DRIVERS / DOMESTIC HELPERS INDUSTRIAL WORKERS / LABOURS NUCLEAR FAMILIES FAMILY WITH TENANTS

CONCEPT & PROCESS few driving points towards the design 1.SEPERATE DISTRICTS FOR DIFFERENT USERS to avoid the clash of the lifestyles between different user types; this shall also encourage more cultural activities amongst user of similar types based on thier occupation.

2.INTERCONNECTED OPEN SPACESto encourage more daily interactive activities amongst the habitants apart from bigger cultural activities which shall happen on a regular basis during festivals.

3.A VISUAL HIERARCHY a dense fabric was ought to be attained but at the same time the volumes and space constraint was a guiding factor in deciding the volume of the fabric weaving; a visual appeal vista was thus conceived.

it is better that we understand that human race is a social animal and simply desires a community to survive and co exist.. thus the man always tries to look forward to a newer and better environ to live, a secured neighborhood to feel safe and serene fabric to nourish... unlikely to make divides on economical and social bind every single being is, but equal, in respect of thier abilities, physical attributes and zeal for living and hence looks upon a community and a habitat to live in...

DESIGN MAP

DIFFERENT LAYOUT’s FOR EACH USER TYPOLOGY SITE SECTIONS

the proposal was absolutely based upon the idea of providing maximised and integrated open spaces so as to increase the opportunity of having a better community spaces . . . the anticipated spaces are more precisely carved out to bring in variety of cultural activities together and producing a more robust nature of cultural amalgamation . . .

apprenticeship, PPA, Gangtok

EARTHQUAKE SHELTER - PROTOTYPE

CONSTRUCTION DRAWINGS

VIEWS of the SHELTER

IMAGES of the PROTOTYPE ERECTION

After the 18th september, 2011 earthquake in Sikkim, a shelter designed on principle of easy mobility and assemblage was designed by P.P.A as a self initiative, to provide quick and ressilient relief to the victims especially to the population of North Sikkim which was devasted the most. A prototype construction was also tried and tested for its structural and aerodynamical stability so that it could be eventually proposed to the Govt. of Sikkim for further mass production and sent out to the disaster areas.

HOTEL BLUE FERN, NAMCHI, SIKKIM.

PRESENTATION DRAWINGS

CROSS SECTION

3D VIEWS

KISAN BAZAR, NAMCHI, SIKKIM

PLANS

SECTIONS

One of the major projects from the Govt. of Sikkim for creating new socio-economic hubs that promotes local traders and businesses. A series of similar local supermarkets were conceived by the government at various strtaegic location of Sikkim. This Bazar (market) at Namchi is set in Southern parts of Sikkim.

HOUSING PROJECT in BHUTAN

CONCEPTUAL PRESENTATION DRAWINGS

3D VIEWS A social housing project conceptualised and drafted for the presentation purpose. A minimum number of Units and types of units were to be achieved as a target, optimising it with 3 different layout options promoting a central common space in all the options as seen.

HU UDCO TROPHY - (comp petition pro oject)

the competition was mainly focussed on mass housing for the E.W.S of the society. the idea in the proposal is to mainly inculcate the existing 2 around the site and also cultivate a provision for those inhabitants in the new proposal, also provide maximum number of vocational and employement opportunities so as to make it an income generative prospect.

CONCEPTUAL LAYOUT

CONCEPTUAL PROCESS

SITE PLAN

DIFFERENT BLOCKS

SITE SECTIONS

various zones and blocks are dedicated to different categories of groups so as to make a comfort zone for each of them; also to intensify the character and indispensibility of each zones commercial zoning has benn done carefully so as to provide to all...

LANDSCAPE PLAN

TYPICAL FLOOR PLAN

FOUNDATION WORK - ARCHITECTURE

GENERATIVE FORMS HUMAN ARMATURE the excercise was totally based upon the un derstanding the propotioning system of human body and hence extrapolate that to live scale strctural armature, thereby bringing in the logics of structure and stability . . .

the excercise was based upon the understanding the idea of a GENERATIVE FORM and the underlying principles of such structures . . . the exploration was made through producing models of such n ature with different materials keeping in mind the idea of space making . . .

FOUNDATION WORK - ARCHITECTURE WEARABLE ARCHITECTURE - conducted by FRENCH architect and academician Mr. XAVIER WRONA, the prime idea of this workshop was to funnel out an existing social problem which has striking reslts and represent an abstraction of that through various ideas and elements of architecture and structure and produce a wearable replica of the same which reciprocates to the addressed issue... the chosen material were KHADI ( local INDIAN fabric ) and WOOD SECTIONS...

THE PRODUCT the identified problem was a PEER PRESSURES ON THE YOUTH of INDIA, in terms of the competitions at various levels of performance in academics, carrers, monetary issues that result into a lot of disbalce in their life and harmony.... the representation was made through a well knit white robe made of KHADI to represent the perceived calmess of the youth on the outside and a HEADGEAR made of the KHADI & WOOD SECTIONS, totally architectonic and loud in its appearence so as to represent the mental pressures which a youth ges through . . .

FOUNDATION WORK - ARCHITECTURE

FOUNDATION WORK - ARCHITECTURE

photography . . .

PHOTOGRAPHS from JAISALMER, 2011.

JAISALMER, RAJASTHAN, INDIA, 2011 (edited)

REICHSTAG - BERLIN PARLIAMENT, BERLIN, GERMANY, 2016. (unedited)

SIBIU, ROMANIA, 2016. (unedited)

SAGRADA FAMILIA, BARCELONA, SPAIN, 2016. (unedited)

DUOMO, MILAN, ITALY, 2016. (unedited)

MEHRANGARH FORT, JODHPUR, INDIA, 2014. (unedited)

TOWARDS THE END, THERE WAS AN AWAKENING, AN AWAKENING WITHIN SELF, TO REGATHER SELF, AND BOW UPON THE PATH AHEAD WITH ALL THAT WAS LEFT WITH ME, OR SAY INSTILLED IN ME, WHILST I HAD ALREADY ENVISAGED UPON A TREK, A JOURNEY FULFILLING ME, MY VOIDS, MY URGES, A JOURNEY WHICH HAS FILLED ME WITH WISDOM

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