MAHESHWARI
M.ARCH '24 GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
ARCHITECTURE PORTFOLIO SURABHI
CONTENTS
FALL 2022
1. FOOD MARKET + AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN THE ENGLISH AVENUE NEIGHBORHOOD
SPRING 2022
1. MUTLI-GENERATIONAL HOUSING
2. THE EARTH SCHOOL
FALL 2021
1. MASTERPLAN 2026/2049
2. ATLANTA 2049!?
3. TWIRL CITY
SPRING 2021
1. PARAMETERIZED!
CAN URBANIZATION PERFORM TO SERVE LOCAL COMMUNITIES AND CURB GENTRIFICAITON?
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CAN ARCHITECTURE DIFFUSE THE GAP BETWEEN SYSTEMATIC RACIAL DISCRIMATION AND ITS RELATED ECONOMY?
BUILDING ENTRYWAYS TERRACED COMMUNITY GREEN SPACE PRIVATE GREEN SPACE PROPOSED PEDESTRIAN BOULEVARD EXISTING BELT LINE EXISTING MOTOR TRAFFIC SITE ENTRY POINTS FRONT EDGES FOR COMMERCIAL ACCESS PROPOSED SIDEWALKS + FURNITURE LANE
CAN A NETWORK OF GREEN SPACES INCORPORATING VARIOUS LEVELS OF PUBLIC, COMMUNAL AND PRIVATE OPEN SPACES BE THE ANSWER FOR DEVELOPING NEIGHBORHOODS?
7 Site Context Belt Line + Existing Green space
IS A NEIGHBORHOOD GROCERY STORE AN AMENITY OR A NECESSITY? CAN A SOLUTION AS SIMPLE AS THIS REVIVE A COMMUNITY?
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Orientation of the angled volumes based on north-south direction, let the sun come in and stay out to be energy efficient
Communal green spaces
Private green spaces
Inclination provides broadened visual cone for views of the belt line
Central public park
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Visual connection among the neighbors of adjacent buildings
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CAN MY DESIGN SUBCONCIOUSLY ENGAGE NEIGHBORHOODS TO COMMUNICATE VISUALLY THROUGH ITS GEOMETRY? WILL THIS ARCHITECTURAL EFFORT BECOME A MEANS OF SOCIALIZATION OR PERSONAL SCRUTINIZATION?
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IS MULTI-GENERATIONAL HOUSING A FORSEEABLE REALITY?
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CAN A PLETHORA OF HOUSING LAYOUTS SERVE VARIOUS FAMILY TYPES?
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CAN HOUSING BUILD A SENSE OF COMMUNITY BY HONING ON INTERGENERTATIONAL RELATIONSHIPS AND NEIGHBOUR RELATIONS?
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PERHAPS ADDRESSING COMMUNAL AND SOCIAL ISSUES CAN SHAPE ARCHITECTURE!
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CAN USING LOCAL MATERIALS AND EMPOWERING LOCALS WITH NEW CONSTRUCTION TECHNIQUES, EMPOWER THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY?
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Competition entry for a high school based in Senegal, where the design for classrooms served as wind towers.
IS IT TIME NOW FOR ARCHITECTURE TO SERVE AS AN ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN SOLUTION YET AGAIN LIKE AGES AGO TO CONSERVE ENERGY?
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DON'T THE UNDERDEVELOPED AND DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DESERVE GOOD ARCHITECTURE THAT CREATES SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITES?
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CRISPR Station! WILL THIS ADVANCEMENT PROVE TO BE A BOON OR A MALICE?
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MASTERPLAN 2026 - Atlanta Hulsey Yard
Smaller footprint occupied for 2026 Soccer World Cup training to leverage alternate purposes of the larger area.
MASTERPLAN 2049
Structure repurposed and reused for 2049 to create a sustainable urban forest.
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ATLANTA 2049!?
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ARE CARBON SEQUESTERING SCREENS THE POSSIBLE FUTURE AMID CLIMATE CHANGE?
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CAN A STRUCTURE BE RE-PURPOSED WITH BIOLUMINESCENT ALGAE TO CREATE SUSTAINABLE FUTURISTIC BUILDINGS?
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CAN HUMANITY SUSTAIN THROUGH THE DROWNING WORLD BY TWIRLING AROUND A FUTURISTIC CITY?
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PARAMETERIZED!
surabhi_maheshwari@gatech.edu
