Portfolio
Swapnil Madiwale
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Final Year Thesis, M-Arch
2017
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Final Year Thesis, B-Arch
2014
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Interior Project, B-Arch
2011
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Interior Project, Work
2014
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Holiday Residences, Work
2015
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Swapnil Madiwale M-Arch, AIIA, AIIID
Education
This portfolio showcases my academic and professional experience. It is a reflection of how I persue architecture and my vision.
M-Arch
“Architecture is how we can influence our environment, and the design we do today carves the way for it.”
University of Newcastle 2017
That’s the main philosophy behind my designs.
B-Arch University of Mumbai 2014
The need for spaces which flow, direct, aid as well as make people feel welcome and comfortable is ample. That is the concern I have addressed in my designs. I try to think how the person visiting the space would feel like and the best possible scenarios that I can create for them.
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Project 1 Vitality Master of Architecture, UON This project is regarding the redevelopment of the existing, defunct Newcastle railway corridor. Merging in the need of the additional housing for the University of Newcastle for their new campus in the city centre and the currently unused railway corridor, the project was concieved. This project creates vitality and vibrance in the city centre by creating a connection from the city to the waterfont, creating jobs and student engagement venue as well as bringing in more people in the city. Promoting interaction between the locals and the different students.
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6 This project evolved around the idea of creating a public space to create engagement venue for the students of the University of Newcastle with the local public, while making use of the railway land such as to create amenities and solve the issues of throughfare while retaining the user on the site to create a vibrant atmosphere. Student residences were designed as the UoN has created a new campus in the city bringing thousands of extra students in the city centre. The residences were inspired from the crossover apartment style so as to minimise the corridor space and enforce student interactions and foster communication. Concrete was chosen as the buiding material because of the need to minimise the footprint of the building on the ground floor to create unhindered access from the city to the waterfront for the public.
7 There was a general public demand to create more jobs in the city centre as per the public discussions held by the council. To create more jobs in the city centre on the rail land would have meant to commercialise the project and thus would have defeated the purpose. The way to solve this problem was to create a student manned street food venue on the ground floor which was permeable to the public from both the sides. This permeable space was designed as a connection from the city to the waterfront, while engaging people in the food stalls and generating income. The food stalls are designed on a concept of making available opportunities for international students and diversity of food for the local public to create an engaging venue.
9 The design went through a lot of changes throughout the year and the density of students in the residences per block was fixed at 600 so as to make it feasible for the University to invest in the project. To make the model quickly, easily and accurately, it was firstly modelled in Revit and then exported to 3Ds Max where it was further refined to create simpler meshes to be converted into STL format. The model was then divided into interlocking parts with due consideration to plastic shrinkage during printing and fitting of the locks. Finally the model was assembled within an hour providing the maximum durability, accurate design detail reproduction and cheapest cost of materials.
3D Printed Model, Printer - Prusa i3 Design time - 14 Hrs Print Time - 256 Hrs Assembling - 1 Hr Cost - $60
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Project 2 Station Redevelopment Bachelor of Architecture, MU This project was aimed to redevelop India’s oldest and the most busiest surburban railway station at Thane, Maharashtra. The current staion is almost 170 years old with only one platform bearing any signs of the colonial era. Increase in footfall over theyears has led to the station undergoing a lot of haphazrd development and addition of platforms since the starting of the first railway from Thane to Bori Bunder in 1853. The Railway station is also one of the highest ticket revenue generators in India. I had the idea to design redevelopment of this station since my second year at uni as i used to use the station everyday to get to uni.
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The design involved taking into consideration a lot of logistical and structural issues arising due to the high traffic on the station. The station witnesses a train every 3 minutes on each platform at peak hours and every 10 minutes off peak period. The station needed more food stalls, pedestrian crossings, connections to the platforms from both sides of the station and a quality roofing solution. The design strategy implemented created connections for vehicular traffic from east to west of the station, made elevated bus stands on both the sides segregating traffic and reducing waiting times and traffic pileup. Built up areas were created on both side of the station to create rentable commercial areas to generate revenue. A concourse was created on top of the station platforms to take away the lead of passengers on the foot overbridges and on the platforms, thus keeping platforms accessible only for boarding or alighting from a train. There is a culture of people skipping breakfast at home to come to the station food stalls to eat, so this was provided on the top end of the concourse with seatings.
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16 The design of the roof incorporated heat reflecting glass coupled with shading devices and diffusers to prevent heating up of the space underneath while providing adequate light. The majority of the roof area was utilised to install customised solar panels to generate electricity while providing shade to the station area. The total expected electricity generation was around 110kw. This was an additional revenue generation tactic used to make the project feasible. The existing platforms were moved only 3-5 meters in a staged manner to create wider platforms and make more rooms for wider stairs and escalators on the platform. All of this was done in the existing footprint of the station. no extra space was utilised. This also allowed to create seperate access areas for disabled commuters so that they don’t have to endure the rush of the general public. Steel is used for all the roof supports and the detail explains the various layers of the complicated roofing designed for the building. A parking for 1500 cars and 2500 scooters was also created.
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Project 3 Commerical interiors Bachelor of Architecture, MU This project was a third year interior design project for a brand of Cafe in India. The design brief was simple, a commercial rental area in a mall with access to the road was given and we had to create a store representing a chosen brand. The site had a double heighted space with the option of choosing to install a mezzannine floor. To create a Cafe for a large brand like CCD was to be specific in design methods and to adhere to all their specifications to preserve the brand’s image in the new store. As this was my first interior project, I specially learnt 3Ds Max and V-Ray and applied the limited knowledge i had at that time to the project’s rendering and design.
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For the flooring and wall finishes, the recommended style for the brand was used according to their specifications. The furniture was designed to meet the brand’s colour scheme of Red and White. The lighting design was critical, as there had to be enough direct light on the tables for people to be able to see what they were eating. There was also a need for diffused lighting to create the ambience and bounce back the light from the walls and other fixtures. For this LED lights from Phillips were used and tu emulte their actual effect, IES lights were used with the exact corresponding settings and files specifiec by the manufacturer. The lighting requirement was calculated and the lights were installed to create the amazing effect seen in the renders.
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Project 4 Commerical interiors Nikhil Vaidya Architects, Mumbai My first project after joining Nikhil Vaidya Architects was to design an office interior space for a reputed company seeking to expand their staff and office. The office space was a clear floor of 4500 sq feet on the top floor of a 10 floor commercial building. It has views of the city and ample terrace for creating a landscape in the future. The brief of the client was very simple, “Design an office such that our clients must feel we are rich, but not rich enough for them to not pay us.” Apart from that there were little limits on the materials we could use or design decisions we could take without approval. With the guidance of my boss, I designed the office to the client’s specification and requirements and got preliminary approval for commencement of the works in early 2014.
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The office was designed so as to provide premium views to the Managing Director and CEO of the company and also make impressive cabins for the directors and staff. BTC wooden flooring was choosen for the director’s cabins after trying out a lot of different materials including Italian marble. The cabin walls are made out of 12mm glass partitions with special fixtures and ceiling finises to create good acoustics in closed spaces. White tiles with a long running cavity for lighting effects was created underneath. Special electricity saving LED lights were chosen and installed with the utmost precision on the ceiling of the office. The using of special laminated glass and rich finish quality created a nice office which helped the company secure many international clients upto date.
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Project 5 Holiday Residences Nikhil Vaidya Architects, Lonavla Akriti Residences was a project for creating a holiday residence for 8 clients on a plot of 2500 sqm, in the council limits of Lonavla which is a popular local hillstation in Maharshtra. I started working on the working drawings and the drawings for completion certificate of the project after starting work at Nikhil Vaidya Architects. About 75% of the construction work was completed and I was responsible to manage the ongoing work and provide the set of drawings for construction details and specifications for the detailing materials. Most of the materials used for the residences were sourced locally within the council limits.
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The design of the bungalow involved limited use of concrete for creating the foundation and first floor slab of the building and Steel was used to create the roofing of the structure. The roofing was designed in such a way as to provide the maximum amount of attic space as well as cope with the very heavy rains in the locality during monsoons, eliminating the chance of leakages. The interiors were designed by the architect for each of the clients in a limited way as the clients brought over some of their old furniture to save costs.
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With the amount of steel used in a place with very high humidity the structure turned out to be excellent in strength and beautiful aesthetically. It was so radical that the council engineer said they have never seen any design so contrsting in the council limits before and was the most elegant peice of architecture in the whole locality of high end holiday residences.
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You can find more of my work at the following links: 1. Doumentation of Commercial Interior project from the first day till the handover https://issuu.com/swapnilmadiwale/docs/complete 2. LinkedIn Account https://www.linkedin.com/in/swapnilmadiwale/ 3. Research Paper on 3D Printed Houses in Australia https://www.academia.edu/36000715/3D_Printing_Houses_ in_Australia_How_can_3D_printing_be_successfully_implemented_in_the_construction_of_domestic_buildings_in_Australia 4. My Portfolio Website https://swapnilmadiwale.wordpress.com/