Book contributions- SEA Press

2016:

Devices to punish loved ones

Devices that created experiences that makes one feel punished, without hurting them physically.

2017:

Mumbai neighbourhood studies, Matharpakhadi

Documenting various typologies of buildings in Matharpakhadi,Mumbai and re-designing the bakery.

2017:

Material Sense

Exploring techniques to use concrete and how other materials like wood, plastic etc. fuses with it.

2018:

Tectonics of Auroville

Documentation of various buildings in Auroville, understanding the structural systems and working along with geography,resources, governance, planning and architectonics of the place.

2018:

Gaitore ki chhatriyaan, Jaipur portfolio

Documentation of cenotaphs of Gaitore and designing an archive.

2018: Post intensive landscape, Goa

Documentation of pre, during and post mining landscape, flora and fauna, life of people and resources of an intense mining site, in Goa.

2019:

South Asian architecture poster, editor

A compilation of South Asian architecture led by women.

2019:

Settlement studies, Coimbatore

Compilation of new forms of architecture and programmes coming up in second tier cities in India.

Workshops

2016:

Hands-on brick arches and cob | Malak Singh

2016:

Concrete | Samir Raut, Milind Mahale

Electives :

Film (Prajay)

20162021

Art (Shrimanti Saha)

Origami (Bobbie Vijaykar)

Weaving furniture (Anu Tandon)

Sculptures (Teja Gavankar)

Comic making (online)

Film appreciation (Avijit Mukul Kishore)

New media has made the experience of public space simultaneous. We are in a physical space, but we also inhabit a virtual space simultaneously. The simultaneity that we experience dematerializes the experience of a particular space. The closed boundaries of a public space have thus become an infinite canvas to be explored. Neither the public space nor its edges are fixed. The ideas of community at the node, transactions in the market and leisure at the beach, that are all public spaces have been directed by these algorithm based devices. There is a constant reproduction of the experiences when one person enjoys a place physically and shares it to others through these devices. When multiple people can virtually be there at the same time, the need and form of physical space diminishes.

The over-influence of new media is slowly disintegrating the experience and the need of existence of a particular space for specific purposes. Any space can turn into anything and the function of space becomes dynamic and independent of the form. These spaces are ever changing, in terms of use, which makes it de-materialized. The multiplicity of these spaces is ever transforming with respect to the type of users at different times of the day. There has been an intense repurposing of the public spaces.

There has been an intense amalgamation of algorithms with our cogitation that generate anxieties that directs our actions and thought processes. Thus our routines have been influenced by these technologies in terms of experiences and perceptions. We perceive a space as we see it through our screen, and not by its actual materiality, texture, smell and other perceptions that makes it unique in nature. The experiences are like a pixel. We need to accept the fact that the media has become an integral part of most of our lives. It’s advancement is quite rapid to match the pace of. Newer generations will definitely be more technologically advanced and mediatised. The ways of living life are only to become easier. In such situations, there will be a sudden urge to get out of the normal, and experience the reality.

Location: Gandhi

Nagar, Kandivali west, Mumbai

The site is an open, unused space in the middle of dense informal settlement. The lack of space for everyday activities like play, gather, study etc. in the settlement makes it an opportunity to provide a system that can be appropriated for these daily activities.

A series of process models to understand the structure of the web, how it can be transformed to architecture and various methods of construction. There have been iterations to create spaces within and various strategies to cover these spaces using the web were explored.

Variation in densities and intensities were explored to make spaces to be appropriated and to support fixed infrastructure.

A ramp was introduced to navigate throughout the site.

At Places with higher densities of ropes, extension were added These extensions are supported with the ropes and also the roof takes form.

Aaj shaam ko yaha cinema dikhane wale he ( movie screening). Yahi pe thela latka deta hu. Cinema bhi dekh lunga aur log bhi zyada honge, toh sab samaan bik jayega.

Hey, what is the answer to question no 5. Thank god we are studying together here. All of us can solve each other’s doubts and problems.

Chalo ye bandh ke aaj yahi pe stall laga dete he. Aaj Sunday hai, toh sab ghar pe hi hote he, aur fir yaha aate he shaamko, toh thoda kaam ho jaaye.

I’ll go to the web to read the newspaper. I will find some space for myself there and also get to wave at people passing by. This old Age and loneliness is sometimes difficult.

Are bhabhi, aaj toh me itni thak gayi hu, subah se itna kaam tha. Aaj papad ka bhi oder tha. Acha hua yaha aap log mill gaye. Ye aaj kal ke bache, kya sunte rehte he poora din kaan me laga ke.

Yippee. I am so happy, I don’t have to wait for Papa to take me to the garden. I can myself put up a swing here, and enjoy whenever I wish to.

Chalo waha andar beth ke khelte he. Yaha pe wifi itna acha he, game khelne me maza aa jata he. Who is that new guy there, I have never seen him before. He also seems to be playing some interesting game. Arrey! Vo toh abhi 4-5 din pehle hi galli number 5 me rehne aye he, me janta hu usko.

It is so relaxing to find a personal space for me. I like to read, lying down like this. If I was at home, chutki would have jumped on me thrice already.

Oh! My plants have grown so well. Glad I kept them here. Otherwise one month of my trip to native, would have killed all my plants. Here, there is always somebody to take care of them.

It feels nice to be here. It is like a good exercise to walk from one place to the other, in here. I don’t know why I have been walking so straight all my life.

Hey, you know our school mate, Nandu. She is getting married tomorrow. And that Chhotu, he got a nice job in Andheri. It’s so easy to gossip here, without the fear of anybody listening to us.

My pet comes home only to eat, that too only sometimes. She has found so many new friends and they can literally jump in everywhere and play.

Programmes such as Community (open) cinema/ theatre , Digital Library that consists of reading spaces, Storage , Discussion space, Repair and training of equipments, Digital Gaming area where one can play games in groups or alone, Charging stations and pods can be installed and a Media lending centre where devices can be procured from.

Retirement Homes in Coimbatore are majorly located away from the city. Climate in Coimbatore remains moderate throughout the year, which the body of an elderly can adapt easily. The city has beautiful views of the Nilgiris and Velliangiri mountains at the Periphery. Developers use this criteria of scenic beauty of Coimbatore to sell their retirement homes. These places being away from the congestion of the city, are pollutionfree. Surrounded by the greens, the air in these areas is pretty pure and fresh. This is beneficial for the elderly people in terms of their health. Large plots of land for these kind of projects that developers aspire are also available only at the periphery or outside the city. They usually built on agrarian lands that farmers sell them. Coimbatore offers the best medical services in all sectors. The availability of these medical facilities of various kinds in the city becomes a point of attraction for people to choose Coimbatore.