+91-9953843344 +91-8920226530 tanyakanwar@gmail.com According to me Architecture is about creating space that shapes a person’s lifestyle. It is a means that can impact lives and define the way of living. As Brian Reed quotes “Everything is designed. Few things are designed well.” We as architects are responsible for designing the space where people live, breathe, walk, pause, interact. Being a hardworking, passionate workaholic with good leadership qualities, I would like to work with a firm which pushes beyond my potential and challenges me to test my limits.
TANYA KANWAR
ARCHITECTURE STUDENT| CURRICULUM VITAE| EDUCATIONAL DETAILS
PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE
BACHELORS IN ARCHITECTURE Sushant School of Art and Architecture, Gurgaon, Haryana, 2013-2018 batch CLASS XII Manav Rachna International School, Gurgaon CLASS X Convent of Jesus and Mary, Ambala
• Intern- Rajeev Agarwal Architects,
COMPETITIONS
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Kailash Colony, June 2016- July 2016
• Artist at Happening Haryana, May 2015- Jun 2015
• Freelance work for Antheia Infratech, May 2015
SOFTWARE SKILLS
• NASA convention 2015: Griha Trophy, Design •
Chitranjan Park, Jun 2017- Dec 2017
• Intern- Design Forum International,
of a school. Happening Haryana 2016: Wall Painting, SiteIffco Chowk. INTACH Exchange Programme 2017: Rakhigarhi Development Project
2D MODELLING • Autodesk Autocad • Revit
ACHIEVEMENTS AND PUBLICATIONS
2D RENDERING • Adobe Photoshop • Illustrator • Indesign
• Research paper ‘I City, My City, Idea City!!!’ • Student Ambassador at India Art Dialogue • Selected to exhibit Thesis at the annual
3D MODELLING • Sketchup • Rhino
• Bridge design using spider web concept, 2015 • Dissertation, Research paper, 2017 ‘Progression
PLUGINS • Vray • Lumion • I render next
Display, 2018
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of Unplanned Public Spaces: Evolution of Market spaces in Delhi’ ‘Working of Public Spaces: How to make permanent Public Spaces more Engaging’ Research Paper, 2016
MS OFFICE
STUDY TOURS PROFESSIONAL SKILLS • • • • •
Site Handeling Conceptual Development Research Vendors Dealing Content Creation
HAND SKILLS • Hand rendering • model making • Hand Sketching
housing
SEMESTER IV, JAN 2015 Bhuj, Mandvi and Diu Exploring building typologies, study of urban settlement based on Kevin Lynch theories SEMESTER II, JAN 2014 Orchha amd Khajuraho Studying Fort architecture of Orchha (measured drawings)
INTERESTS PHOTOGRAPHY
SEMESTER VI, JAN 2016 Pune, Lavasa and Mumbai Exploring different developments and townships
PAINTING
TRAVEL BLOGGING
SKETCHING
READING
Contents 1.......Thesis:
buddhist
interpretation
and facilitation centre
2.......Public participation project
3.......Internship work
4.......Food hub
5.......Mixed use : tod development
6.......Interpolation and extrapolation :
7.......Working Drawings
8.......Intach programme: adaptive reuse
9.......Photography
revival of systems and city of mandvi
in rakhigarhi
Thesis:
buddhist interpretation and facilitation centre
SITE: Mahabodhi Bodhgaya, Bihar
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Temple
Scope of Accommodation
complex,
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VISION FOR THE TEMPLE Rediscovering the significance of Buddhism by creating an interpretation centre for both tourists and the city locals.
Facilitation Block Interpretation Centre Buddhist School Retail Area Guest Houses
TEACHINGS OF BUDDHA
THE THREE UNIVERSAL TRUTHS
THE FOUR NOBLE TRUTHS
THE NOBLE EIGHTFOLD PATH
Nothing is lost in the universe
DUKKHA: exists
Suffering
The three trainings or practices
Everything changes
SAMUDAYA: There is a cause of suffering
The law of cause and effect (karma)
NIRODHA: There is an end to suffering
SILA: Virtue, good conduct, morality S A M A D H I : Concentration, meditation, mental development
MAGGA: In order to end suffering, you must follow the Eightfold path
P R A J A N : Discernment, insight, wisdom, enlightenment
1. Mahabodhi Temple 2. Tibetan Temple 3. Vien- Giac (Vietnam) 4. Shechen Tennyi Dargyeling 5. Taiwan Temple 6. Chaina Temple
7. Bangladesh Buddhist Monastry 13. Skya Temple 8. Wat Thai Buddhagaya 14. Watpa Budhagaya 9. Sikkim Temple Religious buildings 10. Royal Bhutan Temple Roads 11. Indosan Niponji Activity density 12. Busshinji Temple
1. According to ASI norms 100m from the site is protected area.
2. The norms demand to build the interpretation centre outside the 100 meter boundary.
3. Possible land available beyond 100m distance.
4. Possible links between these land swatches and the Temple site. The travel distance is such that the essence of the interpretation is lost during the transition which severs the continuity of the experience.
5. This essentially means that the project has to be built within the 100m distance. The land available to build within the 100m distance is minimal. The only option left is to build inside the complex. This will give the people better connectivity, it enhances the experience, activates the dead zones, makes the experience more interactive and will encourage people to understand Buddhism better.
GROUND FOOR PLAN
THE FOUR NOBEL TRUTHS DUKKHA: Suffering exists SAMUDAYA: There is a cause of suffering NIRODHA: There is an end to suffering In this space, the maze like form depicts the suffering. Here, people have to find their way through the maze and come out of the other end to end the suffering.
THE FOUR NOBEL TRUTHS AND THE NOBEL EIGHT FOLD PATH As the four nobel truths lead to the eight fold path so thier spaces can be combined. Here the person will experience Sila, Samadhi and Prajan as they move through the maze which symbolizes suffering.
KARMA
This space has a series of mirrors on the walls. The person in the space transitions from darkness to light; from a dark reflection to a bright one. The mirrors in the space are either solid or broken. The type of mirror a person stands in front of will depict the bad or the good Karma.
CONCENTRATION
This space is completely dark where the only source of light is one slit in the wall that a person can see at a time. The slits guides the person’s way through the space. There are a series of 4 slits one after the other through which the light penetrates. This gives the
In this space there are mirrors on one end. The person goes through a transition from light to dark. In the light portion the reflrction in the mirror is is also light while in the dark portion the reflectin is dark. Here, the light is the action and the mirror is the reaction.
person a source to focus on. In this space, there are only two openingsone is the entrance and another opening that filters in light at one point. This light forms the point of focus in the space which is otherwise dark.
BUDDHIST SCHOOL
The Buddhist school will have open classrooms to make the students one with nature just like Buddha intended it to be.
INSIGHT
The walkable pathways inside this space are surrounded by water. water here is used for its reflective qualities. Mirrors are also present on some walls. These reflections gives a reflection of ones inner self,, which is not perfect but keeps on changing like the reflection in the water.
GOOD CONDUCT, MORALITY
This space gives the person two possible ways to go. They can either take the dark path or the light path. The dark path takes the person down into a dark tunnel like path that comes to a dead end after a point whereas, the light path lets the person continue their journey. In this space the experience starts with
neutral ground in the middile. Here, the person gets an option to either go down or up. This represents the good and bad; the moral high ground. If the person goes up their experience continues as they walk through a bright path. But if they go down they enter a dark path which finishes with a dead end and forces them to take the bright path.
MEDITATION
This space leads a person into an open space with a tree and a circular meditation
WISDOM
This space has openings in the walls from where the main temple and its surroundings are visible. The openings have different proportions which gives the person a different point of view for each of the scenes.
space which is surrounded by all white which represents a calm meditative state.
In this space, wisdom signifies being the all knowing. The cutouts in the space will let people know everything that is happening around them.
Public participation project Urbanisation is inevitable, Urbanisation is a must. But when we think of our city and our lives in our city, though we crib and criticise, we as inhabitants accept, even make compromises in our relationship with the city. It is interesting to note how easily people accept, adapt and internalize the hardships they face on a regular basis when they navigate through their built environment. Through this elective we tried to investigate, analyze and attempted to resolve the issues
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faced by the people of Gurgaon by creating possible solutions incorporating inhabitant aspirations. The exploration of solutions was done by involving the various stakeholders i.e the residents, the service providers, employees of the commercial centre and the guidelines of the authorities. The students created an interface between the voices of citizens and the decision making authorities hence facilitating Public Participation in the Urban process.
Since the intervention is proposed to exist on the golf course road which is one of the busiest as well as an important arterial for Gurugram and have a metro station in its vicinity, it is most likely to attract pedestrian users along with vehicles. After a thorough understanding of the site and its context, it was found that it is next to impossible to cross the road for a pedestrian. In order to address this issue, the design intervention is such that it provides provision for pedestrians to cross the road on the ground level whereas the traffic gets directed through an underpass
below it. This allows a smooth vehicular as well as pedestrian traffic flow. A huge emphasis have been put on street art in order to create vibrant spaces. This is directly in Sync with Happening Haryana movement which have been a very successful initiative that aimed at improving street infrastructure and experience through art in Gurugram. Along with an adequate street walkway for crossing the road, the street edges also lacked bicycle tracks which have been included in the given proposal.
Internship work Designing the interior spaces for the client’s guest house.
3 All work done was directed by the head of the department interiors.
Detailed interior layouts for a marketing office
Food hub
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SITE: Near Gole Market, Delhi
Scope of Accommodation
To create a space that can reactivate the area around Gole Market at a neighbourhood and a city level. With the present scenario where the absence of activities in Gole Market has rendered it a dying magnet there is a need to bring its eswsence back and create a magnet that will make the site attract pedestrian traffic at a regional and a city level
• Culinary Arts School • International Hostel • Food Market • Food Museum • Food Research Centre
VISION: REVIVING THE IDENTITY OF A DYING HISTORICAL MAGNET BY CREATING A CATALYST MACRO Creating a city level magnet that brings the food culture of Delhi together by constructing a Culinary Arts School and an International hostel, supported by a Food market. MESO To generate a magnet that acts as a catalyst for Gole Market and will Revive pedestrian activity around it by building a food market that will enhance the character of Gole Market. MICRO Creating recreational spaces for the neighbourhood area like a ground for putting up temporary structures during festivals, community kitchen where people can come together to cook, as well as enjoy the food market.
GROUND FLOOR PLAN
NORTH ELEVATION
EAST ELEVATION
SECTION 1
SECTION 2
Mixed use : tod development
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SITE: Chirag Enlave, Nehru Place
Scope of Accommodation
This project’s aim was to create a transit oriented development. As the site is near the Nehru Place metro station and also a new upcoming metro sation it became necessary to build something that the people would like to walk through while transitioning from one staton to the other. The objective was to build a mixed use development where the commercial centre will allow for smooth transition and the residentail complexes above will give people of almost all social backgrounds a place to come together and make minimum use of vehicular mode of transportation.
Residential Complex: • 3BHK • 2BHK • 1BHK • Studio Apartment • EWS Commercial Complex
The Commercial floor plate separates the access to the commercial centre and the residential complex. The entrance to the residential complex faces towards the back which faces the other residential societies and the front accommodates the pedestrian friendly commercial set up. The green spaces are planned on the back side where the entry to the residential complexes lie. These green spaces complement the park outside the site and also provides a view from the residential blocks which provides an extra sense of security.
Interpolation and extrapolation : revival of systems and city of mandvi 6 SCALES OF REVIVAL Revival at city level River city relationship Revival of material and systems Mandvi is a small city in Gujarat that was famous for timber ship production and has now lost its identity because of the closed port. Our objective was to revive the city in terms of its economic growth and also bring back its building systems.
This was achieved by designing a railway station for import export of goods, a mandi for trade and a lodge for supporting the railway station. Scope of Accommodation • Railway Statio • Mandi • Lodge
The method used for designing this project was by using interpolations and extrapolations.
Where you look at the views from inside different spaces in the design and views from outside looking at your design
Working Drawings
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Intach programme: adaptive reuse in rakhigarhi 8 SITE: Near Chhoto Choupal Chowk Rakhikhas of Rakhigarhi -One of the 5 known biggest Townships in Harappan Civilisation.
Architectural conservation Character defining element View value
-Under Archaeological survey of India since 1963. Architectural conservation Character defining element View value
View value
APPROACH: BUILD OVER- constructing over the already existing structure
Broken, crumbling bricks PROBABLE CAUSE: Bad quality of pointing leading to presence of moisture
Loss of mortar/ plaster PROBABLE CAUSE: Different coefficients of thermal expansion
Discolouration of bricks PROBABLE CAUSE: Presence of moisture because of poor waterproofing
Uneven walls with remnants of mortar and plaster PROBABLE CAUSE: Different coefficients of thermal expansion
Failure at the junction of different materials PROBABLE CAUSE: Materials’ properties not understood and taken into consideration
No pakka floor PROBABLE CAUSE: Neglect of the structure, no waterproofing, no plinth protection
SOLUTIONS
PHOTOGRAPHY
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