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Unnati
Architecture Portfolio
Presently a graduate student at State University of New York learning Masters in Architecture; I am seeing Architecture as way of life. A lot of curiosity and innovative thinking coupled with artistic approach to every situation and issue assists me breath architecture with ease. I am a hardworking and dependable individual with all the zeal to work and motive to be a total beneficiary in every stage of work. Proud of being a part of such a kinetic profession & proud of new design concepts and techniques which help execute modern day construction with simplicity.
Unnati Masurkar Nationality: Indian DOB: 10.15.1991 Address: Contact: Mobile:
3930 Bailey Avenue, Apt. 1, Buffalo, New York – 14226 masurkarunnati@gmail.com unnativi@buffalo.edu +1 716 322 9795
Language: English Hindi Marathi https://www.linkedin.com/in/unnatimasurkar Affiliation: Registered Licensed Architect at Council of Architecture, India Reg. No. CA/2015/70853
EDUCATION: State University of New York at Buffalo School of Planning & Architecture Masters in Architecture (NAAB Accredited Degree) 2014-2016 Situated Technologies Research Group L. S. Raheja School of Architecture, University Of Mumbai Bachelors in Architecture (Professional Degree)
2009-2014
REFERENCES: Annette Lecuyer | Professor | State University of New York at Buffalo_ Dept. of Architecture alecuyer@buffalo.edu Jordan Geiger | Assistant Professor | State University of New York at Buffalo_Dept. of Architecture jordang@buffalo.edu Jin Young Song | Assistant Professor | State University of New York at Buffalo_Dept. of Architecture jsong11@buffalo.edu
RELEVANT COURSE PROJECTS: Member of Exhibition cum seminar - Facade as : Phenomenon, Identity, Memory Fall 2014 The seminar examining the building facade as a cultural object with public and pervasive presence of collective identity in the digital age was exhibited in a two-part symposium at University at Buffalo Public Program. Member of Research study in association with Gensler LA office - Prefabricated Architecture Fall 2014 - Spring 2015 The study under the guidance of Prof. Jin Song and Young Seop from Gensler was based on the design innovation of modular construction in prefab architecture. Assistance to Prof. Jin Song, UB – Super Skyscrapper Competition (Winner) Summer 2015 The competition aimed at creating living dwellings for people in Dharavi region of Mumbai City. The design was supported with initial social, political, cultural and economic analysis of Dharavi. M.Arch Special Project - Form Finding in Parametric Architecture Fall 2015 - Spring 2016 The study aims at comprehending form finding for tensioned membranes with parametric modelling and physical models. The potential study helps solve design problem of pavilion and stadium at a War Memorial site in Buffalo. B.Arch Design Dissertation and Thesis - Sports Intervention in Mumbai’s Urbanscape Fall 2013 - Spring 2014 The dissertation aimed at creating open spaces for the city of Mumbai and making best possible use of the mill lands which are the heart of the city.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: Abha Narain Lambah & Associates, Mumbai, India Intern Architect Dec 2013 - April 2014 - Worked on Proposal and Tender drawings, Material Extent and Condition Assessment drawings of UNESCO heritage site in Punjab. - Formulated the Rate Analysis for Mumbai High Court. - Documented Fort Area (Mumbai) for the Proposed Entry and Exits for Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation. Gruha Rachna Pvt. Ltd., Thane, India Junior Architect - Worked on Proposal and Tender Drawings of Fortis Hospital in Kalyan. - Formulated the Rate Analysis and Bill of Quantities for Fortis Hospital in Kalyan. University at Buffalo School of Architecture & Planning Student Assistant of Assistant to Chair Print Lab & Digital Fabrication Lab Assistant
June 2014 - July 2014
Spring 2015 Fall 2015 - Present
SKILLS: Microsoft Office, AutoCAD, Google Sketchup, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, CorelDraw, Adobe InDesign, Rhinoceros 3d, Grasshopper, Kangaroo, Revit, Adobe After Effects, Adobe Premier Pro, Arduino Uno, Processing, Hand Drawing(Drafting + Sketching), Model Making, Photography, Illustration
CONTENT FORM, FORCE AND ENTERTAINMENT_CITY REALM ARENA
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Research Studio - Situated Technologies Research Group | Prof. Nick Bruscia | Fall 2015
FORM, FORCE AND ENTERTAINMENT_CATENARY CABLE HYBRID
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Research Studio - Situated Technologies Research Group | Prof. Nick Bruscia | Fall 2015
SUPER SKYSCRAPPER_HIGH LIVING
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Independent Study - Summer Assistance | Prof. Jin Young Song | Summer 2015
CITY ARTS_BUFFALO CONTEMPORARY MUSEUM
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Comprehensive Design Studio | Prof. Annette LeCuyer | Spring 2015
FACADE AS
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Special Seminar | Prof. Jin Young Song | Fall 2014
BUILDING, LAND AND WATER_WRITER BEING AN OBSERVER
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Architecture Design Studio | Prof. Brian Carter | Fall 2014
BUILDING, LAND AND WATER_ROWER’S ABODE
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Architecture Design Studio | Prof. Brian Carter | Fall 2014
SPORTS INTERVENTION IN MUMBAI’S URBANSCAPE Design Dissertation and Thesis | Prof. Anuj Gudekar & Prof. Mridula Pillai | Fall 2013 - Spring 2014
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A - Site Layout B - North Elevation C - View towards the Arena overlooking the baseball field
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CITY REALM ARENA|Fall 2015 The design of arena is based on the needs of Buffalo city and the benefits of it to the citizens and city’s youth. The linear structure provides a shared program to the existing site conditions of the War Memorial Stadium and also at the same time a pedestrian walkway both on ground and aerial as a throughway connecting the opposite ends of site. The area beneath the tiers acts as a Plaza.
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A - West Elevation The elevation elucidates the appearance of the canopy over the seating tiers and also highlights the bridge overlooking the fields for the pedestrians.
B - Ground level Plan at 3m The ground level acts as a walking corridor for the pedestrians and at the same time helps accomodate market place, restaurants and other activities. Page | 3
C - Cross Sectional Elevation The Cross Section of the Arena design helps illustrate the various nodes in the design which inlcudes the ariel walkway overlooking the game fields on either side, the market zone created beneath the seating tiers, the canopy creating a mask over the seating tiers thereby providing sunshading and the concourse levels housing various activities.
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D - Simulations on Rhino - Grasshopper - Kangaroo The form of canopy was achieved based on edge conditions produced in simulating various catenaries. The initial formfinding experiments which included hybrid of catenary with rigid edges and cable masts help formulate the design of the Arena.
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A - Cable - Masts Web Plan The Web Plan shows the network of the structure supporting the tensile membrane. The network comprises of the steel masts and cables in tension which hold the tensile canopy over the seating tiers.
B - Bridge Level Plan The elevation elucidates the appearance of the canopy over the seating tiers and also highlights the bridge overlooking the fields for the pedestrians. Page | 5
C - Grasshopper script for the simulation of the canopy
D - The view shows the walking corridor on the bridge overlooking the fields. It acts as a throughway as well as a viewing platform for the passersby.
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CATENARY CABLE HYBRID | Fall 2015 The pavilion design was simulated with the conception of catenary cable hybrid.The design of the pavilion aimed at a sequential spaces which would create varied experiences for the user with hierarchy in spaces formed and volumes underneath the catenary surface. The structure is grounded yet high and elevated. Furthermore, the structure is created as a hybrid with catenary being hinged at four nodes in the ground and is attached to the masts with cables. The cables form the aesthetics of the open walkway behind the semi enclosed pavilion.
A - Form Finding Experiments B - View of the Pavilion The formfinding experiments were conducted based on the research from various Frie Otto Experiments and IL books(Institute of Lightweight Structrues). The concept further developed with adding various elements like rigid edges, cables and masts to catenary structures.
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A - Rear Elevation of the Pavilion
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The innermost ground arch of the pavilion acts as entry points with a semi enclosed access as being hinged by cable. The central ground arch of the pavilion becomes the main walkway which has hierarchy in terms of its roof heights. The furthermost ground arch of the pavilion is the open walkway to experience the pavilion structure from outside with overhang of cables of the structure.
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A - Interior Perspective of the Pavilion
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C - Grasshopper script for the simulation of the Pavilion
The Pavilion transmits an optical effect of tenting, axiality, verticality and makes it a expirential space on leisure walk. The pavilion is composed of four arched six catenary domes in semicirular pattern held with the cables. The span of the walk of pavilion is around 100 feet. The height of the section is gradually increased by gradual increase in height of the catenary surface as the base unit repeats itself on equal intervals. P a g e | 12
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HIGH LIVING|Summer 2015 The project proposal was the winner for a Super Skyscrapper competition 2015 based for the region of Dharavi, Mumbai India worked in association with Prof. Jin Song at UB. The design development of Dharavi region is an inspirational high quality tall construction using used-shipping containers as building modules. The replication of the prototype would eventually create a Steel City in the Dharavi region of Mumbai. The idea is of connecting four living towers initially and then spreading the connectivity depending on the density of the region without harming the ground level area.
Scope of Work • Background research of the site of Dharavi. • Collecting and representing statistical data for the demographics. • Working on present site conditions of the Dharavi region. • Working on architectural drawings like the site layout, floor plans and unit plans. • Working on final report to document the research and work. • Continued research on the the region and its possible growth. A - Independent towers on connection B - Spatial Configuration of the Connected towers over the Slum area of Dharavi
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A - Site Layout The configuration of the towers on the ground level and their connection on bridge level serves a connected high living to the users. P a g e | 15
B - Bridge Level Plan The independent towers are connected at a mid rise level with bridges which serve the residents as gardens and recreational places. P a g e | 16
BUFFALO CONTEMPORARY MUSEUM| Spring 2015 The Buffalo Contemporary Museum located in the buzzing cultural centre of Allentown city is conceptualised based on the location. The area being surrounded with buildings of solid geometry, creating voids is visibly necessary. The buildings in and around appearing solid contain certain voids and punctures which give them a natural monolithic form. The same concept is been revived in the Design Museum.
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A A - Site Layout B - Models of Concept Development C - Performance Section
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The idea of building mass on the edge of site to activate the streets around by having public activities like restaurant and shop on lower level is similar to surrounding precints. The glimpses cut out in the form activate the surrounding parameters. The relation of built mass to unbuilt is relative.
The four pods which function as individual entities and art galleries on topmost floor are brought together by the public forum which is incorporated right in the middle of building mass. The central atrium forms circulatory space on every level which inturn connects the four pods.
B.1 - Initial Concept Model
B.2 - Structure & Cores Model
B.3 - Final Design Model
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B The facade of Buffalo Contemporary Museum is stone cladded. This creates a strong connection between the form and the surrounding monolithic precints. The less openings are to prevent and curate the art peices. The skylights help provide optimum sunlight required for the gallery space.
B - Facade Elevation C - Wall Section Detail
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FACADE AS | Fall 2014 The seminar cum Exhibition explored various kinds of Facades we come across in Architectural practice and what is the idea behind their construction was the comprehension. The seminar help us gather and study numerous architectural buildings all over the world through presentations and understanding.
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Facade As PHILOSOPHY LOTUS TEMPLE FARIBORZ SAHBA, 1986 DELHI, INDIA
Lotus Flower signifies purity and peace. This Symbol gives a modern and contemporary form in the structure of the temple drawings into its sanctum, the people from different races, culture and religion from all around the world. There are notable similarities between the Mother Temple of the Indian subcontinent and Jorn Utzon’s Sydney Opera House — in keeping with Bahá’í scripture, the Lotus temple is organized as a nine-sided circular structure that is comprised of twenty-seven “leaves” (marble-clad freestanding concrete slabs), organized in groups of three on each of the temple’s nine sides. The structure is inspired by the lotus flower and is arguably one of the most visible instances of biomimicry in contemporary architecture.
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Facade As COMMUNICATION ALLIANZ ARENA HERZOG AND dE MEURON, 2005 MUNICH, GERMANY
The Allianz Arena has a delightfully surreal appearance. The exterior is covered in tufted, translucent material; viewed from afar, the stadium resembles a giant, quilted doughnut. At night, it becomes positively radiant: the facade is lit from within, which means that the entire arena glows. (The windows of 106 luxury boxes can be partially discerned behind the curved scrim.) At most evenings, the building emits a soft white light, reflecting the silvery tone of the synthetic skin. However, at nights when one of the two Munich soccer clubs has a home game and the teams share the stadium, the building changes its colour: red for Bayern Munich, blue for the Munich Lions.The arena retains its allure during the day.
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Facade As PATTERN TRUTEC BUILDING BARKOW LEIBINGER 2001 SEOUL,KOREA
Trutec Building in Seoul, Korea synthesizes the modular and the folded by taking a regular rectangular grid and infilling the cells with a prismatic pattern of triangular and trapezoidal glass panes. This combination of regular grid and prismatic cells comes across most clearly in the top image, with the highly reflective glass giving the alternating images of sky and built context. It creates an irregular but relatively consistent pattern across the main facade.
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WRITER BEING AN OBSERVER|Fall 2014 Writer often is not in a physical world but in a state of transition. A writer co exists in literal cum imaginative space; in a prologue. Looking at people, landscape, nature, surroundings; comprehending the relations and inter-relations; engaging self in observations and eventually to pen down those observations in fiction, non-fiction, philosophy or to put it in various other ways is what the writer apprehends. A - Exterior Perspective of Writer’s Space B - Site Location C - Site Layout
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The basic design elements are provided to enrich the living. The work space includes an elevated platform or observation deck to perceive, a screen of wooden form and vegetation to allow isolation at times and a more suitable outdoor space for creation of source of inspiration. The designed space is oriented in a way that it echoes the natural immersion. In an open field, the twostory glass paneled volume is positioned to provide protection from prevailing winds, and views overlooking south and all other directions. Louvers on the roof are designed to shade the glass by the optimum sun angle in order to serve both winter and summer. Curved glass allows to add warm light adding elegance and nature to the form. It emphasizes on blending the sunlight into the architecture of the home. A - Exploded view of Writer’s Space B - Site Layout E - Second Level Plan D - First Level Plan
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Wind and Sun
Road Network
Access
Vegetation
Nodes
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Terrain
The strategic location gives the design an impetus to allow the form to sit on the edge of land and water. The form is derived on the basis of the climatic conditions as it is on water edge, keeping in mind the water level. Moreover, being a boat house the rower’s requirements play an important role. A - Site Analysis Diagrams B - Cross Section through the Boat Storage C - Site Location D - View from the Observation Deck at Erie Marina
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ROWER’S ABODE| Fall 2014 The brief was to design a rowing club along with housing facilities at the Erie Lake in LaSalle Park. The aim of the project was to develop a rowing club which is open to rowers as well as the public and also incorporate housing facilities which would serve the rowing staff and their families. The idea was to integrate both the rowing club and housing in way that they appear as an entity but still have their respective private spaces and don’t intrude each other’s activities.
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Sun
Ducts
Access
Fire Escape
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View Points
All the facilities are stacked vertically giving space the required importance Although the functions are on different levels they still remain integrated within the structure, The club facilities connects the two different levels being the common nodal point for both functions of rowing facilities and housing. P a g e | 33
Zoning
A - Design Diagrams B - Diagrams showing flow of ducts and location of Fire Escape Staircase C - Zoning of the facilities in the structure D - Ground Level Plan showing rowing facilities
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A - Exploded floors of the Rower’s Abode B - Interior and Exterior perspectives of Design Elements
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The housing facilities sit on the top level which overlook the activities on the levels below.
The three levels define verticality in structure giving it more an even spread horizontally and vertically. The long corridor when entering from main entrance becomes the spine of the structure which connects all the functions and segments them on the lower level. The middle level become the observation decks and club facilities. The top level thereby is the housing area where the level is also connected by two external staircase blocks.
The internal courtyard on lower level has skylights on the top and overlooks the corridor on the ground level.
The different features of the rowing club and housing facilities makes it a unique design experience which enables the users and rowers and the staff members to have all the three functions integrated at one place and still have them at different levels with their own privacy and separation. A practice rowing tank is placed in a way that the views open to the outside Erie Lake through glazing. P a g e | 36
SPORTS INTERVENTION IN MUMBAI’S URBANSCAPE|Fall 2013 - Spring 2014 Miscellaneous Arena
The thesis proposal aimed at creating open spaces in form of promotion of sporting activity in Mumbai’s space crunch whereby the ratio of density of people against the amenity space the city gives back to them was taken into consideration. In the process, an effort was made for city as better living place by providing breathing space and recreational areas in the local environment. The conception would support the facts of city remaining deficient in public plazas, urban corridors, green and open spaces. The linkages that sporting venues would create decreasing the difficulty of commuting from one place to other in the most crowded part of the city. Urban renewal would change the congested scenario of the city of Mumbai.
A - Site Elevation B - Perspectives of Design in the city fabric
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Athletic Stadium
Aquatic Complex
Tennis Courts alongwith Practice courts
Indoor Games Venue
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A The Design proposal centers around Mumbai’s need for additional open spaces throughout the city. In order to effectively do this, I propose the adaptive reuse of mill lands, which currently inhabit a major part of the heart of the city. The plans I laid out would benefit Mumbai’s infrastructure and offer other social and economic benefits. Providing a network of public open spaces is the need of hour in a vibrant city like Mumbai. It is a vital resource which supports and underpins many aspects of urban living, including formal and informal sport and recreation, play, nature conservation, moderating climate, conserving energy, improving health, combating pollution, facilitating urban renewal and attracting economic development.
Water Uptake
A - Design Diagrams B - Sun path diagram C - Design Development Diagrams D - Exterior Perspective of Athletic stadium
Solar Uptake
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Existing Site
Extruded Built Up Mass
SIte
New Proposed Site
Established Idea
Space Flow
Open to Wind
Air Flow
60% Public Space
Public Space & Built Up Mass
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Shuttle Service for the premises
Public Park - Track
Garden Roof
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Aerial Perspective of the Athletic Stadium Premises
Roof Truss
Glass Cladding
Media Lounge
VIP Box
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