Design Portfolio Vishanka Gandhi 2008 - 2013
CONTENTS ARCHITECTURE DESIGN Mapping
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6 Feet Above The Ground
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Emergence
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Extension to Heritage David Sassoon Library
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Dharamsala ‘Threshold’
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Non-Standard Housing
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Social Housing
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OTHERS BSSA - IAAC Workshop
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Urban Design_Inner City Fabric
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Sri Lanka Book Documentation
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Studio 1 is an excercise in gettin The routine journey from home TIVE, and the surrounding eleme As I walk through the frames, t with the help of PIXELS which be As a next step to this study, the
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Mapping First Year
ng conscious of ons surrounding and documenting the immeasurable, highly subjective perceptions. to college gets ranslated into a walk-through of FRAMES. Each frame shows what my point of focus is, i.e. the POSIments, i.e. the NEGATIVE. the positive of the previous frames MORPHS into the positive of the next frame. This morphing of elements is shown ecomes a physical documentation of how I perceive space. models are used as an INSTALLATION in an appropriate part of the city.
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Walkthrough FRAMES comprising of POSITIVE and NEGATIVE
EXTRUSION OF through SILHOUETTES PIXELS thatfrom show MORPHING positive and negative of FORM from one pixel to another
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Mapping
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The purpose of Studio 2 is to de The CONCEPT of a deployable PORES get translated into a netw pressure exerted inflates the ballo A pair of this contraption when
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6 Feet Above The Ground First Year
ecivice a deployable mechanis that enables one to be suspended ‘6 feet abovr the ground’. e mechanism comes from looking at fish that have porous sking allowing them to float. The NETWORK OF work of deflated balloons within an elastic membrane. When this MECHANISM gets pushed in water, the oon, allowing it to float. n worn around the waist, gets deployed with the rising water level, suspending the user ‘6 feet above the ground’.
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Deployable System that works on water pressure
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6 Feet Above The Ground
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Final Product - A pant like product with a network of balloons and pipes
Studio 3 aims at exploring the ‘E system. As each unit performs its Mud cracks is a naturally occur cracks perpendicular to the point This entire system is documented
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Emergence Second Year
Emergence phenomenon’ that is seen in nature. It starts with a book that describe Emergence to be a bottom-up s function, together they lead to a pattern show-casing emergence. ring emergence phenomenon. As the land dries up, high stress points form, from which the stress gets rleased as ts. These perpendicular release lines travel linearlly and laterally creating polygonal cracks. d as models, which in stage 2 of the studio gets built as a full-sclae installation in the college corridor.
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Mud cracks understood as layers with stress transferred in an angular motion
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Emergence
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David Sassoon Library and Rea House and Elphinstone college in The library, with its large arch s with casual wooden arm chairs g The purpose of the ‘extension’ is the members and attracting non play Information on Mumbai He The open, informal quality is reta
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Extension to Heritage Structure_ David Sassoon library Third Year
ading room lies in a zone of Mumbai with culturally rich structures like the Jehangir art gallery, N.G.M.A., Rhythm n the vicinity; inviting a large number of artists, musicians and students to the area. shaped openings allow ample natural light, making the grandeur of the structure more humble. The soft natural light gives it an open and laid-back quality. s to enhance the significance of David Sassoon Library in that zone by enhancing the laid-back, break-out quality for n-members to come and experience that quality from within. In order to attract non-members, the program is to Diseritage using books, sculptures, paintings and artefacts and provide an informal discussion space with an open cafe. ained by make the trees an essential part of the design.
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Exploded axonometric of the extension to the library
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Extension to Heritage Structure_David Sassoon library
Roof Plan
Working Drawing Detail of Ground level Plan
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Section through open cafe and book store
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Extension to Heritage Structure_David Sassoon library
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Dharamsala’s identity as a multi between the multi-cultured Mc L The vehicular route to Mc Leod also a hub where the diverse cultu theatres and food kiosks allowing
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Dharamsala Third Year
i-cultured place is evident right from the 1st step into Mc LeodGanj. The studio is about exploring the THRESHOLD LeodGanj and the outside. dGanj gets identified as the physical threshold. This space is to serve as an introductory glimpse of Dharamsala and ures come an interact through various activities. This introduction and interaction is done with spaces like amphig for exchnge through the medium of live performance and food.
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Site Plan showing the ‘Threshold’ condition
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Dharamsala _Threshold
Section through site
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Section through open cafe and book store
Non-Standard Housing is a pro The Moriyama house by Sanaa flow between the inside and the o TOOL for the non-standard hous collect water in a network of tank These two main design tools are ging tracks along the water chann forms the essence of the project.
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Non-Standard Housing Fourth Year
oject that draws from interesting HOUSING CASE STUDIES and SUSTAINABLE SYSTEMS as a design tool. in Japan is the chosen project as a case study. The sense of scale,and strategic openings, along with the seamless outside are the major observations about the project. These observations lead to a diagram forming the DESIGN se. Parallely, a study of the Ery water system shows how water on a contoured terrain uses the slope to naturally ks called eries. e the basis for the non-standard housing along the contoured site. That along with design interventions like jognel, the water from eries overflowing into pools of individual houses and sensitively designing the micro-space
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Level two plan
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Non-Standard Housing
Section across the contour
Section along the contour
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Non-Standard Housing
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Social Housing Fourth Year The social housing project is about designing for Low Income Group (LIG), Middle Income Group (MIG), High Income Group (HIG) within a gice space while drawing from the existing site conditions. The recently developed suburb of Andheri-Lokhandwala has seen a drastic increase in LIG, MIG, HIG residents. With the up-coming metro line in that region, the poppulation is going to witness a further leap. The project is to consider the repercussions of this significant urban intervention and design a social housing project, providing for the same. The site study shows that there exists a relation between natural elements and the income group. For instance, built parks and lanes with trees invite MIG andHIG houding vis-a-vis open informal maidaans invite LIG housing. This relation is used to map the Estate Value Diagram of the given site. The massive urban intervention will bring with immense negative impacts like noise and pollution. The established relations between natural elements and the income groups get adapted to nullify these effects. The result of this process is 4 distinct housing typologies - the Green Wall, the Forest, the Island and the Mountain; with different combinations of LIG, MIG, HIG as per the established relations.
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Ground level plan showing the four housing tyologies Mountain, Green wall, Island and the Forest condition
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Section through the ‘Green wall’, ‘Forest’, and ‘Island’ conditions
Social Housing
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INNER CITY FABRIC
FARMERS TRACK
NMIMS-BSSA_UD_2011-12
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Inner C
This Urban Design Studio aims heritage structures, bakeries, imp expanding into this fabric as a res The intent here is to make simp This is done by providing dedicat cycles along these tracks, people c
BANDRA
HOLY FAMILY HOSPITAL
INNER CITIES
FOOD HERITAGE
FARMERS
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ARTISTS’ MET INSTITUTE
LILAVATI HOSPITAL
Map showing existing site conditions and proposed Cucling tracks
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HERITAGE HERITAGETRACK TRACK
City Fabric_Bandra Gaonthan Year Four
s at exploring the ‘Inner city fabric’ of Mumbai. The fabric concerned is the old Bandra gaonthan known for its promtu gatherings with music and food, and graffitti’s and organic stalls. The present scenario is such that the city is sult of which, this inner gaothan is gradually loosing its inherent character. ple interventions that’ll help retain this character and attract people from the outside to come and experience this. ted cycling tracks such as Food track, Heritage track, Kid’s Play track, Farmer’s track and an Artist’s track. As one can stop and experience the different elements offered along the track.
INNER CITY FABRIC
AIMS AND OBJECTIVES
NMIMS-BSSA_UD_2011-12
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STREET FOOTBALL SATURDAY EVENING BAKING WORKSHOPS EVERY SUNDAY
SALES OF FRESH ORGANIC PRODUCE SALE OF GARDENING EQUIPMENT
INTERACTIVE PLAY ZONE
SEEDS SHOP
GRAFFITI LANE
HOMERUN RESTAURANTS OPEN EVERY SUNDAY
CHESS CHALLENGE TUESDAY EVENING
PLAYS IN OPEN COURTYARD ON FRI|SAT|SUN
TREASURE HUNT SUNDAY MORNING
SEASONAL MARKET WORKSHOPS FOR HOME GARDENING
SITE HERITAGE MOVIE SCREENINGS
Built mass and the proposed Cycling Tracks
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ART WORKSHOP EVERY WEDNESDAY
This short 3 day studio is about The coastal strip with mangrove is that inspite of inviting element spaces. As a solution to the problem, a way, keeping with the general ess
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BSSA - IAAC workshop Year Three
t exploring and identifying the FRINGE CONDITION in Mumabi. es along the Bandra Carter road promenade is identified as an interesting COASTAL FRINGE. The situation here ts like mangroves and the water coast, it is a rigid fringe that does not allow people to explore and experiences those
deployable MODULE is created such that it has informal-built quality allowing people to come an experience it their sence of people in Bandra.
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Fringe Condition
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Sri Lanka, an island countr flows through the streets, mo The study tour to Sri Lanka home and various hotels, the through sketches and photog Agroup of eight of us got to
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Sri Lanka_The Book Fourth Year
ry in the Indian ocean, is best symbolized by Geoffrey Bawa, nature and Buddhism. A serene calm ostly owing to the soft hues of the buildings and the surrounding nature. a included a astudy of various towns and and structures in the country. The visit to Geoffrey Bawa’s e Buddhist temples, the Sri Lankan parliament, all culminated into a visual documentation, i.e. graphs. ogether and compiled this study in a book printed as ‘Impressions of Sri Lanka’.
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A page from the book
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Sri Lanka_ The Book
Sketch of Bawa’s home
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