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architecture + design architectural portfolio
CONTENT Academic Works 01
Unsean Human Epoch in the Ocean.
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Panaudicon: Art of Listening Calgary, Alberta.
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Art in the City, City in the Art Calgary, Alberta.
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Celebrating diversity: Retreat to the community life in Ramsay Calgary, Alberta.
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Transforming the Bus experience New Delhi.
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Revitalization of Khari baoli Shajahanabad, Old Delhi.
Professional Works 01
Holistic revival of a Commercial Center Sector 17, Chandigarh | Building Design Partnership, New Delhi.
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Hill Retreat Masterplan Pune, Maharashtra.
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Concord Sky Toronto, Ontario.
ACADEMIC WORKS
UNSEAN: HUMAN EPOCH IN THE OCEAN
S e n i o r R e s e a rc h S t u d i o - I I | J a n 2 0 2 1 - p re s e n t Materiality and Fabrication | Individual
Exquisite corpse: Human Epoch in the Ocean
TECHNO RELICS | MATERIALITY AND FABRICATION The research studio aims to develop the critical understanding of the Human Epoch and its impact on Earth’s geology, investigating traditional, contemporary, and hybrid materials through an architectural lens, eventually translating the information to an investigation of fabrication techniques and allowing the cross-pollination to find unexpected outcomes. This research aims to unravel the various impacts of the human epoch on the ocean and envisage its consequence on the planet in the future, investigating the diverse physical and aesthetic properties of the naturally occurring minerals of the ocean and human-induced materials. Video link: https://youtu.be/TTVqeHr7nkU 3|
PROJECT RESEARCH
Exquisite corpse: Ocean Research
The ocean is a sensorium: it accounts for the transformations of the earth in its complex dynamics, and it registers back its cycles in the evolutions and adaptations of life-forms. The global ocean is changing its circulations, energies, interactions, and ecologies. The naturally occurring resource of the ocean and human introduced materials can be deployed in combination with digital fabrication techniques to create an architecture that exists in synergy with the existing inhabitants of the ecosystem. To understand the impact of these disasters on the ocean bed and its ecosystem, they can be mapped along with their frequency of occurrence and time it took to disintegration to guesstimate the potential the fossils of the future. Out of all the natural disasters occurring in the ocean, Waste disposal, Shipwrecks, and Ocean acidification contribute to 70% of marine pollution.
Ocean pollution mapped along the frequency of occurrence and the severity of impact. |4
MATERIAL RESEARCH AND SAMPLING
SAMPLE 1: [Clay+ Seashells + Limestone powder + Metal scraps(aluminum dust)] variables + [Seasalt + Resin] constants
SAMPLE 2: [Jesmonite+ Seashells + Limestone powder + Metal scraps(aluminum dust)] variables + [Seasalt + Resin] constants 5|
SAMPLE 3: Salt crystallization: a naturally occurring process in the ocean as the material of the future.
ARTEFACT DESIGN AND MATERIAL TESTING
The resultant samples were tested for their curing time, physical strength, and presence of cracks by testing them on Minimal surfaces. |6
FABRICATION
Fabrication strategy diagram
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DESIGN PROPOSAL
Surface generation: Pseudo code
Minimal surfaces were explored as the architecture of the new ecosystem. These are triply periodic surfaces, evaluated out of a mathematical equation. The surfaces created are continuous and display nuanced structural stability that can withstand the turbulence of waves and tides. The architecture system designed here comprises a largescale underwater research center and coral reforestation cell.
These centers are perceived as small-scale colonies that act like ‘architectural ecologies’, whole cities unto themselves— complete with residential, agricultural, entertainment, and other districts. This hypothetical site is perceived to be located 750m under. The site constituted of a ship that was structurally analyzed and refurbished. The structurally stable portions of the ship have been preserved while new architecture is aggregated around it
VIEW OF THE RESEARCH CENTER
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SCHEMATIC SECTION COLLAGE
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PA N A U D I C O N ART OF LISTENING
Senior Research Studio- I |4 months|Acoustics and Fabrication | Team Members: Arpun Dillon, Faraz Shahporzadeh, Vikram Johal, Yasmin Tajik, and Zachary Ward.
Author’s contribution: Site analysis, Concept design and development, Testing design with Pachyderm simulations, Detailing design and preparing grasshopper files for hot wire cutting of foam panels, Assembling and execution of final installation, Testing of design in real-time using acoustic measuring equipments. ACOUSTIC RESEARCH AND FABRICATION | RED GYM- UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY. The studio focused on design research in the areas of digital fabrication and simulation for acoustic and visual performance. The ultimate goal was the production of a full scale prototype that responds to these performance criteria. The team explored this through precedent research, site documentation and analysis, generative design strategies, digital and physical simulation and prototypes and scaled models. Installation video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kl17Cm-OjIk&ab_channel=SchoolofArchitecture%2CPlanningandLandscape An acoustic module that by its geometry diffuses the sound waves and spreads it evenly throughout the space. A prototypical module that can be applied anywhere after acoustically analyzing the space. The layout and size of the module can be adjusted concerning the reverberation goals of a space. The design process can be categorized into two steps: 1. Designing and simulating the unit module. 2. Designing and simulating the cluster module.
SITE OVERVIEW
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CLUSTER AND FORM DEVELOPMENT
Center of clustering
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SURFACE PROPERTIES The module constitutes of two types of surfaces: 1. Reflective outer realm 2. Absorptive inner realm Acoustic simulations: Pachyderm for Rhino and grasshopper.
ACOUSTIC PROPERTIES: UNIT MODULE TEXTURE
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ACOUSTIC SIMULATIONS: PACHYDERM Sound ray arrival-delay time analysis.
Current scenario
Unit module laid over the ceiling
Cluster module laid over the ceiling
Energy-time curve analysis
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Average reverberation time: 8.49s
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Average reverberation time: 4.55s
Sound Mapping
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Real-time test (In a smaller room with one fabricated module) Overall, the sound decay in the test space seems to be positively impacted by the intervention. Lower frequencies appear to be more impacted than higher frequencies. The prototype dropped the reverberation by 0.4-0.5s in the mid-range with the overall drop of 0.2s, if the installation is arrayed across the space it will have more profound impact.
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CLUSTER MODULE MATERIAL DETAIL
NODE AND CEILING CONNECTION Custom designed Metal Node and 3D printed design specific joint to hold the pyramids together, as well holding the ceiling suspended rods.
OUTER SHELL The outer shell is composed of 0.15mm Styrene sheets that has been CNC’d and wrapped around the absorptive foam panels.
INNER SHELL Hot wire cut foam panels with textures that aid in scattering the sound across the space.
REFLECTED CEILING PLAN Module as HVAC diffuser connected to ducts
Module as suspended lighting for providing general required amount of light
Modulation in corners between walls and ceiling
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DESIGN INTEGRATION DETAIL STRUCTURAL ROOF SYSTEM Steel beam system w.h 1507*70cm @ 610cm C.C with corrugated metal decking
MECHANICAL SYSTEM Ventilation ducts and diffusers r=50cm Diffusers integrated in modular system of ceiling objects
CEILING MODULAR SYSTEM Hexagonal acoustic blocks r=250cm / each side=75cm @260cm C.C Integrated with pendant lights (r=30cm, hexagon) and HVAC diffusers (r=30cm, hexagon)
BASKETBALL HOOPS 6 hoops for 3 courts Connected to the lower side of steel beams w.d 400*200cm
FABRICATION STRATEGY Further exploration of design in the capacity of material and fabrication.
Mock-up model
Required updates. Integration of Lights.
Design finalized Material and Fabrication strategy. Installation strategy and joining details developed. Budget consideration
Prototyping and ordering the materials.
Final design installed at LID Lab
Full scale prototype for testing
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FABRICATION AND INSTALLATION
DIGITAL MODEL
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INSTALLED FOR CHINOOK BLAST, 2021
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ART IN THE CITY CITY IN THE ART
SITE ANALYSIS 3D: The site is located amidst a dense urban environment in downtown, Calgary. A Kunsthalle is a non-collecting art gallery whose mandate, as opposed to collecting art, is the aggressive dissemination of culture in an area. This Cultural Institution is a much-needed participant within the social, economic, environmental, political, and cultural landscapes of Calgary, as well as a strong contributor to the aspirations of the Civic District within which it is located. The site is informed with some major contextual elemens which would govern the design process
Comprehensive Studio Project | 4 months | Ar t Gallery | Team Member: Vijul Shah
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KUNSTHALLE | CALGARY,AB.
URBAN CAPPRICCIO - Art and the city, city and art
This project is founded on the critical intersection between the city as the inspiration for art making and art as the distillation of the world around us. The proposal aims to create a threshold for people to pause, reflect and ponder while experiencing art and city in an alternating canvas. The Kunsthalle can act as center for art, an incubator for invention, and a podium for public interaction, whilst being catalysts for positive changes within the city. It is composed of two spaces - one for art display and adjacent programs, the other a public forum - that come together in a choreographed experience involving art and the city, gradually engaging in multiple movements and providing people with a space to learn, inspire and innovate. 23 |
CONCEPT FORMATION
The relationship between Art and the City
Imagining Art and City as architectural spaces
Creating an opportunity of coherence.
Inter-reflection among the spaces
Varying the user experience through architectural planes
EXPERIENTIAL VIEW Variation in experiences among spaces of the formal art galleries and public plazas Outdoor Public realm as urban plazas
Indoor functional spaces, wrapped by a Glass ribbon facade
Indoor public space as a “City”
Fritted Glass Facade with varying glass transparency to alter experiences
Primary circulation mode as a 1:30 sloped habitable ramp
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NORTH ELEVATION
EXPERIENTIAL VIEW
ART AND THE CITY INTERACTION
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STRUCTURAL DETAILS
Reinforced concrete Roof
Reinforced concrete beam-less slab
Load bearing reinforced concrete walls
Reinforced concrete transfer beams for lower ground level
Reinforced concrete columns
Reinforced concrete retaining wall
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FACADE RESEARCH The visual connectivity between the Sculpture plaza and the Kunsthalle fades as one approaches the art galleries, creating a seamless transition from city to art. The varying opacity in the glass is achieved by using silk-screened ceramic fritted glass. The fritting pattern is composed of dense circular arrangements that diminish towards 100% transparent façade. The direction of fade responds to the functions within.
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LONGITUDINAL SECTION
THRESHOLD BETWEEN ART AND THE CITY
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C E L E B R AT I N G DIVERSITY RETREAT TO COMMUNITY LIFE IN RAMSAY Design Studio |4 months|Convention center|Individual
CONVENTION CENTER | CALGARY,AB. The project celebrates the cultural richness and diverse community life of Ramsay by reviving the art and culture that the neighborhood has relished off in the past, whilst introducing newer art forms by creating transformative spaces that encompass in themselves the potential to accommodate both cultural as well as spatial diversity. By recognizing that every public space is constantly in flux at some scale as it reacts to economic stimuli. By judicially employing sustainable strategies to affect positive change, the project becomes a means towards attaining the next life of a space. To achieve the desired goals, the project uses kinetic structures to create flexible spaces that can accommodate the functions of both indoor and outdoor activities such as community functions, night market, conferences, etc, known as the Celebration plaza. 31 |
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Inland concrete Calgary police service Proposed LRT Crossroad mall
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SITE PLAN
Sculpture park: The sculpture park is at a raised level of 1350mm from the ground sloping downwards on all sides.
Amphitheater: The amphitheater is oriented northsouth to avoid glare and the kinetic facades form the backdrop for the stage area, hence, aiding the functions with necessary lights effects
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Cultural plaza: The cultural plaza faces the building and is placed focally on the site as this will hold the night market and major outdoor activities and could be visible from the street.
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CELEBRATION PLAZA The transformative space can hold up approximately 80 people at a time and can be utilized to hold conferences, festivals, night markets (during winters) to community events like weddings or family functions. It also acts as the transition zone from retail to cultural and indoor to outdoor.
AS A CONVENTION CENTER The Kinetic facade can open up at multiple angles to hold the installations and exhibits, and the roof can be lowered down with hanging lights and partition panels.
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AS A PERFORM
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AS AN INFORMAL MARKET The plaza can house the functions like nighmarket or high street, when the outdoor plazas become uncomfortable to hold event owing to harsh weather. The whole structure acts like an enclosed market square with the formal and informal markets.
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These strategic interventions will attract latent transit demands, improve air quality and help the city remain compact. Improvements like these will prove to be the backbone of public transportation in the city.
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TRANSFORMING THE BUS EXPERIENCE
University of Westminster Trophy 2014-15 | 2 months | Transport design | Team Members: Lohit Mathuria, Rahil Malik, & Sabika Zaidi
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The High Capacity Articulated Buses aligning itself to the Bus-stop doors
Traffic Calming through Table-Top crossing to create safe Acticity Zones for pedestrains and cyclists and hence inhance quality of life
Auto pick-up point: Linking different modes of transport into an integrated system
These strategic interventions will attract latent transit demands, improve air quality and help the city remain compact. Improvements like these will prove to be the backbone of public transportation in the city.
“ we have to create conditions so that BRT comes as a natural thing, rather than something that is imposed ”
BRT corridors aim to encourage people to shift to public transporation thus helping ‘escape’ traffic congestion.
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Prioritization Green Medians Floor-Ceiling height of BRT through 2700 MM Aisle Width Design and Management 1000 MM Escape Hatch 2 Prioritization can be achieved Emergency Exit 2+1 through: Luggage Carriers 12
One - way Service lane
Hawkers Zone
Multi Functional Zone Design
• Use of Intelligent Transportation Systems Trees species : (ITS) technologies for Indian Coral (12M) corridors fully at grade. Bakain (14M) 3D Sectional • Dedicated bus-only View Designated Hawker Zones corridors for interference Locate in areas where free high-speed movement pedestrian tend to wait or of people.
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Public Toilets
R E V I TA L I Z AT I O N OF KHARIBAOLI
Annual NASA Design Competition, 2013-14 | 2 months | Urban rejuvenation |Team Members: Amy Joseph, Eesha Jain, & Sabika Zaidi
“ Dilli jo ek sheher tha, aalam mein intekhaab rehte thay muntakhab hi jahaan rozgaar ke Us ko falak ne loot ke veeraan kar diya Hum rehne waale hain usi ujde dayaar ke... ” Author’s contribution: Site analysis and surveys, Site Mapping, Design proposals and preparation of report. HERITAGE MARKET | OLD DELHI The project aimed at identifying the economic and cultural importance of former Central Business District (CBD) of the capital. The team did an on-site survey, and mapping of the site and consequent design proposals were uplifting the CBD, improving circulation pattern, and retrieving its original architectural identity and landmarks.
Directly connected to Naya Bazaar Road and Chandni Chowk Road.
Old Delhi Station 1 km New Delhi Station 2 km.
KHARIBAOLI MARKET
Chandni Chowk Metro Station 500 m Chawri Bazaar Metro Station 1 km.
Jama Masjid 2 km Old Delhi 1.5 km.
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FATEHRIPURI MASJID
TOWN HALL
JAMA MASJID
KHARI BAOLI Khari Baoli was declared as a Central Business District according to the Zonal Development Plan of 1856-1865). Today, it is the largest spice market in Asia. The market came up around the Fatehpuri Masjid, which was built in 1650 by Fatehpuri Begum, one of Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan’s wives. During Shah Jahan’s reign it came to be known as Khari Baoli (Baoli meaning step well, and Khari or Khara, meaning salty) from a saline water step well used by animals and for bathing.
STREET SECTIONS
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Street Section 25 years ago.
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TYPICAL STREET LAYOUT
The major streets in the new capital were designed wide and straight. The east-west street called Chandni Chowk connected the Lahori Darwaza of the fort to the Lahori Darwaza of the city wall. Chandni Chowk is 1.4km in length and jogged right at the Fatehpuri Begum Mosque. It was built as the central axis of the city. Karawan Sarai and begum ki Sarai were also located in this area. The basic network of the five main streets extended from Chandni Chowk and Faiz Bazaar to other gates and to different parts of the walled city. The streets were built as the spines of major activities and developed as commercial thorough affairs.
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MAPPING SOUND MAPPING
Built- Unbuilt
Heritage Mapping
Sound Mapping
The mapping of the urban characters of the street and documenting the significant sources of sound, is deployed as the starting point for revitalizing the streets.
Road Network
The interventions are proposed as a response to these factors alongside reintroducing the architectural elements of the past, reclaiming the cultural heritage of the market while accommodating the need of the day. Building Heights
Landuse mapping
Commercial Stratification
Land Ownership Map
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DESIGN PROPOSAL FACADE INTERVENTIONS
BAMBOO COVERING ON THE MARKETS OF THE MAIN STREET TO COUNTER HEAT EFFECT
A 2 M wide cart lane is provided on either sides of the Kharibaoli Road.
Pedestrian-friendly lanes
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Bamboo Covers provided in patches.
Cover not provided in places where Trees are located or at the Nodes
Barriers created to permit only pedestrians and handcarts
REVIVING THE BAOLI
RECLAIMING ENCROACHED OPEN AREAS
Illegal encroachments in Areas that were originally Courtyards, Parks and Community Spaces has ruined not only the aesthetics of the place but also deteriorated the heritage buildings.
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PROFESSIONAL WORKS
HOLISTIC REVIVAL OF COMMERCIAL CENTER Professional Project at Building Design Par tnership| 2 years| Urban Landscape Role: Landscape Designer |Team: Atia Khursheed, Divyajyoti Sharma, Eldo Alias
Author’s contribution: Construction drawings for Urban Park- with Divyajoti Sharma | Design development for The Plazas, Element designs, Site visit for North Plaza and design report- with Atia Kkhursheed and Divyajyoti Sharma. | 3D modeling and preparation of presentation drawings- individual. URBAN DESIGN | CHANDIGARH, PUNJAB The project scope includes the holistic rejuvenation of the city center of Chandigarh within the context of the larger masterplan for Chandigarh by Le Corbusier. The Design approach utilized basic ideologies of the original masterplan, while adapting to the current need of the people of Chandigarh. In order to create a vibrant public realm, the urban plaza is intended, not only, to act as a foreground to the built form but also function as an independent entity, while significantly contributing to the overall user experience. The activities are designed and programmed in a manner that encourages several sequences of movement through plazas in various seasons and times of the day.
MASTERPLAN
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CIRCULATION PLAN AND FURNITURE DESIGN
SEATING
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THE PLAZA SIGNAGE
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PLANTING INTENT
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URBAN PARK The Urban Park has been developed next to the football stadium, behind Neelam theatre. The landscaped park hosts food courts, cycle tracks, parking, and LED lighting. The park also has a designated recreational area for children besides a walking track. It also has an amphitheater, public hill for large gatherings, football ground with integrated pavilion, video screens and other multi-purpose playgrounds for recreational sports.
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H I L L R E T R E AT MASTERPLAN Professional Project at Building Design Partnership | 7 months | Mixed-use development |Role: Landscape Designer | Team: Divyajyoti Sharma (Landscape Architect)
Author’s contribution: Conceptualization and design development for various parcels, renders and presentation. MASTERPLANNING | PUNE, MAHARASHTRA The project was commissioned by Shapoorji Pallonji Real Estates to masterplan a 900 acre site on the edge of the city of Pune. The site surrounds an existing 260 acre championship golf course, and is in turn encircled by hill ranges. The challenges faced by the dramatic landforms of the site and steep contours have been integrated with sensitivity into the masterplan. The project was conceptualized and designed in collaboration with the urban designers, architects, and landscape architects at BDP New Delhi and urban designers at BDP Netherlands. The landscape design intented to protect ans enhance natural resources and the biodiversity of the area. The landscape takes into account the conservation values and environmental sensitivity of the locality. Sustainable strategies like bios-wales, rainwater harvesting, porous pavements have been adopted to prevent surface runoff in the otherwise rain prone area. Recreational spaces such as wetland park, butterfly park and nature discovery gardens have been designed to conserve and celebrate the natural flora and fauna of the area.
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CONCORD SKY CONDOS Professional Project at architects—Alliance | 2.5 years | Mixed-use development |Role: Intern Architect
Author’s contribution: Sept’2021- June’2022: Assisted in preparation of tender drawings and construction documentation for 80% construction coordination in a team of four. Designed and coordinated unit layouts per owner’s request. July’2022 - Present: Reviewed and incorporated code reports and consultant review reports. Coordinated drawings with consultants and other trades. Reviewed shop drawings and RFIs. Worked on developing the required statistics and drawings for the increased density proposals by the client. Prepared the required drawings for SPA resubmission and Committee of Adjustments approval. ARCHITECTURE | TORONTO, ONTARIO Architect: architects—Alliance Design Architect: Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates Concord Sky Condos is a New Condo development by Concord Adex located at Yonge St & Gerrard St E, Toronto. Rising 85 storeys into the clouds against Toronto’s downtown skyline, Concord Sky Condos will become just not one of the city’s, but one of the country’s tallest residential towers, and downtown Toronto’s newest landmark. The mixed-use tower constitutes of retail and commercial on lower levels with over 1100 residential units starting at level eight, in a range of sizes and layouts ranging from studios to 2 bedrooms plus den suites and penthouses.
Image source: https://concordsky.ca/
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EAST VIEW Image source: https://mycondopro.ca/project/concord-sky-condos/
SITE PICTURES Image source: https://urbantoronto.ca/database/projects/concord-sky.15840
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