Architecture Portfolio

Selected Works

A R C H I T E C T U R E

PORT FOLIO

I MOHD FAISAL I

Education La Martiniere College Lucknow

ICSE

2014

La Martiniere College Lucknow

ISC

2016

B. Arch

2017-22

Rizvi College of Architecture Mumbai

• Manali • Ahmedabad • Kerala • Vadodara • Jaisalmer • Bellary • Jaipur •

MOHD FAISAL

Lucknow I Mumbai +91 9264977427 +91 8604961103 faisalmohammad766@gmail.com I am a passionate architect and Mumbai University graduate with a strong academic record and a history of excelling in architectural competitions. With nearly two years of professional experience as an Architect and architectural intern at Node Urban Lab, a prestigious firm, I have gained valuable expertise in working on diverse design projects at various stages. My collaborative nature, commitment to meeting deadlines, and ability to contribute effectively to team goals have consistently proven my capabilities. I am now seeking new opportunities to contribute to innovative design projects.

Leadership Public Speaking

Work Organiser

Teamwork

Communication Skills

Studio Works Sem I

Product Design

Sem II

Bungalow Design

Sem III

Parvarish

Sem IV

Samudaya

Sem V

Azaadi

Sem VI

Tafteesh

Sem VII

Reha-ish

Sem VIII

Internship

Sem IX

Thehra-o

Sem X

Tafteesh-e- Tehzeeb

Common space for two different users at Banganga, Mumbai

Day Care Center, Versova, Mumbai

Rural Housing : Extension of village along with a community school at Shanag, Manali

Press Club, Azaad Maidan, Mumbai

Research Centre , Kochi, Kerala

Social Affordable Housing , Gautam Nagar, Mumbai

Design addressing the identification of social layers & issues of neighbourhood, Nerul, Navi Mumbai

Re- Inheriting with Cultural Exchange - Curating exchange and livlihood through the life of the city of lucknow

Software Skills

Extra-Curricular Work

Autodesk AutoCAD Autodesk Revit Adobe Photoshop Adobe Illustrator Adobe Indesign Google SketchUp Twinmotion Lumion Microsoft Office

Site Development Head Student Council Rizvi College of Architecture Cultural Team (core) Site Development Team (core) Archfest Rizvi College of Architecture Hyper Adobe Workshop I Manali Ar. Mukundoom Iyer

2020-21

2017-22

2018

Bamboo Workshop PYHT Bio Architects

Competitions

2019

Professional Experience

Annual Nasa Design Competition N.A.S.A

2018-19

Louis I Kahn Trophy N.A.S.A Won Special Mention Sketcher

2018-19

INTACH Heritage Awards Award of Excellence Documentation of Shanag, Manali

2018-19

Annual Nasa Design Competition N.A.S.A

2019-20

Louis I Kahn Trophy N.A.S.A Shortlisted CAD Head

2019-20

MS Landscape Trophy N.A.S.A Co- Head

2020-21

Louis I Kahn Trophy N.A.S.A Shortlisted Mentor

2021-22

ADC Lucknow Architecture Festival 2nd Runner Up

2022-23

NODE URBAN LAB LLP Lucknow, U. P. Architectural Intern

Feb, 2021- Aug, 2021

• Architectural Design • 3D Visualization • Conceptual Design Development • Presentation Drawings • As an intern, I actively participated in a variety of projects, primarily focusing on their proposal stages. My key contribution involved collaborating with fellow interns to create highly effective 3D models that enhanced the visualization of ideas and thoughts. This collaborative effort significantly improved the efficiency and effectiveness of our project presentations.

NODE URBAN LAB LLP May, 2022- Apr, 2023 Lucknow, U. P. Architect • Architectural Design • 3D Visualization • Conceptual Design Development • Site Visits • Presentation Drawings • Consultant Co-ordination • Working Drawings • Bill of Quantities • Client Meetings • Project Lead • DPR Preparations • As an Architect, actively involved in all phases of design from conceptualization to the DPR stage. Coordinated seamlessly with consultants based on guidance from the Team Mentor.

Assisted in client meetings, ensuring effective communication, and collaborated with vendors to meet project requirements.

Engaged in crucial site visits with government officials during project initiation. Led and assisted in a selected number of projects, demonstrating leadership and expertise in guiding them to successful outcomes.

Re- Inheriting with Cultural Exchange - Curating Exchange and Livlihood through the Life of the City of Lucknow

Design Dissertation

ABSTRACT Lucknow, as it is commonly know is the cultural city of India. The identity it has gained over the years is of multicultural city which has been built by the cultural practices, the people living in it and the built form. The culture is an amalgamation of language etiquettes, music, dance, poetry, food, chikankari and zardozi which somewhere happened due to several processes of cultural exchange which happened thoughout its history.

It is this cultural identity which is still very much a part of the memory of people. Today as the forces of globalisation act on the city - it grows, modernizes and moves towards its goal of becoming a smart city, this culture which was ingrained within the people being a part of their daily lives, is getting dissolved. The cultural characteristic which differentiated the city from other places will soon fade into oblivian very heart of it.

The intent of this thesis is to revive the culture of Lucknow, highlighting the cultural exchange as the main root. It tries to do so by understanding the intangible and tangible art and craft form in the city through which the culture evolved, simulataneously identifying the spots of cultural exchange. It also aims to understand the current situation of artisans and craftsmen supports them through various intervention, thus helping in promoting culture.

KEYWORDS Intangible heritage, preservation, cultural evolution, cultural exchange, Lucknow, arts and craft.

Cultural exchange can be used as a potential tool to review social layer of city of Lucknow towards a harmonious society. Architectural intervention that can bring people together to experience the cultural exchange and its importance with the city of Lucknow simultaneously promotes traditional art & crafts originated. It also tries to boost up the tourism and provides the support to the local artisans and craftsmen.

AIM To preserve and conserve the tangible & intangible heritage which evolved through the various aspects of processes of cultural exchange in the city of Lucknow.

OBJECTIVE • To conserve and preserve the unique traditional arts & crafts, thus providing sup port to the local craftsmen and artisans.

• Promote & organize a variety of cultural, educational and recreational programs to the public to learn and appreciate different aspects of Lucknow’s heritage and cultural exchange.

• Undertake programs such as seminar, workshops to encourage and involving the youth of the city among themselves and with those of the rest of the city in creative cultural communication.

• Develop and promote various traditional art forms of thr city and to upgrade and enrich the consciousness of local people about their cultural heritage.

SURROUNDING URBAN DEVELOPMENT CONNECTION WITH GOMTI & SURROUNDING SPRAWL

Heritage Precinct Urban Sprawl

Complex act at a City Level

ACCESS & MOVEMENT

HERITAGE HEART OF THE COMPLEX

Kudiya Ghat Heart of the Complex - Chota Imambara - Bada Imamnara - Rumi Gate - Picture Gallery - Clock Tower - Satkhanda

Primary Transits Acts as a Experiential Spine connecting all majors Assets and the selected site

DESIGN Cultural exchange can be used as a potential tool to review social layer of city of Lucknow towards a harmonious society. Architectural intervention that can bring people together to experience the cultural exchange and

Secondary Transits Network connecting specific Assets

Location of the proposed intervention

SITE CONTEXT

SITE ANALYSIS

Kudiya Ghat

Heart of the Complex - Chota Imambara - Bada Imamnara - Rumi Gate

Aligning axis with the heritage assets Exploring visual connection towards Kudiya Ghat

INTENT its importance with the city of Lucknow simultaneously promotes traditional art & crafts originated. It also tries to boost up the tourism and provides the support to the local artisans and craftsmen.

EXPLORING SITE EDGES & ESTABLISHING A RELATION WITH THE CONTEXT

DESIGN EVOLUTION AND CONCEPT

- Picture Gallery - Clock Tower - Satkhanda

MERGING MOVEMENT THROUGH SITE WITH THE OBTAINED VISUAL AXISES

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1. Entrance Porch (double ht.)

2. Open Exhibition 3. Auditorium 4. Exhibition Gallery 5. Kathak Workshop 6. Walkway 7. Reception 8. Waiting Area 9. Storage 10. PA Office 11. Director’s Office

12. Staff Offices 13. Toilets 14. Courtyard 15. City Ghat’s Interpretation Area 16. Raw Materials 17. Discussion Area 18. Workshops 19. Extended Workshop area 20. Exhibition of Surrounding Workshops(2xht ) 21. Watchman’s Cabin 22. Amphitheatre

Multifunctional Landscape Areas

Ancillary Experiential Areas

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Ancillary Experiential Areas

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The project aims to create an architectural intervention whose major goal is to link people with the city’s culture by highlighting various processes of cultural exchange. Another supporting intention would be to promote the city’s traditional artisans and craftsmen while providing a learning opportunity for locals to experience and comprehend it through engaging workshops. It will also connect old neglected structures with heritage value through various temporary exhibitions and occasional exchange programs in which other artisans and craftsmen from outside the city can also participate and acquire diverse techniques through the whole process of exchange.

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FIRST FLOOR PLAN SECTION AA’

1. Common Library 2. Extended Library 3. Private Library 4. Exhibition Gallery 5. Conference Room 6. Walkway 7. Reception 8. Waiting Area 9. Storage 10. Kitchen 11. Archives

12. Staff Offices 13. Toilets 14. Courtyard 15. Cafetaria 16. Overlooking Gallery 17. Discussion Area 18. Workshops 19. Interactive Landscape 20. Breakout Spaces 21. Watchman’s Cabin 22. Double Heighted Porch

Extended Worshop Area

City Ghats Interpretation Area

Discussion Area

Way leading towards Kudiya Ghat

Ramp towards Cafetaria

Teele Wali Masjid City Ghats Interpretation Area

Cafetaria

Workshop Area (Chikankari) Waterbody (Evaporative Cooling) Workshop Courtyard Area Walkway

SECTION DD’

Outside view of Exhibition Galleries

Lightwell inside Cafetaria Ramp towards Coutyard

Entrance Porch

Exhibition towards workshop area

Library Admin

Cafetaria walkway

SECTION BB’

Courtyard

City Ghats Interpretation Area

Waterbody (Evaporative Cooling)

CIRCULATION FLOWS THROUGH SENSES( BY VARIOUS ACTIVITIES)

Multi - Directional Exchange

Walkway towards Exhibition Gallery

Walkway guiding towards workshops

Node points leading through Senses towards Dynamic spaces

Breakout space inbetween city’s ghats

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RAT TRAP BOND

Courtyard towards Kathak workshop

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Rat Trap Bond (Courses in Plan)

City ghats interpretation area

EXPLODED VIEW OF RAT TRAP BOND MASONRY

Stone cladded steps with waterbody typical detail

• It requires approximately 30% less bricks and 50% less mortar than concevtional masonry. Reduces the cost of a 230MM wall by 20%-30%.

• Cavity included in wall provides the advantage of thermal comfort. Allows the interior cooler in summer and warmer in winter.

• All pillars, lintels, sill bounds, electrical conducts, tie beams, etc are concealed giving better aesthetic looks for exposed brickwork

STRIP SECTION THROUGH THE CAVITY WALL

AXONOMETRIC VIEW

ROOF PLAN

FIRST FLOOR PLAN

STRIP SECTION THROUGH THE RETAINING DIAPHRAGM WALL

MASTER PLAN

FILLER SLAB

• Filler Slab has been used instead of normal R.C.C slab between floors. Structurally, R.C.C slabs does not require concrete at bottom level(tension zone), thus it has been replace with clay pots made by local artisans. This saves concrete (thus reducing cost) and provide better thermal insulation.

• 30% less concrete than conventional slab construction.

FILLER SLAB DETAIL WITH LIGHT PUNCTURES

SHELL OPENING DETAIL

Towards your senses

COMMON FACILITATION CENTRE

Design Centre

Studio Seating I Meating Area I Photography Lab

Display Area

Exhibition Space I Retail Outlet

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Training & Development Flexible Seating Options

Architecture is not just confined by built spaces but also deeply rooted in the local culture, art, and craft. With this core ideology the Common Facilittation Centre, Agra has been designed to foster community learning, bring people altogether under one roof, and improve human growth in all its facets.

The concept intends to ofeer an integration of a social, economic, and communal training facility for artists to study, develop, and present their creativity as a final product. It also intends to provide jobs for young people andartisans, conderve and advance local crafts and skills, promote art, foster mutual understanding, and foster the cooperarive mindset that the industry sorely needs. The project’s scope included the restoration of artisan’s homes and individual workshops in addition to the provision of common learning and working spaces.

FORM DEVELOPMENT

Public zone Breakout zone Private zone

MASS PLACEMENT

PLANNING ZONES

BUILD FORM

COURTYARD/GREEN SPACES

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1. Reception Lobby 2. Administrative Area 3. Design Centre 4. Tools Room 5. Pantry 6. Workshop

FIRST FLOOR PLAN

7. Toilets 8. Central Courtyard 9. Verandah 10. Workshop 11. Classroom 12. Passage

PRIVATE ZONE

SOCIAL INTERACTIVE ZO

Worshop Area Open Terrace

Multifunctional Courtyard Open Exhibition Space Visual connection between Flo

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Large Foyer Interactive Node Informative Area

Shaded shared corridors creates a narrative through out the Centre Corridor Minimum width for adjoining space

Light illluminating Workshop Area through Facade Wall

MULTIFUNCTIONAL COURTYARD

Courtyard

CRAFT INTERPRETATION & FACADE EVOLUTION

INSPIRATIONS FROM THE MATERIAL

Extracting the Patterns

Extracting the Lines

INTER-WEAVED LEATHER STITCHING PATTTERN

Taking inspiration from the ‘Fluidicity’ of the leather

Modular Bricks replicating the pattern

A Modular Brick Facade showcasing the inter-weaved pattern along with a fluidic facade that acts as an interactive and interpretative envelope for the space. The punctures allow the internal spaces to breathe and also acts as a shading device for the adjacent corridor.

Proposed Development Of Buddhist Site at Ram Gram TYPE : ARCHITECTURAL SITE : RAMGRAM, MAHARAJGANJ STATUS : ONGOING TEAM LEAD : AR. TANISHQ GUPTA & AR. SHUBHAM SINGH Role • Architectural Design • 3D Visualization • Conceptual Design Development • Presentation Drawings • • Site Visits • Working Drawings • Consultant Co-ordination • Project Lead • Bill of Quantities •

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1. Approach Road 2. Main Entrance for Meditation Hall 3. Reception + Waiting area 4. Guest Room (4 No.s ) 5. Guest Room (1 BHK Suite) 6. Dormitory (40 People Capacity) 7. Cafeteria Block 8. Eightfold Garden & Landscaped 9. Meditation Area 10. Meditation Hall

11. Kund 12. Parking 13. Kitchen 14. Ghats 15. Existing Temple - Sonadi Devi Mandir - Hanuman Mandir - Samadhi Sthal - Shiv Mandir - Kuti

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Atithi Niwas

Eightfold Garden & Landscape Meditation Area

Meditation Hall from Eightfold garden

Meditation Hall

Eightfold Garden & Landscape Meditation Area

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Meditation at Ghats

Kund

CONCEPTUAL IDEA Idea of Light Well and cut-out to capture the solitary nature of the space.

The play of light and shadow creates an innate sense of movement in space and the incorporation of natural light and wind helps the user to feel closer to nature and its elements.

Idea to connect the space with human through nature and to capture the solitary nature of the space.

TOURIST INTERPRETATION CENTER

A tourist information center, providing visitors to a location with information on the area’s attractions, lodgings, maps, and other items relevant to tourism. Often, these centers are operated at the airport or other port of entry, by the local government or chamber of commerce.

SECTION

Clay Tile

RCC Gutter Wooden Truss

BUTTERFLY TRUSS • To allow natural light fill spaces and to enhance ventilation • Adopted open floor plan to provide a multifunctional space

Multifunctional Open Spaces Brick Jali Pond

CAFETARIA Clay Tile Wooden Truss

Glass window Exposed Brick facade

RCC Lintel bands

ELEVATION

Interactive Facade

Facade tranforms into a fixed seating space near the Cafetaria

Tourist Facilitation Centre

TYPE : ARCHITECTURAL SITE : CHITRAKOOT STATUS : ONGOING TEAM LEAD : AR. RAHUL JADON & AR. SHUBHAM SINGH Role • Architectural Design • 3D Visualization • Conceptual Design Development • Presentation Drawings • • Site Visits • Working Drawings •

MASTER PLAN

SECOND FLOOR PLAN

FIRST FLOOR PLAN

GROUND FLOOR PLAN

Dormitories Staff Dormitories Toilets Caretaker Room Services

Multi Cuisine Restaurant Audio Visual Room Kitchen Souvenir Shops Library Toilets

Food Court Kitchen Toilets Amphitheatre Shops Waterbody Entrance Lobby

CONCEPT Water body in the front signifies the abundance of water element in the city and further justifies the climatological orientation of the building.

Barrier free movement around the space Visual Connection in all spaces Interpretation of history and mythological stories through every passing by space.

Waterbody that cools down the hot air entering the building

Water body

Sandstone Jali on North Facade

Central courtyard used as a multipurpose space

Sun light through clear facade jali lighting the inner space

Dormitory Restaurant

Dhaba Kitchen

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