Aashna Bajaj Portfolio

AASHNA BAJAJ a rc h i t e c t u re . a r t

EXPERIENCE + Student Advisor to the Dean (Jan 2022 - present) Pratt School of Architecture Pratt Institute

+ Work Study Assistant (Jan 2022 - present)

AASHNA BAJAJ

Pratt Institite Rome Program Pratt Institute

+ Contributor (Feb 2022 - present)

Pratt Futures - a student led lecture series Pratt Institute

+ Social Media Manager (2018 - 2020) Pratt Equestrain Team Pratt Institute

+ Alternative Break Chair (2018 - 2019)

PROFILE

Community Engagement Board Pratt Institute

+ 917-388-6542

+ Sustainability Chair (2019 - 2020) Residential Hall Council - Willoughby Hall Pratt Institute

+ abajaj14@pratt.edu + Brooklyn, New York 11206

+ Architecture and Graphics Intern (summer of 2019 - 7 weeks)

Abin Design Studio Kolkata, India

EDUCATION + Pratt Institute B.ARCH / minor in psychology

(2018-2023)

+ The Heritage School I.S.C (2018) : 86.5% I.C.S.E (2016) : 95.6%

(2005 - 2018)

EXTRA CURRICULARS + The Helping Hand Fundraiser Curator (2021)

- a fundraiser to assist with the crisis in Myanmar, Palestine and India - raised over 300$ selling artworks made by students at Pratt and Parsons (www.thehelpindhand.website)

+ Recipe of a Room 2021

SKILLS + + + + + + + + + + +

Rhinoceros 3D Revit Grasshopper Adobe Suite Maya AutoCad Sketchup P5.js Microsoft Suite Graphic Design Advertising

Languages: English, Hindi, Bengali (fluent) Italian (intermediate)

WEBSITE

LINKEDIN

- selected participant for AIANY Interior’s competition - designed a room for children, for stimulatory assisted and indepedant learning in a post pandemic world

+ Student Athelete (2019 - present) Pratt Equestrain Team Pratt Institute - won 4 medals in the precovid competition semester + Training with Prof. Mattia Caseblanca (2021- present) Coding For Interactive Installations - p5.js + Posenet + Projection Mapping + Blob Tracking + Fluidity In Motion Workshop + Competition / Concert Hall (2021)

Mariana Carbugueria and Chantal Matar (maya + houdini) Selected Works - Finalist

+ IAYP Duke of Edinburg Unit Leader (June 2018 - August 2018)

The Heritage School Kolkata, India

AWARDS/ CERTIFICATION + President’s List (2020) + Dean’s List (2018 - 2021)

+ Best Studio Drawing (2019)

Representation 2 : Prof. Enrique Limon Pratt Institute

+ New Delhi National Exhibition Lalitkala Academy (2017)

BUILDING ISOMETRIC

01

Canopy shelter

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02

commuter community

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03

terra-hub

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04

hovering lightwell

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Canopy shelter /a cultural center /averne, far rockaway, ny

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4 horizontal levels, 2 vertical connections,

one design With a north-south axis on the site mounds and an eastwest axis on the upper level, circulation and interaction is multilevel and fluid.

designed in the flood prone and culturally rich region of averne, far rockaway, the caopy shelter serves as a community space for the rise group by providing a self hriving system of food, growth, individual zones for lockdown and an opportunity to explore culture and educttion.

LONGITUDINAL SITE SECTIONS BEACH 62 ST

LOUVERS - corrugated polycarbonate - can open facade or open to other interior spaces

E

NN CHA CH BEA

ARVENE BOULEVAR

D

E BEACH CHANNEL DRIV

STRUCTURE/WALL/ROOF - hollow concrete column/wall/roof structure - hollow column allows space for MEP and/or rainwater collection

BEACH 59 ST

BEACH 63 ST

BEACH 64 ST

RIV EL D

U - UNIT

RETRACTABLE WALLS - perforated metal sheets - retract up/down or right/left to open up unit space + circulation

UNFLOODED

SLAB

BEACH 60 ST STOP (A TRAIN)

SEA GRASS LANE

WHITE SANDS WAY

FLOODED

BEACH 62 ST

BEACH 59 ST

BEACH 60 ST

EWAY

FRE AWAY ROCK

BE

BEACH 61 ST

AY ROCKAW

- curvilinear gap for double height growing space

RD ULEVA ACH BO

RISE

CIRCULATION - can be exterior space or interior depending on aggregation - circulates around vertical growing space/central “forest”

03

at the reception @Lv3

look into the

04

market @LV2

dining @LV3

05 WALL SECTION

The wall section illustrates rainwater harvesting on the roof, the chase walls, the mechanical space on the mezzanine level, and the hydroponic space in between.

The diagram below marks the three different quarantine zones, possible due to a distributed mechanical grid.

KITCHEN

MECH.

DINING HYDROPONIC GROWTH

STRUCTURAL AXONOMETRIC

ROOF SUBSTRUCTURE

+18’-4”

ROOF STRUCTURE - STEEL BEAM/COLUMN FRAME FOR PITCHED ROOF GEOMETRY - COLUMNS EXTEND FROM CONCRETE COLUMNS TO ROOF

WEST ELEVATION

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LATERAL STABILITY EGRESS CORES

SLAB

COLUMNS

+16’-0”

+7’-10”

- CONCRETE COLUMNS COMING FROM THE FOUNDATION UP TO 8’-0” ABOVE GRADE (AND DFE)

+ 41’ - 0”

+ 15’ - 0” BEAMS + GIRDERS

DFE + 7’ - 0”

GRADE

SITE

GRADE

structure

levels + core

ROOF PLAN

06 PV FILM ON STANDING SEAM

program organisation_ upper level

circulation_ upper levelFACADE FACING SOUTH

privacy levels_ upper level

dining classrooms offices observation deck seating/ reading open kitchen closed kicthen core locker rooms hydroponic growth

LV4: roof circulation_ upper level

privacy levels_ upper level

dining classrooms offices

UPPER FLOOR PLAN

observation deck seating/ reading open kitchen closed kicthen core locker rooms

6

hydroponic growth 5

3 LEGEND:

2

1 - kitchen 2 - indoor dining 4

3 - classrooms

2

4 - lockerrooms 4

5 - offices 6 - observation deck

1 3

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LV3: upper floor

MEZZANNE FLOOR PLAN

roof: designed to rainwater and to light maximisation

4

4

1 - lobby

L4: the collect allow

5

2

LEGEND:

1

2 - RISE outdoor classroom 3 - plaza 4 - hydroponic growth

5

5 - mechanical spaces 4 4

5

5 1

3

L3: The upper level: private programs and distributed mechanical grid for safe quarantine.

L2: the interstitial level : mechanical rooms and the entrance in a flood situation

LV2: mezzanine

GROUND FLOOR PLAN

6 5

L1: split level site mounds: to store rainwater below and hold more public programs.

2 1 5 LEGEND: 1 - market 2 - RISE “gathering” programs

4 - exterior dining 5 - plaza / restaurant space 5- car parking / truck delivery

Vertical 1: hydropnic growth vertical 2: service chase walls

2

3 - community gardens

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1

6 - bike parking

4

3

LV1: grounD

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02

Commuter community /a live - work artist housing complex /784 Myrtle Avenue, Bed Stuy, brooklyn

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The notion of work-life balance applies not only to the way we organize and structure our time but also to the way we organize and structure the spaces we inhabit.

Located in the artist community of Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn, research started with a focus on the health and safety of the neighbourhood. Relative to other areas of the city, bed stuy’s standard of health was found to be low.

Thus, this project approaches the work-live typology by separating programs of “work” and “live” to define the “commute” and the importance it plays in a healthy live-work environment and lifestyle.

Bedford Stuyvesant RANGE - was a mixed income neighbourhood CAUSE OF DEATH POPULATION BY AGE DEATHS HOSPITALIZATIONS with brownstones HEALTH BEHAVIORS POPULATION

BY AGE RANGE and apartments.

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HEALTH BEHAVIORS

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LIFE EXPECTANCY

SITE CONTEXT

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)/8 9$&&,1(

.

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POVERTY RATE

PERSONS PER HOUSEHOLE

MARITAL STATUS

POVERTY RATE

PERSONS PER HOUSEHOLE

AVG. INCOME

12 '(*5(( +6

MARITAL STATUS

09

SHORT SECTION

LONG SECTION

10 ROOF PLAN KEY

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11.

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7.

DN

5.

4.

1.

12.

10.

2.

6.

7.

4.

3.

DN

8.

1.

outdoor work

2.

indoor work

3.

seating

4.

MEP

5.

roof deck

6.

outdoor dining

7.

core

8.

indoor dining

9.

store w/c kitchen

12.

BBQ

13.

trash

1.

gallery

2.

gymnasium

3.

workrooms

4.

seating + art projection

5.

community gardens

6.

outdoor cafe

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10.

11.

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UP

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2.

12.

1.

10.

3.

4.

7.

UP

mailroom

4.

8.

3.

6.

3.

7.

core

8.

resident lounge

9.

compost

10.

11.

w/c security office

12.

bike storage

13.

trash

5.

BASEMENT KEY 3.

5.

7.

UP

UP

1.

7.

2.

6.

4.

1.

electrical room

2.

heater room

3.

store/ maintenance

4.

incoming water supply

5.

trash

6.

MEP

7.

core

11

Facade Chunks

4” wooden verticals metal handrail

floor board foam insulation waterproof membrane drain + pipe stud metal fixture double glazed glass L bracket screws

floor board foam insulation concrete slab insulation gypsym board

stud

milkweed planter box

BIPV Panels timber overhang

exterior board waterproof membrane insulation airspace gypsym board

footing

Detailed Wall Section _ North

Detailed Wall Section _ South

12 The circulation between the levels, encourages the occupant to follow a dedicated circulation path of choice, by engaging auditory, visual, and tactile sensory experiences in order to transition the occupant from a “live” state of mind to a “work” state of mind.

The north facade, with the design of a facade staircase, engages auditory and visual senses through a connection to the city outside, To see and hear people walking, playing basketball, and cars going by.

The south facade, engages visual and tactile senses through a more intimate experience. You can feel the sun’s heat warming you up for a big day of work while getting a visual sense of nature through a view of the backyard.

The storyboard illustrates a typical day in the life of a resident and the visitor. The ground floor, as a continuation of the street housing public programs like a gallery, meeting rooms and a gym for the visitor and resident to meet.

Resident 8 pm: Dinner time!

8:30 am: greet the neighbours

5 pm: socialising // time to go home

8 am : making breakfast

9 am: commute to work

1:30pm: Let’s go to the roof for lunch

9:30am: in the fashion studio

9:10 am: coffee first!

1pm: Ah Butterflies! (Break)

5:15 pm : Gym or workroom?

5:15 pm : Gym!

2:10pm : Gallery!

2pm : 784 Myrtle Avenue 2:10pm : enjoying the art projection 2pm : Gallery or cafe?

3 pm : Cafe!

Visitor

5:15pm : workroom!

13 1 A-420

6

0' - 1 3/16"

circular handrail 30mm

29

1 A-420

Non-Monolithic Landing

18 R @ 169.3 mm

60' - 0"

glass panel

0' - 1 31/32"

08 EIGTH FLOOR

0'0'- -8"0"

60' - 0"

03 THIRD FLOOR 10' - 0" 3' - 7 13/64"

9' - 4"

floors 1-8

07 SEVENTH FLOOR

9' - 4"

18 R @ 169.3 mm

18 R @ 169.3 mm

9' - 4"

30' - 0"

9' - 4"

20' - 0"

20' - 0"

9' - 4"

03 THIRD FLOOR

03 THIRD FLOOR 10' - 0"

LV1_Egress Stair_Plan 1/2" = 1'-0"

7' clear head room

03 THIRD FLOOR

10' - 0"

10' - 0" 11 R @ 0' - 6 43/64"

2

3' - 7 13/64"

18 R @ 169.3 mm

Stringer - 50mm Width

9' - 4"

A-420

18 R @ 169.3 mm

0' - 9 27/32"

559

3' - 0"

0' - 1 3/16"

5 A-420

3

glass panel railing

0' - 6 43/64"

04 FOURTH FLOOR

6 am

circular 30mm handrail

559

04 FOURTH FLOOR

0' - 1 3/16"

winter sun

1" = 1'-0"

7' - 0"

5pm

A-420

0' - 8"

05 FIFTH FLOOR

30' - 0"

0' - 0 25/32"

4

05 FIFTH FLOOR

Upper Landing _ detailing

5

1" = 1'-0"

0' - 0 25/32"

40' - 0"

int 61/8"

0' - 1 3/16"

40' - 0"

relief from direct solar gain

Floors 1-8 landing

6 06 SIXTH FLOOR

0' - 3 5/32"

wooden louvren on south facade provide

7 R @ 0' - 6 43/64"

50' - 0"

06 SIXTH FLOOR

3' - 0"

50' - 0" 6 A-420

0' - 3 21/64"

07 SEVENTH FLOOR

EXTENSIVE GREEN ROOF -MITIGATES URBAN HEAT ISLAND EFFECT - AIDS IN RAINWATER HARVESTING

SHADING

2' - 2 49/64"

glass panel railing

18 R @ 169.3 mm

784 Myrtle Av Stuyvesant, B

2' - 7 1/32"

Non-Monolithic Landing 08 EIGTH FLOOR

1' - 11 5/8"

70' - 0"

summer sun

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rail

3' - 0"

09 ROOF

70' - 0"

29

9' - 4"

-FOR MAXIMUM ABSORPTION OF SOLAR RATION IN THE EVENING AND AT NOON

0' - 0 25/32"

8' - 6"

6

09 ROOF

10 am

BIPV PANELS ON ROOF AND SOUTH FACADE

4' - 2 21/32"

0' - 3 21/64"

noon

PRATT IN

0' - 1 31/32"

02 LIVE LEVEL

VENTILATION:

3' - 7 5/16"

3' - 3 3/8"

02 LIVE LEVEL

0' - 0"

0' - 0"

1

Door Schedule 2 Mark 2 739

786

- ALLOWS FOR RAINWATER DRAINAGE - PROXIMITY TO GREENERY white water reuse tank

Family and Type

Width

Height

Thickness

M_Single-F 2' - 6" lush: 0762 x 2032mm Door-Interio 3' - 0" r-Single-3_ Panel_VertWood: 36" x 96"

6' - 8"

0' - 2 1/64"

8' - 0"

0' - 1 3/8"

Door-Interio 3' - 0" r-Single-Ful l Glass-Woo d: 36" x 96"

8' - 0"

Fire Rating Type Mark

Comments

Full Building Stair Section

4

3/16" = 1'-0"

Assembly Code

Type

18

for schedule

0762 x 2032mm

27

for schedule

36" x 96"

Head Sill Height solar Height

radiation 6' - 8" analysis

Full Building_stair elevation

C1020300

2

3/16" = 1'-0"

LV1_Egress Stair Detail

Date Drawn by

1/2" = 1'-0"

Checked by

A-4 Scale

Finish

0' - 0"

wood

-0' - 0 1/64" 7' - 11 63/64"

wood

City drainage

1

1 5/8" MTL. STUD

SEALANT TYP. BOTH SIDES

0' - 1 3/8"

1

28

for schedule

36" x 96"

C1020300

0' - 0"

8' - 0"

Rain Water Harvesting

glass + wood

- water from roof is treated in the basement and then bumped back up for resident use) - used to water planters on the facade

black water

1/2" GYPSUM BOARD BOTH SIDES

STEEL DOOR FRAME

SCHEDULED DOOR

6

7

0' - 1" 2' - 2 1/2"

EXTENSIVE GREEN ROOF 4' - 3 9/16"

0' - 4 3/4"

27

8' - 1"

GRASS SOIL FILTER FABRIC

0' - 7 1/2"

RESERVOIR MOISURE RETENSION

WOODED DOOR FRAME SCHEDULED DOOR

AERATION

1' - 11 1/8"

2' - 2 1/2"

3" = 1'-0"

0' - 0 3/4"

8' - 1"

3' - 0"

Door Head Detail

1' - 4 1/16"

0' - 8 29/64"

3' - 0"

4

0' - 4 11/16"

6' - 2"

THERMAL INSULATION DRAINAGE ROOT BARRIER

8' - 5 21/64"

CONRETE FLOOR

MEMBRANE PROTECTION CONCRETE SLAB

Elevation _ Egress Door

5

1/2" = 1'-0"

Door_Bottom 3" = 1'-0"

SEALANT TYP. BOTH SIDES

2' - 2 1/2" 0' - 4 1/2"

WOODED FRAME INTERIOR 1HR DOOR

0' - 1"

1 5/8" MTL. STUD

8' - 0 63/64"

1/2" GYPSUM BOARD BOTH SIDES

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The building also encourages occupants to have a more intimate experience with nature and non-human occupants with “pockets” of outdoor space that feature specific vegetation (milkweed) to attract monarch butterflies, (migratory species foung in new york).

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Sustainable features in the building includes a green roof, permeable pavers on the rood for rainwater harvesting, solar film is installed on top of the louvres and an open plan with core stairs allowing stack and cross ventilation.

The technical drawings illustrate a simplified version of the door, windows, stairs, a typical bath, a typical floor, and an elevation.

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TERRA is a project that explores the possibilities tools TERRA: of implementing digital in Haverstraw, New York to develop a system which then can be mplementar herramientas digitales para desarrollarand un sistema que luego se puede aggregated deployed at DAVIS the site.

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razo industrial robótico de seis ejes y extrusoras de arcilla logramos un sistema que érica. El estudio se desarrolló para ser implementado en Haverstraw, que también TERRA is a project that explores the possibilities of implementing digital tools to develop a system which the de Terraapains a lo largo de la costa del río. Con Terra cuestionamos el futuro de la pacio para experimentar la fauna y la flora la zona.

Mediante el uso de un estudio ployed atdethe site. through the use of six axis industrial robotic arm and clay extruders we achieve a system t se autoagrega sin el uso de mortero para formar formas esféricas. Para apoyar el create hexagonales spherical cial introduciendo primero unlocks poliedroto y geometrías queenvelope. circunscriben The study was developed to be deplyed at Haverstraw, which is also know berturas para que las tortugas de agua pasen oof aniden y para que las mariposas inter- river coastline. With Terra we question the future of brick making, mass c prescense Terraapains along the locación de tierra y el crecimiento de plantas como la raíz de serpiente virginia y redito experience the fauna and flora of the area. Through the use of a tesselation study, we developed a system qué posibilidades pueden ofrecer la teselación y la estructura con estudios continuos.

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Through the use of six axis industrial robotic arm and clay extruders we achieve a system that self aggregates and interlocks to create spherical envelope.

gates without the use of mortar to form spherical shapes. To support the system we developed a space fram ducing a Polyhedron and hexagonal geometries that circumscribe the tessalation. Looking at the individual b With terrapins Terra to we question the future of brick pass or nest and for butterflies to engage with. The conical geomtry of the bricks allow for the pl making, mass customization, and space of plants like the virginia snakeroot and offer redirect a light to the interior. We’re excited to see what possibilities th to experience the fauna and flora of the area. offer with continued studies.

TERRA es un proyecto que explora las posibilidades de implementar herramientas digitales para desarrollar un agregar e implementar en el lote. Mediante el uso de un brazo industrial robótico de seis ejes y extrusoras de a

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Looking at the individual brick, we create apertures for terrapins to pass or nest and for butterflies to engage with. The conical geomtry of the bricks allow for the placement of soil and the growth of plants like the virginia snakeroot and redirect light to the interior.

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Through the use of a tesselation study, we developed a system that iterlocks and self aggregates without the use of mortar to form spherical shapes. To support the system we developed a space frame sub-structure by first introducing a Polyhedron and hexagonal geometries that circumscribe the tessalation. after numerours experiments, the volume was found to naturally curve into a dome - hence, The volume of our selected prgram, the classroom imitates a turtle shell from the inside, offering a completely different experience on the outside.

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The work on this page illustrates the different conditions designed in haverstraw: terra on land,in water, for structure, and for the non- human and human inhabitants.

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The hovering lightwell /a van cortlandt museum extension /bronx, new york

The Hovering Lightwell is a Library Extension to the existing Van Cortlandt Museum located in the Bronx, New York.

The design encloses the museum, to form a new entrance, allowing the small outdoor garden to be expanded onto a central programmed space, around four massing blocks - programmed as a library, offices, classrooms or meeting rooms.

The name Hovering Lightwell is in line with the use of sunlight to carve into the volumes - giving the occupant an illusion of a massive hovering building from the outside and a surprise of a well lit interior.

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About the author Born and brought up in India, I moved to New York as a teenager. To a city that showed me how different the world was, economically and culturally. My experience has inspired thought and interests towards exploring architecture through the visions of culture and psychology.

Vitruvius offered us all a definition of architecture - “firmitas, utilitas, and venustas” or “commodity, firmness and delight”.

I believe that a fourth word - ‘dignitas’ should be added to this definition. When designing a new space, we should ask ourselves - how does this offer dignity to its user? Does that space fulfill psychological needs in addition to the physiological ones?