AISHWARYA PATWARDHAN
WORK SAMPLES
2014 - 2023
M. ARCH CANDIDATE
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN
"Architecture, to me, is about the meaning found within spaces. It transcends singularity and is a mere part of the puzzle of a much larger whole."
Reclaiming
KALEIDOSCOPE
a forgotten neighborhood FLOW
placemaking within a high-rise AVASA
the
liberal
PARLE BISCUIT FACTORY Renovation and retrofitting of a legacy THE WORLD TOWERS A high-rise in the bustling Mumbai BEYOND ARCHITECTURE A peek into my hobbies and interests 01 04 02 05 06 03
Investigating
Exploring
idea of liberal in a
arts institute
Reclaiming a forgotten neighborhood
M.Arch | UIUC | Spring 2022
Location: Quatre Cantons, Barcelona, Spain
Professor: Sara Bartumeus
Collaborators: Wenxin Dai | Abhishek Vaidya
Quatre Cantons is a neighborhood between two municipalities - Ripollet and Cerdanyola des Valles and is an entity forgotten by the people themselves. Reconnecting this neighborhood across rivers, a national highway and the railway is the key driving factor. Different types of connections are looked at while finding successful alternatives to the current state of the neighborhood. A complete network is proposed across the neighborhood that connects different nodes together. The main goal of the project is to tie together the entire neighborood instead of isolated proposals. Art is a major cultural identity and measures are taken to weave and stitch this neighborhood incorporating the local arts which act to revitalize the spaces with color as vibrant as seen through the kaleidoscope. The project seeks to bring back to life lost connections in the form of new interventions and renovations but also looks at maintaining the identity with a shift in perspective.
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KALEIDOSCOPE
"The idea behind a kaleidoscope is that it is a structure that's filled with broken bits and pieces, and somehow if you can look through them you see something beautiful."
Sara Bareilles
Residential areas Boundary of Ripollet Streets Rivers Highway Public facilities Greenspaces Industries Commercial Landuse Analysis
Ripollet
ANALYSIS
Various analytical lens are applied to study the existing conditions in the built and unbilt fabrics of the neighborhood to comprehensive intervetion strategy.
Pedestrian Network Analysis
Multiple lane roads
Multiple lane roads with vegetation dividors
Vehicular Network Analysis
Vegetation Network Analysis
Public areas Potential opportunities Agricultural plots Semi-private areas Private areas
areas Potential opportunities Agricultural plots Semi-private areas Private areas
Public
One way roads
Double lane roads
ANALYSIS OVERLAY AND INTERVENTION
The analyses of the different existing networks within the neighborhood are overlayed and filtered to focus on key aspects and intervention areas that will bring about further catalytic changes and improvements.
Intervention Focus Analysis
Analysis Overlay
92,6%
92,6%
92,6%
Believe that the quality of pedestrian crossings by the train needs to be improved.
Believe that the quality of pedestrian crossings by the train needs to be improved.
Believe that the quality of pedestrian crossings by the train needs to be improved.
Believe that the quality of pedestrian crossings by the train needs to be improved.
90,3% Want more tours for citizens on the river.
90,3%
90,3%
90,3%
70,1%
70,1%
70,1%
Want better quality urban edges on the river.
Want better quality urban edges on the river.
Strategy
Strategy
70,1%
Want better quality urban edges on the river.
70,1% Want better quality urban edges on the river.
52,1%
52,1%
52,1%
52,1%
52,1%
79,2%
79,2%
79,2%
79,2%
79,2%
Want better quality urban edges on the river.
Believe that it has no nearby and easily accessible natural spaces.
Believe that it has no nearby and easily accessible natural spaces.
Believe that it has no nearby and easily accessible spaces.
Believe that it has no nearby and easily accessible natural spaces.
Believe that it has no nearby and easily accessible natural spaces.
Want a better connection between the river and other natural areas.
Want a better connection between the river and other natural areas.
Want a better connection between the river and other natural areas.
Want a better connection between the river and other natural areas.
Development Plan Conversion to Pedestrian Street Street Improvement Improving Connectivity Existing Connectivity Adding Open Spaces Exisiting Open Spaces
74,3%
Want a better connection between the river and other natural areas.
Consider that more pedestrian crossings should be provided to cross the railway line.
74,3% Consider should be cross the
Conversion to Pedestrian Street Street Improvement Improving Connectivity Existing Connectivity Adding Open Spaces Exisiting Open Spaces
Strategy Development Plan
Reconnecting the In-Betweens
Development Plan Conversion to Pedestrian Street Street Improvement Improving Connectivity Existing Connectivity Adding Open Spaces Exisiting Open Spaces Reconnecting
Conversion to pedestrian street Street improvement
Improving connectivity
Existing connectivity
Adding open spaces
Existing open spaces
Strategy Development Plan Cerdanyola des Valles Ripollet
Strategy Development Plan Conversion to Pedestrian Street Street Improvement Improving Connectivity Existing Connectivity Adding Open Spaces Exisiting Open Spaces Reconnecting
Belongingness and Identity Repurposing Topography Tactile Experience Social Interactions Free public Recreation Areas Reflection of Agrarian Culture Humanize Highway Accessible Natural Parks Reviving Community Engagement Reconnecting Nature Riverfront Revitalization Add pathway grid Connect underpass to grid Create a city center Reuse of the In-Betweens Riverfront Revitalization Adaptive Reuse of Underutilized Structures
Reconnecting
Biodiversity
the In-Betweens
Reconnecting the Community
the
Development Plan Conversion to Pedestrian Street Street Improvement Improving Connectivity Existing Connectivity Adding Open Spaces Exisiting Open Spaces
90,3% Want more tours for citizens on the river. In-Betweens Belongingness and Identity Repurposing Topography Tactile Experience Social Interactions Free public Recreation Areas Reflection of Agrarian Humanize Highway Accessible Natural Parks Community Engagement Reconnecting Nature Riverfront Revitalization Add pathway grid Connect Create a city center Reuse of the In-Betweens Riverfront Revitalization Adaptive Reuse of Underutilized Structures
Reconnecting the
Reconnecting the Community Reconnecting the Biodiversity
Belongingness and Identity Repurposing Topography Tactile Experience Social Interactions Free public Recreation Areas Reflection Humanize Highway Accessible Natural Parks Community Engagement Reconnecting Nature Riverfront Revitalization Add pathway grid Create a city center Reuse of the In-Betweens Riverfront Revitalization Adaptive Reuse of Underutilized Structures Reconnecting the
Reconnecting
Biodiversity
Want more tours for citizens on the river. Strategy
Community
the
92,6% Believe that the quality of pedestrian crossings by the train needs to be improved.
In-Betweens Belongingness and Identity Repurposing Topography Tactile Experience Social Interactions Free public Recreation Areas Humanize Highway Accessible Natural Parks Community Engagement Reconnecting Nature Riverfront Revitalization Add pathway grid Create a city center Reuse of the In-Betweens Riverfront Revitalization Adaptive Reuse of Underutilized Structures
Want more tours for citizens on the river.
the
Reconnecting the Community Reconnecting
92,6%
In-Betweens Belongingness and Identity Repurposing Topography Tactile Experience Social Interactions Free public Recreation Areas Humanize Highway Accessible Natural Parks Community Engagement Reconnecting Nature Riverfront Revitalization Add pathway grid Create a city center Reuse of the In-Betweens Riverfront Revitalization Adaptive Reuse of Underutilized Structures
Want more tours for citizens on the river.
Reconnecting the
Reconnecting the Community Reconnecting
DESIGN INTERVENTION STRATEGIES
A network is formed spanning the entire length and width of the neighborhood to develop an all-encompassing and a unifying strategy to within the neighborhood which identifies three major nodes and areas of development.
79,2% better between and other areas.
74,3%
Consider that more pedestrian crossings should be provided to cross the railway line.
74,3% Consider that more pedestrian crossings should be provided to cross the railway line.
Strategy Development Plan
Strategy Development Plan
Reconnecting
Experience Reflection of Agrarian Culture Reviving Connections Connect underpass to grid
Reconnecting the Biodiversity
Tactile Experience Reflection of Agrarian Culture Reviving Connections pathway grid Connect underpass to grid
the Biodiversity to revive lost connections
Conversion to Pedestrian Street Street Improvement Improving Connectivity Existing Connectivity Adding Open Spaces Exisiting Open Spaces Reconnecting the In-Betweens Belongingness Repurposing Topography Free public Recreation Areas Accessible Natural Parks Community Engagement Reconnecting Nature Create a city center Reuse of the In-Betweens Create Pedestrian Street Network Native Plantation Incorporate public art and Create open air gyms and bike tracks Reconnecting
Conversion to Pedestrian Street Street Improvement Improving Connectivity Existing Connectivity Adding Open Spaces Exisiting Open Spaces
the In-Betweens Belongingness and Identity Repurposing Topography Social Interactions Free public Recreation Areas Humanize Highway Accessible Natural Parks Community Engagement Reconnecting Nature Riverfront Revitalization Add pathway Create slope Plant low flowering Create a city center Reuse of the In-Betweens Riverfront Revitalization Adaptive Reuse of Underutilized Structures Create Pedestrian Street Network Native Plantation Incorporate public art and murals Create outdoor seating area Incorporate public art and murals Add Joggers’ Park Create open air gyms and bike tracks Reconnecting the Community Belongingness and Identity Tactile Experience Social Interactions Reflection of Agrarian Culture Humanize Highway Reviving Connections Engagement Riverfront Revitalization Add pathway grid Connect underpass to grid a city center Adaptive Reuse of Underutilized Structures Reconnecting the Community Reconnecting the Biodiversity
Reconnecting
Plan
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Plan
Phase
Phase 2 Phase 3 Phase 4 Phasing
PHASE 1 - THE CENTRAL NODE
The central space is currently unoccupied due to abandoned industries and the project aims to utilise the skeleton of the existing structure as an adaptive reuse to convert it into a city center with a series of spaces creating multiple public uses. The materials used come directly from the place and the community, which are used intentionally to strengthen the bond with the neighborhood.
Plan of the Center Node
2
N-150
RailwayTrack
N-150
PedestrianStreet
PedestrianStreet
MuralCrossings
MuralCrossings
Plaza
CommunityGarden andPark Space
CommunityGarden andPark
ExistingOutdoor
ExistingRestaurant LocalMarket FoodCourtMuralArtExhibit ReadingSpaces/ Co-opAbove Transverse Connection Kids'PlayArea 2 1 1
OutdoorSeating
Light, Enclosure, Nature
Using these elements to create a series of experiences as people move through these spaces
Grid
Extracting the existing grid of the urban block to create a plaza
Trees
Placing a tree at every intersection of the extracted grid
Islands and Clearings
Creting a pattern of islands and clearings to create community pockets
Pedestrian Street Community Garden Community Garden Park Divider Sidewalk
Section 1-1 - Through
a vacant plot of land converted into a community garden
Inner community space containing a food court and food trucks, kids' section, reading and co-op spaces
Outer plaza adjoining the N-150
Inner plaza containing kiosks and a local market
Section 2-2
- Through a vacant plot of land converted into a community garden
Railway Track Outdoor Seating
N-150 Bike Track Plaza
An outdoor seating is added in this plot of land which serves as an extension to an adjoining existing restaurant
A bike path is added along the N-150 to segregate traffic and to activate the street with plazas overlooking on the road
A public plaza is created by removing the roof of an abandoned industry space filled with trees that filter the harsh sunlight
A rear entry/ exit is planned to keep the circulation flowing throughout the center and a bike lane is added on the adjoining street
A transverse connection or a buffer is created to diffuse the bottleneck junction traffic near the entrance of the inner center
The existing glass panes are colored, bathing the exhibition area and the food court in colored light and creating a unique ambience
Internal Plaza Pathway City Center Sidewalk Sidewalk
PHASE 2 - PEDESTRIAN STREET NETWORK AND THE UNDERPASS
A linked pedestrian network is proposed and the local culture of art and mural has been incorporated along these paths. The underpass near the Railway Station is currently an area with high safety concerns and a public plaza and development is proposed to reinvigorate the spirit of the place and make it more user-friendly.
Part plan showing the underpass
Section 3-3 - Through the underpass
Convenience
Plaza 3 3
N-150
Plaza Underpass Stores
Bike Track
Shops
RailwayTrack
PedestrianStreet PedestrianStreet MuralCrossings
Underpass Pedestrian Street
Investigating placemaking within a highrise
M.Arch | UIUC | Fall 2021
Location: Ometosando Street, Tokyo, Japan
Professor: Botand Bognar
Collaborator: Savani Patil
Graduate Award for Design Excellence, Fall '21 Nomination
This mixed-use green building is to be located on a site divided into 3 parcels of land bisected by 2 narrow alleys. It is located at the corner of one of the busiest areas in the captial - the Ometosando street. In order to avoid a tall block of building shooting up in the sky right at the edge of the street, the building is designed to become slender towards the top and is setback from the main edge, taking into cognizance the scale of the neighborhood. The building is an integration of green spaces that travel throughout, flowing through the mass ad weaving together spaces in the building. In order to maintain privacy witin the distinc zones, the building is interspersed with sky gardens, acting as buffers for each zone, integrating a culture of shared common spcaes - a concept which is seen less and less in the city. The current image of the city is a modern mix of skyscrapers. Wooden louvered sliding shutters are added across the face of the building which create a dynamic facade and provide a sense of identity to the skyscraper, reminiscent of the traditional wooden partition systems commonly used in Japanese construction. These also provide an essential buffer to the harsh climatic conditions of the city. The use of contextual strategies and design elements to address the local identity creates a quintessential experience like none other.
02 FLOW
Street Character - Building set back from the edge
Site Nucleus - An experiential entrance lobby
Site Plan
CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT
Dynamic Facade louvered sliding
Facade - Wooden sliding shutters
Community Interaction - L-shaped spaces looking onto one another
Visual Connectivity - Flow of spaces throughout
Public Areas Hotel Condos Night Club
Concrete
Steel Beams and Decking
Core Steel Columns Complete Volume Zoning Diagram
FORM DERIVATION AND DIAGRAMS
Structural Diagram Street character and Alleys Staggered massing with greens
Hotel Condos Fire Exit Art Gallery Sky Garden Library Night Club Private Circulation Diagram Public Circulation Diagram
Sky Gardens
Terraces for voids and flow of greens
Final Massing
FLOOR PLANS
Floor plans from the groundleel to the night club showing the massing and variations in floor plates
Streetside view
Upper floors are recessed to address site context and character
Hotel Atrium
The atrium is a series of spaces looking onto one another that emphasizes flow
Art Gallery A traditional art gallery experience has been created in the age of digital billboards
THE PUBLIC PLAZA
Encapsulating the corner-side interaction pattern
A peculiar trait of Tokyo, we wanted to capture and utilize the corner condition to the maximum by converting it into a plaza - a place to interact, meet, or coincidentally bump into someone
ENTRANCE LOBBY
Forming the nuclues of the building
The lobby space that acts as the primary place of interaction and collision is designed to create a greet cen ter in the building, acting as the glue of all the functions
LONGITUDINAL SECTION
Exploring the idea of liberal in a liberal arts institute
B.Arch | BKPS | Spring 2019
Location: Pashan, Pune, India
Professor: Nimesh Porwal
Individual Work - Thesis
University Award - Second Place
A liberal arts education imparts the values and skills essential to lead a creative and a constructive life in this ever-changing world. This liberal arts institute aims to create maximum possibilities of interaction not only amongst students but also with faculty which is lacking in the current education system. The project aims to promote experiential and an interactive learning environment while takig up subjects of students' own linkings. An "Interaction Promenade" has been designed, taking advantage of the natural terrain of the site. Minimum alterations have been made to the original contours while making optimum use of the existing conditions. The design seeks to explore the true essence of the word "liberal" by blurring the boundaries between indoors and outdoors and creating a free learning environment, maximizing the opportunities of casual encounters. Breaking away from the usual monotony, the spaces aim to bring forth an enriching learning experience that can go about to bring about a wholistic and an all-round development in the students as they set out to become professionals.
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AVASA
Building Use Analysis
Traffic Pattern Analysis
Water Drainage Analysis
Slope Analysis
SITE SELECTION AND ANALYSIS
"Interaction Promenade"
The non-buildable area of the natural terrain is used as an opportunity to create a promenade alongside a stream which acts as the main plaza and the nucleus of the campus
The Pond
The natural gradient of the site creates a stream that culminates into a pond, serving the dual purpose of a natural reservoir and a recreational zone on the campus
The Corrdior
The monotony of the linear corridor is questioned and broken and the concept of an experiential corridor is created, blurring the lines between the indoors and the outdoors, maximizing opportunities for spontaneous interactions
DEVELOPMENT
CONCEPT
1 - Academic Block 1 2 - Faculty Block 3 - Academic Block 2 4 - Admin Block 5 - Playground 6 - Auditorium and Canteen 7 - Library
Academic spaces
Public spaces
Service areas
Soft areas
Hard areas
Covered circulation
Uncovered circulation
Cross section through the academic block 2
Ground floor plan of the academic block 1, library and the faculty block (from the left)
Academic spaces
Public spaces
Service areas
Soft areas
Hard areas
Covered circulation
Uncovered circulation
Cross section through the auditorium and the admin block
Ground floor plan of the academic block 2, auditorium and the admin block (from the left)
STRUCTURE AND MATERIALS
Local materials have been chosen to minimise waste and to cater to the local climatic condition to reduce energy impact of the campus
Low-weight
MODULAR DESIGN
A 3m x 3m grid has been adopted and all the buildings are designed in multiples of this module for ease of construction and to maintain flexibility at the same time
Small Classroom - 9m x 6m Medium-sized Classroom - 12m x 9m Large Classroom - 18m x 12m
Brick masonry cavity wall for insulation
Grit Wash Plaster
Exploded View of one building module
Stone Cladding using waste stone from site
Ferrocement Slab
