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RAUL AKANKSHA +1 857 331 4471 akanksharaul.1995@gmail.com

TRANSCEND A FASHION HOUSE FOR DESIGNER NARCISO RODRIGUEZ

GROUP PROJECT

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SPRING 20 AND WINTER 20

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COLLABORATION

FASHION AND LUXURY MANAGEMENT AND ARCHITECTURE DEPARTMENT

RESTRUCTURING THE FABRIC OF A MARKET PLACE IN

MUMBAI, INDIA

RE-WEAVING

SPRING 19 AND WINTER 19

SOCIAL SPINES IN TO GROSVENOR SQUARE SOCIAL MASS

HOUSING

EMBODY . EVOLUTION . EFFICACY HOUSE OF

ART LOVERS

MELDING SOULS

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I am a passionate Architecture student pursuing my master’s degree in architecture from Savannah College of Art and Design.

My passion for architecture stems from a belief that architectural experience shapes people’s everyday lives and is a part of life’s most meaningful events that have driven me to pursue architecture as a career path. As I am leading towards completing my master’s degree, I am looking out for opportunities to explore the profession.

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TRANSCEND

A FASHION HOUSE FOR DESIGNER

NARCISO RODRIGUEZ

Fashion and architecture are based on the human body and ideas of space, volume, and movement; both function as shelter and wrapping for the body- a mediating layer between the body and the environment.

Transcend aims to explore the intersection of fashion and architecture through a fashion house in Miami, Florida. The built form is designed to provide Creative space for Designer Narciso Rodriguez and the neighborhood community by accommodating a live, work, and sell module.

Considering the artist’s (Narciso Rodriguez) aesthetic sensibility, the design evolves its aesthetic and functional qualities in architecture by celebrating structural order created by the play of joinery and details.

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Based on the context where the environment is in a constant flux state, the project aims to TRANSCEND over the expected climate change. Therefore, the design strives to maintain its exquisite and elegant aesthetics by keeping a leg planted in sustainable and technicalities.

Creation of a form from exploring the properties of structure and material.

• Exposing the structure (seams, darts and fit lines) to create aesthetic quality to design.

• Seams and fit lines follow curves of the body and show how a garment is put together.

• Designs from inside out, inner structure is as important as the outside in terms of the way it looks and functions.

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IMAGE REF BOOK-Parallel Practices in Fashion and Architecture AUTHOR-Brooke Hodge, Patricia Mears, Susan Sidlauskas

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S TAT E O F F L U X

MINIMALISTIC

I N N AT E U N D E R S TA N D I N G O F S T R U C T U R E

AT T E N T I O N T O D E TA I L

SEAMS, DARTS AND FIT LINES

DECODING NARCISO RODRIGUEZ DESIGNS

PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK STUDENT VERSION

PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK STUDENT VERSION

RESIDENTIAL SPACES

PRODUCTION SPACES

PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK STUDENT VERSION

Creating a customer journey by developing a vertical visual connection between way to retail spaces and production area.

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PRODUCTION SPACES

RETAIL SPACES

PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK STUDENT VERSION

PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK STUDENT VERSION

RETAIL SPACES

PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK STUDENT VERSION

The building footprint is oriented 30 degrees in the west direction to reduce solar exposure on the east and west facades.

Considering wind direction and solar path, the southeast side will have maximum heat gain. The atelier will be occupied for a maximum time of the day; therefore, it is unconventionally placed in front (northwest direction) for Energy Conservation.

CLIMATE RESPONSIVE FACADE Lamination of two like-sized sheets of different material and subjecting them to a temperature change causes the sheet to curl up and are known as thermo bimetals.

This property of metals is used as a shading strategy for the building facade. The technology innovation requires no mechanical system and power supply, which helps in design for energy.

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Treating building envelope as a second skin by creating Structure within the envelope which maximizes the building Envelope performance

Interior atrium spaces creating visual connection to nature.

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INCREASE IN TEMPERATURE

LAMINATION OF METALS

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Considering technological evolution, there is potential for change in production techniques addressed by creating column-free spaces with no permanent partitions, which helps in spatial adaptation.

LEVEL +20’ 3 RD FLOOR

GROUND LEVEL

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EXTERNAL AND INTERNAL DIAGRID SYSTEM

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ACCESS TO NATURAL LIGHT FROM TWO SIDES

STACK VENTILATION

MINIMIZING HEAT GAIN DOUBLE SKIN

MUTUAL SHADING

ANGLE HELPING IN GAINING PRIVACY

LIGHT QUALITY TO RESIDENCE ENTRYAND RECEPTION

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SHADOW PATTERNS

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PROXIMITY TO SEMI OPEN SPACES

COLLABORATION FASHION AND LUXURY MANAGEMENT AND

ARCHITECTURE DEPARTMENT

GROUP PROJECT

The project aims to choreograph an architectural experience for a luxury retail brand (Net a potter, Mr. Potter), which was envisioned by Sasha Norani, a student of fashion and luxury department, for her thesis project at SCAD who was the client for the project.

The project is developed in a week, starting from schematic designing of the yacht spaces to the visualization of the experiences in it. The the project visualizes five experiences Watch Section, Augmented reality section for watches, Perfume Section, Pool area, and Restaurant Area on a yacht.

Along with group discussions of all spaces, I worked individually on the Watch Display Area and the Schematic Designing of the yacht.

The project was an opportunity to understand the actual client and designer’s relation. Experience working with actual clients that, too, in a scheduled time frame and a group, was the best possible way to understand real client/ designer relationships. Envisioning someone’s ideas and developing them to formulate an architectural solution was a new experience.

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RESTRUCTURING

THE FABRIC OF A MARKET PLACE IN

MUMBAI, INDIA

The project primarily aims to celebrate the urban fabric of the market district made up of a web of buildings and streets from different periods that have created cultural and urban strata forming a unique characteristic weave.

It identifies multiple problems caused by modern pressures like commerce, change of land use and zoning, transportation, and growing population density, adding new and substantial burdens on the existing fabric. It opposes current development strategies in the district used as a solution to these problems as they consider the building as an individual object and not as a part of the urban fabric.

The project further develops a hierarchy to understand which of the primary urban elements, architectural qualities, and the desired connections between them can be preserved, ensuring that the very element that attracts people into the district is preserved, saving it from becoming a cultural detriment.

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DIVERSITY IN USAGE

ADAPTIBILITY AND INCRIMENTAL NATURE

EYES ON STREET

USE OF COMMUNITY SPACES

THE DISTRICT UNPLUGGING OF BUILDINGS

R E L O C AT I O N O F D I S T R I C T

POROCITY IN BLOCK

PLUGGING IN FIRE ESCAPE STAIRCASE

STRATEGIES FOR FIRE ESCAPE

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ARCHITECTURAL PROPOSAL

ORGANISATIONAL CHARACTER OF INFORMALITY

HUMAN BEHAVIOUR IN SPACES AND STREET FURNITURE

DEPLOYABLE SHED INCLUSION OF INFORMALITY COMPARTMENTALIZATION OF FIRE PRONE AREAS

FIRE RETARDANT MATERIALS

INTERNAL HORIZONTAL CIRCULATION ALLEY SLIT GALLI

INDIVIDUAL DEVELOPMENT CLUSTER DEVELOPMENT

CHARACTER OF INTERNAL LANE ADAPTILITITY BETWEEN SOCIAL AND CIRCULATION OR PATHS FORMED WITHIN A SPACES BLOCK

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PROXIMITY TO THE MARKET FOR WORKERS

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PROXIMITY TO THE MARKET FOR RESIDENTS

VERTICAL SPINE

CLIMATE PROTECTION ON FOOT VENDORS VENDORS ON WHEEL

INCREASE IN FOOTFALL

TYPOLOGY OF VENDORS

THE UNPACKERS SEMI PERMANENT VENDORS

ARCHITECTURAL STRATEGIES DESIGN INTERVENTIONS FOR FIRE SAFTEY

ARCHITECTURAL INTERVENTION TO RETAIN AND ENHANCE HUMAN BEHAVIOR AND CULTURE.

DESIGN INTERVENTIONS TO ENSURE HUMAN SAFTEY

DESIGN STRATEGIES TO ACCOMMODATE DIVERSE INFRASTRUCTURAL NEEDS OF VENDING TYPOLOGIES.

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EXISTING MODELS OF DEVELOPMENT

ADAPTIVE USAGE OF STREETS

URBAN LEVEL

ARCHITECTURAL LEVEL STRUCTURAL SHADE FOR INFOR- COMPROMISED MALITY RESIDENTIAL INSTABILITY SOLUTION

STORAGE FA- SANITATION FACILITY FOR VENCILITIES DORS

LOSS OF ARCHITECTURAL LANGUAGE (VISUAL)

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CONGESTED STREET SCAPE

HUMAN SAFETY

UNPLANNED SERVICES

TRANSPORTATION OF GOODS

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VISUAL CONNECTION BETWEEN VENDORS Change in spatial organization forms an alley “Galli” in the local language, allowing shops to face each other and create a visual connection. This visual connection is essential for proxemics.

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PHASED DEVELOPMENT- UNPLUGGING BUILDINGS use in fire box 1.1

Production spaces and dilapidated buildings

The phase one design intervention would unplug the high priority structures considering human safety, which comprises buildings with production spaces and dilapidated buildings. This will allow the district to change gradually and people not to lose their economic dependency from the district.

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EXTENSION OF GALLI The organization of semi-permanent vendors creates an extended alley which attracts visitors and guides them inside.

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RETAILORS

TYPOLOGIES OF SHOP IN GOLD DISTRICT

BULLION TRADERS

QUALITY TESTORS OR GOLD MELTORS

Need for visibility from street nonregular clientele- Alligened to street front

Regular clientele- Alligend with internal alley

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AFTER DESIGN INTERVENTION CREATION OF ALLEY

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ON FOOT VENDORS

A typology of vendors that carries products on cart and changes location based on footfall and has no permanent location.

Proximity to road- Change in location.

Proximity to seatings- food related vendors Can be accessed from 3 sides

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A typology of vendors that carries products on foot and changes location as and when needed.

A typology of vendors that carries their products to the market and sell them by having a temporary setup

Location which allows movement Proximity to the area with maximum footfall.

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Place for seating (for vendors) Place for seating (buyers) food related vendors Can be accessed from 3 sides or 1 side

ORGANIZATION OF UNPACKERS

Infrastructure for the unpackers allows them to have elevated seating and a step-down display of products, which will enable them to have multiple permutations and combinations for display.

Even though two vendors sell the same products, they have their unique way of setting up their stalls, which usually depends on the cues they collect over the years. Therefore this sector of commerce in the district can be called "The Informality" .categorized into four types.

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A typology of vendors that has make shift assembly of product display and may have the infrastructure for storage.

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ORGANIZATION OF SEMI-PERMANENT VENDORS

The semi-permanent vendors’ organization on the inner edge aligned with a rear wall allows them comparatively safe storage of products and the opportunity to display their products on these back walls.

The suspended floor and the space below the parked shed provides an enclosure and opportunity for the expansion. This additional space acts as an incremental strategy as and when needed.

RESIDENTIAL SPACE WORKERS PRODUCTION SPACES

RESIDENCE FOR WORKERS EXTENDED SPACE

SUSPENDED FLOOR

Festivals and weekends

VENDING SPACE

ACCESS ROAD

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SOCIAL SPACE

HORIZONTAL MECHANICAL SHAFT

The external walls and openings cladded with air conditioning units disturb the architectural language and disallow the street’s eyes. The horizontal shaft accommodates the mechanical units and provides an opportunity for light and ventilation.

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VERTICAL SPINE (FIRE ESCAPE STRATEGY) Connecting old and new floor plates

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The deployable structure would respond to climate protection and extend the street experience into the built form accommodating diverse festivities and market activities.

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The suspended floor and the space below the parked shed provides an enclosure and opportunity for the expansion. This additional space acts as an incremental strategy as and when needed.

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1. Fixed building 2. Kinetic shell 3.Residential tower 4. Tracks 5.Wheels 6.Drive system

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The shed works on 3 kinetic principles • Rails at the base • Wheels • Drive system on the fixed building roof

SOCIAL MASS HOUSING

The dwelling is a new generation green residential home for metropolitan cities made, especially for the migrant population. The dwelling is an epitome of sustainable metamorphic design.

The design focuses on the needs of the incoming migrant population by providing shelter to them and providing them with opportunities to improve their standard of living.

It integrates the present needs and the future requirements of the inhabitant. It offers an attractive mixture of different functions at the same place. Segregation of public and private places is done to provide extension and connecting framework with all the amenities.

The design challenges to the present trends in the upcoming housing societies and provides a better solution to house the dwellers and make them avail with living conditions to which they can relate.

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The design takes up the concept of ’LIVE WORK PLAY’ i.e. the dwelling besides providing the residents with shelter, gives the local job opportunities and areas of recreation as well.

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URBAN MIGRATION

SITE ANALYSIS CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT

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ON GOING TRENDS

PEDESTRIAN CIRCULATION

PROPOSAL

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BUILT AREA

RECREATIONAL AREAS

UPTOWN

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LEGEND

UNIT CLUSTER LAYOUT 42 SQ.M

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INCREMENTAL UNITS

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COMMUNITY VOID

Unit fitted with a toilet and a precast Kitchen slab and provided with a Terrace for future expansion.

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Unit gets further divided by using gypsum board partition walls for making rooms.

Units expand to the side terraces that were provided for future expansion. The new shaft connects to the shaft of the overhead units.

The extended portion gets fitted with all the basic requirements and rooms are made out of gypsum boards.

PASSIVE DESIGN

RAINWATER HARVESTING

The courtyard also serves as the Reservoir for the harvested rainwater. Water storage tanks are built below each courtyard to save water during monsoon in order to use it later to feed the organic farms at the terrace during the dry season.

Passive design strategies have been adopted in designing the unit plans to achieve ambient living conditions and a healthy environment.

High humidity is a major problem in Mumbai. To cater with the micro-climate large multiple openings have been provided on the facade to ensure constant air flow through the building thereby providing relief to the residents from the sultry weather conditions.

A total of 7 underground rainwater reservoirs have been made in 7 different courtyards. Total harvested rainwater id 4584200 liters.

Each underground tank carries capacity of 6,00,000 liters.

LEGEND Warm Areas

Cool Areas

WATER LOOP

BIOMASS LOOP

The building drainage system uses 2 different pipes for sewage and sewerage unlike the traditional buildings which effectively use only one as they link the two carriers. The Purpose of this is to prevent the contamination of grey water by not mixing it with the harmful black water so that it can be efficiently utilized. Everyday around 1500L of water per family is wasted in flushing. This water can be used for more productive purpose. Grey water here has efficiently been reused for flushing and landscaping.

While a consolidated mass encourages centralization of service lines, for a steady and continual supply of electricity and water, the design has taken more than one source of service measure. Therefore the design uses biomass for power generation. The main aim is to use sustainable measures that are easily available, high yielding and low maintenance. The electricity produced is utilized for landscape lighting ensuring a safe environment.

DRINKING COOKING BATHING LAUNDRY WASHING UTENSILS CLEANING OF HOUSE FLUSHING

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RE-WEAVING SOCIAL SPINES IN TO GROSVENOR SQUARE

VISION

Almost 300 years ago, sir, Richard Grosvenor had the vision to bring the city’s countryside. His idea was classically inspired landscaping of the Grosvenor square that was the talk of the town.

London is the capital of diverse cultures, has its potential strength in ethnic diversity. Evolution brings in a lifestyle change, demanding engaging social spaces to bound this ethnic diversity to the city.

The project aims to create the space that could merge the boundaries between sir Richard Grosvenor’s vision and adaption for the 21st century, bringing it into the modern city’s public realm.

A vision to inject a sense of community into Grosvenor square’s urban expanse by introducing adaptive and transformative spaces.

STRUCTURED PATTERN

FOCAL POINT

WEAVING THE THREADS + INTERACTIVE SPINES

SQUARES LONDONLONDON SQUARES 1799 BASED ON HOREOOD’S MAP 1666 APPROXIMATED TO HOLLAR’S MAP

Structured pattern in squares allows less flexibility in movement pattern.

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Focal point in squares make people gather around it.

INTER WEAVING NATURE AND BUILT FORM INTO LAYERS BY

SCOOPING AND PEELING

DESIGNING FOR ALL SEASONS

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Creating a contrast in Architectural language.

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The thermal comfort is achieved from the layers in design, Which results in combination of Open, Semi-open and closed spaces.

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Making focal points visually accessible from multiple levels.

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Adaptive spaces to accommodate local activities.

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Company induced from interactive spaces.

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Vertical visual connection Addition of transparency to built form Creating a overlooking layer

SURFACE GREEN LAYER WATER LAYER

FORCE OF NOISE

FORCE OF WATER

CIRCULATION OF GREEN VIEW

COVER OF SURFACE

COMBINATION OF LAYERS

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LEVEL DIFFERENCE CREATING SOCIAL BRIDGE

Creating Interactive spines which act as a bridge to connect two levels. This Spines would dominantly have interaction between built spaces and human beings.

ACTIVITIES CONSIDERING CONTEXT

Art Gallery folded under elevated green mass displaying works of local artists brings in the neighborhood context. This place is directly accessible from the west end of the site secluding it from high activity area yet keeping it visually accessible.

VIEW OVERLOOKING TREES POCKET The tree’s pockets connect two diverse, Activities of Solitude and Activity landscape by creating a transition space between them. This pocket creates a vertical visual connection between all three activities (Activities of Solitude, Activity landscape, Social Landscape).

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HOUSE OF ART LOVERS

MELDING SOULS

Lovers grow together and meld into a single soul accepting the light and dark within each other.

The inspiration for Design the “House of Art lovers� comes from the architect’s Mackintosh and Margaret, who were also the loving souls, and had their personae and styles unified in their work and lives.

Their work and life were melting pots of their souls, which depicted in the integration of geometries and organic curves, darkness, and illumination, Minimalism, and enrichment.

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Projecting out on the adjacent lake, the building integrates nature with built spaces offering inhabitants an inspiring living experience. The bright and vivid interior spaces are connected through dark transitional pockets that divides work and private spaces, allowing the resident artists to transform into and opt for different roles.

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The open to public, gallery space provides a community space for the neighbourhood and is adaptable for various events and social gathering.

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The terraces collects most of rainwater to meet annual requirement of freshwater for the inhabitants.It responds to the site drainage and adjacent lake’s hydrology.

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Using passive design strategies such as orientation, compact volumes to maximize heat and dayllighting in the building to reduce significant energy consumption and using in house energy generation from wind turbines to meet rest of the energy requirment.

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The open to public, gallery space provides a community space for the neighbourhood and is adaptable for various events and social gathering.

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DESIGN FOR WELLNESS

DESIGN FOR CHANGE

The house promotes physical and mental wellness of inhabitants and visitors through engaging them in adventurous activities like Kayaking, providing optimum daylighting in the interior spaces and utilizing lake proximity and other natural elements to enhance visual and auditory experiences.

The house for the art lovers is visualized and designed to be adapt as the future water adventure and kayak center.

It acknowledges seasonal water rise of adjacent lake and incorporates a floating deck to maintain the access for outdoor social space and kayak launcher.

DESIGN FOR RESOURCE

The concrete blocks retained from ex boundary wall and pathway are reused retaining wall.

WATER LEVEL RISE TO 4 METER

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DESIGN FOR WELLNESS

DESIGN FOR CHANGE

The house promotes physical and mental wellness of inhabitants and visitors through engaging them in adventurous activities like Kayaking, providing optimum daylighting in the interior spaces and utilizing lake proximity and other natural elements to enhance visual and auditory experiences.

The house for the art lovers is visualized and designed to be adapt as the future water adventure and kayak center. It acknowledges seasonal water rise of adjacent lake and incorporates a floating deck to maintain the access for outdoor social space and kayak launcher.

SITE PLAN THE HOUSE OF ART LOVERS

SITE PLAN

Energy Generation Unit

THE HOUSEAlgae OFGallery ART LOVERS

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Energy Generation with Microbial Fuel CellEnergy (MFC)Generation with a biomass photoreactor with harvesting Microbial Fuel Cell (MFC)tubes with a biomass harvesting (Algae cultivation on site) (Algae cultivation on site)

SITE PLAN THE HOUSE OF ART LOVERS BLUE GREEN ALGAE

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Energy Generation with Microbial Fuel Cell (MFC) with a biomass harvest (Algae cultivation on site)

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Energy Generation with Microbial Fuel Cell (MFC) with a biomass harvesting photoreactor tubes (Algae cultivated on site)

THE ALGAE FARM AND DISPLAY GALLERY The on site algae farm act as social, economical and environmental sustainability component of the project.

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The provision for algae farming is intended to conserve the native algae species unique and existential to Scotland’s ecosystem. It brings in community and educates people about its ecological importance and possible contribution farms in economic and environmental sustainability, through an energy generation unit.

RAUL AKANKSHA +1 857 331 4471

akanksharaul.1995@gmail.com

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