Urban Design + Architecture by Akshita Mandhyan

Akshita Mandhyan

I am an architect, urban designer, and researcher—seeking a spot in conversations and spaces where I can ask meaningful questions through text, drawings, or design, toward outcomes rooted in social impact. Having practiced architecture for 5 years in India, designing spaces—private, public, and everything in between and across scales ranging from a 100 sq ft kiosk to an 11.5 acre public park, I have observed how the needs of individuals especially women and marginalized groups were often overlooked in favor of creating something cheaper, faster, or deemed “better.” These experiences sparked my interest in advocating for repair and inclusivity over renewal and exclusivity. With this awareness, I have spent the past year in an academic setting in the Master of Urban Design program at the University of Michigan, exploring and experimenting with ways to address equity in design, whether it relates to climate, sustainability, technology, housing, or society at large. I believe that when the voices of any community are suppressed for the sake of unchecked progress, no one truly benefits in the long run. I bring with me - ideas, questions, and a holistic perspective of the built environment shaped through my professional, personal, travel, and academic experiences.

I n d ex of S e le c te d Wo r k s

Architecture + Urbanism | Research + Design + Engagement | 2018 - 2024 ACADEMIC PROJECTS

0 1 _ R e n e w p a i r D e tro it, Detroit, MI, USA 0 2 _ To w a rd s Re s ilie n ce / Mixe d Use, Detroit, MI, USA 0 3 _ Pe ri p h e ra l U rb an isms , Sao Paulo, Brazil 0 4 _ Ta mi ra p a ran i Wa ters h ed S tu dy, Tamil Nadu, India 0 5 _ C h a n g i n g R a tio s , Canton, MI, USA 0 6 _ H i g h D e n sity : N e ig h b o rh o o d St udy, Delhi, India 0 7 _ M i s s i n g M o b ile, Tamil Nadu, India 0 8 _ A l t e rn a t e Ima g in a tio n s, Hyderabad, India PROFESSIONAL PROJECTS

0 9 _ M i y a w a k i Plan ta tio n , Uttar Pradesh, India 1 0 _ B a s t a r Trad e F air, Jagdalpur, India 11 _ A P u b l i c Bu ild in g , Bhilai, India 1 2 _ G a z e b o t o B a k e h o u se , Raipur, India 1 3 _ A M u l t i - G en era tio n al H o me , New Delhi, India 1 4 _ C o u rt y a rd H o u s e , Nagpur, India 1 5 _ F o o d K i o s k , Raipur, India 1 6 _ A l i F a m i l y R e s id en ce , Raipur, India INDULGENCES

1 7 _ Sk e t c h i n g 1 8 _ Ph o t o g ra ph y

01 R e ne wpai r Det ro i t Detroit, USA

Urban Design Technology Studio | Winter 2024 Instructor: Prof. Cyrus Peñarroyo

Team: Akshita Mandhyan + Cameron Blakely + Ehsan Alam Academic Project, University of Michigan

Individual Contribution: Mapping, Design Strategy, Part of Site Programming, Collages Well before the “digital age”, Detroit was experimenting with innovations like the automobile and

Technologies like the highway. However, urban renewal, redlining, and urban freeway construction created an unequal impact of these technologies and instead lead to displacement and a loss of opportunity for many Detroiters. Today, the city outwardly seems to be making a comeback, but

revitalization projects like District Detroit and the University of Michigan's Center for Innovation (UMCI) continue to ignore harmful legacies and, in many ways, only exacerbate the sense of exclusivity downtown. What could be a counter proposal to the UMCI and District Detroit?

AR model of the Counter Proposal

University of Michigan Centre for Innovation - Interior Proposal by KPF

Salvage Furniture

Salvage Architecture

Salvage Decor

Salvage Computing

University of Michigan Centre for Innovation - Counter Proposal

Renewpair Detroit

District Detroit

Renewpair Detroit

DE SI G N ST RAT E G Y Residential

Office/ Commercial Retail Hotel

Repair Spaces

Innovation, Maintenance, and Repair

Community Engagement and Development

+ Red i s t ri b u t io n of UMCI & District

Detroit Programming to decentralize development

Graduate Education and Training

Retail Reservation (75% Black Owned Business ) Affordable Housing Reservation

+ Rep a ra t i o n s through Retail

Reservation (75% Black Owned Business) and Affordable Housing Reservation

Memory Walk Land Bridge

+ Reme m b ra n ce

through physical ways of recording oral histories of displacement while

creating an infrastructure that addresses repair

Festival Street Alleyway Network

Flexible Park Space Native Planting

Visible Ventilation Trail Network Interactive Community Wall

Carbon Capture Vegetation Capped Highway

Cap Park

String Lights Pedestrian Street

Pop up Events

Fiber Optic Art Canopy

Salvaged Furniture

Festival Street Graphics by Cameron Blakely

Black-owned Store Fronts

Renewpair Detroit

SI T E P L A N

Graphic by Cameron Blakeley

02 To wa rds Resi l i en ce / M ix e d U s e Detroit, USA

High Density Seminar | Winter 2024 Instructor : Claudia Wigger Individual Project

Academic Project, University of Michigan Dequindre Cut Greenway which was formerly a GrandTrunk Railroad line is a two mile

greenway which was opened to the public in May 2009 as a result of a public, non-profit, and private partnership to create a pedestrian link between the East Riverfront, Eastern

Market, several residential neighborhoods and sites in between. One of these many sites which is south of Lafayette Towers sits between two beautiful green spaces - Dequindre

Cut Greenway and Lafayette park. This site is a massive parking lot with an unimpressive strip mall but I wonder if this could be more than that?

This proposal for a high density development on this site in Detroit is inspired by the

mixed-use neighborhoods in Central and South Delhi which are walkable and diverse. The project proposed retail uses on the lower floors to activate streetlife and plaza

environment, residential in the middle floors, the office or commercial uses on the top

floors, and parking in the basement. While ensuring a blend of architectural aesthetics, my attempts are mainly directed towards a mixed-use composition of every building to ensure more economic and social resilience.

Towards Resilience

Towards a mixed-use

programming of every building to ensure diversity and economic and social resilience.

03 Pe ripheral Urb an i sms Sao Paulo, Brazil

Public Design Corps | Spring 2024 Instructor: Prof. María Arquero de Alarcón

Public Design Corps, University of Michigan Individual Contribution: Mapping, Photography, Fieldwork, Informational Video for the project

In Spring 2024, I participated in a Public Design Corps field trip to Sao Paulo for 3

weeks along with 12 other students. The purpose of this trip was to document ground realities to countermap PIU Arco Jurubatuba project which threatens the existence of

Favelas (informal housing) and those residing in it. This was done in partnership with

several local partners in Sao Paulo which included several housing rights movements, community leaders, popular lawyers, and architectural firm such as Peabiru who work

Click here for the Vimeo link to the video I made!

04 Tamiraparan i Wat ershe d S tu d y Tamil Nadu, India

Urban Design Studio | Fall 2024 Instructor: Prof. Prof. María Arquero de Alarcón Individual Work

Academic Project, University of Michigan The Tamiraparani River is Tamil Nadu’s only perennial river. The River originate in the Pothigai Hills in the west and flows to the plains, fields and agricultural land in the east. The story of this river goes all the way back to ancient times. The River

provides water for drinking, cooking, bathing, washing clothes and most importantly fo irrigation. It is also flanked with such a rich biodiversity which led to the government

protecting certain areas that house these unique moments of biodiversity. The river is also the central spine around which many taluks and villages have grown.

My Cabinet of Curiosities:

from a week long Field Trip to the five landscapes of the Watershed Region

Tamiraparani Watershed Study

WAT ER I N F R AS T R U C T U R E

Tamiraparani Watershed Study

05 C h anging Rat i o s Canton, MI, USA

Urban Design Justice Studio | Fall 2023 Instructor : Salam Rida and Prof. Gabriel Cuéllar Team: Akshita Mandhyan + Jess Chen

Academic Project, University of Michigan This project is concerned with identifying and developing spatial design strategies that address processes of suburban expansion of Canton. It includes articulating three

scenarios projecting possible future transformations of that place, with special attention to the role of urbanization and suggesting ways to rethink and redirect urbanisation in

the suburbs. One of the alarming consequences of rapid urbanization is flooding which

is a regional issue affecting Detroit, Plymouth, and nearby townships as well. If this rate

and scale of urbanization continues, further flooding might even drown the city. Even the future land use map of Canton City council shows continued residential growth.

Click here for the YouTube link to the video of the entire project!

M e tro D e t ro i t R e g io n

Per m e

eabi l i ty v s I mp e rmea b ility

Permeable Impermeable Roads

Changing Ratios

DE VE L O PM E N T S C E N A R IO S + DESIGN STRATEGY

Agricultural Land Suburban Housing Major Roads Green Spaces

C u rre n t S c e n a ri o

Streams/Channels Commercial/Industrial

New Suburban Housing Suburban Housing Major Roads Green Spaces

Tre n d S c e n a ri o

Road Widening Commercial/Industrial

Flooded Land Suburban Houses on stilts Major Roads

C o n t ra s t S c e n a ri o

Green Spaces River streams taking over the city

These three interventions together have the capacity to make existing fabric of urbanization more efficient to increase permeability of land in the city and, creating a more pedestrian friendly and

inclusive environment - to address the notion of justice of rights of people and nature over cars in cities. And, perhaps even inspire changing ratios in the neighboring towns which are on their way to becoming present day Canton!

Changing Ratios

DE SI G N S T R AT E GY

A d d re s s i ng In e ffic ie n t U rb a n Unit s ( Va c a n t h o me s a n d o ffices)

A d d r essin g H ( Af f orda b ilit y, availab i

ousi ng Cr i s i s ili ty, a n d a c c e s s i b i lity)

Towards a Cult ural Sh if t ( Pedest rian f riendly urban ism )

Changing Ratios

PA R T I C I PATORY MOD E L

1. 3 story mixed-use residential -

2. 4 story mixed-use

Density: 20,000 people/km2

Density: 15000 peop

Site Coverage: 100%

Retail on 2 floors

Retail on 3 floors

H i gh Densi t y: A Neighbo rh o o d S t u d y Chandani Chowk, Delhi, India

High Density Seminar | Winter 2024 Instructor : Claudia Wigger Individual Project

Academic Project, University of Michigan

FAR: 3

Chandni Chowk, Cent ral Delhi Area: 5.6 square km

Population: 193,402 people

Population Density: 34,536 people/km2

FAR: 4

e residential -

3. 5 story mixed-use residential -

4. 3-5 story retail/commercial block

ple/km2

Density: 12000 people/km2

Density: 0 people/km2

Site Coverage: 100%

Retail on 4 floors

FAR: 5

FAR: 3-5

High Density: A Neighborhood Study

S ite S p ec ificat ions Total Site Area (sqm)

250,000

Total Greenspace/Open Space (sqm)

25,810

Total Built Area (footprint, sqm) Area of Infrastructure (sqm)

Area Surface Parking (sqm) Area of Water (sqm)

BASIC PROJECT STATISTICS

162,970 21,220 10,610 00

Gross Building Area (sqm)

6,51,880

FAR Range

3-5

Average FAR

Density (people/km2) OTHER

Number of Schools

Number of Public Transportation Stops

2.6

15,000

0 2

L eg en d Mixed Use Buildings

Residential Building

Surface Parking

Trees, Public and Green Space

Schools, Institution, and Public Buildings

Streets

Retail, Commercial, and Entertainment

First Floor Retail

Lot Line

07 Mi s sing M o b i l e: A moving i n t erp ret at i on c e n te r Thirupuddaimaruthur, Tamil Nadu, India Propositions Studio | Fall 2024

Instructor: Prof. María Arquero de Alarcón

Team: Akshita Mandhyan, Haley Cope, Virginia Bassily Academic Project, University of Michigan

Individual Contribution: Overall Design Concept, System Design, Specifics of ‘Wonder Woman’, and Graphic Language

The studio is set and conducted in partnership with a local organization that have been in the site for years: the Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the

Environment (ATREE). The task assigned was to co-design an interpretation center Thiruppudaimarudur Bird Conservation Reserve (TBCR) located in Tamil Nadu in

Southern India. This proposal for interpretation is not about designing one permanent center. It is about creating multiple centers. It is about embracing the impermanent, kinetic nature of interpretation.

Wonder Woman

Champion Children

Mission Impossible

now screening: TBCR Training so cool we now have a public place that comes to us Sheila learnt to drive the truck and can now take us to places!!

A collage showing women utilizing proposed mobile infrastructure

Missing Mobile: A moving interpretation center

SY ST E M D E S IGN

This mobile system is very intentionally designed to encourage training and building

capacities of local people in a way that makes it resilient and adaptable. Once funding is secured from companies, international, or national organisations - local NGOs such as

ATREE and women’s self help groups work together to train and encourage local people to take control and run the system with minimal guidance.

Missing Mobile: A moving interpretation center

I NF R A ST R U C TU R E D E S IGN

Screen

Pole

Upright Benches as Shelves

Upturn Benches as Pole Stands

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SP EC U L AT I O N S A S A N E ME R G E NCY INFRASTRUCTURE - SOCIAL + PH YSIC A L

08 A l t ernate I mag i n at i o n s :Wo m e n & P u b lic Informal India

Independent Study | Fall 2024 Advisor: Prof. Sharon Haar Individual Research

Academic Project, University of Michigan Alternate Imaginations is an ongoing visual investigation into the relationship between women and the public in Informal India. This particular part in the portfolio is a series of postcards that tell the background, circumstances, and story of a public space on

the fringes of the Hi-Tech city of Hyderabad, being claimed, unclaimed, and reclaimed by men and women. It all started as an inquiry driven by anger from personal urban

experiences as a middle class cis-gender Hindu woman in India. Over the years, this

investigation has narrowed down my scope and broadened my perspective. I have not only been challenged but exposed to layers of complex social lives and identities of women and their existence in cities and the fringes of it.

Alternate Imaginations of Women and Public in Informal India

09 Mi y awaki P l an t at i o n Uttar Pradesh, India November, 2021

Team: Akshita Mandhyan Contribution: Graphics Freelance Project

Developed graphics for Miyawaki plantation technique for a landscape architecture

project to help build dense and native forests. The plant growth is 10 times faster and

30 times denser involving planting dozens of native species in the same area which is practically maintenance-free after the first three years.

Large Canopy Trees

(Mango, Jamun, Neem)

Medium Sized Trees

Small Trees

Shrubs

NATIVE PLANTATION a t ypical sect ion

PRESERVING NAT U R A L ECOSYSTEM S a wet land sect ion

PATH WAY a walkway sect io n

10 B as ta r Trad e F ai r Jagdalpur, India 2021

Team: Akshita Mandhyan + Isha Riza Khan

Contribution: Concept Design Development

Professional Project (Buildkraft Engineering and Architecture, Raipur, India) Individual Contribution: Graphics, Design Concept, Site Programming Bastar Trade fair is a project with the purpose of promoting indigenous art and culture of the city. As the city grows, it requires a public place that amplifies its identity and gives the people a sense of belonging. The key considerations of this project were

accessibility, inclusivity, and safety. Located along NH 30(National Highway 30) in the developing city of Jagdalpur, this project takes a site with some existing development

to be merged with a landscape and public utilities. The existing developments include a sports complex, a toy train, and vending kiosks. The new developments include a Bazaar(market place), an OAT(open air theatre), parking, and landscaping.

Bastar Trade Fair

SI T E P R O G R A MMIN G

Ex i s t i n g P ro g ra m

Pr op o s e d P ro g ram: In teg ratin g + Est ablishing Connect ions

Bastar Trade Fair

HA AT B A Z A A R 05

02 03 04

03 04

01 shops

02 exhibition space with pergola 03 planter and seating 04 planter

05 02 06

05 planter

06 exhibition space 07 pergola

08 planter with seating

6 07

K e y Pla n

Bastar Trade Fair

O PE N A I R T H E AT R E

Se c t i o n A

K ey Plan

11 A Public Bu i l d i n g Bhilai, India 2023

Team: Akshita Mandhyan + Zakir Khan

Contribution: Architectural Design Development + 3d Visualization + Area Programming Professional Project (Buildkraft Engineering and Architecture, Raipur, India)

Individual Contribution: Graphics, Architectural, Design Concept, Site Programming This public building addresses the need for a facility that supports the youth of the city

during the challenging summer months, where spaces to read, work, study, organize, and grow are limited. Offering a variety of open, semi-open, and enclosed areas, it provides

Skylight

Terrace for Public Events 10,000 sqft.

Incubation Space 10,000 sqft.

Incubation Space + Cafe 11,840 sqft.

Public Art + Exhibition 12,700 sqft.

Public Library + OAT + Grounds 20,000 sqft.

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Ground Floor Layout

First Floor Layout

Second Floor Layout

Third Floor Layout

12 G a z ebo to Bakeh o u se Raipur, India 2020

Team: Akshita Mandhyan + Isha Riza Khan

Contribution: Design Development and Execution

Professional Project (Buildkraft Engineering and Architecture, Raipur, India) This 300 sqft gazebo is located in the lush green lawns of a private residence. Through a process of design and dialogue with the clients, it was converted into an intimate

and warm baking place with minimal intervention to the structure and the landscape surrounding it. For the interiors, a very neutral color scheme dominates the space which blends in with the greens of its immediate environment.

Fl oo r Pl a n

Si te P l a n

Work in Progress

13 A Multi-Gen erat i o n al H o m e New Delhi, India 2019-2020

Team: Akshita Mandhyan + Himanshu Dhiman + Rudraksh Charan Contribution: Programming + Construction Drawings

Professional Project (42mm Architecture, Delhi India)

22 18'-5"

21 7'-1"

7'-3"

5'-4"

17 6'-1"

10'

15 14 5'-9"

13 10"

11'-7"

12 2'-3"

12'-5

+50'-0" Lift Machine Room Top

-40'-9"

METAL C SECTION

+41'-8" Mumpty

PAINT

-50'-6"

-68'-5"

+36'-8" Parapat wall +33'-5" Terrace Floor FFL

LIFT MACHINE ROOM

+44'-0" Maid Room Top

PAINT

SERVICE STAIRCASE ENCASED IN METAL SCREEN

STO

-5'-0"

PAINT

CONC P

+7'-0"

CONCRETE/STONE PANELLING

-20'-9"

-5'-0"

+0'-0"

TEXTURE PAINT

STONE FINISH

+0'-0"

MOVABLE METAL SCREEN

META 1" GROOVE IN STONE +19'-0" First Floor Lvl

+3'-2"

STONE FINISH

-3'-0"

-5'-0"

-25'-4"

SERVICE LANE

3' PARAPET WALL from internal road lvl

+6'-0" Front Lawn Lvl

FEATURE WALL

FIRE PLACES IN WATER BODY

+3'-0" Ground Floor Lvl +1'-6" Internal Road Lvl

-14'-4"

PAINT

PROJECTION

WATERBODY

PAINT

STONE FINISH

-19'-0"

+15'-4"

+1'-0"

+15'-4"

±00 Main Road lvl

-25'-4"

-14'-4" METALLIC SCREEN ENCASING SERVICES STAIRCASE -13'-3" FFL

PAINT

SWIMMING POOL INFINITY EDGE WOODEN DECK

-14'-0" Slab Lvl

No r t h Ea s t E l ev a tio n (F ro n t E le vat ion) 1 ---

NORTH EAST SIDE ELEVATION

+10'-0" STONE FINISH TYPE 2

TEXTURE PAINT

WATER BODY

3D Render by Karan Raj and Urmila Devi

7'-5"

09 5'

2'-3"

12'-7"

06 4'-5"

7'-4"

03 18'-9"

2'-7" 2'-5" LAWN LVL +1'-6" PLANTER

UP +2'-0" +2'-6"

INFINITY EDGE

+2'-11"

SIDE LAWN LVL +2'-0"

WATER LVL +2'-9"

00-05-B

WOODEN DECK

00-07

+2'-11" 39'5" x 15'0"

DRAWING ROOM

00-05

3'-0" 25'-0" X 35'-0"

00-06-B

00-05-D LIBRARY BAR

00-06

+3'-0" 27'-0" X 20'-0"

A-3-01-A

00-06 -A

00-09

13'-6"X7'-7"

00-05-A

POWDER TOILET VESTIBULE 7'-3" WIDE VESTIBULE +3'-0" 00-08 00-08-A +3'-0" 5'-6" WIDE

POWDER TOILET PLANTER

+2'-0"

00-09-A

00-09-B

00-10-A

00-10-B

21. 22.23.24.25.26.27. 20. 19. 18. 17. 46. 45.

GUEST BEDROOM

SIDE LAWN LVL +2'-0"

00-10

+3'-0" 21'-5"X14'-0"

DECK 6' WIDE

00-11

+2'-11" PASSAGE 6' WIDE

-50'-6"

+0'-0"

-68'-5"

PAINT

ONE FINISH

44. 43. 42. 41. 40.

00-12-A

SERVICE STAIRCASE ENCASED IN METAL SCREEN

TOILET

00-13

00-13-A

2'-11" 12'-0"X7'-0"

00-13-B

39. 38.37. 36. 35. 34. 33. DRESSER

00-12

3'-0" 9'-0"X7'-0"

SHOWER

PLANTER 00-14-A

00-14-B 00-14 -C

-5'-0"

+2'-6"

PARENTS BEDROOM

00-14

VESTIBULE 5'-9" WIDE

+3'-0" 19'5" x 29'9"

WALK IN WARDROBE

PAINT

CRETE/STONE PANELLING

00-17

+3'-0" 16'0" x 19'6"

PARENTS DRESSER

00-16

+3'-0" 9'2" x 13'6"

+7'-0"

00-17-A

00-16 -A

CONCRETE/STONE PANELLING

00-18-A 00-14-D TOILET

00-18

+2'-11" 27'-6" X 11'-6" WOODEN DECK

00-15

+2'-11" 24'4" x 7'9"

00-18-B

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+0'-0"

WATER LVL +2'-9" +2'-11" +2'-6"

+0'-0"

-5'-0"

-25'-9"

TEXTURE PAINT

MOVABLE METAL SCREEN

AL C SECTION

+36'-3" PAINT

GLASS RAILING

+10'-0" +3'-2"

PAINT

C METAL SECTION CONCRETE/STONE PANELLING

+0'-0"

STONE FINISH

+10'-0"

-5'-0"

STONE FINISH

-25'-9" WATERBODY WITH INFINITY EDGE INFINITY EDGE KERB LAWN KERB

WATER BODY

LAWN KERB

+15'-4"

1" GROOVE IN STONE

ENTRANCE DRIVEWAY

B1'

PLANTER

LAWN

3 ---

KEY PLAN 1:750

REAR LAWN LVL +2'-0"

1 ---

SKIN SECTION HH' A-3-01-A

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A-3-01-A

A Multi-Generational Home

+36'-8" Parapet wall

26'-6"

+41'-8" Top Finish

+33'-0" Top Finish LVL

11"

METAL C SECTION FINISHED WITH PAINT

2'-9"

+40'-9" Bottom of slab

+33'-5" Terrace Floor FFL

STONE/TILE AS PER SELECTION

+29'-7" False Ceiling

3'-9"

+38'-0" False ceilng +33'-5" Top Finish Level

3'-3"

4'-8"

5'-4"

2'-5"

STONE FINISH AS/ SELECTION

11'-7"

STONE CONCRETE PANEL AS/ SELECTION

SAMANT'S BEDROOM INSIDE

+30'-7" Stone Portal 7'-3"

GLAZING AS/ SELECTION

+23'-0" SUN DECK FFL

SUN DECK AREA

+16'-6" False Ceiling/ B.O.Portel

FLOORING AS/ SELECTION

2'-5"

+23'-0" SUN DECK FFL

1'-7"

METAL C SECTION FINISHED WITH PAINT RCC BEAM AS/ STRUCTURE WOODEN CEILING

13'-6"

CEILING AS/DESIGN STONE/ CONCRETE AS/ SELECTION

3'-5"

DINNING ROOM

STONE AS/ SELECTION

+15'-7" FINISHED LINTEL

INSIDE

WINDOW AS/ SELECTION

+3'-0" Ground Floor

12'-7"

ENTRANCE ATRIUM

INSIDE

±00 Main Road lvl

STONE FINISH AS/ SELECTION WOODEN DOOR AS/ SELECTION

-1'-0" False Ceiling

PLANTER IN WATER BODY STEPS IN WATER BODY

OUTSIDE

-1'-0"

+17'-7" False Ceiling

GLASS RAILING AS/ SELECTION

OUTSIDE

2'-6"

+27'-0" COLUMN TOP

INSIDE

+20'-7" False Ceiling

+19'-0" First Floor FFL

INTERNAL ROAD

+3'-0" Ground Floor

12'-3"

+1'-6" (Internal Road Lvl)

±00 Main Road lvl

±00 (Main Road Lvl)

-13'-3" FFL

01 4 ---

SKIN SECTION B1-B1' A-3-01-A

5 --2'-5"

42mm

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2'-7"

New Delhi

2'-7"

4'-5"

7'-4"

12'-7"

2'-3"

7'-5"

2'-3"

SKIN SECTION C1-C1' A-3-01-A

12'-5"

7'-5"

12'-5"

8'-3" 5'

2'-5"

Basement, D-215, Saket +41'-8" TOP FINISHED LVL

18'-9"

1. THIS DRAWING IS THE PROPERTY OF THE DESIGNERS. NO PORTION MAY BE USED OR REPRODUCED WITHOUT THEIR WRITTEN PERMISSION. 2. ALL DIMENSIONS ARE TO BE VERIFIED ON THE SITE BY THE CONTRACTOR. ANY DISCREPANCIES ARE TO BE REPORTED TO THE DESIGNERS IMMEDIATELY. 3.THIS DRAWING IS TO BE READ IN CONJUGATION WITH THE DESIGNERS SPECIFICATIONS AND CONDITIONS OF CONTRACT. 4. DRAWINGS NOT SHOWING THE LATEST REVISIONS TO BE CANCELED. 5. ALL DIMENSIONS ARE TO BE READ, NOT SCALED.7'-4" 18'-9" 4' 4'-5" 12'-7" 6. ALL INDICATED LEVELS ARE FINISHED LEVELS.

-13'-11" Slab Lvl

3'-3"

+36'-3" PARAPET/ SKY LIGHT LVL

+33'-5" TERRACE FLOOR LVL

2'-6"

+33'-0" +41'-8" TOP FINISH LVL TOP FINISHED LVL

8'-3" 5'

+30'-6" FALSE CEILING LVL

14'-5" 3'-3" 11'-6"

+36'-3" PARAPET/ SKY LIGHT LVL +33'-5" TERRACE FLOOR LVL

KITCHEN INDOOR

41'-8" 2'-6" 1'

+16'-6" FALSE CEILING

14'-5" 11'-6"

+15'-6" FALSE CEILING

KITCHEN INDOOR

-1'-4" (FALSE CEILING) -13'-0" BASEMENT FFL -1'-10" STAIRCASE LANDING-14'-6" LVL TOP OF SLAB

16' 12'-6"

6' WIDE PASSAGE

GREEN COURTYARD

2' 56'-2"

16' 12'-6" 1'-4"

GUEST WASHROOM OUTDOOR

GUEST DRESSER

6' WIDE PASSAGE

GREEN COURTYARD

14'-6" 16' 6'-5"

INDOOR

LOBBY

1'-4" 2' 4'-10"

SLIDE

1'-6" 1'-6" 6"

+00 ROAD LVL/ FALSE CEILING

6' WIDE PASSAGE

14'-6" 16' 6'-5"

+3'-0" GROUND FLOOR LVL

GUEST DRESSER

INDOOR

-1'-10" STAIRCASE LANDING LVL

-8'-2" +2'-0" STAIRCASE LANDING LVL LAWN LVL

OUTDOOR

FALSE CEILING +2'-0" LAWN LVL

-1'-4" (FALSE CEILING)

6' WIDE PASSAGE

+16'-6" FALSE CEILING +3'-0" GROUND FLOOR LVL +15'-6"

6' WIDE PASSAGE

GUEST WASHROOM

2'-6"

56'-2"41'-8"

OUTDOOR

+00 ROAD LVL/ FALSE CEILING

6' WIDE PASSAGE

2'-6"

+19'-0" +30'-6" FIRST FLOOR LVL FALSE CEILING LVL

+19'-0" FIRST FLOOR LVL

6' WIDE PASSAGE

OUTDOOR

+33'-0" TOP FINISH LVL

-8'-2" STAIRCASE LANDING LVL

SLIDE

-13'-0" BASEMENT FFL -14'-6" TOP OF SLAB

1 ---

1'-6" 1'-6"

4'-10"

LOBBY

BUILDING SECTION AA'

Y 1

BUILDING SECTION AA'

X 15'-6"

V 7'

10'-9"

T 5'-4"

S 4'-7"

Q P

R 4'-9"

6'-1"

5'-11"

N 2'

M 6'-9"

K 6'-7"

2'-3"

6'-1"

3 ---

D 5'

C 5'-4"

SKIN SECTION JJ' A-3-01-A

4'-8"

26'-6"

STONE AS/ SELECTION PAINT FINISH BRICKWORK STONE/TILE AS/ SELECTION

1'-10" 8"

FILLING AS/ REQUIREMENT

11"

RCC WORK AS/ STRUCTURE STONE/ CONCRETE PANEL COVE WITH LED STRIP LIGHT WOODEN CEILING AS/ DESIGN FULL HEIGHT SLIDING DOOR/WINDOW

+27'-0" COLUMN TOP

SAMANT'S BEDROOM BALCONY

11'-6"

CEILING HUNG METAL SCREEN AS/ SELECTION

GLASS RAILING AS/ SELECTION

+23'-0" SUN DECK FFL

OUTSIDE

METAL C SECTION FINISHED WITH PAINT

1'-10" 8"

GLASS RAILING AS/ SELECTION STONE FINISH AS/ SELECTION

STONE FINISH AS/ SELECTION

STONE/ CONCRETE AS/ SELECTION RCC WORK AS/ STRUCTURE WOODEN CEILING

18'-6"

STONE FINISH AS/ SELECTION STONE FINISH AS/ SELECTION

13'-7"

FEATURE WALL 8' HIGH FROM INTERNAL ROAD LEVEL STONE FINISH OUTSIDE WATER BODY

+5'-0" Top of Wall

FEATURE WALL

2'-6"

STONE FINISH PLANTER

+2'-0" Step & Planter Lvl

1'-6" 6"

+1'-6" (Internal Road Lvl)

WATER BODY STONE FINISH

±00 (Road Lvl) GLASS RAILING AS/ SELECTION

STONE FINISH

11'-3"

12'-2"

STONE FINISH

-13'-3" FFL

WOODEN DECK FLOORING

-11'-3" FFL

-13'-11" LVL

N ort h East ( Front ) Elevat ion - Wall/Skin Sect io n s DRAWN BY : HIMANSHU DHIMAN

2'-3"

16 18 19 20 21 14 15 17 SKIN SECTIONS - NORTH EAST SIDE (HOUSE BLOCK)

11'-7"

10"

5'-9"

6'-1"

5'-4"

7'-3"

22 7'-1"

18'-5"

23 FARMHOUSE FOR KHANNA FAMILY A9A, BANDH ROAD, MAHRAULI NEW DELHI

DATE : 05.01.2021

DRAWING NO. A - 4 - 01- A REV - 00

SCALE : 1:100

+50'-0" MACHINE ROOM TOP

8'-4"

10'

5' 16'-7"

+41'-8" TOP FINISH

LIFT LOBBY

+36'-8" PARAPET WALL +33-5" TERRACE FFL

OUTDOOR

3'-3"

INDOOR

+33'-0" TOP FINISH LVL

WALK IN WARDROBE

6' WIDE PASSAGE

SAMANT'S WASHROOM INDOOR

+19'-0" FIRST FLOOR LVL

68'

+16'-6" FALSE CEILING +15'-0" FALSE CEILING

FOYER 6' WIDE PASSAGE

6' WIDE PASSAGE

UTILITY

VERANDAH

INDOOR

OUTDOOR

16'

10'

1'-6"

2'-6"

6' WIDE PASSAGE

11' 14'-5" 50'

+30'-0" FALSE CEILING

OUTDOOR

DJ CONSOLE AREA

SPORTS BAR

1'-6"

PASSAGE

LIFT WELL

+3'-0" GROUND FLOOR LVL +2'-0" LAWN LVL +1'-4" (TOP OF SLAB) ±00 (ROAD LVL) -1'-0" FALSE CEILING

12'-2" 16' 18'

10" 1'-4" 8" 1'

+5'-0" SUNKEN AREA PARAPET WALL

-13'-0" BASEMENT FFL -14'-6" SLAB LVL

3'-6"

CHECKED BY :

-18'-0" LIFT PIT FFL

Building Sect io n

A Multi-Generational Home

2'-5" 2'-7"

18'-9"

7'-4"

4'-5"

2'-3"

12'-7"

7'-5"

12'-5"

2'-3"

14 15 11'-7"

5'-9"

10"

10'

6'-1"

5'-4"

7'-3"

23 18'-5"

7'-1"

PLANTER

A CABANA 8'X10'

FEATURE WALL

LAWN LVL +1'-6" UP

LAWN 15'2" x 38'9"

+2'-0"

26'-6"

+2'-6"

INTERNAL ROAD LVL +1'-6"

INFINITY EDGE

PLANTER

DECK 9'-0" WIDE -11'-3"

+2'-11"

SIDE LAWN LVL +2'-0"

WATER LVL +2'-9"

26'-6"

PLANTER

POOL 25'0" x 50'0" -16'-3"

+1'-6" WATER BODY

+2'-4"

4'-8"

00-05-B 00-05-C

00-03-C

PLINTH

00-03-B

00-00

+3'-0"

WOODEN DECK

00-07

+2'-11" 39'5" x 15'0"

PUJA ROOM

00-03

3'-0" 12'-3" X 13'-6"

00-01-A

DRAWING ROOM

00-05

00-03-A

3'-0" 25'-0" X 35'-0"

00-01-B

00-02

00-01-C

ENTRANCE FOYER

3'-0"

00-01

00-04-C

FORMAL DINNING

00-04

+3'-0" 24'0" x 25'0"

LIBRARY BAR

00-06

+2'-11"

+2'-11" PASSAGE 6' WIDE

00-13

00-13-A

2'-11" 12'-0"X7'-0"

00-13-B

STORAGE

+3'-0" 24'-0"X24'-0"

00-26

+3'-0" 00-26-A 12'-6" X 6'-0"

LIFT WELL 7'X6'

00-32

PASSAGE 6' WIDE

00-27-C

UTILITY ROOM

00-25

39. 38.37.36. 35.34. 33.32. 31.

PASSAGE 6' WIDE

WOODEN DECK

00-27

+3'-0" 12'-6" X 7'-1"

DUMB WAITER

00-27-A

00-12

00-35

+3'-0" 9'-0" X 13'-2"

METAL SCREEN

KITCHEN

CUT-OUT ABOVE 14'-6" X 8'-3"

SHOWER

00-28

+3'-0" 28'0" x 16'0"

6'-1"

4'-9"

POWDER TOILET 00-21 00-21-A +2'-11" 10'-9" X 7'-0"

5'-6"

00-29-A

WALK IN WARDROBES

5'-4"

00-16

+3'-0" 9'2" x 13'6"

00-29

+2'-11" 7'-0" X 9'-7"

+3'-0" 16'0" x 19'6"

PARENTS DRESSER

3'-7" WIDE PASSAGE

SIDE LAWN LVL +2'-0"

00-30

00-31-B

+3'-0" 10'-3" X 5'-8"

00-19

+3'-0" 28'6" x 24'3"

GRAND FATHER ROOM

00-22

SHOWER AREA

+3'-0" 17'-6" X 24'-0" 00-23-A

10'-9"

00-31

+3'-0" 10'-0" X 9'-7"

STORE

00-30-A

FAMILY LIVING + DINNING 00-17-A

00-16-A

00-24-A

00-23

BENCH

00-18-A

00-24

00-19-B

TOILET

SER. TOILET

00-36

+2'-10" 4'-6" X 9'-6"

+3'-0" 7'-3" X 17'-0"

00-14-D

00-36-B

METAL SCREEN SHOWER

00-18-B

WOODEN DECK

00-22-C

00-18-C

+2'-11"

00-23-B

00-22-B

PLANTER

OUTDOOR SEATING

00-20

WATER LVL +2'-9"

+2'-11" 28'6" x 21'0"

15'-6"

AL FRESCO DINING

2'-5" 2'-7"

18'-9"

7'-4"

4'-5"

REAR LAWN LVL +2'-0"

+2'-6"

12'-7"

2'-3"

15'-6"

REAR LAWN LVL +2'-0"

+2'-11"

00-15

+2'-11" 27'-6" X 11'-6"

+2'-11" 24'4" x 7'9"

7'-5"

12'-5"

2'-3"

11'-7"

10"

5'-9"

10'

6'-1"

5'-4"

7'-3"

18'-5"

7'-1"

GROUND FLOOR LAYOUT

42mm

ARCHITECT:

ARCHITECTURE

Ground Floor

Basement, D-215, Saket New Delhi

Fl oo r Pl a n s

00-24-B

00-18

WOODEN DECK

00-36-A

TOILET +2'-11" 14'-6" X 10'-0"

DRESSER

00-31-A SERVANT LOUNGE

WASHING

00-22-A

00-17

4'-7"

HVAC

00-19-A

5'-4"

4'-7"

HVAC

VESTIBULE 5'-9" WIDE

+3'-0" 19'5" x 29'9"

10'-9"

4'-9"

00-14-A

00-14-B

PARENTS BEDROOM

00-14

PLANTER

00-14-C

00-28-C

PASSAGE 6' WIDE

+2'-11"

00-27-B

00-28-B

00-28-A

3'-0" 9'-0"X7'-0"

MANUAL WASHING

00-25-A

FOYER

DRESSER

WET AREA 6'-0"X8'-6"

STORE ROOM DOUBLE HEIGHT GREEN COURTYARD

44. 43. 42. 41. 40.

00-12-A

TOILET

J K

6'-9"

00-11

5'-11"

UP WOODEN DECK

21. 22.23.24.25.26.27. 28. 29.30. 20. 19. 18. 17. 46. 45.

00-10

+3'-0" 21'-5"X14'-0"

DECK 6' WIDE

1 ---

00-34

+3'-00" 12'-6" X 5'-9"

2' 1'

SIDE LAWN LVL +2'-0"

00-34-A

SERVER ROOM CUT-OUT ABOVE 14'-6" X 8'-3"

5'-11"

6'-9"

2' 1'

00-35-B

00-10-A

00-10-B

+2'-0"

00-35

+3'-0" 15'-0" X 10'-0"

+3'-00"

OFFICE

00-35-A

PASSAGE 4 ' WIDE

00-33

00-09-B

GUEST BEDROOM

+2'-11"

00-04-A

IRONING

6'-1" 2'-3" 6'-7"

00-09

13'-6"X7'-7"

PLANTER

6'-1"

00-01-E

PASSAGE 6' WIDE +3'-0"

2'-3"

00-01-D

00-33-A

00-05-A

POWDER TOILET VESTIBULE 7'-3" WIDE VESTIBULE +3'-0" 00-09-A 00-08 00-08-A +3'-0" 5'-6" WIDE

6'-7"

00-06-A

POWDER TOILET

6'-1"

10'-5"

F G

9'-8"

3'-0" 25'-0" X 19'-9"

9'-8"

+3'-0" 27'-0" X 20'-0"

DECK 19'-3" WIDE -13'-3"

4'-8"

00-05-D

4'-8"

FIRE PLACE CIRCULATION 10' WIDE

00-04-B

6'-5"

00-06-B

6'-5"

B C

5'-4"

DECK 9'-0" WIDE -11'-3"

4'-8"

14 15

GROUND FLOOR LAYOUT (HOUSE BLOCK)

1A ---

EXTERNAL OP

FARMHOUSE FOR KHANNA FAM A9A, BANDH ROAD, MAHRAUL NEW DELHI

2'-5" 2'-7"

18'-9"

05 4'

4'-5"

7'-4"

2'-3"

12'-7"

7'-5"

12'-5"

14 15

2'-3"

11'-7"

5'-9"

10"

17 10'

6'-1"

5'-4"

7'-3"

23 18'-5"

7'-1"

SUN DECK

01-09

26'-6"

+23'-0" 19'-4"X26'-3"

4'-8"

DECK 10'-09' WIDE

5'-4"

01-50

+18'-11"

+25'-0" 01-46-B

+18'-11"

01-46

01-07

4'-8"

SUMIT'S LOUNGE

ENTRANCE FOYER

SAMANT'S LOUNGE

+19'-0" 15'2" x 23'7"

+3'-0" 24'0" x 25'0"

+19'-0" 15'2" x 23'7"

01-01

00-06

POWDER TOI.

SAMANT'S BEDROOM

01-41

01-48

9'-8"

+18'-11" 8'5" x 6'6"

00-06-A

01-49-A

VES. 4'10" WIDE

6'-1"

01-11-A

2'-3"

50. 49. 48. 47. 46. 45.

PASSAGE 6' WIDE

01-45-A

01-44-B

TOILET

01-44

+18'-11" 12'-0"X22'-5"

PASSAGE 6' WIDE

DOUBLE HEIGHT GREEN COURTYARD

01-02

WALK IN WARDROBE

PASSAGE 6' WIDE

LIFT WELL 7'X6'

01-45

+19'-0" 22'-0"X16'-0"

+3'-0" SKYLIGHT ABOVE 24'-0"X24'-0"

01-44-C

2' 1'

44. 43. 42. 41. 40.

5'-11"

39. 38.37.36. 35.34. 33.32.31.

CUT - OUT 14'-6" X 8'-0"

4'-9" 4'-7"

01-19-A

+19'-0" 6'-6"X10'-0"

01-28

01-27-A

01-30

01-29

+19'-0" 10'-0"X10'-0"

01-31-A

01-17

01-24-A KID'S ROOM-2 DRESSER

01-32-A KID'S ROOM-3 DRESSER

+19'-0" 10'0" x 9'3"

01-24

KID'S ROOM-2

01-23

+19'-0" 16'0" x 20'0"

01-25-A

01-21

10'-9"

18 17 16 15 14

01-39-A

UTILITY

01-39

+19'-0" 14'-9"X9'-8"

KID'S ROOM-3

01-31

+19'-0" 16'-0"X20'-0"

20 UP

MANUAL WASHING

IRONING

01-39-C 19 01-39-B 01-39-D

TOILET 4'6"x3'7"

METAL SCREEN ENCASING METAL STAIRCASE

S T U

04 05 06 07 08

01-33-A

KID'S ROOM-1

01-19

+19'-0" 16'0" x 20'0"

KID'S ROOM-1 DRESSER

01-20

+19'-0" 9'-2"X10'-0"

KID'S ROOM-2 TOILET

+18'-11" 10'0" x 10'4"

01-33

01-25

KID'S ROOM-4 TOILET

01-19-B

01-25-B

01-23-B

01-33-B

01-31-B

01-36

01-37-A

+19'-0" 9'2"x10'0"

+19'-0" 10'6"x10'0" 01-37-B

01-35-B

V UNACCESIBLE ROOF +19'-0"

WOODEN DECK 7' WIDE

WOODEN DECK 7'-0" WIDE

01-37

KID'S ROOM-4 DRESSER 01-36-A

01-20-A

01-21-B

STORAGE

+19'-0" 16'-0"X20'-0"

01-32

IRONING

KID'S ROOM-1 TOILET +18'-11" 10'-6"X10'-0" 01-21-A

01-35-A

01-35

UTILITY

P Q

01-38-B

+19'-0" 20'-6"X10'-9"

01-29-A

KID'S ROOM-4

+19'-0" 14'-8"X10'-0"

MANUAL WASHING

TOILET 4'7"x3'7"

08 07 06 05 04

+18'-11" 14'-9"X9'-8"

01-40

PASSAGE AREA

KID'S STUDY ROOM -02

01-28-A

01-23-A

01-17-B

01-17-A

01-17-D

01-17-C

UP 20

01-26

+19'-0" 10'-0"X10'-0"

BALCONY 10' WIDE

+19'-0" 24'-8"X16'-0"

01-38

STORAGE

14 15 16 17 18

KID'S STUDY ROOM -01 01-26-A

KITCHEN

01-38-A

01-16-A

METAL SCREEN ENCASING METAL STAIRCASE

STORE ROOM

01-27

AREA 20'-6"X10-9"

01-16-B

01-29-B

STORE ROOM

6'-1"

01-26-B

4'-9"

+19'-0" 24'8" x 15'7"

01-16

4'-7"

KITCHEN

+18'-11" 14'-9"X9'-8"

01-40

5'-4"

BALCONY 10' WIDE

J K

01-44-A

10'-9"

2' 1' 5'-11"

01-15

+19'-0" 22'0" x 16'0"

5'-4"

+19'-0" 9'-6"X8'-0"

51. 52.53.54.55.56.57.58.59. 60.

01-42

CUT - OUT 14'-6" X 8'-0"

+18'-11" 15'2" x 23'7"

01-14-C

DRESSER

01-43-A

+19'-0" 12'-0"X8'-0"

01-15-A

01-14

6'-7" 6'-9"

N P

01-43

+19'-0"

+19'-0" 12'0" x 8'0"

WALK IN WARDROBE

WARDROBES

01-03

01-13

TOILET

01-42-A 01-41-A

PASSAGE 6 'WIDE

WARDROBES

F G

01-34

01-22

+18'-11"

J K

01-14-A

01-14-B

01-13-A

+18'-11"

01-48-A

01-05-A VESTIBULE 4'-10" WIDE

+19'-0" 9'-6"X8'-0"

+19'-0" 27'-0"X19'-0"

PWD. TOILET

+19'-0" 8'5" x 6'6"

01-12

6'-5"

01-49

01-05

DRESSER

METAL SCREEN

4'-8"

01-11

+19'-0" 27'-0"X20'-0"

01-12-A

01-41-C

01-46-A

9'-8"

6'-5"

SUMIT'S BEDROOM

+18'-11"

01-41-B

+19'-0" 10'0" x 12'0"

+19'-0" 9'5" x 12'0"

01-47

STUDY ROOM

MEDITATION ROOM

01-11-B

DECK 10'-09' WIDE

01-07-A

01-11-C

01-49-B

01-01-A

6'-1"

+18'-11"

00-06-B

01-07-B

2'-3"

01-10

6'-7"

DECK 8' WIDE

6'-9"

B C

5'-4"

4'-8"

2'-5" 2'-7" 2 ---

15'-6"

C PERGOLA BELOW AS/ DESIGN

18'-9"

4'-5"

7'-4"

12'-7"

2'-3"

7'-5"

12'-5"

2'-3"

11'-7"

10"

5'-9"

10'

6'-1"

5'-4"

7'-3"

7'-1"

18'-5"

FIRST FLOOR LAYOUT

42mm

ARCHITECT:

First Floor

ARCHITECTURE

Basement, D-215, Saket New Delhi

14 15

FIRST FLOOR LAYOUT (HOUSE BLOCK)

2A ---

EXTERNAL OP

FARMHOUSE FOR KHANNA FAM A9A, BANDH ROAD, MAHRAUL NEW DELHI

14 C o urty ard Ho u se Nagpur, India 2018

Team: Akshita Mandhyan + Sukhpreet Kaur + Rudraksh Charan Contribution: Concept Design Development

Professional Project (42mm Architecture, Delhi India) This 14 acre site has a rich green environment, an existing waterbody, a Gaushaula

(cow stable), and a Biogas plant. The entrance to the site in the Northeast is done as per Vastu Shastra(traditional Indian system of architecture).

The client brief was to design a house which is connected to nature. The Courtyard

House conceptually is an earthy built mass which uses passive cooling techniques and interacts with its unbuilt surroundings visually, physically, and experientially.

hot cool evaporative cooling

Nagpur Climate Data

Cross ventilation section of courtyard

Nagpur has a dry and semi-humid climate, witnessing

extremely hot weather during summer months(March to June). Given the rising temperatures due to Global

Warming, it is imperative to use passive cooling solutions to reduce of air-conditioning load and the usage of non-renewable resources of energy.

Cross ventilation plan

Greens -

Layer 1: external large and medium deciduous trees for privacy Layer 2: cow-grazing

Layer 3: lawns and smaller trees

Blocks -

01: proposed courtyard house 02: existing cowshed

03: existing Biogas plant 04: proposed temple

05: proposed meditation platform

06: proposed security and reception

Water bodies -

01: existing water body on site

02: proposed lily pond05: proposed meditation platform

Sit e Prog r am m in g

Courtyard House

S i te P ro g ra m m in g (14 a c re s )

Ground Flo o r Plan

First F lo o r Plan

Courtyard House

Pr op o s e d 3 D Vis u al o f th e C o u rtyard House

15 F o od Kiosk Raipur, India 2021

Individual Project

Contribution: Design Development + Budgeting + Project Management + Execution Professional Project (Studio by the Sill)

I led the end-to-end design and execution of a 100 sq.ft food kiosk for a local

business, beginning with site visits to five existing stalls to identify spatial and

operational issues. Using these insights, I designed a cost-effective, functional

prototype and managed the full process—from budgeting and vendor coordination

to on-site execution. The final kiosk was well-received by both the business and the community.

Need enough space for two people to work

Require better organization

Need enough space for two people to work

Do c u m e n t i n g E xis tin g Iss u es Require better Counter Space Management

Require Water Connection

Need efficient Storage

Metal Fabrication Framework

Plan

Front Elevation

Pr op o s e d Vi e w o f th e K io s k

Section XX’

16 A l i Family Resi d en ce Raipur, India 2021

Team: Akshita Mandhyan + Isha Riza Khan + Afshan Ali

Individual Contribution: Design Development + Execution

Professional Project (Buildkraft Engineering and Architecture) This 2,500 sq.ft restoration and interior design project for the Ali Residence, located in the historic Civil Lines neighborhood of Raipur, reflects the client’s desire for a

warm, timeless home that balances elegance with comfort. The two-story house was

redesigned with a classical aesthetic, using rich wood finishes, soft linen textures, and a neutral palette that echoed the family’s calm, grounded personality. I was closely

involved from layout refinements to material selection and on-site execution, ensuring that every detail aligned with the client’s vision and lifestyle.

Si te I ma g e s : d u rin g a n d a fte r e x ecut ion

17 H and Sket ch i n g

18 Ph otograp h y

Akshita Mandhyan a k s h ita m @ u m ich .e d u