Design Portfolio

PORTFOLIO

9yrs 30+ $10 mil

of professional experience as Architect / Senior Architect / Associate working on mixed use commercial, institutional and transport projects, leveraging computation wherever feasible.

Contributed to 30+ projects right from design stage while leading the concept design for most of them. This include Surat Diamond Bourse, world’s largest single office building.

Helped in securing projects cumulatively worth over USD 10 million in professional fees. These include mostly invited design competitions.

CONTENT

Design thinking is all about applying creativity, empathy and rationality to improve the way we live. It is developed through beliefs, experiences, travel, community engagement, experimenting with scale, material, fabrication, computation and technology

This document presents a glimpse of my design process through multiple projects It is a collection of selected works done over the last 9 years (2013-2023)

3. IT Office Complex Bengaluru

2. ITC Office Campus Kolkata

1. Airport Experience Center New Delhi Architecture Master planning (Morphogenesis)

7. Miscellaneous Projects

6. Office Complex Gurugram

4. IIM Bodhgaya Bodhgaya Design Computation Digital Fabrication

10. Golden Bird

9. Strip Morphologies

8. Stadium Bowl Script

5. Bahai House of Worship BIhar

11. ESD Scripts

AIRPORT EXPERIENCE CENTER

The proposed Passenger Experience center is an extension to the existing arrival at IGI Terminal 3, with the aim to bring a unique destination and experience for both passenger and nonpassengers alike Inspired by the architectural heritage of Delhi, the center has retail, FNB and entertainment offerings centered around features such as traditional stepwell (baoli) inspired indoor amphitheater, ghats for congregation and live events, ceremonial gardens (Charbagh), and a large public art gallery

PROJECT INFO

Typology : Multi-modal Transit Hub with Retail

Location : New Delhi, India

Climate : Composite

Site Area : 21,000 sq m

Project Area : 4,50,000 sq ft

Status : Schematic Design Stage

Role : Project Architect

Site Planning

The proposed Airport Experience Center is planned over the existing vehicular concourse at arrival level

• The building is planned in predominantly NE direction.

• A Central Atrium and Light Wells draws natural light into the building.

• Roof of the building serves as direct connection between the MLCP and Terminal 3,

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Sky Scoops

4 Acre Sculpture Park Light Well

4 Acre Sculpture Park

planned on the roof of the experience Center

Arrival Level Plan (Level +0m)

The experience center comprises of retail, FnB and passenger centric services, organized around three central spaces representing the architectural heritage of Delhi ; Charbagh, Ghats and Baoli. Building at arrival level is connected to multiple ground transport like the Airport Metro line, MLCP, bus terminal, cab stands, and also connected to surrounding commercial plots. Multiple ingress into the building posed an interesting questions about how the different users will perceive the experience center.

First Floor Plan (Level +5m)

The first floor of the experience center offers FnB options ranging from food court, to casual dining, to micro-brewery. It also serves as additional check-in zone for departing passengers.

Ghats – Cafe & Live Event Screening

ITC OFFICE CAMPUS

Proposed complex for ITC Group is located in Kolkata, where the company was first started almost a century ago The complex is a celebration of Kolkata’s art and culture with buildings as canvas and landscaped as a cultural gallery

The complex has been pledged for LEED Platinum rating with significant reduction in energy consumption by optimizing orientation, shading, wind flow, daylighting, and ventilation

PROJECT INFO

Typology : Office Building (ITES)

Core & Shell

Location : Kolkata, India

Climate : Hot – Humid

Site Area : 68,800 sq m

Project Area : 3 million sq ft

Status : Under Construction

Role : Concept & Schematic Design

The psychometric chart suggests that 60% of occupied time, thermal comfort can be achieved by passive strategies

• Air movement: to induce physiological comfort during frequent periods of extreme humidity

• Thermal Mass

• Shading: building orientation and projections

High Relative humidity for most part of the year requires increased air movement in open space

Floorplate with 100% Daylight Autonomy

60 x 60 m (45% of floorplate)

Building Volume for each Tower as per brief

Volume Fragmentation into 17m wide volumes oriented in N-S direction

Building Morphology

Height Variation

Adequate interbuilding spacing h/2

E-W blocked To reduce Solar Gain

50 x 75 m (55% of floorplate)

Linear floor fragmented for multiple offices on typical floor with independent access from core.

30 x 120 m (65% of floorplate)

17 x 210 m (100% of floorplate) Typical Section

workstation at 900mm

The massing of buildings is planned along a central spine aligned with the prevalent wind direction. The urban frontage of the tall, soaring stone facades on the east and the west have been manifested as vertical canvasses showcasing art and craft in the Bengal School tradition

PEDESTRIAN SPINE

Main lifeline of the campus, keeping the campus active through the year

SCULPTURE COURT

Integrated Landscape and Façade strategy, with thematical Congruence of artwork on the vertical surface and sculpture courts in the horizontal plane

IT OFFICE COMPLEX

The proposed building functions as a vertical campus optimized in orientation and envelop design, with ample breakout spaces at various levels

The towers are oriented in North-South direction, with varying height to allow sunlight to the lower office floors. With a covered connected base, sunken below surrounding ground level and open from sides, the design effectively uses open spaces for entrance lobby and hangout spaces

PROJECT INFO

Typology : Office Building (ITES)

Core & Shell

Location : Bengaluru, India

Climate : Tropical

Site Area : 20,000 sq m

Project Area : 1 5 million sq ft

Status : Unbuilt

Role : Concept Design

Project Site

Building Volume 3 Towers of 5 million sq.ft each, oriented in N-S direction

Sunken Court for Lobby

Height Variation

Adequate interbuilding spacing h/2

Vertical Biophilia

Spill out terraces at multiple levels

• 60 people per office module

• 4 offices per floor

• Building Efficiency of 100 sq ft / person

East-West Prevailing Wind

North-South Building Orientation

Typical Floor Configuration

1. Kitchen 2. Food Court

3. Entrance Court

4. Toilets

Section B

Section A

Section B

Section A

Glass

3 separate blocks for phasing over 10 yrs Sunken & Open Entrance Plaza

IIM BODHGAYA CAMPUS

Proposed campus is spread across 70 acres consists of academic blocks, Convention Center, library, sports complex, student hostels & faculty housing

The site planning is based on self sustenance, with main water network forming the central axis for organizing all building blocks Key emphasis on the Convention Center and Library building in terms of architecture and location

Strategies like shading, wind movement, thermal mass, thermal banking, evaporative cooling and tree cover are applied to create comfortable outdoor spaces

PROJECT INFO

Typology : National Institute

Location : Bodhgaya, Bihar

Climate : Warm & Dry

Project Area : 1 2 million sq ft

Status : Proposed (Unbuilt)

Role : Concept Design Lead

1. Typical Academic Block

2. Introducing Central Courtyard

3. Optimizing Courtyard for Self Shading

4. Stack Effect & Wind Movement

Water body

1. Ground Floor Plan

2. First Floor Plan

Academic Block Part Section

1. Typical Library Block

2. Building Raised

3. Water in Sunken Court

4. Secondary Skin

View from Sunken Court

1. Stepped Seating

2. Stage

3. Water body

4. Water Network

5. Ramp access

6. Academic Block

BAHAI HOUSE OF WORKSHIP

The proposal aims to create a genius loci for the Bahai Faith in keeping with its tenets and iconicity of form exhibited by other house of worship around the globe

The nonagonal form proposed is in line with the geometric criteria laid for every other Bahai House of Worship, maintaining symmetry from all sides Parametric workflow was adopted during the form finding exercise to iterate through multiple design options within a weeks duration

PROJECT INFO

Typology : Place of Worship

Location : Bihar, India

Climate : Warm & Dry

Project Area : 20,000 sq ft

Status : Proposed (Unbuilt)

Role : Concept Design Lead

Grasshopper Definition

• NURBs Modelling > NURBs to MESH Conversion > Kangaroo Simulation > MESH to SURFACE conversion

• Parametric workflow for ease of design iterations

1. Entry

2. Approach ramp

3. Main temple

4. Circumambulatory path

5. Sunken courts leading to congregation space in underbelly

6. Protected zone

7. Gathering space for 20 people

8. Administrative block 9. Parking

Vehicular gate

OFFICE COMPLEX

Proposed project is a built to suite office complex with two independent, NorthSouth oriented, office blocks joined at the edge Cascading volumetric play creates biophilic terraces on the South The north side has a large covered atrium with meeting rooms projecting on the upper level, overlooking the activated hangout spaces at ground floor

The floor plan is designed to allow clear un-obstructed office spaces, with the flexibility to divide the floor into among multiple tenants without additional corridor space

PROJECT INFO

Typology : Office Building

Core & Shell

Location : Gurugram, Haryana

Climate : Composite

Site Area : 37,000 sq m

Project Area : 1 5 million sq ft

Status : Proposed (Unbuilt)

Role : Concept Design Lead

Floor Size : 96,000 sq.ft

Efficiency : 93% (Usable Area / Built-up Area)

Winter Terrace

Cascading Biophilic Terraces on South side.

Ridge Shaded court on North side

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Schematic Section

Miscellaneous Projects

1. Surat Diamond Bourse (2016)

Part of the concept design team that won the project

2 Wipro Hyderabad (2014)

Part of the concept design team

Developed Masterplan options, building morphology, shadow analysis, office and parking floor plans

3. Bharti Aerocity Masterplan (2019)

Part of the concept design team for masterplanning, building design, floor plan layout and parking strategy

4 Candor N1 (2021)

Part of the concept design team for building design of additional tower within Candor TechSpace campus in Noida

5. Sommerset Terraces (2015)

Part of the concept design team for masterplanning, typical unit layout, parking and MEP strategy

6 DMRC Office (2019)

Concept Design lead for the competition Results undeclared.

SuratDiamondBourse(World’sLargestSingleOfficeBuilding)

WiproHyderabadCampus

BhartiAerocityMasteplan

CandorN1

STADIUM BOWL SCRIPT

Developed complete parametric workflow to plan a football stadium from scratch, starting from

• field of play

• bowl section, sightlines

• high ball line

• seating and aisles

• accurate seating capacity

• C Value calculation

• Bowl Geometry with custom perimeter

• Vormitory

• Concourse Levels

• Façade Surface

• Façade Articulations

• Roof Surface

• Roof Structure (Trusses)

• Roof Panels

Script demo available during one on one discussion Please inform prior to the discussion to allow time for setup

GH Definition

Concourse Slabs

Bowl Geometry

Roof Structure

Roof Panels

STRIP MORPHOLOGY

Strip Morphology is an exploration into strip based fabrication and Complex mesh formations resulting from Kangaroo simulations in Grasshopper

Inspired by the works of ‘TheVeryMany’ and my experience of weaving with handloom, this exploration has resulted in the development of several techniques to discretize and cluster complex mesh formations into strips that can be cut out of thin sheet material

See the process here : strip morphology

GH Workflow :

• Initial Curves to Base Mesh

• Form Finding using Kangaroo

• Form Optimization using Kangaroo

• Anemone Loops for Stripification

• Advanced Data Operations for Geometry Clustering

• Joinery Detailing

• Alpha-Numeric tags for fabrication

• Mesh > Surface > Brep conversion

• Flattened Strips for Fabrication

• Geometry Nesting for CNC cutting

Base Mesh Vault Geometry

Derived using Rhino + Kangaroo

Network Mesh Sculpture

Stripe Pattern

Clustering mesh faces into Strips

Final Geometry

Strips modified with slots for Rivet Joinery

Voronoi Dome

Developed for Warp-Weft Strip Fabrication

Grasshopper Script

• NURBs Modelling > NURBs to MESH Conversion > Kangaroo Simulation > MESH to SURFACE conversion

• Parametric workflow for ease of design iterations

Fabrication Data

Costa Minimal Strip Morphology

Form Finding quad mesh with even valence

Strip Pattern Generation

Strip Cluster B Weft

Slots for Ziptie / Rivets No, of slots, shape and size as per design

Strip Cluster A Warp

Tagging for Fabrication Nested Fabrication File

Physical Prototype

THE GOLDEN BIRD

The Golden Bird is a twisted sinusoidal wave form sculpture, proposed for the ‘Notions of India’ competition entry

The structure is made up of 153 unique steel sections, using TATA Structura steel rectangular section (as per brief) The main structural support supports sits within the steel sections, symmetrically spread along the axis The sinusoidal wave form lends stiffness to the main structure

Parametric workflow was setup for design and documentation process

See the process here : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TFD

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GH Workflow :

• Base form generation from lines

• Structural model setup parametrically

• Animation workflow for documentation

153 Custom

The main structural support sits within the steel Feathers, symmetrical spread along the axis.

Twisted wave morphology symbolic of Bird Wings Minimum contact on ground plane depicts the golden bird in flight

Primary Structure

Secondary Structure Support Structure

Shaped Feathers

9000mm Long, 82mm Wide, and 145-600mm Deep Tapering Section to minimize weight & material

ESD Scripts

Developed multiple ESD (Environment & sustainable Development) scripts to analyze passive strategies during early building design stages

GH+Ladybug+Honeybee Workflow :

• UTCI for outdoor thermal comfort

• Psychometric Chart to determine effective passive strategies and its impact

• Solar geometry for shading design

• Radiation and Sun hour analysis

• Solar PV Potential

• DA, UDI, SDA & ASE Analysis