Ammar palgharwala portfolio 2016 by ammar palgharwala

AMMAR PALGHARWALA ARCHITECTURE PORTFOLIO | 2016

EDUCATION UCLA Architecture & Urban Design|M.Arch-II SUPRASTUDIO|2015-2016

Ammar Palgharwala

3848 Mentone Ave, 201. Culver City, CA-90232

Advance Architectural Research And Design|Craig Hodgetts Studio

Indian Education Societyâ€™s Collegw Of Architecture, Mumbai|B.Arch|2008-2013 Architectural Design And Planning|Mumbai University

Mithibai Junior College, Mumbai|Higher Secondary School|2006-2008 Science And Information Technology School|Mumbai University

A.A.E.H. School, Palghar|Primary & Secondary School|1996-2006

ACHIEVEMENTS & HONORS Sir Ratan Tata Trustâ€™s Scholarship For Excellence In Education|2009, 2010 Architectural Design And Planning|Mumbai University

Mumbai University Course Completion With First Class|B.Arch|2008-2013 Architectural Design And Planning|Mumbai University

National Association of Students of Architecture|2011-2012 Second Place For Documentation Trophy|Louis I Kahn Trophy

UCLA AUD Cumulative GPA|3.98 ACMA Composite Challenge|Honorable Mention|Winter 2016

WORK EXPERIENCE & RESPONSIBILITIES Larsen & Toubro Ltd. Realty Division|Profile: Architect|2013-2015

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CONTENT SHARECITY

REVEALUTION

BRANCHANTHINE

EAR-360

INTER STATE BUS TERMINAL

SKIN & BONES

GOLF CLUB

PROFESSIONAL WORK

INFLAT-A-POD

SHARECITY

CONCEPT: )XWXUH &LW\ 'HVLJQ 3URMHFW IRU &UDLJ +RGJHWWV 6WXGLR deals with the envisioning and development of a design strategy that is completely based on the latest trends and possibilities in the ILHOG RI WHFKQRORJ\ DQG LWV VXEVHTXHQW LPSDFW RQ WKH ILHOG RI DUFKLWHFWXUDO GHVLJQ ,W LV D JUHHQ ILHOG SURMHFW LJQRULQJ DQ\ H[LVWLQJ infrastructural or technological constrains of the current day. INSTRUCTORS: $U &UDLJ +RJHWWV DQG $U 0DUWD $QQD 1RZDN PROJECT TERM: Winter 2016 - Spring 2016 TEAM MEMBERS: 0DQMX 3DLWKDQNDU 0DULD .DWWLFDUDQ CONTRIBUTION: Concept development, Master Grid preparation, Masterplan base 3d model, Detailed Unit design, Detailed Unit computer model, Detailed Unit physical model, Pod Concept, Infrastructural design and planning. PROGRAMS USED: 5KLQRFHURV *UDVVKRSSHU 0D\D 95D\ Adobe Illustrator and Adobe InDesign.

MASTERPLAN

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THE POD

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Pod: Closed and Open Aperture The Pod is an integral part of the city planning as it replaces the car and partially the office. The pod is a mobility device that ZRUNV RQ 0DJOHY WHFKQRORJ\ DQG PRYHV DURXQG WKH FLW\ RQ WUDFNV (YHU\ EORFN LQ WKH FLW\ ZRXOG KDYH GRFNLQJ SRLQWV DW ZKLFK FLW\ ZRXOG KDYH GRFNLQJ SRLQWV DW ZKLFK the user can transfer from the pod to SHGHVWULDQ PRGH 7KH GRFNV ZRXOG SHGHVWULDQ PRGH 7KH GRFNV ZRXOG be collapsible and standardized to cater to different pods. Te The Pods would be covered on the surface with solar panels and would be the PDMRU PRGH RI HQHUJ\ PDMRU PRGH RI HQHUJ\ generation in the city. Programs used: Rhino, Grasshopper, AutoCAD Maya.

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SHARECITY

CONCEPT: Continuation to the Fall 2016 quarter, the project deals with an architectural scale resolution of either of the important components of the city design. For the purpose of this exercise, the intersection between the residential units was developed into a pedestrian crossing on the periphery and machine spaces in the centre. One of the arms was also developed into a workshop for the automated Pods. INSTRUCTORS: Ar. Craig Hogetts and Ar. Marta Anna Nowak. PROJECT TERM: Spring 2016 INDIVIDUAL PROJECT CONTRIBUTION: Concept development, Master Grid preparation, Masterplan base 3d model, Detailed Unit design, Detailed Unit computer model, Detailed Unit physical model, Pod Concept, Infrastructural design and planning. PROGRAMS USED: Rhinoceros 5.0, Grasshopper, Maya, VRay, Adobe Illustrator and Adobe InDesign.

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Technical (Workshop)

Transitit (Personal Pod Vertical Movement)

The intersection forms a crucial part of the city design, establishing all connections to the four housing units. It is the second most prominent occurrence in the city masterplan. The arms/ periphery of the units are developed into variable functions and in correspondence to that, the intersection is designed to have five diverse functions. 1) Technical: This has ramps to facilitate Pod movement and one connecting arm is a technical space, such as the workshop, 2) Transit: This has elevators for private Pods so that they can move vertically and reach their target destination 3) Education: Schools, Colleges, Interactive learning, Science Centres etc. 4) Entertainment: Arcade Games, Sports ground and stadium, liesure spaces etc. 5) Agriculture: The intersection could be a greenhouse in which case one of the connecting arm would be a food processing unit.

Education

Entertainment (Sports)

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THE INTERSECTION & WORKSHOP The workshop and Intersection is designed to be the Mechanical Organism, co-existing with the human organisms of the Future. Sharecity features inversion of the traditional infrastructure by providing the vehicular movement on top and pedestrian on bottom to avoid intersection of the two for most parts. The Intersection of the City-grid provides a versatility of functions to be designed in correspondence with the function of the connecting arm. For the purpose of this project, the arm chosen is a technical function arm: the Pod workshop. In this situation, the intersection features a helical ramp with connections to the workshop levels to grant access to the pods moving on the main transportation infrastructure. Alongside, the intersection also works as a drop-off and parking for the automated shared Pods. The parked Pods eventually get lifted and placed on the main tracks by electro-magnetic elevator platforms. The Intersection has pedestrian walkways and ramps connecting four quadrants and revisits the expression â€œMeet me at the Intersection.â€? Pod

Helical Track

Pod Elevator

Pod Parking

Automized Pod Wash

Pod Fabrication/Repair

LAYOUT Unlike the housing units, the intersection is designed mainly as a space for machinery/technology. Here the machine is a part of the aesthetics in itâ€™s full glory and provides a transparent view for the humans to see the automized machines in motion (also improving the trust of man over machines). Judging from the current trend, it is fair to assume that future holds a great deal of automation and for that, architecture should adapt to its new, rather non-traditional resident. The layout plan of the intersection and the workshop is shown here along with the segregation of human and machine spaces.

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Pod Movement

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SECTIONAL VIEW The section through the intersection and workshop shows two main movement paths, the vertical movement of the Pods and the horizontal movement through the workshop. The vertical movement is a unidirectional movement with a downward ramp taking the shared Pods to a dropoff level and then to the shared Pod parking where the Pods move in a spiral pattern to ultimately arrive at the innermost portion from where they are then lifted back to the top of the infrastructural system. These Pods being shared, the order is irrelevant and the Pods return to the track network based on demand. On two levels, +4.8m and +10.2m, the downward spiral branches out to give access to the workshop space which is organized based on the frequency of use, having the maintenance units on the top and the fabrication units on the bottom. The pods then enter the track system through the spiral and elevator.

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BRANCHANTHINE

CONCEPT: An exercise in the development of a Design Process based on Parametric Protocol generation and interaction of two systems of patterns existing in the nature. For this project, Labyrinth and Branching were selected as host patterns . The aesthetic of the first and the logic of the latter were combined. The interaction of these systems on different generations produced an array of options from which one was chosen for space exploration. INSTRUCTORS: Ar. Julia Koerner, Ar. Marta Anna Nowak, Ar. Natasha Bajc, Ar. Yi PROJECT TERM: Summer 2015 TEAM MEMBERS: Ryan Doyle, Anna Kudashkina, Panpan CONTRIBUTION: Concept development, L-Systems Code Generation, Interaction Rules definition, Interaction Options, Presentation Video, Renderings. PROGRAMS USED: Rhinoceros 5.0, Grasshopper, Maya, VRay, Adobe Illustrator and Adobe AfterEffects.

L-SYSTEMS

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L-System Generations

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Gen. 3

INTERACTION OPTIONS GENERATION Option Selected After Second Level Interaction

Mass Generations

Point Cloud Generations

Line Generations

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SYSTEM INTERACTION OUTPUT

SECTIONS THROUGH THE FINAL FORM SHOWING SPACE CREATION WITHIN

REVEALUTION

CONCEPT: The project proposes a kinetic facade system that is articulating a juxtaposition of opposing characteristics: the extremes of an open and closed/hidden state which is acheived by developing a linear actuator. INSTRUCTORS: Ar. Peter Vikar PROJECT TERM: Fall 2015 TEAM MEMBERS: Jorel Sanchez, Shahrzad Razi, Simi Shenoy CONTRIBUTION: Concept Development, Unit Prototype and Mechanism Design and Fabrication, Unit assembly, Video editing for the mock-up sequence. PROGRAMS USED: Rhinoceros 5.0, Grasshopper, Maya, VRay, Adobe Illustrator and Adobe InDesign.

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EAR-360

CONCEPT: The project explores the design of an optimum formal shape to enhance the intensity of sound and to manage the levels so that the user can correct/isolate the desired sound from the undesirable ones. The prototypes are meant to be entirely analog and purely form-based explorations. INSTRUCTORS: Ar. Marta Anna Nowak PROJECT TERM: Fall 2015 TEAM MEMBERS: Richard Ruiz CONTRIBUTION: Concept Development, Hearing Cones and Mechanism Design and Fabrication, Mechanism Assembly, Site Model 3D Design and Laser Cut files, Presentation Video. PROGRAMS USED: Rhinoceros 5.0, Grasshopper, Maya, VRay, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe AfterEffects and

THE SITE: STUDY OF THE HUMAN EAR ANATOMY

For this seminar, we treated the human body as a ‘SITE’ for our design. It provided with new insights on the geometry of our anatomy. The subtle contours, the undulating, folding ridge and valleys, the structure and orientation, of the human ear was the focus of study to better the design for the ‘SITE’. Digital models were created of various ears and a common shape and size was discovered and fabricated in silicone to understand the interface between the prototypes and the human ear. Eventually the silicone ears were replaced with solid 3D printed ears as the final product shifted from being in-ear hooks to back band headsets. The picture adjacent to the 3D model was the final site model on which the final prototype was rested. This exercise helped to look at architectural site in a different light and developed an appreciation towards the organic nature of design.

PROTOTYPE 1: SOUND ISOLATION AND FOCUSING In this prototype, a regular cone as an amplification device was revisited fundamentally. These fundaments were then combined wth the acoustic design knowledge to create an echo-free high definition analog sound amplification and sound focusing system. The forms thus developed, act like a scaled down concert hall focusing the reflected sound waves into the ear canal. This prototype was made to have a mechanical interface between the ear horns and the eras in the form of the Clicker Mechanism. The Mechanism consisted of gear arrangement with slots for intermediate stops while rotating 180 degrees. These slots were calibrated to four fixed positions on the 360 degree arc with the ear canal as the center of the axis. Since the ear-plugs were to sit within the ear canal, moldable ear-buds were attached to the clicker. These ear-buds would take the shape of the users ears providing a snug fit and support. For additional support, ear hooks were connected to the assembly. The main intended use of this prototype was for focusing at one sound source, for example, if one is in a lecture and is taking notes, one can adjust the ear-horns towards the sound source and continue taking notes.

EARHOOKS FOR ADDED SUPPORT MOLDABLE EAR PLUGS

CLICKER MECHANISM

PROTOTYPE 2: ALL-ROUND EQUAL INTENSITY A research study during the course of design stated that more than 4/5th of the human hearing is concentrated in a cone of around 110 degrees angle towards the front. This provides us with directionality. However, as an experiment, the design exercise was aimed to alter the perception of this intensity field and putting the listener in the centre of the hearing field. The rear aperture is greater than the front aperture to counter the earâ€™s anatomy and balance out sound incident from both the directions. This is aimed at a user group that requires to be vigilant of their back as much as the front, such as cyclists. In addition to putting the listener in the middle of the field of hearing, the final prototype integrates the forms of Prototype 2 with a rotating mechanism from Prototype 1 that could help alter the intensity balance providing stereophonic correction. This could be useful for side seats in a theatre where sound is dominant from either one of the left or right direction. The mechanism may be paired with a smartphone app that could provide presets as well as fine tuning.

Centered Field of Hearing by use of Prototype 1

PROTOTYPE 3: STEREO CORRECTION Evolution of Form

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Cushioning

SKIN & BONES CONCEPT: Exploration of techniques for casting infused composite panels without making and using molds. The process developed uses the KUKA robot as an actuator to animate the infusion bag creating a wide array of design variations. This technique is cost effective, time effective and highly customizable as well as repeatable. Materials are selected suitably to provide strength and transluscence to the panel making them ideal as an external skin throughout the building cutting down the requirement of glazing. INSTRUCTORS: Ar. Julia Koerner PROJECT TERM: Winter 2016 TEAM MEMBERS: Jorel Sanchez, Luis Oshua, Lyo, Pegah Roshan and Richard Ruiz CONTRIBUTION: Concept and Technique Development, Simulations, Pressure and Wind test, Preparation of Infusion Bag and Fabrication of Panels. PROGRAMS USED: Rhinoceros 5.0, Grasshopper (Kangaroo, Karamba), Maya Animation, Maya Simulations (nCloth and nDynamics), VRay, Adobe Illustrator and Adobe InDesign Adobe, Adobe AfterEffects, Autodesk Flow, CNC Mill for cuting frame profiles and soric sheet

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Fiber Glass Composite Panel

INTER-STATE BUS TERMINAL Multi-Utility Transit Oriented Development with Inter-State Bus Terminal (ISBT) as the chief component. CONCEPT: Bus being an intergral part of the transport system of Mumbai, it is crucial to design a terminal for optimum performance. The Terminal is designed with two adjascent functions, an office space and a transport museum. The massing and height of the project was regulated based on FAR. INSTRUCTORS: Ar. Shilpa Sharma PROJECT TERM: B.Arch 3rd Year, 2010-2011 INDIVIDUAL PROJECT DELIVERABLES: Concept Development, Masterplan, All Level Plans, Sections, Elevations, Views, Details PROGRAMS USED: SketchUp Pro, Autodesk Revit, AutoCAD, Adobe Photoshop CS6, Adobe Illustrator CS6

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INTER-STATE BUS TERMINAL Being situated in a prime locality of Mumabi, one of the more crucial aspects to address in the project was space optimization as no allowable development should go wasted. The FAR norms were studied and the programme for the project was reached at based on the requirements and permisible construction area. In order to generate revenue for sustenance, two additional functions were integreated with the primary bus terminal. The Office space was provided in response to the upcoming commercial neighbourhood. Apart from office, the design proposal also included a transportation museum since there are none in the city. The circulation of the site was developed with segregation based on use of the space to avoid intersecting paths, crowding and congestion.

GOLF CLUB Luxury Golf and Country Club Resort Design CONCEPT: As a response to the undulating terrain and the narrow width of the site, the project was designed with multi-level terraced configuration. Majorly divided in three zones, Private, Semi-Private and Public, the project segregated the functions and this segregation governed the interior spaces. Porosity is a chief attribute by the virtue of the resort being located in a rather open flat site with scenic views in all directions. INSTRUCTORS: Ar. Suneeta Samant PROJECT TERM: B.Arch 4th Year, 2011-2010 INDIVIDUAL PROJECT DELIVERABLES: Concept Development, Masterplan, All Level Plans, Sections, Elevations, Views, Details PROGRAMS USED: SketchUp Pro, Autodesk Revit, AutoCAD, Adobe Photoshop CS6, Adobe Illustrator CS6

GOLF CLUB Major Design Challenges: - Site being heavily contoured, it poses challenge for massing - Golf Course on one side, entry on opposite side: segregating the service access is difficult. - Multiplicity in users - Form and aesthetics to respond to the existing structures.

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Tennis

Practice Range Squash Restaurant Connecting Bridge

Games Room

Tennis Court

Luxury Suites

Gym

Golfersâ€™ Lounge Luxury Rooms

Swimming Pool

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INFLAT-A-POD

PROJECTION MAPPING SEMINAR CONCEPT: Drawing inspiration from IKEA, and taking modularity as the central spine for the project, the pod is typically a dodecahedron frame to which modular inflatable panels with two skins can be attached as per requirement and these panels would be actuated by an air compressor fixed in the floor of the frame. It caters to the basic daily activities and is light weight, hence, has great mobility. INSTRUCTORS: Ar. Marta Nowak PROJECT TERM: Winter 2016 TEAM MEMBERS: Manju Paithankar, Maria Katticaran CONTRIBUTION: Concept Development, Frame design, Inflated Panel Design and Grasshopper Simulation, Projection Mapping. Maya Animation, Projection Video, Final Presentation Video, Scaled Model frame. PROGRAMS USED: Rhinoceros 5.0, Grasshopper (Kangaroo, Karamba), Maya Animation, Maya Simulations (nCloth and nDynamics), VRay, Adobe Illustrator and Adobe InDesign Adobe, Adobe AfterEffects, Autodesk Flow

FRAME AND PANEL DESIGN Structural Light Weight Frame

Grasshopper Definition for Inflation of Panels

Grasshopper plug-ins, Kangaroo and Karamba used to design the inflatable panels to the desired shape and test the limits of the shapes and material properties.

Maya Animation for Inflation of Panels

Inflatable Panels

Few Of The Many Possible Off-the-shelf Modular Inflatable Panles

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lighting

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heating/ cooking

electrochromativ window

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bed storage

sink

seating & workstation

toiletry storage

storage

water out exterior membrane

dodecahedron frame

inlets for air and varying air pressure in the different panels according to use.

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The pod is made from lightweight Carbon-Fiber frame with attachable modular inflatable panels. Each panel can be inflated/deflated in isolation. The interior panels have three stages of configuration; the deflated stage or the free open space, the inflated stage or the in use stage and the over-inflated stage or the bracing stage. The movement of the pod is by bouncing, tumbling or transportation by drones. The tumbling takes place by using differential inflation and deflation of the exterior panels making the pod tip over and move. Movement by Differential Inflation-Deflation of Panels

Pod Long-Distance Transportation by Drones

PROJECTION MAPPING One of the primary purposes of this class was to explore the use of â€˜Projection Mappingâ€™ as a tool for representation and experiencing design in a rather realistic way by having a human actually be in the space rather than simply on computer renderings. For mapping, a live scale half dodecahedron was built and the projection was then mapped onto the foam mock-up. The scene through a typical day in the pod was enacted by a team members and the recording of that was used ast a part of the final presentation video explaining the project. Following are a few stills from the presentation video:

PROFESSIONAL WORK

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