Bhavya Gandhi - Architecture Portfolio

B BHAVYA

HEMANT

GANDHI

Architecture Portfolio | 2020

CONTENT

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The Forest City

02

Ramdullari

03

F - Residence

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Spiritual Centre

Mbpt, Mumbai | Msc. Integrated Sustainable Design

Ballygunj, Kolkata | Talati and Panthaky Assocaited Designers LLP

Ghatkopar, Mumbai | Talati and Panthaky Assocaited Designers LLP

Karjat, Mumbai | L.S. Raheja School of Architecture

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The Slice Cafe

06

The Taj Hotel

JID Launchpad, Jurong Industrial District - Singapore

Bandra, Mumbai |

Architecture Competition |

2014

1.

The Forest City Site : - Mumbai, Maharashtra - India.

Project Type - Residential

By living in cities we often have to choose vetween livability, sustianability & affordability.

However, that is not the case in ‘The Forest City’ that brings all three under one roof to make sustainable living affordable. The project tackles a simple question : how can human communities thrive in the 21st centuray while respecting nature and using the enifits of modern technology. The project sets out to explore this idea, providing visionary discription for imagining those posibilites. Aerial neighboburhoods shall engage with nature...gardens, watercourse, birdlife, views and fresh air. Street life is reinstated at multiple ground levels that are integrated with urban farming practices, backyar workshops, health and wellness providing social and visual connection to the city and its people. Screens of green, sky gardens and sky parks are weived into these tropical community spaces.

Concept Urban lifestyle

Lack of green space

Present issue Lack of energy efficiency

Sustianability

Domesticated megstructure

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Livability

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Affordabilitiy

Communal Living

Sky gardens

Stratergy Passive design stratergies

Massing process

Breathing cities

Tropical Morphology

Views

Porosity + Permeabiltiy

Breezeways

Layering cities

Shading

SITE ANALYSIS Sewri was selected to demonstrate this new developement on the basis of its ecological and historic significance as well as accessibility from all parts of the city. The ecology of the eastern bay comprises of wetlands, mudflats, trees and mangroves. Futher re-infored by the northern creek that cover an areas of 12,000 hectre with rich biodiversity, where about 53 species of vascular plants and 150 bird species have been recorded by the Bombay Natural History Society.

The harbour line, a aprt of the sub urban railway network connects the island city ot its mainland having Sewri as it major intermodal transit node.

Vehicular access

Network

MASTER PLAN Creating strong links between humans and nature is the core stratergy for this developement. The program is spread vertical to minimize ground coverage hence allowing the ground level to be highly porous and nature centric. The idea of embedding the building is such that the barrier between the building and nature seamlessly dissappears.

The vision include a high rise residential building that runs fully on sustainable energy, much of which comes from solar panels that lines on the rooftop of the development and offshore. Parks, natural and built wetlands, mangrooves sorrounds the development that regenrates the site and its ecosystem.

Ecosystem

Residential Manged Park

Mixed Use Buisness Centre

Land Use

Site boundary

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Legend 1. Entrance 2. Loby 3. Railway corridor 4. Ecological park 5. Bird watch 6. Wet land 7. Mangroove 8. Bioswales 9. Eastern green corridor 10. Arabian Sea 11.Bird Walk

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CLIMATE ANALYSIS The climate of mumbai is a tropical, wet and dry climate. It can be best described as moderately hot with high level of humidity. Its coastal nature and tropical location ensures temperatures do not fluctuate much throughout the year.

Hottest Month

May ( 30 O C avg)

Coldest Month

January (24O C avg)

Wettest Month

July (485 mm avg

Windiest Month

July (6.5 m / s)

Annual Precip.

1288 mm (per year)

East - west orientation and narrow building footprint

Orientation shades all green roof

Winter Solstice 46O

Summer Solstice 79O

Sunrise at 07:07 am Sunset at 06:06 pm

Sunrise at 6:02am Sunset at 07:19pm

Orientation that induces ventilation

PASSIVE STRATERGIES There are five principles for the developement of passive houses : airtightness, thermal bridges free - design, thermal insulation, passive house windows and ventilation. In a warm climate, high temperature is the main prolem that should be solved. However, in a hot and humid climate or tropical climate, not only high temperature, but also a high level of humidy should be taken into consideration. In these climates, an installation of heat and humidity recovery is something needed, which has proven to recover about 70% - 80% of the heat and humidty level. The buildings compactness affects the cooling needs, but is not so significant. Internal insulation of walls is suggested for this climate along with insulation of floor slabs or basement ceiling to block heat rising from the surface of the floor. 15 stratergies after carefully studying the bioclimate have been proposed to reduce the cooling demand and achieve stable thermal comfrot levels with minimum use of mechanical ventilation like fans.

Winter Winds North east winds 2.75 m/s

Summer Winds South west winds 4.4 m/s

Southern shading

Permeability

Operable Windows

Stack efffect Natural ventilation Daylight harvest Vertical breezeways Green roofs Reduce urban heat island

Tree Shading

Verandah and vegetative cooling

Natural daylight harvest

Stable thermal environments

PROGRAM LIVE

ENERGY

OPEN

COMMUNITY

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GREEN CULTURE

NATURE CREATIIVE

Open

Live Open

C r e a t i v e

E n e r g y Community G r e e n Live Live Open

Live

Underground program

Open

Live Live N a t u r e

C u l t u r e Open

Podium program

Swimming Pool

Resource Recovery

Sky Park

Sky Garden

Amenity

Services

Amenity

Work Units

Lobby

Parking

Lobby

Parking

PUBLIC AMENITIES W

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Roof

Live

P Live

Meet Live Live

Live Play

Live Live

Live Live

Meet

Live M Ground M - Meet E - Eat

Live

North tower program

Live W P - Play W - Work

South tower program

Sky Park

Sky Garden

Sky Park

Live & Work Units

Condo Type 1

Services

Condo Type 3

Services

Condo Type 2

Sky Village

Amenity

Sky Village

Yoga

Hydroponic farming

Bar

Multi sport field

Agassi

Childcare

Pet park

Community farming

Farmers market

Study area

Movie theatre

Backyard workshops

Table Tennis

Festive Ground

Gymnasium

Multi Sport lawn

Swimming Pool

Board games room

Spa and wellness

Squach court

Barbaque

Library

Coffee shop

Grocery store

Floor Plans The design of this high rise developement examines the relationship between internal architecture planning and the formal expression of the building as an object.

The developements sun shaded east west facade and protuding balconies are populated with trees and other vegetation. The plants also helps protect homes from the sun with the greenery serving as an active and living interface between the interior and exterior environments.

Sky gardens on alternate levels further disolve the boundries between inside and outside, in fact all residents are able to enjoy visual greenery outside their apartment windows.

A series of open yet sheltered sky gardens, terraces, balconies and planters create a breathable facade and visual interest, enhacing the real estate value of these apartments in a densely built up area while providing spatial relief to apartment PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK STUDENT VERSION owners.

Sky gardens floor plan PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK STUDENT VERSION

Typical floor plan

Sky village floor plan

PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK STUDENT VERSION

SYSTEM INTEGRATION Green - Biodiversity Sky park

Key stratergies

Sky village Sky garden

- Screens of green Mangroove ecosystem

- Sky gardens

Sky park

Bird Park

Park

- Sky Parks - Wet land ecosystem

Ecological corridor

The unrelieved concrete and asphalt surfaces of the buildings and roads have created an extreamly hot micro climate - specifically referred to as an urban heat island which in turn has markedly contributed to global warming.

The impact of the heat island effect in tropical cities has now become frightening. Even in the warmest climes, in the height of summer, the unexpected blast o extreame heat instinctively feels alien and starlingly abnormal... as if it has suddenly become too hot to survive.

Wet land ecosystem

The most practical method of reducing, or at least tempering the urban heat island effect is to plant more trees, create new parks, and allow grasses to grow wherever possible.

Trees shade the stress and the low rise buildings, whilst all vegetation facilitates the process of evapotranspiration ( which is essential to the city’s water cycle ), removes carbon dioxide from the air, and lowers the immediate localised temperature.

Any method to reverse the concrete jungle processes of urbanisation and re - green cities will improve the lifestyle and pshychological equilibirum of the resident. Human eings have always had an intimate relationship with nature - whether it be fresh air, running water, chirping birds or flowering plants.

Sky gardens, sky parks & village

Ecological expansion

Birds nest

Micro - climate creation

SECTIO

ON AA’

GREEN PLOT RATIO - 450 %

SKY GARDENS Elevated gardens are cantilevered from the mass of a building will thrive in the denseley settled tropical ity of Mumbai, by taking advantage of the climate and the degree of sunlight. The year round vertical sun path - is utlisied to build a tropical rainforest type ecosystem, with high density of trees,plants,shrubs and vines at every level. These elevated gardens function as air purifying winter gardens as they can perform as environmental filters to absorb carbon dioxide and reduce heat gain.

These sky gardens are located between the two lift lobbies of the tower to provide an informal meeting place with views over the city, sky, mountains and the sea. They provide the office workers and residential apartment dwellers with the oppertunity to relax and seek relief from the crowded city streets below.

These sky gardens are fully sefl sustainable, that are irrigated by collected rainwater and functioning as the buildings overall recycling and energy saving program. A total of 140 sky gardens, 4 sky parks sum up to a green plot ration of 450% in a city with very little accessible green space.

EDGE CONDITIONS

1. Site edge conditions

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2. Promenade

3. Ecological corridor

4. Mangrove Walk

Northern facade elevation

Southern facade elevation

2.

Ramdullari Site : - Kolkata, West Bengal - India.

Project Type - Mutli Famliy Residential Development

Ramdullari is a medium density, multi-family residential project in Kolkata, that incorporates a portion of high-income housing, sustainable practices and consideration for the kind of future that developments like this can create. Passive environmental design strategies for the tropics are integrated with an aim of becoming net-zero in energy use.

Sky gardens, and sky parks are formed creating layers of green spaces at multiple datums with an intent to integrate social, economic and ecological components to create a “holistic community�.

Concept

Building Form & Footprint

East - West Orientation

Sky Gardens

Stone Facade

Summer Solstice 84O Sunrise at 4.55 am Sunset at 6.23 pm

Winter Winds North east winds 2. m/s

Winter Solstice 43O Sunrise at 6.12 am Sunset at 4.56 pm

Summer Winds South west winds 3 m/s

Site and Climate Analysis

Sustianable Elements

Solar Pv

Grey water recycling

Waste Management

Rain water harvest

Bioswales 75 % Permeability

Water Storage

Grey water recycling

200 % Green plot ratio

Evaporative cooling

Passive Design Stratergies 45o

Orient towards winds

Cross Ventilation

Natural Daylight

Vegetative Cooling

Vegetative Cooling

Ventilated Facade

Tree shaading Daylight

Service Core Placement

Thermal comfort

Air quality

Noise absorbtion

Typical Floor Plan

Biophilia

Lobby

Ground floor plan

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F- Residence Site : - Mumbai, Maharashtra - India.

Project Type - Residential - Multi family

F- Residence encapsulates the essence of a green square - sustianaility, diversity and affordability. Due to the geometry of the plot, the scheme consist of 3 elongated towers arranged perpendicular to each other, between them, forming an L and making to locate the units with optimal views and oreintation. Between the towers a central garden is generated as part of the projects open space.

The developement consist of 128 units in its first phase with 4 typologies of residential units for middle income housing group. Each unit is planned to achieve maximim cross ventilation, suffiecient day light and effective solar shading to minimise the energy demand of the developement.

Concept

Site and building footprint

Defining Wings & Zones

Programatic Division

Urban block

Access

Diversification Note : Reference to MVRD A101 Urban Block

Courtyard block

Service Core

Identification

Legend 1. Entry gurdhouse 2. Entry drive way 3. Driveway roundabout 4. Scultpture 5. Lounge Area 6. Driveway drop - off 7. Tower A & B 8. Accent scultpure 9. Childrens pool 10. Temple 11. Driveway ramp 12. Childrens play area 13. Staircase 14. Tower C 15. Tower D,E & F 16. Club house 17. Eco Corridor 18. Lap pool 19. Open lawn 20. Mound garden 21. Amphitheatre 22. Fitness corner 23. Viewing pavilion 24. Multi purpose field 25. Jogging track 26. Accupressure walkway 27. Senior citizens park 28. Barbecue Area 29. Sky Garden 30.Sky Park 31. Skating Rink

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Phase 1 5

Phase 1 6

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Tower A & B ( Phase 1 )

Waiting lounge

Lobby 2

Ground Floor Plan

PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK STUDENT VERSION

Lobby 1

Typical Floor Plan Tower A & B

PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK STUDENT VERSION

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The Club House

PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK STUDENT VERSION

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Porosity

Maximiszing Views

Shading the Pool

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Section AA’

Legend : Club house 1. Men’s changing room 2. Women’s changing room 3. Lobby 4. Pool deck 5. Jacuzzi 6. Lap pool 7. Children’s pool 8. Multi Purpose Room

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Ground Floor Plan

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Spiritual Centre Site : - Karjat, Maharashtra - India.

Project Type - Institutional

Architects often aim to infuse their creations with meaning, but one type of structure demands something particularly moving--a spiritual building. The most successful churches, chapels, temples, synagogues, and mosques have at least one thing in common: architecture that transforms raw, earthly materials into compositions so powerful they evoke something beyond our world. Spiritual Architecture are not just places of spiritual pilgrimage, but architectural pilgrimage where religion is getting a redesign. These are buildings that demonstrate how new ideas and developments in urban, domestic, and public architecture inform of designs for spaces intended for inspiration, worship and meditation.

Concept Water

Air

Integrating Fire

Earth

+ Abstracting

Concept

Massng

Open - Meditaton Space Amphitheatre Semi-Open Meditation Space Art Therapy Promenade

Zoning

Structure

Summer Solstice 79O

Winter Winds

Sunrise at 6:02am Sunset at 07:19pm

North east winds 2.75 m/s

Winter Solstice 46O Sunrise at 07:07 am Sunset at 06:06 pm

Space

Summer Winds South west winds 4.4 m/s

Climate Analysis

SECT

TION AA’

Ground Floor Plan

Section BB’

First Floor Plan

Section CC’

THE JOURNEY 2.

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Slice Cafe Site : - JID Launchpad, Jurog Industrial District - Singapore Project Type - Mixed Used

Re - imagining the future of food.

Increasing global population and rising incomes are straining our current food systems.

Globbal food demand is expected to double by 2050, and the challenge of increasing food production is made tougher by phenomena such as climate change and urbansation. The following problem, if unsolved, will only exacerbate the vulnerabilities of our current food systems, even as it strives to meet the demands of consumers globally. The time has come for us to reimagine how we grow, process and consume food optimally and sustainably.

Concept Imgaine a food system that is ‘zero miles’ and decentralised such that every community grows locally where consume and is self sustainable in their food supply.

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The Taj Hotel Site : - Mumbai, Maharashtra - India.

Project Type - Hospitality

The competition called for new ways of seeing buildings and their relation to its city as the health of a system as a whole is affected with the insertion of every new developement. The new development not only stands as an iconic building but also proves to be generous, restorative and net positive. It aims to strike a balance in form, functions and sustainability through its curvaceous shape that mimic an inverted umbrella harvesting water and energy from it large overhanging roofs. Where as the duo towers forms an atrium through its organic shape that creates a venturi effect hence elevating the air speed to rotate the wind turbines located at multiple levels. The organic shape of the towers unearths the idea of providing more spatial flexibility which integrate high tech vertical farming to its most luxurious hotel room hence providing a unique spatial experience at every level.

Concept

Inverted Sky line

SECTION AA’

SECTION BB’

Work Experience

Talati and Panthaky Associated Jan 2016 June 2018

F- Residence, Ghatkopar - Mumbai

June 2017 June 2018

Estado, Bandra - Mumbai

March 2018 June 2018

Viphor Aparments, Mulund - Mumbai

March 2018 June 2018

The Villa - Amravati

3 years, 8 months

| Arhitectural Assistant

Multi family residential developement - 360 units - for mid income group Total built up area - (1,80,000 sq. ft) Design developement to execution and handover of phase 1 Client - A & O Realty

Multi family residential developement - 48 units - for mid income group Total built up area - (75,000 sq. ft) Construction documents Client - A & O Realty

Multi family residential developement - 120 units - for mid income group Total built up area - (1,25,000 sq. ft) Concept to preliminary design stage.

Client - Viphor Pharma Group

Single family residential developement Total built up area - (45,000 sq. ft) Design developement and construction documentation

July - 2015 Jan 2016

Ramdullari, Ballygunj - Kolkata

July - 2015 Jan 2016

Jewel Crest, Bandra - Mumbai

July - 2015 Jan 2016

Parekh Aparments, Juhu - Mumbai

July - 2015 Jan 2016

Private Apartment, Juhu - Mumbai

Multi family residential developement - 24 units - for high income group Total built up area - (95,000 sq. ft) Concept and schematic design.

Client - Mr. Amit Jatia

Multi family residential developement - 43 units - for high income group Total built up area - (1,35,000 sq. ft) Preliminary design Client - Jewel Group

Multi family residential developement - 12 units - for high income group Total built up area - (1,25,000 sq. ft) Detail design and construction documentation.

Client - Janaki Parekh

Single family residential developement - 9 units - for high income group Total built up area - (25,000 sq. ft) Construction documentaiton and site sxecution Client - Narendra Mehta

Work Experience

Mistletoe Foundation Aug Sept 2019

- Design Architect

Slice Cafe, JID Launch pad - Singapore Mixed used typologies for an educational platform for circular economy Total built up area - (5,000 sq. ft) Concept, Design developement & execution of phase 1 Client - Jurong town council - Singapore

National University of Singapore April May 2019

- Research Assistant

Stable thermal environments Residential, Institutional, Hospitatility and Health Care projects.

No of builidngs - 4 Temperature reading’s and survey.

Client - WOHA

Talati and Panthaky Associated Designers LLP Nov -2014 Feb 2015

Residential Projects Assisted in the production of construction drawings, 3d views and preliminary designs for varoius residential projects accorss Mumbai, Delhi and Kolkata.

- Intern

Thank You.