Architecture Portfolio

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PORTFOLIO Shuchita Chauhan Selected Works 2017-2020

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SHUCHITA CHAUHAN ARCHITECTURE STUDENT

10.March.2000

An ambitious and curious student of Architecture currently in 4th year, seeking to work in an environment which can push me to work efciently, push my current boundaries and which could help me to enhance my understanding of design development and its execution at site.

Education 2003-07 Kendriya Vidyalaya,AFS,Vadodara,Gujarat 2007-09 Kendriya Vidyalaya,AFS,Suratgarh,Rajhasthan 2009-17 Kendriya Vidyalaya,AFS,Vadodara,Gujarat 2017Present

D.C. Patel School of Architecture A.P.I.E.D, Anand, Gujarat

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Selection of Studio III (Sem 3)for C.O.A Exhibition.

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Achievements

February’ 19 September’ 15 August ’ 15 2013- 14 2015- 16

Prociencies Digital

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URRICULUM ITAE

Annual NASA Convention (Bangalore).

Bronze medal at Regional Level (Athletics).

Gold medal & Silver medal at Cluster Level (Athletics & Kho-Kho).

House Vice CCA Captain.

House CCA Captain.

Auto-Cad Photoshop Sketchup V-Ray Lumion Keyshot Corel Draw

Manual Hand-Drafting Hand-Lettering Model Making Sketching Painting

For architecture, nature provides only indications and analogies, not models to imitate.

-LEON KRIER

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CONTENTS

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Weekend Home

3BHK Residence

Pg. 5-6

Pg. 25-30

Design Studio I

Design Studio VI

Artist’s Guild

Student Housing

Pg. 7-8

Pg. 31-38

Design Studio II

Design Studio VII

Khamir

Decoding Nature

Pg. 9-10

Pg. 39-40

Documentation

Basic Design IV

Place for Vendors

Ghanta Ghar

Pg. 11-12

Pg. 41-42

Design Studio III

Documentation

Karamsad & Jodhpur

Public Park

Pg. 13-18

Pg. 43-44

Documentation

Tourist Home Stay Design Studio IV

Landscape

NASA

Pg. 19-20

Reuben’s & M.S.L Trophy

Experiential School

Miscellaneous work

Design Studio V Pg. 21-24

Pg. 45-46

Installations, Workshops & Sketches and Paintings Pg. 47-48

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Design Studio I Weekend Home

Process

Anthropometry Initial Exercise

To study and measure draw spaces to understand Optimum area required by a human being, Orientation, light and ventilation, circulation etc.

Composition of Square and Rectangle of around 3 x 3 or 3 x 5 units.

Aim

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To design a house for yourself, to give spaces As you desire. The challenge was to design these spaces in 3mx3m or 3mx5m area.

Design

In order to accommodate each function some activities were overlapped, no partition was provided to use maximum oor area and visual connectivity to the outside environment.

Adding height to the 2D composition of about 3 units.

Sitting and Pantry Up

Ground Floor Plan A

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Balcony/Swing

Workspace Up

First Floor Plan

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Washroom

Bedroom

Open Terrace

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Second Floor Plan

Making a frame model of the 3D composition using sticks.

Adding horizontal planes to the frame model as a datum creating a space.

Segregating the spaces according to the functions to be provided.

Bedroom Terrace Swing Area Study Area Living room and Pantry

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Design Studio II Artist’s Guild

Process

Advance Anthropometry Initial Exercise To do case studies of a performing arts Institute/place to understand the nature of the space and their area requirements. To understand the hierarchy of the functions.

Composition m about 8cm ke to each othero at 45o angle.

Spaces created by lines and joining the lines to create spaces.

Aim To provide better spaces for studios, providing Better circulation and free spaces for each function to work properly and to create areas for people to gather around.

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Design Keeping the dance and theater studios on ground Level with café and recording studio. And giving The library, music studio and artisans Room on rst oor for privacy and for Keeping the noises away from them.

Designing common areas between the studios for interaction and as a waiting area.

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First Floor Plan

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made by lines of eeping them at 900 or keeping them

Creating introvert(light grey), extrovert(dark grey) spaces.

Adding horizontal and vertical planes to give height to the composition.

Dening functions to the datum and adding fenestrations creating space for artist to work and stay.

Placing the composition on a virtual site of 60X40m and adding datum.

Slab Legends A-Entry

First oor

1-Reception 2-Admin ofce 3-Female washroom 4-Male washroom 5-Dance studio 6-Washroom 7-Store room 8-Theater studio 9-Lounge area 10-Amphetheater 11-Cafeteria sitting 12-Kitchen 13-Utility 14-Store room 15- Panel room 16-Recording studio 17-Wahrooms 18-Music studio 19-Library & Reading room 20-Accomodation for Artist 21-Parking

Ground oor Amphetheater

Exploded Isometric View8

Design Studio II

Measurement Drawing : Khamir

Terracotta tiles

Roof Frame with terracotta tiles

Advance anthropometry

Roof frame

The Kachchh region in Gujarat is known for the seasonal salt desert. Besides this, the region is also home to crafts such as block printing, tie-dye, weaving, and pottery.

Khamir is a platform for the crafts, heritage and cultural ecology · of the Kachchh region of Gujarat.

Instituted after the earthquake of 2001 Khamir is an N.G.O working with local artisans to revive these crafts which are slowly dying.

MS Railing

Mud wall

‘Detail B’ 1

R.C.C Chajja

Window with top hung shutter

Starting with observing the areas an artist use and their workspace. Interacting with the artists for better understanding.

To measure the built masses and understanding the spaces along with joinaries and material application.

Plinth

‘Detail A’

Layout

Pre-cast concrete column base

Concrete slab

Exercise

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Wooden column

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Isometric View

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Isometric View

Section Section

First Floor Plan

First Floor Plan B

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Ground Floor Plan

Ground Floor Plan

Workshop Units

Administration Block

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Design Studio III Place for Vendors Material Studio Aim To provide vendor friendly area in the market, which is convenient for both vendors and buyers. And can be used for recreational activities by any age group of user.

Design

Rising the plinth for vendors to sit and to display their goods. The plinth also helps for general public to stand while purchasing the items and talk with them without difculty.

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Lime stone 100x100mm Granite stone Drilled anchor bolt Lime stone 100x100mm Metal plate 8mm thk 100mm thk concrete slab

Limestone used as rafters for the roof.

Slate stone used for roof.

150mm dia ms circular post 100mm thk concrete slab J bolt/anchor bolt

Slate tiles 30x30mm Granite stone 200x200mm Grey limestone 100x100mm

Granite stone as main beam.

Gabion column.

Sandstone ooring.

Rooď€ ng frame

Concrete slab MS basket 450 x 450 mm

Metal circular column

600 x600 mm Footing of column

Exploded 3D view

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Design Studio IV

Documentation : Karamsad Contextual Studio

KARAMSAD Karamsad is a city and municipality in Anand district it comes under Khandhli Panchayath. It is situated on the street highway and links the peripheral villages. It is located 6 km towards west from district head quarters Anand. The village came into settlement when the Ancestors of Lakha Patel started developing poles, Khadkis, wells at this place. The village then got spread and result in theformation of 6 Khadkis. The Patidars of Karamsad are well known in the social community of Chha gam (six villages).

Evolution In Karamsad six different Khadkis were formed in Karamsad after the rst six descendents of Mahijibhai. § § § § § §

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Bhayni Khadki Bapni Khadki Hathibhaini Khadki Motabhaini Khadki Jini Khadki Chhatthi Khadki These khadkis served the purpose of safety from the dacoits.

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Documentation : Jodhpur

JODHPUR The historic core of jodhpur is very dense historic city centre characterized by delicate urban equilibrium made of a system of residential, commercial, religious and institutional buildings. The land area today was only a small portion Marwar state before independence. When Rao Jodha established the walled city, it had four gates as time passed the city became congested within creasing population and the boundaries continued to expand Old city and has a 3 to 8 f t . W i d e a n d 1 5 t o 3 0 f t .

H i g h w a l l a r o u n d i t .

Evolution Jodhpur is the second largest city in Rajasthan and it's old walled city circles around the Mehrangarh Fort.

When Rao Jodha decided to shift his capital to a safer and elevated location in Jodhpur, people moved closer to the fort as well for the same purpose and gradually leading to the development of the blue city.

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Climate

Height to Width ratio of street Stack Effect

Clustered Organisation

Karmsad has tropical climate. The architecture in response to climate is in such a way that the houses attains thermal comfort through out the year.The sloping roof, jharokhas, openings are in a way to makes the cool air come and the hot air escape.The basements of the house produce the stack effect which helps in attaining the thermal comfort

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Climate

Dense Built form

Jodhour has hot and dry climate according to which the architecture is been seen.

To prevent heat gain small opening are made and for and illumination and ventilation courtyards (chowks) are made. Stone Walls are made thick which prevents heat transfer. The build form here is also in dense organic cluster.

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ROOF ATTIC WOODEN PLANKS PRIMARY BEAM

SECOND LEVEL

BALCONY

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MAIN BEAM PRIMARY BEAM JHAROKA WOODEN PLANKS PRIMARY BEAM MAIN BEAM COLUMN GROUND LEVEL

The Basic house plan is having three or four sequential rooms one behind the other . The front open space of the rural house is an important socio - cultural as well as existential space.

Basements are used for storage and water collection and they also act for passive cooling in the hot summer months.

Spatial organization is rather simple and linear. It shares the long walls of the sides with adjoining properties .

BASEMENT

BASEMENT LEVEL

KARAMSAD TYPICAL HOUSE

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The Brahmpuri area, as the name suggests, is this small community the Brahmin neighbourhood Its conď€ guration is determined by the presence of a narrow Mohala of a little more than two metres, wide bordered by two rows of narrow houses with two or three storeys height The empty urban space, unbuilt is bordered by the otta, facing the houses and a neem tree at the entrance of the Mohalla.

TERRACE

STONE SLAB

NICHE SECOND LEVEL

FIRST LEVEL STONE SLAB ARCHES

STONE SLAB BRACKET HIGH PLINTH

GROUND LEVEL

JODHPUR TYPICAL HOUSE

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Design Studio IV Tourist Home Stay

Thinking Process

Contextual Studio

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Initial Exercise

Understanding the quality of spaces required by tourists, visitors and local people by doing case studies and taking insights from our Related Study Programme.

Raising the plinth level to keep the build above from road level and to add play fullness.

Aim

To observe the problems at the site and solve all the problems by creating areas in that way.

Design

Making spaces visually connected by playing with the level of the datum and creating pockets to create courtyard. Designing to providing a break from the outer chaos, to provide peace which is the main essence of Tourist Home Stay.

Positio away rooms

Providing parking within site and giving indirect entries to solve the problem of trafď€ c and chaos.

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Ground Floor Plan Site

Location: Adjacent to Sardar market, Ghanta ghar, Jodhpur, Rajasthan.

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Adding courtyards and gathering spaces to create a micro environment.

Placing a jali wall attached to the road and keeping the built masses away from it in an attempt to keep noise away with the help of courtyard.

Use of arches at openings an Slab inspiration from architecture of Jodhpur.

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Slab Gallery

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1-Reception 2-Admin ofď€ ce 3-Store room 4-Souvenir shop 5-Kitchen 6-CafĂŠ sitting 7-Dormitory(Male)

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8-Single sharing rooms 9-Owners house 10-Female washroom 11-Male washroom 12-Courtyard 13-Gathering area 14-Entry

Dormitory(Male) Stone pergolas Washrooms Souvenir shop Reception

Exploded Isometric View

Section through accommodation, gallery and courtyard. 20

Design Studio V

Experiential School Institutional Studio Initial Exercise To know the spaces required by students in special schools/experiential school, by performing some case studies and to take insight from them.

Providing boards on the walls of Pre-primary section as kids use to draw on walls or blank spaces.

Aim

To design open and free learning space for students as our mind work better if we experience the learning than by reading creating a better learning environment.

Design

Placing furniture with educational elements on them for students to learn even while playing.

By providing each class their own open learning space, and taking a scattered form to built the masses as pupil likes to roam around ,not binding them into a closed space also using the furniture with educational element and designing the spaces having visual leaning elements in the development of program.

Incorporating the running stream into the program creating a river side area.

Exposed co slab Exposed brick masonry

Wooden swing door

Louvered wooden window Glass sliding door

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Location: Adjacent to Dilwara mandir and Army Cant ,Mount Abu, Rajasthan.

Exploded 3D of Unit

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Legends 1-Entry 2-Staff room (Pre-primary) 3-Staff washroom 4-Students washroom 5-Nursery class 6-Jr. Kg class 7-Sr. Kg class 8-Activity room 9-Story telling (contours) 10-Ofce 11-Reception area 12-Principal room 13-Managment room 14-Conference room 15-Staff room (Primary) 16-Staff washroom 17-Sick room 18-Workshop(clay)

19-Workshop(oxidised) 20-Computer lab 21-Science lab 22-Art room 23-Store room 24-Class 1st 25-Class 2nd 26-Class 3rd 27-Class 4th 28-Female washroom 29-Class 5th 30-Class 6th 31-Class 7th 32-Class 8th 33-Female washroom 34-Auditorium 35-Male green room 36-Female green room

Ground Floor Plan

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Library

Art Room Workshops

AV Rooms

Music Room Primary Section Auditorium

Play Area Pre-primary Section

Administration Section

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Administration and Workshop Area.

Primary Section ,AV Rooms and Music Room.

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Design Studio VI

Residence (3BHK) at Karamsad Working Drawing

Working drawings provide dimensioned, graphical information that can be used; by a contractor to construct the works, or by suppliers to fabricate components of the works or to assemble or install components.

Aim

Understanding the process of executing programme on the site and how the drawing helps. Designing a 3BHK residence at Karamsad ,Gujarat and working with the drawings of it.

Ground Floor Plan

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First Floor Plan

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Foundation Plan

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Elements on site

Street furniture

Courtyards (student cluster)

Design Studio VII Student Housing Housing Studio

Gazebo (student cluster)

Initial Exercise Student Housing means a residence for occupancy by groups of people not deď€ ned as a family, where such building is speciď€ cally designed for students of a college, university, trade school or nonproď€ t organization for the purpose of providing rooms for sleeping and living purposes. Common gathering spaces, kitchen, cafeteria and sanitary facilities may also be provided. Typical uses include, but are not limited to, fraternity or sorority houses, dormitories, residence halls and boarding/lodging houses.

Gazebo (faculty cluster)

Gazebo (guest cluster)

Aim

To design student campus for them to stay considering the requirement of a design student and design faculty, keeping in mind that the nature of both faculty and student is different and will need different kind of spaces.

Terrace sitting( student cluster)

Design

Keeping the formation of each building same to form the same language throughout the sites and designing areas accordingly.

Terrace sitting( faculty cluster)

General way of designing.

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Dividing corridor creating open.

Creating open built mass for better light and wind.

Forming courtyards between the masses.

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6-Guest housing 7-Faculty cluster (2BHK & Studio) 8-Faculty cluster(3BHK &4BHK) 9-Faculty cluster(1BHK) 10-Canteen

11-Amenitiies block 12-Amphetheater 13-Student parking 14-Faculty parking 15-College

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Student cluster type 1 comprising single occupancy rooms.

Student cluster type 2 comprising sin occupancy rooms, double occupan rooms and triple occupancy rooms .

12 single occupancy rooms at rst oor to fth oor.

8 single occupancy rooms at ground oor.

Student cluster type 3 comprising double occupancy rooms.

Student cluster type 4 comprising double occupancy rooms.

3 double occupancy rooms at rst oor to fth oor.

Common working and common kitchen at ground oor.

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6 single occupancy rooms 3 double occupancy rooms and 1triple occupancy room at rst oor to fth oor.

6 single occupancy rooms, 2 double occupancy rooms and warden room at ground oor.

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Faculty cluster type 1 comprising 2BHK(Asso. Prof.).

Faculty cluster type 2 comprising 3BHK(Asst. Prof.) & 4BHK(HOD/Principa

1 4BHK & 2 3BHK at rst oor to fourth oor.

4 2BHK & 2 Studio Apartments at ground oor to fourth oor.

Faculty cluster type 3 comprising 1BHK(Helping staff).

4 1BHK at ground oor to fourth oor.

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Student housing Pathway Guest housing Amenities block 3BHK faculty housing 1BHK faculty housing

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Basic Design IV

Decoding the Nature The exercise to make us understand the role of nature in creating spaces in architecture and making us realize its importance in architecture reality.

Initial Exercise

Starting with selecting a dry branch and connecting the nodes using colorful threads forming triangles.

Making a surface development model using the triangles formed by the threads. Eliminating a part of the model and converting the edges into frame.

Providing light inside the model after removing a particular surface by adding a translucent plane to it.

Adding a horizontal plan to create a space accessible by a human being.

Aim

Exercise aims towards the formation of spaces human friendly inspiring from the natural geometry from natural objects.

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After adding the frames, removing surface (not more than 2) and adding a translucent surface to it for light penetrating.

Addition of horizontal surface making the inside of human friendly spaces.

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Documentation

Clock Tower Jodhpur, Rajasthan The Ghanta Ghar in Jodhpur is a magnicent clock tower in the centre of the city, built by Maharaja Sardar Singh about 200 years ago. Known as the clock tower of Rajasthan, it is a popular landmark that signies the start of Old Jodhpur.

The area surrounding this imposing structure is bustling with locals presenting all sorts of products and services, making it the busiest and largest marketplace of Jodhpur. The markets and the tower are a must visit for travellers who want to witness and experience the culture and people of Jodhpur.

The clock tower is surrounded by street markets, with the most famous amongst them being Sardar Market, named after the late king. One can nd a variety of people in this locality, representing all walks of life. At night, the tower comes to life when it is all lit up, making for a glorious end to a day well spent at this bountiful market.

Ghanta Ghar in Jodhpur was built during the reign of Maharaja Sardar Singh (between late-19th Century and early 20th Century) as a prime landmark near the Mehrangarh Fort. The Clock was sourced from London and is believed to be bought from the company who made the Clock Tower in London.

It was named after the Maharaja and since then, has been a shopper’s delight. During the time, products like spices, vegetables, clothing, tools etc. were available in the market.

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Landscape Pocket Park

Thinking process

A plot area of 20m X 40m with road 6m wide running along the site.

A pocket park (also known as a parkette, mini-park, vest-pocket park or vesty park) is a small park accessible to the general public.

Pocket parks are frequently created on a single vacant building lot or on small, irregular pieces of land and sometimes in parking spots.

Zoning according to users.

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NASA

Reuben’s Trophy 2019-20

M.S.L. Trophy 2019-20

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Miscellaneous Work

Installations

Workshops String Art Workshop

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Bamboo Workshop

Leewardist Workshop

Origami Workshop

Deployable Structure Workshop

Sketches and Paintings

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Shuchita Chauhan

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