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DEVANSH BANSAL
Selected Works 2019-2022
B.Arch | School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi
Hi, I am Devansh Bansal, a 21 year old Architecture student at School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi currently in my fourth year out of the five year major.
I see artchitecture as means to bring people together and evoke emotions. I look forward to creating user centric, functional and aesthetic spaces. Being a keen observer and an inquistive person, my aim is to enhance my skillsets and keep learning.
CONTACT
Address: Derawal Nagar, Delhi-110009
Email: bdevansh5@gmail.com
Phone: +91 8178583079
Bachelor of Architecture School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi
Grade XII CBSE - 95.2% Manav Sthali School, New Delhi
Grade X CBSE - 10 CGPA Manav Sthali School, New Delhi
COMPETITIONS
PAVE Student Design Competiton PAVE Global
Soul Temple Arch8 (Honorable Mention)
Redesigning Le Corbusier Trophy NASA India (Winner)
Bauhaus 2021 University Campus Arkitekturo EU (Top 100 entries)
Street-a-Float Market Arch8 (Top 25 entries)
ELECTIVES AND WORKSHOPS
Universal Design Ar. Parag Meshram Swaraj Ar. Gourav Shorey Photography Ar. Maulik Yagnik
Seminar ‘Green Circle’ proposal for Regenerative urban heritage in Mehrauli, Delhi
Shahjanabad, Old Delhi Site Work & Research V Semester
Sundar Nagar, Delhi Measured Drawing Freelance
The Labyrinth Arch8 (Honorable Mention) Photography, Travelling, Cricket English (Proficient), Hindi (Native)S
Dhanyakuria, West Bengal Measured Drawing Jami Masjid, Mandu, Madhya Pradesh Measured Drawing
RESEARCH AND DOCUMENTATION LANGUAGES
Enigma Labyrinth Competition
Miscellaneous Measured Drawing Site Study Photography
Yusuf Manzil Co-operative Housing Academic
LEAF CITY TILIA TOWER
Design Development
Semester VI | Group of 3 Architects: AETC Architects Site: Lausanne, Switzerland
In the design development studio we were expected to take an unbuilt competition entry for a mixed use residential building The aim was to analyze, research, study and detail out various systems in the building- spatial, program, codal compliance, structure, environmental strategies, HVAC and other energy systems.
The entry aims to serve as a connection between the municipalities of Prilly and Malley. The idea is to preserve and renovate the existing two buildings, having a badminton courts and a gym, along with proposing a mixed use tower consisting of apartments, hospitality and public spaces. It highlights the development of this new centrality’s diversified morphology and skyline. The 85m Wooden tower, being one of the few of its kind, using ecological, sustainable and locally sourced material focus on sustainablity and energy autonomy, with a close link to the environment with the bioclimatic design.
The heritage structure of the Viaduct has been incorporated in the design of the library and the public plaza
Seamless Connection between the old and new structure with the help of prefabricated columns in the facade
Minimum modifications of existing terrain in order to build with what exists in the form of badminton complex
HOUSING
10F-25F
Apartments
HOTEL
7F-9F Hotel Rooms
RESTAURANTS
5F-6F
Bar, Restuarant, Kitchen, Storage
COWORKING
1F-4F
Coworking, Conference Rooms
BADMINTON
B1,1F
Badminton Hall, Changing Rooms
PARKING
B3-B1
Vehicle Parking
MICRO-APARTMENTS
1F-4F
Micro Apartments, Laundry, Home Theatre
1F PLAN Micro Apartments | Coworking
COMMERCIAL
B1-GF
Pharmacy, Florist, Brewery, Grocery, Bistro
6F PLAN Bar | Kitchen
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10-16F PLAN Typical Residential Floor
7-9F PLAN Typical Hotel Floor
photovoltaic surface : 404 m2 yield: 90%
insulating opaque surface : 1/3 transparent glazed surface : 2/3
>65 mobile sunscreen panels
photovoltaic surface : 260 m2 yield: 52.7%
>65 mobile sunscreen panels
insulating opaque surface : 1/3 transparent glazed surface : 2/3
photovoltaic surface : 0 m2 yield: 38%
0 mobile sunscreen panels
insulating opaque surface : 1/3 transparent glazed surface : 2/3
>110 mobile sunscreen panels
insulating opaque surface : 1/3 transparent glazed surface : 2/3
photovoltaic surface : 342 m2 yield: 100%
precast concrete column facade
ELEVATION North East
SECTION
Through Badminton Hall
UNIVERSITAT EXZENTER
Bauhaus Campus 2021 Competiton Entry (Top 100 Entries) Semester IV | Group of 4 Site: Dessau, Germany
Bauhaus school emerged as an artistic bower for people to retreat from the horrors of World War I, re-establish their identity, and redefine the harsh reality. We endeavor to do the same with Bauhaus 2021: to create a place of Hope, Influence, and Exploration. Bauhaus 2021 aims to bridge the gap by re-exploring our natural past, allowing technology to contribute, rather than disrupt the balance.
Here at Exzenter, a student has no age limit, and is viewed as an individual who is eager to learn, appreciate, share and develop their understanding of art in its multifaceted glory. Thus the design seeks to simulate an environment that encourages a journey of introspection, for all to become superior versions of themselves.
The Bauhaus School (literally meaning ‘construction house’ in German) was founded in 1919 by Walter Gropius in Weimar, then the capital of post WWI Germany. In this era of change and disillusionment, the movement sought to embrace 20th century machine culture in a way that allowed basic necessities like buildings, furniture, and design, to be completed in a utilitarian but effective way. It was grounded in the idea of creating a Gesamtkunstwerk (“comprehensive artwork”) in which all the arts would eventually be brought together.
Today, Bauhaus is often credited as the catalyst for modern architecture and furniture and as an important influence on mid-20th century painting and sculpture.
The 2021 Bauhaus Campus aims to be a place of hope, influence and exploration, that unites different people and redefine the harsh reality of our present.
The main ideology was to cluster spaces that promoted and challenged a global student body to explore and create innovations suited for the streams of design that the campus aimed to merge.
The spaces designed were to be dynamic to encourage interactions amongst the student body and to be in pace with the changing times and developments in the world.
Permeability
Flexibility
Nature Individuality
ZONING DIAGRAM
Heirarchy of Privacy of spaces
EXHIBITON SPACE
The exhibition space is a triple-storied structure that can be used unofficially for a periodic display of works or officially for exhibitions open to the public. The large area caters to anyone who wishes to portray their understandings through different mediums. The flexibility of the exhibition space aims to cater to a multi-faceted interaction between the global student body by promoting a global culture.
AV Hall - The presence of an AV hall makes screening and presentations for smaller groups more convenient.
Multipurpose Space - Semi-open space at the ground level connects to the outdoor exhibition area where stalls, fests, and other cultural events can be set up. This dynamicity of multipurpose spaces aims to ensure timelessness within the Exzenter campus.
Relaxation Den - Two levels of outdoor extensions serve as relaxation dens for formal guests visiting the campus and/or the exhibition.
Top level introduced for display of panels, works etc. Extension serves as relaxation space for formal guests etc.
Audio Visual Room added to upper level. Extension serves as a relaxation space for formal guests
Semi open multipurpose exhibition space defined with storage rooms and toilets placed
EXHIBITON SPACE
CLASSROOMS AND WORKSHOPS
The classrooms provide optimum flexibility in seating and interactivity for achieving the perfect environment to support discussions of different kinds.
Workshops employ AR/VR technologies in lieu of multiple sets of physical equipment can contribute to judicious use of materials and labor, while also equipping the students for future hands-free machine environments.
Kit of parts: Kit-of-parts as a chosen component allows flexibility and efficiency by enabling use of pre-fabricated structures. Employed in the classrooms and workshops, the fractal hempcrete panels can be assembled and taken apart in a variety of ways.
Positioned to the north of the site, the spaces are exposed to diffused sunlight throughout the year and are accompanied with views of the railway tracks to the west. Well connected to other spaces in the campus, an outdoor recreation area to the north of the block ensures for an outdoor learning experience based on preferability.
Kit of parts: Kit-of-parts as a chosen component allows flexibility and efficiency by enabling use of prefabricated structures. Employed in the classrooms and workshops, the fractal hempcrete panels can be assembled and taken apart in a variety of ways.
DORMITORIES
The dorms are clustered on the north side of the campus, being vertically displaced across the buffer workspace and roof levels. The dormitories were designed with an ideology of transition from traditional learning spaces to a more relaxed and lenient environment.
The campus is facilitated with 7 dormitory clusters, each composed of 9 units, a lobby and a unisex washroom. Each room can occupy a maximum of two students with a direct access from the cycle and pedestrian tracks surrounding the clusters.
Owing to its proximity, one can access the private recreational area or the lawn roof, two outdoor spaces that have been designed exclusively for the dorm users. The private recreational roof is aided with gym equipment and mural walls whereas the lawn roof is a landscaped green roof for leisure activities.
DE - CAMP Soul Temple Group of 2 Competiton Entry Honorable Mention
Architecture affects our thoughts, cognitive abilities and our emotions. Given the physical nature of the built environment, it would be easy to assume that the visual qualities of spaces dominate our perception of a building. While designing this meditation centre, our attempt was to stimulate more than just the visual sense.
As the user gradually interacts with the casual interplay of built and semi built meditation spaces and open bamboo trail, all the senses accentuate gradually. Capturing how things actually feel, smell and even sound become a callous process and hence the time spent at this centre becomes a deeper collective experience. Considering all these senses further trigger feelings such as coziness, warmth, comfort and surprise.
Studio
Yoga Studio Yoga Studio Meditation Space Studio Studio Foyer
Cafe Spa Spa Spa Changing Room Changing Room
Gift Store Reception
Foyer
high vantage point visually contrasting materials organic shadow due to trees
interaction of synthetic and natural realms
interplay of levels of roughness and materials
SECTION
sounds of nature water trickling down on level differences
ELEVATION
YUSUF MANZIL
Co-operative Housing Semester V | Individual Site: Chawri Bazar, Old Delhi
The aim of the project is to adaptively reuse the existing building along with smaller structures around it for viable new uses other than those intended originally. The idea is to propose new forms of living, rethink about architectural spaces and propose new relationships between different spaces through the idea of a self sufficient cooperative housing. With the introduction and effective management of spaces along with supervised functioning, the goal to empower women of the community socially,mentally,emotionally and economically would be possible.
The idea is to propose a Coworking Space in the Cooperative Housing. Coworking spaces have helped bring out the best of minds to together to create a community truly unique. The spirit of connectivity and symbiosis would not only help the indivduals but also the society on the whole.
The Coworking Space would allow people seamlessly join resources so that everyone can enjoy a variety of services. This can include mailrooms, uninterupted internet connectivity, coffee machines, printing and faxing machines and maintained workstations
It would be not just a rented office space but a centre where people from different fields and backgrounds would interact for the general good.
The main idea is to create a space where women and non binary people can work freely as a community. They would be provided with incentives and perks, thus promoting their participation. This would not only bring in more women led enterprises but also increase the work efficiency of those currently working in isolation with distractions.
GROUND FLOOR PLAN
Coworking | Play Area | Ebike Rental
FIRST
FLOOR Coworking | Micro Apartments
EXISTING BUILDING SECTION
Demolished | Preserved
EXISTING PLAN
Demolished | Preserved
FLOOR PLAN
SECOND FLOOR PLAN
Micro Apartments | Family Apartments
RESIDENTIAL UNITS
TYPE 1A
Bedrooms = 1 Users = 1-2 Area = 25 sqm. Units = 4
TYPE 2A
Bedrooms = 2 Users = 3-4 Area = 50 sqm. Units = 2
TYPE 1B
Bedrooms = 1 Users = 2 Area = 35 sqm. Units = 2
TYPE 2B
Bedrooms = 2 Users = 3-4 Area = 65 sqm. Units = 2
TYPE 4A
Bedrooms = 4 Users = 6-8 Area = 125 sqm. Units = 1
TYPE 3A
Bedrooms = 3 Users = 5 Area = 105 sqm. Units = 1
ENIGMA
Labyrinth Group of 2 Competition Entry Honorable Mention
A maze – an unwinding confusing stressful experience is reinterpreted as an escape into a paradise away from the hustle and bustle of the modern day. Taking the enclosed gloomy and tricky spaces and turning them into an alluring adventure. A designated path that guides you through all that the nature has on the plate – the earthy soil, trickling water, scorching sun, luxurious greens and gentle breeze. A labyrinth funnelling the visitors through the 7 chambers across 5 levels infused with captivating elements – An underground tunnel, a strenous wall climbing zone, ball pit, a central skylit circular stairwell topped by a wooden bridge amidst the greens serving as a vantage point, honeycomb like mirror maze, a swirling shadow ramp, dynamic wooden panels rotating by the gusts of wind penetrating through the elegant vertical corton steel fins making up the facade, water slides, rooftop garden labyrinth.
BASEMENT PLAN
Tunnel Maze
SECOND FLOOR PLAN
Water Maze
GROUND FLOOR PLAN
Tunnel Maze
TERRACE FLOOR PLAN
Garden Maze
FIRST FLOOR PLAN Wind Maze
GARDEN MAZE Terrace Level
WATER MAZE
MIRROR MAZE
WIND MAZE
SECTION AA’
TUNNEL MAZE Central Staircase
GROUND LEVEL
TUNNEL MAZE Upper Level
SECTION BB’
TUNNEL MAZE
Lower Level
Zakir Suban Chowk
Hindustani Dawakhana
