Devanshi Dhingra
4th Year B.Arch | CEPT Univrsity
“Architecture deeply impacts the surrounding environment and how one perceives a place - negative or positive. As an aspiring architect, I believe it becomes important to create positive experiences for the inhabitants at the same time having minimum negative impact on the surroundings. I would like to explore and understand the various decisions that help to generate the final design.”
Nationality : Indian
Contact: devanshi.ug190323@cept.ac.in | devanshidhingra15@gmail.com
Languages: English | Hindi | Gujarati
Education
2019-Ongoing CEPT University, Ahmedabad
Till 2019 Udgam School for Children, Ahmedabad
Work Experience
2022 Hiren Patel Architects, Ahmedabad (Summer Internship)
Research and Documentation
2019 Ganga Mahal, Varanasi (Related Study Programme)
2020 Faculty of Architecture building, CEPT University
2021 Padmanabhapuram Palace, Tamil Nadu
2022 Humanscapes Habitat Urban Living, Auroville
2022 Heritage House, Ahmedabad
2022 Pol House, Rajpipla
Co-cirricular
2019 Lotus Installation (Member)
2020 Architecture Visualisation Course, Kaarwan
2021 Architecture Competition - The Dharavi Project, Archdais (Participation)
2021-2022 Discussion of the Week Club (Club Head)
2022 8’x4’ Wall Poster - Mass Production vs Creativity (Member)
Softwares
Autodesk AutoCAD
3D Modelling SketchUp | Rhino | Grasshopper
3D Rendering Lumion | Enscape | V-Ray
Adobe Photoshop | InDesign | Illustrator
MS Office MS Word | MS Powerpoint | MS Excel
Climate Analysis Design Builder
Estimation Bluebeam
Manual Model Making | Drafting | Sketching
Hobbies and Interests
Cooking | Traveling | Music |Singing | Dancing
CONTENTS
House of Two Courtyards
Keshav No Melo
Reformation through Connection - Communising a Prison
Studio Green Ecstasy for Sancheti Hospital Extension Project
Pragati - The Green Initiative
Miscellaneous
House of Two Courtyards
The design process began with documenting and understanding existing pol houses - quick study on heritage home in Ahmedabad and in depth study about a house in Rajpipla. In the later stage, we selected a site and converted a house into a home-stay for 15-20 people. House of two courtyards, a home-stay designed in Bakshi Khadki, Rajpipla, is owned by a middle-aged couple. The home-stay was intended to give the guests the experience of the community life of Rajpipla. With the use of courtyards and levels, the house creates various spaces for interaction between the owners and the guests. The owners conduct pottery and cooking workshops (as per their occupations) for the guests which further help in enhancing interaction. The homestay gives the old-school community charm in the new era of modern living.
Sunlight analysis during Summers and Winters
HOUSE OF TWO COURTYARDS
Concept - Interaction through use of levels
Ground Floor Plan
Climate Analysis for Sureshbhai House
Process - Exploring mezzanine floors and levels within the homestay
20MM THICK KOTA STONE FLOORING
BRICK BAT AND LIME MORTAR
WOODEN PATIYA
80 X 80MM WOODEN PIDIA
METAL C SECTION
WOODEN PLANK
100 x 200MM WOODEN BEAM
RCC SLAB
BRICK WALL
BRICK WALL
20MM THICK LIME PLASTER
20MM THICK LIME PLASTER
COPING STONE
COPING STONE
CORRUGATED SHEET
20MM THICK KOTA STONE FLOORING
20MM THICK KOTA STONE FLOORING
VATTA
VATTA
20MM THICK KOTA STONE FLOORING
20MM THICK KOTA STONE FLOORING
BRICK BAT AND LIME MORTAR
BRICK BAT AND LIME MORTAR
METAL SECTION
CORRUGATED SHEET METAL SECTION
METAL JOIST
METAL JOIST
RCC LINTEL BAND
RCC LINTEL BAND
RCC SLAB
RCC SLAB
20MM THICK KOTA STONE FLOORING
Answering the design question - How can a physical intervention provide a platform to create equal opportunities for the men and women of Keshavnagar, Keshav no Melo, is a new take on the concept of mela which happens at Keshavnagar during the Old Dashama festival. It will have different workshops - performing arts, cooking cum handicrafts, art installation, painting - along with selling of products and food during the mela. It aims at collective collaboration of men and women and also creating equal working and learning opportunities for men and women within Keshavnagar and also aims at them recognizing each other’s potential. This mela will happen once in every four months along with regular workshops conducted at four different places in Keshavnagar. The project is divided into 3 phases. The Phase 1 aims to bring together the community and aimed to increase interaction. Phase 2 focuses on enhancing the skills of the community with respect to the workshops and Phase 3 focuses on preparation of ‘Keshav no Melo’.
Guided by : Ramya Ramesh | Harshil Parekh Monsoon 2020
Keshav No Melo
Timeline for the setup of Keshav No Melo
Reformation through Connection Communizing a Prison
With prisoners staying in the same place for several years, it becomes essential to ensure that the prison’s architecture incorporates spaces for community living. The prison should become a place where the prisoner doesn’t feel completely isolated from society but also where they can realize the severity and consequences of the crime they have committed. The visit to Sabarmati Jail gave a different experience of prison life. Instead of convicts being confined to small rooms, the prisoners stay in barracks - a group of 25 people - and have access to the entire prison complex throughout the day. The place had a sense of community living with the shared barracks and the system of working. The existing prison architecture has barracks arranged in a panopticon organization and is single-story in height. The current prison architecture doesn’t incorporate the issue of overcrowding faced in prisons nowadays. The design focuses on re-imagining the architecture of the existing barracks and cells by replacing one of the Panopticon systems in place by reforming through connecting the prisoners to the surroundings, environment, and the people around them.
Block Model
View of Barracks from ground
View of the common space within barrack cluster
The combination of barracks and common space on each floor for interactionBarracks
View of Barracks from solitary confinement
Sectional model of Barracks - Exterior
Sectional model of Barracks - Interior
Pragati - A Green Initiative
Pragati - The Green Initiative is a community center located near the Riverfront House, Ahmedabad, Gujarat. Ahmedabad lies in the hot and dry climatic zone and is hot for most parts of the year. The building was designed to have views towards the outside, catering to the Sabarmati river, as well as towards the inside, which resulted in a courtyard at the center functioning as the gathering space.
The Design Builder software helped in forming a comparative analysis with respect to heat gain while changing shading devices and materials. Use of passive strategies such as use of dense trees, white surfaces, water body, courtyard-like spaces and Jaali walls combined with analysis of simulations for heat gain helped in finalizing the design and materials. Use of shading devices further helped in cutting down the solar gain from external windows and using materials AAC block with insulation and lime plaster and green roof helped in reducing solar gains from the walls and roof respectively.
Guided by : Mona Khakhar | Avlokita Agrawal Spring 2022
Exploded Design Builder model
Design Builder Model
Passive strategies such as use of water body, jali walls and courtyard help in filtering out the hot air inside the center.
CAFE
BASE CASE
Changes in Design
• Changing materials of walls
• Using overhangs and sidefins for the windows
• Using triple glazed LoE glazing to further reduce heat gain
BASE CASE FINAL ITERATION
Changes in Design
• Changing materials of walls
• Using overhangs and sidefins for the windows
• Using louvres and triple glazed windows on the eastern facade
South Elevation - Use of metal perforated structure
Studio Green Ecstasy for Sancheti Hospital Extension Project
The studio focused on organizational ,management and estimation part of a design firm. During this studio, we estimated the quantity of materials using Bluebeam software and later contacted contractors around Ahmedabad to derive an estimate for the Sancheti Hospital project and the design alternatives suggested.
Studio Green Ecstasy is a firm which believes in “Happiness amidst Nature” aiming at experience and sustainability as criteria for every project. Our firm has proposed two alternatives for the Sancheti Hospital Extension Project with an extensive material palette used for ceiling, flooring and the other elements. Their specifications have been attached in the manual.
The cost for the project is 14.68 crores including the fees and reserves. The estimate summary and back-up, derived with the help of Bluebeam software, can be referred from the manual. Our firm is looking forward to collaborating with Sancheti Hospital and is happy to give our full effort to execute this project.
Guided by : Akul Modi Spring 2021 Quantification done with the use of Bluebeam software - Section was used to get the heights of the various roomsTensile roof structure was proposed for the terrace to create spaces for doctors to relax during their break-time
Project Quantification done with the use of Bluebeam software - Section was used to get the heights of the various rooms
SITE LOGISTICS
To work out the material management, storage, vehicular movement hazards precautions
Project Quantification sheets and cost estimation done by contacting respective vendors
SUMMER INTERNSHIP - HIREN PATEL ARCHITECTS
Amaya Plotting scheme - Plans and Sections
Plot 16 Bungalow
Security cabin and Entry Gate
Miscellaneous
Summer Internship at Hiren Patel Architects includes work done on a plotting scheme and few residential projects. This included work on process drawings, renders and minor design changes.
FA Chang Activity Center, China and Padmanabhapuram Palace, Tamil Nadu were studied to understand its structure and spatial qualities.
This also includes installations made during college festivals - Lotus Installation and a 8’ x 4’ wall poster based on concept of mass production vs creativity. A palace turned into temple on the ghats of Varanasi was documented to understand the lives of the tenants. The Faculty of Architecture building at CEPT University, Ahmedabad was also documented to understand its structure and architecture. Other works include designing a community center in Dharavi as entry for the competition The Dharavi Project by Archdias, designing a hybrid structure - tensile and frame for a restaurant, a landscape project for backyard of a house and few sketches and architectural renders and graphics.
Vineet Rawal Residence 3D Renders
FA Chang Activity Center, China - Exploded Isometric Group Work
8’x4’ Wall Poster - Mass Production vs Creativity Group Work
The 178 year old Ganga Mahal a palace, which now functions as a temple of Radha and Krishna is a perfect example of justaposing spaces. What may look like an abondoned palace at first, houses several families whose lives revolves around the temple. The study was depicted using sketches, plans, elevation and cross sectional elevation.
Analysis life in the Ganga Mahal - Varanasi Relative Study Programme Group Work
Lotus Installation - Group Work
cube of 30x30 cm was made with y team-mater Bhavana Vishwanathan.
The process of Model making ended with creating a replica of Farnsworth House in 1:50 scale using white buff board( for roofs, platfoems and I sections), jute board, acrylic sheets and wires( for furniture), OHP sheets( for glass walls), and PVC (for stiffners). This model was done in the group of four people.
Farnsworth House Model - Group Work
a hybrid structural system - surface and frame system - Group work
devanshi.ug190323@cept.ac.in | devanshidhingra15@gmail.com
