Possible Realities - Gaurav Sardana Portfolio 2016

POSSIBLE REALITIES

PORTFOLIO

GAURAV SARDANA 2016

GAURAV SARDANA 734.353.2376 | gsardana@umich.edu http://gauravsardana.squarespace.com/

WORK EXPERIENCE Summer 2015

Gensler Seattle WA Design Strategy Intern

Workplace Design Solutions for a Technology Company 2012-2014

Malik Architecture Mumbai IND Junior Architect Bhau Daji Lad Museum Extension (w/ NietoSobejano) Precinct Housing, Mumbai Weekend Residences, Pawna Rooftop Residence, Trivandrum Index Pavilion, Mumbai

Office Parallel Mumbai IND Project Architect BMW Guggenheim LAB Kalanagar Jn Competition Restaurant Retrofit, Bangalore Kala Ghoda Arts Festival Installation, Mumbai IIT-B Mood Indigo Festival Installation, Mumbai 2011-2012

StudioAmitaVikrant Mumbai IND Architect Intern Club Uber, Mumbai Residential Apartments, Pune

EDUCATION 2014-2016

University of Michigan Ann Arbor USA

Taubman College of Architecture & Urban Planning Master of Architecture (NAAB) Dow Sustainability Fellow 2015 KC Mahindra Education Trust Fellow 2014-2015 RD Sethna Trust Scholar 2014 Lotus Trust Scholar 2014 2007-2012

NMIMS University Mumbai IND Balwant Sheth School of Architecture Bachelor of Architecture

Certificate of Honor - Rank 2, Graduate Batch 2012 Certificate of Merit - Design Studio 2011

AWARDS 2015 Design Honorarium - Top Three Projects Social Enterprise, University of Fraser Valley & UN-Habitat 2013 First Prize Budding Talent Category, Society Durian Interiors Competition - Restaurant Design in Bengaluru 2013 Top 10 Shortlist BMW Guggenheim LAB Redesign Kalanagar Traffic Junction in Mumbai, as part of a team 2012 Student Fellowship AIGA Design Ignites Change Student Fellowship

ACADEMIC 2014-2016

University of Michigan

Taubman College of Architecture & Urban Planning Design Assistant Research Through Making 2016 Exhibition: Tactical Urbanism in Detroit 2015 Research Assistant REFRESCH 2015-2016 Cleveland DesignLab 2015 Guest Reviewer Liquid Planning Elective 2015 .2011

NMIMS University

Balwant Sheth School of Architecture Teaching Assistant Fourth Year Theory of Design Elective

2010 Second Prize Build India Architectural Journalism Competition (Green Building), as part of a team 2008 First Prize Build India Architectural Journalism Competition (Heritage Conservation), as part of a team

PROGRAMS Digital Modeling Rhinoceros, SketchUp, Revit, AutoCAD Parametric & Analysis Grasshopper, Ecotect, ArchSim, ANSYS Visualization VRay for Rhino & Sketchup Graphic Communication Adobe Creative Suite - Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign, Lightroom

INDEX OF WORKS

time

2010 - 2016

HUD Affordable Housing Santa Monica

2016

Zero Net Energy Building

ULI Hines Atlanta

Quivering Shingle Cabin

Envrionmental Design Simulation

2015 Gensler Workplace Design Strategies

2014 Robotic Column

2013

2012

2011

Opportunistic Occupation

Python Generative Design

Liquid Planning Cleveland

Kampung Housing Singapore

Mobile Urbanism Detroit

ANSYS Structural Analysis

Airport City

Prozone Facade Studies

far(M)ore Urban Farming

Malliparmi Store Society Durian Restaurant Refit

Kala Ghoda Festival Installation Index Pavilion

Precinct Housing India BMW Guggenheim LAB

Rooftop Residence

The Town Around The Pilgriamge

2010

Freemium Center environment

interior

architecture

urbanism

Winter 2015 Systems Studio | University of Michigan

HOUSING

KAMPUNG PAUSE POINTS Singapore is often cited as a benchmark in achieving a balanced quality of life for its residents, translating architecturally into high-density housing amongst open yet highly private outdoor spaces. Singapore’s pre-modern street houses are significant since they remain highly public, thus vibrant cultural spaces. This project seeks to introduce elements of these pedestrian streets into high-density housing, and leverages the region’s tropical climate to add semi-outdoor spaces amongst the housing units that reduce the distinction between public and private space.

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5 HOUSING

A

PRIMARY STREET DN

fashion store DN

gallery

FLEXIBLE RETAIL

convenient store book store cafe

UP

UP

UP

UP

DN

FLEXIBLE RETAIL DN

ENTRANCE LOBBY

digital products store

DN

INNER STREET

B

B DN

DN

children game corner

ENTRANCE LOBBY

DN

DN

COMMUNITY CENTER

DN

HOUSING

UP

UP

management office

UP

multi-purpose room UP

community exhibition

DN DN DN

DN

TERTIARY STREET

A

Ground Floor Plan Showing street porosity and program mix

Semi-Planned

Outdoors

Celebrate

The Bugis Lifestyle...

...in the Highrise!

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Punggol Township

Village Vibrancy

+

Tower Density

View showing the three-dimensional street inserted between housing clusters

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HOUSING

Little India / Kampung Glam

PLANTED TERRACE

LIGHT SPORT localised void decks are planned as semi-outdoor + semi-public spaces interspersed across the building and serve as pause points

BRIDGE CONNECTOR

DAYCARE

2.5 meter offsets allow building interior to open up for air and void decks

BRIDGE CONNECTOR

VOID DECK

HOUSING

cross connections across building bays open into void decks to allow for spontaneous interactions

DECK CONNECTOR

2.5 meter offsets occur every eight storeys

TERRACE GARDEN void-decks are planned to be built as per users’ collective requirements

STAIRCASE CONNECTOR

EXERCISE

ENTRANCE LOBBY

TERTIARY STREET

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PRIMARY STREET

HOUSING Team: Gaurav Sardana Qing Sun Yingjing Ma

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11.5m or 14

noon sun 8 mm fixed glazing panel

25 mm partition walls to allow bedroom 2 to be combined with study

bedroom 2

lounge

sliding door

HOUSING

terrace 3 morning and evening sun

1.8 m cantilvered slab in reinforced cement concrete

slide-fold door

terrace 1

deck

living

1800

dining 3000

Typical Unit Section Self-shaded Interior & Exterior Facades

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3000 currently

2.5 m STREET

4 m UNIT

200

200 mm brick infill wall

10 mm glazing within aluminum channel, as operable window

bedroom 1

2600

terrace 2

HOUSING

200 mm thick RC parapet Wall 5mm glass panel embedded

reinforced cement concrete two-way slab spanning 5 m

200

plexi-glass sheet between aluminum mullion system acting as translucent wall 2600

200 ‘interaction room’

2 1/2’ Roving Wall snack-bar counter

kitchen 3000 currently

music - coaching 200

3000

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corridor-street 2500

key

present

OPPORTUNISTIC OCCUPATION Graduation Thesis 2015-2016 | University of Michigan

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OPPORTUNISTIC OCCUPATION LOUISIANA SE

wetlands & sediments

INFRASTRUCTURE

ECONOMY constructed environs

logistical connections

resource extraction

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‘wildness’

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URBANISM

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CO MI AS IN GRATAL CE TI NT ON IV IT Y

dynamic delta

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opportunistic

extraction & logistics

FU P NC OL Louisiana reveals a crucible of elements A reading of the landscape in southern TI Y ON formulaic TY that were contingent on the availability ofALIresources, an opportunistic migratinggiving rise topanarchy solutions landscape theory occupation, one that can be aptly explained through the various states of the Panarchy IN DE TE RM shifting phenomena Theory “loop”. These states manifest in the region through three IN AC Y - biomes, nutrients & land formations which are evolving simultaneously as human control of migration occurs towards the Gulf Coast, leading to a highly nomadic urbanism that nature sinking aims to engender a synthetic, hybrid gestalt. landmass

oil & natural gas

ECOLOGICAL URBANISM

ECOLOGY

The Shifting Landmass of Southern Louisiana Mississippi River

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New Orleans

today

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Port Fourchon

ECOLOGICAL URBANISM

projected tomorrow

Gulf of Mexico

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ECOLOGICAL URBANISM

ECOLOGICAL URBANISM

Site: Leeville LA

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ECOLOGICAL URBANISM

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Lake Laurier

Site Port Fourchon, LA, USA

Grand Isle

LA 1

Old Highway 1

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Port Fourchon currently services over 90% of the Gulf of Mexico's deepwater oil production. With over 600 oil platforms within a 40-mile radius of Port Fourchon, this region furnishes 16 to 18 percent of the US oil supply.

Bayou Lafourche

Developed as a multi-use facility, it has historically been a land base for offshore oil support services as well as a land base for the Louisiana Offshore Oil Port (LOOP).

Port Fourchon

Additionaly, it has served as a commercial and recreational fishing mecca, foreign cargo shipping terminal, and a unique area for recreation and tourism.

Gulf of Mexico

OPPORTUNISTIC HABITATION

Port Fourchon canals

Gulf of Mexico canals

to mainland Louisiana

spillway

Bayou Lafourche

to Louisiana Offshore Oil Port (LOOP)

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ECOLOGICAL URBANISM

water

Internship 2015 | Gensler Seattle

WORKPLACES

GENSLER DESIGN STRATEGIES Understanding the changing relationships within the technology sector and across multiple business functions, to produce a set of workplace design strategies - ranging from flexibile walls to provisions of catalog based spatial components defined from observation, research and facility manager interviews.

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WORKPLACES

1975

1975

current workspace 1980

1980

1985 1990

1985 1990

densify 1995

1995

2000

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2005

2000

2x

2010

2008

2005 2010

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ecosystem pressure

CURRENT DENSIFICATION PROCESS 2015

100%

LEGACY OFFICE CABINS

2015

2012

30%

BUILDING 83 `PILOTS`

WPA 2.0 NEIGHBORHOODS 20%

2004

WPA 1.0 SPACES

2015

1x

+

1x

core workspace + support spaces

ONE DRIVE

SKY DRIVE AZURE

PHONE 10

PHONE 8.1

PHONE 8

PHONE 7

SURFACE 3

OUTLOOK

EDGE

IE 11

IE 9.0

IE 8.0

IE 7.0

OFFICE 2013

OFFICE 2010

OFFICE 2007

WINDOWS 10

WINDOWS 8

WINDOWS 7

WINDOWS VISTA

WINDOWS 2000 WINDOWS XP IE 6.0

OFFICE 2003

WINDOWS 98 OFFICE XP

WINDOWS 95

WINDOWS NT 3.1

OFFICE 2000

OFFICE 95 OFFICE 97

WINDOWS 3.0

WINDOWS 2.0

WINDOWS 1.0

MS-DOS

IE 5.0

IE 10

BING

MSN SEARCH 2.0

MSN SEARCH

IE 4.0

IE 3.0

IE 1 & 2

SURFACE 2

SKYPE

MSN MESSEN GER

5 BUSINESS TYPES

SURFACE

XBOX ONE

XBOX 360

10 BUSINESS TYPES

XBOX

HOTMAIL

OUTLOOK

OFFICE 3.0

MS OFFICE

MS WORD

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overflow

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mothership-based

business diversification

MICROSOFT CULTURAL TRANSITION

Research Analysis Understanding Company Culture (left) & Spatial Propositions (right)

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autonomous connections

MKTG

FIN

C&E

NEIGHBORHOOD CONFIGURATION SPATIAL ORGANIZATION

WDG

NEIGHBORHOOD DYNAMISM SPATIAL EXTENT

ASG

BUSINESS CHANGE (=) SPATIAL AGILITY

or

SMSG

needed

WORKPLACES

WPA NEIGHBORHOOD

ADJACENCY

PEOPLE

IMMEDIACY

INFRASTRUCTURE

PROXIMITY

SPACES

besides

teams/leaders culture

access

lab tools

supportive open/focus

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open

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support

break

open

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flexible

conference

shared

phone rooms

example: WPA

private

resources

desk

collaborative CURRENT WORKSPACE

SEPARATE ELEMENTS FOR ‘CATALOGUE’

CHOICE OF ‘MIX’ WITH BUSINESS GROUPS

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stimulation

WORKPLACES

around

Top 10 Shortlist 2013 | Office Parallel, India

BMW GUGGENHEIM LAB MUMBAI

Bandra Worli Sea Link

Mithi River

URBAN DESIGN

extending park to m with Mithi river ba

The competition proposal envisaged optimizing traffic flows at a busy traffic junction within the city of Mumbai. Solving an urban infrastructure problem and yet making the area more user-friendly was the main theme of the solution. A network of underpasses and sunken tunnels aim to reorient the traffic and regulate areas of heavy and light use, instead of using bulky and costly flyovers, which are a common sight within the city.

Taking advantage of the sites proximity to the sea-front, traffic islands and existing parks were looped together so that commuters and citizens of the suburb can relax withing the environs of the traffic junction - a luxury as well as a necessity!

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Western Express Highway

Bandra Station (E) Road

densifying the road network through existing plans

split levels to accomodate surface-underground conditions

Kala Nagar

URBAN DESIGN

merge ank

Bandra Kurla Complex

KEY Flyover Surface Road + Overpass Surface Road + Overpass Existing Road Surface Underpass Tunnel Tunnel at the junction freeing underpasses

type A

Traffic Flow Diagram Solution proposes overpasses and

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type B

type C

Sion-Dharavi Link Road

surface space

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30% 30% SDLR

SDLR

30+30 percent ‘couple’ formation, pushing the ‘loose’ 30 percent below

all surface movement = problem

URBAN DESIGN

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Team: Gaurav Sardana Palak Kothari Prachi Donde

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BKC

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High-Density Multi-Family Housing | Malik Architecture, India

HOUSING

PRECINCT HOUSING CLUSTERS Private housing schemes are always challenged with a lack of community spaces. This project was driven by tackling the addition common areas whilst meeting the required housing density. Segregating streets as pedestrian and vehicular increases the amount of area to include these community spaces. Creating ‘clusters’ instead of long ‘rows’ introduces neighborhood squares which allow for interaction rather than isolation. By using a combination of seven housing types, the project achieves diversity in built form while prodving flexibility in choice to owners.

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CLUSTER FORMATION

STAGGERING CLUSTERS

HOUSING

ROW HOUSING TYPOLOGY

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bedroom terrace

ventilation

terrace garden bedroom

lounge courtyard ventilation

courtyard

living room

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8.000 1.650

3.100

0.150

0.650

0.150

3.450

1.000

2.700

1.650

0.300

1.400

0.150

0.300

0.150

1.500

1.050

2.275

2.600

0.150

0.150 0.150 0.450 0.150

0.150

0.800

0.150

0.600

TERRACE

3500 mm

1200 mm

2.700

3.050

0.900

3.450

3.500

4.350

450 mm

TERRACE LOUNGE 0.900

1.400

3500 mm

3500 mm

0.150

2400 mm

6500 mm 1.050

1.900

2.900

2.750

0.150

0.300

BEDROOM

TOILET

3500 mm

3500 mm

3.650

0.150 0.600

0.750 0.150

0.150 0.450

0.600

0.150

0.150

0.900

0.300

1.600

0.300 1.500

0.150

1.650

2.950 0.150

3.100 0.150 0.650

3.100

2.600

0.150

8.000

Construction Drawing: First Floor 1200-sft 3-bed unit

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0.400

0.450 1.400

15.000

600 mm

COURTYARD

1.475

HOUSING

4300 mm

0.300

3500 mm

0.150

2.600

TOILET

BEDROOM

0.150 0.150

3.500

3.350

4950 mm

8.000 3.100

0.650

2.600

0.150

0.150

0.150

0.150

TERRACE BELOW

AC UNITS

0.750

0.150

0.150 0.150 0.450

0.300

1.200

HOUSING

0.150 0.450 2.250

2.700

0.450

1.400

0.500

4.700

3.950

15.000

0.150

2.150

0.300

0.900

0.150 0.150

0.150

0.150

0.900

2.600

2.600

3.350

3.500

0.600

0.600

0.150

2.275

2.200

1.650

0.750

ROOF

0.150

0.150

6550 mm

0.150

3.550

0.150

1.900

1.200

0.150

0.150

2.900

2.750

0.900

AC UNITS 5900 mm

3.300 0.600

0.750

0.150 1.650

4.100 3.100

2.175 0.650

2.600

8.000

Team: Arjun Malik Gaurav Sardana Meghna Tipnis Sagarika Suri

Construction Drawing: Second Floor 1200-sft 3-bed unit

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0.400

0.150

0.150

0.850

1.475

0.150 1.725

CONCEPTUAL DIAGRAM _ PUBLIC SPACES - COURTS - SQUARES - STREETS

HOUSING

TERRACE

VEHICULAR STREET

PARKING AREA

BEDROOM

COURT

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LIVING ROOM

OUTDOOR PLINTHS

PEDESTRIAN STREET

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UTDOOR LINTHS

HOUSING

TERRACE

LIVING ROOM

COURT

BEDROOM

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VEHICULAR STREET

Fall 2014 Networks Studio | University of Michigan

TACTICAL UBRANISM

MOBILE URBAN FABRICATIONS With the dissolution of fixed program, especially in Detroit, mobility can allow creation and repair of the urban fabric quickly and perhaps more appropriately than investments in permanent built structures. This mobile urban fabric can hold until the city gains economic and citizen stability, while aiding its repair. Mobile loggias plug into existing citizen initiatives - tutorials space from wifi routers, health clinics alongside urban farms and schools near art galleries - augmenting them for fabric repair.

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TACTICAL UBRANSIM

co te wo ac r hi k ng &

palmer park

university district

north end

PLACEMAKING ON THE ROAD

new center

milwaukee junction

eastern market

TACTICAL UBRANISM

mid town

downtown Diagram Showing possible locations of mobile loggias

Roaming Pageant Wagons

$ 2,000 $ 10,000

$ 5,000

mobile loggia TOTAL = $ 27,000

$ 35,000 $ 5,000

permanent space TOTAL = $ 40,000

Tailgating Culture

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$ 10,000

partial inflation and partial flexible parititon allow the space to expand

TACTICAL UBRANSIM

Second Level WIFI

First Level MEDIA

fixed supports replace vehicle when program runs for longer duration

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1950

fixed program, fixed location

1990

fixed location

TACTICAL UBRANISM

mobile program

the freedom/dilemma of being ‘anyplace’

Mobile Program

2015

the learnspace

the earnspace

the funspace

Mobile Loggia Diagram The Changing Landscape of Work

media access

co-working spaces

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outdoor projection

workstations seating web conference room

power

class

living area

power storage

class cafe

toolroom

utilities

seating

power

seating

media labs

garden

machines

staff

class

kitchen

[internet access - online courses]

[community hall]

[fabrication workshop]

[temporary shelter]

[middle school]

vending outdoors

eating space power

news-stand

cubicles

cooking

clinic

outdoors classroom

utilities

pharmacy clinic

lounge vending cooking

classroom

media center

lounge waiting area staff area

conference

[classroom & news-stand]

power clinic

power

cashier

[vocational training class] [food truck corner]

[nursery school]

[health clinic]

Program

8 Mile

Location

Woodward Av

Mediatheque

Clinic

Stop No: 1 Duration: 4 weeks

Stop No: ___ Duration: ___

Grand Boulevard

Clinic

School

Stop No: ___ Duration: ___

Stop No: 7 Duration: 24 weeks

School

Stop No: ___ Duration: ___

Mediatheque Stop No: ___ Duration: ___

Mediatheque Stop No: ___ Duration: ___

School

Clinic

Stop No: ___ Duration: ___

TACTICAL UBRANSIM

Stop No: 3 Duration: 2 Weeks

augment existing networks

NEEDS

Mobile.Urban.(Fabric)ations

Clinic

SKILLS School

Mediatheque

truck bed

power

utilities clinic reading

utilities

vending

seating

internet access

class waiting area

store physical education

clinic

truck bed

power

[grocery store & food-vending]

kitchen

[eatery]

staff area

[wifi-cafe]

[immunization clinic] [primary school]

daily produce

cooking gas/utilities

work space

work event

cashier common table

farm produce

folding partitions

utilities

work space

utilities

work space

seating meeting room

class

[co-working space]

staff area

books storage

snack bar

power

power

[mobile library] [catering class] [rental office space]

[grocery store]

media room (below)

media room (below)

seating book collection cashier

reading area

fresh produce

computer lab

stage

power (below)

workspaces (below)

power

cold storage

study space

power

work space

work event

work space

public event

work space power

[market]

[community stage]

sound room (below)

[rental office space] [tech office + school]

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[kids’ library]

Propositions Studio Fall 2015 | University of Michigan

EXQUISITE CORB CULTURAL PROGRAMMING

St Die-des-Vosges FRANCE In the modern architectural canon, the shingle is an under-exploited vernacular element, which when aggregated, serves as a semi-permeable shell to both humble and historic northern homes. This exploration introduces a Cabonon to the enclosed landscape fronting the Menuserie Sylva, and seeks to take what we know about the vernacular building component, reimagine its functional properties, and augment its aesthetic and dynamic possibilities. The quivering shingle is both an aggregated graphic language and a loose, living skin.

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43 CONSTRUCTION

CULTURAL PROGRAMMING

Vinyl Shingle 1/8” Steel Cable 3” Eye Hook 1/4” Polycarbonate 2 x 4 Stud Frame

“Living” Assembly Prototype Detail

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45 CONSTRUCTION

2 x 4 Stud Frame

Polycarbonate & Plywood Panels

3” Eye Hooks & 1/8” Steel Cable

Vinyl Shingles

Quivering Shingles

CULTURAL PROGRAMMING

“Living” Assembly System

1:1 prototype fabricated and installed for studio reviews at Taubman College (right)

Team: Adam Wilbanks Alysson Hrit Gaurav Sardana

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47 CONSTRUCTION

Dow Sustainability Fellowship 2015 | University of Michigan

MICRO PUNCTURES DESIGN STRATEGIES

Liquid Planning With the dissolution of fixed program, especially in Detroit, mobility can allow creation and repair of the urban fabric quickly and perhaps more appropriately than investments in permanent built structures. This mobile urban fabric can hold until the city gains economic and citizen stability, while aiding its repair. Mobile loggias plug into existing citizen initiatives - tutorials space from wifi routers, health clinics alongside urban farms and schools near art galleries - augmenting them for fabric repair.

inaccessible

25 %

flat & accessible

50 %

sloped & accessible

25 %

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steps

ramps

lookout

deck

physical access

visual access

Easy Access & Visibility

DESIGN STRATEGIES

bridge

Overlook Brook

connectivity

Educational Access

Street Junction Access

StreetVista

WaterTreatment

Lakes2Lakes

School

SOLUTION KEY

RAINGARDEN

ElderCare

BIOSWALE MICRO-REFORESTATION BUS + BUS STOP BIKE TRAIL + RACKS

HealthCare

BIKE + BUS SHELTERS CONNECT ROUTE

School

ShakerLakes

RecreationClub

DECK / LOOKOUTS RAMPS / STAIRS CROSS-CONNECT PATHS BROOK FILTRATION TERRAIN KEY

TERRAIN: FLAT & ACCESSIBLE TERRAIN: SLOPED & ACCESSIBLE TERRAIN: INACCESSIBLE POSSIBLE VISUAL & PHYSICAL CONNECTIONS

Proximity & Flatness

Therapeutic Access

Narrow Banks

All-Weather Activity ShakerSquare

Team: Dana Wall Gaurav Sardana Madeline Buck

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Brook Junction

2015

Protect

Ecology

RAINGARDEN 2015

BIOSWALE

MICRO-REFORESTATION Protect RAINGARDEN BIOSWALE Protect Ecology

2015

Surface Run-Offs

Ecology

MICRO-REFORESTATION RAINGARDEN BIOSWALE MICRO-REFORESTATION

Surface Run-Offs Surface Run-Offs Bus & Bike

2017

Connect

Bus & Bike

2017

Links

BUS + BUS STOP

Connect PATHS BUS + BUS STOP Connect BIKE TRAIL + RACKS Bus & Bike BIKE TRAIL + RACKS Links

Bus & Bus &Bike Bike

2017

Links

Bus & Bike

BIKE TRAIL + RACKS PATHS

Bus & Bike

Bus & Bike

2019

CreateBus & Bike

Punctures

Access Pause Access

Access

2019

DECK / LOOKOUTS Create RAMPS / STAIRS CROSS-CONNECT BIKE + BUS SHELTERS Create DECK / LOOKOUTS Punctures

2019

Connect Pause

Punctures

Access Access Access

BIKE + BUS SHELTERS

Pause Connect

RAMPS / STAIRS BIKE + BUS SHELTERS CROSS-CONNECT DECK / LOOKOUTS

Access

Connect

2021 Access

RAMPS / STAIRS CROSS-CONNECT

Reveal

Access2021

Identity

CONNECT ROUTE

BROOK FILTRATION Reveal CONNECT ROUTE Reveal BROOK FILTRATION Identity

2021

Identity

Social + Cultural LANDSCAPE Social + Cultural LANDSCAPE Social + Cultural LANDSCAPE

CONNECT ROUTE BROOK FILTRATION

Masterplan (left) & Phasing Strategies (above) Doan Brook watershed in the Buckeye-Shaker area of Cleveland, OH

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URBAN DESIGN

PATHS BUS + BUS STOP

Site: Atlanta GA | University of Michigan

ULI HINES 2016

MASTERPLANNING

Competition Entry “PAGES”

$900 M $800 M $700 M $600 M $500 M

ASSET VALUE

$400 M $300 M $200 M

DEVELOPMENT COST

$100 M

2018 LTV

2019

2020

63%

2021

73%

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2022

2023

2024

73%

2025

2026

2027

MASTERPLANNING

Team: Frank Romo Gaurav Sardana Prashanth Raju Terence Cho Xiaojun Zhang

Tax Credit Equity $35M

Construction & Perm Financing

$350M

Equity Sources $99M

$205M

Reinvestment of Asset Proceeds

$15M

NOI Applied to Construction

SOURCES OF FUNDING

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Fall 2010 Studio | Balwant Sheth School of Architecture, India

CULTURE

FREEMIUM CENTER

SPACE INTERACTION (MIXING)

SPACE CHANGE (PHYSICAL)

SITE \\ SUNKEN SITE - LINEAR SITE - SET AXIS - VOLUME DEFINER

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CULTURE TO THE CITY TO THE SITE FORM TERRAIN CITY-SITE RELATION

TO THE PUBLIC PROGRAM

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Society Interiors Magazine Competition 2013 | Budding Talent Category, India

SOCIETY DURIAN First Place “FlexiSocial Cafe” SERVED

SERVICE

SERVED

SERVICE SERVED

MIX!

SERVICE

INTERIOR ARCHITECTURE

Programmatic Flip

MIX!

MIX!

FlexibleSocial Concept

TOILETS

SEATING

FLEXIBLE-MIX!

RECEPTION

3300

4150

STAFF TOILETS

DJ-BOOTH

2550

TIERED SEATING

POOL AREA FOOSE-BALL

STAFF TOILETS

TOILETS

SEATING

FLEXIBLE-MIX!

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FREE-SEATER ZONE

OPEN-TO-SKY COURT

HVAC

DIESEL GEN DN OUTDOOR SEATING

STORAGE

NON-VEG

TIERED SEATING +530 Omm

PREPARATION

VEG

DN BAR

+175 +350

FINISHING /SERVING

POOL AREA

WASHING

FOOSE-BALL RECEPTION

ENTRY

STAFF

TOILETS BILLING

FLEXIBLE-MIX!

GENTS

LADIES

DJ BOOTH SUNKEN COURT

GROUND LEVEL PLAN

First Floor Plan

HVAC

DN

COLD STORAGE VEG

PREPARATION STORAGE NON-VEG COMMON

DN FOOD

STORAGE

CUTLERY

DESSERT BAR

FINISHING STAFF

TIERED SEATING TOILETS

GENTS

LADIES

FREE-SEATER ZONE SUNKEN COURT

BASEMENT LEVEL PLAN

Basement Floor Plan

From the reception From the bar overlooking the double-height space towards the mixing zone

From theThe bar tiered-seating overlooking theand double-height cherry tree space

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INTERIOR ARCHITECTURE

SERVING

Exhibited Installation 2013 | Office Parallel, India

KALA GHODA ARTS FESTIVAL research diagrams

CONSTRUCTION

model

drawings

montages

model model

Content Diagram

foldable display panels

modular base pods modular base pod

travel

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unfold

Cultural Plurality Station presents

CONSTRUCTION

The Town Around The Pilgrimage

‘animated packing’ of the foldable panel system

setup

twist

reveal

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Exhibited Installation 2012 | Malik Architecture, India

VOID PAVILION INDEX TRADE FAIR

CONSTRUCTION

in-out

above-under

loop

in

under

in

out

under

above

generating lines

out above

plane formation

loop formation

Team: Amay Gurkar, Arjun Malik, Gaurav Sardana

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flowing loop

61 CONSTRUCTION

Digital Fabrication 2014 | University of Michigan

CONSTRUCTION

ROBOTIC COLUMN FABRICATION

GENERATIVE COLUMN GEOMETRY

ER SMITH

1 16

2

15 14 13 3 12 4

11 5 6

10 7

Team: Eldo Mathew, Eric Harman, Gaurav Sardana, John Larmor, Tyler Smith 8

9

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YRTEMOEG NMULOC EVITARENEG + GNIDNEB-DOR NOITACIRBAF CITOBOR | 905 HCRA | 4102 LLAF

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1

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2

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3

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4

neewteb nward senil htob fo stniop noitcesretni snrettap

AH CIRE

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5

CONSTRUCTION

NOITARENEG MROF LANIF

Design Computing 2015 | University of Michigan

GENERATIVE TRUSS DESIGN #generate point matrix grid from u v surface, with selective point range import rhinoscriptsyntax as rs def main(): intU = 15 intV = 15 Pt = {} PtEnd = {} #select surface srfGUID = rs.GetObject('Select surface', rs.filter.surface) #find surface domain UDomain = rs.SurfaceDomain(srfGUID, 0) VDomain = rs.SurfaceDomain(srfGUID, 1) #find step value Ustep = (UDomain[1]-UDomain[0])/intU Vstep = (VDomain[1]-VDomain[0])/intV

CONSTRUCTION

print Ustep, Vstep #loop to plot points for i in range(intU + 1): for j in range(intV + 1): #set u and v values in relation to step and i and j u = UDomain[0] + Ustep * i v = VDomain[0] + Vstep * j #assign points to dictionary for Pt Pt[(i,j)] = rs.EvaluateSurface(srfGUID, u, v) point = rs.AddPoint(Pt[(i,j)]) #get vector normal to srfGUID at a uv parameter VecNorm = rs.SurfaceNormal(srfGUID,(u,v)) #scale the vector to create an offset VecNorm = rs.VectorScale(VecNorm, 1) #assign endpoints to dictionary for PtEnd PtEnd[(i,j)] = rs.PointAdd(Pt[(i,j)],VecNorm)

Base Unit

#call dictionary to assign variables pointend = rs.AddPoint(PtEnd[(i,j)]) point = rs.AddPoint(Pt[(i,j)])

Base Unit Transformation

#loop to plot points within matrix: for i in range(intU +1): for j in range(intV +1): #adding 'depth' between Pt & PtEnd: crv00 = rs.AddLine(Pt[(i,j)], PtEnd[(i,j)]) #conditional loop to add diagonal beyond a certain threshold: if PtEnd[(i,j)][2] <= 3: #selecting threshold parameter here: crv01 = rs.AddCurve((Pt[(i,j)], Pt[(i-1,j)], Pt[(i-1,j-1)], Pt[(i,j-1)], Pt[(i,j)], Pt[(i-1,j-1)]),1) crv02 = rs.AddCurve((PtEnd[(i,j)], PtEnd[(i-1,j)], PtEnd[(i-1,j-1)], PtEnd[(i,j-1)], PtEnd[(i,j)],PtEnd[(i-1,j-1)]),1) elif i > 0 and j > 0: #adding boundary frame to all points: crv01 = rs.AddCurve((Pt[(i-1,j)], Pt[(i-1,j-1)], Pt[(i,j-1)], Pt[(i,j)],Pt[(i-1,j)]),1) crv02 = rs.AddCurve((PtEnd[(i-1,j)], PtEnd[(i-1,j-1)], PtEnd[(i,j-1)],PtEnd[(i,j)],PtEnd[(i-1,j)]),1) main()

Perspective View w/ Surface Matrix

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Surface Geometry

Perspective View w/ Surface

Perspective View w/ Conditional Loop Output

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CONSTRUCTION

Surface Curves

housing

Architectureâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s domain is not the act of constructing spaces alone, something which could be excused of in the twentieth century. That era was recognized for the thriving of humanity as a culture, but our current era will be defined through architectureâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s intent to embrace the demand of building new environments and the remediation of our already built environs.

design strategy

POSITION

This collection of projects - ranging from architecture, urban design, fabrication and design strategies - aims to consciously reflect these values through a variety of scales and spatial types to enhance our contemporary landscape.

construction

2016

urbanism

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