Harshika Seth - Selected works 2018 to 2022 - Georgia Institute of Technology

ARCHITECTURE PORTFOLIO Harshika Seth Selected works

Harshika Seth Resume

I completed my B.Arch degree from University of Mumbai. I have two and a half years of work experience as an Architect at a firm in Mumbai. I am presently pursuing my Masters in Architecture (Advanced Standing) at Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA. Compiled herewith is a set of works from the Fall semseter, ‘21.

Atlanta, Georgia, USA hseth6@gatech.edu +1(470) 277-0076 Status Education

Student, Architect Masters in Architecture | 2021 - 23’ Georgia Institute of Technology Bachelor of Architecture | 2018 Kamla Raheja Vidyanidhi Institute for Architecture & Environmental Studies, Mumbai, India.

Higher Secondary Certificate | 2013 Malini Kishore Sanghvi College of Commerce and Economics, Mumbai, India

Experience

P.K.Das and Associates - Architect (October 2018 to Present) Residential | Interiors | Public promenade | Aviation Worked on Design, Resolution, Execution, Construction drawings and Correspondence Ingrain Architects - Intern (November 2016 to April 2017) Residential | Interiors | Commercial | Institutional | Worked on Design, Resolution, Execution, and Construction drawings

Certificates

Circular Economy for a Sustainable Built Environment - TU Delft

Achievements and awards

University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada Student Exhchange programme, 2018 Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China Student Exchange programme, 2015 INTACH Heritage Awards for excellence in documentation First prize - 2015 (Archiving Allahabad)

Social and Organization skills

Exhibition Committee for Archiving Allahabad, 2014-2015 Exhibition Committee for ‘25 years of KRVIA’ exhibition, 2018

Publications

Design Beyond Boundaries - Integrating the backyards Bridge studio ‘18 | Published by KRVIA + PUDDI The Peoples’ Centre at Irla Nullah (Mumbai) School of Architecture Archive School of Design | Advanced Studio Society of Rooms

Software skills

Languages

Adobe Suite AutoCAD Revit Arch Corel Draw Sketch Up Rhinoceros MS Office Lumion VRAY Grasshopper English, Hindi, Marathi, Punjabi

Negative space is a performative component, not an acquiescent element.

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Table of contents Society of Rooms

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Thrive UP- Town

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Digital Site

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Affordable Housing

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Bandra Bandstand promenade

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Housing for women in the city

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Stanley Park to False Creek

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Light Space Modulator

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01 Society of Rooms

Municipal Recreation Center Advanced Studio | Fall, 2021 Guide : Mark Cottle

ABSTRACT : An idea Louis Kahn developed at the scale of a room, for a single individual or small group; at the scale of a building, for a family or clan; and at the scale of a city, for a community.

Further, he described how a properly designed built body can foster and support the physical and social health of its occupants, at each scale.

Kahn draws on this line of thought, both formal and social, when he terms the street “the room of agreement.” The project exploration is also interested in the room, the building, and the city. The site is a corner plot in the Fairlie-Poplar district, directly across Luckie Street from the Rialto Centre for the Arts. It is currently in service as a surface parking lot.

With this prompt, program, and site, the project is an opportunity to question a number of accepted norms, such as the relation between outside and inside, between city and building, community and individual. This semester the primary tools were physical models, section sketches, and perspective drawings, paying careful attention to craft, and to the hand’s relation to thought.

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Site introduction

The program brief for a society of rooms will be a municipal gymnasium and health facility in downtown Atlanta, with all the things, including a basketball court, tennis court, swimming pool, yoga studios, exercise equipment together with attendant exterior spaces, such as courtyards, balconies, and alleys.

Fairlie Poplar district and the context

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S OCIET Y O F ROOM S

Transport and movement

Roads Rails Highway

Built and unbuilt

Built Roads

Gardens and connections to each other

Fairlie - Poplar district

Greens Roads Fairlie - Poplar district S O C I E TY O F RO O M S

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Strategies Massing

Approach

Shear Shear wall wall

Shear wall

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Small Small held held by

by Large Large spaces spaces

Overlooking spaces

Small Smallheld heldbybyLarge Largespaces spaces

Street slicing inwards Street slicing inwards Street pulled

inwards

Street slicing inwards

Sunken Sunken Building Building

Overlooking Overlooking spaces spaces MASSING MASSINGSTRATEGY STRATEGY

Sunken SunkenBuilding Building

Overlooking Overlookingspaces spaces MASSING MASSINGSTRATEGY STRATEGY

Sunken structures

Double height spaces

Structure

Opening Opening the streetthe at street at

slope the slope Opening upthethe lower floor to the street Opening the street at the slope

APPROACH FROM THE APPROACH FROM THE STREET

MEDITATION + YOGA

APPROACH FROM THE STREE

Overlooking streetscapes

Program

TENNIS COURT CLINICS + STUDIOS MEDITATION + YOGA GYM

BASKETBALL COURT TENNIS COURT STUDIOS + OFFICES CLINICS + STUDIOS GYM ENTRANCE FOYER BASKETBALL SWIMMINGCOURT POOL STUDIOS + OFFICES ENTRANCE FOYER

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SWIMMING POOL Structural strategy includes using the two party walls as shear walls, the interstitial layer is a Vierendeel truss and the tortion is prevented by the angular colums held in the larger triple height spaces.

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Here large spaces hold the smaller spaces as an overlay and act of overlooking spaces.

Progr The interstitial layers hold the smaller, intimate functions of spas, yoga, dance studios, clinics and offices.

The program is that of a recreation center. There are 4 large spaces to consider the swimming pool, basketball court, tennis court, and gym.

Movement

Circulation

Street space as a positive

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Integrating streetscapes

Elements of the street are integrated into the design strategies to develop another layer of detail, the chosen street elements are the alley, the court, the courtyard, the colonnade, the lightwell/crack and the pergola. The physical models help develop the rules for the streetscape elements.

Courts

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Design Development

Site at the cross junction of Forsyth and Luckie street

Extruding the mass according to required heights

Dividing up spaces according to required heights and programs

The inbetween trusses become interstitial layers that hold intimate programs.

Shear walls as structural elements and sunken

The inbetween trusses become interstitial layers that hold intimate programs.

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Swimming pool

Steps down from the sloping street, sunken space to pull in the street with visual connections.

Entrance Porch

Enter at an angle of 45 at the cross junction with a ramp sloping upwards leading you to the foyer. With cracks piercing downwards from the slab above as the light reflects from the pool underneath 14 S OCIET Y O F ROOM S

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The alley for movement

The alley moves parallel with the party wall, the central void acting as a vertical garden.

Basketball court

The triple height space of the basketball court houses the Gym, the overlooking bleachers and the balconies. These are thinner slabs suspended from the truss above.

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The overlooking gym

The gym overlooks the basketball court and is suspended from the truss above.

The court

With circulation wrapped around the court, its a central space for gatherings and the piercings in the slab become means of bringing in reflective light.

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Tennis court

The tennis court is the second of the large triple height spaces.

Courtyard + Yoga and meditation

The courtyard on the terrace level is meant for moment of respite.

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02 Thrive UP-Town

Real Estate Development of Old Oakland ULI Hines Competition | Jan 10 -24th, 2022 Guide : Ellen Dunham Jones, Caroline Burnette Dervan, John Threadgill Team : Siddharth S, Ajay M, Ranjitha J, Benson H ABSTRACT : Oakland, California, has always been a land of diversity and inclusion. While a city of many cultures and ethnicities, the travails of man-made boundaries continue to exasperate its attempts at equity and justice. The site, formerly a center of institutional justice, is well poised in its geography and symbolism to redress the debilitation caused by the I-880 separation. The development seeks to address the following central question, “ How do we reconcile a narrative of participative justice with the city’s prospects for growth? “ Open volumes on the parcels function as a critical cornerstone in nvisioning participation and connecting the various physical elements tying in their functions and various audiences. The civic nature of the space is complemented by its capacity to elevate the public artistically. For instance, purveyors of the retail fronts are exposed to the multi-use nature of the micro-district while simultaneously visualizing, if not partaking, in the various avenues for artistic expression. This enhances their understanding of Oakland, bringing in a “participation of different perspectives and intentions. ”The vertical planes of the freeways function as canvases, and the terraces and the community gardens serve as stages. The design focuses on the fact that the arts and justice are intertwined but that avenues for expression in themselves are insufficient, especially in the case of Oakland.” ​ While the latter is concerned with developing community capital, another essential aspect is balancing physical capital in line with the market and community needs. In its vision framework, Thrive Up-Town reimagines the micro-district as a gateway plaza that connects the localities of West Oakland, Jack London, China Town, and Downtown Oakland in a simultaneous exchange of commodity and people, thereby establishing itself as a center that resists the divisive planning of the ‘60s.

The simultaneous zoning of ground-level retail on 7th Street and adjacent to the freeway combined with the activation of the ground plane within the parcels connects both entities ; provides a formal commercial connection between the 7th Street Link Project and Broadway within the city context. The site pulls in Jack London and Howard Terminal by activating the under-freeway spaces. This further engages with the transit opportunity along the corners to empower the site’s reach and activate the whole site as a mixed-use infill opportunity.​ ​ The Courthouse is repurposed to provide affordable office spaces for the various community organizations for art focused on communities of color and food security at risk of displacement due to gentrification. This space engages formally with the site as a social anchor and strengthens the cultural security of the families in the affordable housing towers. Combined with the presence of courtrooms and office, this presents a unique opportunity to connect performance and operation.​ ​ The site stimulates housing and business by combining a comprehensive live-work-play triumvirate of affordable and market housing, light industry/ manufacturing, and urban recreation/ agriculture.

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Holistic Strategies

Creating a Micro-District by Vehicular Re-routing

Activating the Civic Parcels - Industrial and Retail Fronts

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The vision We aim to connect the three neighbourhoods with the micro-district by means of profitability with continual investments, racial and economic equity, and bottom up approach in organizational heirarchy.

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03 Design Formalism

Attractor scripts and reactive geometries Advanced Studio | Fall, 2021 Guide : Kurt Hong

ABSTRACT : The workshop aims to incorporate the concept of site in digital environment. One of the merits of parametric modelling is that the information of context can be effectively introduced to the design process so that design is able to respond to the environment.

This workshop introduces skill sets of dealing with surfaces, incorporation of data from the context, and implimenting the algorithms that correspond to the sites.

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01. Develop a hexagon grid with each component reactive to a single attractor point

02. Extrude hexagon grid with each component reactive in the Z direction to a single attractor point.

Here the attractor point dictates the factor of extrusion as well as the varied heights.

03. Extrude hexagon grid with each component reactive in the Z direction to a curve. The curve is divided into a set number of points to create reference attractor points. Here the attractor points dictate the factor of extrusion based on proximity, creating varied heights D E S I G N FO R M A LI S M 3 1

Site and Formal Study This is the first phase of design for our Final Project in Media and Modeling III at Georgia Tech.

We have focused on the concept of having a path of travel along the site that effects the form generated. Also, another concept we use is the contouring of the site in order to fit the form to the site.

Site A

Site B

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Design Variations

Array

Three different sites and each site has to interact with the consistent system. A horizontal system, and two vertical systems. The geometry is a parasite and the site is a host. The motif latches on to an element in the site and is being carved using the contour tool in grasshopper.

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Site B

Site C D E S I G N FO R M A LI S M 33

Architectural Fitting The second phase of the design exploration. The focus is on having a park landscape form that provides spatial function to the park. First set of modules create a free space : benches, a skate park and play space for people. Second set of modules have the hollow interior to create a market space.

Lastly the theatre is connected to a screen on the desk, creating a seating are expected to be used a performance space and a theater.

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04 Affordable housing

Work experience | October 2018 - Present Principal Architect : P.K.Das (pkdas@pkdas.com) Team : Anjali Doshi Location : Ahmedabad,India

ABSTRACT : The housing stratergies at P.K.Das and Associates revolve around providing open spaces at the edges of the locality that promote collective community interaction. The housing focuses on spaces for collaboration, green open spaces and designed spaces for social gatherings. The housing scheme is designed to be inclusive.

My role in the project has been that of a lead design architect for the three different plots namely Plot A, B and C. The role involved visualising and designing of the housing scheme along with the amenities for the same. The housing units are cover the carpet area of 60 sq. m and is considered to be affordable housing. The design of plot A is currently under execution. My role involves working closely with several consultants and producing drawings that integrate architecture, landscape, structure and services.

“Building houses is not merely a game of numbers but a concern about the achievement of quality of life and environment that it offers to the residents and the city.”

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Design Intent

Design & development of housing, social housing in particular, is most challenging. On one hand, we have to grapple with maximising the number of units that could be efficiently provided. On the other we have to be concerned about and address a gamut of issues pertaining to land use efficiency, open spaces provision and the larger urban design and environmental concerns. As a matter of fact, it is the quality of urban scape that dictates design and development decisions of any individual plot.

Methodolgy Existing Design Practice

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05 Bandra Bandstand promenade

Work experience | October 2018 - May 2018 Principal Architect : P.K.Das (pkdas@pkdas.com) Team : Samarth Das, Minal G

ABSTRACT : A 1.2 km-long stone wall with rounded, mosaic coping demarcates the forecourt at the water’s edge and separates the promenade from the road. The promenade meanders all along the water’s edge where people can walk, relax and experience the vast beauty of the seascape. It is paved with rough-cut, natural stones in patterns that keep changing all along. A distinct, central gallery of steps takes you lower down to the water’s edge, where there is space for get-togethers, art shows, music programmes and other such events. At strategic points, steps lead you further down to the sand and rock beds. A large, central garden with a wide expanse of lawns provides relief to the dense high-rises in the background. Exclusively designed furniture for seating and resting, signage and lighting, are additional facilities provided here.

My role in the project involves design and execution of the promenade Detailing, material selection, on site meetings, site visits, and execution of construction drawings.

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1.40

1.30

1.25

1.20

1.15

1.15

1.20

1.25

1.40

1.50

0.35

0.30

7.75

7.50

7.30

7.10

7.00

6.90

6.80

6.80

6.80

6.85

8.35

8.05

2.00

2.00

PROJECT:

BAND P CONTENTS:

North Section Part E Lineout Drawing Typical bund section

8.20

0.35

5.05

2.00

8.45

10.30

9.90

9.65 8.95

LINE OU NO

PART E

top finished in 20mm THK Kota stone

GYM

2 P5

P7 P6

40mm THK nosing in Kota stone

ART COURT 350 sq.m

3

ROAD P8

P9

4

EXEC

CENTRAL GARDEN

0.85

0.55 0.30

0 2.3 0 2.0

0.75 1.25

2.10

1.10 ENTRANCE 0.40 0.60

0.95

0.45

ART COURT

EXECUTED PROMENADE

0.35

0.60

0.20 1.25

AMPHITHEATER

3.20 1.15

1.15

1.25

0.40

UGT

1.15

1.25

1.10

1.25

1.10

1.25

1.10

1.25

1.05

1.25

1.20

CENTRAL GARDEN 11.95

11.40

10.95

10.50

2.30

1.05

1.15 3.60

1.25

1.05

1.05

1.20

1.20

1.00

1.00

1.15

0.95

1.15

0.95 1.10

1.10

0.90

0.95

1.05

1.05

0.90

0.85

0.85

0.80

1.00

0.95

0.90

0.85

2.00

A

10.05

9.65

9.30

8.95

8.65

8.40

8.15

6.75

6.85

6.90

7.05

7.15

7.35

7.50

7.70

7.90

0.60

0.35 0.35

0.35 0.30

0.40 0.30

0.40 0.35

7.10

0.85 0.45 0.40

6.85 6.70 6.55 6.40

0.35

6.35 6.25 6.25

0.30

6.20 6.20 6.10 6.10

6.10 6.10

0.35

6.10

0.40

6.10 6.10

B

6.10 6.00

5.90 5.85

5.85 5.80

5.80

5.85

5.85

5.90

5.95

6.05

6.15

6.25

6.40

6.55

0.55

0.40 0.45

0.45 0.50

0.50 0.55

0.55

0.60

SEATING

0.70 0.65

ENTRANCE

0.75

0.80

0.65

0.70

0.75

0.80

0.40

0.40 0.40

0.40 0.35

0.40 0.35

0.40

2.90

0.30 0.30

0.35 0.30

0.45 0.35

7.35

0.30

0.90

0.45 0.40

PUBLIC SQUARE

PART D

WATER SUP

2.00

2.00

D ROA

North Section Part D Lineout Drawing

CENTRAL GARDEN

10mm x 10mm M.S pipes in a form of Mesh

10mm x 10mm M.S pipes in a form of Mesh

P7

ART COURT 350 sq.m

3

4 8

P11

5

ROAD

P12

CENTRAL GARDEN

7

300mm thk concrete base for M.S structure(barricade)

0.10

0.20 0.20

PLANTER BED

0.10

100mm x 100mm channel to be filled with concrete while fixing the fence

0.3000

300mm thk concrete base for M.S structure(barricade)

0.10

0.20 0.20

P13

PART D

PLANTER BED

0.10

4.65 0.65

WATER SUPPLY LINE

1.05 1.20

1.40 1.45 1.45

1.20 1.45

1.25 1.45

1.25 1.45 1.25

14.35 1.45

1.25

13.10 1.45

1.25 0.25

11.95 10.80

1.40 2.60

9.70

2.55

8.80

2.50

7.95

2.45

7.20

2.35

6.50

19.85

2.25 1.00

0.65

2.60

0.30

0 2.3 0 2.0

0.45

0.75

8.55 8.20

1.10 ENTRANCE 0.40 0.60

7.90

1.15

1.25

1.15

1.25

UGT

1.25

2.30

1.05

1.15 3.60

1.10

1.25

1.10

1.25

1.10

1.25

1.05

1.25

1.20

1.05

1.05

1.00

1.00

0.95

0.95

0.95

0.90

0.90

1.20

1.20

1.15

1.15

1.10

1.10

1.05

1.05

1.00

0.85

0.85

0.80

0.95

0.90

0.85

2.00

0.70

0.75

0.80

0.65

11.40

10.95

10.50

10.05

9.65

9.30

8.95

8.65

8.40

8.15

6.75

6.85

6.90

7.05

7.15

7.35

7.50

7.70

7.90

6.05

6.15

6.25

6.40

6.55

0.45 0.50

0.35 0.30

0.35 0.30

0.35 0.35

6.85 6.70 6.55 6.40

0.35

6.35 6.25 6.25

0.30

6.20

THIS DRAWING IS THE PROPERTY OF P.K.DAS & ASSOCIATES

6.20 6.10

AND SHALL NOT BE REPRODUCED, USED, OR COPIED

6.10 6.10

WITHOUT THEIR WRITTEN PERMISSION.

6.10

0.35

6.10

0.40

6.10

B

6.10 6.00

5.90 5.85

5.90

5.95

0.40

0.85 0.45 0.40

6.10

0.75 ENTRANCE

0.80

A 11.95

0.55

0.60

0.70 0.65

0.50 0.55

0.55

0.60

0.40 0.40

0.40 0.45

0.45 0.40

7.10

5.85

5.80

5.80

5.85

5.85

PROJECT:

PART D

0.50

2.00

PLANTER BED

CONTENTS:

0.20

ROAD

EXECUTION DRAWINGS EXISTING WALL ROAD

PART A - LHS

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P3

WC

1

ART COURT

ROAD P8

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2

4

P2

3

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dw

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P11

5

ROAD

P12

BANDSTAND PROMENADE

6

7

FIXTURE DESCRIPTION RECESSED UPLIGHTERS @ AMPHITHATER WALL

SECTION 4

1.10

3.35 3.95

5

2.00

2.00

2.00

5.50

EXISTING PARAPET WALL

BANDSTAND PROMENADE

4.05

SYMBOL

North Section Part C Lineout Drawing

0.30

PROMENADE

2.00 2.00

6

P12

2.00

0.30

2.00

1.70

2.00

1.95

2.15

2.00

5.20

7.40 1.50

8.65

7.70

5.90 4.25

0.40

2.45 0.60

0.10

2.00 2.00 2.00

2.45

3

1.00

1.35

5.15

2.00

0.70

2.00

1.45

2.00

0.70

2.00

4.95

0.60

0.55

0.55

0.70

1.35

1.30

1.15

1.05

0.90

1.45

1.40

4

7.50

6.90

2.00

6.35

2.00 2.00

8.70

9.05

2.00

10.45 9.85

8.55

EXECUTION DRAWING

2.00

11.05

2.95

Part B

2.00

11.05 4.25

LINE OUT DRAWING - PART B & C NORTH SECTION

2.00 2.00

2.00

10.85

3.10

CONTENTS:

2.00

5.55 5.90

0.85

1.30 1.90

2.00 2.00

5.10

1.05 5.95

ROAD

2.00

3.05

0.70

12.15

2.00

P9

1.45

0.60

2.90

P8

2.00 2.00

2.95

2.00

BANDRA BANDSTAND PROMENADE

2.00 2.00

1.30

2.95

PROJECT:

2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00

1.25

2.95

SHEET NO :

2.00

1.75

1.20 1.80 1.40

DATE : 15-02-2019

2.00

2.90 1.10

2.05

1.55

DRAWN BY : HARSHIKA CHECKED BY : SAMARTH

SCALE :

2.00

8.85

3.35

0.80

3.35 2.55 1.90

PRABHADEVI, MUMBAI - 400 025. PHONE : 4312404/4308877

2.00

8.75

4.40

5, SANKALP, 1040 J.A.RAOUL MARG, OFF SAYANI ROAD,

2.00

8.65

4.15

1.35 1.00 0.65

1.25

WITHOUT THEIR WRITTEN PERMISSION. 1.90 2.00 2.00 2.00

3.80

0.75

5.10

4.95

3.00 3.50 4.10 4.85 5.75

0.65 0.70

2.00

AND SHALL NOT BE REPRODUCED, USED, OR COPIED

7.90 8.35

7.20

THIS DRAWING IS THE PROPERTY OF P.K.DAS & ASSOCIATES

0.80

6.65 0.70

6.60

2.95

2.00

7.35

0.70

ART COURT 350 sq.m

ARCHITECTS & DESIGNERS

3.75

0.80

0.70 8.75 8.50 8.15

3.55

2.60

0.70

8.85

SECTION 1

2.95

1.95

3.20

P.K.DAS & ASSOCIATES

0.20

3.75

2.60

1.15

0.95

4.30

3.70

3.60

PROMENADE

6.80

ROAD 8.10

0.20

ARCHITECT:

3.20

5.75 6.30

PLANTER BED ROAD

1.15

EXECUTION DRAWING EXISTING WALL

4.65

EXISTING PARAPET WALL

2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00

2.95

1.55

2.35

2.60 3.20 3.60

2.00

2.95

SECTIONS

0.70

4.10

1.15

2.95

1.75

2.00

1.35

2.90

2.00 2.00 2.00

3.30

BANDRA BANDSTAND PROMENADE CONTENTS:

LED MARKER LIGHT

0.35

SECTION 2

2.00

4.70

PROJECT:

FIXTURE DESCRIPTION RECESSED UPLIGHTERS @ AMPHITHATER WALL

SWITCH BOARDS / JUNCTION BOX

2.00

4.30

40M

2.00 2.00

PART C

2.00

20

STEP LIGHT

2.00

0.50

5

ELECTRICAL LEGENG

2.00 2.00

2.00

0

ARCHITECTS: P. K. DAS & ASSOCIATES, PLANNERS, ARCHITECTS AND DESIGNERS, MUMBAI

EXISTING WALL

0.30

2.00

4.45

ROAD

3 2

dw

KEY PLAN

2.00

2.00

3

0.70

ROAD

2.00

3.60

2

P1

6

5.40

3.05

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2.00 2.00

2.00

5.50

2.50

14

2.00 2.00

SECTION 3

5.25

1.95

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4

PART C P12

4.70

5.05

12

13

P2

5

P11

4.95

4.80

1

ROAD

P11

ROAD

P13

5.20 5.35

ROAD P8

PART B

P10

8

CENTRAL GARDEN

4.35 0.60

5.45

P3

SEA SIDE

ART COURT 350 sq.m

3

13.85

WITHOUT THEIR WRITTEN PERMISSION.

PART A - LHS

P6

P9

2.55

ROAD

P5

P7

4

1.30

AND SHALL NOT BE REPRODUCED, USED, OR COPIED

P4

2

SWITCH BOARDS / JUNCTION BOX

0.20

1.90

THIS DRAWING IS THE PROPERTY OF P.K.DAS & ASSOCIATES

SHEET NO : GYM

2.95

0.60

EXISTING WALL

DATE : 15-02-2019

SCALE :

1.65

ROAD

2.10 2.10

PROMENADE

1.50

0.20

PLANTER BED

LED MARKER

ART COURT LIGHT

6.65

1.30

2.20

2.10

DRAWN BY : MINAL CHECKED BY : SAMARTH

STEP LIGHT 0.65 0.90

N

6.00

2.10 1.05

2.10

5, SANKALP, 1040 J.A.RAOUL MARG, OFF SAYANI ROAD, PRABHADEVI, MUMBAI - 400 025. PHONE : 4312404/4308877

WC

2.10

9.90

1.15

8

2.10

P.K.DAS & ASSOCIATES ARCHITECTS & DESIGNERS

EXISTING PARAPET WALL

2.10

ARCHITECT:

40M

KEY PLAN

0.95

2.10

20

ELECTRICAL LEGENG

2.10

2.10

5

P13

PART D

PLANTER BED

SYMBOL

2.10

0

ARCHITECTS: P. K. DAS & ASSOCIATES, PLANNERS, ARCHITECTS AND DESIGNERS, MUMBAI

CENTRAL GARDEN

0.20

300mm thk concrete base for M.S structure(barricade)

0.10

0.20

1

P1

P10

PROMENADE

100mm x 100mm channel to be filled with concrete while fixing the fence

0.20

0.10

2.10

4

3

0.20

2.10

14

dn

11

ROAD

2.10

12

ROAD

3

PLANTER BED

0.10

P4

2 P5

P7

ART COURT 350 sq.m

P9

0.3000

300mm thk concrete base for M.S structure(barricade)

0.10

2.10

PLANTER BED

LINE OUT DRAWING - PART D NORTH SECTION

SECTION 6 10mm x 10mm M.S pipes in a form of Mesh

EXISTING PARAPET WALL

100mm x 100mm channel to be filled with concrete while fixing the fence

0.20

0.60

300mm thk concrete base for M.S structure(barricade)

GYM

10mm x 10mm M.S pipes in a form of Mesh

0.3000

1.85

10mm x 10mm M.S pipes in a form of Mesh

0.3000

0.20

0.20

PLANTER BED

0.20

D

SECTION 5

ART COURT 0.20

0.45

ROA

ROAD

North Section Part D Lineout Drawing

WATER SUPPLY LINE

EXISTING PARAPET WALL

N

2.00

BANDRA BANDSTAND PROMENADE 0.10

EXISTING PARAPET WALL

1

1.15

0.40

0.45 0.35

0.25

7.60 7.35

0.30

dn

1.25

2.90

3.20

0.40 0.35

0.40 0.35

0.40

0.20

0.40 0.35

0.40 0.30

0.35 0.30 0.30

8.95

1.25

2.10

0.95 0.90

0.35

9.95 9.40

0.90

0.85

0.55

6

8.85

1.05

1.00

0.75

CENTRAL GARDEN

7.50 1.15

0.90 0.80

0.30

0.60

2.00

10.90

2.00

ARCHITECT:

2.00

3.20 2.00 2.45

P.K.DAS & ASSOCIATES

2.00

1.10 1.35

2.00

0.25

ARCHITECTS & DESIGNERS

2.00 2.00

P10

5, SANKALP, 1040 J.A.RAOUL MARG, OFF SAYANI ROAD,

2.00

PRABHADEVI, MUMBAI - 400 025. PHONE : 4312404/4308877

2.00 2.00

2.00 2.00

DRAWN BY : HARSHIKA

2.00

CHECKED BY : SAMARTH

2.00 2.00

DATE : 15-02-2019

2.00 2.00 2.00 2.75

North Section Part B Lineout Drawing

ROAD P8

P9

P10

100mm x 100mm channel to be filled with concrete while fixing the fence

0.3000

SCALE :

SHEET NO :

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06 Shared Living

(Multi - purpose working women’s housing) Thesis B.Arch | Semester 9 & 10, 2018 Guide :Sonal Sundarajan

ABSTRACT : The society excludes any individual that goes beyond the usual heteronormative as ‘the other.’ This construct created by the patriarchy lays down norms for the society. It shuns the idea of the single working woman, the divorced woman, the single mother and the women in distress as independent individuals within the system. It restricts access to spaces that are conventionally accessed by the heteronormative. Housing for ‘the other’ is not readily available due to issues of safety, unaffordability and societal outlook on women that have severed family or marital ties.

Interviews with women suffering from these situations revealed that space for them needs to be designed to cater to multiple requirements such as childcare facility, counseling, common community areas to mingle with their neighbors these spaces are required to make them feel accepted and integrated into the society. A typical apartment lacks programs that act as assistive features of carrying out domestic activities. It removes itself from any space, commercial space or care facility.

The thesis explored the idea of communal living, women from different backgrounds in need of a haven. The design explores a housing system with amenities required for day-to-day life. A selfsufficient and revenue genereating housing. Although the accommodation is imagined to be a rental housing system for women in times of need, the living is a shared experience.

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Form development Redefining the existing programs with the introduction of new functions allows the public to interact with the city. It breaks the norms of the gated community and creates new public-private interaction spaces. Weaving public functions like cultural center, spaces for festivals and farmers market, recreational spaces etc. with the private functions.

The intervention is located along the main road and has ease of access considering the public transport. The building is developed using the master plan guidelines and context. The housing is imagined as a street that creates a public commercial space and promenade. Use of appropriate material, sustainability, future expansions, traditional techniques and redefining the conventional programs are a few pointers tackled in the design.

The building should embrace the context, rather than being an alien.

Evolution

1

4

2

5

3

6

PUBLIC

COMMERCIAL SELF HELP ORG

50 HO USING FO R WOM E N IN T H E CITY

CULTURAL CENTER STAY CARE FACILITY

WORKSHOPS DAY CARE CENTER

PRIVATE

Housing Typology

SINGLE USER

SINGLE USER

SINGLE USER

SINGLE USER

TWO USERS

TWO USERS

FOUR USER

FIVE USERS

H O U S I N G FO R WO M E N I N THE CI TY 5 1

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27 13

28

28 5

23

2

1

2

1

SECTION C-C’

7 11 10

16

10

12 13 24

14 9

25

23

14 26

26

2

2

1

26

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14

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8

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10 6

4

GROUND FLOOR PLAN 52 HO USING FO R WOM E N IN T H E CITY

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17 20

16

22

LEGEND

3

4

1. COMMERCIAL STREET 2. SHOP + HOUSE UNIT 3.CONFERENCE 4. ADMINISTRATION 5.COMMON ROOM 6. DIRECTORS CABIN 7. OPEN TERRACE 8. GAMES ROOM 9. AV ROOM 10. WAITING AREA 11. STAFF ROOM 12. DAY CARE FACILITY 13. DINING SPACE 14. STORAGE

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5

8 21 9

26

16 22

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HO U S I N G FOR WO MEN IN T H E CIT Y 5 3

15.STAY CARE FACILITY 16. CHILDRENS PLAY AREA 17. SELF HELP ORG- SPACE FOR WORKSHOPS 18. COUNSELLING 19. EXHIBITION SHOPS 20. CULTURAL CENTER 21.CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS 22. WASTE SEGGREGATION 23. METER ROOM 24. TEACHING ROOM 25.KITCHEN 26. TOILET 27. HOUSING 28. TERRACE GARDEN

H O U S I N G FO R WO M E N I N THE CI TY 5 3

LEGEND

A. Central connecting stairs

B. Central stairs and Spill out space

4. ADMINISTRATION 5.COMMON ROOM 7. OPEN TERRACE 9. AV ROOM 15.STAY CARE FACILITY 24. TEACHING ROOM 28. TERRACE GARDEN 29. LAUNDRY FACILITY 30. DRYING SPACE 31. SPILL OUT SPACE

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SECTION A-A’ 54 HO USING FO R WOM E N IN T H E CITY

C

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PORTAL FRAME

The portal frame can be used to provide a large span multi-use space for the community. The structure would house the existing activities that are carried out on site; eg. art sale, farmers market, exhibitions

C. Laundry and drying space

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31

5

FLOATING STARCASES

To connect spill out spaces with the central shared functions, the staircases allow for ease of movement. The staircases

4

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07 Stanley Park to False Creek

Academic Project - Exchange program | Semester 9 & 10, 2018 Guide : Manoj Parmar, Matthew Thomson Team : Aishwarya P, Urshi K, Jaldhi G,

The culmination of the KRVIA – UBC workshop at UBC, Vancouver, Canada, that involved the study of the North East False Creek at UBC At Vancouver : Georgia Street, Vancouver, houses many government buildings, public buildings, corporate offices, churches, restaurants and retail outlets. Due to this diversity in the urban layout, it stands witness to people from all walks of life and is densely populated along most parts. This study takes an indepth look at the urban morphology of Georgia Street, its activities, activity periods, mobility,user experience, terrain and natural systems. The diagrams are shown alongside demonstrating the levels and layers of Georgia street and how it connects two crucial natural systems, the False Creek and the Stanley park region.

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Connecting Stanley park to the False creek

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George Street - Urban Fabric

The cross sections across George St.

George Street - Urban Fabric

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The visual and auxillary elements STA N L E Y PA R K TO FA L S E CREE K 5 9

08 Light-Space-Matter Modulator

Exploration of light, scales, shadows and volumes Advanced Studio | Fall, 2021 Guide : Mark Cottle

ABSTRACT : A low stakes, high gain endeavor intended both as review of some basic design conventions and as provocation for design invention working as reminders of the simultaneously material and ephemeral aspects of architecture.

Carving a 7.5” x 7.5” x 7.5” dimension -- a 40’ cube at 3/16”, manually fabricated through subtraction of solid materials to achieve relative equilibrium of phisycal mass + spatial void. The excercise is meant to emphasize a dialog between generative processes and descriptive systems.

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