KARAN NISAR Architecture + DesIgn Portfolio 2018
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Tel: +91 9920021144 karan.nisar09@gmail.com 102, Anant Apartment P.M. Road, Vile Parle (East), Mumbai - 400057.
My name is Karan Nisar and I have graduated from Academy Of Architecture, Mumbai. I am particularly interested in contextual design and excited at every opportunity to integrate community involvement and sustainable construction. Aside from curiosities in architecture, I am constantly learning new things and exploring my creativity through sketching, sports and volunteer initiatives.
EDUCATION
EXPERIENCE
2011 Mumbai, India
Arya Vidya Mandir, Juhu Grade X, Percentage - 92% + Highly involved in all sketching competitions + Sports & Football Captain
2011-2013 Mumbai, India
Narsee Monjee College Of Commerce And Economics Grade XI - XII, Percentage - 82% + Organizing Umang Festival
2013-2018 Mumbai, India
Academy Of Architecture (Unaided) B.Arch CGPA - 8.15 + Sketching & Architecture Competition + Football
2016 Mumbai, India
H.M Jhaveri & Sons Internship - 2 months + Worked on the schematic design for a residential building in Bandra. +Produced presentation and drawings for municipal meeting.
2016-2017 Bangalore, India
AWARDS
SKILLS
INTERESTS
Venkatramanan Associates Internship - 6 months + Worked closely with multiple teams for local commercial project. + 3D-modeling and visualization for on-going projects. + Prepared construction drawings for clients + Construction Drawings of church street in Banaglore.
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Architectural Design ( Academy Of Architecture) Semester 4 Second Position
2016
Academics ( Academy Of Architecture) Semester 6 First Position
2018
Academics & Architecture Dissertation ( Academy Of Architecture) Semester 10 First Position
Personal Software Language
+ Team Work, learn on-the-fly, strong adaptiblity + AutoCAD, SketchUp, Revit, Rhinoceros 3D. + Lumion, V-Ray, Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign + Laser-cutting, 3D Printing. + Model-making, Hand-drafting, Illustrator + English, Hindi, Gujarati, Marathi. +Reading, Music, Sketching, Football
“We Shape Our Buildings, Thereafter They Shape Us.” - Winston Churchil
PROJECTS
01 ACTIVE LIVING
02 TRANSIT HUB
OFFICE BUILDING FOR KILLER JEANS
SANPADA TRAIN STATION
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03 I.T CENTRE
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KARLE TOWN CENTRE
KARLE TOWN CENTRE
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05 LUXURY HOUSING
06 INSTITUTE
RESIDENTIAL BUILDING
SKILL TRAINING CENTRE
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07 TRANSIT
08 DRAWING
OFFICE BUILDING FOR KILLER JEANS
CONCEPTUAL & TRAVEL SKETCHES
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active living OFFICE BUILDING FOR KILLER JEANS I
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PROJECT TYPE: Commercial O ce STUDIO 10: Professor Mandar Dhuri DATE: March 2018 LOCATION: Goregaon, Mumbai.
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The conventional method of organization for a multi storied building splits di erent departments over several levels - thus not creating interaction and movement. Common characteristics of the urban o ce building include a circulation core containing the main elevator system, services spaces, and enclosed fire stairs. The elevator, in most cases, is the primary form of vertical circulation throughout the building floors. Around the core is the main o ce space, open for flexibility, and many times developed into an expanse of open cubical workspace. The critical challenge of this project is to motivate and encourage various movements rather than routine. My response to this is an idea of place where there is visual connection by innovative system of stacked slabs or tables. Each slab would define a particular department in mix with other department. The slabs or tables overlap allows visual connections between activities and urges for movement. Double and triple height spaces allow di erent kind of functions resulting in movement from one place to another. The result of this composition is open and highly visible with numerous routes for movement and collaborations.
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Workspace in need of flex
Services instigates movement
Storage is not required
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Rest is neglected
Behaviour is adapted
Only 1 method of vertical movement
Means of transportation
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+ STAGGERED FLOOR PLATES
+ SHELVES AS SPINE
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These staggered floor plates would house all the working force, making it the p r i m a r y s p a ce . T h i s a re a wo u l d encourage visual interaction and promote movement.
They are present at the whole stretch of the building. This 6M width would contain all shared spaces like smoking room, printer area, resource center. The spine would also have service areas inside which would instigate movement.
THIS PAGE- TOP Perspective View Of The O ce
Conceived as a vertical field of movement, their repetition and compression into a single vertical plane aims to create a concentration of activity and meeting. There are three types of staircase which would included di erent kind of body movements and keeping all parts of the body active.
THIS PAGE- BOTTOM Form & Massing Stratergy
OPPOSITE PAGE Sketch Of A Conventional O ce
01 ACTIVE LIVING - OFFICE BUILDING FOR KILLER
+ CONVENTIONAL OFFICE The conventional method of organization for a multi storied building splits di erent departments over several levels - thus not creating interaction and movement.
+ STAGGERED FLOOR PLATES
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The slabs or tables overlap allows visual connections between activities and urges for movement. Double and triple height spaces allow di erent kind of functions resulting in movement from one place to another. The result of this numerous routes for movement and collaborations.
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+ SPINE FOR SHARED RESOURCES Shared resources are accumulated in a single spine of cellular spaces that equal relationship to each working department. This makes each space equal accessible from the work area thus creating movement and easy to re configure the activities. Resources are also shared between di erent departments.
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OPPOSITE PAGE - TOP Ground Floor Plan
OPPOSITE PAGE - BOTTOM Cut Perspective View
THIS PAGE Concept Sketches
01 ACTIVE LIVING - OFFICE BUILDING FOR KILLER
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4 Cycle Storage 5 Watchman’s Cabin 6 Executive Lounge
7 2M Wide Passage 8 Toilet 9 Car Lift
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1 Reception Area 2 Café Area 3 Retail Show Room
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Finance Department
Meeting Lounge
Entrance Plaza Cycle Storage
THIS PAGE- TOP Perspective View Of The O ce
THIS PAGE- BOTTOM Form & Massing Stratergy
OPPOSITE PAGE Sketch Of A Conventional O ce
01 ACTIVE LIVING - OFFICE BUILDING FOR KILLER
Fifth Floor Plan
Design Studio (3)
Fourth Floor Plan
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Design Studio I.T Department
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The environment has been designed in a way to make people's life easier, where we can take elevator over stairs to save time, or where we can pick up a phone to save ourselves a trip to another room. Today's architectural design does not engage the physical body. There are only three ways to ascend or descend a building: stairs, elevators, or ramps. We have never thought about climbing, sliding, jumping or crawling. Therefore we need to redesign the the "in between" spaces to engage and encourage movement. The creation of pleasant, inspiring the "in between" s p a ce s t h ro u g h o u t t h e wo r k p l a ce a l s o encourages people to get up and take their work or meeting elsewhere, rather than sitting on the desk all day. Workplace cafe areas, lounges, and any extra "in between" spaces in the building can be furnished for individual and small group work not only provide a destination, but also provide di erent seating or standing height surfaces, prompting variety through di erent working positions.
Third Floor Plan
Retail Advertisement
Second Floor Plan
Finance Designer Section
First Floor Plan
Show Room Finance Administration
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THIS PAGE- TOP Perspective Section
THIS PAGE- BOTTOM Perspective Section 2
OPPOSITE PAGE - RIGHT Floor Plan
OPPOSITE PAGE - TOP LEFT Perspective Views
01 ACTIVE LIVING - OFFICE BUILDING FOR KILLER
+ FIFTH FLOOR This is the last floor with designer studio all over, with vertical pockets for visual connection. The vertical jungle gym connects floor beneath.
+ FOURTH FLOOR The main designer section is situated on this floor with a vertical jungle gym connecting the upper floor. The pantry room is situated on this floor
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+ THIRD FLOOR The third level was programmed for only building occupants. It contains smoking room and printing studio . Its located every alternate floor so that people would move up and down.
+ SECOND FLOOR The second level was programmed for only building occupants. It contains the directors room with finance department on the side. Its located in such a way that people would take the staircase to go to other departments
+ FIRST FLOOR The first level was programmed for both visitors and building occupants. It contains the executive showroom where VIP visitors come. Its located in such a way that people would take the staircase.
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+ GROUND FLOOR The ground level was programmed for both visitors and building occupants. It contains space for interior bike storage, a workout facility with shared locker rooms, a grand entrance garden area, and cafĂŠ
01 ACTIVE LIVING - OFFICE BUILDING FOR KILLER
CONSTRUCTION + Conventional System
+ Modular System
+ Factory Assembly
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SUSTAINABILITY + Building Energy
+ Embodied Carbon Reduction
+ Water Use
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THIS PAGE- TOP Construction Details
THIS PAGE- BOTTOM Sustaianbility
OPPOSITE PAGE Exploded Axonometric
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transit hub SANPADA TRAIN STATION
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PROJECT TYPE: Train Station STUDIO 09: Professor Yashwant Pitkar DATE: September 2017 LOCATION: Sanpada, Mumbai.
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Sanpada is a residential node that has been developed by CIDCO since the late 1980s. It has expanding considerably with new building projects springing up every other day. In fact Sanpada is becoming the next ideal residential hub with malls and major amnesties establishing in close vicinity to Vashi. Sanpada railway station is on the harbour line and has connectivity to CST, Panvel and Thane. The Sion-Panvel highway crosses through Sanpada and is 100 meters away from the railway station. Similar to Vashi and CBD Belapur railway stations, the Sanpada railway station also houses a commercial o ce complex.
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The new Train Station should expand to become a ‘transfer machine’ that incorporates the whole spectrum of public transport, meeting the travel demands of the 21st century.
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“Sanpada Train Station does not have to be just a train station. It has to become a transfer hub, to give a new and vital impetus to station design, so rather than merely designing the station around the activities and people flows that already took place there, the expanded architecture of the new Station would directs and determines how people use and move around the building”
02 TRANSIT - SANPADA TRAIN STATION
+ Existing Condition Congested Underpass shared by pedestrians and train passengers. Dark passage making the commute experience very bad.
Existing Station
A New Concourse !
+ New Concourse Users move through new concourse level. New wider two passages at ground floor level solely for train passengers.
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A New Destination !!
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No longer just a place for passengers. A nee elevated civic space, providing expansive views over the city. A place to rest, pause, meeting point, dining destination and viewpoint.
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SANPADA VASHI JUI NAGAR
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+ Surrounding Area
THIS PAGE- TOP Concept Design
+ Points Of View
THIS PAGE- BOTTOM Concept Diagrams
+ Sun Path & Wind Direction
OPPOSITE PAGE - TOP LEFT Site Photographs
OPPOSITE PAGE - BOTTOM Concept Sketch
02 TRANSIT - SANPADA TRAIN STATION
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The roof structure, which is connected at the centre, transitions into individual, tongue shaped platform roofs in the outer areas of the platforms. This creates an overall impression that resembles a wave gradually dissipating as it spreads.
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Bus Stop Plaza Train Station
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Concourse Plan
Retail O ce Food Stall
THIS PAGE- TOP Site Plan THIS PAGE- BOTTOM Concourse Level Plan OPPOSITE PAGE - TOP Section I OPPOSITE PAGE - BOTTOM Section II
Entrance II
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02 TRANSIT - SANPADA TRAIN STATION
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Entrance I
02 TRANSIT - SANPADA TRAIN STATION
THIS PAGE- MIDDLE Process Model THIS PAGE- BOTTOM Bird’s Eye View OPPOSITE PAGE Rendered Views
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it centre KARLE TOWN CENTRE
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In Project II was given major responsibility of making the presentation and 3D drawings of the proposed design after intensive discussion between my team and our Principal Architect of our firm. This project taught me a lot about software's like3DMax& Revit, for coordination of our 3D Image, I was simultaneously working with our Graphic Team. This project taught me a lot about Client Presentation and how important is your 1st idea pitch presentation. In the II Project I learnt more about the government laws and regulation required for Commercial Buildings. This project gave me an insight into municipal drawings and laws. I also helped in deriving concepts of di erent Core's for a commercial building.
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PROJECT TYPE: Commercial I.T O ce STUDIO 08: Architect DATE: Jan 2017 LOCATION: Kempapura, Bangalore.
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The Town Hub is a planned development of over 2 million sq.ft. and includes a high street shopping experience, traditional mall, a hotel, service apartments and o ces. This project also o ers a unique plaza and civic amenities for a luxury living. My team had two particular projects in this master plan. 1. Retail and Small O ces 2. Corporate O ce Hub. Role : Project I. Conceptual Presentation and 3D. Project II. Municipal Drawings.
Bus Route Pedestrian Route
Vehicular Route Service Vehicular Route
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Wind Direction
Sun Path
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Typical Floor Plan
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+ Option For The Core
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THIS PAGE- TOP Typical Floor Plan THIS PAGE- BOTTOM Options for Core OPPOSITE PAGE - BOTTOM Site Analysis
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officebuilding KARLE TOWN CENTRE
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PROJECT TYPE: Commercial O ce Building STUDIO 08: Venkatramanan Associates DATE: December 2016 LOCATION: Kempapura, Bangalore.
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Evolving O ce Spaces
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O ces are evolving from being just places to work to being places that care for their employees. The best companies to work for today have o ce spaces where services are provided that meet the employees’ daily personal needs. Green by design Sustainable O ce spaces The new o ce complex at Karle Town Center addresses global climatic and energy issues as a core driver of its design. It is important that a project of this magnitude takes responsibility for its energy and resource consumption. A typical Bangalore o ce building would require 25 kwh per sqft per year to operate. Our design will consume an estimated 16 kwh per sq ft per year, converting to a running energy cost reduction of 36%. High performance facade In addition to being aesthetically pleasing, the gracefully curving facade performs a self-shading function. The facade reduces direct solar gain by up to 80%, while still allowing in di use daylight and providing views out. The facade was designed and fabricated using modular technology. Natural air and light The internal air and light shafts allow for increased natural day lighting, ventilation and a lobby garden, improving the health and well-being of people in the workplace. This feature also eliminates the need for climate control in common areas.
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+ Marking The Setback
+ Sub Path & Wind Direction
+ The Tower Shoots Up
+ Service Core
+ Retail
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+ Site Boundary
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+ OfямБces
+ Exploded Massing
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+ Conceptual Massing
OPPOSITE PAGE - TOP LEFT Site Plan
OPPOSITE PAGE - BOTTOM Contour Site Plan
Ground Floor Plan
Retail
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Typical Floor Plan
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+ Option 1 Cha ered Edge
Adding The Louvers
Adding The Portico
Adding The Louvers
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Refuge Cut Out Box
+ Option 2 Refuge Cut Out Box
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+ Option 3 Adding the Portico
Adding The Roof Cover
THIS PAGE Options
Double Glazing
OPPOSITE PAGE - TOP Ground Floor Plan
OPPOSITE PAGE - BOTTOM Typical Floor Plan
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luxury housing RESIDENTIAL BUILDING
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PROJECT TYPE: Residential Housing STUDIO 07: Professor Histas Damania DATE: September 2016 LOCATION: Worli, Mumbai.
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The concept of luxurious architecture may at times reflect a bygone age or even the historic ethos of another country, but it must also be coupled with ultra-modern amenities and latest technological advancements. Functionality and design must blend seamlessly, and the challenge to achieve this is keeping developers and architects of luxury abodes very busy indeed. Here, artistic ability and expression still play a major role. For instance, simple Italian marble is no longer considered a luxury – however, it can be crafted in ways that make all the di erence. However, it is the architecture that causes the first sharp intake of breath – that sense of wonder and awe which woos potential buyers.
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+ Floor Plate Core placed at the centre of the building
+ Afternoon Traffic Study Tra c on Worli Sea Face road towards the sea link
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+ Core The Placement of the core is at the end of the site where the views for the building aren’t the preference
+ Morning Traffic Study Very less tra c on Dr. R.G Thadani Marg
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+ Evening Traffic Study Heavy Tra c except after the corner signal.
THIS PAGE- TOP Axonometric View
+ Staggering Staggering of the floor plate is done to provide sea view to each room. THIS PAGE- BOTTOM LEFT Tra c Analysis
THIS PAGE - BOTTOM LEFT Concept Diagram
OPPOSITE PAGE Concept Sketch
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Ground Floor Plan
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Entrance Service Entrance Drop O Reception
SITE AREA : 2580 sq.m GROSS FLOOR AREA : 7740 sq.m FLOOR SPACE INDEX : 3 STORIES : 17 levels
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THIS PAGE- TOP Ground Floor Plan
THIS PAGE- MIDDLE Typical Floor Plan
THIS PAGE - BOTTOM Sequence Analysis
OPPOSITE PAGE - TOP Detailed Section
OPPOSITE PAGE - BOTTOM Elevation
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+ Material Palette Laminated Wardrobe Wood Panels Wood Finish Furniture Concrete Finish Ceiling
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THIS PAGE- TOP Detailed Interior Section THIS PAGE Elevation OPPOSITE PAGE - TOP Ground Floor Plan OPPOSITE PAGE - BOTTOM Typical Floor Plan
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Institute SKILL TRAINING CENTRE
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PROJECT TYPE: Learning Institute STUDIO 09: Professor Tanvi Patil DATE: April 2016 LOCATION: Kurla, Mumbai.
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The entrance yard welcomes with its open sapce only defined by buildings - dining hall and workshop - on two sides. Entering the inner courtyard one finds a green area and an enclosed space between all four buildings providing a quiet atmosphere. In front of the girls- and boys-dormitories there are little yards for even more private outdoor utilization. Also kitchen and lavatories are extended into enclosed exterior working spaces, while the partly roofed terrace in front of the class rooms enlarges the workshop area
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The design concept grows on the idea assimilated and learnt through case studies and sketches. The planing was organized according to facilities for easier understanding of the requirement. A flexible design sits at the heart of the design concept. To make the entire environment as flexible as possible at all levels. The layout of the school is a composition of four buildings forming open spaces of di erent qualities and utilizations. Size, enclosure and connection to interior spaces define outdoor spaces of graded intimacy.
OPPOSITE PAGE Concept Diagrams
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+ SITE ENTRY Pedestrian interface with formal campus throughout the street providing links with the immediate city fabric and transport corridors
+ CORNER IMPEDIMENT Heavy massing platform elements removes notion of (dangerous) corner entry, providing sense of presence, arrival, and assists as an auditory bu er. 2018
+ VERTICAL STREET
Placing the workshops on the northen side and on the southern side having recessed windows. Also having the informal streets shaded on both the sides.
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+ SUN CONTROL
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x and y Axial circulation. The catalyst to an increased level of institute awareness, facility and accessibility and of greater visibility for inner social interation.
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+ INSTALLATION Having a distinct feature of its own, so that it gibes the institute an identify of itself and through which people can connect it self
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Institute Hostel Auditorium Administration Faculty Stay Area
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+ WORKSHOP DESIGN 2018
Workshops are facing the northen side thus less amount of direct sunlight is there Workshops can have di erent types of exterior facade 1. Pergola 2. Shrubs on the roof 3. Having Curtain Walls
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THIS PAGE- TOP Workshop Concept Sketch
THIS PAGE- MIDDLE Section AA’
THIS PAGE - BOTTOM Section BB’
OPPOSITE PAGE - TOP Site Plan
OPPOSITE PAGE - BOTTOM Institute Entrance View
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transit Urban Navigation Corridor
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PROJECT TYPE: Urban Transit Hub STUDIO 09: Professor Hemanl Biscuitwala DATE: September 2015 LOCATION: Andheri, Mumbai.
Located amidst the Western Express Highway Station, the context of the site consist of heavily packed roads, congested footpaths and noise. . This tight corner plot experiences dense amount of footfall and tra c. Therefore there is a demand for a very much needed pause/ leisure or unwinding space for the local and visiting users, which an Urban Transit Hub will very much satisfy.
DESIGN NODES ENTRANCE NODE
TRANSIT NODE
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A pocket of leisure / breakout space combined with required amenities is very much required in the existing site. The Transit Hub Consists of a open atrium and interaction, inward looking spaces to provide visual connect, The Transit Hub connects to the Metro station, thus heavy footfall is expected. The entry is raised with many steps, which also acts as an informal seating space. The presence of the Hub at such a location does not only serve the purpose of a Urban Pause but also acts as a landmark or identity by having its sky restaurant looking over the expressway.
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+ Visibility and Views Good street-to-plaza visibility announces the plaza's internal attractions. It signifies that it is a public space, it permits users to watch street activity and it makes the space safer.
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Good seating is important to plaza users. Without it, fewer people will stop to use a space. There are four major points to remember when planning seating:
A plaza should be linked to other surrounding open spaces, as well as interior spaces such as lobbies, to create a dynamic pedestrian network.
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Site Plan
Café & Library Super Market Sta Area Hotel
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THIS PAGE- TOP Ground Floor Plan
THIS PAGE - BOTTOM Bird’
OPPOSITE PAGE - TOP LEFT Design Nodes
OPPOSITE PAGE - BOTTOM Design Concepts
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drawing Conceptual & Travel Sketches
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In college, my design professors, encouraged me to sketch, but I didn't want to listen. Why would I want to sketch in a silly little book when I have this computer or laptop , with all design software imaginable. For start I fought the idea. Whenever a new design project came along. I would not sketch, in my rush to get to the computer and start refining. I missed out on the opportunities sketching provides.
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Over time, I slowly began to open up more and more to the idea. No one forced me. I gained a deeper appreciation towards it.Today sketching is a valuable part of me. Sketching is fast, rough and dirty. It saves me a lot of time. I started sketching during travel and it has given me a lot to learn and observe. Lastly sketching is for everyone.
THIS PAGE - TOP LEFT & MIDDLE Concept Bungalow Sketches OPPOSITE PAGE Travel Sketches
08 DRAWING - CONCEPTUAL & TRAVEL SKETCHES
+ Sydney Opera House - John Utzon
+ La Sagrada Familia - Antonio Gaudi
+ The Gherkin - Foster & Partners
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+ La Sagrada Familia - Antonio Gaudi
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+ Barcelona Skyline
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KARAN NISAR
I was born and raised in Mumbai, India, to a family from Kutch, Gujarat. I hold a Bachelor of Architecture from Academy Of Architecture, Mumbai, which I obtained with high distinction in May 2018. I have also interned for one semester at Venkatramanan Associates, in Bangalore, India.
karan.nisar09@gmail.com Mumbai, India +91 9920021144
KARAN NISAR Architecture + DesIgn Portfolio 2018