Master's Portfolio

PORTFOLIO MUSKAN RANKA

Muskan Ranka

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Junior Architect

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S.H.C.B

Designing a Social Housing Complex in Boisar, Mumbai Academic - 2020

M.S.L.T

Mohammad Shaheer Landscape Trophy National Association of Students of Architecture (NASA) Citation 2020

C.P.A.H

Designing a Commercial Project of an Airport Hotel Academic 2021

P.P.M.W

Professional Practice and Miscellenous Works

2017 - Present

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S.H.C.B

Designing a Social Housing Complex in Boisar, Mumbai

Academic - 2020

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Housing is the core need of human beings providing shelter, safety, and privacy for them and their respective families. A community of such shelters where respective families live together that provides them with security, shared space, recreation spaces, amenities, all within close vicinity, gives rise to a neighbourhood.

Housing in the cities ignores the fact that all families are unique in the ways they live and their need for space. The housing community should cater to those needs. Variation in the typology of residential units should be encouraged, as it provides a genuine choice for families to reside in. These could vary between, semi-detached, row houses, apartments, duplex apartment, etc.

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CONCEPT 07

PLAN 08

UNIT CONFIGURATIONS

Couple Apartment

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Studio Apartment

2 & 3 Bedroom Duplex (Lower Floor)

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2 & 3 Bedroom Duplex (Upper Floor)

M.S.L.T

Mohammad Shaheer Landscape Trophy

National Association of Students of Architecture (NASA)-

Citation 2020

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The brief for the competition called for designing a pocket park.

Pocket parks, also known as miniparks, are urban open spaces on a very small scale. These are spaces that can be created out of abandoned pieces of land, vacant parking lots or overlooked spaces.

The site for this project was tucked into the leather market zone of Dharavi - an urban slum in the centre of Mumbai, India. The site appeared to be an empty piece of land widely used by the neighbourhood community for various activities. It was used for recreation by all age groups for different purposes like playing, gathering and as a spill-out space for the residents living nearby.

The site faced an issue of unsupervised garbage disposal along the periphery and if not taken care of could be hazardous for the people and their surroundings.

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Dharavi has multiple small scale industries, one of which is the recycling industry

Plastic is recyled in 3 steps and results in colourful pellets.

The levelled seating aims to replicate the skyline of Dharavi as well as making it more interactive for the users.

The existing compound wall is re-designed to make the park more accesible to the residents and break the existing visual barrier.

The design alows controlled organic movement around the site compound wall redesign

CONCEPT

Typical skyline of Dharavi

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PLAN

Open Ground Play Area Monkey Bars

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Hammock

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C.P.A.H

Designing a Commercial Project of an Airport Hotel

Academic - 2021

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The design brief called for developing a commercial hotel by the airpot. The hotel was supposed to cater to all needs ranging from business to event spaces. The site was a vacant plot near the new Under Construction Navi Mumbai international airport.

The aim of the design was to have a simple and effortless geometry though the main structure while experimenting with internal spaces.

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Courtyard created to let light in the interiors

Off-setting the arms to break the monotonous structure

Opening up the ineriors to the outer environement

Final Form

CONCEPT

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PLAN 20

UNIT CONFIGURATIONS

STANDARD

SERVICED

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ROOM (32 sqm)

APT. (66 sqm)

STANDARD ROOM (physically challenged) (35 sqm)

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PRESIDENTIAL SUITE (80 sqm)

P.P.M.W

Professional Practice and Miscellenous Works

2017-Present

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This section showcases all the competition entries, snippets of professional work and extracurriculars attempted since the beginning of Architecture.

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HOUSE: THE INTERIORS COMPETITION

Aashiyana is designed for a small Indian family of four.

Warmer hues and tones cover the villa with wooden furniture which give it a cozy feel. A dominant feature of the house is the louvered wall, which allows sunlight to be filtered inside and brighten up the space.

This villa is designed in hopes of keeping the Indian culture alive along with integrating the surrounding spaces and environment.

FEATURES -

FLOOR PLAN 25

GROUND

FIRST FLOOR PLAN 26

PRODUCT DESIGN BAMBOO WORKSHOP

On the first day of the workshop, we were taught how bamboo behaves as a construction material, the various knots used to tie them, and its types.

We were divided into groups of 10 and given the assignment of designing a user-centric bamboo installation, which had to take into account the tensile strength, stiffness, elasticity, and durability of bamboo. We started sketching and came up with design ideas like seating spaces, rocking platforms, walkways, and tents.

To figure out whether these designs would work or not, models on a smaller scale were made using straw and bamboo sticks.

Transforming models into life-size installations was a challenge as it was the first time that we were working with drills, hacksaws, and handtools. Our hard work paid off as these bamboo installations were used by the guests.