Undergraduate and Professional Works Portfolio_Nandja Chopra

I call myself a designer as my pencil holds the power of creating something different as how we see the world while I make a p lace for myself

I call myself a designer as my pencil holds the power of creating something different as how we see the world while I make a p lace for myself

I call myself a designer as my pencil holds the power of creating something different as how we see the world while I make a p lace for myself

I call myself a designer as my pencil holds the power of creating something different as how we see the world while I make a p lace for myself

I call myself a designer as my pencil holds the power of creating something different as how we see the world while I make a p lace for myself

I call myself a designer as my pencil holds the power of creating something different as how we see the world while I make a p lace for myself

I call myself a designer as my pencil holds the power of creating something different as how we see the world while I make a p lace for myself

I call myself a designer as my pencil holds the power of creating something different as how we see the world while I make a p lace for myself

I call myself a designer as my pencil holds the power of creating something different as how we see the world while I make a p lace for myself

I call myself a designer as my pencil holds the power of creating something different as how we see the world while I make a p lace for myself

I call myself a designer as my pencil holds the power of creating something different as how we see the world while I make a p lace for myself

I call myself a designer as my pencil holds the power of creating something different as how we see the world while I make a p lace for myself

I call myself a designer as my pencil holds the power of creating something different as how we see the world while I make a p lace for myself

I call myself a designer as my pencil holds the power of creating something different as how we see the world while I make a p lace for myself

I call myself a designer as my pencil holds the power of creating something different as how we see the world while I make a p lace for myself

I call myself a designer as my pencil holds the power of creating something different as how we see the world while I make a p lace for myself

I call myself a designer as my pencil holds the power of creating something different as how we see the world while I make a p lace for myself

I call myself a designer as my pencil holds the power of creating something different as how we see the world while I make a p lace for myself

I call myself a designer as my pencil holds the power of creating something different as how we see the world while I make a p lace for myself

I call myself a designer as my pencil holds the power of creating something different as how we see the world while I make a p lace for myself

I call myself a designer as my pencil holds the power of creating something different as how we see the world while I make a p lace for myself

I call myself a designer as my pencil holds the power of creating something different as how we see the world while I make a p lace for myself

I call myself a designer as my pencil holds the power of creating something different as how we see the world while I make a p lace for myself

CURRICULLUM VITAE

ventures by far

URBANISM AND CITY

Lets Weave

PITSTUDIO 2015

as how we see the world while I make a p lace for myself

PLUGGED- IN COMMONS CHARLES CORREA FOUNDATION- Z CITIES

Miscellaneous Timelines: Selected Works 5 KEY PROJECTS

Learning from the masters

Exposed Fly Ash Brick

Project 101

HOMES IN THE STREET (WINNING ENTRY 2020)

TARA MANDAL, Darbhanga, Bihar

REDDY RESIDENCE, Bengaluru

THE JOURNEY OF LIFE 4 Storey Art Piece

I call myself a designer as my pencil holds the power of creating something different as how we see the world while I make a p lace for myself

I call myself a designer as my pencil holds the power of creating something different as how we see the world while I make a p lace for myself

THESIS : Undegraduate Level

Introduction

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I call myself a designer as my pencil holds the power of creating something different as how we see the world while I make a p lace for myself

I call myself a designer as my pencil holds the power of creating something different as how we see the world while I make a p lace for myself

Precedent Studies Area Programme I SITE Design and Analysis

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01 - Strategy For New Master Plan of Udaipur 2031 02 - MOOC - Urban Design for Public Good 03 - Reseach In the Heritage City of Udaipur 04 - Marino Marini Museum 05- Rethink the City

AFFORDABLE HOUSING DESIGN CHALLENGE 2018 (Shortlisted entry - UNDP)

I call myself a designer as my pencil holds the power of creating something different

I call myself a designer as my pencil holds the power of creating something different as how we see the world while I make a p lace for myself

I call myself a designer as my pencil holds the power of creating something different as how we see the world while I make a p lace for myself

I call myself a designer as my pencil holds the power of creating something different as how we see the world while I make a p lace for myself

I call myself a designer as my pencil holds the power of creating something different as how we see the world while I make a p lace for myself

A project promoting livelihoods to labour class in Bihar

LIVELIHOODS RESOURCE CENTRE FOR SOUTHERN RAJASTHAN

A Project proposed for the under priveledged of the society : By the people, For the people

I call myself a designer as my pencil holds the power of creating something different as how we see the world while I make a p lace for myself

I call myself a designer as my pencil holds the power of creating something different as how we see the world while I make a p lace for myself

I call myself a designer as my pencil holds the power of creating something different as how we see the world while I make a p lace for myself

Technology systems to promote shelters and livelihoods through skill development using traditional indian techniques of construction.

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I call myself a designer as my pencil holds the power of creating something different as how we see the world while I make a p lace for myself

I call myself a designer as my pencil holds the power of creating something different as how we see the world while I make a p lace for myself

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I call myself a designer as my pencil holds the power of creating something different as how we see the world while I make a p lace for myself

2021-2023 I Masters Of Architecture in Urban Design I M.U.D School Of Planning and Architecture , New Delhi (ONGOING)

2010-2015 I Bachelors Of Architecture I B.Arch

Buddha College Of Architecture, Udaipur Rajasthan technical University, Kota 6th Rank in the University Rajasthan, India

1996-2010

Manav Sthali School, CBSE Board, New Delhi, India

Home

Manav Sthali School, CBSE

Job 3 - Urbanscape Architects

Job 4 - Chelsea West Architects (Ongoing)

Education

Master of Architecture in Urban Design, SPA, New Delhi

Buddha College of ArchitectureI B.ARCH Rajasthan Technical University, Kota

2010 - 2015

Internship 2 -NIRNIK

Pitstudio 2015

Internship 1 - UNItecture

CHELSEA WEST ARCHITECTS

New Delhi I New York

November, 2019 - january, 2021

_Project Architect : TARA Mandal, Darbhanga, India

Responsibilities Working DrawingS

_Assistant Project Co-ordinator : Rural Electrification Corporation Headquarters, Gurgaon Responsibilities: Site reports and Co-ordinating interior works

_Assisting actively in ongoing competition works.

URBANSCAPE ARCHITECTS

New Delhi

01 April, 2019 - 25 October, 2019

_Project Architect : LAXCON Steel Headquarters Office, Ahmedabad

Responsibilities Working Drawings, Project Cost Estimation, Detailing, Consultants, Vendors & Client Co-ordination, 3D modelling

_Project Architect : Jindals Farmouse and Spa Responsibilities Concept Drawings, Designing, 3D Modelling

BMS COLLEGE OF ARCHITECTURE ASSISTANT PROFESSOR

Bengaluru

01 September, 2017 - 15 January 2019

Responsibilities

_ Designing briefs and curating the semester for Architectural Design II, Interior Design for Semester VII, Conservation Heritage for Semester VIII

_Other Subjects taught: Architectural Design ( I and II), Building Construction II, Designing with Acoustics VI, Interior Design and Conservation

_Guest Lectures on “ Facets of Heritage” and “ History of Architectural Structures” in BMS College _Organizing exhibitions, Mentoring as a Proctor _Editor for SUKRATU, Fall Spring Editions of the college magazine

Please find attached the project briefs attached at the end of the document

LOCUS ARCHITECTS

Bengaluru

Pitstudio 2015

Job 1 - LOCUS Architects

Job 2 - BMS College of Architetcure

15 December, 2015 - 12 August, 2017

_Project Architect : Residence for Mr. Reddy, Bengaluru

Responsibilities Design, Model Making, Carpen tary, Working Drawings, Detailing, Consultants, Vendors & Client Co-ordination, SIte Handling, Lighting Design

PAN INDIA TRAVEL STUDIO

August 2015

An intensive one month Architectural Design

Studio in 4 diverse locations in India mentrored by architects, artists and various practitioners with intervention topics

_Down to Earth I Auroville

Ar. Mona Doctor Pingel, Studio Naqshbandi

_Restrained Regionalism I Bengaluru

Ar. Rajesh Ranganathan, Flying Elephants Studio

_Unabashed Modernism I Udaipur

Ar. Gurjeet Singh Matharoo, Matharoo Associates

_Master Jury I Ahmedabad

INTERNSHIPS

NIRNIK Studio

7 April, 2015 - 20 July, 2015

Principal Architect : Ar. Niriti Porwal Udaipur, Rajasthan

_Urban Landscape Projects in Bhilwara, Rajasthan Designing, Working Drawing, Landscape Detailing

_Heritage Conservation for Ahar Cenotaphs Assisted in site observations, photography,reports

UNItecture Design Solutions

5 January, 2014 - 1 July, 2014

Principal Architect : Ar. Dhairyasheel Powar Pune, Maharashtra

_Scheme for Township at Shirur - Planning

_Villa Typology for O2 Panhala Housing - Working Drawing and assisting in design process

_Cambridge International School - Concept Design

_Youth Guidance Centre - Concept Design

_Primary Health Care Centre - Concept Design

_Blue- Bay water sports- Detailing

_Science Center at Pravaranagar - Designing

GROUNDSCAPE X

20 October, 2018 - 03 December, 2018

Final Grade : 84%

Architecture Design Lab: Architecture Underground Mentor : Ar. Dominique Perrault I SUBLAB

RETHINK THE CITY : DELFT, Netherlands 02 May, 2018 - 26 June, 2018

Final Grade : 87%

New Approach to Global and Urban Challenges Socio-economic inequality I Resilience I Housing

DELFT X : URBANISM X

01 March, 2017 - 01 May, 2017

Final Grade : 65%

URBAN DESIGN FOR PUBLIC GOOD

COMPETITIONS

Winning Entry 2020

Threshold: Homes in the street

Plugged in commons - z-cities, CCF, Goa

Affordable Housing Design Challenge, Cambodia

Weaving together - Home, Community and Beyond

Shortlisted entry: UNDP

MARINO- MARINI MUSEUM

The idepanium for museum design.

UNBELIEVABLE CHALLENGE

Facade design for mall and christmas wonderland

https://issuu.com/ruukki/docs/ruukki_issuu_book_2017

ARCH-CEMBER : GRAPHIC ILLUSTRATIONS

https://sqrfactor.com/competition/archcember17

POSTER HEROES

Theme: Global Warming

WORKSHOPS I EXTRA-CURRICULLAR

UDAIPUR MASTER PLAN 2031

Indian Heritage Cities Network, Government of Rajas than, French Embassy, City of Strasbourg, UNESCO, Udaipur Municipal Corporation, Udaipur

Roots of Heritage

Master Plan of the city, Organic City of Udaipur, 2031.

Green Design Series 7

Student Practicum: In Sustainable Design Workshop

Auroville Green Practices, Auroville, Pondicherry

DESIGN CELL

Buddha College of Architecture

Development of proposal for Udaipur Municpal Corp.

_ Ecological park in Gulab Bagh, Udaipur

Pitstudio 2015

CSEB and Mud Workshop

_Landscape design and detailing for Arrival Plaza for CIrcuit House, Balrampur

_Assisting in Bikaner Heritage City Infrastructure Study

Model Making and Reports for IISC Arc-I

_Designing and packaging for various competitions

_Company profiling for the studio

FUNICULAR WORKSHOP

Journey of Life

Installation of a four floor art piece

Design I Construct I Co-ordinate Interior

YOMS Lounge, Udaipur

EDUCATION PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Green Bamboo Architetcure

_Auditorium Design and Working Drawings - A landmark to city and dharohar of Rajasthani architecture.

Research Project

Urbanism and Heritage in the Old City Of Udaipur

Partner: Madeline Li, Middlebury College, Vermont, US

entry

There is something common in all of the CBD areas of Bangalore- narrow streets, absent footpaths, wall-to-wall constructtion, and little to no public space. Also typical is a staggered skyline of a few older ground/ two-floor dwellings, and the many multi-storied residences of 100-200 sq.ft on an avergae. These are homes to people of the working class, labourers, other daily wager residents and small scale industrial activities and business that de ploy them. As seen in these pictures from our study of the labour colony, okalipuram, these are narrow plots and each floor on an average home of 100-200 sq.ft. This is a less than sufficient standard of living for an average family of four. The city is changing. often-times, it’s the oldermost parts of the city that are slowest to adapt, but there-in lies their charm. There’s a lot of beauty in it. Like the patina in an old city. Maybe, just maybe we can add some value ?

by Sindhuja and Nandja Chopra

Project 01: STRATEGY FOR NEW MASTER PLAN 2031, Udaipur

My Role: Designing the Master Plan "ROOTS OF HERITAGE" WORKSHOP: : Eco-mobility workshop by UNESCO, Indian Heritage Cities Network and University of Strasbourg

_ Integration of landscape, urban and rural as an heritage in master plan

_ Preservation of all the green areas

_ Controlling the urban sprawling and defining the limits

_ Making rural areas self-sustainable with agriculture, water harvesting, waste management and eco-filteration of lakes passing by the areas

_Trying to maintain perennial flow of water by building dams and anicuts with eco- filtration stations at frequent intervals

_Introducing green fingers which dwelve with the urbanization and sprawling city

_ Using traditional tools and live heritage as building blocks to the concept of “Modernisation”

_All the villages that will be in the urban limits in future need to be looked upon carefully and taken care of

_ A definition of living heritage should be stated for everyone in context of Udaipur

Project 02: MOOC - URBAN DESIGN FOR PUBLIC GOOD DELFT X, NETHERLANDS

The MOOC is aimed to improve physical environment in relation to the public good it serves including safety, well being, sustainability and even beauty. This 8 week course and certification focussed on from basic concepts such as mental mapping to urban metabolism and transforming the structure of a city.

Project 03: Research and Experiments on Walled City of Udaipur, Rajasthan ( PARKING I TRASH I ARCHITECTURAL INTEGRITY )

Projected Accredited by : Maharana Pratap Charitable Trust, City Palace, Udaipur, Rajasthan

Working Document

Research Partner to Ms. Madeline Li Middle Bury College, US

This project hoped to add the human element to existing urban conservation work. In conducting interviews and assessing out brief urban experiments, we found that the locals and the visitors were ex tremely receptive, encouraging, and helpful. Udai pur is largely dependent on the tourist dollar, but these urban needs of both the visitors and the locals absolutely intersect: both want for Udaipur’s rich culture preserved, in a way that improves the basic streetscape.

We have recommended specific steps be taken now that we have conducted brief experiments and explorations with these various urban ailments. These recommendations take the grassroots views and must be paired with the proper existing organization that is able to yield the necessary power to create meaningful change. Most importantly, we feel that everybody has a stake in preserving Udaipur’s heritage. The work cannot lie in the hands of one or two organizations alone. We hope that our few urban experiments and findings from talking with the local city dwellers can inspire others to contribute to Udaipur’s cultural landscape in similar ways.

Project

MARINO MARINI MUSEUM

COMPETITION PROJECT

AFFORDABLE HOUSING DESIGN CHALLENGE 2018

Competition Hosted By:

Entry

Nations

PITSTUDIO

PAN INDIA TRAVEL STUDIO

: 1 month

PRIMARY HEALTH CARE

TARA MANDAL , Darbhanga

A project realised in Darbhanga, Bihar. The project is commissioned by Bihar Government and under construction. The building is built with RCC framed structure and exposed fly ash bricks masonary. This project is designed as an iconic building intended to generate and foster scientific thought process through learning using interactive exhibits, digital projection system for immersive space for 3D realistic films and presentations.

Intended as a model design by dept. of Science and Technology Govt. of Bihar, site area 3.88 acres, BU area approx 10000 sq.m. and a bud get of 150 crores, this under constructiopn facil ity includes a 100 seater orienation theatre, 150 seater dome planetarium, 250 seater auditorium, workshop for scientific research, library, exhibition galleries with a walkable sloping rooftop garden equipped with astro telescopes for star gazing.

A piece of high-end contemporary architecture that comprehends architectural imagination of greek proportions in contemporary language. The minimalist design is subtle yet posh. First floor has been detached from the ground floor to give floating effect and to cut down the volumes of spaces inside.Large volumes have been punctured through to let ample amount of light flow in. The colour pallete helps the building sit tall admist the city and a green paradise with in. The elliptical staircase contrasts the spaces and huge volumes. The spanish curves of the ramp uplifts the building significantly and tones down the intimidating brutal architecture.

second floor plan

first floor plan

ground floor plan

LIFE

Art Piece

The rainbow strings are the path without any obstructions suspended on small bamboo logs.

The structure is suspended from the beams and railings and bears no load on them.

A four storey suspended structure

The art piece that reflects upon journey of life

Random strings represents our life : The Unpredictability

The knots represent the obstacles one have to go through to achieve the success

To be truly happy one must strive always to attain completeness and balance in your life

This is reprsented by the celebration being held as the wedding where two become one, now stronger than was alone. This is represented by decorations on the op floor

The path is long and hard but the rewards for those that strive on are truly a cause for

IDEOPANIUM is the dwellers metamorphic transitions achieving complementarity of what is missing

IDEOPANIUM is the dwellers metamorphic transitions achieving complementarity of what is missing

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IDEOPANIUM is the dwellers metamorphic transitions achieving complementarity of what is missing

The design for building type

IDEOPANIUM is the dwellers metamorphic transitions achieving complementarity of what is missing

The design for building type

IDEOPANIUM is the dwellers metamorphic transitions achieving complementarity of what is missing

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IDEOPANIUM is the dwellers metamorphic transitions achieving complementarity of what is missing

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The design for building type

The design for building type IDEOPANIUM is the dwellers metamorphic transitions achieving complementarity of what is missing

The design for building type IDEOPANIUM is the dwellers metamorphic transitions achieving complementarity of what is missing

The design for building type IDEOPANIUM is the dwellers metamorphic transitions achieving complementarity of what is missing

The design for building type IDEOPANIUM is the dwellers metamorphic transitions achieving complementarity of what is missing

The design for building type IDEOPANIUM is the dwellers metamorphic transitions achieving complementarity of what is missing

IDEOPANIUM is the dwellers metamorphic transitions achieving complementarity of what is missing

The design for building type

The design for building type IDEOPANIUM is the dwellers metamorphic transitions achieving complementarity of what is missing

IDEOPANIUM

The design for building type IDEOPANIUM is the dwellers metamorphic transitions achieving complementarity of what is missing

The design for building type IDEOPANIUM is the dwellers metamorphic transitions achieving complementarity of what is missing

The design for building type

is the dwellers metamorphic transitions achieving complementarity of what is missing

The design for building type IDEOPANIUM is the dwellers metamorphic transitions achieving complementarity of what is missing

The design for building type IDEOPANIUM is the dwellers metamorphic transitions achieving complementarity of what is missing

The design for building type IDEOPANIUM is the dwellers metamorphic transitions achieving complementarity of what is missing

The design for building type IDEOPANIUM is the dwellers metamorphic transitions achieving complementarity of what is missing

The design for building type IDEOPANIUM is the dwellers metamorphic transitions achieving complementarity of what is missing

The design for building type IDEOPANIUM is the dwellers metamorphic transitions achieving complementarity of what is missing

SOUTHERN RAJASTHAN, UDAIPUR

Undergraduation Thesis 2015

INTRODUCTION

Factors aFFecting poverty in the rural area

1. Geography

2. Social Alienation

3. Structural

4. Population growth and access to natural resources and modern production technology

5. Sectoral and infrastructural development

6. Nature of povertyabsolute / relative / chronic

7. Government policies supports

8. Coping Strategy

9. Access to market

The AIM of my THESIS is to provide an approach to think through the trade-offs by en couraging rural and socially marginalized people to think about their different livelihood activities focusing on skills people rely on most which will help them uplift their economic situation by designing a Livelihood Resource Centre or rather a sustainable livelihood Cen tre that would help in poverty eradication by focusing on their strengths and providing them with the opportunities to make their lives a better place to live .

_To develop a Livelihood Resource Centre which is not merely just a place to learn and earn but also is a home to people who have determination to uplift themselves from the tangled web of poverty.

Poverty as a root cause of hunger

_To provide them with adequate amount of knowledge by encouraging their skills, which they exhibit or have potential to learn.

_A learning center where they are allowed to develop between the lines Of urban areas and a village. The unit should have the potential to be Self - sustainable.

_Exploration of terms Livelihoods + Resource | Livelihoods in term of imparting skills by design intervention through skill development center | Resources in terms of imparting knowledge of using energy ; design intervention through designing a solar centre and a green building centre for the campus.

_To explore Sustainable building techniques on site and building level , on design level and in terms of materials .

Vicious circle of Poverty

Debate on poverty in India has remained mostly in the domain of economists. Social dimension of poverty is a neglected area of study. Poverty is more of social marginalization of an individual, household or group in the community/society rather than inadequacy of income to fulfill the basic needs. Indeed, inadequate income is therefore one of the factors of marginalization but not the sole factor. The goal of poverty alleviation programme should aim merely increasing the income level of individual, household or group but mainstreaming marginalized in the development process of the country.

The country cannot claim economic growth when a section of the people are marginalized to the periphery of the society.

The rapid economic growth process should accelerate the access to services like education and health services for all, especially the marginalized citizens.

The link between ignorance and poverty and ill health and poverty are well-established. Poverty alleviation programmes should address the issue of poverty from broader social and economic perspectives.

The intention of this THESIS is not to join the debate on the level of poverty reduction in the country but to undertake a social audit of poverty alleviation programmes in this era of fast economic growth by designing a facility for the poor .

BAREFOOT COLLEGE, Tilonia

The Social Work and Reasearch Centre , registered as the volun tary organization started work in 1972 in the Ajmer district of Rajasthan. Based in a village called Tilonia ,the SWRC now identified as Barefoot College provides services and training to people in the area of basic minimum needs like provsion of drinking water , health , education , employment , meeting fuel and fodder needs and other support services .

The IDEA OF THE PROJECT is to use village knowledge, local skills already available in the villages so that there is no dependency on outside expertise.

It is also a training ground for boys and girls from other states to live and work together , acquire new skills , develop confi dence and when they are ready the Barefoot College provides the necessary support for them to start programmes in other states.

WHY BAREFOOT ?

Because millions of poor in India who pass on the knowledge , skills and wisdom of their forefathers , live ‘ and work barefoot. It is symbolic of recongnition and respect to the poor.

WHY COLLEGE ?

Because it is a centre with a difference where tremendous value is placed on the dignity of labour , of sharing and for those willing to work with their hands.

A centre of learning and unlearning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

PRECEDENT STUDIES

ACCESS : Site is approched through a 30 m wide road - MAIN ENTRANCE

The back entrance is approached via 4 m wide kuchha road .

CLIMATIC ZONE :

Macro Climate - Hot and Dry

Micro Climate - The Struggle against Desertification being the motto , the campus has been planted with numerous trees creating a micro climate of the place .

TERRAIN : In the Arid and Rocky terrain of Tilonia , site is located on a flat land

FACTUAL INFORMATION :

Earlier known as The Social Work and Research Centre (SWRC) now known as Barefoot College started its work in 1972 in a quiet village of Tilonia , which was a typical Indian village by then , steeped in seemingly insurmountable problems , the worst of which were apathy and a belief in the helpless , unchanging nature of life. New campus was designed and constructed in 1986

Principal Architect : Ar. Neehar Raina

Constructed by : Barefoot Architect Bhanwar , a supposedly illeterate architect with the traditional building knowledge of all the local mate rials available initiated the construction along with 12 other villagers .

AREA ANALYSIS :

SITE AREA : 8 Acres

Built Up : 3000 sq.m

Surroundings : No constructions - vacant lands .

LIFE And ARCHITECTURE AT BAREFOOT :

Barefoot has adopted the concept of Sustainable Livelihood , an attempt to go beyond the conventional definitions and approaches to poverty eradication.

The College has proved that both illiterate and semi-literate men and women can fabricate, install, use, repair and maintain sophisticated solar units through basic knowledge share and hands-on practical training.

The ancient skills of thousands of village weavers, leather workers, potters, rope makers, blacksmiths are dying because they are losing there markets and they are migratingto slums in cities looking for menial jobs. It is colossal tragedy that they cannot continue to live in villages with dignity and self respect.

Powerlooms have replaced handlooms. Plastic shoes, rope and utensils coming in from cities have destroyed the livelihoods of leather workers and potters.

What Barefoot College has done is to use these traditinal skills and offer them alternatives. The village blacksmiths now make geodesic domes and parabolic solar cookers instead of only agricultural implements for bullock power. The leather workers instead of pro ducing leather buckets for irrigation, now make and market leather backed chairs that the carpenters make.

TRADITIONAL COMMUNICATION

Communicators perform and initiate discussions on socioeconomic messages and powerful themes such as drinking water, environmental sustainability, mini mum wages, employment, dalit violence, untouchability, casteism, money lending, communal harmony, violence against women, female empowerment and children’s rights.

Audiences includeS both children and adults, as well as individuals from a range of literacy levels and vocations.

Puppetry and drama has a huge contribution in creating awareness about various social issues in villages , schools and even in other countries which have led to a fundamental change in mindsets.

Today, the communication team meets the audio and visual needs of the Col lege and its educational and developmental initiatives by producing street plays, music, puppet shows, films, presentations, radio broadcasts, pamphlets, posters, banners, booklets, manuals, t-shirt graphics or any other art work.

ARCHITECTURAL ANALYSIS ( geodesic str.) :

_Keeps the space cool and breezy

_White exteriors reflects the heat and decreases the heat time-lag ; absorbs less heat

RAIN WATER HARVESTING

Barefoot water engineers using a technology hundreds of years old connected all the roofs of the campus and collected 4,00,000 litres of rainwater in an underground tank built under a stage where 5,000 people could sit and watch street theatre and traditional dance.]

The only way to revitalize the dry pumps is ground water recharge .

As the salt lake in Sambhar makes the ground water saline , rain water collection is the best alternative which has been adopted here.

Labour, supervision, monitoring and raw materials finally cost Re.1 per litre.

Wells to regenarate ground water levels and 2 huge storage tanks that supply water to all the green areas through drip irrigation system

SOLAR LIGHTING

Barefoot solar engineers solar electrified the whole campus. The only college in India fully solar electri fied where all the power to run 20 computers , elec tronic mail , photocopying machine, pathology lab, projectors, cameras, recharging batteries,700 lights and fans comes from the sun .

2 responsible women are selected from different villages who has roots in the village have to undergo a 6 month training programme to be trained as barefoot solar engineer.

That particular programme is taught by barefoot pro fessionals through easiest means ; these women then go back to their villages to light up their villages . They are taught to construct , maintain as well as repair those systems .

ARCHITECTURAL ANALYSIS (Blocks) :

_400 mm thick walls increase the thermal mass.These walls lose the heat through transferring and radiation during night and its temperature remains in low and average degree during the day, thus, it provides enough comfort for residents.

_Shaded courtyards to cool the air

_The blocks are places close together so that the sun heats up as little as possible of the wall surface.

_Narrow streets with shade help cool the air.

_Small doors and windows

_Cross ventilation has been achieved

_Structures are made by the villagers themselves ; prefabricated structures have been adjoined together.

_Use of ferrocement for stability of the structure.

_Implementation of small wind catchers.

ARCHITECTURAL ANALYSIS (walls) :

_The joints in the walls are offset , to make the building disaster resistant.

_ The Tradional Techniques have been used for wall constructions.

A crosspiece is used with two strings attached to the corner to make sure that wall is at level during construction.

DEVELOPMENT ALTERNATIVES

New Delhi

Development Alternatives engages in scientific research and innovation, on-the-ground implementation of eco solutions as well as communication and policy influence. Technology and Action for Rural Advancement (TARA) prac tices green business incubation and provides technical support services.

Development Alternatives (DA), the world’s first social enter prise dedicated to sustainable development, is a research and action organisation striving to deliver socially equitable, en vironmentally sound and economically scalable development outcomes. DA’s green technology innovations for habitat, water, energy and waste management, which deliver basic needs and generate sustainable livelihoods, have reduced poverty and reju venated natural ecosystems in the most backward regions of India.

DA’s Mission is to help eliminate poverty and regenerate the environmental resource base through methods that are highly scalable. Its activities broadly cover three primary areas that underlie any sustainable development process :

_the design and large-scale dissemination of appropriate technologies

_rational environmental management systems

_equitable people-oriented institutions and policies. The DA Group innovates such eco-solutions to help meet the basic needs of all and works with partners, including government bodies, local entrepreneurs and civil society

PRECEDENT STUDIES

LOCATION : B-32, TARA Crescent, Qutub Instituional Area, New Delhi

ARCHITECT : Ar.Ashok B.Lall

ACCESS : Site is approched through a 6 metres wide road Nearest Metro Station - Hauz khas & MAlviya Nagar

CLIMATIC ZONE :

Macro Climate - Tropical climate of Delhi

Micro Climate - The temperature control of the building was the crucial element , trying to gain as little heat as possible . Due to blank east-west facades of the building and construction of cavity walls with insulation in between ; the average temperature has been maintained to make a lifestyle statement .

TERRAIN : Flat land

FACTUAL INFORMATION :

The Headquarters building is seen as a symbol of the Development Alternatives’ ethos and mission. The project seeks to exemplify an imaginative and innovative best practice towards sustainability in the context of contemporary urban development. It is one of the first buildings in India that aims at zero emissions.

The basic underlining principle behind each aspect of the build ing is to reuse and recycle with minimum waste at all levels.

Functions of the building :

Offices

Resource Centre

Conference

Resource Centre Recreation Guest Hostel TARAHaat

Population : 300 persons

AREA ANALYSIS :

SITE AREA : 3166 sq.m

Built Up : 3096 sq.m - superstructure

1526 sq.m - basement

Water percolates through the site due to aggregate layer on the site that allows the water to seep through and facilitate ground water recharge.

RAIN WATER HARVESTING

_Conservative first use for drinking and washing

_Treat gray water for recycling to flushing & irrigation

_Limit irrigation to recycle waste

_Recharge subsoil water with treated waste and on site rainfall

_Not even a single drop i left to waste on site

PLAN

The GROUND FLOOR is open to the public, who visit the shop and use DA’s resource center. The floor plan presents several paths for exploration.

One can ascend from the amphitheater and from the cafeteria garden, and cross the bridge from the middle wing to the curved wing, or ascend further to the terrace above the conference room, and eventually reach the yoga terrace outside the gym, where one is visually immersed in a forest of green –a nature reserve extending to the horizon.

TYPICAL FLOOR PLAN( 1-6 th Floor)

The unified palette of materials is woven into a variety of textures, colors, and patterns. Most materials are hand-wrought by skilled craftspeople.

The materials and the spatial configuration of the building carry on local tradition, especially the architecture of forts and palaces – with courtyards and terraces, screens and balconies, pools and pavilions that evolved in response to the climate.

Interaction with nature is central to the design. The rhythm of the seasons and the change of light throughout the day are part of an invigorating experience of life in the building. The building volume is modulated in response to the climate shading against the sun in summer, welcoming it in winter, and capturing the monsoon breezes.

The design of each facade is different, especially the fenestration, in response to solar orientation and view.

AREA PROGRAMME

Developed through elaborate research and case studies of Barefoot College, Tilonia | TARA (Paper Waste Management), Delhi | Development Alternatives,Delhi | Sadhna, Delwara | National Livelihood Resource Institute,Ratlam | TARA Nirman Kendra, Delhi | Ajeevika, Udaipur and Southern Rajasthan BIMARU Statistics.

_GROUND FLOOR

PUBLIC INTERFACE

1. Parking

Surface parking for 60 bicycles, 30 cars, 4 buses and 4 tractors is provided in the campus.

2 service lanes are provided for access to Nirman Kendra and farms.

4500 sq.m

7. YOUTH AND SKILL DEVELOPMENT CENTRE 1450 sq.m

W1_Recycling and Waste Paper Management

Paper Testing Laboratory 45 sq.m

Waste Paper Collection Cell 45 sq.m

Paper Making from wastes - Closed 110 sq.m

Semi-open 130 sq.m Open 70 sq.m

W2_Pottery and Sculpture

2. Information Centre 120 sq.m

A guidance room/facility has been added to the I.C along with the display area of panels for The purpose of providing information about campus

3. Museum 320 sq.m

The museum has a display areas and visual gallery. The space will act as a platform to promote the Concept of livelihood resource centre.

4. Amphitheatre 1400 sq.m

With the capacity of holding audience upto 1500 The space has an underground water storage tank

5. Haat Bazaar 300 sq.m

Kiosks (8) and canteen area for visitors for selling mass products of the campus

THE CAMPUS

6. ADMINISTRATION

Reception 135 sq.m

Trading and finance 48 sq.m

Accounts 50 sq.m

Chairman’s Cabin 45 sq.m

Secretary 35 sq.m

Human Resources 30 sq.m

Meeting Room 1 25 sq.m

Director’s Chamber 49 sq.m

Battery Bank 58 sq.m

Teaching and Workshop area – Closed 120 sq.m

Semi-open 50 sq.m W3_Clothing

Weaving 150 sq.m

Spinning 125 sq.m Finishing 90 sq.m

Printing and cutting 50 sq.m

Dying 80 sq.m Storage 40 sq.m

NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

8.ENERGY

600 sq.m

Solar 220 sq.m

Welding and fabrication – Closed 70 sq.m

Semi-open 240 sq.m Open 80 sq.m

9.AGRICULTURE 2500 sq.m

Materials 30 sq.m

Visual Centre 30 sq.m Teaching 60 sq.m

Nursery_1 250 sq.m Nursery_2 250 sq.m

Demonstration farm_1 250 sq.m Demonstration farm_2 1300 sq.m

10.GREEN BUILDING CENTER

675 sq.m

Office 55 sq.m

Teaching 60 sq.m

Welding and fabrication of machines 150 sq.m

Ferro cement based production 70 sq.m

The street – Semi open 100 sq.m

Mechanical parts and equipment storage 48 sq.m

Brick production by press 70 sq.m

Mono – machine producing brick – semi open 120 sq.m

11.LIBRARY 240 sq.m

The earth sunken structure with a mezzanine floor level and seating capacity of 180 people.

Closed 200 sq.m Semi – open 80 sq.m

12.MESS 500 sq.m

Kitchen 200 sq.m

Utensil Picking 30 sq.m

Seating – closed 130 sq.m Semi-open 100 sq.m

Utensil Washing 40 sq.m

This area has an attached three step waste water treatment area.

The mess has a solar cooker of 8m diameter connected to the solar monitoring area in the kitchen located in the north east zone of the Site , solar reflector is facing southwards to produce rays powerful Enough to prepare two meals a day for 500 people.

13.HOUSING 550 sq.m

Type A_1bhk_4 units_47 sq.m per unit

188 sq.m

Type B_1bk_2 units_31 sq.m per unit

62 sq.m

Type C_1bk_2 units_36 sq.m (specially abled)

72 sq.m

Type D_dorms_5 units ( single and double occupancy)

130 sq.m

Kitchen Garden

THESIS :

AREA PROGRAMME

Developed through elaborate research and case studies of Barefoot College, Tilonia | TARA (Paper Waste Management), Delhi | Development Alternatives,Delhi | Sadhna, Delwara | National Livelihood Resource Institute,Ratlam | TARA Nirman Kendra, Delhi | Ajeevika, Udaipur and Southern Rajasthan BIMARU Statistics.

_FIRST FLOOR

THE CAMPUS

6.ADMINISTRATION

840 sq.m

Grassroot Research 100 sq.m

Rural Development Office (2) 96 sq.m

Meeting Rooms (3) 68 sq.m

Seminar Room_1 98 sq.m

Seminar Room_2 135 sq.m

Women Empowerment Cell 66 sq.m

Solar Panel Arrays 275 sq.m

7.YOUTH AND SKILL DEVELOPMENT CENTER

1100 sq.m

W4_Carpentary Workshop 210 sq.m

Polishing Area 45 sq.m Storage 45 sq.m

W2_Pottery and Sculpture

Studio 1 100 sq.m

8 potter wheels

Semi-open + Open area for working 200 sq.m Display/ Viewing Gallery 65 sq.m

Studio 2_Sculpture

Workshop Area 70 sq.m

Furnace and Burning area 140 sq.m

Teaching Area 70 sq.m

Equipment Storage 55 sq.m

Solar Panel Arrays 340 sq.m

W3_Clothing

Fabric Store 150 sq.m

Teaching room 1 + 2 150 sq.m

Tailoring 90 sq.m

NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

8.ENERGY

520 sq.m

Solar Workshop Area 250 sq.m Balcony 28 sq.m Storage 40 sq.m Panel Workshop 78 sq.m

9.AGRICULTURE

Specimen Storage 60 sq.m Testing Laboratory 65 sq.m

11.LIBRARY 320 sq.m

Resource Centre 27 computers with e-book facilities seating capacity – 80

13.HOUSING 950 sq.m

Type A_1bhk_4 units_47 sq.m per unit Type B_1bk_2 units_31 sq.m per unit

Type C_1bk_2 units_36 sq.m (specially abled ) Type D_dorms_5,4 and 3 bedded

_SECOND FLOOR

THE CAMPUS

7.YOUTH AND SKILL DEVELOPMENT CENTER 585 sq.m

W5_Beauty Care

Teaching Area 100 sq.m Demonstration Area 45 sq.m Storage 50 sq.m

W3_Clothing

Fabric Store + Storage 75 sq.m Teaching Room_3 75 sq.m Embroidery Room 150 sq.m Tailoring 90 sq.m

8.ENERGY 420 sq.m

Wind Energy Audio-Visual Room 60 sq.m Workshop 270 sq.m Balcony 30 sq.m Stationary 60 sq.m

Solar Array_Panels 440 sq.m

13.HOUSING

950 sq.m

Type A_1bhk_4 units_47 sq.m per unit

Type B_1bk_2 units_31 sq.m per unit

Type C_1bk_2 units_36 sq.m (specially abled )

Type D_dorms_5,4 and 3 bedded

The aim of thesis is to provide an approach to think through trade-offs by encouraging rural and social ly marginalized people to think through their different livelihood activities focussing on skills people rely on most which will help them uplift their economic situation by designing a Livelihood Resource Centre. Deviced as a research based project in the heritage city of Udaipur, the project strengthens the cultural heritage by propsing green energy center, skill development, building material center,etc as a part of the project. The project explored through ocal building materials and techniques where architecture promotes building “ by the people”.

THE DESIGN FOR THE BUILDING TYPE IDEOPANIUM IS THE DWELLERS METAMORPHIC TRANSITIONS ACHIEVING COMPLEMENTARITY OF WHAT IS MISSING

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