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PORTFOLIO Selected Works 2020 - 2023

Navonil Maji 23.07.2002 Howrah, West Bengal, India navonil.uur20101@cept.ac.in navonilmaji@gmail.com +91 8240797638 linkedin.com/in/navonilmaji

Education

Experience

Software Skills

- CEPT University Ahmedabad Bachelors in Urban Design (2020 - Present)

- Summer Internship May 2022 - July 2022

- Sunrise (English Medium) School Belur,Howrah ISC 2019- 2020

Interests

- Adobe Photoshop - Adobe Illustrator - Adobe Indesign - Adobe Premiere Pro - Autodesk Autocad 2D - Autodesk Recap Pro - Autodesk Sketchbook - Sketchup - Rhino and Grasshopper - Enscape - Twinmotion

Courses

- Sports - Travelling - Photography - Documentation

- What’s on the Plate - Sustainable Urbanism on Food Production,Consumption and Dissipation

Language

- Intransit: Making a Place between Arrival and Departure

- Bengali - English - Hindi

- Don Bosco School Liluah, Howrah ICSE 2007- 2018

- Generative Techniques for Urban Place Making - From Utopias to Heterotopia: Migrant Housing: Values of Time, Density and Culture - All things Majuli !! Documenting People, Culture and River Societies(Winter School)

Engagements - Prameya Installation - CEPT Pipedream Installation

Manual Skills - Drafting - Model Making (Laser Cut) - Site Mapping (Urban Level) - Site Documentation - Community Documentation - Sketching

Envisioning Kumbharwada

Transit Hub

Heritage Viewi

Spring, 2022

Spring, 2021

Monsoon, 2022

01.

02.

03.

Documentation and Designing

Plan

Designing

Mapping

ing Points

Content

What is Good Food

Satras in Majuli

Monsoon, 2021

Winter School, 2022

04.

05.

Researching and Designing

Documentation

01. Envisioning Kumbharwada

* Group Work

Envisioning Kumbharwada in the near future as a community that practices pottery and provides for society as well as a place where foreigners may visit and revitalize the craft both as a job and as a form of art. Increasing the social permeability of the community to the neighboring neighborhood is one of the ambitions of Kumbharwada. Putting more of an emphasis on the commercial side will draw more tourists, which can lead to the demonstration area of how the process works, and at the same time, one can observe the livelihood of the potter community. It will also operate as an exhibition place for the pottery community.

As there is pollution from kilns there are smalleropenings.

Painting of pots. Kneading clay in wet pit.When wet pit is notneede a plywood is placed on it and used it as platform to dry the pots. Stack of clay brought from community hall. When kiln is not in use, it is used as storage.

* Group Work

1 2

Documented Plan

2. 4

Due to the presence of the shop the place is lively and there are two courtyards which are divided by a wall creating one private courtyard and another courtyard is used as a storage.

The street connecting Wadi 2 and Wadi 3 has entrance from the workspace which creates pause points for both working people and the residents.

10 m

* Group Work

Due to the presence of three kilns in the courtyard the space is used for workshop instead of residential houses.

Although this space is congested three Wadis, the space attracts people from different communities interact with each other.

With the absence of kiln and a narrow protected surrounding not only makes it a safe space for kids but also a leisure courtyard.

Rather than having the kilns in the middle of the coutyard ,placing it around the corner will not disturb the everyday activities or the livelihood of the courtyard.

Workshop

Courtyard

Shop

Storage

Alley

60 feet road

Sidewalk 0m

90 Feet Road

Main Entry

10 m

20 m

Storage 0m

10 m

20 m

Bhatti

50 m

* Group Work

Documented Sections and Gender Mapping

Female Dominated Area Male Dominated Area

Part Plan A (10:00 am)

Part Plan B (10:00 am)

Part Plan A (10:00 pm)

Part Plan B (10:00 pm)

Working Area

10 m

20 m

* Group Work

Residential Area 0m

10 m

20 m

50 m

3 5

2 12

Plan

The proposal for the project was to create a housing community for the people of Kumbarwada. The key aspects that were retained were the existing social character, the porosity of the commercial edge, pedestrainized streets, the existing administrative system and the community hall. The propsal had total 870 units with seggregated Wadi system for working Kumbhars and non working Kumbhars. Also considering the pollution the bhattis produce.

1. Community Space 2. Display Area 3. Commercial Area 4. Working Coutyard 0m

10 m

5. Working Area 6. Residential Courtyard

10 m

20 m

7. Gathering Area 8. Loading and Unloading Area 9. SRA Housing

10 m

20 m

50 m

The section shows the zoomed in view of a residential courtyard where children are playing , a working area with a wet pit where the soil is stored and mixed with water and infront is a kiln with a chimney where the pots are fired.

The section shows the zoomed in view of the 90 feet road, the commercial edge with only ground floor,the interation of the working courtyard with the building and also showing the storages of of the fired pots.

90 Feet Road

Working Courtyard

Proposed Sections

10 m

20 m

Section AA’

50 m

A A’

10 m

20 m

10 m

20 m Residential Courtyard

Section BB’

B’

Key Plan Commercial

50 m

02. Transit Hub

The project aimed to design a Transit Hub with an existing railway station and a new bus station in the city named Himmatnagar, Gujarat. In addition to that, a vegetable market is proposed in the middle of the transit hub, which acts as a public place and binds the two functions. Previously there were no connections between street 1 and street 2 so the design also aims to create a vehicular connection between street 1 and street 2. There is also a sitting area created next to the railway station and the intermodal hall.

HOWRAH HOWRAH!!!

Chalun Dada Chalun

Park st. er bus ta kondike

Train ta late kore dilo

Porlo !! Porlo !!

10 Taka 10 Taka sob jinis 10 Taka Haan..

PAALLISH 20 taka

Train theke ei namlam

Didi eta ki all stoppage.

1 2

Plan

The site (Himmatnagar) had both bus transit and railway and in between there was an unused land. The proposal was to create one transit hub which connects both the function with an extra fuction of ‘Market‘ which enhances the livelihood of the place not only by the passengers but also by the neighbourhood people. Also zoning the left over land for further development. The proposal was for 14 bus platfoms and a Intermodal hall creating connection between both the fuctions.

9 1. Bus Platform 2. Market 3. Parking 4. Passenger Drop Off Area 0m

10 m

5. Para Transit 6. Services

10 m

20 m

7. Railway Waiting Area 8. Railway Platform 9. Foot Over Bridge

10 m

20 m

50 m

The section shows the zoomed in view of the intermodal hall, first railway platform, and few functional spaces which are required in closed proximity of the railway station. It also shows the nearby activities next to the sitting area created under the tree.

The section shows the zoomed in view of the bus platform,parking, passenger drop off area and functional spaces related to the bus platform. Also it focusses on the activities wthin the proposed vegetable market space.

Road

Bus Station

Proposed Sections

10 m

20 m

Section AA’

Plan

50 m

Market

10 m

20 m

10 m

20 m

Section BB’

B’

A’

Key Plan

Railway Platform

50 m

03. Heritage Viewing Point

1 Storey

2 Storey

3 Storey

4 Storey

5 Storey * Group Work

The chosen site is a patch near main attractor points Manek chowk, Rani ni Hajiro, Raja ni Hajiro towards the west and Sankdi Sheri as a secondary street towards the south. This patch comprises many heritage-graded buildings whose intricated facades are not visible to tourists/ visitors due to lack of street width. The project focuses on creating active pockets by minimum demolition and maximum isovist (Visibility of the heritage blocks) to prosper tourism.

Land Use Map

Possible Pol Houses with a minimum 3 Attractors

Group : Tourism

Grade 2A

Grade 2B

Grade IIA

10 m

Grade IIB

Grade 3

10 m

20 m

50 m

Grade III

Ruined Spaces

Demolished spaces * Group Work 23

Connection Strategies

25-50 25 - 50mm

250-300 250 - 300m m

75-100 75 - 100mm

Pol houses should have direct connection to primary street

Smaller green spaces connected to the bigger open space

Abandoned spa have direct conn primary street

Pseudocode

Selecting a point at 1.8 m height from the base.

Create a cone of 6 m radius from the point and divide the surface.

Divide the front surfaces into smaller Grid with points

Creating Vectors taking the points on the surface in radial direction

Selecting the points intersecting the Graded buildings.

Selecting the cells that intersect the points.(To get how much facade is seen from a point)

m 25 - 50m 25-50

75-100 75 - 100mm

aces should nection to

Abandoned spaces should be in proximity to the attractors

Abandoned spaces in proximity to the commercial area

Experiment

Total Facade : 136 sqm. Visible Facade : 17.4 sqm. Cutout Area : 0 sqm. Percentage : 12.7 %.

Total Facade : 136 sqm. Visible Facade : 35.8 sqm. Cutout Area : 215 sqm. Percentage : 26.3 %.

Total Facade : 136 sqm. Visible Facade : 31.2 sqm. Cutout Area : 105.6qm. Percentage : 22.9 %.

Total Facade : 136 sqm Visible Facade : 32 sqm Cutout Area : 125.2 sqm Percentage : 23.5 %

Total Facade : 136 sqm Visible Facade : 15.1 sqm Add on Area : 105.6 sqm Percentage : 11.1 %

Total Facade : 136 sqm Visible Facade : 105.6 sqm Cutout Area : 35.6 sqm Percentage : 26.1 %.

04. What is Good Food ?

The aim of the project is to create a space within big market space where there products are sold in quantities rather judging over qualities. But the created space would have more interaction with the seller and the individual about nutritious values. Also a new program is introduced called ‘Demo Kitchen’. It is a platform for every individual from seller to buyer to learn more knowledge about food, new cooking styles. It also a platform for promotion of traditional foods of a area.

Sustainable Diet

Democratic and Transparent Governance

Social Values Sustainable Diet

Environmental sustainability

Eating Seasonal Food Low-climate impact Highest animal welfares standard

Lots of fruits and vegetable Fish and Wholegrain Healthy Less but better quality

Good Food

Lot less processed food Grown by local producers

Economical

Prepared by skilled and knowledgeable people paid a fair wage

Supporting growing economy

The food that give us enjoyment but might not be sustainable or healthy

Plan

The site is a Mandi Market chosen within a densely poulated mixed area of residence and commercial. The design intent is to create a platform within a public space where one individual can aquire and deliver nutritional values of a food, promote traditional cooking styles and methods of the area. And also give an individual more closed connection with the vendor for more interaction over vegetables and quality of good food.

1. Demo Kitchen 2. Storages 3. Organic Market 4. Deck

5. Open Market 6. Eating Area 7. Loading and Unloading Area Buyer 0m

10 m

20 m

Seller

05. Satras in Majuli 9

The Satra culture was started by Shankaradev. His Satra welcomed monks of all castes and religions without discrimination. It was in three ways: Eksaran is the Arabic word for praying to one God, A gathering of Bhaktas is referred to as Satsanga, and Naama is chanting as a form of worship. Sankardeva prioritised prayer and minimised rituals. through collective chanting in personal prayer spaces known as ‘Kirtanghars’and ‘Naamghars’ are halls. The location was the theatre Classical plays were performed.In his religion, everyone was treated equally, regardless of caste.

1. Entry 2. Auditorim 3. Cooking Area 4. Living Quarters 5. Worshipping Area 6. Main Temple 0m

7. Storage

10 m

8. Pond 9. Agricultural Field

10 m

20 m

* Group Work

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