Honours B.A. Architectural Studies, Comprehensive Minor in Urban Studies
Certificate in Sustainability of the Built Environment
Certificate in Global Studies of the Built Environment (U of T Global Scholar)
LANGUAGES
English
Bengali
Korean
French
Architecture Studio: Teeple To Go
In Toronto’s Yellowbelt
Design: The Local Market
Home Of One’s Own
Corbusier’s Chandigarh Over The Years
01. Heart of Thorncliffe
gardens will boost the local economy. Public art will educate newcomers about the local heritage and values.
Connectivity focuses on redeveloping and prioritizing “people-first” flows, including pedestrian, wheelchair, and bike paths. Overlea Boulevard will be transformed into an eco-friendly, social, and inviting streetscape. A new transit station will support various transport modes, reducing private vehicle use and mitigating climate change effects. This aligns with the city’s goal of becoming net zero by 2040.
Reinventing Cities: C40 Competition
School of Cities
April 2024 - June 2024
Team Competition
Livelihood of Newcomers: Recognizing Thorncliffe Park as an “arrival city” with a large immigrant population, the project seeks to enhance the living conditions for newcomers. This involves improving safety, providing more activities, and fostering a sense of community.
C40 Cities is a global competition of multidisciplinary student teams that propose a plan for a small urban neighborhood with the intent to decarbonize the area and improve quality of life for local communities. Heart of Thorncliffe studies Overlea Blvd in the Thorncliffe Park neighborhood. The proposal is organized into: Community, Connectivity, & Sustainability. Heart of Thorncliffe integrates the existing infrastructure into the proposed plan which includes community gardens and pocket parks, mixed-use developments, and pedestrian-focused transit options.
Sustainability addresses the mental and physical well-being of residents, biodiversity, and wildlife habitats. Green spaces will serve as both recreational areas and bioswales, mitigating flood risks. Reintroducing canopy cover will reduce the heat island effect and create a more comfortable environment.
Environmental Sustainability: Addressing climate change issues is a key part of the project. The area currently suffers from a lack of greenery and excessive concrete coverage, leading to problems like heat retention and flooding. The project aims to introduce more green spaces and reduce the carbon footprint by limiting vehicle dominance and promoting alternative modes of transportation.
Neighborhood Attractiveness and Functionality: Currently described as dry, empty, and dead, the site will be revitalized to become more lively and engaging. This involves transforming the physical environment to make it more inviting and conducive to community interactions.
Overall, the project’s concept revolves around the metaphor of “the heart,” aiming to create a new central core that supports connectivity, community, and sustainability.
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Existing Transit Infrastructure
02. LANEWAY ARCHITECTURE STUDIO:
TEEPLE TO GO
ARC112: Design + Engineering I
John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape and Design
September 2020 - December 2020
Team Academic Client Project
Design of a laneway studio responding to the overflow of Teeple employees due to COVID-19 space regulations. The constraints of a laneway alley are addressed by integrating a refurbished shipping container, elevated to allow a smooth transition into the existing building. This successfully met the client’s need for a flexible and temporary structure that can be removed with minimal waste post-pandemic.
03. URBANISM IN TORONTO’S YELLOWBELT
ARC200: Drawing & Representation II
John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape and Design
January 2022 - April 2022
Individual Academic Project
A design research on residential areas in Toronto’s Yellowbelt, specifically at Kipling Avenue and Eglinton Avenue West. Aiming to address low housing density areas by proposing affordable housing units. The investigation was narrowed down to the frequent cul-de-sacs present in the area which were classified into 4 typologies. The proposed design maintains the privateness of cul-de-sac homes while smoothly integrating the proposed units without much friction.
04. STUDENT STUDY BUILDING
ARC201: How to Design Almost
Nothing
John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape and Design
September 2021 - December 2021
Individual Academic Project
To explore the concept of smooth and gradual integration of spaces, this building is inspired by the word ‘gradual’. This building aims to incorporate the busy street and the wide view of the university stadium into the fabric and experience of the building. Students are able to choose sections of the building based on their study purposes since some parts are completely cut off from the street and view while some are completely engaged in the street and view.
05. PARAMETRIC DESIGN: THE LOCAL MARKET
ARC180: Computation & Design
John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape and Design
January 2021 - April 2021
Individual Academic Project
A computational parametric design of an outdoor local market, resembling Ramadan markets found in Malaysia or Singapore. Using Processing, a floor plan was randomly generated. The floor plan was exported to Grasshopper where a parametric roof surface and a truss structure was designed.
Exterior
Indoor View
06. A HOME OF ONE’S OWN
ARC100: Drawing & Representation I
John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape and Design
September 2020 - December 2020
Individual Academic Project
Sustainability does not have to be on the large scale, it can be seen in a small household in various ways. This exploded drawing aims to represent the dos and don’ts of environmental friendliness which take place in the average household.
07. LE CORBUSIER’S CHANDIGARH OVER THE YEARS
ARC355: Histories of Global Urbanism
John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape and Design
January 2023 - April 2023
Team Academic Project
A comprehensive research of Chandigarh’s progression over the years, starting from 1945 to present day. The timeline begins with the Partition of India, where Chandigarh was chosen as the capital of Punjab. The city of Chandigarh soon became a beacon to the world as a sign of India’s power, democracy, independence, and modernity.
08. REGENT PARK YOUTH VIOLENCE
PREVENTION
URB431: Multidisciplinary Urban
Capstone Project
Faculty of Arts and Science, Urban Studies
September 2023 - April 2024
Team Academic Client Project
Within of team of peers from various disciplines, this project collaborates with professionals from Regent Park, namely the Toronto Center for Learning & Development as the client. The project aims to provide a youth program that addresses urgent community needs revolving around youth violence.
