Avani Padhiyar_Portfolio(2014-2024) by PADHIYAR AVANI

THE PLASTIC CHRONICLES OF HEALING

ADAPTIVE REUSE

Location: Buffalo, NY

Year: Fall 2023

Academic work- Graduate Studio

Instructor: Adam Thibodeaux, Joyce Hwang

The Centre for Sustainable Dying champions a poignant narrative, merging human mortality with plastic’s enduring legacy. By inviting communal sharing of plastic waste and environmental trauma, the center fosters empathy and healing. Art becomes a cathartic medium, transforming pain into resilience, with recycled plastic crafted into sculptures that evolve as a testament to our environmental impact. The building embodies the intertwining fates of human mortality and eternal plastic, urging a paradigm shift towards environmental stewardship. This manifesto galvanizes a collective odyssey towards a world rooted in resilience and sustainability. Discussions revolve around the inescapability of plastic, advocating

for the reclamation and reuse of existing materials. The layout integrates therapy spaces and recycling programs, utilizing 3D printing to repurpose plastic into functional rooms. While the timeline for this extensive endeavor remains uncertain, evolving technology promises potential acceleration.

AI-generated visuals offer glimpses into this transformative vision, embodying a call to action for a world where healing intersects with environmental consciousness. The chosen site, Black Rock aligns with this focus and agenda aiming at community strength.

Phase-1 (Year 2024)

Phase-2 (Year 2037)

Phase-3 (Year 2046)

View: Exterior

View: Healing Rooms

View: Skyline

ART GALLERY

Location: Buffalo, NY

Year: Spring 2023

Academic work- Graduate Studio

Instructor: Annette Lecuyer, Gregory Serweta, Miguel Guitart

Groupmate: Yashashwini Nalbandu

The “Level Shift” design proposal for the Downtown Buffalo Art Museum reimagines traditional museum architecture with dynamic levels and a striking glass envelope. Its deliberate verticality offers visitors a captivating journey, emphasizing transparency and accessibility. This departure from convention merges beauty and functionality, captivating passersby and inviting exploration. The museum’s layout encourages engagement, with ramps guiding visitors through exhibition spaces and a glass facade igniting curiosity about its internal structure. The integration of a sculptural garden within the site enhances urban interaction.

Internally, the design promotes interaction with diverse spaces

like mezzanines and atriums, enriching the art-viewing experience. Public plazas and transparent features seamlessly connect the museum to the cityscape, encouraging pedestrian engagement with art. This thoughtful integration meets structural needs while envisioning the museum as a cultural epicenter, not just for art display but as a dynamic hub enriching both visitors’ experiences and Buffalo’s cultural fabric. This project was based on my initial design idea which was later developed by me and my team. I worked in designing and creating various views and sections for this project. I also photoshopped the plans to create presenation boards and sheets.

Cafe View

Entrance Admin

Shop

Cafe

Entrance

Sculpture Garden

Loading Dock and Parking

Terrace Garden

UNITY IN DIVERSITY

Location: Buffalo, NY

Year: Spring 2024

Academic work- Graduate Research Studio

Instructor:

Kearon Roy Taylor

Diverse communities in Buffalo, New York, showcase remarkable resilience and strength, yet challenges persist, especially concerning refugee resettlements and healthcare accessibility. While cultural diversity flourishes, comprehensive healthcare services addressing traumas and promoting inclusivity is lacking. Buffalo, a haven for nearly 10,000 refugees, including sizable populations from Myanmar, Somalia, Republich of Congo and Bhutan, embodies a rich tapestry of cultures. The communites, marked by trauma and displacement, holds deep-rooted beliefs in traditional healing practices. However, these practices often clash with Western healthcare, causing confusion. Bridging this gap between Western medicine and

cultural traditions is essential. Cultural care aims to unite diverse healthcare systems, incorporating traditional practices. By embracing cultural diversity, healthcare can become more inclusive and effective, ensuring all communities receive the support they need. It’s imperative to build a healthcare system that transcends cultural barriers, fostering understanding and providing holistic care for all.

Intergenerational Center, Exterior View

Spiritual Center, Meditation Room

Ayurveda Center, Herbal Green House

Therapy Center, Exterior View

Ayurveda Center, Bath House

Art Therapy Center, Exterior View

House To Mosque

Originally Mosque

Immigrant Church

International Community Organisations

Food Stores

Restaurants

International Bussiness

Parcel C, Ayurveda center

Parcel A, Spiritual center

Parcel A, Art Healing center

Parcel E, Intergenerational center

Parcel D, Therapy center

Bungtla Asian Market

House of China

AL-Khulafa Mosque

Grant International

Casa Bonita

Hatem Food Market

Deli Food Mart

Kat Food Mart

Amina Halal Market

Bisbaas

Shakti Yoga

Win Asian Market

Dollar Vietnamese Restaurant

Burma Food and Juba Market

Wah Sing Restaurant Asia Super Market

Albert’S family Restaurant

Yasmine and Kareem Market

Guercio and Sons

Jomow Intl. Market

Grant and Delavan Family Market

Spanish Church WEST Side Bazaar

Zomi Innkuan Buffalo (Zomi Community of Buffalo)

Burmese and Chin Southern Baptist Church

FROM KING’S HERITAGE

DIGITAL FABRICATION

Location: Buffalo, NY

Year: Summer 2024

Academic work- Graduate Research Studio

Instructor:

Julia Hunt

The studio was carried out in order to acquire first hand experiences on advanced machines, gaining an understanding of the applications, workflows;tolerance, and limits— to ascertain the potentiality of what new insights can be had. The importance of digital technologies,a growing phenomenon,in fabrication is profound; therefore, first hand experiences on how they operate is of the essence for design.

Primarily— learning milling with CNC routers and processing parts on the waterjet were introduced in order to kickstart the process. Afterwards, the first two projects were undertaken to create bespoke pieces of furniture by integrating the digital tools.

The furniture pieces signify Indian heritage as the source of inspiration was derived therefrom .The wall installation; nonetheless, was inspired by mandala mirror arts: a geometrical design or pattern symbolizing the cosmos. Moreover, the jewellery box, carrying the traces of Indian heritage, was designed for collecting jewellery. The chair’s design, notably inspired by the historic Indian royal era, incorporates the elements of opulence and grandeur, thereby capturing the intricate craftsmanship of that period. Needless to say, the design merges historical elegance with contemporary comfort,creating a phenomenal piece.

Mirror, Waterjet

Table

Wall Installation, CNC Router

Wall Installation

Jwellery, CNC Router

Jwellery Box

LOST ART

REVIVING THE URBAN ART

Location: Ahmedabad, India

Year: 2018

Academic work- Undergraduate Urban Studio

Instructor: Prof. Wasim Sheikh

Groupmates: Naurin Pathan, Devendra Patel

In accordance with the site and the river, river plays the dynamic role and fabric flourish the city. So the amalgamation of the fabric and river uplifts the beauty of Ahmedabad, by connecting both the fabric through introducing number of activities which would encourage the people to explore their own innovations. Therefore, the proposal is to connect fabric and river edge of the city thus, the design is lifted by pilotis and generates a public space below. The idea is to create an institute which enhance the public realm. Unlike other convention centres in Ahmedabad, my proposal creates a mediatheque centre where all age groups ae welcomed. The curves in the design are derived from the river contours

which is achieved by replicating them one above the other. The intent of the design is to portray a flowing like structure which merges into the river edge with the urban life. The columns acts like trees for creating a semi open urban space for hot and humid climate of the city. There is a huge skylight in the centre of the building which allows the light to pass through a double heighted space allowing natural light to seep through lighting the whole building.

In this particular project I worked on the design and development of the project, while also contributing to creating 3D views and photohopping the plans to create presentation boards.

Street Bridge

Pedestrian Bridge

Public park

Neighbourhood

City

Sculptor park

Calico park

Jamalpur gate

Roof

Bridge Connection

River Edge and Urban Fabric Connection

UNVEILING THE NET OF COMMUNITY

Location: Ahmedabad

Year: 2019

Academic work- Undergraduate Thesis

Thesis Guide: Shrutie Shah

The research aims at studying the transformation in the fabric of spaces due to the impact of religious and ethnic polarisation. Polarisation leads to the division of the city into groups fighting for common understanding of ‘Whom The City Belongs To?’ It leaves a shattering impression on the urban mosaic by creating segregation barriers such as roads, walls or boundaries between the groups. The cities are divided on ethnic reasons that have become slum/ghettos/enclaves for comparable neighbourhoods, the settlements belonging to one community where culture can be identified easily through symbols, spaces generated, architecture, hoarding, etc.

The division may be deep at some places while in some places it may not be intense. The impact of polarisation not only reflect the physical infrastructure of the city, but also the sense of fear and the idea of

“them” Vs “Us”. Polarisation shares basic sets of issues i.e. history,identity, security and equality.

The ideal site for this research was Ahmedabad, which includes two regions namely, Juhapura which inhabits the Muslim community while Vejalpur inhabits the Hindu community. Both the communities are separated by a road, which is not only the segregation barrier in this area, but the wall was built after 1992 riots to decrease the communal tension between these two communities. There is no interaction between these two communities, even the open spaces are administrated and used by one community. The site consist of high walls at three places.

Location: Madrid, Spain

Year: 2017

Professional work- Universidad Camillo Jose Cella

Supervisor: Rafael Hernandez Lopez

PielSen is a way of making environmentally conscious architecture through the design of envelopes in direct coexistence with technology, the environment and the user. Inspired by the characteristics of the human skin, the design is capable of behaving as a homeostatic system regulating interior comfort, a communication system capable of relating to the surrounding environment and a system with a capacity for reaction and adaptation to the stimuli of the external environment and the needs of the interior environment.

Advances on air conditioning systems through the design of pores, folds and tiles that fit in their dimension and material to the needs demands. Its flexible structure allows free move-

ment, and the capture of energy makes its urban application viable.

With the moving mechanism of the system it is possible to manage an entire façade, without additional mechanisms, and with very favourable and energetically economic results when taking advantage of latent energies.

Electronic components: Sensors and energy harvester. (eg. solutions: microcell energy, arduino, battery and mosfet).

Plate emebeded in the flexible structure of the skin for the movement of the pores next to the structure. It includes microcontrollers, actuators and connections with interior to respond to the needs demanded.

Communication and information networks.

Humidity, Air quality (PPH)

Temperature, Wind (MPH)

Aluminium Pore Sample

Pore Sample

Initial Facade Assembly

Connecting Tissue

Build electrical communication networks as a second layer of skin.

Connectors

Adaptable joints to the skin necessary for the insertion of the pores in the tissue.

Electronic Components

Latent energy sensors and sensors. Energy micro-cells (energy harvester)

Flexible Capsule

Detail of Sensor

Sensors

Three Modules EXISTING ENCLOSURE

Two

Configurations

Connections

Layers

PARAMETRIC WORKSHOP

TECHNICAL METHOD

Location: Ahmedabad, India

Year: 2017

Academic work: Undergraduate Instructor: Arpi Maheshwari

Group Work: Team of 5

The structure is made by the repetition of a single element which is produced by combining two primary elements. The primary element consists of a base strip that is bent, while the ends are joined to the base. This method was adopted to create the model and was concluded to be the best option, after a number of trials and errors were conducted with various other methods. The variations in the base and strips in the primary element gives varying outcomes, which we tried to demonstrate through various model studies.

During the duration of this project, I worked in creating various design options with my team, while also conducting research on various ways to create the model, which would incorporate our vision while being structurally stable as well.