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ANGANWADI A rural education & healthcare centre for children and women.

Concept - “Home Away from Home” Location - Chikhla Beach, Dahanu.

Style of Architecture - Vernacular.

Area - 2847.12 sqm.

The Dahanu Anganwadi Project is a transformative architectural endeavor situated in the rural landscape of Dahanu, Maharashtra.

This innovative project focuses on establishing an Anganwadi, an educational and healthcare facilities for the local community.

Employing a sensitive approach, the design incorporates psychological principles to foster a secure environment for both children and women.

Moreover, the project is committed to sustainable development by utilizing locally-sourced materials such as bricks, thatch, and bamboo, not only enhancing the structure's resilience but also generating employment opportunities within the community.

This holistic initiative represents a harmonious integration of design, community welfare, and sustainable construction practices

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Use of Color Psychology for a more interactive design

Contextual Analysis

Connectivity

View Points

Zoning of spaces

site plan

Design Strategy & Programing

Public spaces

Semi - Public spaces

Sustainable & human centric design approach.

Private spaces

Floor Plan 1 - Reception 2 - Healthcare centre 3 - Creche 4 - Multipurpose hall

5 - Courtyards 6 - Women’s Recreation areas 7 - Classrooms 8 - Skill development centre

9 - Toilets 10 - Workshops 11 - Religious space 12 - Parking

Effective use of courtyards to enable passive cooling with the use of perforations.

Exploded Axonometric Details of Thatch Roof & Bamboo Roof

Thatch roof

Bamboo

Bamboo frame

Bamboo

Wooden battens

Opaque sheet

Wooden battens

Bamboo

Tongue and groove - joiniery

Bamboo with joinery

Bamboo with joinery Wooden “Y” columns

Dowels

Outdoor seating

Bamboo vertical supports

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GANPATPURA A Temple Complex for the Village of Koth Undergraduate ( B.Arch) Thesis Project Concept - "The 7 Chakras" Location - Koth, GuJarat, India Style of Architecture - " Modern with Elements from Tradion al Indian Architecture

The thesis is based on development by improving infrastructure and creating sustainable communities through a religious complex. For Hindus or anybody who worships Hindu deities, a temple is a body, an abode of divinity. It is a place created for worship, sacrifice and devotion to harmonize the living and the gods. This temple complex tackles the issues of crowd control, lack of infrastructure through the design principles and philosophies adopted from old Hindu scriptures and books.

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The Vedic School

The vedshala is a vedic school was proposed with the intention of teaching children spiritual & religious values , philos ophies , grammar, astrology, log language, and literature of the Vedic era.

The vedshala consists of 3 clas s rooms , 2 s taffrooms , 2 toilets , 1 multipurpose hall & open courtyards for recreational and learning purposes The idea for the structures was to be lightweight & give the user a feeling of opennes s , hence the us e of pivoted windows with thin netting has been us ed They served a dual purpos e of blocking direct s unlight and getting in diffus ed light & making the wind cooler as it passed through the nets of the pivoted windows

Pedestrian Circulation

Couryards

Programming

Passive Cooling

• Staff Room • Classrooms • Kitchen •Toilets Multipurpose Hall

The Om Sanctum

The Om Griha is 11 m high abode of Lord Shiva The main sanctum is situated at the root chakra which symbolizes a grounded nature, and its four petals symbolize - manas (mind), ahamkar (ego), chitta (consciousness ), buddhi (intellect) The structure being 11 m tall gives a sense of domination with respect to the user, which in turn makes the user feel small and ultimately decreases ones ahamkar (ego) The center of the sanctum, that is where the sound of Om would echo mildly, giving the user positivity, freshness, direction, peacefulness

Sound of OM Echoed in the Sanctum

Stacked Stone

Golden Tint Reflection

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A 4 - Star Buisness hotel based in Navi Mumbai.

Concept - “Operative design” Location - Navi Mumbai.

Style - Contemporary.

Area - 22,000 sqm.

A 4-star hotel project nestled in the vibrant cityscape of Navi Mumbai. Blending luxury with functionality, designed with the concept of operative design ensures a seamless fusion of aesthetics and efficiency.

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Contextual Analysis

Vegetation

Built-unbuilt

Road Hierarchy

Access to site

Wind Flow

Footfall

Landuse

Effective use of courtyards to enable passive cooling with the use of perforations.

Concept - Operative Design

1. Creating a solid cuboid for massing.

2. Splitting the cuboid to divide functions

3. Adjusting levels for visibility to the context.

4. Experimenting different levels with the two solid masses

5. Further division of cuboid for different functions, according to user, use, footfall.

6. Creating 3 Skylights for natural light and ventilation.

7. Basic mass

8. Achieving a base form through operative design

Zoning of the solid

Programing Hotel Rooms

Administration

Service Cores

Buisness centre

Kitchens

Restaurants

Isometric view showing the Facade.

Typical Floor Plan

Facade Details

The Implementation of Breathable Facade to create a visual connection between the inside and the outside

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Wooden Panels used for screening and shading

HOUSE HYDERABAD A Private Residential home

Material Board Presentation Ankita and Vikram Architecture BRIO 11.02.2022

Concept - “In-between spaces” Location - Hyderabad,India.

Style - Contemporary.

Located in Hyderabad, this residential home includes unique elements like boulders which were present on site.

These boulders were used as structural as well as architectural elements.

Collaborative Project - Architecture bRIO

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Ground Floor Plan

Dusky grey quartzite

Black Metal

Corchia Marble

White Travertine

Oak Wood

Beige terrazzo

Section & Details

Isometric details of DGU Window Set

Isometric details of DGU Window Set

Details

Plan of timber window frame

Working of the openable DGU window set

Copper roofing details

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