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Jew Town, Kochi | mapping | group work

Contact

Paulomi Joshi 15th Oct, 1997 paulomirj@gmail.com +91 9920190760 @paulomijoshi English/Hindi/Marathi

Education / Work Experience

College Publications

2012:

Swami Vivekanand International School | SSC | Upto grade 10

2015:

Water People | Malwan settlement studies

2014:

Patkar Varde college | Science | Grade 11 & 12

2016:

ReDrawing Architecture | Case studies

2021:

School of Environment and Architecture | Mumbai university | B.Arch

2016:

Measuring Baker | Laurie Baker Centre Study

2018:

Dimensions, Mumbai | Intern architect | July

2020:

Mozaic, Goa | Intern architect | Nov 2019 -

2022:

2016:

What is a home? | Studying the Easetrn suburbs of Mumbai

2017:

South Asian Architecture Timelines |

Apr 2020

2017:

SEAhive | Parametric design for Thresholds

Group4 architects | Junior architect | Nov

2017:

Poisar | The river and its context

2018:

Joal Katha | Story of the wetlands of Kolkata

2019:

Housing - the new questions | Emerging

2020:

First Questions | SEA Works

2020:

Pet Landscapes | Thesis Research

2108 - Oct 2018

2021- Nov 2022

Electives / Workshops

Architecture of Bangladesh

contexts in Tiruchirapalli

2015:

Gardening | Rakesh B.

2016:

Gardening | Rakesh B.

2016:

Film Making | Gaza 51 | Ajay Norhona

2016:

Laurie Baker Centre | Hands-on Workshop

2017:

Art After Image | Sabih Ahmed

AutoCAD

SketchUp

2017:

Game Design | Dhruv Jani

Microsoft Office Suite

Rhino | Grasshopper

2017:

Zine Making | Himanshu S.

Photoshop | Illustator

Hand Drafting | Sketching

2019:

Surface Design | Aarti B.

Indesign

Model Making

2020:

Paradox and Infinity | Agustin Rayo | edX

2021:

Creative writing | Snehal Vadher

Exhibitions

Softwares / Skills

Other Interests

Sketching | Painting Photography

2016:

Kochi Muziris Bienalle | Kochi

Reading | Writing

2016:

Vile Parle Station Painting | Mumbai

Music | Singing

2017:

Student Exchange | Shanghai

Clay modelling

ACADEMIC

00. t a b l e o f c o n t e n t s

01.

Pet Landscapes

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02. Co-Habitative Landscapes

12

03. The Cloud

20

04. Interlock

24

05. High Rise Design

32

06. Nature Park

36

PROFESSIONAL 07. Gipard

40

08. Mahindra Assonora Resort

44

09. Behl Bungalow

46

10.

Madurai residence

47

11.

Inniti + Citius cloud

48

12.

Patel residence

49

13.

OTHER

50

01. p e t l a n d s c a p e s (Sem 9 - Thesis research)

Research The built landscapes of pet human relationships are created through a human understanding of space. But for the pet, space is occupied according to the overlaps of different densities and sensoriums. Olfactory, visual, and tactile understanding, textures, comfort, reactions to stimuli of light and air also become driving factors.

The thesis research argued that space is experienced as this sensorium - a place made through senses - through several layers of densities and sensibilities.

This idea was explored in the research through studies on dogs in a domestic environment. The core exploration and learning from the research was ways of drawing and mapping the sensoriums that make a space.

Method exploration - A day in the life

Drawing and storytelling methodologies Taking from the readings, The drawings use the lens of the sensoriums. These sensoriums are space, delayered according to the frameworks decided upon through the observations. Using a few references, a language was developed for this thesis. The language used to map these densities is a series of patterns which form the tonal and sensorial landscapes. The drawings on the page are initial methodology explorations.

Method exploration - Abstraction

Sensorium Drawing - Home

COMFORT Conclusion Diagrams

EXPLORATION

FEA

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Sensorium Drawing - Boarding / Daycare

Design Inquiry Understanding the sensorial nature of the spaces can lead to a change in the focus of the designing of these spaces, or inserts within these spaces. It can help change the approach towards design from human centric to multi - species, and from visual to sensorial.

PLAY

The project seeks to learn from the sensibilities of an animal and how that would shape the logics of space by mobilising the idea of a sensorium and its drawings to create spaces of cohabitation between species.

Site Plan

Site and Intervention Taking the limitations of the pandemic into consideration, fewer sites were considered. I looked at sites which had a smaller ratio of existing builtform, and which allowed for various overlaps of sensorial conditions.

The site chosen is an existing Boys’ Home sitting on a densely vegetated land with multiple small plantations, in Gorai. Along the main Gorai-Manori road, this plot has easy connection to the small settlement nearby and sits amongst otherwise tourist bungalows.

The Boys home already had some facilities like dorms, admin, classrooms, open playground etc, but they were inadequate to hold the influx of orphan / semi-orphan boys entering the home. The programme builds on this existing boys home and transforms it into an orphanage for boys and dogs. It aims to create opportunities for Public - Animal - Children connectivity through different levels of interaction.

Site Photos | Source: UMEED Reaches to Montfort Children Home, 25/10/15. (https://umeed2015.wordpress.com/) / Owner, Montfort children’s home, google photos. / Paulomi Joshi

02. c o h a b i t a t i v e l a n d s c a p e s (design dissertation)

AN Mapping Intensitie sectiona

Developing a 3D understanding of the readings.

Strategy

Strategy and Analysis The site is analysed as a set of sensorial landscapes/bubbles that allow for different forms of inhabitations falling under parameters like comfort, play, exploration, fear etc.

The Analysis is done by mapping the hotpots and intensities of light, sound, smells, air, textures etc. on the site and building a map of the site sensoriums through the overlaps of these intensities.

The Strategy then becomes to modulate terrain using these sensorial readings of site to create spaces for different programmatic requirements.

Creating a map sensoriums through the in the intensiti

NALYSIS es through al readings

PLANNING Material exploration, and study of volumes based on the map through a model.

Photos of the Model

Continuity through modulated surfaces allowing for programmatic spaces to happen in between

of the site e overlaps ies studied.

Creating various levels and possibilities of interactions between the groups.

Site Analysis

Overall 3D

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A Design - Cut Plan

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Details

Boys’ home

Learning areas

Section AA’

Dogs’ resting spaces and play areas

Learning + Workshop areas

Section BB’

03. t h e c l o u d Sem 10 | Group Design

The Stratums As the world advances in leaps and bounds through constantly emerging and changing technology, human relationships, engagement with space is also seen to be changing. The future and its possibilities are therefore constantly in flux. In imagining the future of cities, it’s necessary to understand their past, growth, how the city has been - and is - lived in.

This understanding was achieved in three phases or the three stratums 1. The emergence of the city, its natural systems, the people, etc.

2. The emergence and growth of industries and mass transit systems.

3. Imaginations of the future The full project from research to design imaginations was done as a class, each group focusing first on each different facet of growth, and next - on smaller areas for in-depth study and proposals.

GIS software was used to create maps through the years and track changes.

Landuse Maps - GIS software (group work)

Studying Histories | Fables The first part of the study - the emergence, history and growth of the city was conceptualized into a set of video narratives, told through the stories of the first tribes / settlers of salsette. We used old maps, readings of the DP, stories from locals, articles in the old gazettes, etc to get a comprehensive understanding. These videos, and a thorough reading of the development plan, were a base used to predict how the city might grow and change. The interventions are imagined in three phases - immediate steps in 2020, small steps by 2034 and full intervention by 2050. The images below are stills from the video of the Warli and Dubla Tribes.

Fables of histories - The Warli and Dubla tribes (group work)

Plan - 2020 (group work)

One of the interventions imagined was for the Mangroves next to the Dahisar river, in the Kandarpada area. According to older maps, The entire triangle shown above was reclaimed from the mangroves, causing floods in the older settlements further inside, and the slums. The DP shows a planned transit road through the mangroves, which opens up for further reclamation there.

The intervention is imagined as a mangrove park, and flood safety, and revamp of the slums. It’s seen in three phases over the years, and through how it finally connects to the other interventions (overhead transit systems) in the area.

2020 - To start decongesting the slums, and adding a basic framework and internal roadways

Mangrove Park - 2034: Pathways, watchtowers (group work)

Plan - 2034 (group work)

Plan - 2050 (group work)

2034 - The Mangrove park is opened with the least intervention to create walkways by using existing pathways and stilts. Small floating machines keep constant checks on mangrove health, water salinity, etc.

The slums move up on stilts as the preparation for the predicted water level rise.

2050 - The Mangrove park gets more advanced technology that can also connect to the underside of the slum settlement. The slums can use floating amenities coming in through water during flooding.

Mangrove Park - 2050 (group work)

04. t h e i n t e r l o c k (Sem 7 - group study + individual design project)

Initial study The project was done in three parts - a secondary study identifying the emerging housing contexts in the city of Tiruchirapall, an on- site study of these identifyed contexts and the design intervention.

Map of Trichy indicating the location of GRRW (group work) Type F Type D Type H Type C

The study showed that in a time where you expect big private conglomerates to be the larger employment providers, in Tiruchirapalli, the state seems to be the major employment provider through large public sector industries: MSME’s, on the other hand are majorly private sector, setting up as ancillary units of vendors and suppliers for the larger industries.

This context of the large and medium scale industries presents the question of the housing provided and available for the labor in these industries. The second part of the study, done on site, was to research this housing. From the studies, clear differences can be seen in the state provided housing and the housing emerging around these MSME’s. Both show different migrant and labor absorbing tendencies.

Type I Type G Office Buildings Open Space/ Ground School Church/ temple Hospital Market

Type F Type D

Type F Type D

Type H

Type H Type C Type I Type G Office Buildings

Type C

Open Space/ Ground School Church/ temple Hospital Market

Type I Type G Office Buildings Open Space/ Ground School Church/ temple Hospital Market

Amenity and type distribution over site of Golden Rock Railway Workshop and Colony (group work)

Golden Rock Railway Workshop Out of the three sites studied, the site selected for the final study and intervention was GRRW. The Golden Rock Railway workshop and colony are located in Trichy city, near the Airport. Built to serve the railway workshop workers, today this colony is largely abandoned due to the inhabitants facing problems with the maintenance; and also due to the HRA available to those workers who do not reside within the colony The colony is divided into the various housing typologies, which are assigned based on post and salary.

These zones are interspersed with amenities like hospitals, schools, gardens, and the corporation offices.

There are 6 types: C,D,F,G,H and I. 21/5/1991 : Rajiv Gandhi Assasination 1991 : Start of Jayalalitha’s first term 21/5/1991 : Rajiv Gandhi Assasination

27/1/1989: Start of Karunanidhi’s term.

7/1/1988: Start of Janaki r.’s term.

1866 : Municipality 1877 : Municiof Trichinopoly pality of Sriranformed gam formed

1810 : Start of British Rule

1994 : Municipality of Tiruchirapally formed

25/10/1987: Start of V.R.N.’s term.

14/1/1969: Start of Annadurai’s term.

10/2/1969: Start of Karunanidhis’s term.

30/6/1977: Start of MGR’s term.

2001 : C.M. Jayalalitha announced RWH scheme 2012 : C.M. Jayalalitha announced VISION 2023

1800

2020

1853 : Great Southern of Indian Railways established

2013 : IIIT

1948 : Woraiyur Commercial Bank

1844 : St. Josheph college

1874 : Merges with Carnatic Railway Company.

South Indian Railway Comapny formed

2011 : IIM

2003 : NIT

1961 : Steel rolling mills (BHEL) 1965 : Boiler plant (BHEL)

1928 : Golden Roack Railway Workshop estab. in Trichy

1982 : Bharathidasan University 1966 : 1980’s : TDCL, HAPP Ordnance (Ordnance) factories.

1999 : ANNA University, Trichy 1984 : Cethar Vessels

2010 : First IT Park (ELCOT) comes in.

Timeline of the industrial and MSME growth of Trichy (group work)

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Private Space Shared Space

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Domes�c Cell 1 Front Verandah 2 Hall 3 Bedroom 4 Kitchen 5 Rear Verandah 6 Store Room 7 Bath 8 Toilet 9 Courtyard

Type F unit details (group work)

Densifying and activating the railway colony In a situation where the city is densely populated and is predicted to get even more so, What should be the form of the new architecture in Government housing colonies to allow for densification?

Existing site plan - conditions, needs and possibilities

The F-Type zone of the Railway colony sits at the corner sharing two edges with the city, on with the golden rock side and one with the open land. The land is essentialy a large patch of unused land, and the houses are in a dilapidated, abandoned state. The objective of the design was to reactivate this space and densify it so that it is able to absorb the projected increase of population, and related activities.

Barb wire for extended verandah

Private Space Private Space

Shared Space

Shared Space

Existing structure and extensions (group work)

Red - walls retained

Type 1 Studio type | 1-2 occupancy attached shop towards back Possible increment to 3-4 occupancy | 2BHK

Design response The design response was to make architectural and programmatic moves by repairing and adding to the existing structures. The different zones of dead and active spaces were identified and they were modified according to the required amenities and available context. Creating access and lines of movement was achieved through creating shop streets and secondary pathways.

Type 2 1 BHK type | 3-4 occupancy Possible increment to 5-6 occupancy | 2BHK

Type 3 1BHK or 2 BHK | 3-5 occupancy attached office/workshop towards back Possible increment to 6-7 occupancy | 3BHK

Proposed site plan

The sizes of the modules are based on the different family sizes studied. Each module has a possibility of expanding with the family.

The modules are built on the existing structure and designed ina way that when they expand they still interlock with each other and provide each other with spill out spaces Interlocking modules

Type 1 Details of the modules

Type 2

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Second floor plan

First floor plan

ype 3 Ground floor plan

Full building plans

05. h i g h r i s e d e s i g n (Sem 7- Tech group project)

Research The project was a process of experimenting with the structural and service aspects of a tall building. With the bustling, busy station as the site, it was necessary to design and organise the movements on site to allow more absorption of the population directly into the building. The programmes are also designed the same way, with a mix of workspaces, public spaces, buffer spaces etc.

Model Photos

Form finding and Structural system The initial part of the module entailed the structural and design study of a high rise tower. Form finding was done using the learnings from this initial study of the ‘Lotte World Tower, South Korea’. This was then refined to fit the programmes required on site and to allow for good light, ventilation and movement.

Form Finding

Service core and circulation diagrams

Overall 3D - Program distribution

Being connected to a mass transit system with a massive influx of population daily, the placement of service and circulation cores as well as the public programs becomes very important.

Force movement - Structural 3D

The placement of the main cores towards the allows for the view to be opened up without disturbance.

EWS and details

06. n a t u r e P a r k (Sem 6 - design porject)

B

A Research Mudially is a Nature park in Kolkata.

The nature park is currently not economically high functioning. It only has some fishing programs. Located on the wetlands, it’s a site made by the sludge removed from the lakes every year while cleaning.

The design intent is to make new facilities for the nature park, introducing new programs to increase their economic condition. Considering the environment and site condition, the design has to sit lightly on the ground and must take into acoount the ecology of the place.

B’

Design plan @ 8m from contour 0

Design approach The intent of this design is to achieve harmony between the nature and ecology of the site and the new insertion for the nature park. The structure is made of bamboo, which is available on and near the site.

It is zoned according to existing movements and is designed to fit around and between trees to minimize the damage. The louvred facade maintains a connection between the outside and inside. It also makes the spaces flexible and expandable. The design maintains an average height of 2.5 metres above the ground to avoid the building from standing out.

A’ Section AA’

Section BB’

Library

Entry

Multipurpose room

Works

Sto (Fish &

Guestrooms

shops

Staff Area: (Bath house, longe area deck etc.)

Staff Area: (Office)

Small open land to grow food for kitchen use

orage & grains)

Kitchen

Model

07. g i p a r d (Mozaic internship - competition project : 3rd Prize)

Site diagrams

Brief This project was for a competition set up by the ‘Goa Institute of Public Administration and Rural Development’ to revamp their instituation building and surrounding compound. The required programme and approximate numbers to be accomodated were provided by them.

Conceptual and planning As an approach, we chose to develop the existing building itself - which has a characteristic look lent to it by the louvered facade on its front providing sunshading. New structures were built for the other ancillary programs like auditorium, hostels, open areas etc. The hostel is built to face inside on a mid level green space to provide privacy to the students. The project respects the original settlement zone boundary which is enough to accoodate all the required programmes and few more. The green zone takes into account the existing biodiversity and plantations and expands those to create a walkthrough park that demonstrates the potential of Goa’s biodiversity.

Overall Plan

Bird’s eye view

Amphitheatre

Front view

Entry / Drop off

Public Plaza

Public Plaza

08. m a h i n d r a e c o r e s o r t (Mozaic internship)

Information The project is an upcoming resort in Assanora, Goa. It is a Large scale project curently in construction stage, conceptually pulling from the themes of the surrounding ecology.

The Project uses clean finishes with wooden accents, and adds a touch of goan identity with mosaics and painted murals in the larger public spaces.

Conceptual and planning My role in the project was on-site comments/corrections and checks, digital mockups of changes (through 3d models, sketching, photoshop etc.), working drawings and co-ordination.

Design comments / mock ups

09. b e h l b u n g a l o w(Mozaic internship - bungalow for old couple)

Ground floor plan

The project was for a G+1 bungalow for an old couple. The design of the ground floor needed to be wheelchair accesible, for the wife. This is achieved by a careful usage of ramps at entrances and toilets, and looking at specific design inserts in places like walk in wardrobes, sitting spaces etc. The movement trough common areas is also carefully crafted to allow easy and unobstructed movement.

(My role - Site work, working drawing corrections)

The brief is for a ground + 3 floor residential building in Madurai, with each floor as a spacious 3 bedroom apartment complying with Vastu. The plot is a narrow rectangular corner piece with raods on the south and the east, and residential buildings on the other two sides.

(My role - Design development)

10. M a d u r a i r e s i d e n c e s (Group4 architects | residential development)

Typical floor plan

11. i n n i t i + c i t i u s c l o u d (Group4 architects - Office interior)

Entry and waiting area

Pantry

Workspace

NOC area

The brief for this large IT office space in Thane was to create a playful, open plan space that makes the most of the windows on the three sides framing beautiful views and bringing in ample light. This is done by creating any necessary divisions in glass to maintain visual connectivity. Multiple options for workspaces are created like a large central work table, standing dedsks and 4-6 seater high back pod seating to allow for discussions and the option to take calls without disturbance.

The material pallete brings in some textures and pops of color to brigthen the space. The services aloow for easy control with cetralized AC with exposed ducting, remote controlled blings etc.

(My role - design development and site execution)

Guest bedroom

Dining + bar unit

Living - dining

Entrance passage

Son bedroom

This residence is located in Bombay central. The residence belongs to a couple and their young son. The brief is to create every room based on a different thematic idea. A mix of rustic and modern materials is used and every room brings in interest through accent colors or carefully designed pieces of furniture and decor.

(My role - Design development and site execution)

12. p a t e l r e s i d e n c e (Group4 architects - residential interior)

Master bedroom

11. o t h e r w o r k (collection of other works from college/internships/personal)

SEAhive - Parametric design | SEA | Group

Shanghai linear housing study | Shanghai student exchange | Group

Design | Multipurpose space | Temple,meditation area,store | Office work

“She surveys her kingdom from the twisting roadways of trees and rocks, padding silently across the carpet of snow bathed in the muted tones of twilight. Tracking every movement of her prey, every step, every breath, she hides in the bushes, her mottled fur mixing into the barks and stones.

Glowing like the moon, her eyes look deep into your soul.

For the greeks, she brings the truth, seeing beyond illusions and lies. To the astronomers of old, she showed her prowess, allowing only those with her eyes to gaze upon her namesake in the black skies.”

-Excerpt from ‘The Lynx’ | Creative writing elective

Facade design and rendering | Office work

Site photo | fishtail creek villa | Mozaic internship

Drawing board stand design | SEA

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