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education
achievements cocurricular
2015-2020 Bachelor of architecture at visvesvaraya national institute of technology, Nagpur cgpa 8.01
2016 Redesigno, Devise - winner
2015 XI P h Adarsh junior college, Akola 94.15%
2016 Reubens trophy, ZNC - 1 st runner up 2018 Logo design, Consortium - winner
guest lecture, Ar. Shilpa Chandawarkar guest lecture, Ar. Rajesh Phadke The Architectural Imagination HarvardX
museum and access workshop
internships
freelance
softwares
2018 summer intern at PPA Pooja and Piyush Associates (Aurangabad) 3d modelling,b uilding measurements, documentation, panel design
2018 content writer at The Ghumakkads sea, creative writing, blogging
revit autocad photoshop lumion illustrator sketchup ms office wordpress
2019 architectural intern at Madhav Joshi and Associates working drawings, designing, presentation boards, DBR, Model making
competitions
2020 editorial intern at Rethinking the Future Architectural content writing 2020 Social Media Management intern at Rebuilt Curating content for social media platforms, running ad campaigns
2016 Designo, Devise - product design 2017 120 hours, A room for communication 2018 IGBC Green Design, Festival design 2018 ARCHASM, Wilderness pavilion 2018 DESTECH, Travel app design
literature poetry travel illustrations event management movies
bamboo workshop
2019 Archi Quiz, 2013 Xth DEVISE - winner Noel English High school, Akola 2019 On Spot Design, 95.82% DEVISE - winner
2020 content writer at De Arc Architects Research and Article writing
interests
tensile structures workshop
experience 2015 Literary secretary, Dept. of architecture 2016-2018 Reuben's co-ordinator 2020 Thesis Guidance Program
key qualities content writing editing proof reading seo graphic design management team player leadership verbal presentation creative
01. TERMINAL CARE CENTER FOR CANCER PATIENTS Exploring ‘Architecture of Dying’ with a focus on therapeutic architecture Year: Tenth Semester (Thesis) Scope: Hospice and Palliative care center for people with advanced stage cancer not responsive to curative treatment. In the past five decades, hospice palliative care revolutionized the way we understand sickness and dying. The movement began as a critique to traditional healthcare practices and facilities that strictly focused on treating diseases, resulting in a neglect for the human experience, which also plays a major factor in overall health and well-being. A palliative approach to care focuses on meeting the patient’s and their family’s full range of needs -physical, psychological, social and spiritual- at all stages of a chronic progressive illness. Rather than focusing on death, it facilitates the optimization of life for patients living with terminal disease, allowing them to live to the fullest. The thesis aimed to design a centre that provides Palliative and Hospice care for people with advanced stage cancer not responsive to curative treatment, and for those important to them, through quality medical, emotional, spiritual and social
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Two Storey
Site Analysis Single Storey Courtyard
Two Storey Courtyard
Single Storey Fishbone
Site Context
Two Storey Fishbone
L-Shaped Two Storey
Neighbourhood Context
Volumetric Analysis
Ground Floor
North Elevation
South Elevation
East Elevation
West Elevation
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Movements
Courtyard act as light traps
Zoning
Linearised Pinwheel Organization
02. SCHOOL OF PLANNING AND ARCHITECTURE Exploring campus design and institutional typology Year: Seventh Semester Scope: Residential Education campus with auditorium and interactive spaces This project was developed as a part of Design studio with an aim to develop the campus of SPA with all the needed facilities. in Nagpur. The intention was to design the campus site plan accomodating academic, administrative, library, auditorium, hostel, and staff residence buildings, while detailing out the academic, administrative, library, and auditorium blocks.
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A large open area between academic buildings and adjoinig an interactive area.
Majority of Structures are oriented diagonally to the wind.
Auditorium
Connecting corridors in the Bachelor’s building creates Venturi effect to generate wind flow.
Louvers used in academic and library buildings to allow light and avoid glare.
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For balanced daylight, and proper ventilation openings are provided on minimum 2 directions.
North light used in Bachelor’s studios for
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03. COMMUNITY CENTER Exploring the design of a public building surounded by high-rise buildings. Year: Third Semester Scope: Design for the residents of mixed income group high-rise housing society. Situated in between high rise residential appartments, the community center is designed as a single level structure so that it becomes a sanctuary in the midst of tall buildings . The large open core proposes a dialogue between the built-up areas and open spaces and is intended as an ode to the elements of life – verdant greenery, flowering plants, and water lily pool provide an antidote to the otherwise dusty and hot city environment. The verandah is treated as a fluid container that contours itself around the functions of the community center creating permeable zones for various activities.
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Nagpur vernacular is a wada style where people are motivated to interact in the common courtyard which is surrounded by sub-ordinate activities.
Typical wada plan
Typical section
Flow of spaces Exploded
PASSIVE COOLING TECHNIQUES
Courtyard acts as a moderator of internal climate.
Deep verandas covered with creepers cool the incoming air.
Water body in the building help in reducing the internal temperature.
04. KITCHEN DESIGN Exploring residential interior design Year: Sixth Semester Scope: To design the interiors of a residential kitchen following the color schemes used in the house Kitchen being a focal point in any residance, the design is deepend and every available square meter is occupied for effective use. It incorporates in its design, the needs and desires of a home are hidden but are ready to used. All the utensils, pots and other elements are easily accessible. The design emphasizes on a central island in concrete with grain painting to meet and work, using neutral, but warm colours, and oriented towards the window. The kitchen island, thus is the protagonist of space.
05. WORKING DRAWINGS Exploring technical drawings Year: Fifth and Sixth Semester Scope: To design the technical details and specifications involved in building construction of a residence.
06. GOVERNMENT POST OFFICE Exploring building documentation through written and graphic medium Year: Fourth Semester (Group work) Scope: To understand means, methods and tools of building documentation and their analysis. Nagpur GPO is considered the mother institution in the postal circles of the central province. Its majestic Victorian building, one of the seats of the erstwhile PMG of CP and Berar, give an unmistakable impression of the typical bureaucracies of the British Raj. Built on a sprawling 9.5 acres land, it is located in the heart of civil lines area of the city. The double storied building was built during 1916-17 to 1920-21 with the plinth area of 26,622 sqft and the total cost of construction was Rs. 5,07,201.
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Front Elevation
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Side Elevation
Clock Tower Details
Side Elevation
Front Elevation 1:300
07. URBAN INSERT Exploring the urban morphology of Giudecca island in Venice to propose the design of a water sports complex. Team Members: 02 Year: Freelancing Project Scope: To design a water sports complex after studying the demographics, urban fabric and architectural character of the site precinct. The project aims at building a water sports complex responding to the needs of local as well as the tourists. It will give the tourists one stop destination to enjoy all the local sports and activities and the local people a place to celebrate their water sports festivals. The challange would be to blend the built into the architectural landscape of Venice and using loacal architectural techniques to preserve the traditional architural style. Another challange is the preservation of the surrounding ecosystem.
Separated by the Giudecca Canal, Giudecca lies south of the central islands of Venice. Historically an area of large palaces, the island became an industrial area in the early 20th C. Much of the industry went into decline after World War II, but it is now once more regarded as a quiet residential area with housing for the working-class and the rich.Modern renovations of some antique architecture in Giudecca have bolstered the island’s reputation as a vacation locale.
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Total B/U Area 6078 sqm Carpet Area 4676 sqm
08. WABI-SABI AND ARCHITECTURE Exploring Architectural Writing
In medieval Japan, poets and Zen priests directed the Japanese towards aspects of the world for which the western language has no direct equivalent word; which identifies beauty with unpretentious and transient, simple things; cherry blossoms, broken pottery, moss, roof tiles, autumn skies and unvarnished wood. There is wabi to be enjoyed in an evening spent alone in a cottage in the forest listening to the rainfall. There is wabi in old ill matching crockery, in plain buckets, in walls with blemishes, and in rough weathered stone covered with kitchen and moss. This is an era of quick-fix consumerism. People prefer to build cheap buildings than to retrofit old ones. It is easy to buy a new piece of furniture than to repair the one at home. It is easy to replace the wooden doors and windows of your ancestral house by those made of synthetic wood than to refinish and polish the old ones. But these easy solutions come with a costenvironmental, cultural and economical. The concept of wabi-sabi appreciates the true and the humble things in all facets of life, including architecture and design. Incorporating it can help the design profession to create equilibrium in the age of disposable consumerism. It gives the designers ability to accept aesthetic anomalies by refurbishing and retrofitting projects and promotes the use of recycled objects and materials. It gives the user a sustainable experience of beauty by appreciating the scars of time in objects. Wabi-sabi and sustainability are closely interlinked. It encourages the vernacular, the authentic, and the conserved. Contrary to the romantic belief that we each settle on a fitting idea of beauty, it seems that our visual and emotional faculties repress our true passion until brought to attention. The river is beautiful because you are looking at it. While redefining what is beautiful, it is possible to accommodate a reinterpretation of the relationship between time and its effects: change, corrosion, aging, obsolescence. You don’t need to be an expert in design or philosophy to apply wabi-sabi in your daily life. It’s a different perspective than the one that chases perfection. Instead, it appreciates perfection. You get to decide how wabi-sabi fits into your life. It could mean being more accepting of your flaws or finding beauty in the ordinary. It could also be as simple as appreciating the autumn leaves or making peace with the stains on your carpet. Since long, the design and construction fraternity has viewed incompleteness and imperfection in a negative light. It is comforting to see a concept construing them differently, celebrating them as unique, and recognizing that the passage of time imbues every action and object with an inherent incompletion, a story yet to unfold.
(n.) a concept, an aesthetic, and
a view that focuses on finding beauty within the blemishes of life and accepting the cycle of death.