ARCHITECTURE PORTFOLIO 2011-2016 Sapna Rohra | 2011-2021
SYSTEMS IN NATURE & URBANISM
MICROCOSMS : FISHERIES INSTITUTE
Design Dissertation
Architectural Design
2016
PUBLIC ART INSTALLATIONS
ENVELOPES: BALCONIES
Urban Design
Architectural Design
Architectural Design
2015
INTERFACES: FUTURE OF MARKETS
SITE + X
2014
NETWORKS
CONCEIVE2
Urban Design Research
Experimental Preservation
HIVE MINDS: STARLINGS
MEASURING THE VOID
Architectural Design
Architectural Design
2013
PRODUCT DESIGN COMPETITIONS
READING MUMBAI Architectural Design
2011
2012
RESEARCH & DOCUMENTATION
DADAR MARKET SITE AND PROGRAM ANALYSIS
SYSTEMS IN NATURE AND URBANISM %&4*(/ %*44&35"5*0/ 1SPHSBN 3FEFTJHOJOH PG %BEBS .BSLFU 4JUF %BEBS .BSLFU .FOUPS %JQBM $IIBZB A system is a set of interacting components forming an integrated whole following a set of rules that governs structure and/or behavior. SELF-ORGANIZATION SYSTEMS A process where some form of overall order arises out of the local interactions between components of an initially disordered system. - A spontaneous process - triggered by random fluctuations - amplified by positive feedback - controlled by any agent inside or outside of the system - resulting organization is wholly decentralized or distributed over all the components CONVECTION Self-organisation of the cells of a heated liquid into hexagonal cells or a series of parallel rolls with an upward flow on one side and downward flow on the other.
CONVECTION
THE OVERALL IDEA FOR PLANNING OF THE DADAR MARKET AREA
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INTERFACE FUTURE OF MARKETS 7th Semester Urban Design Site: Andheri Station Market Mentor: Tapan Mittal, Atrey Chhaya HIERARCHY OF COMMODITIES
The site of Andheri market, the stretch along railway station, metro line and S.V. Road was given to redesign the market as per the future. In this project, the main focus is drawn to physical vs visual interactions-interfacesbetween the users and the different aspects that create a market. Situated on one of the busiest streets, the main aim of this project was to relieve the commotion on the main nodes and concentrate it within the new market, thus making it an active zone which could sustain for future.
Line of shops face the road accumulating the crowd
Shops perpendicular to the road, opening inwards will distribute the crowd. Hence the front facade can be used as visual interface.
The two perpendicular main roads form a junction which forms an active layer of interaction becoming a crictical point of the site at peak hours; requires releasing at these areas. TYPES OF INTERFACES
1&2 By maintaining three inlets and three outlets from the market, the path gets divided into secondary circulation within the market that filters people and provides more interface on all secondary paths
GROUND LEVEL PLAN
FIRST LEVEL PLAN
3. The circulation path breaks the pressure and filter out people from railway station towards different directions
SECOND LEVEL PLAN
4. The three main primary paths divide the site into three cores, individually divided in a concentric manner with secondary paths cutting and passing through all these layers
THIRD LEVEL PLAN
LONGITUDINAL SECTION
TRANSVERSE SECTION
DESIGN MASSING
ELEVATION
NETWORKS 4th Semester Urban Research Balwant Sheth School of Architecture, NMIMS Mentor: Tapan & Atrey Chhaya Process based network is one that goes through certain stages to get a final product and the product after its usage can be recycled or reused. It can be further divided into internal or external linkages or the combination of both to get a final product. The value of the product depends on the scale of each link, transportation of the materials or the product. The larger the network higher is the price of the product and mass production of the product reduces the price. MANUFACTURING LEATHER PRODUCTS This process is mainly based in Dharavi. The leather material is produced from treating animal skins in tanneries. Use of different processes and types of animal skins at different leather industry produce different qualities of leather, hence different costs. The transportation of leather from different location of these tanneries further affects the final cost. The workers cut, stitch and fashion leather sheets into finished goods. Thousands of small-scale manufacturers supply leather goods on a large scale from a walk-in customer to international companies. In this process, the damaged or the unsold products are discarded at a very cheap rate to the small retailers.
LEATHER PRODUCT NETWORK
TEXTILE EXPORT NETWORK Textiles Network Textiles would vary from city to city and country to country, so each place would go through the process of prouction of textiles. And now the network of textiles is no more restricted to only city level it has started growing globally depending on the kind of product needed. It involves stages at varied scales and depending on the amount of the final product needed. textiles is very adaptible in terms of its scale, product can be produced in one industry itself or it goes to various industries to get a final product. Textiles are non perishable, after its usage it can be recycled. MANUFACTURING TEXTILE PRODUCTS The network of multi-national clothing brand involves interaction of either different manufacturing companies or different factories of one company. The demand for a product is taken to manufacturing companies. They produce samples of certain number of designs and materials which are sent for approval from the client company. The approved designs are sent to the different factories for the production of the required material and other small detailing products. The order of the production process is in the form of- production of raw material, cutting, embroidery, stitching of material and adding of small details like buttons, zips, labels. These mass produced goods are packed and sent to the client company warehouse which forms the main central node to transport the product to the desired outlets in varying numbers.
ENVELOPES CLUSTER 3
CLUSTER 2
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2 1. Single module forming a studio space 2. Cluster formed from combination of modules
CLUSTER 1
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The project was based on an essay “Envelope” by Alejandro Zaera-Polo. The aim was to analyse and metamorphose facade elements. The context, types, elements, activities and functions of 'BALCONIES', the chosen element was studied and morphed to change its impact on the space behind it. A module, formulated out of a single surface was connected in multiple ways to form a “CLUSTER OF BALCONIES” which gave an experential quality of an Art Institute. A site in P.D’Mello Road seemed apt for a program of this nature due to the presence of institutes around J.J. School of Art, Kalaghoda Art Precinct, Museums, Space 118, and a low economic range.
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HIVE MINDS: STARLINGS 4th Semester Architectural Design Balwant Sheth School of Architecture, NMIMS Mentor: Dipal & Atrey Chhaya The project is about studying swarm intelligence in animals based on the book Out of control by Kevin Kelly. STARLINGS are an example of a system where collective phenomena emerge from short-range interactions. Changes in the velocity and orientation of any one bird affected the velocity of seven neighbours in a flock, regardless of the distance between them. Flocks form a tight sphere-like formation in flight, frequently expanding and contracting and changing shape, seemingly without any sort of leader. This flocking behavior has been explained in two ways 1.The predator avoidance hypothesis 2. The information center hypothesis. Based on the above research and analysis, using diagrams and study models as tools a dynamic mechanism was developed that functioned like a flock of starlings - change in position of one node affected the neighbouring seven nodes and the entire model exponentially.
This dynamic model was one of the 8 selected for the Annual BSSA exhibition.
UNFOLDING 45 :&"3 "3$)*5&$563"- %&4*(/ .&"463*/( 5)& 70*% 4JUF ."%) *4-"/% .FOUPS "USFZ $IIBZB %JQBM $IIBZB The tip of Madh Island was studied and understood through the concept of unfolding of layers as you approach to it. The path to the tip of Madh, covered with trees on both sides, reveals the final image slowly through addition as well as removal of layers. This concept unfolding of layers as you approach to it was interpreted through sketches and kirigami models.
READING MUMBAI 1st Semester Architectural Design Balwant Sheth School of Architecture, NMIMS Site: Gateway of India Topic: Activities Mentor: Dipal & Atrey Chhaya The purpose of the project was to analyse and map different parts of Mumbai city through the lens. The chosen site was Gateway of India. The activities around the monument were mapped depending the changing spatial conditions and edge. As you approach the monument, the concentration of people increases due to presence of moving vendors, with a sudden sparsity in the open area because of division of people in differnt directions. The density of people in relation to the activities in form of layers from the Gateway of India was shown.
EMERGENCE OF MARKETS 4th Semester Architectural Design Balwant Sheth School of Architecture, NMIMS Site: Juhu Market Topic: Emergence of markets through layers of time Mentor: Dipal Chhaya
Building up onto the adjacent grounds with shops/stalls/stores of necessities like vegetables and groceries. As the residences started multiplying there was a need to more commodities like jewellery, hardware, clothing, electronics. A stark difference was perceived as if the new structures were overpowering the low rise. The origin of it all was the flat land which had the fishinhg village on one end and the temple on the other end of the site. The market being a very interactive zone has many aspects to it. If one experiences the spaces one realises the layers of the versatile nature of the site.
The development happened in a chronological order but it appeared to be a seamless inorganic and planned growth from the fish market to the gaothan; along with the temple and flower market. There was an initial presence of repetition in the placement of the commodities. Layering from inside to outside was seen gradually due to increasing interaction and activities the pattern of growth changed and so did the connections to the commodities in the form of by-lanes and alleys which created a more private space between the residential low rises and high rises.
AMOEBA Installation for Kalaghoda Art Festival, 2015 Site: Fort, Mumbai Team: Amaya, Avi, Dishita, Nirvi, Sapna The amoebic installation creates a dynamic visual play between the viewer and the imagine. A graphic showing movement and momentum is applied on the curved skin of the installation and spokes protrude out of this skin at different angles. This creates an illusion of a moving picture, revealing only the part of the picture that one stands directly in front of, with the spokes covering the other part of the surface.
FOLLOW THE DIRECTION Street Art, Mumbai, 2015 Site: Mumbai This experiment involved study about street artists around the world and their work. Taking inspiration from their work, a concept to carry out a street art was thought. The concept for the current project was different ways of representing the Zebra crossings for pedestrains. Hence, icons like footprints and google drop pins were used for representation and painted at certain sites of the city. The response of people to this was recorded and documented.
THE SUIT-PLACE Workplace of the Future 2.0, Competition, 2015 Team: Avi, Lohita, Nirvi, Sapna Rapid developments and technology are changing how we work. The modern office is adjusting to “work everywhere” approach while ushering in a new generation of employees with different expectations. The competition asks the design community to imagine what our work lives will be in the next 10-15 years. The design proposal was a system that could collapse and fit into a suitcase, making workplace not only portable but also adaptable to user’s needs. The in built piezo cells helped generate electricitiy.
CONCEIVE2 )0634 $0.1&5*5*0/ &91&3*.&/5"- 13&4&37"5*0/ 4JUF 1:3".*%&/ 47"-#"3% Under the current practice of architectural preservation, the deserted town of Pyramiden, a deserted Russian settlement on the archipelago of Svalbard, Norway could easily be sentenced to serve as yet another retroactive collection of outdoor museum pieces. For 120 HOURS 2015, the theme was to develop new ideas to experiment with concepts and programs for the preservation of Pyramiden that break the dictum of current practices.
Conceive2 Pyramiden is a unique town blessed with a rich natural as well as cultural heritage in dire need of preservation from the aftermath of the coal-mining activities. Preservation in this context is sustaining the land economically, socially, as well as culturally. It is creating a balance between the original landscape and later additions.
Our proposed solution is to introduce arctic algae moss on the sensitive site, as a replacement to the foreign soil and grass. Algae’s inherent quality of carbon absorption, will clear the air of the intoxicant remains of coal mining, bring life back to the area that is now familiar as ‘a dead town’, produce biodiesel and electricity, along with other beneficial by-products which will help in sustaining residents.
This intervention need only be introduced where man has already built. However, Human intervention has perpetually had a profound impact on the environment. We intend for our intervention to not stand out from the existing scape that is iconic and engaging by itself, but to reduce the impacts of the past and the future human interaction by reducing the vulnerability of Pyramiden.
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