Portfolio_Spring 2019

.ARCHITECTURAL PORTFOLIO. .SHRIYAK SINGH.

SHRIYAK SINGH ABOUT ME An ardent designer and architect, I’m a diligent problem solver with a practical approach.

Rational thinking and reasoning lie at the core of my design intent. Unbiased research, eye for detail and critical thinking are the supporting piers of my design and creative process.

EDUCATION Graduate programme University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Master in Architecture May, 2020

Undergraduate programme School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi May, 2017 Bachelor in Architecture

WORK EXPERIENCE •

Grad. Assistant at ISoA

Apr,`19 - Present

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Architect at Studio0522, Lucknow

May,`17 - Aug,`18

Intern Architect at Neev AIUDCPL, New Delhi

Jan,`16 - Jun, `16

Intern Architect at Arch-En Design Studio, Lucknow

May`14 - Jul, `14

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TECHNICAL SKILLS Conceptualisation

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3D Visualisations

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Designing

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Physical Model Making

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Research

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Documentation

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Site Planning

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Rendering

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Presentations

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PS Rendering

Woodwork

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Metal work

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• #202, 306 East White Street, Champaign, IL, 61820

shriyak3@illinois.edu

+1 (217) 721-8053

SOFTWARE PROFICIENCY Autodesk AutoCad

Adobe In-Design

Autodest Revit

Adobe Illustrator

Google Sketchup

MS Office

AutoCad 3D

Ecotect

Rhinoceros

Grasshopper

Nationality : Indian

Adobe Photoshop

Open Studio

English

V-Ray (SketchUp)

Hindi

Lumion

CONTENTS

ACADEMIC

PROFESSIONAL

01.

Weaving between Walls

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Afterlife Mausoleum

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03.

Deployable Structures

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04.

Bindal Financial Company

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05.

Twin House

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06.

IDST Medical College

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07.

High Court Complex

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08.

Transit Oriented Urban Design

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09.

Hotel Complex

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“No other art [architecture] employs a colder, more abstract form, but at the same time no other art is so intimately connected with man’s daily life from the cradle to the grave.”

- Steen E. Rasmussen ‘Experiencing Architecture’, 1959

University of Illinois, At Urbana-Champaign Graduate Program (2018-20) G.P.A - 3.96

Fall 2018 Weaving b/w Walls

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Afterlife Mausoleum

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Deployable Structures

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WEAVING BETWEEN WALLS •

Academic Project : Urbanism

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First Year Graduate Studio : Spring Semester | 2019

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Group Project

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Role : Conceptualisation, Design, Develop-

ment (Part), Site Planning, Detailing, Working Drawings, 3D Visualisation.

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Advisor : Prof. Sara Bartumeus

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Location : Chicago, USA

The site and neighbourhood were of prime importance in this project. The site was the former location of South Works Steel Mill. It fostered a flourishing community, but since it got shut down in 1989, the surrounding residential zone has seen a plummet from the proverbial grace. The site with the three concrete walls has great emotional value for the people of the 10th Ward.

The design intervention proposed here tries to tackle the problems of unemployment, loss of identity and extinguished vitality through the design, materiality and programme.

Being an urbanism track, the project required us to look into urban cues and markers which could inform the design and root it to the site and the people.

The walls are given the maximum importance because of their emotional and symbolic value for the people and the site.

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SCULPTURE PLAZA

AXIAL HIERARCHY

CIRCULATION

NEIGHBOURHOOD FIGURE-GROUND 1940 VS 2019

NEIGHBOURHOOD GREENS 1940 VS 2019

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GREENS

PATHWAYS

WATER

PHASE 1

PHASE 2

PHASE 3

STEEL WORKER’S MUSEUM MARKET ART INSTITUTE INCUBATION CENTER INDOOR & OUTDOOR RECREATION STEEL WORKSHOP AGRICULTURE INSTITUTE RESTAURANT / CAFE’ WATER FACILITIES BREWERY

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ZONING

FOR & BY THE COMMUNITY

BY THE COMMUNITY FOR THE COMMUNITY

MATERIALITY

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SITE PLAN

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200’

400’

LATERAL SECTION 0

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400’

LONGITUDINAL SECTION 0

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400’

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SCULPTURE CORE 7

FIRST FLOOR PLAN

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100’

200’

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SECOND FLOOR PLAN

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LATERAL SECTION 0

50’

LONGITUDINAL SECTION 0

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WALL- MUSEUM CORRIDOR 10

FIRST FLOOR PLAN

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75’

LATERAL SECTION 0

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100’

FIRST FLOOR PLAN 150’

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WADING POOL IN MARKET COURTYARD

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HALL OF NAMES

AFTERLIFE MAUSOLEUM •

Academic Project : Detail and Fabrication | Laka Reacts, 2018

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First Year Graduate Studio : Fall Semester | 2018

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Individual Project

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Advisor : Prof. Eric Hemingway

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Location : New York, USA

As an entry to the Laka Reacts International Competition, 2018, the board aims was to generate 1 board of

48” X 24” size to portray architecture capable of

A PLACE FOR MEMORY OF THE LOVED ONES RESTING WITH NATURE, TYING THE TRADITIONAL AND THE AVANT GARDE TOGETHER.

ECOSYSTEM SUPPORTING PLANT & ANIMAL/INSECT LIFE THROUGH DEATH. PROVIDING A LIBERATING SPACE FOR THE LOVED ONES TO VISIT THE DECEASED, INTROSPECT AND REFLECT. TINY STEP TOWARDS RESTORING ORDER

RESTING WITH LIFE UNCONVENTIONAL BURIAL SPACES WITHIN THE DEEP FLOOR SLAB - FEEDING A TREE, MARKING A UNIFYING, FRUITFUL AFTERLIFE.

BURIAL SPACE

reacting to and identified issue or problem. Hence the tag of the competition, “Architecture That Reacts”. The participant had complete discretion over the choice of the issue and the site.

The core issue which is being tackled is the impending shortage of burial/ cremation space in our cities as the human population rises exponentially.

New York was chosen as a site because of its increasing population clubbed

AUDITORIUM NESTLING BETWEEN NATURE AND PHENOMENON OF AFTERLIFE LIE ACTIVITIES WHICH TRY TO ALLIVIATE GRIEF AND BRING ONE CLOSER TO SPIRITUAL FREEDOM. COUNCELLING AND SEMINARS CAN HELP GRIEVING PEOPLE.

with a peculiar geographic location, and also because it has the ability to give the idea a significant stage and kick-start of a discussion.

Additional functions aim at making the philosophical message heard. One which the building implies constantly with its program, spaces and experiences.

“The Hall of Remembrance” rekindles the emotion of permanence and remembrance related to the conventional way of burial. It ensures that people are not forgotten into anonymity whilst a tombstone is nowhere to be found.

URBAN ARTICULATION SPREAD THROUGHOUT THE CITY, “AFTERLIFE MAUSOLEUM” HAS THE POTENTIAL TO SOLVE THE FUTURE BURIAL CRISIS WHILE GIVING THE CITY ITS LUNGS BACK.

CA

CO

A MULTI-FAITH, VERTICAL MAUSOLEUM, as a building aims to -

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Solve the future crisis for lack of space for the dead

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Tackle the issue of urban sprawl by freeing up space and giving it back

to the city.

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Sustain ecosystems at multiple levels to underscore “All life on Earth is

equal and symbiotic.”

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Educate humanity about the fundamental similarity in all beliefs

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CONVENTIONAL AFTERLIFE MAUSOLEUM

OP

A REACTION...

LIFE POD

...TO LIFE & TO DEATH....

VOID HALL OF NAMES RECREATION BURIAL SPACE NATURAL LIFE PRAYER HALLS

ARCHITECTURE must choose to REACT to social stimuli and aim at solving societal problems. It is accountable and responsible for improved ways of living.

ECOSYSTEM

NEW YORK , similar to the rest of the world, will soon face a BURIAL SPACE striking yet ignored repercussion of population - the availability AUDITORIUM of Burial or Cremation grounds.

With an ever increasing population , both locally and CREMATION SPACE globally, cities face a peculiar shortage of burial space.

ECOSYSTEM BURIAL SPACE RECREATION

Vertical growth for cemeteries and the like holds the key.

Also, there are various hidden prospects which “AFTERLIFE MAUSOLEUM” explores.

KNOWLEDGE CENTER

New York is the new center of the Western world, and also of the deep seated human hubris LANDSCAPE which objectifies all other forms of life on Earth. No other form BURIAL SPACE of life seems to matter when it comes to expanding the horizons for human development.

ECOSYSTEM

VOID

APACITY AS PER SQM

6 TIMES MORE CAPACITY

DEATH FUELS LIFE

( EFFICIENCY CAN ME INCREASED )

ONVENTIONAL CEMETERIES

AFTERLIFE MAUSOLEUM

Exploring the solutions for these issues brings us to a junction where we must tackle multiple problems at once. One is the physical problem of space crunch and the other, more philosophical and theological.

INFORMATION CENTER

BURIAL/CREMATION - PENETRATED BY NATURAL LIGHT SERENE AND SURREAL CONVENTIONAL & PHENOMENOLOGICAL CONCEPTUALISING THE CONCRETE NATURE OF EXISTENCE - BEGINING IS ALWAYS ACCOMPANIED BY THE END, AND IT IS PERPETUALLY FUELED BY IT

50 PEOPLE / 900 SQM

UILT

1080 sqm

1521 PEOPLE/900 sqm (Ground Coverage = 900sqm) OPEN

3500 sqm

UNDERSTANDING THE SENSITIVITY OF THE SUBJECT, A CONVENTIONAL SYSTEM WHICH IS ALSO THE ENGINE FOR THE ENTIRE ENSEMBLE SUPPORTS THE ENTIRE STRUCTURE.

CATACOMBS

CATACOMBS BECOME A FINAL RESTING PLACE WHILE ALSO SERVING AS A SOURCE OF ENERGY.

ADDITIONAL OPEN SPACE

MEDITATION SPACE

600 sqm

PEN TO BUILT RATIO FOR 1000 GRAVES

7:1

( 7sqm OF OPEN FOR EVERY 1sqm OF BUILT )

SERVICES & ENERGY HARNESSING PLANT

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PART II - Detail & Fabrication Being a Two Part Studio, I was also involved in the detailing and fabrication of any specific detail of the architecture in the later half of the semester.

The first part culminated with the submission of the board by the end of October, 2018. This fulfilled the requirement of the competition. The remaining part of the semester was spent in the fabrication lab, prototyping a detail which would eventually add a tangible anchor to an otherwise abstract and conceptual design exercise.

I chose to develop a Kinetic Facade for the conical form of the building. The knowledge of deploy-ability of structures, introduced in the theory of structures class at U of I, was a key feature of the facade. I tried to bring the learnings from one class to inform my design studio, which I believe, is the most appropriate way to develop and learn. Architecture is about application of acquired knowledge.

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DEPLOYABLE STRUCTURES •

Academic Project

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First Year Graduate Studio : Planning of Structural Systems

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Semester : Fall Semester | 2018

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Individual & Group Projects

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Advisor : Prof. Sudarshan Krishnan

The course aimed at exploring the possibilities and geometries of deployable structures. It was composed of multiple projects both group as well as individual.

Initial projects aimed at developing a basic understanding of the geometries of deployable structures, which could later be evolved into customising and transforming any structure into a deployable form.

Project 1 - Deployable Ring Structures (Individual)

Explored the ability of doglegged scissor

members to enable radial deployment.

Project 2 - Hoberman Sphere (Individual)

Explored three dimensional deploy-ability of

similar doglegged scissor members

Project 3 - Radially Retractable Shell (Group)

Employed the concepts learnt during previous

exercises to create an architecturally viable

solution.

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Deployable Ring Geometry

(Link to Paper)

Spacers

T-Member

Central pivot Ø = 360/n ( Where ‘n’=Number of Sides) Ω = 180-Ø

L

Ω

L = R.sin(Ø/2) (Where ‘R’ = Radius of the ring)

Ω

Ø

HOBERMAN SPHERE

Central pivot (Can be offcentered) 18

Radially Retractable Shell (Link to Paper)

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SCISSOR MEMBERS FOR RINGS

The shell is made out of 6 ring segments (R1 - 6) with a coinciding center but different radii. They are crossed by 6 parallel ring segments (R1), to form a retractable shell roof.

R6

RING 1 X 240

R1

R6

JUNCTIONS AND JOINTS

RING 2 X 40

2-WAY JOINT

RING 3 X 40

X 792 RING 4 X 40 3-WAY JOINT X 176

RING 5 X 40 X 396

4-WAY JOINT RING 6 X 40

X 88

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“As an architect you design for the present, with an awareness of the past for a future which is essentially unknown�

- Norman Foster

Professional Works 2018 - 2016

Bindal Financial Company

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Twin House

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Campus Facilities Block

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BINDAL FINANCIAL COMPANY •

Professional Project

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Year : 2018 - Ongoing

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Role : Conceptualisation, Design, Development (Part), Detailing, Working Drawings, 3D Visualisation.

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Total Built-up : 900 sqm (9,000 sqft)

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Project Lead: Ar. Shipra Singh

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Location : Lucknow, India

The project brought with itself a unique issue of multiple ownership. The site itself was too small to allow for the most pressing client requirement.

The site has plots due for development on both sides, just abutting it’s boundaries. Hence, the design called for a courtyard between the front and the rear parts of the building thus dividing it into three individual parts, while also lighting up the basement as if it was open from the top.

This also allows ample amount of sun and ventilation through the block so as to reduce energy requirements and also making the entire environment inside conducive for productive work.

Key components of the design was spacial planning for the office floors, sustainable and viable economic and environmental planning and an attractive front facade.

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Parapet lvl +18750 Mumty lvl +18300

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Sill lvl +5850

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Plinth lvl +300 Ground lvl ±00

Basement lvl -1950

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FACADE EXPLORATIONS

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TWIN HOUSE •

Professional Project

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Year : 2017 - Ongoing

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Role : Conceptualisation, Design, Development (Part), Detailing, Working Drawings, 3D Visualisation.

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Total Built-up : 720 sqm (7,200 sqft)

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Project Lead: Ar. Rohit Parmar

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Location : Lucknow, India

The project allowed for exploration by virtue of the size of the site and liberal requirements of the client.

However, the budget was a constraint as always is with architectural projects of this kind.

The brief talked about a house for two brothers who wanted to live together, yet separately. It called for a twin house which could accommodate the requirements for both households. The house had to function as one and also should allow two units to function separately.

The house also contains an elaborately designed landscaped garden, with barbecue facility along with outdoor seating and lounging facility.

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2'-6"

3'-9"

V7

1'-4"

9"

W3

H1

V6

1" 4'-102

1" 1'-62

1' 1" 42

V5

12'-7"

V3

2'-6"

V1 V2

2'

2'-10"

2'

D2

1" 92

4'-3"

H2

9"

9"

H2 1'-2"

1" 5'-102

2'

1" 1'-8" 92

4'

1" 42

1" 4'-02

1'-8" 5"

1" 42

1" 1'-12

1" 2'-32

1" 13'-82

1" 9'-82 1" 42

6'

6'

W5 1" 5'-12

1" 10'-42

3'-3"

1" 102

W14

1'-6"

1" 42

1" 42

2'

W14

1" 42

3'-6"

1" 42

10"

1" 10'-42

1" 12

1" 42

1" 102

1" 42

2'

6'

W6

1" 5'-12

10"

6'

1" 42

1" 14'-102

1" 13'-82

1" 9'-82

7'-9"

1" 42

4'-3"

7'-9"

1" 42 7'-3"

6'

2'

7'-3"

1" 2'-32

10'

2'

4'-4"

4'-4"

1" 6'-42

1" 42

9"

3'-6"

D1

3'-6"

4"

1" 92

10'-6"

D1

1'-2"

2'-7"

W9

11'-2"

1" 16'-112

1" 17'-42

1" 2'-82

1'-2"

1" 3'-52

5'

W10

1'-2" 1'-3"

3'-9"

1'-3" 1'-2"

1" 16'-112

1" 17'-42

3'-6"

W9

4"

3'-9"

D1

5'-6" 5'-6"

E2

2'

2'

5'-6"

E4

5'

2'

5'

11'-9"

1" 42

D1 7'-8"

1'-2"

5'-6"

2'-7"

W10

3'-9"

H3 5'-6"

1" 3'-92

H3

1" 2'-92

5"

3'-6"

1" 2'-92

8'-6"

2'-6"

DW2

1" 6'-112

2' 1'-9" 1'-9" 1" 1'-42

1'-9" 2' 6' 8' 3'

1" 7'-112

1" 4'-72

1" 42

1" 7'-112

3'

6' 3'

3' 1" 42

1" 4'-72

H7

2'

6'

1" 6'-52

2'

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2'

3"

3"

1'-2"

8'

8'

DW2

1'-2"

1" 6'-112

7'-11"

2'

H7

1" 12'-112

1'-5"

6'

2'

20'-6"

2'

H8

W8

2'

H8

W8

2'

6'

1" 12'-112

1'-5"

E1 V1 V2

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1" 42

1'-9"

H6

V2 4'-6"

5"

1" 42

3'-6"

3'

8'-6"

3'-3"

3'

1" 42 2'-6"

1'-6"

4'-6"

3'

1" 42

1" 4'-22 V2

D3

1" 42

6'

H5

1" 2'-42

D1

1" 2'-92

1'-2"

3'

H6

2'

1" 4'-22 3'-6"

1" 1'-02

8'

8'

D1 3'-6"

6'

1" 12

3" 1'-9"

W1

3'-2"

1" 1'-52

2'-9"

1" 4'-62

11'-2"

1" 8'-42

1'-8"

W15

5"

8'-9"

1" 4'-62

1" 1 1 42 D3 42" 42" 2'-6"

3'-7"

1" 5'-72

5"

1" 1'-52

1'-8"

2'-10"

2'

1" 102

3'-11"

1" 1'-72

5"

6'-9"

5'-7"

6'-9"

5'-7" 5"

1" 1'-72

3'-11"

8'

1" 2'-42

3'-3"

3"

1" 1'-02

8'-9"

2'-10"

D3

1'-6"

2'

W2

2'-9"

8'-9"

6'

1" 5'-72

3'-6"

1" 4'-22

1'-8"

3'-2"

H5

3'-7"

D3

11'-2"

1" 8'-42

1'-9" 1'-9"

3"

1'-9" 2'

2'

W15

3"

4'-4"

8'-6"

3" 1" 102 3" 1'-9"

3" 1" 102

4'-4"

3"

8'-6"

1'-9"

12'-9" 1" 1'-42 1" 42

W15

1" 5'-12

W15

1" 1'-42

3" 1'-9" 1" 102 3" 1'-9"

3" 3" 1" 102

1'-9"

W15

3"

W15

1'-9"

2' 1'-9"

1" 1'-42

1" 5'-12

1'-6"

H4 1'-9"

H4

V3

V4

V5

V6

V7

V8

V9

V10

V11 V12

V13

V14

V15

V16

V17

V18

V19

V20

V21 V22

5'

11' 2'

8'-7"

8"

2'

4" 9"

9"

1" 42 1" 5'-72

3'-6"

3'-10"

3'-9"

2'-6"

9"

6'

10"

4'

1" 5'-72

3'-3"

8"

8'-7"

11'

11'

11'

5'

5'-6"

1" 5'-42

9"

8"

1'

1'

4'

4"

1" 5'-72

1" 5'-72

8'-7"

11'

11'

7'

11'

1" 42

1" 5'-42

9"

8"

2'

1" 1'-92

3'

6'-10"

8'-4"

11'

8'-8"

8"

2'-4"

4'

Section jump line

2'-4"

TRANSVERSE SECTION

FRONT ELEVATION

1" 12'-12

Parapet lvl +38'6"

1" 21'-12

4'

Parapet lvl +38'6"

LVL -47'721''

Third floor slab top lvl +35'6"

1'

LVL -43'721''

1'

Third floor slab top lvl +35'6" Lintel bottom lvl +22'3"

Lintel bottom lvl +22'3"

LVL -35'1021'' LVL

44' 1" 5'-12

2'

LVL +2'3'' 4"

4'

-47'721''

2' 2' 16' 8'-3"

Second floor slab top lvl +24'6" Lintel bottom lvl +22'3"

2' 2'

2"

2'

8'

Lintel bottom lvl +11'3"

2"

2'

LVL -35'1021''

1'-5"

2'

3" 10'

3'-6"

2"

2"

3" 2'-6"

10'

1'-5"

2'

2"

4'

3"

3'-6" 2'-6"

First floor slab top lvl +13'6"

2'

14'

4'

1" 21'-12

Elevation E1

2'

2"

3"

2"

1" 10'-72

6'-9"

2' 2' 2'

14'

Ground lvl ±00

2' 2'

11'

9'-1"

2"

2"

1" 5'-12

2'

8'-3"

2'

2'

3'-3"

LVL ±00

LVL -14'421''

18'-3"

1" 10'-22

15'-9"

LVL -23'121'' 13'-3"

2'

2'

2'

2"

LVL -14'421''

13'-3"

27'-6" 2'

8'-3"

15'-9"

LVL ±00 11'

18'-3"

2'

2"

9'-1"

Plinth lvl +2'6"

2" 4'-6"

LVL -35'1021'' 2'

7'-9"

4'-6"

2'

2' 2'

2"

2" 14'

2'

2'

2"

2"

10'

38'-6"

2'

10'

14'

Lintel bottom lvl +11'3"

2"

8'-3"

2'

Lintel bottom lvl +22'3"

16' 2"

2'

1" 5'-12

2'

2' 2'

Second floor slab top lvl +24'6"

First floor slab top lvl +13'6"

Parapet lvl +27'6"

4"

Parapet lvl +27'6"

A

Plinth lvl +2'6"

Ground lvl ±00

1" 21'-12

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PATIO SECTION

Width of the wall is increased by 4 21 " to prevent seepage.

1'-3"

1" 1'-42

1" 9" 42

Metal member grouted into the wall.

Detail A

Detail A

Detail A

Polycarbonate sheet 13'-5"

1" 2'-11 2

3'

1'-3"

1" 15'-11 2 1 " 2'-11 2

1" 2'-11 2

1 2'-9 2"

11'-9"

4" X 2" MS box sec.

8'-4"

1" 8'-62

1 8'-9 2"

10'

4" X 2" MS box sec.

1'-6"

1'-6"

Planter beds

9'-4"

2' 4"

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2' 4"

2'

3'

1" 6'-72

4'

BALCONY SECTION

3'-11"

1" 1'-12

Polycarbonate sheet

7'-7"

2" X 2" MS box sec.

4" X 2" MS box sec.

18'-2"

4" X 2" MS box sec.

17'-8" 32

CAMPUS FACILITIES BLOCK •

Professional Project

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Year : 2016

•

Role : Conceptualisation, Design, Development (Part), Detailing, Working Drawings, 3D Visualisation.

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Total Built-up : 888 sqm (8,880 sqft)

•

Project Lead: Ar. Amit Hajela

•

Location : Modinagar, India

The design of the Campus Facilities Block in an ongoing project of a Medical College, had a great scope to explore the possibilities and opportunities of explorations in a real world situation.

The location of this commercial block at the junction of the academic and residential zones, virtually the center of the site, gave this particular block special importance.

This block is the focus of most of the students’ leisure activities as well as a major revenue generator for the management. This required the built block to be well connected with other parts of the site, both visually and physically. The interaction with green and open spaces was also given importance.

All of the aforementioned points were given due importance during the ideation of this commercial block. Due diligence was given to the technical drawings, considering on site execution. All design elements were resolved to the minutest of details under the guidance of Ar. Amit Hajela.

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SITE PLAN 0

FIRST FLOOR PLAN 12m

24m

0

06m

12m

N

TERRACE PLAN

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3D VISUALIZATION - CAMPUS FACILITIES BLOCK

3D VISUALIZATION - HOUSING BLOCK (Housing Complex - Within the Campus)

3150

OVERHEAD WATER TANK CAPACITY : 22500 lt

1000 mm HIGH PARAPET

1000

MUMTY

3600

450

TERRACE FLOOR LVL+ 7350

1000 mm HIGH PARAPET

1000

PARAPET LVL + 8350

2500

1850

MUMTY ROOF LVL + 10450

MALE TOILET

1000 mm HIGH PARAPET

STAIRCASE

1500

3600

MALE TOILET

FEMALE TOILET

1000

150

FIRST FLOOR LVL + 3750

PLINTH LVL + 150

SECTION AA` 0 35

3.6m

7.2m

+ 32960

100 965

20mm MORTAR (1:6) 75

150

450

260

150

20mm MORTAR (1:6)

100mm SKIRTING

100mm SKIRTING

260 150

100mm SKIRTING

75 150 150 150

450 1200

40

20

900

CHEMICAL WATERPROOFING

40 150 150

260

450

250

300

100mm SKIRTING 20mm THICK STONE FLOORING 20mm THICK MORTAR (1:6)

1500

CHEMICAL WATERPROOFING

12mm PLASTER

300 250

230

600

100

SILL BAND

450

1500

1200

1200

200

115

300 X 300 GRC JALI

100mm SKIRTING

900

600

CHAJJA PROJECTION

20mm THICK STONE FLOORING 20mm THICK MORTAR (1:6)

260 150 150

40 260 150

230

300 X 300 GRC JALI

150

100

150

450

1500 250

300

12mm PLASTER

SILL BAND

20mm THICK STONE FLOORING 20mm THICK MORTAR (1:6)

150

900

600

20

115 200

20

200

300 X 300 GRC JALI

20mm COPING

900 40

250 1200

3150

260 150

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150

100

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1200

1200

20mm COPING

12mm PLASTER 230

CHEMICAL WATERPROOFING

1200

40

150

20mm THICK STONE FLOORING 20mm THICK MORTAR (1:6)

450

20mm COPING

115

230

300 X 300 GRC JALI

600

100mm SKIRTING

CHEMICAL WATERPROOFING

(Housing Complex - Within the Campus)

100

300 250

EXTERNAL WALL SECTION

450

PLINTH BEAM

20mm THICK STONE FLOORING 20mm THICK MORTAR (1:6)

260 150 150

1500

40

200mm SAND FILLING RAMMED EARTH

900

20mm THICK STONE FLOORING 20mm THICK MORTAR (1:6) 100mm P.C.C. BED

36 00

CHAJJA PROJECTION 00

50

40

500

300

100

SIXTH FLOOR LVL + 19500 100mm SKIRTING

12mm PLASTER

SILL BAND

2510

3600

3150

200

230

150

300

CHEMICAL WATERPROOFING

CHAJJA PROJECTION

100mm SKIRTING

900

40

100

600

290

600

SILL BAND

1200

200

3150

20mm COPING

20

1200

1200

CHAJJA PROJECTION

300 X 300 GRC JALI

600

CHAJJA PROJECTION

115

SEVENTH FLOOR LVL + 22650

N.G.L.

100

260 150

150

100

150

40

20mm THICK STONE FLOORING 20mm THICK MORTAR (1:6)

CHAJJA PROJECTION

20mm COPING

20mm THICK MORTAR (1:6)

20

900

100mm SKIRTING

1500 250

300

SILL BAND

FIRST FLOOR LVL + 3750

300

12mm PLASTER 230 600

CHEMICAL WATERPROOFING

3150

CHEMICAL WATERPROOFING

115

SILL BAND

3150

20mm THICK STONE FLOORING 20mm THICK MORTAR (1:6)

1200

1200

20mm COPING

300 X 300 GRC JALI

3150

100mm SKIRTING

CHAJJA PROJECTION

200

3150

250

300

450

1500

40

600

100mm SKIRTING 20mm THICK STONE FLOORING

1500

900

230

300 X 300 GRC JALI

600

12mm PLASTER

260

450

150

100

150

20

EIGHTH FLOOR LVL + 25800

230

300 X 300 GRC JALI

115

CHEMICAL WATERPROOFING

SECOND FLOOR LVL + 6900

12mm PLASTER

SILL BAND

1200

1200

20mm COPING

SILL BAND

THIRD FLOOR LVL + 10050

20mm COPING

CHAJJA PROJECTION

200

3150

250

300

200

40

20mm THICK STONE FLOORING 20mm THICK MORTAR (1:6)

1500

CHEMICAL WATERPROOFING

150

900

230 600

1200

12mm PLASTER

SILL BAND 300 X 300 GRC JALI

CHAJJA PROJECTION

20

1200 20

115

3150

20mm COPING

1200

260 150 150

100

150

450

1500 1200

CHAJJA PROJECTION

200

3150

250

300

CHEMICAL WATERPROOFING

150

20mm THICK STONE FLOORING 20mm THICK MORTAR (1:6)

40

600

150

100mm SKIRTING

900

230

300 X 300 GRC JALI

FOURTH FLOOR LVL + 13200

450 12mm PLASTER

260

20

115

CHEMICAL WATERPROOFING

FIFTH FLOOR LVL + 16350

40

40

150

260

150

100

150

1200

1200

20mm COPING

SILL BAND

SIXTH FLOOR LVL + 19500

20mm THICK MORTAR (1:6)

CHAJJA PROJECTION

200

3150

250

300

450

1500

TERRACE LVL + 28950

20mm MORTAR (1:6) 20mm THICK STONE

20mm THICK STONE FLOORING

1960

900

600

75mm THICK BRICK BAT COBA 965

20

12mm PLASTER 230

1200

1200

1200

20mm COPING 200

3150

CHEMICAL WATERPROOFING

CHAJJA PROJECTION

CHEMICAL WATERPROOFING

SEVENTH FLOOR LVL + 22650

50mm Ø MS RAILING

945 100

1960

40

20mm THICK STONE

PARAPET LVL + 30150 300 X 300 GRC JALI

EIGHTH FLOOR LVL + 25800

75mm PCC GOLA

75mm THICK BRICK BAT COBA

SILL BAND

PLINTH LVL + 600

2400

1750

50mm Ø MS RAILING 20mm MORTAR (1:6)

150

TERRACE LVL + 28950

75mm PCC GOLA 945

1200

PARAPET LVL + 30150

TRELLIS

2400

1750

MUMTY ROOF LVL + 31900

MUMTY ROOF LVL + 31900

EXTERNAL WALL SECTION

100

1550

MACHINE ROOM ROOF LVL + 32960

100

1550

TRELLIS

“In the big picture, architecture is the art and science of making sure that our cities and buildings fit with the way we want to live our lives.�

- Bjarke Engles

School of Planning & Architecture, New Delhi, India Undergraduate Program (2012-17) Aggregate % - 73.4

High Court Complex (Thesis) (2017)

37

Urban Design (2016)

47

Hotel Complex (2015)

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HIGH COURT COMPLEX(Thesis) •

Academic Project : Undergraduate Thesis

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Final Year Undergraduate Studio : 2017

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Individual Project

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Total Built-up : 115,000 sqm (1,150,000 sqft)

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Location : Lucknow, India

The project introduces a new typology for Courthouse Design. Never before was a medium/high rise typology explored for courthouse architecture.

Breaking the shackles of complex functionality and rigid, dogmatic conventions to allow such an exploration was especially challenging.

The concept of ‘Justice’ as put forward by the Greek philosopher Plato clearly revolves around it being a service to the public. Courts were places of public gathering, where general masses could see the ‘Law in Action’. This attitude is lost in the current courthouses.

This project tries to reinstate the lost connection between courthouses and general public.

The basic endeavour of this project was to see how explorations in design typologies & styles in judicial architecture can help in creating a more conducive environment for the court to perform its functions, along with making it more inclusive to the general masses, thus help towards creating a more informed society.

Symbolism too plays a very important role in the realisation of this project.

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Since windows cannot be provided in a courtroom because of security concerns, light-wells, with natural light falling on the audience, serve both a symbolic as well as a functional purpose.

FORM DEVELOPMENT : TOWER a. Reducing Ground coverage and increasing the height.

Creates valuable open space at the ground level

b. Staggering the block in pursuit of natural light

Creates possibility of open terrace spaces at upper level

c. Creating void spaces by lifting floor plates

Enables every floor to receive natural sunlight through lightwells

d. Allows a natural flow of wind through the building.

TOWER BLOCK SECTION 0

20m

40m

40

ZONING & PROGRAM Courtrooms Public Library Admin. Offices: Public Legal Aid Cell Public Utilities Public Entry

Lawyers’ Chambers

Courtrooms

Admin. Ofc Lawyers’ Lounge & Dining Judges’ Chambers Judges’ Library

TOWER BLOCK - DETAIL MODEL 41

MAIN COURT BLOCK

44%

LAWYERS’ BLOCK

23%

ADMIN BLOCK

08%

JUDGES’ BLOCK

06%

PUBLIC UTILITIES

03%

PARKING

11%

0

60m

120m

SITE PLAN 42

JUDGES’ BLOCK TYPICAL PLAN

Services : HVAC etc.

N

Cantilever Beam

Screen : South Facade

Planter Beds

Judge’s Corridor

EXTERNAL WALL SECTION : TOWER BLOCK SOUTH SIDE 43

0

5m

10m

KEY FEATURES OF THE SCHEME

ORIENTATION Strong Connection With Public Space Clear Programmatic Identity Separate Organisation Program

45 deg rotation of the built blocks towards NE creates optimum conditions for sun and wind in a composite climate Allows natural light penetration in North side of the built block.

360Deg Views And Public Accessible Terraces

JUDGES’ BLOCK SECTIONS 0

5m

10m

44

VIEW FROM WEST

45

VIEW FROM NORTH-EAST

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URBAN DESIGN New Delhi, India •

Academic Project

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Final Year Undergraduate Studio : 2016

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Group Project : Group of 4

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Total Built-up : 240,000 sqm (2,400,000 sqft)

•

Location : New Delhi, India

This design studio was focused on examining the relationship between architecture and the urban fabric it fits into, especially tackling the problems in the city of New Delhi.

The project was dealt with an outside-in approach, applying the learnt urban design principles of contextual response and understanding of the existing urban structure and fabric.

A medium to high density, mixed use development is proposed, which could act as a catalyst for the development of this part of the city. It aims at tackling all the challenges the city throws at the site, be it the large volumes of people by virtue of its context (a metro station and housing on all sides) or the city’s harsh composite climate.

We recognised the public thoroughfare through the site and responded to it through our zoning and site planning, leaving the existing desire lines unaffected.

Also, the context played a major role in governing the placement of the different building types, namely, Office (with Convention facilities), Retail & Multiplex, Hotel, Housing & Social Infrastructure. Hotel was zoned near existing hotels, while the Office and housing maintained close proximity to the metro station.

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KEY FEATURES •

Theoretical study and physical observations at the site were the key design drivers. Solutions to existing problems was the achieved objective.

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The triangle surrounded by residential land-use was optimum to house the hospital and residential components of the program.

LANDUSE ANALYSIS AND RESPONSE Housing Office & Convention

Retail & Commercial Social Infrastructure

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Zoning of the site gives due consideration to the context, which is complemented by the functions.

•

Connectivity and proximity are the greatest influencers of design.

•

Pedestrian movement and cycling is promoted through the site. Vehicular movement is restricted and limited to the boundaries where parking is appropriately provided.

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OFFICE & CONVENTION BASEMENT PLAN @ -4500

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OFFICE & CONVENTION GROUND FLOOR PLAN @ +1500

OFFICE & CONVENTION TYPICAL FLOOR PLAN ( FLR. 6 TO 12 )

SECTION XX`

SECTION YY`

YY`

XX`

50

37

35 36

20

14 17 16

13

15

38

16

12

16 11

19

16

16

21 18 9

33

10 34

8 11 4

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23

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31

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29 28

33

2

27

29 26

6

0

SITE PLAN 51

60m

7

120m

N

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VIEW FROM SOUTH-EAST

VIEW FROM SOUTH-WEST 52

HOTEL COMPLEX AGRA, INDIA •

Academic Project

•

Undergraduate Studio : 2015

•

Individual Project

•

Total Built-up : 24,000 sqm (240,000 sqft)

•

Location : Agra, India

The project brief of our 7th semester design problem was that of a Hotel. The proposed site was a live project in the majestic city of Agra. This project was a coming together of three separably operable business ventures under one ownership, These were a 4 star hotel, a Budget hotel and a 1200 capacity banquet hall.

This brief posed special design constraints like guest and staff movement, specialised services and flow of operations and an extreme area crisis.

The key design driver in the brief was the separate operability of all the required components. This meant that all the components needed separate access points, both for the guests and services, and their own open space of some sort. Since the ownership was the same, certain service oriented aspects could be clubbed.

The site was considerable small for the amount and type of the built-up required by the client. A typical real-world issue. Hence, a new design approach was required, which asked for the hotel lobbies to be shifted to upper floors, as most of the allowed ground coverage was to be provided to the 1200 capacity banquet hall.

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SOLAR ORIENTATION

TERRACES & ROOF GARDEN

VOIDS & SEMI-PUBLIC SPACES Punctures provide respite from the mundane facade

N

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South and South-West façades - Services & Backof-House North - Front-of-House & Majority of Rooms

FUNCTIONAL INTER-RELATIONSHIPS Services

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Segregated Access

•

Unhindered working of each unit.

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Services dedicated to the south side.

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Easy provision of services to each block.

Act as public interaction spaces

Substituting the lost green space on the ground.

Contributing towards generating a pleasant micro-climate

Act semi-public interaction spaces and gardens at all floors

Protruding out : Impression of floating in mid air

PRE-FAB CONSTRUCTION & SHADING DEVICES •

Rectangular shading devices

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Act as frames, directing the views through full length glass windows.

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Modular rooms : Economical & Quick Construction

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SECTION BB`

SECTION AA` 0m

8.5m

17m

AA`

BB`

55

Banquet Hall & Public Floors for Hotels Guest Room Floors - 4 Star Hotel Guest Room Floors - Budget Hotel Guest Cores

ZONING DIAGRAM

Budget Hotel Drop-off

4 Star Hotel Drop-off

Banquet Hall Drop-off 56

Banquet Hall

VIEW FROM NORTH

SITE PLAN TYPICAL FLOOR PLAN VIEW OF THE TERRACE POOL

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10m

20m

VIEW FROM HOTEL ROOM

VIEW FROM NORTH-WEST

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“Architecture should speak of its time and place, but yearn for timelessness.�

- Frank Gehry

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THANK YOU

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