Selected Works 2018-2023 + CV

SELECTED WORKS shubh sankhla 2018-2023

Hi, This is Shubh Sankhla.

Graduated from School Architecture, Mumbai, India.

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About myself / Great interest in the world of computers and technological innovations / Ardent Gamer - Storytelling and Competitive / Like to keep myself updated about current affairs and politics in India - also tend to have strong political, social and cultural opinions / Football - fan of Aston Villa / History and Cultural evolution / Try to keep myself updated with Stock Markets.

+91 9763342841, sankhlashubh7112@gmail.com, 21/07/2000, English, Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati.

2015 /Co-Chair Community Service (Interact Club)

Publications / SEA Press Publications (Studio Collaborations) / Decode Design / History of Tools / Visual Ethnography - Korlai field notes

Model United Nations / NMUN - OIC Yemen delegation

Studio Work

UNHRC Australia delegation

/ Conceptualising City Spaces - Theatre / Drawing Geometries from Nature

Microsoft Office Specialist / Expert in -

Field Study

/ Mapping Veti - Documentation / Ahmedabad Field Trip / Documenting A Fishing Village (Korlai)

Publications / SEA Press Publications (Studio Collaborations) / Alibaug : inner city inserts / Managing wetness & adopting lightness / Mumbai SubUrban Histories - An investigation into work types

Studio Work

/ Typological Inquires - Homestay, Alibaug / Ontological Questions - Library, BKC / Settlement on water - Resource Hub

Field Study

/ Documenting Ghats of Maheshwar / Mandav Field Trip

First Year

Excel Word Powerpoint Access

School of Environment and Architecture

Fravashi International Academy (FIA)

Model United Nations / NMUN

A-Levels / november

Second Year

IGCSE / november

Skills

Workshops

/ AutoCad / Rhino / Revit (learning) / Sketchup / Lumion / V-Ray / Photoshop / Illustrator / InDesign / Microsoft Office / Photography / Hand Drafting / Model Making / Basic Carpentary + Masonry / PC building + repair

/ The Architectural Imagination - HarvardX / Photography & Cyanotype - Vrinda Seksaria / Surface Design - Aarti Badamekar / SINAN: genius of domed buildings - Neesha Mewada / Ethics of Memory - Ravit Reichman, BrownX / Paradox and Infinity - Agustin Rayo, MITx / Space Syntax - Freyaan Anklesaria / Ways of Seeing - Vishnu Mathur

Competition / Design United one project - Commendation / Volume Zero Tiny Library 2020 - Top 50

2023

Studio Work

/ Rethinking Wetness in City Vrudhashram / Politics of Schooling - Tribal School / Contemporary Practices - Gamer’s Hub / Poetics of Construction - Working Drawings / Allied Design - Storytelling (Prasad Shetty)

Field Study (secondary studies)

Third Year

/ South Asian Architecture - study of architecture in Bangladesh / Shifting Urbanism - Kerala continuum

Studio Work

/ Emerging Urbanisation - COVID practices in Nashik / Housing: The New Questions Student Housing, Trichy / Allied Design - Bricolage As Method (Rupali Gupte)

Professional Practice /Mazumdar

Studio Work

/ Allied Design - The Self and the Structure (Dipti Bhaindarkar) / Everyday Environment and Architecture of Exfoliation - Study of Dahisar River + Documentation of Ambawadi, Borivali (Rohit Mujumdar)

Bravo Architects / House in Alibagh - Concept + Renders / House in Vadodra - Renders / House in Hyderabad - Interior / Concéntrico - Competition in Logroño, Spain - Production + Design / Housing in Hyderabad - Concept

THESIS /Mentor - Rohit Mujumdar

Fifth Year

(Studio Collaborations) / Maheshwar Portfolio / COVID Glossary

Forth Year

Publications / SEA Press Publications

/ Thesis - Religious festivals, post event spatialities and everyday life: THE SIMHASTHA CAMP / Thesis Design - Architecture of Doubleness : Re-imagining Sadhugram

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THESIS

CONTENTS

Religious festivals, post event spatialities and everyday life: THE SIMHASTHA CAMP

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 THESIS DESIGN

Architecture of doubleness

PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE

ONTOLOGICAL QUESTIONS What is a Library of future?

POLITICS OF SCHOOLING a School for Tribals

HOUSING: THE NEW QUESTIONS Student Housing

SETTLEMENT ON WATER a Floating Resource Hub

MISCELLANEOUS

1 Fifth Year 2022-2023

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What spatial opportunities do intense religious festival event spaces create during non-event times?

Intense religious festival event spaces provide spatial opportunities beyond the event itself. Studying the Simhastha Camp in Nashik city, where temporary structures house sadhus during the Kumbh Mela, reveals the transformative nature of these spaces. Despite restrictions on permanent construction, landowners rent their property for income

THESIS Religious festivals, post event spatialities and everyday life: THE SIMHASTHA CAMP

generation. The response is the proliferation of shedlike structures, which tactically balance temporariness and consolidation of life. This challenges prevailing ideas of temporary architecture. The study emphasizes the need for longitudinal research to understand how events intertwine with everyday life. Ultimately, it highlights the spatial potential and complexities of religious festival event spaces.

During event - 2015

Post event - 2022

One of the four case study in thesis

Dismantles and Vanishes

Incremental

POP UP CITY?

Linear Time

Architecture that produces and consolidates the everyday, but also absorbs the event.

Rhythmic

Cyclical Time

Event

Everyday

What is the Architecture of doubleness that affords the spatialities of extensions and consolidation of entrepreneurial and living practices in Simhastha camp?

Doubleness of Temporary

Consolidation Tacticality

Aesthetics of temporary

duces and yday, but event.

TYPE : SHED

SHELL

EXTENTIONS

FLUX

2 Fifth Year 2022-2023

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In my research dissertation, I focused on Sadhugram, a camp space in Nashik reserved for the Kumbh Mela.

Contrary to the popular belief of it being an ephemeral city, Sadhugram is a mix of state-owned and private agricultural lands with special reservation status. During the non-event period, the temporary structures in the reservation site continue to grow and integrate into people’s everyday lives. I aimed to explore the concept of doubleness and the aesthetics of the temporary, aiming to absorb both the event and the everyday. The project

THESIS - DESIGN

involved renovating a dilapidated middle-income housing

Architecture of Doubleness : Re-imagining Sadhugram

The design introduced gridded gardens, reactivated

colony into short-term rental housing and workspaces. backyards, and created semi-open spaces and scaffolds to foster community interaction. The project demonstrated how doubleness can negotiate with land politics and enhance the city’s daily life.

New Housing development

Religious Insitutes

Urban Services

Reservation - Sadhugram

Neighbourhood Plan - Newer Economies

House

House + Work

Current Use

House - Rental

Abandoned Plot

House

FSI - 0.5

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Site Plan - Tenure + Politics

Plot Area - Average 400 sqm

Housing + Workspace A’

Rental Housing 2 units

Nashik Aurangabad Road

Co-Working Spaces B

Cafe Rental Housing 2 units Rental Housing 2 units

Rental Housing 2 Units

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Housing + Workspace Co - Working Spaces Public Pavilions

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Rental Housing 1 unit

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Steel Section 75 x 100 mm

Corrugated Roofing Sheet 50 mm

Steel Section

Steel Section

100 x 250 mm

Gabion wall

100 x 150 mm

175 mm

Corrugated Roofing Sheet

50 mm

Steel Section

Prefab Concrete Slab

250 x 100 mm

150mm

2060 mm

Steel Section 75 x 100 mm

Steel Section 100 x 150 mm

Steel Section

Steel Section

100 x 250 mm

3100 mm

250mm x 100mm

2090 mm Steel Section

250 x 100 mm

3300 mm

3200 mm

300mm

100 mm

50 mm

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Corrugated Roofing Sheet 50 mm

Steel Section

Fixed Glass

Insulation sheet

75 x 100 mm

Gabion Wall with steel framework

175 mm

Water tank 800l

Steel Section

100 x 150 mm

50 mm

Steel Section

100 x 150 mm

100 x 150 mm

100 x 150 mm

Steel Section

100 x 250 mm

1750 mm

Steel Section

Steel Section

Steel framework

Existing Brick wall

c section 75 x 75 mm

230 mm

2800 mm

2380 mm

Rain water Harvesting

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Sewerage

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5M

Sanitary sewer

3 Fourth Year 2021-2022

During my architecture internship at Mazumdar Bravo Architects, I had the opportunity to gain practical knowledge in various aspects of the field. I was actively involved in creating conceptual drawings, designing diagrams, producing renderings, and developing presentations.

Throughout my internship, I primarily worked on housing projects, particularly focusing on bungalows. Additionally, I had the chance to contribute to a competition project

PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE MAZUMDAR BRAVO ARCHITECTS ALL RIGHTS TO THE WORK BELONG TO MBA

where I was responsible for creating detailed drawings.

This experience allowed me to enhance my technical skills and provided insights into the collaborative and creative nature of architectural practice.

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install cables at high level to guide greenery and generate a canopy SITOUT 3

SITOUT 3

7970mm X 2650mm

DRESSER

DRESSER

1300mm X 1305mm

LIVING ROOM

LIVING ROOM 3870mm X 5195mm

TOILET 4

TOILET 3

TOILET 4

TOILET 3

1440mm X 2680mm

1190mm X1760mm

BEDROOM 3

BEDROOM 3

3620mm X 5152mm

DINING

DINING

4099mm X 3680mm

STAFFQUARTERS

STAFFQUARTERS 2000mm X 2300mm

TOILET 2

TOILET 2

1960mm X2790mm

UTILITY

BEDROOM 2

UTILITY

BEDROOM 2

2000mm X 2135mm

4915mm X 4802mm

HOUSE FOYER

HOUSE FOYER 2921mm X 4410mm

KITCHEN

KITCHEN

3740mm X 3931mm

SITOUT 2

SITOUT 2

1770mm X 2715mm

SITOUT 1

SITOUT 1 TOILET 1

TOILET 1

OFFICE

3740mm X 1890mm

OFFICE

5625mm X 3460mm

ENTRANCE

ENTRANCE BEDROOM 1

BEDROOM 1

CORRIDOR

6330mm X 3580mm

PROPOSED PLAN.

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ALL THE DIMENSIONS ARE WITH RESPECT TO INTERNAL WALLS.

WOODS APARTMENTS - F3

CEILING FINISHES

NOTE:

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PAINT TO MATCH FACADE LUSTRE PAINT - PURE WHITE GREEN KOTA STONE TILES

SITOUT 3

WOODS APARTMENTS -

SITOUT 3

DRESSER

DRESSER

LIVING ROOM

LIVING ROOM

TOILET 4

TOILET 3

TOILET 4

TOILET 3

BEDROOM 3

BEDROOM 3 DINING

DINING

STAFFQUARTERS

STAFFQUARTERS

TOILET 2

TOILET 2 UTILITY

BEDROOM 2

UTILITY

BEDROOM 2 HOUSE FOYER

HOUSE FOYER

KITCHEN

KITCHEN SITOUT 2

SITOUT 2

SITOUT 1

SITOUT 1

TOILET 1

TOILET 1 OFFICE

OFFICE

ENTRANCE

ENTRANCE

BEDROOM 1

BEDROOM 1

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4 Second Year 2019-2020 Volume Zero Tiny Library 2020 Top 50 - worldwide certified

Ontological Questions What is a library?

(Library of Future)

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“The National Library of Prospero,” an excerpt authored

by Danish Sheikh within the book titled Invisible Libraries, portrays a dystopian metropolis known as Prospero, where governmental authorities exercise control over the knowledge accessible to its citizens. This fictional library is envisioned as a sentient digital entity wielding immense influence. Each night, while individuals slumber, the computer discreetly implants books directly into their minds, unbeknownst to them. Consequently, upon awakening the following morning, individuals remain oblivious to the information surreptitiously transmitted by the computer. Although this mechanism has the potential to fortify societal values, its misappropriation by the state could yield devastating consequences. This narrative setting bears resemblance to Kafkaesque elements. Inspired by this excerpt, my design endeavors to materialize a space reflecting its essence. The library is situated in the bustling corporate hub of Mumbai, specifically BKC, and positions itself as a recreational haven within its immediate context.

By repurposing an existing parking lot, I aim to create a digital library enabling users to access books via the internet, thereby provoking contemplation on the implications of transitioning from paper-based to screen-based literature.

5 Third Year 2020-2021

Politics of Schooling Institutionalizing Contextually (a School for Tribals)

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Education is a constitutional right that holds immense transformative potential. However, in India, the education system is burdened with significant challenges. Schools have morphed into impersonal institutions where rigid systems govern students. Consequently, the proposed design endeavors to dismantle the conventional notion of an institute and instead fosters a more contextual approach, both in form and daily operations.

The architectural form is thoughtfully crafted, taking into account the unique characteristics and practices of the surrounding village. This school aspires not to be a mere grading factory but rather a vital link connecting the village with the broader world. Large educational institutions must question and rectify the systemic shortcomings in understanding tribal communities. Their curriculum often lacks contextual relevance, failing to address societal nuances.

Thus, the design framework explores innovative perspectives on the concept of a school in a tribal village, aiming to deliver a more meaningful and impactful educational experience.

6 Fourth Year 2021-2022

Politics of Schooling Institutionalizing Contextually (a School for Tribals)

In my architectural design project in Trichy, I focused on the changing dynamics of the housing market and how land plotting plays a crucial role in shaping it. Recognizing the upcoming universities and colleges in the area, I conceptualized a student housing facility that aimed to set an example for the evolving neighborhood. The design integrated the notion of changing land plots, considering the needs and aspirations of the student population.

By understanding the evolving housing demands, the student housing project aimed to provide a comfortable, vibrant, and sustainable living space for the students. The design emphasized efficient space utilization, communal areas for collaboration and interaction, and eco-friendly features.

This project not only fulfilled the immediate requirement for student accommodation but also set a benchmark for future developments in the neighborhood. It aimed to inspire the surrounding areas to embrace innovative design concepts and create a conducive environment for the growth of education and community.

Off Site Investors + Students

Existing Forms of Hostel/ Mansion rooms

-Lack of Study Areas -Lack of Storage -Highly Dense + lack of circulation/ breathing space - Lack of natural light + ventilation

16.5 sqm 4 students 3000/- per stu

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10.4 sqm 3 students 2800/- per stu

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16.3 sqm 3 students 3000/- per stu

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Multi - Dwelling Units

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Twin Sharing Block

Stacked Type 8.0

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Twin Sharing - Dwelling Units Linear Type

Single - Dwelling Units

4.0

sqm

Box Type

Single Dwelling Block

Multi Dwelling Block

Single Dwelling Block

Twin Sharing Block

Multi Dwelling Block

Steel funnel, collect water from roof to tank.

Section AA’ all dimensions in mm.

Scale 1:50 A18 - 27,28

Overflow Pipe, connecting OHT to Under Raft tanks, 50mm

OHT, 2000 litres Pipe, to kitchen, direct use, 50mm Pipe,to bathroom, 50mm

Overflow Pipe, when both tanks are filled, 50mm

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Pipe, 50mm

7 Second Year 2020-2021 Design United One Project Commendation IG - @designunited_in

Settlement on Water What does it cost to survive? (a Floating Resource Hub)

I am envisioning the creation of a specialized rescue center in Sundar pada, taking into consideration various critical factors: Climatic, Social, Political, Material, Economical, Ecological, and Logistical. My aim is to develop a solution that addresses the challenges faced by the community during floods. Currently, we endure difficulties in accessing water, as the supply provided by BMC is frequently interrupted and the cuts are even longer during summers. Despite these hardships, we manage to persevere. This situation highlights the contrasting nature of water availability, where there are periods of abundance and scarcity. My design intends to offer an economically viable intervention for our community, considering our specific needs and circumstances.

Resource Management

Over Head Tank - 20000 litres

Rain water is collected from the roof and collected.

Toilets / Bathroom Toilets / Bathroom

First Floor (Single Living) The floor has modules to accomodate people who opt for single living conditions. These modules can be shifted to provide different number of dwellers.

Toilets / Bathroom

Second Floor (Couple / Group Living) As the modules are arranged to accomodate couples, the modules could be easily shifted to accomodate till a group of 4. This encourages them to live with thier friends and family.

Toilets / Bathroom

Terrace This controls the resources of the building, hosting the over head tank, Solar PV panels and parts of the urban farming.

Toilets / Bathroom

Ground Floor (Public) Consists of areas where senior citizens will spent most of their time. This becomes a space for social interaction and connection with the outside.

Toilets / Bathroom

Kitchen

Septic Tank

Grey Water is treated in the reed bed system and then stored in the auxillary tank Holes are punctured into the ground, to collect rainwater, which is then filtered then stored in the Tank

Beds Reed

Auxillary Tank - 12000 litres

BMC Water Supply Rain Water harvest Tank / Underground Tank - 1000000 litres

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MISCELLANEOUS

Narrow Floor Plates allow for better ventilation.

A roof garden is proved to generate food for the residents, this will allow for less dependency on the outside market, as well as help people keep themselves busy. This will also provide less heat gain to the volume below.

This orientation makes the courtyard comfortable for occupation. Hence improving the indoor conditions.

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The Pergolas create a shaded atmosphere during mornings and evenings, which are the times where its comfortable to go for a walk.

Hence, they create a habitable environment for walks.

Steel Plate - 10 mm

Concrete Pedestal

Column to Ground connection

Column to Column connection

Timber

The orientation of the structure creats this void within, that invites the North - West winds, but at the same time, creates shade to reduce glare at the west.

(Aini, Jackfruit, Jarul, Sal, Sissoo)

Bolts Flitch member detail

Steel Plate - 10 mm

The Toilet block turning at an angle creates and blocks the South - West solar heat gain.

Flitch members

A load bearing cavity wall is made, to vent out the foul smell.

Column to Beam / Beam to Beam Connection detail

The South and the South-East facade of the structure is wrapped around by horizontal louvers which helps in decreasing solar heat gain.

Details

Strategies

Form Evolution

Basic Block in plan

Increase southern surface area to maximise Solar Heat gain

Reduce on massing of the structure

Smoothening the geometry for better aerodynamics

The angle of 15 degrees for better light quality throughout the strucuture. The angle is approximately half of equinox.

The angle of 57 degrees is taken to reduce glare and solar heat gain during summers.

Hence, an outcome of a triangular form is made for the selected program

- 16m Access Road

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Sectional Isometric View

shubh sankhla +91 9763342841 sankhlashubh7112@gmail.com