URBAN DESIGN PORTFOLIO - Shyam Samani

SHYAM SAMANI

GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

SELECTED ACADEMIC WORKS Selected Works

Professional Work

01. THE JACOB CIRCLE

A 200 acre urban intervention in the heart of Mumbai.

02. ULI HINES - THE OAKLAND LINK

Incorporating missing social links within the city of Oakland.

03. RAISING COMMUNITIES

Elevated housing at the banks of Mississippi.

CONTENTS

Professional Work

04. COASTAL ROAD

An 8 lane road over water.

05. PARK AND ROAD REDESIGN

Redesign of Bandstand promenade and road.

Thesis Work

06. PRAGMATIC UTOPIANISM

A mixed use hub within the business district of Mumbai city.

07. PLANNING VISUALIZATION UNA Toolbox, ELK Grasshopper

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01 THE JACOB CIRCLE 200 Acres

Professional Work| Abraham John Architects | Seoul Biennale| 2019 Team : Alan & Shyam Situated in Mahalaxmi region of Mumbai, India, the junction between Dr. E Moses Road and Bapurao Jagtap road has a heavy traffic flow, with traffic converging at the Mahalaxmi Station junction from all three directions, travelling to and from Jacob circle (locally known as saat rasta -7 roads). The Saat Rasta project is based on connecting the missing links between Dr. E Moses Road and Jacob circle via underpasses and R.O.B’s, thus the overtly congested Mahalaxmi Bridge is turned into a pedestrian bridge with 1.7 acres of space.

Seoul Biennale Entry - Crossroads 2020

Abraham John Architects

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Podium Garden (Ariel View)

Podium Garden and Jacob Circle (Exploaded View) 7

Podium Garden (Functional Distribution) 8

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Jacob Circle (Underground)

Podium Garden (Functional Distribution)

Jacob Circle (Seven Roads)

Jacob Circle (Underground)

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Podium Garden (Functional Distribution)

Railway Station (Underground)

Jacob Circle (Underground)

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Elements of Intervention (Jacob Circle)

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02 THE OAKLAND LINK

CONNECTIVITY

MASSING

Competition | ULI Hines | Group Project | 2022 Team : Shyam, Steven, Carmen, Aishwariya, Karunya Worked on : Renders, Concept Diagrams, Massing, Planning The Oakland Link Central District provides the missing social links necessary to ensure the proper development of social capital, an increasingly influential commodity that predicated collective economic success and requires robust public connectivity.

Through the three guiding principles of social connection, social opportunity, and social support. The Oakland Link will lift the area's social capital, convert it into economic achievement and stability, and position the surrounding community for sustained success in the modern world.

Social Opportunity

CENTRAL SOCIAL DISTRICT

OUTREACH

CENTRALIZATION

Social Support

Social Connection

Master Plan (Functional Distribution)

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Social Incubator Planning and Connectivity (Functional Distribution)

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Massing (Social Incubator)

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Social Incubator A

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70%

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13%

17%

PHASE 1 - BROADWAY BLOCK

78%

19%

3%

PHASE 2 - EAST CENTRAL BLOCK

69%

11%

20%

PHASE 3 - WEST CENTRAL BLOCK

71%

16%

13%

PHASE 4 - SOCIAL DISTRICT

Social Incubator B

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03 RAISING COMMUNITIES

Portman Prize | Daniel Baerlecken | Individual | Spring 2022 Top 15

This proposal looks at a cohesive implementation of 3 strategies i.e.

Community habitation and sustenance, Community engagement and aquaculture, and lastly transportation and logistics. These strategies are implemented from the landside moving outwards towards the river in a continuously interconnected ecosystem.

Community Center (Aquaponics)

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Community Inclusion (Implementation Strategy)

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Elevated Pathway (Connector)

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Community Center (Aquaponics)

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Elevated Pathway (Connector)

Elevated Housing (Self Sustainable)

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Section (Community Center)

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04 THE COASTAL ROAD Professional Work| Abraham John Architects| 2019 Team : Alan & Shyam The Coastal Road project is one of the most anticipated projects within the city of Mumbai. The Coastal Road is an under construction 8-lane, 29.2-km long grade separated expressway that would run along Mumbai's western coastline connecting Marine Lines in the south to Kandivali in the north.

Abraham John Architects

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EDGE SECTION 2 (COASTAL ROAD)

Reclamation Cover

Reclamation Cover

Government Proposal

Government Proposal

Office Proposal

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EDGE SECTION 1 (COASTAL ROAD)

Office Proposal (Full Stretch)

Office Proposal

Government Proposal (Full Stretch)

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Government Proposal 37

Office Proposal 38

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Typical Cross Section (Tunnel)

Government Proposal

Typical Cross Section (Bridge)

Typical Cross Section (RE Wall)

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Office Proposal

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Sea Edge Landscape (Design 1)

Podium Garden (Section)

Sea Edge Landscape (Design 2)

Podium Garden (Section)

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05 BANDSTAND REDESIGN Professional Work| Abraham John Architects| 2019 Team : Alan & Shyam The Bandstand Project proposal aims to bring 3.9 acres into the public domain including 1.5 km of dedicated cycling tracks, a wider and better seaside promenade & an even and usable footpath on the residential side.

The realignment of Bandstand ensures an even 1.8m footpath along the residential side. With the extra space created, a 1.5 km long cycle track has been proposed encouraging a healthier lifestyle.

Abraham John Architects

Master Plan (Bandstand)

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Hill Road Junction (Before) 45

Hill Road Junction (After)

Nat Park (Before)

Nat Park (After) 46

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Taj Extension (Design 1) 47

Taj Extension (Design 2)

Taj Roundabout (Before)

Taj Roundabout (After) 48

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Otters Club Junction (Option 1)

Design Option 1

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Design Option 2

Otters Club Junction (Option 2)

Design Option 3

Design Option 4

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06 PRAGMATIC UTOPIANISM 764000 sq.ft.

Undergraduate Thesis | Sukumar Adhikari| Individual Project | 2019 The intent of this design is to create a socially inclusive, vibrant and cohesive environment fused with another environment that is becoming highly monouse and programmatic in its nature, (and evolving to be isolated and fragmented in the present due to inconsiderate and capitalist approach), as an example for various zones with highly monouse functions. In turn fostering the fabric of the city by eliminating these socially isolated zones.

2nd Runer Up - Design Whack Awards Council of Architecture - U.G. Thesis Awards

Aditya College of Architecture

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Research and Mapping

Cities are, extremely complex objects in morphological terms.

They are integration of different objects made up of different parts. It is possible to distinguish a number of interconnections between these objects ‘from the part to the whole’ and to identify a hierarchy in these connections. To deal with the complexity of cities, urban morphology uses this hierarchical view of the city, structured according to a set of fundamental physical elements.

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Research and Mapping

Cities are, extremely complex objects in morphological terms.

They are integration of different objects made up of different parts. It is possible to distinguish a number of interconnections between these objects ‘from the part to the whole’ and to identify a hierarchy in these connections. To deal with the complexity of cities, urban morphology uses this hierarchical view of the city, structured according to a set of fundamental physical elements.

Commercial Hubs (Mumbai)

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Street Network

Social Nodes

Land Use

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Conceptual Iterations (Plans and Sections)

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Form Development (Contextual Forces)

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Site Plan (1:500)

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07 VISUALIZATION AND ANALYSIS UNA Toolbox and ELK for Grasshopper

Extrapolation of 3D data from .osm Maps - Manhattan (ELK for Grasshopper)

Manual Analysis - Representation (Thesis)

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Reach Analysis - Data Set (UNA Tool Box)

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Shyam Samani (+1)4708154979 ar.shyamsamani@gmail.com Georgia Institute of Technology