Architecture Portfolio

ARCHITECTURAL PORTFOLIO

COMMUNITY KITCHEN 01

My mission for the community of Mission Hill is to develop an environment where individuals of all ages are encouraged to congregate and spend time interacting with one another. The goal is to incorporate three major functions, cooking space, eating space, and cultivation space in relation to each other where people will gather to educate, get educated and assist one another in the activities. My idea is to arrange these three functions adjacent to each other, interconnected yet individually bounded with distinctive form, flanked by circulation and landscaping.

My idea to have the cultivating space in the center is to make the people see the crops and think about the amount of care and patience that is required to cultivate vegetables and fruits and to aware them that the food wastage in many developed countries is more than enough to fulfil the needs for many smaller developing countries around the world.

LUXURIOUS BEACH RESORT 02

The aim of the program primarily focus on fulfilling the need of accommodation for tourists in the city of Dwarka by designing a beach resort. Since, due to recent developments in the nearby area, tourism has increased in the region but, there are not many options for accommodations to fulfil the visitors requiremment effectively.

The program will also focus on providing a restaurant that will be accessible to the visitors of shivrajpuj beach without engaging into the resort premises.

The premises will have amenities that brings out the characters of a beach resort, such as beach vollyball, small trails from resort leading to beach, caddy cart service to the beach, beach restaurant and many more.

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GYM, indoor games and changing room is designed into a cluster placed near the swimming pool at the lower level flanked by natural landscape around it.

• The upper level adjacent towards the east side would form indirect amphitheater which could be utilized for conducting yoga sessions and other recreational activities.

The above spatial planning is for the spa and suits which are design in the proximity of each other.

• All the 3 spaces here are placed on 3 different levels, Suit 1 at ground level(+00m), Spa at intermediate level(-1350), and Suit 2 at lower ground level(-2700).

All these spaces are accessible with ramp.

SPATIAL PLANNING

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The above idea shows the planning for rooms where a water body is introduced in the form of lagoon. Here there are 3 categories of rooms, Garden view, Lagoon view, and Beach view.

• The semicircular placement of the rooms is done to contain the movement and to develop a sense of continuity in the circulation.

URBAN REGENERATION 03

The aim of the studio was to regerate and develope the urban spaces within the proximity of a national heritage monument i.e., Adalaj Stepwell at Gandhinagar, Gujarat. The build and unbuilt spaces were supposed to compliment the existing heritage structure.

The concept of the design was to have minimal built spaces near the monument and increasing built spaces moving away form the monument in order to sustain the importance of the heritage structure. Spatial characteristics in terms for form, levels and scale were derived from the stepwell to respond positively towards it. Materials and several structural elements are inflenced by the monument.

Paved-landscape pavement in the plaza merges with the surrounding landscape pockets.

Collonade passage along the street leading to complex.

CENTRAL PLAZA SECTION

Complex entracne at basement level. Courtyard consist of ramp leading to ground level.

Open lawn besides the amphitheatre. Complex exit into the plaza from ground level.

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TRACING MASTERS

The aim of the studio was to design an Automobile Design and Engineering Institute in the context of Ahmedabad with the influence of ideologies and principles of a master architect.

The main concept of the design was the zoning of the spaces as per the propgram demands. The design was developed by following 3 major objectives, firstly, rational spatial arrangement of the built and unbuilt spaces, secondly, taking certain design decisions to make the design more unique towards automobile institute and lastly, implementing the ideologies and principle of master architect Renzo Piano into the design.

Conceptual zoning.

Space planning w.r.t. climate.

Conceptual

Concept of curtain wall.

Section

Main campus pedestrian passage from drop off zone leading towards the building entrances.

Section along the underpass connecting workshop and amphitheatre.

along the workshop and experimental labs.

section to understand the scale and proportion of the main pedestrian passage.

South elevation of the building with vertical fins throughout the length of the building for shading.

Areal view of campus.

Areal view of building entrance and amphitheatre.

View of south facade along the length of building.

View of central court showing pavement and landscape.

TECHNICAL DRAWING 05

Get into the details of a project and understand how a design project is transformed into technical drawings for execution on site.

Different layers of drawings were created of one project to understand the contruction technique for the selected project. Load bearing structural system was explored for this project with exposed brick walls and concrete sloping roof.

INSTITUTIONAL DESIGN 06

The aim of the studio was to design a performing arts institute in the context of Ahmedabad. The design should consist of all the necessary spaces that any art institue demands.

The concept was to place the spaces along the slope, seprating academic and administrative buildings by the ridge of existing contours. The spaces were designed keeping in mind the relationship between the surrounding spaces and existing vegetation. A clock tower is proposed at the upper mpst level on the ridge that defines an axis for the institute.

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BUILT UP RESPONDING TO CONTOURS RESPONDING TO RIDGE

PLACING SPACES ALONG THE CONTOURS

SPACES AWAY FROM RIDGE TO OPEN UP CENTRE

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COMMUNITY HOUSING

Housing meant for a community of people who reside in the city to build up their career.

Four type of units are designed for different categories of people with adequate carpet areas. These unites are brought together to create a cluster of houseswhich will encourage interation between the individuals residing in the houses.

UNIT 1

UNIT 2

Space within the cluster is shaded.

UNIT 3

UNIT 4

Common porch between two houses.

STUDIO HOUSE - 30 SQ.M

MEDIUM HOUSE - 90 SQ.M

GROUND FLOOR PLAN

GROUND FLOOR PLAN

SMALL HOUSE - 60 SQ.M

LARGE HOUSE - 120 SQ.M

FIRST PLAN

FIRST PLAN

GROUND PLAN

GROUND PLAN

08CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM

A museum meant to exhibit the art work of Indian contemporary artists. The spaces hold the befitting experience to certain permanent and other temporary exhibits. A study in light, circulation, movement, inside-outside and materials aptly house the paintings, sculptures other form of art exhibits.

The idea was to create an indirect connection and reflection between the spaces by elements such as light in spaces and scale of spaces. The museum was designed as fragmented spaces which were connected internally with dark passages.

SPITI VALLEY R.S.P. 09

A Related Study Program meant to study the construction techniques for local house in Northern India.

Studied the construction techniques for houses in high altitude mountain region with extreme cold climatic condistions. Climate and locally available materials for construction were the main aspects of understanding.

SUSTAINABLE HOUSE 10

Design a sustainable weekend house in a region with Hot and Humid climate.

A weekend house designed in Singapore which respond towards the Hot and Humid climate of the region. The house was designed with respect to the locally available material in the region and natural vegetation in the surrounding.

Opening on East and West provide indirect light through fins whereas, openings on North and South provides direct light into the house

Sloping roof and gutters are designed to respond the humid climate.