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and to me now as i think, where i am heading to, two eyes to see through and many directions to look for, and many dimensions unknown to reach for in this small life in which i have undertaken a journey, with fantasies all around and so much to think about... is it to be this way or have i contioned it upon me ??? i think to myself and myself only . . .

IN A NUTSHELL . . . NAME - SPANDAN DAS D.O.B - 01/02/1988 CONTACT DETAILS: mobile: +32-485701092

email: spandandas121988@gmail.com

EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION’s - M.Sc Urbanism & Strategic Planning (2014-present) K.U. Leuven, Belgium. (expected completion Sep 2016) - B.Architecture (2007 - 2013) Gujarat University, India. CURRENTLY pursuing an Advanced Master’s program in Urbanism & Strategic Planning from K.U. Leuven in Belgium and enrolled in the final Thesis semester to get awarded the degree of M.Sc Urbanism & Strategic Planning (Majors in Spatial Planning). I am looking forward to work in an international work environment with people belonging to different countries and background as i believe that one can learn a lot from diversity. I am motivated to practice in international agencies, organizations and institutions who are globally engaged in URBAN DEVELOPMENT sector and where i can make relevant contribution through my URBAN PLANNING & URBAN DESIGN skills, which i have gained in the past few years of my professional and academic engagements. My core competencies lies in - Comprehensive City Planning & Urban Designing skills. - Regional scale analysis, Planning & Design Strategies. - Transport Oriented Devlopment & M.M.I based urban design projects. (professional experience) - Design research - Architectural Design skills Secondary Competencies -

Trans-disciplinary approach to research & analysis based work. Analytical Writting & Research Skills. Understanding of different Urban Planning & Design issues. Team Player & a flexible worker.

I am an enthusiastic individual and a learner, constantly in search of new destinations and experiences to learn from and at the same time share my experiences so as to gain a holistic meaning of sharing and learning from each other.

WORK SAMPLES FROM

ACADEMIC

POST GRADUATION M.Sc URBANISM & STRATEGIC PLANNING from K.U. LEUVEN, BELGIUM

CITY PLANNING, BRUSSELS STUDIO FALL 2015-16 WATER URBANISM & REGIONAL PLANNING STUDIO, INDONESIA SPRING 2014-

NEIGHBORHOOD PLANNING & PARTICIPATORY PLANNING, ANTWERP STUDIO FALL 2014-15

PROFESSIONAL

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GRADUATION

B. ARCHITECTURE from SCHOOL of ARCHITECTURE, V.D.A, GUJARAT UNIVERSITY, INDIA

THE STORY of FREEDOM - a paseo GRADUATION DESIGN THESIS PROJECT URBAN DESIGN STUDIO, A CITY LEVEL URBAN INSERT, ANAND, GUJARAT.

A PARITY in DIVERSITY, MASS HOUSING STUDIO, BARODA, GUJA-

DELHI METRO PHASE 3, M.M.I PROJECT at KAIMAL CHATTERJEE ASSOCIATES, DELHI, INDIA.

SAMPLE’s FROM APPRENTICESHIP at PRASHANT PRADHAN ARCHITECTS, SIKKIM, INDIA.

DOCUMENTATION WORK (UNDER GRADUATION)

WORK

WORK OTHER WORK’s sketches / models / workshops and more.

SAMPLE’s FROM C.D.S ARCHITECTS, AHMEDABAD, INDIA

GRAPHICAL WORKS

PHOTOGRAPHY

PART 1 - POST GRADUATION (M.Sc Urbanism & Strategic Planning, K.U Leuven, Belgium[majors in SPATIAL PLANNING]) 1.1 CITY PLANNING, BRUSSELS STUDIO, SPRING 2015-2016 - the revolution of everyday life.... 1.2 LANDSCAPE URBANISM & REGIONAL PLANNING STUDIO, INDONESIA, SPRING 2014-15. DIRECTED WETLANDS - enhancing the landscape through a cyclic waterscape . . . 1.3 NEIGHBORHOOD PLANNING & PARTICIPATORY PLANNING, ANTWERP STUDIO FALL 2014-15 A Guide to the Dam . . . .

CITY PLANNING, BRUSSELS STUDIO, FALL 2015-16 the revolution of everyday life . . .

The studio challenged the design groups of studio with practical challenges of urban living scenario of Brussels; the apparent and the administrative center of European affairs. Brussels, a city progressing with time is going towards a scenario of becoming a Global metropolitan. With its pluralistic demographic composition, it has got every complexity of an urban living with its spatial formation and transformation over time, its natural ecological setup and the typical challenges of its infrastructural provisions. As a group of designers and spatial researchers, we tried to get into much of its layered depths and tackle the societal realm of social housings, the public life(s) there, building an ethnographical understanding of the spaces, people and their contemporary living ideology, the whole studio group worked upon the 5 chosen areas spread across the peri-urban boundaries of Brussels region. The most challenging part of our study was to understand the economic, social and spatial difference within our area and then strategising a re-appropriation for the same. However, we as a group of young professionals and designers chose to get into the more ethnographical ideology of our sample beyond its spatial modality and understanding, and attempted to strategise a systematic development which would not only induce more social cohesion within our sample amongst the various ethnic groups and migrant groups but would also revaluate and reinforce their SOCIO-ECONOMIC outset.

THE REVOLUTION OF EVERYDAY LIFE the re-appropriation and modifications to refix the daily lives.

‘Right to the city’ ‘Livin a less aliented life by engaging in a more participatory culture’ (Lefebvre, Henri: ‘Critique of everyday life, 1947)

SPATIAL MORPHOLOGY of the AREA

OBSERVATION’s FROM EVERYDAY LIFE

Distortion of travel time of three different areas at the same distance (4.5km) from or to the city center • • • • • •

There is no big public transport (tram, underground) in the sample Travel time by bus: 32 minutes. Last place Travel time by car: 19 minutes. Last place Car is faster than the bus The worst accessibility of the three, by car and bus. No good connection towards the public transport nodes (which could offer opportunities to work and enjoy social life).

STRATEGIES for EVERYDAY LIFE socio - economical development and agriculture as an economic base for cooperative production and housing Small scale industry

Common activities

Occupations

Local market

Commute tram

Commute

Abattoir

Tramline ‘connecting media’

West station

Package proces and local market

tram

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Cooperative agriculture and package process

Cooperative agriculture - production

Farming

Westland shopping center

Green houses

Sell - local markets

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Transport - labour occupations green houses

Package

Local market

Agriculture selling

SCHEMATIC systemic transect of the STRATEGIES ‡–”‘’‘Ž‹–ƒÂ? Â?ƒ”Â?‡– ϔŽ‘™ Ž‘™ ‘ˆ •—”’Ž—• ƒ‰”‹…—Ž–—”ƒŽ ’”‘†—…–‹‘Â?

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Productive zone Čˆ Č‹ Â‡ČŒÂ—Â•Â‹Â?‰ –Š‡ •—”’Ž—• Čˆ š–‡Â?•‹‘Â? ‘ˆ —”„ƒÂ? ˆƒ”Â?‹Â?‰ ƒÂ?† ˜‡‰‡–ƒ„Ž‡•

Pajottenland

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Metropolitan distribution zone - Abattoir Čˆ ‘Â?Â?‡…–‹Â?‰ ‡–‡”„‘• Čˆ ƒ”‰‡” Ď?Ž‘™ ‘ˆ †‹•–”‹„—–‹‘Â?

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Westland Shopping center

Peterbos

Abattoir

the present strategies and concepts are of socio-economic reformation and enhncing the self-sustainability aspect of the social realm of the chosen context of Peterbos in Brussels and its peri-urban part of Dilbeek falling in the Flemish region of Belgium. this is primarily a settlement which is mainly dominated by a larger prevailing group(s) of multi-ethnic migrants and is often connoted negatively for a wide reasons of social problems. Not very popular fo the right reasons domicile and surrounding context becomes the main focus of our strategies, to engrain the seeds of changes of its future, by enabling and providing opportunities for the people to reclaim their social stature. the main strategies and the integrations are that of the opportunities of community farming, self-employment activities and in the proposal it is done through intensifying the neighborhood and inculcating different opportunities of community supportive agriculture and local markets, by the means of which they find a mean of co-production and self-involvement in their own growth. in the overall proposal it is attempted to physically and mentally connect the neighborhood to its urban vicinties through an establishment and extension proposal of the TRAM line along its corridors and through connecting the activties of the regional market of Brussels and the productive landscape of Pajjotenland in the Flemish region. it is enviosoned that the surplus of the Pajjotenland and the surplus of regional market of Brussels can be used, processed and re-cultivated into the intensified zone of the Peterbos neighborhood by establishing various small scale processing units, local markets in and around the neighborhood itself and of course the new productive landscape of the neighborhood itself by inculcating varieties of orchards, community agriculture and reclaiming the surplus road surface for production of ‘MUSHROOMS’ to begin this practice of this new revolution of socio-economic setup through which they can regain there position in the city and enable themselves as well.

STRATEGIC LAYOUT the idea(s) of the infrastructure, strategic project(s), and the inter-connectivity [physical + mental]

DESIGN MAP a translation of the concepts and strategies on the physical space

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SEQUENCES OF EVERYDAY LIFE - (a scenario from the future.......)

scene from the new social life with local market

PETERBOS - the intensified zone

The story of yesterday, today and everyday

scene from the new social life at the plaza with the new tram stop

Temporal interventions as experimental thing and to incrase safety

Temporal interventions and C.S.A. Temporal spaces can become an infrastucture to build on, like infrastructural points for C.S.A.

Temporary interventions, C.S.A., processing and packaging

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the above sequences of visualisations is envisioning the life after the integration and the execution of the project and its strategies. a much detailed aerial view of the neighborhood of the neighborhood at Peterbos supports the idea of the intensified reclaimation of the physical space. however it is still much to do with the societal mindset of the inhabitants, but as a urbanist this module of ‘SOCIAL-based-URBANISM’ is an attempt to ideate a new realm for the neighborhood to be mentally included within the context of the city for all the right reasons and make an effort to adhere the idea of ‘productive-self-sustainability’.

PART 1 - POST GRADUATION ACADEMIC WORK (M.Sc Urbanism & Strategic Planning, K.U Leuven, Belgium[majors in SPATIAL PLANNING]) 1.1 CITY PLANNING, BRUSSELS STUDIO, SPRING 2015-2016 - the revolution of everyday life.... 1.2 LANDSCAPE URBANISM & REGIONAL PLANNING STUDIO, INDONESIA, SPRING 2014-15. DIRECTED WETLANDS - enhancing the landscape through a cyclic waterscape . . . 1.3 NEIGHBORHOOD PLANNING & PARTICIPATORY PLANNING, ANTWERP STUDIO FALL 2014-15 A Guide to the Dam . . . .

WATER URBANISM & REGIONAL PLANNING STUDIO, BANJARMASIN, INDONESIA SPRING 2015

Water is one of the main tools in landscape design. In the context of Kalimantan and Banjarmasin area, this is even more true. Water, a resource of life, can become a danger if it can not find its way to join the sea or to extend when needed. Looking at the evolution of the territory is a way to rediscover what the soil is truly made of, what can be best produced and where the water used to be as well as how human appropriated the landscape and natural resources. Currently, the space for the water to migrate through the territory is constantly shrinking. This situation leads to a patchwork landscape made of stitches and pockets that are juxtaposed and where the water try to flow down. The water can be trapped by people uses, infrastructures, ineffective artificial water network, or a lack of drainage for example.

NOTE* PLEASE VISIT at the following links for the publications of the project (Vol1 & 2) VOL 1 - http://issuu.com/spandandas/docs/kul2015_banjarmasin_vol1_exploratio?e=25408125/37071792 VOL 2 - http://issuu.com/spandandas/docs/kul2015_bjm_vol2_design_investigati?e=25408125/37071778

DIRECTED WETLANDS enhancing the landscape through a cyclic waterscape . . Water is / could be one of the most instrumental aspects in defining the landscape of a region or a territory and in the context of Kalimantan region and Banjarmasin area, this is even more crucial. The water plays a strong role in the landscape and becomes a crucial spatial element, organizing the region and acting as an economic spine and social corridor for the city and the whole stretch. A first analysis of the region of South Kalimantan, which Banjarmasin and Banjarbaru are part of, allows understanding the general dynamics of the area and the role that the cities and their surroundings play in a larger context. South Kalimantan region is part of the Borneo Island and is mainly made of low lands, such as marshland and wetland, crossed by Meratus hills chain and irrigated by the Barito River. The idea is to manage water and landscape in such a way that it allows to provide space to extend for the city but also for the economic activities and most certainly for water itself. To reach those goals, the strategy is to connect people, green and water to form one common language. The idea is to boost a compact development north-south of the cities in order to reinforce their own and distinct identities and to preserve a natural protected area between the two urbanized zones. This way we can direct water through this corridor instead of to the cities and reorganise productive landscape and waterscape.

ANALYSIS SYNTHESIS of the REGIONAL CONTEXT

STRATEGIES PRESERVE PROTECT PRODUCE

CONCEPTS & STRATEGIES

SYSTEMIC TRANSECT of the STRATEGIC PROPOSAL

The approach is to create a blue corridor between the cities to give a path to the excessive water from the foothills down to the sea and to reduce pressure on Martapura river and Banjarmasin. The city becomes an island using infrastructure like dikes and doors letting the water cross or blocking it following the needs. Coming from the foothills water has different itineraries to join the sea without flooding Banjarmasin: an almost completely man-made and controlled system in the north with the polders and canals network, a mostly controlled system through Martapura river and Banjarmasin city, an almost not controlled and natural system in the south through the creek landscape. Taking time into account, the strategy is to reinforce drainage and storage of excessive water during the wet season while increasing flows and irrigations during the dry season to ensure production, life and security. Through our strategic layout of the water system, rather say the re-creation of the new water management system we not only adhere to the urging problems of saline intrusion or the infiltration, but also wish to tackle the problems of flooding over the entire region. This we try by devicing a systemic generation of different landscap(e)ing techniques where we priortize the movement of the water; from the main source or from the rain source. On the map one may witness a composition of atleast 3 to 4 different territorial demarcating different landscape characteristics. One of the first major territorial landscape creation right after the Martapura river starts descending from the main source of the Dam or Rain, just before entering the urbanised context. That is the territory marked as the ‘productive forst’ in proposition where it is directly used by the local farmers and aqua-farmers to sustain their agricultural practices. The second territorial expansion is within suburban bounds of the Martapura city where it is held in the wetlands more precisely the polluted water, to be cleansed before further directing towards the city core of Martapura and Bajarbaru. These are also abbreviated as the agricultural terraces, as these wetlands allows a natural system of cleansening and also a much intensified agricultural production takes place apart from the cleansening.

REGIONAL DESIGN MAP

PHASING OF STRATEGIES & THE LANDSCAPE

The development plan of Banjarbakula is mainly in line with the presented strategies. Whereas industries and unified urbanized area are not part of the strategies, several actions are similar (forest, peat, mangroves, fisheries etc.

Wetlands and Gambut as indigenous territories offer efficiency to tackle the contemporary water management problems: DRY SEASON from November to March.

The crucial points are developed in order to manage the main water issues while protecting the cities and redirecting the flows.

The rivers and wetlands are choreographed to respond to TIDAL CONDITIONS.

Lines are reinforced while offering more specified opportunities to middle scale stakeholders in order to intensify the potential of the region.

The rivers and wetlands are choreographed to respond to RAINY SEASON from April to October

Small scale appropriations of the new landscape and waterscape are implemented, collecting the benefits and multiplying stakeholders in a more individual scale.

The rivers and wetlands are choreographed to respond to EXTREME CONDITION of heavy rainfalls

SHAPING OF THE LANDSCAPE MORPHOLOGY

THE PRODUCTIVE & PROTECTIVE FOREST in the FOOTHILLS In the foothills, the protective and productive forest is reinforced to keep water longer. Using small scale check-dams the water is slowed down, favouring infiltration, recharging the aquifer and protecting topography from erosion while supporting economic local productions.

THE AGRICUKTURAL TERRACES & WETLANDS The wetland is associated with cleansing systems, storage areas and intensive productive landscapes that defines the transition between the city and the wetland. The waters of Banjarbaru are collected to be cleaned in a park mixed with orchards before joining the wetland.

THE CLEANSENING WATERPARK & PEAT FOREST After the wetland, the water passes through a cleansing waterpark forest before joining a storage area. Forest and storage are located in productive peat forest in order to take advantage of the high retention capacity of peat soil while protecting the region of ground fires in dry season.

THE CREEK SYSTEM The creek system acts as a sponge. Coming from the sea, a productive mangrove forest aims to become a buffer zone, consolidating the river bank and reducing saline intrusion.

PART 1-POST GRADUATION ACADEMIC WORK (M.Sc Urbanism & Strategic Planning, K.U Leuven, Belgium[majors in SPATIAL PLANNING]) 1.1 CITY PLANNING, BRUSSELS STUDIO, SPRING 2015-2016 - the revolution of everyday life.... 1.2 LANDSCAPE URBANISM & REGIONAL PLANNING STUDIO, INDONESIA, SPRING 2014-15. DIRECTED WETLANDS - enhancing the landscape through a cyclic waterscape . . . 1.3 NEIGHBORHOOD PLANNING & PARTICIPATORY PLANNING, ANTWERP STUDIO FALL 2014-15 A Guide to the Dam . . . .

DAM IS AT THE HEART OF ALL THESE VALUES . . .

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PLEASE VISIT at the following link for the publication of the project - LINK: http://issuu.com/spandandas/docs/studio_ssp_fall_2014?e=25408125/37071753

SPATIAL ELEMENTS OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD

WHAT IS DAM ALL ABOUT ? ? ?

Dam neighbourhood in Antwerp city is strangely very crucially located on its physical map, but still does not really lies on the mental map or image of the city dwellers and its habitants. Tthe focus of the studio was to bring in to light the capacity & capability of DAM as a strategic location and a worthy fabric, especially in context of the large Slaughter house site, that will under go a massive urban revitalization project, to be held through design competiotion in the future and this project will be really crucial for many actors and the city and most importantly the nieghbourhood itself. One of the interests of the studio was to prepare a detailed study of the area and enlist critical values and spatial elements that would be crucial for the future designers to know, who will be participating in the design competition. We as a team collaborated ideas and vision of the DAM people, through a mid-review workshop and sorted out their needs and formed VALUES for the neighbourhood that would correspond to certain spatial elements of the DAM itself

The Dam neighbourhood feels the challenges of its own needs and is overshadowed by the large projects of mobility, environment and economic development. The diagram is an abstract of the possible impacts on the neighbourhood due its proximity to large scale projects. The impacts are measured on the aspects of mobility, effect on land values, environment and variables such as water.

Lobroekdok

Slachthuislaan

Slachthuissite

Lange Lobroekstraat

‘DAM IS COMPLEX SURROUNDINGS OF HEAVY INFRASTRUC”TURAL INVESTMENT’s OF THE CITY, FOR THE CITY; BUT NOT PRECISELY FOR THEM” . . . . . .

WORKSHOP ADVIES VAN HET DAMCOMITÉ

The Mid-Semester Panel discussion proved to be a crucial one and perhaps one of the most interesting one as well, for it involved true and honest feedback from the people of the neighborhood. Hence, based on the learnings of this discussion we as a whole studio group could proceed further and started chalking and drafting out possible plans for the future. One of the major task was to keep in mind that we do not design but do ‘something’ that was valuable for the people and the designers fo the futur competeition project to be taken place. PROCEEDINGS OF THE PUBLIC FORUM

A SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM TO KEEP IN CONSTANT TOUCH WITH THE COMMITEE OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD

VALUES FROM THE NEIGHBOURHOOD NEEDS . . .

INTEGRATED NEIGHBOURHOOD

SELF SUFFICIENT NEIGHBOURHOOD

SAFETY & COMFORT

After reading the advice of the Dam, based on various meetings of the neighborhood and after the public forum idscussion on the midsemester panel, which would accompany the project definition, we tried to associate the aspirations and statements of the advice to certain values that are intrinsic to the neighbourhood. These aspirations translate to the values; - Integrated neighbourhood - Heritage + Living by the water - Selfsufficient neighbourhood - Saftey + Comfort - Equity. EQUITY

HERITAGE

As we realised that we are not really going to design anything that matters the transformation of the physical space there, and rather deal with more of the intangible parts, these values comes up as one of the most important inventories of the research output. Based on the findings of these values concerning over the physical space, we understand that over the whole neighborhood tissue, the pressence of various existent physical spaces which contains one or the other value(s). Hence, we start seeing this neighborhood not just as a physical space but as a composite of different meanings, legibilities and values the people of the neighbor hood hold for these spaces in the neighborhood. Based on these findings, we as a smaller part of the studio group organised a small design charette just to make some possible suggestions for the designers.

HOW ALL VALUES CO - EXISTS OVER THE DAM NEIGHBOURHOOD

RESULT OF THE DESIGN CHARRETTE . . .

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urban garden / vegetation

green boulevard

cycle friendly environment

public space

safe crossing

public green

a public realm

CONCEPTUAL DIAGRAM of the STRATEGIC POINT SHOWING VARIOUS POSSIBLITIES

Towards the end there were some basic design idea’s and gestures that were explored just as to check, whether the process of finding values was of any use to deesign or not for the future designers. This i would personally recommend as one my most memorable experiences of an academic project which included importance of people’s role in the transformation process of a physical process. This is something very new and unique for the background i come from which has more TOP-DOWN approach in large public projects.

PART 2 - UNDER-GRADUATION ACADEMIC WORK (Bachelor’s of Architecture, Gujarat University, India) 2.1 THE STORY of FREEDOM - ‘a paseo’ GRADUATION DESIGN THESIS PROJECT, 2013. 2. 2 URBAN DESIGN STUDIO, A CITY LEVEL URBAN INSERT, ANAND, GUJARAT. 1st term, 2012-13 2.3 A PARITY in DIVERSITY, MASS HOUSING STUDIO, BARODA, GUJARAT. 2nd term, 2011-12 2.4 OTHER WORK’s (COMPETITIONS, WORKSHOPS, FOUNDATION etc.)

THE STORY OF FREEDOM - a paseo a tribute to the freedom fighters . . . (undergradtuation architectural thesis project)

NOTE* FOR VIEWING THE ENTIRE DISSERTATION PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING LINK: http://issuu.com/spandandas/docs/the_story_of_freedom_-__a_paseo_?e=25408125/37181582

THE PROPOSAL the primary idea was to inculcate the story of INDIAN FREEDOM STRUGGLE as a built mass based on the principles of not only architecture but also the integral social and cultural backdrops of modern history of INDIA. a self asserted project according to the understanding of the need of todays modern times and the society of present day INDIA. the project is primarily targeted at the youth of INDIA especially the studying category to reiinstate the ideas of such strong dedication by our forefathers who did a lot struggle to get INDIA free from the colonial rule... THE SETTING the site chosen for the insert was absolutely obnoxious to its realm. Set amidst a large scale expo and convention center in PRAGATI MAIDAN, it does not follow the prejudiced idea of setting it at the whims and realm of other memorials in NEW DELHI, dedicated to honour of single persons and their contributions. It is thus intendly done so as to differ out its purpose of showcasing the whole struggle of 190 years and highlighting the events and many other persons who are not usually reckoned by us. Thus the chosen site proposition is easily accessible and attracts more than a million visitors through the year and the insert was anticipated on such grounds that it shall be easily accssible to large masses in numbers.

the process was mainly through the idea of acheiving a mass that will not only be a form which is monolithic in nature, because of the nature of the project but also it shall reflect upon the crudenes of the matter through its development as a built mass . . . the form of the mass was thus a gigantic block which interprated as the long course of time frame of the whole freedom strucggle of India from the colonial rule . . .

CONCEPTUAL & DESIGN PROCESS

FLOOR PLANS

SECTIONS & ELEVATIONS

PART 2 - UNDER-GRADUATION ACADEMIC WORK (Bachelor’s of Architecture, Gujarat University, India) 2.1 THE STORY of FREEDOM - ‘a paseo’ GRADUATION DESIGN THESIS PROJECT, 2013. 2. 2 URBAN DESIGN STUDIO, A CITY LEVEL URBAN INSERT, ANAND, GUJARAT. 1st term, 2012-13 2.3 A PARITY in DIVERSITY, MASS HOUSING STUDIO, BARODA, GUJARAT. 2nd term, 2011-12 2.4 OTHER WORK’s (COMPETITIONS, WORKSHOPS, FOUNDATION etc.)

URBAN DESIGN city level study - understanding the layers and dynamics of a city . . . urban insert project

THE RESEARCH - CITY LEVEL STUDY - understanding the layers and dynamics of a city . . . as a foundation for the urban insertion project to be proposed and designed, it was really important as a student to understand the various layers of it and its fabric, and the factors associated to it. . . in the initial stages the city of ANAND had been documented, studied and physically mapped to bring forth the underlying dynamics of the city and factors affecting its functioning . . . also it was important to understand the understand the overall matrix including the socio - cultural and economical dynamics so as to understand the true needs of the people and the place in totality . . .

PANELS FROM FIELD WORK

THE PROPOSAL simply it was termed as a CIVIC CENTER, constituting a variety of functions of public interest as well as keeping the function of gallery space specific to the heritage of the region was albeit the prime focus. As a matter of fact the project was self asserted to be UNbuilt MORE . . . It simply meant to occupy the least footprint of the building and give more to the public as a lot of cultural and festive activities were anticpated. UNDERSTANDING THE SITE / CITY & CULTURE - Anand city was studied at various layers that forms an urban matrix of the city, based on which the broader level imageability was carried out, thus concluding upon various selected sites and drawing out different programmes for each that will suit the public of the city with respect to the various sites.... also important was to understand the need of the place, not in terms of physical environment but at a SOCIO CULTURAL BACKDROP . . . so as to interpret the nature of the proposal and then its design . . .

SITE PLAN

few driving points towards the design 1. MINIMUM BUILT- to provide more opportunities of public activities including large social and cultural events . . . 2. OPEN SPACE as its UNIQUENESS- keeping the public court clear, plain and simple with multiple options of different activities around, the sense of a place is woven by the open court surrounded by the built and serves as its unique identity.

CONCEPTUAL SKETCHES

3. VISUAL APPEAL - the fore ground of the court to the built mass is mainly to enable clear visual penetration for the people and thus making it feel a more familiar space for them . .

SECTION THROUGH BUILDING

SECTION THROUGH SITE

FLOOR PLANS

SECTION THROUGH SITE

PART 2 - UNDER-GRADUATION ACADEMIC WORK (Bachelor’s of Architecture, Gujarat University, India) 2.1 THE STORY of FREEDOM - ‘a paseo’ GRADUATION DESIGN THESIS PROJECT, 2013. 2. 2 URBAN DESIGN STUDIO, A CITY LEVEL URBAN INSERT, ANAND, GUJARAT. 1st term, 2012-13 2.3 A PARITY in DIVERSITY, MASS HOUSING STUDIO, BARODA, GUJARAT. 2nd term, 2011-12 2.4 OTHER WORK’s (COMPETITIONS, WORKSHOPS, FOUNDATION etc.)

A PARITY in DIVERSITY, MASS HOUSING STUDIO, BARODA, GUJARAT. 2nd term, 2011-12

a uniquely formulated program, based upon the idea of community living & co-existence, which was not defined by the economic quo, but by their professional and occupational variations.... QUICK FACTS SITE AREA - 3 hectares (2 hectares for housing & 1 for community & neighborhood development). CLIMATE - HOT & DRY (GUJARAT, INDIA) PROPOSAL HOUSING - 380 UNITS ( 190 UNITS / HECTARE), NEIGHBORHOOD LEVEL - PUBLIC PLAZA & FOOD COURT, PUBLIC HEALTH CENTER & YOUTH RECREATIONAL CENTER. SITE PLAN

BUILT VOLUME AND FUNCTION’S

INDIVIDUAL PROFESSIONAL AUTO DRIVERS / DOMESTIC HELPERS INDUSTRIAL WORKERS / LABOURS NUCLEAR FAMILIES FAMILY WITH TENANTS

CONCEPT & PROCESS few driving points towards the design 1.SEPERATE DISTRICTS FOR DIFFERENT USERS to avoid the clash of the lifestyles between different user types; this shall also encourage more cultural activities amongst user of similar types based on thier occupation. 2.INTERCONNECTED OPEN SPACESto encourage more daily interactive activities amongst the habitants apart from bigger cultural activities which shall happen on a regular basis during festivals. 3.A VISUAL HIERARCHY a dense fabric was ought to be attained but at the same time the volumes and space constraint was a guiding factor in deciding the volume of the fabric weaving; a visual appeal vista was thus conceived.

it is better that we understand that human race is a social animal and simply desires a community to survive and co exist.. thus the man always tries to look forward to a newer and better environ to live, a secured neighborhood to feel safe and serene fabric to nourish... unlikely to make divides on economical and social bind every single being is, but equal, in respect of thier abilities, physical attributes and zeal for living and hence looks upon a community and a habitat to live in...

DESIGN MAP

DIFFERENT LAYOUT’s FOR EACH USER TYPOLOGY -

SITE SECTIONS

the proposal was absolutely based upon the idea of providing maximised and integrated open spaces so as to increase the opportunity of having a better community spaces . . . the anticipated spaces are more precisely carved out to bring in variety of cultural activities together and producing a more robust nature of cultural amalgamation . . .

PART 2 - UNDER-GRADUATION ACADEMIC WORK (Bachelor’s of Architecture, Gujarat University, India) 2.1 THE STORY of FREEDOM - ‘a paseo’ GRADUATION DESIGN THESIS PROJECT, 2013. 2. 2 URBAN DESIGN STUDIO, A CITY LEVEL URBAN INSERT, ANAND, GUJARAT. 1st term, 2012-13 2.3 A PARITY in DIVERSITY, MASS HOUSING STUDIO, BARODA, GUJARAT. 2nd term, 2011-12 2.4 OTHER WORK’s (COMPETITIONS, WORKSHOPS, FOUNDATION etc.)

HU UDCO TROPHY - (comp petition pro oject)

the competition was mainly focussed on mass housing for the E.W.S of the society. the idea in the proposal is to mainly inculcate the existing 2 around the site and also cultivate a provision for those inhabitants in the new proposal, also provide maximum number of vocational and employement opportunities so as to make it an income generative prospect.

CONCEPTUAL LAYOUT

CONCEPTUAL PROCESS

SITE PLAN

DIFFERENT BLOCKS

SITE SECTIONS

various zones and blocks are dedicated to different categories of groups so as to make a comfort zone for each of them; also to intensify the character and indispensibility of each zones commercial zoning has benn done carefully so as to provide to all...

LANDSCAPE PLAN

TYPICAL FLOOR PLAN

WORKSHOP’s - HUMAN ARMATURE & GENERATIVE FORMS

GENERATIVE FORMS HUMAN ARMATURE the excercise was totally based upon the un derstanding the propotioning system of human body and hence extrapolate that to live scale strctural armature, thereby bringing in the logics of structure and stability . . .

the excercise was based upon the understanding the idea of a GENERATIVE FORM and the underlying principles of such structures . . . the exploration was made through producing models of such n ature with different materials keeping in mind the idea of space making . . .

WORKSHOP’s - INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP (WEARABLE ARCHITECTURE) WEARABLE ARCHITECTURE - conducted by FRENCH architect and academician Mr. XAVIER WRONA, the prime idea of this workshop was to funnel out an existing social problem which has striking reslts and represent an abstraction of that through various ideas and elements of architecture and structure and produce a wearable replica of the same which reciprocates to the addressed issue... the chosen material were KHADI ( local INDIAN fabric ) and WOOD SECTIONS...

THE PRODUCT the identified problem was a PEER PRESSURES ON THE YOUTH of INDIA, in terms of the competitions at various levels of performance in academics, carrers, monetary issues that result into a lot of disbalce in their life and harmony.... the representation was made through a well knit white robe made of KHADI to represent the perceived calmess of the youth on the outside and a HEADGEAR made of the KHADI & WOOD SECTIONS, totally architectonic and loud in its appearence so as to represent the mental pressures which a youth ges through . . .

FOUNDATION - sketches, models, compositions and media explorations

FOUNDATION - sketches, models, compositions and media explorations

PART 3 - PROFESSIONAL WORK 3.1 DELHI METRO PHASE 3, M.M.I PROJECT at KAIMAL CHATTERJEE ASSOCIATES, DELHI, INDIA. as ARCHITECT & URBAN DESIGNER, DECEMBER 2013 - AUGUST 2013 3.2 WORK SAMPLE’s FROM APPRENTICESHIP at PRASHANT PRADHAN ARCHITECTS, SIKKIM, INDIA. APPRENTICE, JULY 2011 - NOVEMEBER 2011 3.3 WORK SAMPLE’s FROM C.D.S ARCHITECTS, AHMEDABAD, INDIA as EXTERNAL DESIGN CONSULTANT OCTOBER 2015 - present

DELHI METRO PHASE 3, M.M.I PROJECT at KAIMAL CHATTERJEE ASSOCIATES, DELHI, INDIA. as ARCHITECT & URBAN DESIGNER, DECEMBER 2013 - AUGUST 2013

MMI UTTIPEC - TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT FOR D.M.R.C Phase 3 Transit Oriented development - with the 3rd phase of construction of Delhi Metro rail, special consideration towards transit oriented development had been laid to bring Multi-Modal Integration, pedestrian friendly realm so as to bring about a change in the Urban Quality of Delhi, with the growth of its infrastructure.

MOTIBAGH STATION is one of the newer station that is coming up on the Outer Ring Road system of Delhi and acts as an important intermediate junction to reach to various important institutional areas of Delhi. Thus, a very careful planning of the Multi-Modal Integration had to be done apart from the development of the pedestrian realm. This particular junction is perhaps an important junction as model of M.M.I more than the pedestrian realm development because of locational vicinity important areas close to it.

STRATEGIC LAYOUT for MOTIBAGH, DELHI

DETAILED LAYOUT for MOTIBAGH, DELHI

SOUTH CAMPUS STATION was one of the priority stations for its imporatnce as a institutional hub that attracts a lot of student passengers. Public Realm development was one of the prime focus in all the stations that were to be designed. Also because the station is located in one of busiest junctions on the OUTER RING ROAD of Delhi, so there was all the more issues of a very seamless controlled traffic and the location of Para- Transit modes that had to be solved within the Project Definition.

TRANSIT NODE

JUNCTION LAYOUT STRATEGIC LAYOUT for SOUTH CAMPUS STATION, DELHI

PEDESTRIAN CROSSING DETAILED LAYOUT for SOUTH CAMPUS STATION, DELHI

SCHEMATIC LAYOUT of ROAD SECTION for SOUTH CAMPUS STATION, DELHI

PEDESTRIAN REALM

I.N.A MARKET STATION is an important junction in the new phase of Delhi Metro, as there is already an existing station from the previous phases which is in this phase being made as an interchange station between different metro lines. This brings all the more pressure on this station due to volume of ridership that is estimated to be doubled and also because of the surrounding fabric having important places in Delhi, like the INA market itself, and also DILLI HAAT a touristic destination, and close to it is a huge residential fabric of mostly Governemnet servant quarters.

STRATEGIC LAYOUT for I.N.A MARKET STATION, DELHI

Major focus was again laid upon bring up the pedestrian realm in the whole design and strategically merge it with existing activities of vending and hawkers and also with incorporate with the Para-Transit model. It was one of the prime guiding lines in almost all the urban design layouts of all the stations to keep the prime focus on the pedestrian zone, but in this particular case a well elaborated segment had to be drafted of the concourse level with the existing service outlets on the ground and carefully managing the design so that the new introductions of the Para-Transit nodes and the pedestrian realm do not interfere the heavy traffic of the Ring Road.

DETAILED LAYOUT for a segement at the I.N.A MARKET STATION

VIEW of the TRANSIT NODE

VIEW of the PEDESTRIAN REALM

PROPOSED PUBLIC TOILETS

PART 3 - PROFESSIONAL WORK 3.1 DELHI METRO PHASE 3, M.M.I PROJECT at KAIMAL CHATTERJEE ASSOCIATES, DELHI, INDIA. as ARCHITECT & URBAN DESIGNER, DECEMBER 2013 - AUGUST 2013 3.2 WORK SAMPLE’s FROM APPRENTICESHIP at PRASHANT PRADHAN ARCHITECTS, SIKKIM, INDIA. APPRENTICE, JULY 2011 - NOVEMEBER 2011 3.3 WORK SAMPLE’s FROM C.D.S ARCHITECTS, AHMEDABAD, INDIA as EXTERNAL DESIGN CONSULTANT DECEMBER 2015 - present

EARTHQUAKE SHELTER - PROTOTYPE

CONSTRUCTION DRAWINGS

VIEWS of the SHELTER

IMAGES of the PROTOTYPE ERECTION

After the 18th september, 2011 earthquake in Sikkim, a shelter designed on principle of easy mobility and assemblage was designed by P.P.A as a self initiative, to provide quick and ressilient relief to the victims especially to the population of North Sikkim which was devasted the most. A prototype construction was also tried and tested for its structural and aerodynamical stability so that it could be eventually proposed to the Govt. of Sikkim for further mass production and sent out to the disaster areas.

HOTEL BLUE FERN, NAMCHI, SIKKIM.

PRESENTATION DRAWINGS

CROSS SECTION

3D VIEWS

KISAN BAZAR, NAMCHI, SIKKIM

PLANS

SECTIONS

One of the major projects from the Govt. of Sikkim for creating new socio-economic hubs that promotes local traders and businesses. A series of similar local supermarkets were conceived by the government at various strtaegic location of Sikkim. This Bazar (market) at Namchi is set in Southern parts of Sikkim.

HOUSING PROJECT in BHUTAN

CONCEPTUAL PRESENTATION DRAWINGS

3D VIEWS A social housing project conceptualised and drafted for the presentation purpose. A minimum number of Units and types of units were to be achieved as a target, optimising it with 3 different layout options promoting a central common space in all the options as seen.

PART 3 - PROFESSIONAL WORK 3.1 DELHI METRO PHASE 3, M.M.I PROJECT at KAIMAL CHATTERJEE ASSOCIATES, DELHI, INDIA. as ARCHITECT & URBAN DESIGNER, DECEMBER 2013 - AUGUST 2013 3.2 WORK SAMPLE’s FROM APPRENTICESHIP at PRASHANT PRADHAN ARCHITECTS, SIKKIM, INDIA. APPRENTICE, JULY 2011 - NOVEMEBER 2011 3.3 WORK SAMPLE’s FROM C.D.S ARCHITECTS, AHMEDABAD, INDIA as EXTERNAL DESIGN CONSULTANT DECEMBER 2015 - present

HOUSING SCHEME for PRIVATE DEVELOPER, GANDHINAGAR, GUJARAT

STATUS: PROPOSAL STAGE

3 BEDROOM APARTMENT’s LAYOUT

2 BEDROOM APARTMENT’s LAYOUT SITE LAYOUT PLAN

PRIVATE SPACES

SERVICE SPACES

COMMON SPACES

QUANTIFICATION of AREA’S TOTAL PLOT AREA- 2393.42 SQ.MTR TOTAL PERMISSIBLE FSI (1.8)- 4308 SQ.MTR TOTAL GROUND COVERAGE(40%)- 957.4 SQ.MTR USED GROUND COVERAGE - 284 x 2=568 + 389.15=957.15 COP REQUIRED- 300 SQ.MTR COP PROVIDED - 367.5 SQ.MTR

TOTAL FSI USED- 3 BHK- 1753.2 SQ.MTR, 2 BHK- 2576.0 SQ.MTR TOTAL = 4329.2 SQ.MTR - 23.4 = 4305.8 sq.mtr BALANCED FSI = 4308 - 4305.8 = 2.2 sq.mtr TOTAL NO. OF FLATS - 58 nos. 2 BHK - 40 nos. 3 BHK - 18 nos.

TOTAL SHOPS - 16 nos. G.FLOOR - 8 nos. F.FLOOR - 8 nos.

PRIVATE RESIDENCE at IDAR, GUJARAT

STATUS: UNDER EXECUTION

VIEW from EAST SIDE

EAST SIDE ELEVATION

VIEW from WEST SIDE

KITCHEN & DINING

BEDROOM

LIVING

CONSTRUCTION in PROGRESS

SIT - OUT

GARDEN

CONSTRUCTION in PROGRESS

GROUND FLOOR PLAN

The site is located on the suburb extent of Idar and the prime idea of the client was to build a luxorious family home within the restrained plot area. In the design we have attempted to carve out spaces externally, in form of a sit-out patio extended with a garden space by compromising on not having a central court. Also on the first level, the design has tried to maximize on the balcony and terrace spaces for the same reason and hence tapping the potential of the site morphology, which given an exuberant stretch on the eastern side, where most of the open spaces are located in forms of spill over garden, patio on the ground level and the private balconies and the common terrace. It was simply guided by the decision of understanding the combination of the site morphology and climate.

PRIVATE RESIDENCE at VADALI, GUJARAT

SECTIONAL ELEVATION

GROUND FLOOR PLAN

STATUS: ABOUT TO FINISH

SOUTH SIDE ELEVATION

FIRST FLOOR PLAN

IMAGES of COMPLETED CIVIL WORK CONSTRUCTION The site is located In the suburbs of the Vadali town in North Gujarat and is one of the very first project from the office. The requirements from the client were very simple as he wanted to have a family house and not a very big or a luxorious one. We as a team tried our best to make it cost effective and made it absolutely user friendly, using simple notions of functional architecture with minimum approach. As Gujarat is a hot state during summers, we tried our best to incorporate maximum shading through the form and massing of the design and not through extending or extrapolating numerous shading devices.

TOURIST RESORT at KERWADA, GUJARAT

STATUS: PROPOSED

The project is one of the most prestigious jobs that we as a team at C.D.S has done. It is an existing royal property in the area of Kerwada, which also falls as an important junction in the Dandi March trail led by Gandhi during Indian independence times. As a consequence of that, Gujarat Tourism wishes to develop this trail of Dandi route and hence the owner of this property wanted to develop this area as a potential and a strategically located touristic resort and add several functions and renovate the existing buildings. One of the major concerns of this project was not only to replan and draft a new master plan but also take into consideration the heritage value of this place as well as the architectural language of the existing buildings were a major interest. The buildings are to be renovated, but in our strategy we do not wish to erect a new one but make the best of what is left by using thorough knowledge of architectural conservation and preservation and how can we use similar construction technologies of the original structure. The masterplan of the site is simply based on the requirements of the client and the anticipation of the future tourism development project of the Dandi trail. It has been taken care of that the entire project is broken down into phase wise development so that there is lesser risk of heavy one-time investment and the project can grow itself as per the development of the tourism trail. It would be also beneficial in terms of incorporating newer changes according to the policies and the development by the Gujarat tourism in this entire project of Dandi Trail.

PROPOSED MASTER PLAN

SECTIONS & ELEVATIONS

FIRST FLOOR

SITE IMAGES GROUND FLOOR

PLANS as per NEW DESIGN

PART 4 - OTHER WORKS 4.1 DOCUMENTATION WORK (UNDERGRADUATION) 4.2 GRAPHICAL WORKS 4.3 PHOTOGRAPHY

DOCUMENTATION WORK - JAISALMER TRADITIONAL HOUSES, 2011.

DOCUMENTATION WORK - HIRA GATE, DABHOI, GUJARAT, 2012.

NOTE* - DONE ALONG WIT SHAZAMAN SAIYED & HITESH SUTHAR

DOCUMENTATION WORK of TRIBAL HOUSES in INDIA. for P.P.A, INDIA, 2011.Bon des

PART 4 - OTHER WORKS 4.1 DOCUMENTATION WORK (UNDERGRADUATION) 4.2 GRAPHICAL WORKS 4.3 PHOTOGRAPHY

COLLEGE FESTIVAL POSTER

COLLEGE FESTIVAL FLIER

PART 4 - OTHER WORKS 4.1 DOCUMENTATION WORK (UNDERGRADUATION) 4.2 GRAPHICAL WORKS 4.3 PHOTOGRAPHY

PHOTOGRAPHS from JAISALMER, 2011.

JAISALMER, RAJASTHAN, INDIA, 2011 (edited)

REICHSTAG - BERLIN PARLIAMENT, BERLIN, GERMANY, 2016. (unedited)

SIBIU, ROMANIA, 2016. (unedited)

SAGRADA FAMILIA, BARCELONA, SPAIN, 2016. (unedited)

DUOMO, MILAN, ITALY, 2016. (unedited)

MEHRANGARH FORT, JODHPUR, INDIA, 2014. (unedited)

TOWARDS THE END, THERE WAS AN AWAKENING, AN AWAKENING WITHIN SELF, TO REGATHER SELF, AND BOW UPON THE PATH AHEAD WITH ALL THAT WAS LEFT WITH ME, OR SAY INSTILLED IN ME, WHILST I HAD ALREADY ENVISAGED UPON A TREK, A JOURNEY FULFILLING ME, MY VOIDS, MY URGES, A JOURNEY WHICH HAS FILLED ME WITH WISDOM

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