SELECTED WORKS
EVIDENCE BASED DESIGN
Postgraduate work
SPATIAL COMPUTATION
Postgraduate work
PAST FORWARD
Postgraduate Work
Undergraduate Thesis
DESIGN FOR DISASSEMBLY
Compeitition
01
LAKE FRONT DEVELOPMENT
Perumbakkam Lake front competition submission
Firm : CityWorks Design Consultants Pvt Ltd
Location : Chennai
Area : 11 Acres
Team : 2 members
Client : Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority
Role : Urban Design Detailing, Visualisation
An Architectural Ode to the 1000 year heritage
Firm : CityWorks Design Consultants Pvt Ltd
Location : Thiruchendur, TamilNadu, India
Area : 70 Acres
Team : 6 members
Client : Hindu Religious & Cultural Endowment of TamilNadu, TamilNadu government , HCL Technologies
Role : Architecturaal Design, Urban Design Detailing, Visualisation
Scope of the project : Complete redevelopment of the temple complex and architectural design of all proposed blocks
Temple redevelopment of Arulmigu Subramaniya Swami Thirukovil
03 EVIDENCE -BASED DESIGN RESEARCH PROJECT
A research and design project based at South London
Location : North Walworth, Southwark
Team : 4 members
Term : 1
Module : Space Syntax Methodology & Analytical Design
Scope of the project : To morphologically study the area using space syntax methodologies and support them with suitable evidences from policies , conservation data and on site usage.
Macro
How does Walworth rich historical legacy shape its identity within Southwark, and how can it gracefully balance the demands of modern regeneration with the preservation of its cultural heritage?
MACRO
Meso
How can we seamlessly connect and integrate the new centre with the evolving landscapes of Old Kent Road and Elephant Park, fostering a vibrant sense of community and driving social cohesion across Walworth?
ECONOMY
Micro
How does the new centre harmonise with iconic attractions like East Street Market, Walworth Road, and the surrounding public spaces? What strategies can enhance its visibility and strengthen connectivity throughout the area?
COMMUNITY
The research identified a strong community presence from the pilot study therefore the variables revolved around demystifying how people and the place is interlinked, that which could help make Walworth a safe and inclusive place
HOW CAN WE PRESERVE THE COMMUNITY OF WALWORTH AND THEIR HISTORY FROM THE ONGOING EFFECTS OF GENTRIFICATION
SPATIAL ANALYSIS USING SPACE SYNTAX METHODOLOGY
Space syntax offers a robust framework for understanding the intricate relationship between spatial design and human behavior.
Central to space syntax is the concept that spatial configurations inherently guide human movement and interactions. By modeling spaces as networks of interconnected elements, the methodology evaluates ‘spatial accessibility’—determining how easily one can navigate from one point to another within a given layout.
Closeness Centrality:
This measure reflects how close a space is to all other spaces in the network, indicating potential ease of access.
Betweenness Centrality:
This metric quantifies the extent to which a particular space (or node) lies on the shortest paths between other spaces in the network, thereby acting as a bridge facilitating movement.
KEY FINDINGS:
The goal regarding the macro scale is to integrate Walworth with the points of interest in the wider area of London. The angular segment analysis (integration) shows that North Walworth is an in-between place, where activities are happening on a local level, only relating to the ward itself and adding to segregation from its surroundings.
The new developments around Elephant Park are a step into the right direction, but further connection is needed to the inner area of Walworth.
“Axes are routes of social reproduction” - Bill Hillier
By comparing the data of the conservation areas and crime reports, we see that most crimes reported are located at these exact transition zones, between the modern and older estates. These places are opportunities for improvement, to help reclaim the resident’s sense of safety and belonging, and create a continuation of the improvement in qualitative public space that has already been given to the developments near Elephant Park.
A potential center for Walworth was identified in the spatial configuration . This overlays with the relationship between the Old Walworth and Old kent road
Classification of proposals on the basis of how they would benefit the ward
With our proposal, we aim to establish a continuation of the existing, historic character of Walworth. We connect the inner district to the wider area by redefining the nodes on its edges; Walworth Road, New Kent Road and Old Kent Road.
The high street potential is increased by the creation of new points of interest, in correspondence with existing land use types and public spaces, to support both locals and visitors.
With our proposal, we aim to establish a continuation of the existing, historic character of Walworth. We connect the inner district to the wider area by redefining the nodes on its edges; Walworth Road, New Kent Road and Old Kent Road.
The high street potential is increased by the creation of new points of interest, in correspondence with existing land use types and public spaces, to support both locals and visitors.
MACRO SCALE
New network
MESO SCALE
MICRO SCALE
To the existing road network, a set of new links were added that utilises the green spaces as key transition points between the 2 older and the newer developments. The new links were strategically established without affecting the conservation policy or the existing roads rather strengthens their connectivity by studying the morphology using space syntax methodlogies. The resulting spatial network is now an enhanced connection that makes North Walworth a place which incites people to experience it’s spatial culture and heritage with the arts and community center at its heart.
A significant infrastructure for the diverse cultural community of Walworth to congregate
A shared space centrally in the fabric which will be the new center of North Walworth is interlinked to the Cultural center at the Old Kent Road with an active and an interactive frontage through which visitors get to experience the heritage walk of Walworth.
04 SPATIAL COMPUTATION
A computational approach to urban spatial analysis
Location : Waterloo, London
Team : Individual
Term : 2
Abstract : Walkability and people-first design have become central tenets of contemporary urban planning, particularly in London, where pedestrian comfort is increasingly prioritized over vehicular mobility. South London, home to diverse attractions along the Thames and vital river crossings, features Waterloo Station as a key transport node and destination in its own right. As the closest access point to the London Eye and the vibrant South Bank, Waterloo’s pedestrian flows are critical—yet its surrounding junctions are dominated by towering structures and expansive roundabouts, creating a hostile environment for pedestrians. Many opt for longer, circuitous routes through the station’s underground tunnels rather than navigating the surface-level vehicular chaos, raising concerns about safety and accessibility.
This study examines the potential of Waterloo’s existing underground passages to strengthen east-west connectivity, assessing which of the two primary tunnels could function as a critical pedestrian corridor. By analysing integration possibilities with the existing road network, the project seeks to improve wayfinding and encourage safer, more efficient pedestrian movement. The findings aim to inform strategies that reconcile the station’s dual role as both a transport hub and a public space, ultimately contributing to a more walkable and pedestrian-centric urban environment.
05
PAST FORWARD
Memory, Morphology & Urban Transformation in West Bermondsey
Location : Bermondsey, Southwark, London
Team : Individual
Term : 2
Research Question: This research engages with Pierre Nora’s (1989) distinction between lieux de memoire (sites of memory) and milieux de memoire (environments of memory), using it to interrogate which histories are made visible in the built environment and which remain latent or suppressed. It draws upon Hillier’s space syntax theory on natural movement(2001) and Hanson’s theory on structure and order of city (Hanson 1989) to examine the spatial logic of foreground and background networks, and applies concepts from UNESCO and Bouchenaki (2016) to explore the interdependence of tangible and intangible heritage.
Combing historical cartographic analysis, space syntax data, and spatial ethnography, this study asks:
A. How did post-war planning alter the morphological and mnemonic structure of West Bermondsey?
B. To what extent does today’s urban form facilitate the continuity or reanimation of collective memory
By mapping morphological shifts and assessing the spatial distribution of heritage markers, this study argues that urban memory is not preserved solely in material form, but through the dynamic interplay of spatial segregation, adaptive reuse, and community practice. Ultimately, the paper advances a model for heritage conservation that recognizes the diachronic and performative nature of memory in the urban landscape.
Cities are palimpsests where history is inscribed into streets, buildings, and spatial hierarchies. Nowhere is this more evident than in London, a city stratified by Roman roads, medieval parishes, and modernist megastructures. This study examines London Bridge & West Bermondsey, a ward in Southwark whose industrial past collides with its post-war reinvention as a creative and residential hub. It investigates how post-war urban planning negotiated the ward’s industrial heritage through spatial morphology. Employing a diachronic framework, it combines space syntax analysis, archival cartography, and critical heritage theory to interrogate the interplay between urban form and collective memory. Theoretical frameworks from critical heritage studies (Nora, 1989) and space syntax underpin this investigation. By mapping morphological shifts across three periods (pre-war, post war, contemporary), the study reveals how urban form mediates memory—privileging certain histories while marginalizing others. Findings reveal a dialectic between foreground networks (curated, high-integration streets preserving official narratives) and background networks (residual spaces harbouring vernacular memory). While post war reconstruction instrumentalized selective industrial relics for place-branding, it fragmented the fine-grained fabric-sustaining lived heritage. The study argues that urban memory persists most powerfully in the tension between preservation and erasure, advocating for policies that bridge tangible and intangible heritage.
How did post-war planning alter the morphological and mnemonic structure of West Bermondsey?
1930
Source (map): https://digimap.edina.ac.uk/os I Axial map: author
1950 axial map rasterised from OS map by author on QGIS
Source: https://digimap.edina.ac.uk/os I Axial map: author
Before World War II, West Bermondsey’s street network was a highly integrated industrial system: Tooley Street and Bermondsey Street served as main commercial spines linking docks, warehouses and factories, while narrow alleys like Wool Yard and Leather Market Gardens wove worker housing into tannery blocks. Goad’s fire-insurance plans and angular segment analysis show that streets with the highest choice values corresponded to leather, wool and food production zones, with London Bridge Road and Tooley Street anchoring the district’s mercantile logic. The Blitz shattered this spatial order: bomb damage severed key alleys, obliterating syntactic links between production and community and paving the way for low-rent housing, creative enterprises and green spaces on former industrial sites. By 1950, integration analyses reveal a fragmented street network in which Bermondsey Street’s renewed prominence reflected proximity to the station rather than industry, marking a tectonic shift from manufacture to mixed-use urban fabric.
axial map rasterised from OS map by author on QGIS
West Bermondsey’s heritage is embedded in a dual network of “foreground” and “background” streets that together shape its collective memory. The foreground network—comprising Bermondsey Street, Tooley Street and Tower Bridge Road—is highly integrated in Space Syntax terms, visually legible, and rich in tangible assets such as listed buildings, ghost signs and blue plaques. These routes function as lieux de mémoire, where physical form and historical narrative converge. By contrast, the background network of narrow alleys, yards and former industrial voids—once home to tanneries, worker housing and informal pathways—has far lower spatial integration and far fewer preserved elements, yet holds the latent patterns of the area’s socio‐cultural life.
The Blitz and subsequent redevelopment fractured West Bermondsey’s spatial and social logic, severing many of those background connections and displacing communities. While the foreground streets retained their integration and became conservation priorities, the intangible heritage of rituals, trades and everyday interactions largely disappeared—surviving only in intermittent events like the Bermondsey Street Festival, which momentarily reactivates forgotten lanes through walks, storytelling and markets. To sustain both tangible and intangible heritage—echoing UNESCO’s insight that each gives meaning to the other— conservation must extend beyond façade preservation. Adaptive reuse strategies should deliberately reintegrate background networks by nurturing local practices and communal rhythms, ensuring that both the curated foreground and the vernacular background continue to contribute to West Bermondsey’s living memory.
Tangible & Intangible Heritage: Spatial Memory Analysis
06
INTRODUCING CIRCULAR ECONOMY IN DAILY PRACTICE
Undergraduate Thesis project
Graded A+(90-95)
Shortlisted for representing college at National level thesis awards at Council of Architecture, India.
Location : Coimbatore, TamilNadu, India
Team : Individual
Term : 10 - Architectural Undergraduate Thesis
Scope of the project : To integrate the textile industry and textile recycling processes into the daily lives of communities whose primary livelihood depends on textiles. Despite their deep connection to fabric production, the sustainable use of textiles and the broader opportunities it offers remain underrecognized. This initiative aims to raise awareness and highlight the potential of sustainable fabric use within these communities. Main notion is to use architecture as a driver for change in this process.
RE-FAB-rication HUB
EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION CENTER FOR RECYCLING OF TEXTILE WASTE
Destigmatization through design
An approach to re-interpreting and destigmatizing industrial design from the context of urban design whilst using architecture as a device to orchestrate behavioral change among public
Coimbatore - Tirupur India’s Textile Titans
The humming looms of Coimbatore and dye vats of Tirupur spin more than fabric—they weave empires. These Tamil Nadu powerhouses dominate global textile trade, their streets lined with fortunes stitched from cotton and ambition. From mill tycoons to export moguls, wealth here flows like silk—smooth, luminous, and endlessly renewable. Threads of gold.
Transit around the place is a key driver in the funtioning of the Re-fab hub as the center should ideally attract people of all walks of lives
Transportation nodes around the site
All the major textile mills in 3km radius
COMPETITION PROJECTS
Design for empowerment and change
Location : Chennai & Dhanushkodi
Project 1: Women’s Pavillion- Team of 2
Project 2: Nano House - Individual
Scope of the project : Both projects challenge deep-rooted social stereotypes that limit human potential. The architectural intent is to harness locally available techniques to craft impactful structures that not only symbolize the nature of these issues but also actively contribute to their resolution—making architecture a tool for empowerment and change.
