ARCHITECTURE

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ectedwor
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2017-
2022
CONTENTS

UNDERGRADUATETHESI
S 01
AResear
chandDev
elopmentCent
ref
orAi
rPol
l
uti
on

URBANDESI
GNSTUDI
O 06
Aj
mer
,Raj
ast
han

POPS[
London] 09
ar
chi
tect
ural
compet
it
ion

GUMBADSAUCH 11
ar
chi
tect
ural
compet
it
ion

MOHALLACLI
NIC 13
pr
ofessi
onal
exper
ience
01|ARESEARCHANDDEVELOPMENTCENTREFORAI
RPOLLUTI
ON
Under
graduat
eThesi
s|semest
erX par
ti
cipat
ion|
Indi
vi
dual Si
te|
Sikander
pur
,Gur
ugr
am,
Har
yana Ar
ea|
5Acr
es
Air
,oneofthemostessent ial
elementsf
orthesurv
ivaloft
hel i
vi
nghasbecomegl obal
gar bage.We Itai
medt otackleDelhiNCR’ shazar
dousairatat i
mewhent helevelshadreachedanewex t
reme.
havebeennegligentl
ydestroyi
ngourenvi
ronmentforunsustai
nablebenefi
tsof“ devel
opment ”and Myt hesi
sdelvedi nunderstandi
ngthevariousfactor
scausingDelhitobet hemostaffect
edcity
.I
“gl
obal
izati
on”.
Ther at
eatwhi chweadvanceusi
ngourlimit
edresourcesismaki ngtheairaroundus appli
eddesignideologieswi t
hdueconsiderati
onoftechnol
ogy ,
mat eri
alsandlandscapetodevel
-
l
essv i
abletobreathein.Poll
utant
sandt ox
icchemicalsi
nt heairposehighl evelsofhealthrisks opanar chi
tecturalproposalthatwoul
dl ocal
lyimprovetheairqualit
yoft hatpar
ti
cularar
eaand
causi
ngsev enmill
iondeathsperannum. Lor
em Ips
um serv
easamodel fort
heci t
yont hewhole.

01
CAUSES: DLFPHASE2AQI275
St
ubbl
eBur
ning I
nadequat
e park i
ng
andChaot
icj
unct
ions
have been noti
ced
causi
ngheavyt
raf
fi
c.

Duringthewintermonths,
the lar
ge scale stubbl
e
burning pr acti
sed i n
AD
Punjab&Har yanacausea RUGRAM RO
U
thi
ckblanketofsmog. ULI-G
MEHRA

St
agnantWi
nterwi
nd

SIKANDERPURAQI305
The si
te nearSi
kander
pur
met
rowaschosenasi
twi
t-
North-
west erl
y winds nesses a massivefootf
all
Exhi
bit
ionCent
re
coming from Raj asthan,
sometimesPak ist
anand and exper
iences t
he most
Pavi
ll
ion
Afghani
stan bring inthe tr
affi
c.Thest at
ionactsas
dusttother egi
on. ani
nterchangebetweent
he

GOLFCOURSEROAD
Gur
ugram andDelhimetr
o.
Tr
aff
icMenace

Exhi
bit
ion
Centr
e

I
ncreasedvehi
culart
raf
f i
c
(which has not come
down despit
et he Delhi
metro) and the conse-
quentri
seinai
randnoi se
pol
luti
on. Resear
ch&
I
FFCOCHOWK Dev
elopmentCent
re
AQI286
Gar
bageDumpi
ng servi
celanejammed
byautos,il
l
egalpark
-
i
ng, mul ti
ple con-
str
ucti
on sit
esdocu-
mented at the si
te GURUGRAM’
SAI
RWORSETHAN DELHI
’SMOSTPOLLUTEDAREAS
Almost8,000m tonnesof causi
ngairpoll
uti
on
Ai
rqual
i
tyI
ndexofdi
ff
erentl
ocal
i
ti
eswi
thi
nGur
ugr
am wascal
cul
atedt
olocat
ethesi
tewi
thmax
imum
soli
dwast eisbeinggen-
AQI.Resul
tsf
oundSikanderpurtobethemostpol
lut
edar
eawithAQIof305.
erat
ed i n Delhi every
day.
Thisaddstot hegar- Sik
anderpurMetr
oStati
on,I
ffcoChowkandSector14wer
estudiedcl
osel
ytoi
dent
if
ytheshor
tcomi
ngs
bagepil
ingup. andthedif
fer
entcausesofhigherAQI
.

02
 THEF ACADE
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f
acadecoatedwithTi
tani
um
THETERRACE
diox
ideandtotackl
etheair
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l poll
uti
on.

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ainagel
ayer

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eed

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ext
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ecl
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nsul
ati
onBoar
d
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ane

RCCSLAB

THESTEPS
Usingcircul
ati
onspacesf or
seati
ngpurposes,giv
inga
THEPAVI
LION visualconnecti
vi
tytowards
Thepavi
li
onactsasapublic themainroad.
spaceconnect
ingtheurbancon-
tex
twiththesi
te.

03
THEF
ACADE
Thebui
ldi
ngact
sasobst
ruct
iont
othenat
ural
windf
low.Whynotuset
hatobst
ruct
iont
otr
eatt
heai
r?

HORI
ZONTALOBSTRUCTI
ON VERTI
CALOBSTRUCTI
ON COMBI
NEDOBSTRUCTI
ON URBANSPONGE
Hori
zontalf
acader
esul
tedin Hori
zontalf
acader
esul
tedin Combinedfacaderesul
tedin Thebuildi
ngactsasan‘UrbanSponge’feedi
ngonpol
lut
edair&waterofit
smicro-
cli
mateandgiv
es
devi
ati
ngmostofthewinds. devi
ati
ngmostofthewinds. captur
ingmostofthewi
ndas outcl
eanai r&waterbacktotheenv
ironmentmuchli
ketheAquat
icspongewhichfeedsonbact
eri
a
i
tcreatesaconcav
esurface. andgivesoutnutri
entsandoxygen.

APPL
YINGPHOTOCATAL
YTI
CCEMENT
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alcementidev
elopedusest
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um oxi
dethat
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ti
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torgr
imeonthecement
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face;
thus, l
utants,
thest
reetl
ampsareaimedtoincr
easepubl
icawar
enessandimprov
eofGurugr
am’
spubli
c
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tissel
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cleani
ng. healt
h.
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eshAi
rOut
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ati
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arPanel
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04
THEPAVI
LLI
ON AI
R-PURI
FYI
NGPLANTS

T
hepavi
l
li
onact
sasai
nter
sect
ionbet
weent
hebet
ween Dr
agont
ree S
nakepl
ant Br
oadl
eaf Devi
l
’si
vy
the publi
c and pr i
vat e.Visi
torsapproach t he pr
oject l
adypalm
thr
ought hi
sinter
sectionwi t
hthel owerlevelacti
ngasan
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ant Umbr
ell
a Wi
ndmi
l
lpal
m L
acef
ern
echibi
ti
ons pacef orpublicawar eness. pl
ant
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ucturalgri
dinvitespeopletos eedplantsonthegri
d
and help creata pol l
uti
on free envi
ronmentatmi cro Aglaonema Peacel
i
ly Weepi
ngf
ig Ki
mberl
y
snow whi
te queenf
ern
l
evel.
05
02|ur
bandesi
gnst
udi
o
Under
graduat
e|semest
erVI
II
par
ti
cipat
ion|
Group-Naman,
Mohak,
Anur
ag,
Jishnu
OP

Si
te|
Ajmer
,Raj
ast
han SH
OP
SH
OP
SH

P
OP
SHO
H
S
OP
Ajmer ’
snat ural,cultural,rel
igiousandher i
tageasset sshalbelever agedtodev elop OP
SH

SH
thecityasagl obaltour istdestinati
on.Lev eragi
ngpr esenceofAnasagarl akei nt he OP
SH
heartofci tybydev elopingi tshugel akefrontasanat ract
iverecreat i
onaldestination SH
OP
OP
SH
i
nt heci t
y,wi thtourism ameni t
iesaroundt helake;thusextendingt heex peri
enceof
peopl evisi
tingAj mer .
OP
SH
Thei ntendoft hepr ojectist omak eAj merawor ldcl asspil
grimageandher i
tage OP
SH
cit
ybycat eringt otheneedsofpi l
grimsandt ourist
sandenhanci ngandi ntegrating
OP
herit
agesi tes, entertainment ,andhospi tali
ty. SH
OP
Creatingar obustst ate-state-of-
the-artt
ransportati
onandt ransitinfrast
ructurethat SH
OP
SH
pr
ovidesseamlessmobi
li
tyopti
onstoall
byst
rengthni
ngmult
i-
modalt
ransport
ati
on 08
OP
sy
stem bydevelopi
ngasmartcent
ral
iz
edbusstand,andmoderni
zi
ngofrai
lway SH

st
ati
onar
ea.Pr
omot
ingEqui
tabl
eandcompl
etest
reet
swi
themphasi
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l
ity 08
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andnonmot
ori
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ranspor
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06
APPROACHAND
STRATEGY Bi
rdSanct
uar
y
With bi
rds mighrati
ng
ever
yseason,thesanc-
tuar
yisapotenti
altour-
i
stspot.
Gaur
avPat
h
-Shadedwalkway
Publ
icReal
m Gaur
avPat
h -st
reetf
urni
ture
Connecti
ngt hest
reet
sto Lakeoff
ersabeauti
-
full
akesidest
retch
waterfr
ont
with a v i
ew and
amenit
ies.

AnasagarLake
Visionistocreateanin-
Ecol
ogi
cal
Treat
ment clusive, multi
-purpose
Provi
decover
edgreen gather i
ngplacef orthe
residentsandtourist
s.
walkwaystomak ewal
ki
ng AnaSagarLake
pleasantdur
inghotmonths. Bar
adar
i
-Pr
ovidedcycl
etr
acks
One ofthe most -l
andscape
ANASAGARLAKE
promi
nent water
edge.

Wal
k
t
ransformingwalkwaysinto
v
ibrantpubli
cspaces
throughstreetfur
nit
ure,
landscaping andacti
ve
SubhashUdhy
an SubhashUdhy
an
buil
dingedges.
Agri
-t
ouri
sm,Ajmergov -
-st
agef orpubl
i
cact
ivi
ti
es
ernmentisprepari
ngto
-Agri
-t
ourism
hosttour
ist
sonf i
eldst
o
provi
deacompl et
ehand
onexperi
ence.

Compr
ehensiveOpen
Spaces Nay
aBazaar
Enhanci
ngandi
ntegr
ati
ng A popularmar ketplace
Publ
i
cspaces wit
hr el
i
gi oussou·
venir
s.
Unorganisedandchaotic Si
te-Repur
posed
An ex i
sting hi
stori
cal Bar
adar
i
bui
ldi
ngischosenasthe -shadedst
reetf
urnit
ure
si
tetore-pur
poseitasa -rest
ori
ngt
hewat erfr
ont
cul
minati
on of Ci ty
EasyMobi
li
ty marketandhospit
ali
ty.
Enhanci
ngandi
ntegr
ati
ng Aj
merShar
ifDar
gah
Publ
i
cspaces Sufishri
newhi chencloses
themaqbar a.Theshrineis
AdhaiDi
nKaJhonpr
a
popular among al lfai
ths
Ori
ginal
lybui
l
tt ofunc- whof l
ockheret ohavethei
r
t
ion asa Sanskri
tcol- prayer
sanswer ed.
l
egebutwasl atercon-
ver
tedintoaMosque.
Tour
ism Ameni
ti
es AnaSagarLake
Ex
tendi
ngt
heex
per
ience -wat
eredget
reat
ment
ofpeopl
evi
sit
ingAj
mer
,

07
ShadedShoppi
ngExper
ience Publ
icEngagement
Cover
edwal
kway
sforacomf
ort
abl
eshoppi
ngex
per
iencedur
ing Revi
tal
i
singal
lopenspacest
omax
imi
seusabi
l
ityofhi
stor
ical
sit
e
hotmont
hs. thr
oughdif
fer
entact
ivi
ti
es

Ci
tyMar
ket ShadedSeat
ing Chhat
ri
s
Promoti
nglocal
arti
sansbypr
ovi
dingt
hem wi
thoppor
tuni
ti
est
o Prov
idedati
nter
val
sforpeopl
etot
akeabr
eakf
rom t
hehar
sh Pavi
l
ionsorpor
chesi
natradi
ti
onal
domi
cal
for
m,t
ypi
cal
oft
he
showcaseandsell
thei
rwork. summersun ar
chit
ectur
einRaj
ast
han.

08
03|POPS-[
LONDON]
Undergraduate|semesterVII
I
part
icipat
ion|Group-Shivangi
,Maani
t,Ji
shnu
Sit
e| CoalDropsYars,
London

I
nourques tt
oproduc enatur
e-dri
vendesign,wef oc
usedont heintersecti
onof
Covi
d-19a ndPOPS .
T hepeopl
eofL ondonha veli
vedrest
ri
ctedli
vest hroughthe
i
niti
al2020s,wi
thgrowingdespa i
randcla
us t
rophobia.I
ncompa r
ison, t
henot i
on
ofPOPSa l
sopresentsphysi
calandmentalrest
ric
tions.

We ,atea m ofdesignerswhoha veprevi

ouslyvisi
tedL ondon,havef eltasenseof
i
s ol
ati
ona nda lonenes sthatisunusuall
ycha r
acter
isti
cof t
hec i
ty;onlya ggra
vated
byCov id.Wea i
mt or ecastthisci
tyofgloom intoonet hatsignieshope .
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ess,ands t
ri
pPOPSofs t
ric
tus a
bili
ty .I
nfact,
we
redenePOPSa sur ba nacupunc t
ure,provi
dingr el
ieffrom genera lennui.Our
spacesa tCDY ,
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verpool Str
eet ,
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sPlac
ea ndL eadenha l
l
,si
ta djacenttothe
busies
ts tat
ionswher epeopl ecanembr acement alhea l
thmor eactively.

09
Ourev entaccentuatessunli
ghtandc olourasel
ementsdri
vi
ngthedes i
gn,wit
husersmorecognis
antofthei
r
naturals
urr
oundi ngs.Sunl
ightisa
ssi
mi l
atedthr
oughsc
reenswhic
hs t
ri
kesthepr
ism,
refr
act
ingl
ighti
narai
nbow
spectr
um;inspiredbyt hesundial
sa tJanta
rMa nt
arinJai
pur.Thescr
eeni sf
ashi
onedfrom woodenplanks
,
repres
entat
iveoft hegreatoutdoors
.

Thepropos
a lusesPOPSa sast
art
ingpointbutext
endsacrossabounda r
y-l
esss
ite.
T hea
bst
rac
tint
erv
entions
adheretonof uncti
onalcons
trai
nts
,andr emainopentoi nt
erpr
eta
tion:theuserrepur
pos
esPOPSt hr
ough
pers
onalvi
suali
sati
on.Ourdes
ignexi
stsbecaus
etheusere
xists
.

Atati
meof hi
ghpubli
cdespai
r,t
hisi
sa e x
ibl
eanswert
oalongst
andingconc
ern.
People ght
inglowspi
ri
tsc
an
mouldthei
rexper
ienc
eof t
hespace,
li
ghtandevent,ndi
ngnewpur posei
naccor
dwithnatur
eandc ommunit
y.
Thi
sfeel
ingofi
ndependencea
nds el
f-
determi
nati
onwil
lbethenewpi c
tur
eofaLondonSummer .

10
04|GUMBAADSAUCH-apubl
i
ctoi
l
etpr
oposal
ar
chi
tect
ural
compet
it
ion|
2020 co-
desi
gnedwi
th|
Chai
tany
a,Ani
ka Si
te|
Gur
ugr
am,
Har
yana
AsthecleanIndiacampaignact
uatesnecessar
ychangesi nhygi
eneandsocietalwelf
are,
we, asar- Ourpr
oposalforthepubli
cwashroom ai
msati
nsti
ll
inghygienicpr
acti
ceswithi
nthe‘kutcha’
homes
chit
ects,
founditimperat
ivet
ocont
ribut
et ot
hemi ssi
on.Thesit
eatAIITChowk,intheheartofGuru- oft
heBanjar
af amil
ies,
invi
gor
ati
ngthecommunit
yandpr omot i
ngthelocal
arti
sans.TheDomeasa
gram,servesasapr i
meex ampl
eforthelackofsanit
aryinf
rast
ruct
ureinanurbansetti
ng.Rightoff monumentalform,i s a mar
kerofhope and progress thatchal
lenges t
he toi
l
etTaboo.The
Golfcour
seRoad,
theint
ersect
ionissur
roundedbyv ar
yingbui
ldi
ngtypol
ogi
es,
witht
hesi
tei
tsel
fin- wrap-
aroundwal l
sensurepri
vacyandtouch-f
reeaccesswit
hcopper-
platedf
ixt
urespr
ovi
dingan-
famousfort
heBanjar
amar ket
,atemporarybazaaramidstasquatt
erset
tl
ement. t
i-
bacteri
alproper
ti
es.Thedi
agridst
ruct
ureisrepl
i
cableandscal
abl
e,usingal
uminum/bambooas
t
hecor econstr
ucti
onmateri
al.

11
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05|MOHALLACLI
NIC
pr
ofessi
onal
pract
ice|
Archi
tect
ureDi
sci
pli
ne par
ti
cipat
ion|
Akshat
,Ji
shnu
r
olepl
ayed|
Lay
out
,3DModel
,Wor
kingDr
awi
ngs,
Super
visi
on
Designedfrom di
scardedshi
ppingcontainer
sf ortheGov ernmentofDelhi
,thi
sscalabl
eandmodular
facil
it
yisdesi
gnedtobedepl oyedindenseur banset t
lementswithl
imit
edaccesst oheal
thresour
c-
es.Theclini
cmodul esarepr
efabricat
edwi t
hi nteri
orfini
shesand ser
vices,al
lowingt
hem t
obede-
velopedanddeployedquickl
ywi t
h minimalon- sit
econst r
ucti
on. Lor
em Ips
um

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