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Nestled in an apartment in the cultured city of Ahmedabad, lies this innovatively designed house by the firm ‘The Design Umbrella’ that aspires to create a new fold experiment with the discovered concept of ‘functionality’. This compact abode is designed keeping in mind the current ascend in land prizes, on ...
The project brief was to merge two adjacent apartments into a singular apartment. Functional requirements included three bedrooms, a very spacious kitchen, a formal living room, a family room with a jhula (swing), an impressive arrival space and a study room. The client being a doctor stressed upon the ...
The project RiverBANK is an integrated system of productive agro-based network that lend spaces to community for growing food (at the river-side site and in the city). The main design is at the river edge where the sloppy terrain is re-structured into terraced spaces for the community to grow food. ...
SHAPING THINGS A journey to explore , through making of a personal object , each one's Identity The world is in a state of chaos. With huge turns of events happening around us everyday it has become hard to distinguish between day and night, life and death, fantasy and reality . Somehow ...
The house dissolves itself in the city or the city permeates every dimension of the house. There is a constant argument about how the design of domestic spaces and their surroundings affect not just differently but differentially. The idea strives behind creating progressive new typology to subvert design conventions and ...
Urban | Commercial | Cultural | Religious
Tiruvannamalai is one of the most famous pilgrimage sites in India situated in a very serene, secluded location amidst nature. The Pilgrimage journey involves a circumambulatory path around the sacred hill, temple, ashrams, and tanks combined with a series of spiritual experiences and rituals which helps the user to experience ...
This is an assisted living project for seniors. In this project, the designer will be responsible for two parts, the common area, and the private residential unit. The color, material, and furniture are chosen and matched for the use of elderly people, a special client group. Since most elderly people have ...
Erratic rainfall patterns in Gujarat, led to lower vegetable acreage in 2019. Due to water scarcity in the state, incomplete canal infrastructure and at times lack of access to other sources, farmers in the region are able to cultivate vegetables only in areas where groundwater is available. Gujarat is also ...
The Pile is an installation design concept derived from the usage of plastic in female hygiene products. The project aims to metaphorically represent the load of trash that is collected as part of the usage of female hygiene products and begins to create a space for conversation and discussion on ...
Interior | Civic | Healthcare | Retail
The question, how can architecture create dignity for all? Raised by John Cary, resonated deeply with me. I strongly believe that design is not only for a privileged few but for everyone. This would not only diversify the client base for design but also create new forms of design-a new typology. With ...
Canopy of Thoughts is an ongoing climate psychology project that exists in iterative recreations in a variety of materials and locations. It approaches the topic of environmental sustainability as a human rights issue and aims to highlight the impact of the global climate crisis on mental health. The artwork visually ...
Urban | Cultural | Masterplan | Residential
According to UN World Urbanization prospects, in the past 40 years, the global population has grown by 80%. In nearly 50 years the urban population will reach about 70% of the global (world population prospects, 2006). This influx from rural to urban areas and massive urbanization creates numerous environmental and ...
The curtain wall, traditionally an icon of modern architecture, takes its name from curtains, but it seems to be misnamed, to begin with. The translation of curtains to the modern curtain wall seems disingenuous. It echoes what structure does and is a direct translation of it, but it has the ...
Thousands of inert flying machines are stored across the world. This project aim to express the architectural potential of these aeronautic wastes. Aircraft’s parts are designed to be light and extremely resistant, so we can imagine to transform them into mobile architectures that can be easily transported. This reuse design ...
The urban context selected by our project this time is located in Kwun Tong District, Hong Kong, China, and the urban issue studied is air pollution. It is learned that because Hong Kong is located in a place with more people and less land, and community construction projects are developed ...
Wandering around the cliffs of the Zavial Battery, one can stumble upon Site Mirador, an intimate space of contemplation and a landmark within the Mediterranean landscape that celebrates the existing ruins. The proposal for the Site Mirador aims to reconnect the existing fragmentary ruins with the non-existing Fortress in a new whole ...
Urban | Civic | Cultural | Educational
Atlantis is rather like a vast Academy stretched over 5 hectares. It will host exhibitions, meetings, study courses, performances amidst all the activities connected with the life of an artist’ colony, a gathering of scientists, thinkers, patrons,and student living together for a while, working, searching,debating and taking part in the ...
DRIVE - IN Urban Park is conceptualized as a mixed-use project. It is an amalgamation of residential, commercial, institutional and recreational typologies, situated in the vibrant context of the infamous DRIVE-IN Cinema, Ahmedabad.
Herz Jesu Church was initially conceptualized by Architect Peter Zumthor, as a sacred serene space washed in blue light from the conifers, making the spatial experience divine. This is project has been contextualized in Mirzapur, Ahmedabad, India.
The project includes interior design of an apartment with living room, kitchen, toilet and bedroom, which is currently under construction. It is located on the first floor and it has a terrace. It is equipped according to modern standards where white and green colors with shades of gold and ...
In this project we were given a pretty small plot of land in Patras, Greece and were asked to design both a house and a work place. The building had to cover maximum the 70% of the plot and be maximum 200 m^2. My house and ...
The green hill is my interpretation of the near future service station. It seeks to respond to the site’s and users’ needs in a relevant and impactful way while taking into consideration our climate crisis. After researching in depth the site's social and political context I decided to serve the ...
This article look into the more holistic approach to philanthropist architecture by using building technology to provide for the basic needs of water and food that are desperately needed in the developing countries such as Kakuma, Kenya.
Urban | Civic | Infrastructure | Masterplan
Sited on the border between Norway and Russia, this project reconsiders the autonomy of the town of Kirkenes. The region has a complex history of territorial dispute and mineral extraction, attracting investors from the globe to invest, extract and occupy. As a result, this area has become a semi-peripheral place ...
The project is inspired by the urgent need for resilient landscape systems which can be introduced into the urban environment to mitigate unpredicted tidal and storm surges. The city of London is directly linked to the North Sea, which is known for high intertidal currents carrying large bodies of water ...
Summary: This project seeks to collaborate with the patient in the relearning of walking through the application of a set made up of a harness with an upper guide and a system of gyroscopes, which could contribute to the restoration of balance during the walking phases. It is proposed to show the ...
Bhavnani Residence A year back The Bhavnani residence at Gandhidham was actually a barren land with just a skeleton of the desired villa but with the utmost effort, ideas and creativity we could create a life-sized 3 BHK poetry, showcasing a mix of aesthetics on the theme of Bohemian, modern and ...
Saga, like the name of the creator's village. The source of memories and images that reflect the province as she perceives it. The nature, the old small houses with the courtyards and the external baths, the public fountains, the open spaces and the alleys, the outdoor oven, the games in ...
CarbonBuild: CarbonBuild develops biochar as a novel material for integrating nature into architecture. Biochar is a sustainable biomaterial proposed as an alternative to brick or stone where the raw ingredients are obtained from plant matter rather than mined. It serves as a sustainable biomaterial that when integrated with other more stable, ...
[ HASHTAG WISH TREE ] AUCKLAND ARTWEEK & KAIPARA COAST SCULPTURE GARDENS EXHIBITION Inspired by the traditional Chinese bracket system; the Dou Gong, the thesis explores to revive this ancient artform through the means of modern fabrication. Without a single nail or ...