“What role does an Urban Hub play?”

A relatively new trend is gaining popularity as the rising desire for walkability and entertainment transforms how people want to work, live, and play. A hub is the effective centre of an activity, region, or network. Urban hubs are combining these factors into one centralized location, creating new and localized communities.

Internship Work

The competition was hosted by the Ayodhya Development Authority (ADA), to commemorate the life of Bharat Ratna Smt. Lata Mangeshkar, her voice, persona, achievements, and contribution etc. to the field of music. The competition brief expected to portray the culture, ethos, and identity of Ayodhya and harmony between the great past and future ambitions of Ayodhya with innovative design, material selection, textures, colours etc. And as the it is a prominent junction, it also aimed at improving Pedestrian-oriented street design, Equipped underground utilities, and Enhanced user experience while showcasing the rich heritage and culture.

The entry won the runner-up prize in the competition.

Lata Mangeshkar Chowk, Ayodhya

Competition Entry

Inspira Springdale, Bengaluru

Villa Design

The brief was to design a villa for a plotted development in Bengaluru. The aim was to maximize the quality of space while adhering to the constraints of total built0up area and plot limitations.

The Public Realm - Ground Floor

The First Impression - Entrance Portal

Concept sketches

The Site

The Private Realm - Central Podiums

The Themed Gardens - Ground Floor

Casa Grand Solitaire, Chennai

Landscape Design

The Central Podiums

The project entailed the design of open spaces and the development of the podium areas for a residential complex in Kalavakkam, Chennai.

The farmhouse was the design for a client’s second home, based on a hill within the client’s farmlands in Bannerghatta, Bengaluru.

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The Farmhouse, Bengaluru

Villa Design

“The architects who benefit us most maybe those generous enough to lay aside their claims to genius in order to devote themselves to assembling graceful but predominantly unoriginal boxes. Architecture should have the confidence and the kindness to be a little boring.”

-Alain de Botton, The Architecture of Happiness

Other Academic Work

The formidable weight of Maratha history sits light on Rasta Peth, a middle-class neighbourhood in old Pune. Its narrow by-lanes between packed buildings are a melee of hawkers, garland sellers and two-wheelers. The proposed site is part of the Pune city core. It is a culturally vibrant area that houses a spectrum of people.

Rastapeth Street Housing

Semester VII

BCRI Campus

Semester V

The Biodiversity Conservation and Research Institute (BCRI), for BAIF was designed as a sanctum for agricultural development. Comprising of a space with blend of public, semi-public and private, the challenge was the transition as well as the relationship with existing nature.

Interpretation Center

Semester V

The Interpretation Center aimed at creating a space, nestled within the biodiversity hotspot to experience and spread awareness about the deteriorating nature.

Visualization

Annual NASA Design Competition (ANDC) | 2019-2020
Annual NASA Design Competition (ANDC) | 2019-2020
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Housing and Urban Development Corporation (HUDCO) | 2019-2020
Annual NASA Design Competition (ANDC) | 2019-2020
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NASA India Team Entries

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