Previous Next A Celebration like no other Email Semester Competition Name Student Name Abhishek Suryavanshi Ganesh Beniwal Sandesh Jadhav DAC Redefining Platitudes V, II, IX abhisheks19@aoamumbai.in ganeshb17@aoamumbai.in sandeshj20@aoamumbai.in : : : : : : : Competition Brief: Redefining Platitudes demands all members to choose an existing drawing or illustration from their previous projects and develop a narrative which is distinctive from the existing narrative of that project by exploring new mediums, textures, graphic styles, and rendering styles. Narrative: “The flowers are blooming because the bipeds no longer snatch them away, they now have a future to look forward to, when the roses rise and everything begins again!” The Tank is the only oasis in the midst of all this destruction, being a source of sustenance in itself. All the things they made, none of them are safe now. And why are all these other wonderful creatures here you ask? Well, they are here to take what was already meant for them from the beginning. You see, these multiple visions we have for the future, the stress we give to human existence and experiences and neglect all the other ones just creates a greater divide between the whole world and us. So, representations should be as elusive as the projects they represent. Letting go of false ideas, focusing less on the exclusionary functions and definitions that we give to spaces we make, we should move forward to a world where we show the impact that the project actually has on this planet, not the fancy attractive visions that give illusions of hope and wellness, where there is none!

Previous Next The Big Bang Epiphany Email Semester Competition Name Student Name Aayush kapse Arch 8 Revision V aayush19@aoamumbai.in : : : : : : : : Competition Brief: The competition focuses on identitying metal objects that have been forgotten and repurpose them into a functional typology of a residence. Narrative: The Big Bang Theory apartment was Re-Visioned, taking the users and their primary requirements as per functionality and personality. The chief decisions were based on the facts that our users are tenants, Scientists, pragmatism favourites and amicably adorable Sci-fi fanatics. The spaces are envisioned for them as well as their small circle of friends. The existing social and intimate zones have been given a personalized character through introduction of newer appliances, lighting strategies, furniture, floating ceilings, action figurines and new-old possessions. The one thing that has guided all the design decisions is the need for Logic and Reason. Issues between Sheldon and Leonard over tinier things are here, tried to be resolved using “Practically Personalized” design calls.

Email Guide Semester Subject Student Name Tejas Shinde Architectural Design II Ar. Yagnik Bathija tejass20@aoamumbai.in Studio Conductors Ar. Anisha Mehta, Ar. Chintan Shah, Ar. Devyani Deshmukh Upasani, Ar. Mythili Shetty, Ar. Neha Panchal, Ar. Parnavi Karandikar Ar. Rishi Vora, Ar. Shivani Mehta, Ar. Yagnik Bathija : : : : : : : : : : : The design intends to guide the user to its desired location through a series of different wall alignments, which creates a sense of belonging through the use of indigenous materials. The three action words 'organize', ' puncture', and 'silent' have influenced the design which incorporates these words through a series of conjunctive volumes and spatial organization of spaces according to their hierarchy. The enclosed volume within the two walls opens up to the central courtyard, which is shared with the Janta darbar and allows the user to break up from the usual monotony of traversing through a single structure. This is in accordance with the nature of the villagers - as we consider their subconscious urge to know each other through the openness of heart. By following the path of the wall, the library resonates with the Janta Darbar, which further frames the whole site into two different experiences - the experience of viewing the entire structure from an outside perspective and experiencing the whole structure through a frame that opens up to the internal courtyard. Previous Next Library - Vachnalay

Previous Next Horizon (2nd Place) Email Semester Competition Name Student Name Priyanshi Hiran ,Vanshika Arora ,Shivani Pisat Arch 8 : Lock Unlock IX priyanshih17@aoamumbai.in vanshikaa17@aoamumbai.in shivanip17@aoamumbai.in : : : : : : : Competition Brief: The goal is to design a medium security prison which would be addressing recidivism, life of inmates and society overall. Narrative: The proposal is a prison with the idea of Rehabilitation and not Imprisonment. This particular module is designed specifically to isolate these prisoners from everyone. The site is in a completely distant area.Isolation leads to self-introspection and helps recreate their identity. Community living helps them to live around people and this new culture will help them adjust to normalcy later in life. Practising self-sufficiency like farming, cooking, cleaning will help them become independent and various other activities allow them to explore their interests. By reimagining such a facility, the structure exposes the users to a visual treat of the horizon, above water and below water. The multifaceted and dynamic form of the structure has been inspired by human swimming, how the balance and the movement in the structure have been done using alternate massing and motion. The courtyard has been provided to allow inmates to fish from within the structure negating the risk of escape. The use of scanning passages reduces the workload of the guards. Considering the encouragement of the inmates in various activities and duties of guards, the structure is made self-sustainable by the users themselves. In order to avoid tracking the inmates and avoiding their escapes, the structure is always in motion.

Previous Next Email Guide Semester Subject Student Name Kaankshi shah Allied Design - Landscape IV Ar. Juhi Prasad kaankshi19@aoamumbai.in Studio Conductors Ar. Juhi Prasad, Ar. Shruti Barve : : : : : : : : : : : Onto a picturesque scene of National Park far away from the concrete jungle of Mumbai rests a unique relic sacred to the ecosystem of the elements. This relic itself holds up to be a fine manifestation of movement of slope, terrain, scale, vegetation, light quality, perception of sky with negligible human intervention. All this culminates to experience the walk-through holistically. An essential aspect that separates this path from any other path is the amalgamation of various natural and living elements. It encourages oneself to explore the translation of the growth and decay patterns, transition of color, light and masses while associating it with mapping across the forth dimension of time thereby forming a magnificent composition in harmony. The inter – relationship between the elements, their patterns, this transition and its history culminates into many spatial identities while cutting along the fresh waters of Dahisar River. Reorganizing Scenic

Previous Next Email Guide Semester Subject Student Name Mahir Amit Mody, Tarun Panjabi, Kaankshi Shah Technical design V Ar. Juhi Prasad Singh, Ar. Prerna Thacker mahir19@aoamumbai.in, tarun19@aoamumbai.in, kaankshi19@mumbai.in Studio Conductors Ar. Juhi Prasad Singh, Ar. Prerna Thacker : : : : : : : : : : : The project is focused towards understanding the construction materials, sustainable techniques and plantation style required for site development of the built forms for the Architectural Design project - Community center (Co-living facility for Aspiring Actor), designed in Semester 4. The first step in this process was understanding the existing contours on site, and then modifying them so as to help in the ease of water drainage on site. Necessary plans have been created to show these applications on site. The addition of rain gardens helps in percolation of water into the soil, thus increasing the underground water table. Aluminum-steel gratings have been proposed around the tree trunks, to help in increasing the absorption of water content. Rain water harvesting system has also been proposed, with rainwater downtake pipes on top of the built structures to further help in making this a sustainable project. Gradation

Previous Next The Bee Gesticulation (People's Choice Award) Email Semester Competition Name Student Name Alisha Menezes Charmi Mehta Shruti Sahasrabudhe DAC Redefining Platitudes IX, II alisham17@aoamumbai.in charmi20@aoamumbai.in shrutis17@aoamumbai.in : : : : : : : Competition Brief: Redefining Platitudes demands all members to choose an existing drawing or illustration from their previous projects and develop a narrative which is distinctive from the existing narrative of that project by exploring new mediums, textures, graphic styles, and rendering styles. Narrative: Bees, with their short, choppy wing strokes, maneuver in their (work)space with the help of predetermined motion flows which they correlate with the current patterns. They pinpoint visual and physical landmarks along their path, camouflaged for others. These landmarks are categorized according to the edge conditions, colours and textures. Spatial configuration and experience along with visual textures are the features that bees memorize, for their efficient navigational performance. The illustration talks about the dynamic and structured flow of the bees according to the spatial syntax and experience. The place-markers identified at different locations are diverse in terms of textures, patterns and edge conditions and are allied by the camouflaged dynamic movement patterns of the bees in varied dimensions. The flow of the modular pattern in the illustration resembles the structured and definitive flow of a bee house. And the free flowing form relates to their movement in the world outside. Humans maneuver in a similar way as that of bees, thus distinguishing their fluidity from rigid modular designs to parametric curves.

Email Guide Semester Subject Student Name Aishwarya Balsekar, Harshvardhan Jhaveri, Pradyumna Vikharankar Architectural Design IX Ar. Nitesh Avhad aishwaryab17@aoamumbai.in , harshvardhanj17@aoamumbai.in , pradyumnav17@aoamumbai.in Studio Conductors Ar. Shripad Bhalerao, Ar. Yashwant Pitkar, Ar. Nitesh Avhad, Ar. Hemal Biscuitwala, Ar. Dhaval Jain : : : : : : : : : : : The aim of the proposal is to create a design that facilitates a symbiotic relationship between the city and the port through the means of integrating the public into the site. The goal is to create a space that recognizes the vast history of the city of beirut and through design acknowledges and builds on the resilience shown by the city. It is to destigmatize the functioning of a port by intervening into a highly private zone using public activities, allowing for better Integration without Intrusion. This facilitates the smooth functioning of the port while allowing the public to be part of the system. Different public amenities are provided to further economic development at a micro scale and promoting public investment, in both a tangible and intangible way, while allowing for the culture and history of beirut to be magnified via the built form as well as the functions of the space. Previous Next Rebuilding Beirut Port 1

Email Guide Semester Subject Student Name Durwakshi Bhoir Architectural Design I Ar.Saurabh Mhatre, Ar. Juhi Prasad, Ar. Harshada Shintre, Ar. Amey Mhatre, Ar. Joel Roy durwakshi20@aoamumbai.in Studio Conductors Ar.Saurabh Mhatre, Ar. Juhi Prasad, Ar. Harshada Shintre, Ar. Amey Mhatre, Ar. Joel Roy : : : : : : : : : : : Human perception has always made a difference in looking at a particular thing in many different ways. The given exercise aims at studying various aspects of physical and visual boundaries and their organisation. These features are mapped in drawings that portray the limits of permeance, strength, volume, height, direction, safety, and orientation. The perspective view indicated the depth and the distance in space. Various methods, like hatching and stippling, were used to differentiate the areas through textures. The nature of the drawings was more line work and monochrome as a reference from the work of David Lemm. These visual boundaries were tangible and intangible and were perceived for their character, construct, materiality and function. This resulted in an understanding of the basic constructs of space and its relationship with user choreography. Previous Next The Intangibilities

Previous Next Email Guide Semester Subject Student Name Aashi Jain Allied Design - Landscape V Ar. Juhi Prasad aashi19@aoamumbai.in Studio Conductors Ar. Juhi Prasad, Ar. Shruti Barve : : : : : : : : : : : The intent of the project was to revamp an already existing public space and to question what exactly defines a public space? Is it the porosity, is it the accessibility or is it the sense of security that successfully defines a public space? By forming our own lenses and by studying the context thoroughly well, the design was formulated. Public spaces are a break in the city, they are congregational points within the city that enhance communication and interaction within the community. Ranibaug is one such public space in the city that has a monumental value, a history attached to it, and is of educational and recreational relevance but there were some issues that didn’t make it as accessible as a public space should be and so an attempt has been made to provide an alternative to the already existing site. Designing a space majorly using the softscape and thus creating a very accessible public space were some of the principle aspects considered at the early stages of design. Merge & Redefine

Email Guide Semester Subject Student Name Harsh Shah, Darsh Sheth Architectural Design IX Ar. Mythili Kowshik-Shetty darshs17@aoamumbai.in harshs17@aoamumbai.in Studio Conductors Ar. Rajratna Jadhav, Ar. Rishi Vora, Ar. Hardik Dedhia, Ar. Ashley Fialho, Ar. Esha Tipnis, Ar. Mythili Kowshik-Shetty, Ar. Yagnik Bathija : : : : : : : : : : : The human has been developing his characters through his maritime journey, he discovered instruments to navigate, crafted vessels to travel, battle and colonize, and at last the addiction to commerce and trade which has seen catastrophic consequences because of industrialization. This representation of the journey of humans from the past has been detrimental to himself because of his deeds. Today in this moment of realization he stands and witnesses the horizon and has the choice to decide whether he wants to sustain through clean methods or take the current course and dive to extinction. Architecture of today is a bridge and facilitator for the human to absorb the reaction which the land is suffering, we will need to be very conscious of our ecological contours and include them as a defense and appreciative help towards reversing the change. Previous Next The Pitcher

Email Guide Semester Subject Student Name Siddhi Shinde Architectural Design IV Ar. Richa Raut siddhi19@aoamumbai.in Studio Conductors Ar. Ravi Hazra, Ar. Porus Master, Ar. Ashley Fialho, Ar. Richa Raut, Ar. Saurabh Jain, Ar. Rohit Karekar, Ar. Shekoba Sanap : : : : : : : : : : : The brief and the site both were very nature-centric, hence it became necessary to create a link between humans and nature through a built form that will benefit both, rather than cause harm to one another. So digging deeper into this came an understanding that nothing in nature comes directly into existence rather it grows and evolves through time. A similar process is observed in humans as well. Thus the project aimed at creating a platform for the symbiotic development or GROWTH of both humans and nature. Furthermore, various categories of growth were listed down including – physical growth, spiritual, regenerative, supplementary, communal, and environmental growth. While zoning of activities, the communal growth with the community included spaces such as amphitheater and workshop area and spiritual growth where the focus is on oneself with activities like yoga, meditation and camping form the main link while others root out of this. The build includes a sleeping area, rainwater harvesting, and solar energy where natural sources are replenished. The form designed aids in the aim of sustainability, so the roof is designed to respond to factors such as sun shading, ventilation, rainwater harvesting, etc. All the materials are locally sourced making them economically viable. The structural layers have brick walls with bamboo columns connected to the wall or supporting the rafters with the bamboo network that hold the shingles in places. Previous Next Nisarga- Farm House 3