Email Guide Semester Subject Student Name Aishwarya Balsekar Architectural Representation and Detailing IX Ar. Karan Danda , Ar. Saurabh Mhatre, Ar. Shripad Bhalerao & Ar. Yashwant Pitkar aishwaryab17@aoamumbai.in Studio Conductors Ar. Karan Danda , Ar. Saurabh Mhatre, Ar. Shripad Bhalerao & Ar. Yashwant Pitkar : : : : : : : : : : : This thesis looks into the understanding of what creates a sacred space and analyzes the elements that facilitate Transcendence in the minds of the users. The process of the design of the poster began with the understanding of what the topic entails. This led to several explorations and helped with the following elements being categorized and shown through the work. Light: The play of light on materials and surfaces inside a space hugely impacts how the spaces are perceived. Numinosity: The element of spirituality is heightened by the feeling of numinosity. This emotion is triggered by several elements of design. Through the poster the aim was to integrate the key elements in a manner to convey the idea of the thesis. Previous Next The Spiritual Transcendence of Sacred Architecture

Email Guide Semester Subject Student Name Vaibhavi Khedkar Architectural Design IV Ar. Richa Raut vaibhavi@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 : : : : : : : : : : : Ready? A question to ask yourself while looking at nature. Nature always educates us to grow and evolve, this project also attempted to achieve the same by redefining recreation. A recreation of thrill, energy, wilderness, and in turn a recreation for life. As the keywords उठा, बघा,खेळा,शिका imply celebrating the life while learning and relearning, the realm of the practical world teaches the exact opposite. Thus the form is developed seizing this inspiration forward. By using concrete as a sustainable material, active and passive effects on the built form are experienced. The bicycle paths along the built generate electricity and make it self-sufficient. The red structure at the end tries to make an impact by positive sportiness as it adequately binds with nature. Previous Next Nisarga- Farm House 4

Inside Out - Contextual Design (Top 16) Previous Next Email Guide Semester Competition Name Student Name Abhishek Suryavanshi ACARA Rookies 2021-22 IV Ar. Porus Master abhisheks19@aoamumbai.in : : : : : : : : : Competition Brief: The theme for the competition is Contextual Design: Creating Space, Re-interpreting Tradition Narrative: Project Inside out aims at offering a multifold staying experience with nature at its core. INSIDE OUT- an idea through which the connection between user, nature and its resources is followed. Responding to the site was key for contextual design which shaped the project. The response has been explored through various frames like climate, environmental management strategies, present and past traditional values from around and much more. The design was planned around the existing natural resources and also aimed at keeping them intact. Through this design project the user gains an understanding of the past practices of self sufficiency, local traditional values and simple ways of living in a modern context. The typical architectural style of building of the nearby villages gave rise to creation of various open, semi open and private spaces, giving a holistic spatial experience. Growing the food you eat, various recycling strategies, community living, is encouraged as part of developing a culture on site and helping visitors grow a connection with the built and unbuilt environment Creating comfortable and habitable spaces via large overhangs with small outdoor courtyard spaces getting formed, share a dual purpose of blocking the south sun and cater to the concept of inside out to the very core of the project.

Previous Next Academy's Unwind Email Semester Competition Name Student Name Nidhi Khot Shivanjay Bhagat DAC - Academy's Recess - Rethinking Amphitheatre Area IV nidhik19@aoamumbai.in bhagat19@aoamumbai.in : : : : : : : Competition Brief: Academy's Recess proposes the generation of architectural ideas for outdoor activities for the institution's amphitheatre area while retaining the original functionality of the space. Interaction and Activity in a natural environment is the key focus of the competition. Narrative: The amphitheatre is the most beloved spot for all the students to congregate on, be it whilst sipping on a steaming hot cup of coffee during mid lecture breaks or during the morning rush. The proposition includes a seating platform springing from the central banyan tree, which is also the symbol of our college. It revolves around it, and further develops to form a pergola style roof and later a solid roof over the stationary shop. This depicts the journey of our college from a small college to one of the topmost institutions in the city.This pergola serves as a roof for the photobooth and creates a dramatic effect of light and shadow throughout the day. The amphitheatre seating is enlarged inorder to accommodate a larger crowd since this place serves as a huge photo kiosk, during college festivals. It further extends to an open seating on one side and a secluded seating on the other. The amphitheatre is frequently filled with meandering cats in a quest for a shaded space. The wall adjacent to the niche is dedicated as a play and rest area for the same.

Previous Next Amphitheatre : Productivity + Email Semester Competition Name Student Name Chandraneil Kumbhare Dhaval Mistry DAC - Academy's Recess - Rethinking Amphitheatre Area VIII chandraneilk17@aoamumbai.in dhavalm17@aoamumbai.in : : : : : : : Competition Brief: Academy's Recess proposes the generation of architectural ideas for outdoor activities for the institution's amphitheatre area while retaining the original functionality of the space. Interaction and Activity in a natural environment is the key focus of the competition. Narrative: Creating an Identity of the Amphitheater Area An Amphitheater is generally used for a function to take place. Considering the size of ours, an amphitheater can be used for a medium-size gathering, small events, and as the amphitheater is shady and windy enough it can also be used for relaxation during the break and works as a good place for discussions or some Electives /College Projects to display. But currently, it has been used as just an open space of the campus. The reason for that is the space Amphitheater in itself doesn’t have an identity of its own. Thus, we now need to make such “identities” in the Amphitheater which will make the people create the vision of that space from just its name. Those identities are simple objects which everybody knows and also helps in the functioning of the Amphitheater space but they have a distinct character to itself which make them unique. The name for them is as simple as one would call them while just looking at it without knowing the terminology, like :- 1. The Yellow Steps. 2. The Green Shade. 3. The Mushroom Stands. 4. The Frame of AOA.

Email Guide Semester Subject Student Name Durwakshi Bhoir Architectural Design Studio I Ar. Saurabh Mhatre, Ar. Juhi Prasad, Ar. Harshada Shintre, Ar. Amey Mhatre, Ar.Joel Roy, Miss. Teja Gavankar durwakshi20@aoamumbai.in Studio Conductors Ar. Saurabh Mhatre, Ar. Juhi Prasad, Ar. Harshada Shintre, Ar. Amey Mhatre, Ar.Joel Roy, Miss. Teja Gavankar : : : : : : : : : : : The exercise involved analysis of the human body and its movement in space. It helped to understand how the human body is related to the surrounding environment and how space has been formed accordingly. The Renaissance painting, School Of Athens, was analyzed to study human body anthropometry in a space created in a painting through a few technical drawings. Further, these human body proportions and postures were related to the cityscape and activities similar to that posture. Scenarios like a person reading a book in a room, the delivery person asking for an address, people doing window shopping, people asking for a ball, the person falling while cleaning a room were some examples. This helped to understand space and its interaction with the human body. The drawings of Philip Steadman were used as a reference to create these drawings. Previous Next Body And Movement In Space 3

Previous Next Semester Ar. Rajratna Jadhav V, VII, IX Studio Conductors : : : This college project is proposed for Understanding History, Digital Culture and its implication Architectural design methodology. Understanding the Digital tools and their evolution through computational possibilities, parametric thinking etc. and learning about 3 generations of Digital Architects who have been the influencers with their unique and disruptive ideas. This CP has a research-based approach with students producing one short paper, one long paper and a Graphical poster on Theories and Architects of the digital era, their neighborhood. TRANSFORMATION OF VERNACULAR ARCHITECTURE

Previous Next A Coffee Bean (Editor's Choice Award) Email Semester Competition Name Student Name Kartika Pinjarkar, Harshwardhan Shirpurkar Uni Terra Terra V kartikap19@aoamumbai.in harshwardhan19@aoamumbai.in : : : : : : : Competition Brief: The aim of the Competition is to design a pavillion with the help of the compuatational design softwares. Narrative: The Coffee Bean Pavilion - takes its inspiration from a simple coffee bean to generate a surge of emotions in the user. The major driving concepts of the coffee pavilion were to establish a connection with the user while achieving a sustainable design that could be achieved parametrically which would, in turn, allow for efficient modular replication. The simplicity of the design and repetition of the units makes it possible to have an easy, efficient and fast construction enabling it to be modular and made at different sites. The site chosen is the rooftop of ‘The Heights Building’ located in the USA. The skin is made out of terracotta and the skeletal framework of horizontal and vertical reinforcement bars are made out of steel. These tiles can be rotated along the rod allowing user engagement with the pavilion. The aim was to achieve lesser sunlight infiltration from the top and more cross ventilation thus, resulting in the lower panels having a bigger cavity/hole and a gradually decreasing size of the cavity as it goes to the top. In all, the pavilion acts as a visually attractive meeting point to a variety of users that provokes connectivity and social engagement.

Previous Next Email Guide Semester Subject Student Name Adnan Motiwala, Riya Khinvasara Architectural Building Construction and Materials III Ar. Rohit Karekar adnan20@aoamumbai.in riya20@aoamumbai.in Studio Conductors Ar.K.V Parmeshwar Ar. Kanak Kashyap Ar. Rohit Karekar Ar. Swapna Hankare : : : : : : : : : : : The concept of the structure was inspired by the infinity loop wherein the user can experience the pavilion by entering from one side and exiting from the other. The structure is made out of RCC. The structure was designed with multiple levels to make it fun for the user to experience. A staircase along with a ramp was imbibed in the structure adding to the playful nature of the pavilion. A grid of columns was formed to give the structure stability. A column was added at every junction for the same. Along with this a cantilevered slab was included in the design. This slab acted as a viewing deck for the users to view the exteriors of the site. The Infinity Walkway

Previous Next Email Guide Semester Subject Student Name Adish Rathod Design Dissertation IX Ar. Shripad Bhalerao adishr16@aoamumbai.in Issuu Link Ar. Rohit Shinkre, Ar. Shripad Bhalerao, Ar. Yashwant Pitkar, Ar. Sulakshana Bhanushali, Ar. Nachiket Kalle, Ar. Shruti Barve, Ar. Akbar Biviji, Ar. Harshada Bapat Shintre : : : : : : : : : : : https://issuu.com/aoa_confluence_2022/docs/adishr_1627_1 : Studio Conductors : : : The idea for this Dissertation comes from a simple thought about expanding cities and the burden caused by rapid urbanisation. With these initial factors a relation could be drawn as to how these factors are leading to more unorganised jobs, leading to issues such as hunger and migration patterns which make life tougher for urban individuals. Having these basic issues in mind, the Dissertation dives deeper into how these factors affect the city in social and economic factors, leading to a larger picture of what lifestyle the people of the city lead and how accessible basic necessities such as food, recreational spaces are to the urban population. Thus the topic explores various interventions that can be carried out on various levels throughout the city, trying to integrate all stakeholders to share their knowledge, create circular systems and eventually create a sustainable community that helps transform these interventions into regular practice and involve as many people as they can to live a better urban life. Farming As A Means Of Community Building & Social Development

Previous Next Jalsandharan: Revival of Traditional Water Infrastructure in Karmala Email Guide Semester Subject Student Name Niharika Shah Thesis X Ar. Richa Raut & Ar. Swapna Hankare niharikas16@aoamumbai.in Issuu Link https://issuu.com/aoa_confluence_2022/docs/niharikas_36_final_thesis_presentation : : : : : : : : : : : Ar. Milind Amle, Ar. Swati Chokshi, Ar. Rajratna Jadhav, Ar. Snehal Gaikwad, Ar. Swapna Hankare, Ar. Richa Raut, Ar. Yagnik Bathija, Ar. Neha Panchal, Ar. Porus Master, Ar. Rahul Manohar, Ar. Sanjay Mehta : Studio Conductors : : : Video Links : Life started in water and developed around it. The daily need of water for drinking, irrigation, cleaning, etc triggered the development of clusters around its source. In the Indian setting, people associated water with god. It is observed that almost every temple and religious structure is located near water, even the water infrastructure had Idols so that people would consider them auspicious and will give significance to the asset. The development and inventions permitted people to control and twist the assets according to their need. Water was no exception, people began to gather, transport, extract water as per their demands. In an attempt to fulfill their needs, society neglected the indigenous systems leading to the water crisis. The dissertation attempts to understand traditional water systems and how they used to be a part of the community and ecology simultaneously. To understand how the ecology of the place can be restored with the revival of traditional water infrastructures, the program is designed to explain the community about the significance of water conservation and harvesting, and inspire them to take a step towards ecological conservation. This dissertation is an endeavor at the rebuilding of the ecological imbalance using traditional water management techniques for the upliftment of the society and an attempt to prevent the loss of the unique identity of the place.

Previous Next The motion frame Email Semester Competition Name Student Name Janhavi Jadhav Tarun Panjabi Vaibhavi Tolamatti DAC Redefining Platitudes II, V janhavij20@aoamumbai.in , tarun19@aoamumbai.in vaibhavi19@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: I DON'T DIVIDE ARCHITECTURE, LANDSCAPE, AND FUNCTIONS, TO ME THEY ARE ONE. – LUIS BARRAGAN Emotions, Experience, and Elements cohere together to form up a space. This illustration depicts the assembling of the 3 E's which form up the character of the project. Every space here provokes emotions through colour and the multiple activities inside the frame. To show the true sense of togetherness in this community hall design, there is use of warli art and it’s warm colour evokes optimism and excitement. The whole experience of the illustration is portrayed through multiple vantage points as we believe that space could be perceived by every individual through a different perspective and angle. The vital part that forms up the space is all the basic elements and the ideology with which a whole structure comes into place as portrayed. Every unit, every element that comes together to form this structure is broken up to its smallest scale. One can see bricks, tiles, columns, roof, building masses all converging together to form up the space. The greens are also juxtaposed along the contours lines which stitch up the illustration together. The ideology here is that every space revolves around the landscape, terrain, and context created by the space. The graphic thus portrays the idea of function, landscape, and architecture existing as a single entity as each of the following comes from different paths, converges, and interlocks together.