Previous Next Avsar Email Semester Competition Name Student Name Ananya Nayak, Urja Arte Dharavi Project III ananyan20@aoamumbai.in , urjaa20@aoamumbai.in : : : : : : : Competition Brief: The aim of the competition is to develop a place making project that will act as a center for change and empowerment in the heart of dharavi. Narrative: The Design proposal served as an interface between the city of Mumbai and the people of Dharavi. The design evolved in response to the lifestyles of the people. The site has two main entrances, one leading to offices and the other leading to the night school, workshops, studios, and the performance area. A chai tapri and newspaper stall provide a social arena that forms the transition between the two spaces. The scarcity of economic means pushed us to devise strategies for an intelligent use of the available resources. Shipping containers presented themselves as a cost-effective solution to our problem. They are the perfect shape and size to be repurposed as a habitable space. The high density of Dharavi asks for an intensive use of spaces, where multiple functionalities coexist in the same physical space, and where borders between interiors and exteriors are blurred. Households are open to the street, and as a result become part of the highly salient social texture of the community. Keeping this in mind, the incubation cells and coworking spaces were meticulously zoned to incorporate narrow streets and small seating areas that serve as spots that facilitate as well as encourage communication and interaction between the young entrepreneurs. The interconnections made between different offices on the first-floor level create more circulation spaces. Through the second entrance, the exhibition, and the performance area on the right stand as the centre of attraction. The performance area is connected to studios and practice rooms. On the left, through a series of workshop areas (pottery, leather tanning, tailoring, etc) one advances towards the longitudinally spanning school and the library situated on the first floor.

Previous Next Email Guide Semester Subject Student Name Kaankshi Shah Allied Design - Landscape IV Ar. Juhi Prasad, Ar. Shruti Barve kaankshi19@aoamumbai.in Studio Conductors Ar. Juhi Prasad, Ar. Shruti Barve : : : : : : : : : : : LANDSCAPE AS ARTIFACT Nature provides a stage to be in coherence with other elements surrounding it, considering human intervention the romanticizing inherent property of nature is depleted. Jaisalmer in the desert depicts impeccable forms and visual compositions which are harmonious. The repetition in the streets and the outstanding fort as a symbol of power in rhythm with the elevation and sequential daylight converting it into a mirage back and forth builds up an interesting artefact on the richness of the surface LANDSCAPE AS HABITAT Habitat is a homogenous living cycle of flora, fauna and humans. The settlement is ever changing due to human activities and forces of nature of wind, light and precipitation which aid in choosing the apt location of living and growing. This land transformation due to the forces developed two man made habitats in the location-rural & fort which work in coordination according to the requirement and in presence of the desert habitat which has least human intervention is largely independent and is more dynamic in nature due to its entity. LANDSCAPE AS NATURE The pristine elements of nature envisioning one towards the limitless desert edge, calm and controlled clear sky where the wind ravages often and gusts the land as storms. This dynamic interface between elements enhances it to the fullest. The harmony between these develops various kinds of textural patterns being a backdrop for the ground. With prime yellow base splashes of green vegetation enhances the typology and determines the coexistence of all elements. Jaisalmer

Previous Next Semester Ar. Swati Chokshi, Ar. Snehal Gaikwad VII, IX Studio Conductors : : : The field of architecture involves a plethora of knowledge that needs to be documented and developed upon with extensive research and documentation. The study hence initiated the critical and analytical thinking required to identify and eventually explore areas of research. With this intent, the college project also focused on converting the understanding of varied areas into research proposals that then culminated into a research project. WRITING ARCHITECTURE- INSIGHT INTO ARCHITECTURAL RESEARCH

Previous Next Email Guide Semester Subject Student Name Harshvardhan Jhaveri Design Dissertation IX Ar. Sulakshana Bhanushali harshvardhanj17@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/1717_harshvardhanjhaveri_ddbook1 : Studio Conductors : : : Death is not an easy concept to understand or, rather, even comprehend. We are all constantly surrounded by death, but we pay little or no attention to this overwhelming and constantly looming aspect of dying. To understand death, one needs to understand dying. Religions, cultures, and beliefs play a crucial role in how an individual perceives death. These cultures have built elaborate rituals to help humans process the grief of losing someone. They very craftily mold this intangible aspect of death into one that is tangible and can be held on to, allowing one to grasp an understanding of their own existence better. We focus so much on the latter aspect of death that we forget to cater to the dying. Most people aren’t afraid of death, but they are, of dying. The study is an attempt to understand the concept of death and dying, along with what it is that people want or need before they or their close ones die. It aims to question the importance of peace before dying, why people need it in the first place, and then further understand what will help them attain this peace therewith architecturally providing the means to achieve it. Narrating Death - Architecture For The Dying

Previous Next Email Guide Semester Subject Student Name Yug Dudhara, Mohit Pandharkame, Aashka Trivedi Foundation Studio I Ar. Rishi Vora, Ar. Anisha Mehta yugd20@aoamumbai.in , mohit20@aoamumbai.in , aashka20@aoamumbai.in Studio Conductors Ar. Anisha Mehta, Ar. Ronak Savla, Ar. Devayani Deshmukh Upasani, Ar. Mythili Shetty, Ar. Neha Panchal, Ar. Parnavi Karandikar, Ar. Rishi Vora, Ar. Shivani Mehta, Ar. Yagnik Bathija : : : : : : : : : : : The project was aimed to transform a virtual app into an interactive space. The structure, designed for the app, Nike run, is a pavilion that sustains human interference. The pavilion design uses the two main functions of the app, Guidance, and Sampling, as cue words. The periphery of the structure comprises louvers that create shadow patterns on the base and thus serve the purpose of sampling via light. The form is such that the entry and exit are not visible. In that case, what guides is the light entering the structure and the form itself. The structure demands public interaction, and thus, the site selected for installation is Mumbai's Marine Drive. Sanstroll - the interactive walkway

Previous Next Dharavi Candy: Breaking from the Blues Email Semester Competition Name Student Name Aayush Kapse Dharavi Project V aayush19@aoamumbai.in : : : : : : : Competition Brief: The aim of the competition is to develop a place making project that will act as a center for change and empowerment in the heart of dharavi. Narrative: Candies bring joy to our lives . With it’s Sweet and tangy filling, they make sure to put a smile on our faces. Dharavi candy proposes to induce a joyous and vibrantly interactive culture that aims at erasing the boundaries that do exist beyond this junction -pragmatically and inclusively. The structure is composed of flexible zones with materials like steel, tensile fabrics and corrugated aluminium panels. Adequate rain water harvesting and photovoltaic glass panels make the structure self-sustaining and more efficient. Like a candy, this structure gets unwrapped in layers. The flavours are felt more when one finds their own niche. The gap between these layers is narrowed as with time every process of the life of this place involves the residents of Dharavi merging and working together.

Previous Next Email Guide Semester Subject Student Name Harsh Dinesh Shah Design Dissertation IX Ar. Prof. Snehal Gaikwad harshs17@aoamumbai.in Issuu Link 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 : : : : : : : : : : : https://issuu.com/aoa_confluence_2022/docs/final_dd_book_spreads_ : Studio Conductors : : : In the last few decades, the domain of urbanization witnessed various revelations by city space practitioners, where advocacy for social sustainability became the key discourse. Throughout the cities’ evolution and adaptation; the cities rather demanded a more plastic approach for change, reducing sociability. The ephemeral exhibits and pop-up environments (PUEs) (Bertino, 2019) were advanced urban tools that devised a vehicle to advocate initial recognition for the city’s evolution as an emerging need for new infrastructures, new land uses, and new space availability. Led by migration and demographic change the PUEs manifest as an intersection between new city space’s customs and their habits. The research directs attention towards the use of more examinations led by temporary environments that scale for various social interactions and recognize newer interactions of the city dwellers. Moreover, the agencies of planning and spatial practitioners of the city space are themselves in a dilemma over whether to provide a healthy and socially sustainable city space by expanding the public space or by improvising the essential infrastructure. Cities that are widely congested are prone to lengthy bureaucratic and implementation procedures where the scope of upcoming developments can be tested by adaptation through PUEs. Thus, offering an opportunity to operationalize and mobilize imaginations of an expanded city space through temporal mechanisms and frameworks of pop-up environments, to facilitate both a healthy public space and short-term infrastructure. The idea of temporary urban space which is guided by the recent studies in the domain of pop-up environments (PUEs) and the framework (Bertino, 2019); examined for certain select projects such as the ‘add on. 20 Höhenmeter, 2005, Vienna, Austria’, propelled for an inquiry in the urban context of Mumbai. The city has also witnessed the open space, particularly the parks or the plazas transforming into formal and informal spaces for select activities. The informal interventions set cues for the anticipated and changing nature of sociability in the city. The social phenomenon is more accentuated at the unplanned places (Shroff, 2015), where the manifestation is temporary and comes into effect at a particular time. The architecture is envisioned in the interstitial time of urban evolution and newer formulations imagined for the neighbourhood’s pent-up demand for social and short-term public infrastructure. The location of intervention in the dense city centre of Mumbai, where extensive studies on patterns of informal interventions and social engagement are conducted offers a greater scope for experiments and also creates wider acceptability for an inclusive society. Keywords: Pop-up Environment(PUE), cityspace, public infrastructure, informal interventions, inclusivity. Pop-up environments [PUE] and the city space

Email Guide Semester Subject Student Name Pradyumna Vikharankar Architectural Representation and Detailing IX Ar. Karan Danda , Ar. Saurabh Mhatre, Ar. Shripad Bhalerao & Ar. Yashwant Pitkar prayumna17@aoamumbai.in Studio Conductors Ar. Karan Danda , Ar. Saurabh Mhatre, Ar. Shripad Bhalerao & Ar. Yashwant Pitkar : : : : : : : : : : : The drawing is an amalgamation of two arguments wherein, Argument 01 talks about the current economic pattern in the nation that indicates evident prevalent of the sense of deprivation, in the population of rural as well as the emerging urban contexts of India, whereas, Argument 02 talks about the rural population, to be precise, drifting apart from the age old local construction methodologies due to the rising misconceptions of their households & methods being generalized as temporary solutions for a shelter. Merging the two arguments, it can be concluded that the ill effects of the existing economic pattern directly has an impact on the rural population & their local & traditional architectural practices. The rural population in the present day is quite efficiently targeted, influenced & manipulated by the commercialization agendas. Misconceptions rise up within the rural population, wherein owning commercialized goods & living an urban life are seen as measures of development. This gives rise to large scale migration of the rural population to the neighboring urban centers. Eventually this gives rise to mass Brain Drain in the rural contexts of the nation. As per the theory, Brain Drain at one end results in Brain Gain at the opposite end, thus maintaining an equilibrium. But, the mass migration is destined to urban centers of Tier 1 or 2, where the market is dominantly run & based on mass production, hence resulting in exploitation of the rural population. The existence & domination of mass producing industries negates the theory which hampers the equilibrium. Fragmenting down to rural architecture & rural economy, they function in parallel to eachother. If the economy revolves within the community or the village under consideration, based on the principles of self-sufficiency, a decentralized economic pattern can be achieved. The local governing bodies can ensure, through the government policies that are drafted in favor of rural development, the issues to be resolved on a grass root level, with the community, by the community & for the community. Previous Next Balanced Chaos

Previous Next Apparatus of Amusement Email Guide Semester Subject Student Name Aum Gohil Thesis X Ar. Neha Panchal aumg16@aoamumbai.in Issuu Link https://issuu.com/aoa_confluence_2022/docs/apparatus_of_amusement_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 : ‘Apparatus of Amusement’ started with the understanding of the age of Anthropocene and the impact that humans have on the surroundings, through the commodified world we live in. The consumerist strategies lead to a numb state of mindless consumption at the epitome of consumerist typology of the ‘shopping mall’. These extravagances lead to the collective notion of excesses termed as ‘waste’. The project challenges to reverse the conventional notion of retail in a hyper-mediated urban setting of Irla in Mumbai, by using the post-consumption objects in our ‘buy and discard’ society, oscillating roles of a consumer to provide radical solutions to move towards ‘circularity’ The project proposes at three scales- Repurpose decentralized system, Repurposing of the Prime mall and Irla street project intervention. The journey for the role-players starts with a path being chosen based on the anchors of the retail for post-consumption, plastic households, garments, fashion and smartphones electronics. The role-players go through individual processes to repurpose a specific object. The programmatic components include the wall of labor as protagonist, the apparatuses, the event space, the hall of experiments, and the labyrinth consumer’s playground. The project tries to reframe the role of humans in the social and ecological sphere as a shift in the current paradigm for decentralizing ways to manage our objects in our ‘buy and discard’ society.

Previous Next Email Studio Conductors Semester Subject Student Name Sandesh Jadhav ,Srishti Khatwani , Khushi Pednekar , Swarangi Dharmadhikari, Isha Keni, Mohit Pandharkame Environmental Studies III Ar. Richa Raut mohit20@aoamumbai.in , sandeshj20@aoamumbai.in , swarangi20@aoamumbai.in , srishtik20@aoamumbai.in , isha20@aoamumbai.in , khushi20@aoamumbai.in : : : : : : : : : Understanding the features of a vernacular architecture which support the climatic conditions of the region. Bhunga houses are round huts of Kutch and the real identity of Kutch desert areas. These beautiful houses are built by using mud and decorated with various things from inside and outside. The houses are built with respect to the hot and dry climate of Kutch. Features which respond to the climate, southwest wind direction and sparse rainfall of the region. These traditional bhunga always react as an arch against the forces applied from any direction during the earthquake. The poster explains each feature in detail. Bhunga Houses

Previous Next Email Guide Semester Subject Student Name Ananya Nayak, Urja Arte Architectural Building Construction and Materials III Ar. Swapna Hankare ananyan20@aoamumbai.in urjaa20@aoamumbai.in Studio Conductors Ar.K.V Parmeshwar Ar. Kanak Kashyap Ar. Rohit Karekar Ar. Swapna Hankare : : : : : : : : : : : The design of the gazebo aims at making use of beams with varied end conditions to reach a structurally sound design that gives the user a distinctive spatial experience. The split roof is the highlight of the structure, enabling part of the structure to act as a viewing deck. The other half allows the users to gaze at the stars through the skylight as they comfortably lay on the floor. A cantilever beam supports the viewing deck projecting from the roof, to ensure the safety of the users. Strategic placement of columns has resulted in creation of larger multifunctional spaces surrounded by smaller pockets of semi open areas. The planters in the structure give a sublime look to the space, while also establishing a visual accessibility across the ground floor and the dog legged staircase. Beyond the roof

Previous Next Email Guide Semester Subject Student Name Pradyumna Vikharankar Design Dissertation IX Ar. Yashwant Pitkar prayumnav17@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/1740_pradyumna_v_dd_book_2021-22 : Studio Conductors : : : “India lives not in a handful of its cities, but in her 7,00,000 villages.” - Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi India emerged as an economic hub since the early 1990s post the economic liberalization. It opened the doors for free trade through the government policies in the name of development. Over the years these reforms have led to a centralized economy in the nation, recently leading the private organizations to influence the drafting of government policies. The effects of the centralized system is evidently seen through the “development” of the urban centres, solely. The development pattern depends on these urban centres which somehow have ill effects on the rural parts of the nation. This leads to an unhealthy connection between the rural & urban parts of India, usually in the form of Brain Drain, through the medium of migration. M.K.Gandhi through his writings & speeches always preached about the importance of a decentralized economy wherein the villages forms the foundation of nation building in all aspects. The Gandhian Philosophy of Decentralization aims to envision all the distinct authorization bodies at different levels to be on one equal platform, with equal delegation of authority, unlike the centralized system that follows a hierarchic pattern leading to discrepancies in terms of monetary as well as authorization factors. The enhancement of a decentralized system is a path ahead towards a sustainable habitat of the nation, not just economically, but also to attain a lovable living condition. REV[IV]AL : An Attempt to Re-think of an Ideal Village