Email Guide Semester Subject Student Name Devayani Amte Architectural Design Studio II Ar. Saurabh Mhatre devayania20@aoamumbai.in Studio Conductors Ar. Saurabh mhatre, Ar. Juhi Prasad, Ar. Harshada shintre, Ar. Joel Roy, Ar. Amey mhatre : : : : : : : : : : : In this exercise a list of pavilions around the world were studied. Among the listed ones was the Serpentine Gallery Pavilion 2019, built by a Japanese architect Junya Ishigami in London. The serpentine gallery commissions architects to design a temporary pavilion for their gallery grounds and is considered one of the exciting projects. is built. The pavilion was analyzed through all aspects based on its structural framework, function, and the special use of certain materials like slate, the architect’s intention of creating architecture that still seemed to be a part of the existing nature. The research was then followed by the drafting of the plans, elevations, sections, joinery details which helped to understand the structure better. Previous Next Understanding Architecture: Pavilion 3

Email Guide Semester Subject Student Name Mohit Pandharkame Architectural Representation and Detailing I Ar.Nikita Sharma, Ar.Ronal Savla, Ar. Anisha Mehta, Ar. Rohit Karekar, Ar.Shivani Mehta mohit20@aoamumbai.in Studio Conductors Ar. Nikita Sharma, Ar. Ronak Savla, Ar. Anisha Mehta, Ar. Rohit Karekar, Ar. Shivani Mehta : : : : : : : : : : : This exercise helped develop composition skills by referring to examples from encyclopedia spreads. These spreads are a combination of pictures and text. The exercise focused on representation and detailing, in order to improve the composition skills. It helped us to visualize various texts in a graphical format on an A3 sheet to be viewed as an encyclopedia spread. Alignment, text sizes, fonts, color schemes, margins and gutters were taken into consideration while designing the spread. Previous Next Sizzling Brownie

Previous Next Email Guide Semester Subject Student Name Kartika Pinjarkar, Manasa Ravikumar, Vaishnavi Siddhapara, Jigisha Soni, Siddhi Shinde Allied Design - Landscape IV Ar. Swapna Hankare, Ar. Devayani Upasani, Ar. Swati Desai, Ar. Shweta Sonakia kartikap19@aoamumbai.in , manasar19@aoamumbai.in , vaishnavis19@aoamumbai.in , jigishas19@aoamumbai.in , siddhi19@aoamumbai.in Studio Conductors Ar. Swapna Hankare, Ar. Devayani Upasani, Ar. Swati Desai, Ar. Shweta Sonakia : : : : : : : : : : : Cuadra San Cristobal, located in Mexico, was designed by landscape and minimalist architect Luis Barragan for his fellow rider friend Egerstom in the year 1966. The entire area of the structure is classified into different zones based on the flooring type and zoned out as the water body, the sand (main arena), the lawn, and the abandoned land used for the training of horses. The majority of the site area has been provided with different activities for the horses. The main feature of the structure is the water body and the pink wall. The silence of the huge arena is enhanced by the sound of the fountain – a thick stream of water spouted in an arch drawing inspiration from the Mexican ranches. The pink wall emphasizes the division between the residential area and the stable area as the public and private spaces. The vegetation beyond the pink wall subtle outs the dramatic effect by giving it a more earthy look. The pink wall gives the vision of the landscape beyond it. The overall colors create a dramatic effect. The colors, bold and intentional, allowing the sun to cast different stories each hour of the day on the wide arenas. Cuadra San Cristobal By Luis Barragan

Previous Next Email Guide Semester Subject Student Name Shanaya Wadia Architectural Building Construction and Materials III Ar. Swapna Hankare shanaya20@aoamumbai.in Studio Conductors Ar. KV Parmeshwar Ar. Rohit Karekar Ar. Swapna Hankare Ar. Dhara Parekh : : : : : : : : : : : Plaster of Paris on its own is not strong enough to withstand tension. So is concrete. In order to understand the effect of reinforcement in concrete, two square slabs of the same dimensions were made using plaster of paris (P.O.P). In one of the slabs, a wire mesh was inserted and precaution was taken so that it would not be seen from any side. This is analogous to reinforcement bars in a concrete slab. After the slabs were fully dry, they were dropped from a height of 5 feet. Through this exercise, it is realised that with the embedding of the wire mesh, the structural strength of that slab increases and the amount of shattering reduces. Breakn’t

Previous Next Semester Ar. Neha Panchal, Ar. Ronak Savla IV, VI Studio Conductors : : : History features in our everyday life; from our religious rituals to our sporadic political affairs. Over the years, many narratives of India have been told. Their accounts, often biased, glorify the powerful and omit tales of others, thereby only offering a myopic (limited) insight into the stories of our people. This studio carries forward the learnings from ‘Objects Mumbai' where the research cell at AOA identifies, observes, and analyzes everyday objects in Mumbai and their role in the narrative of the city. 75 OBJECTS OF INDEPENDENT INDIA

Ashray: The Molecular Haven (Top 16) Previous Next Email Guide Semester Competition Name Student Name Krish Mewawala Sanyukta Raul Ritika Mehta Varada Avachat INSDAG Architecture awards 2020 V-VI, VII-VIII Ar. Venkat Ashok Ar. Sulakshana Bhanushali Ar. Harshada Shintre Ar. Juhi Prasad Dr. Bachi Hathiram (external) krishm18@aoamumbai.in sanyuktar18@aoamumbai.in ritikam17@aoamumbai.in varadaa18@aoamumbai.in : : : : : : : : : Competition Brief: The aim of the competition was to design a 200 bed Covid hospital which is to be built in 100 days. Narrative: 'Ashray', a haven of modular molecules, is a Covid-19 hospital that has been planned by identifying the different user groups and segregating them into categories so as to provide maximum efficiency of functioning and comfort and safety to the users. The hospital has been designed such that it is flexible and the wards can be interconvertible so as to suit the influx of patients. The Covid ICU block, the General Covid block and the Non - Covid General block have been separated so as to balance the circulation and movement of various types of users and patients. The hospital has been also planned so as to provide scope for expansion in the future, and to also permit the conversion into a regular hospital. Steel has been used to permit modularity so as to ease the manufacturing and construction process, and enable the hospital to be constructed within 100 days, which is extremely essential in these times of dire need.

Email Semester Subject Student Name Tarun Punjabi Tech Design V tarun19@aoamumbai.in Studio Conductors Ar. Saurabh Mhatre, Ar. Harshada Shintre : : : : : : : : : The first illustration was chosen to be represented in the style of John Hejduk because of evident inner divisions created inside the form. The colour textures while enhancing the internal partitions. This style uses colours highlighting partitions and furniture while focusing on the spaces and detailing appropriately. The second illustration in the style of Arata Isozaki highlights the form along with curves. This language helps to play with sciography. Here, the fenestrations are evident from the viewing direction of the drawing. The play of volumes is perceptible in the way it is represented. The variations of mass and void are something that dominates it. Previous Next Arithmetic Modes Representation 8

Email Guide Semester Subject Student Name Yusra Zahoor Architectural Design Studio I Ar. Saurabh Mhatre, Ar. Juhi Prasad, Ar. Harshada Shintre, Ar. Amey Mhatre, Ar.Joel Roy, Miss. Teja Gavankar yusraz20@aoamumbai.in Studio Conductors Ar. Saurabh Mhatre, Ar. Juhi Prasad, Ar. Harshada Shintre, Ar. Amey Mhatre, Ar.Joel Roy, Miss. Teja Gavankar : : : : : : : : : : : This studio involved an understanding of the relationship between body movements and space. We understood how space adapts to the movement of the human body and responds to it. Various medieval & renaissance paintings were analyzed and then attempted to recreate the same. All this helped to understand the human body, its proportions, movements, and space. This methodology helped us to focus on both the qualitative and quantitative data. Then we made anthropometric drawings to further our understanding. We then found scenarios where these particular postures could be utilized in today’s world. Previous Next Body And Movement In Space 5

Previous Next Email Guide Semester Subject Student Name Harshwardhan Shivpurkar, Shakti Jadhav, Sharvil More, Shrutee Patil, Shivanjay Bhagat, Viresh Desai Allied Design - Landscape V Ar. Swapna Hankare, Ar. Devayani Upasani, Ar. Swati Desai, Ar. Shweta Sonakia harshwardhan19@aoamumbai.in , shakti19@aoamumbai.in , sharvilm19@aoamumbai.in , shruteep19@aoamumbai.in , bhagat19@aoamumbai.in , viresh@aoamumbai.in Studio Conductors Ar. Swapna Hankare, Ar. Devayani Upasani, Ar. Swati Desai, Ar. Shweta Sonakia : : : : : : : : : : : The two firms, their design philosophies are studied through the case studies. Both the firms believe in research and coming up with new innovative ideas. Not only for the projects but self research and proposing the same to the government and private organizations. Not just landscape but these firms take up a variety of projects like infrastructure, restoration of historical sites and many more but yes still giving these some ecological values. HNS architects believe in a culture of collaboration where they work together with people from different fields and thus not restricting the team to their firm only. Akshay kaul is also believed to work with new people in almost every project and not having a particular team for better results and innovative designs. Sustainability and water management is the main part of each project and solutions through landscape meaning as seen in the two projects where an unused quarry site and the sound reduction problem were addressed through a landscape design. Lastly, we can see despite being two firms based in different countries and context we find similarities in the way they function Case Study HNS ARCHITECTS and AKSHAY KAUL

Previous Next Email Guide Semester Subject Student Name Suraj Ighe Architectural Building Construction and Materials VII Ar. Hardik Dedhia suraji18@aoamumbai.in Studio Conductors Ar. Hardik Dedhia : : : : : : : : : : : The activity aims at Designing high rise building in unique way to challenge the obstacles of earthquake and wind pressure.The model of two different forms viz.Standard and sculptural design are used.Further doing the tests and analyzing the data and observing potential damage at certain points to the building Proposing some solutions to overcome those challenges through technical structural additions in smarter ways with minimum design alteration. Testing for the second time to analyze the new data through observations and compare it with the previous model.The improvised model shows great stability and thus proves the role played by various systems in high rise structures. High rise structural systems 1

Previous Next Email Guide Semester Subject Student Name Saloni Pawar, Kimaya Churi, Atharva Girme, Sejal Umare, Bhoomika Chaudhari, Sanchita Tandel Allied Design - Landscape V Ar. Swapna Hankare, Ar. Devayani Upasani, Ar. Swati Desai, Ar. Shweta Sonakia salonip19@aoamumbai.in , kimaya19@aoamumbai.in , atharvag19@aoamumbai.in , sejalu19@aoamumbai.in , bhoomika@aoamumbai.in , sanchitat19@aoamumbai.in Studio Conductors Ar. Swapna Hankare, Ar. Devayani Upasani, Ar. Swati Desai, Ar. Shweta Sonakia : : : : : : : : : : : The case studies investigate the two companies and their design philosophies. Both companies believe in research and the development of new, innovative ideas, proposals not only for projects but also for self-research and recommendations to government and private organizations. When we compare international and Indian firms, we can see that both have a more stratified hierarchy and authority, with specific tasks assigned to each member, whereas in a smaller firm, multitasking is common, and such specific boundaries are blurred. There is a disparity in the number of workers. MVVA primarily works on public and government projects, utilizing its large size and superior technologies to design the entire project in a shorter period. Satish Khanna Associates, on the other hand, works on a greater number of private-public projects and employs less technology, necessitating a prolonged design phase. Context and community play a bigger role in MVVA. Satish Khanna is an associate on the landscape that supports the architecture, and they work on autonomous land key initiatives such as parks. Finally, even though the two firms are based in different countries and contexts, we can see similarities in the way they operate. Case Study Satish Khanna Associates and MVVA

Previous Next Email Guide Semester Subject Student Name Riddhi Deshmukh, Bhavika Jakhotiya, Ganesh Rathi Foundation Studio I Ar. Mythili Shetty, Ar. Ronak Savla riddhi20@aoamumbai.in , bhavika20@aoamumbai.in , ganesh20@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 : : : : : : : : : : : This exercise aimed to imagine and abstract the digital applications into a physical interface for human interactions. These spaces are less focused on productivity all-in-all they are different physical components coming together to facilitate the implementation of abstracted functions of a particular mobile application. Amazon app is a part of the e-commerce industry and one of the largest online retailers with the vision of Earth's most customer-centric company and to build a place where people come to find and discover anything they might want to buy online. The space developed is for the Amazon app, where Filter and Discount are the core functions employed in the design. The concepts showcasing the feature of 'filter' were to show variation, Radiation, Similarity, narrowing down, Common region, Accuracy, swift, and that of 'Discount' was Ease and Inbuilt. The space features different slits of filters, each with a different mechanism and human interaction. Discount, as a function, has been developed using two distinct pathways - one being an ordinary way while the other slightly elevated, making the child travel a greater distance and apply greater strength to reach near the main screen. This design is suitable in a kindergarten, where the children can use it to play. SET GO