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

Previous Next Semester Ar. Swapna Hankare V Studio Conductors : : : Plants are living examples of the drama of life on the earth that hold value for the immense biodiversity of the planet. This project aims at creating awareness, identification and understanding of native species of plants through research, representation and analytical studies. A COMPENDUM OF BOTANICAL ILLUSTRATIONS

Previous Next Email Guide Semester Subject Student Name Simran Ajgaonkar, Bhoomika Chaudhari, Atharva Girme Allied Design - Landscape IV Ar. Swapna Hankare, Ar. Devayani Upasani, Ar. Swati Desai, Ar. Shweta Sonakia bhoomika@aoamumbai.in , atharvag19@aoamumbai.in , simrana@aoamumbai.in Studio Conductors Ar. Swapna Hankare, Ar. Devayani Upasani, Ar. Swati Desai, Ar. Shweta Sonakia : : : : : : : : : : : What are upland hay meadows? Hay - Grass is primarily annually cut to procure fodder for livestock. Meadows - small to medium-sized grasses with wildflowers Upland - found on Moderately sloping sites between 200m and 400m altitude. They are commonly confused with grasslands, but upland hay meadows are Flowering grasslands with a rich diversity of species Cut annually for hay, keeping them short & medium-sized Can vary from half an acre to hundreds of acres And they do not have TREES! (why? Well, it's too cold or snowy for trees to grow However, climate change is causing these natural meadows to get overrun by trees.) The main picturesque feature is that they are covered with white pristine snow during the winters, blooming with bright flowers during the autumn, and lay with monochrome yellow ochre shades in summer, ready to be cut for hay. The community occurs in northern England, where many examples are in enclosed fields in upland areas, especially the northern Pennines - they occur as small patches on roadside verges, riverbanks, and hill slopes, but some occurrences are in enclosed fields within upland areas. Upland Hay Meadows

Previous Next Semester Theirry Kandjee, Palak Gupta, Aditi Saksena VII, IX Studio Conductors : : : Mumbai as an estuary has had a deep and long relationship with its water terrains. The city has a rich history in its journey from being seven hilly islands to the present metropolitan it is. This project investigates through readings and drawings a simple question “how can we critically acknowledge the evolving relations to mumbai waters over time?” The knowledge created through this inquiry ultimately enabled the discussions of the past, present and future of Mumbai waters. MUMBAI WATERS, A CRITICAL ATLAS

Previous Next Semester Ar. Shripad Balerao VII, IX Studio Conductors : : : There are a number of reasons you may need a block of text and when you do, a random paragraph can be the perfect solution. If you happen to be a web designer and you need some random text to show in your layout, a random paragraph can be an excellent way to do this. If you're a programmer and you need random text to test the program, using these paragraphs can be the perfect way to do this. Anyone who's in search of realistic text for a project can use one or more of these random paragraphs to fill their need. There are a number of reasons you may need a block of text and when you do, a random paragraph can be the perfect solution. If you happen to be a web designer and you need some random text to show in your layout, a random paragraph can be an excellent way to do this. If you're a programmer and you need random text to test the program, using these paragraphs can be the perfect way to do this. Anyone who's in search of realistic text for a project can use one or more of these random paragraphs to fill their need. TODD (THEORY OF DIGITAL DESIGN)

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Alternate History (Winner) Previous Next Email Semester Competition Name Student Name Tanaya Nadkarni India Film Project Digital Illustration X tanayan17@aoamumbai.in : : : : : : : Competition Brief: India film project gives opportunity to designers and visual artist across the globe to showcase creative design skill of poster making. Narrative: What would happen if Google never existed? Would we still hunt down encyclopedias or maybe we would surrender to Siri and Alexa as Goddesses of knowledge. What would be the implications of not being able to ‘GOOGLE’ anything? Boy, oh, Boy, online exams would be tough for sure! This illustration explores the idea of an alternate history wherein Google doesn’t exist. Instead of visualizing an alternate after-scene, the motive was to explore the physical manifestation of the virtual space. Today, Google holds a huge blueprint in the virtual world. The author urges to ask the question if this (virtual)space was taken away, what would it look and feel like?

Previous Next Email Guide Semester Subject Student Name Krissh Chavan, Vaishnavi Gurnalkar, Krishna Khurusane, Prajakta Pai, Abhishek Suryavanshi Allied Design - Landscape IV Ar. Swapna Hankare, Ar. Devayani Upasani, Ar. Swati Desai, Ar. Shweta Sonakia krissh19@aoamumbai.in , vaishnavi@aoamumbai.in , krishnak19@aoamumbai.in , prajaktap19@aoamumbai.in , abhisheks19@aoamumbai.in Studio Conductors Ar. Swapna Hankare, Ar. Devayani Upasani, Ar. Swati Desai, Ar. Shweta Sonakia : : : : : : : : : : : Grasslands are one of the most widespread of all the major vegetation types of the world. The grassland biomes cover more than 20% of the earth’s surface. The grass is their dominant natural vegetation, it is a terrestrial biome that features vast open spaces consisting of scattered small shrubs and trees. The majority of grasslands are located in tropical developing countries where they are particularly important to the livelihoods of some one billion poor people. Grasslands provide important services and roles including water catchments, biodiversity reserves, cultural and recreational needs, and potentially a carbon sink to alleviate greenhouse gas emissions. Ponds are under heterogeneous wetland typology Shallow, open-water wetlands are known locally by names such as ponds. A pond is a small area of still, freshwater. These small bodies of surface water, are less than about 7 ft in-depth and free of emergent plants, but often have floating-leaved vegetation. These wetlands and their fringing marshes can support relatively large populations of waterfowl, amphibians, and other animals. We studied and illustrated these landscape typologies through the lenses of Grain plan, textural quality, color palette, sky plane and light, associated fauna, how the landscape is perceived, and what kind of sense of enclosure it creates. Tropical Grasslands, Ponds

Outer Space (2nd Place) Previous Next Email Semester Competition Name Student Name Aashi Jain Poster Stellar V aashi19@aoamumbai.in : : : : : : : Competition Brief: The vision of poster stellar is to estaiblish an intercontinental competition to create equal opportunity and to empower the poster designers locally and globally Narrative: The brief was just one line - ‘OUTER SPACE’. Initially, it started with having a story in mind. The story was based on a conspiracy theory, of DO ALIENS EXIST? We all have our theory on this topic and I have mine too. The story is about how aliens are the supersmart living on Mars, how they have the most unique inventions, machinery, and some amazing technology which is the future of technology for earthlings. But they lack one thing that the earthlings are blessed with and that is ‘Nature’, and now their entire focus is directed towards replicating nature. The planet where these aliens live in the ‘ Marsiverse’. How ironic is the fact that the earthlings are creating more and more technology and in turn hampering Nature which is so abundant here whereas aliens are trying their best and creating the best technology to create Nature! This story gave rise to the illustration that you are viewing right now!

Email Guide Semester Subject Student Name Sanika Talekar Architectural Representation and Detailing I Ar.Nikita Sharma, Ar.Ronal Savla, Ar. Anisha Mehta, Ar. Rohit Karekar, Ar.Shivani Mehta sanikat20@aoamumbai.in Studio Conductors Ar. Nikita Sharma, Ar. Ronak Savla, Ar. Anisha Mehta, Ar. Rohit Karekar, Ar. Shivani Mehta : : : : : : : : : : : The exercise helped me understand the application of design principles in composition that creates visual harmony. It helped explore various colour schemes, alignments and text styles. Efforts were made to integrate basic principles of eye movement and flow, into the composed spread. Trying out concept sketches to decide the placement of texts and graphics on the encyclopedia spread helped decide on a more balanced composition. The importance of design principles - hierarchy, emphasis & rule of thirds, was understood through the composition process. Previous Next Natural Phenomena

Previous Next Email Studio Conductors Semester Subject Student Name Bhavya Mewada Architectural Theory V Ar. Harshada Shintre, Ar. Nachiket Kalle bhavya19@aoamumbai.in : : : : : : : : : : Space syntax is an attempt to understand the circulation patterns and constitute a configurational theory in architecture through generating pattern for which the people will make use of spatial configurations. The analysis of the our won house and the building in terms of circulation and the sequence of spaces is achieved through the space-syntax. The Circulation