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I am always thinking, “where am I?” In this world of architecture, “where does my architecture stand?” Is it all about the form, or is it about structure? Is it the context, or the style? Churchill once said “We shape our buildings; thereafter they shape us.” So, if Churchill is to be believed, it’s really about man and his interaction with architecture. It is about the acceptance of the new structure by the users, the surroundings, and the environment. It’s the society and culture that influences architecture, and therefore architecture bears the testimony to the civilizations that have existed. To me a building, a space will be successful if the user says that he would like to come back to it time and again, just for what it is, to enjoy the environment created by the architecture. The user moves with the space and feels its presence around him and thus the architect’s act builds an interactive statement between the user and the building.

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EDUCATIONMaster of Architecture 2010

Texas A&M University | Texas, USAGPA : 3.91/4

Bachelor of Architecture 2008 UP Technical University | INDIA

GPA : 3.74/4

WORK EXPERIENCEDesign Intern

Center for Max. Potential Bldg Systems | Austin USAGraphic Design Artist

Knowledge Engineering Lab, TAMU | Texas USA Consultant Architect

Allied Architects | New Delhi INDIAIntern Architect

Cosmic Designs Pvt. Ltd. | Lucknow INDIA

ACHIEVEMENTSCertified LEED Accredited Professional

Recipient—Paul M. Terill Jr. Scholarship 09Recipient—Incoming Student Scholarship 08

Graduate Rep.—Tau Sigma Delta Honors Society

SOFTWAREAutoCAD | Revit | 3DStudioMax | SketchUp

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p u b l i c l i b r a r ythe third placeSITE AREA :1.37 ACRESLOCATION : CONEY ISLAND , NY

ThE ThIRD pLACE, AS RAY OLDENbuRg DESCRIbES, pROvIDES ThAT pLACE Of REfugE AwAY fRON hOmE AND wORk whERE AN INDIvIDuAL CAN bE wITh hImSELf. IT DOES NOT hAvE TO bE A quIET pLACE Of SOLITuDE; IT CAN bE A COffEE ShOp, buS STOp, OR A LIbRARY. ThESE pLACES gIvE ThE uSER ThE fLExIbILITY TO ChOOSE bETwEEN pubLIC AND pRIvATE ExpOSuRE. ThIRD pLACES SERvE AS COmmuNITY SpACES whERE ChANCE ENCOuNTERS TAkE pLACE, ThuS fOSTERINg INTERACTION. ThESE ARE EASILY ACCESSIbLE fOR EvERYONE. ThE pROjECT bEgAN wITh ThE IDEA TO CREATE A SpACE fOR ThE pEOpLE. ThE DESIgN wAS gRADuALLY mOLDED bY ThE uRbAN CONTExT Of ThE SITE. ThROugh ThE ANALYSIS, IT wAS CONCLuDED ThAT A pLAzA IS ESSENTIAL TO ThE SITE, ThAT wOuLD hARbOuR ThE ENERgY Of ThE SuRROuNDINgS AND pROvIDE A pLATfORm TO ThE pEOpLE TO INTERACT wITh ThE COmmuNITY. mOREOvER, ThE pLAzA pROvIDES OppORTuNITIES Of EmpLOYmENT fOR ThE SOCIETY; AND uSES RESOuRCE CONSERvATION AND REuSE TO mEET ThE SET gOAL Of SuSTAINAbILITY. AS ThE ANALYSIS pROgRESSED, ThE pROgRAm EvOLvED TO bE DIvIDED INTO fOuR pARTS: ThE ACTIvE pLAzA, ThE SERENE gARDEN, ThE LIbRARY AND ThE muSEum. ThE SCOpE Of ThIS pROjECT wAS LImITED TO ThE DEvELOpmENT Of ThE pLAzA, gARDEN AND ThE LIbRARY. IT wILL SERvE AS A ThIRD pLACE AND pROvIDE CONTEmpLATIvE AND INTERACTIvE SpACES AT DIffERENT LEvELS CONSIDERINg ThE whOLE COmmuNITY.

SITE ANALYSIS - LANDMARKS

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SITE ANALYSIS - EDGESSITE ANALYSIS - LANDMARKS

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WATER CHANNEL directs water for rainwater harvesting, also forms an aesthetic feature

WATER CISTERN for rainwater collection

RAIN GARDEN for repleneshing the water table

B A M B O O GARDEN water used for irrigation

ORCHARDwater used for irrigation

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FRUIT ORCHARD fruit production

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FOOD STALLSuse locally produced fruits and vegetables

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ThE SITE fORmS AN uRbAN CENTER Of ACTIvITIES ThAT pROvIDE fOR fuNCTIONS ThAT SATISfY COmmuNITY NEEDS. ThE RAw mATERIAL pRODuCED ON SITE IN ORChARDS IS uSED bY ThE fOOD STALLS AND REST IS SOLD IN ThE fARmERS’ mARkET. ThE pRODuCE fROm bAmbOO gARDEN pROvIDES fOR bAmbOO wORkShOpS AND SALE, ThuS gENERATINg jObS fOR LOwER STRATA Of ThE COmmuNITY. LOCAL ARTISTS gET A pLATfORm TO DISpLAY ThIER TALENT, whICh wOuLD OThERwISE gO uNNOTICED. RAINwATER hARvESTINg TEChNIquES SAvES wATER AND uSES ThE SAmE fOR IRRIgATION Of ORChARDS. ThE OuTDOOR LIbRARY AND gAmE TAbLES buILD A COmmuNITY pLACE fOSTERINg INTERACTION AmONg pEOpLE.

GAME TABLESspaces fostering community building and interaction

W O R K S H O P /MARKETgenerates jobs for community

DINNER THEATRE/E X H I B I T I O N SPACEplatform for local musicians, dancers and artists to showcase their talent

I N F O R M AT I O N BOARDprovides information about community events and news

ENTRANCE PLAZAacts as extension of the intersection

O U T D O O R LIBRARY/LIBRARY B U I L D I N G / MUSEUMknowledge giving to the community

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ThIS DIAgRAm ILLuSTRATES ThE AvAILAbLE vOLumES AND hOw ThE mASSINg fACILITATES ThE INCOmINg LIghT. IN ThE DIAgRAmS ThE DENSITY Of LINES ILLuSTRATE ThE COmpARATIvE LEvELS Of LIghT ON EACh fL OOR.;L SuCh ThAT ThERE IS CLEAR vOLumE Of LIghT ThAT ADDRESSES ThE pLAzA IN fRONT Of IT.

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l e p i d o p t e r a c e n t e rthe sensory experienceSITE AREA : 35460 SQ. FT.LOCATION : COLLEGE STATION, TX

ThIS IS A buTTERFLy CONSERvATORy IN ThE hORTICuLTuRAL GARdENS OF TEXAS A&M. IT wAS EESENTIALLy A GLASShOuSE AS ThE buTTERFLIES NEEdEd SuNLIGhT TO ThRIvE. ThE IMpORTANT QuESTION wAS ThE INTERACTION OF ThE SOLId wITh ThE TRANSpARENT. ThE bASIC IdEA FOR ThE FORM wAS TO EXpLORE ThE pOSSIbILITy OF ThE IMpRObAbLE, by QuESTIONING ThE IdENTITy OF ThE hEAvy. ATTEMpT hAS bEEN MAdE TO LEvITATE ThE hEAvy MASS ANd FIX ThE LIGhT MASS TO ThE GROuNd; bOTh FuNCTIONING CONTRAdICTORy TO ThE GENERAL RuLES. ThE hEAvy MASS IS SuppORTEd by GLASS whICh CuTS IT ThROuGh dESpITE bEING ThE LIGhTER MATERIAL.

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p e r f o r m i n g a r t s c e n t e rthe need of downtownSITE AREA : 32245 SQ. FT.LOCATION : COLLEGE STATION, TX

ThE AIM OF ThIS pROjECT wAS TO dEvELOp A MuCh NEEdEd dOwNTOwN IN COLLEGE STATION. ThE STudENTS wORkEd ON A COMbINEd SITE pLAN FOR ThE dOwNTOwN ANd ThEN INdIvIduAL pROjECTS wERE dIvIdEd bASEd ON ThE NEEdS OF ThE COMMuNITy. ThE pROjECT GOALS wERE TO dEvELOp AN uRbAN COMMuNITy SuCh ThAT ALL AMENITIES ARE wIThIN 8 MINuTES wALkING dISTANCE. ThIS wOuLd ENCOuRAGE ThE pEOpLE TO wALk RAThER ThAN dRIvE CARS TO AChIEvE A SuSTAINAbLE GOAL.My pROjECT FOCuSEd ON ThE dESIGN OF A pERFORMING ARTS CENTER FOR ChILdREN CONSISTING OF A bOX ThEATRE ANd pERFORMAING ARTS SChOOL. ThE pROGRAM TypOLOGy FOR ThE dOwNTOwN wAS SET TO RESIdENTIAL TOwERS OvER RETAIL ANd pARkING SERvICES.

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v i s i t o r s’ c e n t e r tales of world war IIWAR SITE : 1045000 SQ. FT.BUILDING SITE : 159000 SQ.FT.LOCATION : POINTE DU HOC, NORMANDY FRANCE

THIS IS A vISITORS’ CENTER FOR POINTE DU HOC, THE SITE OF D-DAY WORLD WAR II. vISITORS COME IN THOUSANDS EACH YEAR TO THE SITE OF FIRST ATTACk OF THE ALLIES. THE SITE HAS BEEN PRESERvED OvER THE YEARS WITH ALL ITS CRATERS AND WAR STRUCTURES. THE CHALLENGE WAS TO PRESERvE THE SITE WITH MINIMAL INTRUSION. THE BASIC CONCEPT WAS TO TELL THE STORY OF WAR ALONG WITH INTERMEDIARY vIEWS OF THE SITE SUCH THAT THE vISITORS CAN RELATE TO IT. LAYERS OF INFORMATION UNFOLD AS THE vISITOR GETS PARTIAL vIEWS OF THE SITE FROM DIFFERENT ANGLES, AND FINALLY HE IS LED TO THE SITE THROUGH THE BUILDING TO ExPERIENCE THE SITE COMPLETELY.

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GENERAL GALLERYTHIS IS THE GENERAL SPACE WITH THE INFORMATION ABOUT THE WAR, THAT IMPACTED ALL SOLDIERS AND THEIR FAMILIES.THE GLASS WALL AT THE END GIvES A DIRECT vIEW OF THE MEMORIAL SITE.

INTERACTIvE GALLERYTHE INFORMATION OF THIS GALLERY GETS DOWN TO STORIES OF THIS SITE SPECIFICALLY. THE ExTERIOR WALL HAS ALTERNATING BANDS OF GLASS AND SOLID WALL TO ACCENTUATE THE TRANSITION.

CONTEMPLATIVE SPACETHIS IS A SERENE SHIELDED SPACE THAT GOES INTO A MOUND OF EARTH. THIS RELATES INDIvIDUAL SOLDIER STORIES AND PROvIDES A MEDITATIvE ENvIRONMENT FOR THE vISITOR TO STOP AND PONDER.

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THE BASIC CONCEPT WAS TO TELL THE STORIES OF THE WAR AND THE SOLDIERS INvOLvED IN THE ATTACk TO THE vISITORS. TO REINFORCE THE ExPERIENCE, PARTIAL vISTAS HAvE BEEN PROvIDED THROUGH ALTERNATING GLASS PANELS SO THAT vISITORS CAN RELATE THE INFORMATION TO THE ACTUAL SITE. IT IS A PATH OF TRANSITION THROUGH THE BUILDING WHICH STARTS FROM THE SCALE OF THE WAR IN GENERAL AND ENDS ON THE SCALE OF INDIvIDUAL SOLDIERS. TRANSITIONAL SPACES LIkE THE MEDIA HALL PREPARE THE vISITOR FOR HE NExT SPACE IN THIS NARRATIvE jOURNEY. AN OBSERvATION DECk ON TOP OF THE BUILDING GIvES THE OOPORTUNITY TO THE vISITOR TO HAvE A COMPLETE vIEW OF THE SITE FROM AN ELEvATED POINT, SO AS TO BETTER COMPREHEND THE SCALE OF WAR AND SACRIFICE BY THE SOLDIERS. FINALLY THE vISITOR IS LED OUT OF THE BUILDING TO THE SITE THROUGH A TUNNEL

THIS WAS A COMBINED STUDIO PROjECT IN WHICH THE THE DESIGN IDEA WAS EvOLvED AS ONE STUDIO AND THEN THE DRAWING PRODUCTION WAS DIvIDED INTO TEAMS TO WORk ON vARIOUS PARTS OF THE PROjECT. MY TEAM WHICH WAS LED BY ME WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR WORkING ON SERvICES DRAWINGS AND CONSTRUCTING A SCALED MODEL.THIS WAS MADE OUT OF MUSEUM BOARD WITH AN OBjECTIvE TO MAkE THE MODEL MONOCHROMATIC. THE TRESS WERE MADE OUT OF BENT WIRE FOR THE SAME REASON. TH OBELISk THAT APPEARS TO EMERGE FROM THE MOUND IS USED FOR BRINGING IN LIGHT INTO THE CONTEMPLATvE SPACE.

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THIS WAS A COMBINED STUDIO PROjECT IN WHICH THE THE DESIGN IDEA WAS EvOLvED AS ONE STUDIO AND THEN THE DRAWING PRODUCTION WAS DIvIDED INTO TEAMS TO WORk ON vARIOUS PARTS OF THE PROjECT. MY TEAM WHICH WAS LED BY ME WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR WORkING ON SERvICES DRAWINGS AND CONSTRUCTING A SCALED MODEL.THIS WAS MADE OUT OF MUSEUM BOARD WITH AN OBjECTIvE TO MAkE THE MODEL MONOCHROMATIC. THE TRESS WERE MADE OUT OF BENT WIRE FOR THE SAME REASON. TH OBELISk THAT APPEARS TO EMERGE FROM THE MOUND IS USED FOR BRINGING IN LIGHT INTO THE CONTEMPLATvE SPACE.

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THE OBjECTIvE OF THE SERvICES TEAM WAS TO MAkE THE PROjECT COMPLETELY SUSTAINABLE. ALL THE STORMWATER ON THE SITE WAS HARvESTED AND STORED IN THE RAINWATER GARDEN. SOILED WATER WAS TREATED USING THE SAND MOUND SYSTEM. SOLAR Pv PANELS WERE INSTALLED ON THE ROOF TO GENERATE PART OF THE ELECTRICITY. TANkLESS WATER HEATERS WERE INSTALLED FOR HOT WATER REQUIREMENT. RADIANT FLOOR HEATING SYSTEM WAS USED TO HEAT THE BUILDING SINCE THE CLIMATE IN NORMANDY REQUIRES HEATING MAjORLY.

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ELECTRICAL DISTRIBUTIONTHIS IS A DIAGRAMMATIC REPRESENTATION OF THE DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRICITY IN THE BUILDING.

ECOBALANCE ANALYSISTHE SUSTAINABLE STRATEGIES EMPLOYED IN THE PROjECT WERE ASSESSED USING THE ECOBALANCE STRATEGIES. THE CONSUMPTION AND PRODUCTION OF THE RESOURCES AIR, WATER, ENERGY AND FOOD WAS CALUCLATED AND THIS GRAPH SHOWS THE COMPARATIvE ANALYSIS OF THESE ELEMENTS. THE SURPLUS AvAILABILITY OF WATER AND ENERGY CAN BE USED TO ACCOUNT FOR THE SCARCITY OF AIR AND FOOD, SUCH THAT THE WHOLE SITE ACTS AS A MINI-ECOSYSTEM.

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GRAvEL BEDvAPOR BARRIERPOLYSTYRENE

CONCRETE SLAB

r a i l t r a n s i t s t a t i o nship of the desertSITE AREA : 45300 SQ. FT.LOCATION : kOLAYAT, RAjASTHAN INDIA

kOLAYAT IS ONE OF THE CULTURALLY SIGNIFICANT CITIES IN RAjASTHAN, THE DESERT STATE. IT IS FAMOUS FOR ITS ANNUAL CAMEL FAIR WHICH MARkS THE TRADE AND CULTURAL HERITAGE OF THE STATE. CAMEL, ALSO kNOWN AS THE SHIP OF THE DESERT, IS A SYMBOL OF TRADE AND TRANSPORTATION. THIS TRANSPORTATION HUB WAS INSPIRED FROM THE BODY STRUCTURE OF A CAMEL SINCE IT IS SO WELL ADAPTED TO THE CLIMATE OF A DESERT. THE MAIN ROOF STRUCTURE WAS INSPIRED FROM THE CAMEL’S BACk AND THE STEEL STRUCTURE RELATES WITH THE SkELETON OF THE CAMEL. THE TWO-LAYERED SkIN ON THE STEEL STRUCTURE MIMICS THE EYE OF THE CAMEL THAT HAS TWO EYELIDS FOR PROTECTION FROM THE SANDSTORMS IN THE DESERT.

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1 - PLATFORM2 - TICKETING/ENQUIRY COUNTER3 - PUBLIC DISPLAY BOARD4 - DOUBLE HEIGHT ATRIUM 5 - GOODS BOOKING COUNTER6 - CLOAK ROOM7 - PANTRY

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15- TOURIST BUREAU16- RESTAURANT17- RETIRING ROOMS18- GOODS GODOWN19- RECORD STORAGE20- AC WAITING ROOM21- NON-AC WAITING ROOM

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GROSS SITE AREA : 18.75 ACRESGROSS BUILDABLE AREA : 12.64 ACRESNET BUILDABLE AREA : 6.34 ACRESLOCATION : SERENBE COMMUNITY, ATLANTA GEORGIA

SERENBE IS A 40,000 ACRE qUIET AND pEACEfUL SETTLEMENT LOCATED IN ThE hEART Of ChATTAhOOChEE hILL COUNTRY, pART Of RURAL GEORGIA. IT IS CONSIDERABLY fAR fROM ThE ATLANTA DOwNTOwN. hOwEvER, pRINCIpLES Of SELf-SUffICIENCY INCORpORATED BY ThE pLANNERS fROM ThE BEGINNING hAvE MADE ThE SETTLEMENT vERY SUSTAINABLE AND ECONOMICAL. IT hAS DEvELOpED TO BE ThE hOME Of pEOpLE fROM DIvERSE CULTURES AND BACkGROUND; ThUS fORMING A COMMUNITY RICh IN hERITAGE AND DIvERSITY Of CULTURES.ThE SETTLEMENT hAS BEEN DEvELOpED IN OMEGA ShApED hAMLETS TO TAkE ThE ADvANTAGE Of pRIvACY AND COMMUNITY fOR ThE RESIDENTS AND YET ONE OpENNESS TO ThE NATURE. ThE pEAk Of ThE hAMLETS fORMS ThE COMMERCIAL hUB SUCh ThAT ALL ThE RESIDENTS CAN ACCESS ThESE AMENITIES ON fOOT; MAkING ThE COMMUNITY COMpLETELY wALkABLE. ThESE ALSO fORM ThE SOCIAL GAThERING SpACES ThUS SUppORTING ThE OvERALL DEvELOpMENT Of ThE COMMUNITY. OUT Of ThE 40,000 ACRES, ONLY 900 ACRES IS BUILT (220 hOMES); LEAvING 80% Of ThE LANDS AS OpEN SpACE. ThE GOAL IS MINIMAL ExpLOITATION Of ThE NATURAL RESERvES.

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SLOPE ANALYSISThE CREEk IS ThE LOwEST pOINT IN ThE TERRAIN, ThUS wATER TENDS TO fLOw TOwARDS ThE CREEk. ThE LIGhT BROwN AREA ShOwS GENTLE SLOpE AS COMpARED TO ThE DARk BROwN AREA whICh IS STEEp UNBUILDABLE SLOpE. ThE BLUE ARROwS ILLUSTRATE ThE fLOw Of wATER AS IT fOLLOwS ThE TERRAIN.

SLOPE INVENTORYThIS IS A DIAGRAMMATIC REpRESENTATION Of ThE pOTENTIALS AND ShORTCOMINGS Of ThE SITE.

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SUSTAINABILITY ThROUGh SELf SUffICIENCY - ThE COMMUNITY AS A whOLE CONTAINS COMMON ACTIvITY AREAS, COMMERCIAL BLOCk , fARMLANDS ThAT MAkES IT qUITE SELf SUffICIENT AND SUSTAINABLE IN ThE wAY ThAT EvERYThING IS AvAILABLE AT wALkING DISTANCE.

COMMUNITY - ThE DESIGN IS CENTERED AROUND AN OpEN SpACE whICh hOUSES COURTS, pAvILIONS AND pLAYGROUNDS fOR COMMUNITY ACTIvITIES LIkE pARTIES AND pICNICS. IT wOULD fACILITACTE ThE INTERACTION BETwEEN ThE RESIDENTS ALONGwITh pROvIDING ThEM A COMMON ACTIvITY AREA.

pLANNING STRUCTURE - A hORSE ShOE ShApED ROAD fORMS ThE MAIN TRANSIT pATh. TRANSECT GUIDELINES fROM ThE SERENBE CO hAvE BEEN EChOED IN ThIS pROjECT TO IDENTIfY wITh ThE pLANNING STRUCTURE Of ThE ExISITNG DEvELOpMENT, AND RECOGNIzING ITS SIGNIfICANCE IN ThE SUCCESS Of SERENBE.

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THERMAL CHIMNEY TOWERMultifunctional updraft thermal engine lifts Rail to Road pods for gravity releaseTransportation hubRegional dirigible Rail to road gravity transportation

LARGE DESERT LIVING MACHINESDye sensitized solar PV greenhouses Controlled heat gain and wavelength change

MULTIPURPOSE CONTINUOUS GREENWAYVegetative coolingCistern water storageBird sanctuaryLiving machine fertilizer-pigeon & bats

INTEGRATED VERTICAL INDUSTRY SUPPORT TOWER

Brine electrolysisSolar kilnConcrete mixer and pump

CONTINOUS SHADED NEIGHBORHOODconnects neighborhood centers dye-sensitized colored PV and wind generator tent supported towers

TENT VALLEYFunnel water collectionCistern water storage

OASISCommunity underground cisterns

HISTORIC DESERT TOWNS

preserved as museums

SOLAR MIRROR COVERED FARM Residential clusterUpgraded existing farmland

DENSE MIXED USE COMMUNITY Civic, commercial and housing

MULTIPURPOSE CONTINUOUS GREENWAY

Vegetative coolingCistern water storageBird sanctuaryLiving machine fertilizer-pigeon & bats

ZONE-1 SECTIONliving city design competitionplenitude

Rendered images by Blake Smith. Presented to illustrate the design.

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THERMAL CHIMNEY TOWERMultifunctional updraft thermal engine lifts Rail to Road pods for gravity releaseTransportation hubRegional dirigible Rail to road gravity transportation

LARGE DESERT LIVING MACHINESDye sensitized solar PV greenhouses Controlled heat gain and wavelength change

MULTIPURPOSE CONTINUOUS GREENWAYVegetative coolingCistern water storageBird sanctuaryLiving machine fertilizer-pigeon & bats

INTEGRATED VERTICAL INDUSTRY SUPPORT TOWER

Brine electrolysisSolar kilnConcrete mixer and pump

CONTINOUS SHADED NEIGHBORHOODconnects neighborhood centers dye-sensitized colored PV and wind generator tent supported towers

TENT VALLEYFunnel water collectionCistern water storage

OASISCommunity underground cisterns

HISTORIC DESERT TOWNS

preserved as museums

SOLAR MIRROR COVERED FARM Residential clusterUpgraded existing farmland

DENSE MIXED USE COMMUNITY Civic, commercial and housing

MULTIPURPOSE CONTINUOUS GREENWAY

Vegetative coolingCistern water storageBird sanctuaryLiving machine fertilizer-pigeon & bats

ZONE-1 SECTION

SITE AREA : 132 ACRESLOCATION : KHOURIBGA, MOROCCO

AN INTERdISCIpLINARy TEAM Of 12 pEOpLE SUBMITTEd AN ENTRy fOR THE LIvING CITy dESIGN COMpETITION 2011 dUE ON fEBRUARy 1, 2011. pLENITUdE - A LIvING CITy fOR NORTHERN AfRICA. THE ‘pLENITUdE’ COMMUNITy IS NAMEd fOR ITS ROLE IN CREATING A STATE Of pLENTy-- TRANSfORMING ENvIRONMENTAL dEGRAdATION ANd SOCIAL ANd ECONOMIC INjUSTICE TO NATURE-dRIvEN pROCESSES ANd pROCEdURES RESULTING IN AN ABUNdANCE dERIvEd fROM NATURE’S ECONOMy. OUR SITE REpRESENTS A GLOBAL pHENOMENON IN wHICH 60% Of ALL MINING ACTIvITy OCCURS AT THE SURfACE, wHETHER IT IS COAL, AGGREGATE, STONE, LEAd, SILvER, OR GOLd. INITIAL STEpS BIO-REMEdIATE A pORTION Of THE ExpANSIvE pITS REMAINING fROM pHOSpHATE MINING IN THE SEMI-ARId zONE Of MOROCCO, NEAR SOME Of NORTHERN AfRICA’S MOST ANCIENT TOwNS THUS pREpARING THE LANd fOR HUMAN ANd pLANT HABITATION ANd CONCURRENTLy CREATING ‘MUSEUM TOwNS’ wHILE BUILdING wITHIN THE MINEd AREA.

I wAS RESpONSIBLE fOR dEvELOpMENT Of THE SECTION ANd ECOBALANCE dRAwINGS. THE MAIN COMpONENTS Of THE CLIMATE RESpONSE SCHEME wAS A TENT OvER EACH NEIGHBORHOOd ANd CORRESpONdING HELIOSTAT MIRROR CLUSTERS. THE MIRRORS HAvE A REfLECTIvE SURfACE ON ONE SIdE ANd COLOREd TRANSMISSIvE SURfACE ON THE OTHER SIdE. THE AGRICULTURE BELOw THE MIRRORS IS pLANNEd SO AS TO BE NOURISHEd By THE COLOREd LIGHT TRANSMITTEd By THE MIRRORS. THE TENT IS SURfACEd wITH dyE-SENTISIzEd SOLAR pv CELLS. THUS AS ILLUSTRATEd BELOw, THE CITy wOULd RESpONd TO EACH CLIMATIC CONdITION. fOR ExAMpLE, ON A SUMMER fOGGy dAy THE TENT IS pULLEd ALL THE wAy Up TO LET THE BREEzE THROUGH ANd THE MIRRORS ARE HORIzONTAL TO LET THE BREEzE fLOw. ON A CLOUdy wINTER dAy, THE TENT IS OpEN TO THE SOUTH OvER CORE ANd THE MIRRORS BECOME vERTICAL TO LET THE SUNRAyS BENEATH.

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I wAS RESpONSIBLE fOR dEvELOpMENT Of THE SECTION ANd ECOBALANCE dRAwINGS. THE MAIN COMpONENTS Of THE CLIMATE RESpONSE SCHEME wAS A TENT OvER EACH NEIGHBORHOOd ANd CORRESpONdING HELIOSTAT MIRROR CLUSTERS. THE MIRRORS HAvE A REfLECTIvE SURfACE ON ONE SIdE ANd COLOREd TRANSMISSIvE SURfACE ON THE OTHER SIdE. THE AGRICULTURE BELOw THE MIRRORS IS pLANNEd SO AS TO BE NOURISHEd By THE COLOREd LIGHT TRANSMITTEd By THE MIRRORS. THE TENT IS SURfACEd wITH dyE-SENTISIzEd SOLAR pv CELLS. THUS AS ILLUSTRATEd BELOw, THE CITy wOULd RESpONd TO EACH CLIMATIC CONdITION. fOR ExAMpLE, ON A SUMMER fOGGy dAy THE TENT IS pULLEd ALL THE wAy Up TO LET THE BREEzE THROUGH ANd THE MIRRORS ARE HORIzONTAL TO LET THE BREEzE fLOw. ON A CLOUdy wINTER dAy, THE TENT IS OpEN TO THE SOUTH OvER CORE ANd THE MIRRORS BECOME vERTICAL TO LET THE SUNRAyS BENEATH.

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e c o b a l a n c etm h o m eprototypical open building systemBLdG. AREA : 3000 SQ.fT. LOCATION : wHARTON, Tx

THIS IS A pROpOSAL fOR AN AffORdABLE HOME IN wHARTON, TExAS. IT EMpLOyS THE dESIGN ENGINEERING Of AN ECOBALANCE HOME TypOLOGy THAT AIMS TO BALANCE THE SOURCING ANd RESOURCING Of ENERGy, wATER ANd fOOd. BOTH EMpLOy HIGH LEvELS Of INTEGRATION ANd OpEN BUILdING SySTEM pROTOCOLS wITH MULTI-USE COMpONENTS. THE dESIGN INvOLvES CLIMATE MOdELING ANd fEA ANALySIS fOR A 200-MILE/HR wINdS.

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THIS IS THE SySTEM wITH dIffERENT ALTERNATIvES fOR BALANCE Of fOOd, wATER ANd ENERGy. COMMUNITy LEvEL INTEGRATION Of THIS BUILdING SySTEM STARTS TO SHOw ExCESS SOURCING Of RESOURCES LIKE ENERGy, fOOd ANd wATER fROM ONE BUILdING wHICH IS USEd By OTHERS dEfICIT IN THE SAME.

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NET POSITIVE ENERGY NET POSITIVE WATER NET POSITIVE FOOD INTEGRATED ENERGY+FOOD INTEGRATED FOOD+WATER INTEGRATED WATER+ENERGY INTEGRATED ENERGY+WATER INTEGRATED WATER+FOOD INTEGRATED WATER+ENERGY

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this is a large scale super specialty hospital, which was being built in celebration of 100th anniversary of the base government medical college in the town. it was a complex project, and working on it i got the opportunity to understand hospital design and services. it was to be built in three phases which would facilitate easy shifting of facilities. these are the plans of phase i of the project.

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1 - LOBBY/ WAITING AREA2 - XRAY ROOMS3 - PATHOLOGY LABS4 - OFFICE AREA5 - MRI6 - CT SCAN

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1 - INFORMAL LIVING AREA2 - FORMAL LIVING ROOM3 - KITCHEN4 - GUEST BEDROOM5 - STUDY/OFFICE

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Job title : Graphic Design ArtistRole : Design and drawing of illustrations and booksBook 1 : Southern Pine Beetle Encyclopedia (to be published 2011)Book 2 : Book on Landscape Ecology (April 2011)

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