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Contents
01
The LOOP
05
Protostar Pavilion
02
The Gradient
06
The Blooming
03
Elementary
07
Melting Pavilion
04
The Barefoot
08
Canticomb Bench

Karan Sharma
Architect
CA/2017/85151
64-Sunil Park Barewal road
Ludhiana Punjab India,141001
karansharma0308@yahoo.com
+91-9736033911

Education
Professional Experience
1998-2009-2012 Jan 2017-May2017
Sacred Heart Convent school
Internship at NUDES,Mumbai
(89/100)
2009-2011
Sacred Heart Convent school
(82/100)
2012-2017
National Institute of Technology,Hamirpur
(84.9/100)
July2017-Present
Work Experience at NUDES,Mumbai
Technical Skills
Drafting
Autocad
Revit
Archicad
Modeling
Rhinoceros
3ds Max
3d Make
Computational
Grasshopper
Phython
Processing
Visualisation
V-ray
Lumion
Corona
Simulational
Karamba(Strucutral)
Honeybee+Ladybug(Environmental)
Kangaroo
Schematic
Adobe Suite
Office
Corel
Achievements and Recognitions
Winner
Reinventing Gwalior Design Competition (National)
RTF Architecture Festival (International)
SD Sharma Sustainable Design Award
Delhi Architecture Festical RTF (Product -International)
Birla White Yuva Ratna award 2015
Society Interiors Design Competition
Special Mentions
Indian Green Building Council Design Comp
Junk Morphia Design Comp(International)
Saint Gobain Transparence
Tiny House Design Comp (International)
Film City Tower Design Comp (International)
Product Design Competition
Workshops
Publications
Athens-Intelligent Tectonics,Design Morphine Design Detail -Aug 2016
Washington DC,NYC-Reimagining main roads
as catalyst for sustainable development.
Mumbai -AAVS Biological Morphologises
Mumbai -361 0 Degree Conference
Architecture Digest-Protostar Pavilion
Archdaily-Regal Shoe Store
Archdaily-Protostar Pavilion
Designboom-Serendipity Pavilion

01 The LOOP
01 The LOOP,Performing Arts Centre
Location:Gwalior MP India
Area:4625 m 2
Type:Cultural,Individual
Year:2016
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To design a School/Cultural Centre for Music and Arts particularly responding to Indian
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Classical style of music at the proposed land by Gwalior Municipal Corporation. The composition
of a musical piece and the structure of a building 01 follow the same design principles. The
Site is located on the way to Behat (birth place of Tansen) from Gwalior, connecting historic
city to the realm of music. A land of 2.89 acres has been proposed to understand the esteem
art in a very cheerful way, as it is surrounded by the most fertile land, streams, trees and plants
all around, making the place more convenient for an individual to disappear in his/her own art.
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01 The LOOP

01 The LOOP
Landscaped Exbhition Areas
Enhancing Public participation
5.Forming similar Axis mundi in the
circulation areas to form a direct
connection with the environment
6.Making the roof available to the users
and public and making way directly to central
kund by raising the circulation areas
7.Lowering of Departments to form a
direct view of central kund and easy
approach
8. Forming steps for sitting and
establishing green to cut down the solar
exposure using Risers as skylights
The whole building is designed is such a way that it only caters to the creative minds of the students but also enhance
public participation of the society as a whole.The Anup Talao and the seating not only helps in gathering of the students
but also
people from different age groups can gather and relax and enjoy the magnificient evenings of cultural nights.The
buildings portrays a strong sense of belongingness of Mian Tansen as the murals give a message to the viewers of the
legend.In Whole building is an contemporary yet iconic icon for not only Gwalior but also India
4.Establishing inter Department
connections and placing the building
around a Anup Tala(Kund)
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3.Linear Programs obstructs
interaction between the blocks
so going for a Circular Program
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2.Placing the massing on site
according to the area program
provided simply in a Linear Way
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1.Analysing the site on the basis of wind
and sun movement
Section AA’
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Site Plan
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Vehicular
Entry
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01 The LOOP
1.Dancing Green
2.Dramatic Green
3.Abstractive Green
Inspired from the movement
of classical dancers dress,the
earthforms express dynamic
nature of dance
Landscape providing dramatic
expressions of drama.
The Abstractive Green for the
Art lovers genre of abstraction
for informal meeting.
4.Musical Green
Roof Plan
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Tabla(Musical Instru)
shaped landscape.
5.Porous Paving
Second Floor Plan
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The porous paving helps
in lowering surface run off
also maintaing micro
climate.
First Floor Plan
Exit
Vehicular
Exit
Plans
0m 25.0m
Entry
Ground Floor Plan
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01 The LOOP
Zoning
Skylights
Performance Space
Green Roof
Department of Dance
Department of
Landscaped Gardens
Exhibition
Department of Drama
Department Of Music
Section BB’
0m 3.0m
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01 The LOOP
Materials and Details
12mm toughened glass
Sun dried baked Brick made from sites excavated
earth placed with alternate course at an angle of
45 o with lime mortar in 1:
Entrance glass fixed to Brick wall
6mm toughened glass +1.5mm
security film+ 6mm toughened glass
Sun dried baked Patterened Brick wall
made from sites excavated earth with
alternate course at angles of multiples of
15 0
Brick Jaali-Shading lovers
painted in white pu paint
Concrete-Shading lovers
painted in white pu paint
Flooring-Sandstone with
Gond Art(Local art )
The central amphitheatre acts a merging or sangam for all the various
departments which provides an opportunity to the students to show case
their talent and also help in large gatherings for various functions and
events and also insists on informal encounters between the students. The
Anup Tala and the seating not only helps in gathering of the students but
also people from different age groups can gather and relax and enjoy the
magnificient evenings of cultural nights.The buildings portrays a strong
sense of belongingness of Mian Tansen as the murals give a message to
the viewers of the legend.In Whole building is an contemporary yet iconic
icon for not only Gwalior but also India

02 Gradient Housing
02 Gradient Housing
Location:Kochi Kerala India
Area:8250 m 2
Type:Housing,Individual
Year:2015
The objective here was to design a residential neighbhorhood for the smart city Kochi keeping
in mind the context for which it has to be designed with the sustainaibilty and economic
parameters.The theme must focus on the logical scheme evolved with the outside and inside
space with the mother nature.The emphasis was on public open spaces,overall circulation
and other public facilities for sustainable development.The housing has to be designed in the
Smart way through effective designed process.
The develpopment of the housing starts at individual unit level which then is distrubuted to
module further to cluster level .Each indivdual housing unit is designed in order to cater to the
user needs as well as the need of the climate of the area which is hot and humid,as a house
is the most important essence of the habitat so rooms are placed in such a way that the
rooms which need extenisve sunlight like living rooms have been placed at front and further
moderate sunlight areas like bedrooms have been placed at middle and simultaneously cross
ventialtion is also kept inmind with
placement of each room block they have been placed in such a way that each room recieves
adeuate light and wind

02 Gradient Housing

02 Gradient Housing
Site Analysis
4BHK
2BHK
3BHK
The concept for the smart housing at Kochi is derived
taking into direct consideration the climatic
conditions and the built environment which surrounds
the site.Sunlight plays a very important role
in housing in Indian context the sun is a solution to
many of household problems
Climatic analysis of the site taking into
account wind and sun direction
Putting massing on site according to need
ie:4, 3 and 2 BHK respectivly
Introducing courtyards to allow light to enter but
still North Facing units do not recieve any sunlight
Need
Residential=Direct Sunlight
Commercial=Glare free light
PUBLIC SPACE
RESIDENTIAL
Reality
Residential=25% units recieveDirect Sunlight
Commercial=Direct exposure to sunlight
RESIDENTIAL
RESIDENTIAL
RESIDENTIAL
COMMERCIAL
To Increase the solar radiation the surfaces
are made circular
In order to recieve more sunlight to the facade
and units ,two of the corners of the form are
lowered
Connections are established between
the forms to form a single unit
Corners are enlarged to function as public
spaces
Inner courtyard is widened in order to
recieve more sunlight but still due to height
of the building the rays are not recieved by the
lower portion units
Units are arranged in such a way that they all
face the sun and recieve equal amount of sunlight
and wind .
The proposes to mix the most dominant typologies
of the existing urban mass in Kochi city,blending
courtyard buildings, row houses and towers all in
one building. Each corner of the building peaks
at various heights: a stepped roofscape creates
large private terraces for outdoor activities atdifferent
levels. As an extension of the elevated outdoor
space a continuous balcony wraps aroundthe
building – only to be punctuated by smaller balconies
inside the courtyard that offer ampleoutdoor
space for all residential units.
PRODUCE MARKET CYCLE TRACK GREEN TERRACES
HOUSING UNITS FARMING LAND MARKET
RAIN WATER
PURIFICATION
TRANSPORT GENERATION
SPACE ACTIVATION
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THE SMART GRADIENT HOUSING
Unit Formation
A
Kitchen
Module
Drawing
unit gets
attached
Dinning unit
Master Bedroom
gets attached to unit in proximity
kitchen
Secondary Bedroom unit
in connection to other
functions
Living room
completing the unit
2BHK
3BHK Unit
02 Gradient Housing
12m 2
10 m 2 16 m 2
10 m 2
9 m 2 15 m 2
8 m 2
9 m 2 7 m 2 14 m 2 20 m 2
9 m 2 7 m 2 11 m 13 m 2 2 18 m2 11 m 2 15 m 2
7 m 2 13 m
9 m 2 9 9 m 11 m 13 m 2 18 m 2 2 2 2 2 11 m 15 m2
26 m 2
m2 7 m 2 18 m 2 32 m 2 35m 2
13 m 2 18 m 2
13 m 2 Kitchen
Drawing Room
Dinning
Master Bedroom
Bedroom
Living
4BHK Unit
Module Formation
STEP 2
2BHK Unit
Sustainability of space have been utilised in
developing of module for the housing and
in utilising each of extra space for the other
unit.This idea wont only help in lowering
the cost but also help in cutting down the
various
unnecssary materials to be utilised during
STEP 3
3BHK Unit
Circulation
4BHK Unit
Extra Area of one unit can be utilised as fl oor
space for other units balcony and circulation
purposes thus being economical and also being
environment conscious and friendly as cutting
down of material will help in lower carbon emissions
in the long run.
3BHK
4BHK
Module 1
2BHK
3BHK
Module 2
2BHK
2BHK
Module 3
250 Units(3 BHK & 4 BHK) 200 Units(3 BHK & 2 BHK) 150 Units(2 BHK & 2 BHK)
Bio treatment Plant
Supermarket Restaurant
Produce market
Health Centre
Studios
Studios
Basement Plan
Ground Floor Plan
First Floor Plan
0m 25m 0m 25m 0m 25m
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30m
25m
02 Gradient Housing
Area Program and Ramp detail
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MIXED USE 2
Roof area-5400m 2
Roof area-11000m 2
housing-4410m 2
Housing-13025m 2
mixed use-2646m
8%
2 Mixed use-2000m 2
25m
MIXED USE
17%
180m
75% HOUSING
30m
160m
160m
FUNCTION DIAGRAM
80m
3 4 5
Roof area-4000m 2
Roof area-4000m 2
Housing-3000m Roof area-4320m2
2
Housing-12054m 2
Mixed use-1900m Housing-2000m 2
2
Mixed use-1617m 2
Mixed use-2310m 2
30m
25m
23m
145m
30m
23m
160m
144m
75m
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02 Gradient Housing
The gradient or the ramp which houses the main utilisation
of the housing forms an integral part of the housing as it not
only helps in socialising but in all aspects forms the backbone
of housing it could not only be used for morining strolls but
also for cycle rides,small picnics and also for get togethers,
The ramps also helps in urban heat island effect and also act
a protective layer / Sunshade for the units placed down below
For the ease of the habitants and considering that in a housing
range of population varies from the old to the young 2 Types
of ramp are present the first half of building comprises of
a ramp of slope 1: 15 while the later comprises of slope 1: 30
Materials
OVERHANG INSPIRED FROM
Wall: EPS Sandwich panel with insulation
(Plaster both sides)
u=0.5601
Green Roof
Exterior Window
Low-E double
glazing 6mm+6mm
u=1.97
Door:Wooden Door
u=2.194
Ground Floor
UN insulated Solid
Ground Floor
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02 Gradient Housing
Landscape Sustainability
Benefits
Healthy Food For all
Reduces Surface Run off
Revenue Generation
Fixes the soil
Organic Farming
Benefits
Surroundings Cool
Surface Run off
Medicinal Properties
Fixes the soil
Benefits
Moisture Absorbing
Lowers Humidity
Soil Fixating
Controls the temperature
Kanjiram Tree
Bottlebrush
Water
Benefits
Bacteria free Air
Controls Humidity
Medicinal Properties
Heat
Electricty
Neem Tree
Manure
Residential
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Restaurant
Fresh Vegetables
Manure for farming
Energy solar panels
Electricity to Housing
Residential
Residential
Commercial
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Vegetables for sale
Organic Waste
Heat Created by supermarket
Organic

02 Gradient Housing
Radiation Analysis
Illumination analysis
Glare Analysis
Operative Temperature Analysis
Zone-5
Balcony
Zone-6
Bedroom
Zone-4
Bedroom
Rain Water Harvesting
Zone-3
Dinning
Room
Portable water
Zone-1
Kitchen
Zone-2
Drawing
Room
Rain Water purification
Glare Analysis Result
Task Force Area
shown
The analysis in the dinning area above
showed the glare at a certain area with
DGP(day light glare probability) value=0.348767
0.348767 glare is Imperceptible which is fine
EnergyPlus is a whole building energy simulation program
that, architects, and researchers use to model
both energy consumption—for heating, cooling, ventilation,
lighting, and process loads water use in buildings.
The analysis done helped in formation of window design for the
house for optimal thermal comfort and glare free environment
whereas Energy + helped in determining optimal operative
temperature(Temperature sensed by occupants)
of various zone according to the radiation of materials
and indoor etc thus helping in better design solutions
Like jaali or openings for eg: major openings
needed in the dinning area hence the design
proposed.
To canal for enhancing biodiversity
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03 Elementary Bench
03 The ELEMENTARY bench
Location:Hamirpur HP India
Area:15 m 2
Type:Product,Individual
Year:2014
The technical fest of the college was themed “Tatva”(Elements) and considering
the theme the installation was thus produced keeping in mind the
lack of present social and sitting spaces for students.Even Due to lack of
budget and resources the project was highly appreciated by the jury and
students
The Architecture Department of our college has a strength of approx 250
students and yet there are no provisions of any informal or formal sitting
space for the students expect the stairs .Though architecture is all about
dialouges ,and interactions so this was kind of restricting students to open
up with each other or feel relaxed from the studious working hours.
The Wood(YANG)
The Water (YIN)
YIN-YANG
Theory
The Fire (YANG)
The Metal (YIN)
The Earth (Neutral)

03 Elementary Bench

03 Elementary Bench
Water (YIN)
01 The Elemental
The Water Phase represents the
most Yin aspect of the Five Phases.
Water, is fl uid and moves downward.
It tends to be calm and slow,
but it can also be quick. It will yeild,
yet it is capable of conquering all.
The Earth (N
The Water Phase provides the users to have conversations and interactions while facing
each or by sitting side by side and the rising profile also acts as a arm rest .It can also
act as a place for clearing doubts ,problems or queries that too in a informal way and
fun way make the whole conversation more interesting,
The Earth Phase is the harmonizing
Phases. It gives the who
The energy represented byt Earth Ph
is unmoving without being stagnant.Th
forces into balance, It leads to the
Metal (YIN)
The Earth Phase the most important elem
interactions with a backre
comforatble experience the extra spa ce a
feet on the chair for rea ding
The Metal Phase provides the user a space in between of sitting and laying ,the cross sections adapt to the
posture of humans and allow a comforatble sitting experience
The Metal Phase is very much the opposite of
the Wood Phase.
While Wood is the rising of Yang energy, Metal is the
rising of Yin energy and
represent contraction, such as the evening . It
is a time of the finishing phase of any project.

01 The Elemental
The Wood Phase represents new
beginnings – birth, growth, and development.
The Wood(YANG)
03 Elementary Bench
It is the creative phase of any project.and
it is the start of any new
action The energy represented by
the Wood Phase can be observed in
both the trees and the wind.
eutral)
and stabilizing aspect of the Five
le concept a center.
ase is firm without being rigid. It
e energy of Earth brings all other
period of rest and recovery.
The Wood Phase provides the user to relax and lay down
and feel the warmth ,the profile curve of the wood section is
developed keeping in mind the anthropometric data of humans
The Fire(YANG)
Growing Nature of Wood
ent of all helps in face to face
st for a more
lsp allows the user to put their
or any other stuff.
The Fire Phase provides the user the most comfortable sitting exposure with a back rest adaptive to the
human profile.The varying curve keeps in mind the various height factors.
The Fire Phase represents the extreme
Yang aspect of the Five
Phases.
If we observe fire, we see its brilliance
rising upward while it consumes
its source. It has no substance,
yet its power can cause
great damage. It is quick and explosive

03 Elementary Bench
Materials
2mm thick beading thicks of wood
5mm x 50mm thick MDF board cross
section panels
5mm x 80mm thick MDF board supporting
panels
A short defination was produced using Grasshopper (a plugin for rhino) and then profile curves were baked in and arranged using software ,Due
to lack of resources like CNC machine ,Profiles curves were pasted on MDF board and with a jigsaw machine they were cut manually and then using
nails and fevicol fixed to the main members in order to make the support for sitting .After that 2mm thk beads were pasted on the structural
members to form the sitting space needed.
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03 Elementary Bench
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04 Barefoot School
04 Barefoot Arts School
Location:Panaji Goa India
Area:925 m 2
Type:Temporary,Professional
Role:Lead Designer
Team:Nuru Karim, Karan Sharma
Year:2017
The proposal for the new Barefoot School of Arts & Craft Pavilion is a celebration of Goa
as a cultural capital and a refl ection of the state’s unique picturesque topography and location
on the west coast fl anking the Arabian Sea. The proposal humbly explores design at
the intersection of art and architecture honouring a multi-disciplinary approach and thereby
reinterpreting the program and iconography within a contemporary context.The outcome
is a sculptural intervention, which serves as a fl exible workshop space, performance
space, a cultural hub and a new icon for the state.The Pavilion consists of indoor, outdoor
and transitional public spaces, embedded into the landscape. The genesis of the pavilion
design is based on “z axis” vectors operating on the corner and midpoint vertices of a
square grid acting in equilibrium to create a pavilion design that celebrates both indoor and
outdoor experiences for learning, information dissemination and exhibition / event spaces.
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04 Barefoot School

04 Barefoot School
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01 TEACHING
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04 RETAIL
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The proposal for the new Barefoot School of Arts & Craft Pavilion is a celebration of Goa as a cultural capital and a refl ection of the state’s
unique picturesque topography and location on the west coast fl anking the Arabian Sea. The proposal humbly explores design at the intersection
of art and architecture honouring a multi-disciplinary approach and thereby reinterpreting the program and iconography within a
contemporary context.The outcome is a sculptural intervention, which serves as a fl exible workshop space, performance space, a cultural
hub and a new icon for the state.The Pavilion consists of indoor, outdoor and transitional public spaces, embedded into the landscape.
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04 Barefoot School
Zoning
Recreational space
Event space
Open Air Teaching
Workshop
Exhibition
Teaching
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04 Barefoot School
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04 Barefoot School
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05 Protostar Pavilion
05 Protostar Pavilion
Location:Mumbai, India
Area:35 m 2
Type:Temporary,Professional
Role:Lead Designer
Team:Nuru Karim, Karan Sharma
Year:2017
The design of the “protostar” pavilion is inspired by the philosophy of the New E-Class Mercedes
Benz, undoubtedly a “Master piece of Intelligence”. The iconic Mercedes Benz logo consists of a
simple depiction of a three-pointed star that represents its domination of land, sea, and air. The
protostar pavilion design celebrates the evolution of Mercedes Benz across decades of innovation
and cutting edge technology in space and time.
The Protostar pavilion is in its constant state of metamorphosis and is presented in a specific
instance frozen in time. The design process itself challenges the conventional thinking of materials
and their properties. The process embraces high-end digital design and fabrication tools from the
concept design to prototyping and fabrication stage
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05 Protostar Pavilion
Structural Analysis (Karamba)
Wireframe model
Stress Analysis
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05 Protostar Pavilion
The pavilion reinterprets Felix Candela’s works with complementary
hypar shells, which are both highly structural
and sculptural. As a concept contrasting the originals,
the optimal structural logic was partially broken by linking
the three parts in the middles of their surfaces, not at the
edges.
The shape was modeled and optimized as a shell, using
multi-objective evolutionary algorithms as an aid for
decision making.
Stress optimization
The grid-shell pattern was derived from trajectories
following the principal stresses under gravity, which help
to eliminate shear forces. The remaining internal stresses
were translated into a multilayer system of pipes which
are differentiating the grid-shell’s thickness, articulating
and coping with irregularities imposed by additional
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Materials
2.5mm thk Aluminium
Webbed Structure
60 mm Wide MS
Guide Rails
Main Supporting MS
Ribs
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3mm thk MS Triangular
Connection

05 Protostar Pavilion
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06 Blooming Shelters
06 Blooming Shelters
Location:Hamirpur HP India
Area:65 m 2
Type:Temporary,Individual
Year:2014
This Studio involved designing design ideas for transit shelters on site, for construction workers and their families,
where the quality of life is dignified. These shelters on site should be beneficial to the builder as well.
Thus, they need to be not only environmentally sustainable but also economically sustainableThe design of
the shelter itself needs to be green and sustainable. The services like water and electricity had to be worked
out. The design of self-sufficient shelters with renewable energy resources. The investment on the shelter
will have to come as close to zero as possible and hence the design should .be low-cost and efficient to begin
with. Once the project is completed, it should be easy to dismantle the transit shelter and the materials
should lend themeselves to reuse and recycle – maybe for the next project that the builder might undertake.

06 Blooming Shelters

06 Blooming Shelters
Plans
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Portability
The plan offers fl exibility to the construction workers by changing the sizes
of room according to their family size and their need ,these shelters can
accomodate members ranging from 1 to 10 members of a family per shelter
The whole design concept somehows respect the needs of the workers
in every way possible and provide them viable solution to live with
their family whatever may be the size in a single place which they can
call their home.The design responds and behave not only according
to nature but also according to the users need and his requirements.
The whole structure provides an opportunity to fold up just like an
umbrella ,althought there are two options available for this ,the first in
which after removing the earth bound joint ,the structure can be folded
up easily and quickly,the latter folding requires less space but requires
more time for removing the bracing and the woven mats and the big
petals can further be folded together.
OPTION 1
TIME =5 MIN
AREA COVERED=10 m 2
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OPTION 2
TIME =30 MIN AREA COV-
ERED= 4 m 2
THE UMBRELLA FOLDING
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06 Blooming Shelters
Resource Genration
Air always contains a certain amount of water, irrespective of local
ambient temperatures and humidity conditions. This makes it
possible to produce water from air almost. Moreover Local cultures
and vernacular architecture, incorporating traditional basket
weaving technique principles have been kept in mind while designing
the central core
MICROBIAL FUEL CELL =
PHOTOSYNTHESIS
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ELECTROCHEMICALLY ACTIVE MICROORGANISMS
MATERIALS USED
RADIATIVE C
BAMBOO
AIR FLOW
BAMBOO MAT
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FIBRE MESH
HUMIDITY AND
CONDENSATION
NATURAL FIBRE
NATURAL FIBRE
ROPES
ROPES
WATER ACCESS
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BLOWUP OF CENTRAL CORE
BAMBOO

06 Blooming Shelters
OOLING
Upcycling
Bamboo being a bio-degradable material can be easliy used for other
various daily uses rather than breaking it up zfrom utensils
to scaffolding can be used directly and can solve a lot of problems
No breakdown = Direct usage
FOG HARVESTING
DEW CONDENSATION
SCAFFOLDINGS LADDERS FURNITURE RUGS
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07 Melting Pavilion
07 Melting Hut
Location:Forks,Winnipeg Canada
Area:15 m 2
Type:Temporary,Individual
Year:2017
The proposal for the Warming Huts Pavilion is juts not a celebration of winter coming in
the trails but also a cultural message to the people about the current state of our mother
Earth. The Melting Huts acts a refl ection of our gigantic glaciers with unique picturesque
topography melting ,an indication to the humanity that its time to awake now.
The proposal humbly explores design at the intersection of art ,environment and architecture
honouring a multi-disciplinary approach and thereby reinterpreting the program and iconography
within a contemporary context. The outcome is a sculptural intervention, which serves as a
fl exible recreational space, performance space, a cultural hub and a new icon for the re intrepreting
the Global warming effect happening all ober the world. The Hut consists of indoor, outdoor
and transitional public spaces, embedded into the landscape.

07 Melting Pavilion

07 Melting Pavilion
Concept
Snowy day
Sunny day
Section
0m 0.5m
Collection of snow
Conversion of snow into
water droplets
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07 Melting Pavilion
Frame lvl+3.45m
Ground Lvl -0m
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07 Melting Pavilion
Materials
6 mm MS I section Structural Scaffolding 2mm thk Acrylic white sheet
Details
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07 Melting Pavilion
4mm thk guide MS sheet
12 mm MS box Section
Structural Scaffolding vertical supports
4mm thk guide MS sheet,
resting on framework
2mm thk Acrylic white sheet,
Side Section for
support
Hooked
MS sheet
Acrylic
cone
VERTICAL
SUPPORT
SKID
12mm MS Box
section
ICE BLOCK
SKID
Ice block flushed with
the skid
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08 Canti Comb Bench
08 Canti comb Bench
Location:Broadway, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Area:7.5 m 2
Type:Product Design,Individual
Year:2017
The challenge of the competition was to design and install a temporary structure on a street
to transform the street environment to a form of public space and to re-envision and re-engage
the street as a public space. The competition invites ideas to transform the street as
a public space through an infrastructure intervention, a seating-space. The challenge is to
design a public seating that can engage and transform the dynamics on the street, triggering
and sustaining temporary (short) social and cultural transactions.
THE BENCH will be installed on street edges during the 2017 WINNIPEG DESIGN FESTIVAL, at
predesignated areas of the festival grounds Ease of use and access is important consideration
to facilitate
instant, ongoing and changing street dynamics. General street safety including trac related
issues and legibility of its physical presence are important considerations in the design.
Possible Growth Situations
Horizontal Growth Cube
Vertical Growth Octahedra
Geometrey-Truncated cuboctahedron
(0.45 M X 0.45 M X 0.45 M)
Horizontal Connections
Vertical Connections

08 Canti Comb Bench

08 Canti Comb Bench
“The real fl ow of the real neighbourhood in which one lives ... develops impressions from the
bench, a focussed perspective on a small radius of activity, through which inhabitants of a larger
radius would consistently pass.”
Elevation
0 M 0.45 M 0.90 M 1.35M
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08 Canti Comb Bench
1. 18mm thk SS. Box Section
2. 19mm thk DUpoint Corian Panels
Nature Friendly
Not only for humans ,but welcomes pets and
birds too
Event Friendly
A Stage for small events
and performances
User Friendly
Provides user to perform their
daily activities on board
Children Friendly
An attraction for small kids
and easily playable
Work Friendly
A space for small discussions
and meetings
3.Battery Powered LED Fitted in the units
Axonometric View
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08 Canti Comb Bench
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08 Canti Comb Bench
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