Operational Forms Previous Next Email Guide Semester Subject Student Name Jayraj Mistry Technical Design IV Ar. Karan Danda jayraj19@aoamumbai.in Studio Conductors Ar. Harshada Shintre Ar. Karan Danda Ar. Amey Ghosalkar Ar. Saurabh Mhatre Ar. Rohit Shintre : : : : : : : : : : : Designing the spaces through the arithmetic modes like addition , subtraction, division and multiplication adds to the different values of the spaces which can be portrayed through the formation and arrangement of the space according to the arithmetic modes. Addition aims at the addition of the space edge to edge , side by side or face to face thus creating the harmony of space linked with each other. Subtraction aims at subtracting the spaces from one whole entity thus creating a thought of something lost or being carved out of the same volume. Multiplication aims at multiplying a similar volume or an object edge to edge , side by side thus creating a sense of repetition in the overall sense . Division aims at thoughtfully adding the planes according to the activities, movement and sequencing of the spaces thus creating a detailed path of journey across the entire design. This exercise explored the same community centre into four different modes , thus creating different experience and spatial qualities at the same time considering the same function. Thus, different qualities and senses of the building can be achieved.

Email Guide Semester Subject Student Name Hiloni Sheth, Priyal Vasaiwala Architectural Design IX Ar. Rajratna Jadhav hilonis17@aoamumbai.in priyalvasaiwala17@aoamumbai.in Studio Conductors Ar. Rajratna Jadhav, Ar. Rishi Vora, Ar. Hardik Dedhia, Ar. Ashley Fialho, Ar. Esha Tipnis, Ar. Mythili Kowshik-Shetty, Ar. Yagnik Bathija : : : : : : : : : : : ‘No man ever steps in the same river twice, for its not the same river and he’s not the same man.’ Mankind has experienced change along the water edge across time and topography. The constant change in contextual pragmatics through natural and human stimuli, leads to the arising need for development and resilience. We are also a witness to the evolving physical manifestations of objective and subjective human perspectives across timelines. Hence, we can affirmatively say that we do not have the option of a stop button, because we as a society are ever evolving and always adapting. When we speak of needs and aspirations, it is essential to understand that each group of stakeholders have certain ambitions for themselves. Exploring the architectural potential at the water edge defines the social quotient that these concerned stakeholders (namely – Mumbaikars, Kohli’s, Tourists and the Biodiversity) would share among themselves. The aim is to look at the land-water architecture as the grey edge to allow the intervention to be a means of resilience rather than pose resistance to the ecology and the society. Just as ecological resilience demands sensitivity, awareness and policy reinforcements, societal resilience involves tapping into social justice and heritage protection. Undertaking a holistic approach towards heritage – be it monumental heritage or cultural heritage, there is a need to protect and cherish the very identity that it gives to the city and also respect the sentiments of the natives that are attached to it. The land-water edge is not entitled to anybody. Thus, it becomes critical to make this space socially justifiable. Indiscriminate physical and sensory accessibility to the architectural intervention can help achieve that niche in the city that holds people of all age, gender, caste, culture, interests and abilities. Going beyond the physical form of architecture, let us look at architecture as means to enjoy sensory contentment that the waters have to offer. Imagine, walking barefoot on the sand or the sound of the waves crashing or the cool breeze with the orange sunset against the blue expanse of the waters. Through these experiences, we realise that the water edge caters to all our five senses, enabling us to truly experience aesthetics. This symbiotic edge between architecture and water can be explored and enhanced to create a space of social justice and therapeutic sensorial experiences. Previous Next Living on the edge

Previous Next Semester Ar. Harshada Bapat Shintre VII, IX Studio Conductors : : : Mumbai is a large city made of a variety of neighborhood fabrics. The college project will be about analyzing these neighborhoods through their street participation and engagement with the built fabric of the people passing by. Students were tasked with mapping their localities and understanding the characteristics and language of the road networks inclusive of their neighborhood. STREET STORIES

Email Guide Semester Subject Student Name Prathamesh Panchal Architectural Representation and Detailing IV Ar. Saurabh Mhatre, Ar. Harshada Shintre prathamesh19@aoamumbai.in Studio Conductors Ar. Saurabh Mhatre, Ar. Harshada Shintre : : : : : : : : : : : The exercise, the taxonomy of the grid, aims at understanding geometry by using simple geometric patterns and creating hybrid patterns. The other phase is to understand landscape, architectural building, and comic illustration created by professionals. The agenda was to create and illustrate a drawing that shows an understanding of grids illustrates certain functions observed by the professional illustrators. The functions and activities of Tintin, as a detective, were observed. Along with this, his journey on various missions around different locations in the city, seeking that person, were recorded. The landscape talks about a street in a busy city. Previous Next Taxonomy Of Grids 1

Previous Next Permanent temporariness Email Semester Competition Name Student Name Samisha Gaikwad Shruti Bhat Siddhanti Shende DAC Redefining Platitudes VII, IX samidha18@aoamumbai.in shruti18@aoamumbai.in siddhantis17@aoamumbai.in : : : : : : : Competition Brief: Redefining Platitudes demands all members to choose an existing drawing or illustration from their previous projects and develop a narrative which is distinctive from the existing narrative of that project by exploring new mediums, textures, graphic styles, and rendering styles. Narrative: “Purified by fire, the memory lives in the heights as a beautiful idea; and death is naught but an immortal birth cradled in flame.” Cremation embodies the idea of “ashes to ashes, dust to dust”. The warmth and light of the fire erase the darkness and death, taking the soul to a new infinite birth. The memory is the only remnant, all physicality has disappeared, so the soul is free from all Earthly bounds. Fire becomes a triumph over the darkness of death. The crematorium embodies the idea of transition of the soul or memory to the next world or plane of being. It is a place for metaphysical transition, a place not only for ‘memorialization’ but also a link to a world or existence beyond the Earthly. The central bowl-like contours naturally radiate towards the eternal infinity, sea. These are interactive with other spaces such that alternate compressive and explosive experiences are created in the design. Our design completes itself as a tangible built structure as well as an intangible experience of reconciliation of grief. When looking at it as a whole complete entity we can see a beautiful amalgamation of natural elements like the air (wind from the sea), fire (burning of the pyres), earth (contours), water (burning of the pyres) and finally the eternal afterlife (which is the final journey of the soul ascending upward begins).

Email Guide Semester Subject Student Name Krishna Khurusane Architectural Design IV Ar. Rohit Karekar krishnak19@aoamumbai.in Studio Conductors Ar. Ravi Hazra, Ar. Porus Master, Ar. Ashley Fialho, Ar. Richa Raut, Ar. Saurabh Jain, Ar. Rohit Karekar, Ar. Shekoba Sanap : : : : : : : : : : : The brief involves designing a facility for a group of urban people coming from Mumbai or Pune to spend a week or so in the lap of Sahyadris while taking on new experiences, learning some things, and getting one step closer to mother nature. This calls for an opportunity to investigate the relationship between man and nature. Folk, oral or written, for ages has been commenting on nature and the assoications humankind forms with nature. Thus the project enquires into “Stories” to extract cues that inform the design and leads to the design itself being a ‘Repository of Stories’ that the user would come to explore. The design language is contemporary, built out of traditional materials, manifesting a unique experience of space and texture for the urban user. Interpretations of folk, songs, and poems govern the space design, making the space ‘a platform where man and nature perform in unison’. Previous Next Nisarga- Farm House 1

Previous Next Email Guide Semester Subject Student Name Tarun Panjabi Architectural Building Services V Ar. Nitesh Avhad ruchi1@aoamumbai.in Studio Conductors Ar. Sulakshana Bhanushali, Ar. Nitesh Avhad : : : : : : : : : : : The following project leads to designing a lecture hall for students with respect to the acoustical quality it provides. The hall is designed for 40 users. The design is made such that the reverberation time of the key speaker is approx 0.9 sec till the students. The students’ seating arrangement is placed on concrete tiers in a rising manner with rubber lining and wooden flooring to contain the sound created. Some other materials used are gypsum boards, plywood panelling, Teak Wood parquet flooring, acoustic suspended boards, glazed concrete, timber doors, etc. The materials are used by calculating their surface areas and absorption sabines. Rhyme

Previous Next Email Guide Semester Subject Student Name Shivani Baderao, Roshani Chabhare, Sarthak Ekal, Atharva Girme, Prajakta Gosavi, Sakshee Gothankar, Prachi Khobragade, Sanchita Tandel, Sejal Umare, Shweta Utekar Humanities IV Ar.Manjushree Desai, Ar. Ronak Savla shivanib19@aoamumbai.in , roshani19@aoamumbai.in , sarthak19@aoamumbai.in , atharvag19@aoamumbai.in , prajaktap19@aoamumbai.in , sakshee19@aoamumbai.in , prachik19@aoamumbai.in , sanchitat19@aoamumbai.in , sejalu19@aoamumbai.in , utekars19@aoamumbai.in Studio Conductors Ar.Manjushree Desai, Ar. Ronak Savla : : : : : : : : : : : Over this period of 400 years, we see the downfall of a major empire by an onslaught of invasions, the inception of regional powers that saw the re-emergence of a structure that was a physical manifestation of ownership in the form of a monolith or an inscription. The presence of these new regional powers led to the growth of a new religion and its need for a new place of worship i.e. the Hindu Temple that was influenced by the styles of the structures that preceded it and its evolution with time in different regions. Architecture as a tool to declare and pronounce absolute authority and dominance in the administration and rule of the empire is seen in the establishment of fortified and well-planned capitals to ensure the growth and safety of these regional powers. The structures following the establishment of capital show the further development that took place in the region. This development of the capital took place in the multiple Kingdoms that were neighboring one another during this era to attain some sort of security in politically unstable southern India. The era is highlighted by a diverse spectrum of materials, form, scale, and style elements that eventually mold and fuse into a distinctive style of temple architecture. The architecture of a particular era depicts its political scenario through various parameters like the typology of structures that range from a township to religious structures like the temples that stood tall through these various shifts of power and became an icon for the region as well as the ruler. Architecture and Politics (550 A.D - 900 A.D)

Email Semester Subject Student Name Parth Nair Humanities V parthn18@aoamumbai.in Studio Conductor Ar. Amey Ghosalkar, Ar. Harshada Shintre : : : : : : : : : 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. Previous Next Origins of Modernism 4

Previous Next Email Guide Semester Subject Student Name Jeeva Shetti, Kareena Desai Humanities V Ar. Harshada Shinte, Ar. Amey Ghosalkar jeeva19@aoamumbai.in , kareenadesai19@aoamumbai.in Studio Conductors Ar. Harshada Shinte, Ar. Amey Ghosalkar : : : : : : : : : : : The Sabarmati Ashram by Charles Correa gives a contemporary expression of the spirit of Swadeshi. It combines hindu architecture and the cosmological idea of isotropy (which can be found in a variety of hindu temples) with modernist functional planning. The rudimentary principle behind the design was based upon opening up individually. Hence this “openness” is used as a tool for manifesting modernity in his ashrams, which is designing space to nurture individuality. A couple more aspects that have been worked out are : Relationship between body and encompassing space/enclosure and opening up of the private space of the body as an expression of the new modern relationship between body and dwelling. Sabarmati Ashram

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Email Guide Semester Subject Student Name Palak Bhattad Architectural Design IV Ar. Saurabh Jain palak19@aoamumbai.in Studio Conductors Ar. Ravi Hazra, Ar. Porus Master, Ar. Ashley Fialho, Ar. Richa Raut, Ar. Saurabh Jain, Ar. Rohit Karekar, Ar. Shekoba Sanap : : : : : : : : : : : Blending Architecture with nature and humans, the Hospitable Crown is a camping site that combines the built with its users and surroundings. The design seamlessly integrates the built with the surrounding context, thus connecting them, both visually and physically, and enhancing the user experience. To bridge the users to nature, spaces are designed to follow a defined hierarchical pattern of open, semi-open, and closed zones that unfold gradually. The built form turns inwards and houses the user within it. The landscape design plays a major role in defining the axis of movement for the users. In addition to the concept of integrating the built with the unbuilt and users, it was essential to blend architecture with its vicinity to provide a living crown. The roof completely merges with the topography, which helps involve locals thereby providing them with jobs and enhancing their economy. This also helps visitors learn the local knowledge, and connect with its vicinity and nature, consequently increasing interaction and enhancing collective living. Previous Next Nisarga- Farm House 6