aakash srivastava

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portfolio 2018

aakash Srivastava
Design Team Lead, Archohm Consults Pvt. Ltd., Noida India
Associate, Indian Institute of Architects
Fellow, Domaine De Boisbuchet, France

typeface : centrale sans

cover image : POLIN, Museum of the History of Polish Jews, Warsaw

architects : Rainer Mahlamäki, Ilmari Lahdelma
author : aakash srivastava
year : 2017

content page image : Peinture (Étoile Bleue), Joan Miro 1927

author : aakash srivastava
year : 2016

final page image : workshop with block research group, eth zurich
author : michelle romero, mexico
year :2017

copyrights of all 3d renderings, illustrations, graphics and drawings are

held by the respective studios the author has worked with

contact
mobile : +91 +904 901 8719
mail : aakash.srivastava@boisbuchet.org

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contents

professional works
archohm consults, noida
kundli warehouse industrial 4
naveen market redevelopment redevelopment 5
bithoor ghat riverfront development waterfronts 8
hapur mandi commercial 10
commercial tower lucknow commercial 11
agra residence residential 12
lucknow residence residential 14
international airport kushinagar public infrastructure 15

design factory india, noida

blaupunkt brand packaging 17
museum of socialism experience design 18
agra signages wayfinding design 20

christopher charles benninger associates, pune

indian institute of technology, hyderabad, faculty & staff housing residential 21
indian institute of technology, hyderabad, lecture hall complex institutional 23
indian institute of management calcutta, kolkata mixed use 24
sos children’s village, kolkata documentation 26

skill building
domaine de boisbuchet, lessac, france
workshops hands-on 27
exhibition piece : repair exhibit 28
things i do for fun 29

references 30

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 elevation studies - different materials, different color pallette

kundli warehouse
type : industrial
location : kundli, haryana
status : ongoing
role : project architect (design phase)
site area : 4050 sqmts
built up area : 7200 sqmts

basement floor plan

ground floor plan

final material exploration : polycarbonate sheets

first floor plan

interior of warehouse would be daylit because of the choice of material

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naveen market redevelopment
type : redevelopment
location : kanpur, uttar pradesh
status : ongoing
role : project architect
site area : 4636 sqmt car park, 22500 sqmt naveen market
built up area : 21500 sqmt car park, & entire redevelopment
Situated on the busiest road of Kanpur, Naveen Market is one of the oldest markets of the city. Being
on Mall road it enjoys a heavy footfall because of its mix of some more than five hundred shops and
a few residences and offices. As lively and bustling as the market is, it faces huge problems of parking,
choked drains, encroachments and unregulated construction. Furthermore, it lacks in basic amenities
and is affected by poor service planning. The architecture team at Archohm took on each of these
challenges and created not only solutions but a vision for the entire area. The vicinity was completely
pedestrianized to create open public spaces and interaction zones as opposed to a chaotic neigh-
borhood. Electrical and telecommunication services were upgraded and their wiring strategically con-
cealed to provide the first Wi-Fi enabled market of the city!

A visual harmony was ensured by uplifting the overall façade and bringing a common architectural
vocabulary through various elements such as sign boards and improved way finding and signages.
To create more parking space, a multilevel car parking was planned across the road as a seven storey
building, a fourth of which was a dedicated commercial wing. The market area was also branded to
generate a fresh and fun perspective for the people of Kanpur City!

the basic module of the jaali pattern & flooring pattern was
derived from the name of this market

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bithoor ghat riverfront development
type : riverfront
location : bithoor, uttar pradesh
status : ongoing
role : project architect
site area : 130 acres (1.5 km river edge)

Bithoor is a small town in Kanpur district with a population of around 12000 people. Around 20 kilo-
meters from the main city of Kanpur, it is a quiet and rustic settlement with its own historical and reli-
gious significance. Set at the banks of the holy Ganges with its numerous ghats and rich architectural
heritage in Avadhi and Peshwa style, Bithoor serves as a perfect home to the populace and a tourist
destination to the low quantum of visitors that it gathers who intend to take a holy dip in the Ganga
waters.
Nonetheless, this holy bath bears utmost authenticity owing to its religious connotations with Hindu
Gods and mythological attribution that comes along with it. The riverfront is subtly famous for its
ghats like Brahmavrat Ghat and Dhruv Tila that house temples of prime importance like Brahmakhunti
temple and Dhruv Temple. Therefore, apart from being in the vicinity of major cities of Uttar Pradesh
(Lucknow, Kanpur etc.), Bithoor enjoys the popularity for its embodiment of religious mythological
tales, and its ties with the popular characters of first war of Indian independence. Apart from the
daily ritual of bathing, Bithoor attracts as large as 2,00,000 people around major festivals like Kartik
Poornima, Ganga Dussehra etc.

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Bithoor Riverfront Development Project has been prepared to enhance the potential of Bithoor’s river edge infrastructure with re-
spect to rich heritage legacy and foot-fall in terms of daily usage of the ghats. Public infrastructure and civic amenities relevant for the
comfort of local people and tourists was a driving factor of the project’s brief. Another challenge of the site was to be able to cater,
or at least facilitate the significantly large public gatherings reccurring yearly during festivals.

The strategy encompasses the town with respect to its connectivity, riverfront upgradation, landscape, heritage and information,
policy and maintenance. The project forms the larger civic vision to improve existing bathing ghats, their accessibility with respect to
historical structures, and public facilities on the river bank. The attempt has been made to provide a proposal that works collabora-
tively with architecture and engineering, urban design and ecology, and landscape design. The project spans over a stretch of 1.5 kms
at the banks of River Ganga. .

constructed wetlands and rootzone technology helped us to use the expansive

land and also treat the wastewater entering into the holy river

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hapur mandi
type : commercial
location : hapur, uttar pradesh
status : completed
role : project architect
site area : 4875 sqmt
a small town, hapur, nestled between, uttar pradesh’s two biggest industrial towns, ghaziabad & meerut, need-
ed a retail vegetable market. this retail market would have been a part of thier 110 acre big wholesale market. an
open parcel of land, admeasuring almost an acre was assigned for this project. initially envisioned to be a run
of the mill vegetable market with individual podiums & shaded roofs, it turned out to be a 3000 square metre
single roof with voids in between which allow sunlight within the space. each vendor got its dedicated podium
space on stepped platforms, while the entire facility was equipped with solid waste management & stormwater
drains. not only it is used as a retail market but also as temporary auction platform, a the adjoining villages host
their panchayats here.
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commercial tower (unnamed)
type : commercial
location : lucknow, uttar pradesh
status : to be built
role : project architect (design phase)
site area : 3520 sqmts
built up area : 7920sqmts

Coming up right in the heart of lucknow, uttar pradesh’s capital city, was the lucknow business park- a
complex with 12 similar signature office blocks, all connected through abundantly landscaped pedes-
trian plazas. This was proposed as the business park of the capital city of uttar pradesh with its 8000
square metres of office space equipped with most modern facilities and a face to the western world.
The client was lucknow builder company for development and tourism investment which was spear-
heading development and tourism in uttar pradesh.
These towers included software development centre, commerce centre, offices etc. Our scope of
work involved the architectural development, interiors , landscaping, external illumination and engi-
neering of the structural, electrical, telecommunication, fire detection and protection, hvac and sani-
tary work, preparation of tender documents including bill of quantities.

In the initial stages it was a challenge to keep up with the existing complexities and constrains, but
nevertheless as we moved forward with great perseverance (and lots of sleepless nights) we were
able to bring the best out of it.
These simple looking masses bring together an international look and feel, introducing and establish-
ing uttar pradesh in the world market as an open and upcoming economy.

The present elevations area still being evolved after working out a dozen options using simulation. All
of the option had somewhat a touch of an awadhi gestures to the facade so as to provide a feeling
of islamic touch to the building. A mature demonstration of architectural sensibility was the aim-the
one main characteristic of truly contemporary global architecture.
exploration of various materials & facade conceptual section for the built mass

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agra residence
type : residential
location : agra, uttar pradesh
status : finished
role : architect
site area : 423 sqmts
built up area : 901 sqmts

the residence is located in lajpat kung-an upscale neighbourhood that, gov-

erned by unreasonably exorbitant land prices and plot sizes, wears the pre-
dictable look of builder type residences. It has been designed to express
with sincerity and clarity the specific needs of a family of individuals who
want their own space even as they relate to each other as a collective.
Thus the independent floors that make up the connected home have been
conceived exercising a good measure of restraint and firmly keeping mini-
malism in mind; even a small detail is there with good reason and only if
absolutely necessary. Simplicity is comprehended as a spiritual thing and
the challenge has been in making complexities seem simple. The basement
houses a multi-purpose hall while the stilt level is not only made up of an
elaborate entrance lobby but also allows a columnless parking space and
passage for as many as six cars and a ‘wooden bay’ that quietly contains the
services. The upper ground is occupied by the elders and in sync with their
sentiments is an ‘open plan’ space where the only semblance of ‘walls’ is
in the form of storage cabinets, a wooden partition or two and glass. The
interim two floors are for the next generation and their families. The penul-
timate floor consisting of a den and space for lounging and dining although
the living space of one family, can spill over on to the terrace-a garden which
is also used for entertaining and leisure. The repetitive horizontality of the
floorwise arrangement emerging therein is done away with, by the use of
double height balconies on the exterior and similar volumes internally.

first floor

ground floor

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third floor fourth floor

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lucknow residence
type : residential
location : lucknow uttar pradesh
status : finished
role : architect
site area : 332 sqmts
built up area : 876 sqmts

Amongst one of Lucknow’s exclusive yet chaotic neighbor-

hoods, the Volume Villa stands unapologetically, making an
unassuming and brave statement within its urban context. In
sharp contrast to its fellow residences, it appears to provide the
passerby with an introverted and fortified impression.

Conceived as a box of raw concrete and wood on the outside

and glass and gloss on the inside, the villa narrates a story of
the modern progressive aspiration of the client and his ground-
ed partiality to his roots.

Despite being located directly on the main road of the com-

plex, the house is deceptively private. Architecturally, the villa
rises as a raw concrete box from a three and a half meter plinth
of wood that houses the basic services; a six car garage, an
internal vertical elevator and an independent, isolated service
access to the quarters of the staff on the terrace floor.

The façade is a dialogue of concrete and wooden fins extend-

ing through the height and width of the house that can expose
the glass windows concealed behind them as per the will of
the home owners. This gesture brings in the desired amount of
light, a controlled view and effective cross-ventilation.

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international airport, kushinagar
type : public infrastructure
location : kushinagar, uttar pradesh
status : construction to start by mid 2018
role : project architect (design phase)
site area : 525 acres
built up area : 7925 sqmts
The international airport, Kushinagar is envisioned to be one of the prestigious projects in Uttar Pradesh.
Kushinagar falls in the Buddhist circuit including the other three major cities Lumbini, Bodhgaya & Sarnath. The
concept of the terminal building is derived from the ‘Bodhi Tree’ and keeping the Buddhist context as major influ-
ential component.

The site (525 acres) proposed by the airport authority contains a 1500m long runway which will be expanded to
4500m for the international flights. The center of the building sprouts in the form of a tree and supports the can-
opy above providing shelter space for the airport. The non public spaces are confined around the central core so
that we get adequate space for circulation and other facilities around the tree structure.

The program is divided broadly into public and non public spaces. The former including public access control,
ticket counters, waiting halls, beverage & food counters etc. The latter includes airport administration, inbound
and outbound baggage sorting, ticketing office, maintenance etc. The building is designed considering the peak
hour capacity of 300 passengers (150 arrivals + 150 departures) and with provision of future expansion. The secu-
rity check and scan for both domestic and international departure is on the ground level but separate areas. The
departure hold for domestic and international is at different levels ground and first floor respectively. Similarly the
airport arrivals have been divided in two phases for easy management of both the passengers. The hospitality for
all the visitors has also been taken care, spaces like infant care, health care etc are provided.

The overall theme of the airport is designed considering in mind the Indian and Buddhist context. The symmetry
in planning and structure carries the essence of zen architecture and helps in keeping its simplicity. Airports act as
gateways for visitors and hence needed to give them a little understanding of the spiritual land of India.

stupa

wheel bodhi tree lotus

zen

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blaupunkt
type : brand package design
status : in production, completed
role : designer, copywriter, director

blaupunkt brand, in the early 2016 was re-entering the Indian market, with a range of travel accesso-
ries & wireless technology. we were resposible to commute a new & fresh package design conform-
ing to the international standards but also appealing to the youth-the target audience. this is one of
the few projects that had me test my skills in design & copywriting. there was a whole new learning
from a project that was a product in the fmcg category.

since the brand wished to launch a range of wireless products and travel acessories, we realised early client wished to have taglines showing the brand’s roots in models were hred with a professional photographer for the final boxes as can be seen in the market and also, on
that anything the brand tagline has to do, has to put the notion of being unwired. thus we brainstormed germany, while also emphasising the long presence in the impressions on the box. each mood was set to the tagline the unbxing videos on web. the brands iconic bluedot be-
taglines that could be product specific across the platform, but still keeping in mind the premise. industry been used with respective product. my responsibilty was as came the connecting point for two boxes kept side by side.
a director of the entire shoot

final package layouts

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museum of socialism
type : experience design
location : lucknow, uttar pradesh
status : completed
role : project architect (interiors & experience)
site area : 18.6 acrea
built up area : 3355 sqmts
The experience of the Interpretation Centre is through four thematic zones. The zone of absorption
is where information about the life journey and values of JP is imbibed. The more interactive zone of
realisation facilitates a closer look at JP. The zone of internalisation allows time and space for intro-
spection on the take-away-how one can take initiatives in their own life. The concluding zone-a con-
gregation place is meant to influence and inspire collective expression of the learning. The journey
both literal and allegoric is all about movement. Physical navigation of space makes exhibits dynamic.
The chronological narrative of JP’s journey is depicted in almost all mediums imaginable; not merely
through a display of artefacts, but through a sequence of static, dynamic, sensorial and experiential
moments that include his belongings, furniture, letters, cartoons and illustrations, poems and songs,
oral archives, documentaries, info-graphics and many new, automated and technologically suave
user interfaces as holograms, projection mapping, kinetic installations and those that make the virtual
as real as possible and appealing to wider and universal audiences.

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agra signages
type : way finding
location : agra, uttar pradesh
status : completed
role : designer

Taj ganj is a 400 year old market district sharing the peripheral skyline of the Taj Mahal.
It includes clusters of bastis (neighborhoods) which originally started with the four ‘ka-
tras’ or quadrants down towards the southern gate of the Taj Mahal. It has since then
expanded consistently and also in the process have developed groups of slum dwell-
ings around the area. Taj Ganj unique urban condition until now and has escaped major
state intervention towards urbanization. A strategical plan involving the stakeholders like
the shopkeepers and the local residents of the Taj Ganj to improve the street character
and help in upgrading the basic amenities and infrastructure has been therefore pro-
posed.The specific area under consideration for the Urban redevelopment of Taj Ganj
extends from Western gate Road of theTaj Mahal to the Eastern gate Fatehabad Road
which includes the Taj Ganj area and the slums around.

The proposals includes urban scale development of streets by resurfacing the carriage
way provision of pedestrian foot paths, cycle tracks, Landscape parks, seatings, toilets,
security infrastructure etc. around Eastern Gate, West Gate, and Taj Ganj area includ-
ing Landscape development of Open Spaces on the southern gate and western gate
region. The proposal deals with the tourist facilities improvement by providing greener
zone with urban infrastructure at intermediate intervals and improving the street façade
and street infrastructure of the roads which is taken by the numbers of tourists including
VIPs and dignities, to access the Taj complex.

Also proposals for providing tourist facility centre in the form of Tajganj Visitors Centre has
been proposed in the close vicinity of the Taj Complex in Taj Ganj area. It looks towards
providing facilities and information for the tourist and activity center for the local crafts-
men act as a bridge between the tourist and locals.

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indian institute of technology, hyderabad legend legend
faculty & staff housing 1. entrance
2. ramp to the basement
1. entrance
2. two bedroom tower
type : residential 3. three bedroom tower 3. one bedroom tower
4. two bedroom tower 4. 6 m wide road
location : hyderabad, telangana
5. four bedroom tower 5. ramp to basement
status : under construction 6. fire tender path 6. fire tender path
role : architect (proposal phase) 7. central plaza 7. skylights
site area : 4.57Acres & 2.39 acres 8. party lawn 8. basement exhausts
built up area : 55,975 sqmts & 25,022 sqmts 9. entrance to the building 9. porch
10. children’s play area 10. kids play area
11. plaza
The Indian Institute of Technology at Hyderabad is a two hundred and twenty-seven
hectares campus, located on the Hyderabad to Mumbai Highway, at a peripheral site
of the metropolitan area. Three architectural firms were selected from an international
competition to design various components of the institute. The faculty housing, staff
housing, a lecture hall complex, the student commons, various laboratories and de-
partments for electrical engineering, physics, liberal arts, mathematics and computer
sciences are at various stages of design and construction.
Spread over two phases, a visionary director, faculty and engineering team, work
closely with the architects on design, detailing and the technology proposed for con-
struction.

The sites for the Faculty Housing and Staff Housing are located strategically 500 acre
site. The site is covered by a green podium, which not only links the four buildings but
gives covered parking to over 250 cars without cutting down on the green open space
of the site.
Courts and skylights bring down natural light and ventilation into the parking below.
The Towers have a unique plan, designed with three Apartments radiating out from
a Central core that houses the staircases, lifts and the shafts for the Utility Services.
Each Apartment in the Tower has three open facades to get maximum light and ven-
tilation. The design also incorporates many principles of the Green Building technol-
ogy to provide an enhanced environment for residents of the buildings, without ad-
ditional cost on the client. site plan : faculty housing site plan : staff housing

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indian institute of technology, hyderabad
lecture hall complex
type : institutional
location : hyderabad, telangana
status : under construction
role : junior architect (proposal phase)
site area : 15,763 sqmts
built up area : 11.3 acres

The Lecture Hall Complex is composed of fifteen auditoria accommodating seventy-five to eight
hundred students each, holding over three thousand, two hundred students when fully occupied.
The Lecture Hall Complex sits at the junction of the two primary pedestrian movement paths in the
campus. This iconic structure has a wide pedestrian street projecting through the built fabric at two
levels, with halls arranged on either side. A network of ramps and staircases makes movement within
the structure a kinetic experience of people interacting, light and space. Curved shell-walls emerge
from the ground enclosing the halls, integrating various volumes into a holistic structure.

Other designs include the Student Commons, covered by a large tensile structure, sheltering a sub-
terranean complex of activity spaces stepping down into a sequence of activities, leading to a large,
central functional space for dances, dramas and performances. The concept was drawn from India’s
step well traditions, leading one down into shaded cool spaces, away from the intruding summer
sun’s rays.

Various department buildings employ aluminum jaalis, as a second skin of the façades, over windows,
to diffuse sunlight in the semiarid climate of south Indian, while allowing breezes and ambient light to
enter interior spaces. The interiors are composed of spines of shaded streets, with corridor balconies,
overlooking their central gardens running through them. Steel bridges span between five levels of
laboratories, classrooms on one side, connecting faculty offices on the other. The institute’s designs
are conceived to encourage creative interaction and knowledge exchange in a hierarchy from very
large lecture hall meeting places, to classrooms, laboratories, on to one-on-one discussion areas.

entrance

entrance

400 seater halls entrance

200 seater
halls
200 seater
halls

entrance

800 seater halls 120 seater

entrance halls entrance

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indian institute of management calcutta, kolkata
expansion project
type : institutional, residential, infrastructure
location : kolkata, west bangal
status : built
role : resident project architect
site area : 131 acres
built up area : 60,386 sqmts
In 2007 the institute realized the need for a master plan and for dramatically increasing its student
capacities. The planning began that included hostels, executive training facilities, additional academic
areas and major infrastructure additions. The residential complex, illustrated here, includes a large
dining and recreational facility on three levels. 400 can eat at one time on the lower two floors and
the upper hall is used for games, events and parties.
An executive hostel with 27 suites and 164 single rooms on the upper three levels has classrooms,
syndicate rooms, lounges and dining facilities on the ground level.

There are two residential quadrangles, each composed of 174 single seated rooms, which share com-
mon sanitary facilities on three levels, and study spaces, games rooms and lounges on the ground
floor. 348 postgraduate students are accommodated.
The construction language employs simple plastered facades and Kota stone flooring. Vertical silo
stair towers, connecting single seated rooms, each with its own balcony, hold the four corners of the
stepped hostels elevations. Each of the hostel wings is composed of stepped sections, with private
balconies stepping back up the exterior walls. Inside, open passages project into sky-lit atria, reaching
out, one over the other, as they ascend.
The residential neighborhood opens through landscaped terraces and gardens onto placid lotus
ponds in a verdant landscape. The residential neighborhood is connected to the academic quad-
rangle by an iconic tubular steel pedestrian bridge, crossing a forty-three meters wide water pond.
In the master plan a central island was identified as the academic quadrangle, where a library, class-
rooms and other facilities existed. A dilapidated school was demolished and moved, making way for
a new academic quadrangle using the existing library to anchor one side of the proposed large space.
A major lecture hall complex is being built opposite the library with two connecting wings formed
by extensive academic areas, inclosing the four-sided quadrangle. All of these structures use multi-
level arcades, protected from rain, to inter-connect five levels of syndicate rooms, conference rooms,
classrooms, teaching amphitheaters, faculty offices, computer laboratories and amenities. This iconic
academic quadrangle gifts the campus a sense of place.

Thus, there are two distinct neighborhoods in the campus: an island academic quadrangle and a
residential neighborhood, reached by crossing a new bridge designed by the architects as an integral
part of the project.

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sos children’s village, kolkata
type : public
location : lucknow, uttar pradesh
status : documentation
role : illustrator
site area : 4050 sqmts
built up area : 7200 sqmts

The SOS Children’s Village in Kolkata emerged as a call from Mother Teresa to shelter the parentless
children emerging from the freedom movement and subsequent war in Bangladesh. This village fol-
lowed the same building programme, module sizes and room areas as the Bawana Village. Unlike the
Bawana village, the Kolkata village is located within a dense urban fabric, on a city block, with vehicu-
lar roads surrounding it. Thus, an identical set of functions in an identical building programme was
expressed in a completely different architectural language and spatial system, responding to a new
urban context. The pedestrian movement system in Kolkata, through gardens and the sloped red tile
roofs, amongst exposed brick walls, contrasted with the white stucco plastered walls.

The SOS Children’s Villages in India were an outcome of a social in Europe to care for orphans after
the Second World War. The campuses in Bawana and Kolkata were the second and third such or-
phanages created in the sub-continent.

Each village is composed of a headmaster’s house, a clinic, a library, a community hall, utility build-
ings and twenty Houses. Each house accommodates eight children and a housemother. Thus, there
are ideally one hundred and eighty children, and twenty housemothers, living in twenty homes. The
mothers are recruited from amongst young widowed women, who receive special training in parent-
ing. They are assisted by aunties who take their places during leaves. Foster parents across India and
abroad adopt these children, paying for their up-keep, and often sponsoring their further education.
These villages become the lifelong homes of the children and mothers, who return during college
breaks, festivals and vacations.

site plan site model

christopher’s sketch exploded isometric of a cluster exploded isometric of a unit exploded isometric of the site

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domaine de boisbuchet, lessace, france
type : skill building
location : lessac, france
role : workshop assistant

since 2015, domaine de boisbuchet has been my second home. a bucolic farm-
land, owned by the founder of vitra design museum, alexander von vegesack.
this place was envisioned to be a hub for architects, designers and experimental
design. each year in summers, i assist tutors from all design backgrounds, for two
straight months; conduct design & architecture workshops. we use a plethora of
tools, for metal & wood works.

in the past i have assisted, pierre favrasse (habitat, paris), henrik vibskov (copen-
hagen), selgascano arciteqto (madrid), sigga hemis, ikea, noe duchafour lawrence
(paris) and 40 other big names in design field.

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domaine de boisbuchet, lessace, france
repair - creativity facing the broken
type : exhibit
location : lessac, france
role : artisit, exhibitor

we see the world falling apart on many levels : ecologically, economically, socially, and even culturally.
the resulting conflicts always pose the question: what proved wrong or obsolete and what shall we
replace and what shall we repair?
this exhibition looks at the idea of repair as a concept against wasting consumption that for thou-
sands of years proved healthy for people and their environment. despite its small size, the show sees
design in a context that is larger than the world of products only. since quite a few years already, de-
sign serves as a strategy for problem solving in many different fields, ranging from consumer products,
to business planning, self-fulfillment, political strategies or scientific procedures. and repair as well is
a concept beyond the world of functional objects. it is a principle we also find in nature as well as in
politics, medicine or ethics.
in boisbuchet’s workshops we are used to recycling scrap materials and our historical buildings and
as well as our experimental constructions need permanent maintenance. repair is thus an economic
and ethical consideration for us. we hate printers or telephones that we can barely use a year after
we bought them!
the topic of my interest was, that of emotional repair. the world around us is seeing a systematic break-
down of humans, dealing with stress and ending their lives by commiting suicides. we seek answers
from others to solve our issues. the exhibit is a dark yet simple space with a chair and a broken rope.
the individual shall sit on the chair, and try to tie the knot of the rope. the broken rope, metaphoric to
our broken lives, the strands of ropes signifying the various aspects of our situation. while the user isn’t
allowed to use any other external source to join the rope, she/he has to figure out a way to tie the
knot. and its workable! but the whole exhibit tries to make you learn that you ought to seek answers
from within and no one else can work this out for you. and you’re only going to get stronger after this.

solution : splice knots (tying same rope by partly untwisting and then interweaving their strands)

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things i do for fun

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references

Prof. Christopher Benninger
FIIA, FIITP, AIA, APA
Chairman and Principle Architect
CCBA Pvt. Ltd.
+91-20-65102331
ccba@ccba.in
Professor Asesh Kumar Maitra
B. Arch, Diploma in Town Planning
Ex-Dean , SPA, New Delhi
APEEJAY SAP, Greater Noida
+91-9810413591
asesh.maitra@gmail.com
Mr. Yatin Chaudhary Ar. Sourabh Gupta Deval Kumar Rajwanshi
LEED AP, CEO Principal Director
Green dimensions pvt ltd. Archohm Consults pvt ltd. Accurate Institute of Architecture
+91-9868614992 +91-9810428284 & Planning
yatin.chaudhary@gmail.com sourabh@archohm.com +91-9811078646
rajwanshis@yahoo.com

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