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Architecture + Urban Design:Professional Portfolio – Dwaipayan Chakravarty (Oct’ 12)

About Me:Architect-Urban Designer

involved and passionate about all

aspects of Design and Urbanism.

Presently work ing as Sr. Architect

– Urban Designer at a prominent

Architectural Company in Pune

(Maharashtra, India), overlook ing

various Integrated Townships in

the region Comfortable with

work ing in any professional

environment anywhere.

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SummaryArchitectural & Urban Design expertise in handling

large footprint architectural buildings and urban design and planning solutions for integrated townships. Skills

include client handling, presentations, feasibility & site

planning studies, conceptualisation & design, design & site management, training and resource

management, graphics & detailing.

Substantial experience in various aspects of

Architectural Education in India, having been employed by COA at NIASA. Involved in Thesis

Awards Program, National Aptitude Test in Architecture (NATA), and various programs /

workshops / seminars to reach out to teachers,

professionals & students. Also, some teaching experience in Urban Design.

Education:• B.Arch - 1st Class - TVB School of Habitat Studies,

New Delhi - under GGS Indraprastha University, Delhi) - 2002

•M.Arch (Urban Design) - 1st Class – School of

Planning & Architecture (SPA), New Delhi (Deemed University) – 2005 (GATE Scholar)

Quick Employment History:

• 2007 December to Present – Sr. Architect & Chief

Masterplanner at Asso. Space Designers Pvt. Ltd., Pune

• 2010 February to 2011 February - Consultant Head - E-

Learning Services at Intuitive Construction Portal (India) Pvt. Ltd. (www.constructionguru.in)

• 2005 July to 2007 October- Research Associate at National

Institute of Advanced Studies in Architecture (NIASA), Pune - Academic Unit of Council of Architecture (COA)

• 2005 November to 2007 October (various) - Visiting Faculty

- Urban Design Elective of B.Arch program at BKPS College of Architecture, Pune (3 terms)

• 2005 August to 2006 February - Consultant Urban

Designer & Senior Architect at Archivista Consultants Pvt. Ltd., Pune

• 2005 September to 2006 February) Visiting Faculty -

Drawing & Communication and Urban Lab - Centre for Development Studies & Activities (CDSA), Pune

• 2002 June - 2003 July - Junior Architect at PMITRA

Architects (Kolkata)

• 2001 - Trainee Architect at PMITRA Architects (Kolkata)

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1.Associated Space Designers Pvt. Ltd., Pune

Period:December 2007 till Present

Designation: Sr. Architect / Chief Masterplanner

Work Done: Head the Urban Design & Planning Cell

at ASDPL for all our mega-township Projects

At the reputed firm of Space Designers, I got to realise my full potential of

urban design and planning at a scale I was both qualified and proficient in.

Work ing on multiple large-scale projects ranging from 400 – 900 acres, I

became the main masterplanner of their projects, work ing closely with the

Directors, Consultants, Clients and our own Design Team, to come up with

actively implementable solutions at large scale; including site planning &

analysis, infrastructural coordination and management, landuse mapping,

urban design controls, feasibility presentations and overall project direction

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Nanded City Township

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SCOPE OF WORK – MASTERPLANNING PROJECTS

1. Consultancy advice on Site Selection

2. Site Analysis

• Composite Analysis of Information Mapping (received from client[1])

• Visual Analysis

• Site Feasibility Analysis

3. Creation of Primary Concept Plan and associated presentations

4. Structure Plan / Site Plan

5. Landuse Plan with Area Statistics

6. FSI Analysis and Consumption Charts

7. Final Masterplan

8. Urban Design Guidelines[2] for Sectoral Development

• Placement Strategy towards High-Rise / Multi-Storey development

• Built-Volume Distribution

• Maximum Heights

• Entrances (Sector, Buildings, etc.)

• Open-Space & Landscaping Strategies

• Parking Guidelines

• Materials / Colour / Visual Style Palette

• Placement Guidelines for Physical Infrastructure (STPs, Transformers, etc.)

9. Consultants Recommendation and design / drawings coordination

10. Technical Assistance for all Approval / Sanction drawings

[1] Dependent on complete survey information provided by Client. Analysis

will be done by Space Designers.[2] These will dictate the overall architectural guidelines that would best

suit the integrity of the Masterplan


STATISTICS:

Population = 1,00,000

Total Site Area = 700 Acres

>35 Residential Sectors

Almost 20,000Units

Distance from Pune City = 12km (from Station)

Over 200 Acres of Green Parks

Project – 2005 - 2015


STATISTICS:

Population = 60,000

Total Site Area = 400 Acres

>25 Residential Sectors; Almost 12,000Units

Distance from Hinjewadi = 4km

Near100 Acres of Green Parks

Project – 2010 – 2020 (3 phases)


Planning features include:

Spinal Main Road

City Centre concept

De-centralised / accessible amenities

Spacious planningLarge volumes of City level greenery

Sustainable city management

Secure Colonies

Efficient netw orking

‘Learn-Live-Work-Play’ – all w alkable

KPDL’s Life Republic Township


Other Masterplanning Projects (upcoming)

Eden Hills – Villa Layout at

Tamhini Ghat, Raigad

Oxford Oasis Golf Township

– Landuse Plan for upcoming

900 acre integrated township

at Lavale, Pune


2.(COA) Council of Architecture’s – National

Institute of Advanced Studies in Architecture

(NIASA), Pune

Period: July 2005 till October 2007

Designation: Research Associate

Work Done: Organising Workshops / Seminars, Institutional management, primary work related to

most aspects of Architectural Education in India

NIASA is the academic unit of COA, and

operates from CDSA Campus, Pune. I was

involved in NIASA from Day 1, from basic

office setup, to handling most aspects of

administration and management of various

NIASA’s various activities and events. It was

a tremendous learning experience with

COA’s academic arm, interacting with a

multitude of institutes, academicians and

architectural professionals. I leave after

almost 2½ years to involve myself primarily

into Design aspects of Architecture, which

has always been my first love. However, I

look forward to a continuing relationship with

NIASA and architectural academics in India.

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Active Involvement in:

• National Aptitude Test in Architecture

(NATA)

• NIASA-COA Awards for Excellence in

Architectural Thesis (2006 & 2007)

• NIASA Publications

• Organising various Teacher Training

Prrograms (TTPs), Continuing Education

Programs (CEPs)


3.Archivista Consultants Pvt. Ltd., Pune

Period:August 2005 – February 2006

Designation: Consultant Sr. Architect (Design)

(Part Time)

Work Done:Design, Detailing, Presentations, Client Interaction, on numerous projects incl.

Housing, 5-Star Hotel, IT Parks, Institutional

Projects, Private Residential Projects, etc.

Part-time work at Archivista allowed me to be involved at

the concept and overall design stage of some of their

more bigger & important projects. I was involved in the

idealisation, form development and site planning, and

client interaction.

Projects:

• Proposed 5-Star Hotel for Dil Hotels & Resorts on

Nagar Rd. (near Pune Airport) – Unrealised

• Proposals for 25 Acres Resident & Commercial project

at Mohammadwadi, Pune for Patel Developers –

Unrealised

• Apartment Complex at Salunke Vihar, Pune

• Comm. Complex on SB Rd., Pune – Unrealised

• IT Park & Housing – Warje Annexe - Construction

DIL HOTEL (5 Star) – Nagar Rd., Pune

SALIENT DESIGN FEATURES:

• The site is ideal for a 5-Star luxury Hotel because of its proximity to Pune’s IT sector and

Airport, and is expected to visually impact the global clientele.

• The site is longitudinal in shape with a relatively small frontage

• This challenge has been overcome by an imageable form that strikes the viewer from any

side, giving a specific identity to the project.

• Rooms are well organised

overlooking an atrium.

• 175 D. Rooms, 7 Suites

and 5 Terrace Room

• Major Services in the base-

ment & dedicated Service flr.

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Typical Floor

View 1: Birds’ Eye View

View 2: Front Elevation from Nagar Rd.

Entry Floor

Statistics:

• Total 189 rooms

• 1.5 lakh Sq.ft

• Cost Rs.2.5 CrTerrace Floor

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SALIENT DESIGN FEATURES:

• The alignment of the DP road has been

changed to make the plot shape more workable.

• In some options the existing water channel was diverted; in others, it was used as a design element .

• A plot of 1 acre had been provided with flats < 1500 sq.ft. and shopping of 2000 sq.ft. to

avail 80 IB facility.

• The Layout included Super HIG towers, MIG

Apartment Blocks, Row Houses, luxurious Bungalow Plots, EWS Housing, Club House,

Comm. Complex, Streetside Shopping

• Neighborhood planning concepts were part

of each planning block.

• Environmental consciousness was

appropriately incorporated in the design layout, without hampering the maximum salability of the design project.

• Appropriate Vaastu considerations of the clients have been incorporated in each

individual plot.

RESIDENTIAL PROJECT,

Mohammadwadi, Pune

The natural drainage stream on site, is a prominent natural asset that can be developed to become the

project’s central asset for the residents, through sensitive landscape proposals that heightens the project’s

aesthetic appeal while providing an active-passive recreation corridor.

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4.

PMITRA, Kolkata

Period: June 2002 – July 2003

Designation: Junior Architect

Work Done: Statutory Drawings, Working Drawings, 2-D & 3-D Presentations, Detailing, Site Supervision,

Brochure Design for Private Residence at Gurgaon; MIG / HIG Housing for Bengal Ambuja at New Town,

Kolkata; HIG Residential Apartments at Kolkata

Period: June 2001 – August 2001

Work Done:Private Residence, Gurgaon (Concept,

Sketches, 2D & 3D Presentations); Housing for Bengal Ambuja at New Town, Kolkata (Site Planning, Tender

Drawings)

Period: June 2000 – February 2001

Designation: Trainee Architect

Projects Handled: GS Sanyal School of Informatics, IIT Kharagpur, West Bengal; HIG Residential

Apartments, Sunny Park, Kolkata; Swabhumi – The

Heritage Park, Kolkata

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FOOD COURT at “Swabhumi– The Heritage Park”, Kolkata

Composite Food Court Plan

Swabhumi is a prestigious public project of Bengal Ambuja Group. On the EM Bypass,

near SaltLake, it a shopping & cultural complex, ak in to the famous Dilli Haat. I was

involved in the overall master planning stage, and specifically, the design of Food Court.


Uttara

Dakshina

PurbaPashchima

Looking from

Purba

In front of Dakshina

Front of Rang Durbaar – The Conference Hall

I was involved in Swabhumi during my training period there. Luckily, even as a trainee, I was involved in

many design details - the intricate flooring of the

courtyard, the lighting fixtures, etc. Site supervision

of surface drainage was a bit tricky, as it is on a hillock

& has many levels.

The Urban Court


PRIVATE RESIDENCE at Gurgaon

Alternate 1 – 3D View

Alternate 2 – 3D View

The Client wanted a home with a bold

modern statement in form and elevation.

For this purpose, more than 35 models

(paper, thermocol and AotoCAD / 3D-Max

3D) were generated to evolve the perfect

form and function. Exposed Concrete was

used as the main material vocabulary.

My scope included:

• Form development

• All presentation drawings and 3Ds

• Corporation / Statutory Drawings

• All Work ing drawings

• Check ing and collaborating with

Structural Drawings, and other

consultants

• Occasional Site Visits & Checks


BENGAL HERITAGE PARK at MilleniumPark

(on Hooghly), Kolkata

BENGAL INTERNATIONAL CENTRE, Kolkata

Conceptual Riverside Development on Hooghly: Alt. 1

AutoCAD 3D View

BIC was an ambitious proposal similar to India

International centre ((IIC) in purpose, that

design-wise took a twist on Bengal’s traditional

building form, the Bengal Arch, in a tall modern

looking structure that would impress on

Kolkata’s skyline.


MIG / HIG HOUSING at Rajarhaat,

Kolkata for Bengal AmbujaRealty

A large housing scheme at New Town, Kolkata, for Bengal’s

biggest Developer

My scope included:

• Presentation drawings

• Corporation / Statutory Drawings

• All Work ing drawings of HIG & MIG Blocks

• Design detailing – Kitchen, Bathrooms, Lobby Areas

• Check ing and collaborating with Structural Drawings, and

other consultants

• Occasional Site Visits & Checks

• Development of elevation / colour scheme

OTHER PROJECTS / WORKS:

Design Development of Seed Processing Unit – Tega Industries, West Bengal

Design Detailing and fabrication (in Steel) of a Farm House near Kolkata


5. Private Projects / Consultancy:• Completed landscape project for private residential

bungalow in Pune (2007)

• Interiors for apartment, Pashan, Pune (07)

• Campus Landscape Design (partial) at CDSA, Pune

(2006-07)

• Landscaping and Ecological Services for Packaging

Industry, Chakan (2007); with Oikos Ecological Services

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Conceptual Landscape development of the

Officers’ Mess at the DehuRd. Ordinance

Depot. We have submitted an overall

Landscape Master Plan for the entire OD

Campus (Info classified)

Civil work & Interiors for 2

Apartments, Pashan, Pune

(Current Project))

Our consultancy firm, LANdESIGN.worked

as landscape consultants for Oikos

EcologivalServices, for a Packaging

Industry at Chakan


Landscape Project for Private Bungalow at Katraj, Pune

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RangoliPatterns in Crazy

Mozaic at Entrance


Academic Works:

M.Arch (Urban Design) – SPA, New Delhi (2003-2005)

Thesis: “HumanisingAccess in Inter-Modal Transit Interchange Precincts”

Aim: To create a better public realm for urban citizens in an area that is super-charged w ith activity, in a city that tends to exclude rather than include its differing denizens. The thesis takes up the

issue of disability as a social phenomenon and sees how sensitive designing at an urban level can probably change societal attitudes and ultimately create a better, more accessible place for

everybody.

Research Objectives: To study the Social Model of Disability and its effect on Urban Design; To study how access, wayfinding and cognition, that is important to place-making, is dependant on various levels of sensory perceptions of special user-groups; To study the concept of Universal Design and Inclusive Environment in the Indian context; To evolve a set of guidelines for design and

development of such areas

Demonstration Area: Hazrat Nizamuddin Railw ay Station & Sarai Kale Khan ISBT in the East Nizamuddin, Sarai Kale Khan Area, New Delhi

Studio Projects

1. Urban Renewal of DIZ Area, New Delhi (3rd Semester; Aug-Dec 2004)

The Semester analysed the area concerned in respect of Urban Infrastructure (Water supply, Drainage, Sew erage, Garbage Disposal, Electricity, capacity, etc.), Morphological issues (including

Historical references, Open space netw orking, GolMarket area as an area of special concern, etc.), Activity Pattern, and such. Generic and site level issues w ere generated that led to the making

of structure plans (in pairs) that attempted to reinstate the importance of this character district at the city level, especially w ith CP being in such proximity, and the coming of Metro. The Semester

culminated in detailed design demonstrations at the individual level. The Gol Market area w as handled individually for this purpose.

Urban Design Tools used: Infill Development, Redensif ication, Redevelopment, Conservative Surgery, Restructuring, Revitalisation, Development Injection

2. Greenfield Development at Betim, Near Panaji, Goa (2nd Semester; Jan-May 2004)

Goa w as chosen for greenfield development in an ecologically sensitive and highly popular tourist state. Panjim / Panaji and Goa state, w ere analytically studied including upcoming development

schemes, planning, history, morphology, infrastructure, socio-cultural patterns, its architecture, and so on. Structure Plans of three different areas near Panjim, w ere drawn out in a group.

Ultimately detailed design demonstrations at the individual level w ere undertaken. Betimw as chosen as an active riverfront fronting Panjimand a candidate for the Goa International Film Festival.

Work done: Site Analysis and Site Planning, Project Programming, Infrastructure Planning, Structure Plans, Detail designing

3. Lajpat Nagar Central Market, New Delhi (1st Semester; Aug-Dec 2003)

The methodology for analysing an urban precinct w as instrumental in guiding an in-depth study of Lajpat Nagar, including Morphological Issues, Urban Infrastructure, Human Netw orking (how social groups interact and are mutually inter-dependant), over 3 months that led to the Urban Design Action (Renew al Design) of the ever-popular market, in a group of four.

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Academic Works:

B.Arch – TVB School of Habitat Studies, New Delhi (1997 – 2002)

Thesis: Bharat Bhavan Complex, Dwarka, New Delhi

(Part of the DDA Design Competition – Bharat VandanaPrangan)

-Complete design from site planning to detailed designing

DDA had launched an Architectural Design Competition called Bharat VandanaPrangan, in the

newly developing DwarkaSector of the National Capital territory of Delhi. The main core of the

design program was to be a Bharat Bhavan, alongside an outdoor stadium, OAT, Banquet hall,

Club, public parks, etc. that cater to the city and the surrounding citizens as well. The Thesis

mainly attempted to detail out the Bharat Bhavan complex, supported with conceptual level development of the other facilities & landscaping. In doing so, the Thesis focused on the designing

of an important public building in a large site in the context of one of the historically important cities

of India.

Studio Work:

1. External Affairs Ministry, Janpath

2. Environmental Design, GGSIPU Campus, Kashmere Gate

3. DefenceMuseum, Princes Park, near India Gate

4. LIG / EWS Housing, Tekhand, Okhla

5. Area Study & Mixed-use Residential Design – Kamla Nagar, Near DU, North Delhi

6. Area Study & Detailed Design – Amusement Park, South AravalliRidge, near Vasant Kunj,

New Delhi

7. Area Study – Ayanagar, South of Delhi; Design of Community Centre at Ayanagar

8. Redesigning TVBSHS Campus, Vasant Kunj

9. Measured Draw ings –Haus Khas Monuments, Delhi

10. Meditation Space

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Overall Study Area Model

� M.Arch UD Thesis – Images of existing site model and the proposed Design

intervention


GRAPHIC DESIGN

OF NIASA WEBSITE

The entire website was

designed and managed by

me, using MS-Frontpage

and Dreamweaver 8, with

a simple FTP software

called Smart FTP

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References:

• Ar. Prakash Deshmukh, Director, Asso. Space Designers Pvt. Ltd., Pune

• Prof. K.T. Ravindran, HOD - Urban Design (& former Dean of Studies),

SPA, New Delhi

• Prof. Vijay Sohoni, President, Council of Architecture, New Delhi

• Ar. Prabir Mitra, Principal Architect, PMITRA, Kolkata

Additional Skills & Qualities:

• Natural leadership and responsibility-taking qualities

• Strong teamwork abilities

• Quick and adaptive learner

• Good visual communication and language skills

(proficient in English, Hindi, Bengali and Marathi)

• Adjusting but ambitious

• Process & Research oriented

• Perfectionist yet Practical

• Good drawing skills

Technical Equipment & Software Skills:

• All Manual drawing skills incl. pen & pencil drafting, water colours, etc.

• AutoCAD (2000-2010) / Equivalent: Expert

• Adobe Photoshop (6-CS5): Expert

• MS Office (upto 2010): Expert

• Dreamweaver 8: Adequate

• SketchUp: Expert

• Good knowledge of computer hardware and basic

maintenance, operation of all scanners, plotters,

printers & presentation equipments

Bengal Ambuja’s “Utsa” – HIG Housing at New Town (Rajarhaat),

Kolkata – with PMITRA, Kolkata (2001)

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