I am an architect with 15 years of experience in large scale projects. I have designed shopping centres, theatres, hotels and commercial mixed use schemes. The largest of my projects is a 1.5 million sq.ft. shopping centre, for which I was project architect. I have also been the local architect for an award-winning flight services kitchen. My current projects include a 10 storey, steel car parking facility in central Delhi, for which I am the principal architect.

I have practiced at many scales including urban design and master-planning, campus planning, architecture, and interior design. I have worked in the UK and in India with global firms such as GMW, Gensler, I+O consultants and Callison. I have worked to produce international designs and led teams in interpreting and implementing them locally.

I have worked in large and small teams, been principal architect for a practice of twenty employees and currently work as a consultant architect. I am able to combine excellent client facing and communication skills with technical experience from macro to micro scales.I use Space Syntax to relate spatial structures to observed behaviour and movement patterns and create designs that maximise the opportunities and natural potentials derived from form and urban context.

As an academic, my research is on the relationship between urban spatial structures and emergent patterns of urban form. I have authored two internationally published conference papers.

I regularly supervise architecture, housing and urban design studios; deliver specialised courses in spatial theory and urban analysis at the School of Planning and Architecture in New Delhi, and the Sushant School of Art and Architecture, Gurgaon. I have also guided numerous student dissertations and final year thesis projects.

I am an enthusiastic violinist, and have performed with the Delhi Symphony and NeemranaChamber Orchestra in Delhi; and the UCL and Fulham Symphony Orchestras in London.

I am happy to provide UK referees if needed.

J 33 NDSE 1 NEW DELHI 110049  +91.9810195976  sarma.amit@gmail.com

Professional Experience since 2002UK Experience 2005 to 2009UK visa status: Right of Abode (I have the right to live and work in the UK)

AMIT SARMAM.Sc, B.Arch

Colloborations

Gensler UKCannon Design, USA

Perkins Eastman, USACallison, USA

GMW Architects,UKPOD Architecture, UK

I+O Industry+Organsiation, Singapore, GermanyEsteva-Esteva Architectura, Spain

PLandscape, SingaporeUnitech Ltd, India3C company IndiaMax Group, India

Oberoi Group, India

Qualifications and affiliationsM.Sc. Build Environment: Advanced Architectural Studies (University College London), Distinction, 2005-2006B.Arch. (School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi), 1st class degree, 1997-2002Registered as an Architect with the Council of Architecture, New Delhi

Professional Experience:

Consultant in Architecture and Urban Design, New Delhi area2011-

Associate, Constructure Designs Pvt Ltd, Delhi2011-

Consultant Design Head, Design Matrix, Gurgaon2011-

Principal Architect, Urban Space Consultants Pvt Ltd, New Delhi2009 – 2011

Project Co-ordinator, GMW Architects, London2008-2009

Architectural Assistant, Marcus Beale Architects London2006-2008

Intern, Space Syntax London2006

Senior Architect, Ranjit Sabikhi Architects (RSA+R204Design), New Delhi/Los Angeles2002-2005

Teaching Experience:

Associate Professor, Sushant School of Art and Architecture, Gurgaon2014 onwards

Member, Board of StudiesLingaya’s University, Faridabad2013-

Assistant Professor, Sushant School of Art and Architecture, Gurgaon2011 onwards

Visiting Faculty, SPA New Delhi2009 onwards

Guest LecturerInternational Honours Programme, New Delhi segment2011

Project experience includes:

Research:

Sustainable Masterplanning framework: Case study New DelhiConference paper, 2015, presented at 22nd ISUF International Conference, Rome. A proposed framework methodology to bring social, economic and environmental sustainability into the core of city planning.

‘The Social Logic of Shopping: Case Study New Delhi’Conference paper, 2007, presented at the Sixth International Space Syntax Symposium, Istanbul. An analysis highlighting the spatial characteristics that explain the differential development of community centre markets in Delhi.

A comparative analysis of mixed residential developments in Sheffield and Manchester.MSc Course work 2005

A micro-scale study of retail facilities in Borehamwood, Hertsmere, UK.MSc Course work 2006

Independent Consultancy:

Multi Level Car Park, Sir Gangaram Hospital, Delhi1000 car spacesRole: Principal ArchitectStatus: ongoing

GIFT City (Smart City in Gujarat)4 sq. km masterplan for high tech IT cityRole: Social Sustainability and public realm activation advisory 2015

Dayal Bagh University, AgraComprehensive Sustainability ReportRole: Social Sustainability advisory2015

NITAI community housingHousing for 9 familiesRole: Social Sustainability advisory for Masterplan2014

Nalanda International UniversityNew University over 443 acresRole: Spatial Analysis advisory for competition entry2013

School Campus Design, PondicherrySchool campus over 27 acresRole: Social Sustainability advisory for Masterplan2013

Holiday Homes NainitalResidential campus over 6.8 acres Role: MasterplanningOngoing

Holiday Homes VrindavanResidential campus over 4 acres Role: MasterplanningOngoing

Kakardooma Redevelopment, New DelhiMixed Use Transit Oriented Development schemeRole: Masterplanning/TOD expertOngoing

Office tower for MIND India30,000 sqm (20 floors)Role: Principal ArchitectStatus: ongoing

Community Centre for Haryana Urban Development Authority2 Acre SiteRole: Principal ArchitectStatus: competition entry 2014

Hotel for Haryana Urban Development Authority2 Acre SiteRole: Principal ArchitectStatus: competition entry 2014

Architecture and Planning:

Hotel and Office Tower, NoidaMixed Use, 35,000 sqmRole: Principal Local ArchitectStatus: Design Development

Catering facility for Oberoi Flight Services, New Delhi30,000 meals/dayRole: Principal Local ArchitectStatus: completed 2011

Offices for Bharatiya Jnanpith, New Delhi, India Commercial, approx 6,500 sqmRole: ArchitectStatus: Completed 2005

Great India Place, Noida, UP, India Retail, approx 150,000 sqmRole: ArchitectStatus: Completed 2006

The Strand, Burgas, BulgariaRetail, approx 60,000 sqmRole: Project CoordinatorStatus: Tender issued 2009

Shopping centre and Retail park, Usti nad Laben, Czech RepublicRetail, approx 90,000 sqmRole: Project CoordinatorStatus: Stage C completed 2008

Shopping centre, Shumen, BulgariaRetail, approx 50,000 sqmRole: Project CoordinatorStatus: Stage C completed 2008

Souk for Slayl Al Jahra Heritage Village, Kuwait Mixed use, approx 12,000 sqmRole: ArchitectStatus: Scheme Design completed 2004

New Theatre for Cumnor House School, Sussex, UKEducation, approx 600sqm Role: Architectural AssistantStatus: Completed 2008

Refurbishment and extension of Theatre for Wimbledon College of Art, LondonEducation, approx 800 sqmRole: Architectural AssistantStatus: Completed 2008

Xing Ning Senior Citizens Residential Complex, Shanghai, Masterplan, Housing, 200,000 sqmRole: ArchitectStatus: Competition winner

Township Masterplans for Sahara group, Jaipur and AhmedabadMasterplan, Approx. 100 Ha sitesRole: ArchitectStatus: Feasibility and preliminary design

Design for the new campus of the School of Planning and Architecture, New DelhiCompetition Entry, April 2009

Interior Design (as principal designer)

Vistara AirlinesBusiness Lounge, IGI Airport, New Delhi

Harry’s Singapore bar and restaurantMumbai and Delhi Outlets

Playboy Café,Mumbai

Fresco PolloMulti format restaurants, Kolkata and East India outlets

Schneider ElectricExperience Zone, Gurgaon

CokeExperience Zone, Noida

Honda AutomobilesDelhi Auto Expo 2016

ARCHITECTURE AND PLANNING

Catering facility for Oberoi

Flight Services, New Delhi

30,000 meals/day

Role: Principal Local Architect

Status: completed 2011

With: i+o industry planning

Singapore

Winner

Future Kitchen Award

For Energy Efficiency and

Sustainable Design

Intergrastra Fair, Stuttgart 2012

Hotel and Office Tower, Noida

Mixed Use, 35,000 sqm

Role: Principal Local Architect

Status: Design Development

With: Gensler UK

Offices for Bharatiya Jnanpith, New Delhi, India

Commercial, approx 6,500 sqm

Role: Architect

Status: Completed 2005

With: Ranjit Sabikhi Architects, New Delhi

Great India Place, Noida, UP, India

Retail, approx 150,000 sqm

Role: Architect

Status: Completed 2006

With: Ranjit Sabikhi Architects, New Delhi

Great India Place, Noida, UP, India

The Strand, Burgas, Bulgaria

Retail, approx 60,000 sqm

Role: Project Coordinator

Status: Tender issued 2009

With: GMW architects, London

The Strand, Burgas, Bulgaria

Shopping centre and Retail park, Usti nad Laben, Czech Republic

Retail, approx 90,000 sqm

Role: Project Coordinator

Status: Stage C completed 2008

With: GMW Architects, London

Shopping centre and Retail park, Usti nad Laben, Czech Republic

Shopping centre, Shumen, Bulgaria

Retail, approx 50,000 sqm

Role: Project Coordinator

Status: Stage C completed 2008

With: GMW Architects, London

Souk for Slayl Al Jahra Heritage Village, Kuwait

Mixed use, approx 12,000 sqm

Role: Architect

Status: Scheme Design completed 2004

With: Ranjit Sabikhi Architects, New Delhi

New Theatre for Cumnor House School, Sussex, UK

Education, approx 600sqm

Role: Architectural Assistant

Status: Completed 2008

With: Marcus Beale Architects, Wimbledon

Refurbishment and extension of Theatre for Wimbledon College of Art, London

Education, approx 800 sqm

Role: Architectural Assistant

Status: Completed 2008

With: Marcus Beale Architects, Wimbledon

INDEPENDENT CONSULTANCY

Office tower for MIND India

30,000 sqm (20 floors)

Role: Principal Architect

Status: ongoing

Multi Level Car Parking for Sir Gangaram Hospital, New Delhi1000 cars (10 floors)Role: Principal ArchitectStatus: ongoing

Urban Development Authority

2 Acre Site

Role: Principal Architect

Status: competition entry 2014

Dayal Bagh University, AgraComprehensive Sustainability ReportRole: Social Sustainability advisory2015

Key activity areas arranged along a central vehicular spine

Basemap of the campus Axial analysis identifying primary spines

Visual Graph analysis showing global accessibility

Visual Graph analysis showing local accessibility

Superimposed Axial and VGA analysis

Recommendations:

Proposed new vehicular spine integrating movement with the primary public facility on the site, and secondary pedestrian spine internally linking areas of high local accessibility.

Nalanda International University

New University over 443 acres

Role: Spatial Analysis advisory for competition entry

2013

Analysis of historical ruins of Nalanda University

All the Informal Education and Residential Areas fall on high natural movement zones, implying that a great deal of learning is gained in the course of daily living activities. This is a complete eco-system in itself. The formal education areas in themselves are less connected to the living areas and this suggests a journey leading up to formal discourse

Residential + Informal Education

Formal Education

Railway station

Site Analysis and recommendations

The integration core of the site and surrounding villages is located on the adjacent highway. Proposed primary and secondary spines are aimed at pulling integration into the campus

Strategic Site Diagram

Basemap: Global IntegrationThe proposed spatial network is superimposed with a strategic representation of the interface observed in the Nalanda Ruins

Final RecommendationsMinor adjustments recommended to ensure optimal connectivity and appropriate siting of residential, academic and community facilities

Thoroughfareness measured from all origins to all destinations. Source: Author using DepthmapXnet0.30

Global Integration (RVE) showing the primary destination core of GIFT City. Source: Author using DepthmapXnet0.30

GIFT City (Smart City in Gujarat)4 sq. km masterplan for high tech IT city

Role: Social Sustainability and public realm activation advisory

2015

My brief was to recommend opportunities to increase the pedestrian based activity of the site with the objective of creating a 24x7 city.

Using space syntax techniques, I was able to analyse the spatial potentials of the site in terms of accessibility patterns with various origin-destination pairs.

This enabled me to recommend a series of interventions in terms of :

A. Optimisations: minimum expenditure interventions increasing the activity levels of areas already identified for public activity

B. Activations: recommendations to activate areas which have high degree of potential, but have been identified for low activity functions

C. Strategic: where primary activating features provided do not alight with movement corridors and requires substantial adjustments to the masterplan

ACADEMIC AND RESEARCH

‘The Social Logic of Shopping: Case Study New Delhi’

HIG Int 5 ax Choice rad 5000

MIG Int 2 ax Choice 10,000

LIG Int 2 ax Choice 1000

Int

Local

Int

Global

Ch

Local

Ch

Global

Predominant

movement

Predominant retail

Khan + +++ + ++ Mixed ++

Similar percentages of

all categories

High movement rates

Mixed ++

All categories well

represented

NFC ++ + + +++ MIG++

High movement rates

M1 ++

Mainly restaurants

Def

C

o

l

- + + ++ MIG +

Medium movement

rates

M1 +

Others equal

Mainly restaurants,

convenience

GK1 + - + - HIG ++

High movement rates

MC +++

Clothes, jewellers

GK2 + - + -- LIG

With some MIG

Medium movement

rates

M1, C, S

Mainly sanitary ware,

conveniences,

restaurants

Lodhi - + - + MIG

Very low movement

rates

M1, MC, C, S - - -

Mixed, very low key

‘The Social Logic of Shopping: Case Study New Delhi’

A micro-scale study of retail facilities in Borehamwood, Hertsmere, UK.

MSc Course work 2006

Jaipur

Fourth Year Urban Design Studio

Role: Studio Director

2014

Comparison of Planned and Unplanned settlements

Seminar Project, SPA

Role: Seminar Guide

2010

New Friends Colony

Zakir Nagar

New Friends Colony Zakir Nagar

0

20

40

SOCIABILITY

NFC

ZAKIRNAGAR

0

50

100

CLEANLINESS

NFC

ZAKIRNAGAR

0

50

100

BRAND

NFC

ZAKIRNAGAR

0

50

100

AMENITY

NFC

ZAKIRNAGAR

0

50

100

RECREATION

NFC

ZAKIRNAGAR

0

50

100

SECURITY

NFC

ZAKIRNAGAR

Axial Map showing Integration:New Friends Colony is planned in a grid like manner and demonstrates peripheral Integration.Zakir Nagar is organic and demonstrates centre to periphery integrations

Axial Map showing Integration with observed building use:Building use correlates well with Spatial Integration for both settlements. ZakirNagar demonstrates a much higher degree of public/active functions

Result of questionnaire :In general Zakir Nagar demonstrates greater social cohesion and self sufficiency than New Friends Colony.

This is an interesting finding for the students in a socio-political context where planned, gated settlements like New Friends Colony are preferred by most, and organic settlements are considered blots on the cityscape.

INTERIOR DESIGN

Business Lounge, Vistara Airlines

Terminal 3, IGI Airport, New Delhi

Role: Principal Designer

External View

Feature Bar

Private Lounge

Buffet AreaPerspective Plan

Harry’s Singapore

Select City Walk, Saket, New Delhi, &

Powai, Mumbai

Role: Principal Designer

Playboy Cafe

Mumbai

Role: Principal Designer

Fresco Pollo

Quick Service Restaurant, Kolkata

Role: Principal Designer

Food Court Design

Select City Walk, Saket, New Delhi

Role: Principal Designer

Circulation Analysis