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The intent of this studio is to develop a design for a residency for 11 artists at Aalloa hills, Gujarat, taking into consideration the unique topographical features of the site, and the programmatic requirements such as - arrival lounge, painting and sculpting studio, exhibition space, kitchen and dining, single and double occupancy rooms, caretaker’s residence. The design was developed in various stages, each addressing various issues through a series of well-constructed exercises.

Foundation year studio is designed to prepare students to tackle design projects of different scales. Students worked on one design project in the semester, and produced multiple resolutions for the project. Specific design methods have been used to approach the same project in different ways.

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Observe, identify and draw; site features such as ground terrain, vegetation, etc through free-hand drawing in layers on site.

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by Abhishek P.

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Free-hand drawing of the sections on site through direct observation.

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A free-hand drawing of Site Plan showing the site and its immediate context based on sketches and site sections.

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by Almitra R,  Praharsh, and  Khyati R

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Drawings showing features in separate layers on the site plan:

Topographical features: valleys, ridges, plateaus, and Vegetation
Environmental factors: Sun, Shadows, and Water flows

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by Parikshit K.

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Visualized various activities of the given program throughout a day and represented them in form of a story-board.

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by Anoushka M. and  Takshil J.

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Deriving dimensional requirements for each activity of the program brief from Architectural Standards and drawing them in a layout.

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by Abhishek P.

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Diagram and matrix, Proximities and Adjacencies between activities of a program and site feature based on Visual, Aural and Physical connections.

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by Viraj B.

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Visualizing the given word as an experience and making a model with a sketch of space and form to create that experience.

Given words:

 Narrow – expansive,
Light – heavy
Smooth – interrupted
Tall – Flat
Uniform – varying

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by Anoushka M.

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Generating various alternatives of architectural ideas from previous exercises and representing them in the form of “PARTI“.

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by Rupal, Anoushka, Parikshit, Viraj, Sandra, and Almitra

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A design for Artist’s Residency

Plan at lvl + 3.6 m

Plan at lvl + 8.5 m

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Section AA

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Section BB

by Varisha Chauhan

Teaching Assistants: Aman Amin, Ekta Gohel,Girisha Gajjar,Shailaja Patel, Netra Bafna, Chandrabhanu Dosapati,  Milap Salot.