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Architecture is never devoid of multiple dimensions. Accord-ing to me it is an amalgamation of international policies, economic strategies, social attributes, local site context and multiple other parameters. Hence every project that is part of this portfolio follows an intense research oriented design process across all scales.

My strength lies in understanding this complex mesh and un-entangling the core issue that needs to be addressed by the architecture. Different documentation process like map-ping, matrixes, timelines, etc. have been used to streamline all the learning’s of the analysis to derive to an architectural concept and program organizational diagrams for all the scales from urban interventions to micro building detail.

This portfolio will walk you through all my potentials of strate-gic planning, organizational design tactics, design for mul-tiple scales, hybrid buildings, visualization skills etc. I am sure that the next few minutes invested on the portfolio will be worthwhile.

REVATHI PILLAI

TRANSFERIUM, A POINT OF EXCHANGE, MEXICO | 01

ELLEWOUTSDIJK FORT, THE NETHERLANDS | 11

ADJUSTABLE FINS FACADE DESIGN, UTRECH, THE NETHERLANDS | 13

CAN WE? MAKE MORE THAN CINEMA WORKSHOP, BERLIN | 15

TRANSCULTURAL STUDIES IN:CH 08 , SWITZERLAND | 00

FREI FORDERTECHNIK, RUBIGEN SWITZERLAND | 21

UNIVERSITY VAN AMSTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS | 07

MBA UNIVERSITY, LAVASA, INDIA | 23

EMPOWERING COMMUNITY ON THE PERIPHERY OF MUMBAI, INDIA | 17

TCGRE RESIDENTIAL COMPLEX MASTER PLAN, PUNE, INDIA | 27

PAINTINGS AND PHOTOGRAPHS | 25

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COMMERCIAL BUS STOP

TRANSPORT HUB_ A point of exchAnge Ciudad Juarez, MexiCo

The MSc. graduation project dealt with understanding the implications of Neo liberal policies on the city of Juarez which lies on the US - Mexico border. In 2009 Ciudad Juarez was rated as “the most violent zone in the world outside of declared war zones” due to high crime rates, femis-ides, homicides, corruption, drug trafficking and multiple other problems. The city is also presently facing massive exodus and the abandoning of large portions of its housing stock due to the increase in violence and a prevailing low intensity war between the state and the drug cartels.

The reasons for this asymmetrical development are multiple and point towards a complex mesh of forces that transgress the scope of the built environment. They encompass entangled dimensions of political economy and socio-economic developments, which eventually affect the built environment.

With this background a six month intense research was carried out and a counter proposal group strategy was proposed on a prototype site Riberas Del bravo and eventually an Urban & architectural intervention was designed. Thus as part of my graduation project I designed a col-lective transport system comprising of three design elements the Transferium hub, the bus stops and the routes on the prototype site.

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urban connections

neo-liberal policies

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01 HISTORICAL TIMELINE ANALYSIS OF MEXICO

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ScAle 04ARCHITECTURAL INTERVENTION SITE

CIUDAD JUAREZ INFRASTRUCTURE MAP This map illustrates the infrastructure connectivity and mobility of Juárez. The airway and railway network enable international and national transport. A fixed system for internal public transport (i.e. tram or metro) is lacking, making the city heavily dependent on its road network for transport within the city. The city centre has dense network of primary and secondary roads, but the new peripheral residential developments are sparsely connected with the City centre due to lack of infrastructure development.

CIUDAD JUAREZ MOBILITY SUMMARY MAP The peripheral social housing developments are between 13 and 21 km from the central bus sta-tion and the city center. Despite this sprawl there is very little public transport and the existing public transport does not connect to the urban facilities that it is expected to. The transport system becomes defined in two zones in the center and the periphery but remains sparse in between. The north-south layout of the highways and the lack of east-west connection emphasizes the traffic flow between US and Mexico. Thus one of the contradictory dialectics that appears is the mobility of goods versus the stagnancy of people.

CIUDAD JUAREZ INFRASTRUCTURE MAP CIUDAD JUAREZ MOBILITY SUMMARY MAP

02 URBAn AnAlYSiS of ciUDAD JUAReZ ( theSiS focUS: INFRASTURCTURE DEVELOPMENT ANALYSIS)

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The City of Juarez is composed of multiple

isolated nodes lacking political centers, eco-

nomic stability, infrastructure, services and

is very sparsely connected with each other

and the center. Thus the city of Juarez de-

picts a polycentric model but a false one as

none of these nodes are independent and

self-sufficient. In this false polycentric model

one of the nodes, namely Riberas del Bravo

was chosen as the prototype site and a pro-

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nodes in the city.

PHASE 1 Phase 1 remedies focused on enhancing and using the exsisting infrastructure more efficiently for the redevelopment of the site.

Phase 2 proposes formation of coperatives and development of new local organiza-tions to generate and strengthen the local community economy, internal connectiv-ity and markets.

Phase 3 proposes formalization of the orga-nization and representation of issues at the government level and focus on enhanc-ing connectivity with the city, metropolitan and Nation.

PHASE 2 PHASE 3

The strategic plan for Riberas del Bravo dealt

with densifying the two ends and de-densi-

fying the center to allow Urban agriculture.

The central spine which is a sewage chan-

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of the residential development. All along this

promenade nine different sites were chosen

for urban and architectural intervention

GRAPHICAL REPRESENTATION OF THE FALSE POLYCENTRIC MODEL

COUNTER PROPOSAL FOR THE FALSE POLYCENTRIC MODEL

COUNTER PROPOSAL FOR THE FALSE POLYCENTRIC MODEL

03 STRATEGIC PLANNING FOR THE PROTOTYPE SITE RIBERAS DEL BRAVO, CIUDAD JUAREZ

URBAN STRATEGY FOR THE TRANSPORT HUB

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Peak hours : Transferium expands into the central multipurpose space

Morning non-peak hours :The multipurpose space expands into the Transferium and the Com-munity center

Evening non-peak hours :The multipurpose space expands into the Transferium and the Community center

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TRANSFER BUS STOP PLANCOMMERCIAL BUS STOP PLAN

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DESIGN ELEMENT 1II DESIGN OF THE TRANSFERIUM, RIBERAS DEL BRAVO

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The core design idea dealt with developing a time based con-

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catered to both peak and anti-peak hour differently. Firstly a

strong east west axis was developed to regulate and accentu-

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proposed as part of the group strategy. These east west axis

were flanged by three pavilions serving the Transferium and

Community center on the two edges and a multipurpose mar-

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manifested itself further as Hawking zone, courtyard, Mobile

Market courtyard and Permanent Market. During the peak hour

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expanded into the multipurpose space. Thus depending on

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The project dealt with designing a hybrid building for University van Amsterdam to provide an interaction hub for the students, staff and the citizens. The project aimed to reassert the relationship between city and university. The extremely complex and hybrid program aimed to provide 5000 square meters of Conference Hub and University Lecture Hall combined with a 2000 square meters 2-stars hotel and a 1000 sq.m refectory/low budget restaurant and cafeteria.

The design is a collection of multiple courtyards acting as the congregation point, strategically placed to accentuate student interaction along with cultural activities and caters to different users. The courtyards are also differentiated on the degree of privacy they offer. It also pro-vides platform for catering different UVA campus activities and public programmes. The design unravels itself as a green terrain to generate a landmark image for the building and thus attract the citizens to become part of the UVA campus.

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The project was part of RMIT (Restoration, Modification Intervention & Transformation) studio and dealt with the rejuvenation of the historical landmark Ellewoutsdijk fort. The Borsele municipality had recently restored the fort building and was looking forward for proposals to rejuvenate the fort which lies in a very strategic location with close proximity to the international connection, Westerschelde tunnel. The Municipality of Borsele, Residents of Ellewoutsdijk and Natuurmonument had different vested interests in rejuvenate the fort like promote the tourism, escalate the state revenue, preserving the history and promoting the nature tourism prevalent in Zeeland. My project was unique, as I believed that the fort was complete by itself hence dint build anything inside the fort but left it virgin and chose to build multiple pavilions around the fort to escalate public activity in the area. The project included design of four small pavilions to cater different groups and activities in the area, like nature cycling, bird watching, tourism and community activities of the local residents. The four pavilions were placed strategically to generate different routes and movement patterns in and around the fort. Thus the whole idea dealt with rejuvenating the fort and the village around by increasing touristic activities and accelerating inflow of revenue for the government without actually modifying the historical landmark.

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Top moveable micro fins for shading and indi-rect Light Redirection, highly reflective. The low-er part of the metal reflectors are not extremely reflective as they don’t have to redirect but only have to reflect the sunlight back.

Bottom moveable micro Fins made of ETFE fab-ric used for shading alone. fabric can also cre-ate attractive diffused light and can allow high external vision.

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CAN WE? MAKE MORE THAN A CINEMA BerliN aedes, GerMaNy

We reinterpreted the brief to include a film school. This educational approach to arthouse cinema encourages interaction between cinema and the community. The film school hosts various functions including workshops, screenings and film-making

The urban strategy consists of a bowl shaped public space which opens to the street. This bowl is intersected by an axis that links the existing parks behind the site to the Wedding S-bahn station.

The project aimed at developing two layers: public at ground floor level and film related functions lifted above. An open and welcoming public space provides a new social platform for the community. This public space was created by scooping out the existing ground terrain. There are diverse spaces for multiple activities e.g. outdoor markets, film making, large public events including sports event screenings and concerts, surfaces for skaters, retail functions related to cinema, café terrace and more.

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REDESIGN OF THE FILM EDUCATION ACADEMY

filM eDUcAtion AcADeMY

By lifting the picture house onto a pedestal and making it float we are treating it as an icon. The open nature of the design provides views of the icon from all directions. The facades can be used for large scale movie projections. Open air screenings can be seen from the S-bahn, creating a memorable landmark for passers-by.

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The project aimed to provide a strong infrastructure setup in the region of Mira Bhyander, situated in the periphery of expanding the mega metropolitan Mumbai city. The entire region was studied in detail in Urban design studio under four main headings titled: Land-use, Historical Development, Land ownership and Economy. This Urban study lead to selection of nine potential sites which lacked basic amenities and infra-structure, which were further researched and analyses in detail to derive to a problem statement.

With this departure point each of us chose one potential site, critically analyzed the problem statement and derived to a programme state-ment that empowers the existing community by providing essential infrastructure facilities.

Kashimira , the chosen site for my project is a small poor community living in slum lacking basic amenities like health facilities, workshops, com-munity spaces etc. Thus the whole design dealt with providing infrastructure facilities like hospital, training centers, workshops, local retail cen-ters, community spaces and recreational areas. The basic design concept dealt with developing a grid of 5x10m, which was laid on the site and Corrugated modular boxes were used as design elements which allowed flexible growth and also allowed future Expansion. These boxes were laid in different permutations and combinations depending on the programme requirement.

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CHOSEN SITE FOR MY DESIGN PROJECT : KASHIMIRA SLUMS

INFRASTRUCTURE PROVIDED: HOSPITAL WORKSHOP RETAIL FOR THE WORKSHOP COMMUNITY HALL

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AXIS IIIAccentuating the slums to the industries connection

AXIS IIAccentuating the green zone to the highway connection

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LOWER LEVEL PLAN HIGHER LEVEL PLAN

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The design concept dealt with generating three axis that accentuates the movement pattern within the site, caters different users and con-nects important landmarks.

AXIS 1 : Accentuating the residences to the highway connection AXIS 11 : Accentuating the slums to the industries connec-tionAXIS 111: Accentuating the green zone to the highway connection

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SECTION ACROSS THE SLOPE

VIEW SHOWING THE WORKSHOP AND MUL-TIPLE LEVEL OPEN AIR WORKSPACE COUR-TYRADS ALONG THE SLUMS

VIEW SHOWING THE ALIGNMENT OF THE RETAIL AND RECREATIONAL AREAS ALONG THE MAIN CONNECTION AXIS.

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The Trascultural studies IN:CH was a six month long exchange program between Mumbai and Bern University, and focused on intense research and analysis of the different aspects that affect the housing typologies in modern cities both in India and Switzerland. Four different cities and twenty five different sites were studied and analyzed under different parameters. The entire study was divided into five segments, where the initial three tiers focused solely on analysis and the final two tiers dealt with designing and proposing an ideal Housing solution in both the countries.

The exchange program was an initiative to enlarge the definitions of sustainability, focusing in the field of architecture and urbanism, in our contemporary interconnected global society. The project planning strategy is hybridized through the manipulation of the compiled analyses, personal experience and through cooperation between students of both the universities, supervised by experts from Ahmedabad, Mumbai, Bangalore and Switzerland.

TIER I_ RESEARCH AHMEDABAD , INDIA

TIER II_ RESEARCH MUMBAI, INDIA

TIER III_ RESEARCH BANGLORE, INDIA

TIER IV_ DESIGNBANGLORE, INDIA

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oPeratiNG- aNd MaiNteNaNCeCosts:PositiVe : MaiNteNaNCe is Very CheaP

NeGatiVe : if the owNer is a Part of a soCiety he Need to Pay hiGh MaiNteNaNCe BeCause iNdiVidual owNers CaN Choose wheN they waNt do the MaiNteNaNCe

Cost Value added / ProPerty Market:PositiVe : wheN they Need More sPaCes to liVe, they Build itthey CaN sell the laNd to a Builder (like iN GreeN City)

BuildiNG aNd suBstaNCe of BuildiNG:PositiVe douBle faCade ProteCts aGaiNst Natural eleMeNts like raiN

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iNitial Costs:PositiVe low iNitial Costs BeCause the area was Just iN the first staGes of deVeloPMeNt

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A minimum structural grid of 3mx3m is provid-ed, facilitating flexible but systematic growth.

Extensions on vertical axis canot be carried out until all the grids on the hori-zontal grids are built

There are zones where the windows can be created, the renter decides depending number and location of openings

20% of the commer-cial grid needs to remain free. If more than one grid are rented, the renter decides to develop the services and access points differ-ently

tRAnScUltURAl StUDieS in:ch 08 EXCHANGE PROGRAMME _ TIER IV _ PROTOTYPE DESIGN JayaNaGar, BaNGlore, iNdia

The study was the Third & Fourth tier of the Exchange Pro-gram which was accompanied with a two month long Design Studio. Jayanagar is the first of post independence planned residential areas of Bangalore dating back to late 50‘s and has a substantial population of long term, mostly Kannada speaking residents with established families. Due to sudden boom in IT industry and new metro train proposal, Jayanagar is undergoing a substantial amount of transfor-mation. Hence the design had to generate an opportunity for development of ‘Mixed use module’ and set guidelines for its ‘Flexible Commercial and Residential Growth and Ex-pansion’. The proposal formulated a 3m*3m grid design on a prototype site and accommodated commercial and resi-dential usage. It also defines certain parameters to systemize expansion and simultaneously control exponential growth.

SITE PLAN OF THE PROTOTYPE HOUSE

MASTER PLAN OF THE SITE WITH THE GIRD OVERLAY

FLEXIBLE COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL GROWTH AND EXPANSION MODULES

GROUND FLOOR FIRST FLOOR _ OPTION 1 FIRST FLOOR _ OPTION 2

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The study was the Final Tier of the Exchange Pro-gram which was accompanied with a two month long Design Studio. Adelboden is a mountain village, that lies in the Bernese Oberland in 1350 above sea level, with appro 3‘741 inhabitants and has an economy persisting on Seasonal Tourism. Adelboden is in the process of revitalizing its tourism and developing into a sports and wellness village. Hence the Design had to develop a module which is dual in nature and caters to the Native and Tour-ist population. It also had to take into consideration the extreme site conditions like steep slope, heavy snow fall, climatization, etc. The design was an ac-cumulation of different housing modules compris-ing of studio spaces, apartments for native residents and summer-winter tourist apartments

SITE PLAN

DETAIL OF HYBRID HOUSING MODULES

ROOF CONSTRUCTION Roof Covering Roof Lathing 3*5 cm Ventilation level 6 cm Water carrying sheet 25cm Heat Insulation Crosswise 2*10 cm Vapour Barrier Roof Sheathing Rafter

DETAIL WALL SECTION SITE SECTION ALONG THE SLOPE

FLOOR CONSTRUCTION Cement base including heating 7cm PE- Sheet impact sound insulation 2cm Heat insulation 14 cm Vapour barrier Bottom slab 25cm Inferior concrete 5cm Heat insulation filling “misapor”

UPPER LEVEL PLAN OF CONFIGURATION 1 1 Apartment +2 Holiday Apartment

CONFIGURATION 1I1 Apartment + 3 Studio

CONFIGURATION 1II1 Apartment + 1 Holiday Apartment +1 Studio

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As part of SHS Architekten I designed an office extension for Frie Fordertechnik, a production center for rubber belts at Rubugen, Switzerland. The concept of the project was to design and interactive working space. The idea dealt with designing a fuctional wall that catered as shelfs on one side and windows on the other. During this process worked on Design Drawings, Presentation drawing, Details and Execution Drawings.

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Büro-Aufstockung einer GewerbehalleFrei Fördertechnik AG, Rubigen

Baubewilligung Januar 2009Bauzeit April - Juni 2009Kosten 1.25 Mio.Bauherr / ReferenzpersonHerr Collin Frei 031 720 56 56

Das ProjektAls ständig wachsendes Unternehmen brauchte die Frei Fördertechnik AG zusätzliche Büroräume für Ihre sog. Konstrukteuren-Abteilung.

Die wichtigsten Forderungen der Bauherrschaft waren eine möglichst kurze Bauzeit und die geringste Beeinträchtigung des laufenden Betriebes während der Bauphase.

Die Aufstockung sitzt auf dem Dach der Blechverarbeitungshalle die damals statisch bereits zu diesem Zweck vordimensioniert wurde. Die modulare Konstruktionsart besteht aus Holzrahmen ausgefacht mit vorfabrizierten Holzelementen - dies ermöglichte die Aufrichtung des gesamten Volumens innert einer Woche.

Als Anspielung an eines der meistverwendeten Materialien der FF AG wurde die Hülle (Dach und Fassaden) mit EPDM eingepackt. Die Nordostfassade zur Bahnlinie ist mit einem markanten Bandfenster eingeschnitten, das nachts mit einer LED-Beleuchtung das Bild der Förderbänder andeutet.

Die Anbindung an die bestehende Anlage erfolgt über eine Stahlpasserelle, im passenden industriellen Stil und als Eigenleistung der FF AG ausgeführt.

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Büro-Aufstockung einer GewerbehalleFrei Fördertechnik AG, Rubigen

Baubewilligung Januar 2009Bauzeit April - Juni 2009Kosten 1.25 Mio.Bauherr / ReferenzpersonHerr Collin Frei 031 720 56 56

Das ProjektAls ständig wachsendes Unternehmen brauchte die Frei Fördertechnik AG zusätzliche Büroräume für Ihre sog. Konstrukteuren-Abteilung.

Die wichtigsten Forderungen der Bauherrschaft waren eine möglichst kurze Bauzeit und die geringste Beeinträchtigung des laufenden Betriebes während der Bauphase.

Die Aufstockung sitzt auf dem Dach der Blechverarbeitungshalle die damals statisch bereits zu diesem Zweck vordimensioniert wurde. Die modulare Konstruktionsart besteht aus Holzrahmen ausgefacht mit vorfabrizierten Holzelementen - dies ermöglichte die Aufrichtung des gesamten Volumens innert einer Woche.

Als Anspielung an eines der meistverwendeten Materialien der FF AG wurde die Hülle (Dach und Fassaden) mit EPDM eingepackt. Die Nordostfassade zur Bahnlinie ist mit einem markanten Bandfenster eingeschnitten, das nachts mit einer LED-Beleuchtung das Bild der Förderbänder andeutet.

Die Anbindung an die bestehende Anlage erfolgt über eine Stahlpasserelle, im passenden industriellen Stil und als Eigenleistung der FF AG ausgeführt.

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Christ university is a upcoming 21 acre MBA college campus at the new township Lavasa, Pune. As part of phase-1; 4acre of the plot was designed to accommodate Academic block, Resource block, Administration block and housing for faculty. The project provides an interesting overlap of academic blocks and open/recreational spaces aiming to generating extremely interactive academic spaces.

As part of the design team of two, I have worked on design of buildings, municipality sanction drawings, working drawings, detailing, final finishes, cordination with MEP and PMC, Client interactions along with site work.

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Residence for IT professionals at Hinjewadi is a 45 acre master planning project. The project aimed at Phase-wise development of start-up housings for IT professionals. As part of the project a flexible Master plan had to be designed which allowed incremental of FAR from 0.9-1.4- 1.8 for the entire plot depending upon the market strategy. The proposal also had to suggest phasewise development of infrastructure and the buildings to regular a constant flow of money from the investors and the market. Apart from the number crunching the concept dealt with developing a self sufficient residential complex with lot of open spaces for the young residents to meet and interact. Pedestrian and Vehicular axis were developed taking into consideration the slope of the land.

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The design concept dealt with developing multiple axis to cater different users. Vehicular movement axis was laid against the contour and pedestrian move-ment axis was laid along the contour to optimise the usage. Also the Pedestrian axis was flanged with mul-tiple recreational amenitiese to accentuate public getogethers.

1.8 FAR MASTERPLAN 1.4 FAR MASTERPLAN 0.9 FAR MASTERPLAN

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Low rise and high-end villas along the hill

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MY PAINTINGS & PHOTOGRAPHS

life in pRiSon BarCh thesis, iNdia 2008-2009Part of the BArch Thesis project titled “Designing Reformative spaces for the Prisoners.”

loSt in tRAnSition switzerlaNd, 2008-2009

StAte of AffAiRS the NetherlaNds, 2010-2011

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INTERNATIONAL OFFICE, TU DELFT, THE NETHERLANDS Job Designation: Organization and communication coordinator | Jan ’11 - Aug ‘11 & Jan ’12- Aug ‘12 Introduction Programme 2011 & 2012: Organizing with a team of six, two week introduction programme comprising of 300 and more obligatory & voluntary activities for 1000 new international students. The job demanded managerial, organizational, coordination with various groups and communication skills.

RANJIT SINH ASSOCIATES, MUMBAI Job Designation: Architect | April ’09 - Aug ‘10•Christ University (MBA college), Lavasa, Pune: Was part of core Design development, prepared municipality sanction drawings, working drawing, tenders, finishes, detailing and carried out site-supervision work. • Residential development for young IT professionals, Hinjewadi, Pune: Conceptualized and designed 45 acre Master plan for multiple phase-wise development and different financially feasible possibilities for the project.

SHS ARCHITEKTEN AG, SWITZERLAND Job Designation: Intern Architect | Aug ’08 - Jan ’09• Frei Fordertechnik production centre, Rubigen: Conceptualized, Designed and prepared drawings for the extension of office space for phase-I and designed master plan for Phase-II• Energie Thun: Generated conceptual design and presentation to build an instillation for competition project at Energie Thun

KAIF FAQUIH ASSOCIATES, MUMBAI Job Designation: Intern Architect | Oct ’07 - Jan ‘08 • 36-storey residential building at Mazgaon: Designed as part of the core design-group and prepared Municipal sanction and Working drawings.• 45-storey commercial project at Lower parel: Designed different office floor layouts and elevations and prepared sanction drawings. • Residential building, Wadala: Designed high-end residences as part of sale component for Slum Rehabilitation Scheme.

MS. ABHA NARAIN LAMBHA ASSOCIATES, MUMBAIJob Designation: Intern Architect | May ’06 - July ‘06 During this period worked on conservation projects like documentation of important heritage buildings in Pune city; Mapping of dilapidation of the shrines around Krishnaraya temple, Hampi and was part of final listing process of Heritage buildings in Mumbai city in the year 2006.

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Address Bagijnhof 110, 2611 AS , Delft, The Netherlands.

Telephone +31 619678051, +919619114744

Email revathi.arch@gmail.com

Date of Birth 21st December 1985

Languages English (Proficiency level: Excellent)

Dutch (Proficiency level: Elementary level)

Other languages: Hindi, Marathi, Tamil

Software AutoCAD 2D & 3D, Vector works, Autodesk Revit, Rhino

Sketch up, Vray, Photoshop, Indesign, Illustrator, Corel Draw.

REVATHI PILLAI MSC IN ARCHITECTURE, TU DELFT

PRESENTED PAPER IN THE 2ND CONGRESS INTERNACIONAL DE CIUDADES FRONTERIZAS, CIUDAD JUAREZ, MEXICOTechnology University of Delft, The Netherlands | Oct ‘11Paper titled “Dynamics of Migration flow between the Mexico and the United States of America” was presented in the second Congress Interna-cional de Ciudades Fronterizas organized by Universidad Autonoma de Ciudad Juarez, Ciudad Juarez, Mexico.

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MASTERS IN ARCHITECTURE Technology University of Delft, The Netherlands | Sep ‘10- June ‘12Semester 1 specialization: Hybrid building design The project dealt with designing a cultural center with an extremely complex and hybrid program for University of Amsterdam to provide an interaction hub for the students, staff and the citizens. The hybrid program aimed to provide 5000 square meters of Conference Hub and University Lecture Hall combined with a 2000 square meters 2-stars hotel and a 1000 sq.m refectory/low budget restaurant and cafeteria.

Semester 2 specialization: RMIT (Restoration, Modification, Intervention & Transformation)The studio dealt with designing an urban strategy and an architectural intervention to rejuvenation the historical landmark Ellewoutsdijk fort which is strategically located and has vested interested of multiple actors.

Graduation Studio specialization: DSD _ Urban Asymmetries Studio The graduation project dealt with the design of a transport system comprising of three main elements the Transferium hub, the bus stops and the routes on the prototype site in the border city of Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. The project dealt with understanding the implications of Neo lib-eral policies on the political, economical, cultural and multiple other tiers and the manifestation of the same on the built environment and abandonment of the houses in the city. As a counter proposal a group strategy was proposed on a prototype site along with Urban & Architectural interventions.

IN:CH EXCHANGE PROGRAM Bern University of Applied sciences, Architecture and Civil Engineering, Switzerland and University of Mumbai | Feb ‘08 - July ‘08 The six month long exchange program between the two universities focused on studying and analyzing all the different aspect that affects housing typology in modern cities both in India and Switzerland. Four different cities and twenty five different sites were studied and analyzed under different parameters. The second stage of the exchange program dealt with designing and proposing an ideal Housing solution in both the countries.

BACHELORS IN ARCHITECTURE Kamla Raheja Vidyanidhi Institute for Architecture (KRVIA), Mumbai University | June ‘03 – May ‘09My graduation project dealt with designing reformative space for Prisoners. The project dealt with looking at the whole aspect of humanizing the institute and designing a more transparent institute which follows reformative methods to treat the prisoners rather than punishing them. Developing an architectural language which is more integrated with nature and is generated from the existing topography of the area, where the level of interaction of the prisoner is optimum with nature and society.

•Won the first prize in a competition conducted by Aedes Network Campus Berlin and ‘Why Factory’ under the supervision of architect Winy Mass (principal architect MVRDV). The workshop focused on envisioning the design and functional revitalization of the arthouse cinema typology in Berlin, by facilitating its capacity to accommodate an extremely complex set of demands.

•Participated as Teaching Assistance for Building and Construction workshop in 5th year BArch.

• Was part of a two week workshop conducted by Theatre Director Mr. Ramu Ramanathan, dealing with the study of BEST(Bombay Electrical State Transport) networks in our city, its history, related myths, different navigation systems through the city, etc. As part of the workshop we created an instillation, movie and daily newsletters.

• Participated in two week long workshop conducted by Mr. Kaiwan Mehta dealing with the study of existing community patterns and economic networks in the dense and business area of Bhuleshwar in South Mumbai

• Conducted a survey regarding the distribution of remedies provided by state government in the slum areas of Dharavi after the 26th July 2005 flood disaster in Mumbai, under the supervision of Ms. Amita Kanekar in collaboration with NGO Spark.

• As part of electives in BArch specialized in Ceramic modeling, Photography, in environmental studies & eco-friendly architecture and basics of Project Management

• Participated in 2 week theatre workshop conducted by Theatre Director Mr. Ramu Ramanathan in BArch.

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