DIVYA KUMAR

SOLANKI

Relevant Interests:

Graphics and illustrationsTheory in architecturePhotographyLiteratureGardensMusic (maybe relevant)

Participation in national and international competitions:

Personal statement:

I’m passionate about architecture. Myreactions to projects are very contextual andartistic. And yes I lean more towards the artside of architecture. I offer reliability,creativity and initiative. I possesarchitecturally relevant skills. I would like tolearn the office based works.

Software and manual skills:

Hand DraftingSketching and illustrationsModel makingAdobe PhotoshopAutoCADSketch upLumionEcotectPower-point and wordInDesign

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Divya Kumar SolankiB.Arch. Fourth year School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi

Date of birth: 27th April 1995P: +91-8860820177 (Delhi)E: divsol27@gmail.comIssuu:

NASA India: Rubens 2012LIK 2012,2013<coordinated and shortlisted in 2014

UIA HYP cup 2014, international

IGBC 2015: ‘Green’ shelter for construction workers

CONTENTS:

First year:

• Howrah bridge model for blind children

• Measure drawing in Lodi garden

• LIK trophy 2012, helped

Second year:

• Settlement study of Sarai Amant Khan

• Frequent visits to many art exhibitions: Subodh gupta at NGMA, IGNCA etc.

• LIK trophy 2013, helped

Third year:

• HYP cup 2014, Submitted

• Settlement study of Mandi

• LIK trophy, coordinated and Shortlisted.

• Attended lecture by Sir Peter Cook

Fourth year:

• visit to under-construction Chandigarh airport

• worked on INSDAG as studio work, not submitted.

• Participated in IIITD minimal Design competition.

• Attended lecture by Rahul Mehrotra.

01HOUSE DESIGNGreen fields, Faridabad

second year

02HAAT DESIGN

Jaunti, village in DelhiSecond year 03

PRIMARY SCHOOLSarai Amanat Khan, Amritsar

Second year 04HYP-CUP 2014

Nehru place, DelhiThird year

06

POST GRADUATE BLOCKVasant Kunj, Delhi

Third year

05STUDENTS CENTER

IIT, MandiThird year

07

OTHER INTRESTSphotography

sketches

09

HOWRAH BRIDGE MODELSPA

first year

08AQUATIC STADIUM

Tyagraj site, DelhiFourth year

House to be Designed for a family of three (soon to become four), consisting of father, mother and a son, all with jobs. Father a Journalist, mother a doctor, and son an animator. The son was to marry soon.

All their requirements needed to be handled. A dinning room for 12 people required for numerous parties of the journalist, a small in-house clinic for the mother, and a studio space for the animator son.

The brief also required numerous terraces to be made and a maximum of 30% area to be used above ground level.

HOUSE DESIGNProject: House at Green Fields, Faridabad Studio: Architectural DesignYear: 2nd year 3rd semesterProfessor: Prof. Anil Dewan Medium: ink on cartridge sheet.

The emphasis was given to theunderstanding of the quality of space andproducing a very liveable output.

Ground floor along with the half level basement

East-west section through the house.

The water storage tank completely hidden.

Vertical landscaping along the staircase, visible from the

outside.

Natural contours maintained outside

Guest area

the basement has the masters bed room, guest facility and the clinic.

The first floor contains dinning,living, kitchen and a Toilet.

The Son’s personal area on theUpper floor, containing a studioand his bed room.

Western elevation, the back of the house.

Eastern Elevation, the front façade of the house.

First floor, half a floor above ground floor Second floor, Son’s personal space, with a studio.

North-south section through the house. Showing The drop in the terrain starting at the edge of the house and ending 15 m below.

Northern elevation facing the trench and eventually the park below.

HOWRAH BRIDGE SCALED MODEL

Project: Scaled model of Howrah bridge for blind childrenStudio: WorkshopYear: 1st year 1nd semProfessor: Vikrant SharmaMedium: Sun-board for bridge, ethoflex for contours and spray paints.

Scaled model of Howrah bridge, constructed emphasising the texture and the built form, to develop an understanding of the structure by touching and feeling it by hands.

The total project had up to ten models of famous monuments including the Taj, London bridge, Sanchistupa, Sydney opera house, Lotus temple etc.

PRIMARY SCHOOLProject: Primary school, in Sarai Amanat Khan, Amritsar.Studio: Architectural DesignYear: 2nd year 4th semesterProfessor: Prof. Anil Dewan Medium: ink on cartridge sheet.

After Studying the settlement of a small villagenear Amritsar, Sarai Amant Khan, we wereasked to Design a Village centre containing askill development centre, A primary healthcarecentre, a primary school, and a crèche. Theproject was a group work of four people.

Primary school was designed by me.

HAAT INJAUNTIProject: Designing a master plan for a Haatin JauntiStudio: Architectural DesignYear: 2nd year 4th semesterProfessor: Prof. Anil Dewan Medium: ink on cartridge sheet.

Main emphasis was on thecreation of a master plan.Attention was given onto thereflection of the village, itscontext, its culture, and thewater body in the centre ofit.

The Water body was used bythe local buffalo owners tobath their buffalos.Provisions had to be madefor so.

The Haat was to be made onthe principals of Delhi Haat.

The 2013 UN report shows a one degree rise in temperature every 20 years in the future. The UV radiation is increasing by 15% every 15 years. Every second as we talk 2.4, million pounds of carbon dioxide is being emitted. Under these drastic conditions and many more that consciously and in ignorance the humankind is producing, the mother planet is bound to face severe increase in temperature as we run towards the future. What if in the future the most important source of energy, the sun becomes unbearable?

With more hectic schedules, the hours for sleeping are reducing and the work load increasing. Gradually the working hours are shifting towards the night and the early morning is becoming an extension of the night’s sleep. What if the work and job pushes schedules deeper into the nights?

It might become harmful to walk in the sun and unworkable to work in mornings.

Our nights to sleep will become nights to work and days to work will become days to sleep. The days become periods for collecting energy and nights for spending them. Cities would hibernate in days and thrive at night. Everything around us is decided according to nights. buildings will be designed according to nights.

The owl city, the city in which work is done at night and sleep is taken in the day, might become the unexpected city that our deeds would push us towards, as the future comes.

We would like to propose a small mixed-use development project that would flourish at night. This would help us in proposing the possible ways of life styles in all the three parts of such a city: residential, commercial and institutional.

HYP CUP 2014Project ^ Studio: Architectural designYear: 3rd year 5th semesterProfessor: Shweta ManchandaMedium: computerised sheets and virtual model

The brief was to propose an unexpected city of the future.The brief was presented by Daniel Libeskind who also headed the jury panel. A group work of two people.

The response:

OFFICES

CONNECTIONS

RESIDENCES

The whole design is a metaphor of a tree:

Nodules in roots- Housing UnitsRoots- Connecting pathwaysStem- Staircases Branches and leaves- Offices & Commercial spaces.

The Tree takes its energy from the sun (Solar panels) and its nutrition from the ground (Human activity),through which the whole system thrives within itself.

Effects of Global Warming:

1>Increased temperature andheat

2>Frequent rainfalls

3>More exposure to UV rays

-Underground houses for constant temperature-Insulated glass for offices and pathways-Increased availability of solar energy

-Possibility to place the housing units randomly.-Going underground removes the need for solar orientation.-The units are hence arranged to create courtyards, interstices and pathways with mutual shading.-Reduced exposure to other calamities.

UV rays:UVA- Harmful(cause for diseases and cancers)

UVB- Useful(UVB triggers the production of vitamin D in the human skin.both kind of UV rays come from sun.

Sources of vitamin D:-Sunlight, oily fish, egg yolk (and tablets).-20 minutes of sun exposure is enough to produce required amount of vitamin D.-Outdoor activities programmed for human exposure to the “good” sun from 8am to 10am.

Used to purify: -Water in roof tanks after harvesting.-Air, through suction pumps that suck indoor air, purify it and circulate it

back.

The site:

In Nehru place close to all the transport nodes and mainly pedestrian

STUDENT’S CENTRE IIT MANDIProject: ^Studio: Architectural designYear: 3rd year 5th semesterProfessor:Shweta ManchandaMedium: computerised sheetsand virtual model

The brief was to design astudents centre inside the siteof the partially completed IITMandi campus. Main emphasiswas given to the response tothe larger context and workingon contours.

The IIT Mandi campus is about15km from the Mandi town. Thecampus is located in the forestedhills of Kamand on the banks ofthe Uhl, a tributary of River Beas.It consists of two campuses:South and North separated byabout 5km.The Mandi-Bajaura Road,connects the North and SouthCampuses and is the main accessway to IIT, Mandi. The site islocated in the south campus of IITMandi, near the bank of Uhl.

Strengths:• the site provides good views:

mountains and river.• contoured site requires a play of

levels.• closer to residential and sports

facilities.• A natural drain through the site.

Weaknesses:• away from the main entrance• lesser sun availability. Restricted

by the mountains.

Opportunities:• Sun can be exploited• the site lies at the lower ends• so all the waste water can be

collected and recycled and used.

The natural drain passing through the site is very seasonal and thus provides no advantage of views or water.

Thus it is dammed over creating a miniature Pond in which the water can be stored and maintained. In addition to which waste water from all over the campus can be directed to it by gravity and after proper filtration drained into the pond. This would to someextent make it perennial.

The complex is further developed on either side of the pond making it the centre. The dam is a masonry structure.

Movement and accessibility

Toilets placed where ever necessary: food court, dorms, gym, reception

Accute angle, naarrower spaces created to give a feeling of protection .They let the much need winter-sunlight to come into the buildings.

The introduction of the dam creatsopportunities for internal views, added towhich the water is released from beneaththe OAT as a waterfall beautifying theoverall composition created.

The closed spaces open into the open spaces through either the solariums or the semi-open spaces

Water from the surrounding land drains intothe pond created. Waste water collectedfrom all over the campus is purified anddrained into the pond making it perennialand sustainable.

circulation

THE FLOOR BELOW ENTRANCE LEVEL

ENTRANCE LEVEL

ENTRANCE LEVEL

It is strategically placed connected to the main entrance, the UG block, the hostels and to all the other major parts, mainly through the central spine. Crowd inlets to the site were best to be placed along the spine and through the pedestrian bridge. Good and wide spread views of the trench.

P.G. BLOCKSPA CAMPUSProject: Post-Graduate block ofproposed SPA Vasant KunjCampusStudio: Architectural designYear: 3rd year 6th semesterProfessor: Shweta ManchandaMedium: computerised sheetsand virtual model

The brief was to design theblock for all the 10 mastersdepartments. The Project wasto understand the services,building core and parking.

SWOT analysis

STRENGHTS:1. Closer to the trench.2. Closer to the main road.3. Ease in accessibility from all parts.

WEAKNESSES:1. Master plan not aligned north south.2. F.A.R 225, therefore cannot go more than 4 floors high.

OPPORTUNITIES:1. Ample spilouts and courtyards can be given towards the trench.2. the wind tunnel created above the trench can be expoilted by puncturing the mass.

THREATS:1. Rocky ground, harder to go below.2. Closeness to the airport.

On the first view of the site plan, the spine reminded much of anassembly line with its workshop, UG block, PG block, library andadministration, all companioning as machines that take and givethe product traveling on it; developing it for the next machine.

And of course the products are architects. The machine worksbecause of the various essential elements such as sensors, electricsupply, cooling mechanisms, gears, lubricants, inflow etc. And justlike the machine, building also survives on these backgroundactivities. The faculty becomes its sensor and its driving force. Thestaff becomes the lubricant. Students arethe inflow. Services become its resources, And courtyards cool itdown. The spine extends into the machine, providing the productand then taking it back towards the finale.

There were two ways to move forward with the design: One was to make the building appear like a machine, and the other was for it to be functional and simple and be like a machine.

And catering to the immense list of requirements and the structural restrictions, it became really hard to marry the concept and the practicality happily. And therefore I had to choose the other way and be like a machine.

Though the considerations such as the extended spine, the faculty ‘sensors’, courtyards etc. are used.

The concept:

AQUATIC STADIUMPROJECT STILL GOING ON

Project: aquatic stadium, Tyagraj siteStudio: Architectural designYear: 4th year 7th semesterProfessor: Ranjana MittalMedium: computerised sheets and virtual model

The brief is to design a full fledged aquatic stadium,pertaining to the rules required in the Olympics.Facilities for players, VVIP, VIP, P.H., and General allneed to be provided.

Special emphasis is given to the large spanstructure.