The idea of a body of work for an architect is paramount and it needs constant revision and updating to present evolving construction, in the part locating what an architectural practice is. It is a tendency inculcated as a result of a learning culture. How sustainable it is questionable but work began, or an idea of one, should reach of state of conceptual completion. The essential aspect of the pursuit is to locate the new knowledge the practice generated over course of its existence and various associations.
*archived from svbtle, published on 17th April 2019
publications/ research compilations.
MCAP Ideas Report 2017 - ‘19 [ongoing]
Mumbai Data Report 2012 - ‘15 [ongoing]
machimach, inc.
Maharashtra State Cultural Policy 2010 Maharashtra 50, 50 Years of Prosperous History and Glorious Achievements, A translation
sir.jj.notes'10 issue 01 vol 01
Sir. J. J. College of Architecture/ J.J., Mumbai
Mumbai Reader'10 [ISBN 978-93-81444-00-9]
Mumbai Reader ’09 [ISBN 81-901974-9-5]
Landscape and Urbanism in Mumbai by Rahul Mehrotra & Alan Berger
Mumbai Reader ’08 [ISBN 81-901974-7-9]
Mumbai Reader Hindi [ISBN 81-901974-5-2]
Mumbai Reader Marathi [ISBN 81-901974-6-0]
Mumbai Reader ’07 [ISBN 81-901974-3-6]
Urban Design Research Institute/ UDRI, Mumbai
VOX 2004
Pillai’s College of Architecture/ PiCA, Navi Mumbai
writing.
magazine.machimach.com [ongoing - transcripts from a research practice]
blog.machimach.com [ongoing - writing drafts, and text references archive]
machimach, inc.
working research papers.
fieldnotes on research in Mumbai urbanism
thane environmental asset and built heritage management plan
work of Patrick Geddes in and around Bombay
early city living, modern Mumbai high rise apartments
Kerala architecture and urbanism, an overview of internet concerns
machimach, inc.
research document collections.
mumbai projects & guidebooks 2005 - ’10
mumbai development plan digital maps 1969 - ‘2018
rem research
architectural research methodology
after or from the state of architecture 2014
machimach, inc.
urban research.
mumbaiopendata.org, [a virtual repository of information sets on Mumbai & the Metropolitan Region]
informal documentation of Mumbai development plan proceedings
three years (2009 – ’11) taking pictures across the Mahim Bay and other Mumbai photographs
machimach, inc.
The Grammar of Knowledge, A Case for Mumbai [study on archives and digital databases]
Kamla Raheja Vidyanidhi Institute of Architecture and Environmental Studies/ KRVIA, Mumbai
stage 5 Action Plan for Conservation of Heritage Precincts in Chembur [project for Mumbai Metropolitan Region Heritage Conservation Society/ MMRHCS]
Adarkar Associates Architects, Mumbai
Institutional Buildings, Planning of Cultural Precincts
Mumbai - images \ living \ moving \ working \ playing
Sir. J. J. College of Architecture/ J.J., Mumbai
Workshop on Data-Mining during the UDRI/AOA Studio 2011
A Study of Trust Buildings, with Ranjit Kandalgaonkar [research methodology, data sampling, content compilation]
IFMR 01, 02 Fort Management Project, study modules - Traffic & Transportation, Public Open Spaces, Solid Waste Management [report and data collection]
Urban Design Research Institute/ UDRI, Mumbai
Mumbai Museum [thesis represented as part of the Charles Correa Gold Medal awards]
Pillai’s College of Architecture/ PiCA, Navi Mumbai
design research.
museumofdesign.in [study on contemporary trends in Indian Art, Architecture, Design and Photography]
library.machimach.com [a virtual design research pdf library of around 23 categories and 700 sourced documents]
machimach, inc.
framing, developing guidelines for BArch undergraduate (course-specific) built spaces (architecture, urban design, urban planning) dissertation
#keralafloods2018 [thematic institutional dissertation administration]
cusat 2014 AR1306 humanities
cusat 2014 AR1707a research methodology and statistics
cusat 2014 AR1803 disaster preparedness and management
cusat 2014 AR1806a architectural conservation
cusat 2014 AR1501 design studio [Kazhakoottam Public Library]
cusat 2014 AR1701 design studio [Marian Campus redevelopment]
cusat 2014 AR1707b architectural criticism [coursework review]
cusat 2014 AR1707d vernacular architecture [coursework review]
Marian College of Architecture and Planning/ MCAP, Thiruvananthapuram
document management system, model development [planning and testing an information system for project coordination and data management on content management systems at a national level]
Museum Art Conservation Centre, Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya/ MACC CSMVS, Mumbai
Planning an Institutional Repository/ UDRI Research and Resource Centre
UDRI Website/ institutional website planning [information and content mapping]
Charles Correa Gold Medal Website/ project website planning [information and content mapping]
Development Plan Website/ project website planning [information and content mapping]
Urban Design Research Institute/ UDRI, Mumbai
pica research cell 2005 [draft guidelines for reviving an institutional research cell]
Pillai’s College of Architecture/ PiCA, Navi Mumbai
presentations.
portfolio making
an overview of architectural research and methodologies
visual research methods in design according to Henry Sanoff
components of architectural design sheets these days
campus planning
about figure-ground drawing
addressing the undergraduate urban design problem
site analysis and planning
architectural concepts
the seattle public library
thinking architectural programming
high rise living case studies
Marian College of Architecture and Planning/ MCAP, Thiruvananthapuram
brief survey of housing typologies in Mumbai
public squares of the world
Sir. J. J. College of Architecture/ J.J., Mumbai
planning for Mumbai
design & the informal City
heritage and skywalks, Crawford Market Fort
Mumbai 2014, city development plan discussions
status of the eastern waterfront project, Mumbai
an urban centre and future of the city
special development control guidelines for the fort prescient [presented at the Heritage Committee, Municipal Commission Greater Mumbai]
Urban Design Research Institute/ UDRI, Mumbai
architecture (unbuilt projects).
House in Thiruvananthapuram
House in Kottayam
Church in Mumbai
Church in Thiruvananthapuram
Convention Centre in Dehradun
Community Housing in Dehradun
machimach, inc.
MUT rest house at Daman
Truck Transit Facility at Panvel
Surul Consulting Engineers/ SCE, Mumbai
Occupational Health Centre at Reliance Jamnagar Export Refinery Project
Main Control Centre at Reliance Corporate Park
Surat Convention Centre
JERP Main Security Gate House
Ratan J. Batliboi Architects/ RJBA, Mumbai
Span Guest House
Bogilal Residence
S+PS architects, Mumbai
competitions.
museum in helsinki
museum in bahmiya
museum in delhi
convention centre in bengaluru
machimach, inc.
shinkenchiku residential design competition 2006, planless house
archumen architectural quiz 05 nationals [winners]
archumen architectural quiz 05 zonal qualifiers [runners up]
archumen architectural quiz 04 nationals [runner’s up]
archumen architectural quiz 04 zonal qualifiers [runners up]
banganga crematorium design competition 2003
Pillai’s College of Architecture/ PiCA, Navi Mumbai