Designing with Precision: SketchUp Extensions for Patna Planetarium’s Design, Analysis & Material Estimation

Environment Friendly Low Cost Modular Kitchen Design without wood/ partition board/ ply

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 Low Budget Modular Kitchen Design uses Local Reusable/ Recyclable material like Aluminium, Glass, ACP boards for good quality, hygienic, long lasting, environment friendly, sustainable design.

Low Budget Residential Redesign

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The combined use of granite stone slabs, glass, ceramic tiles, aluminum sections, and ACP sheets replaces woodwork in interior design, promoting sustainability by reducing deforestation. Built-in furniture is designed for multipurpose use, catering to professionals in transferable or dynamic job roles while ensuring easy sanitization—especially during pandemics. Functional elements such as showcases, libraries, work desks, sunbathing areas with under-storage, and modular kitchens are crafted from durable, low-maintenance materials like granite, aluminum, ACP sheets, and tiles. This innovative approach ensures a long-lasting, cost-effective, and maintenance-free interior while supporting local building materials and craftsmanship, fostering a budget-friendly and eco-conscious design.

Local Granite stones and Kadappa stones used in the project celebrates the existence of oldest natural building material in modern times. The design philosophy adheres to minimalistic style, simple yet functional design that requires basic craftsmanship. Built-in furniture has been designed to meet the needs of millions of people in competitive, transferable, or changeable jobs.

Showcases, libraries, work desks, sunbathing areas with under-storage, and modular kitchens, designed using granite stone slabs in combination with aluminum sections, ACP sheets, and tiles, are all creative solutions for a long-lasting, maintenance-free, and cost-effective interior, eliminating the use of wood.

Eliminating woodwork in interior design promotes sustainability by reducing deforestation. A green solution in interior design encourages the use of local building materials and craftsmanship, providing a budget-friendly approach to design.

Luxury baths and kitchens are redesigned by shifting walls and reconfiguring electrical and plumbing systems. Effective spatial planning allows for additional storage space and wardrobes while ensuring free-flowing movement for a lavish and organized daily experience. Narrow balconies have been transformed into exotic sunbathing and seating areas with integrated storage. The project celebrates the use of local granite and Kadappa stones, honoring the legacy of the oldest natural building materials in modern times. The design philosophy embraces minimalism, offering a simple yet functional approach that requires only basic craftsmanship.

In times of pandemic easy sanitization for wardrobes, Shelves, libraries, work desks, show case, sun bath area + under storage, modular kitchen designed using granite stone slabs in combination with aluminum sections, ACP sheets and tiles are all creative use for long lasting, maintenance free and cost effective solution eliminating use of wood. Granite being high density stone was used as  horizontal and vertical support member in installing bath tubs in narrow toilet areas

Granite stone slabs, in combination with aluminum sections, glass and ACP sheets, replace woodwork in interior design. Built-in furniture is designed to meet the needs of millions of people in competitive transferable/changeable jobs and is easy to sanitize in times of a pandemic. This promotes local building materials and craftsmanship, allowing for a budget-friendly solution in design.

House Design, Bihar - 2015

Resort concept site plan with traditional earth construction, Kutch - 09/2015

Elevation design and other design Models

Rehab project proposal for earthquake affected Nepal - 2015

Story

The powerful 7.9-magnitude earthquake killed more than 8000 people in Nepal. About 1,60,786 houses and 1,383 schools are destroyed affecting atleast26 districts. There is an urgent need of people across the world to get together in Rebuilding Nepal. Some NGOs are working on it but considering the scale of devastation, more help is needed urgently. This project will be led by Paltej Archiects in association with Sano Paila (A little Step), a local NGO in Nepal. Sano Paila has been working at a grass roots level for last 8 years. The NGO has been actively involved in rescuing children from human trafficking and drug trafficking/abuse. They build local libraries and community centers to strengthen the relationship between rural communities on a national scale. Have conducted many free medical camps in remote rural areas and have distributed free medicines and counseling. They have clear goal towards helping people in all ways and are competent with their local knowledge, skills, ability to reach and communicate in remote areas of Nepal. So far Sano Paila has taken a lot of initiatives and has distributed thousands of tents, blankets, food items, water and also conducted medical camps in remote earthquake affected villages. Currently Sano Paila is working in rebuilding temporary houses in Gorkha that was the epicenter of earthquake. The needs have been identified and now there is urgent requirement for more sturdy housing, Stoves for cooking and toilets. These are the very basic facilities that people need immediately as monsoon is very close and lack of same may cause mass health hazard. 10000 affected People in Nepal have not even recovered the posttraumatic stress after the devastating earthquake and now are hurdled to cope for very basic needs of food, shelter, hygiene and sanitation. I was shocked to learn about an incident where a generous donar in Mumbai has been vigorously following up for relief goods to reach Nepal that she had sent 20 days back and it has still not reached the needy ones due to lengthy custom clearance process. It’s sad that all food items have gone bad and are getting wasted in cargos as they would reach the affected people after they have starved for minutest help. We have worked out possible solutions to meet with these basic needs that are cost effective, eco friendly, less labour intensive and speedy to implement with locally available resources. We have divided our project in phases. We are starting with Sindhupalchok and Dolkha. Both places having more than 2000 destroyed homes. Due to lack of proper housing, sanitation (toilets) and nutritious food as cooking facility is unvailable , people are at higher risk of communicable diseases and malnutrition. At this difficult time, we would heartily request for your genuine help for the people of Nepal. Let us join hands together and help these people to resettle once again. Friends please help Nepal Rebuild!! Many people want to help Nepal at this moment and you can do that through us.

Design Presentation: Prefabricated Prop Studio - 2014

Architecture and Site Planning works with Aamby Valley City 2011-2014

Planning and Architectural Design works

Architectural Model with Sketchup

Portfolio Link

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Portfolio 2001 - 2010 (Architecture, Interiors, Design, Planning)

Jha Portfolio2010 from Pallavi Jha