1. PORTFOLIO
DEVIKA CHOPRA
Pearl Academy
PORTFOLIO OF WORKS 2014-2018
“We shape our buildings;
thereafter they shape us.”
– Winston Churchill
devikachopra8195@gmail.com

2. CONTENTS
01NEIGHBOURHOOD PROJECT
Academic Work
02SAVE THE HOUSE:Lobding-Pa,Leh.
Workshop Work
03PUBLIC PLACE:COMMERCIAL+RETAIL
Academic Work
04SKILLS AND INTERESTS
Academic & Personal Work
03-05
4th
Semester
Individual work
06-08
29th
May-9th
June,2016
Group work
09-11
5th
Semester
Group+Individual work
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Individual work

3. Neighbourhood project
“To redesign a mixed
used site Commercial
+Paying guest+ Res-
idential It includes
the case study of that
market andd the de-
tailed study of the
choosen site.”
Site- Shop no-8 ,D-
32, R-10, Raj Nagar,
Ghaziabad.
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4. Site Analysis
Raj Nagar is a residential and commercial
area popularly known for its cleanliness .
Climate Condition
As it is connected to the national capital, its
temperature and rainfall are similar to Delhi.
The monsoon arrives in the district during the
end of the June or the first week of July and
normally it rains until October.
Raj Nagar is divided into sectors and ev-
ery sector has a park. Sector 10 main street
market is situated in the middle of of the Raj
Nagar . Sector 10 market is surrounded with
the shivaji marg street and Shivaji chowk.
Mix of retail in ground and houses on above.
PLOT DIMENSIONS = 65.0321
Sq.Metre (700 Sq.foot)
It is a two – storey building(north –
west facing).Plot is in roughly L-shape.
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The back side of
the house is fac-
ing south east but
due to neighbour-
hood houses they
do not get the
proper sunlight.
Took the case study forward and made a design brief for the us-
ers,the made a design according to the needs and wants of those
users.
I, then studied the hobbies, likes/dislikes, collecting home activities,
According to the Neufert
study I found out the area
statement of the commer-
cial and residential part.After
then I did a case study of
commercial store and at the
end massing was done for
residential and commercial.
Development
Plans
On the first floor
there is a staircase
which is connected
to the second floor
on which kids room
is designed.
The second floor
have a badminton
court,a beautiful
pargola structure
made from the orig-
inal columns.Kids
have all facilities like
study room,pantry
and their pet house.
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Design have a mixed used
development system.Ac-
cording to the design brief
I,designed a boutique on
the ground floor and half
area is designed for the
paying guest.

5. Elevations&Sections
Rendered Plan
This is a rendered plan of the the ground floor which consist of the paying guest area and the com-
mercial boutique store.
ModelMaking
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Front elevation,of the commercial and res-
idence.The balcony view from living area,
staircase and the grandparent’s room.High
Net for the badminton court and the pargola
on the second floor.
Back Elevations

6. SAVE THE HOUSE
LOBDING-PA,LEH
29th
May- 9th
June,2016
“A hands-on
workshop with
the basic idea
to restore a 300
year old mud
house in old leh
town.
The participants
were divided into
6 groups and
were assigned a
task.’’
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7. Group-1 Toilet Design | Devika Chopra Level-1 | Somya Agarwal Level-2 |Save The House-Lobding Pa,Leh
We were briefed to visit the old Leh town and col-
lect information about the vernacular toilet of la-
dakh,understand their Sewage system,observe
them,document in the form of text,sketchs and
photographs,interview people about the toilets they
have at home and the problems they face while
using the existing toilets .
Brief
Observations
1.Old toiles have a pit hole surrounded by mud.
2.A small window for ventilation.
3.A chamber in which all waste gets stored.
4. After 1 year they open the chamber door which
is covered by stones and the cleaners make that pit
chamber clean.
Pit chamber
Pipe for Biogas
The crux of this design was to have
storage tanks adjacent to the hole
in ground which could be connect-
ed via pipe,on pulling the opening
of the storage tank soil would flow
through the pipe and directly into
the pit chamber.
Pit Hole
Exploration

8. Development
Before jumping to 1:1 scale prototype we planned to make a small mockup of the storage tank to work out and check its
mechanism and working.On making this mockup we found out several issues and could provide solutions and alternatives
to it before we started to work on the actual scale model.This helped us to avoid wastage of the material available on site
and even helped us while we were working on the actual scale model.
Final Prototype (Scale 1:1)
We had to make a working model of the design just demonstarte the working of the
design ,alterations could be done according to site.We poposed a curved metal
plate to be installed within the toilet seat which would help to sepaerate the solid
and the liquid wastes.
We learnt how to use grinder and sand paper to level ,saw, hammer and cutter.
Group-1 Toilet Design | Devika Chopra Level-1 | Somya Agarwal Level-2 |Save The House-Lobding Pa,Leh

9. “To design a Fine
dine South Indian
Restaurant and a
retail Spices store
in 5000 ft2
Area.”
Site:Epicuria,
Nehru Place,
Delhi.
Interior Architecture of a Public Space -
COMMERCIAL + RETAIL
Semester-5th
2016 |Level-2|Site analyis:Group work|Design:Individual work
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10. Site Analysis
This food mall is a gastronomical paradise
tucked right under the Nehru Place met-
ro station. With a multitude of cuisines to
choose from, Epicuria is a delight to.The mall
is based on the concept of eat and go. It is
opposite to the electronic bazaar.
• There are 2 main
entrances that opens in
the center of the mall.• Vehicle access area
• There is only One Public toilet
on this floor. Which is judicial as
almost all outlets have their own
personal toilets.
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Orientation:
The NORTH face of the building is
actually the backside of the building.
No direct sunlight on this side. Best to
have outdoor seating. Currently, ser-
vices are placed here. SOUTH : Front
face of building; maximum heat gain
area. All the seating is South facing
with no shed . Direct sunlight causes
the area to remain empty. All entries
and parking access provided in the
South direction. Proves as a benefit in
winter.
Concept
Vegetarian South indian Fine dining
According to my research tamilians are the vegetarian amongs all south
indians.
The Concept of my design is the famous architecture of tamil which
inspired me.I took some elements of this architecture.Women will rule
this design as south india regards women.
Chettinad Architecture
The Architecture is typically Tamil,with the outdoor and indoor veran-
dahs with the central courtyard surrounded by puja rooms on each
side, with the women’s hall and kitchen courtyard.Features :-
1.Rain Water Harvesting
2.Jhalli windows
3.Series of courtyard on the basis of pirvacy.

11. Plans
Sections
CONCRETE SLAB135MM
BRATT INSULATION15MM
WOODEN CEILING 20MM
WOODEN CEILING 20MM
BRATT INSULATION15MM
CONCRETE SLAB135MM
Mortar 10mm
wood
MORTAR 10MM
WALL FINISH4MM
BRICK100MM
WALL FINISH 4MM
BRICK100MM
MORTAR 10MM
MORTAR 10MM
EXTRUDED FOAM 1OMM
AIR BARRIER SHEET4MM
MORTAR 10MM
GLASS 10MM
MOSQUITO MASH 1MM
METAL GRILL4MM
WOODEN FLOORING
STEELHOLDER
RCCSLAB
BRICK
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Series of courtyard with wooden mezzanine.
The main courtyard with
water system with glass
protected wall.
Spice store
Mezzanine Floor plan
Store view Fine dine entrance
Outdoor sitting view Private sitting
Mezzanine view
Model(Scale 1:50)
Detailed Drawings
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Design have two entrance for visitors and two staff entrances.It have false ceiling in few elements.i have defined
the doors,column and windows dimensions in schedule box.There are three types of flooring in the design.
A visitor can experience the aura of the typical south indian house.

12. Softwareskills
Vray For Google Sketchup
We had a study
tour to Ahmedabad
where we visited
many universities,
went for an heritage
walk (Mandir-to-
masqid) and visited
Mr.B.V. Doshi’s Of-
fice.
For making our oth-
er classmate aware
of these areas we
made posters on
some topics.I cov-
ered CEPT & NID
Interests
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