Architecture Portfolio - Aakarsh by aakarsh cherukuri

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Aakarsh Cherukuri

mail: aakarsh.ch@gmail.com call: +49 -152 3666 7597

I am Aakarsh Cherukuri from India. I came to Germany for higher education and successfully completed my Masters of Arts in Architecture from Dessau International Architecture (DIA) in Bauhaus city - Dessau. I spent most of the architecture period in India working on projects with a detailed, aesthetic and material oriented approach in different offices in India as well as I worked freelancing projects. Realizing that learning from different environments and people will help me to grow in my career, I choose to travel to Europe. With 2 years of studying in a school with people from different nationalities and cultures I accumulated power to further unfold the ideas of architecture and eventually got to know about the world more elaborately. I want to contribute myself in the learning of architecture further with an interesting group, so for that I am writing this cover letter to express myself to your company so that I may possibly get hired as an Architect. I am attaching my portfolio of selected works in which I tried to explain different ways I contributed myself. Looking forward. Aakarsh Cherukuri

Aakarsh Cherukuri Education: Dessau, Germany 2015-2017

Hyderabad, India 2007-2012

Master of Arts in Architecture ( M. A.) Dessau International Architecture, Anhalt University of Applied Sciences.

Bachelor of Architecture ( B. Arch.)

Sri Venkateshwara College of Architecture, Jawaharlal Nehru Architecture and Fine Arts University.

Workshops: The Netherlands 5/2017

INDESEM

India 3/2013 - 7/2013

IN:CH Studio

International Design Seminar, TU Delft. 7 Days Worksop on theme 'CROWDED', Mainly debate the ideas of future cities and where as architect, planner and designer position themselves.

Cross cultural studio held between India and Switzerland in three cities of India, Ahmedabad, Mumbai, Bangalore by In:ch Architects, India and Bern University, Switzerland collaborated.

Skills: 3D Modelling, 2D Drafting AutoCAD Google Sketchup Revit Architecture Digital Image and Rendering Adobe Photoshop Adobe Illustrator Adobe Indesign Adobe Lightroom V-Ray Physical Modelling Laser Cutting EPS foam Cutting Foam board Modelling Balsa Wood Cutting Languages German English Hindi Telugu Tamil

(A.2.1 , Conversational) (Good command) (Good Command) (Native) (Conversational)

Employment: Bangalore, India 7/2015- 8/2015

DDIR Architecture Studio,

an international architecture firm, the main

contribution was immediate action in making tender drawings for project, KCT commercial building little exposure along.

Hyderabad, India 4/2014 - 6/2015

Studio Hiyagriva,

Hyderabad, India 7/2013 - 3/2014

Kiron Cheerla Architecture, the main idea of work was in dealing with Design,

a budding architecture office, mainly focussed on projects

ranging in all realms of a Society, Single homes, Redesigning, Heritage documentation.

Detail and Material, translated in Projects, homes, Social spaces, Commercial Complex, website designing, furniture revitalisation.

Hyderabad, India 8/2012 - 12/2012

Sounya Nava Architects,

worked as a draughtsman mainly using Auto Cad,

Small decent projects and involved site management make to work along with masons, plumbers, Carpenters and Craftsmen.

Bangalore, India 11/2011 - 4/2012

Sudhakar Pai Associates,

worked as a intern, was a commercial firm where

there is an opportunity to work on large spaces in a orderly way to do projects like offices with several working stations, commercial buildings and Service Buildings.

Hyderabad, India 4/2010 - 4/2011

Fuse IQ Architects, worked as a student intern, took first steps in practical field, The main contribution is to take care of ongoing site and design work.

Awards and Participation: • • •

Won Citation for Analysis project in National Architecture Students Association (NASA)-2010, on Old calligraphy school in Hyderabad, India. Short listed In Design Competition at NASA, Themed ' Forget past look forward '. Participated in Birla White Yuvaratna Design Competition 2011.

Interests Environment, Nature, Music, Cooking, Travelling.

References DIA, Dessau, Germany

IN:CH Studio, Bangalore ,India

Studio Hiyagriva, Hyderabad, India

Dr. Jasper Cepl, Dean, Dessau International Architecture, jasper.cepl(at)hs-anhalt.de . Juerg Grunder, grunder@in-ch-architects.com P N Praveen, pracheen@gmail.com

Contents Academic [ A ] DIA, Dessau TU, Delft

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Master Thesis, New Office New City.

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INDESEM design workshop, The Future Dwelling.

p26-31

IN:CH Studio, Greative Grounds.

Professional [ P ] p32-39

DDIR Architecture Studio, KCT Commerical.

p40-51

Kiron Cheerla, B House.

p52-57

Kiron Cheerla, Pool House.

p58-63

Kiron Cheerla, Chair Project.

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Fuse IQ, Oasis.

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[A] New Office, New City Instructor: Porf. Jasper Cepl Year: 2017 Location: Dessau, Germany Project: Master Thesis Prologue

New office, New city. This thesis tries to design an

office building where a young working group need to think of ideas in a city which is new, a new born mega city!.

India is a country where there is an order over

chaos, So this word “new” is used quite often to show the development where “new” is a part of that order-chaos. Since past fifteen years the country has a phenomenal growth crossing the GDP of Britain but having the most number of poor people in the world. Where development is new in all aspects with information technology booming and reaching to the illiterate poor with no idea about apps works and computer but people trying to make online payments.

This phenomena is implies in infrastructure that

making to build more and more office buildings. To reach out the large scale people there are these new kind of start-ups office that are mostly IT oriented demands a office spaces that can be more enhance to create an environment where peoples can come, work share, experiment. In an elaborated way it is designed for technology related start-ups, and its mission is to catalyse the creation of one of the tightest and most vibrant entrepreneur communities in the world in order to encourage and fuel more start-up success stories in India. This is done by Attracting people by this building with is designed with an Idea which tells a story.

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Idea

The idea of this office building was

uncertain, This uncertainty situation is formed by small thoughts that vary in the scale from a large city scale to a scale of little details of screw and nut. For making idea certain Idea can be assessed by unfolding the thoughts in which the emotions which are associated with a imaginary scale.

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Fragmentation

The fragmentation of the idea is way of carefully un folding the

idea by dealing with each thoughts which can be over lay and connection which involves in itself forms a way to make a programme. Some fragments as a thought oriented really expressional or dramatical or illustrative for their own purposes. These fragments of thoughts can make a idea solid.

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. Ideas + Connections . I 11 I

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Roof

Third Floor

Second Floor

First Floor

Ground Floor

. Open view .

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1. Squander Square 2. Green Area 3. Entry 4. Water Body 5. Green Court 6. Courtyard 7. Security 8. Maintenance 9. Vehicle Area 9

. Ground Floor .

. Section AA .

1. Training Room 2. Discussion Space 3. Working Space 4. Casual Working Space

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. First Floor .

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[A] Crowded Instructor: TU - Delft Year: 2017 Location: Delft, The Netherlands. Project: Design Idea Prologue

Predicting the future is a general phenomenon of

the artistic people in their work. World is changing in phases as rapid as the smart phone versions are revelling their comfort in the hands of the user. More and more people want the comfort in the accessibility of everything leaving apart the basic stuff like food, clothing and Shelter. In this situation there is a lot more space needed towards creating this cohesive social structure.

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The Idea of a future architecture.

The Boxes Building lost it's name

and the future clients from the oil lands want a home feeling in Rotterdam. So, They tried to replicate the famous monument which is meant for commercial use but became a monument of their land designed by a famous Japanese Architect. Later to feel a bit more home they planted palm trees.

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A home with is sustainable with food supplies and green transport

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Cattle give milk and manure

A Su staina School for self farming

Schoo veget cultiv

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Cattle feed

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A Sustainable home

A idea of a home where the structure if 3

storey home without elevator required structure, with a own vegetable growing area, supporting self powering equipment, and fully centralised work from home structure supporting a recreation swimming pool and idea of family system of small in beautiful.

This house are supported by an sustainable greater idea having a small designated forest and piece of farm land equipment and few cows.

Greatly each city should have majority three kind of

universities of school for own farming, school for vegetable, school for simple building technology.

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[A] Creative Grounds Instructor: IN:CH Architects and Bern University Switzerland. Year: 2013 Location: Mumbai, India Project: Architectural Design Team work

The new campus for Srishti should not just be

a school in an interactive surrounding but also a green oasis for all the people living in or visiting Whitefild and creating an antipole to the surrounding concrete jungle and a middlepoint for the neighbourhood. Therefor the campus is, as seen from above, a green park. Only by standing in the middle of it one notices the buildings underneath and the cuts in the landscape which connect the surrounding. The buildings are made of rammed earth to intensify the feeling of being in the hill. Not least the campus design is focused on sustainability.

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buildings are the landscape

Landscaping

Space Organisation

Materlisation

Landscape and Building

Ventilation

courtyard connects building with landscape

main building section 1:250

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the plaza: meeting- and exhibition space

in- and outside performances

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[P] KCT Commercial Architects: Dominic Dube and Inge Reich Architecture Studio Year: 2015 Location: Bangalore, India. Type: Multi purpose Building Role: Designing the facade details, Making tender drawings, Preparing good for construction drawings.

Buildings started for a particular purpose but

stalled can be reused for other purposes. Worked on a project of revitalizing a failed structure in to a elegant commercial complex. The seamless floors of the structure we inherited are used to its advantage and converted into an elegant feature of its interiors. Great care is also taken on the facade and its peripheral edges. It is given a detail using glass and a green belt.

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SERVICES

CENTRALIZED RECYCLING ROOM

Lift C7

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C25

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ELECTRICAL CAR CHARGING POINT

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ELECTRICAL CAR CHARGING POINT

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ELECTRICAL CAR CHARGING POINT

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STILT PARKING ENTRY AND EXIT

65 ELECTRICAL SHAFT FE 03

D15

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75 C38

C37

Duct

Services

BASEMENT EXIT

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HVAC SHAFT C43 SLOPE UP

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ME EN NT TR PAR Y K

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LOUNGE/MEETING AREA

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Lockers

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Services 36 35 34 33 32 31 30 29 28 27 26 25

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TO PARKING

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RECEPTION

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LOBBY

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SLOPE UP

AUTOMATED SLIDING DOORS

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PEDESTRIAN ENTRY

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VEHICLE ENTRY

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SERVICES

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Storage

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Facade Detail

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NEW COMPOUND WALL DETAIL AS PER STRUCTURAL DESIGN

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2775

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EXISTING COMPOUND WALL EXTENSION DETAILS AS PER STRUCTURAL DESIGN RAMP DETAIL AS PER STRUCTURAL DESIGN

EXISTING FOOTING STRENGTHENING DETAIL AS PER STRUCTURAL DESIGN NEW BASEMENT AND FOUNDATION DETAILS AS PER STRUCTURAL DESIGN

. Section .

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. Facade Section .

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Metal glass support Sandwich glass

Supporting plate for glass with carved groove Stainless steel railing Green belt pit

Floor

Plaster

Gypsum Bbard M S Steel frame for support

Floor

Asthetic mesh

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. Front Elevation .

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. Lobby View .

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[P] B House Architects: Kiron Cheela Architecture Year: 2014 Location: Hyderabad, India Type: Tropical Home Role: Involved in the later Half of the project to completion. Generating drawings, Site coordination, and Material selection.

The site was in a dense urban area, but had a good

number of trees in the neighbouring plots. The site also had some trees. The design revolved around retaining the existing trees on the site and benefiting from the neighbouring ones. The building was built around the existing trees, creating courtyards and external spaces around them. Compound walls were raised to create more enclosed spaces around the periphery of the plot. This enabled all the ground floor rooms to have floor to ceiling openings with all rooms opening on to green courtyards.

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Every opening, every window, every terrace is oriented in a way so

that it faces a

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d c Ground Floor a. b. c. d. e. f. g. h. i. j.

Entry Parking Drawing Toilet Guest bedroom Living Dining K. Servant Puja l. Lift Kitchen Sitout m. Utility

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a. b. c. d. e. f. g. h.

. Ground Floor .

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Mast Toil Terr Lift Chil Puja Doub Open

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that it faces a particular view, a tree etc... giving a feeling that the house is bui

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First Floor a. b. c. d. e. f. g. h.

Master bedroom Toilet Terrace Lift Children bedroom Puja below Double height Open to steps below

Secon a. b. c. d. e. f. g.

. Second Floor .

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Hom Ter Toi Ser Bed Dre Ope

The

upper

floors

have

very

specifically oriented openings. small windows open onto trees, big windows and doors open onto terraces, and terraces are surrounded by trees and courts. Every opening, every window, every terrace is

South Elevation

oriented in a way so that it faces a particular view, a tree etc... giving a feeling that the house is built in the countryside

. Longitudinal section .

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. South Elevation .

Cross Sectio

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. Staircase Detail .

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[P] Pool House Architects: Kiron Cheerla Architecture Year: 2014 Location: Hyderabad, India Type: Luxury Home Role: Involved from the intial designing to the presentation drawings, and client visits.

The site is a open farm land which have great flo-

ra and fauna. The site provided a independence of keeping a built form in any part of the site. The design is made into 2 floors, The bottom part have all the service like car parking, Sauna and maids place, and the upper floors have formal living having a huge space for living and both bedrooms adjacent to it. The idea is to open the spaces into the swimming pool which further looks seamless into the sky.

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1. Bedroom 2. SPA Area 3. Lobby 4. Parking 5. Drive way 6. Machine Room 7. Generator Room 8. Wash Room

. Basement .

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. First Floor . 1. Bedroom 2. Living 3. Kitchen 4. Dining 5. Wet Kitchen 6. Balcony 7. Toilet 8. Open Area 9. Swimming Pool 10. Wash Rooms

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[P] Project Chair Architects: Kiron Cheerla Architecture Year: 2015 Location: Hyderabad, India. Type: Studio Research/Minitask Role: Complete implementation of the idea, going around the city for old chairs to making selected chairs refurbished to glory.

To search chairs for a table in an office. There are

designed chairs around the cities somewhere in use or in any other unknown conditions like in seconds of in a carpenter godown or in an lost situations around the city. The aim is to more over search for a designed chairs from late 20th century. The search goes in the form of making a taught oriented search in the second wood markets, going to auction of second furniture or in wood depots of old furniture.

The task is carried out in an research oriented way

with main leads to pursue were people, places and connections, with these main leads we can gather information an go further for the solution.

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[P] Oasis Architects: Fuse IQ Year: 2011 Location: Rayachoti, India Type: Social Project

Role: Was involved from the initial design process, generating the concepts, Working drawings to Execution.

A prototype architecture which is service oriented in

a rural demography, the requirement is to design a structure in rural area where drinking water is sparse and the ground water was salty in nature. The spaces consist of water treating system along with a working space and storage.

The idea is to separate the function of workspace

and purifying space with two C shape walls facing each other making way to evolve of entry, exits and helping the roof structure to evolve interesting with two sloped roof plates put side by side.

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. Path .

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Corrogated Sheet

Mild Steel Truss

Terracota Jaali

Water Treatment Plant

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. Plan .

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