ARCHITECTURE PORTFOLIO
AKILESHWAR SINGH.E
SELECTED WORKS
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E.AKILESHWAR SINGH
Email : akileshwarsingh98@gmail.com Phone : 8939392407 Address : 6/14 kamatchi Street,Lenin nagar, Ambattur,Chennai-53.
“There are lots of resources given by the nature for free. All we need is our senstivity to see them and our creativity to use them”. -Anna heringer
EDUCATION 2015 VELAMMAL HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL,Chennai. 2021 RAJALAKSHMI SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE,Chennai.
INTERNSHIPS I AUROVILLE BAMBOO CENTRE,Auroville. II DIT STUDIO,Chennai.
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Autodesk Sketch up Lumion Illustration Photoshop Indesign premiere pro
EXTRAS Logo Design Urban Sketch Doodling Digital Sketch
PARTCIPATION 2016 Prayoga’19 Fuller’s Dome. 2017 NASA | Special mention |Nari Gandhi Trophy. 2018 Leewardist | Sketch Workshop.
LANGUAGES Hindi Tamil English
CONTENTS 1 . LAL MITTI | THESIS 2021 2 . RESARCH PROJECT 3 . INTERNSHIP I WORKS 4 . INTERNSHIP II WORKS 5 . NASA WORKS | NARI GANDHI TROPHY
LAL MITTI | EARTH AND BAMBOO RESEARCH INSTITUTE ARCHITECTURE THESIS 2021
SITE PLAN
STORAGE
TREATMENT AREA
OAT BAMBOO WORKSHOP
ARTISAN STUDIO
BAMBOO STUDIO
BAMBOO STUDIO
EARTH STUDIO
EARTH STUDIO
EARTH WORKSHOP
PLANTATION
RESEARCH STUDIO
BAMBOO
RESEARCH STUDIO
AUDITORIUM
SHOPS LIBRARY
BAMBOO PLANTATION
BATHROOM
DORMITORY
ADMIN
CAFETERIA
PARKING
BATHROOM
ENTRY
PARKING
ARTISAN WORKSHOP
ENTRY
SITE MODEL BAMBOO TREATMENT
STUDIOS
DORMITORY
STORAGE
WORKSHOP
CAFETERIA
LIBRARY
ADMIN
OAT
AUDITORIUM
BAMBOO SHOPS PLANTATION
PARKING
ENTRY| PARKING
BATHROOM
DORMITORY
ARTISAN WORKSHO
WEST ELEVA
ENTRY| PARKING SHOPS OAT
LAL MITTI | EARTH AND BAMBOO RESEARCH INSTITUTE
PLANTATION
LIBRARY
SOUTH ELEVA
OP
STUDIOS | EARTH WORKSHOP
BAMBOO WORKSHOP BAMBOO STORAGE BAMBOO TRAEATMENT
ATION
CAFETERIA
ATION
STUDIOS | DORMITORY
LIBRARY Earth and Bamboo Research Institute and Training
Project Type : Academic | Thesis Project Year : 2021 Location : Pollachi | Tamilnadu | India
The Library is planned in three parts with a central tree courtyard on a raised podium. It forms the focal point in the campus and is accessible for all kinds of users. It is buffered by Bamboo plantation on the east and north side, water body on the south west, in order to provide a calm environment and a good reading ambience. Each part of the library is circular in plan with an internal diameter of 8.6m. It is made of CSEB blocks with bamboo reinforcement. This Library has a slit window and has a opening on the roof and also has a clerestory ,it helps in the lighting and has a good circulation of air.
LAL MITTI | EARTH AND BAMBOO RESEARCH INSTITUTE
READING AREA
READING AREA
RAISED PODIUM - 0.6m
READING AREA
FLOOR PLAN
ROOF TOP LVL ROOF BOTTOM LVL WALL TOP LVL LINTEL LVL
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9.2 m 4.9 m 4.0 m 3.4 m
PLINTH LVL - 0.6 m GROUND LVL - 0.0 m
SECTION LAL MITTI | EARTH AND BAMBOO RESEARCH INSTITUTE
Circular purlins Thatch roof
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Opening for lighting
The roof has divided into two for the ventilation purposes as hot air rises up and gives good lighting and also theres is a opening on roof for the lighting. circular purlins and bamboo columns supports the roof wihch joins the concrete block with the foundation ,have given a wide area for the plinth as it acts as the seating area too and there is seating area on the circlar wall alternatively with the shelves for the books and there is a gallery like seating.
Circular purlins
Bamboo columns
CSEB blocks
Concrete block Gallery seating
Truss work
ROOF DETAIL
BAMBOO COLUMNS SUPPORTED BY CONCRETE
ORTHOGRAPHIC VIEW OF LIBRARY
INTERIOR VIEW OF LIBRARY LAL MITTI | EARTH AND BAMBOO RESEARCH INSTITUTE
The design itself eliminates the furnitutres so that in a circular building it is easy to access and the area is so spacious. The reading area and the stack area are designed in a similar manner creating a niche’ in the circular wall. It also facilitates a gallery seating area on one side. Bamboo supports provided along the inner circumference of the wall act as a reinforcement and truss connection these poles form the framework of the roof. The roof made up of THATCH supported by bamboo truss work.
STUDIOS Earth and Bamboo Research Institute and Training
Project Type : Academic | Thesis Project Year : 2021 Location : Pollachi | Tamilnadu | India
LAL MITTI | EARTH AND BAMBOO RESEARCH INSTITUTE
The studio blocks are totally of five and two reasearch blocks ,which is most of typical design but in reasearch block the interior changes and exterior remains the same, It has a studio space with random opening of windows and a master’s room, a display area with jalli work is kept in the entrance of the each block.
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MASTER ROOM
MASTER ROOM
STORAGE
STORAGE
STUDIO
STUDIO
DISPLAY AREA
DISPLAY AREA
COURTYARD
MASTER ROOM
STUDIO
STUDIO MASTER ROOM
STORAGE
DISPLAY AREA
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EARTH AND BAMBOO STUDIO | FLOOR PLAN A’
ROOF TOP LVL - 5.60
WALL TOP LVL - 3.45
PLINTH LVL - 0.45 m GROUND LVL - 0.00
SECTION LAL MITTI | EARTH AND BAMBOO RESEARCH INSTITUTE
DISPLAY AREA
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EARTH AND BAMBOO RESEARCH | FLOOR PLAN
SECTION
RESEARCH AREA
STUDIO
STUDIO
ARTISAN STUDIO | FLOOR PLAN
COURTYARD
DOCUMENTATION CELL
ROOM
DOCUMENTATION CELL
STORAGE MASTER
DISPLAY COURTYARD AREA
RESEARCH AREA
STUDIO
ORTHOGRAPHIC VIEW OF STUDIOS
ELEVATIONAL VIEW LAL MITTI | EARTH AND BAMBOO RESEARCH INSTITUTE
The whole building is made of Rammed earth and bamboo columns for the support of the roof ,pitched roof with a clerestory and random openings on the each block gives the lighting and circulation of air flows and every block has a thinnai and a display area with the jalli work and the foundation is also made of rammed earth each point of intersection of blocks has a shaded region with a gallery type of seating under a tree.
WORKSHOP Earth and Bamboo Research Institute and Training
Project Type : Academic | Thesis Project Year : 2021 Location : Pollachi | Tamilnadu | India
Earth Workshop has divide in three which is CSEB layout, Rammed Earth and Cob workshop and also every Workshop is divide by two units with a shaded area for the instruction and for the storage and other part is for the hands on work and also there is a workshop for the Artisan and bamboo with the same design.
LAL MITTI | EARTH AND BAMBOO RESEARCH INSTITUTE
EARTH WORKSHOP | FLOOR PLAN
ADOBE
ELEVATION
LAL MITTI | EARTH AND BAMBOO RESEARCH INSTITUTE
RAMMED EARTH
CSEB LAYOUT
ROOF PLAN
SPLT PLAN
ELEVATIONAL VIEW
ORTHOGRAPHIC VIEW OF WORKSHOP
LAL MITTI | EARTH AND BAMBOO RESEARCH INSTITUTE
The design of the workshop is so light and designed a subtle way of workspace and storage spaces and also has the most effective way of support and foundation by the bamboo and concrete with the rod so its look like a temporary structure but has a stablity to withstand more years.
DORMITORY Earth and Bamboo Research Institute and Training
Project Type : Academic | Thesis Project Year : 2021 Location : Pollachi | Tamilnadu | India
LAL MITTI | EARTH AND BAMBOO RESEARCH INSTITUTE
GROUND FLOOR PLAN
ELEVATIONAL VIEW LAL MITTI | EARTH AND BAMBOO RESEARCH INSTITUTE
FIRST FLOOR PLAN
ORTHOGRAPHIC VIEW OF DORMITORY
SECTION LAL MITTI | EARTH AND BAMBOO RESEARCH INSTITUTE
Dormitory is of CSEB block and COB which is wall and foundation is of cob and the vaulted structure is of CSEB blocks each block has a capacity of two and there is better cross vetilation as the blocks are staggered in plan and also every block has a courtyard which gives them a proper foyer space and a interaction space for the students and also there is a common courtyard for the group of blocks for a common interaction space which is shaded by tree and has a stepped seating area.
AUDITORIUM Earth and Bamboo Research Institute and Training
Project Type : Academic | Thesis Project Year : 2021 Location : Pollachi | Tamilnadu | India
Auditorium was a semi open and a light weighted structure with a roof with thatch and purlins under them running throughout and the bamboo columns were supported by the concrete blocks and there is a plinth area in circumfrance of the auditorium and there is a gallery type of seating and there is stage on the centre of the auditorium.
LAL MITTI | EARTH AND BAMBOO RESEARCH INSTITUTE
LAL MITTI | EARTH AND BAMBOO RESEARCH INSTITUTE
The Auditorium is been kept for the only for the private purposes which can only be have capacity of ninety people which is a quiet enough for the students and some times it is used as a seating area when its a summer seasons or when there is apublic for the vist they can have a stop and its kinda space where the openess gives the access to this kinda user to use the space in a multiple ways.
SHOPS Earth and Bamboo Research Institute and Training
Project Type : Academic | Thesis Project Year : 2021 Location : Pollachi | Tamilnadu | India
The Shops have five stalls a simple structure with basic truss and columns , this placed when you enter and exit the institute and also there is a storage unit behind the shops ,each stalls has thier own units for storage.Roofs are made thatch and tilted with siple trinagular truss and columns which has a support from the concrete blocks.
LAL MITTI | EARTH AND BAMBOO RESEARCH INSTITUTE
LAL MITTI | EARTH AND BAMBOO RESEARCH INSTITUTE
ROOF The roof is made of thatch and its cuverd in shape and its slightly tilted in 30* angle and underneath there will be purlins running around every frame.
COLUMNS The columns are done with simple triangles and the truss is very simple truss which can uphold the weight of Wthe roof ,and the joineries are made with a simple bolt and fish mouth joinery, the front portion is supported by the two bamboo which is fixed by the bolt in the first member of column ,every column is supported directly towawrds the ground by the concerte blocks.
STALLS There are five stalls in the shops ,each of them has a temporary storage unit beneath the stall and the table is made of simple bamboo table and the partition also come along with the column member and the railings are done with the bamboo splits .
CAFETERIA Earth and Bamboo Research Institute and Training
Project Type : Academic | Thesis Project Year : 2021 Location : Pollachi | Tamilnadu | India Cafeteria is near the dorm and admin area which can be easily accessed by the users.There is a kitchen at center which is made of rammed eath and both sides there is dining area which is made of a simple structure with bamboo and thatch,one is for the dining and other one is for the cafe purposes and even there is a artificial pond adjacent towards the cafeteria where the people can be sit there and eat thier food and also helps the site with pleasent view and can circulate cool air all over the site.
LAL MITTI | EARTH AND BAMBOO RESEARCH INSTITUTE
CONSTRUCTION TECHNIQUES Earth and Bamboo Research Institute and Training
Project Type : Academic | Thesis Project Year : 2021 Location : Pollachi | Tamilnadu | India
CSEB BLOCKYARD Source:Earth Institute
LAL MITTI | EARTH AND BAMBOO RESEARCH INSTITUTE
These are the techinques and workshop layouts which has been researched and done with a proper case studies of workshop layouts, which has been used in this project ,Earth construction purely based on the foundation and walls and the bamboo construction was for the supports and the reinforcemnt.
BAMBOO WORKSHOP
RESEARCH PROJECT AUROVILLE BAMBOO CENTRE
Project Type : Internship I| Bmaboo day Year : 2019 Location : Auroville | Tamilnadu | India Bamboo splits have been replaced as reinforcement and placed it as a 1m*1m and spacing of 10cm with use of steel wires it has been tied in every joints.
Every end of the slab we have given a wooden slab for the concerte to rest on when they pour them on it and bricks have placed to support the wooden planks.
Nature’s material bamboo has been widely used for maany purposes.Mainly as a strength bearing material. it is used for building shelters from an earlier time. we have used bamboo as reinforcement, bamboo shows all essential properties to withstand the load . the main requirement in reinforcement is the tensile strenth which is appreciable in bamboo from its orgin gives this property.Bamboo is by its orgin an orthotropic material.It gains high strength along the fibers and low strength in the transverse direction. AUROVILLE BAMBOO CENTRE | RESEARCH PROJECT
Concrete is poured into t pared and inbetween the a opening so that the vie bamboo splits which is re men
the cast which is pree slab we have created ewers can see thats a eplaced as reinforcent.
Bamboo splits X Reinforcement rod
After the concrete is fully poured in the cast it has been rested and soaked in for 24 hrs to dry and then the cast is removed.
Then the slab is converted into a seating in the pavillion which is polished and waxed and even the 4 people sat on slab for the strength check and it was fine and used as seating area at the pavillion.
we have chosen bamboo splits as the reinforcement, which acts as the steel rod and we have done frame work with splits of 1m*1m and the spacing of 10cm each and they are tied using 6mm steel wire and then we have to soak it for 24 hours in which the water absorbs and do not allow to extracts from the concrete and bambusa vulgaris hard ,bvs are the ones which abssorbed less water. the rate of water absorbtion can also be reduced by certain treatment. The casting is done using the concerte which is in the ratio of 3:2:1.
SLICED GEODESIC DOME AUROVILLE BAMBOO CENTRE
Project Type : Internship I| Bamboo day year : 2019 Location : Auroville | Tamilnadu | India The pinth was ceated byRamming to make the stage area. Layers of bricks were arranged and infill of mud to create a stable plinth.Foundation of the stage was then made using PVC pipes filled with cement which is cost effective and easy solution. The dome is similar to the geodesic dome but the front side was sliced to make it a stage area. The joinery for dome was fixed using nut and bolt joints.The structure is temporary area for the cultural events of bamboo day.
Each face is an identical equilateral (all sides are equal) triangle. Rotate the edges of those triangles slowly toward an imaginary center and eventually you wind up with a rough version of a sphere, called a geodesic sphere. Cut that sphere in half and you have an approximation of a geodesic dome. The geometry of geodesic allowed stability even it was half built dome
AUROVILLE BAMBOO CENTRE | SLICED GEODESDIC DOME
Joinery with bolt and nut
Rammed stage area with bricks
These bamboo supports came from the pvc pipe which is poured with concrete
Every bamboo have been cut on the edges for the joinery purposes.
This dome was made for the Bamboo day stage where a fiber cloth was used as a shading element to cover the direct sun lighr.A dome encloses the largest volume of interior space with the least amount of surface area, thus saving on materials and cost. Additionally, a dome’s structure is one of the most efficient interior spaces because air and energy circulate without obstruction.
TREE HOUSE AUROVILLE BAMBOO CENTRE
Project Type : Internship I | Bamboo day year : 2019 Location : Auroville | Tamilnadu | India
Flooring done by splits
AUROVILLE BAMBOO CENTRE | TREE HOUSE
The tree house has been renovated for the bamboo day the tree house was in a complete diaster with the flooring,roofing and the railings and even steps where falling apart Mostly splits are used for flooring with base supports of full round bamboos. For roofing support system of bamboo is created to take the load of different layers of roofing. Railing panels are designed with nailing splits in patterns to complete the complete look of the flooring and the railings where nailed in a pattern and a sunken seating area is created with proper design for a spacious seating and chilling .
Thatch with bamboo purlins
Railings done using bamboo splits
ROOF Roof is made of simple thatch with bamboo pulins ,You should never use a flat roof for a treehouse. A properly sloped (or ‘pitched’) roof is much superior. Aim for a slope of at least 30°, but preferably 45° or more. If you get particularly harsh winters, a steep pitch is critical to avoid a build-up of snow which could easily spell disaster for a treehouse of limited support
FLOORING We were renovating the tree house for the Bamboo day ,we were doung the flooring,roof,railings and ,we done flooring using the splits and as well as the railing also done using the splits and the tea area were done using the normal mud and for the seating we used the concrete bed
FLOORING The sunken courtyard is conceived as another room where the amalgamation of external and internal space creates a unique room atmosphere.There was a place beneath the tree house so we thought of doing a sunken seating area for the tea break inBamboo centre we left the area where the foundation of the tree house and started to dug a .60m around the foundation.
SINCE 1964 DIT STUDIO
Project Type : Internship II |RESIDENCE year : 2019 Location : Auroville | Tamilnadu | India
DIT STUDIO | PADMANABAN RESIDENCE
Front porch designed with the climbers and wooden panel
NORTH ELEVATION DIT STUDIO | PADMANABAN RESIDENCE
ILLUSTR
EAST ELEVATION 1
RATIONS
EAST ELEVATION 2
REND
DERS
STILT FLOOR PLAN
DIT STUDIO | KALLAKURICHI RESIDENCE
FIRST FLOOR PLAN
SECOND FLOOR PLAN
DIT STUDIO | KALLAKURICHI RESIDENCE
TERRACE PLAN
GROUND FLOOR PLAN
DIT STUDIO | OOTY VILLA
FIRST FLOOR PLAN
NARI GANDHI - NASA COMPETITION | Short listed
DIT STUDIO | OOTY VILLA
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