Anirudh Sood Architecture Portfolio

Anirudh Sood Portfolio www.anirudhsood.co.uk ani.sood@gmail.com +447547628754

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Project. Hydrology Housing M.Arch. Design Thesis - University of Edinburgh

Contents + Hydrology Housing

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+ Loop The Gloop

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+ Agence Ouvray

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+ Architecture Brio

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Project. Hydrology Housing M.Arch. Design Thesis - University of Edinburgh

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Project. Hydrology Housing M.Arch. Design Thesis - University of Edinburgh

Hydrology Housing Synopsis Olbia, with its rich history and beautiful landscape is a city situated in the Olbian basin on the island of Sardinia. The city, with its five rivers, has a history of the cult of water. Water has been a precious commodity on the island, and throughout Sardinia’s history, water has been worshiped and stored.

In its current state, the city has become a generic place, acting as a transient city for the Gallura region and Sardinia. The city swells in numbers during the tourist summer season, putting great pressure on an already strained hydro-infrastructure.

The problematic is the stasis the city find itself under at the moment.

Currently, the hydrological infrastructure is severely inefficient in delivering the water available to the masses. The thesis aims to deal with the situation of a growing population and the need to house its inhabitants. The situation also concerns itself with the demand and the supply of water. Through this thesis, I am to investigate the impact of building within a flood plain and the social implications of such conditions.

The thesis will deal with the flood and drought, the seasonal changes in the water-scape and creating a room for the river. The purpose of this is to create a greater connection between the city and the river, Rio Seligheddu, bringing both closer to each other.

Through the relevant intervention in the city, the thesis proposes to appropriate the floodplain landscape while also creating a new pattern for the city fabric. The project will become a means of measure and volume on both the metropolitan and the body scale.

Project Design Report

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Project. Hydrology Housing M.Arch. Design Thesis - University of Edinburgh

Arable landscape of Olbia Proximity to flood plains

The metropolitan sprawl Programmtic analysis of floodplains

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Project. Hydrology Housing M.Arch. Design Thesis - University of Edinburgh

[Cult]ivation of water Hydro-economic landscape of Olbia

Defensive positions past and present Orientation to the landscape

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Project. Hydrology Housing M.Arch. Design Thesis - University of Edinburgh

Existing hydrological infrastructure

Flood consequence, the wrinkled landscape

Stages of flood

Flood lines

Current city fabric

Existing hydrological situation

The wrinkled landscape that lies within the floodplain as a result of the flux of the flood.

The poetics of the landscape begin to determine a strategy toward the flood, where the undulating landscape of ‘wrinkles’ begin to control the flood water, through infrastructural channels and basins.

The city provides 'room for the river'.

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Railway City Infrastructure Current Military Site

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Project. Hydrology Housing M.Arch. Design Thesis - University of Edinburgh

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Flux of the flood Mapping the water table

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Project. Hydrology Housing M.Arch. Design Thesis - University of Edinburgh

Points of entry Rio Seligeddhu: proximity to railway station, high street, Isola Bianca

Proposal for the river Rio Seligeddhu Housing Proposal with proximity to Granite Terminus

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Max. Flood Level +3.00 m

Four steps deep

Section CC Dwelling

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Project. Hydrology Housing M.Arch. Design Thesis - University of Edinburgh

Social Valve Enzymatic Territory

Hydrological Valve Enzymatic Territory

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Project. Hydrology Housing M.Arch. Design Thesis - University of Edinburgh

Callibrating the landscape Enzymatic Territory

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Project. Hydrology Housing M.Arch. Design Thesis - University of Edinburgh

Roof as infrastructure Dwelling

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Project. Hydrology Housing M.Arch. Design Thesis - University of Edinburgh

Section AA Dwelling

Section BB Dwelling

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Project. Hydrology Housing M.Arch. Design Thesis - University of Edinburgh

Social Valve/ Hydrological Valve Dwelling

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Project. Hydrology Housing M.Arch. Design Thesis - University of Edinburgh

Hard/Soft Edge Dwelling

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Project. Hydrology Housing M.Arch. Design Thesis - University of Edinburgh

Ultimate Relaxation Brief: A design competition to redevelop the former Taichung International Airport and its vicinities. The aim of the project was to create a vast green belt within the city, punctuated by activities local to the area.

These included a velodrome, aviary and waterfront dining areas.

We propose a park that is the Ulitmate Relaxation, a park designed to amplify the experience of relaxation by setting up conditions that will allow multiple modes and interpretations of the term to colonize the void left by the relocation of the Taichung Airport.

Relaxation is a form of liberation through which we shed muscular tension, emotional stress and cultural anxiety. In composing a new choreography for the runway, we create a comprehensive sequence of experiences that are drawn from the many forms of relaxation prominent in Taichung and overlay them onto a system of functional ecologies to create a robust and multifunctional urban infrastructure.

In collaboration with Zenobia Meckley, Samson Chua, Tom Lindsay, Katie Hotchkiss

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Project. Hydrology Housing M.Arch. Design Thesis - University of Edinburgh

Project. Ultimate Relaxation Taichung Gateway Park - Agence Ouvray Competition Entr y

Aviary scene Taichung Gateway Park

Velodrome scene Taichung Gateway Park

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Project. Ultimate Relaxation Taichung Gateway Park - Agence Ouvray Competition Entr y

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Project. Ultimate Relaxation Taichung Gateway Park - Agence Ouvray Competition Entr y

Wetlands Scene Taichung Gateway Park

Outdoor Cinema/Resturant Taichung Gateway Park

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Project. Ultimate Relaxation Taichung Gateway Park - Agence Ouvray Competition Entr y

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Project. Hydrology Housing M.Arch. Design Thesis - University of Edinburgh

Project. Ultimate Relaxation Taichung Gateway Park - Agence Ouvray Competition Entr y

Temenos House Brief: Design a residential bungalow for a couple from Mumbai. The site for the project is located in the southern state of India, Tamil Nadu. The concept of the design is based on the ancient Greek architecture of temple building, where Temenos means ‘sacred land’. The building emerges from the land underneath. The site itself is a gentle hill, with the building placed on the plateau at its apex.

Carrying out my work placement at ArchitectureBRIO allowed me enough time frame to work on this single project, from the concept stage up to the detailing Tender/Working drawing stage. The range of experience I have gained from my time in Mumbai varies from studio based design to visiting/ surveying the site and eventually supervising the lineout of Temenos House.

In collaboration with Robert Verrijt and Shefali Balwani

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Project. Hydrology Housing M.Arch. Design Thesis - University of Edinburgh

Project. Temenos House Residential, Kodaikanal - Architecture Brio

Site Plan and Model Temenos House

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Project. Temenos House Residential, Kodaikanal - Architecture Brio

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Project. Hydrology Housing M.Arch. Design Thesis - University of Edinburgh

Project. Temenos House Residential, Kodaikanal - Architecture Brio

Ground Floor Plan Temenos House

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Project. Temenos House Residential, Kodaikanal - Architecture Brio

West Elevation Temenos House

Section EE Temenos House

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Project. Temenos House Residential, Kodaikanal - Architecture Brio

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Project. Temenos House Residential, Kodaikanal - Architecture Brio

Perspective Drawings Temenos House

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Project. Temenos House Residential, Kodaikanal - Architecture Brio

Paintings

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Anirudh Sood Portfolio www.anirudhsood.co.uk ani.sood@gmail.com +447547628754

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