ARCHiTECTURE
PORTFOLiO Anirudh Shankar
Education 12th Grade
Sri Kumaran Childern’s Home-CBSE Bangalore
B.Arch (Ongoing) CEPT University Ahmedabad
Skill Set Softwares
Anirudh Shanka r
AutoCad SketchUp Revit Photoshop InDesign Rhinoceros Lumion Premire Pro Illustrator Ableton Microsoft Office
Hand-Render Mediums
Date Of Birth
06 Nov 1998
Nationality
Indian
Residence
Bangalore
anirudh.shankar.barch17@cept.ac.in Ph: 9591963406
Pencils Charcoals Watercolours Rotrings
Fabrication
Metal Wood Clay Boards CNC and Lasercuts 3D Printing
Travel and Architecural Experiences 2014
Augsberg, Neunberg, Munich, Stuttgart - Germany
2017
Goa Kolkata Darjeeling 2018 Srilanka - Winter Course Udaipur - Studio Alwar - Studio Delhi 2019 London - Summer Course Alapuzha Chidamabram Fatehpur Sikhri - Studio
Workshops Rammed Earth, CSEB Hunnarshala, Kutch
Hobbies and Interests Sketching Indian Classical and World Music Tabla Automobiles Travelling
Contents Studio Projects Alwar Water Collaborative Books , Etc. Planetarium (Working Drawings) Other Courses Humanities Ribbed Wireframe Structure Understanding Lunuganga and Brief Garden Linking Urban Design and Transport
Alwar Wa t er C o l la b ora t i ve Community Centre Alwar, Rajasthan | 4th Semester Alwar Water Collaborative is a community center located at the threshold of the Aravailli Hills and the city of Alwar, near the Moosi Maharani Ki Chattri. It aims at creating awareness about the exisiting water systems through constant engagement with the built form. The built form has been conceptualised as channel for people and water. The movement pattern for both water and people has been derived from the flow - hold flow pattern followed by the existing canal on site which brought the water in from the top of the Aravalli hills to the tank near the Moosi Maharani Ki Chattri.
Process Sketches and Sections
Spout to bring water into the canal
“Channel for the people”
Staircase as edge condition in gathering spaces to act as seats.
“Converstaions” Section showing interactive edges along the water canal
“Backdrop pf falls”
Wall modified to bring water down
“A Kund for People”
Evolution of the water channel from being narraw, centrally oriented to wide and more spreadout water bodies
LEGEND 1. Shops 2. E-Banking Kiosk 3. Pharmacy 4. Consultation Rooms 5. Waiting Rooms 6. Community Kitchen 7. Washrooms 8. Cafe 9. Communnity Hall 10. Guest Rooms 11. Water Outreach 12. Co-Working Space
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Narrow courtyard with pool filled by water from the water falls from the cut edge of the mountain.
Courtyards with guest rooms opening into them, provides a climatic repsonse and view of the water fall.
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The path terminates in a large water fall around which creates a large gathering space.
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The large pools act as pause points and gathering spaces even in the absence of water.
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The office space also opens out to the forest establishing a connect with the environment.
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The cafe features a open seating space which connects with the surrounding landscape.
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LEGEND 1. Shops 2. E-Banking Kiosk 3. Pharmacy 4. Consultation Rooms 5. Waiting Rooms 6. Community Kitchen 7. Washrooms 8. Cafe 9. Communnity Hall 10. Guest Rooms 11. Water Outreach 12. Co-Working Space
Levels have been created in the built form to assimilate with the topography.
The utility verandah creates a buffer space between the forest and the built form.
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Journey of Water TThe journey of the water begins from the top of the project as the waterfalls and flows through the project with pauses along its way. The water from the roof is brought down along the walls modified as water carriers, into the channel. Along the path there are various edge conditions created for people to interact with water. Section FF’
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Edges along the channel have been moulded to accomodate seating and interaction with water.
Niches have been created for animals to rest and to drink the water collected from the channel.
The stepped edges can be used even in the absence of water as seating spaces. Section EE’
Gathering Level
Office Courtyard
Axonometric View of the Project (without roof)
Apporach to the project
Boo ks, Et c . Bookstore and Cafe Udaipur, Rajasthan | 3rd Semester The first half of the studio focused on studying the architectural attiutde, style and language of the architect Carlo Scarpa. The attitudes were catagorised as Physical and Ephemeral Substances, Conceptual and Organisational Devices and Making and Detailing. Each of these categories were demonstarated and tested out through a cube installation, a maze and trophy respectively. The second half of the studio dealt with creating a Book Store and Cafe in Udaipur, based on the architect’s attitude. The site is located on banks of Fatehsagar Lake with the City Palace as a back drop.
La Scatola The cube has been elevated to show the levitation attitude towards mass.
The subtractive attitude towards mass has been show by scooping out a smaller cube.
The cantiliver shows the attitude towards structure and mass.
The tile shows juxtaposition of varied textures using the same material.
The use of gold with concrete shows the coming together of different materials.
Il Labrinito
The irregularites in the door become the clue for the right path.
The colours are used as deviations. Except red which is to emphasise vertical movement.
Layering has been expressed through concentric circles and layering of doors.
The long spout like extension is an expression of the movement of water.
Postcards from an apperentice
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The joint between two materials has been articulated a lap joint. 5
The use of structure as a detail has been shown by providing thick and thin supports.
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1. Facades along the banks 2. Boating activity on the banks 3. Braket and Parapet details 4. Column Details 5. The Sunken Temple on Site
Placing at the edge gives an opportunity to bring the water into the project.
The location also provides an edge to create levels which steps down towards the water.
The edges of the roof have been carved out to accomodate the trees around the project.
The cafe opens upto the Aravallis and the lake while the book store captures the view of the sunken temple.
Site Plan
Each function has a different geometry but the form is independent of the function.
Different accomodate functions.
levels different
The presence of the initial grid fades away as one moves futher into the project.
The cafe opens upto the Aravallis and the lake while the book store captures the view of the sunken temple.
The two water bodies in the project are metaphors for the two lakes of Udaipur. Plan
The roof acts as the datum that brings the various plinth levels which demarcates various funtions
The seemingly heavy roof is supported on thin columns emphasising the attitude towards mass.
Section CC’ Lights through the skylights changes through the day showing the attitude towards transformation.
The volume of the books store is split by the low mezzanine which makes the heights closer to human scale.
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Elevation
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Perpective Wall Section (left): The wall sections gives the sense of space in the book store and also focuses on the material palette of various kinds of locally available marbles used, the local jikky plaster and mahogany wood. Washroom Axonometry (above): The axonometric drawing shows the washroom shaped in the form of Scarpa’s famous motif of intersecting circles. The washroom is made with exposed concerete and has marble counter and brass fixtures.
Plan etar i um At Sc ien c e Museu m Ahmedabad, Gujarat | 5th Semester The site was the old AES Girl’s Hostel near Commerce Six Roads in Ahmedabad. The load bearing structrue of the building lends itself to many modifications. The program was to change parts of the hostel blocks into a Science Museum, part of which is the Planetarium. The form of the Planetarium is predetermined by the function and stands out from the existing. One enters a large open foyer which is in contrast to the closed auditoruim. The volume of the foyer is split by the circular concrete slab which houses the auditorium which is enclosed by two concentric domes that rest on the slab. The foyer extends out as a deck that opens up to the view of the ever buslting Commerce Six Roads.
Process
Working Drawings
The initial iteration involved an exterior shell structure which supported the spherical form by anchoring it to the ground on one side.
The subsequent iteration had bracings that anchored the spherical form to the existing building there by creating a possiblity of a viewing deck
The final from had the bracings that supported the spherical form by anchoring it to the ground and having two levels of viewing decks. The bracings support the canopy of the foyer.
Site Plan
Plan at 12.7 M The lower floor is the large foyer which gives the space for large number of people to gather. The floor also opens up towards the north and the south to the views of the street and the courtyard, respectively. The staircase leads upto the auditorium and the upper deck. The auditorium has a capacity of 28 people.
Section AA’ The outer dome is made of steel and the inner dome is made of timber. The space between the domes is used for keeping the projectors and HVAC systems.The external columns, which support the roof, and the dome symbiotically support each other also creating the opportunity to have the upper wooden deck.
Auditorium Entrance Detail
Zoomed in Details from Sections Wall Section
Foyer Wall Details
Staircase and Door Details
Toilet Details
Site Model Elevation
Site Model with all programs
The Foyer
Humaniti es Monsoon 2017 Ahmedabad Gujarat The course was based on how territories od stakeholders and marked and understood using garbage as a tool. The territory is then marked by the extent to which the stakeholder takes responsiblity of the waste generated by them. This was represented through street sections and explored through interviews with stakeholders. The journey of waste from its point of generation to the final dumpyard was traced by following the path of the garbage produced.
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STRUCTURE.
members. The system is made up of a quadrilateral grid and every member is continuous from end to end. In the system every member is bent along one direction. The structure unlike many other types of shell structures is not a surface structure and rather works wit st straight sections.
RIBBED EIREFRAME STRUCTURE.
Ribbed Wi r efr a m e Struc ture
1:1 Construction
The ribbed wireframe structure the force is distributed
equally in both the directions along the structural members. The system is made up of a quadrilateral grid and every member is continuous from end to end. In the system every member is bent along one direction. The structure unlike many other types of shell structures is not a surface structure and rather works wit st straight sections.
SECTION
Rhino 3D Model
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The structure was first created on Grasshopper by setting the parameters of the grid size and member sizes. The same was exported to Rhino and the model was developed. The physical model was then made with split bamboo strips bought in tenstion and held in place with pins.
PART DETAIL
SECTION
Elevation (above) Top view (left)
Und erstan d i ng Lunuga ng a & B rief Gar d en Winter School 2018 Bentota, Sri Lanka The course included the study of the two famous gardens in Bentota, Lunuganga by Geofrey Bawa and The Brief by Bewis Bawa. The features of each of the gardens were caputred through photographs, sketches and illustrative maps.
Illustrative map of Lunuganga (Right): The map illustrated the features of the garden in the sequence of appearance as one walks along the path and through meadows.
Lunuganga
The Brief
Analysis Graphs and Charts were used to reperesent the results of the survey done based on the questionare made by Transport For London.
Linking Ur b a n Des ign a n d Transpo r t Summer School 2019 Stratford, London The course focused on understanding Transit Systems, developement and accessibility to Transit Nodes. The Stratford Interchange and the Stratford International station was extensively studied as a tranist node. This was done through maping, tally counting, clocking the time taken in transit between different modes of transport at the interchange, maping and identifing location and visiblity of signages and analyising the level of universal accessiblity available. A questionare was used to analyse people’s views and observations about the accessiblity and ease of use of the interchange as an effective transit mechanism. The course also included interaction with the organisations, London Travel Watch and Transport for London. This course was in collaboration with Oxford Brookes University and the final presentation of the study was done there.
Intra-city Train Line Platform Connections
Tranfers and Delays
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Anirudh Shankar CEPT University anirudh.shank@gmail.com anirudh.shankar.barch17@cept.ac.in