Architectural Portfolio 2010 by Ankit Udani

ankit udani architectural portfolio 2010

objective Bachelor of Architecture gradu- ate, with previous work experience, seeking full - time position in leading architectural design firm

Thesis education rensselaer polytechnic institute august 2005 - may 2010

qualifications architectural applications

physical modeling

revit 2010 autoCAD 2010 microstation rhinoceros maxwell renderer cinema 4D vray ecotect

wood plexiglass chipboard museum board foamcore woodshop power tools laser cutting experience

distinctions | honors

graphic design | web design

professional development

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Alumni Scholarship Deanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s List Accepted to China Study Abroad program Accepted to India Study Abroad program

adobe illustrator cs4 adobe photoshop cs4 adobe indesign cs4 adobe flash cs4 microsoft office 2010

revit + bim modeling course 2010 autoCAD course 2006 california real estate course 2007

Bachelor of Architecture Minor in Economics

thesis 2010 from object : field

ankit udani

torrance ca 90503 | ankit.udani@ gmail.com | www.issuu.com/ankitudani/docs/portfolio2010

experience zellnerplus DESIGN PLANNING RESEARCH | los angeles, ca

Summer 2009 | Intern Architect | www.zellnerplus.com

center for architecture science + ecology + SOM | new york, ny

Fall 2008 | Student | www.case.rpi.edu | www.som.com

Susanne Vielmetter Gallery | Los Angeles, CA prepared construction documents using CAD software for city approval to meet building codes | coordinated architectural drawings with MEP Engineer and Structural Engineer | attended client Norwegian Museum of Art + Architecture | International Design Competition | Oslo, Norway analysis using ECOTECT software

answered client and contractor calls | assisted principal with archiving |

and lectures

professional

Thesis thesis

competition

susanne vielmetter gallery

from object : field

vertical neighborhoods

jose vasconcelos library

program: art + sculpture gallery year: summer 2009 site: culver city, ca

program: housing year: fall 2009 - spring 2010 site: brooklyn, ny

program: national library year: spring 2009 site: mexico city, mexico collaboration: monika oum

responsibilites: site visits, client meetings, construction documen tation, filing construction docu ments with Culver City, collabora tion with city officials, collabora tion with MEP and Structural En gineers, collaboration with Con- tractors

responsibilites: research, concept design, 3D Modeling, de sign documentation, rendering, modeling,photography, thesis documentation

program: commmunity develop ment year: fall 2009 site: south street seaport, ny collaboration: ricardo cantu, stephanie mendelson, elizabeth morrison, marc szarkowski

responsibilites: concept design, rendering, final documentation layout

responsibilites: concept design, diagrams, code research, 3D Modeling, design documentation, wall section, renderings

selected projects professional + thesis + competition + academic + case study academic

case study

supervilla ordos 100

moments in transition

integrated lifestyle housing

dee & charles wyly theatre

program: luxury housing year: fall 2008 site: new york city, ny collaboration: sreoshy banerjea

program: landscape + train sta tion year: spring 2007 site: madrid, spain

program: university housing year: spring 2007 site: cambridge, massachusetts collaboration: mathew gilmour

program: vertical theatre year: spring 2010 site: dallas, texas collaboration: andy zheng

responsibilites: research, con cept design, 3D Modeling, design documentation, rendering

responsibilites: concept design, 3D Modeling, design documentation, renderings

responsibilites: research, diagrams, 3D Modeling, render ings, case study documentation

susanne vielmetter gallery

susanne vielmetter gallery |

los angeles, california

| summer 2009 | internship

The internship experience, at Zellnerplus, gave me insight into the various phases of how a project is developed and managed. The main focus was on the process of how a project moves from the design development phase, through construction documentation, and finally through contractor development. The main challenges of the project were to: update drawings to meet city and building codes, to design for ADA accessibility, and to prepare final documentation for official filing and contractor bid packages. The new, roughly 8000 square foot, Susanne Vielmetter Gallery is housed in a former industrial warehouse. The new gallery features four large exhibition spaces, an open bow truss ceiling, and a massive work and storage area.

applications Illustrator Rhinoceros AutoCAD Photography

Building Plan

Building Section S3

Building Section S1

Building Section S2

from object : field

from object : field |

brooklyn, new york

| fall 2009 - spring 2010 | thesis

Field Conditions - Conceptual Development

Courtyard, Bar, Block Typologies

Urban conditions of todayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s modern city are composed of various landscapes, some of which are the residual and autonomous spaces that manifest themselves through the metabolic processes that cities undergo. This thesis investigates the fundamental shift in the practice of architecture in which architecture concerns itself, not with creating formal objects, but rather a connective tissue through the process of implementing repetitive spatial configurations upon the urban void, creating a dynamic spatial network that supports and promotes the diversity of the urban fabric. Typological and programmatic conditions and relationships are proliferated to create patterns of organization, which establish a dialogue with the urban fabric, mediating the urban void and creating a connective tissue with existing urban conditions.

applications Illustrator Photoshop Rhinoceros AutoCAD

Site Plan | Field Condition Diagram

Physical Modeling Photography

Studio Unit

1 Bedroom Unit

2 Bedroom Unit

TO PARKING

1 Bedroom Unit

3 Bedroom Duplex Unit

2 Bedroom Duplex Unit

TO PARKING

Site Plan

GROUND FLOOR / SITE PLAN 1/4” = 5’ |

1” = 20’

vertical neighborhoods

vertical neighboorhoods |

new york city, new york

Conceptual Sketches

| fall 2009 | competition

Located at New York’s South Street Seaport, this proposal attempts to recreate the traditional horizontal urban fabric into a vertical context by reconfiguring neighborhood clusters onto a system of varied neighborhood “plates” held up by an open skeletal structure. The neighborhoods in this vertical city are clustered around “anchors”- public programs such as parks, theaters, schools, and shopping centers. The anchor plates are surrounded by a dense fabric of mixed commercial/residential structures. As one moves further away from an anchor plate, the neighborhoods become dominantly residential. This vertical city is not enclosed in a solid glass skin- there are numerous open views into Manhattan through the city’s open lattice. A meandering ramp circulation system connects all the neighborhood plates but the central “mass transit” cores allow for easy connections between the primary anchors in the city.

applications

Diagrams

Illustrator Photoshop

AutoCAD Maxwell Rendering

Plans

Sections

jose vasconcelos library

jose vasconcelos library |

mexico city, mexico

R E A D I N G R E A D I N G R E A D I N G

PERIODICALS/ REFERENCE

SCIENCE/ENGINEERING

GENERAL

PERIODICALS/ REFERENCE

SCIENCE/ENGINEERING

R E A D I N G R E A D I N G R E A D I N G

GENERAL COLLECTION SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING

For the design development studio, the focus was to upgrade a professional competition proposal through the design development phase, while implementing original conceptual development. Originally proposed as a competition by David Chipperfield Architects, this library has been conceptually transformed to have a public street / promenade which bisects the six different programmatic and formal cores of the project. By doing so, the library’s institutional image is broken down to a more simple house of knowledge which allows for various types of interests to merge and coexist easily. The design of the skin is to be seen as a wrapper that brings together the two parts of the library.

PERIODICALS/ REFERENCE PERIODICALS/ REFERENCE

SCIENCE/ENGINEERING SCIENCE/ENGINEERING

GENERAL

SOCIAL SCIENCE SOCIAL SCIENCE

GENERAL

CHILDRENS

R E A D I N G R E A D I N G R E A D I N G

PERIODICALS/ REFERENCE PERIODICALS/ REFERENCE

SCIENCE/ENGINEERING SCIENCE/ENGINEERING

GENERAL GENERAL

CHILDRENS

R E A D I N G R E A D I N G R E A D I N G

SOCIAL SCIENCE SOCIAL SCIENCE

HUMANITIES

REFERENCES AND PERIDOCALS

HUMANITIES

CHILDREN’S COLLECTION

HUMANITIES

GENERAL

CHILDRENS

SOCIAL SCIENCE

SOCIAL SCIENCES

R E A D I N G R E A D I N G R E A D I N G

HUMANITIES

SOCIAL SCIENCE

R E A D I N G R E A D I N G R E A D I N G

HUMANITIES

Concept Sketches

| spring 2009 | design development

Design Strategy Diagrams

applications Illustrator Photoshop Rhinoceros AutoCAD Microstation

Maxwell Rendering Physical Modeling

W12 Steel Beam 5m span Air Cavity 24cm x 24cm CMU Block Sealant

Massing Strategy Diagram

Aluminum Window Frame

Channel Glass Interior Glazing

3” Metal Decking 5m Span

Interior Carpet Floor Finish Aluminum Frame with Weatherproofing for Glazing

“Public Street” Concept Diagram

CMU Steel Angle Support Aluminum Frame for Channel Glass Dropped Ceiling

= Facade “Wrapping” Concept Diagram

3” Rigid Insulation Steel Column

Wall Section

South Elevation

CHIILDRENS

HISTORY

Section

Plans

supervilla ordos 100

supervilla ordos 100 | Ecuador 6

Haiti

1 5

Dominican Republic Bolivia

4 20

Chile

Brazil

Spain 1

1 1

Italy Greece

Israel Pakistan

2 1 20

India Thailand

3 10

China

10 18

Vietnam 1

South Korea

South Africa

Morocco

Turkey

| fall 2009 | CASE + SOM Studio

229

Peru

new york, new york

1 18

Philippines

Italy Greece Turkey Spain 5

225

Dominican Republic

Haiti

1 2

Israel

Morocco

China

South Korea

Pakistan 20

India

Thailand

223

Ecuador 2

Peru 4

32 11

DIAGRAMS

Philippines

Brazil Bolivia

South Africa

16 1

BUILT ECOLOGIES

Vietnam

Chile

Weight of trade in thousands of metric tons

ANNUAL FRUIT IMPORTS INTO NEW YORK CITY

Fruit Imports into NYC Diagram

A semester at SOM involved investigations into parametric design and modeling. The program focus of the design studio was luxury housing, with an awareness of enviornmental issues. This projectâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s design and functional intentions were to harvest rainwater, to produce a method to grow crops in order to provide for local sustenance. The design of the water collecting modules, as well as the formal approach to the building was dervied from the spatial implications of using fractal geometries. The building skin, which uses parametric design was designed in order to work in conjunction with the rain collecting modules. The parameters that control the opacity of the building skin include solar penetration, and rainwater penetration.

applications Illustrator Photoshop Rhinoceros

URBAN DWELLER

FARMER

URBAN DWELLER

Population Change Diagrams

AutoCAD Maxwell Rendering Grasshopper

E LA FA YE TT

Site: 6000sq ft E.

ST60,000 sq ft Program: R EE

Building Codes + Massing Stratgey

EA TJ

Unit 6 - 10,100 sqft

ERY

BOW

FA YE

Unit 5 - 10,400 sqft Unit 4 - 9,500 sqft

Unit 3 - 10,000 sqft

Unit 2 - 9,665 sqft

Unit 1 - 10,225 sqft

Recreational - 8,000 sqft

Unit + Program Distribution

+ Typical Green Wall + 3D Fractal Concept

Green Wall + Module Diagrams

Green Wall

Wall Section

Plans

moments in transition

moments in transition |

madrid, spain

| fall 2009 | core studio

Concept Sketches

The focus of the design studio was the urban intervention of a landscape which complimented the design of a central train station that served the larger metropolitan area of Madrid, Spain. The conceptual base for both projects was to create interaction through the implementation of various design strategies. For the design of the landscape, the introduction of various materials was used to achieve this concept, while program layout and distribution were key to achieve the concept for the design of the train station. The landscape was designed to be suitable to a wide range of uses and people, meeting the needs of those who lived in the immediate community.

applications Hand Sketching Illustrator Photoshop Rhinoceros AutoCAD Maxwell Rendering

Train Station Plans

Landscape Plan

Laser Cutting Physical Modeling

integrated lifestyle housing

integrated lifestyle housing |

boston, massachusetts

Massing Strategy Diagram

Concept Sketch

DUPLEX

SINGLE TYPE 1

COMMERCIAL

Unit Distribution Section

SINGLE TYPE 2 SINGLE TYPE 2

The integrated lifestyle housing project focused on a site at Harvard Universityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Athletic Fields. The goal of this project was to create housing for university students and faculty. The conceptual development of the project derived from the desire to connect all the units through a single circulation system, while providing for full solar exposure, and an unobstructed view to the city of Boston from each of the units. In order to accomplish this, units varied from single level units on the lower floors, and duplex units occupying the upper floors. The roof terraces are accessible for various activities and programs. The project houses twenty two units with a variety of other programs such residents.

applications Hand Sketching Illustrator Photoshop AutoCAD

SINGLE TYPE 2

| fall 2006 | core studio

GYM / RECREATION

Unit Distribution Section

Rhinoceros Maxwell Rendering Laser Cutting Physcial Modeling

Plans

Unit Section

Tower Section

dee & charles wyly theatre

Belt trussBelt truss Belt truss

dee & charles wyly theatre |

all Shear wall Shear wall

ABOVE

dallas, texas

| fall 2009 | case study

Hung frame Hung frame Hung frame

HOUSE

As a case studies project, the investigation included an in-depth process of learning through research, drawing and diagramming. This process manifested a clear understanding of the conceptual foundations of the project. The culmination of this research, was documented in book format. The Dee and Wyly Theatre, designed by Battered Battered Battered OMA / REX opened in the Fall of 2009, concrete concrete columns columns concrete columns Reinforced Reinforced Reinforced marking its place as one of the most inconcrete concrete concrete novative retaining retaining wall wall Concept + Program Diagram Plan retaining wall performance venues in the world. The theatre, which is located in the Dallas Arts District, challenges the typical horizontal typology of the traditional theatre, by becoming a vertical theatre, encompassing, all aspects of theatre design while allowing for a high degree of flexibility within the performance realm. Performance Variation Diagram Ballroom

Costume Shop

OfďŹ ces

Patronâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Lounge Rehersal Room

BELOW

HOUSE

foundation n Pile foundation

Performance / Stage Lobby

Mechanical / Backstage

applications Illustrator Photoshop Rhinoceros

Structural Diagrams

AutoCAD Maxwell Rendering

Facade Variation Diagram

Construction Process Diagram

ankit udani | architecture portfolio 2010 | ankit.udani@gmail.com