Anna Jose | Undergraduate Architecture Portfolio

Anna Jose

Architecture portfolio

Wadiyar Centre for Architecture,Mysuru

Selected works 2017-2021

28th May 1999 Nechuppadam,Kolencherry,Ernakulam, +91-9731919223 2017_anna.j@wcfa.ac.in

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+2017 Wadiyar Centre for Architecture, Mysuru

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+2015 St.Peters School, Kerala +2006 The Choice School, Kerala

RENDERING Lumion V-Ray Enscape

ARCHITECTURAL EXPERIENCE +2019 Collective Collaborative Studio

Participant at a 3 day conference held at AVANI institute of design

+2019 ZONASA-Journalism Trophy Special mention I Zone 5

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The semester’s focus calls for a Public building in the realm of the Urban envelope, under the shadow of the historic architecture and culture of the city. The focus is to explore the virtue of a return to the city center that significantly contributes to the vibrancy of the settlement, of densification, and to understand that a compact nature of the building, within the dense urban milieu, can be an ideal inner-city model.

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Housing Complex

The task is to relook at this portion of the city with a comprehensive and with a more sympathetic small scale processof renewal/regeneration. Each site is comprised of 28 dwelling units (of varied socio-economic group). The aim is to give significance to the collective living through sharing spaces & infrastructure.

Program : Public complex consisting of a Library, Museum and Urban plaza

VARANASI CITY CENTRE

The site is located on the banks of the river ganges under the Chet Singh ghat.It is surrounded by a dense fabric of residences,guest houses,Temples and Mosques Varanasi l Uttar pradesh Prof. Anand Krishnamurthy Prof. Manoj Ladhad Asst. Prof. Santesh Kelvekar Asst. Prof. Pallavi Dhomsev

It is said that Benaras is older than history, older than tradition, older than even legend and that it looks twice as old as all of them put together(Mark Twain). The city of Varanasi continues to get older with each passing day as the city and its memories are one and the same, unlike some of the other Indian cities. The city is an extrapolation of the people and beliefs that once we're through the passage of time.The studio intends to create a space(literally and figuratively) for the perpetuation of its culture and the developments of the same. This would be accomplished by inserting a public building within the thick urban realm of the inner city. The studio will then deliberate and cater to: The vibrancy of the settlements around and its densification, The active engagement with the streets, the historic and religious sense of the city, etc.

The semester’s focus calls for a Public building in the realm of the Urban envelope, under the shadow of the historic architecture and culture of the city. The focus is to explore the virtue of a return to the city center that significantly contributes to the vibrancy of the settlement, of densification, and to understand that a compact nature of the building, within the dense urban milieu, can be an ideal inner-city

With the program of the museum now established, this intervention would aim to redirect this stream of thought and create a space where one can contemplate life itself and everything it has to offer. To celebrate life and bring people closer to the value it withholds.

With this established, it was decided that the focus would be on the effect the museum induces onto a person, wherein the nature of space, activities, etc compliment the idea of achieving a contemplative state.

The museum would then take the role of a space that leads the people of Varanasi to relook at the city from a different perspective and takes them away from their mundane, day-to-day discourse. The museum would also require a sense of abstractness in its form/quality of space so that it could cater to all the different user groups and people that visit the museum and allow the appreciation of life to be all-inclusive.

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MUSEUM The approach to the museum revolved around life itself with an all-encompassing "Museum of Life". In a culture where death is celebrated, what is the role of life?

Is it just a means to end?

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The museum is then seen as a series of spaces /events that the people progress through, where each space progressively becomes richer in its ability to conceive a contemplative environment, thereby contributing to the goal of removing the people from their familiar surroundings and These separate zones of the museum would differ in their character as one progresses through them.

While few of them would be intertwined with the library or urban plaza, other zones of the museum take the role of a spectator watching the surrounding complex, and other zones would simply be detached from the complex and become a world of their own.

LIBRARY

The two components that the library would cater to apart from the basic typological requirements are a space for informal learning and a space that behaves like a resource center where artisans and scholars would come to draw out inspiration and data. It would then act as a repository for the city of Varanasi which would withhold items ranging from books and manuscripts to

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The 3 major user groups visiting the library are the learners,creators and the general(tourists,kids etc)

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The learners and creators zone act as as plug-ins to the overall body of the library,in order to maintain privacy.

Varanasi being a place of rich educational background and also being famously known as a center for learning, it was only appropriate to in some way bring back that same informal learning environment into the city library. Thus, emphasis is on spaces that can stimulate learning through debate and dialogue and encourage informal discussion amongst the different learner groups.

visual interconnet between library,museum and urban plaza

idea of public walkthrough

countinuity of space and different volumes

With the concepts and program of the library, museum and plaza established, it is essential to now look for ways to bind the whole complex together with a larger idea or system of space making. Given that the three functions are largely similar in their nature, commonalities are found within the three areas and are made to be intertwined together to form connections(visual and physical)and even in the way they feed off each other to form a larger microcosm. The idea of a library, museum, and plaza are questioned. Can a museum also become a space for learning? Should a library be limited to just a place for reserved reading or can it also be a space for the community to engage and flourish?

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In order to achieve this intertwining nature among the three functions, and create a space where people start to experience a bit of everything from the complex, sectional explorations are looked into. While the internal spaces are restricted to the museum and library for security reasons, the open to sky /semi-open spaces are openly accessible to the public. A visual connect is always maintained towards the library and museum in the form of spaces that either overlooks into or are contained by the built.

Although for the most part, the functions remain restricted, there are pockets of spaces where the library or museum opens up and interact with the public. The whole complex thus acts as a container for the public, as it shapes the open(public) space and simultaneously weaves itself with the built to create spaces of distinct character and volumes that respect the slope of the terrain.

As a result, the movement through the complex would involve an energetic palette of a little bit of everything.

Roof form accesible to the public Museum court overlooks the public walkthrouh

Entry to museum Public amenities(eatery)

Museum(contemplation zone)

Library block(general section) Public walkthough that looks into the library and open court Library block(creators section) Museum store open to public Library block(students and researchers zone)

craft stores rented by local craftsmen court containing major portions of the urban plaza,accesible from the ghats.

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This section expresses the character of the complex, in that becomes a play of open to closed spaces that seamlessly weave themselves with the surroundings. The boundaries of what would be called a library or museum or an urban plaza are blurred spatially and functionally. This intertwining of space and activity was attempted in hopes of capturing the Banarasi spirit that still lives today.

One anthropologist writes about a much-loved metaphor among the people of Varanasi, that of khulpan, or an openness.”What Banarasis value is a khula dil(an open heart), a khula bat karna(speaking openly). They equally treasure a little bit of open space, in the heart of their neighborhood.”

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“It is quite difficult, if not impossible, to capture the sense of the place in one broad stroke. There is an electric quality to the air, a vibrant undertone to every activity along the banks. Yet, there is a deep and overwhelming sense of something old and untouched by time. Mark Twain once wrote the city was, older than history, older than tradition, older even than legend, and looks twice as old as all of them put together.”And it certainly did.

Project brief: Humanities Institution

INSTITUTE FOR HUMANITIES

The site is located inside the limits of University of Mysore, with access roads on all four sides and other facilities like University Library and canteen within reach.

Mysore University Campus l Mysore Prof. Prashant G Pole Prof. Vidyashankar R Asst. Prof. Pallavi Dhomsev

The semester intended to introduce students to the various aspects of designing an institution. From understanding an institution's intent and philosophy to its pragmatic requirements. The students were tasked to design a campus for a humanities institution; requiring one to design the intent,program, and the campus itself.

Campus intent:To create a stronger connect/dialogue between the various branches of humanities, to equipped students with critical thinking abilities and the ability to challenge the status quo and to establish a strong connect to the society. The course structure consists of 6 interrelated courses:Media and Culture Studies, Public policy and Governance,Womens Studies, etc.

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The idea of a workspace that can foster lateral thinking: a space that binds all the common points of academic course together.

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Diagram explaining the hierarchy and interconnection of the workspace, the public spaces and the courses.

Extension of the classroom that encourages informal discussions and debates to internalise the concepts discussed.

The task of the semester was to understand the humanities course in its essence.To identify what that means, we had to question what essentially sets apart humanities from the other courses.

Humanities being a field that shapes the way you think and is not focused on achievements and results, it, therefore, focuses more on unquantifiable, soft skills. It teaches us how to think, how to learn, and how to do that in a diverse environment.

To conclude, it's a field that does not provide definitive answers but rather makes you raise more questions. With this realization, the next step would be to craft a space that would in turn resonate with the qualities, characteristics, and needs of a humanities institution.

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The individual space becomes a direct extension of the classroom. This unit when flipped and repeated creates an interlock of unbuilt space.

The idea of the public spaces coming together in one single-large open space that forms a core that bleeds and connects all the functions together

The ground floor open space is modified to two interconnected diagonal courts to create variation and manage scale.

Common points of the course distributed amongst the workspace,

Two distinct blocks that enclose the core to create a meandering movement pattern.

Formation of two distinct, interconnected courts.

Terraces formed by blocks that look into the court.

Circulation pattern of the workspace zones.

Workspace zones and their relationship with the academic library.

The blocks in the workspace layer are pushed towards the court, thereby enhancing the diagonal courts. This pattern is repeated in the above floors, causing the blocks to be pushed outward, further expanding the court and creating terraces that look into the courts.These terraces are seen as extensions of the classrooms, where all types of learning take place.

Diagram showing the different iterations in section.

The first section reveals the possibility of interlock: among the different floors, thus creating a space with the varying character of scale and activity. The workspace is now seen as a ‘layer’ that is simultaneously connected to the academic layer and the public layer by virtue of the interlock. These individual spaces can further be connected by bridges or even simply look out into the workspace and still be a part of it.

The bottom section is an attempt to bring the same idea of fluidity and connect through the floors and ties the whole campus together.

Two diagonal courts

The built spaces are broken into blocks in a 9*9 grid

Cluster of blocks forming terraces looking inwards

Connections are made among the floors to activate the workspace

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SECTIONAL PERSPECTIVE VIEW

Low rise-high density habitat for a varied socio-economic group

HOUSING COMPLEX

The site is located in Kuvempunagar, in a dense residential area. There are plots of similar areas located adjacent to the site and the streets to the site are very narrow.

Kuvempunagar I Mysuru Prof. Nagesh HD Asst. Prof. Shivani Satish

The term habitat aptly defines the living conditions in which we work, relax and live happening in relation to the environment surrounding us and the way we connect to people. Thus, it becomes important to develop a habitat that integrates community living for a user group. The idea of the program is also to create different volumes and experiences through innovative sections that unfold the experiences of day and night and also different seasons. The site was previously a housing to accommodate EWS with a density of 300pph.The climate of Mysore is warm and Moderate.Requirements:2BHK,3BHK, and studio apartments, ancillary units may be incorporated.

view of housing complex from south

The built environment is universally organized by the Community, culture and climate.

Interaction between people and theform they inhabit uniquely defines our built environment.

The task Intends to study and examine an area as the common ground in which form and place making are rooted.

PROCESS OF DESIGN DEVELOPMENT The task is to relook at ths portion of the city with a comprehensive and with a more sympathetic small scale process of renewal/regeneration.Each site is comprised of 28 dwelling units (of varied socio-economic group).The aim is to give significance to the collective living throughsharing spaces and infrastructure.

The main goal was to further instigate interaction, enhance community living, and create opportunities for chance meetings among the different user groups. With this in mind,double-height spaces and perforations are provided that can thereby increase visual and physical accessibility.

Additionally provide varying(scale and character) spaces that can hold different activities and functions.

Since there are no adjacent views /parks for the plot to be looking into, the site takes up an introverted approach to make up for the lack of visual content.

Residents form social connections and build a sense of community on a range of scales- with their immediate neighbors, with floormates, and with other members. Common spaces distributed throughout the building maximize opportunities for social association at these various scales. This would ensure the potential for an anonymous experience is heightened.

Additionally, the common spaces are open to, visible from the main entry and circulation route in order to draw people in. Likewise, open spaces are more likely to be active social spaces than closed rooms, as any level of barrier diminishes the likelihood that a student will enter the space and engage in activities.

Plot shape dictating a diagonal movement

Segregation of public and private zones

Amenities spread out and isolated

Movement through three

Grouping the amenities to activate a space

Multiple activities in one space The common facilities are grouped within a larger space intentionally to attract different people and promote interaction across user groups.

As a result, the residents find it less intimidating to enter a space where many things are happening versus a space that only supports only one activity.

Some building spaces such as laundry are only seen as service areas, they are however used every day and if well designed and combined with other functions such as a park or gym, they can be hubs of activ-

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arrangement of blocks resulting in an organic, fluid

The challenge was to create a housing complex that contains 25-30 units within a limited area of space,while simultaniously ensuring that the overall complex doesnt end up looking like a block.But instead provides the essential space needed for the various scales of communal interaction.The given site conditions resulted in the formation of a diagonal movement through the site.In addition,since there was no existing views surrounding the site,the complex largely takes the shape of an introverted setting,with all the blocks looking into 3 courts contained within the site.

With this framework established,the unit breakdown is assembled in such a way that they respect the boundary of the court and leaves approximately 50 percent built-unbuilt ratio inorder to enhance the breathability of the structure.The common spaces are grouped together to potentially form a situation that sparks chance encounters between the different soci-economic groups.

The duplex units are spread around the complex in groups of 2-3 in each floor,with terraces /acces given to both floors of the unit.These units are placed in the corners of the site and near the communal zones.Doing this ensures each floor to be activated enough to instigate communal engagement.

Initial block

Placement of vertical circulation

Creating an identity or uniqueness for individual units without losing the quality,rigor and standardisation that the social housing requires is also an area of concern.The varying volumes also help in experiencing the unbuilt at different times of the day .Emphasis is on climate to necessitate an inventiveness in the living patterns.

Formation of courts

Mass breakdown

Placement of duplex units

Placement of common spaces

smaller scaled space shared for 2-3 units common space designated for the floor

smaller scaled space with double height shared for 2-3 units

common amenity:gymnasium duplex units to further activate the floor

common amenity:park common amenity:laundry room and park combined.This ensures mixing of different user groups and leads the the space becoming active

common spaces provided to form the face of the structure.

courts provided to be used at main central court

main entry to housing complex

There are three types of units that the project is comprised of. A 1BHK and 2 2BHK.The units follow an I, L, and Z configuration, each with areas of 60,80 and 100 sqm respectively. The units primarily follow a ratio of 2:3 and are split into two: service and served spaces. Apart from these unit types, there exists a variation of the I configuration,which serves to be a duplex unit.

SECTIONAL ISOMETRIC VIEW

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SECTION AA’ The section cut shows the nature of the three courts and how the surrounding dwelling units enclose and define them.

BATHROOM TILES-JOHNSON TILE[60X60MM]

WALL TILES-JOHNSON TILES[20X500MM]

STEEL BOX SECTION [150*75*8]

WALL CABINET WITH MOUNTED MIRROR

STEEL BASE PLATE[10 MM TH] GROHE WASH BAISIN WEDGE SHAPED STEEL PLATE

PRECAST CONCRETE THREAD

STEEL HANDRAIL

BATHROOM TILES-JOHNSON TILE[60X60MM] STEEL BASE PLATE FOR SUPPORT FFL

TOILET GROHE

SSL FLOOR TILE-JOHNSON TILES[600X600MM]

GROHE WASH BAISIN

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TOILET DETAIL PLAN

KITCHEN DETAIL PLAN

CEILING FAN

MS SQUARE HOLLOW SECTION RAILING [40*40*2]

MS PLATE WEDGE SHAPED 15 MM THK

WOODEN TOP SHELF [800*1200MM]

KAJARIA KITCHEN TILE [50*50MM]

PRECAST CONCRETE THREAD SEIMENS REFRIGERATOR MS PLATE [15 MM THK]

MS BOX SECTION [150*75*8]

WOODEN SHELF [600*900MM]

KITCHEN SECTION

KITCHEN AND TOILET DETAIL

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