Architectural Portfolio by Apeksha Jain by apeksha jain

Architectural Portfolio a collection of designs and works by Apeksha

Jain

Hello!

I, Apeksha Jain, am at the threshold of completing my Bachelors in Architecture. I have good credits in professional training, and urban design and Architectural thesis to my name. Having seen architecture as a mirror to the dimensions that I inhabited, I have always related architecture to time, space and matter. I explored this realm in my own way by my personal experiments ranging from vernacular architecture to virtual contexts of architecture. My journey took me from forts of Ladakh to beaches of Auroville. I found myself hunting for the meaning of architecture from mazes of Lucknow to museums of London. These manifested in form of my academic dissertation, thesis project etc. Still exploring the realm of architecture, I am seeking to work with new people and practices. My journey is a perpetual one in the field of design.

Contents (in chronological order)

Architectural Association Summer School 2018 Internship At Dustudio : Auroville Architectural Association Visiting School, New Delhi Urban Design : Reimaging The City Dissertation Thesis : Bio360 Exploratorium Workshops Competitions Art Works

(GLASS ORB) The virtual reality is a fabricated representation of the world. Talking about the interaction of the virtual and the real. It is what we know as ‘Consensual Hallucination’. It’s a place of rapture with erotic intensity. Orbs represent the Virtual world in the sense of their physical and metaphorical properties. Orbs are inhabitable like the VR but reflecting, refracting, distorting. Just like a photorealistic, real time, texture mapped world. The illusion is immersion. (EYES)

Architectural Association Summer School 2018 Director: Natasha Sandmeier Tutors: Ana Nicolaescu & Sebastian Tiew Unit 6: BUBBLEBUST! In 3 weeks, we designed a video game, its map and protagonist. A bubblebust is the careful flattening of a number of bubble skins, from iridescent sphere to worlds and landscapes that rearrange and recompose, stitched together in between real news and digital tools, in a map of the Bubbleverse that can be traced, a landscape that can be explored, an event with us there. For 3 weeks we jumped between tools, we wrote, archived and collected, drew maps and built real digi-worlds, between pens and controllers, notes and game engines. Through group work, debates, focused skill based workshops, individual working and collective reworking, and constant shuffling, we planned, designed and orchestrated the Bubblebust. Tools: • Rhino • Unreal Engine • FaceShift • Substance Painter • Fuse • Daz3D

aa summer school

Always under the scrutiny of it’s database, We feel we are moving into independence even though we are not. We forget ourselves, we don’t know where we are physically, the approach in this world is nihilistic. It is not just a poetic symbol of the epoch. It has simulated our ways of perceiving. (COSMIC ORB) All we are that pale white dot that you cannot even see here with naked eye. It’s being viewed on a puny 2D surface in a virtual 3D world and the satellites, planets, galaxies, asteroids, meteoroids are represented in its most unproportionate picture. This is a mistakenly represented God’s eye view. (EARTH) No matter how much we zoom out, it will always be closer to zero than infinite. Yet we manage to bring it into 2D and turn them into 3D. A cosmic entity is just an object now. (NAVIGATION) We look at one perspective to Assume another. We look down to travel through google maps only to look up when we’ve reached. The small red pins on the maps are nothing but portals of the virtual world.

// And if we move forward, into the screens, into the cyberspace, there is a whole new world. When we interact with the virtual world through the real, we go through consensual hallucinations. What is this place? A place of rapture maybe, with an erotic intensity. Look at that (the orb), it’s inhabitable but it reflects, refracts and distorts, just what the VR does. These orbs just like a photorealistic, real time, texture mapped world. The illusion is immersion. We’re always scrutinized by these eyes, the eyes of this world and we’re turned into a database. We feel like we’re walking into freedom but the emotion is always nihilistic. Is it just a poetic symbol of this epoch? It sure has simulated our ways of perceiving. We are all that but… a pale white dot which you cannot even see with naked eye. But now it’s being walked in in a 3D virtual world and viewed on a puny 2D surface, this television. All these planets, satellites, galaxies, are represented in its most disproportionate picture. A mistakenly represented God’s eye view. No matter how much we zoom out we’re always closer to zero than infinity, yet we have managed to turn a cosmic entity into an object or a picture. You look at something only to perceive completely something else. Looking down in the phone, we enter the vr world of Google maps only to look up, teleported to our destination. These orbs.. They are the portals of the virtual world.

BLACKBOX Compound Wall Details Shelves Furniture Design Water Body Toilets MR. KRISHNAKUMARâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S RESIDENCE Measuring Drawing Demolition Drawing Proposal Drawing SWAYAM KITCHEN AND LANDSCAPE 3D Model Structural Design Civil Work TEAKAYEN ESTATE Villa 36 Site Sections Conceptual Design Villa 50-51 Marking Drawing

7th semester academic internship The studio has a group of young and diverse architects and interns worlking along Dharmesh Jadeja and Dhruv Bhasker. They have believed in the idea of achieving goals whilst colearning. It has imbued in itself a relaxed and fun working culture to retrieve the best outcome from all. A healthy interaction amongst all regarding anything and everything helps maintain a family-like environment. Workspaces are shared and interaction with principal architects is on a daily basis. The informal tea and lunch breaks were rejuvinating and fruitful.

KAMADHIYA Conservation Project Proposal RETAIL SAREE STORE Yardages Shelves ART INSTALLATIONS

dustudio : auroville

Turn over for selected drawings by me from Dustudio : Auroville

BLACKBOX, CHENNAI shelves DUSTUDIO PROJECT NO. DRAWING NO. ARCHITECT

DRAWN BY

SCALE

CHECKED BY APPROVED BY

3.20 [10'-6"] 0.30 [1'] 0.55 [1'-10"]

FERRO CEMENT

A' PLAN FROM 0.5 m from FFL

0.27

2.10

RAMMED EARTH WALLS PLASTERED BRICK WALLS

RCC WALLS

0.15

ACHIKAL WALLS

PLAN A' ELEVATION

0.50

KEY PLAN 0.50

1.06

0.50

PLAN - A

2.10

SECTION - A

0.50

1.06 PLAN B

0.50

SECTION - B

0.50

1.06

0.50

PLAN- C

CUDDAPAH SHELF DETAIL

1.40

PLAN B' A

11/06/18

0.85 2.05 0.27

B' PLAN FROM 0.8 m from FFL

0.85

0.27

0.55 [1'-10"] 0.30 [1']

0.27

0.50

2.40 [7'-10"]

MR. KRISHNA'S CABIN LVL +8.91

2.98 [9'-9"]

2.20 0.85

0.37 [1'-3"]

3.42 [11'-3"]

LEGEND

C' PLAN FROM 1.1 m from FFL

0.55

WAITING LOBBY LVL +8.76

1.97 [6'-5"]

DATE

0.56

0.27 LIFT 1.6M x 1.8 M

0.27

0.45 [1'-6"]

0.40 [1'-4"]

1.60 [5'-3"]

WASH ROOM UP R- 0.16 T- 0.30

6.17 [20'-3"]

2.05 0.27 0.27

2.96 [9'-9"]

AV ROOM LVL +8.61 5.42 [17'-9"]

GENERAL NOTES 1. THE ARCHITECT/ARCHITECTURAL CONSULTANT NEEDS TO BE NOTIFIED IN CASE OF ANY DISCREPANCY BETWEEN THE DRAWINGS AND THE CONDITION ON SITE. 2. FOR ALL SPECIALIST WORKS & DETAILS THE CONTRACTOR / SUB-CONTRACTOR ARE TO PROVIDE DETAILED SHOP DRAWINGS FOR ARCHITECT'S / ARCHITECTURAL CONSULTANT'S / ENGINEER'S APPROVAL PRIOR TO CONSTRUCTION. 3. THERE SHALL BE NO DEVIATION FROM THE APPROVED DRAWINGS WITHOUT PRIOR CONSENT OF THE ARCHITECT / ARCHITECTURAL CONSULTANT / ENGINEER. 4. THIS DRAWING SHOULD BE READ AND NOT MEASURED. 5. ALL DIMENSIONS ARE IN MILLIMETERS AND LEVELS ARE IN METERS UNLESS STATED OTHERWISE. 6. ALL DRAWINGS MUST BE CROSS-REFERENCED IN CASE OF ANY DOUBT / DISCREPANCY. 7. TOC REPRESENTS TOP OF CONCRETE & FFL REPRESENTS FINISHED FLOOR LEVEL. ALL DIMENSIONS SHOWN IN THE DRAWINGS ARE STRUCTURAL / MASONRY DIMENSIONS. 8. ALL ARCHITECTURAL DRAWINGS MUST BE REFERRED IN COORDINATION WITH STRUCTURAL DRAWINGS.

REV. NO.

REVISION DESCRIPTION

TERRACE PLANTER DETAIL

DATE

DRAWING TITLE NORTH A'

METAL TRACK MAGNET BOARD

CUPBOARD

0.33 0.33

CUPBOARD

METAL TRACK MAGNET BOARD

CUPBOARD

0.43 0.10

0.75

0.60

DRAWER

0.15

DRAWER

0.10

CUPBOARD

TERRACE PLANTER/ LEDGE DETAIL PROJECT NAME

BLACKBOX, CHENNAI CLIENT

OPEN SHELF

B' 0.70

OPEN SHELF

0.73

0.33 0.33 0.80

0.33

CUPBOARD

0.73

OPEN SHELF

0.33

MR. KRISHNAKUMAR ARCHITECT DUSTUDIO

A' SECTION AA'

ELEVATION

FORMERLY BUILDAUR SWAYAM AUROVILLE - 605 101 Ph : 0413 262 3553 e-mail : dustudio@auroville.org.in

B' SECTION BB'

Advertisement Production Company, Mr Krishnakumar The ad film makers office in Chennai is moving towards completion. It uses several building techniques and materials out of the Dustudio palette of the same

DUSTUDIO PROJECT NO.

0.35

DRAWING NO.

3.50 [11'-6"] 0.30 [1'] 0.72 [2'-4"] 2.91 [9'-7"]

STUDIO LVL +5.41

0.34

0.68

0.34

ARCHITECT

DRAWN BY

SCALE

CHECKED BY APPROVED BY

DATE

4.60 [15'-1"]

21/05/18

0.45 [1'-6"] 0.23 [9"] 1.14 [3'-9"]

1.60 [5'-3"]

1.97 [6'-5"]

LOBBY LVL +5.56

PLAN A'

R- 0.16 T- 0.30

0.40 [1'-4"]

0.60 [2']

2.90 [9'-6"]

0.35 [1'-2"]

1.26 [4'-2"]

STAFF LVL +5.71

3.25 [10'-8"] 0.80 [2'-7"]

MRS.GOWRI'S CABIN LVL +5.71

0.38

0.23 [9"]

LIFT 1.6M x 1.8 M

1.60 [5'-3"]

1.80 [5'-11"]

0.35

LEGEND RAMMED EARTH WALLS PLASTERED BRICK WALLS FERRO CEMENT RCC WALLS ACHIKAL WALLS

0.34

0.68

0.34

KEY PLAN

0.38

PLAN B'

REV. NO.

REVISION DESCRIPTION

DATE

0.72

0.38

OPEN SHELF

CUPBOARD

OPEN SHELF

DRAWING TITLE NORTH

GOWRI'S CABIN SHELVES

0.35

0.72

CUPBOARD

0.35

0.75

CUPBOARD

1.03

BLACKBOX, CHENNAI CLIENT

OPEN SHELF

DRAWER

CUPBOARD

MR. KRISHNAKUMAR 0.10

OPEN SHELF

0.67

0.10

OPEN SHELF

0.67

1.03

PROJECT NAME

ARCHITECT DUSTUDIO

B' SECTION BB'

ELEVATION

FORMERLY BUILDAUR SWAYAM AUROVILLE - 605 101 Ph : 0413 262 3553 e-mail : dustudio@auroville.org.in

A' SECTION AA'

DUSTUDIO PROJECT NO.

0.40 0.37

DRAWING NO. 3.20 [10'-6"] 0.30 [1'] 0.55 [1'-10"]

0.89

LIFT 1.6M x 1.8 M WAITING LOBBY LVL +8.76

1.97 [6'-5"] 0.37 [1'-3"] 2.40 [7'-10"]

MR. KRISHNA'S CABIN LVL +8.91

6.17 [20'-3"]

0.55 [1'-10"] 0.30 [1']

3.42 [11'-3"]

2.98 [9'-9"]

LEGEND RAMMED EARTH WALLS PLASTERED BRICK WALLS FERRO CEMENT RCC WALLS

0.40 0.37

ACHIKAL WALLS

KEY PLAN 0.46

0.90

1.10

0.89

DRAWING TITLE NORTH

0.77

A.C.

A.V. ROOM SHELVES

0.30

OPEN SHELF

0.30

OPEN SHELF

0.60

0.30

CUPBOARD

0.30

0.30 0.30

CUPBOARD

CUPBOARD CUPBOARD

0.67 0.10

0.67

0.10

CUPBOARD

OPEN SHELF

0.10 0.67

0.30 0.30 0.30 0.60

A' OPEN SHELF

DATE 21/06/18

R01

CUPBOARD

OPEN SHELF

REVISION DESCRIPTION ALL HEIGHTS FROM FFL

OPEN SHELF

21/06/18

REV. NO.

PLAN B'

OPEN SHELF

CHECKED BY APPROVED BY

0.45 [1'-6"]

1.60 [5'-3"]

WASH ROOM UP R- 0.16 T- 0.30

PLAN A'

DRAWN BY

SCALE DATE

5.42 [17'-9"] 0.40 [1'-4"]

1.10

2.96 [9'-9"]

0.90

AV ROOM LVL +8.61

0.46

ARCHITECT

PROJECT NAME

BLACKBOX, CHENNAI CLIENT

MR. KRISHNAKUMAR ARCHITECT DUSTUDIO

A' SECTION AA'

ELEVATION

FORMERLY BUILDAUR SWAYAM AUROVILLE - 605 101 Ph : 0413 262 3553 e-mail : dustudio@auroville.org.in

SECTION BB'

DUSTUDIO PROJECT NO.

0.72

Cement Oxide

Mesh 18 mm thick Marble

0.92

0.66

900mm x 600mm Mirror @1200mm

2.60

Basin @850mm from FFL

0.65

0.66

0.45

0.66

2.26

WASH ROOM

AREA : 38 sq.m

2 cm Tile Drop

100mm Riverwash Cudappah Skirting 30mm thk Riverwash Cudappah 40mm Riverwash Cudappah Skirting

0.10

Rice Husk Filling

0.38

0.38 1.60

0.38

SECTION BB' SECTION -A

2.57

0.66

2.55

18mm thk Marble Lattice Shelves

TF TOILET DRAWINGS R0

PROJECT NAME

2.60 1.19

BLACKBOX, CHENNAI

5'-2" x 1'-0"

CLIENT

Slo

MR. KRISHNAKUMAR

100mm Riverwash Cudappah Skirting 30mm thk Riverwash Cudappah

Rice Husk Filling

SECTION CC'

DATE 26-06-18

Basin @850mm from FFL

1.60

REVISION DESCRIPTION Detailed Toilet Drawings

DRAWING TITLE NORTH

Rice Husk Filling

Basin @850mm from FFL

DRAWN BY CHECKED BY 26-06-18 APPROVED BY

REV. NO.

2.27

TF TOILET LAYOUT

2.57

SCALE DATE

DRAWING NO. ARCHITECT

BLACK RIVER WASH KADAPPA

ARCHITECT 0.38

0.38 1.60

0.38

DUSTUDIO

0.38

FORMERLY BUILDAUR SWAYAM AUROVILLE - 605 101 Ph : 0413 262 3553 e-mail : dustudio@auroville.org.in

FLOORING PLAN

SECTION AA'

DUSTUDIO PROJECT NO. DRAWING NO.

18 mm thick Marble

0.66

2.85

0.66

900mm x 600mm Mirror @1200mm Basin @850mm from FFL

0.66

0.45

WASH ROOM

0.65

AREA : 38 sq.m 2 cm Tile Drop

0.38

1.60

0.38

100mm Riverwash Cudappah Skirting 30mm thk Riverwash Cudappah

0.10

20mm High Skirting 60 mm High Brick Work Rice Husk Filling

A' SECTION BB'

PROJECT NAME

0.66

2.08

BLACKBOX, CHENNAI

5'-2" x 1'-0"

2.85

18mm thk Marble Lattice Shelves

2.85

0.45

20 mm thk wooden counter top @ 750mm from FFL

0.65

Slo

CLIENT

MR. KRISHNAKUMAR

100 mm Cudappah Skirting

100mm Riverwash Cudappah Skirting

0.38

30mm thk Riverwash Cudappah Brick Base

0.38 1.60

0.38

SECTION - SECTION D

AA'

0.38

ARCHITECT DUSTUDIO

Rice Husk Filling

SECTION CC'

Basin @850mm from FFL

DATE 26-06-18

FF TOILET DRAWINGS R0

3'-6" x 1'-0"

20 mm thk wooden counter top @ 750mm from FFL

REVISION DESCRIPTION Detailed Toilet Drawings

DRAWING TITLE NORTH

Basin @850mm from FFL

1.60

DATE

CHECKED BY 26-06-18 APPROVED BY

REV. NO.

2.27

FF TOILET LAYOUT

toilets

SCALE

0.97

eq 0.92

DRAWN BY

ARCHITECT Mesh Cement Oxide

FLOORING PLAN

FORMERLY BUILDAUR SWAYAM AUROVILLE - 605 101 Ph : 0413 262 3553 e-mail : dustudio@auroville.org.in

DUSTUDIO PROJECT NO.

1.16

DRAWING NO. RCC Packing

ARCHITECT

Cement Oxide

SCALE

Mesh

DATE

0.80

1.83

18 mm thk Marble

Basin @850mm From FFL

0.45

2.60

WC @450 mm

Health Faucet @45 30mm thk Riverwash Cudappah

AREA : 44 sq.ft

0.75

1.20

0.90

WASH ROOM

60mm High Skirting 60 mm High Brick Work Rice Husk Filling

0.80

1.60

0.90

REV. NO.

2.60

SECTION AA'

SF TOILET LAYOUT

11-07-18

900mm x 600mm Mirror @1200mm From FFL

0.90

0.48

2.85

0.60

0.66

DRAWN BY CHECKED BY APPROVED BY

R01

DATE

REVISION DESCRIPTION Change in location of Shower, Health Faucet, Geyser

11-07-18

GREY OXIDE

DRAWING TITLE NORTH

0.80

SF TOILET DRAWINGS R01

Mesh

s 2

Shower Head @ 2100 mm From FFL

3'-6" x 1'-0"

PROJECT NAME

1.43

2.85

2.39

18mm thk Marble Lattice Shelves

2.85

5 50 mm thk wooden counter top @ 750mm from FFL

CLIENT pe

Bucket Faucet/Shower mixer @ 725mm From FFL

Mesh

30mm thk Riverwash Cudappah

0.46

0.65

5'-2" x 1'-0"

Basin @850mm from FFL

0.05

BLACKBOX, CHENNAI

Slo

BLACK RIVER WASH KADAPPA

MR. KRISHNAKUMAR ARCHITECT DUSTUDIO

Rice Husk Filling

FORMERLY BUILDAUR SWAYAM AUROVILLE - 605 101 Ph : 0413 262 3553 e-mail : dustudio@auroville.org.in

1.60

SECTION CC'

SECTION BB'

FLOORING PLAN

DUSTUDIO PROJECT NO. DRAWING NO. DRAWN BY

ARCHITECT

SCALE DATE

GREY OXIDE Mesh Cement Oxide

0.97

A 0.80

18 mm thick Marble

0.66 0.38

1.60

0.38

0.45

Slo

7 R

0.38

0.65

AREA : 38 sq.m

20 mm thk wooden counter top @ 750mm from FFL

5'-2" x 1'-0"

900mm x 600mm Mirror @1200mm Basin @850mm from FFL

0.48

0.66

WASH ROOM

0.66

2.85

2 cm Tile Drop

BLACK RIVER WASH KADAPPA

100mm Riverwash Cudappah Skirting 30mm thk Riverwash Cudappah

0.10

3'-6" x 1'-0"

0.90

0.92

60mm High Skirting 60 mm High Brick Work Rice Husk Filling

0.38 0.38

GF TOILET LAYOUT

0.38

1.60

0.38

2.27

0.38

SECTION BB' SECTION - A

FLOORING PLAN

CHECKED BY 26-06-18 APPROVED BY

REVISION DESCRIPTION

DATE

Detailed Toilet Drawings

26-06-18

REV. NO. R0

DRAWING TITLE NORTH GF TOILET DRAWINGS R0

0.66

2.08

PROJECT NAME

2.85

18mm thk Marble Lattice Shelves

BLACKBOX, CHENNAI

Basin @850mm from FFL

0.63

0.02

2.85 0.65 100mm Riverwash Cudappah Skirting

20 mm thk wooden counter top @ 750mm from FFL

0.45

20 mm thk wooden counter top @ 750mm from FFL

30mm thk Riverwash Cudappah Brick Base Rice Husk Filling

Rice Husk Filling

1.60

SECTION CC'

CLIENT

MR. KRISHNAKUMAR ARCHITECT DUSTUDIO

SECTION - D

SECTION AA'

FORMERLY BUILDAUR SWAYAM AUROVILLE - 605 101 Ph : 0413 262 3553 e-mail : dustudio@auroville.org.in

Demolish from .2m from FFL of 14th step to Ceiling Check for Lintel

0.22 [9"]

0.22 [9"] 1.50 [4'-11"]

7 15

8 7

0.46 [1'-6"]

15 LIVING AREA

From 0.45m above FFL to Ceiling

LIVING AREA

1.98 [6'-6"]

BEDROOM

From FFL to 2.25 m From 0.45m above FFL to 2.05m

DINING AREA

From FFL to 2.25 m

From FFL to Ceiling

2.30 [7'-7"]

0.94 [3'-1"]

TOILET

From FFL to Ceiling *till lintel lvl*

BEDROOM

TOILET

KITCHEN

BEDROOM

Existing Switch Boards 2'9" from FFL

Wooden boxing to be removed and brick work to be demolished (if any) DINING AREA

From FFL to Ceiling

12 1.39 [4'-7"]

0.84 [2'-9"]

TOILET

0.76 [2'-6"]

Existing Switch Boards 3' from FFL

0.90 [2'-11"]

Demolish full arch - from FFL to Ceiling

9 1.72 [5'-8"]

BEDROOM

From 0.45m above FFL to Ceiling

0.40 [1'-4"]

From FFL to 2.25 m

4.00 [13'-2"]

0.85 [2'-9"]

1.42 [4'-8"]

0.91 [3'] 1.07 [3'-6"]

1.14 [3'-9"]

0.87 [2'-10"]

6 5

1.56 [5'-1"]

8 0.87 [2'-10"] 1.62 [5'-4"]

12 12

2.70 [8'-10"]

10 9

Demolish from FFL to Ceiling Door and Window frame to be reused

3.36 [11']

0.80 [2'-8"]

2.19 [7'-2"] KITCHEN

TOILET

0.40 [1'-4"]

NOTE: DEMOLITION NO.15, 16 AND 17 HAVE BEEN NEWLY ADDED

Ground Floor Plan

NOTE: DEMOLITION NO.15, 16 AND 17 HAVE BEEN NEWLY ADDED

·New addition for Krishna's Residence, chennai· Demolition plan Dustudio ·auroville

First Floor Plan

·New addition for Krishna's Residence, chennai· Demolition plan Dustudio ·auroville

demolition plans

Renovation project A 40 year old house owned by a Tamil Director was bought by the client to turn it into his home with the help of Dustudio

RESIDENCE, CHENNAI

Demolish from .2m from FFL of 29th step to Ceiling Check for Lintel 67" after .2m

0.22 [9"]

0.22 [9"] 1.50 [4'-11"]

13 28

22 21

STAFF TOILET

BALCONY

Athangudi flooring in Living and Dining area T.V.

Existing Mango-wood chest (plain)

LIVING AREA

Existing Wrought Iron bed

GUEST BEDROOM

TERRACE (SEMI - OPEN)

Existing Teakwood Cupboard

TOILET

DINING AREA

Existing door used

Existing Budhha table Existing 3 seater Existing Oven

TOILET

1.44 [4'-9"]

EXTRA ROOM

From FFL to Ceiling

PUJA AND MUSIC ROOM

KITCHEN

TOILET NOTE: DEMOLITION NO.15, 16 AND 17 HAVE BEEN NEWLY ADDED

Terrace Plan

·New addition for Krishna's Residence, chennai· Demolition plan Dustudio ·auroville

Ground Floor Plan

·Proposal for Krishna's Residence, chennai· Demolition plan

proposal plans

Dustudio ·auroville

0.22 [9"]

0.22 [9"] 1.50 [4'-11"]

1.50 [4'-11"] Existing 2 Seater

BALCONY UP

2.70 [8'-10"]

SHOERACK

25 24 23 22 21

32 33 34 35

BALCONY

Wooden flooring in Living and Dining area

T.V.

Existing Mango-wood chest (carved) Chettinad swing

LIVING AREA BEDROOM

TERRACE (SEMI - OPEN)

Existing Rosewood cupboard

ALCOVE

STUDY AREA TOILET

BAR

Existing Study Table

Existing Dressing Table TOILET BEDROOM

A.V. ROOM

TOILET

Jacuzzi

First Floor Plan

·Proposal for Krishna's Residence, chennai· Demolition plan Dustudio ·auroville

Terrace Plan

·Proposal for Krishna's Residence, chennai· Demolition plan Dustudio ·auroville

NAAGLINGAM

CHIKU

HIBISCUS MOGARA JASMINE bamboo

IXORA

SHEFALIKA

DUSTUDIO

GUNDA

bird bath PINK CASSIA

CHAMPA REDBELL BUSH LILY GLORY

X REDBELL BUSH LILY GLORY

BAEL

SITE

TULSI CHAURA

X thunbergia

ASHWAGANDHA

aloe vera

thunbergia 1.8000

DADIM

LEMON GRASS

0.9099 1.1135

0.8499

aloe vera

0.8039

bamboo

DADIM

PAPAYA

0.3071

PARKING

0.8024 0.7100 0.49902.0293

1.0122 0.4974

DADIM

citeronila/ tulsi/ mint

HARAD

1.6972

morning glory

0.7204

3.4600

PAPAYA

SILK COTTON KARONDA

3.8491 1.2585

0.2300

FIG

KADAMB ASOKA

thunbergia CHIKU

GUAVA

pandanus

ASOKA

GULMOHAR LEMON

CHIKU

railway creeper LEMON GRASS passion fruit GUAVA

AMLA pandanus

vegetab

le beds

vegetab

le beds

LEMON

Dustudio kitchen and Material Lab Auroville The existing utensil washing area and electrical room is being extended into a kitchen and material lab to facilitate the students that attend workshops and CEPT S-W schools to be held at Dustudio

SWAYAM KITCHEN AND LANDSCAPE

Brickwork -

4.4000

90cm high 39cm high 71cm high 79cm high

1.0162 BUILT-IN-BED @45

KITCHEN

SEATING @45

Preparation counter

1.3491

COMPOST PIT

·Civil work for Swayam Kitchen, Auroville· Plan

Dustudio ·auroville

a 0.1601

0.8300

Jaali : Perforated mesh

0.1600

Brick wall 12 cm thick Curved rammed Earth wall

+2.37

Curved Shelf Service Counter Jaali : Perforated mesh

3.2000

Kadappa Stone Preparation counter

2.3700

Ferrocement wall 7 cm thick

+0.95

Serving Counter

+0.15

Raised Finished Floor Level

0.00

Section 0.9124

4.4000

0.5000

0.8318

4.8608

0.9000

4.4096

4.7108

7.7309

2.8676

Plan

0.7400

·Swayam Kitchen, Auroville· Structural Design Dustudio ·auroville

Villas estate Kodaikanal In the grandeur of Nilgiri hills, a collection of Villas on the contoured site is being built in a holistic integration. Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a total of 72 villas, an experience center and a clubhouse in the project.

TEAKAYEN ESTATES

villa 36

ROAD

+99 lvl 11.07

7.63

18.76

14.66

23.14

19.41

13.48

28.22

+97 lvl

5.21 5.24

22.39 5.74

+96 lvl

13.60 2.53

1.20

5.27

6.04

+98 lvl

27.73

5.26

2.42

3.00

7.80

3.51

+95 lvl

2.40 14.79

7.00

5.88

10.23 12.11

+94 lvl

6.00

3.60

6.48

28.13 30.67

28.04

+93 lvl

28.76

27.64 16.13 14.33

30.58

39.46

+92 lvl

· Ranjith and Garima TKN Villa 50,51, Sembrankulam

villa 50-51

Dustudio · Buildaur ·Auroville

ROAD

+99 lvl

TOILET 5.00 [16'-5"] 2.47m x 2.34m

1.00 [3'-3"]

+98 lvl

ENTRANCE

DRE DRESSING SSING 2.47 2.47m 2.67m m x x2.67 m

2.50 [8'-2"] 5.00 [16'-5"]

BATHET TOIL 5.0m 2.13m x 2.32m x 2.50 m

BED BEDROOM ROOM 4.70 4.70m 4.77m m xx4.77 m 5.00 [16'-5"]

5.00 [16'-5"]

LIVING 5.26 LIVING m x 4.84 m 5.26m x 4.84m

DOWN

BLOCK 2

KITC KITCHEN HEN 4.89 4.89m 5.06m m x x5.06 m

5.00 [16'-5"]

DECK 1.20m WIDE

CUTOUT 5.02m x 4.84m

ENTRANC

5.00 [16'-5"]

DECK 1.20m WIDE

WAR WARDROBE DROBE

VERA VERANDAH/DINNING NDAH/DI 3.40 3.40m 2.50mNNING m xx2.50 m

BLOCK 1

2.50 [8'-2"]

TOIL TOILET ET 2.12 2.12m 2.34m m xx2.34 m

+97 lvl

+96 lvl

BLOCK 3

+95 lvl 5.77 [18'-11"]

DECK 1.20m WIDE

LIBR LIBRARY ARY 2.07 2.07m 5.54m m xx5.54 m

5.88 [19'-3"]

ENTRAN

1.00 [3'-3"]

UTILITY UTILITY 2.63m x 2.36m 2.63m x 2.36m

DOWN

TOILET BATH TOILET5.0m x 2.50m 2.13m x 2.32m 2.47m x 2.34m 2.50 [8'-2"] 5.00 [16'-5"]

KITC KITCHENETTE HENETTE

2.80 [9'-2"]

5.00 [16'-5"]

2.40 [7'-10"]

+94 lvl

DECK 1.20m WID E 5.00 [16'-5"] BEDROOM

BEDROOM 4.70m 4.70 x 4.77m m x 4.77 m

+93 lvl

+92 lvl

· Ranjith and Garima TKN Villa 50,51, Sembrankulam

Dustudio · Buildaur ·Auroville

ROAD

(on partial scholarship) Architectural Association hosts several Visiting schools all over the world. This was one of it’s type.

“B R E A T H E”

investigated how we could resolve this global problem of pollution within an infrastructure and create innovative solutions to combat climate change. AAVS Delhi operated as a laboratory of technologically - driven architectural investigation. The workshop explored innovative ways of pollutant capturing, lightweight, composite structures using digital technologies. Within this iteration of the workshop we attempted the design and prototyping of a scaled installation having a strong socio-technological impact. Prominent Features of the workshop/ skills developed: • • • • •

Understanding Air Pollution and ways of capturing it. Introduction to computational tools like Rhino, Grasshopper, and its various other plugins for digital simulations used to deliver dynamic digital forms into physical geometry Materials Systems, Prototyping and Fabrication techniques. Exploring Façade Systems and how they play an important role in capturing Air Pollution. Practically hands on building scaled models and prototypes to understand material behaviour and fabrication potentials & limitations.

aa visiting school, new delhi

Dynamic Jaali / BRIEF Air Pollution In the past was perceived primarily as a local phenomenon which has now increasingly become a regional, hemispheric, and even global phenomenon. More than 80% of people living in urban areas that monitor air pollution are exposed to air quality levels that exceed the World Health Organization (WHO) limits. While all regions of the world are affected, populations in low-income cities are the most impacted. New Delhi is the most polluted city on Earth right now. AA Visiting School, New Delhi had us investigating how we could resolve this global problem within an infrastructure and create innovative solutions to combat climate change. The studio operated as a laboratory of technologically - driven architectural investigation. An intense exploration of innovative ways of pollutant capturing, lightweight, composite structures using digital technologies was formulated in an iterative environment.

CONCEPT With interest in traditional building features we have incorporated the Mughal Jali screen as a functional element in our façade. Their impact on overall building energy and daylighting performance, however, has been largely ignored. The traditional Jali has been assessed by various authorities in historical settings with various geometries by experimental simulations. We have tried to look at traditional building strategies from a holistic perspective and employing a wholebuilding approach including aesthetics and an intent to quantify its performance and learn from it without overromanticizing it.

PRINCIPLE Two laws of physics turn jali into air-conditioners: the principles of Venturi and Bernoulli: - Venturi’s principle states that air is compressed and increases its speed when passed through a funnel causing a breeze. - Bernoulli’s law states that when air is compressed and released it becomes cool.

FORM DEVELOPMENT The process involved in deriving this dynamic facade component was keeping in consideration the monsoon wind patterns in summer and winters in Delhi. North-west and South-east winds are prevalent respectively. To be able to capture these winds from all directions, the dynamic form was derived, which, on pivoting can face the direction of the wind. To further channelize the wind into the building the triangular shape was derived in the line of the venturi effect. The context reminds us of the mughal jaali and its aerodynamic properties only to further enhance our design. On being placed on the wind-facing facets of the facade components, the wind velocity is increased. The jaali works on the principle of Bernoulli’s theorem and Venturi’s effect. The catchment area for wind is maximised.

ITERATIONS: FORM Iteration 2 and 4 exhibit the most optimal flow of wind for the required purpose using computational fluid dynamics. On further evaluation of form 2 and form 4, form 4 results to be the most optimal and thus

PLAN

ITERATION 2

Wind pressure is not sufficient for the facade component to be even minutely passive

ELEVATION

ITERATION 4

ITERATION 1

ITERATION 2

ITERATION 3

ITERATIONS: GEOMETRY OF JAALI PATTERN Using wind simulation on various basic geometries possible in a jaali, we come up with the conclusion that the hexagonal perforations provide the most optimal flow of wind.

The purpose of the Jaali and our requirements are being fulfilled on testing the form. The simulation finds the prototype form working in passive condition successfully.

ITERATION 4 On further simulation, The absorption of wind is clearly more at a higher velocity and is a lot more directioned and efficient.

CIRCULAR PERFORATIONS

HEXAGONAL PERFORATIONS The absorption of wind here is more scattered and unruly in comparison to the hexagonal jaali.

RECTANGULAR PERFORATIONS

Breathe AA Visiting School Delhi 2018

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/breatheaavsdelhi/ Instagram: @breatheaavsdelhi Directors: Tejas Sidnal // Suraj Suthar Guest Tutors: Amritha Krishanan // Mihir Varsini // Kishor Avhad Coordinators: Ahan Majumder // Liya Anthraper Students: Apeksha Jain, Gursimran Singh, Paras Jain, Xuan Luo, Yu Xu

Thus, triangular jaali is eliminated.

TRIANGULAR PERFORATIONS

Reimaging the City Knowledge park is an integral vertebrae of the planned city of Greater noida. In this urban design problem, 3 sectors of the education park were under magnification, namely KP1, 2 & 3. Upon initial field reconnaissance and Traffic surveys, the few problems that came to the brim were related to traffic management and crowd control of the students. This was catered metro loop line line. It had stops sectors, making it

to by introducing an underground connected to the existing aqua at major landmarks of all the three to an efficient traffic control system.

Additionally, a major ignored crossing was developed into a major plaza with the intersecting road going as an underpass. This plaza would be a major hub for interaction. The adaptively flexible kiosks were replacing the few and some nonexistent chai shops. This worked on a modular design which could be moulded to any size as per requirements. The landscape and furniture design was done according to energy efficiency, sustainability and safety of the students.

urban design

8th semester

Reality Shift: New Infrastructures for the Self in Video Games and VFX Guided by : Ar. Alka Arora

Abstract As we dive through an interface and into a simulacra, we inhabit it. Here, by simulacra, we mean the imitation of virtual entity of physical spaces. A simulation of all Godâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s creation and those by man. Our inhabitation is increasingly moving towards a more amorphous space, constructed through new interfaces and devices, our perception of reality is changing, between everyday life and rituals. If the real is already virtual enough, and the virtual is already real enough, how is our presence, as material beings, affected? Our embodied presence into the multi-dimensional synthesized infrastructure created by man is a realization of an amorphous reality shift. Humans belonging to different generations have different experiences and different levels of realization of their telepresence within. This paper aims to uncover the existing infrastructures that have been designed for this new type of experience: What is a being, between human and user, and what is the space this new species inhabits? Using video games and VFX (Visual Effects) as case studies, the dissertation explains and puts forward the use of technological advancements in the field of architecture. Currently, this branch of technological development is established in economically thriving countries. The metaverse is molding our current generations. This dissertation aims an audience who is a potential user of the technology.

DISSERTATION

Bibliography 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.

Beatriz, C. & Wigley, M., 2016. Are We Human?: Notes on an Archaeology of Design. Zurich: Lars Muller Publishers. Coupland, D., Obrist, H. U. & Basar, S., 2015. The Age of Earthquakes: A Guide to the Extreme Present. s.l.:Blue Rider Press. Gibson, W., 1984. Neuromancer. s.l.:Ace. Heim, M. R., 1993. Metaphysics of Virtual Reality. New York: Oxford University Press. Young, L., 2013. Frozen Relics. Architectural Review, February. Zampi, G. & Morgan, C. L., 1995. Virtual Architecture. London: B.T. Batsford Ltd..

THESIS

An exploration of human perception, art and science. Focusing on the biodiversity of western ghats this exploratorium helps the individual and society seamlessly learn to be better citizens and have fun whilst at it. Located on the outskirts of the warm and humid city of trivandrum, kerala, a site of 5 acres with a minimal slope of 3.7% towards the east has been used to its best climatological characteristics. Inculcating responsibility towards the planet dressed through the medium of entertainment in the individual and the society, the architecture is also focussed on being environmentally sane.

(in chronological order)

1. Conservation

Project

renovating

century old residence into a museum in Ladakh by Archade Found (NGO)

2. Journalism workshop - Cinematography, writing and live sketching

3. Laurie Baker center

- week-long hands

on workshop

4. Architectural Association Summer School, London - Video game architecture and Book graphic design

5. Architectural Association Visiting School, New Delhi - pollution capturing Digital

technologies

via

Facade

system

design

6. Calligraphy Workshop

2nd prize for

performance

7. UI/UX Workshop by ImaginXP

workshops

has been

assessed by various authorities in historical settings with various geometries by experimental simulations. We have tried to look at traditional building strategies from a holistic perspective and employing a wholebuilding approach including aesthetics and an intent to quantify its performance and learn from it without overromanticizing it.

PLAN

ITERATION 2

Wind pressure is not sufficient for the facade component to be even minutely passive

ELEVATION

ITERATION 4

ITERATION 1

ITERATION 2

ITERATION 3

Using wind simulation on various basic geometries possible in a jaali, we come up with the conclusion that the hexagonal perforations provide the most optimal flow of wind.

The purpose of the Jaali and our requirements are being fulfilled on testing the form. The simulation finds the prototype form working in passive condition successfully.

ITERATION 4

ITERATIONS: GEOMETRY OF JAALI PATTERN

On further simulation, The absorption of wind is clearly more at a higher velocity and is a lot more directioned and efficient.

CIRCULAR PERFORATIONS

HEXAGONAL PERFORATIONS The absorption of wind here is more scattered and unruly in comparison to the hexagonal jaali.

RECTANGULAR PERFORATIONS

Breathe AA Visiting School Delhi 2018

CLOCKWISE FROM TOP 1. 120 HOURS, 2019; 2. Prem Jain Energy Award - 1st prize; 3. Zonal NASA Design Competition, 2017; 4. Archumen 14.0, Archumen 16.0 - 1st Runner up; 5. Intra College Face Painting Competition - 1st prize

competitions

Thus, triangular jaali is eliminated.

TRIANGULAR PERFORATIONS

ARTWORK

1. 1. 2. 3.

2. 3.

Metal Band- Installation from Scrap Metal Band- Lead Earrings out of concrete Bamboo and waste rope Centre piece Installation 1:2 replica of F21 chair

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