PORTFOLIO PRAJWAL B KUMAR Architect
Volume 02 Academic / Professional 2020-2022
© Prajwal B. Kumar, 2022
PRAJWAL B. KUMAR REGISTERED ARCHITECT (+91) 97798-11233
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PROFILE
WORK EXPERIENCE
A highly motivated and multi-faceted architect, with 1+ years of experience in dealing with architecture, urban, and BIM projects.
Junior Architect - Full T ime
My specific knowledge lies at the intersection of computational design and BIM and I seek to employ these skills to better shape today’s complex built environment.
SKILLS BIM Autodesk Revit Navisworks Manage BIM Collaborate Pro Cove Tool Dynamo Advance Rhinoceros 3D Autodesk AutoCAD Lumion 3D Keyshot Adobe Photoshop Intermediate Grasshopper 3D Twinmotion Adobe Illustrator Adobe InDesign Sketchup Basic Autodesk Maya Vray Python Scripting Soft Skills Problem Solving Critical Thinking Teamwork Time Management Initiative
LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY English, Hindi (Native) Malayalam (Professional Working) Punjabi (Limited Working)
T homas Associates, A&N Islands, India | July 2021-March 2022 • Conceptualized and visualized architectural and interior projects over 6 lakh square feet across 25 projects. • Actively involved in the development of detailed construction drawings, municipality permits, material takeoff, and site visits. • Deployed computational modeling tools such as Grasshopper 3D and Rhinoceros 3D to iterate on various facade options. • Developed 1 residential project using Revit to generate documentation sets while developing in office templates and families. Key Projects Worked On: Dance of Bricks (360 sqm), Eco-Resor t Burmanallah (10 acres), Soap Factor y Resor t (3 acres), Backwater House (540 sqm), Maymyo Farm House (1200 sqm), Trading Station (70 sqm), SnapByte Studio (55 sqm), Slim Sutra Yoga Studio (90sqm), Kanikalayam (650sqm)
Freelance 3D V isualizer - Par t T ime
Remote Work | August 2020-December 2020 • Developed 3D models using 2D files and created still visuals and walkthroughs using Lumion, Rhinoceros 3D, and Sketchup
Architectural Intern - Full T ime
Apostrophe A+uD, Chandigarh, India | Januar y 2020-May 2020 • Assisted the Principal Architect with research on various Urban Design strategies for a 1200-acre residential development project. • Coordinated projects with clients and engineering consultants on-site from design to construction drawings as the Project Architect. Key Projects Worked On: Morni Hills Villa (1200 sqm), Space Hub Sales Office Interiors (390 sqm), Hub Eco City Masterplan (120 acres)
EDUCATION Oneistox
BIM Professional Course | September 2021-May 2022 | Online Capstone Project: Single Family Residence- simulated project based on RIBA Plan of Work 2020. • Evaluated project budget to confirm project feasibility and identified relevant BIM Uses and assisted in creating BIM execution plan. • Conceptualized the project in Twinmotion and developed the design up to LOD 350 to generate final construction documentation sets using Revit. • Managed BIM models of different disciplines to create a federated model in the common data environment- BIM Collab Pro.
Lovely Professional University
Bachelor of Architecture | August 2016-June 2021 | CGPA-8.19 Thesis: Slow Space- Exploring the Metaphysics of Space and Time investigated the phenomenological characters of spaces in museum buildings. Co-Author: Kumar, Prajwal B. Mixed-Use Development as Solution for Creating Walkable Neighbourhoods. JETIR, 2018 Issue 12, Volume 5, Pg-813
Apostrophe ARCHITECTURE
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To, Whom It May Concern May 15th 2020 Re: Internship Certification and Recommendation for Mr. Prajwal Kumar.
Dear Ma'am or Sir, I am writing to recommend Prajwal Kumar as an architect and designer. I have known Prajwal since late 2019 when he applied to our firm Apostrophe A+uD as an Intern. Several months later, Prajwal has emerged as an integral and cherished part of the team at Apostrophe A+uD. He has successfully completed his 120 day Internship which started in January 2020. While at Apostrophe A+uD, Prajwal was engaged in a series of projects that he contributed to successfully and with great dedication. His responsibilities included conceptual design and graphic representation of the architectural parti and working on construction drawings as the project proceeded. I can categorically state that his stint at Apostrophe A+uD was sfruitful and he was regarded as an asset for our firm, both as a professional and as a welcome member of the team. He approaches his projects with sincerity and dedication. While at Apostrophe A+uD, Prajwal worked on a series of projects including masterplan design for the Hub Eco-City (120 acres) along with architectural and interior works such as Morni Hills Villa. On the Morni Hills Villa projects, Prajwal was closely working under me coordinating the project with the client and engineering consultants from design to construction drawings as the Project Architect. I support Mr. Kumar in his academic and professional endeavors and will not hesitate in recommending him to a position in the architectural and design professions. He is a capable, diligent and hard working person and you will find him to be an asset to your organization. Please feel free to contact me if you have any further inquiries. Yours Sincerely,
Shivjit Sidhu,
Principal Architect
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To, Whom It May Concern May 14, 2022 Re: Recommendation letter for Prajwal B. Kumar On behalf of Thomas Associates (TA), I am pleased to recommend Prajwal B. Kumar following his term from July 2021 to March 2022 in the capacity of Junior Architect. During his term at TA, I had the pleasure of working with Prajwal on conceptualizing and developing multiple projects of various scopes ranging from architectural to interior design. His primary projects included the design of residence Dance of Bricks, Eco Resort Masterplan at Burmanallah, Maymyo Farm House, SnapByte Studio, Trading Station, and Soap Factory Resort Masterplan among many others. He was incredibly adaptable and could handle any task that came up and quickly became a valuable team member. His core skills in computational design using Grasshopper were of great help in quick iterations of various Facade options. He was very active in developing and implementing various BIM tools and strategies across the office. As a Junior Architect Prajwal demonstrated commitment to his work and was an exceptionally reliable and diligent employee. He was considerate and collaborative, exhibited excellent interpersonal skills, and had a good relationship with his co-workers. Based on my time working with Prajwal, I am confident that he would be an asset to any firm that hires him and wish him all the best in his future endeavours. Sincerely,
Ar. Steve Thomas Principal Architect Thomas Associates
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01 URBAN RETROFITTING Revisiting the Heritage Streets of Amritsar
Location: Amritsar, Punjab, India Year: 2020 Urban Design Studio Team: Aarti, Mofazzal, Roshma, Prajwal Category: Urban Design
Amritsar, historically also known as Rāmdāspur is the second-largest city in the Indian state of Punjab, after Ludhiana. It is a major cultural, transportation, and economic center located in the Majha region of Punjab. At the heart of the city lies the walled city, built in 1822, the area is known to be of great cultural significance. The site lies on the heritage streets leading up to the Golden Temple. The project aims to retrofit these streets with heritage values, to provide a better and more engaging urban character these streets and the nearby areas can offer to the local and tourist population. Multiple technological and architectural strategies have been employed to protect the rich and cultural heritage of the street. On researching the context few questions arose. How can the community be involved in the day-to-day development of the area? How can the existing 70,000+ daily footfall be tapped into the inner parts of the walled city? How do we activate the monotonous look and make the space a place? How do we curb the heat island effect of the much larger areas in the design stretch? This project finds a few of them.
TRAFFIC FLOWS All the roads in the heritage street leading up to the Golden Temple have rich footfall in turn urging for better street characters.
POINT OF INFLUENCE Important points of heritage value see the maximum accumulation of visitors in and around those areas.
OPEN AREAS Despite having a narrow and crowded nature of business in the area, the heritage street does offer pockets of open spaces. These areas can be taken to provide improved urban retrofitting facilities
GENTRIFICATION With the organic development around the heritage street, the areas out of reach have been abandoned and have lost their cultural significance.
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FEED IN
PHYSICAL FRAMEWORK
VIRTUAL FRAMEWORK
DEPTH SCAN
ACTIVATE PRIME LOCATION
WORLD DATA
3D SCAN
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CULTURAL ARTEFACT
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PROVIDE TRIBUTARY ROADS
SIMULATED SHUFFLING
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ENTRY POINTS TO VIRTUAL WORLD
SUPERIMPOSING WORLDS
IMPLEMENTING TACTICAL URBANISM
MIXED REALITY EXPLORATION
VIRTUAL EXPERIENCES
PROJECTION MAPPING ON FACADES
PHYSICAL OUTPUT
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INFINITY PLAZA A compact urban plaza marks the begining of the journey to Golden Temple.
OPEN COMMUNITY CENTER A temporary group of pavillion that double downs as an open community center for the local population.
AMRITSAR BIENNALE An opportunity to let tourist footfall among the dilapidated areas of the areas.
PUBLIC SQUARE An open square to have easy and better ways for gatherings and pilgrimage.
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Site Plan ACADEMIC | 13
AMRITSAR BIENNALE The design of the pavilion gives shape to spaces that can be used irrespective of any event. The plan has been kept open to facilitate the year-round communal needs of the locality.
Isometric View 14 | URBAN RETROFITTING
INFINITY PLAZA The infinity plaza greets the visitor right at the entrance of the heritage street. The design lets the entire area be activated and makes way for user-generated functions throughout the day.
Isometric View ACADEMIC | 15
TACTICAL URBANISM
AUTOMATED BOLLARDS
Complimentary uses of space outside shopfronts can facilitate increased customer retention.
A series of automated bollards around areas of heritage streets provide the flexibility of maintaining traffic flows.
Street Sections 16 | URBAN RETROFITTING
OPEN COMMUNITY AREA Temporary pavilions that allow exhibition and exchange of local arts and handicrafts or even a space flexible to house small events.
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Open Community Area View 18 | URBAN RETROFITTING
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Open Plaza Isometric View 20 | URBAN RETROFITTING
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02 SLOW SPACE: A SPACETIME ODYSSEY Exploring the Metaphysics of Space and Time
Location: Port Blair, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India Year: 2021 Undergraduate Thesis Studio Project: Museum of Contemporary Art cum Performing Art Center Category: Cultural Architecture
Time is essential for all fundamental human aspects of life – love, connection, meaning, inspiration, awe, and wonder. Things like creativity, art, and intimacy cannot be done faster without paying a steep price. The slow philosophy is about seeking to do everything at the right speed, doing everything as well as possible and not as fast as possible. The inherent slowing down of the perception of time in a building is possible only with the right architectural spaces and experiences. The ideal conditions for slowing down, reflecting, being present, and engaging our senses are in nature. And that is why so many people find nature rejuvenating. In an ideal scenario, slow space can be inculcated within buildings that are true to their context, are sustainable with the life cycle of at least 100 years, and materials that are in harmony with the environment it sits in, while still retaining the aesthetics of the building. Manipulation of space, material, light, and shadow to create memorable experiences thereby involving the human sensory organs is an advent notion of the creation of elements in a slow architectural building. This thesis aims to explore ways to bring about this sense of slowness in public buildings like the one in art museums and at the same time enable the programmed spaces in it to have vivid experiences of new media art.
OFFICE BUILDINGS Adjacent governmental institutions offer the site an opportunity to provide space for recreation and gatherings.
TREE COVER The south side of the site consists of dense tree cover. This restricts the project to having no built structures near that zone. The area is designed to have natural walkways and pond landing stairs.
PUBLIC SHORTCUT Serving as a connector, a public overhead walkway will boost natural visitors, encouraging new users to visit the site.
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The first floor houses all conventional art galleries that gradually step up and down. The design of the volumes takes particular care in deploying play of light and haptic qualities of materials that allows for a delayed perception of time while in the gallery.
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The ground floor acts as a spine to the entire museum building. A system of looped networks of galleries begins and ends at the entry atrium with separate access to the performing art galleries and theatre.
The basement floor houses functions which are temporary. These areas have separate entry and exit systems and are connected to the main museum block via a spiral staircase and ramp.
Courtyard View ACADEMIC | 29
First Floor Plan 30 | SLOW SPACE: A SPACETIME ODYSSEY
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Ground Floor Plan 32 | SLOW SPACE: A SPACETIME ODYSSEY
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Sectional Model 34 | SLOW SPACE: A SPACETIME ODYSSEY
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Lakeside View 36 | SLOW SPACE: A SPACETIME ODYSSEY
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03 MIS-READINGS Rethinking the Vernacular
Location: Indo-Eurasian Tectonic Plates Year: 2021 DigitalFutures 2021 Workshop Series Mentor: Pooyan Ruhi Category: Speculative Architecture
The project takes the vernacular styles of construction found at the edge of the Indo-Eurasian tectonic plate as the protagonist of the research. The regions of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India offer vernacular construction that is common to the Burmese, Indonesian and Thai vernacular styles despite the isolated nature of the islands. This raises questions to their striking similarities. This led to the rethinking of these vernacular styles from being a rigid set of unapologetic diagrams into a field of artifacts embodied in the essence of a nine square diagram. The point of departure was struck in these histories and the vernacular in them is transformed into alternate realities of the probable future. Taking the formal qualities of future vernacular styles, the organizational strategies employed in this research includes a hybrid of profiles and artifacts. The prominent profiles of these vernacular styles were extracted and translated into 3-D defamiliarized artifacts. These artifacts give the viewer an alternate perspective of the built form that we just translated for the future. Here, the degree of visual autonomy in each object is achieved by arranging them in a series of step-welled figure of 9-squared-diagrams.
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Inspired by the stupas built during the Pyu Period in Myanmar this ar tifact looks upon a twisted maze shelter reaching into the benighted soul.
This ar tifact drives inspiration from the Al-Aqsha Mosque in the Indonesian province of Central Java. Multiple instances of the original piece are organized to celebrate their individuality.
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Spiraled Stupa with a jump dissection imitating a definitive end to one’s travel.
Inspired by the Sumbanese traditional houses in Indonesia, this ar tifact goes an extra step to array inver ted members of the structure.
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This ar tifact is a result of various assembly techniques of Nicobari vernacular architecture into multiple segments of cuts.
This ar tifact emphasizes the role of stilts in the flood-prone Nicobar region of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India.
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Wat Pho, a miniaturized symbol of the Indian influence in Thailand.
This ar tifact strikes immense resemblance with traditional houses of the Andamanese tribes.
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04 DANCE OF BRICKS A Single Family Residence
Project Architect Location: Port Blair, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India Year: 2021 Status: In Progress Team: Steve, Vijay, Prajwal Category: Residential Architecture Area: 366 sqm
Set among the densely populated areas of Port Blair, this project aims to touch on the intangible notion that a house has. With its striking facade of computationally derived brick curtain screen, this residence sets itself apart from the other houses not only with the exterior but with the improved indoor qualities of space. The space planning has been designed keeping in mind the climatic context of the area while adhering to Vastu.
BRICK CURTAIN FACADE The prominent feature that sets this residential house apar t is its brick facade. The positions of the bricks are aligned in a manner that it allows maximum sunlight penetration from the east while gradually reducing the heat gain from the west. This screen allows the design to accommodate public zones facing towards the road.
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05 BACKWATER HOUSE A Residence Overlooking the Backwaters of Andamans
Project Visualization Location: Port Blair, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India Year: 2021 Status: In Progress Team: Steve, Vijay, Prajwal Category: Residential Architecture Area: 540 sqm
The key objective of the Backwater House was to create simple, modern living spaces at the heart of the house with the bedrooms being offered the expansive views of the flooded backwaters of Andamans. The site’s major opportunity, the backwater was created during the flooding of the 2004 Boxing Day Tsunami. Now, this exact feature allows the residence to be tucked away isolated in nature.
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06 MORNI HILLS VILLA A Summer Retreat Overlooking the Himalayas
Project Architect Location: Morni Hills, Haryana, India Year: 2020 Status: Under Construction Team: Sunny, Sanchi, Prajwal Category: Residential Architecture Area: 1200 sqm
The Residence design project is situated on the hilly terrains of Morni Hills. The design requirement was for a contemporary summer house. The design establishes maximum efforts to minimize cutting and filling owing to the logistical disadvantage of the contoured terrain. The internal space planning features a grand room on the first floor and bedrooms on the ground, favoring maximum daylight and exposure for solar heat gain. The view fairs towards a tea plantation and the Shivalik peaks of the Himalayas.
BEDROOM : 204 20' X 11'-5" + 4'-0"
POOL DECK: 201 + 4'-0"
VESTIBULE : 203 7'-0" X 4'-0" + 4'-0"
BATHROOM : 205 8'-0" X 7'-0" + 4'-0"
UP ANTECHAMBER: 202 14'-0" X 18'-0" + 0'-0"
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PASSAGE: 206 10'-10" X 6'-0"
COURTYARD : 207 10'-0" X 8'-0"
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VESTIBULE 208 7'-0" X 4'-0" + 0'-0"
ENTRY COURT: 200 36'-0" X 34'-0" + 0'-0"
BEDROOM : 209 15'-5" X 11'-0" + 0'-0"
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BATHROOM : 210 8'-0" X 7'-0" + 0'-0"
GRAND ROOM : 304 24'-0" x 24'-9" + 14'-6"
BALCONY : 306 17'-0" x 6'-0" + 14'-6"
KITCHEN : 305 10'-0" x 12'-0" + 14'-6" DINING : 303 10'-9" x 12'-0" + 14'-6"
POWDER ROOM : 302 6'-0" X 5'-0" + 14'-6"
LANDING : 301 10'-0" x 6'-0" + 14'-6"
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SOLARIUM : 308 14'-9" X 11'-5" + 14'-6"
OPEN TERRACE : 309 15'-0" X 13'-5" + 14'-6"
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07 ALIEN’S SALES HUB Office Interiors Featuring the Brand’s Futuristic Vision
Project Architect Location: Hyderabad, Telangana, India Year: 2020 Status: Completed Team: Sunny, Sanchi, Prajwal Category: Interior Design Area: 390 sqm
The project aims to deliver a highly functional sales office for the ALIENS SPACE HUB development based in Hyderabad, Telangana. The design includes a common meeting space, a 40-seater AV room, a display passage, and a waiting lounge. The site is situated in a makeshift underground car park of one of the 14 towers of the development. The Office is a temporary installation, which has to be removed after the objective is completed. Hence detailed consideration was given to the easy assembly of various elements of the office.
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DESIGN CREDITS 43-45, 46-49 - T homas Associates, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India 50-53, 54-55 - Apostrophe A+uD, Chandigarh, India
PRAJWAL B KUMAR MAY 2022