ARCHITECTURE PORTFOLIO Ashwin Abraham
I aim to be an architect who creates buildings that perform far better in terms of fitting into and adding value to their context. The built environment has massive potential for improvement. In future, the best architectural solutions will ingrain themselves into the networks of their context in hitherto unseen ways. In most buildings of today, especially in India, this link is quite superficial. The pursuit of economies of scale and simple single use buildings have resulted in inefficient building usage patterns, construction methods and technologies.
“There is no better pathway to self realization than to posit the highest good that you can conceive of in your life and commit yourself to it.”
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CONTACT Name: Ashwin Abraham M. Tel: +44 7469545330 Email: abraham.ashwin94@gmail.com LinkedIn: Ashwin Abraham (contains online course certificates)
PROFFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Assistant at AA Digital Fab Lab Sept 2021 - Dec 2021 Assisted students with projects involving rhino / grasshopper files, PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE CNC, RhinoCAM, laser cutting and 3D printing tasks. Calibrated and maintained machines. Freelance May Jan2021 2021 Assistant at AAArchitect Digital Fab Lab Sept 2019 2021 --Dec Worked as a volunteer at EMI, a Christian construction files, NGO.CNC, Assisted students with projects involving rhino/grasshopper Worked via Upwork clientstasks as a 3D visualisation RhinoCAM, laser cutting for andvarious 3D printing .Regularly ensuredexpert all machines good working condition and well calibrated. as wellwere as a in computational design expert. Freelance May2017 2019 -- Jan 2021 Junior Architect Architect Dec April 2019 Worked as a volunteer with EMI, a Christian construction NGO. Worked via Adhya Architects + ADA Collab Upwork for various companies as a 3D visualisation expert as well as a Worked in conceptual design, construction, drawing production, computational design expert.
client presentation, site management, estimation and coordination.
SOFTWARE Rhino Grasshopper + Plugins C# Scripting Python Scripting Unity Unreal Engine Houdini Revit Rendering Suites
Junior Architect July 2018 Internship July 2017– April - Nov2019 2017 Adhya Architects + Akasa Design Atelier Dutta and Kannan Architects (DKA Architects) Worked in a wide range of roles including conceptual design, construction drawing production, client presentations, site management, estimation, team leader. Projects include hotel renovations, churches, kiosks, landscape design, residences, interior design. Led a team of 4 to produce the above work.
FORMAL EDUCATION Internship 2 Adhya Architects
M Arch in Emergent Technologies Architectural Association (AA) , London
Internship 1 Dutta and Kannan Architects (DKA Architects)
Dec 2017- May 2018
Sept 2020 - Jan 2022 July 2017- Nov 2017
B. Arch (First class with distinction) 2013 - 2018 RV College of Architecture, Bangalore, India. FORMAL EDUCATION
M. Arch EmTech Architectural Association School of Architecture
2020-2022
B. Arch (First Class With Distinction) RV College of Architecture
2013-2018
AutoCad Photoshop InDesign
ONLINE COURSES Developing Parametric Architecture 2019 Stefan Boeykans, Udemy Zero Energy Design 2019 TUDelft, EdX Introduction to Water and Climate 2019 TUDelft, EdX Circular Economy for Built Environment TUDelft, EdX
2019
Climate Adaptation in Africa Univ od Capetown, Coursera Climate Change Mitigation in Developing Countries Univ od Capetown, Coursera
2019
Design of Future Cities 2017 ETH Zurich, EdX Structural Design of the Worlds Greatest Structures TheGreatCourses.com
2017
ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN COMPETITIONS Living Upon Nature 2019 Designed a wildlife crossing integrated with viewing decks and restaurants over a highway. This was designed as an effective way to achieve a balance between the economic gain of highways in forests and the safeguarding of natural animal habitats. Ascension Observation Tower at Zagreb Conceptual design of an observation tower in the city of Zagreb.
2019
Aquatecture 2019 Designed a city on water focussing on a single replicable unit. The unit is powered by wind and OTEC (Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion) technology plants that produce energy as well as desalinated water, coolants for AC and mineral rich water for hydroponic food production. This was a complete ecosystem on water.
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RE-EMERGE PAVILLION Pavillion | Material System | Upcycled Wood
COALESCE Mass Incremental Housing | AI System | Masters Thesis
ASCENSION - ZAGREB Viewing Tower | Competition | Undergrad
WEB APP ARM CAST 3D printed| ShapeDiver | Grasshopper Optimization
URBAN ARENA Urban Sports Arena | Undergrad Thesis
CONTENTS
6 HYDROPOLIS Floating City | Competition | Undergrad
7 HILTON DRAWINGS Rennovation | Technical Detailing | Professional
8 RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION Design to Execution | Technical Detailing | Professional Work
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RE- EMERGE PAVILLION The pavillion is built entirely out of upcycled abandoned wooden floor boards and pallets. The pavillion is a collaborative effort between the students and faculty of the EmTech M. Arch program, Buro Happold and Hassel Studio UK. Role: Parametric extraction of plank geometries and joints, CNC file preparation, team overall coordination
3D Scan of Pavillion
DIGITAL FABRICATION WORKFLOWS
RE-USE ABANDONED FLOOR BOARDS
CNC MILLING
MODULAR AND DRY JOINT CONSTRUCTION
LAP JOINTS
120°
120°
120°
SLOT JOINTS
2 RIBS (12 PLANKS)
PART NUMBER AND A”UP” ARROW ENGRAVING
6mm BOLT HOLES
KERFING TO A CCO M O D AT E 120° BENDING
ELEMENTS OF EACH PLANKS
DIGITAL DESIGN AND WORKFLOWS
SLOT JOINT POSITION EXTRACTED FROM DIGITAL MODEL
Pieces are selected avoiding knots in the kerf zone.
Pieces steamed for 3 hrs
Individual ribs are assembled off site.
Pieces are tagged with part no.
SORTING AND SELECTION
C N C MILLING RhinoCAM Files extracted and run.
STEAMING
RIB ASSEMBLY
BENDING
Pieces bent for 24 hrs on jig.
PAVILION ASSEMBLY Base is constructed and ribs are assembled on site.
PHYSICAL
FABRICATION PROCESSES
2 COALESCE VIDEO PRESENTATION + WALKTHROUGH
KIT OF PARTS MATERIAL SYSTEM
GROWTH AND RECONFIGURATION
COMMUNITY SPACES
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COALESCE
PARTICIPATORY DESIGN
Coalesce is a 400 home residential development that grows and reconfigures over 50 years. Every home is uniquely designed by the resident and an AI assistant which adapts to the always unique building context. Done as part of a group of 3 Role: Overall ideation, algorthm development for floor plan generator, cellular automata and tower morphology, , structural analysis, visualisation renders of unit and cluster scale.
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE PROCEDURAL DESIGN
SINGAPORE The city of Singapore requires high rise housing, but the family structures and demographic numbers are in unpredicatble flux
PROJECT TIMELINE AND STAKEHOLDER DIAGRAM
EVOLUTIONARY DESIGN OF TOWER ENVELOPE Minimize summer exposure
sun
Improve view from towers
3 towers outlines are designed with residential and public spaces defined. These are then optimized with an evolutionary solver.
Achieve target residential - public area ratio
Achieve target area
FITNESS OBJECTIVES FOR TOWER OPTIMISATION
TOP 3 FROM 1000 OPTIONS SOLUTIONS
Poor Performance
Good Performance
SELECTED TOWER INDIVIDUAL AFTER OPTIMISATION
PARALLEL COORDINATE PLOT OPTIMISATION
Gen 1
Gen 25
3D CELLULAR AUTOMATA FOR POROSITY Each of these positions recieve as weight from 0.5 to 1.5. Also a range of values for life, R (2 to 7), is specified. For each cell that is being analysed the surrounding neighbours are checked for life. If alive, they are multiplied by their weight.
3 towers outlines are populated with voxels representing buildable space. Cellular automata ensures porosity (helps airflow) as well as variety of spatial configurations at the massing level.
Experiment 1
After adjusting the weights, there were very few cells that shared faces with adjacent cells, making it difficult to combine voxels into volumes that are large enough to contain an entire home
Experiment 2
Final Voxelized Tower Form
After adjusting the weights, it results in a higher probability of continuous cell groups that can be grouped into homes`
PARTICIPATORY + AI DRIVEN FLOOR LAYOUT GENERATION
Within the voxels selected by the user a home is generated by an evolutionary solver and shape grammar algorithm. The sizes and number of rooms is decided by the user. Fitness criteria that ensure home liveability are taken into consideration while runnning the GA. The algorithm explores 1000 iterations - learning and adapting and outputs the 3 best solutions.
USER SETS HOME PARAMETERS
Define start points
Lay first room
Lay subsequent rooms
Lay subsequent rooms
Place doors
Measure fitness criteria (views/ solar gain, circulation etc)
Shape Grammar algortihm. Evolutionary iteration of 1000 times
User Best 3 solutions. User picks their favourite one.
MATERIAL SYSTEM MARCHING CUBES ALGORITHM
MARCHING CUBES ALGORITHM
KIT OF PARTS MATERIAL SYSTEM
STRUCTURAL SYSTEM AND FE ANALYSIS
The marching cubes algorithm creates a geometry whose edges become structural framing. Infill panels from the kit of parts and recommended by the floor layout generator are used to fill populate and reconfigure the tower.
CENTRAL CORE AND STRUCTURAL FRAMING
INFILL PANELS ON STRUCTURAL FRAMING
FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS Max deflection :6.64 cm
UNIT TYPOLOGY MATRIX
COMMUNAL SPACES EMERGE Over the years, residents interconnect unit terraces to create secondary circulation networks and emergent communal spaces.
3D Walkthrough
3d printed geometry
Computation Time Optimization <6s
Hosted on the Web
Developed in collaboration with ExoMedic. A startup in Peru.
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This project allows a doctor to upload the arm mesh of their patient to Shape diver and download the arm cast stl file
Detachable arm cast
Size of cast is an editable parameter
Calculate minimum bounding box for contour orientation
Import arm cast mesh
Reorient arm at origin for web display
Contour at 2mm intervals
Find the last thumb curve and create a cut plane
Create curves for cast pattern
Cut thumb and pattern holes into lofted surface
Loft contour curves after seam adjustment
Split cast into separate halves
Add screw connectors
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HILTON HUNTIN PORTE-
HILTON HUNTINGTON PORTE-COCHERE
A A401
PROJECT DETAILS:
Hilton Huntington Porte-cochere Renovation 598 Broadhollow Rd, Melville, NY 11747
CLIENT:
Navika Capital Group
1274 w RXR Plaza Uniondale , NY 1156
ARCHITECT AND CONSULTANT
PROJECT DETAILS:
AKASA DESIGN ATEL
Hilton Huntington Porte-cochere Renovation 598 Broadhollow Rd, Melville, NY 11747
no.1, 2nd floor Atria institute 1st main road, Anand Nagar, B tel phone : 08023559000 E-mail : info@akasaatelier.com Website : www.akasaatelier.c
CLIENT:
Navika Capital Group
1274 w RXR Plaza Uniondale , NY 1156
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ARCHITECT AND CONSULTANTS:
AKASA DESIGN ATELIER
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no.1, 2nd floor Atria institute of Technology Campus, 1st main road, Anand Nagar, Bangalore - 24 tel phone : 08023559000 E-mail : info@akasaatelier.com Website : www.akasaatelier.com
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HILTON HUNTINGTON PORTE-COCHERE HILTON HILTON HUNTINGTON HUNTINGTON PORTE-COCHERE PORTE-COCHERE
PROJECT DETAILS:
Hilton Huntington Porte-cochere Renovation 598 Broadhollow Rd, Melville, NY 11747
CLIENT:
Navika Capital Group
1274 w RXR Plaza Uniondale , NY 1156
ARCHITECT AND CONSULTANTS:
AKASA DESIGN ATELIER
no.1, 2nd floor Atria institute of Technology Campus, 1st main road, Anand Nagar, Bangalore - 24 tel phone : 08023559000 E-mail : info@akasaatelier.com Website : www.akasaatelier.com
PROJECT DETAILS: DETAILS: PROJECT
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CLIENT: CLIENT: Navika Capital Group
CLIENT:
1274 w RXR Plaza 1274 w RXR, NY Plaza Uniondale 1156 Uniondale , NY 1156
1274 w RXR Plaza Uniondale , NY 1156
Hilton Hilton Huntington Huntington Porte-cochere Porte-cochere Renovation Renovation 598 598 Broadhollow Broadhollow Rd, Rd, Melville, NY NY 11747 11747 Melville, Navika Capital Group
Hilton Huntington Porte-cochere Renovation 598 Broadhollow Rd, Melville, NY 11747
PROJECT DETAI
Hilton Huntington Porte-cochere Re 598 Broadhollow Melville, NY 1174
Navika Capital Group
ARCHITECT AND AND CONSULTANTS: CONSULTANTS: ARCHITECT AND CONSULTANTS: ARCHITECT
AKASA DESIGN DESIGN ATELIER ATELIERAKASA DESIGN ATELIER AKASA
no.1, 2nd 2nd floor floor Atria Atria institute institute of of Technology Technology no.1, 2nd floor Campus, Atria institute of Technology Campus, no.1, Campus, 1st main main road, road, Anand Anand Nagar, Nagar, Bangalore Bangalore 1st main 24road, Anand Nagar, Bangalore - 24 1st -- 24 tel phone phone :: 08023559000 08023559000 tel phone : 08023559000 tel E-mail :: info@akasaatelier.com info@akasaatelier.com E-mail : info@akasaatelier.com E-mail Website :: www.akasaatelier.com www.akasaatelier.com Website : www.akasaatelier.com Website
ARCHITECT ARCHITECT SEAL: SEAL:
ARCHITECT SEAL:
HILT HUN POR
CLIENT:
Navika Capital Group
1274 w RXR Plaza Uniondale , NY 1156
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no.1, 2nd floor 1st main road, tel phone : 080 E-mail : info@a Website : www
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The Hilton Huntington Hotel required a rennovation of the Porte Cochere (entry vestibule). This project highlights the technical details prepared for conceptual design stage, which combines products from several vendors such as lighting, flooring and cladding into one comprehensive proposal.
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RESIDENTIAL DESIGN EXECUTION
This is a freelance project, taken from design through to final execution by me. This involved coordination with all project stakeholders, vendors, contractors and structural consultants.
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SIZE 0.9 x 2.1M 1.75 x 2.1M 0.85 x 2.1M 0.9 x 2.1M
TYPE Front Door Bedroom Door Bathroom Door Back Door
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WINDOW SCHEDULE
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TYPE Aluminium Aluminium Aluminium Aluminium Aluminium Aluminium Aluminium Aluminium Aluminium
PLINTH AREA (Including Walls): 942 SQ FT GARDEN AREA: EXTERIOR FLOORING/ DECK
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