Ashwin Balaji Anandkumar Portfolio by Ashwin Balaji

PORTFOLIO ASHWIN BALAJI ANANDKUMAR

ASHWIN BALAJI ANANDKUMAR Architect | Researcher | Designer

Nationality Date of Birth Availability

Indian 19 | 06 | 1991 February 2016

Contact

+44 07467384474 (UK) +91 9962227808 (IND) ashwinbalaji1991@gmail.com 41,Fitzroy Square,London W1T 6AQ

Ashwin Balaji Anandkumar is a passionate and qualified architect (Part 2) from Chennai, India who recently graduated with a masters in architecture and Urbanism (Design Research Lab) from the renowned Architectural Association school of architecture, London. His interest in exploring radical design ideas and articulating architectural spaces pushed him to participate on various national level competitions and had won national award 1st prize for best innovative use of steel in architecture conducted by INSDAG, Kolkata, India. He had previously worked for a year as an intern at B.S Bhooshan & Associates and architectureRED in India and worked at Robert Stuart-Smith Design Ltd, London during summer 2015. After completing masters at AA-DRL, his design methodology is strongly inclined towards Computation in the realm of architectural design. His excitement and interests lie in the possibilities of the architecture of tomorrow; one that is molded by new facets of design in computers, technology, and multi-disciplinary teams with research and experimental design approaches.

CURRICULUM VITAE EDUCATION M. Arch

2014 2016

Architectural Association School of Architecture, London

Architecture and Urbanism Design Research Laboratory (AADRL)

B. Arch

2009 2014

School Of Architecture & Architecture (First Class) Planning,Anna University, (RIBA 1 Certified) Chennai, India

High School

2007 2009

St.Mary’s Matriculation Boy’s Higher Secondary School, Chennai, India

(RIBA 2 Certified)

Math,Physics,Chemistry, Computer Science, English, Hindi (92 % First Class)

WORKSHOPS Member

2012

Arches,Vaults,Domes Hands-on workshop, Auroville, India

Member

2013

AA Visiting School, Bangalore, India

Designed and built 3m span arch using bricks

PROFESSIONAL WORK EXPERIENCE Internship

2012

B.S Bhooshan & Associates, Bangalore, India

Internship

2012 2013

architectureRED, Chennai, India

Freelance

2014

SA architects, Chennai, India

Internship

2015

robert stuart-smith design ltd, London

(July - Nov)

(Dec - May) (May - July)

(June - Aug)

INDIVIDUAL EXPERIENCE Member

2011

Housing and Urban Development Corporation Limited (HUDCO) - Competition

Member

2012

G Sen Slum Redevelopment Competition - Shortlisted

Lead

2013

South India Design Competition - Shortlisted to Finals Indian Green Building Council Competition - Shortlisted

ACHIEVEMENTS AND AWARDS Student

2009

School Pupil Leader - Best Outgoing Student Award

Student

2010

Youth Red Cross - Best Volunteer Award

Member

2012

Indian Green Buiding Council Competition - Jury Commendation

Lead

2014

Institute of Steel Development and Growth - BIONIC BIRD - 1st prize

3D Modelling

Autodesk MAYA, 3D Studio MAX, Rhinocerous, Grasshopper, Softimage, Sketchup, Revit (Beginner)

2D Drafting

AutoCad, Rhinocerous

Coding

Processing (Beginner)

Graphics & Presentation

Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign, MS Powerpoint, Lightroom

Visual Media

Adobe AfterEffects, PremierPro

Animation

Autodesk MAYA

Rendering

V-Ray (3D Studio MAX, Rhinocerous), Keyshot

SKILLS Computer Skills

Fabrication

CNC Machine, Laser Cutter, Rapid Prototyping

Languages

Fluent in English, Hindi and Tamil (Native)

Other Interests

Photography, Sports - Cricket (School Team Captain), Volleyball, Table Tennis, Adventure Sports, Travelling, Product Design, Fashion Design, Graphic Design, Visualization, Modelling

REFERENCES

THEODORE SPYROPOULOS Minimaforms | Director, AADRL | Director

AA School of architecture, 36 Bedford Square, London WC1B 3ES theo@minimaforms.com

ROBERT STUART-SMITH robert stuart-smith design ltd | Director, Kokkugia | Design Director, AADRL | Course Master

AA School of architecture, 36 Bedford Square, London WC1B 3ES rss@robertstuart-smith.com

B SHASHI BHOOSHAN P.hd BS Bhooshan & Associates | Principal Architect & Planner 656 b, fifth cross, saraswathipuramground floor, shrishaila habitat, Mysore 570009, India bsbarchitects@gmail.com

‘‘ Certainly architecture is concerned with much more than just its physical attributes. It is a many layered-thing. Beneath and beyond the strata of function and structure, materials and texture, lie the deepest and most complusive layers of all’’. - Charles Correa

PROFESSIONAL WORK RESEARCH ACADEMIC

GUGGENHEIM HELSINKI Competition Proposal architectureRED Chennai, India

P 10-13

SUDARSAN RESIDENCE Proposal architectureRED Chennai, India

P 14-17

AERONAUTICAL BUILDING Built architectureRED Chennai, India

P 22-25

MINUSPLUS SWARM 3D PRINTING Post Graduate Thesis AA-Design Research Lab London, United Kingdom

P 26-35

TAMIL CULTURAL CENTRE Under Graduate Thesis SAP, Anna University Chennai, India

P 36-41

PEDESTRIAN WALKWAY Urban Design, Semester-9 SAP, Anna University Chennai, India

P 42-45

ACADEMIC

CONTENTS

WASTE DEPOT Competition-Shortlisted IGBC Bangalore, India

P 58-61

MATERIAL RESEARCH

P 50-57

BRIDGE SYSTEM Workshop 1 AA-Design Research Lab London, United Kingdom

P 62-65

INTERACTIVE DESIGN

BIONIC BIRD Competition-1st Prize INSDAG Kolkata, India

REALTIME FEEDBACK MILLING Workshop 2 AA-Design Research Lab London, United Kingdom

P 66-69

COMPUTATION & FAB

DIGITAL WORKSHOP

COMPETITIONS

ARCHITECTURE CAMPUS P 46-49 Architecture Design, Semester-9 SAP, Anna University Chennai, India

AA VISITING SCHOOL Workshop Incite Gallery Bangalore, India

P 70-73

GUGGENHEIM HELSINKI

To keep the proposal in scale with its urban con-

text, architectureRED has based their Guggenheim Helsinki design off of a typical Helsinki street block. However, where most of these city blocks appear as a solid mass with a courtyard void in their center, this proposal will be a mass surrounded by void. What results is a kind of artificial forest of columns, with the body of the museum suspended in the trees. The arrangement of the columns, according to the architects, â&#x20AC;&#x153;breaks the regularity [of the museum] and makes the space more accidental which instigates the users to discover their own space within.â&#x20AC;? The structure is set close enough to the harbor so that its reflection is cast into the water, further blurring the boundaries of the void that encapsulates the museum.

COMPETITION - SHORTLISTED by archdaily Architects : architectureRED, Chennai Role : Visualization, Graphics Site Location : Helsinki, Finland

CITY + EXPERIENCE

The museum as a destination having extroverted quality connecting the public

MARKET PLACE

The reflection of the museum on the riverfront showcases blurring of identities with its immediate context.

The circulation within the museum highlights the connections between various programs.

SUDARSAN RESIDENCE

PROFESSIONAL Architects : architectureRED, Chennai Role : Design development and Approval drawings Site Location : Chennai, India

The architecture of the existing building serves

as an inspiration for the massing and the design process.The building is raised on stills and the large cantilevered balconies make it lighter in its dense context.

Raised on stilts, the ground is a landscaped garden with space for parking & the servants. The entrance is along the vista to the landscape court .

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The spaces are planned such that they open into gardens. Thus the living,dining, kitchen and the bedroom open into a garden

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RED research+design

no. 10, jeevarathinam nagar - 1st street, adyar, chennai- 600020. t: 044.430.33669 www.architecturered.com

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AERONAUTICAL BUILDING

PROFESSIONAL Architects : architectureRED, Chennai Role : Graphics, Architectural Details Site Location : B.S Abdur Rahman University, Chennai

The program brief called for the creation of an institutional building with a built up area of approximately 1,00,000 sq.ft. The building is envisaged to host various departments of the institution and is hence, multi-disciplinary in program. The project is proposed to be executed in two phases, the first phase for the department of aeronautical sciences. Overall mix of programs for the project includes laboratories, classrooms, lecture halls, seminar halls, staff rooms and hod office spaces

Street Character

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Programs

Building- street relationship

Relation to existing spine

Placemaking

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Section

MINUSPLUS - SWARM AERIAL PRINTING MinusPlus

investigates the use of multicopters (UAVs) to continuously 3d print and reconfigure a temporal architecture that adapts, learning from peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s behavioural feedback. The research employs reversible light-weight materials of low melting-point that are easily 3d printed, re-melted and re-printed by UAVs.Bottom-up swarm building strategies are utilised that enable real-time design solutions to emerge from individual and collective flight behaviours are utilised in combination with material deposition techniques, building strategies, site observation and user feedback initiatives. The research explores material behaviour, flight control and swarm collaboration through both physical and digital experiments. 3D printing hardware, material deposition and flight control strategies where developed for outdoor deployment and indoor laboratory environment testing. People circulation across a site and the way they live and occupy the space become crucial parameters to observe and to learn from in order to create an architecture that is in a tight relation with its users. In order to keep track of the agents acting in the system, they are propelled through a cellular field that develops as a record of continuous motion and material deposited, generatingÂ feedback-induced emergent patterns

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REAL TIME DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION

ACADEMIC - POST GRADUATE THESIS Tutor : Robert Stuart-Smith AA-Design Research Lab, London Team : Ashwin Balaji Anandkumar,Alejandro Garcia Gadea, Martina Rosati, Chiara Leonzio

FLIGHT BEHAVIOUR

MATERIAL BEHAVIOUR

EMERGENT DESIGN

Prototypes for aerial 3d printing

Exploded view of Multi-copter

The strategy tested for building is a system composed by three types of drones, the marker, the builders and the controllers. The marker follows the main trajectory while the other two teams self-organize around it and start printing.

The end effector was designed to deposit molten metal via central tube surrounded by water nozzles that have the control to spray water to 3d print metal

End-Effector of Metal Printing

Spiral manoeuvre - iterations

seek waypoint

slow down when in the range of waypoint and start printing, keep distance from other multicopters

seek the closest free charging station when out of material or battery

seek heighest material already printed keeping distance from the other multicopters, start printing

Speed 0.1

Speed 0.3

Speed 0.5

Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Printing Beeswax

Printed artifact

Macro Movement

Multi-Scalarity

Swarm Behaviour

Building strategy | Wrapping

Behaviour | Avoid

Behaviour | Attract

Extending the three rules for flocking, collaborative behaviours for aerial construction was developed,whereby copters self-organize around virtual points in space.

Groups of drones are assigned to different tasks in the construction sequence and can weave primarily structural elements from the ground up and meet in the centre, can stitch pairs of trajectories, can interweave multiple trajectories and can create surfaces through stigmergic behaviour. Since the sequence of printing is important for the success of the construction, tasks related to the weaving of main trajectories are always assigned first, followed by main connections and eventually by secondary connections. If there are no drones available for executing a main task, no secondary tasks are assigned till some multi-copters are free.

Building Sequence | Weaving

Instructed trajectories

Curvature analysis

Stress analysis

Instructed trajectories

Curvature analysis

Stress analysis

Instructed trajectories

Curvature analysis

Stress analysis

Stage 1| Ground trajectories

divisions 4.0 Number of divisions 4.0 weaving sections 16.0Number of weaving sections 16.0 drones 4.0 Number of drones 4.0 equence 0/3/0/1 + 0/1/0/3 Weaving sequence 0/3/0/1 + 0/1/0/3 s 0.514 Min radious 0.514 s 0.780163 Max radious 0.780163 ............... ................................. ss-section 0.02 Printing cross-section 0.02 eed 2.0 Printing speed 2.0 prox. to ground 0.5 Threshold prox. to ground 0.5 ength 1.0 Drippings length 1.0 ep along trajectory 0.2 Drippings sep along trajectory 0.2 p vertical 0.1 Dripings sep vertical 0.1

Stage 2 | Main trajectories

Stage 3 | Boundary trajectories

Number of divisions of divisions 4.0of divisions 4.0 Number4.0 of divisionsNumber 4.0 Number Number of weaving 16.0Number weaving sections 16.0 sections 40.0 Numbersections of weaving sections of 40.0 Number of weaving Number of drones 4.0of drones 2.0 Number of drones 4.0 of drones 2.0 Number Number Weaving sequence 0/1/2/3 + 1/2/3/0 Weaving + 2/3/0/1 +Weaving 3/0/1/2 0/1/2/3 + 1/2/3/0 + 2/3/0/1 + 3/0/1/2 Weaving sequence 0/1/2/3 + sequence 2/3/0/1 sequence 0/1/2/3 + 2/3/0/1 Min radious 0.504124 Min radious 0.504124 Min radious 0.207797 Min radious 0.207797 Max radious Max 0.7851 Max radious 0.7851 radious 0.538532 Max radious 0.538532 ................................. .................................................................. ................................. Printing cross-section 0.02 Printing Printing cross-section 0.02 cross-section Printing0.02 cross-section 0.02 Printing speed 2.0 Printing speed 2.0 Printing speed 2.0 Printing speed 2.0 Threshold prox. to ground 2.0to ground Threshold to groundprox. 2.0 to ground 2.0 Threshold prox. 2.0 prox.Threshold Drippings length 0.6 length 0.6Drippings length 0.6 Drippings Drippings length 0.6 Drippings sepDrippings along trajectory 0.2 Drippings trajectory 0.2 trajectory 0.2 sep along trajectory sep 0.2along Drippings sep along Dripings sep Dripings vertical 0.1 sep vertical 0.1sep vertical 0.1 sep verticalDripings 0.1 Dripings

Stage 4 | Bundling

Number of divisions 12.0 Number of divisions 1 Number of weaving sections 60.0 Number of weaving s Number of drones 2.0 Number of drones 2.0 Weaving sequence 3/1/11/9/11/1 +Weaving 9/11/1/3/1/11 sequence 3 Min radious 0.68074 Min radious 0.68074 Max radious 0.899357 Max radious 0.89935 ................................. ................................. Printing cross-section 0.02 Printing cross-section Printing speed 4.0 Printing speed 4.0

Elements

Large spanning roof

Double Canopy

Migration and Re-configurability on site

The thesis argues for a migrating architecture, the design reconfigures over time, learning and adapting to how people use the printed space.

Shelter/Bench

Cantilevered Shelter

TAMIL CULTURAL CENTRE

Impact of a language on a person that greatly in-

fluences his/her thoughts was the key that led to this thesis. Tamil (South Indian language) is one of the longest survival ancient languages in the world that has 77 million speakers. It possess a long history of rich culture and literature that people still follow with great passion. Being a tamilian, i wanted to pay tribute for my language that greatly influenced me. A tamil cultural centre was proposed in the capital city of Tamil nadu, Chennai.

ACADEMIC - UNDERGRAD THESIS Semester : 10th School of architecture & planning, Chennai Site Location : Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

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3 The site (10.5 acre) is located in a scenic location on the banks of bay of bengal close to Marina beach, worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s second longest urban beach. The site was divided into 4 parts and the programs were zoned as a narrative sequence. The user is led to a subjective zone where one can have personal interaction with the art. Next is an interactive zone where one witnesses the art and then to learning zone.Finally the user decends to the destination point that is a realization zone depicting the birthplace of tamil in a symbolic way.

Design Narration

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Architectural Programs like gallery, cafe, museum,auditorium,workshop, OAT, restaurant are designed and most importantly an underground space depicting the sunken continent of early tamil land - Kumari Kandam. This proposal was aimed to spread awareness of the rich heritage and history of tamil for people. 41

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PEDESTRIAN WALKWAY

Stepping out from the platform of Central Sta-

tion, onto the road, one can see the horse drawn jutkas waiting to pick up people to take them to their destinations, black and yellow ambassadors which had just started to populate the Indian cities and a few clusters of people standing around waiting. That was the scene one encounters when they arrive to chennai in 1960. Again rewinding further back to 1920s â&#x20AC;&#x201C; the road was an automobile- free zone with people walking on a clear road and coconut trees by the bridge that stretches across a clean Buckingham canal. However, the current scenario in the site is worse were people cross roads in a hurry leading to many accidents as speeding cars add more havoc to the situation. The Design Intent is to study the site and surrounding context plus drawing inspiration from the past to revive the lost charm of the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s identity. The design proposal was aimed to create a dedicated walkway corridor for passengers to cross roads with ease by separating vehicular, metro and pedestrian in three different layers.

ACADEMIC - URBAN DESIGN Semester : 9th School of architecture & planning, Chennai Site Location : Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

ISSUES - Congestion The current problem in the site is the congestion all around that is caused by the hordes of people walking on the road coinciding with the vehicular traffic along the same roads.Lack of adequate pedestrian paths and unused pavements has added more problem. SOLUTION - Divertion Diverting the walkers along different paths facilitate faster movement and freer pathway spaces. Mapping the Context

PEDESTRIAN VEHICULAR

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METRO TRAIN

The design focuses on the current issue of traffic and pedestrian congestion and provides a simple solution by segregating into 3 different layers. Pedestrian at 2.2 m from GL, Vehicular at -3.3m and underground metro rail below. The design intent was to create a dedicated pedestrian corridor that smoothens the traffic flow without affecting the historical buildingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s imagery.

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ARCHITECTURE CAMPUS

ACADEMIC Semester : 9th School of architecture & planning, Chennai Site Location : Valparai, Tamil Nadu, India

The orientation of architecture design studios were based on the contour site and sun angle. The studios are strategically planned where all studios face the scenic view of valparai hills and they are inter-connected via skybridges.

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BIONIC BIRD

On 2013, INSDAG floated a competition for ar-

chitecture students to design a 250 bed cardiac hospital with judicious use of steel. After qualifying from South zone, the final round was held at Kolkata where the project was explained to 6 juries from different backgrounds and was adjudged First prize for best innovative use of steel in architecture. The overall structural system of the design draws inspiration from the poised stance of the bird ready to break into flight. The cantilevered wings when fully spread take the majority of imposed loads and transfer them to the abdomen area and subsequently to its legs.

NATIONAL LEVEL COMPETITION - 1st PRIZE Institute of Steel Development and Growth Collaborator : Chenthur Raaghav N Site Location : Kolkata, India

STRUCTURAL DETAILING

The main structural system features a truss modeled along the basic wing structure of the bird. All the live and dead loads of the eight floor slabs are transferred through tension cables to the truss. These tension cables connect to a steel flat plated cast like a ring at the centre of the truss, through eyelet joints. The steel cables which act as purely tension members connect to the beams at each level through eyelet joints which are riveted to the gusset plates fixed to the beams. Hinges as opposed to fixed joints offer greater scope for small lateral movements which prevent joint failure and offer flexibility. The loads transferred to the base of the sternum, a cylindrical solid section are subsequently transferred to the two â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;feetâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; of the structure, composed of cylindrical sections which taper out towards the bottom. The evolutionary advantage offered to birds in the form of their legs is replicated here. The steel plate supporting the feet rest on mass dampers. These perform the function of base isolation and also protect it in the event of seismic activity. The load is ultimately transferred to the ground by means of pile foundation, most suited for the clayey soil of the site.

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WASTE DEPOT

IDEA COMPETITION - SHORTLISTED INDIAN GREEN DESIGN COUNCIL Collaborator : Chenthur Raaghav N Site Location : Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Over the years, Pallikaranai, which is originally

a freshwater swamp housing a number of flora and fauna, has been continuously polluted by the large amounts of waste dumped there.The solution is to design a tower for waste management that uses waste for producing energy, waste blocks and converting them for some useful purpose. In future, the design envisions that the waste management would be in the background and the site would be more of a tourist attraction and retain its original wetland ecosystem status.

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Urban Land

Open Dumping

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Proposal

FORM GENERATION PROCESS

community garden

waste management

The 200 acre dumping yard at perungudi is surrounded by an eco-sensitive Pallikaranai marshland which houses many birds,animals and marine species.The marshland is under threat because of the dump pile which disturbs the current eco system.

algae pond

Site waste blocks

community gathering

birds habitat

pollution absorbent

A prototypical tower is designed that contains waste processing zones to produce power,waste blocks at dfferent levels. The tower is accessed by a spiral ramp where tourists and nature lovers can witness the charm of various flora and fauna. The design was aimed to restore the lost ecosystem of the marshland by using the dump available on site for creating someting useful. It can also be multiplied depending on the need. 4900 TONNES PER DAY

electricity generation

fertilizer generation

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BRIDGE SYSTEM

The brief of the workshop was to build a light-

est, strongest bridge system which can span one meter using sodium acetate. Studying the material behaviour, complexity, constraints and opportunities, a spanning structure is developed. It included in-depth exploration of various deposition methods used for depositing sodium acetate. Developing the methods, observing the constraints of the material and designing a truss system which could be used to span a meter long bridge.

ACADEMIC Workshop 1 Tutor : Shajay Bhooshan AA-Design Research Lab, London Collaborators : Andreas Y. Kyriakou, Jitesh Jadhav

Making of sodium acetate solution

Process of sodium acetate deposition

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A tessellation pattern was formatted creating nodes junction at various levels. Various angle of inclination were used for the mesh pattern developed. Tests were performed to derive the angle of inclination to create the proďŹ le above. The angle of inclination was showed superior result was 70 degree inclination. Cross bracing supported the spine and the tessellation pattern formed it transferred the load to the base. The idea of bracing back into the structure as you go higher was an interesting idea derived

REALTIME FEEDBACK MILLING The purpose of this workshop is to develop and

explore a feedback loop between key elements: CNC milling machine, computer code software, physical milled models, and us, the designer as a critical observer. Several strategies and experiments were conducted to establish a relationship between technical machinic operations - CNC stepover, stepdown, etc. - and concepts within a loop where the operation to follow is based on a reading of the current and ongoing activity

ACADEMIC Workshop 2 Tutor : Robert Stuart-Smith AA-Design Research Lab, London Collaborators : Johnathan Shillingford, Anju Satish

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Final strategy was to remove delay time and investigate a truly live feedback loop. The incorporation of a proximity sensor allows for instant depth and topographical readings, so that the live agent will react to the path it is subtracting in the material below

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AA VISITING SCHOOL

The workshop was aimed to continue both the

exploration and streamlining of the multi-stage process of concept to physical manifestation and the agenda of exploring physics-based design methods, integration of form and structure, computational methods of optimisation for fabrication, and adaptation to local means, methods and craft. The brief was to design a shelter space on the terrace of incite gallery using the tools taught. The workshop was also focused to design-build a sizeable prototype as part of the primary objective: â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;learning-by-doingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; using the same design tools, techniques and analysis methods.

WORKSHOP Tutors : Shajay Bhooshan, Suryansh Chandra Saman Saffarian, Vishu Bhooshan Incite Gallery, Bangalore, India Collaborators : Assad Khan, Louis Kurian

COMPUTATIONALLY BASED GENERATIVE DESIGN Development of conceptual options based on explorations on topology optimization. Iterative cycle of variation and selection based on evaluation criteria and geometry constraints.

MAYA | Design Process

Physical Models

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