Education - M.Arch , B.Arch. AA School of Architecture Design Research Laboratory, M. Arch (2014-2016)
Conducted workshop on 3D printing Spatial Design Department, AUT (2015Aug)
Architecture association visiting School Compound metal folding. (2013Dec)
Work Experience - (1.5 Years) Graduate architect, Inform Architects. (2013Aug-2014Aug)
Role: Worked as BIM coordinator, drawings, modelling and renders and physical modelling. Handled three projects simultaneously as a Junior Architect.
Assad Khan Jaffer
56, Priory Road, Croydon, CR03QY, London, UK
Intern, Anil Dube Architect , Bangalore (2011June-2012Jan)
• 07496 423399 • assad.drl@gmail.com
•Coordinated construction on site and between consultants.
India, New Zealand (Resident)
Coordinated construction on site and between consultants.
Role: •Worked as Intern – drawings, modelling and renders •Handled 11 houses in total as an intern.
Rendering and 3D Modelling:
Maya, MEL, [MiArmy], 3Ds Max [V-Ray], AutoCAD, Rhinoceros [Grasshopper],
BIM (Building information modelling): Autodesk Revit.
Presentation and editing: Adobe Creative Suite.
Robotics, coding and electronics:
ROS [Robot operating system], Python Machine coding, Open source computing using Beaglebone, Odroid, Atom, Building Color detecting robots. Processing.
3D printing and model making:
Autodesk Meshmaker, Cura, Laser cutting, Hand modelling
References: Thepdore Spyropolous Course Director: AADRL, Minimaforms theo@minimaforms.com tel: 0788 3244617 Robert Stuart Smith AADRL Course Master, Co-founder of Kokkugia, RSS Design rss@robertstuart-smith.com tel: 078`v8 8202387
Autonomous Aerial Robotic Sand Printing. Role of autonomous aerial vehicles in the design and construction process of reconfigurable habitats. Intelligent Additive Manufacturing - Manifold assemblage.
Helical Transformations - A generative typologies workshop based on Cellular Automata.
National Institute of Technology - Golden Jubilee Block - A design and construction project that involved the extension - Rourkelah
Architectural Association - Visiting school - Metal folding and structural assemblage.
Robotics experiments
M. Arch : AADRL :Behavioral Production Robert Stuart Smith: AADRL Behavioral Production Studio. Plinthos Team: Maria-Eleni Bali, Raissa Fonseca, Rithu Roy. Role: All aspects London : UK : 2016
Research: The research speculates the use of aerial robots (drones) to design and construct structures using sand and water as a locally sourced material in a desert environment. Since these areas are inhospitable and infrastructure is accessed with great difficulty, aerial robots are most ideally suited to this environment and construction strategy. We proposed autonomously deploying drones and using sand dunes as temporary scaffolding during the printing process. We developed bespoke printing mechanisms and unique flight systems to develop the printing procedure. As a result this was a production research and is currently the only aerial printing project to prove this strategy as well as controlled aerial printing. After construction, the migratory nature of sand dunes is enough to displace and unearth the sand thus, revealing the structure.
Step 1b: Evaluate Material + Deposition Behavior. After material behavior is narrowed down. Actuation behavior: Or the manner in which material is actuated by an aerial Printing mechanism. By printing lines very close to each other we are able to create shell like formations, like those similar to keratin fibers in an egg shell. The strategy for the structure is based on distributing the load alond the sides of the shell, therefore one would not need excessively large sections, just a greater surface area of a thin section.
WIND DIRECTION TENTACLES
Plinthos project thesis is arguing for a dynamic engagement between the environment, the design and the construction process. According to this sense, the land and the building become part of a single cycle where they are almost inseparable. Testing the general principle in a simple compression-only structure such as a dome, we developed a series of prototypical patterning logics and we analyzed their structure (show structural catalogue with domes, no columns).
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Interior Top Level
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Ground Level Upper Ground Level Lower Ground Level
By introducing intermediate projections at every alternate layer into the patterns analysis we were able to alleviate the compression stress in the structure (simulation of construction sequence with column). The main reason being that the act of forming micro-space frames withing the printing process helps distribute the stress between individual layers and lines.
M. Arch : AADRL :Behavioral Production Mustafa El Sayed: AADRL Behavioral Production Studio. Team: Lui Yuan, Nai Yee Chen Role: All aspects London : UK : 2015
Research: This workshop was aimed at teaching us the basics of writing code. Using loca rules to control a set of parameters that move a cube in a voxel environmet we are able to generate forms that arise entirely out of these rules. The basic rules for the a cell moving in a grid environment were written by John Conway a british mathematician. by using rules that are able to control the movements of cells like in the game of life, except in a 3D environment we are able to generate form. Selection criteria for the form generation depend on selecting the rules that generate specific behavior For Example : symmetry or repetition. The role of the architect changes from designer to rule writer for form generation
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Result: The final populations consisted of populations of more than 1 million cubes in the grid system. The rules implemented were designed such that the typical helical formations that the mathematical functions would give can be deviated to give different variations of the same genotypical result. The helical rules implemented in x,y and z axes were varying based on conditions of curvature, between the red and the blue differentiations between the grid system.
M. Arch : AADRL :Behavioral Production Robert Stuart Smith: AADRL Behavioral Production Studio. Team: Martina Rosati, Patchara Reutongdee Role: All aspects London : UK : 2015
Workshop: This workshop was aimed at using single plane manipulations to create orbifold or manifold geometries. The basic geometrical logic of angular interlocking between planes was important while designing the piece. The intention after the design was to print the geometry using a 3D printer such that the size of the assembled geometry was two times the size of the printing bed. All table-top FDM (Fused depostiion modelling) printers have a small bed and the resulting printing volume is always used to print small geometries. The bed is utilized in this study to print components rather than a single connected geometry. The main emphasis of the work was in creating successful joinery as assembled components in order to achieve this goal. A whole set of geometrical transformations are conducted on a single geometry and the success of the piece is based out of the different plastics used to validate this study.
Certificate Course : AADRL : Metal Folding AA Visiting School Bangalore. Team: Ashwin Balaji, Louis Kurian Role: Design + Assembly Bangalore : India : 2013
Research: The research speculates how folds on plain surface geometries can aid in providing structural stiffness. The workshop was aimed at teaching how to design such folds and comparing them to a cluster of folded objects put together. We employed choosing a set of transformations and applying them to a geometrical form. After turning them into flat plain shapes and lazer cutting them we are able to conver them into hollow shells and use them to make a larger compound object.
ChiefArchitect and CEO: Kiran Venkatesh InForm Architects Bangalore. Project status: Currently under construction. Role: Working drawings + BIM modelling Bangalore : India : 2013
Project: The project was an extension to an academic building for a national institute of technology in Rourkela, India. The architects InForm Architects from Bangalore were chosen from a nation wide competition to design and construct an extension to the prestigious National Institute of Technology building. My Role: The major portion of the work in this project was building the project from ground up as a BIM coordinated model. Incorporating the additions made by various consultants into the model. The project used Autodesk Revit 2014 - 2015 to build the model and standards from Indian Building codes were incorporated into the model. About Project & Firm: http://www.ptbn.org/dark-shadows-over-nit-rourkela-mhrd-cut-grants-to-5-crores-from40-crores/ http://www.autodesk.in/adsk/servlet/item?siteID=5967151&id=24238085
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Hobbies and extracurricular activities Architectural Association, London. Role: Design London: 2015
Electronics Experiments: Project: This experiment was about building an aerial and ground robot from scratch. After doing a market research on small computers. A cheap onboard computer the Beagle Bone Black was encoded with an open source operating system and integrated with a flight controller system and rover control board. All navigation systems were built into the onboard computer while encoding differnet levels of code that could allow for commands to be instructed through an off board computer. The success of the project was when the robots executed pre-coded movements that were encoded into the flight and rover programs. As an added function the ground based robot is able to establish visual stigmergic rules on color and motion detection.
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