DIVYA MAHADEVAN ARCHITECTURE PORTFOLIO 2013 - 2018
Bachelor of Architecture (National Architectural Accrediting Board) American University of Sharjah, UAE — Fall ‘13 to Spring ‘18 ISEP Exchange Program Miami University, Ohio, USA — Fall ‘16 Higher Secondary Certificate (Central Board of Secondary Education) Indian Educational School (Bhavans), Kuwait — 2012 - 2013
AlHumaidhi Architects, Sharq, Kuwait Junior Architect — February ‘19 to present Fahed + Architects, Kochi, India Summer Architecture Internship — Summer ‘17 The Interiors Collaborative, Salwa, Kuwait Summer Architecture Internship — Summer ‘16 International Exchange Office, AUS Peer Advisor & Publicity Specialist — Spring ‘17
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American Institute of Architects (AIA) Associate Member Summer ‘18 Tau Sigma Delta Honor Society in Architecture and Allied Arts Member of Zeta Alpha Chapter at AUS Spring ‘18 School Student Council Indian Education School (Bhavans) Public Relations Secretary 2012 - 2013
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Telephone +96566897527 Email dvmahadevan@gmail.com Address Salmiya, Kuwait
Pulled (2018) Screen Printing Exhibition Sharjah, UAE Six Degrees Graduate Show (2018) D3, Dubai, UAE Global Grad Show (2018) D3, Dubai, UAE
Spreading Grace (2019) DesignxConstruct Program Zanzibar, Tanzania Drikshya Foundation (2018) Graphic Designer Kochi, India Emirate Environment Group Clean Up UAE (2014) Sharjah, UAE Color Run (2015) Abu Dhabi, UAE Sharjah Light Festival (2016) Sharjah, UAE
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Visionary Architecture: Active Environment
Spring ‘18
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Dubai Maritime Museum, Al Jaddaf, Dubai
Spring ‘17
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College of Arts & Sciences Extension, AUS
Spring ‘16
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Inhabitation + Artist’s Residence, Bastakiya
Spring ‘15
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Garden Villas designed on Revit
Spring ‘18
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Westcott Solar House Facade
Fall ‘16
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Wadi Helo Shelter by Neonomads
Fall ‘17
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Vector Active Structure
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Furniture Prototype + Digital Fabrication
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Tiling/Tessellation Prototype
Spring ‘16
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Screen Printing + Pulled 2018
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Active Environment
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Architectural Design Studio VIII 5th year - Spring 2018 Professor George Katodrytis During the course of this graduating studio, physical, material and digital simulations are observed under scalable context and then translated and applied into an urban setting. Visionary Architecture delves into Per_form_ ative urbanism: Poly.morphi.city Re-imagining the city’s lines, planes and voids. From the possible site locations, the dead billboards along Sheikh Zayed Road, Dubai, UAE is tackled with imaginative programs, structure and functions. For this project, the spatial conditions were created though iterative models of stretched fabric is slit according to minimal surfacing to maximize the combination of spaces that it creates. This surface is held onto a field of strings which acts as the structural system and frozen with concrete. Once the observations of light, space, materiality and sound are made, it is stimulated in 3D animating software – Autodesk Maya. The results are further studied to respond to the site. This results in the programmatic aspect of the project – an active environment created for movement through the undulating surface created by the stretched fabric. At instances, the billboard is disrupted to create an interesting façade while breaking the monotony. The billboard itself is utilized for service spaces. Location: Sheikh Zayed Road, UAE Area: 14000m 2 Height: 13m Material: Concrete cast on fabric + Cables
Visionary Architecture “Active Environment”: Rhino VRay Renderings
Physical Model Exploration: Stretched Fabric and Strings (Minimal Surfacing)
Digital Exploration: Maya 3D Modeling and Animation
Site Plan: Sheikh Zayed Road Opp. Mall of Emirates
Cross Section
Context Render: Sheikh Zayed Road, Abandoned Billboard
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Dubai Maritime Museum
Course Year Instructor Team
Architectural Design Studio VI 4th year - Spring 2017 Professor Marcus Farr Misbah Shehreen Baig Comprehensive studio aims to expand ones understanding of architecture in practice. In this course, students are made design a project along with the necessary analysis of site, code requirements, standards, ADA, specifications, structure, scope, firm practice and culture and other requirements that are generally encountered when practicing architecture in the real world. For this purpose, students are grouped in pairs and given a project with the site location, dimensions, and programs. The site location is in Al Jaddaf area next to the Dubai Creek Metro Station looking over the Dubai Creek and the land beyond it. This site has several attributes such as the water body, water taxi, boats and boat building sites, and the possible extension of the metro line into the water. The project and the program is to celebrate UAE’s maritime culture by developing a maritime museum with gallery spaces sufficient to house UAE’s maritime history. Along with museum spaces, the project has to include parking, landscape and waterscape design as well as maximize its relation to the creek. Design Development 50% Site boundary: 180m x 65.5m Plot area: 11790m 2 Setback: 5m Build-able area: 9435m 2 Built area: 1200m 2 Parking: 1200m 2 Landscape: 900m 2 Height limit: 15m
Dubai Maritime Museum, Al Jaddaf, Dubai: Rhino VRay Renderings
Site: Al Jaddaf, Dubai, UAE
Context Plan: Al Jaddaf, Dubai, UAE
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Floor Plans
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Dubai Maritime Museum: Wall Section Model
Dubai Maritime Museum: Interior Renders
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College of Arts & Sciences Extension
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Architectural Design Studio IV 3rd year - Spring 2016 Professor Gregor Weiss The aim of this studio is to study the relationship between envelope and structure and to design a large spanned space which will house the different programmatic elements. This allows to free up internal space and create maximum interaction between different disciplines. The approach to this project was to span a truss system across the shortest distance and house the programmatic elements such as theatre, rehearsal rooms, library in one bar and innovation and entrepreneurship lab in another bar which penetrates the truss system. This truss system carries the skin which creates a space between that acts as the loggia. The programs in the two bars are connected by bridges that provide an opportunity for social interaction and at the ground level it is freed up into an open plaza to maximize movement and flow into and out of the space. The site is in the American University of Sharjah, UAE campus and is connected to the College of Arts and Sciences building. This project acts as an extension to this existing building. The design of the project responds to the loggia and dome typologies that are repeated throughout the campus. The long truss that spans across the property line creates a curvilinear elevation that responds to the bulge of the dome while the two bars that penetrate the structure aligns with the height of the adjacent building. The separation of the bar creates a plaza for social gathering and events. This ensures a sense of belonging and also adapts the inwardly focused nature of the college buildings on site. Site boundary: 60m x 40m Plot area: 2400m 2 Built area: 1250m 2 Height limit: defined by context
College of Arts & Sciences Extension, AUS: Renders
Site Plan: AUS
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Physical Model
Ground Floor Plan
Building Section
North-East Elevation
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Inhabitation + Artist’s Residence
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Architectural Design Studio II 2nd year - Spring 2015 Professor Alice Vialard The notion of using a single material to create different atmospheric conditions is explored in this project. Brick walls that undergo rotation, shifting, and pull/push transformations come together in unison to create contrasting spatial conditions. A dark and narrow entry leads the eye towards a grand bath with skylights over the water body to recreate a sublime presence. Site boundary: 10m x 2.5m Plot area: 25m 2 Height limit: 4m Depth of bath: 1.5m Brick dimensions: 240 x 120 x 65 (mm) This project encourages experiential design process which is executed by orchestrating a compound network of sensory phenomena through the instruments of spatial, physical and psychological perception. The site is located at the historical neighbourhood of UAE (bastakiya) which embraces the traditional courtyard houses with narrow undulating streets (sikka). The project is approached with an inside-out design process to create spatial conditions with experiential dimension providing a Live and Work programmatic element. The design adopts the traditional windtower and courtyard features to facilitate the experience of moving from cool spaces to warm spaces. Site boundary: 17m x 20m Plot area: 340m 2 Courtyard area: 113.33m 2 (1/3rd of plot area) Ground habitable area: 226.67m 2 (2/3rd of plot area) Height limit : defined by context
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Garden Villas Designed on Revit
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Applied Computer Aided Design 5th year - Spring 2018 Professor Ahmed Mokhtar This course introduces two-dimensional drafting and three-dimensional Building Information Modeling (BIM) CAD applications. Here, emphasis on modeling with building information is done on Autodesk Revit where understanding of databases and its outputs and given importance to. The final project of this course is to design a complex Villa that is similar to an existing model but encourages design changes and decisions to improvise on the given requirements. This exercise explored the different ways in representing a project available on Revit. The outcomes included perspectives, sectional perspectives, walkthroughs, wall sections, renderings and Stereo Panorama*. Materiality and Landscaping techniques were also used in this project. Location: Garden Villas, Sharjah Plot Area: 234 m 2 Built Area: 135 m 2 Height: 11 m
* Link to Stereo Panorama of the Project created on Revit: http://pano.autodesk.com/pano.html?url=jpgs/1e731688-7aab-4786-961a-ffda3d879e13
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Westcott Solar House Facade
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Westcott House Architecture Studio, Miami University in collaboration with Westcott House Foundation & AIA Gold Medal Winning Architect Peter Bohlin 4th year - Fall 2016 Professor John Reynolds Aditya Bali & Noah Schurr The Westcott Architectural Design Studio instructed by Professor John Reynolds, Miami University, is in collaboration with the Westcott House Foundation and AIA Gold Medal Winning Architect, Peter Bohlin AIA (Bohlin, Cywinski, Jackson) on an Educational Campus Master Plan, Visitor Center, and Educational Pavilion since 2006. These additions will expand the educational and outreach programming for the Westcott House, a noteworthy Prairie Style house in Springfield, Ohio designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1906 and completed in 1908. During the course of this studio, students explored architectural and design methodology adopted by Frank Lloyd Wright. This project challenged students to design a facade around the existing Westcott Solar House that follows the design of Frank Lloyd Wright’s parti. The approach to this emerged from studying the angles of the sun and mapping the lines where the shadows cast in order to provide a holistic protection from direct sun rays while allowing unobstructed views to the outside. Site boundary: 28’-7 1/2” x 36’-11 1/8” Plot area: 2094 sq.ft Offset distance: 5 ft Cantilever distance: 17’
Westcott Solar House Facade, Greenmount Ave, Springfield, Ohio: Perspective Render
Westcott Solar House Facade: Plan & Elevations
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Wadi Helo Shelter by Neonomads
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Architectural Design Studio VII 5th year - Fall 2017 Professor Gregory Spaw Studio Design + Build (14 Students)* Neonomads is a team of 14 design build students who collaborated with the Environment and Protected Areas Authority (EPAA) to build a research shelter in the rocky regions of Wadi Helo near Sharjah. The client requirements were simple a space for sleeping, storage and working in a warm and protected enclosure. The site location is a part of the protected areas in that region and is not accessible by vehicles. These limitations informed the design of the shelter greatly. During the semester, intense research and explorations of materials and connections were made through iterative mockups. The final design was a lightweight aluminum pipe structure with perforated nylon fabric that allowed for air movement and enclosure. The framework was made of eight interwoven loops that can be assembled on site and the fabric had easy attachable fixtures to hook on to the framework. The fabric was double membraned and in three pieces which allowed for a permutation of assembly according to the program. The framework is meant to be attached to a bar-grate plinth which accommodates storage and air flow along with facilities to level the flooring. An inbuilt fire place was also designed in anticipation of extreme cold weather and to prepare food. A prototype of this was fabricated in house using the Metal shop, Laser Cutter and CNC Mill to be presented at the end of the semester. This project was also displayed at the Global Grad Show 2018 as a part of Dubai Design Week. Location: Wadi Helo, Sharjah Built Area: 17m 2 Height: 2.3m Materials: 25mm Aluminum Pipe + Metal Connectors + Nylon Fabric Equipment: Pipe Bender + Band-saw + Drill + CNC Mill + KERN Laser Cutter
Research Shelter for EPAA by Neonomads: Exterior Render
Analysis of Roadways & Landmarks
Wadi Helo: Site Options
Wadi Helo: Path and Circulation
Form and Structure Diagrams
Programmatic Considerations
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Order of Operations: Aluminum Pipe Bending
Order of Operations: Pipe Connection
Order of Operations: Assembly
Order of Operations: Fabric
Order of Operations: Foundation
Fabrication of Physical Model
*Team: Misbah, Azmiha, Zahra’a, Gopika, Yasmeen, Sarah, Omaima, Shahd, Nermin, Basil, Afra, Moza, Divya, Farah, & Bana.
Research Shelter Final Prototype
Research Shelter Final Prototype displayed at Dubai Design District as part of Global Grad Show 2018
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Vector Active Structure
Course Year Instructor Team
Structures for Architects 3rd year - Spring 2016 Professor Faysal Tabbarah Gopika Praveen, Uthra Varghese & Zahra’a Nasralla The projects primary motive was to help one understand the structural qualities of materials and the flow of force when a heavy load is placed on a structural system. The project demanded a vector active system which is a coactive stress condition, but each member undergoes a single stress condition - either compression or tension. With the combination of wood, metal plates and cables, these members are arranged in a way that responds to a heavy load and transfers them to every member before it discharges to the ground. The design consists of three modules connected with three members at the top that acts like a compression member. These three modules carry load from the compression member and transfers it to the ground. At the lower level, three compression members hold the modules in order to avoid kick-back of the three legs that are in contact with the ground. Dimension: 1.7 x 1.5 x 0.8 m Materials: 2x4, 2x2 Wood + 3.8 mm Mild steel + 6.4 mm Wire rope
Vector Active Structure: Exploded Axonometric
Vector Active Structure: Physical Mode (2x4 Wood,Mild-steel,Steel Cables)
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Furniture + Digital Fabrication
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Westcott House Architecture Studio + Design Foundations II + Introduction to Digital Fabrication 4th year/Fall 2016 + 1st Year/Spring 2014 + 3rd Year/Spring 2016 Prof. John Reynolds + Prof. William Heintz + Prof. Gregory Spaw Aditya Bali & Noah Schurr (“Flight Bench” Furniture Prototype)
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As part of the Westcott Architectural Studio, understanding of design through woodworking is explored by producing ones own rendition of a Japanese joint and a Furniture Prototype. This is done in order to exploring materiality, space and design. Flight Bench: Mahogany slab + Ash legs Slot-Lock: Cherry wood Bar- explores the play of Solid vs. Void in creating a balance between negative space and solid content. The approach to this project was by forming relationships in the form of transformations such as penetration and subtraction. Dimensions: 8 x 7 x 30 (cm) Poured material: Cement Form work material: Foamcore Barber’s Pole Pepper Grinder uses the technique of watertight modeling to create an encasing for a mechanic system. This project is designed work with the extents of 3D Printers and modeling around a pre-existing mechanism. The design adopts a twisting motion which responds perfectly to the program and the user. Dimensions: 14 x 7 x 7 (cm) Equipment: Makerbot Replicator 2X Material: ABS Plastic Light Fixture uses the method of folding, unfolding and expanding techniques on a single sheet of material. The design responds to the folding technique observed in works of origami. The model uses these folds to hold itself up and provide an interesting shade to encompass the light fixture. Dimension: 40 x 30 x 30 (cm) Equipment: KERN HSE 400 Watt Laser Cutter Material: 0.5mm Stainless Steel + 3 IKEA Santir Light Fixture
“Flight Bench” Furniture Prototype: Mahogany Slab & Triple-Lock Joint Ash Legs
“Bar -” Design Through Subtraction: Concrete poured on Foam Board Mold
“Slot-Lock” Nature Joint Study: Designed on Rhinoceros, fabricated with wood
“Barber’s Pole Pepper Grinder” Inspired by the motion of the grinding: Makerbot 3D-Printed
“Light Fixture” Folding Technique: Mild-Steel cut on Kern Laser Cutter
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Tiling/Tessellation Prototype
Course Year Instructor
Introduction to Digital Fabrication 3rd year - Spring 2016 Professor Gregory Spaw With the growing use of machines and robots in designing, it requires critical understanding on how to work with them. In this project, the use of 3 axis CNC mill and the vacuum former aided the design process. The intend was to create tiling patterns or tessellations that could potentially be mass produced into a wall. The process involved designing a mould on Rhinoceros, then setting up the file as a negative mould on Mastercam for the CNC mill. Once the MDF piece was milled, it was taken to the vacuum former and pressed against HIPS to create a polystyrene mould on which a mixture of plaster and cement was poured. This process induced a basic understanding of mass production and designing for the CNC mill. Further explorations of creating a module to then create a whole mass was also explored. The inspiration for these tessellations were adopted from the waves noticed in nature that occur in varying altitudes and strengths. The 6 sides of the hexagon allow for maximum connectivity with other tiles. The central nature and the twist of the tiles respond to the emergence of these waves. Dimensions: 25 x 21 x 4.5 (cm) Technique: Contouring Equipment: 3 Axis CNC mill + Vacuum Former Material: 18 mm MDF + High Impact Polystyrene + Cement + Plaster
The Wave: Tiling/Tessellations Prototype installed on plywood.
Tile Plan
Tile negative CNC Milled
Tile Elevation
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Tile Render on Rhinoceros
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Screen Printing + Pulled 2018
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Screen Printing + Pulled: Screen Printing Exhibition 2018 5th year - Spring 2018 Professor Paul Bantey This course teaches the basic methods used in screen printing and printmaking with the use of a fine screen and a press. Over the course, several methods were introduced to expand our understanding of printmaking. This included, monochrome, duo chrome and multi-chromatic printing, Ben day dots and half-toning, 4 color printing process, Stencil, film exposure, serigraphy and registration. Since the project requirements were vague, it allowed for creative thinking. The themes, the designs and the inspiration reflect personal interests and opinions as well as relevant discussions in this generation. They also are an opportunity to explore all possible ways in doing the same art work with the use of variations in colour, substrate and technique. At the end of the semester, the whole class put up an exhibition showcasing our work. Pulled was an open exhibition that showed the outcomes of this course and the extent to which Screen Printing and printing techniques are used in the modern day. Weapons of Destruction: 29.7 x 42cm, Split Fountain & Drip Who is the Joker?: 42 x 59.4cm, 5 Color Print CMYKurt: 42 x 42cm, 4-color process Pics or it didn’t happen: 29.7 x 42cm, Half-toning
Pulled: Screen Printing Exhibition 2018 from April 17 located in AD1-101, CAAD, AUS, Sharjah
“Weapons of Destruction”, Screen Print, 2018
“Who is the Joker?” , Screen Print, 2018
“CMYKurt”, Screen Print, 2018
“Pics or It Didn’t Happen”, Screen Print, 2018
Divya Mahadevan Assoc. AIA, B.Arch +971526801367, +96566897527 dvmahadevan@gmail.com Salmiya, Kuwait