Dominic Jerard Kurian Undergraduate Architecture Portfolio
Curriculum Vittae
Name
Dominic Jerard Kurian
Born on
25 | 02 | 1992
Contact
djk_kuttiyil@yahoo.co.in +919986241925
web
Kuttiyil powerhouse ext.road cohin 682108 www.behance.net/bushwa
Education
University School of Design, Mysore
Vidyodaya School, Kakkanad
2011-Present (Semester 9, Thesis)
1996-2010
Work Beetles 3.3 Studio, August 2012 Software Skills
Cochin
Autocad 2D Autodesk Revit 3D Rhino w/ V.Ray Google SketchUp Adobe Photoshop Adobe Indesign M.S Off ice
Sketching Model Making Hand Drafting Manual Skills
Green | Enviromentally Sensitive Celebrates context Poetic Material Sensitive Research based designing State of Art Technology applied Design Approach
‘Music is liquid architecture; Architecture is frozen music.’ — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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School of Planning & Architecture The Graft
Dream home
Urban Ecosphere
Hospital of Our Lady of Hope
Village Documentation of Thondanoor & Pattasomanahalli villages Physical Models & Artwork
The projects featured are done during the academic years of 2011 | 2015
# School Of Planning & Architecture, Mysore
Design Brief: Campus planning that is Culturally meaningful, humane in scale, urbane in character and harmonious in material and detail. Landscape sensitivity and Climatically responsive modes of design were to be considered.
7 01 Semester Year 2014
Design Studio
Site Area : 7Acres F.A.R : 1.75 Intake of students B.Arch M.Arch B.Plan M.Plan
:120 :40 :20 :20
Auditorium :1000pax
#view of OAT
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7 03 Semester Year 2014
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Low Built Water Feature
High Built
Hill
Lake
Low Built Water Feature
The design revolved around an abstraction of the landscape, creating a climatolgically relative, seasonally adaptive, silently inspiring,emotionally sensitive and creatively interactive built space under a roof.
Site Plan
# School Of Planning & Architecture, Mysore
Design Process & Concepts
Design Studio
Process sketches
#carloscrapa #poetic #sutle #nature #inspiring #contourbridge#seasonaladaptationofdesign
Site Analysis
Landscape Plan
Built v/s Open
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Process Model
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Ground Floor Plan
# School Of Planning & Architecture, Mysore
Section AA
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Flexible Open plan for design studios Design Studio
#openfloorplans#details#changingscapes
innercourt #change
Roofs were designed to collect rainwater to the water feature that becomes a dry exhibition space in summers.
First Floor Plan
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Section BB
Second Floor Plan
B
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7 07 Semester Year 2014 sectionalelvations
Section ZZ
Section YY
# School Of Planning & Architecture, Mysore Section XX
Sections
Design Studio
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Random other stuff
Elevation
waterfeature
innercourt
changinglandscapes
#views
#view
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In a world where we no longer eat healthy self grown vegetables and food but processed supplements, the idea of growing your own food is not over rated. In the near future growing your own food might be a necessity and not an option. -The core of plot A is its magical essence. -Direct interaction of dwelling spaces to the fields with no buffer in between -Irrigation system integrated with the structure of the living space it self o -360 Experience
# The Graft
This essence is directly grafted to plot B and a self sustaining module was conceptualized.
NASA, 09 Zonal Year 2014
Bangalore
On spot design competiton Recieved Citiation
Plan of Plot A Dwelling unit
Design Brief: Design a home in a rural scenario Plot A (20000sqft) and graft the design to an urban scenario exploring verticality in Plot B (2000sqft).
Team Members :
Amin B,Edwin J,Sadhana J, Mira P & Alex S
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# The Graft
Drawing plates as submitted
NASA, 11 Zonal Year 2014
Bangalore
#Energy efficient #Living #Dreamy #Revit #Autocad #Pivotirrigation #Stateofarttechnology
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#The Dream Home, Autodesk Design Competition
Design Brief: Design a dream home using Autodesk Revit 3D
13 Competition Year 2014
| BIM Modelling
“In today’s world where the prices are on a constant hike and spaces are on a decline, Our dream is of the future to evolve ‘home’ to a self sufficient, self efficient and sustainable living space with minimum built and maximum contact with a 360 degree experience of nature.”
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Room Legend Bath Cook Walk Eat Plan at Lvl 1
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Live Play
Serve Sit
Store Relax
winter
#The Dream Home, Autodesk Design Competition
Drawings
| BIM Modelling
#pivot irrigation #dreamy #revit
Room Legend Bath Walk
Relax
Serve Sleep Think
Plan at Lvl 3
The design graft a farm from a suburban setting to an urban setting where our site is set. Our home culminates in closing all the loops of survival in today’s world using its own micro climate. The idea comes to life using the efficient market-ready, state of art building technology redefining living experience.
Section 1
Team Members :
Edwin J,Sadhana J & Praveen C
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#The Dream Home, Autodesk Design Competition
Exploded Isometric View
17 Competition Year 2014
| BIM Modelling
#360o Experience
Plan at Lvl 1
Different Positions of the building with respect to the site.
view of living room
At different scenarios the house adapts offering a 360o experience.
Section 2
Team Members :
Edwin J,Sadhana J & Praveen C
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# Urban Ecosphere, Mysore
Design Brief: To design an Urban Insert in Mysore with respect to the immediate neighbourhood of a low income thickly populated settlement, major tourist attraction Kukkarahalli Lake and the site lies adjacent to the state highway Hunsur Road.
8 19 Semester Year 2014
| Urban Design Studio
Site Area : 32374.9sqm F.A.R : 1.5 Programs Involved -Permaculture Vertical Farm -Local Market & Organic Market -Restaurants & Cafes -Educational Programs -Go Karting -Hobby place reviving small scale industries -Food Processing Unit -Studio Apartments -Wellness Center
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Site Analysis & Concepts
# Urban Ecosphere, Mysore
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Layers documented and considerd
Case Studies
Design Idea Collage
Master Plan
Design was conceptualized centralizing Permaculture a system of agro and social design principles simulating or utilizing the patterns and features of natural ecosystems. The studio also focused on studying the site and surroundings indepth as well as casestudies based on the programs arrived
Immediate surroundings as well as broad scale approach gave birth to programs such as markets, restaurants while promoting the users to grow food. Conceptual Initial Sections
Semester 8 | Urban Design Studio Year 2014
Temple Road
Drawings
Section DD
Groupmates :
Bhagyashree L,Indu S,Sharannya S & Sherin J
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# Urban Ecosphere, Mysore
Drawings
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Semester 8 | Urban Design Studio Year 2014
Drawings
Groupmates :
Bhagyashree L,Indu S,Sharannya S & Sherin J
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# Urban Ecosphere, Mysore
Drawings
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Semester 8 | Urban Design Studio Year 2014
Details Designed planting guilds after studying the vegetation of Mysore and combination planting.
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view of vertical farm
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Planting Trays Designed with integrated irrigation system. Trays were designed for both short plants as well as for the hybrid dwarf trees used in the design.
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Water Supply
Hydroponic Systems |
Planting Tray Nutrient Tray
Auaponic Systems | Used as partition walls
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Filter
Fish tank
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# Urban Ecosphere, Mysore
Drawings
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Semester 8 | Urban Design Studio Year 2014
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view of vertical farm | food void
| food void
| food void
| food void
| spa
| collection
| birds Eye
|Physical Model
|Physical Model
# Urban Ecosphere, Mysore
Drawings
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Semester 8 | Urban Design Studio Year 2014
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Exploded Axonometery | Views
Site Area : 24,280sqm F.A.R : 1.5
100 Bed Mutlispeciality
# Hospital of Our Lady of Hope, Mysore
OutPatient Department InPatient Department Radiology Unit Casuality+Emergency Administration
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Semester 6 | Design Studio Year 2014
Design Brief: Design a 100 bed multi-speciality hospital with a highly functional approach. The studio dealt with studies of the complexities of designing a hospital whilst creating a humane environment for the patients as well as staff. The studio also revolved around healing landscape designs.
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The concept is derived from the structure of a DNA,the relationship between the strands is adapted between the built form and Earth. Landscape oriented healing was the idea behind the design.
Ground Floor Plan
Basement Floor Plan
Drawings
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Semester 6 | Design Studio Year 2014
Digitalized View
Section AA
Section BB
Physical Model
# Hospital of Our Lady of Hope, Mysore
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Design Process | Concepts | Live Casestudies
In-Patient Module
In-Patient Module
First Floor Plan
Case study of Columbia Asia Hospital Mysore
Section CC
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# Village Documentation| Thondanoor&Pattasomanahalli
Drawings
G POLE
KAR R
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The courtyard house o prevalent in the areas survey.
A common feature of t houses in this village is t by the presence of cou and helps in cross vent into the house through
The courtyard is also around which all the ac courtyard helps in dista sulting in an open plan. T tional in nature allowi throughout the day. Mo and sleeping are arrange common space.
In most courtyards, the .The floor of the cour respect to the plinth of tion point for the rain washing and cleaning nor
The status of the occu the number of columns highlighted by the use rounding the courtyard. ent houses had carved ones had stone or bamb
A representation of th sketches that follow.
GIRISH KARNAWAT
VIVINA KUTTAIAH
ROHINI
House#3 THONDAN Thondanoor COURTYAR DILIP D
PRASHANT G POLE
DEEPA M
DOMINIC
JERARD
VIDYASHANKAR R
GITIKA GOILA
NAUFAN K
VILLAGE SURVEY 2012
THONDANOOR VILLAGE SURVEY 2012
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SEM: 3 BATCH 2011
FACULTY
GROUP VIVINA KUTTAIAH
ROHINI
DILIP D
DEEPA M
DOMINIC
JERARD
GITIKA GOILA
NAUFAN K
House#7 Thondanoor
THONDANOOR
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GIRISH KARNAWAT
VILLAGE SURVEY 2012 | SEM: 3 BATCH 2011 Semester 3 | Documentation Studio PRASHANT G POLE VIDYASHANKAR R Year 2012
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COURTYARDS
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GROUP VIVINA KUTTAIAH
ROHINI
DILIP D
DEEPA M
DOMINIC
JERARD
GITIKA GOILA
NAUFAN K
House#8 Thondanoor COUR
#Measuredraw #Scale&Proportion #Gatewaysheet #RotringRender #Courtyardstudy
or “Thotti mane” as it is known is around the villages taken up for
the typology of majority of the their response to climate, as seen urtyards. This space brings in light tilation by bringing in the cool air the semi-covered jagali’s.
the main focus of the house ctivities of the house revolve. The ancing the activities around it reThe spaces around are multifuncing varied functions to occur ost private functions like cooking ed on the outer periphery of this
e roof slopes into the courtyard rtyard is normally depressed with the house. It also acts as a collecwater. The activities related to rmally happens here.
upant of the house is marked by s around the courtyard. It is also of materials of the pillars surIt was seen that the more affluwooden pillars. The less affluent boo pillars.
his is sought to be seen in the
House#6 Pattasomanahalli FACULTY
GROUP
GIRISH KARNAWAT
VIVINA KUTTAIAH
ROHINI
DILIP D
PRASHANT G POLE
DEEPA M
DOMINIC
JERARD
VIDYASHANKAR R
GITIKA GOILA
NAUFAN K
COURTYARDS KEY PLAN
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House#3 Pattasomanahalli
EM: 3 BATCH 2011
House#1 Pattasomanahalli
NOOR
Thondanoor Masterplan showing Thotti Mane
The Courtyard Houses or Thotti Mane was taken up for survey. This was a common feature of the houses in both the villages and served the purpose of cooling down the house asDILIPwell as provide light. ROHINI D DOMINIC JERRAD The courtyards were the centeral PLAN, entity of& the house with the roof SECTION SKETCHES NAUFAN K sloping towards the mostly sunken courts with private activities such as cooking and cleaning takes place. The status of the occupant is marked by the number of columns around the courts and also the material selection.
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St. Peter’s Basilica
# Physical Models & Artworks
1km Radius Urban Scale Model
Site Model of Fort Cochin
#PhysicalModels #SiteAnalytic #History #Contemporary #Design #Acrylic #Sunboard #Millboard #Foam #Styrofoam #Paper
Semester 1- Semester 9 Year 2011-2015
#Pencils #FantasiaPainterApp #Interests #DigitalArt #AlcoholMarkers #Watercolor #WatercolorPencils
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