Fastidious, hard working and open minded, and believes architecture is as effective and efficient as the knowledge possessed by the architect, hence am in constant search to acquire proficiency in the varied aspects of the field. Along with architecture, I am passionate about reading fiction, technology, films, and always eager for the opportunity of exploration and experimentation in the diverse facets of design.
CONTACT
address
A405, sarvam apartments
200ft radial road, Chennai
phone no.
+91 8248231270
e-mail
i.fazilaslam@gmail.com
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Fazil Aslam I
EDUCATION
Bachelor of architecture - UG
Measi academy of architecture Royapettah, Chennai
higher secondary education
Chettinad Vidyasharam R A Puram, Chennai
primary & secondary education
St. John’s English school Besant Nagar, Chennai
INTERESTS/HOBBIES
26-04-1995
LANGUAGE
Tamil & English - oral & written communication
SOFTWARE
- 2011
podcast books movie gym
WORK EXPERIENCE
professional
z axis design studio (22 months)
2018 - 2020
BTM layout, Bengaluru
Helped gain significant experience in design development, site meeting, client communication and meticulous documentation of drawings by working on varied project typologies including healthcare, residential and commercial.
If I’m asking for it from you, then you’re getting it from me
[ Harvey Specter ]
REFERENCES
Ar.Krishna Swaroop
chief architect @ z axis design studio
zaxisdesignstudio@gmail.com
+91 9880007071
Ar.Sharath
chief architect @ z axis design studio
2016 - 2017
mail@zaxisdesignstudio.com +91 9886177717
center for visually impaired
The study done on various topics (depicted under attached diagrams) has provided a background of knowledge from which the information and conclusions regarding the design of buildings for visually impaired were drawn. A passage from Romedi Passini’s book “Wayfinding” can summarize the conclusions drawn from the literature study
“The sighted individual will pay little attention to a small ramp leading
into a space; or to the transition from a soft floor to a hard one; or from a brilliant room with hard surfaces to a mellow one with soft wall coverings; or from a warm room to another slightly cooler. And he will pay little attention to these details because that is all they are to him: details. But these clues are not details to a blind individual. These clues are the space itself. They provide the only way blind can perceive space and become orientated to it.”
concept framework derivatives
Asmall research study was conducted with 10 & 5 visually impaired and normal people respectively, to understand the sensory utilization of the blind while performing daily routines such as walking, eating, bathing and cooking.
The study concluded the fact that the other senses are heightened compared to normal person, hence literature study on sensory architecture is taken up. The literature study and case studies helped derive the scale and conceptual framework of the project.
Pedestrian and vehicular movement: Both must be mutually exclusive to maintain Pedestrian friendly environment.
Zoning:
Distinct zoning of functions helps define a
comfortable cognitive map and play area zoned separately is a must for motor skills growth.
In a well accessible site, parking must be provided within the site and be zoned near the entrance.
Lighting & ventilation:
Open spaces or courtyards play an important role in bringing in the light and ventilation, irrespective of window type.
Circulation:
Linear and perpendicular circulation is easier to orient and navigate and is good at training stage but curvilinear circulation is more challenging. Hence both need to be integrated or designed to co-exist.
Sensory & wayfinding: Strategies to stimulate the senses must be implemented.
The Center aims to enhance spatial perception, activating the five senses as experience and source of information. A water channel runs through the center of the plaza, so that the sound of the water guides users along their way. Horizontal and vertical lines in the concrete at hand height offer tactile clues to identify each building. Six types of fragrant plants and flowers in the perimeter gardens act as constant sensors to help orientate users within the complex.
The floor plan, meanwhile, can be read as a series of filters which stretch out from the entrance in parallel strips. The first
filter is the building that houses the administrative offices, cafeteria, and utility area. The second consists of two parallel lines of buildings organized symmetrically along a central plaza. These buildings contain a store, the “tifloteca-sonoteca” (a sound and touch gallery) and five arts and crafts workshops. The third filter has the classrooms facing the gardens and the most private courtyards.
Perpendicular to the entrance, a series of double-height volumes house the library, gymnasium-auditorium etc.
Materials utilised: concrete, bricks, steel, and glass.
community sports complex
This project was designed as part of the urban study and design proposal done in 9th semester of college. The proposal was for a part of a site in Vadapalani, which had proposals including an office building, high-rise residential buildings in the vicinity. Hence, it made sense to bring a community sports complex into this context to tie all other typologies
together. Challenging the limited site and building area, we aimed to create an energetic public space in the community, offering numerous kinds of sports facilities for people living around including swimming pool, fitness center, tennis court, basketball court, squash court, ping pong table, billiards table, gate ball court, outdoor fitness center playground for kids and so on.
The
form acts as an “artificial hill” bringing the pleasure of climbing a real hill into the crowded city
With the aim of producing a friendly sports space, the concept is to make the building and site integrated. Creating a sloping shape of the building by “extruding” and connecting the sports ground on the east with walkable sloping roof lead to a stronger space perception of the building as a public facility.
Continuous sloping roof is an open public space with big steps acting as a walking route and bleachers for the east sports ground in the same time. Moreover, lawn roof provides spaces for grass skating, yoga, picnic and more for the community without charging a fee.
People could walk slowly up to roof deck on 4th floor along the slope and down through a cantilevered stairway on the north. These form a round route in an “artificial hill” bringing the pleasure of climbing a real mountain into the crowded city town.
Multi-function arena on the lawn slope is a pure semitransparent space made of polycarbonate sheet. It provides tender interior light suitable for various kinds of ball games, group calisthenics, and parties. In the corner of the arena, batter posts replace upright posts in structure which makes the building a floating glow box as a unique sight in community.
The pattern visible on the facade wraps the building on all four sides. This pattern was developed with specific set of rules as explained in the following project, for which it was initially developed for.
The material intended for construction of the facade is mild steel framework, anchored to the masonry, which in turn is wraped with grey colored polycarbonate sheet. This we believe would help cut direct sunlight (which could be a hindrance while playing a sport) into the building, and instead result in uniform diffusion of the same. One possible con of this could be the cutting down of visual connect between the interior and exterior, especially the second and mezzanine floor.
facade development
The first pattern was developed by establishing a base module and its multiples. These modules were overlapped only in three specific ways as shown. The first trial of pattern generation was done in a 9-division column.
The first option seemed to cover majority of the commercial complex’s glass facade ,thus a more open option was required by the client. Hence 6-column division was made and instead of solid filling of the modules, thinner projecting flaps kind of approach was tried. The second option was a little too dense and the material cost as well was high. The next option was to reduce the density and make the glass facade more visible for window display.
The third option was devel-oped such that the overlap between two modules should be significantly bigger to be used as a display window, but trying this following the initially established rules did not work out. Hence, the grid and module sizes were varied and by trial and error method the final design was arrived at. project 01 : commercial complex, kanakpura road, bengaluru
The primary consideration for the building design was to create a residential development which set itself apart from the typical high rise residential complex found in the City.
This goal is accomplished on two fronts, by architectural design and by programming. The programming is accomplished through the inclusion of highend luxury amenities within the units and the site, and by providing residential units with large areas. Through the architecture we break down the massing and repetitiveness usually found in this type of construction by producing visual ambiguity in the size and type of residential units from an exterior view.
This ambiguity is created by giving the residential towers the illusion of large expansive glass walls through the use of a hybrid curtain wall system of glass and aluminum panels.
facade development
option 02
This hybrid system is used to mask the punched stacked openings of typical residential construction and blur the distinction between solid wall and opening. The ambiguity is reinforced by the exterior balconies and patios, which are staggered along the x-axis and z -axis of the building faces. The residential units have been designed for privacy and comfort with ample opportunity for cross ventilation and multiple spaces with good solar exposure. The large private terraces and small balconies bring the landscape to each unit, and the terraces allow each unit to expand the living spaces into the outdoors through the use of large sections of operable glass walls. This strong connection to the outdoors and landscape help meet the goal of providing each residence the feeling of a garden villa, in the sky. The balconies and terraces are carefully placed on the buildings and articulated to maximize the benefits to the interior while also breaking up the mass and repetitiveness of the 100m towers.
facade development
We were provided with a very basic brief of designing a three bedroom hall kitchen residence for a family of four, and the client Mr. Varughese being a keralite wanted certain native elements to be incorporated. And so we have designed in such a way that the dwelling morally gels in its natural context with its exemplary features popping out to catch the eye’s gentle attention. We can say that the house stands as a unique representation of
tropical adaptiveness wrapped in modernist contemporary design outlook. The house is designed in an open plan concept with its active spaces linked together as mutually dependent volumes. The living, dining and kitchen spaces, have very limited wall separations between them. Thus, these spaces which forms the active core of the house remain connected and open all the time. This also helps in overcoming the space constraints due to limited footprint that was available to build
varughese residence
kammanahalli, bengaluru
project still under construction
eagleton residence
The site is located on a sloped terrain that opens onto the golf course landscape on one side, offering expansive views to the lush green terrain around it.
The client’s requirements were simple a contemporary retreat and the primary need for solitude. The intent to blur the boundaries between the built and the natural spaces was fulfilled by using glass as a primary, and splitting the residence from the inside.
The structure can be distinctly seen as five volumes interacting with one another to form a whole. The main cuboidal volume on the ground houses the social areas and terraces, the cantilevered cuboid
bidadi, bengaluru
at an angle houses the personal spaces (bedrooms and family living).These volumes allow the visual relationship between the inhabitants and the golf course and framing the landscape.
Large extended overhangs, enveloped in wood underside and evocative of the surrounding context, extend above the structure, protecting the house and its inhabitants from the local monsoons.
Muted and subtle tones line the spaces from the inside, allowing the earthy context to permeate the house. This simplicity accentuates the effect of the surrounding nature, that is at once, strong yet placid and peaceful.
