Gagandeep Singh MS.Arch Pratt Institute Worksamples gagan@gaganarch.com www.gaganarch.com 284 Willoughby Ave #2L Brooklyn 11205 New York US (347)971-6693 www.linkedin.com/in/gaganarch/
Systemic Hybrids, Pier 11, Manhattan, NY Instructors: William MacDonald, Robert Cervellione
The idea of this studio is to create mutualistic environment based on specific qualities as organizational ideas. Complex adaptive geometries in form of minimal surface cells are then formulated in order to create anticipatory architectures which is highly responsive and transformable system.
Academic Project; Pratt Institute June2013-Aug.2013
Systemic Hybrids, Pier 11, Manhattan, NY Instructors: William MacDonald, Robert Cervellione
Academic Project; Pratt Institute June2013-Aug.2013
Power Pods: Energy Engendering Architecture, Coney Island, NY Instructors: Jason Vigneri-Beane, Jonas Coersmeier
Academic Project; Pratt Institute Jan.2014-May2014
Power-pods are new kind of infrastructures, highly resilient to water, proposed to populate endangered coastal cities. Consisting of Hydro-project components beside habitable spaces, they can produce energy from moving water, tides, waves and winds.
Serpentine Gallery Pavilion 2010, London Working with Ateliers Jean Nouvel, Paris
Professional Project; Built Feb.2010-Mar.2010
The idea of this studio is to create mutualistic environment based on specific qualities as organizational ideas. Complex adaptive geometries in form of minimal surface cells are then formulated in order to create anticipatory architectures which is highly responsive and transformable system.
Image courtesy: Ateliers Jean Nouvel, Photograph by Philippe Ruault
Researched on materials; created construction details; contributed in developing drawings and digital 3d model.
Olympic Nice Stadium, Nice, France Working with Ateliers Jean Nouvel, Paris
Professional Project; P.P.P. Competition, Finalist June2010-Sept.2010
Image courtesy: Ateliers Jean Nouvel
Developed detailed drawings inclusive of all services and structure.
Five Star Hotel, Chandigarh, India Instructors: Pradeep K. Bhagat, Gaurav Gangwar
‘Chandigarh’ with its unique character based on Corbusier’s model, is on one side contending for world heritage city, and on the other side, lacking modern structures needed to match its growth. The five star hotel, to be constructed at Chandigarh’s western periphery, is one such structure.
Academic Project; Chandigarh College of Architecture Jan.2008-Mar.2008
IIID-Godrej Furniture Design, Mumbai, India
Competition (individual participation) , Runner-up, Built June2012-Sept.2012
Design for High-end Office suite
This Executive Office desk creates an interaction between users, the most frequently used objects and the table top. The top is divided in standard sized units and is available in different options from which user can make a choice. With advances in technology and changing trends, new units can be launched, which are easily mounted on the old table. A design which is young in every era.
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Wiring Inlet for table top
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Digital Morphogenesis in Fairlie Center, Kolkata, India Instructors: Deepika Gandhi, Karandev Singh Mankotia
My research had a focus on contemporary architectural practice, in which digital technologies are radically changing how the buildings are conceived, designed and produced. A study of these digitally driven changes, their origins and their effects, is followed by taking inferences and implicating them in designing Fairlie center in Kolkata.
Research-Design Thesis; Chandigarh College of Architecture Jan.2009-June2009
Central University, Bilaspur, India Working with Cannon Design, Mumbai
Professional Project; Under-Construction Jan.2011-Aug.2011
Developed project in all phases, from Schematic Design through Contract Documentation in Revit; Regularly participated in Client-presentations.
Tour Bleue, Charleroi, Belgium Working with Ateliers Jean Nouvel, Paris
Professional Project; Under-Construction Nov.2009-Feb.2010
Managed digital model in Rhino; developed iterative formal studies of tower’s façade; contributed in creating drawings.