GANESH R KATAVE
PORTFOLIO | SELECTED WORKS 2014 | 2019
Š 2019 Ganesh R Katave Ganeshkatwe1515@gmail.com All the works in this portfolio are solely carried out by Ganesh Katave unless stated otherwise. This portfolio is a sample of works developed by Ganesh Katave during the period 2014-2019. No part of this portfolio can be copied or edited in any manner without a proper and prior permission of the author.
GANESH R KATAVE
15 . 08 . 1996 +91 -8150915151 Ganeshkatwe1515@gmail.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/ganeshkatwe-7a81ba113 https://www.instagram.com/ganeshkatwe/ https://www.behance.net/ganeshkatw9dff https://www.dribble.com/Ganesh15
Resume
#40, Ambika nagar, Keshwapur , Hubli-580032
I have recently graduated from RV College of Architecture, Bangalore. I’m highly driven, motivated and creative minded individual with excellent communication skills. I have one year of professional practice, undertaken throughout my architectural education, with experience in all stages of work from preliminary concept design to on site execution. I represent my ideas through Art, Architecture, Graphic design and Illustrations.
- Education
- Achievements
2008 - 2012 DK Public School, Hubli Secondary Higher Education – CGPA 9.6
COA National awards for Excellence in Architectural Thesis - 2018 National winner from the South zone 04.
2012 – 2014 Dr. RB Patil Mahesh PU College, Hubli State board PUC – 93.8% 2014 – 2019 RV College of Architecture, Bangalore Bachelor of Architecture – CGPA 8.24
- Professional Experience Cadence Architects, Bangalore Academic Internship 2018-2019
Resume
mayaPRAXIS, Bangalore Volunteering for Gandhi Bazaar Live urban project 2018
RIBA Presidents Medal - 2018 Thesis Shortlisted by RV college of Architecture to represent for RIBA 2018. Scholarchs Honors by Vowels Idealeague - 2018 Shortlisted Among top 24 National thesis entries. UNIATA International architecture thesis award - 2018 Thesis part of Best Institution award(RV College of Architecture). Mindrain Thesis awards - 2019 Shortlisted Among top 24 National thesis entries. Landscape Foundation - 2016 Special Mention for ‘Change is the only Constant’; Published in LA Journal Contemporary Traditions - 2015 Best five studio designs published as part of the book
Dinesh Hiremath & Associates, Hubli Summer Internship 2017
- Participations
Pulp.Live Graphic Collaboration 2019
Lighting Design Workshop by IALD - 2016 Conducted by IALD in RVCA, Bangalore
- Architectural Competence Software skills Autocadd, Sketchup, Photoshop, Illustrator, Indesign, Revit, Microsoft office, Qgis, Global mapper, Sketchup layout Practical skills Hand/cadd drafting, hand sketching, model making, Graphic Design, Painting-Watercolors/Acrylic, Poster design, Digital art
Form in Font Workshop - 2016 Typography & Architecture workshop conduted by Ar. Nandita S & Ar. Deepa S Art and Design Committee Head - 2016 RVCA annual exhibition 2016
Academic studio 01 The House of Silent screams Thesis Studio-2018
10 Ophion
Industrial Design- 2016
14 Black Note
Interior Design– 2017
17 Revamped
Housing Design – 2016
20 Overhauled
Campus Design – 2017
Professional Training 24 SMVIT Library
Model Making – 2019
26 Sonigera
Working drawings – 2019
30 Babu Reddy Residence
Contents
Interior Drawings and Detailing – 2019
Graphic Design & Fine arts 33 Nation wants to know
Graphic Collaboration - 2019
34 Nautilus
Fine arts- 2014 to Current
ACADEMIC STUDIO
RV COLLEGE OF ARCHITECTURE 2014 | 2018
Academic studio VIII - 2018
Thesis | Fort Kochi
THE HOUSE OF SILENT SCREAMS Tracing untold and lost stories of the Colonial Era
+ Is a single story enough to understand a place? How vulnerable are we in the face of a single story? All places are rich with diverse histories and stories waiting to be unearthed. But do all stories find an expression in mainstream narratives? This thesis set in Dutch Cemetery, Fort Kochi Kerala-India explores the power of architecture to question stereotypes, capture obscure traces and ‘retell’ lost stories. This thesis uses architecture as a tool to create a hypothetical setting where the dominant and suppressed narratives collide in the space of the Dutch Cemetery. The design uses archetypes like the ‘ruins’, ‘towers’ , ‘labyrinths’, ‘gardens’ and ‘bridges’ to constantly evoke disruptive and contemplative experiences ranging from ‘uncanny’ to ‘peace’. The project seeks to create dislocating and uncanny spaces by distorting familiar forms. The thesis hopes that a critical engagement of stories, memories, place in this design will reignite the debate on why ‘all’ stories need to be told, heard and experienced.
view of the intervention as seen from the sea
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Academic studio VIII - 2018
Thesis | Fort Kochi
The cemetery though long overshadowed has been a silent observer of the cities past. Since this thesis roots the underlying theory from the idea of architectural uncanny, a site like cemetery falls fit for this exploration. The site being currently on the Biennale path is abandoned and is an artefact in the landscape of Fort Kochi.
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Academic studio VIII - 2018
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Thesis | Fort Kochi
Site as Palimpsest
Uplifted structures
Experientiality
History & Sub-altern
Archetypes as tools
Site ruins to domains
Ground as datum
Geometry & Purity
Disorder & Distortion
Materiality
Community & Culture
Uncanny & Monsters
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Academic studio VIII - 2018
Thesis | Fort Kochi
Aerial View of the project
South Eastern elevation
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Academic studio VIII - 2018
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Thesis | Fort Kochi
The Forest of Columns
The Mountains of Contemplation
The Garden of Light
The Path of Liberation
The Shell of Memory
The Obelisk
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Academic studio VIII - 2018
Thesis | Fort Kochi
At the center of architecture, there seems to be an empty space. You Can’t plan emptiness, but you can draw its boundaries, and so empty comes to life - Peter Zumthor
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Academic studio VIII - 2018
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Thesis | Fort Kochi
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Academic studio VIII - 2018
Thesis | Fort Kochi
Hoping to help others see beyond the walls that have been invisibly built by those who want everything for themselves at the expense of everyone else in this world. RoseAnn V. Shawiak
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Academic studio VIII - 2018
Thesis | Fort Kochi
Thesis Published on the following websites 1. RIBA Presidents Medal 2018 www.presidentsmedals.com
2. Architstart Architectural Thesis awards (ATA 2019) www.archistart.net/portfolio-item
3. Isarch Awards for Architecture students (9th edition) www.isarch.org/en/projects-gallery
4. World Architecture Community https://worldarchitecture.org/architecture-projects
5. UniATA Thesis Competitions https://uni.xyz/projects
6. Design Walkthrough https://www.youtube.com
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Academic studio V- 2016
Industrial | Peenya, Bangalore
OPHION
Reinventing Industrial Imagery
+ The project looks breaking away from the typical imagery portrayed by an industry. It looks at the rigid imagery which lacks new design challenges and uses the similar material and detailing techniques to generate dynamic industrial types. The initial inspiration was the linear dynamics of reptilian endoskeletons (eels, snake) which was relevant to the shape of the site. Site forces like neighbouring school and industries, shaped the basic zoning and views from the site determined the building’s placement. The goal was to have the building appear afloat when viewed from the pipeline road. The linear axis of the industry was turned at certain points to create points of surprise and not reveal everything at once. It also emphasized the fluidity of the form. The spine of the building holds it in place and changes in height at every interval. The processing forms the major part of the industry and the other auxiliary facilities are like plug-ins to this main axis.
Structural model showing the skeletal system of the building
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Academic studio V- 2016
Industrial | Peenya, Bangalore
Roof Plan
South-Western Elevation
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Academic studio V- 2016
Form Evolution
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Industrial | Peenya, Bangalore
Plan +1500mm
Plan +5000mm
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Academic studio VI- 2016
Industrial | Peenya, Bangalore
Detail of Structural module system
North-Eastern Elevation
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Academic studio VII - 2017
Interior Design
BLACK NOTE A Jazz Bar and Store-front
+ The given program had to serve two major commercial components of sell and entertain and the interiors are worked out for this hybrid. The idea was to challenge the tight hybrid site given with some interiors that break away from the rigidity. The dynamic and rhythmic forms of the interiors derives its inspiration from jazz music. The entire theme is worked out taking inspiration from old jazz bars which are dimly lit and the staging area forms the locus of program zoning. The logo is worked out in a similar manner and hence throws light on two major activities the interiors serve. The program focuses on jazz music as the entertaining component and a jazz instrument store front as a selling unit to create a hybrid commercial space. The idea is to involve people of different age groups to learn and enjoy jazz music with a small bar component as an add on. The project studies branding and point of sell with music as focus and generates a spatial model as a result of the study.
Interior Views of the Bar and the Stage
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Academic studio VII - 2017
Interior Design
User groups - musicians who perform on weekly basis. - controllists. - spectators. - music enthusiats. - sellers. - buyers of jazz instruments.
Plan + 1500mm
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Plan + 4500mm
False ceiling layout
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Academic studio VII - 2017
Front Elevation
Cross-section A
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Interior Design
Rare Elevation
Longitudinal section A
Cross-section B
Longitudinal section B
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Academic studio IV - 2016
Housing | JP Nagar, Bangalore
REVAMPED Transformable housing for ISRO
+ The project looked at a housing proposal for ISRO employees in Bangalore. The main idea revolves around transformable housing, where the idea of giving an independent villa space for each house in a vertical apartment is tackled. The spaces generated are flexible in nature with an outdoor garden that can be utilised for various activities or converted into a full pledged room according to need. The apartment unit works with modules of two bhk and three bhk flats which are interlocked to create terrace spaces on each level. The master planning of the mixed housing typology include apartments, villaments, row houses, visitor’s flats etc. Other facilities like club house are set atop a bridge that rests on top of the apartment block. The overall planning of the master zoning is inward looking to create pause points and areas of gathering for interaction.
Massing model showing the overall planning at master plan level
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Academic studio IV - 2016
Master Plan (Ground Floor)
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Housing | JP Nagar, Bangalore
Exploded Axonometric
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Academic studio IV - 2016
Housing | JP Nagar, Bangalore
Villament Unit
Row-house Unit
3bhk-house Unit
2bhk-house Unit
Typologies of Housing units
Units with Future Transformability 1) An attached bedroom/toilet unit. 2) An extra storage area. 3) A bedroom with separate/common toilet. 4) An attachment of toilet to an existing bedroom. 5) an extra exterior bedroom.6) a bedroom with a balcony.7) An office space with a balcony. 8) An extra room for yoga/gym9) an open side study. 10) A sitout area for coffee/reading.
Longitudinal section through the project
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Academic studio VI - 2017
Campus Design | Kolar
OVERHAULED An extension to Agastya Foundation, Kolar
+ The project looks at redesigning an extension to the currently situated Agastya Foundation at KGF. The site is rich with flora and fauna and is mountainous terrain slopping variously on a stretch of 172 acre master plan. The concept revolves around the idea of using water as a symbolic element in the context which is water scarce. The land-use pattern is generated by connecting all the bore-well points on the master plan level. This bore-well points are then converted to plazas based on their location on the site. The bore well points are also converted to water harvesting towers which also act as symbolic markers on site. The two bore well points are converted to a library and a main plaza surrounded by all the built components. Each building responds to the surrounding views, the plazas and mainly the water axis that runs centrally. The project also targets the user groups of the program who are school students of an experimental education system. The school motive is to take education to the students. Hence an experimental module of schooling is generated where in the students can develop their own spaces of learning.
Model of the School zone showing classrooms
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Academic studio VI - 2017
Campus Design | Kolar
Exploded Levels showing Master Planning
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Academic studio VI - 2017
Plan + 1500mm
Campus Design | Kolar
Plan + 8000mm
Section through Classrooms
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Academic studio VI - 2017
Campus Design | Kolar
Section through Water Harvesting tower
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PROFESSIONAL TRAINING CADENCE ARCHITECTS, BANGALORE 2018 | 2019
Professional Training - 2019
Cadence
SMVIT LIBRARY Proposed Library at Yelahanka, Bangalore
+ The physical model making exercise was taken as part of the professional training and the objective was to understand the developmental stages of the proposed SMVIT library- Bangalore. The deeper understanding gained by the model was the physical (elevation) and structural aspects of the ongoing project. The model become a necessity in understanding the various design features of the building, its frontal and rare relation to the neighboring buildings and its impact, both ecologically and physically in the context it is situated in. The model was broken into various layers to understand the structural appearance of the building. This exercise was important and gave various insights both academically and practically. It highlighted the importance of physical model making in practice not just as an added requirement but rather as a necessary tool to get deeper understandings of the building with its context and the dimensional aspects which otherwise are not noticed in a virtual model.
Design Development Model for proposed SMVIT Library
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Professional Training - 2019
Cadence
Model layer showing beam layout
Aerial view of the Library
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Entrance to the Library
Rare entrance to the Library
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Professional Training - 2019
Cadence
SONIGERA
Villaments at VV Puram , Bangalore
+ The Villaments units are stalked up with balcony spaces that form the exterior faรงade of the building. The dividing walls are further curved to enhance the elevation and are treated differently at each level to create uniqueness in the faรงade. This curves are embodied as brick walls which are plastered to give a seamless finish to the curve. The sandstone finish is divided with thin grooves that break the monolith curved walls into smaller curved segments providing spaces for light. Scope of Work: Drafting the detailed elevations and detailing the part plans and sections to define the values of curves. Detailing of curved elements to rationalise the curve bends and understanding the idea of using brick for curved walls. Working drawings for the elevation in the form of part plans and sections.
Design Model showing the Frontal elevation
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Professional Training - 2019
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Cadence
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Professional Training - 2019
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Professional Training - 2019
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Professional Training - 2019
Cadence
BABU REDDY RESIDENCE Residential Interiors , Bangalore
+ The interiors drawings are worked out for the master bedroom of Babu Reddy residence. The take on the interiors is kept subtle with minimal expression of the beds head board and a board that has vertical beadings covering the entire back wall. The idea was to cover the air conditioning ducts with the same beaded board and flushing the service door to create a seamless finish to the entire wall. The color palette chosen is kept minimal by using blush tones and highlighting the space with a statement purple grey carpet placed centrally. Scope of work: Designing the wall board and detailing a method to flush all the surfaces of the wall together. Detailed interior drawings for the head board and the wall board. Detailed Plans and sections with wall chasing details, fixture details and false ceiling drawings.
Interior design views and Color palette
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Professional Training - 2019
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Cadence
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Professional Training - 2019
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Cadence
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GRAPHIC DESIGN & FINE ARTS PULP.LIVE | SAMPLE WORKS 2014 | CURRENT
Graphic Design
Pulp.Live
NATION WANTS TO KNOW A Bharat ki Khoj series
+ This series of graphics where done in collaboration with pulp.live, an online urban magazine narrating stories. The graphic narrated is of Indian broadcast media-its history and the current scenario under the title Bharat Ki Khoj-Nation wants to know. The idea targeted by the graphics is that news channels now have turned out to be mere entertainment platforms for people to enjoy. The graphic specifically targets this particular theatric quotient in current news scenario. The constant compulsion to create new and exciting information for the heck of it is only causing further damage. The bigger picture of the overall narrative is that, over-time the news and the information that is getting passed on is nothing but absolute nuisance.
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Fine Arts and Illustration
NAUTILUS SERIES A fine art series
+ Nautilus is a series of fluid lines that represent and form a picture. This intricate art work is further illustrated for wall papers and posters. The idea uses the continual curves derived from a base nautilus curve and draws a picture formed by a set of curves varying in width and size. The series is undertaken to use curves only as tool and medium to illustrate a drawing hence making it unique.
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GANESH R KATAVE Ganeshkatwe1515@gmail.com +91-8150915151