GURUPRASATH A 01 September‘94 (23yrs old) Madurai, IN +91 94 88 44 01 07 burntmud.agp@gmail.com www.in.linkedin.com/in/gurujags ACADEMIC BACKGROUND
B. ARCH (2012-2017)
CURRICULUM VITÆ
SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE & PLANNING, ANNA UNIVERSITY, CHENNAI CGPA- 7.81 PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
M/S. KSHETRA | ASSISTANT ARCHITECT Ar. GSV Suryanarayana Murthy Sep2017 - Present N.DELHI, IN PRACTICAL TRAINGING
SUJATA KOHLI ASSOCIATES | INTERN Ar. Sujata Kohli Dec2015 - Apr 2016 N.DELHI, IN
Vanakkam, I’m Guruprasath, have deep roots in Madurai. My family’s frequent transfers during my schooling has made me an avid learner throughout, adapting to cultures and dialects around me effortlessly. Living in the cities across India as well as the Rural has offered me various POVs and an unending desire to discover more from the unknown. I’m known for my enthusiasm to go to any extent to surpass my standards. I make frequent attempts to imbibe the context of consequences, seek solutions and steadily work towards perfection, for
Perfection is truth in my personal opinion.
To me, Architecture is a realm of enclosure of space in relation to nature rather than mere fabrication. Delivering an architectural solution is simple but not easy.I’m in search of indegenous knowledge of building practices into contemporary approach. My threshold is afresh,ready for the ventures.
ARCHITECTURAL CONSERVATION PROFESSIONALS | INTERN Ar. Ashish Trambadia MAY2015 - Oct2015 AHMEDABAD, IN PEOPLES ARCHITECTURE COMMONWEAL |SUMMER INTERN Ar. Sudhir K MAY2014 CHENNAI, IN TAMIL (NATIVE) HINDI (ILR4) MARATHI (ILR2) GUJARATI (ILR2) SANSKRIT (ILR1)
FREE-LANCING
OFFICE INTERIORS| FREELANCING TERAREACH IT SERVICES Apr 2016 GURGAON, IN DOCUMENTATION FOR CEPT UNIVERSITY PRESS| FREELANCING RAYMEEKER’S POTTERY SCHOOL & FIRED HOUSES July 2017 PUDUCHERRY, IN
About Me Guruprasath A
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ACADEMIC WORK_ the journey through my Architectural Ideology:
VOLUNTEERING
SEM1: BASIC DESIGN :
Student Volunteer - SPIC MACAY
Experiments with Shape, Colour, and Materiality.
2nd International Convention, IIT-M
Dissertation on Co-existence of Food, Shelter & Water
Environmental Secretary – SAP Campus SEM II: ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN 1:
COMPETITIONS ANDC 2012 ANDC 2014 Louis I.Kahn Trophy NASA_shortlisted entry hy 56th NASA NA Louis I.Kahn Trophy 57th 7th NASA Reuben's Trophy 56th h ANC
PEDIATRIC CLINIC : Small Scale, form exploration.
SEM IX: ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN 6:
ART GALLERY: Contect-free form exploration ,
CHARATER SKETCH OF AN URBAN LOCALITY
DISPLAY MODULE: Space definition by juxtaposing
CAMPUS DESIGN: way-finding exploration & Piecemeal development planning
SEM III: ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN 2: 3D MODELLING: articulation of form. light and space
SEM X THESIS:
MONTESSORI SCHOOL: Understanding Spacial Heirarchy.
LOCI OF MEMORIES & HOPES in Central Madurai
PARTICIPATION
an exploration of a reinstating potential memories and
Z-AXIS Conference titled “Buildings as Ideas” Kala Academy, Panaji 2016
SEM IV: ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN 3:
Heritage based SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT FORUM INTACH CHENNAI CHAPTER 2016
STUDY: Interpreting interdependency.
57th
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Study, Use & Conservation of Stone ( Hands-on) INTACH Chennai Chapter & IIA 2014 Understanding Holistic Sustainability Perspective in Architecture Education: Issues, Trends & Oppotunities Auroville Integral Sutainability Institute 2014
MICRO ARCHITECTURE: achieving Compactness . RURAL
SEM V: ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN 4: UNDERSTANDING HUMAN HABITAT: A Predesign Study. APARTMENT DESIGN: deciphering Livelihoods, contextuality and Incremental Standards. SEM VI: ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN 5: LEARNING FROM THE MASTERS:A personal exploration followed by a design. CORPORATION OF MADRAS: Large Scale, MSB, a wider
ATYANTA, Zonal NASA Convention 2014 Hindustan Univesity, Chn
perspective of Citified scale.
APOLOGUE, ZonalNASA Convention 2013 SatyaBama University, Chn
SEM VII: INTERNSHIP: exposure on Conservation
Bamboo Sructures Workship (Hands-on) SAP Campus, Chn
Academic proficiency
possibilities of newer hopes.
INTERESTS Architectural Conservation Traversing through Cultures Archaeology People Oriented Design Regenerative Habitats Computer Hardware Assembly SOFTWARE KNOWLEDGE AUTOCAD Essentials Adobe Design Suite REVIT(Beginner) RHINO (Beginner) This portfolio is a sum-up of my life experience, as reflections in Architecture consequently seeking answers to the never ending questions. I always believe,
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CURRICULUM VITÆ
Coordinator - Louis I. Kahn Trophy
TRANSFORMATION Convention MIDAS, Chn
SEM VIII: INTERNSHIP, DISSERTATION
REFLECTIONS AS COLLECTIONS
Thesis
writing
Loci of Memories & Hopes
Labefaction of Lakes, Velachery
Campus Design Institute of Archaeology & Historical Studies
Urban Design Vinyasa: the City Utopian
the Compulsion to Sketch Captived By Threshold F A S CI N A T I O N
Experiencing a starting point of a new state. (a threshold)
Documentation
Internship
Internship
Landscape Design for Azalea Golf City
Architectectural Conservation
World Heritage Nomination & Adarsh Monuments
Repair by Disassembly - Shivalayam
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Each project holds its own means of presentation. But for convinience, they are all presented in this portfolio in a similar layout keeping the original presentation spirit.
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Baba Baidyanath Temple Precinct Renewal ______________________________
A city dwells predominantly on people that make it. The survival of cities depends on its consistency in satisfying the inevitable seeking of the t. We would like to define and defend our Sense of place by our personal experiences, social interactions, and identities. We would like to shape our cities so as to shape ourselves.
THESIS sem X
THESIS-PROLOGUE
�One can say that the city itself is the collective memory of its people, and like memory it is associated with objects and places. The city is the locus of the collective memory.�- Aldo Rossi
Land of Lakes : Labefaction Mylapore, George town, Tiruvallikeni are some of the immediate answers one gives on picking a site with distinct character within Chennai. Trying out “expecting the unexpected”process in search of sites and discovering the hidden character was the challenge within. Some Initial findings about Veachery (objective in nature) are as follows.
CHARACTER PERCEPTION OF CONTEXT
Velachery is seen as a potential site for commercial development since 1980s. The main reason being the connectivity and land values. Thus rapidly seeing a rise in construction and encroachments. It is home to a lot of Global brands and recently popularizing trends of Multi-cuisine and clothing. Thus Bypass road (100ft. Rd) proves to be a Box-Office social Hit meaning commercially successful place triggering social activities of the masses. There has been population inflow from down south to Velachery for job, education while Velachery provides choice of better housing and evidently crave of city lifestyle. And hence neglecting their background, culture. In return Velachery’s Ethos is not forced onto them neglecting Dhandeeshwaram heritage. Since Velachery is low-lying below the sea level, the monsoon rain water from the neighbouring areas are drained into this lake. The rapid pace of real estate development in the last two decades resulted in the shrinking of the waterbody. The evident consequence was the December 2015 floods.
A CHARACTER SKETCH OF VELACHERY a model and an illustration on the effect of development on Velachery lake as environmental degradation
PERCEPTION BACKED BY CONCERN Concernment of the aftermath resulting in the environmental degradation directed me to concentrate on the Lake and its context. How I see It? The novel Kallikattu Ithikasam – Vairamuthu, narrated with the typical taste of Country side colloquial text, tells the agonising tale of a borderline farmer of Vaigai riverbed region in southern Tamil Nadu. The book helped me to contemplate the site’s character in two ways namely comparison and Juxtaposing. The comparison involves the life of people craving for confluence of water as their livelihood to the ignorant species neglecting a waterbody is in an urban scene. Juxtaposition: The Attached excerpt from Kallikaatu ithikasam, facilitated juxtaposing the development of rural with that of urban in which water plays a significant role. In relation to the text, depiction #1: the settlements on the riverbeds are forced to relocate for the betterment of major masses benefitting from the dam built on their livelihood. Whereas, Depiction #2 the infrastructural development in Velachery is insensitive towards nature.
do I realise YOU only during my hardships? laying darks deserts(roads) around the city, Under the scroching sun, I enjoy your presence beyond the fence! mother who shaped me ; you(water) are the only one!
LAND OF LAKES : LABEFACTION Velachery, Chennai
WHAT MADE US?
Preserving the known and Unravel the unknown. reciprocal framework, digging the depth of History allowing flexibility of pace, time and availabiity of place.
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Madras Literary Society(1905) University of Madras Library (1909) National Archives of India (1928)
relocated to Peoples Park
Manuscript Library(1935)
Indegeneous Plant Research Centre
FLORA
Moved out of Site to newer locations
The Brief History of the events and consequences within the Historic complex of Government Archaeology Museum on the Pantheon road . The accurate study of the interventions play a major role in the Piecemeal developmenrt of the Institute
Urban Forest
AQUARIUM
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Landscape & Parks
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ZOO BUILDING ADDITIONS
CONNEMARA LIBRARY PANTHEON
OLD GOVT BUILDINGS
GOVT INTERVENTIONS
open only to Noblemen
AVAILABILITY
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Under Queen’s Rule Public Library (1862)
Indian Republic Birds Gallery (1963)
Connemara Library (1896)
Centenary Exhibit hall(1951) National Art Gallery
Pantheon (1853)
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DECIPHERING THE ESSENTIALS
The Site for developement (8.2acres) is lushsly couuen in vered with trees. Considering the Lack of Greens ow the Chennai and the consquence of razing down um effort to trees on the Urban Heat Island, Maximum preserve the flora and the Fauna is un undertaken.
Possible layouts for the maximum utilisation was tested by the arraying of required space offset from the trees by atleast 4m.
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The arrays nornal to the Geographic North occupied more space of about 70% (effective 54%).
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CAMPUS DESIGN sem IX
NEARING THE PRODUCT
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Public access to Library from Road
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ARCHAEOLOGY & HISTORICAL STUDIES Egmore, Chenna
Lady Lawley Block (Heritage List II) Weekly Update of resarch by the Institute
Urban Forest to preserve the Flora & Fauna
Market functioning once in a week
IINFLUENCING THE CONTEXT
Hostel Block for Postgraduate students
Connect to the Optamology hospital Nusrse (to Hostel)
Future Development ( Facuty Housing)
Public Assembly Area (weekly Exhibit to Accomodate Museum’s Crowd Overflow)
CAMPUS DESIGN sem IX
Archaeology Institute’s Library (Also Connemara Library’s Extenion)
TRAVEL SKETCHES
Under the Starry Night, along the Spooky Ghats... speculative me!
R.Ganga, Varanasi
THE UTOPIA WE DREAMOF! URBAN DESIGN STUDIO sem IX
CITY VINYĀSA
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Hovering around the World
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CONDITION MAOOING OF FACULTY BLOCK (LVL 3)
Condition Mapping of IIM Louis Kahn Campus, Ahmedabad
INTERNSHIP at ACP, Ahmedabad
CONDITION MAOOING OF FACULTY BLOCK (LVL 3)
SCHEMATIC PLANS & DRAWINGS FOR FACADE TREATMENT
Proposal for Hotel inclides 18rooms, Conference room, a Restaurant in the Basement and a garden open to public
Stared in !927, The Pani Bai School is the Second oldest school built in Diu, then a Portuguese Colony. the school’s architecture character is a mix of Vernacular Techniques and Portuguese embellishments The School was named after the Founder Pani Bai
tthe h options for False Wall treat tment a re inspired from treatment are tthe h documentation of Existing elements
the Vocational Sch School hool houses 8 large rooms, 5 rooms for varied a activity, ctivity, a Li Library, ibrary, a Common Dining, open Landscaping
Adaptive Resuse of PaniBai School Diu, Daman & Diu (U.T)
SITE SUPERVISION OF LEVEL 1 FLORRING Documenting Column flute profile before reconstruction
Illustration for Wooden Beam Contact point
INTERNSHIP at ACP, Ahmedabad
LANDSCAPE WORKING DRAWING
Hand Rail Profile
Reinstalling the fountain
Adaptive Resuse of PaniBai School Diu, Daman & Diu (U.T)
OTHER SITE WORK & SUPERVISION
St. Francis of Assisi Church
Diu Museum
Pani Kotha
The other Sites at Diu were Diu Museum, St. Francis of Assisi Church (Diu Hospital), Pani Kotha (Diu prison) Site visits wer emade twice every month in order to keep track of the progress at the sites and to communicate the Contractor Team the next stage of work.
Recording Stone quarying process at Site
INTERNSHIP at ACP, Ahmedabad
GATE HOUSE DESIGN
Other conceptual Sketches
Shematic Model
Sushant’s Azalea Golf City Lucknow
LANDSCAPE SCHEMATIC DESIGN (PHASE i)
01. Relax Seating 02. fireplace 03. Amplhitheatre 04. Central Lawn 05. Children's Play area 06. Urban Forest 07. Main Drop off 08. Club Drop off 09. Block Drop off 10. Roundabout
INTERNSHIP at SUJATA KOHLI ASSOCIATES, N.Delhi
LANDSCAPE SCHEMATIC DESIGN ((PHASE i))
Sushant’s Azalea Golf City LLucknow uck know
LANDSCAPE SCHEMATIC DESIGN (PHASE i) INTERNSHIP at SUJATA KOHLI ASSOCIATES, N.Delhi
DOCUMENTATION FOR CEPT UNIVERSITY PRES
GOLDE BRIDGE POTERY GOLDEN MASTER M PLAN
RAY MEEKER’s POTTERY SCHOOL & FIRED HOUSE Pondicherry
DOCUMENTATION
DOCUMENTATION FOR CEPT UNIVERSITY PRES
LIVELY WORKPACE
Clockwise from Left: 1.the Flexible informal lounge 2.tech head enjoying Kick scooter 3. Nightout work sessions 4. Relax Stuff & Brainstroming area 5. Dicussion room with the CEO inside
TERAREACH IT SOLUTIONS chattarpur, N.Delhi
LIVELY WORKPACE The Rectangular layout of the Offce space allowed us to deliver flexibile workspace that can accommodate about 35-40 people round the clock. The entire office is about 1400 sq.ft has the formal meeting and conference area divided by a see through glass partition acting as a scribble plane to take note of things to be done, brainstorning and more.
Credits to the Team: Ganesh Babu R P Rajha Surya A
FREE LANCE WORK
CAPTIVATED BY THRESHOLDS
CAPTIVATED BY THRESHOLD perspectives in India
FASCINATION
CAPTIVATED BY THRESHOLDS
Each Threshold is a personality varying in scale, proportion, function, embellishment, emphasis through repitition. They forbid or allow, some connect or disconnect. But their soulful purpose is to impart curiousness and notions of what is on the otherside.
THE COMPULSIONS TO SKETCH
I’m obsessed by the inevitable light that persuades built propotions to be dynamic
IIM Ahmedabad Louis Kahn Campus
Datia Palace
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Loci of Memories &Hopes Central Madurai
THE COMPULSIONS TO SKETCH Lingaraja Shrine Kajuraho Western Complex
The Compulsions to Sketch
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The Glorious Kakatiya Temples and Gateways
Rudreshwara (Ramappa) Temple
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WORLD HERITAGE NOMINATION
Latitude : N 18˚ 15’ 32.88” Longitude : E 79˚ 56’ 35.54”
Rudreshwara(Ramappa) Temple Palampet, Telangana
Criteria (i) Represent a masterpiece of human creative genius Rudreshwara (Ramappa) Temple is a master piece of Kakatiyan style of Temple architecture with the use of engineering innovation by creating floating bricks, sand-box foundations, material selection knowledge and ingenuity in stone sculpting as technological ensemble. The sculptural and form modification, evolution of temple art, sculpture and use of technology in material selection and making as displayed in Rudreshwara Temple at Palampet,Keerthi Thoranas at Warangal, Temple of Thousand Pillars at Hanumakonda are master pieces of human creativity.
Criteria (ii) Exhibit an important interchange of human values, over a span of time or within a cultural area of the world, on developments in architecture or technology, monumental arts, town-planning or landscape design. Rudreshwara Temple displays an important interchange of human values over a span of about 180 years i.e. from 12th to 14th century CE. in the Telugu language speaking region of the Deccan India by the Kakatiyas on development of sand-box technology for geo-structural strength, manufacturing of light weight bricks, evolving improved technology from the Kalyana Chalukyas. The interchange of human values is also displayed in the later traditions of Vijayanagara, due to the strong evolved knowledge system of Kakatiyas. This indigenously developed method, treatment of divine, human, animal, floral and geometric designs in most appealing proportions, creation of three dimensional figures, in an immaculate way using tiny tools and implements is a contribution for the human kind universally. This also led to unique architectural style of the region identifiable as Kakatiyan style distinctive to the region of Telangana. The construction of large scale reservoirs with a network of canals and distribution channels is evident with Ramappa Cheruvu(lake) and Ghanpur Cheruvu respectively, close to the Temple sites of Ramappa and Kotagullu(2.a). This technology developed by introduction of embankments to expand the water catchment areas, dams for improved storage and transport water through canals for agriculture.
Ghanpur Temples (Kotagullu) Ghanpur Cheruvu
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ASSISTANT ARCHITECT at M/s. KSHETRA, Hyderabad
Criteria (iii) Bear a unique or at least exceptional testimony to a cultural tradition or to a civilization which is living or which has disappeared Rudreshwara Temple is a best surviving example of Kakatiyan tradition of art, architecture and technology, even after the onslaught on various other temples of Kakatiyan era. The temple is an outstanding example of temple architecture evolution illustrating a phase of development in the science, technology, and art of temple building and construction in Deccan India. The temple stands as a testimony demonstrating an elaborate materialization of the regional dance customs and Puranic texts.
WORLD HERITAGE NOMINATION
Criteria under which property is nominated
ADARSH MONUMENT undertaken by ASI
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ADARSH MONUMENT undertaken by ASI ASSISTANT A SSISTANT ARCHITECT at M/s. KSHETRA, Hyderabad
CONSERVATION PLAN for HMDA listed Heritage Building
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URBAN INTERVENTION INTERVENTION- Street Upliftment ASSISTANT ARCHITECT at M/s M/s. KSHETRA KSHETRA, Hyderabad
ELUCIDATION AND EVALUATION
The sandstone used here has a compressive strength range from 600 to 1000Kg/cm2. Tensile strength varies from 50 to 80Kg/cm2 (lower end of the desirable range50-250Kg/cm2). Hence the Most damage is among the slabs and beams whereas compressive members are intact and defect-less.
The trust has In addition to the focus on World Heritage status of Rudreshwara(Ramappa) Temple at Palampet, the Kakatiya Heritage trust is involved in restoration of small temples in the vicinity of Ramappa temple. Shivalayam near Tiger Sluice on the Eastern End of Ramappa Lake Bund in Palampet village, JayaShankar Bhupalpally District is an unlisted Kakatiya Monument, which is under great distresses due to weathering and non maintenance. The temple is not listed/identified in any of the official lists of Archaeological Survey of India or State Archaeology. The temple required non-destructive methods of observation, careful measured drawing, components’ photography, photogrammatry for prescise architectural documentation and systematic numbering of the temple guiding the reconstruction process. Though the temple is disintegrated and abandoned, it reveals the evidence of extensive construction technology of Kakatiya temples and the possible reasons of failure of Shivalayaam’s structure. The temple’s safety is evaluated in terms of seismic design, visual composition, structural behaviour, and completeness as prescribed by Shilpa-Sashtra and Vastu-Sashtra.
Kakshasana(seating) slabs were induced to irregular compressive forces and drastic bending moments due to falling of Vedibandha(parapets) and dead loads of columns and roof respectively. This documentation method involved analysising the number of slab fragments and recording their angle of inclination. Thanks to the sand-box foundation, the sinking of the floor beams influenced the inward inclination of these slabs.
Reconstruction of SHIVALAYAM on Ramappa Cheruvu Bund Palampet, Telangana
Present Condition Mapping West Elevation
The numbering was done with utmost care so as to ease with the reconstruction process. Each level and component of the temple were numbered clockwise, coded with a Cardinal direction they face as in their respective position. Specific components such as Roof Slabs, natyamandapa columns are are coded with distinct numbering format for easy identification. Special instance of a sub-(broken) part or inner face of a component is denoted accordingly so as to avaoid any discrepancy during re-erection.
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ASSISTANT ARCHITECT at M/s. KSHETRA, Hyderabad
Precursor for RECONSTRUCTION Pre TR RUCTION
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