Architectural Design+Research Harini Padmanabhan
Design for an urban intersection at Gurgaon, India
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Architect Hafeez Contractor, Mumbai, India
Residential | Urban Design
Residential project in Gurgaon, India: Site layout
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RSMS Architects, New Delhi, India Healthcare
Medics Hospital, Lucknow
Detail drawings as per structural+HVAC layouts
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PSP Architects, Chennai, India Interiors
Interior details for an office complex, Chennai
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PSP Architects, Chennai, India Residential planning
Preliminary site drawings as per building codes for residence at Haddows Road, Chennai
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PSP Architects, Chennai, India Interiors
Interior details for an office complex, Chennai
Design of television props for client: CNC Machining on Aluminium Dibond (above) and CNC machining with direct substrate layered printing (below)
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Current work - Design + Fabrication: Bridgewater Studio, Chicago: CNC Programming + Machining
Logo design on custom, reclaimed wooden planks machined on the CNC
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Project Type: Wall hanging 72”w x 48”h Size: 100% Scale:
Quantity: 1 Material: 3/4” Maple plywood
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Client: Proof by: Version: Date:
Cristina Lorie Harini Padmanabhan v1 02/20/2018
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Current work - Design + Fabrication: Bridgewater Studio, Chicago: Direct substrate printing
Direct subtrate printing on maple plywood , superimposing custom image as per digital proof (left)
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Current work - Design + Fabrication: Bridgewater Studio, Chicago: CNC Programming + Machining for funiture design
CNC machining on MDO as per shop drawing to design and produce a table for a video arcade
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A solution that integrates people+space, innovates to create an optimal experience for its users and is conscious of the surrounding environment
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Creating an urban icon:
Design for an urban convention centre
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Thermoscopy
|Joinery
s + Aggregation
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Studio instructor: Kathy Velikov, University of Michigan This project investigated the properties of thermo bi-metals, which expand in response to heat. Individual modules were developed into an aggregate based on the direction of expansion and the coordinated movement that results |Joinery
(Project completed in a group of three)
Notching Joint
Spot Welded
Notching Joint
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Final aggregated system
Aggregation devised to understand and manipulate how they function when combined
Modules visualized as per behavior of thermo bi-metal - direction of expansion and consequent movement
Photographic detail showing individual modules spot-welded together to form and function as an aggregated system
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Photographic detail showing texture of final prototype produced using the method of CNC knitting
Earlier iterations were tested in the pursuit of optimal levels of tension and coherence of form/topology
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Interactive textile Studio instructor: Sean Ahlquist University of Michigan This three-person project looked at material assemblies and possibilities using fabric. Geometric iterations during the project using elastic yarn were developed using the technique of CNC knitting. Material testing involved both physical prototyping as well as software simulations. The next phase of the project involved making these volumes interactive based on sensory information from the environment.
Digital models developed to simulate behavior of fabric in response to tension from GFRP rods
Use of Processing script Using Processing, we attempted to overlay a digital particle system on the final knit prototype as a means of observing the forces and movement exhibited by the same. The visual effects that resulted not only described the behavior of the particle system but also informed us further about the topology of our final model.
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The project approach sought to test the principles behind saddle curves and the extent upto which gravity can be ‘controlled’. This was done by variying both geometry and the connections between different parts until the optimal ‘sag’ was achieved. The photographic details here show the toolpaths developed on Rhino and the subsequent polymer extrusions.
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Robotic suspension Studio instructor: Jonathan McGee University of Michigan This project intended to explore robotic processes in the development of geometry that exhibited auxetic behavior. We were able to work towards an understanding of robotic processes and how digital fabrication interacted with different types of material systems. In doing so, we appreciated both the accuracy of these tasks as well as the role of the user or designer in manipulating the inputs that shape the final product or material. Our experiments were exercises in finding the balance between optimal use of the robot, the right material system and structural performance in the context of the design prompt. This took the shape of increasingly complex prototypes and helped us build an iterative workflow when observing the abovementioned properties.
Initial tests studying auxetic behavior of different forms
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In photographs: Final prototype developed after various iterations and tests on joinery+geometry
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Type III Various types of casts were developed with different levels of opacity. This in turn was aggregated to provide a dynamic system with diverse light qualities. The final tests were done using both artificial and natural light. Material behavior, texture and direction of the light source also played an important role within this system.
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Void + (De)-Void Modelling on Rhino to arrive at final module + aggregation
Studio instructor: Catie Newell, Eric Hermann, Karl Daubmann, University of Michigan This project involved material experimentation (in this case, plaster) as well as geometric exploration. Carried out as a group, I had a holistic involvement in both its conceptual and executional stages. It was an elaborate study of light and its qualities within a network of transparent, translucent and opaque surfaces volumes.
We derived a foam mould for CNC routing which would give us the desired geometry. This was resolved after a series of iterations at different curvatures. The first step involved arriving at the single module which was then visualized as an aggregated system. The nature of these solids and voids were varied to yield different typologies for further study.
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Final aggregated system + light tests consisting of CNC routed plaster modules
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Material state
IN WHAT WAYS CAN A MATERIAL THAT IS NATURALLY OCCURING AND OMNIPRESENT, SUCH AS WATER, BE IMBIBED INTO THE DESIGN PROCESS?
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(Un)Controllable change
Material choice
Studio instructor: Catie Newell University of Michigan My graduate capstone project is an exploration of how the chemical and intrinsic properties of a system inform its visual qualities.In this regard,there is a study of phase changes that occur within materials and their effect on light transmission through a surface.
Calcium chloride
Gypsum
Phase changes were studied with respect to the qualities of light that passed through the chosen materials. Rock salt
Water
Materials chosen with varying miscibilities and surface
opacities when combined with water and its various phases
Examination of materiality at different scales to determine various modes of funtionality in a spatial/an architectural context
Material form
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TO WHAT EXTENT CAN WE CONFIGURE OUR OWN MATERIALS?
TO WHAT EXTENT CAN WE ACCOUNT FOR CHANGES IN THESE MATERIALS?
HOW INCLUSIVE CAN THE ENVIRONMENT BE IN OUR DECISION MAKING PROCESSES?
Visual matrix formed by sampling and computing various material mixtures to test opacities
at different compositions
and phases - Water, Rock salt, Gypsum, Calcium Chloride
Material aggregation PETG tubes of 1m length grouped into pairs, each of which were laid out in a cross-braced arrangement as a means of highlighting the material processes within, bringing about light effects and acting as a self-supporting structural entity
PETG assembly: Using a material as a material â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;carrierâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; or vector in modifying environmental effects of the system designed
PETG tubes in elevation
Staggered cross section at three specific heights to disperse light in different directions
Material behavior in aggregation
Fabrication details of final aggregate - heat causes organic pockets within PETG which hold the materials within them temporarily
Material opacities: Changing materials + environmental conditions Opacity depends on material consistency + proportions which gives the designer control over how the aggregate will function as a lighting system
Photographic details showing characteristics of final system: HOW MUCH CAN THE DESIGNER CONTROL?
Selected sketches
Triangulation: Guangzhou Opera House, China Medium: Marker+Ink
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A study in texture: T.I.T Creative Park, Guangzhou, China Medium: Marker+Ink
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View from a hotel window: Shanghai, China Medium: Ink
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Selected photography
“Bombay meri jaan”: The urban skyline of Mumbai as viewed from Elephanta, India
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“I’m Batman!”: The city of Chicago against the night sky as viewed from the top of the
John Hancock building