ARCHITECTURE PORTFOLIO Academic and Professional Works 2009-18 Architecture + Design
Harsharan Singh Panesar
Contents Academic Works Project 01 Art centre and Gallery
Project 02 Prefab Workshop
Project 03 Town Houses Professional Works Practice 01 Studio Infinity Architects
Practice 02 Melsem Design Consultants
Practice 03 MYB & Associates
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Academic Works
The space between the past and the future This project is based in the town of Bewdley in Worchestershire. The brief was to build a arts and crafts centre with an art gallery as the main space. I used the concept of ‘MA’ as a result of investigating the theme of the project which was IDENTITY. It had to understand what identity meant in the past, what it meant today and what it would mean in the future.
Top: Photographic images I took of what I believed are the main essence of Bewdley. The river, ropemaking, people and the forest.
Centre: Based on the writings of Mark Foster Gage I was trying to determine the identity of Bewdley. On the left is a building by the architect based on kitbashing and on the right is my com position of images related to Bewdley using the method of kitbashing.
Bottom: On the left is an image of the various cities around the world and the buildings that identified them. On the right we have buildings that look similar in the same countries showing how globalisation has impacted identity of cities aroiund the world.
These are images of concept models based on the elements I considered to be the essence of Bewdley. The geometrical motion of ropemaking, the fluid movement of the river and the layers on the bark of a tree which represent the layers of history and the change of the identity of Bewdley based on time and the people.
These sketches were based on the concept models and the ideologies based on the concept of ‘MA’. They were the the beginning of the final form I used for the building
LAYERS (FOREST) The concept of layers that come from the structure of a tree bark
FLUIDITY (RIVER) Fluidity represents the transport in Bewdley through the river as it was once considered the second busiest river in Europe at on time
TIME ( ROPEMAKING) Not only was ropemaking historically important but the motion of ropemaking can be seen mathematically through timelapse photography.
Combining the concept of layers with the idea based on the library in Seattle by OMA architects I was able to design a form that could represent the identity of Bewdley. I also look at the National Holocaust Museum as a reference for the space of MA. A central space in between that led a person through to the gallery with a certain concept.
North Elevation
South Elevation
East Elevation
West Elevation
Cross Section
Longitudinal Section
DIGIFAB The aim of this project was to design a building for Birmingham City University as a digital fabrication and workshop for the school of arts and technology. The idea was to create not only a building that would serve as a fabrication centre but also for social interactions between students from all the different departments of the art and technology school.
The image above is a pie chart representing the how the students use the workshops. The shade part represents the use of the manual workshop while the the clear area represents the use of the digital workshops. Based on this I was able to split the building in two parts where the back of the building would be made using traditional methods while the front would use modern methods.
The image to top right shows the buldings surrounding the site which was the primary influence of the box shape I used. The building was then split into two based on the percentage shown on the pie chart and two different methods were applied where the back of the building was was contructed using traditional brick contruction while the front part of the building used clip on bricks to represent a modern type of building.
Roof Plan
Second Floor
Fourth Floor
First Floor
Third Floor
Ground Floor
Cross Section
TOWNHOUSE The aim of this project was to design a townouse for a client of our choosing. The project which include groupwork for the Masterplanning was situated in the industrial egde of Digbeth. The clients I had chose for my project were a young artistic couple.
The project was initially a group project where we were divided into groups of twelve and had to come up with a layout of how our buildings would be placed next to each other. The option the group decided on was a radial fan like shape show in the image to the right with a site model made to show how the buildings would sit on the site and analise the design options based on the layout.
Rail track above
Canal running behind the site
Site section
Materiality
Metal Fence
Corrugated sheets
Brickwork
The initial idea was to have a staggered building based on the master planning which I took a step further and made the steps random. The random steps were then cut out at angles to symbolize the edgy nature of the surrounding area. But as I further looked into the area of Digbeth the evidence of the graffiti on the walls showed that people talked more about love and peace and used graffiti as a way to express their political views. This let to me giving the building a more smooth and rounded feel to it and kept some straight lines to symbolise the strength of the people.
Ground Floor
First Floor
Second Floor
Third Floor
Site plan
Front elevation
Rear elevation
Cross Section
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Professional Works
STUDIO INFINITY ARCHITECTS A four month internship as part of the architectural studies at Nairobi Institute of Technology
Project Name : Mixed use development in Westlands Nairobi. Duties : Helped in the initial design development, produced concept 2D and 3D drawings for client.
Project Name : Residential Proposal for Nchengo Estate Duties : Helped in the initial design development, produced concept 2D and 3D drawings for client.
Project Name : Residential House for Mr. Hajee Duties : Helped in the initial design development, produced concept 2D and 3D drawings for client. Worked on construction drawings for both site and approval from council.
MELSEM DESIGN CONSULTANTS A 12 month work contract where I worked on various projects.
Project Name : Residential apartments for Mr. Hussein in Mombasa. Duties : Helped in the initial design development, produced concept 2D and 3D drawings for client. Worked on construction drawings for both site and approval from council. Worked on schedules for the doors and windows. Designed the facade detail and made construction drawings for them.
Project Name : Phase 1 of the Billing Offices for Mowasco Duties : Helped in the initial design development, produced concept 2D and 3D drawings for client. Worked on construction drawings for both site and approval from council. Worked on schedules for the doors and windows. Designed the facade detail and made construction drawings for them. Designed the interior of the offices including the counter details.
Project Name : Phase 1 Athiview Masterplanning for apartments. Duties : Helped in designing the layout of the apartments and the shops. Made construction drawings for the apartments for the council and construction. Made design details including the canopy roof over the entrance door.
MYB & ASSOCIATES Mr. Yunnis is the director at the practice and his main area of expertice is structural engineering.I worked with Mr, Yunnis for the longest period of time initially working part time and helping him with the projects to finally working on my own projects from start to finish. I was the architect in most of the projects while he designed the structure of the building I designed.
Project Name : Residential House on Mombasa Road. Duties : Designed the whole project from start to finish including construction drawings, schedules, facade details and interior design.
Project Name : Apartments for Hass Petrolium. Duties : Designed the layout of the whole building, worked on the construction drawings, schedules and interior details of the apartments. Designed the layout on site including the car park.
Project Name : Office and Godown for Sheffield Steel systems Duties : Designed the layout for the whole project. Worked on the contruction drawings.