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JOSEPH KARIMPANAL THOMAS SELECTED WORKS

JOSEPH KARIMPANAL THOMAS

EDUCATION December 2020 September 2018

Politecnico Di Milano Msc Sustainable Architecture & Landscape Design Design Professors : Antonella Contin | Luis Vives Matteo Polli | Andreu Arriola | Fabiano Lemes Graduated With 110 Lode

May 2009 September 2014

R.V School Of Architecture (B.Arch) Bachelors In Architecture Design Professors : Gaurav Roy | Anil Dube Deepa Mandrekar | Nandita | Shaji Panicker Thesis Selected for NIASA

joseph.karimpanal@mail.polimi.it joppenkarimpanal@gmail.com

www.linkedin.com/in/joseph-karimpanal-722b7b66

Mobile

+39 339 783 8444

Address

via Roma 325, Piacenza, Italy P.C 29121,

COA

CA / 2017 / 86223

Nationality

India

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09/07/91

EXHIBITION & PUBLICATION

September 2019

Open City | DAStU, Politecnico Di Milano Project : No Made, emracing the unforseen Exhibited : Politecnico Di Milano Piacenza, 12/09/19 Guide - Massimo Galluzzi | Miguel Ruiz Planella

January 2019

IRJET | Politecnico Di Milano Project : Revitalizing Torrione Fodesta Published : www.irjet.net/archives/V6/i4/IRJET.pdf Guide - Carlos Gabriel Garcia Vasquez, Alfonso Guajardo

July 2013

NIASA| R.V School Of Architecture Project : Cultural Center Fort Kochi, Selected for best thesis 2013 Guide - Anil Dube | Deepa Mandrekar

EXPERIENCE

COMPETITION

August 2018 July 2017

October 2013

Dialogue Axiata Ltd | IW Associates Project : International Data Center Winner With Tanisha Christo, Reshmi Shekar

June 2017 May 2014

December 2012

MGMB | R.V School Of Architecture Project : Sathanur Village Revival, Sathanur Honorable Mention With Mathew Joe

January 2014 September 2013

IW Associates, Colombo, Sri Lanka | Intern (Jafferjee Tea Factory)(Dilmah Tea Outlet) Design | Presentation | Working Drawing

August 2012 July 2012

Ar. Eugene Pandala ,Kollam | Intern (Residential Projects) Design | Presentation LANGUAGE

August 2011 July 2011

Gayathri & Namith Associates,Bangalore | Intern (Haraloor Apartments) Presentation | Working Drawing

Malayalam English Italian Hindi

Native Fluent (IELTS 7.5) A2 (certificate) Basic

Hi! I am an Architect from India. I believe happiness is always about embracing the person you are becoming. My professional experiences helped me to understand my ability and interest in exploring the confluence between the built and natural. This guided me to complete my Masters degree in Sustainable Architecture and Landscape Design from Politecnico Di Milano With the present ecological imbalances, I imagine that our generation should set an example. My interests lie in learning from traditional practices and innovating through technology. I believe in the transformative potential of landscape on human behavior, to create better environments for people to interact.

‘‘Science and technology revolutionize our lives, but memory, tradition and myth frame our response.” -Arthur. M. Schlesinger

SELECTED WORKS

AN ALTERNATE REFLECTION : Shaping Canals Of Kochi Kochi, India | December 2020 Academic UNFOLDING THIRDSCAPES : Reviving The Periphery

2 Naples, Italy | June 2020

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Academic COHESIVE GROUNDSCAPES : A Resilient Perspective

3 Ravenna, Italy | December 2019

29-40

Academic TITAN INTEGRITY CAMPUS : Working Amidst Nature

4 Bangalore, India | August 2014 - July 2018

41-50

Professional H.U.L GATE HOUSE & PLAZA : Extending The Arrival

5 Bangalore, India | January 2014 - June 2014 Professional

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AN ALTERNATE REFLECTION SHAPING CANALS OF KOCHI.

The forgotten canal system of Kochi, was once used for transportation, and for flood mitigation, dispersing excess rainwater into the sea. The devastating floods of 2018 is an indication of the changing climate, and how vulnerable our cities are. This Design analyses the blue-green nexus, proposing to alter the edges to mitigate flooding, and establishing lost connections to bring green systems into the heart of the urban nucleus. The study examines the relationship between man and nature through a multi scalar approach. Agriculture and flood management at a regional level, exploiting the opportunity of water transportation at a city level, and at a local scale, reviving the canals as an asset for the public. The project proposes to re-imagine a canal at the heart of the city, as a prototype for further such actions, which could form a sustainable network. The design can be perceived as a brave statement, signifying the requirement for an urgent change in the relation between the city and its natural assets, suggesting to frame an alternate reflection. Thesis, with Parv Bakhulbhai Trivedi Politecnico Di Milano: 2020 Location -Kochi,India Keywords: Canal, Flood mitigation, Agriculture, Edges

“Everything Depends On Everything else” - Koraput Tribe, Orissa

Softwares: Sketch up, Twin Motion, Autocad, Photoshop,Illustrator,Qgis

Axis Of Transformation Water Transit

METROPOLITAN SCALE ANALYSIS

Edge

TOOL

Impervious Surfaces (1944)

Impervious Surfaces (2018) 5

Paddy Fields(1944)

Paddy Fields Reclaimed (2018)

Canals(1944)

Canals Encroached (2018)

Bio-Shield

Sponge

Widening

Connect

The course of urbanization in the last two decades has disregarded the historical water systems, as human dependency on them started to deteriorate. The city developed linearly along major road networks, and ignored various ecologically sensitive landscapes including the cultural canalscape. Furthermore, substantial portions of wetlands were appropriated to meet the needs of a growing city. Our proposal reimagines and opens up the canal edge as a green-blue public asset, introduced into the heart of the city, as part of the larger regional green corridor. New water taxi terminals are proposed connected by pedestrian paths to other transit nodes creating a web of intermodal systems, at a metropolitan scale.

Revived Canal System

Permeable Surface

Bio-infiltration

Bio-Swales

Planters / Tren

Wetland Eco system Retention Ponds

Phytoremediation Floating Wetlands Habitat Protection

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Access

Water Transport

Proposed Pedestrian Link Existing Pedestrian Link Rain Plaza

Rain Water Harvesting

Sponges Proposed Jetty 500m Radius Existing Jetty Mullaserry Canal Precinct Canal Edges

Curb Bulbouts 6

Existing: Open Spaces

Proposed: Intergrated Green System

SPONGE

Nature based solutions and architectural anchor points work in a cohesive way along the canal forming an integrated design to increase resilience to flooding, along with public place making. These solutions could be considered a prototype to be scaled up and used along other canals within the city. The Mulasserry Canal is a disjointed system intersected by infrastructure, covered by slabs, and filled with refuse. In our proposal, we worked with reviving the three layers, green, blue and socio economic infrastructure.

EDGE

INTEGRATING ELEMENTS

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Existing: Disconnected Pedestrian Infrastructure CONNECT

Canal & Waterlogging

Retention Pockets

Proposed: Axis Of Transformation

WALKING ALONG THE CANAL An endemic planting matrix was worked out, after studying the varying salinity of the canal. This was implemented as bands along the canals, to improve water quality, to produce food, and to sustain habitat.The pedestrian infrastructure is considered as a versatile module, generating energy and food.The form and dynamism of this is derived from the traditional fishing nets of the area. A wall along the axis transforms and folds assuming various functions respecting the immediate context and engaging the public

Tidal avicennia officinalis

acanthus ilicifolius

vitex negundo

hibiscus tilaceous Fresh Water

archis pintoii

pennisetum setaceum

thalia dealbata

cyprus papyrus Shrubs

hamelia patens

cymbopogon citratus

ixora coccinea

ocimum tenuiflorum

Filteration

Galvanized M.S Ties Solar Panel Mounted On Cement Board

cana indica

colocasia esculenta

phragmite australis

thalia geniculata

Galvanized M.S Roof Frame Vertical Green Wall In Upcycled Plastic Felt Bags

Food curcuma longa

abelmoschus esculentus

moringa oliefera

phaseoulus vulgaris

Upcycled Wooden Chip Board Walls, Resin Coated Galvanized M.S Column With Utilities Attached

Small trees thespesea populnea

indian laburnum

caesalpinia pulcherrima

lawsonia inermis

Upcycled Rubber Flooring Big Trees Galvanized M.S Framework 9

erythrina indica

terminalia arjuna

hopea paviflora

sizygum cumini

play

Exercise

Exhibit

Information

Work

Public Survey

Shop

Gallery Seating

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MASTERPLAN 01. Research and Interpretation 02. Cultural Event Space 03. Informal Settlement 04. Historic Jewish Cemetery 05. Waste Collection & Upcycling 06. Community Training Center 07. Market Area 08. Suspended Aquaponic Units 09. Aerator and Green Punctures 10. Multifunctional Parking Space 11. Retail and Hospitality 12. Labs 13. Business Incubator 14. Bus Terminal 15. Constructed Wetlands 16. Ernakulam Jetty 17. Tidal Ponds and Park 18. Proposed Jetty

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MARKET BY THE CANAL

1.Existing Condition

2.Widening canal & Shifting shops

Existing Metro Bridge

3.Integrating with axis of transformation

4.Adopting Sponge Landscape

Proposed Intervention

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01. Naturalized Canal Edge 02. Plaza 03. Shops 04. Pedestrian Infrastructure 05. Retention Pond 06. Constructed Filteration System 07. Soft Paved Parking 08.Suspended Production Module 13

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Plan @ 3.6m lvl

BUSINESS INCUBATOR

Existing

Canal Widening

Canal Activation

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04. 01. Floodable Plaza 02. Retention Pond 03. Business Incubator 04. Pedestrian Infrastructure 05. Floating Wetlands 06. Bus Terminal 15

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Plan @ 1.5m lvl

UNFOLDING THIRDSCAPES

Ponticelli stands as a trace to what could have been. Once a rich Campania, promised by industrial motives .Now lies abandoned and dissected by infrastructures, characterised by issues of social unrest, and unemployment. Through our analysis, we realized that these fragmented terrains are the collective identity of this locality, an element which could link the place. Our proposal tries to break boundaries, making the peripheries porous, and unifying the ground throughout our site. Corridors connecting places of importance traverse through our site, fluctuating into plazas of different sizes and character. Woven into this is the landscape interventions, inspired from the surrounding, helping to seamlessly merge our site to the adjacent. Our proposal focuses on responsible use of architectural materials, and landscape textures, to carve out interactive and productive areas from an abandoned site, while maintaining its past identity and traces. Thus, creating a moment, where one can listen to the bells toll in Santa Maria basilica, while working in a creative lab, overlooking Vesuvio Studio, with Pournima Nair, Jagrit vij, Parv Trivedi Politecnico Di Milano: 2020 Location -Ponticelli , Naples-Italy Keywords: Fragmented, Identity, Boundaries, Porosity, Flexible, Modular

“Only The Ephemeral Is Of Lasting Value” - Eugene Jonesco

Softwares: Sketch up, Enscape, Autocad, Photoshop,Illustrator

ANALYSIS The masterplan created the Ponticelli Strip, a pedestrian friendly promenade with interconnected public amenities.Our Site was centraly located to this. Largely abondoned, with a metro station and a housing complex.Our strategy looked at opening up the ground floor and reinforcing pedestrian axises, as an interphase between the historic center and the new ponticelli. Understanding the fragile nature of the neighbourhood, themes in thirdlandscape,ephemerality,and flexibility was looked at in design.

Attractors Public Plaza TransitionLandscape Third Landscape 21

http://www.underthevolcano.eu/group07.html

Masterplan : Design Studio 2 Msc Sustainable Architecture and Landscape Design

Metro Station Existing Residential

Abandoned Building

Existing Functions

Existing Built

Discovering Connections

Creating Commons

Varying Planting width

Landscape Gradation

Metro Station

Adaptive Reuse

Porous Ground Plane

Flexibility In Use

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MASTER PLAN 01. Existing Housing 02.Community Square 03.Community Farm 04.Floodable Court 05.Metro Station 06.Flexible Modules 07.Co working(Adaptive Reuse) 08.Pollinators 04 06

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Green System

Section AA

Courts and Activities Section BB

Water System

Floodable Basketball Court

Floodable Skate Park 24

METRO STATION The existing metro station was redesigned as a point of dispersal and a destination point, combining it with creative studios and fabrication labs.

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FLEXIBLE MODULES

These flexible modules, both in terms of scale and functionality, are placed along the two axes to define and activate them.

COHESIVE GROUNDSCAPES A RESILIENT PERSPECTIVE

The project was an intervention in the coast of Ravenna, for the year 2100, expecting a sea level rise of 1 meter. Our project area included the Pineta Di Classe and its surrounding towns. The site was interesting for its fragility and its dynamic interaction between the terra firma and shifting dunes. The pineta, planted during the Roman Era as a natural barrier from the wind to protect the agricultural plains, stretched throughout the east coast, forming a stable landscape.Over the years, the coast has lost, this cohesive system, and what remains are fragmented landscapes. An integral part of our site is the ortazzo, a fresh water source formed between the terra firma and the two rivers. The ortazzo is also a valuable ecosystem for the many flora and fauna which inhabit it, including species of migratory birds. We started our design approach, by analysing and categorizing the risks faced by this land, and adopting strategies to counter it. Hence the design is a proposal to adopt a resilient coastal landscape and adapt to climate change, sea level rise, and hypothetical anthropological actions. Studio, with Parv Trivedi, Angela Gaini, Marta De boer, Muhammed Politecnico Di Milano: 2020 Location -Ravenna, Italy Keywords: Fragility,Terra Firma, Shifting Dunes,Resilient,Climate Change, Sea Level Rise

“The Art Of Life Is A Constant Readjustment To Our Surrounding” - Kakuzo Okakaura

Softwares: Sketch up, Lumion, Autocad, Photoshop,Illustrator,Qgis

STRATEGY: A Utopian Perspective The Pineta of Ravenna in 2100AD was mapped in a dystopian and utopian way based on certain future outcomes. This helped in creating a strategic map for the area to counter the possible issues . The fragile habitat of the area was studied and a more adaptive and cohesive landscape was derived by introducing dykes. Tourism and technologies in agriculture was looked in light of a future perspective to create a new resilient coastal landscape. 31

ISSUES

SOLUTIONS

Erosion&Intrusion

Living Breakwaters

Fragmented Habitat

Cohesive Habitat

Loss of Agriculture

Floating Fields

Abandoned Land

Functional Threshold

Subsidence

Reservoir

LAYERS

LEGEND

MASTER PLAN Coastal dunes colonised by Mediterranean and Atlantic thermophilous pines Embryonic shifting dunes. Formations of the coast representing the first stages of dune construction.

Proposed Urban Various Mediterranean and western Pontic communities of the Juncetalia maritimi Riparian mixed forests of Quercus robur, Ulmus laevis and Ulmus minor, Fraxinus excelsior or Fraxinus angustifolia, along the rivers

Buffer

Fixed coastal dunes with herbaceous vegetation Fixed dunes, stabilised and colonised by more or less closed perennial grasslands and abundant carpets of lichens and mosses Coastal lagoons. Shallow coastal salt water, of varying salinity and water volume, wholly or partially separated from the sea

Agriculture Habitat

Mediterranean tall humid herb grasslands and rushes of the Molinio-Holoschoenion. Quercus ilex and Quercus rotundifolia forests. Mediterranean evergreen oak woodland Cisto-Lavanduletalia dune sclerophyllous shrubs. Established on dunes of the Mediterranean and Warm-Temperate Humid regions

Pine Forest

Shifting dunes along the shoreline with Ammophila arenaria (white dunes). Mobile dunes forming the seaward cordon or cordons of dune systems of the coasts Marsh reeds: fragmitetes, typhus and fresh water scents (Phragmition)

Saline Brackish Fresh 33

Tidal Habitat

Salicornia and other annuals colonizing mud and sand. Formations composed mostly of annuals colonising periodically inundated muds and sands of marine or interior salt marshes

NEW ECONOMY A new agriculture based economy is proposed on floating fields. Cultivation of industrial Hemp, is suggested for its sustainability and many uses. Industrial Hemp is fast growing and can be grown in marginal lands, its many products will revive the coast and create a circular economy of cultivation, production and reuse. This will create employment opportunities, and insinuate new local identities for the settlements. The floating fields are a natural system, using locally available products, and technology to tap atmospheric humidity. The congregation of this will form a mosaic in the inundated landscape of Ravenna, Symbolising the byzantine age.

Condensor

Compost Bed & Planting

Water Hyacinth Layer

Frame Structure From Local Wood

Water Hyacinth Layer

MUSEUM AND WATCHTOWER The second focus area is the redesign of Centro Visite Cubo Magico Bevanella as an ecological museum, to disseminate information about this valuable ecosystem. .

TITAN INTEGRITY CAMPUS WORKING AMIDST NATURE

This is a project I was involved from start to finish as a junior architect while working for mindscape architects Bangalore. The Titan Corporate office building is located on a 6.5acre site which has a lake on the eastern side. The idea was to exploit every view possible to the lakeside making the user a spectator of this serene setting. A bio lake is conceived towards eastern side of the site which responds to the existing lake and would seem like an extension of it. The three-floor structure has terrace garden at every level. The free flowing Cascading green terraces is connected through external staircases giving a feeling of elevated ground at each level. These terraces also provide insulation to office spaces below. Green terraces not only allow one to work outdoors, stimulate interaction amidst the flora and fauna but also offers trails for those who wish to enjoy leisurely walks. Over the year’s greenery on the receding terraces on either side of the lake would embrace the built making it a non-building. mindspace architects: 2014-2017 Location -Bangalore, India Keywords: Bio Lake, Terrace Garden, Non Building

“Biophilia Is The Innately Emotional Affiliation Of Human Beings To Other Living Organisms” - Albert Einstein

Softwares: Sketch up,Rhinoceros, Autocad, Photoshop,

DESIGN INTENT Conceptually the design attempted to recreate a lost connection between the lakes. The building is oriented to avoid glare, and essentially works with the elements of nature to achieve sustainability. The workspaces are arranged around a lake with terrace gardens, punctuated with skylights and air vents, blurring the threshold between inside and outside.

Water

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Earth

Existing Lake

Sun

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Site

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Existing Lake

Ground Floor Plan 45

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Administration Reception Training Room Service Cores Product Display Library Server Room Atrium Dining Kitchen Gym Fire Tank Bio Lake

THE TERRACES

Vernonia Elangifolia

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Filter Media 150gsm Geo Textile Drain Cells 4mm APP Anti Root Membrane 75mm Screed To Slope Roofseal Foam Shield

Hemorocallis Fulva

Saraca Asoka

Vernonia Elangifolia

Termenalia Mantaly

Pongamia Pinata

A A Cyprus Papyrus

Thalia Dealbata

Erythrina Indica

Ixora Coccinea

lagerstroemia Indica

Cymbopogon Citratus

Plumeria Rubra

Psidium Guavaja

Chrisopogon Zizanoides

THE SPINE

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H.U.L GATE HOUSE AND PLAZA EXTENDING THE ARRIVAL

The site is located at the fringes of Bangalore metropolitan, in a predominantly industrial area. The gate house project was the final addition to the realized master plan for Hindustan Unilever Ltd in Bangalore, One of the largest consumer goods company. Due to road widening schemes the existing entrance and security facilities had to be rearranged abiding by the new setback regulations. The new built form had to be integrated with the existing landscape to form a prominent entrance to the facility, emphasizing on the axis and improving the circulation. The intent was to merge the existing pine trees,and the large forecourt to create an entrance plaza in front. A reflective water court was added around the pine tree cluster. This created a sense of calm and tranquility for a visitor, contrary to the busting street outside. This experientially marked the entry to the facility. mindspace architects: 2014 Location -Bangalore, India Keywords: Repurpose, circulation, axis, tranquility

“Calmness Is The Cradle Of Power” - J.G Holland

Softwares: Sketch up, Autocad, Photoshop,

DESIGN INTENT

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Setback

Road Expansion

The proposed building and forecourt adheres to the new road regulation and setback norms. The entry point is adjusted to form an axis with the existing auditorium and embracing the pine tree cluster. The circulation of visitors, employees and clients were given special consideration, as this was a research and development facility. Architectural and landscape details were worked out to support the sequential passage of a person along this axis

Entry

Road

Pine Cluster A

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C 9 Entry

Pine Cluster

Road

Proposed 55

Plaza

Masonry

Section AA

Ground Floor Plan

Lounge Discussion Room 3 Electrical Room 4 Courier Room 5 Employees Sales Area 6 Toilets 7 Change Room 8 Balancing Tank 9 Security 10 ATM 11 Water Plaza 12 Cascade 1

Glazing

Section BB

Section CC 56

WATER BODY DETAILS

RECOMMENDATION LETTER Prof. Matteo Umberto Poli

RECOMMENDATION LETTER Prof. Andreu Arriola Madorell

Cover page design The selected projects yearns to understand the past traces, Recreate the lost connections with the knowledge of the present,for the future.

Email : joseph.karimpanal@mail.polimi.it : joppenkarimpanal@gmail.com LinkedIn : www.linkedin.com/in/joseph-karimpanal-722b7b66 Mobile : +39 339 783 8444 Address : Via Roma 325, Piacenza, Italy P.C 29121,