Judhajit Debnath Architecture Portfolio 2021 by Judhajit Debnath

ARCHITECTURE

P O R T F O L I O

SELECTED WORKS 2017-2021

Hello! I’m an undergraduate architecture student from Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, currently in the fourth year of my course. Adaptable in any work environment and prioritize tasks in stressful situations. The portfolio expresses my sincrest attitutude towards the field.

JUDHAJIT DEBNATH 91-9874271817 judhajeet98@gmail.com Kolkata, West Bengal, India

Education Bachelor of Architecture (2017-2022) Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur Higher Secondary Examination (2016) Patha Bhavan, Kolkata Secondary Education (2014) South Point High School, Kolkata

Working Experiences Summer Internship (2019) Atelier IX, Kolkata Freelance (2019-2020) Innards, Kolkata Graphic Designer (2019) Root A Solutions

Competitions 2021 HUDCO Trophy 2020 ANDC Transperance IDHA Essay Competition 120 Hours DOCEXDOCE 120 Hours Mini Poster Design

2019 ANDC Reubens Trophy Convention Trophy Interior Design ZONASA IGBC 2017-2018 ANDC Reubens Trophy IGBC

Skills AutoCAD Sketchup ArchiCAD Revit Rhinoceros

Adobe Adobe Adobe Adobe Adobe

Photoshop Illustrator XD InDesign Lightroom

Twinmotion Lumion Vray Enscape

Microsoft Office Vegas Pro Blender

Interpersonal Time Management Teamwork Model Building Critical Thinking

Responsibilities Class Representative (2017-Present) Year Represantative (2017-2018) Stage Design Co-ordinator (2020) Indian Arch Finance Co-ordinator (2020) School Representative (2016)

Workshops Bamboo Workshop (2019) Brick Workshop (2019)

Languages English Bengali Hindi

CONTENTS 1. Lecture Hall Complex

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18-27

28-37

38-45

5. Working Drawing

46-49

6. Product Design

50-51

7. IDHA Essay Competition

52-53

8. Freelance Works

54-59

9. Physical Models

60-63

10. Documentary

64-65

11. Photography

66-67

5th Semester | Studio Project

2. Four Star Hotel 6th Semester | Studio Project

3. Mixed Housing 7th Semester | Studio Project

4. Interior Design 6th Semester | Studio Project

Lecture Hall Complex

Semester 5 Studio Project Iiest Shibpur Individual 2019

The Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology is an istitute of national importance. With an increasing demand for availing education from the institute, it has been become necessary to increase its students intake. Therefore, there is a need for infrastructure improvement at par with the other NITs. The institute currently lacks an academic complex with proper lecture hall and seminar halls. The aim of this design project is to create an academic complex that caters to improved infrastructure that the campus needs. The challenge is to co-ordinate with the existing volumetric composition of the campus, the lush greenery abundant on the sit and response to the historic architecture of the campus dating back to the 18th century. The design would target creating a complex laced wwith interaction spaces for students and researchers to discuss and debate. The interactive nature is also focused on group interactions and connecting strangers to each other. The central courtyard is placed in such a way that it acts as a buffer zone providing a space for its users to converse, interact with each other. It is a perfect blend of the structured norms of civilized knowledge with the supple agility of nature. It represents iconic flexibility for the 21st century.

The complex has been divided into 3 parts Academic Block Seminar Block Guest House Block We envision this building as an educational tool for future generations, helping us all learn how our actions can have a positive impact on our planet. It is a building that aspires to be a beautiful idea about the future. The central courtyard acts as a connecting zone for the three blocks and the breathing space for the whole complex.

Direct connection between the exterior and the interior environment of the complex

Central Courtyard connecting all the blocks and acting as an breathing space for the design

Windows placed on the south south with the water body to aloow cool wind inside

Guest house separated from the academic block and placed with the view of ganges

Creating a gap in the academic block to create flow to the water body present beside

To create a safe, secure and interactive interior environment incorporating nature

The main block is now segregated into three major blocks according to the needs of the users and keeping in mind about the easy flow of users. The central courtyard is connecting these three blocks.

The final block is created providing the academic blocks with green pockets and corridors to ensure secured movements among users and create interactive zones. To create and interesting space fo the users

Academic Block

School

Academic Block

Workshop Cafe

Academic Block

FormDevelopment:Stages

The site is accessible from one side and has two major points of entry. The complex is surrounded by the eight storey old academic building and a water body on the south side.

Choreographing Spaces Spaces are choreographed in such a way that one experiences the courtyard before entering the lecture halls or seminar halls.

To break the conventional academic blocks and to transform the different volumes from an ordered linear organization to a staggered alternative organisation of volumes by creating different intermediate green spaces or public interaction spaces in between blocks.

Creating a direct connection between the exterior and the interior environment of the academic complex. Motive behind this is the transformation of environment from a traffic vehicular environment to a green natual traffic free environment.

The building’s dynamic shape has been carefully sculpted to help reduce solar gain while the overhanging balconies further protect the building from the intense tropical heat. The guest house block has been placed in such a way that promotes this.

GUEST HOUSE BLOCK

SEMINAR HALL BLOCK

LECTURE HALL BLOCK

fourth floor Guest Rooms

third floor Guest Rooms

second floor Guest Rooms

first Floor Restaurant StaffQuarters Kitchen

Ground Floor Reception Waiting Office Banquet Hall

Exploded Axonometric Diagram

Ground Floor Plan The grid structure allows for flexible use of space. Each space has a connection with outside.

Section A-A’ n-s

Section B-B’ e-w

Four Star Hotel

Semester 6 Studio Project New Town, Kolkata Individual 2020

Design of a four star hotel at New Town, which is the fast growing planned satellite city of Kolkata. The design of the hotel was to be done abiding the NKDA bye laws and incorporating energy efficient design elements. Incorporating pertinent facilities and spaced keeping in mind the needs and requirements of all user groups being: Guests, Admin, Housekeeping, F&B. The maximum built up area permitted including the circulation was 5400sq.m. Parking and its interface with structural systems, services and utilities were also to be produced. The main consideration behind this design was to manage the areas with different functions and creating proper movement and conncetion between them. Revenue potential is something that should be taken into consideration when developing a hotel. How much money can we generate? Hence the money genrating spaces like cafeterias, restaurants and souvenier shops are placed near the entry point of the hotel. The front house and the back house of the hotel has been placed by creating a buffer or the sevice corridor between them to ensure privacy and a homely feeling to the guests. The facade of the tower has been dedsigned with a vertical forest to build a micro climate and filter dust particles.

Division of ground level built form in 2 parts: Banquet and Hotel

The tower has been arranged in a L-Shape and has 5 floors

Service corridor acting as a buffer between front house and back house

The suites are present in the top two floor

Service floor where the waste water pipes coming down from the tower channels out from

Showing the vertical circulation i.e spearate lifts, staircases for guests and hotel staff

Vertical Forest Vertical forest has been created to reduce heating from sw sun and allow south winds to enter and create a micro climate. Also to break the concrete image of modern cities. Creating models for green buildings, unique feature attract crowds

The linear balconies are formed following the shape of the tower

Creating offsets to break the continuity

These green technology systems reduce the overall waste and carbon footprint of the towers.

Tower Block Other than guest rooms, the tower block floors will also have separate rooms for linen and pantry

Front Side Elevation The vegetation protects the interior spaces from noise pollution and dust fromt street-level traffic.

The flow diagram and floor p how the functions are distribu keeping in mind the circulati ent user groups and keeping The functions have been grou ments are done according to all the floors have been show depicting the movement patt accessing the hotel

Ground Floor Plan

First Floor Plan

plans of the design shows uted and interconnected ion and movement of differin mind about their needs. uped together and placethat. The functions of wn in a logical manner tern of the different users

Vertical Zoning Flow Diagram

Scan for the link of the walkthrough of this project on Youtube Softwares Used: Sketchup TM Vegas Pro

Mixed Housing

Semester 7 Studio Project Sodepur, West Bengal Individual 2020

A housing complex refers to a built environment (typically in urban areas) comprising of multiple separate dwelling units within a single building or several buildings with one complex. The following housing had to be designed with an attempt of density 100 DUs/acre with an average occupancy of 4.5p/DU in each development. The housing complex incorporate community facilities to ensure comfortable living in a healthy and sustainable environment considering all three aspects of sustainability i.e Social, Economic and Environmental Sustainability. The task was to study the importance of a target community and a surrounding context (with speacial emphasis on socio-economic coniderations) on architectural designs in case of a housing complex. The design reflects the local climatic context context through climate responsive passive design of buildings, eco friendly design of outdoor spaces and designing a green infrastructure (GI) network. The divisions of the DUs has been done in LIG: Low Income Group (25%) MIG: Middle Income Group (50%) HIG: High Income Group (25%)

1. LIG A 2 BHK G+4 2. LIG B 2,3 BHK G +4 3. MIG (LOWER) A 2 BHK G +8 4. MIG (LOWER) B 2,3 BHK G +8 5. MIG (UPPER) 2,3 BHK G +12 6. HIG 2,3,4 BHK G +16 7. Main Playground 8. Sports Arena 9. Water Body 10. Pump Room 30

Electrical Room 11. Community Centre 12. Convenience Store 13. School

The main ideology behind the design was to create a housing complex which brings the people together to form a healthy community. For this open spaces are very important and hence placed strategically connecting all blocks and also creates a zone with natural vigilance, concepts mentioned by Jane Jacobs. The central open area is visible from most of the blocks and also acts as a breathing space for the site and the housing complex as a whole.

SITE

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The main peripheral road runs along the site providing vehicular access to all the blocks. There is no intersection between the vehicular road and the pedestrian path and the open space is placed away from the vehicular road and can only be accessed by pedestrian path since it is a zone which will be used hugely by old and young age group users. The amenities are placed at the front of the site. 32

The school block has been separated with a wall and has to be accessed by a separate entry from the main road. There are toal 3 entries to the housing complex

LIG A

1bhk | 35 sq.m

1. Corridor 2. Entry 3. Living Room 4. Bedroom 5. Kitchen

5 3

10 1

6. Dining 7. Bath 8. Toilet 9. Balcony 10. Staircase

7 5 6 3

2 1

LIG B 2bhk | 63 sq.m

1. Corridor 2. Living Room 3. Master Bedroom 4. Bedroom 2 5. Kitchen

6. Dining 7. Toilet 8. Attached Toilet 9. Balcony 10. Staircase

10 4 3

7 9

MIG (LOWER)

2bhk | 70 sq.m 1

1. Corridor 2. Living Room 3. Bedroom 1 4. Bedroom 2 5. Kitchen

4 8

6. Dining 7. Store 8. Toilet 9. Balcony 10. Staircase

5 8

LIFTS

5 3

10 1

LIFTS

MIG (UPPER) 2bhk | 63 sq.m 3bhk | 105 sq.m

1. Corridor 2. Living Room 3. Drawing Room 4. Bedrooms 5. Kitchen 4

6. Dining 7. Toilet 8. Store 9. Balcony 10. Staircase 9

7 6

8 5

35 10

Interior Design

Theme: Modern Bohemian Semester 6 Studio Project Kolkata Individual 2020

Dine-outs have got immense popularity these days. Out of the home, such eateriesare vibrant across ages and occupations. The approaches of designing a restaurant have also changed a lot since last decade. The outlets, mini or macro, are the zones for socialization and the primary reasons lie on change in family setup, wave of globalization, rapid changes in technology, increasing pressures on life-styles and overwhelming impact of social medias. Currently, the lack of jobs or underpayments has forced many youths to start up with wateries as a lucrative business. Therefore the scope for interior designers has risen accordingly. The dineout has been designed at the top floor of a moderate sized mall in a dense urban area in Kolkata. The area of the site is approximately 960 sq.m. The Modern Bohemian theme is an artful combination of retro vs. minimalist possibilities While modernism is more subtle and understated about it, the boho-chic style likes to be bold with its connection with nature.The modern end of this style is all about featuring neutral and understated materials such as sleek, light-hued wood, plain white walls, chic grey accents, understated concrete textures, etc. The Bohemian side of the material palette also has a neutral base, but it is more texture-oriented.

Floor Plan Detailed furniture layout,interior layout and kitchen layout has been prepared with the bill of quantities of the same.

Working Drawing

Studio Project G+4 Residence Kitchen and Toilet Layout Collumn and Beam Layout Door Window Details Schedule 2019

Product Design

120 Hours Competition Team Member: Daryna Rajkumari 2020

Water, packed in plastic bottles is an irony, as the same ends up in the ocean thereby polluting it. Improper disposal is one of the main reasons why these plastic bottles manage to reach the ocean. BOTTL-Out is a solution to provide safe drinking water to the people and solving a part of the menace of plastic pollution while creating awareness about the importance of its proper disposal. THE CONCEPT: • It is a water vending machine, which has been installed with a reverse osmosis device and it will dispense water for the amount of money specified. • But disposing five disposable plastic water bottles in the specified area of the machine will earn you a free glass of water. • Several BOTTL OUTs will be installed in a specific area. An app specially developed to locate these will be available in the app store. • People will be able to keep count of the total no. of bottles collected by them and earn points in the app. (e.g. +10 points for 1 bottle disposed) • Paper cups will be available but we will urge people to carry non-disposable water bottles with them. (e.g. -1 point for 1 paper cup used)

IDHA Essay Competition

Competition Team Member: Daryna Rajkumari 2020

Topic: Approach to architecture of India: Traditionalizing modernity or modernizing traditionality Learning from the past is a piece of advice that we have heard quite often. Have traditions evolved over time or have they been challenged to give way to modern embodiments? What challenges does modenity hold for the traditional practices in Indian Architecture today? While we embrace our traditions can we still be modern? Or, to embrace modernity, do we have to do away with the traditions?

In India today, the importance given to culture and heritage in the architecture and construction of buildings is subordinate to global architectural styles or other commercially expedient styles. The change in lifestyle of Indians and the economic growth of the middle class, who are the key drivers of our economy, has transformed the meaning of architecture. The rising standards of living also calls for a change in the way our homes and offices are built. But it is seen that the majority of this ‘change’ has neither been respectful to the rich cultural background of our country nor has it been responsive to our climate. The reason behind this is not the fault of the architects in our country, per se. People of our country feed on the advertisements and follow the western pop culture on social media which shapes their mind and their idea about building designs. As western modern buildings are idolized as the next new style of architecture by the people of our country, we give them what they want i.e. out of context modern buildings which uses stylish materials like glass and steel. Although in reality, most buildings are constructed without the involvement of qualified architects, i.e. by civil engineers, local masons, or people building for themselves. The new buildings being constructed in the North Eastern states, such as of Manipur and Assam are no exception. Congested apartment buildings are coming up with the growth of population which are built for the sole purpose of housing and modernizing the towns, giving them a more ‘city-like’ look. There is no urban planning or designing as such, therefore small towns and cities are at the brink of losing their identity. Much research and studies have been done on the topic of traditional architecture, although very less completed works can be seen. Works of renowned architects such as B.V Doshi, Charles Correa, Neelam Manjunath, Laurie Baker, Raj Rewal etc., have helped popularize the traditional style of architecture and the use of sustainable and vernacular materials and construction methods. They have showed us how we can incorporate modern techniques into traditional building styles or use vernacular materials to produce sustainable yet exquisite buildings. Modernizing traditionality is followed by many upcoming architects today who have followed the masters to give an ‘Indian identity’ to the buildings e.g. contemporary architectural practitioners such as Sanjay Puri Architects and Morphogenesis, who are making responsible and resourceful architecture in India. The wave of modernity is inevitable with the growing production of technology. Traditional buildings cannot serve the purpose of the growing technological demands of today. While they are important to preserve culture and are more economical and sustainable, they are less functional for its users today who are technologically advanced. For example, the Neermana Fort Palace, situated in the Delhi-Jaipur expressway, was an abandoned ruin until it was converted into a resort. The restoration did not necessarily change the materials, architectural style or the main layout of the fort, but additional rooms and amenities had to be added to make it functional. Modernity is not harmful as long as we don’t lose our identity. Which leads to another question of what should be our ‘identity’. Incorporation of modern construction techniques with vernacular materials and building forms is largely being discussed and debated as we continue the search for a local yet efficient building material or invent a new architecture called ‘Indian architecture’. But that is impossible for a country like ours which is so diverse, culturally and geographically. It is more logical to let the local architecture of a region take the governing role and utilize the technology we have at hand to produce aesthetically sound buildings which are functional to its users, is climatically responsive and sustainable, both in design and in execution. The need to localize is felt not only by architects but by many designers as well. Traditional clothes, handicraft items, jewelry and accessories, etc. are largely being marketed. It is becoming more popular nowadays as big clothing brands such as BIBA and Tjori are advertising the use of locally made clothes and handicraft items. These practices can be simultaneously developed. This is an encouraging news for architects because as people are becoming more aware about the benefits of going local and it is trending among the youth, it may be an opportunity for architects to turn the heads of our audience from the western modern architecture to the modernized traditional architecture of India. Education and awareness of people on these topics will be beneficial for the growth of the architectural industry and perhaps may shape our city scape. The initiatives taken by HUDCO, CBRI Roorkee, SERC Madras etc. on the development of local materials and construction techniques can become instrumental in the way buildings are built and conceived in the upcoming years. As A.G. Krishna Menon writes, “...in architectural terms at least, we in India are beginning to realize that the creative tension in the discipline resides precisely in the dialectic between tradition and modernity.” It the role of the government, as well as architects, urban designers, urban planners and town planners to rise up to the occasion and build not only our buildings, but our towns and cities better. To do so, we must not only discuss amongst architects but also involve people of all classes for whom we are building. It must be a two-way process of learning and educating to come to a holistic answer of how we define modernity of buildings in a country like India. Modernizing traditional methods and materials in the local context can be the new language of how we build our future buildings which will be true to their settings and preserve the identity and cultural individuality of the place.

Freelance Works

Freelance Selected Works 2018-2021

Started doing freelance projects from second year of my course and have taken part in lot of projects ove the years all over India. Has been involved with various organizations and firms to expand my knowledge of the industry and learn from it. Have been involved with initial planning, zoning, technicalities, preparation of boqs, interior projects, modelling, presentations and branding of a company. Following are some of the freelance projects i have done over the years.

Residence Design in Kochi, Kerala

Duplex Design in Bhubaneshwar, Orissa.

Ground Floor Plan

First Floor Plan

Emami Housing, Dumdum, Kolkata (Interior)

Commercial Block, Near Airport, Kolkata

Layout: Modular Kitchen of a Residence.

The block has been represented to show the fixing of the modular kitchen and the zones for different functions like storage, sink, pantry, cooking has been shown.

Physical Models

Academic 2017-2020

1:1000 Scale Model 63

Documentary

ANDC Competition NASA India Jaluidanga, West Bengal 2019

Scan for the link of the full videe on Youtube S D P S C O A 484: “JALUIDANGA” ANDC 2019

Unrevealing of Social Production Processes in Rural Habitat: One set of places and people in India that have missed out on the fruits of modernity on account of advancement in science, technology, economy and society are the rural settlements--- as many as 6.30 lakhs--- and the villagers -–some 900 million people. Not only has the rural economy stagnated, the character of the rural habitat has declined considerably, despite investment in infrastructure. Shelter making, which was essentially a people process, which reflected owner and community control on the resources and decision making, and therefore produced “people’s Habitat” has been changed. Even if over-simplification there is no denying that in majority of cases the rural landscape has declined, its social cohesion has suffered, and its built form has lost its charm, vitality and character. The modern day architects who are alienated from the rural reality know very little about the processes that created rural settlements, and in many cases are still doing so--a social process that brings capital, labour, skills and other resources together in a creative synthesis to produce a consensual product in form of live-able shelters and settlements, which by current standards are very sustainable as they are frugal in use of resources, in harmony with nature and people centric.

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Architectural Selected Works 2017-2020

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