KARAN HASIJA
PORTFOLIO 2015-2019
NAME: Karan Hasija DATE OF BIRTH: 20/02/1997 RESIDENCE: Bangalore, India EMAIL: hasija.karan@gmail.com PHONE: +91 8095185224 INSTAGRAM: karanhasija
PURPOSE
Having known that Architecture was the career I wanted to pursue from a young age, I enrolled into an Architectural Course right after school. The course at first was overwhelming and intimidating, however, after four years, I can confirm that it has been the sole reason for the person I am today; an architecture student with an undying passion for a better future. I believe that architecture is more than the building and has the power to shape the way we live, rather than just where we live.
INTERESTS
EDUCATION 2001- Frank Anthony Public School, Bangalore
PHOTOGRAPHY - Travel and Street - Won multiple events at an inter-school level, between 2011 and 2015. WRITING - Attended an Architectural Writing workshop conducted by WEVID, Bangalore.
2008- National Public School, Koramangala, Bangalore
ENTREPRENEURSHIP - Attended a month long course on entrepreneurship conducted by MyCaption WATCHMAKING - DESIGN - INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY CULINARY ARTS - REAL ESTATE
Graduated from NPS, Koramangala.
2015
Scoring 94.8% in the Science stream.
Admitted to a Bachelor of Architecture at RV COLLEGE OF ARCHITECTURE, BANGALORE
2020- Will graduate from RV College of Architecture, Bangalore
SKILLSET
GENERAL - Communication - English - Hindi - Presentation - Oration - Debate - Initiative
SKILLSET
TECHNICAL - Autocad - Sketchup - Rhinorceros - Adobe Suite - Office - Vray
CONTENTS
SEMESTER 5 Pg 1-8
UN::BUILDING THE URBAN PARK
SEMESTER 7 Pg 9-17
NARRATORIUM ON ST. MARKS ROAD
SEMESTER 6 Pg 18-25
SCHOOL OF ARTS, BANGALORE
UN::BUILDING THE URBAN PARK
CONTEXT | PROGRAM | APPROACH | DEVELOPMENT
The site is located on Kasturba Road in Bangalore. Kasturba Road is a thoroughfare between two very important nodes in the city. The road had a very strong cultural character which has now been lost due to increasing commercial and business activities. It houses three very important museums, these include, The Vishweshwaraya Technological Museum, The Venkatappa Art Gallery and the Karnataka Government Museum. Another very important aspect of this site is the location of Bangalore city’s largest park, Cubbon Park. Cubbon Park has been an important element in the urban fabric of the city since the days of colonisation. Looking at the context, it is seen that there are two distinct types of functions taking place. First there is the park, which doesn’t demand a function from the user. Then there are the museums which demand a function from the user and are visited only when required. So to create a balance between the two I propose the idea of an Urban Park. However, the word park refers to its functionality and its spatial quality rather than its visual appearance of lush greenery.
In a context where the ‘built’ defines the ‘unbuilt’, is it possible to capture the essence of the ‘unbuilt’ in the ‘built’?
Program The program provided is a Mind Centre, a centre for ART, LITERATURE AND MUSIC. The spaces to be included are a library, an exhibition space, stores for art and literature, workshops which cater to the needs of the immediate surrounding as well as other areas. The music part of the building requires recording rooms and jam rooms. Other support areas have also been provided.
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CONTEXT | PROGRAM | APPROACH | DEVELOPMENT
SOLID EDGE


BLURRED EDGE
THOROUGHFARE 1 SKIN, this idea would fail as it would create an enclosure that would defeat the purpose of a park.
MOVEMENT THROUGH FUNCTION
2 PLANES, two planes divide the public and private functions, again defeating this idea of free flowing movement through the space.
Void as movement rather than left over space.
3 ROOF, this would help create the sense of movement through one large volume without interrupting the free flowing movement inside as well as from the outside. 1
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CONTEXT | PROGRAM | APPROACH | DEVELOPMENT This is a project which realises itself in the third dimension. The pictures of the model depict the light quality present in the space in addition to the balance/contrast between the intimate and the public. Also, the open ended characteristic is what gave the building its name,
UN::BUILDING. THE URBAN PARK.
CONTEXT | PROGRAM | APPROACH | DEVELOPMENT
CONTEXT | PROGRAM | APPROACH | DEVELOPMENT
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BUILT MOVEMENT
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The diagram shown above depicts the idea of
MULTIPLICITY in the plan and through the spaces.
CONTEXT | PROGRAM | APPROACH | DEVELOPMENT
NARRATORIUM
on St. Marks Road, Bangalore
CONTEXT | PROGRAM | APPROACH | DEVELOPMENT The site is located on St. Marks Road, in the CBD of Bangalore. St. Marks Road is an important arterial road connecting MG Road to Residency Road, over time the road has attained its own importance apart from being an arterial road, it houses some of the most important landmarks of the city. The site earlier housed India Garage, which was one of the cities first motor garages. However, due to increasing land values and high capitalisation, the historic structure was pulled down, this gave us the opportunity to look at the site as a space for cultural activity, in the heart of the city. With new initiatives taken up by the government to refurbish the hardscape of this portion of the city, the pedestrian movement has also increased, hence giving us another opportunity to blur the boundary between the outside and the inside and look at the site as a community.
 
CONTEXT | PROGRAM | APPROACH | DEVELOPMENT The program given was that of a Narratorium, a narratorium is a space that tells stories. These stories are told through performance, visual and literary arts, hence broadly categorising the Narratorium as a Cultural Centre.
Once the functions were given, an interesting observation was made, the functions can be categorised into three, based on their spatial state or type of architecture.
ARTISTS
PERMANENT ARCHITECTURE PERMANENT FUNCTION
Permanent materials and are built to purpose.
PERMANENT ARCHITECTURE TEMPORARY FUNCTION
Permanent materials and can accommodate varying functions.
TEMPORARY ARCHITECTURE TEMPORARY FUNCTION
ARTISTS
FAMILIES TRAVELLERS INDIVIDUALS STUDENTS
Temporary and flexible, don’t have a specific function.
STUDENTS
TOURISTS
LOCALS
USER GROUP
-LIBRARY -ART STUDIOS -CAFETERIA -RESIDENCES -ADMIN -PERMANENT GALLERIES -AUDITORIUM
-DANCE STUDIO -DRAMA STUDIO -CLASSROOMS -WORKSHOPS -SEMINAR HALL -STORES -RENTABLE SPACES -TEMPORARY GALLERIES
-WORKSHOPS -OUTDOOR EVENT SPACES -OPEN AIR THEATRE -PAVILLIONS -PLAZAS -INTERACTION SPACES -CONGREGATION SPACES
The above study was done to identify the user group based on the functions and then a mapping was done to which of the three categories would have the highest density, based on the diagram it is evident that the temporary architecture - temporary function would be the most dense and hence, it has been given the highest importance in the project.
CONTEXT | PROGRAM | APPROACH | DEVELOPMENT The Narratorium can be approached in two ways:
This take on the idea of the narratorium and the program gave rise to the idea of TRANSIENCE which is the temporality of a building like this.
1. The Narratorium tells a story. 2. The Narratorium houses a story or houses multiple stories. (Selected Approach)
TRANSIENCE doesn’t only represent the constantly changing, it also represents the point of change, the point at which you transition, this point must be accentuated.
OUTSIDE TO INSIDE
THE IN/BETWEEN
LINES
1. The building tells a singular story, it is fixed, but the path can be varied.
PLANES
THE PLAZA
VOLUMES
THE PLAZAS are the two points that act as the ever changing landscape, within a framework.
REHEARSAL SPACE DRAMA STUDIO
DANCE STUDIO
THE PAVILION PERMANENT GALLERIES
2. The building provides a framework for stories of various forms and size, where the path and function vary, creating a sense of TRANSIENCE.
BOOKSTORE
SCHEMATIC SECTION
ARTIST RESIDENCES
TEMPORARY GALLERIES
CAFE
THE PAVILION is the. Introduction to the story being told, and the multiple pavilions facilitate the transience because of their temporality.
CONTEXT | PROGRAM | APPROACH | DEVELOPMENT DANCE AND DRAMA STUDIOS
MASS
SPLIT
ELEVATED PATH SUSPENDED FROM BUILDING STRUCTURE BECOMES THE UNIFYING ELEMENT GALLERIES
ROOF + STRUCTURE DESIGNED TO BRING IN NORTH LIGHT
WORKSHOPS
SPLIT
FUNNEL
ARCHIVE
LIBRARY
SITE
SPLIT
PUSH
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CONTEXT | PROGRAM | APPROACH | DEVELOPMENT - SECTION B-B’
SCHOOL OF ARTS, BANGALORE
CONTEXT | PROGRAM | APPROACH | DEVELOPMENT
CONTEXT The site is located in the dense neighbourhood of Koramangala in Bangalore. The area is famous for being the belly of the city, there are bars and restaurants at every foot, making it the quintessential ‘millennial’ neighbourhood. The site is surrounded by two iconic educational institutes of the city, St. John’s Medical College on the south and Jyothi Nivas College on the west. These factors contribute to making the surroundings of the site extremely lively, hence making it the perfect place for students. The site, program, context and demographic co-exist and work symbiotically, providing the perfect environment for learning. PROGRAM The program given was of an ART SCHOOL, which taught applied arts, visual arts and graphic arts. This would require large studios and workshops in addition to classes for seminars. The program also included a small public element which addressed the density of people around the site.
STAFF + STUDENTS
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GRAPHIC ARTS
CLASS
VISUAL ARTS
ROOMS
APPLIED ARTS
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CONTEXT | PROGRAM | APPROACH | DEVELOPMENT | PART 1 - SITE BASED
ART AS A SOCIAL ACCELERATOR The front edge of the site becomes a public plaza/lung space which in turn becomes a place to exhibit art and also discuss it. For the campus, this plaza acts as a gateway to the outside.
IDEA TO EXPERIENCE
INTERFACE
The ground level is open to public making it interesting for a visitor to see the art first as a product and then walk through the process of its making.
The existing vegetation on site helps define interfaces. Most of the trees are grouped in such a way that they form an enclosure, based on the location of this enclosure, its function is decided.
WORK - DISCUSS - EXHIBIT A work of art remains an idea till it is ‘discussed’, and only when it is viewed or exhibit does it become more than an idea and becomes as stated earlier a social accelerator.
DENSITY The site is located in an urban area of the city, the edge opposite the site entrance is extremely dense, by providing the frontage of the site as a “lung” space or plaza it is possible to break this density and also at some point contribute to it.
PUBLIC - PRIVATE The site being in a dense urban situation gives back by opening the ground level to the public, hence connecting the outside or the public to the world of art and vice versa.
CONTEXT | PROGRAM | APPROACH | DEVELOPMENT | PART 2 - FORM BASED
MASS
1. Dispersed blocks with front edge acting
as strong public element.
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Larger blocks formed which increase open spaces and hence address public aspect.
FUNCTION
WRAP
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Private functions come together to form one larger mass with interior spaces which create varying interfaces.
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The curve introduced creates a more free flowing form which is more in conjunction with art as compared to the solid edge.
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The curve becomes more defined and helps create a sense of enclosure. The curves become a means of discovery as compared to the lines.
SITE + STRUCTURE
The curves help create enclosures of different scales, this does not happen only on the ground level or in the curve. This varying scale and sense of enclosure can be felt on all levels. The idea of the interface is also achieved through the curves, this can be seen when there is an overlap of the curves, the slight offset helps create intimate working spaces or spaces of contemplation for students of art.
CONTEXT | PROGRAM | APPROACH | DEVELOPMENT - SCHEMATIC SKETCHED SECTION
STAFF AND ADMIN
CO-WORKING SPACE
STUDENT +TEACHER INTERACTION
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ART GALLERY AND EXHIBIT
JURY SPACE
STUDIOS
LIBRARY
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PUBLIC PLAZA, HOUSING TEMPORARY ART EXHIBITS, FOOD STALLS, EXHIBITIONS AND SANTES
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EVENT SPACE (INTERNAL EVENTS)
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ARCHIVE AND EXHIBITION PLANNING AREA
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ADDITIONAL EVENT SPACE
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STUDENT HOUSING
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PARKING
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SCULPTURE YARDS
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KITCHEN
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CAFE
10. ART GALLERY AND SPACE FOR TEMPORARY EXHIBITIONS 11. LIBRARY 12. NICHES PROVIDED, WHICH CAN HOUSE STALLS OR CAN BE USED BY STUDENTS FOR INTERACTION
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