Tales of SPACE Architecture Portfolio Kavyaa boopathy
Tangerine trees and marmalade skies Residence renovation In the rhythm of Bricks Commercial Complex Cafe Bop Contemperary art cafe Berluti Retail Design The Knot Installation for Venice Architecture Bienalle 1 2 3 4 5
“He stands taller, he looks different, he achieves goals, he reaches his targets, all while having fun! A Berluti man is someone to look up to.”
A Dream. An Idol.
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Interior Architecture Design Year | 2020 Location | Florence,Italy
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BERLUTI
Retail Design
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Visualising a Retail Store for Berluti, a subsidiary brand of LVMH that manufactures menswear, especially leather finishing. The Store is designed to reflect the progressive updation of the brand and their story.
BERLUTI Retail Store Design
“You cannot be elegant if you are not comfortable and well shod”
- Alexndro berluti, Founder
Founded in 1895 and helmed by Mr Kris Van Assche, the house began with bespoke footwear but today offers accessories and ready-to-wear that mix classic craftsmanship with contemporary sensibility.
A Living Legacy
mission
Elegance | Tasteful | Comfort | Character | Craftsmanship | Authentic
Challenge the boundaries of craftsmanship and to transform the rules of style
vision
values persona
To let the world experience Berluti excellence through internationalized distribution channels and world class stores.
Heritage | Quality | Transparency
The Berluti Man place
what? who? how?
Encourage contemplation in a way which lets one live the story behind every Berluti product
To deliver comfort, excellence and unmatched curated experience
Deep character, Taste for elegance with a dash of eccentricity
purpose presentation personality
Tastefully curated luxury Berluti museum "Experience Berluti"
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WINDOW DISPLAY
Layers of colour contrast and objects making the composition complete
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‘‘A space to bridge the gap between life within and life around’’
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Interior Architecture Studio 1 Year | 2019
Location | Venice, Italy
Biennale architecture 2020
How will we live together?
A Proposed Installation for the 17th International Architecture Exhibition, curated by architect and scholar Hashim Sarkis. The world is putting new challenges in front of architecture, finding solutions to how we are going to rise to these challenges. Answering to a rudimentary interogation of How will we live together?
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Installation - Architecture Exbition
Though at first glance it might seem as the answer to the question,
Can we live together?
is addled, the fact is that we already live together—watching the same television programs, buying the same clothes, and even using the same language to communicate within continents. we live together only to the extent that we make the same gestures and use the same objects— do we not communicate with one another in a meaningful way or govern ourselves together.
PROXEMICS - The amount of space that people feel is necessary to connect between themselves and others.
Each individuals proximity on differs based on their Geography, Family origin and life itself.
The Intersection of proxeme between two or more individual/ things is what has created interaction, brought and kept us togeather. To extend these proxemics in terms of Equity Inclusion and Social Identity, in realtion of a individual to space could be the key to answer. With a question, how? example : a park, a public square, an amphitheater.
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What can i do in the museum of knot?
Listen, Sway, Exchange
As if we were in different theater scene in every moment of the day.
The project can be considered as a sum of open interiors and looks forward to a great sense of belonging, making people move, feel unbound yet making them get connected to one another as if it was in a domestic space.
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The Orchestrated city
Lunatic point of view
The continuous show
Space as stage
the exit/ the procession to leave the space is demarkcated with a different flooring
the stepped up dance floor is highlighted with modular led tiled that emits lights on pressure
the continuous show
headphones booth end note
plan
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0 1 2 8M entry exit info panel
A public space that can be felt to tame itself: can be considered private, a place of meeting and exchange, bond and reception, where personal experience works for a collective history.
A Silenced zone where individuals sway to the tune along light on their headphones, where every tune and light is coupled with another individual creating passive connection. A person has the liberty to choose to interact or connect with a coupled or any individual.
The tendency towards growing economic inequalities, Political divides and the increasingly secretarian nature of our social identities as members of ethnic, religious, national groups is rapidly becoming a part of our lives.
The more people, the stronger the light.
Like a daisy chain of human contact, the more people, the brighter and faster the light. Indicating that human energy is one of the most energised place on earth.
Information panel
A step on step processed description of what and how to experience the knot.
Headphones station Wall of finite headphones : one collects a piece each and proceeds to the enclosed space.
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Continuous Show
The progressing space is made to enhance the musical and spatial experience with opaque reflective surfaces, playing along the movement of any individual.
End note
A brief description on the idea and concept behind the installation in words.
Space as stage
A platform to exaggerate the experience of oneness, dramatised with a series of orchestrated lights.
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elevation (not to scale)
Open
An interesting book, an emerging thought, a flight of fantasy, nothingness and a harmonious design that reflects humanist desire to be culturally connected to one’s origin.
Tangerine trees. Marmalada skies
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TANGERINE TREES AND MARMALADE SKIES
Renovated residence
Interior Architecture Design
Year | 2018
Location | Kerala, India for State of Design.
Vernacular Residence renovation
Tangerine trees, Marmalade skies
A vernacular house in kerala (a state in south of India) gearing modern demands, acknowledging cultural roots. Addressing the outline to be tropical modern with musing flair the house is a tropical tribute.
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The proposed space runs along the lenght and width of the existing structure. The angled roof profile creates identity and spatial drama to both the inside and outside.While the space behind the existing tapers to the other side.
The courtyards and green pockets are scooped out of the tapered structure to let in light and ventilation. Which is essentially a feature of the surrounding vernacular language.
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Pulling the expansiveness of sky, life around the green down till the courtyard and outspreading it along the house, by adding architectures most elemental feature in it’s very nomenclature.
The arch.
An Arch speaks about openings, beginning and stepping through certain perspectives to see what’s on the other side. Structures with deep resonance. They embody openness within destiny. Fundamentally masculine.
Courtyard that brings light, rain and life.
A concept that is deeply in constant with ministries of hospitality and worship brought language to the design. The interior is composed of scooped and thrown arches, Unrestricted walk through spaces, an open plan yet contradictory to a straight forward single volume.
The house spontaneously responds to its surroundings by choosing to dwell upon gratifying punctures and green pockets.
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courtyard central ventilators to let risenhot air out formal living
The lower portion of the structure is perceived as raw, vernacular and earthy, where the arches plays the latter-day feature. Topped with teals and slates the vernacular lime plastered walls coherently plays in bringing the sky indoor.
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Earthy. Vernacular. Open.
courtyard the cut out goes throughout the structure, where all the consecutive rooms open up to it courtyard sliding door on either sides open to the courtyard to make a narrow linear space.
living private
Lime plastered walls, interlocking carpentry, sloping tiled roof, columned veranda, teak and other hardwood, Green pockets, courtyard, heavy masonry.
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0 2 4 10M
The first floor is extra cosy with more attention to the client’s dream space. Exposed brick, blacks, dark metal reflecting his personality is subtled with minimal light furnishing and the double ceiling.
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Interlocking carpentry, Green pockets, Heavy masonry.
The Sloped terracotta roof gives life to the space, speaking origin, culture and sense of belonging.
29 up bed
toilet wash
room
down
wadrobe - a walk in closet under the stairway to accomodate essentaills of 2
living
room
courtyard sliding door on either sides open to the courtyard to make a narrow linear space.
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The first floor and the mezzanine are extra cosy with more essence of the client’s dream space. Exposed brick, blacks, dark metal reflecting his personality is subtled with minimal light furnishing and the double ceiling.
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sloping tiled roof, teak and other hardwood, exposed materials
The first floor accomodates a young vibrant couple, a private space to enclose their needs and dreams. The design flows along a monochromatic scheme and a lot of white empty spaces. The house opens to green pockets and courtyards.
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0 2 4 10M
A structure that interweaves form and emotion – an architecture which is not only intellectual, conceptual or visual but also affects all senses.
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IN THE RHYTHM OF BRICKS
A comercial complex
Architecture
Under construction
Year | 2018 to present Location | Banglore, India For State of design
Commercial space Rhythm of bricks
A commercial structure with an idea to question the conventional notion of mass-produced architectural products being slapped onto building facades. The project tries to create an image among the buildings in an SEZ
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The whole design exercise has been perceived to be crafted, block by block. The Indian office space in a city has been interpreted to be as local and human as possible.
The façade showcases the finesse and richness of traditional crafts and celebrating local craftsmen. The open corner of the plot faces south and west directions. To reduce the heat gain from these sides, the façade has been recessed and partially covered with brick jaalis. Which in turn also gives a solid language to the structure.
The design process operates by picking up cues from different aspects such as the client, brief, site and climate to create a meaningful narrative. This ‘narrative’ comes from a very human place, to create emotional value through design, rather than try to be ‘different’ for the sake.
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The physical form intends to be simple. The design tries to create a relatable scale, for people moving on the street. The frontage towards the main street softens the boundary between the street and the built-form– adding to the ‘approachable’ human scale.
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A structure that interweaves form and emotion – an architecture which is not only intellectual, conceptual or visual but also affects all senses yet creating a robust and durable framework with good materials, simple structural systems.
A strong focus on creating places and spaces that reflects dominance and power.
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site pictures
“Living and not just use the space means to expand the personality of the people who live there”
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Interior Architecture
Ideation - Local cafe
Year | 2020
Location | Banglore, India
bop
BOP as the name suggests (dance to pop music) is a cafe theamed to go along pop music culture, and reflect surrounding atmosphere and local people.
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CAFE BOP
A Dance to pop rock
Contemperory Rustic Cafe
Taking cue from existing architectural content, an effort to juxtapose the renaissance backup of the city with existing rustic commonness of the space.
This is not a glorious antique- it’s a rundown collection that belonged to everyone well lived, well-travelled and lost it all.
A price of everybody’s pastyours or a friends
Seminal reference to the past of lesser known neighbourhoods
Simply put a place for people
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The project can be considered as a sum of ‘open interior’ and looks forward to a greater sense of belonging, making people responsible and making them take care of public space as if it was domestic.
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Front elevation
Section from the inside
The Cafe/ Bar is conceptualised to be a cozy local, go to place, reflecting personality of the surrounded happening place and the people.
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2 seater deck running all along the arches giving, The renaissance view
Serving space to accomodate 2 with adjacent storage and counter
The cynosure accomodating loose furnishes, gives language to the space.
A platformed stage to perform, enclosed with arches, columnated bricks and marble cladding.
0 1 2 8M
Plan Taking cue from existing architectural content, an effort to juxtapose the renaissance backup of the city with existing rustic commonness of the space.
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