PORTFOLIO by KEERTHI P

PORTFOLIO

Ar.KEERTHI PRAKASH ARCHITECT & GRAPHIC DESIGNER

I am a self-motivated person who enjoys creating art and architecture. I enjoy ruminating on my visions and attempting to create something extraordinary from them. I am a hard worker, a team player, and above all, I am motivated by my passion for what I do. I thrive under pressure, as my design school taught me, and I enjoy the rush of adrenaline that comes with completing a project.

WORK EXPERIENCE Birthdate

Decembar -April 2020-2021

Graphic designer& Architectural practise Annual Report 2019-20 for United Way Chennai - NGO Residence at Othukuli Interiors at Erode Residence

Novembar -Novembar 2018-2020

January

- Septembar 2018-2018

Wallmakers,Kochi Architect This is a sustainable practice where a lot of experimentation on alternative materials is carried on while designing residences, schools, and cafes. I was particularly working with brick panels,shobri walls, and rat trap bond-based residences.

Pragrup Architecture and Urbanism, Bangalore

Intern Architect I worked on two residential projects in Bangalore and made working drawings and conceptual works of an urban insert near Rangoli

April - December 2017-2017

Gaurav Roy Choudhury Architects, Bangalore. Intern Architect Postproduction drawings,Interior works and working drawings and concept models.

SOFTWARE SKILLS WORKSHOPS & HONOURS

EDUCATION 2013-2018

Bachelor of Architecture R.V. College of Architecture,Bangalore,India CGPA 7.95

2011-2013

Bharathi Vidya Bhavan Higher Secondary School,Erode. 12 th standard exam : 97% (Centum in Statistics,State rank in English and Tamil)

2001-2011

Bharathi Vidya Bhavan Matriculation School,Erode. 10 th standard exam : 93%

WORKSHOPS BIOMIMICRY-ELECTIVE

Study of Skins(Incorporating the concepts of skin into urban design and buiding skins

AUROVILLE WORKSHOP

Hands on workshop on earth and bamboo in Auroville,Pondicherry conducted by Earth Institute

COMPUTATIONAL DESIGN WORKSHOP

A week long course and a competition was conducted on Urban analysis by computation and parametrics (Grasshopper) by UCLA graduate Piyush Prajapathi on EQUIM EDUCATION.

KARWAAN HIMALAYAN MUD VILLAGE STUDY

A road trip to the spiti valley villages were taken to study the traditional mud villages.The infrastructure,social matrix,climate sensitive practices were documented and analysed.

HONOURS AND PUBLICATIONS MIND RAIN COMPETITON

2 ND PLACE Internationally in Senior level for Rejevenation of quarry

EQUIM FUTURE CITY

Honorary mention for the Parasite city concept

PUBLICATION PIROUTTE

Publication of Piroutte house on magazines like dezeen,archdaily,etc.

PRODUCT DESIGN R.V.C.A

2 nd place for a furniture which can transform into a table.

PIROUETTE HOUSE Parametric architecture Wallmakers-Practise (Built Completed) 2 years

Pg 3

QUARRY CAMPUS Rejuvenation of an abondoned quarry (Academic project-5 th semester)

Pg 17

PARASITE CITY

Interactive cityscape Building cell (Competition Winner)

Pg 29

MATERIAL BASED PROJECTS

(WALLMAKERS-R&D) 2 years 1. Brick Panel 2.Curved Brick PaneL 3. Shobri wall 4.Rammed Earth Project

Pg 10

NEST HOUSES

Utopian Transformable houses-Biomimicry (Competition Entry)

Pg 23

This is a compilation of my journey as a designer. The selected works will showcase my professional practice, academic works, and competition entries. Working with Wallmakers, a firm focused on sustainable solutions for modern-day problems by the development of new techniques and site-sensitive approaches gave me a lot of space to grow as a designer. I had the opportunity to work on groundbreaking techniques involving a lot of research, experimentation, prototyping, computational thinking,bio-mimicry, conceptualizing, etc., The competition projects helped me design freely without the reality obstructing my imagination. The academic project which is also selected as the best work of the batch showcases my growth and trajectory as a thinker.

SELECTED WORKS

TEASE ME CAFE Clothcrete walls Wallmakers-Practise (Interior -built)

JACKFRUIT GARDEN

Residence in Vengola Mud wall construction Wallmakers-Practise (Built Completed)

GOKUL RESIDENCE

Residence on a Ramp (Handicap friendly) Dry wall-boulders Wallmakers-Practise (Building in progress)

NEW BEGINNINGS Dystopian world Illustration Project

MEMORY

War memorial Project Competition

URUVAGAM

Urban Insert-Thesis Investigating Facelessness In Architecture.

PIROUETT

Curved walls . Wallmakers . Rat tr

Pirouette House uses “Last of the Mohican’s” fired bricks as an ode to geometry and patterns formed by the walls that seem to be coming al basic problems of a conventional rectangular grid house while preserving neighborhood with houses on four sides with the play of the walls light ha created interesting niches for some peace and celebrated the congreg guidance of Ar.VinuDaniel, Wallmakers, I had designed and implemented

TE HOUSE

rap bond . Trivandrum . Fire bricks

Laurie Baker’s stellar practice, with spaces made exquisite by the pure live and pirouetting about. Introducing sinusoidal walls to overcome the g the preexisting trees from the property. This project though set in a tight as been brought even in the deep most of the house. The dancing walls gation spaces with light, greenery, air, and interesting furniture. Under the d various aspects of this project from start to end.

EVOLUTION OF THE GRID

GROUND FLOOR

FIRST FLOOR

Simple grid plans where services occupy more space than required and no possibility for skylights.

FINAL GROUND FLOOR

FINAL FIRST FLOOR

The wave-like deviations from the straight lines solved the problem by creating adequate living spaces with niches for skylight and saving the trees by building the courtyard around them.

The site was a small plot suffocated by other residential developments on all four sides, smack dab in the center of an urban and crowded Trivandrum neighborhood. This house was built to be inward-looking, with all of its spaces opening into a funneling central courtyard. The house is oriented east-west, with openings to allow for optimum cross-ventilation. In the background of Trivandrum, which stands as a testament to many of Ar. Laurie Baker’s masterpieces, it seemed appropriate to change one of his introductions, the Rat trap bond masonry technique, in this location, which did not allow for soil excavation or the development of mud blocks. Keeping in mind that Brick kilns in Trivandrum are a dying industry with people opting out for wire-cut machine-made bricks, this was also an attempt to promote this local agriculture-based industry that is on the brink of extinction.

B Bedroom C ourtyard K Kitchen L&D Living & Dining T Toilet

SPACIAL DERIVATION

GROUND FLOOR

FIRST FLOOR

22 cm Airgap

4.Swing made out of waste scaffolding pipes.

Concealed Electrical and Plumbing conduits

22 x 60 cm Concealed Columns

Staggered walls

10.RAT TRAP BOND

7 7 10.Cavity walls-Rat trap bond with fire bricks

6.Staircase made with scaffolding pipes around the tree while treated bamboo gives a screen for privacy

Scaffolding pipes left over from the building stage we form the central staircase and grill-work. The wooden together to form part of the flooring in the living quarters of discarding nothing as “waste.” Cane was collected handled, and wrapped around the grill-work to create s assorted furniture. The rat trap bond has a cavity that co structural framework, electrical conduits, plumbing lines, of the shelves was aided by the projecting bricks. The p placed on top of the projecting course of bricks and co

ere quickly repurposed to planks were also pieced s, keeping in mind the idea d from the neighborhood, subtle privacy screens and omes in handy to hide the etc,...Even the placement pre-cut bison panels were oncreted.

KEY PLAN

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.

Living Room Double height courtyard Toilet of the Bedroom Swing on the Balcony Informal Living room Staircase grill with bamboo railings and screen 7. Windows of the bedroom 8. Central Coconut tree 9. Ferrocement shell roof slab with polycarbonate skylight. 10. The Rat trap bond with staggered courses.

SECTION

FERROCEMENT SHELLS-SLAB1

FCS placed on top of the beams and the slab is cast.

SLAB1 BEAMS

The slab beams run inside the walls

COLUMNS

PILE FOUNDATION

Built along with each course.The rat trap bond hides the structure.

Pile depth is based on the depth at which hard weathered soil N>50 is found in the bore

The Rat trap bond is a brick masonry wall building technique in which bricks are positioned vertically rather than horizontally, forming a cavity within the wall that improves thermal efficiency, reduces the overall volume of bricks required, and is suitable for concealing structural members and service ducts.

The concept was developed further to include a series of slanting walls that danced left and right, only converging to aid the ferrocement shell roof. Each staggered wall was custom-made to address the residence’s lack of space, intending to create greater volumes and a sense of privacy.

Polycarbonate sheet on Ferrocement shells with skylight for the coconut tree

3.5 m

Sinusoidal walls engulfing the courtyard with pre-existing coconut tree

3.5 m

3.5 m 3.5 m 3.5 m

Ground floor rectangular grid with sinusoidal walls

EXPLODED VIEW

THE STRUCTURE

1. Fired bricks used in Rat Trap bond masonry Rat trap bond is a brick masonry method of wall construction developed by Laurie Baker in Kerala, in which bricks are positioned vertically rather than horizontally, creating a cavity (hollow space) within the wall that improves thermal efficiency and reduces the number of bricks.

2.Recycled timber A section of the flooring has been paneled with cut wooden scraps.

3.Discarded Scaffolding Pipes for Staircase and Grill-work

This house’s staircase and grill-work are entirely made of recycled scaffolding pipes that have been welded in place.

4. Oxide Grey and yellow oxides were used to finish the floor and pick walls.

5. Cane Cane has been processed and woven together in between the grill-work to serve as a partial privacy screen.

6.Building around the existing trees Preserving existing coconut trees and constructing around them

7.Ferrocement shells These wafer-like structures are steel-reinforced arched shells with an effective thickness of 2.5cm that bears the same load as the corresponding R.C.C slabs. They significantly minimize total cement usage by 40% and steel consumption by 30%. These are used in place of R.C.C. Slabs in roofing since they have a strength of 1200 kg/m2.

MATERIALS & TECHNIQUES

Materials &

Materials . Techniques . Protot

Since Wallmakers is a research-based, sustainable firm, I carried out extens The Binoy Residence was my first project with wallmakers, and it include heated and loaded the panels, and tweaked the pattern until we got it rig experimented for a project in Thirssur. For the past two years, I’ve been wo the shobri wall projects, which is a patented method used by the firm. On plastic bottle resuse method.

& Techniques

type . Application . Wallmakers

sive research and experimentation under the supervision of Ar.Vinu Daniel. ed a new type of wall called brick panels. We did about 15 prototupes, ght. Later, the same brick panel concept evolved into curvilear panels and orking on these two designs. On two other ventures, I was also in charge of n a conceptual level, I worked on the Casurina Cone farm house and the

10 mm reinforcement 8

mm reinforcement

Mud Block

ODD COURSE OF VERTICAL BRICK PANEL WALLS (1mx4m)

Reinforced Cement Concrete with ferrocement chips

Precast concrete block Mud block 3/4”x3/4” box section 2”x4“box section

ODD COURSE OF SLOPED BRICK PANEL ROOF WITH AIR INSULATION (1mx4m)

Permanent Cement Fibre sheets placed on the slope with air gap

BRICK PANEL

Drawi

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Car Porch

Green Space

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SOUTH ELEVATION

216

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Entry 2

Green Space

BedRoom1 412

600

216

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NORTH ELEVATION

MAIN FLOOR PLAN @

216

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600

Since it was the last place became a haven for a var own biosphere. When the the equation, so we decid ground above was left for t helped with the mud bric ventilation issues, which sections.The steepness and courtyard did not let the s were also created by pla from excation till working d

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WEST ELEVATION

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THE CONCEPT OF KA

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EAST ELEVATION

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BRICK PANEL

BedRoom2

ing Room

Dining

T Store

Stairs

Kitchen

Store

Work Area

@ -2M FROM GROUND LEVEL

e in the neighbourhood to be converted into a home, it riety of birds, insects, and even snakes. It’s evolved into its company had to do the plan, we didn’t want to mess up ded to coexist. While the humans lived underground the the butterflies, birds, snakes, and nature. The excavations cks for building. Going underground created light and were fixed by the building’s crater-like paralleogram d the surface of the brick paneled buildings at the central snakes to crawl into the building ,for safety resons.Jalli’s acing glass bricks in the panel.I worked on this building drawings level.

AAVU

An alternative to the traditional 25 cm thick wall is this brick panel wall where the mud bricks made from site excavation soil are used along with reinforced concrete with the asbestos sheet as shutters. This wall is only 14 to 15 cm thick. Because of the reduced thickness, the weight of the building can be considerably reduced. This is much faster compared to the traditional method. And because of the angled placement of the mud blocks, not all the blocks are exposed to sunlight all the time. And also since it is a composite material wall with mud and concrete there is a reduction in heat transfer into the building. These panels can be of greater use for disaster relief camps where the brick panels can be assembled in a matter of days at very little cost. Inclined Brick panels of 4 to 6 m span have been successfully placed in a residential project in Kakkanad. An attempt to make curved brick panels at a residence in Thrissur is in progress. I have been a part of the experimentation, analysis, prototyping, and application of the panels in two real-time projects with the at-most guidance from Ar.VinuDaniel, We did a number of prototpes and subjected the panels to load test,heat transmittance test and shadow analysis.We achieved a u value (Measure of heat transmittance)of 3.6

CURVED BRICK PANEL

STAIRS

BEDROOM1

DINING

LIVING

KITCHEN

MAIN FLOOR PLAN

ROOF PLAN -roof brick panels supported be

This east-facing home was built for an NRI family from directly in front of their parents’ home. Set in a land fil trees, neem trees, and other plant species. We choose the trees rather than chopping them down. The clien integrate the typical mughal courtyard ideas of ma courtyards. The central staircase and curvilinear roof courtyards while maintaining a visual connection. around the existing trees as well. The roof’s sinusoidal angled in such a way that they shield from rain while to escape through the openings.

BEDROOM

READING ROOM

THE ROOF WRAPPING AROUNG THE TREES

THE ROOF SUPPORTED BY THE FRAME WORK The load bearing Partition walls made of Compressed Stabilized mud blocks from the site excavtions are erected first,followed by the concrete beams and columns.The sloped brick panels are placed on structural frame work and casted.The openings on the sloped wall are given a rectangular chajja letting the wind from the side while protecting the building from the western sun.The roof and the staircase are built last.The opeings on the roof also helps in passive cooling.

eams

Dubai in Thrissur, lled with mango e to build around nt also wished to ale and female f separated the The roof wraps brick panels are allowing hot air

CURVED BRICK PANEL

(1 bag cement: 6 M-Sand:14 Unsieved soil:16 sieved soil) (bar to be treated with SBR coating)

FLOOR LEVEL

The patented technique of Shuttered Debris Wall involves mixing cement, soil and waste materials of various sizes(coarse aggregate) ranging from 10mm -70mm skilfully to give a strong wall ( 5.2MpA compressive strength).I worked on three shobri wall projects in WM.

SHOBRI WALL

This residence was made as a weekend home located at the picturesque backwaters of Kakkaturuthu, which is accessible only by a ferry boat from across the river. The water being saline in nature would have an adverse effect on the mud walls so a mixture of red oxide with waterproofing agent has been applied on the rammed earth walls.The wind funnel helps in cooling effect

RAMMED EARTH RESIDENCE

THE QUARR

The hidden campus . Rejuvena

A quarry is a place where a hill is being eaten in pieces. This act of a man with time. The seasonal collection of water and accumulation of topsoil a future for vegetation through these marsh pits and the sparse vegetati that has begun already. There are passive ways to speed up the succes environmental education can itself become that catalyst to this rejuvenat a perfect experimentation ground.

RY PROJECT

ation . Academic . Succession .

n with much less regard to ecology has been balanced by nature by itself due to surface runoff on shallow pits exposed to much sunlight promises ion. These fragments of green are the pioneers for ecological succession ssion process so the quarry can be reused. The campus of the center for tion, so they can practice what they preach and the quarry also serves as

TOPSOIL BEING WAASHED BY RAIN

TOPSOIL RICH FARMLANDS

SUCCULANTS GROWN ON PROJECTIONS

SELF HEALING QUARRY-SUCCESSION

(PIONEER SPECIES)

“THERE IS NOT A FRAGMENT IN ALL NATURE FOR

EVERY RELATIVE FRAGMENT OF ONE THING IS A FULL HARMONIOUS UNIT IN ITSELF…”

HYPOTHETICAL SECTION (PAST)

THE NODES

THE WATER MATRIX

THE GREEN MATRIX

PRESENT SECTION (AFTER QUARRYING)

HYPOTHETICAL FUTURE SECTION (ABSENSE OF TOP SOIL; NO VEGETATION)

PIONEER SPECIES

0 YEARS (FOREST FIRE, LANDSLIDE, EVENQUARRYING)

DEVASTATION

1-2 YEARS (ANNUAL PLANTS)

INTERMEDIATE SPECIES

3-4 YEARS (GRASSES & PERENNIA LS)

5-150 YEARS GRASSES +SHRUBS+ TREES

CLIMAX SPECIES

150 YEARSTREES

SUCCESSION

SELF RESTORATION RESTORATION PROCESS SELF PROCESS

Succulents in exhibition CAFE

Road

LIBRARY

TRANSECT SHOWING THE LIBRARY

Road Road

Road

Water Purification

RESEARCH CENTER

TRANSECT SHOWING INSTITUTE BUILDING

ENCOUNTERS WITH NATURE

18 Amphitheatre

Y- INFO CENTER Water soaked In vegetation in case of overflow

Bundh Water soaked In vegetation in case of overflow

A Centre for Environmental Education

The campus sits as a part of quarry itself encountering the seasonal changes in the flow of water and the quarry healing itself

THE QUARRY PROJECT, A HIDDEN CAMPUS

A CEE CAMPUS IN A QUARRY,BETTAHALSOOR,BANGALORE

PLAN SHOWING THE VALLEY AND THE BIGGER RESERVOIRS

SECTION OF RESEARCH BLOCK

SECTION SHOWING THE CONNECT BETWEEN THE RESEARCH AND THE INSTITUTE BLOCK

The water is collected in the valley by creating a bund and this water is used. The water level when reaches to a high point overflows into the quarry depressions The ecological restoration of the quarry has already happening by the process of succession where the earth heals on its own We can speedup the restoration by planting more plants and not diving the green. This restoration happens in multiple phases.by the end of the third phase the Quarry will completely be occupied by plants and trees

CLASSROOMS AND WORKSHOP AT EDGE

THE ENTRY BLOCK

PLANS AND SECTIONS

PLAN AT – 5 M LEVEL

SECTION OF LIBRARY AND INFO CENT

During the rainy season the water level in the valley rises and gets collected in the bundh because of which the library block gets submerged in water . So when we are inside the library block during that season we feel like we are under water in a glass box witnessing the changes both under and above water

SECTIONAL ISOMETRIC VIEW AT LEVEL -5M

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AT LEVEL +.1 M

ISOMETRIC VIEW OF THE BEAMS AND COLUMS

AT LEVEL -5M

AT LEVEL -8M

SEASONS AND CHANGES

Auditorium

Bridge

THE INSTITUTE AND LIBRARY BUILDING

THE LIBRARY AND THE BRIDGE

Workshop spaces

office

THE BRIDGE

Class rooms

The project unfolds itself slowly as we start

moving into it .It has its surprises shocks and scares and the flow the project is also unpredictable just like the quarry itself .it uses the mystery kind of landscape to its advantage and becomes a part the quarry itself Spaces of different functions are piled up to create more of an accidental interaction with different kinds of users so that the space becomes a place. When different sets of people come together only then a campus becomes a community..

View from the Newspaper Reading Spaces

Cafe

Library

Gathering spaces

Newspaper section

SECTIONAL PERSPECTIVES

SECTION AA

SECTION BB

The whole project works in section. The congregation spaces are created at different levels to create maximum interaction between people. A lot of encounters with nature are a part and parcel of the design because of its open nature. The spaces differ with changing seasons and with the restoring quarry

PLAN AT -5 M LEVEL

ENTRY POINT TO LIBRARY

MOVEMENT INSIDE LIBRARY

CONGREGATION SPACES

LIBRARY

THE N

Parametrics . Transformable house

In the near future, sensitive and transformable materials hold enormous customizable architecture that, if used correctly, have the potential to s vast expansion of the capacities of touch screens and other glass-based cityscape is becoming a reality. The aim is to envision a Utopian housing s the need for human intervention. A plane of weave is subjected to variou is porous and trans-formative in nature giving rise to interactive, sensitive fixed foundation.

NEST

es. Weave . Biomimicry . Computation

s promise for architects and engineers, providing ways of immersive and significantly alter the way users interact with their built environment. The d technology has opened up user interfaces to the point that interactive system made of a material that responds to environmental stimuli without us parameters degrees of bending leading to a cocoon-like structure that e, and customizable living units which are lightweight and do not need a

CONCEPT EVOLUTION OF SECTION The curves are placed in a systematic way to create a strong intertwined structure which makes the sphere fully accessible

CONCEPT EVOLUTION OF PLAN The sphere being the most easy to transform structure in naturebecame the basic unit of the project.

PLAN showing the frame structure used as a staircase.

Last project

last project

24 The sphere is the easiest structure to transform in nature became the basic unit of the transformable housing project. It is also the closest structure resembling a cocoon which serves as a perfect inspiration for lightweight porous structures which do not need heavy foundations can be easily transported anywhere. Unlike birds, the only problem for us to live in a cocoon is the absence of flat surfaces. So apart from certain places, the sphere becomes inaccessible. The solution to this was to create contours on the sphere. These staggered contours not only created full access to the sphere but also became the load-bearing structure

SECTION showing the functionality of a typical spherical living unit

Scales of seed-bearing pine cone moves in response to changes in relative humidity. The closed and opened pine cones respectively.

BASIC UNIT For creating a sensitive material that responds to environmental stimuli without human intervention, I was inspired by a pine cone, understanding that pine cones instinctively open and close to shield their seeds from damp weather and enable them to be scattered when it’s dry. I was curious about how this could be replicated in architecture. Later I discovered (with the help of a knife) that pine cones are primarily made of two layers, one of which is more porous than the other. When wet, the outer layer expands more than the inner layer, leading to bending and closing of the cone. So using this concept a multilayered pine conelike building scale can be developed.

BIOMIMICRY

THE WEAVE 0d

A simple weave (closely knit structure) made of the pine cone-inspired twolayered material is subjected to bending along the x and y-axis to various angles between 0 and 360. The results show that at 360 degrees a plane is successfully transformed into a sphere. The new material would open and close with respect to the relative humidity. When wet, the outer layer expands more than the inner layer, leading to bending and closing of the weave plane.

45 d

This in turn may give rise to a structure that closes up during rain and opens up when the sun shines instinctively. The different stages of the transformation have been recorded so that it can also be manipulated later even when there is no change in relative humidity to create the desired result. This may result in creating customizable and interactive living units with varied functional needs and others.

180 d

LEFT

270 d

FRONT

BACK

360 d

STAGES of CHANGE ELEVATION AA X AXIS

RIGHT

PLAN

Just like a bird’s nest these units are hung up or placed with some space to move on a host.

LEFT ELEVATION

FRONT ELEVATION

0d Plane

45 d

180 d

Transformations when bent alongs X axis

270 d

360 d

Cocoon

FRONT ELEVATION

LEFT ELEVATION

267

Plane

Transformations when bent alongs Y axis

Cocoon

TRANFORMATION OF THE WEAVE

After series of permutations and combinations with the results, a model living unit is designed. The same plane is subjected to multiple bending and twisting giving rise to unique and transformable structures. The living quarters have a movable deck on top which can be covered or left open with changing conditions. The three cocoons form the central living area with service in the center. The curvilinear arcs of the structure itself double up as stairs or amphitheater. These kind of houses are lightweight cocoons which can be hung anywhere to form a colony. This kind of colony does not need deep foundations. Instead of cutting trees to create a clearspaced community these nest houses can be anchored to trees or mountains and become a part of the landscape.

SECTIONAL ELEVATION ALONG SECTION I The shell-like structure of the section can be seen in the drawing. The amphitheater leads to the structural stairwell. The Intertwining weave replaces the traditional columns and beams. The Intermediate level is the only space with curvilinear floor space with the help of contouring the space can be made useful as explained in the concept sheet.

A D

B A

A-Living Unit B-Movable Deck D-Services

BIRD’S EYE VIEW

III

ELEVATION

ROOF PLAN

B SECTION I

PLAN 1

SECTION II

PLAN 2

SECTION III

PLAN 3 ACCESS

A MODEL LIVING UNIT

1.The external living spaces are sheltered from rain by the weave because of the change in relative humidity

2.The weave is slowly f opening up the deck after the rain has stop

Bio-mimicry-based architecture is a multi-disciplinary scientific approach to sustainable design that focuses on researching and adapting architectural concepts inherent in natural ecosystems and animals, rather than just using nature as a reference for aesthetics. Hereby following simple design concepts complex results have been obtained. The strength of a weave comes through these analyses. Repeated bending of the initial weave plane created a plethora of possibilities even within a day the building would have transformed a little based on the movement of the

flowering out to the sunshine pped.

3.The weave is fully opened up and the whole cocoon is exposed to sunlight. This structure may change throughout the day based on humidity level

sun and humidity level. By artificially introducing stimuli desired results can be achieved. So it is customizable as well. The resulting forms are organically formed geometries. The free-flowing spaces create intriguing living spaces breaking away from the conventional rectangles. The columns and beams are being replaced by the strength of the weave. This living space has a very unique light filtration creating all the more drama. These humble nests are unique and they become a lot more than just room. The weave becomes the furniture, bed, lighting, everything...

RANGE OF WEAVE STRUCTURES

THE PARA

Urban concept . Biomimicry . Bui

Reinventing a city in which buildings function much like an organism, cre units that are more static which are less vulnerable to destruction. Hypoth has the properties of any living tissue such as self-healing, regeneration, g relationship with the natural environment rather than being at odds with married together in the future, but rather a transformable node made of a the best solution for constructing a complex network. The buildings no lon

ASITE CITY

ilding cell . Voronai . Parasite .

eating an ecosystem of their own, rather than as a collection of individual hetically, if we were able to go any further to develop a building cell that growth, photo-sensitivity, and so on, we will be able to create a symbiotic h it. There could be no need for junctions where separate materials are a single substance. The most common structure in nature, Voronoi, maybe nger need maintenance; they can self-heal.

IDEA PART SECTION

PARASITE IN A HOST

THE APPROACH

Random points

PARASITE GROWING OUT OF THE HOST TO ESTABLISH CONNECTIONS. Triangulation

CONCEPT MAP

Voronai diagram

In the sim objects ar points in seeds, site For each correspon Voronai ce points of t that seed

mplest case, these re just finitely many the plane (called es, or generators). h seed, there is a nding region, called ells, consisting of all the plane closer to than to any other.

TYPICAL PART - SECTION IN FRAME

Parasite city is a concept were a building is made of a single material(building cell) like a living cell so there are no juntions with multiple materials and the building acts just like any living organism and self heals and regenerates.These new buildings start out by being a parasite to the existing buildings and slowly establish their own ecosystem.

PARASITE CITY

THE IMPACT Hypothetically, if we were able to develop a building tissue that can perform the functions of any living tissue such as self-healing, regeneration, growth, photo-sensitivity, and so on, we will be able to create a symbiotic relationship with the natural environment rather than being at odds with it. The self-correcting transformable nodes give rise building complex but synchronized built system which is less vulnerable to failure. The rendered building forms small cocoons which can be used as living and usable spaces. With changing weather, climate, and even natural disasters the whole structure adjusts itself and does the needful so the life span of the building is not compromised. If we go further and connect buildings, bridges, highways with this system the infrastructure of the city will change into a self-sustainable, interactive, sensitive, and transformable biosystem.Developing further we may start growing buildings rather than building them and also may manipulate the result to such an extent that customization of a building to be a highrise tower one day to a pavilion the other day is also possible.

This method might also be used to create colonies on Mars or asteroids, and if it works, we would no longer need to bring everything we need to construct a city; only a seed is enough to develop cities together. Not only in the creation of new cities, but also in the repair of existing ones. For example, Jakarta, the fastest sinking city in the world, may have a chance with the parasite city model. Integrating the whole city to a bio network that is responsive to rising water levels may lead to creating a parasitic city that floats this may save not only Jakarta but the whole earth. I t may sound crazy but with global warming, ozone depletion, acid rain, climate change, rising sea levels, global pandemic, and whatever else, a great revolution will be necessary if we ever want to save this world. And the best way to do so is to go back to the roots and create a system of buildings that resemble the natural system of order which can grow, evolve and react to external stimuli without human intervention.

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