MANISH
SINGH Design Portfoilio 2018
Manish Singh +91 9357707482 msingh.cca@gmail.com B.Arch | 6th semester Chandigarh College Of Architecture
W O R K S
itecture
S E L E C T E D
“Not every person has the same kinds of talents, so you discover what yours are and work with them. Don't try to be me, or try to be Frank Lloyd Wright, or try to be I.M Pei. Try to be yourself, you have to understand and what drives people to build buildings�. Frank Gehry
( 2 0 1 5 - 2 0 1 8 )
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Curriculum Vitae
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Vertical Urbanism
- settlement study / urban morphology - 2017
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Urban canvas - II - art installation - punjab art initiative
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Urban Canvas
Seer Chaupari
- annual NASA* design competition - 2017
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Photography - amateur photography
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- documentation, national award winner - 2016-17
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Miscellaneous
- sketching, installations, modelmaking, other
*National Association Of Students Of Architecture
MANISH
SINGH BIO Born on 25th Feb, 1998 msingh.cca@gmail.com +917973006310 instagram.com/manishsingh9569/
OBJECTIVE I’m Manish Singh, 6th semester architectural student from Chandigarh College Of Architecture. Looking for a position as an Intern Architect. The following are a collection of my projects that reflect my passion and appreciation for architecture. I hope to contribute the same for your firm.
facebook.com/ms7973/ #1360/38 Block-F Adarsh Nagar Naya Gaon, Chandigarh, India Languages - English, Hindi, Punjabi
SKILLS Adobe photoshop Adobe illustrator Adobe indesign Adobe lightroom Adobe aftereffects Rhinoceros Sketchup Archicad Vectorworks Autocad Vray Lumion Grasshopper Ecotect Documentation Laser Cutting Graphic Designing Model Making
REFERENCE Prof.Sangeeta Bagga Mehta Principal, CCA +91 9779123457 sangeetabagga@gmail.com Prof.Sohan Lal Saharan DOA, CCA +91 9417303195 slsaharan@gmail.com
EDUCATION 2015 - Present : Bachelors Chandigarh College of Architecture, Punjab University, Chandigarh B.Arch. : 6th semester : Pursuing 2012 : 10th Grade Govt. High School, Sarangpur , Chandigarh Graduated 2014 : 12th Grade Govt. Model Senior Sec. School, Sec - 23 (A) , Chandigarh Graduated
EXPERIENCE 2016 - 2017 : Geographic Information System Working with Chandigarh Administration on the Digital India Land Record Modernisation Programme and the Chandigarh Conclusive Land Titling Programme 2016 - 2017 : Free Lance Model Making Thesis Model For Architectural Students 2016 : Documentation Documented the Governor’s Residence designed by Le Corbusier in Chandigarh
INTERESTS
Photography
Cricket
Calligraphy
Football
Travelling
Cycling
Athletics
Music
Graphic design
Beer
LIST OF SELECTED WORKS 2015 - PRESENT STUDIO
2015
Studio Apartment | Individual Documentation of CITCO Cafe | Group Kiosk | Individual
2016
Public Toilet Block | Individual Artist Retreat | Residence | Individual Kindergarten | Individual Office | Individual Community Centre | Individual Shopping Complex | Individual 2017
Residential School | Individual Vernacular Settlement Analysis | Group Vertical Urbanism | Group
2018
Resort on Hills | Group
ACHIEVEMENTS 2016 - Most Enthusiastic First Year Awarded most enthusiastic 1st year for active participation throughout ARCHO-2016 2016 - Transparence : Top 50 Entry for Performing Arts Centre shortlisted in top 50 2016-17 - Louis I. Kahn Trophy : Citation Awarded Citation for L.I.K. Trophy working in a team of 40 members 2017 - Annual NASA* Design Competition : Top 67 Entry for ANDC 2017 shortlisted in Top 67 2017-18 - Louis I. Kahn Trophy : Special Mention Team- leader for a team of 30 members of an award winner entry for L.I.K. Trophy 2017-18
Housing On Hills | Individual Museum | Individual
COMPETITIONS Bow Barracks, Kolkata Louis I. Kahn Trophy 2015 | Documentation | Group
WORKSHOPS & SEMINARS 2015 - Brick Masonry Workshop Foundation | Junction Masonry | Hands On Experience 2015 - International Symposium, Chandigarh “Celebrating Le Corbusier’s Chandigarh”
The Watchtower ANDC 2016 | Group | Top 17
2015 - International Conference, Chandigarh “Concrete Action” | Urban Landscapes
Performing Arts Centre Transparence 2016 | Quintet | Top 50
2016 - Wood Joinery Workshop Timber Construction Joints | Hands on Experience
Chandigarh Tourism Logo Re-gen | Duo
2016 - Model Making Workshop Hands on Experience
Sabali Kund Vav, Idar Louis I. Kahn Trophy 2016 Documentation | Group
2017 - Clay Sculpture Workshop Hands on Experience
Urban Canvas ANDC 2017 | Group | Top 67
2017 - 59th Annual NASA Convention Delegate
Mural Design Wall art | Trio | Corbusier’s Chandigarh Seer Chaupari, Behlba, Haryana Louis I. Kahn Trophy 2017 Documentation | Group
2017 - Pierre Jeanneret Symposium, Chandigarh Commemorating the Legacy of Pierre Jeanneret
*National Association Of Students Of Architecture
vertical urbanism : r e t h i n k i n g t h e u r b a n s u r fa c e
Khudda Lahora is a village panchayat located in the Chandigarh district of Chandigarh state,India. People of this village are living in very peaceful manner. This village is having very proud history. Agriculture is the main profession of this village. Still this village is waiting for Industrial development. Education, Drinking water, Road and Electricity are the main concern of this village.
PROBLEMS High Population Density Rapid Urbanisation Immigration Narrow Streets - No Street Culture .
3m
6.2 m
15 . 5 m
streetscape
1.2m
1.2m
9. 3 m
Residential
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Kuchha Road . Residential
Residential
Residential
Residential
Residential
9. 3 m
1.2m 1.2m
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Concrete Paving.
Residential
Residential
Residential
Residential
Residential
Residential
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Concrete Paving.
9. 4 m
Residential
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Residential Shops
Shops 2m
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Connected Rooftops become a new
PUBLIC REALM IN THE CITY A NEW SKIN UPON THE URBAN SURFACE
PROPOSAL
FUNCTION
- Adding new layer to the existing Fabric which will be formed from the inference of the existing two skin.
- Infrastructural Catalyst and a continuous productive surfaces that provides socio - economical functions to the village and engages with the surrounding urban fabric
- By no means is this intended to diminish the importance of the existing street and the public realm at the ground level.
New skin upon existing fabric
a n a ly s i s a n d i n f e r e n c e f r o m 1 s t s k i n ( r o a d n e t w o r k )
EXISTING ROAD CONNECTIONS
EXISTING CONNECTION B/W THE NODES
EXISTING NODES POTENTIAL NODES LACKING CONNECTIONS
FINAL INFERENCE
POSSIBLE NEW CONNECTIONS
a n a ly s i s a n d i n f e r e n c e f r o m 2 n d s k i n ( r o o f n e t w o r k )
MUMTY (18m) G+4 (15m) G+3 (12m)
G+2 (9m) G+1 (6m) GROUND FLOOR (3m)
BUILDING HEIGHTS MAP
More than G+2 G+2 (9m) Less than G+2
HEIGHT BYLAWS MAP
Formation of clusters on roof of same height and possible connections of these clusters according to building heights.
f o r m at i o n o f 3 r d l ay e r b y a m a l g a m at i o n o f 1 s t a n d 2 n d l ay e r
Inference from 1st layer analysis
Inference from 2nd layer analysis
Final connection on rooftop
probable functions
CONCERTS
GRAFFITI
EXERCISE
GROUP MEETING
CHAIR BOMBING
POP - UP LIBRARY
CLASSES
POP - UP CINEMA
vertical connectivity
PLAY STREETS
POP - UP RETAIL
Connnection from roof to ground is made through open steel staircase with a door at the entrance in order to maintain the security and privacy. It is mounted outside of the building and in case of emergency it can act as an exit.
This is the list of probable functions that can happen on the new provided surface.
modular furniture CUBE 300 X 300 X 300 (mm) Properties : Easily Fabricable, Light weight, Portable, Economical, Sustainable, Easily Available, Durable, Recyclable Materials : Combination of cow dung and used grass (already being used in making Ecofaebrick which is 2 20% lighter than clay brick and loowatt)
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Dimensions : 450 X 450 X 450 (mm)
DIFFERENT LOCKING ARRANGEMENT OF DIFFERENT BLOCKS
u r b a n c a n va s : r e i m a g i n i n g a lt e r n at i v e u r b a n s pa c e s
URBAN CANVAS is a platform that aims at making a psychological impact on the citizens by connecting them to the existing structure.The goal is to create a web of socially linked transits by making them a platform for self- expression, where people can reflect their thoughts by using the tool of writing. It aims at reaching out to strangers by associating with their thoughts. Such a podium is provided in the form of rewritable frames. BRIEF - To identify an abandoned public space in our city that has the potential to be a vibrant urban social space and to evolve a design for the same to transform that space. - To engage in real life hands-on construction program at the chosen site and transform the place by keeping the budgets affordable and also to video document the process of transforming the urban space.
URB A NC A N V A S
We, as humans consciously or unconsciously perceive spaces; this is how we become a part of the journey of transformation... the transformation of that space into a place. Spaces lacking the human factor fail to connect to the society. They fail to trigger that sense of belongingness and attachment and therefore remain trapped between being a space and a place.
Narrative architecture is used as an instrument linking a space with memory. And the narration of people's thoughts becomes a justiďŹ ed tool to develop that sense of identity and belongingness to that place so that it can become a reflection of it’s individuals. The idea of humanising a brownďŹ eld site using the narration of people's thoughts, opinions, experiences and stories through writing, which will further upsurge interaction among them.
stop drugs! respect women! grow more trees!
i wish to travel the world! freedom is to freely express yourself!
grow more trees!
#urbancanvas nice initiative !
i want to live with my family!
what can be done to make safer places for women?
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1. Economic 2. Light weight 3. Durable 4. Portable 5. Self fabricable 6. Eco - friendly 7. Fun to make
IF YOU HAD
ONE LAST WISH,
WHAT WOULD IT BE ? To initiate the dialogue and make people aware, these frames were made to travel through different vibrant locations in the city using the concept of parasitic architecture and also by linking the space to social media. A common and easily relatable question was asked. After these frames were installed, the spaced evolved in a span of 4 days.
DAY 1
DAY 4
LIGHTS WERE INSTALLED TO MAKE THE STRUCTURE COMFORTABLE AT NIGHT AS SUGGESTED BY THE PEOPLE. FINAL IMAGE STRUCTURE: A VIBRANT SOCIAL POINT FOR SELF EXPRESSION IN THE CITY.
DAY 3
IF YOU HAD ONE WISH, WHAT WOULD IT BE? PEOPLE FROM DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE CITY WERE ASKED TO ANSWER THE ABOVE MENTIONED QUESTION BY WRITING IT ON THE FRAMES.
STAIRS WERE PAINTED YELLOW TO DRAW PEOPLE’S ATTENTION TOWARDS THE STRUCTURE.
DAY 2
COLORED REWRITABLE FRAMES INSTALLED ON THE STRUCTURE. THEY CHANGED PEOPLE’S PERCEPTION ABOUT THE SPACE AND ADDED A NEW INTERACTIVE FUNCTION TO IT.
PROSPECTION
Days changed into months, and months into years, and what was initiated, has now spread throughout the city. The transits which were slowly turning into neglected junks, took a sharp turn and became vibrant social spots. Today, as I stroll through this metropolis, I stop-by and read these thoughts. Every day as I read a new story, I connect to a new person. A man expressed his desire to learn to write after seeing these written thoughts all over the city. The impact is changing the town. It now celebrates the freedom of expression.
C H E C K O U T T H E V I D E O BY C L I C K I N G T H E A B O V E I M A G E
s e e r c h a u pa r i : louis i. kahn trophy 2017-18
The Louis I. Kahn Trophy was established in 1981 by the Vastu-Shilpa Foundation, Sri B V Doshi and family. The trophy, sponsored by UNESCO, involves physical documentation and analysis of a site on which being cited, enters the UNESCO databases as a heritage site. The relevant data is ďŹ nally reproduced by hand, using pen and ink as the medium.
HERITAGE AND DEMOCRACY The brief asked to document and analyze such administrative structures (built later than 1967) which are symbols of democracy. The structures which play an important role in the smooth functioning of the government.
Long before the introduction of prevalent western style of democracy in India, it took its first ever step during the late Vedic era through the concept of free speech. During the 17th century, the physical form of Chaupals came into existence as sacred structures for the purpose of practising the free form of speech. It is then, when architecture played a significant role in manifesting democracy and heritage through the physical form. The structures were open to everybody without any distinction and become a symbol of collective glory and pride amongst the villagers. D
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Being the central thresholds of public power and nodes of civic command, Chaupals proved to be an efficient link between the people, the administration and their heritage. Along administrative lines, the chaupal held the ‘seat of authority’ and also witnessed the panchayats and general assemblies.
EXPLODED AXONOMETRIC VIEW
POLITICAL ASPECTS In the ancient time, the political systemof Haryana arose from Meham Choubbissee in Behlba, making it a preferred place to build administrative structures on the village level for various panchayat meetings. It is also known for ‘twelve rouges’.
The feeling of collective belonging was strongly associated with the parish but the sense of a sacred heritage was still unachieved. The epoch of gradual bloom in conception of Chaupals in the Indian realm was followed by a dormant period where these physical manifestations of the power of the people, were no longer in light.
SOCIO-CULTURAL ASPECTS A stronger community feeling arrived when the people started practising age-old traditions and festivals , giving rise to the necessity of congregation spaces that could accomplish the social and cultural needs of the villagers.
DEMOCRATIC ASPECTS During the early 20th century, due to the fading of the oppresion of Mughals, Indian villagers started nurturing the democratic way of life and embracing the age old tradition of Chaupal as a democratic space.
From laying of the foundation to using and maintaining it afterwards, people played a major role. The structure is a result of various decisions that villagers made and their collective funding for its construction. It is treated as ‘Sanjhi Jagah’ which means a common place for everyone to interact and practice freedom of speech and expression.
TECHNICAL ASPECTS Sandstone and Kadam wood with superior structural capacities and easy to carve nature, were locally available. Due to Mughal rule that prevailed in North India, the technique to use these materials was locally known and is precisely seen in its building craftsmanship.
u r b a n c a n va s i i a r t i n s ta l l at i o n
Our entry from ANDC competition was shown to organising authority. They wanted it to be in a form of art installation so that it connects various communtities through their thoughts. So this installation was made which was easily portable, easily fabricable and can be installed atnywhere. It represented freedom of speech and expression, various thoughts were opinion’s were recorded on this installation .It merged with th e surrounding very well and came out as a real success.
PHOTO GRAPHY
MODEL MAKING
M I SC E L L A N E OU S
b a m b o o s h e lt e r This is a small bamboo pavilion to be used as a shelter. The levels in this pavilion used for sitting are flexible and can be detached and ďŹ xed at various levels according to the usage. The roof of the pavilion is made using thatch.
logo design Chandigarh Tourism hosted a competition for designing a logo for chandigarh tourism.
The installation was made using mirror strips which were hinged on the steel frame and ďŹ xed into the wall. It plays with light and shadow and creates beautiful pattern on the wall and floor. The mirror strips rotates with movement of air with them.
l i g h t a n d s h a d o w i n s ta l l at i o n
artwork
Manish Singh +91 7973006310 msingh.cca@gmail.com B.Arch | 6th semester Chandigarh College Of Architecture