morgan raman Master of Architecture Master of Engineering Science (Structural Engineering) SELECT WORKS
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HURVA
SYNAGOGUE Project: Case Study Location: Jerusalem, Israel
01 Jerusalem, for centuries has been known as the seat of Judaism. In the 18th century, the Askenazi Synagogue was built here, but demolished due to financial reasons. In the 19th century, a second synagogue was constructed on the same site resembling a Turkish mosque, which was again destroyed during the war with Jordan. In the 20th century, Louis Kahn made three proposals for the Hurva. Louis Kahn died on March 17, 1974; the Hurva was never built. A case study of Kahn’s first proposal is presented here. It presents the Hurva as it would be been, if built in 1974, but within the current urban context of Jerusalem’s cultural fabric.
Hurva Synagogue | Case Study Jerusalem, Israel
A brief history The Ashkenazi synagogue was built in Jerusalem in the early eighteenth century with money borrowed from Arab lenders and was demolished in 1721 when the borrowers defaulted on the loan. A large second synagogue resembling a Turkish mosque was constructed on the same site in the nineteenth century following the practice of Jewish architecture resembling the local majority religion. It dominated the skyline of the Old City alongside the Dome of the Rock. In 1948, when the Jordanian army secured the Old City during the Arab–Israeli War, this structure was destroyed along with fifty-seven other Jewish religious structures. In 1967, following Israel regaining control of the Jewish quarter, discussions regarding the ruined remains of the Hurva in Jerusalem were resumed. The owners of
the Hurva site approached Architect Ram Karmi to build a new synagogue, which was promptly declined by Karmi who instead suggested that only Louis Kahn should undertake a project of such importance, challenge, and magnitude. Following this sequence of events, Karmi’s sister Ada and patron Yaacov Salomon travelled to Philadelphia to successfully convince Louis Kahn to accept the commission. The then Jerusalem mayor, Teddy Kollek, became Kahn’s client and major proponent of the Hurva Project. Kahn presented three proposals for the Hurva - the first during 1967—68, the second in 1969, and the third during 1973—74. At the end of the Hurva design process, the focus was shifted to the development of a memorial garden built around
Tracing of the Hurva Synagogue, first proposal showing site plan of the Old Quarter in 1968.
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the ruins of the old Hurva. The completion of this garden was supposed to lead to the approval of Kahn’s design for the new Hurva. On March 17, 1974, at 73 years of age, Louis Kahn died alone, of an apparent heart attack in a restroom in New York’s Penn Station as he was returning from a design trip to India for the Indian Institute of Management in Ahmedabad. His body was retrieved by the police and taken to the city morgue; a tentative identity was made based on his passport containing his office/home addresses in Philadelphia. The police sent a teletype to the Philadelphia police, but Kahn’s wife Esther Israeli was never notified. Concerned about no communication from Kahn, Esther placed calls to overseas locations and the NY police who informed her that his body was taken to the medical examiner’s office with notification to the Philadelphia police.
I studied the first proposal of Kahn’s Hurva in the course of a studio project during my graduate architecture program. A literature review was conducted, along with tracings from Kahn’s original drawings, and my hand sketches. A 50-scale physical form model of one-half of the Hurva was constructed to complement the 3D model, digital renditions of architectural sectional perspective drawings, and artistic renderings. A digital light analysis was performed to study the sun movement in Jerusalem during May 1974, and the impact of light movement within the Hurva over a sixteen-hour period from dawn to dusk. VR model development is currently underway to create a walkthrough experience in first person/third person renditions. This precedent study is presented here as a part of the collection of select works in my Design Portfolio.
The Hurva was never built.
Precedents | Solomon’s Temple, Exeter Library
Kahn proposed the new Hurva consisting of two buildings - an outer set of sixteen pylons were designed to absorb the light/ heat of the sun, and protect the four hollow inner sanctuaries. Stairs are located on each axis leading to the ambulatories that connect to each other through the pylon sides, similar to Fergusson’s reconstruction of the Solomon’s Temple. Like the Exeter Library, the outer walls are brick enclosing four hollow
concrete forms containing stairs and restrooms. The outer pylons at the Hurva are Jerusalem stone, which enclose the four hollow inner sanctuaries that occupy the inner corners of the building and provide seating/circulation to the balconies, revealing historical references and complex element layering of the building form.
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(far left) A significantly speculative reconstruction drawing of Solomon’s Temple from James Fergusson’s History of Architecture. (left) Philips Exeter Library, Exeter, New Hampshire by Kahn, 1965—72. Fourth floor plan. (above) The Hurva, first proposal. Roof plan. (above, middle) The Hurva, first proposal. Sectional mezzanine plan. (top left) The Hurva, first proposal. Sectional first-floor plan.
Divine Sanctity | Kahn’s thoughts
For Kahn, candlelight played an important role in Judaism, as an expression of the extension of the source of the religion and its practice. Therefore, in essence, the massive pylons with their carved niches create small chapels within themselves, an intimate place bringing a person closer to God. The massive stone pylons and the hollow inner sanctum work in tandem, like large leaves of a tree (beis midrash) allowing dynamic light filtration into the building through the day. It creates a visual illusion of levitation of the inner sanctum within the massive stone - making the visitor’s gaze raise, establishing a sense of magnanimity and a feeling of the presence of a higher power within the sacred space of the synagogue.
Form Development Kahn’s development of the Hurva is a complex arrangement of form elements. Presented here is a synthesis of the inner sanctum form that captures Kahn’s original design process based on proportionality manipulations of an ideal geometric shape - the square. Starting with a square, executing a series of logical operations of cutting, multiplying, dividing, and scaling, the form of the inner sanctum is derived. Furthermore, its strategic arrangement develops a series of solid–void relationships, resulting in an infinite illusion when visualized in perspective view by the human eye. The illustrations of two and four inner sanctums in the middle on this page include scaled diagrams of people to demonstrate the magnanimity of the form compared to human scale, an exquisite solution for a religiuos building.
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Program The schema of the Hurva is visualized here in greater detail as sectional plans of the two floors as “ruins (pylons) wrapped around buildings (inner sanctum).” Entrance to the Hurva occurs at the four open corners, where one walks up and into the building through narrow gaps between the pylons upon which the magnanimity of the 10-foot square inner sanctum is revealed. From here, the building can be circumnavigated on the first floor by walking under the hollow columns. Stairs are placed on each axis leading to three balcony sections and upper level ambulatories that can be circumnavigated through the sides of the 16-foot square pylons. In religious buildings, the feeling of the presence of a higher power within the structure is generally achieved through building size, incidence of natural light, applied lighting within the building, and the arrangement of access to various building programs. When deployed thoughtfully and strategically, they create a conscious sense of feeling small in an imagined presence of the divine. For example, in some religious structures, the deity is physically elevated, with programmatic elements forcing worshipers to walk in a downwardly direction to access the deity and raise their eyes to get a glimpse creating a sense of higher power and a natural supplication. In Kahn’s Hurva, on the first floor, descending three sets of stairs, one on each axis, leads to a raised Bema (altar), which is placed at the exact center of the Hurva, from where the Torah is read. The Bema faces a u-shaped ark on a higher, raised platform with stepped access applying the aforementioned strategies. These programmatic elements, through the deployment of a combination of careful, deliberate assignment of circulation and architectural form, address the spiritual dimension of humanity by incorporating expressive visual perspectives that establish an unwavering relationship between the building and the numinous world. Such narrations of spatial quality are possible due to the silence and magnanimity of the inner sanctum where diffused yellow light strikes the alternatingly positioned, similar solid/void geometries, illuminating the space, while constantly moving through the day, protecting the inner sanctum from the heat of the sun by the massive pylons. The form of the inner sanctum opens like a tree, creating a semiotic embodiment of spatial demarcation with material, texture, and color of the silver (concrete) sanctum and gold (stone) pylons.
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Light, and its purpose A sectional trimetric axonometric projection (military perspective) drawing with sectional cuts at the mezzanine ambulatory level and inner sanctum ceiling level reveals the complex composition of the Hurva in superlative detail. The specific complexity of the zone where the pylons and the inner sanctum ceilings never quite touch, is clearly visible when viewed in this projection. With a part of the cross-shaped opening formed by the inner sanctum roofs
removed by the sectional plane, the finesse of the gaps created between the forms is revealed, which accentuates a sunlight game of hide-n-seek through tectonic repetitions of solid–void volume edges. It transcends into a spatial illusionism of the light cast by the intense desert sunlight piercing through an ever-changing pattern of yellow and reflected white soft-diffused light within the building through the day.
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direct light movement of light (sun position)
The areas between the outer pylons and the inner sanctum act as diffusing arrangement/coloring devices for light. The sunlight that strikes the upper pylons causes the light to diffuse and creates the yellow light that is thrown on the concrete ceiling. The light gray color of the concrete softens this light and reflects it back into the niches of the pylons. The areas between the tapering pylons and the sloping inner sanctum produce a constantly
reflected light with color of stone reflected light with color of concrete
changing lighting effect throughout the day. This effect was studied and simulated using a digital 3D model placed at the exact coordinates of the proposed site during May, 1974 in Jerusalem. The lighting analysis and captured stills are presented in the following spreads along with a video link of the light simulation.
Location: Jerusalem, Israel Time Zone: UTC/GMT + 2hrs Date: May 7, 1974 Time: 1030 hrs Azimuth: 110.4° Elevation: 57.83° Sunrise: 05:48:40 Sunset: 19:23:01
Simulation criteria The sunlight movement simulation setup for May 7, 1974, was developed for a time when the Hurva project was likely to be approved following the completion of a memorial garden at the site of the previous temple ruins.
The sun path diagram shows the sun movement with its position captured at 10:30am and the corresponding shadows cast by the Hurva on to the site. An aerial site view developed in Infraworks is shown here at the same
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time, with the Hurva placed in the intended site location. A light movement simulation digital experiment was conducted on a half model, on the longitudinal axis of symmetry, exposing the Bema and two inner sanctuaries
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This sectional perspective drawing was developed along the exactly at the two symmetrical axes lead to the mezzanine longitudinal axis of symmetry to expose the complexity of ambulatory spaces. composition and its simple form geometries. The stairs placed The seating surrounding the Bema on three sides is designed to
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accommodate 200 people, which, during large services becomes This tower-to-tower sectional view emphasizes Kahn’s vision of the house of assembly for crowds to gather during the High Holy “The outside of the building belongs to the sun, the interior belongs to Days. the shadows. It is a place where people live.”
Longitudinal Section | Artistic perspective, 10:00am Using an artistic 1p perspective, this drawing shows the gold of “golden” light reflected off the massive stone pylons. Kahn (pylons) and silver (inner sanctum) light vision of Kahn. The envisioned these pylons to be the largest size possible, built out mid-morning yellow sunlight strikes the pylons creating tonalities of the same Jerusalem stone as the Western Wall, to create a
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near monolithic structure. Kahn also envisioned its combination The placement of the joint lines created by stone stacking reflects with the inner concrete sanctums as “very beautiful,” and if it was the formation of such a monolithic structure that “protects” the beautifully done, it would be one of the finest materials. “fragile” concrete structure within.
Physical Model | 50 scale A large physical model of the one-half longitudinal symmetry was pieces. Some form elements of the Hurva were abstracted to built using Baltic birch plywood/solid wood using a combination accentuate the features; floor thicknesses were maintained process of laser cutting and CNC milling to develop the assembly constant to aid assembly/disassembly.
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(top left) Studio presentation setup showing transverse sectional model (top right) Model placed in studio to an east facing window to capture movement of morning sunlight in the building (bottom far left) Exterior view looking north (bottom left) Interior view looking at the solid–void arrangement of forms of inner sanctum forms with the pylons and wings framing a glimpse of the outside (bottom right) One of the entrances into the Hurva through the narrow opening between the pylons (bottom far right) Partial isometric view of transverse section of the model along the EW direction.
In the Works | VR model - Fall 2021
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CINCINNATI UPTOWN INNOVATION CORRIDOR Project: Transportation Hub, Pedestrian Bridge Location: Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
02 Midwestern United States is projected to attract and generate high travel demands throughout the country and to serve as a corridor for the establishment of a multimodal transport hub connecting major metropolitan cities. In 2015, the US Department of Transportation launched the Smart City Challenge — a program to use emerging technologies to create an integrated, first-of-itskind smart transportation system geared toward the future of urban transport. The creation of the Cincinnati Uptown Corridor represents the first step in upending this program to upgrade this midwestern city into a major transportation hub of multimodal transportation options for the future rapid, explosive development of the city.
Cincinnati Uptown Innovation Corridor | Transportation Hub, Pedestrian Bridge Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Outline Uptown Cincinnati, located in the Avondale neighborhood is the largest center for economic growth and urban development in the region outside the Central Business District of downtown Cincinnati. The Uptown Innovation Corridor is envisioned as centered near the new highway interchange at I-71 and MLK Boulevard. This location is projected to attract and generate high travel demands throughout the district, and to serve as a corridor for the establishment of a multimodal transport hub connecting major metropolitan cities in the midwestern
US. In 2015, the US Department of Transportation (USDoT) launched the Smart City Challenge — a program to use emerging technologies to create an integrated, first-of-its-kind smart transportation system geared toward the future of urban transport. This project represents the conceptual design of a transporation hub in the Uptown Corridor to demonstrate infrastructure readiness for the future in an area experiencing unprecedented growth and urban expansion to make Cincinnati a center to connect with various other metropolitan cities.
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Precedent Study | WTC Transportation Hub, New York - Santiago Calatrava This transporation hub by Santiago Calatrava is located to the east of the former World Trade Center Twin Towers. As a major transport hub to replace the Port Authority Trans-Hudson rail
system, the this unique building was used as a precedent to explore the parametric design of its cross-sectional structural elements. A Grasshopper script was used in Rhino to achieve the
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An illustration of the WTC transportation Hub, whose constructed technical cross-section varies from this representation, shows the repetitive arrangement of the purlins through the variability of the transition developing a unique tectonic relationship in the derivation/ deduction of the overall architectural form.
Design Concept | Dynamics of motion in nature In nature, we see many examples of physical energy transport, which can be understood as the basic actions of “attract,” “collect,” and “distribute.” In a hurricane, the motion of the storm moves inward to a point of complete calm while simultaneously distributing rain, wind, and energy in its outer arms. Rain-bearing
clouds are drawn into the center in a circular motion before being flung out again. An ice dancer executing a spin draws their arms into their body to accelerate the speed at which they turn, increasing the expression of kinetic energy; to release that energy as potential, they must once again open their arms to slow
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space for Cincinnatians and as such will include a variety of multiuse platforms. This is a fundamentally different approach to transportation from the model in which transport is intended to In the future of transportation in Cincinnati and other urban help users pass through a space. This concept will cause users centers it is expected that population density will increase and to gather in, pause, and then continue and by doing so, changes public transportation will become more prevalent, possibly even the way in which transportation is viewed. It is no longer “basic” ubiquitous. The design of the transport center can help drive or “utilitarian” but is associated with leisure, convenience, and this conversation and by using strategies found in nature. The luxury. intent is that the transport hub will serve as a central gathering
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(above right) Gaze points of an image stills of the digital model as viewed from the parking building into the transport hub. (opposite) Gaze points of the plan view of the site with abstracted building model to enumerate visual interest in the geometric tectonics of the model.
Visual Analysis | Eye-tracking, pedestrian bridge For this project, eye-tracking research using a tracking device was images of the conceptual architectural form. By creating a pattern used to obtain detailed information about onlooker behaviors and of near-infrared light on the eyes to monitor gaze point, the device preferences from fifteen different users, looking at high resolution provides data that gives unique insights into human behavior
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and generates perception-based conditions for the architectural data were used in three different formats to interpret human form derived from the visual interaction, providing a platform visual cognitive response to the images. This data was used to to develop additional architectural design innovations. These determine the bridge location and its tectonic features.
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Strategic Plan | Building : Site : Urban Context The elements that integrate the purpose of the transportation hub people/visitors at a neighborhood scale, but also at varying scales to the overall Uptown Corridor development are carefully chosen as demonstrated in the site analysis. The building seamlessly such that the building anchors itself to the location not only to integrates with the existing transportation infrastructure to attract
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commuters and travellers to encourage and facilitate national for local bus transportation. The pedestrian bridge shown here mass transportation needs of the future with a high-speed rail was designed in greater detail for entry into the 2018-19 ACSAsystem, which is integrated into the building along with facilities AISC design competition.
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Project: Large Infrastructure Location: King County, Washington United States
03 At $1.86 billion, the Brightwater Tunnel project is one of the largest infrastructure expansion projects completed in the United States. It was a part of the rapid urban development around the city of Seattle, Washington. In my role as the Project Manager of the Americas with Future Pipe Industries, I led a manufacturing team and collaborated with the international joint venture of Vinci-Parsons-Frontier-Kemper from developing requests for proposals to project closeout through construction ensuring project completion within budget, and on time.
Project Summary In my position as the Project Manager of Americas at Future Pipe Industries, and as the Owner’s Representative, my team was the manufacturer-of-record with the global joint venture partner Vince-Parsons-Frontier-Kemper in multiple phases of this project. From RFP to closeout, our team developed proprietary designs of very large diameter fiber-reinforced pipes (FRP) and innovated stringent strength/structural stability tests beyond ASTM requirements to meet specific project needs. I deployed a fractal agile manufacturing process for product development including, prototyping, testing, and delivery and addressed the logistics for multimodal transportation methods to deliver the manufactured product in tandem with the tunnel construction progress. Through effective communication with the JV partners Four construction areas called portals were used to build the and improvisation in real-time to adapt to the fast project pace tunnels. A complex network of pipes and associated systems and its ongoing technical changes/challenges, the project was were installed into the tunnel that addresses both influent and delivered on time. effluent flows, linking them to various treatment plants, pump stations, and regulator stations to handle millions of gallons of diurnal influent and effluent transport, treatment, and final discharge into a confined marine exit in Puget Sound leading ultimately to the Pacific Ocean. In 2012, King County in Washington State built a $1.86 billion expanded 13-mile tunnelled effluent conveyance system collectively referred to as the Brightwater System. This infrastructure system was built to address the rapid urban development around Seattle, in north King County and south Snohomish County, which included the neighboring cities; additionally, it was designed to accomodate outflow from the pre-existing effluent network. The tunnel depth ranged from 50-ft to 450-ft below ground, along varying, complex ground profiles. It was constructed by the strategic deployment and synchronized operations of multiple tunnel boring machine (TBM) systems.
Existing Conditions The map shows details of existing systems and effluent pipeline networks prior to the Brightwater project. Nearly 250 million gallons per day (MGD) of effluent was processed by the various treatment plants strategically located around the various water bodies to serve metropolitan Seattle and its surrounding suburban areas. The rapid urban growth area shown on the map necessitated an expansion of the current system with the Brightwater Tunnel traversing east to west along the King County and Snohomish County lines, linking the various existing systems and expanding the infrastructure for the next 50 years. The geological mapping and tunnel alignment profiles and cross-sections are shown in the upcoming pages including the process deployed for product manufacturing specific to the project.
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Product description Product Engineering Team Project Management Team
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PHASES/SUBPHASES IN AGILE MANUFACTURING PROJECT LIFECYCLE
Project Management | Agile process for prototyping, manufacturing, and delivery For the Brightwater Project, I established a team consisting of production, chemical, and manufacturing engineers to develop a proprietary product composition specific to the project
needs. Pipeline manufacturing is definable work from a project management perspective. However, for this project, there were no benchmarks of proven successful projects in the past leading
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MANUFACTURING SCHEMATIC
Continuous Rovings Separator Combs Resin Bath
Nip Rollers Guide
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to high-uncertainty work and therefore, high rates of change, manufacturing to quickly adapt based on test results and feedback complexity, and risk. I developed short-cycle methodologies for from stakeholders. manufacturing and testing to explore the feasibility of large-scale
Cross-sections | Urban scale and details The images on this page show the context of the installed pipeline ground activities. Local connections to the new pipeline were in an urban environment. All construction work in the urban areas made as individual city contracts to smaller companies handled was carried out underground with minimal disruption to above- directly by the respective cities.
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Tunnel Portals The overall construction of the tunnel comprised of four tunnel portals designed as strategic location points to commence tunnel boring operations or to establish tunnel breakthroughs at the end of a boring operation. The portals were also the delivery points for all construction materials, tunnel structural segments, pipes, and construction personnel. Portals were constructed using ground-freezing technology for ground support with monitored operations of geotechnical conditions, groundwater response, shaft deformation, and subsoil temperature development.
Tunnel Construction The tunnel wall is composed of sixteen concrete modular segments assembled in tandem with the TBM progression.
(Top left) Construction progress in tunnel portal. (Above Right) Assembly of the TBM in the portal. (Far left) Completed tunnel wall. (Left) Tunnel arch segments at staging area. Photo credit (all): King County, WA
Large Infrastructure | Treatment facility and marine outfall The Brightwater treatment plant has a processing capacity of 36 process to treat the wastewater to ultra-filtration. With future MGD (163,000 m3/day) on average and is designed to resist a 7.3 expansion integrated into the plant design, its treatment capacity magnitude earthquake. The design uses a membrane bioreactor can be increased to 54 MGD (245,000 m3/day) by 2040. It
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Photo credit: King County, WA
Photo credit: Hoffman Construction
is located in the unincorporated region of Snohomish County, comprised of two 60-inch diameter pipes that run a mile long, north of the City of Woodinville and occupies 114 acres (46 ha) 600-foot outfall into the Puget Sound, where highly treated with a plant footprint of 43 acres (17 ha). The marine outfall is wastewater from the treatment plant is discharged.
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ACADEMIC PUBLICATIONS Project: Theses and Elective Research Degrees: M.Arch | M.E.Sc | B.Engg
04 In my graduate Architecture thesis, I presented a new tall building typology to address the growing water crises in major global cities around the world. The project focussed on the City of São Paulo, Brazil for the design of a tall building. Specific details of the thesis have been removed from this Portfolio because my application for patents from some of the products are pending. My graduate thesis in Structural Engineering comprised of the study of the behavior of extended end plate moment resistant connections in steel structures when designed according to the AISC LRFD method. I conducted an elective research study during my undergraduate Civil Engineering program to present the behavior and therefore design of non-rectilinear slabs of reinforced concrete.
Graduate Thesis Master of Architecture, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States. Solutions for the water crises in global cities through the architecture of tall buildings
In 2018, NASA’s satellites revealed major shifts in global freshwater due to climate change, human activity, and natural variability; US News identified ten densely populated urban cities in five continents, specifically – Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, and South America – where the resources of surface and/or ground water will diminish and/or disappear by circa 2025. In 2013, NASA stated that 1.8 billion people worldwide will face water scarcity by 2025 in its LandSat report. These climatic predictions are based on research/studies from accumulated data for more than thirty years from LandSat, and the United Nations Environmental Program that evidenced climate trends, interpreted cumulative chronologic climatic data, its relevance to current climatic conditions, and corresponding verification of prediction-range vs. eventactuality of the data under consideration. While far from postulation, such permanent drought conditions are undesirable, unsustainable, currently real, and inevitable for the foreseeable future. It causes collateral damage to hydro-electric power generation systems worldwide, whose original design was based on continuously available water sources for the proposed useful functional life of the system. The ability to produce power using massive infrastructure installations for hydro-electric generation are now actively at risk. While the water scarcity crisis continues to worsen, a quest to accommodate growing, burgeoning populations in high-rise buildings in large cities is increasing. The relationship between water and distinct architectural typologies have existed historically; however, it has now become necessary to develop new architectural solutions that are a departure from the past to resolve the water crises for people living in global cities in tall buildings. To alleviate the scarcity of water in medium- to
high-rise buildings in high-density urban cities, a nonexclusive architectural design solution is explored in this thesis. Using the intersectionality of architectural design and components of structure to communicate with one another, a new architectural building typology is suggested that has a spacio-temporal response to its surrounding ecosystem. This response is hypothesized to perform specific functions to capture and conserve water while simultaneously producing electricity through a synthesized architectural form. Secondary architectural design elements and products that support the new typology to succeed its function will be presented and elaborated. This thesis presents a new proposal toward a tall building design typology that signifies possible architectural design solutions that can be improvised and replicated with apposite design changes based on localized ecological conditions and available resources. I participated in the 3-Minute Thesis Competition at the University of Cincinnati (originally developed at the University of Queensland, Australia) for the regional round of the American version of the competition. The presentaion video can be found here.
Subsequent to graduating from the Master of Architecture program, DAAP - University of Cincinnati, I have developed products applicable to tall building architecture. There are currently multiple pending patent applications for the United States Patent and Tradmark Office (USPTO) for such products. Following the advise of my attorney, detail drawings have been removed from this portfolio for protection of intellectual property.
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Global Water Crisis | Too little, too much These photos show contrasting weather conditions of acute (top row) and Chennai (bottom row). Such unpredicable drought (reservoirs shown) and flooding, just months apart, weather conditions have become permanent for the last five from two different continents, in the global cities of São Paolo years. Ten global cities spanning nine countries/five continents
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face acute water shortages - Chennai/Bengaluru (India), Cape and Melbourne (Australia). Critical among these are São Paulo, Town (South Africa), Mexico City (Mexico), Cairo (Egypt), Tokyo Chennai, and Cape Town. The focus of this thesis is São Paulo, (Japan), Jakarta (Indonesia), São Paulo (Brazil), Beijing (China) while the background research was conducted for all three cities.
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for the State Court. The area of the site is about 6,200 m², strategically located in the viaduct access areas, existing greenery, and surrounded by mixed use, medium-height skyscrapers.
Subsequent to graduating from the M. Architecture program, DAAP - University of Cincinnati, I have developed products applicable to tall building architecture. There are currently multiple pending patent applications for the United States Patent and Tradmark Office (USPTO) for such products. Following the advise of my attorney, detail drawings have been removed from this portfolio for protection of Intellectual Property.
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Graduate Thesis Master of Engineering Science, Lamar University, Beaumont, Texas, United States Structural Engineering Elemental Behavior of Steel Structural Components The theoretical research study of end plate connections in moment resistant bolted steel connections was focused on the elemental behavior of end plates when the joint is designed using LRFD method of the American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC).
From the simulation results of all the plate specimens, it was observed that the bolts closest to the edge of tension loading received maximum shear stresses with progressive travel of the stresses through pressure on the end plates. When the bolt holes were presented in the shadow region, the stress concentration occurred in the consecutive bolt-holes Finite element models (FEMs) of end plates if they were closest to the bolt hole tangentially inline were developed to simulate stiffened and unstifffened with the applied loading. conditions of end plates with a combination of bolt apertures. Loading was applied per the assumptions Following the defense of the thesis, my of the AISC design for extended end plates in paper titled “Response of multi-storeyed buildings moment resistant connections. subjected to blasts” was published in the peerreviewed CTBUH journal and included in the CIB/ Subsequent to the simulation, a set of CTBUH International Conference on tall buildings in results was documented, including, the Von Mises Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. (maximum distortion)/Tresca stress distribution, stress tensors in three different axes, principal stress distributions, and displacement contours.
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B E H AVIO R O F E XTE N DE D EN D P L ATE CO N N E CTIO N S A Thesis presented to the Faculty of the College of Graduate Studies Lamar University
in the partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree
Master of Engineering Science
by
Morgan Raman December 2003
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Partially Restrained and Flexible Moment Connections
Fully Restrained Beam-Column Connections
Moment Connections | Typology, behavior, and mechanism The various types of moment resistant connections were presented this research. The spread shows the eight standardized types, in the thesis for the literature review, leading up to the reason and four flexible moment connections and four fully restrained beammethod of development of the end plate finite element model for column connections. One of the force transfer assumptions in a
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(left column from top) Web-seat angle connection, Flange-plated seat angle connection, Seated connection, and Web-T connection. (right column from top) T-stub connection, Flangeplated stiffened connection, End-plate connection, and Flange-plated stiffened connection with web angle.
(left to right) Four-bolt, unstiffened, extended end-plate connection, eight-bolt stiffened extended end-plate connection, pressure imprint on carbon paper positioned between the end plate and column flange (Surtees and Mann)
Column web panel-zone shear due to reaction moments (end connections not shown).
Load dispersion diagrams for web-yielding: (left) Flange-plated or directly welded connection to the beam (right) Extended end-plate connection (detail) Terminologies of an end-plate (Krishnamurthy and AISC)
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Plate Analysis | Finite element modeling Ten different plate configurations with apertures representing bolt resistant connections. Appropriate boundary conditions were holes were modeled in ALGOR finite element analysis software. created and edge loading was applied to the plate to simulate These plates represent specific structural elements in moment the load transfer conditions in a structural frame at the joint.
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Global Y-Y Axis Stress Tensor
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Parameters pertaining to the diamter of the holes, edge distance, bears on the bolt during load transfer in tension and shear. The pitch, and the gage of the holes were changed in each case to observed behaviors in these specimens were compared to the compare the results of the behavior of the plate element as it theoretical strength of the element per LRFD design methods.
Elective Research Bachelor of Engineering, Bangalore University, Bangalore, India Civil Engineering | Minor: Structural Engineering Analysis of Plate Behavior for Design Development in Reinforced Concrete This research was conducted as an elective course for the final semester of the Bachelor Engineering program. The prevalent code for reinforced concrete design was the IS:456-1978 at the time of this elective research. This version of the code recommended “For determining bending moments in slabs spanning in two directions at right angles and carrying concentrated load, any method approved by the engineer-in-charge may be adopted.” While rectangular slabs supported on all edges were included in the code design recommendations, slabs with free edges, non-orthgonal polygonal shapes, and slabs with holes were not included, to name a few. We presented an analysis method and its application in the field for determining design slab thickness/reinforcement pattern by applying
Johansen’s Yield-line Theory to the slabs not covered by the code. We developed programs to iterate the analysis with variable span lengths, loading conditions, and support conditions to quickly analyze such slabs and to aid the design documentation for construction. Our advisor provided the plans of an apartment building that was analyzed in this research. Frame analysis was performed using STAADPro at Torsteel Research Foundation in India. A highly summarized brief of this research is included in this portfolio. A year after this research was completed, the IS:456-2000 was released, which included significantly more recommendations for slab design.
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Common shapes/support conditions for which code recommendations are unavailable/insufficient for design: unsupported/free simple support fixed/continuous +ve yield line -ve yield line column
Plate Analysis | Design recommendations The code recommendations for the calculation of edge stiffness developing a method to determine the design moment in nonof reinforced concrete slabs were available only for orthogonal orthogonal and polygonal shapes using Johansen’s Yield Line shapes in the IS456 until 2001. This research focussed on theory. Shown here is the method for computing ultimate
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Collapse Moment of a Polygonal Slab: an analysis
Computation of internal angles: For equilibrium of the whole plate, for plate part ,
∠M = arctangent(2) and, ∠N = 135 – ∠M
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moments for a uniformly loaded, polygonal slab with a single axis yield line theory of analysis. The updated IS456-2000 included of symmetry. Many of the commonly occuring slab shapes and additional recommendations for non-rectangular slabs; the new edge conditions were analyzed, coded, and documented using version was not available at the time this research was completed.
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Structural Engineering | Frame analysis and member design The building is a mixed retail space with gound floor shops comprising column locations and beams was assigned based and upper floor residences, intended as reinforced concrete on the programmatic elements of each level and its level below. framing and brick partition wall construction. The frame layout Load values were based on the Indian Standard building code for
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(above) Loading diagram showing dead/live loads on Frame 3 based on type of occupation per building program. (above right) STAAD-III analysis report of loaded frame with combinations of loads to determine critical load pattern, conducted at TORsteel Research Foundation of India, Bangalore. (right) Analysis results showing design bending moments at the joints of the frame.
occupancy shown in the drawings for frame 3. The frame analysis with structural models using STAAD analysis developed by the for the highest positive/negative moments and critical loading Torsteel Research Foundation. Tabulated structural analysis used moment distribution (Gasper Kani method) and was verified results were presented for all eight building frames.
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DETAIL DRAWINGS Project: Buildings and Infrastructure Location: Various, United States
05 Details drawings from various projects of my professional work are included in this section and used with permission. Some proprietary information from the drawings has been removed. Details presented here are from both architectural and engineering projects for steel and reinforced concrete structures.
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#7 BARS @ 6" OC BW, T&B (2) #6 DIAGONALS @ HATCH OPENING (8 REQD) R3. (2) #7 DIAGONALS @ PIPE PENETRATIONS (16 REQD) R4. #5 BARS AT 10" OC BW, T&B R5. #7 BARS @ 12" OC BW, EF R6. #5 BARS @ 10" OC BW, EF R7. #7 BARS @ 6" OC, 36"x18" R8. #7 BARS @ 6" OC, 36"x12" R9. #5 BARS @ 6" OC, 36"x18" R10. #5 BARS @ 6" OC, 36"x12" R11. #5 BARS @10" OC, EW R12. #7 BARS @ 6" OC, 36"x36"
R13. #7 BARS @ 6" OC, 5FT LONG R14. #5 BARS @ 6" OC, 36"x36" R15. (5) #5 BARS, EF R16. #4 STIRRUPS @ 12" OC R17. ADD (1) #7 BAR OVER OPENING R18. (6) #6 BARS R19. VERT. #4 BARS @ 12" OC R20. HORIZ. (5) #6 BARS, EF R21. (3) #6 BARS, EF R22. #6 BARS @12" OC, EF *epoxy-coated, fy 550 (80 ksi), unless specified otherwise
VAULT BOX STRUCTURAL DETAILS* FOR A 5 MILLION GALLON, WIRE-WOUND STEEL GROUND STORAGE TANK *proprietary information removed
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PRODUCT DESIGN Project: Furniture, Shoes Location: Multiple
06 I placed in the top 50 jewelry designers in an international jewelry design competition by the World Gold Council during my middle school. I was also designing my own shirts and getting them tailored and knitting my own sweaters during my high school years. In this section I present a furniture item that is patent pending and intended to go on sale by the end of the year to the trade. Also presented is a pair of Adidas shoes that I designed for myself with an existing Adidas template for color and materiality, and got it fabricated by Adidas in 2014.
midrib STAKEHOLDER table
Leaf of Eucalyptus leucoxylon 1. Leaf stalk 2. Midrib 3. Intermarginal vein 4. Lateral vein 5. Leaf blade 6. Acuminate tip
PRODUCT BROCHURE
The MIDRIB Stakeholder table is a botanical bio mimetic anatomic twin of a leaf. The leaf’s midrib and vein tectonics are the critical form components, providing life support to the plant and structural support to the leaf. A long, extended glass beam down the table centerline acts as its midrib, anchoring the cantilevering glass veins that emerge from it to support the substantial glass top that PATENT PENDING overhangs on all four sides. The horizontality of the table is integrated with three Y-shaped legs, which counterbalance the overall table tectonics through their verticality and monumentality. The legs engage symbiotically with the intricate mechanics of the integrated system above it. Lightness in both appearance and luminosity is achieved by the use of reflective transparent glass, which contrasts with the support system materials for the cantilevered beams and legs. The MIDRIB Stakeholder table achieves a symbiosis inherent with architectural implications, streamlined by a highly technical and meticulous design, curated with pure singular material amalgamations of glass & metal or glass & wood.
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m i d r i b STAKEHOLDER table
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M AT E R I A L O R I G I N S Glass Materials in USA / Frame varies based on finish materials. Sourcing may vary based on destination.
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AS S E M B LY Professional assembly required. CLEANING Glass, Metals & Encrusted finish: Clean with lint-free damp cloth. Finish with lint-free dry cloth.
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Woods: Specific instructions are provided with product based on type of wood.
M AT E R I A L & F I N I S H O P T I O N S Tabletop: Cast Glass , Reflective. Frame: Transition Metals*
AURUM
CUPRUM
FERRUM
Organic Woods*
TITANIUM
*nominally pure metal options may be available in place of overlay. Please contact us for customization.
C L A S S I F I C AT I O N Corporate L O C AT I O N R E C O M M E N D AT I O N Indoor - Decision rooms
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DESIGNER / YEAR Morgan Raman / 2019
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TEAK
MAHOGANY
SAPELE
*sourced sustainably from cultivated growth.
Encrusted
BAMBOO
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WHITE
*enhanced satin finish
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PATENT PENDING
Continuity is a hardware-free table with unlimited customization possibilities, and delivers an unconventional appearance rooted in the principles of structural stability and tectonic beauty. It embodies the space it is placed in, through its form and spirit. It blends within any space, while unabashedly personifying the space it lives in. It can be configured for any length or combination, for any space classification, and for any occasion. There is no limitation just like imagination. Continuity is like nothing else.
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* this product was originally conceived as a team effort with my cohort Diego Macias during the graduate architecture program at University of Cincinnati. It has undergone significant improvement and prototyping after I graduated from the program in 2020.
Enhanced legroom
PRODUCT BROCHURE
Your anywhere, everything table. Hardware free. Unleash your imagination.
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PATENT PENDING
Configuration examples DESIGNER / YEAR Morgan Raman / 2018 C L A S S I F I C AT I O N Casual, Home, Office, and Studio L O C AT I O N R E C O M M E N D AT I O N Indoor - Informal
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FA B R I C AT I O N United States AS S E M B LY Connect legs to tabletop.
M AT E R I A L & F I N I S H O P T I O N S *
BAMBOO
BIRCH
*sourced from sustainably cultivated growth.
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CLEANING Clean the table and legs with lint-free damp cloth. Finish with lint-free dry cloth.
PRODUCT FACT SHEET
Your anywhere, everything table. Hardware free. Unleash your imagination.
Advanced Customization | Adidas - Innovate
Around the same time that I took the Management of Innovation elective course at the Lindner College of Business at UC, I noticed that Adidas introduced the ability to print an image into the ZXFlux model of their sneakers. I chose to customize it at the detail
level of materiality and color by requesting specific fabric material, researched colors, and typography for a pair of shoes for myself. Adidas agreed; I got my shoes, as a part of the assignment for the topic Shared Vision, Leadership, and the Will to Innovate.
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(Left Page, Clockwise from right) Features of design customization, color conceptualization, and typography assignment. Conceptualization of colors, materials, and finishes for various parts of the shoe. Right posterior perspective view showing additional detailing on strap and heel components. Left anterior perspective view showing detailing on rubber outsole and texture weave direction.
(Above) Rendering of the shoes with customized applications per conceptual design showing actual colors, textures, weave patterns, and special components.
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SKETCHES, DRAWINGS, MODELS Project: Various Location: Multiple
07 Over the years, I have compiled a number of sketches, drawings, and models that I created in various fields of work, locations, and hobbies. I have presented a few of them that encompass fashion, buildings, interior design, and abstract work.
Clockwise from top: Formula 1 racer Damon Hill in his race gear for the Williams team. Medium: HB pencil on paper One of the buildings at the imperial palace in China Medium: Pen on watercolor paper A portrait of Mother Teresa at age 7 Medium: HB pencil on photocopy paper The window seat in the living room of the Fisher House by Louis Kahn Medium: Rapidograph on watercolor paper Visual reproduction of a catwalk photograph from the Vogue Magazine Medium: Pen on watercolor paper A portrait of a village boy in rural India drawn from memory at age 7 Medium: HB pencil on photocopy paper
Folding in Architecture | Finding form through typography and fashion Fashion is a key element that has represented who we are as reveals boldness through its architecture of tectonic composition humankind; it has defined economic class, ethnic heritage, culture, (layering), ornament representation (style), and visual assertion and the products they represent. A deeper analysis of fashion (form) to represent who we are (function). My sketch of racing
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driver Damon Hill depicts these key elements - the sponsors above abstracts the human form while accentuates the tectonics (layering), the racing gear (style), Damon Hill (form), and the of the apparel (layering), thereby defining who this woman is in Williams Formula 1 team (function). Contrastingly the drawing society (function) by virtue of what she is wearing (form).
Clockwise from top: University of British Columbia, Montreal, Canada; The Phaeno Science Museum, Wolfsburg, Germany. Museum of Contemporary Art, Denver, Colorado, USA; Holy Rosary Catholic Church, St. Amant, Louisiana, USA.
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Medium: Pen on note paper
Clockwise from top: The Hindustan Lever Pavilion, New Delhi, India. My thoughts for an addition to a Catholic Church, Cincinnati, Ohio USA Sectional drawing with an embedded site image view taken with my cell phone for a Fossil Park, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. Oporto Vodafone Building, Porto, Portugal. A conceptual sketch for a Fossil Park, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.
Exploration of Spatial Fields and Quality | Seeking form If there is no definable volumes of space, it remains just that - from the inside. For the latter, form and its placement generates space. Forms render meaning to the quality of space when seen a range of emotions associated with movement within the space, from the outside while creating experience when maneuvered represented by the spatial fields in the images on the far left. Such
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discernments are also possible through visual perception of form represent my thoughts of form as surreal elements to a definitive indicated by the broken lines wherein the focus shifts naturally deconstruction approach. Possibilities, it appears, are endless in to the curve formed by the line breaks. The remaining drawings creating form, such as it is, while also being its own character.
Landscape Architecture | Exemplars of visual form During my graduate program in architecture, I enrolled in the created for the land area in front of the College of Arts and course of Site Systems offered in the Landscape Architecture Sciences building. These examplars are created ‘in the manner of’ program at UC. The drawings presented here are exemplars prominent Landscape Architects while incorporating native flora
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into the design. The vocabulary, design process, and landscape morphology are presented, while describing the selected exemplar’s design approach and representation.
(top left) Landscape design in the manner of Jens Jensen (top right) Landscape design in the manner of Chip Sullivan (above left to right) Landscape design in the manner of Roberto Burle Marx; Directional decision-making zones and general grading; View-sheds identifying the prominences of views on site.
Cincinnati Music Hall | A case study of form of Samuel Hannaford’s work in Cincinnati For a case study in the History of Architecture course at the the Cincinnati Symphonic orchestra plays. I sought volunteer University of Cincinnati, I chose the recently restored (2014) opportunities with the organizers of the symphony to experience Cincinnati Music Hall by architect Samuel Hannaford where the building in greater intimacy than as an audience member. This
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drawing was created, in scale, with a cad program as a part of by taking multiple photographs and documenting the number of that case study. The drawing was created with utmost attention bricks on each elevation, to maintain the true appearance of the to detail, including the exact number of bricks as the building has, building in drawing - one that Samuel Hannaford had imagined.
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INTERIOR DESIGN Project: Design - builds Location: Multiple, United States
08 While enrolled fulltime in the graduate architecture program, I accepted design-build work in interiors for private clients. The image on this spread is my house in Houston that I renovated (before formal architectural training) and sold in 2018 after it was listed as one of the best 20 modernist homes to buy in Houston by Modern Houston Homes. This house also won the 2013 Chrysalis Award for Remodeling Excellence for the Southwest American region in the modernist bathrooms category. This section features two more homes for which I designed and built the select interior spaces.
2016 competition entry
Interior Design | Artistic re-interpretation and expansion of living space In 2015, I was invited by two professional musicians to redefine their conventional suburban living space to highlight their musical talent, creativity, and love for hand-woven silk Indian motifs
through the lens of architecture and interior design. By combining the existing, separate kitchen and dining areas into a unified open area, the new space incorporated art, sculpture and custom-
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designed casework in a minimalist language. All components shown were custom fabricated and installed. Wine-cabinet components on left side of image are patent-pending .
(Top Left images) Photos of existing space and preliminary renderings of proposed design. (Above Left) Split view of finished space and design drawing showing artwork and artwork and fabricated casework. (Above Right images) Digital design of abstracted sculptural forms cast in concrete using heatrendered vinyl forms and installed as art forms (above) in the dining area.
In the works | A contemporary kitchen inspired by Art Deco While in conceptual stage, I am in the process of renovating my of Cincinnati, the Union Station being one of the significant home in Cincinnati to sell it. The inspiration of the Art Deco works of architecture that has now been restored to its original movement is visible in many parts of the architecture of the City glory with meticulous attention paid to the Art Deco detailing of
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Hand sketch of Art Deco-inspired fused glass window design (under fabrication)
Rendered exterior view showing stained proposed decorative hanging vines and lavendar (Lavendula angustifolia) bushes
the building. Presented here is a conception of that Art Deco complete this mini-project soon. It will be entered into the inspiration seen in the curves and the geometry features of Architzer competition under the interiors classification. the casework. With the help of a local fabricator I intend to
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GRAPHIC DESIGN Project: Ilustrations and Publications Location: Various, United States
09 In my work with private clients for branding, publications, logos, and illustrations, I have delivered creative products in a variety of fields including books, corporate vision, and urban visual enhancement. A select list of publications that are current are included in this portfolio.
Publication Development | Book design, graphics, and digital assets I developed the book design for a 30-book series, “The Adventure Sharareh Khosravani. The design included experimentation of of Sherri the Pop-top Trailer” for the publisher Cascade Writing fonts, digital asset management, and creation of multiple book with author Kathleen Davis and award winning artist/illustrator formats for publication in print, NOOK reader, Amazon Kindle,
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Apple iBooks and opensource ePub. The first book featured here two and three of the series is currently underway and I am working (ISBN 978-1733491808) as mockups was released worldwide in on the development of the second book in the series with an September 2019 in multiple formats. The development of books expected release date September 2021.
Illustrations | Representation of field mathematics This book is predominantly used as a course book for teaching this page; the book is currently running its fourth edition (ISBN electromagnetics at the undergraduate and graduate level in 081-9455237) as a tutorial text series by SPIE publishers to cover electrical engineering. A select few illustrations are shown on many diverse fields of science and engineering. I developed the
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graphics for this book to represent vector algebra, elementary tensor analysis, vector calculus differential forms / integral forms, vector arithmetics and applications, vector calculus in orthogonal
coordinate systems, coordinate expansions of vector differential operators, and tensor calculus, working closely with the author to interpret the mathematical concepts in illustrative form.
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Role of Architecture & Culture Recommendation of a new criteria for selection into the World Heritage list through the CPC State Party Process Morgan Raman
Proposed UNESCO nomination process (based on UNESCO state party process) with a focus on native architecture and unique culture that has been passed down over generations: Properties inscribed are managed to protect their Native Architecture and Unique Culture for their Outstanding Value on the World Heritage List
Properties are placed on the Tentative List of the CPC
Properties are nominated for inscription on the World heritage List
Gather evidence about the native architecture/culture of the buildings/people of the Tentative List site
Develop evidentiary documents to demonstrate the native architecture and unique culture at the site
World Heritage Committee decides whether to inscribe the property on the WH List after evaluation of the property by UICN/ICOMOS
CPC decides which properties to include on its Tentative List based on the role of native architecture and culture in the site community
CPC decides which properties on its Tentative List it will nominate and when for World Heritage Listing based on insider evaluation criteria
CPC is responsible for the continuing protection/effective management of the property, its architecture and local culture to the requirements of the World Heritage Convention
World Heritage Committee
Selection Criteria
China Membership: 12 Nov 1946 Permanent delegation
Strategy, Presentation, Publication | Role of architecture in UNESCO protected status The cultural counter-revolution from 1966—76 in China removed Muwu, Chang Chun, is currently at risk. I proposed a strategic all the old architectural remnants of tradition in many regions. The initiative that provides policy guidance + a sustainable tourism village of Dong Ma Fang, Beijing was one of them, while Jinjian strategy for visitor management, site presentation, and remaining
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site protection in the Silk Road Heritage corridors through the the CPC process. This would be of strategic value for the future as lens of Native Architecture and Culture supported by Art and it would redefine the Silk Route through Master Vision Planning Farming to apply for the UNESCO World Heritage Status through through Urban Development and Architecture.
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DEVELOPMENT Project: Brand Name, Architecture, Research Location: US and International
10 In my work with private clients for their businesses, I have completed multiple assignments in the United States and India in the successful development of their brand. My work included Brand Naming, Logo Design, Brand Architecture, and Market Research. In this portfolio, I have chosen to present the brand development of a fashion design company founded by my sister, Mayura Raman, a self-taught fashion designer in Bengaluru, India.
Problem.
Solution.
There are thousands of ‘apparel makers’ in India few make it to the mainstream of fashion, globally. Statistically, the Asian subcontinent has been the ‘maker’ of apparel for global fashion brands rather than the originator of designs that have left a global mark on the fashion industry. The founder Mayura Raman, a selftaught fashion designer, asked me to develop a name, as well as its brand and architecture to stand out and convey meaning in a crowded marketplace to elevate the brand into mainstream fashion design locally with an intent to expand globally.
Fashion and its interpretation is subjective, which is common in a creative field. This brand requires embracing bold colors extensively in a diverse mix of culture, traditions, and religion in the Indian subcontinent and the surrounding countries. Colors in Indian society have significant history, both good and bad, associated with them. For a brand to be successful in an intense and highly competitive market, significant research was conducted into the topics of color, ornament, empowerment of women, and socio-economic culture to develop the brand.
My Work. Brand name // Research on socio-economic and political implications on the use of color // Typeface development Logo Design // Development of branding elements for business.
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is synthesized for visual appeal, independent of religious affiliation, and existential of cultural value.
Photo credit: Nishant Das
Concept of color in the context of tradition and culture South Asia is a region of intense, bold colors. The designer is natively from India, a country with an impressive diversity in religion, culture and history; where numerous traditional festivals throughout the year result in an explosion of colors in socio-urban context, consumer products, and apparel. These colors however, are unique to the festival, religion, politics, and the expression of tradition, culture, orthodoxy, and outlawed ‘norms’ that date back to centuries of social practice. Colors are also closely associated with religion in India - they are visually characterized by the clothing and its color and socially characterized through religious practices and beliefs. For example, bindi (‘bin-dē), a red dot or a piece of jewelry is worn on the middle of the forehead, especially by Hindu women is applied with a material called kum kum (‘kům,kům), which is made by mixing the spice turmeric with slaked lime. Color however, is used in the psycho-receptive branding of Mayura Couture, a progressive fashion design company. By extracting the imperitive role color plays in visual tectonics when intertwined with tangible objects such as textiles, which in turn is deeply related to psychological appeal produced by the tactile nature of texture, the brand identity
Photo credit: Aneesh S
Photo credit: Krishna Studio
Four primary colors define the overall composition of the five major religions practiced in India comprising - Red & Yellow (Hinduism, Sikhism), Green & White (Islamic), and White (Jainism, Christianity). The triband national flag of India incorporates three of these colors complemented by a blue spoked wheel in the middle. Because the colors are so deeply associated with the identity and symbolism of the country’s culture, the brand’s color palette is conciously designed around the importance of color in daily life. Fashion plays an equally important role in Indian societal history and color has far-reaching impacts as conveyed through fashion, be it modern, classic, or traditional - making it crucial for a successful brand in India. Furthermore, certain negative cultural perceptions of color must be navigated for a brand to be successful in India. For example, in many parts of India, it was (in some places continues to be) believed that when the husband died, the widow must maintain a constant mourning state - she was compelled to don a white saree (traditional Indian women’s apparel) in perpetuity, was forbidden all vanity of jewelry, was forced into abstinence & solitude, and was not allowed to remarry. In my conversations with the fashion designer Mayura Raman (full disclosure: my sister), we discussed the importance of the gender equality and freedom of women that Mayura Couture embodies, which therefore must express itself across religious divides, political bureaucracy, patriarchy, and misogyny that women continue to experience worldwide, with India as no exception. The brand boldly embraces these sociopolitical issues through the lens of beauty, race, and gender in the marketplace to empower women through fashion.
Photo credit: Claude Renault
UNBOXED LOGOS
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M AYURA c o u t u r e COLOR PALETTE RGB CMYK HEX PMS
255 153 51 0 40 80 0 FF9933 150C
PROPRIETARY FONT DEVELOPMENT
The textile industry has significant mechanization, digitization, and automation, driven by market demand and production cost efficiency. It is known that a majority of the critical labor by humans working in dehumanizing conditions in sweat shops in the industry are generally ‘invisible’ to the general public. The designer of this brand rejects such industrial approaches by promoting labor equity. To restore the sense of humanness that is deeply associated with fashion, I developed a handwritten typeface, to extend the designer‘s vision to create a human presence and emotional attachment between the consumer and the product.
RGB CMYK HEX PMS
217 0 0 15 100 100 0 D90000 3516C
RGB CMYK HEX PMS
19 135 8 86 0 94 47 138708 2258C
LOGO PROPORTIONALITY
0.4x 1.3x
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DESIGN ITERATIONS: BUSINESS CARDS
PRODUCT CURRENTLY UNDER PROOFING: Digital proofing of this product is currently underway for content. Concurrently, the processes of hard proofing for color, substrate, and texture are being conducted, along with substrate selection processes that include hand-made papers, recycled composite papers, and linen-based substrates. In the next pages the overall designed products for the brand encompassing the brand architecture is presented. Also, seasonal packaging designs coinciding with the various festivals in India are presented. If you are reading this on a hard copy, make sure to check the updated online version.
Coffee Mug
Gift Bag
Apparel Packaging Box
Authenticity Tape
Shopping Bag (Regular & Hindu Festivals)
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Gift Box
Mobile Shopping App
Envelope
Product Tag
Tote Bag
Shopping Bag (Holi Festival)
Shopping Bag (Regular & Islamic Festivals)
Shopping Bag (Bridal)
Mayura Couture was launched in Spring 2021. I continue to develop materials for upcoming events and online presence. All materials presented in this section are used with permission, within the definitions of international IP laws.
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SP RI N G / S UMMER 2022
WOMEN’S FASHION SHOW SU N DAY, F EBRUA RY 6T H 2022 2 :00 P M - Bengaluru
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