Nandita Rajakumar- Design collection by Nandita.Rajakumar

N A N D I TA R A JA K U M A R

PORTFOLIO Architectural Design

Contact Informat ion Nandita Rajakumar 4050 SW Admiral Way Apt 103 Seattle, WA- 98116 Phone : (916) - 667 - 1677 E-mail address : nandita.rajakumar18@gmail.com

C O N T E N T S

U n d e r g r a d u a t e

W o r k

MEDIA TECH MUSEUM

08 - 13

AQUA PURA

14 - 19

VERTICAL ALLEY

20 - 23

Spring 2015 Museum | Community | Team Project

Fall 2014 Water | Particles | Circulation analysis | Team Project

Summer 2013 Multi function | Community | Alley incorporation

G r a d u a t e

W o r k HOUSING FIRST: Designing for Diginity

26 - 31

TRASH WALL : Environmental Protection Agency

32 - 37

SMART ENERGY ECONOMY

38 - 49

Summer 2015 Affordable housing | Courtyard | Residential | Inhabitant psychology

Fall 2015 - Spring 2016 Sustainable design | Community | Recyclable material | Team Project

Fall 2015 Spokane | Smart city research | Energy conservation | Team Project

U n d e r g r a d u a t e

MEDIA MEDIA

MUSEUM MUSEUM

2011 - 2015

W o r k

MEDIA TECH MUSEUM Spring 2015 Museum | Community | Team Project Partner:Leah Engelhardt Professor: Greg Kessler

The Seattle Media Tech Museum is dedicated to the futuristic plans of amazon and digital museum. The base concept behind the project is to fold the surrounding landscape into the buildings functions. Based on the needs of the buildings, the design is carefully modified to represent it in a sustainable way. The major Sustsinable design features of the building include a green corridor, green wall systems, Sustainable storm water drainage system, ro of gradening and porous concrete pvers for landscaping. All design elements have been designed to bring comfor to the patrons and provide an ambient and comfortable environment for the exlporation of spaces

MUSEUM MUSEUM

MEDIA MEDIA

  

 













 

 



   



 

 





Site Plan 

 





 ’”



 ’”









  



’”





’”

108.3

109.1

108.2

109.2

  108.4

’”



108.1

  





109.3

  109.4

  

’”







 002.1

’”

’”

  



’”



 

’”



’”

 



  



203.1





 

 



Enlarged Lounge



  

’”



 

 

 



Amazon Offices

Enlarged Corridor







 

Amazon Virtual Bricks

Media Museum

Programmatic Massing 11

 

’”

’” 

















004.4













 

302.1

 









 

’”

 

Site Analysis





   





 





 303.1



304.1

  

 





 

 



 

  305.1

306.1







020.4

 





’”



 







 



’”



 









’”

 

’”

’”

’”

’”

’”

 

















  004.3







 

 

 





 

 

102.1







 101.1





109.4







109.3



108.3



108.1

109.1

108.2

109.2



109.3



  



108.4



 



109.4

 





 





















 



 

 



 

 

 

 



  

 111.1



















112.1







 









  

  







 





’”

’”

’”

 























” ’”

’”

’”



’”

’”

’” ’”













004.2

 





 

 



’”

’”

013.1

007.1

004.1

003.1







001.6

 







 

 002.1

 









007.3

001.5 

007.2







’”

001.1



014.1



012.1





008.2

001.3

 

007.4





 

 





009.1





’”

001.4



’”

  

’”







 



 



014.2

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AQUA PURA

Fall 2014 Water | Particles | Circulation analysis | Team Project Partner: Leah Engelhardt Professor: Greg Kessler

Aqua Pura is an Educatrorium designed to educate not only the students and fauclty of WSU, but the community of Pullman, on the importance of water purification. One primary step to purify water is filtration. Particles of varied sizes suspend in water are the pollutants that make water unfit for consumption. The design uses this concept of suspended particles, representing them architecturally with a mixture of different sized spaces supported by columns that illustrate particles in water. The functions are organized by factors such as the traffic of people, circulation access and how public vs. private each space is needed to be. The circulation on each level is enclosed within the particles and the transition between particles is achieved by ramping - setting a path of circulation. To circulate from level to level one has to leave the enclosure of the level they are on, travel vertically by the stairs or elevator and then enter another enclosed system.

Multi use space with flexible expo boxes

Outdoor Presentation

Staged performance space

South Elevation 16

10'

20'

Owens Sciences Library Cleveland Building

Site Analysis

SE Idaho ST

Education Addition Building 

2 

Waller Residence Hall

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SE Nevada ST

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NE Washington ST. Ground Floor

10' 5'

20'

Health and Wellness

10 11

Scale: 2”= 1’

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3 2

3rd level

Scale: 2”= 1’

2nd level 3

12 14

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Scale: 2”= 1’

Legend

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19 20

1. 9” X 9” steel I beam columns insulated with anodized aluminium plate cladding 2. 9” X 9” steel I beam girders insulated with anodized aluminium plate cladding 3. Metal decking with 4” poured in concrete supported by 9” X 9“: I beam with 9” batt insulation and 3/8” gypsum board backing 4. Drop down mechanical underfloor systems supported by tensile rod system 5. 6” Metal stud walls with built in mullion with vent holes, Holds 1/2” structural glass of varying height from roof to ceiling 6. Anodized aluminium expanded metal curtain for screenong with trail fixtures 7. 6” ceiling system supported by 6” I beam and girder waffle with 3/8” gypsum siding on either side 8. 1/2” solar protected glass 5’ square panels supported by rectangular spider joints and sealed with weather resistant rubber sealants 9. 2’ structural HSS supporting spider glass connection and glass, attached to the roof structural waffle with tensile metal cords connection spider systems and providing lateral support. 10. 5” steel I beams with anodized aluminium plate cladding holding the spider glass roof system 11. Mechanically operable sunshading panels running along the structural support 12. Metal lintel cover with truss catwalk support covering the double glazing system 13. Tensile rods connected to 5” HSS bars to support the 1/2” double glazing walls connected by rectangular spider glass 14. Structural mullion wall supporting 1/4” glass box for reading an reference suspended from the upper floor by 4” I beam columns 15. Anodized operable aluminium expanded metal curtain wall 16. Flood light fixture 17. concrete foundation ties connecting columns to foundation 18. 2’ footing with 1’ concrete grade beam supporting structure by set in place rebar 19. Water Barrier and 4” rigid insulation 20. Foundation bed of gravel supporting concrete flooring

Functionality Programming

Learning Space Research Residential Units Learning Space Exhibition Space Research Residential Units Administration Exhibition Space Presentation room Administration Presentation room

Connection to Residential Units

Circulation on site

Extension of the courtyard condition

sentati or Pre Indo

Waterscaping on site

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Outdoor Presentation Space

VERTICAL ALLEY

Summer 2013 Multi function | Community | Alley incorporation Professor: Ayad Rahmani

The alleys of the past are slowly being modified into a place where a new culture could evolve and is evolving. This College acknowledges this rich new culture and carries it vertically upwards into the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Vertical Alleysâ&#x20AC;?. The Multi-College Building based on the stratification in the seattle bay area and is enveloped by the vertical alley concept. Each floor represents the alley and a part of the time line of the city.

Conceptual Diagrmming

Alley Morphing into the building

SECTION

PERFORMANCE STAGE

UNDERGROUND SYSTEM

UNDERGROUND ENTERANCE

RESTAURANT

GATHERING SPACE

UNGRD ENT. SOUVENIR SHOP

RESTROOMS

COLLEGE ENTRANCE

HEALTH CLINIC

Underground Level

Storefront Level

Vertical Alley

Brick Veneer

Glass Veneer

Combined Exterior Facade

Facade Design Visualization The Vertical alley is portrayed by both the exterior and the interior of the building. The floor plans of the building exemplify the closeness and ambience of the alley space while the exterior facade represents the grid network of the alley with the city-scape.The multi college provide a new way for the students to view the alley way as a place of education, innovation and culture.

STORAGE 1

FACULTY

TEACHING KITCHEN 1

STORAGE 2

PRINTING PLOTTING

FACULTY

OUTDOOR COURTYARD

FACULTY

STORAGE

COMPUTER LAB 1

RESTROOM

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TEACHING KITCHEN 2

RESTROOMS

LIBRARY

SOCIAL HUB

FACULTY

KITCHENETTE LOBBY

OPEN ATRIUM

COMPUTER LAB 2

RESTROOMS

Culinary Level

Digital Technology Level

Student Lounge Level

G r a d u a t e 2015 - 2016

W o r k

HOUSING FIRST Designing for Dignity

Summer 2015 Affordable housing | Courtyard | Residential | Inhabitant psychology Professors: Rob Hutchinson and James Steel

Private Individual rooms

Communal spaces

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E AV

Housing first is a strategy adopted by the Downtown Emergency Service Center (DESC) where individuals under the poverty line and those who have substance issues are provided a safe haven to build psychological stability. Through this program, DESC believes that these individuals who are provided housing first regardless of their other issues, tend to recover better from any kind of substance abuse or psychological problems. Through this design of their living situation, Individuals have an exposure of both indo or safety as well as outdo or flexibility within the space. By designing for the needs of the Inhabitants while being aware of their psychological factors, a jewel box design for communal housing came to be

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ES AV

ES AV ER INI RA

PERFORATION OF GROUND FLOOR

SITE PLAN SCALE: 1/32” = 1’ 0”

The three courtyard scheme allows for the penetration of the outdo ors into the indo ors. By doing so, the individuals do not feeling threatened by having to go outside to experience parks and other amenities, where due to their substance abuse problems, a negative stigma is attached. The three courtyards provide three different experiences which are both calming and inspiring because of the careful material and plantation selections. An upper ro of deck is a place for the inhabitants to use for recreation and exercise. There is space enough for them to encourage their creativity such as gardening, etc. All individual units have visual access to this ro of deck as well as the garden spaces, which in turn encourages them to participate in these spaces, rather than be confined inside their ro oms.

SECTION A SCALE 1/8” = 1’ 0”

GROUND FLOOR PLAN SCALE: 1/8” = 1’ 0”

WALKING DECK

On the above levels, all units are individual housing studio apartments with 325 square feet. Each individual unit provides for a space of safety with space to sleep, co ok and be themselves, not restricting them to rules. The entire building is highly efficient, providing to build within the limited budget range of DESC. 2-3 RESIDENTIAL FLOOR PLAN SCALE: 1/8” = 1’ 0”

13’ 0”

9’ 0” 8’ 6” 8’ 6”

13’ 0”

9’ 0”

6’ 0”

18’ 0”

24’ 0”

PERSPECTIVE VIEW 1

PERSPECTIVE VIEW 2

UNIT PLAN SCALE: 1/4” = 1’ 0”

SECTION B SCALE 1/8” = 1’ 0”

TRASH WALL

E n v i r o n m e n t a l Pr o t e c t i o n A g e n c y Spring 2016 Sustainable design | Community | Recyclable material | Team Project Professors: Taiji Miyasake and Robert Richards

Energy conservation has become a growing concern in todayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s economy. People are constantly lo oking for ways to conserve energy in the slightest possible way to reduce dependency on non renewable sources as well as cut back on bills to meet day to day needs. When this is the case, a challenge that affordable buildings have always faced is constructing houses which are well thermally insulated. Many affordable rental residential houses lack well developed insulation systems, this results in constant leakage of heat which needs to be compensated by pumping more energy into the system. While the landlords pay for the capital improvements, the renters are left to deal with the burdens of the utility bills, which often times are a burden to lower class families. To eliminate this burden of tremendous electric bills for heating; one way for doing so would be to utilise available and cheap materials around to create insulation that can is modular, so tenants have the opportunity to retrofit to the rental housing when needed with minimal effort and time.

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ROTATION

Bottle Structuring Many non biodegradable waste that we produce have an inherent property of acting as go od insulators. Plastic bags, pet bottles, newspaper, aluminium cans, are highly non biodegradable and hence get accumulated in landfills as non perishable waste. Utilizing these necessity products as a way to eliminate another is a smart and innovative way of lo oking at arising problems. Moreover, little research has gone into finding ways the po or can â&#x20AC;&#x153;go green â&#x20AC;&#x153;. Through our proposal we hope to focus on a pathway which focuses on minimal money expenditure by the people who live in the least energy efficient buildings, in the country, to not only save energy, but also reduce pollution and save on utility bills.

Basic Structure Panel support structure Papercrete panels

Attaching panels

Panel Prototypes

Panel Properties Manufacture time Papercrete Panel

Cardboard with Papercrete mixture applied Papercrete panels + cardboard + ďŹ&#x201A;our glue

Plan View

Setbacks

15 - 17 hours

Brittle after dryings. Hard to attach to structural wall

7 - 8 hours

Warping issues. Creases in papercrete at bends

18 - 21 hours

Questionable strength of glue between carboard and panel

Wall panels can be interchanged and manufactured by the inhabitants which alows them to be creative with the insulation. By providing this opportunity for people to manufacture these units using recyclable materials, people caan reduce their dependency on conventional heating systems.

SMART ENERGY ECONOMY

Fall 2015 Spokane | Smart City Research | Energy Conservation | Team Project Partner: Fernando Felix Professors: Darrin Griechen

Citizens can be educated about their energy consumption within the grid through the integration of smart technology with incentives of smart mobility. This allows people to make informed decisions about their energy choice and educate them about the the transparency in the energy utilization within the city fabric. By establishing an Smart energy economy, where energy becomes the transactional commodity, and establishing an energy banking system, citizens are better informed about the energy requirements to maintain a city, and be environmentally conscious and efficient in their energy use. The generated energy within the grid is liquidated and becomes a shared commodity which the fosters communal participation in neighborho ods.Energy currency will be governed and controlled by authorities of the city who will mediate the banking system. Through the banking system, Citizens have the facility to pay their electric bills, maintain their generation, expenditure through various facilities and also participate in the renewable energy . By understanding the energy transactions, citizens can equip themselves with enough knowledge to make a smart city.

Smart Mobility

Smart Infrastructure

Smart Technology

Smart Energy

Smart Healthcare

Smart Governance and Smart Education

Smart building

Smart Healthcare

Smart Mobility

Smart building

Smart Healthcare

Smart Citizens

Smart Infrastructure

Smart Technology

Smart Infrastructure

Smart Mobility

Smart Energy

Smart Technology

Smart Infrastructure

Smart Healthcare

Smart Energy

Smart Technology

Smart Mobility

Smart building

Smart Governance and Smart Education

Smart Energy

Smart Governance and Smart Education

Smart Infrastructure

Smart Mobility

Smart building

Smart Healthcare

Smart Infrastructure

Smart building

Smart Healthcare

Smart Technology

Smart Techn

Smart Mobility

Smart building

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Smart Mobility

INPUT

INFRASTRUCTURE

PUBLIC REALM

Installation of energy generation gear

Cars Generation

SMART ENERGY ECONOMY

Buildings

Implementation

Natural resource

Spatial Planning and Zoning considerations Space for Energy conservation units

Blocks Vehicles Neighborhoods City

Storage

Buildings Storage Banks

Infrastructure reconďŹ guration

Implementation Simpler Utility Network

Portable Storage

Region

Utility needs Utilization

Parking Transportation

Installation of Energy collection machines

Implementation Simpler Utility Network

Public Amenities

Long Term Cost Reduction

Economy System Need Investments

Supplementary

Technology

Renewable Systems Operation

Transportation

Battery Operation

ENERGY AS CURRENCY

By setting energy as currency, there are multiple advantages for the economy. Energy transaction is in its basic value and is not intrinsic. There will be minimal abuse and becomes a more substantial form of transaction. It also provides tansparency in the transactions allowing commodities to be valued at their exact value. The value is directly linked to the go od and services you pay for, hence leaving buyers with the satisfaction of paying for what they deserve. Energy currency also elimiates distortion within the exchange. By allowing people to generate their own energy and utilize that for certain transactions, there needs to be infrastructural changes, These infrastructural changes have an impact on the public realm of the city. By implementing the smart energy economy to the infrastructure and public realm interactional flow, we can see that any change implemented to the infrastructure at any level will have an effect of the public realm . This effect on the pblic realm will later ripple back to make a change to the infrastructure. Hence the change is constant. Changes to the infrastructure and public realm will continue as long as the smart energy system is up and working. The various scales of the infrastructure will have different changes moderated by the public realm.

Coal

Fossil Fuels

Non - Renewable Energy

Oil

Electrical Energy Natural Gas

Hydro Power

Renewable Energy

Solar Power

Wind Power

Community Level

Generation zones based on availability

Subterranean Level

Network and distribution of energy

E L E C T R I C A L E N E R GY CONVERTED Underground Level

reservoirs connected to energy banks

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30%

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Wind Power 10%

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Natural Gas

Nuclear Power 60%

Conversion to Electric energy to the grid

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Solar Power

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Total Energy produced during normal life span Total Energy required to build, maintain and fuel

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Solar Power

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Nuclear Power

16.0

Wind Power

34.0

Hydro Power

267.0

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Energy Banks Local to neighborhoods

MECHANICAL Pumped Storage Flywheel Compressed Air

DISTRIBUTED

Houses with individual storage

ELECTRIC

THERMAL

Capacitors

Molten Salts

Superconducting Electromagnets

Chillers

Electric Cars with solar panels

CHEMICAL

ELECTROCHEMICAL

Hydrogen

Conventional Batteries

Methane

High Temperature Batteries Flow Batteries`

GENERATION HARVESTATION

CENTRALIZED

DISTRIBUTED

Energy Banks

UTILIZATION

SMART ENERGY BANKING

Power Utility

Other Uses

In a smart energy economy, electric energy within the grid becomes the currency. Each individual within a city, has an opportunity to generate their own electricity through any energy sources (preferably, renewable since it is most efficient), which they can use to fulfill their utility needs. The generated energy is distributed into the grid where the Smart energy banking system categories them into utility power and power to be stored. Energy generated from the various sources needs to be converted to a universal electrical basis. The conversion varies based on the type of energy that is converted from. In order to establisha uniformity, the energy converted is valued based on the effeciency in conversion and the payback ratio of the system ( The energy produced by the system during its normal time span over the total energy required to run and maintain the system.) . From the effeciency of conversion and the Payback ratio of the energy type, it is evident that the renewable energy source are better options in the long run and the value for the renewable sources will be higher than that of fossil fuels. Energy that has been converted to electrical energy is distributed into the city fabric and within the grid to be ffurther stored or utilized for power needs. The energy generate doverall is po oled within the city grid and is available for all citizens to access.

SMART ENERGY BANKING

Smart App acts as a wallet to process the expenditure of energy currency.

The energy generated that has been converted into electrical is mostly used for power utility needs. But the energy that is generated, since it relies heavily on the natural resources available, is intermittent. To avoid fluctuation in the energy use within the grid and to provide easy access to all, energy generated in excess is stored in storage units that vary in size and location. To provide ease of access to everyone, the storage units are of two kinds: Centralized and Distributed. The centralized storage units are closer to the generation sites and are larger in scale. Their supply is mainly for the city services. For a more personal use for memeber of the city and families, Storage units of smaller scall are in Houses, connected to the solar panels as well as within electric Smart cars. The type of storage units associated withthe storage is based on the adaptability to the location and needs of the energy storage. With developing technlogies, newer forms of energy storage devices are better suited for the energy uses. To further facilitate the availability of energy to the community and to llow for sharing of commodity, all Banks and smaller energy ATMs are connected to one another to allow for po oling for energy. So, in the need of energy in situations of shortage, Energy can be transmitted from other banks to the place of need.

ENERGY AND SMART CARS

IMPLEMENTATIONS WITHIN SPOKANE

The smart cars with their energy storage units help in moving stroed energy from the banks to places of need. Smart cars themselves have solar panels on them which allow them to generate their own energy . This energy generated is used to run the cars. In times of excess, the energy can be deposited into citizens account as energy currency for later use or can be stored in storage units within the car to be transferred later to places of need. In situations where energy generated in low, energy can be withdrawn from the bank to fuel the cars.

optimum situation

Smart energy economy system can be implemented in any city viable of the required infrastructure. U-District is one such sector of Spokane city that has ample space to support the infrastructure required. The empty lots and parcels within U-District are identified and segregated based on the size to support site needs. The sites close to the spokane river can support hydrokinetic power generation, hence hydro banks are located along the river. The availability of sunlight is quite widespread in the U-District. Solar farms and solar power banks are dispersed throughout the U-District.

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Energy ATM lots Street Energy ATMs

S tored energy distribution within the grid All the banks are further interconnected allowing for the energy to po ol in the U-District, avoiding creation of rich sites. To provide increased availability of energy throughout the city, smaller parcels are converted into Energy ATM sites. The main access roads such as the 2nd Avenue, Sprague avenue are converted into street ATMs where the parallel parking spots become Kiosk venues for energy transactions. The mplementation of the smart energy economy within any city would require necessary investment in infrastructural change and the use of smart technology. WIth the change in the infrastructure of the city, people are better able to adapt to the energy effeciencey within the grid and will be able to make informed choices of their expenditure of the energy.

SMITH FAMILY Electric Cars with solar panels

Houses with individual storage

Erik Smith and his family of four live in spokane in the residential neighborhood of Logan. With the help of the smart App, They are able to keep track of all the energy generated by their solar panels installed on their roof and log the amount of energy currency that they are saving by conserving electricity in their house. The app also keeps record of all the desposits and withdrawal Mr. Smith makes with his smart car and keep track of his families expenditures for other amenities through the smart wallet feature.

Hello, Smiths !

Public Transportation

Fare payment $

Taxes Local restaurants Rideshare

SMART WALLET

SMART HOME

SMART CAR

BANK NEAR ME

S M A RT E N E R GY

STORAGE

S M A RT E N E R GY ECONOMY

SMART CITIZENS

SMART TECHNOLGY AND ITS USE Using a smart controlling application, every individual is able to maintain their energy use and use energy currency generated or conserved in their everyday life. The mobile App allows each individual to keep track of their energy generated either through their privately owned solar panels installed in houses, Solar panels from the community gardens or energy currency generated through efficient utilization of resources. The smart app also acts as an energy wallet to pay fares for public transportation, parking fees, entry fees for public amenities such as museums galleries and other amenities which accept energy currency. The app provides a unique aspect of controlling the energy stored in the car and allows one to manage the transactions between the car and the energy grid. The app also has smart location which allows for finding the closest bank to citizens to make transactions.

ENERGY EFFICIENT

SHARE COMMODITIES

ENVIRONMENTALLY CONSCIOUS

COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION

World Travels

Resided Education

Hometown

References Miyasaka, Taij i Associate Professor tmiyasaka@sdc.wsu.edu (509) 335-8091 51

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Nandita Rajakumar Phone : (916) - 667 - 1677 E-mail address : nandita.rajakumar18@gmail.com