Natasha Kumar_ Portfolio_ 2019-2020 by NATASHA KUMAR

Natasha Kumar

Portfolio l 2019-2020

Natasha Kumar Current Location

Singapore

Date Of Birth

31 October 1992

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Education And Experience May 2019- Present

Part time Research Assistant

Jan 2019 (Completed)

M.Sc. Integrated Sustainable Design

Jan 2018 - July 2018

National University of Singapore, Singapore.

Design Partner

Livspace, Bangalore, India

Jan 2018

Volunteer Architect

Nov 2016 - Aug 2017

Junior Architect

July 2016 - October 2016

Freelance Architect

Feb 2016 - April 2016

Junior Architect

Jan 2015 - May 2015

May 2014 - Nov 2014

July 2010 - May 2014

Nivasa (Architectural NGO), Bangalore, India.

W-ard Four, Bangalore, India.

Residential Project, Bangalore, India.

Mancini Enterprise Pvt. Ltd., Chennai, India.

Intern Architect

RC architecture Pvt. Ltd., Bangalore, India.

Intern Architect

Yagnik architects, Bangalore, India.

Bachelor of Architecture

Manipal university (CGPA 7.8), Karnataka,India.

Curriculum Vitae

Regenerative Design for a Secondary School, Singapore 01 MSc. Integrated Sustainable Design, National University of Singapore

Rebuilding Mosul, Iraq .................................................. 05 International Competition, Amongst the Top 20 Entries

Student Convention Centre .......................................... 09 Second Year, Undergraduate Studio

Villas, La Grove ............................................................... 13 Professional Practice, Intern

Lake-front Urban Revitalization centre ......................... 15 Thesis, Undergraduate Studio

Residential High-rise, Artech Courtyard ........................ 19 Professional Practice, Intern

Hospital Interiors ........................................................... 22 Professional Practice, Architect

Exterior Facade Design, Bangladesh ............................. 25 Professional Practice, Architect

Hospital Planning & Design ............................................ 29 Professional Practice, Architect

Residential Interior Design ............................................ 31 Professional Practice, Freelance Architect & Design Partner

Contents

November 2019 MSc. Integrated Sustainable Design, National University of Singapore

Regenerative Design for a Secondary School

Strategies EMBEDEDNESS, Extend extensive green and blue systems into the site.

Systems approach to design | A sustainable living laboratory Buildings are seen, not as an isolated entity to fulfil its typological purpose but more as intergral component of a ecological-social-economic system at a district scale. The building serves to be a model for how the built and unbuilt spaces can be designed to add more value to its neighbourhood and also the city. In the context of Singapore we have chose to champion five systems namely- biodiversity, water resources, energy, food and public space. Each of these systems are made to maximise their spacial interactions with the other to maximize the system benefits of the designed spaces. This school, chosen to be redesigned, is a an example of a building that not only serves its primary purpose, of learning and self sufficiency, effectively but also works to positively enhance its surroundings for a more sustainable urban growth.

Full Section A-A’ Systems Overlap

Blue System Designed to Enhance the Site’s River Frontage and 24 hour.

Concept Section A-A’

Exploded Axonometry Transparent OPV Public Space/ Facilities Biodiversity Green

Strategies Aquaponic & Community Farming is introduced as a CIRCULAR SYSTEM within the school.

Solar PV Canopy

School (Private)

Intensive Farming (Private)

Wind Tower

Auditorium (Semi-Public)

Learning Farms

F&B (Public)

Bridge Connector to Jurong Lake (Public)

Bridge Connector to MRT (Public)

Lake observation deck

Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Play Area

Bioremediation Pond with Aquaculture

Football Court Community Farms

Passive Design and Renewable Energy Generation Systems are introduced to make the School REGENERATIVE & NET POSITIVE.

Residential

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Bus Stop

Residential

Jurong Lake

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Jurong Gardens

Venn Diagram Showing Five Systems Overlap Spacially

1 3

2 5

Food Energy Blue Green Public Space 1,2 Community farms that attract biodiversity 3 Bioremediation Aquaculture Pond for public recreation 4 Roof top Solar PV Canopy for rainwater harvest 5 School Play Area & Football Course that are open to public use after school

PUBLIC SPACE 73% OF SITE AREA PER CAPITA 16 Sqm PUBLIC PLOT RATIO 0.73

GROUND 15,356 Sqm FORM 7,465 Sqm TOTAL AREA 22,821 Sqm

1 Jurong Lake 2 Road 3 Main Biodiversity Corridors Kept Open To Sky 4 Transparent PV To Let Sunlight Into Building 5 Purifying Biotopes 6 Bus Stop 7 Balcony Greens 8 School Modules 9 Intensive Farming 10 Auditorium 11 Bioremediation Pond 12 Jurong River LEGEND

4 7

GREEN 133% OF SITE AREA GREEN PLOT RATIO 1.33

TOTAL AREA 41,681 Sqm

ENERGY 99% OF SITE AREA ENERGY PLOT RATIO 0.99 TOTAL AREA 30,974 Sqm

BUILDING DEMAND 28,69,208 KWh/yr AGRICULTURAL DEMAND 2,62,537 KWh/yr TOTAL GENERATION 37,16,016 KWh/yr

2 1

4 3

LEGEND

Dense Greens (Biodiversity sup

Moderate Greens (Medium Tre

Dense Greens (Biodiversity supporting) Dense Greens (Biodiversity supporting)Lawns Moderate Greens (MediumGreens Trees)(Medium Trees) Moderate

Lawns

10 5

Lawns

9 11

127%

WATER SELF-SUFFICIENCY (Non-Potable)

RAINWATER COLLECTION POTENTIAL 5,23,44,630 l/yr RECYCLED GREYWATER AVAILABLE 2,14,37,856 l/yr BUILDING DEMAND 1,48,87,400 l/yr

AGRICULTURAL DEMAND 1,72,28, 840 l/yr SELF-SUFFICIENCY Agricultural Non-potable (Grey Water)

FOOD

58% OF SITE AREA ENERGY PLOT RATIO 0.58 AREAS COMMUNITY FARMS 3198 Sqm INTENSIVE FARMS 4500 Sqm AQUACULTURE 1324 Sqm MUSHROOM FARM 9000 Sqm

TOTAL AREA 4,271.8 Sqm YIELD GREEN LEAFY VEGETABLE 1,72,28, 840 l/yr FISH & SHRIMP 67.6 Tonnes/yr MUSHROOM 774 Tonnes/yr

304% 48%

Rifat Chadirji Prize Entry September 2017 Team Member : Abhishek Semwal Selected among the top 20 Entries

Rebuilding Mosul

The designed prototype is an attempt to cluster major functions of a neighbourhood into one single unit. Residential units are arranged to accommodate familiar functions of community along with the inclusion of congregation/ community areas. The consolidation of functions into a single unit has been done to invoke a sense of security and ownership among the users. The whole unit is treated on all four sides with a consistent skin, creating a defensive outer shell that serves the purpose of battling the harsh climatic conditions as well as building an image of resilience. The aesthetics aim to create a consistency in form, which lends certain stoicity to the whole unit.

Negotiating Identity | Housing Hybrid, Mosul Negotiating identity and embracing change. When the dust settles and people again embrace their roots, would they be able to come to terms with the huge losses that they have suffered in the years gone by? Wars have a tendency to mould the ground realities, what was once common becomes nostalgia, memories remaining locked in a state of flux and â&#x20AC;&#x153;identitiesâ&#x20AC;? being eroded. Rebuilding a neighbourhood would involve more than just the provision of a roof over oneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s head. Reintroducing communal harmony and reinstating the pride of users are aspects that cannot be over looked. The designed prototype is an attempt to cluster major functions of a neighbourhood into one single unit.

Design of the primary living units. The two typical layouts are developed keeping in mind the structure of a modern Iraqi family. The smaller unit is designed to house 4-5 persons while the larger unit is designed to house 6-8 persons. The objective was to support the interpersonal functions of families in a flexible manner. The primary space of the house is living room that functions along multiple requirements through the day. Scope of expansion is also one of the features that provide some degree of future proofing for the inhabitants.

Functionality/Inter-connectedness. The functional requirements of a neighbourhood are compounded in a multi-level layout. Living units are arranged together in clusters of varying densities and alternating green spaces. The design intends to weave the living and community spaces in a single coherent interface, giving the users maximum control of their immediate environment.

Az Zanjali Neighbourhood (Top Right, Page 1), Sectional View of the prototype (Bottom Right, Page 1), Assembly Diagram of the vertical neighbourhood system (Left, Page 1), Isometric View of the prototype (Top Right, Page 2), Typical 2 & 3 bedroom units (Bottom Right, Page 2), Clustering functions of a neighbourhood into a single unit (Left, Page 2)

Passive Design Strategies The unit is covered in terracotta louver lattice of varying density on all 4 sides. The lattice acts as a protective element against the glare of the harsh outside Sun as well as checking the amount of warm air that gets admitted inside the building. Residential units are nestled within comfortable overhangs, inclusion of desert flora adds in creating a pleasant micro-climate inside the designed unit. Borrowing from the vernacular traditions of the region. The design utilizes wind catchers to passively cool the residential units. Ducts allow in surrounding air, which is then allowed to cool over the underground water reservoir. The cool air is then passed on to supply shaft from where it reaches the living area of the residential units through the medium of pressure Brick Rubble Scrap Gabion Panel 1. Gabion cage filled with reclaimed rubble brick. 2. Recycled wooden panelling. 3. Lime plaster finish. 4. MS C-section.

Bachelor in Architecture, Manipal University

Convention Centre

The main cylindrical mass at the entrance harbours an exhibition space, administration office, a cafeteria & semi-private seating at the back, on the ground floor an auditorium with its ancillary features on the first floor. Most of the spaces are built concentric around the central semi-public space. A small extension of the site, at the back on the east, houses the single floor workshop and practice rooms. It is positioned in a way at to provide privacy. Spaces are distributed within the site strategically to provide single room depths which allows for adequate lighting and ventilation to all rooms.

A centre in the small university town of Manipal is designed to house an auditorium to seat more than 300 persons along with an exhibition space and workshop spaces for learning the various arts. The building form has emerged from the area limitation and characteristic shape of the site itself.

Workshops

Exhibition

Auditorium

Cafe teria

Semi-public Space

Admin

Stage Green room

View from exhibition space (left,above), View from central open space and evaporative cooling pond (left,below).

Passive Design Strategies A rain water collection system supplies water to the evaporative cooling pond that lies at the centre of the main structure to cool down passively the built interior spaces. The existing climate and soil supports dense vegetation which we use to our advantage to bring down the temperature of the siteâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s micro-climate and lends to the interior spaces a feeling of being in constant interaction with nature. Single Room Depth Spaces and Open Courtyard Design for better daylighting & natural ventilation.

PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK EDUCATIONAL PRODUCT

Structure Concentric circular load bearing laterite masonry walls (b) support a R.C.C. slab (c) with radial and concentric R.C.C. beams. Exposed concrete sculptural curved walls (a) are introduced into the front facade. A curved ferro-cement roof sculpturally rests over the building walls. Laterite stone block is a local building material used widely in this region as it is available in plenty and is best suited for the coastal tropical climate due to its thermal properties.

PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK EDUCATIONAL PRODUCT

Natural daylighting diagram (Right, Top), Natural ventilation diagram (Right, Centre), Rain water harvesting and evaporative cooling diagram (Right, Below), Laterite stone masonry course in plan (Left, Top), Enlarged view of masonry course (Left, Centre), Building material diagram (Left, Bottom).

Professional Practice

La Grove

Yagnik Architects, Bangalore

Front Elevation of the villa (Top, Page 14), Building Section D (Bottom, Page 14), Working Drawing Plans (Page 13).

l Thesis The Urban Centre Bachelor in Architecture

Urban Entertainment Destinations are a new form of development comprised of un-anchored retail projects , entertainment venues and restaurants. Additional to the commercial value for the retailers there is a great experiential value gained by the users. A system of interacting spaces designed to benefit 1. the community, with public interaction spaces and entertainment venues for all sections of society 2. The retailers, adding value to the local and international markets 3. local artisans and artists, providing spaces to exhibit their skills and talents. These evergreen multi-use centres have proved to be a developmental means to revitalize the city. The Hulimavu Lake in the city of Bangalore has been chosen as a strategic location for the urban centre. The lake has suffered pollution, siltation and overgrown weeds. Measures Design Development The pedestrianised centre has drawn from the principles of design of legible, flexible and adaptable, human scale, universal spaces at the site planning as well as individual building scale. A strong sense of directionality is given to the centre with a main circulation spine directing the users through the

Images of concept cards (Top Left, Page 12), Site selected on Hulimave Lake side, Bangalore (Top Centre, Page 12), View of Boutique retail Units [1] and Exhibition centre [4] (Bottom Right , page 12), Conceptual sketch of plan (Bottom Left, Page12)

All portions of the centre are in constant interaction with water and nature. View pockets are cut through the spatial arrangement to draw in views of the lake althrough the centre. A boating canal originating and ending at the lake is opened through the centre. Two storey self load bearing granite structures in constant interaction with nature through elaborate vegetative landscaping makes

1 Parking Structure 2 Boutique Retail Outlets 3 Open Air Exhibition Stall (Flexible Sanc tioned Spaces) 4 Exhibition Centre(Programmed space) 5 Outdoor Dinning

6 7 8 9 10

Public Square Retail Units Public Square Retail Units Performance Area (Programmed space)

11 12 13 14 15 16

Larger Anchor Shops Food Kiosks Flexible Spaces (Concerts/Exhibition/Talks) Impulse Entertainment Boating Canal Lake side seating

17 18 19 20 21 22

Island Flexible Retail Shell Space Parks Retail Lake Side Dining Over water Restaurant

The Built and Un-built Spaces are built to human scale, two storey and 4m high. Large portions of spaces interacting with the built spaces are left open or semi-open leaving a feeling of open airiness. The granite stone, found in abundance in this area gives the urban heart its character and addition of vegetation leaves a feeling of bring in tune with nature.

Lake Conservation The management can help restore the condition of the deteriorating lake by vegetating the entire centre as well as collecting excess silt run-off thus preventing siltation. All run-off from the centre is collected and treated before it can be let back into the lake..

l RC Architecture, Bangalore Artech Courtyard Professional Practice

A twenty storey apartment building in Kerala for the Artech builders, housing the parking and amenities on the first three floors and residences on the floors above.

Image by RC Architecture Pvt. Ltd.

l W-ard Four, Bangalore Hospitals Interiors Professional Practice

Fortis Hospital, Mumbai Nurse station (Top right), Fortis Hospital, Mumbai Twin patient room (Centre Right), Fortis Hospital, Mumbai VIP Lounge (Bottom right), Fortis Hospital, Mumbai Patient room corridor ( Top Left), Max Healthcare Chemotherapy bays (Bottom Left).

Completed OPD Waiting area Max Healthcare, Delhi (Left), Completed Nurse Station Max Healthcare, Delhi (Right Top), Entrance Feature Area Max Healthcare, Delhi (Left).

l W-ard Four, Bangalore Exterior Facade Design Professional Practice

A 70 bed oncology hospital in a site of area 4959sqm in Chittagong, Bangladesh with scenic views all around the site. Passive design strategies have been used in the design of the building skin to cool down the building . The facade is designed to take into account the function of spaces that lie within and their admissible levels of insolation .

The building is elongated in the east-west direction exposing the shorter east and west sides to maximum solar heat gain and high afternoon temperatures during warm months. During warm summer months, overhangs block unwanted direct sunlight from solar glazing, reducing cooling loads. Exterior vertical fins, overhang/fin combinations, awnings and drop-down shades, block the low morning and afternoon sun during warm periods. Screens help mitigate intense heat gain without compromising lighting They also provide adequate natural light and privacy character of a resort in order to tone down severity of a hospital environment.

Programming Glazing SICU ICU Waiting Delux In-PatientRoom Corridor Single In-Patient Room Dining Area Waiting Room Pharmacy

High Slit-Ribbon Window for Privacy & Controlled Lighting Ribbon windows (Views to surrounding)

Large Glazed Openings (Daylighting & Views) Enclosed

MRI CT Scan Rehabilitation Double Patient Room CSSD

Enclosed, Placed in facing North

Operation Theatre Prep. Recovery SICU

High Slit-Ribbion Window for Privacy & Controlled Lighting

Wards & Patient Room Mamography Dining EDP Laboratory Blood Bank Chemo Bays Radiology Room Waiting MRI

South Facade Horizontal shading device, Recessed slit windows, Glazing 28%

Ribbon windows (Views to surrounding) Large Glazed Openings (Daylighting & Views)

Lead Lined Glass (Views to surrounding)

LINAC PET. CT. Pose Dose Admin

Thick Concrete Enclosure

Bio Med Laundry EDP

High Slit-Ribbion Window for Privacy & Controlled Lighting

Chemobay

Large Glazed Openings (Daylighting & Views)

Dosimetry

Enclosed

OPD Doctors Room Waiting Room

East Facade Horizontal shading device, Recessed Slit windows, Glazing 18%

Large Glazed Openings (Daylighting & Views)

West Facade Horizontal shading device, Recessed slit windows, Facade Jali, Glazing 4%

North Facade Horizontal shading device, Recessed Slit windows Glazing 25.5%

The glazing percent is dependant on two factors mainly the orientation of the facade and the program housed within. Solar studies carried out on two models on all four facades provided results to help accommodate for glazing percent to keep the heat within comfort levels. Program within was another factor for glazing possibility and its percent. For example Patient Rooms, Lobby area etc. can accommodate for large amounts of daylighting. Linac, CT scan, MRI can have no insolation.

l W-ard Four, Bangalore Healthcare Planning and Design Professional Practice

The building is planned in a site of 44,450 sq-ft in two phases - Phase 1 of 12,819 sq-ft with a lobby, immigration centre, dialysis with support services and Food kiosk on ground floor and administration on the first floor. Phase 2 of 16,997 sq-ft with lobby expansion, dialysis and support, OP pharmacy, non-clinical support services on ground floor and dining area, dental clinic and diabetes clinic on first floor. A total of 50 car parks are provided on site.

PAT. TLT.

5250

10665

5250

26250 5250

5250

PHLEBOTOMY

DIALYSIS 05

DIALYSIS 06

DIALYSIS 07

DIALYSIS 08

DIALYSIS 12

DIALYSIS 13

1200

DIALYSIS 01

MEETING ROOM

STAFF ROOM

SERVER ROOM

NURSE ST PHASE 1

NURSE ST PHASE 2

PAT. TLT.

900

SUPPORT RO/WASH

CHANGE AREA PUB. TLT.(F)

1500MM WIDE CORRIDOR

DIALYSIS 14

DIALYSIS 15

DIALYSIS 16

DIALYSIS 17

PUB. TLT.(M)

SER. DUCT

DIALYSIS 19

DIALYSIS 20

DIALYSIS 21

DIALYSIS 22

DIALYSIS 23

SUPPORT RO/WASH

LAB SERVICES 77 sqft

UP PROPOSED STAIRCASE(PHASE 2)

BIOMEDICAL EQUIPMENT

OPD WAIT BACK OFFICE

OPD 03

IMMIGRATION

FOOD KIOSK

DRINK. FOUNT.

INFORMATION DESK

DOCUMENT PHOTO CHECK

ATTENDANT'S WAIT PROPOSED LIFT SECURITY ROOM (PHASE 2)

LIFT LOBBY

TOILET

LOBBY WAITING AREA

RECEPTION

OP PHARMACY

TOILET

STAFF SERVICES

FACILITIES MANAG.

MANAGEMENT MATERIAL

1500MM WIDE CORRIDOR

585

EXISTING STAIRCASE

NON-CLINICAL SUPPORT SERVICES

CORRIDOR 1500 MM WIDE

4680

LOBBY EXPANSION

OPD NURSE STATION

OPD 02 OPD 01

5250

1500MM WIDE CORRIDOR VACC. ROOM

TRASH HOLD PROPOSED LIFT

SERVICE DROP OFF

1500MM WIDE CORRIDOR DIALYSIS 18 1500MM WIDE CORRIDOR

DIALYSIS 02

READ

3500

1500MM WIDE CORRIDOR

GOWNED WAIT

DIALYSIS 03

1500MM WIDE CORRIDOR

EYE

5250

DIALYSIS

1500MM WIDE CORRIDOR

5250

LAUNDRY DIALYSIS 11

DIALYSIS 04

OPD 04

DIALYSIS 10

DIALYSIS 09

DIALYSIS

X-RAY

PAT. TLT

STAFF TLT

DOT ROOM

63210

36960 5250

5250

5215

5250 24630

5330

2730 885

SERVICE CORRIDOR 1600 CLR

JANITOR'S CL.

ENTRANCE

PHASE 1

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OUT PATIENT CENTRE MOHALI

3850

DROP OFF/ PICK UP

PHASE 2

PROJECT NUMBER

SCALE

SHEET NO. AND TITLE

DATE

HC-17003.000

5330

5215

RECORDS/ WORK AREA

63210

36960 5250

5250

10665

TOI. MENS

5250

26250 5250

5250

2730 885

SAMPLE COL

PANTRY PHLEBOTOMY TOI. WOMEN

EYE

PATIENT EDUC.

DENTAL CLINIC

ECG ROOM

DU IMPLANT SURGICAL ROOM

VITAL STAFF BREAK RM.

ADVANCED IMPLANT.

POST SURGICAL RECOVERY

SIMULATION CONFER. ROOM

EXAM ROOM

5250

WAITING

PROCEDURE ROOM 2

WORK STATION 33 NOS.

NURSE STATION

LASER POD ROOM

SURGICAL CARE

CONFERENCE ROOM

MEETING POD 2

MEETING POD 4

ADMIN WAITING

LAB UP

DU OPD 03

OPD 02

OPD 01

1500MM CORRIDOR

CONSULT. 2 CONSULT. 1

OFFICE 4

OFFICE 3

OFFICE 2

OFFICE 1

LIFT

T.O. SECURITY KIOSK SLAB (PHASE 2)

LASER DENTISTRY

RADIOLOGY OPG

COSMET & FACIAL AESTHETICS

DINING AREA

DENTAL CLINIC

GENERAL DENTISTRY

SERVICE /STAFF LOBBY

TRASH HOLD STORAGE

KITCHEN

PUB. TLT

PAT. TLT

PEDODONTIC CLINIC

COSMET & FACIAL AESTHETICS

585

EXISTING STAIRCASE

RADIOLOGY CBT

WAITING

KIOSK

LASER DENTISTRY

PROPOSED STAIRCASE(PHASE 2)

LOBBY OPD 04

STAFF CHNG

STERILIZ.

4680

OFFICE 6

MEETING POD 3 RECEPTION

OFFICE 5

PROPOSED LIFT

SERVICE DUCT

5250

ADMINISTRATION SHADING OVERHANG ABOVE

5250 24630

PUB TLT

MEETING POD 1

PHASE 1

PHASE 2

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2 3

MEETING ROOM

DIABETOLOGY CLINIC

OUT PATIENT CENTRE MOHALI

PROJECT NUMBER

SCALE

SHEET NO. AND TITLE

DATE

HC-17003.000

l Bangalore Residential Interior Design Professional Practice

Dining/Family Room (Page 31), Living room (Page 32, Top), Master bedroom (Page 32, Bottom).

Images of girlsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; bedroom (Page 33, top & Page 34) and Family room (Page 33, bottom).

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