Architectural Portfolio

Navya Ramesh

- Temporary spaces in Urban Nodes

- Redesign of Milan Peripheries

- Bridging the History

- Retail Showroom Design

- Reconstruction of Residence

- Historical Waterfront development in Pisa

Urban Design

01 - Temporary spaces in Urban Nodes, India

Bachelor’s Thesis

Urban cities with high densities lack open space and resources; temporary spaces used during the nomadic period when materials were light and portable allowed people to migrate easily from one location to another. Human activities and movements are essential in urban centers; understanding them via regular observation and analysis enables us to provide a better environment for them to improve their activities. When spaces are ephemeral and give future flexibility, they can be used efficiently and multi-purposely. This study examines how places change over time and adapt to their surroundings, as well as how urban interventions can make them more humane. The project aims to intervene temporary transformable spaces in potential urban nodes.

Site Analysis

After analysis site was chosen in Bangalore, as its density is growing from past decades and there is a need for temporary spaces to use exisiting spaces efficeintly.

Pette sits close to the city centre, with deep networks of crowded streets where different kind of activities takes place by large density of people.

Climate - Tropical savanna of moderate climate

Latitude - 12.9709 ° N, Longitude - 77.5763 ° E

Population - 5,03,416

Large percent of users are hawkers and the plcae remains active most of the time.

Most of the visitors are pedestrians

It is the heart of transaction

Bengaluru

Karnataka

Pette

Pette (Over all site)

Morning Activities at 8am

Afternoon Activities at 1pm filled with large density of people, vendors and vehciles

Different moment of people at node

Activity taking place in the early morning at building edge where people are gathering for breakfast.

Node 1 landuse which majorly consists of public and commercial buildings

Evening activities at 5pm when space gets filled with food vendors and pedestrians

How activities temporarily change at different times of the day and keep it interactive with people.

Node 1 - Temple and Books

Sunpath moment at 8am on 30th march 2020 Azimuth angle - 92 ° Altitude - 32.5 °

Compound wall providing space for vendors.

Huge foliage east indian walnut and common pod trees providing shades for pedestrians and vendors

Huge foliage east indian walnut and common pod trees providing shades for pedestrians and vendors.

Elderly people gathering at temple node for relaxtion in morning and evening.

Compound wall acting as a space of relaxation and interaction Building edge providing space for selling goods.

Redefined edges around the temple node

Section along Recreational area

Temporary Pavilion with flexibility

Section

Reading Space Elevation

Children’s Library

View of Library module

Landuse which majorly consists of residential and mixed use

8:30am

12:45pm

4:30pm

Activities in proposed Interventions

Connecting all the terraces with stairs and ramps to create open space with temporiness and enhance community activities by using terrace space efficiently and also helps to reduce the problem of density and open space.

Sections and details showing how terrace space is working as an community place with variety of activities for all age group and users. Open and semi open interventions creating partitions between private and public space to keep an exisiting activities too.

Rain Harvesting technique with seating to realx as well as to store water that can be used for hydrophonic plants.

Temporary pavilion for gathering and interaction purpose, built with light materials like bamboo, fabric sheets.

Urban Design

02

- Redesign of Milan Peripheries

1st semester - Polimi

The purpose of the project is to reconstruct a neighborhood with an emphasis on energy efficiency and social impact, making it more active in the surrounding area. It also attempts to address existing concerns with social housing for migrants and students.

Creating an experimental neighborhood, moving without a car, and incorporating a people-friendly concept all sought to create a self-sufficient and sustainable neighborhood. By designing a new urban corridor with social housing, a community center, and market spaces, we aim to make this district more active and lively by attracting a diverse range of people..

Connecting with the active Biccoca District

2. Viale monza identified has a main connecting road

Connecting

Urban Design

Zone 4: Biccoca Student Housing & Facilities

Zone 1: Public Market

Zone 2: Coffee and Shops

Zone 2: Social Housing

Zone 5: Community Art Center & Public Buildings

Zone 6: Social Housing with commercial below

04 - Bridging the History, Milan

2nd Semester - Polimi

The project aims to illuminate the extraordinary history of Plazzo Isambardi an architectural masterpiece in Milan, showcases a rich history spanning significant eras, allowing visitors to immerse themselves in Palazzo Isimbard’s ambiance. Guests will navigate a curated circuit, exploring the World War II bunker and evacuation tower, gaining a deeper understanding of the intertwined layers of history within these spaces. Against the backdrop of the splendid 20th-century reconstruction, this experience offers a profound encounter with the past. The concept was to establish a loop of sensory experiences encountered on-site, including audio, visual, tactile, and perception-based sensations for visitors to connect with the time period of the site.

Roof Plan Criteria

Section for circulation

Design

Section AA - Along the green corridor

1. The Portal

6. Level 1 Bunker

12. The Bridge

14. Rooftop

2. The courtyard acess

3. The green corridor

Design

Accessibility options for the tower

The existing condition makes it difficult for users to access the tower and requires a ladder for two-way circulation, which congests the area. The intervention proposes providing wheelchair accessibility for the entire bunker up to the first level of the tower, along with a way to evacuate the building before going up to the subsequent levels. The 4th level allows users to exit directly through the ribbon and connect them to the exit node. This minimal and lightweight intervention keeps the tower almost in its original condition without adding any structures to the ground and gives flexibility to remove if necessary in the future.

View of the restored tower

Detail of Ribbon Intervention

03 - Historical Water front development in Pisa

2nd Semester - Polimi

The theme of the studio is to enhance the cultural and monumental pole in Pisa that have a huge potential for international tourism that is indeed ignored - St. Paul on the bank of the Arno and the Citadel Park. The approach is to enhance waterfront in the historical context of the world, the concept journey begins with retracing the past historical elements in order to respect the memory. Keeping this in the mind the existing bridge was redecorated to serve as a landmark and to enjoy the views of Arno river, a strong direct axis is created between the two existing towers along with the arrangement of modular student housing lineraly instead of tall buildings which is obstructing the connection presently.

Proposal

The location is on the western side of the historic city of Pisa, just a short distance from the Piazza dei Miracoli and the city’s central station. It was a shipyard and ponte de mare (sea entry) in the eleventh century. Later, the location became the first botanical garden, which was moved and used as an army barracks. These areas were no longer required after the war, and the site’s purpose was therefore altered once more. These aided in the recreation of some of these historical layers as a reflection of memory.

1. Memory of tower

2. Staircase

Waterfront

Extension

landscaping is focused on the remark of past

Design

Plan of redesigned Bridge

View of redesigned Bridge from west side

Roof detail

Wall detail with the column

Joinery detail of the column to the base

1. Fibre cement board

Terracotta bricks

Beams

sections

Aerated concrete bricks

Section along the student housing

05

- Reconstruction of Residence, Bangalore

Pragrup Architects

It’s an adaptive reuse project that keeps the ground floor level the same while constructing new floors on top of it and improving the existing garden with Balinese landscaping. It’s a steel and timber composite construction thats light weight and simple to install and disassemble. The location is on the outskirts of Bangalore in a calm area with plenty of vegetation, The design incorportes more greenery and a garden inside the home, allowing it to blend in with nature. It aims towards sustainable projects by preserving the current contour and creating a landscape within it, as well as reusing old steel and timber. .

Concept

First

Existing

Preserving existing site features to enhance landscape and greenery.

floor concept

1st floor spaces Adding on new levels with light weight structure according to their functions.

Trellis Roof Interconnecting the mass volumes along with the sloping roof.

Second floor concept

Work Experience

- Retail Showroom Design, Bangalore

design studio

The property is in the middle of Banglore, in a busy region with a lot of competition in the granite and tile industries. The project’s goal is to create interiors for a tile showroom that would attract all types of users and stand out among other showrooms. It was built in such a way that as many tiles as possible can be presented throughout the design by employing it on the flooring, ceiling, wall cladding, facade, and even furniture, allowing users to experience it all the way through. It was kept minimal in terms of material and colour usage.

Mira

The showroom has two stories, with the ground floor being double height with exposed concrete beams and columns. Cable tray was used as a fasle ceiling with a grid design, each place was created for a certain display of tile, and tile itself was used as a material.

Ground Floor

First Floor

Concept Views

Kitchen Cabinet exhibit Reception

Library Unit