NEELANJANA M CHITRABANU “Nalanda”,Telugu Street, Virajpet,Coorg, Karnataka,India +91-7259248212 neelanjanamchitrabanu@gmail.com
EDUCATION SKILLS THE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF DESIGN Mysore (B.Arch 2011-2016) SADVIDYA EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS Mysore (High School) ROTARY SCHOOL Virajpet (Primary School)
WORK EXPERIENCE STUDIO MUMBAI ARCHITECTS 561/63, N.M Joshi Marg Byculla West, Mumbai Internship of 22 weeks ARCHITECTURE RESEARCH+LABORATORY Koramangala, Bangalore Summer internship of 4 weeks
Autocad 2016 Sketchup 2013 Rhinoceros 5 Revit 2012 Photoshop CS6 Indesign CS6 Illustrator CS6 Lumion 4.0.2 Artlantis 5
INTERESTS Photography Sketching Model Making Writing Travelling
OTHERS LANGUAGES Part of Gsen trophy team (NASA)for 3 years and headed the team in 2013 Attended a workshop by Nissim Haguenauer
English Kannada Hindi Malayalam
CONTENTS Undergraduate Thesis School of Planning and Architecture Panchayat and Post office Kindergarten Photography
A pathway towards the rustic
VIRIDESCENT SLOPES
REVITALIZING PLANTATIONS OF COORG
Isn’t it time we took a better look at how rural India functions? Isn’t it time to make a difference? Viridescent slopes : Becoming green A symbol of retaining what is left, of bringing back what is lost and of encouraging contextual development, by countering the depletion of natural resources. The project is an attempt at developing the rural as opposed to the urban, benefitting both regions.
Studio guides Ar. Karan Bakre Ar. Anand Krishnamurthy Ar. Vivina Kuttaiah
This site is 3 kms off the state highway 91, near a small hamlet called Puliyeri. It is amidst 24 plantations, in a 1 km radius, so as to be easily accessible
Built vs open of the 2km radius around the site gives us the idea of how sparse the settlement is. The rich soil ensuring good crops, little commercial development and thickly wooded forests are contributing factors.
The Siddapur -Pollibetta Ammathi triangle was zoomed into, because of small landholdings and the good coffee growing regions.
Connections betwen the site and other towns were to be established.
The region has, as elsewhere, coffee plantations that valley into rice fields. Rice cultivation is on the wane and most of the land that had paddy fields before, are now barren.
The site can cater to 24 plantations in a 1km radius. The individual plantations are about 11 acres in size on an average and there are kuccha roads that connect these plantations to the main road. The plantations are not visibly divided by barricades, but by territorial understandings that have been established through generations.
The built around the site considered consists mainly of estate houses and labour lines. The only land use present here is residential.
Harvested Treated Used for construction
Traditional joinery details with ties and fishmouth joints. This is used for housing. Double culms are used. Metal sheets for roofing.
Details used for the processing units- bamboo with steel componenets along with ties and fishmouth joints and canvas for the roofing
PROCESSING UNIT
PROCESSING UNIT
RESTAURANT
HOUSING
SECTION THROUGH HOUSING
SCHOOL OF PLANNING AND ARCHITECTURE
An attempt at campus planning, the studio involved designing a School of Architecture and Planning, a part of the Mysore University. The idea was to have a functionally efficient campus that was logically organized, pedestrian oriented and sensitively landscaped. Interaction being an important aspect of an institution, meeting spaces are key elements. Designing of these spaces, how they integrated with the academic spaces around, was a vital step.The distinctive qualities of the physical environmen were meant to provide an atmosphere conducive to intellectual discovery and interaction as well as repose and contemplation.
Studio Guide AR. Vinay Iyengar
A cluster of 3 studios together to fulfill the 3 sections into which students are divided.
In a cluster, each studio was given its own private space, a private spill out, a space where the same class could spill out to. According to a theory by David Thornburg, spaces of interaction can be divided into 3 kinds; spaces of introspection (caves), spaces for interaction by chance (watering holes), spaces for gathering information(campfires). This was a concept used.
The design developed in stages that included different clusters coming into picture. The Architecture department and the planning department were separated into two wings, but with common functions merging them together.
planning
architecture
common functions
Caves(self introspection) Watering holes(conversation) Campfires(information)
PANCHAYAT AND POST OFFICE
A village is very different from a town or a city. It is the inhabitants that make it so. The people here are open, genuine and helping. Transparency is in their nature. Everything is as it is, with no filters. Visual connectivity was a quality taken out of this observation, in an attempt to make the built respond to the surroundings better, with its essence and not just with form. Studio Guide Ar. Girish Dariyav Karnawat
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Main sorting & store ( Post office) Terrace Manager’s ofice ( Post office) Sarpanch’s office
FIRST FLOOR PLAN
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Post office Tea stall Store ( Panchayat) Accountant’s office Toilet
GROUND FLOOR PLAN
SECTION A-A
SECTION B-B
SECTION C-C
SECTION D-D
SECTION E-E
Designing a space for kids can be challenging. There is a need to keep them interested in learning, interested in attending school everyday. Making use of trees and the existing levels was the first step to designing the kindergarten. The use of trees and levels together could create a gurukul or campsite kind of space. Kids are fascinated by light and shadow, need space for running around, get restless in closed spaces. The attempt was to create spaces that are intriguing. Studio Guides Ar. Karan Bakre Ar. Arun Swaminathan
KINDERGARTEN
SECTION A-A
SECTION B-B
SECTION C-C
SECTION D-D
SECTION E-E
ROOF PLAN
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Administration block Classroom Toilets Play area Dining area Library Security cabin
GROUND FLOOR PLAN
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Dining area Sleeping space Activity area Water body Earth Fill
BASEMENT PLAN
PHOTOGRAPHY