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2003 | 2017
Sharjah Indian School, Sharjah, U.A.E 2017 |
Bachelor of Architecture ongoing Marian College of Architecture and Planning, Thiruvanthapuram, Kerala SKILLS
NEHA RAJ ASHA 09 April 1999 Undergraduate Marian College of Architecture and Planning
neharajasha@gmail.com +91 9633692169
Autodesk Autocad Autodesk Revit Trimble Sketchup Trimble Layout Adobe Photoshop Adobe Indesign Adobe Illustrator Lumion V-Ray Unreal engine 3ds Max Procreate Audacity Microsoft Office Microsoft Project OTHER COURSES UNDERTAKEN
Malayalam Native
English
Arabic
Intermediate
French
Fluent
Intermediate
Hindi
Spanish
Comm.
Notion
COMPETITIONS COA Essay competition 2020 ARCASIA Bus shelter design
SOFT SKILLS
Hand drafting Creative writing Written and verbal communication Logical reasonsing Fundamentals of Project Planning and Journalism Project planning and scheduling Management Darden school of business Time management University of Virginia Data analysis Conflict management Adobe Photoshop Mentoring Introductory course by Carles Marsal Sustainability in Architecture: An Interdisciplinary Introduction Universitat Politecnica de Valencia
Autodesk Revit offered by BIM it
EXPERIENCES
Unreal Engine 4 course by Miguel Albo
2019 Attendee, IIA Awards, 2018
2019 Architectural visualisation with V-RAY Event scheduling cordinator for sketchup Stage events cordinator course by Maria Alarcon 62nd Annual NASA convention, Zone 6
ARCHVIZ with 3ds MAX and Corona Render course by Gustavo Correa
“Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication” -Leonardo da vinci
Graphic design, Perfect Acoustics, Dubai, U.A.E Editor, Elysian; Documentation of Carmel Hill Monastery, Trivandrum, Kerala
CONTENTS
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YEAR 1 COTTAGE DESIGN Basic design
YEAR 3 MIXED USE Commercial scale
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YEAR 2 RESIDENCE Human scale design
YEAR 4 CAMPUS PLANNING Site planning
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MISCELLANEOUS
“Less is more” -Mies van der Rohe
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YEAR 1 : COTTAGE DESIGN Location ; Kerala, India SEMESTER 1 & 2
Cottage design was a project focusing on an introductory level in Architecture. The aim of the design studio was to gain a an understanding of the basic functions of human and their requirements for space following the anthropometic standards.
Marian College of Architecture and Planning Duration: 8 WEEKS
Location map of Over the Hill resort, Poovar, Kerala
Site of cottage within the resort
The project Over the Hill is a cozy and exotic resort tucked away from the daily grind atop a picturesque hillock in Poovar. The project is a family cottage proposed for the luxury hotel resort at Poovar. The plot for design at the resort was decided while taking into consideration the need for privacy from the exisitng busy resort grounds and to include a picturisque view.
The cottage is set among a large canopy of local trees and is designed imparting minimum disturbance to the exisiting site conditions. The design features a deck with pool, two bedroo ms, a living, a car parking within the building and a backyard including camp fires and barbeque.
Northern elevation
Southern elevation
Floor plan
Living room
Section A-A
View of backyard
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YEAR 2 : RESIDENCE DESIGN Location ; Kerala, India SEMESTER 3
Residence was a project that aimed for the design to be climate and environmentaly responsive. The brief provided located the site that may be utilised for its picturistic view. The design also involved a thorough understanding and application of the local standards for buidling construction (KMBR).
Marian College of Architecture and Planning Duration: 12 WEEKS
Location map for site at Chittazha, Kerala
The project The proposed residence is designed for a family of 5 taking into consideration the clients needs and requirements. The house features a living room, master bedroom, kitchen, a backyard at the ground floor along with dining and three bedrooms on the first floor with a gathering space. The clients requirement of material choices and their need for a large verandah was taken in to consideration during the conceptual design. The main material featured within the design is wood that was utilised from the demolision of older local residents.
The incorporation of vegetation within the design was as per the request of the client and also to match the palette of materials
Living room
Bedroom
Dining
Store
Kitchen
Ground floor plan
Bedroom
Deck
Living room
Bedroom
First floor plan
Southern elevation
Eastern elevation
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YEAR 3 : MIXED USE BUILDING Location ; Kerala, India SEMESTER 6
Mixed use building was a commercial project located amidst an important nodal point in the city of Trivandrum, Kerala. The design of the project aims on addressing technological and building services related outcomes on a multi storeyed building taking various user groups into consideration
Marian College of Architecture and Planning Duration: 12 WEEKS
Site section A-A
Site section B-B
Location map of site at Jagathy, Kerala
Common amenities Mixed use commercial project with 4 entries to the proposed site including a service entry security cabins and cctv visuals installed at the entrances The proposed site alters as an urban park in a commercial setup to cater the involvment of the neighbouhood. Service entry and exit at the northern end of the site for both restaurant deliveries as well as vehicle loading to the showroom 4m high compound wall around the site aids to private zoning of office complex. Rainwater harvesting tank are located at the highest point of the building with fire ducts and ventilation units provided at each floor. The design features a 2 storied multi-level automated parking common for restaurant and showroom visitors.
The office complex, restaurant and urban park features 24 hour shift; ample illumi nation and security postings on various points in the site adding to the safety of urban users and employees
Car showroom The design features a 2 level car showroom displaying 5 exhibits featuring tesla carsan upcoming major shift in the mode of transport over the world including india- sustainable and non polluting designs- electric cars Customers arriving at the showroom to experience the cars- not purchase them. Booking of cars at showroom is done through an automated screen. Vehicle is then delivered to the given address Car loading to the showroom is through an automated mechanism at the northern facade of the building
Restaurant The complex has a two level dining including an open restaurant at the first floor. The open dining features bar fuctioning at night with the restuarant catering 170 diners. Entry to the restaurant is through southern side for ease of access for the office employeesas well. Food is moved from kicthen to the tables through dumb lift
The complex has two entries to the office complex including a pedestrian and vip entrances Security includes biometrics at the southern entrance and security posting at the eastern entry 2 level parking at the basement The complex is divided into two with elevator as the
vertical circulation
Bridges connect the left complex with the elevator and atrium for each office functions as a second level as a security measure Verical core of the complex is lit by sylight for transcendance in space with cafetria at the ground level along with the aminities at the same level. These functions alters as the social hub of the complex
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east
north
south
The site at jagathy junction, Trivandrum falls under a high traffic region due to the proximity of the site to the bus stop.
The three typologies of buildings are zoned and massed based on transition of the users and site characteristics.
This also adds to the high pedestrian traffic and movement in and around the site even though the site itself remains a barren wasteland
The soil being clayey, pile foundation is adopted in construc-
The site context houses a residential colony that is a stark constrast in building typologies mentioned in the brief.
Southern elevation
Northern elevation
Western elevation
Eastern elevation
Toilets Informal meeting
Service entry Office entry Kitchen
Restaurant dining
Car showroom lobby
Restaurant entry Car showroom entry Ground floor
Toilets
Workstations
Informal meeting areas
Informal meeting areas Workstations Bridges leading to office floors
Workstations
Office
Showroom
Office
Toilets Pantry
Managers cabin Conference room
Private discussion
Showroom
Services Elevator
Exploded views; first to third floors
Fourth floor
Each floor of the office complaex was designed to maximise the interactions among the staff and employees. This was done by providing gathering or informal meeting spaces at regular intervals on the floors. The main head office located at the 6th and 7th floors were interconnected to each other with a common access using a bridge.
Fifth floor
Sixth floor
Seventh floor
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YEAR 4 : CAMPUS PLANNING Location ; New Delhi, India SEMESTER 7 September 2020
The proposed Campus plan for The School of Planning and Architecture at Vasanth Kunj aims at exploring the planning and design of large scale buildings with high degree of complexity by understanding architectural, socio-cultural, and economic issues connected with architecture. lntegrated approach to design encompassing site planning, building design, environment and services.
Marian College of Architecture and Planning Duration: 12 WEEKS
Design brief
Faculty and staff accomodation
India is home to many college including multiple prestigious campuses. But the values followed in both teaching and working practices are outdated. These institutions are widely recognised nationally but fails in the international realm. The need to bring in value to the identity of india and its architecture is crucial now more than ever.
The campus shall imprint an impression on the visitors and crowd coming in from around the world through the design in order to climb to the global domain.
The present branding and esteem value of spa is profound enough to exhilarate to the international standards, yet not yet succeed due to the hesitance to move out of the comfort bubble.
The proposition is achieved through use of levels, visual axis, play of light and shadow, creation of solids and voids and transition of spaces.
The approach in integration of concepts from temple planning to the campus ma sterplan is aligned with the choice o f temple designs in india representing the architectural character of the country.
View of trench
Nodes and major axes
Pedestrian and vehicular circulation
Live Learn Play
Site at Vasant Kunj, New Delhi
Vision Brief
Entry to campus
The functioning Of Architectural Colleges in India has never undergone a radical change since the first architectural college was established in 1913. Even though the camous was the pioneer Architecture College to be established in Asia, neither the college nor the nation is ranked in leading at an international level. standards. The SPA brand has the right name and given the opportunity to shift out of the comfort bubble, can be deemed as a first class premier institute at international. As we still live off the architectural grandeurs of our ancestors, The campus shall also strive to transpire as an icon representing India’s architecture and identity of the 21st century India.
Vision statement SPA Delhi to become a global design learning platform with its own unique identity through integrating a better work learn live relationship, providing sacred learning experience while also allowing 21st century ideologies and vibrant/ creative learning thresholds.
Objectives
Strategies
To understand and imply alternative teaching methods in the field of architecture
Waiting space Activity before entering classroom/studio buffer
Understanding contemporary learning spaces and information exchange platforms in the design replacing classrooms and functions
Different levels instead of floor
Understanding how the campus shall represent a wider spectrum in the life of an architect by refining itself into a workshop to gain experience
Amalgamation of classrooms of various semesters while also acting as individual private zones
Progressive yearly shift in the design of classroom and workstation from the initial semesters to the final
Staff rooms altering as discussion areas annexed with the classrooms through activated corridors.
Central library
Utilities
Student hostel
Admin/ Auditorium
Faculty villas
Faculty/staff accomodation apartments
Common facilities
Masterplan
Campus master plan G.F built up area : 22563 sqm Site area : 88000 sqm F.A.R ; 0.514 Coverage : 25.64%
1. Entry 2. Admin 3. Exhibition 4. Parking 5. Cafe 6. Student center 7. Faculty and staff apartments 8. Badminton court 9. Faculty villas 10. Common facilities 11. Block 2- UG AND PG planning 12. Block 1- UG architecture 13. Block 4- Design 14. Block 3- UD, UP, conservation, landscape, BEM 15. Central library 16. Canteen 17. Indoor court 18. P.G student hostel 19. U.G student hostel 20. Bus parking 21. Utilities 22. Future expansion
Lightwell
Lightwell
Student lockers Ramps
Thesis studio 3rd year studio Mezzanine
Seen below
2nd year studio Discussion rooms and staff rooms
1st year studio Toilets Fire escape
Exhibition room Lobby to bridge Submission room
4th year studio
1st year studio
Terracota louvres
Exploded view of Architecture block
Eastern elevation
Western elevation
Northern elevation
Southern elevation
Academic cluster
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PHOTOGRAPHY Monochrome
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DIGITAL ART
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