Internship_Portfolio_ by nihara b

ARCHITECTURE PORTFOLIO

NIHARA B student architect

9944924534 nihara.babu@gmail.com 3/16A, Rajiv nagar, bagalur road, Hosur, Tamil nadu, 635109

LANGUAGES KNOWN TELUGU ENGLISH HINDI TAMIL

SOFTWARE SKILLS

EDUCATION • Present - B.Arch -

C.A.R.E. School of architecture, Trichy

AUTOCADD • secondary education- Maharishi vidya mandir, Hosur

SKETCHUP • primary education -

White house public school, Bhuj vivekanandha vidhyalaya, Gummidipoondi

INDESIGN PHOTOSHOP LUMION

Contents

Primary school

Manapaarai traderâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s centre - Cow market

The Albuquerque tile factory

Rural studio

Building construction

Pavilion

Experience natural element- SKY

Basic design

Workshops

Internship - Sacred Groves, Auroville

Primary

school

School is a learning centre for children, where they can explore and fly in colorful sky with their talents. they form a community within them where they learn about our culture, society, morals, values... The intent of the design was to design a sapce for children that would facilitate them to explore more and to provide a calm atmosphere that would keep them more focused. The main idea behind the school design was to keep the building self ventilated that would bring in life to the building and to create many open spaces which would always driven chidren to interact and experience.

Site analysis

These trees act as a focal point in the whole design which would act as gathering space for students.

Zoning is based climatic analysis, which includes sun-path, temperatire, vegetation, etc., to bring in design that would be naturally ventilated.

zoning is done mainly based on wind movement and light so that comfort could be attained with natural ventilation.

Ponnagar third street, trichy. Site is surrounded by a calm residential area with a small scale shop in each street and a hospital which clearly had a influence on the circulation in and around the site during peak hours.

Use of traditional techniques and construction method Courtyards, help in lowering the temperature within the building and acts as a gathering space where students perform various activities.

Brick jaali brings in diffused light

and ventilates large amount of air within.

Jaalis are being used for opeinig which will lower the temperature by compressing the direct light through holes, giving profound diffusion.

Pitched roof, stack effect in it helps in removal of hot air. Athangudi tiles (handmade tiles) coolens the floor.

Open classrooms,students would feel comfortable rather than having a compact rectangle sense of enclosure. Courtyards, Infront of every classrooms encourages students to gather which would act as a communal space to play and such sense of enclosure enhances openness around. Central space acts as a prominent interactive space where students gather.

- cow market PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK STUDENT VERSION

PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK STUDENT VERSION

traders centre

INTERFACE

PLACE TO SLEEP

PLACE TO MEET

The intent of this studio was basically to understand the context in deep with the keen observation of their activities and self organised market where we could see various types of different activites though they are dependent with one another. design was proposed where six departures where given inwhich one has to be preferred and whole deisgn must respond to the departue in all way, departures were like, responding to: existing organisation, to temporality, to material, to growing town, to site edges,.. PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK STUDENT VERSION

Manapaarai

where i preferred to design an instituition responding to existing organisation because this trade have almost become their culture which would have taken its form in a particular way from hundreds of years ago based on their activities and practices.

Manapaarai

traders centre

- cow market ABOUT SITE Manapparai was a sort of “no-man’s land” between Chola, Chera and other kingdoms. This shows that this piece of land was a place of open negotiation.

It is a place where many paths met, where no-one was on any other’s territory, where talks and deals could be made without hesitation and fear of capture. The land of the market represents, therefore, a free will of the people involved to carry on this practice of travelling over miles of landscape to make their sells and buys. In the old days this also must have been accompanied with stories of distant lands, catching up with news of other countries and faraway places; perhaps the nights were filled with enchanting stories and enacted events to enlighten, entertain, delight, disgust and alert eachother. Today the scene is different. Information is everywhere, the country is independent. The Land is leased from the city of Manapparai by private contractors. The buyers, sellers and agents are only performers on someone else’s stage. Yet, they provide an invaluable source of income to the town- both through their own transactions as well as the businesses that thrive on ventures related to the market. Now, the market itself is in danger of being extinguished. No person participating in this activity has any authority to question this inevitable fate. If slaughter is banned, the market is likely to close. If in the coming few generations all the farmers sons and daughters, having studied in school and college, do not want to take up farming, then the survival of the market is in question. If the town of Manapparai grows and this land becomes more valuable, then another everyday activity with more revenue may replace this one. Their culture must be conserved where we could see many things emotionally bonded within, and there comes a thought on how can we conserve this beautiful event.

Manapaarai

traders centre

Place to Sleep

- cow market N

Recessed spaces are used for campfires which will keep traders comfortable and acts as a gathering space where they leisure.

KEY PLAN

Manapaarai

traders centre

Refreshment area

- cow market

Trichy- dindugal highway

creepers in pergola keeps the place shady and comfortable.

Section - BBâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;

Cow market

Plan

Refreshment area was designed in the interface where both people in the market and people who pass through this beautiful event take a pause and leisure here, this space itself acts like a boundary of the market.

Material - modules were made using mud, wastes from

renovation sites, lime with mud mortar. these modules dries in site. various kinds of materials can be reused by combining the old materials with other that would add up its properties which merges with the earth and are environmently friendly.

The Albuquerque Tile Factory

The albuquerque tile factory is an old ruin-like structures that form a rustic backdrop, brings in a artistic experince within the building. It had several characters which defines its space in its own way, these include: structural system, material and details of junctions, quality of light, character of volume and mass, smell of stacks, broken tiles on floors all around, ruined roofs, and many things....each and every minute part of the space plays an influential role within. we proposed a new design problem comes with itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s own requirements to be fulfilled for which a keen observation and understanding of the existing context will allow the new design to be well-harmonised with the old.

The Albuquerque Tile factory- Documentation A

PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK STUDENT VERSION

Bâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;

Few places in the tile factory were documented precisely, where pattern of stacks, path of conveyers, ruined part of the whole place, roof, method of construction, structural support, lighting, experineces, volume and mass was studied precisely in which drawings with the essence of the place was made on site and then we transferred them into software drawings. Aâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;

Section - AAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;

PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK STUDENT VERSION

Experience in the site was totally dramatic compared to the outside world, the play of volumes inside which was made with bricks, stones and tiles where, glass tiles were provided in random manner resulting in a beautiful pattern of lighting within the space which provided large quantum of light. and to the contrast at few places...though the place would be almost nothing without the stacks, which was providing kind of warmth place within and the smell of stacks along with the enclosure led to a calm and suttle place where everyone would stop and experience it.

Section - BBâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;

PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK STUDENT VERSION

The Albuquerque Terracotta Park JT JT

STORAGE SPACE

MEETING ROOM

PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK STUDENT VERSION

WORKSPACES CASTING WHEEL- THROWING WORKSPACES

SCULPTURE MAKING

CLASSROOM TOOLS AND INSTRUMENTS SPACE

CRECHE

PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK STUDENT VERSION

The factory, to survive into the future, requires new ideas and strategies to prepare for a difficult future. The ownership have decided to invest in a Research and Development program that will help their old products and processes upgrade, and provide the world with new and cutting-edge ideas in the world of terracotta building products. PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK STUDENT VERSION

STORAGE SPACE

WORKSPACES CASTING WHEEL- THROWING WORKSPACES

SCULPTURE MAKING

CLASSROOM TOOLS AND INSTRUMENTS SPACE

CRECHE

PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK STUDENT VERSION

MEETING ROOM

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Wall around staircase a shear wall wall around elevator column

These elements acts as a structural support for the building and adjacents spaces would act as a cantilever. large space would be attained without columns and each floor is entered with a vast open area so that users will not feel it like they are within a box.

Material -

Partition walls alone defines spaces from one another which is made of tiles stacks and other products made in factory such that people would come to know its various applications.

The Albuquerque Terracotta Park PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK STUDENT VERSION

PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK STUDENT VERSION

To reduce the self weight of the building, steel framework were used for flooring where screed concrete and plywood is used as flooring and false ceiling respectively.

Whole building ends runs with a parapet wall made of terracottta products so that users are wholly exposed to experience sky and cool breeze.

PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK STUDENT VERSION

Rural Studio - Thayanoor

D3- MANN VEEDU

Thayanur is a typical village which is developing along with technology regarding agriculture. villagers mainly depend on the agriculture but due to the climatic changes which is the result of various factors, farmers are facing a great loss, this have bought a great difference in their agriculture cycle and few have changed their occupation to survive.

D1- MACHCHU VEEDU

D2- KAALIAMMAN TEMPLE

Rural Studio - Documentation - Thayanoor

MUD HOUSE - D3

STONE MASONRY - D2

Detailed study and analysis on the construction of a typical mud house of around 74 years old of a farmer was studied and docmented, which was totally built with earth materials and still is in working state partly.

Stone masonry and joineries of a temple of around 80 yrs old was documented in which construction using stone, timber and steel was clearly studied.

Building Construction

Various types of joineries and supports were studied in which types of splicings were made and their applications were studied. uses of dowels and anchor in bamboo joinery were studied in which few of them were made and these construction techniques was even experimented in workshops. Splicing with internal union

Bamboo joint with wooden anchor

Bamboo joint with pegs

Half bamboo splicing

Quadruple support

Pavilion

water body

Plan

Experiencing sky with play of light that lead to water body. sense of enclosure and the space which deifnes the path itself with a calm atmosphere and a spacious infrastructure.

Play

of emotions

- natural element - sky

Various spaces to bring in various experiences based on enclosure, movement, volume, mass with different forms, is incorporated in pyramid - powerful form to experience sky.

Basic

design

- spatial experience

Transformation of painting into a space which defines planes visually, brings in the essence of space though the space is not defined with all the planes.

Workshops - Laurie baker construction

Most of the materials which is thought to be WASTE could be used again in various ways in which we explored our ideas with the waste materials brought from the â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Renovation Siteâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;to design a open auditorium.

Firstly we segregated waste materials based on their size and material and based on it, they were used for mortar or for compact form in design.

Then, we made a module in which water was brushed around the module and then mud slurry was put in and a layer of waste material (size appropriately larger than the one used for mortar) , added other layer of mud mortar and this follows up till the module gets filled up.

Modules were dried on site and simultaneously adjacent blocks were made and a finishing layer of broken tiles were given that merges within the modules made.

How Buildings Stand?

mentored by - prof. v.r.shah

Structure is a variable which takes diffrent form and meaning at different context and space. though it follows a simple force - Gravity, it can take various forms which we experimented in this workshop- concept of catenary forms. we inverted the cotton cloth threads dipped in plaster of paster that formed a shape on ithe own based on the placement of pins and the length of the thread. we made this form in thermocoal which was further covered with a layer of clay, where we provided perforations for openings which was constraints for the structure to stand and then it was allowed to dry. later thermocoal was burnt and the structure was tested.. will it stand?

Timbrel Vaulting Construction - mentored by Ar. Senthil Kumar Doss â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Arches that defy gravity and tiles as a substitute for steelâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; An exploration on the construction and technique of timbrel vaulting. The workshop that ended in a build, explored the lost technique of timbrel or catalan vaulting. Hailed as the technology for the future and much researched upon world wide the timbrel vault differs substantially from the Roman method of vault building by defying gravity. Based on several layers of tiles that fuse together to work as a laminated shell, the timbrel profiles of the timbrel vaults are to be seen to be believed.....

Workshops • Bamboo workshop - Prof. Sankalpa - 11 days - Winters @CARE 2017 • Cauvery Archives - Prof. Joseph Aranha, Ar. Harimohan pillai - 3 days - Summers @CARE 2017 • How Buildings Stand? - Prof. V.R. Shah - 5 days - Summers @CARE 2017 • Timbrel vaulting construction techniques- Ar. Senthil kumar doss - 11 days - Winters @CARE 2018 • Understanding structures through history - Prof. Durganand balsavar - 1 day • Understanding Reinforced Cement Concrete - Er. Rajendran, Ar. murli - 2 days • Water Table Apparatus - Ar. Monisha edwina royan - 5 days - Summers @CARE 2018 • Traveller’s Transect - Ar. Godwin - 6 days - Summers @CARE 2018 • Re-use the scraps - Ar. Nancy, Ar. Pooja raj - 7 days - Vertical studio • Biomimicry - Arch cult - 1 day • Biomimicry - Ar. Senthil kumar doss - 5 days • Clay and Paper mesh - Ar. preetha Krishnan - 3 days • Tie and dye - Artist Gurumani, Mr. v.k.Subramanian - 2 days • Lino Cut - Artist- Mark Rathinraj - 5 days - Winters @CARE 2016

Guest lectures • prof. joseph aranha • Ar. peter rich • prof. V.R.Shah and Ar. mangesh • Ar. Neelkanth chhaya • Prof. Sankalpa • Prof. Durganad Bulsavar • prof. Frank ching

Internship training programme

Techniques Cob Adobe Flooring - Cement based, lime based Rubble trench foundation Plastering - Lime, Mud, Araish, Lohi, Cement Rain water harvesting tank Bamboo roofing with limecrete Yellow clay paint Earthcrete

Cob - Adobe Cob is a very flexible mud construction technique, we can sculpt our own house. cob means a lump or a rounded mass. It is a mixture of Subsoil alongwith fibres which is added while we add water to bind them effectively.

Laying of cob is done by throwing cob with a force such that they bind with previous layer and we compact them with thimbles or fingers and the extra part beyond the line of wall are being cut and levelled.

once we fill in the subsoil in tarps we add up lime and water based on consistency required and then after its well mixed we add layers of straws and stamp well on them such that we bind effectively and then we do tests to check whether they are ready to be used uo for walls

we made a mixture of lime and soil at 1:10 respectively, stamped to mix them and then adobe bricks were made and used up.

Flooring - Cement based, Lime based Cement flooring is made as a platform for gathering. Whereas, Lime flooring is done to use for making adobe blocks as this flooring has tendency to take in moisture.

Lime Flooring A 2” layer of 8:3:7 rartio of red soil, quarry dust and lime respectively, though its a lime flooring water is used. It results in cracks as they breathe, due to the

Cement Flooring A 2” thick layer of cement and quarry dust mix in the ratio of 1:30 respectively with ‘cement pal’ finish which was a beautiful art to end Rammed demolished construction waste.

Rubble Trench Foundation - Earthcrete

Earthcrete is upcycling of construction demolished debris which are usually dumped in wetlands. cement, soil, aggregate are added in the ratio of 1:9:18 respectively, it is mixed well with water which is poured in and rammed as shown.

Rubble trench foundation is a traditional technique majorly used in white town, pondicherry. It is a dry masonry technique which permits the capillary action of water underneath the building such that water is not held up by the structural material within.

Flooring- lohi, araish, mud - Yellow Clay Paint

Mud flooring Araish flooring Lohi flooring

Preperations for yellow clay paint. seived clay is added with paste of maidaby boiling the water.

Preperations of paste for floorings.

Lime plastering - Mud Plastering Lime wash is a 4 layers of lime putty made by slaking of sea shell lime in which cow urine and required amount of rock salt is added for binding over the levelling code

Lime plastering on scratch code acts as a leveling code is a mix of seived lime with P Sand in the ratio of 3:5 respectively done in Lime Chakki, is mixed well with fermented water of kadukkai-jaggery in a ratio of 18kg:20kg respectively in 700 litres of water.

Mud plastering as a level code was done with a subsoil which has 10 to 25 percent of clay in it, is soaked in water for a period of night and then we boil water in which appropriate amount of maida is added and mixed well, it is then added to the soaked soil.

Bamboo roofing with Limecrete splits of bamboo aligned with a harmony to the shape is aesthetically beautiful inside providing a dim lighting inside.

preperation of limecrete in which lime and brick bats are used up in the ratio of 1:4 respectively

Bed of coconut coyer sheet dipped in a shell lime water is spread over the bamboo base.

Nailing of split bamboo acts as a lost shuttering to the limecrete roof.

Thank you Nihara.B nihara.babu@gmail.com 9944924534