Pradyumna Vikharankar | Architecture Portfolio 2017 - 2023

PRADYUMNA VIKHARANKAR

Education

2005 - 2015

2015 - 2017

2017 - 2022

2022 - 2023

Assistance

2019 - 2020

2021

2021

2021

2021 - 2022

“Manners make the man, I think they also make good architecture.

- Laurie Baker Ji

vprad.ink@gmail.com

+91-9766317386 [WA] | +34-666060479 [Call]

Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar [Aurangabad], Maharashtra, India

@_inked.expression_

Stepping Stones High School [Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, Maharashtra]

Indian Education Society Junior College [Bandra East, Mumbai, Maharashtra]

Rachana Sansad’s Academy of Architecture [Prabhadevi, Mumbai, Maharashtra]

Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia [Barcelona, Spain]

Primary & Secondary Education

Senior Secondary Education

Bachelors of Architecture

Masters in Adv. Ecological Buildings

Sketching Club Head [Academy of Architecture, Mumbai]

Cob Workshop [Design Jatra, Dahanu, Maharashtra]

Land Art Workshop [Design Jatra, Dahanu, Maharashtra]

Photoshop Academic Workshop [Academy of Architecture, Mumbai]

Student Council - General Secretary [Academy of Architecture, Mumbai]

Organizing ; Skill Development

Hands on ; Educational

Hands on ; Experiential

Methodology ; Renders ; Representation

Management ; Logistics

architect | illustrator

Competitions

L.I.K. Trophy [National Association of Students of Architecture]

Micro Housing [Volume Zero]

Sai Baba Temple Design [AAD Competition]

The Walt Disney Company [D & AD New Blood Awards, 2020-21]

Redefining Platitudes | 1st Position [DAC, Academy of Architecture]

Doyapada, Palghar, Maharashtra [Academy of Architecture, Mumbai]

AOA Confluence 2022 | Digital [Academy of Architecture, Mumbai]

IAAC End of the Year Exhibition [IAAC, Barcelona]

Mo.Ca. | Documentary Episodes [IAAC, Barcelona]

Project Wall of Hope, Mussoorie [Re-City India | Museum of Goa]

Dalal Street Lit Fest, Mumbai [Bombay Stock Exchange]

Design Jatra Architects | Architectural Internship [Varied Projects, Maharashtra]

Lakire 1.0 | Pen & Ink Workshop [Freelance Workshop]

Architectural Post Production | Design Jatra [Freelance Work]

Advertisment & Illustration

Narrative & Illustration

Analysis ; Technical ; Graphics Team

Management ; Logistics

Videography ; Direction ; Editing

Residential Design Graphics Head ; Curation Team

Project Head ; On-site Execution

Arch. Design ; Workshops ;

Selected Candidate Workshop ; Skill Development

Rendering

Hands On Adobe Drafting Media

I NDEX

Academics [B.Arch + Maebb]

RE[V[I]V]AL : An Attempt to Rethink of an Ideal Village [B.Arch Design Dissertation - Academy of Architecture, Mumbai]

Al - Habibitat : Aswan Social Housing [Social Housing - IAAC, Barcelona]

Mo.Ca. - Mobile Cabin [Maebb Thesis Prototype - IAAC, Barcelona]

Professional Practice

Design Jatra Architects [Architectural Internship, Dahanu, Maharashtra]

Architectural Post Production [Design Jatra Architects - Freelance Work]

Miscellaneous

Inked Expression [Pen & Ink Illustrations]

Travelogy [Photography]

RE[V[I]V]AL

An Attempt to Re-think of an Ideal Village

B.ARCH DESIGN DISSERTATION : 2021-22

Recognitions

RTF Eduwik Architecture Excellence Awards 2022 | First Position

Mango Architectural Thesis Award 2022 | Second Position

Archmello Architectural Thesis Award 2023 | Special Mention

Abstract

An unhealthy connection between the urban & rural contexts of India is observed that leads to brain drain of a mass population resulting in imbalanced dependencies. The self-sufficient functioning of a rural context is observed to be on the edge of its declination due to these arising dependencies. A decentralized system is inferred to act as a catalyst to uplift the resourceful management of the rural context as is also discussed & preached by Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi.

Approach

Sindhi Sirasgaon, a community in west of Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar [Aurangabad] is studied as a live case of the discussed issues of imbalanced dependencies. The aim is at framing a system at policy level to eventually support & imply the same in the form of a Village Industry that initiates the flow of circular economy within the community for the self-sufficient functioning.

Additionally, two households [nearing dilapidation] of differing economic backgrounds are analysed & proposed with re-designing ideas that align with the principles of self-sufficiency & circularity.

Acknowledgements

Ar. Y.D.Pitkar, Ar. Pratik Dhanmer, Aashi Jain, Anushka Kalekar, Dhanashree Jadhav, Dhruvi Jain, Sandesh Jadhav, Shrideep Kshirsagar, Simran Ajgaonkar

Filtering the Unknown Potential on the basis of :

[ Food Security | Healthcare | Education | Shelter | Trade Clothing | Connectivity | Energy | Disaster Management ]

A. Google Imagery : With reference to city centre

B. Bhu - Nakasha : Officially documented context

C. Binary Study : Dependence of land on one water body

B. Policy Expansion

A. Base of the Policy

SETTLEMENT LAYOUT

A. Duckweed Pond : Landscape Intervention

B. Svravriti : Unit for handmade paper & boxboard prod.

C. Wada | Aalay : Rural Households [Re-Designing]

D. Lasur - Ch.Sambhajinagar Highway

E. Agricultural Fields

F. Fatulabad Settlement

SVRAVRITI : HANDMADE PAPER & BOXBOARD PRODUCTION

At a macro scale, the village industry aims at catering to the socioeconomic aspects of the community, whereas at a micro scale, it aims at responding to the observed patterns of activity & occupiability in the immediate context, hence breaking down the physical barriers by curating habitable buffers.

C.

Imbibing the sense of a lifstyle on the paths of abundance can be rooted down by reviving the true idea of a rural household, that suffices itself on needs by a strategic resourceful management within its functioning. Two households are chosen based on the differing economic backgrounds so as to have diversity in the proposals considering the change in ownerships. R

AS A CATALYST

A single storey house, near to dilapidation, is seen as an opportunity, where in a govt. policy can make a pivotal act to provide a habitable household through the medium of its rural housing schemes.

AALAY [01/02] RE-DESIGN

The 300 year old Wada is close to its dilapidation & is in early stages of being re-constructed by the family in a “modern” day approach using concrete.

The re-designing proposal aims at reviving the essence of the traditional methods, adjacently responding to the aspirations of the user as interviewed, for a coherent solution.

WADA [02/02] RE-DESIGN : EXISTING | PROPOSED

Al - Habibitat Aswan Social Housing

MAEBB DESIGN STUDIO : 2023

Basant Abdelrahman

Disha Arora

Pradyumna Vikharankar

Raffaele Schiavello

Project Brief

A social housing scheme is to be proposed in a hot & arid climate context, to be designed through the lenses of thermodynamics, ecosystemic structures, optimized energy & water systems & resilient envelopes.

Approach

Aswan being a culturally & architecturally rich site, the design is driven by locally responsive decisions, be it in planning or materiality. Adjacently a conscious effort is made to provide a contemporary touch using the traditional principles. The design aims at achieving a harmonious balance between the conventional spatiality in the residences & an unorthodox open planning for the commercial component.

Contribution

Site analysis ; Design [Residential component] ; Architectural drawings ; Construction details ; Graphics.

I. Floor II. Floor III. Floor

PV Panel as horizontal envelope.

Pergola as a support to PV Panels.

Mashrabi Lvl.II as a envelope system.

500mm Thk CSEB Wall as a sandwiched binder wall.

250 x 500 mm Thk Section as exposed timber beam.

Mashrabi Lvl.I as a self-supporting envelope.

Inclined CSEB Wall as a lateral support member.

Concrete Pedestal as a isolated footing system.

END WALL DETAIL ISOMETRIC 00 03 01 05M.

The construction assembly responds to the context consciously by using Earth as a primary material. Additionally introducing Timber alongside aims at exploring a new material in the context as an alternative to mass use of steel.

Detail at A. CSEB Wall - Jack Arch Slab - Sandwiched Binder Wall

Apart from the materiality of the project, details also finds its base on the traditional observations of the context - [catenary] arches, jack arches & dome being the key elements. Although, usage of interlocking & hollow earth blocks with steel plates at regular intervals talks for the unconventional ways of responding to the context, in order to achieve a balance between the scale of the project & thickness of the walls.

Detail at B. Composite Structural Wall

MO.CA. - Mobile Cabin

“Mobility” as a keyword forms the base of the brief. Considering the present day emergence of RVs in Europe, the project demands for a solution that responds to this aspiration in a ecological manner with also providing the project a modern touch. Timber being a locally sourced material, is mandatory to be used as a primary material.

Project Brief Approach

Mobility brings in the factor of connections in a literal sense. The same is taken ahead as a driving element of the design that aims to morph itself in network patterns. Materiality of the project governs the ecological aspects right from the origin of a tree to its end of life. Mobility puts a restriction on weight of the built which eventually curates the assembly of the structure in terms of members & their dimensions.

Contribution

Design development ; 1 : 1 Scaled prototyping ; Material procurement ; Material production ; Material traceability ; Construction assembly ; Documentation [Videography]

*Prototype is currently in construction phase.

MAEBB THESIS PROTOTYPE : 2023

MAEBB Batch of 2022 - 2023

A. Regenerative Building

CONTEXT [ Place | People | Time | Object ] why / where / how / what

B. Adapt [to] & Create Network

VALLDAURA [ Material Production | Prototyping ]

THE CONNECT : SHARING & RE-DISTRIBUTING RESOURCES

B. Work Session

A. Morning Coffee

C. Social Gathering

UNBOXING TOOLKITS

B. Textile Fabric

A. Vertical Louvres [Steam Bent Wood]

C. Box-in-Box Chairs

D. Notching Assembly

E. Inside Box

A. Toolkit I

B. Toolkit II

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A. Forest Management

B. Material Stocking

C. Wood Processing

D. Construction Assembly

E. Documentation

OF WORK

Design Jatra Architects

ARCHITECTURAL INTERNSHIP : 2020 - 2021

06 Month Period

Design

[a] Lakshmi Nivas, Chinchani, Dahanu [Residential Restoration]

[b] Residence at Borivali, Mumbai

Site Co-ordination

[a] Lakshmi Nivas, Chinchani - Foundation ; Structural

[b] Mohraan Agro Farms, Sakurli - Toilet Interiors

[c] Wattle & Daub House, Roha, Raigad - Roof Repair

[d] Public Toilet, Ranshet, Dahanu - Foundation Line out

Assistance

[a] Cob Workshop, Murbad, Dahanu

[b] Land Art Workshop, Khaniv, Dahanu

A1. Lakshmi Nivas - Caretaker Unit - Excavation

A2. Lakshmi Nivas - Caretaker Unit - Assembly*

A3. Lakshmi Nivas - Caretaker Unit - Completion*

A4. Lakshmi Nivas - Residence - Restoration

A5. Lakshmi Nivas - Residence - Slab

A6. Lakshmi Nivas - Residence - Completion*

B1. Mohraan Agro Farms - Screeding

B2. Mohraan Agro Farms - Tiling

B3. Mohraan Agro Farms - Final Mosaic

C. Cob Workshop

D. Wattle & Daub House - Roof Repair

E. Land Art Workshop

*Processes documented post the internship period.

B3

Architectural Post Production

FREELANCE WORK : 2023 -

Project

Suma : A Forest Space, Zarwad Design Jatra Architects

Softwares

Autodesk AutoCAD

Adobe Illustrator

Adobe Photoshop

I

nked Expression

A. The Storyline, Tumbbad

B. Sun Temple, Konark

C. Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh

D. Brihadeshwara Temple, Tanjore

E. Gandhara Sculpture

A. Alhambra, Granada

B. Castillo de Gibralfaro, Malaga

C. Alhambra, Granada

D. Duomo di Milano, Milan

E. Castillo de Gibralfaro, Malaga

F. Saint Trophime Church, Arles

G. Basilica di Santa Maria, Venice

H. La Almoina, Valencia

I. Alhambra, Granada

J. Museum of Science, Valencia

K. Duomo di Milano, Milan

L. Alhambra, Granada

M. Vintage Tram, Milan

Travelogy

PHOTOGRAPHY : 2022Personal Skillset

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