PRANAV GAUD. ARCHITECTURE PORTFOLIO. MASTERS OF ARCHITECTURE SERIES.
TABLE OF CONTENTS.
ACKNOWLEDGMENT TO COUNTRY.
ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF COUNTRY
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RESUME
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URBAN DESIGN STUDIO
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FLEETWOOD CHALLENGE CUP
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ADVANCE TECHNOLOGICAL SYSTEM
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AWARDS AND VOLUNTEERING
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I Pranav Gaud acknowledge the Traditional Owners of country throughout Australia and recognize their continuing connection to land, waters and culture. I pay my respects to their Elders past, present and emerging.
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Education.
Volunteering.
Software skills.
Master of Architecture. Curtin University. (Feb 2020 - Nov 2021)
Mentoring Executive Leader. CASA June 2020 - Present. Secretary. CASA Feb 2018 - January 2019.
Career highlights.
Awards and scholarships.
Intermediate: Adobe Creative Suite, Revit, AutoCAD, Lumion, Girraffe, Microsoft Office Suite. Basic: Sketchup, Rhino, Grasshopper, Lumion, Adobe Premiere Pro, Adobe After effects.
Research Assistant. Perth Urban Lab (May 2021 - Present). • Undertook site filming. • Assisted in the delivery of Girraffe software. • Assisted in teaching delivery.
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Visa Status.
Architecture Draftsperson. Arc T Lab (Aug 2020 - Dec 2020). • Assisted in concept design for residential building design. • Assisted in development approval documentation. • Assisted in concept interior design. • Assisted in creation of marketing material.
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Bachelor of Architectural Science. Curtin University. (Feb 2015 - Nov 2018)
PRANAV GAUD RESUME.
Social Media and Marketing Manager. GTS Gauges (Mar 2019 - Feb 2020). • Creation of yearly product catalogue. • Creation of digital and physical marketing material. Architecture Intern. NCP Smart Cities. (Oct 2018 - Jan 2019). • Assisted in community consultation. • Assisted in urban design for rooftop solar. • Assisted in creation of conference reports.
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Curtin ignition scholarship for entrepreneurship. SoDBE Award for contribution in student mentorship. SONA Design Super Studio State runner up. Fleetwood Challenge Cup finalist. Elizabeth Bolton Postgraduate Grant. Emerging Leader Certificate. Curtin Extra Certificate.
Personal attributes. • • • • •
Excellent interpersonal skills. Strong leadership skills. Very high level of commitment. Self-assured and resistant to stress. Energized by collaboration.
Sectors of interest. • • • • • •
Research led practice. Education architecture. Space architecture. Indigenous related architecture. Public and Civic Amenities. Modular architecture.
Australian Citizen
Referees. A/Prof Francesco Mancini. Deputy Pro Vice Chancellor for Humanities, Curtin University. Email: francesco.mancini@curtin.edu.au Architect Lee Syminton. Director at Lee Syminton Architects and Bachelors of Architecture course coordinator at Curtin University. Email: lee.syminton@curtin.edu.au
Get in touch. Phone: 0406646831 Email: pranav.gaud@postgrad.curtin.edu.au LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ pranav-gaud-7aaa05147
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URBAN DESIGN STUDIO BRIEF.
NARRATIVE.
Urban Design Research Studio focuses on the research question: “What vision for the future of the Royal Perth Hospital precinct can contribute to the wholeness of the city’s identity and the more sustainable civic environment? In this unit, you will develop your design and critical analysis skills to research the site, its cultural conditions and global precedents to conceive and test new urban possibilities in a real context. You will work in teams to present an urban analysis of the assigned site, a master plan and a schematic design proposal for one or more significant buildings/areas within your zone of focus. You will investigate and expose the layers of the built environment and how people use it. Your proposed design interventions are to derive from and build upon your investigations and urban analysis conducted in the co-requisite unit ARCH5025 Urban Design Research methods. The research methodology, which focuses on the same matrix of ten principles as Studio, follows the UNESCO’s Recommendation on the Historic Urban Landscape (HUL Approach, UNESCO 2011) is discussed and applied in the co-requisite unit ARCH5025 Urban Design Research Methods. Work in the studio will combine group and individual sessions, researching urbanism, analyzing parts of the city, cultural history and apparent trends.
While the prohibition line is non existent today its memories continue to reflect indigenous history in a shameful light. It has managed to mask the vast aspects of historical and contemporary indigenous culture. The urban design proposal aims to draw light to prideful aspects of indigenous culture by introducing an indigenous cosmology inspired planetarium and a sporting academy inspired by the boxing league that occurred on wellington square adjoining our site. Our proposal also recognizes its connection to the city as a whole and contributes to a neighborhood feel by proposing long term and short term residential, recreation and various retail
KEY DESIGN DRIVERS.
PROJECT DATE: JULY 2020- NOVEMBER 2020 LOCATION: ROYAL STREET PRECINCT, PERTH.
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Combat urban racial and economic gentrification in East Perth. Respond to Indigenous acts of glory and knowledge. Activate the site beyond food and beverage.
DESIGN ADVISORY GROUP.
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PROCESS 100+ sketches, models and collages were iterated to quickly test design options of the urban play land and planetarium. The result of which was the development of a playful and organic urban domain that was well aligned with the redevelopment of the upcoming wellington square.
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GROUND FLOOR PLAN The Ground floor domain is a mix of Education, cultural, entertainment retail, short term accommodation, and hospitality venues. The masses are broken down by the use of laneways, alcoas, terraces and alfresco spaces. This creates a healthy mix of uses and ensures that the site remains activated through the different seasons and times of the day. It also ensures that the development is a place for all local and global citizens and that it is not claimed by a particular socio economic group.
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FLEETWOOD CHALLENGE CUP BRIEF. Demonstrate how offsite manufacturing and prefabrication modern methods of construction can be harnessed to effect innovative and novel design solutions for the adaptive re-use and extensions to, the existing built environment within the Australian market. Leveraging prefabrication and modular offsite construction technologies, develop an original project design that responds to this question through the exploration of Industry 4.0 and emerging strategies in the construction sector.
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PROJECT DATE: FEBRUARY 2021- JUNE 2021 LOCATION: 12 STACK STREET, FREMANTLE.
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Advanced design that delivers community and client value. The potential of new technologies Design for Manufacture and Assembly (DfMA) and Disassembly processes and smart engagement with changing construction sites New construction systems and smart materials high building performance across the whole building lifecycle. Advanced & efficient manufacture of building components, digitisation, robotics, LEAN manufacturing and operational efficiency. Processes and professions in transdisciplinary design approaches Innovative business models and development and financing models e.g. circular economy Resilience and sustainability responses to the climate emergency The project must be a low-rise accommodation typology of between two to four storey construction. Emulating real world challenges, the cross disciplinary project team will need to demonstrate the design effectively integrates building science principles, construction sector best practice, and adherence to the principles of national building codes and regulations.
NARRATIVE. At GROOT apartments it is believed that leisure is a strong driver in encouraging neighborhood interaction and enabling a strong sense of community. Within their apartment block tenants can be found Interacting while watering the plants at the verge garden or cooking with friends and family at the communal ground floor area. The Groot warehouse actively aims to welcome the larger Fremantle community by making a direct connection to the frequent markets that occur at the stack wood parallel to the Groot warehouse. It hosts a vibrant café space a grocery store and a click and collect space for upcoming artists to sell their products. The private balconies have also been designed to connect to the vibrant street life where residents can enjoy watching the street while enjoying their morning and evening tea or coffee. Hyper flexibility is also a key driving force at Groot apartments, each apartment is made from three CLT primary modules that can be mirrored across x and y axis, this allows Groot apartments to easily be configured onto any site. All the modules are optimized to fit onto a standard truck and each level can be stacked onto a site in seven days!
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MODULAR DISTRIBUTION The proposed building will be stacks of SOUs and should be designed to address NCC requirements. It will be comprised of CLT-framed modules, arranged in a multimodule typology due to realised economic and architectural benefits and opportunities for hyper-adaptability for optimal variation and repetition to suit various market and customer requirements on project-byproject basis. The proposed building will be comprised of five (5) prefabricated and transportable volumetric modules (illustrated in Figure 2), to form the main accommodation units. There will be a total of 16 Module A’s, 18 Module B’s, 22 Module C’s, 15 Module D’s, 21. These modules can be mirrored or orientated across the x- or y- axis, allowing ease of adaptation into the communal or commercials areas. The sizes were selected to suit transportation restrictions and production limits set by CLT manufacturers such as XLam. As such, modules required for a one-Bedroom Apartment unit can fit in 2-3 standard trucks and can be joined and stacked onsite, without the need for on-site storage in comparison to conventional construction processes. The elements will be built in controlled factory condition and delivered to Site with an opportunity to also install all finishes and components off-site, hence, further reducing time for on-site assembly.
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APARTMENTS
LOBBY/ SERVICE CORE
49.4% YEARLY ENERGY SAVINGS COMPARED TO TRADITIONAL APARTMENTS
APARTMENTS
ARTIST STUDIOS
PRODUCT DISPLAY AREA
APARTMENT FOOTPRINT IS ONLY 300 SQM COMPACT SIZE REDUCES ENV FOOTPRINT
GROCERY STORE
CONTRIBUTES TO LOCAL BUSINESSES AND ECONOMY THROUGH MULTIPLE SHARED SPACES
50+ YEAR LIFE EXPECTANCY WITH ABILITY TO BE RECYCLED AFTER END OF USE
CAFE KITCHEN
REFLECTIVE MODEL MAKES GROOT HYPER ADAPTABLE SO IT CAN BE ADAPTED TO ANY SITE
25% LESS CARBON EMISSIONS COMPARED TO CONCRETE APARTMENTS
CAFE DINING
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MODULAR DISTRIBUTION. CLT connections offer potential to a variety of new technologies such as Knapp connectors that allow for self-locking mechanism between connections. This offers quick assembly of the different modules and excellent resistance while transportation and lifting of modules in assembly and disassembly. Similar to Knapp, dovetail joinery offers Japanese style joinery between the different components of the modules however it requires precise CNC machinery. Timber is the core component of manufacturing CLT and it is renewable and can be locally sourced without using of heavy machinery it has a low embodied energy. Although CLT cannot be recycled as a building material after its lifespan it can readily be used as bio fuel (Wood solutions 2018). For the roof a Colorbond custom orb roofing is used and it is Part of the Freo vernacular,Australian made, contains recycled content and is 100% recyclable at the end of its useful life.
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MODULAR TRANSPORTATION
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B
C
D
Height
3.5
3.5
3.5
3.5
Width
3.9
2.2
3.0
2.2
Length
6.0
6.0
4.3
3.3
CL5/225 mass (Kg) CL5/145 mass (Kg) Finishes (Kg)
2695
1520
1486
836
6615
5038
4567
3265
2385
1346
1315
740
Services(Kg)
1193
673
657
370
Total mass (Tones)
12.9
8.6
8.0
5.2
Each module will be entirely wrapped with a suitable protective membrane at the prefabrication factory prior to transportation. This is a crucial component in order to provide sufficient protection of the modular structures during transport and on-site. Module connections can be protected through installation of a divider plank on the façade boarding and taping the joints. The nominated Class 1 RAV, low loader with maximum gross tonnes of 92.5 tonnes, is required to conform with Mainroads’ Oversize Period Permit to allow safe movement of the dwellings and structures and prevent damages on existing infrastructure along its route. Crane sizes used to lift modular structures usually range from 20 to 350 tonnes, although for this instance, location of safe access points, rotation allowed, and the desired heights is critical. Materials
Kg CO2 (eq/kg)
Concrete Steel Timber Clay bricks Insulation
0.19 2.21 0.45 0.24 3.24
Total carbon footprint
11246 (EQ)
Weight of materials (Kg) 2000 100 14000 500 5000
Impact of materials (eq) 380 326 6369 119 1620
Offsite volumetric construction
Number of days for completion
Ground floor
50 days
First floor Second floor
50 days 50 days
Third Floor Roof Total number of days
50 days 20 days 220 days
Volumetric installation
Number of days for complication
Ground floor
7 days
First floor Second floor
12 days 12 days
Third Floor.
12 days
Roof
11 days
Total number of days
54 days
17 trucks (Modules A + B)
Max H Max W 3.5
19 trucks (Modules C + D + E) 4 trucks (Module F) Total of 40 trucks required
3.5 3.5
Max L 4
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ADVANCED TECHNOLOGICAL SYSTEMS BRIEF. Students are expected to critically analyse the environmental and technical systems related to complex precedent architectural projects in the first two reports. It is recommended that the students consult with the tutors and receive confirmation for their selected precedent project/s and systems. They can also choose one of the case study buildings that we offer. The last submission is consolidation of the findings of the first two assignments through accurate and detailed documentation, drawings, and model. At this stage students are required to submit a portfolio and fabricate a real scale adaptive envelope that is responsive to environmental and technical condition. This adaptive skin could be dynamic, retractable, movable, or flexible. An example of that is a kinetic facade with geometric components that transforms to regulate daylight. A Kinetic façade could allow parts of the structure to move without reducing the overall structural integrity. Students are encouraged to be bold and innovative. To put asides the restraints that might be informed by their preconceptions of what an envelope is. This design can blur the boundaries between indoors and outdoors, between the built and the natural.
PROJECT DATE: FEBRUARY 2020- JUNE 2020 LOCATION: COMO THE TREASURY, PERTH.
Newer developments around the Como treasury such as the QTB towers towards the north east block direct sunlight and cause overshadowing in the building during winter months. In the summer months the altitude of the sun is high due to which the QTB towers provide minimum shade and cause higher heat gain through the atrium roof. Window openings are overshadowed due to deeper inset and ornamental overhangs present in the building. At instances window openings have been abolished and absorbed into the building fabric. Central atrium is overshadowed by surrounding high pitched roofs. A sefaira analysis on the buildings CAD model concludes the failure of the daylighting design strategies has resulted into a building spaces with significantly reduced daylight factor to 1.6% .
THE SOLUTION.
DESIGN ADVISOR.
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THE ISSUE.
The suggested DCDASE is an effective dynamic solution comprising of alternating reflective louvers and photo voltaic louvers that track the movement of the sun. The DCDASE addresses the Como treasuries daylighting issue and is tested to increase the daylighting factor within the atrium space by 0.68%. Moreover, the DCDASE will provide effective shade in summer, generate electricity through solar radiation to power its LED lights which is an additional lighting feature at night. 23
ADAPTIVE BUILDING ENVELOPE INSTALLATION.
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ADAPTIVE BUILDING ENVELOPE PERFORMANCE.
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ADAPTIVE BUILDING ENVELOPE DETAILS.
APERTURE SECTION A-A
PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK STUDENT VERSION
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AWARDS AND VOLUNTEERING .
GET IN TOUCH.
Name: Pranav Gaud. Phone: 0406646831 Email: pranav.gaud@postgrad.curtin.edu.au LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ pranav-gaud-7aaa05147 28
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Name: Pranav Gaud. Phone: 0406646831 Email: pranav.gaud@postgrad.curtin.edu.au LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/pranav-gaud-7aaa05147
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