2022 Portfolio by Rajan

PORTFOLIO RAJAN

KAR MAC HARYA

CONTACT INFORMATION Rajan Karmacharya ar.rajan.karmacharya@gmail.com (512) 517-1611 issuu.com/rajan.karmacharya www.linkedin.com/in/rkarma

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TOTAL PHYSICAL FITNESS CENTER STUDIO 2.0, KATHMANDU, NEPAL | 2021

STREET TACO STUDIO 2.0, KATHMANDU, NEPAL | 2019

ARUN COMPLEX MIXED USE BUILDING, NEPALGUNJ, NEPAL | 2019

DYNAMIC PER҃SISTERS LOUISIANA UNIVERSITIES MARINE CONSORTIUM, CHAUVIN, LA | 2017

WORK + PLAY + INTERACT OFFICE SPECULATIVE BUILDING, NEW ORLEANS, LA | 2016

WABASH ARTS CENTER ARTS CENTER, CHICAGO, IL | 2015

MC AC

MID҃CITY ARTS CENTER ARTS CENTER, BATON ROUGE, LA | 2015

CAMOUFLAGE DATA CENTER, BIG BEND NATIONAL PARK, TX | 2015

CLOSE TO YOUR ROOTS BUILDING TRUST INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION, MONGOLIA | 2014

NIRVANA MIXED USE BUILDING, LAFAYETTE, LA | 2012

ART PROJECTS 2011 2022

TOTAL PHYSICAL FITNESS CENTER STUDIO 2.0, KATHMANDU | 2021

Established in 2001, Total Physical Fitness Center (TPFC) has been in the physical fraternity for over two decades. TPFC supports training, with both exper se and equipment, in areas such as bodybuilding/sculp ng, weight-loss cardio, body weight cardio, combat training, circuit training and aerobics. To meet the growing demand, and vision to build fitness as a way of life, TPFC team started to build a new training space in 2020. We used a detailed BIM model from the begining to explore design possibili es. We took inspira on from industrial crossfit box aesthe cs and developed an open gym concept focused on minimum use of walls. Primary construc on materials included concrete, steel and glass. Detailed drawings and diagrams were designed to clearly understand the eﬃciency of the concept and eventually communicated to the clients for execu on.

ISOMETRIC PROGRAM DIAGRAM: Using BIM 6

EXTERIOR VIEW: Front Design

DESIGN TOOLS

On the second floor of the main building, we designed a glass wall facade on the front. In addi on, open mul func onal space was designed in the back end of the facility which provides spectacular view of the main gym floor below.

EXTERIOR VIEW: Front

INTERIOR VIEW: Cardio Space at Second floor

INTERIOR VIEW: Main Gym Space at First Floor 7

TOTAL PHYSICAL FITNESS CENTER STUDIO 2.0, KATHMANDU, NEPAL | 2021

The second floor interior wall along the front facade was painted with a graﬃ styled block le ers with the name of the gym for signage. Gym members can see the signage from the street through the facade. We first designed the murals and created drawings following the same principles used for the construc on process for the ar st to follow.

ART WALL: Design and Execu on

FRONT MURAL SIGNAGE 8

DESIGN TOOLS

Art murals of local athletes were painted on the main gym wall for mo va on. When execu ng, we allowed the ar sts to express themselves and incorporate their own styles into the art works. 12’ x 70’ ART MURAL

MAIN OPEN GYM: Final Mural 9

STREET TACO STUDIO 2.0, KATHMANDU, NEPAL | 2019

Located in the busy streets of Kathmandu, the goal of the project was to capture the street culture and integrate it into the restaurant. The brand was designed on the basis of client’s desire to serve quality tacos at aﬀordable price. In considera on of Mexican heritage and street art of Kathmandu, the interior of the restaurant was designed using murals as well as collages. The name ‘Street Taco’ was chosen to reflect this essence of street vendors and tradi onal culture. The design framework for the restaurant was set up to be used as franchise in the future. The design helped the client materialize his vision and most importantly added value - to his business and Nepali food industry as a whole. Vicinity map

EXTERIOR VIEW: Night me 10

DESIGN TOOLS

WHEATPASTE (8’ x 8’): Street photography of the city

ISO VIEW: BIM model INSPIRATIONS

Poloroid Wall, Casey Neistat Studio

MURAL (8’ x 16’): Calligraﬃ of the name of restaurant

Vandal Restaurant, New York 11

STREET TACO STUDIO 2.0, KATHMANDU, NEPAL | 2019

For the collage, we incorporated street photography into the wall to con nue the urban aesthe cs. Due to limited budget of the client, we used the wheatpas ng technique. The wall would also act as an interac ve pla orm for customers to write and express their thoughts.

LOGO: S cker design

WHEATPASTING: Street photography of the city 12

WORK IN PROGRESS: Wheatpas ng

DESIGN TOOLS

The space was designed to act as a backdrop for the street food that was going to be served at the restaurant. The colors of the mural were inspired by the vibrant colors of mexican street food ingredients like avacados and dripping nacho cheese.

PAINTING MURAL: Background PAINTING MURAL: Foreground

MURAL: Calligraﬃ of the name of restaurant 13

ARUN COMPLEX STUDIO 2.0, NEPALGUNJ, NEPAL | 2019

Arun Complex is a repurposed mixed use commercial building in Nepalgunj, Nepal. We were invited to design the interior spaces for this project by the client. The project was being developed using fast track delivery method in two phases. Phase I was a clothing store on the second floor, phase II was a restaurant and bar on the third floor. For the retail space, we took a minimalist approach to produce airy layout with simple and cozy appeal. This was cri cal element in our design as we wanted to allow the customers to move easily between diﬀerent clothing sec ons. In addi on, we selected a neutral color scheme to maintain the utmost focus on the apparel on display.

INTERIOR RENDERING 14

DIAGRAM: Building Program

DESIGN TOOLS

We started oﬀ with crea ng a detailed BIM model to explore diﬀerent design op ons and come up with the ideal design solu on. To create a welcoming family restaurant, we wanted to bring in the outdoor picnic experience within the comfort of fine dining, while the customers could enjoy the local delicacies. We designed green walls around the sea ng areas in a well lit and temperature maintained space, as the site was located in a hot and humid region. ISOMETRIC VIEW: Detailed BIM Model

INTERIOR RENDERING: Restaurant dining area with green walls 15

DYNAMIC PER҃SISTERS LOUISIANA UNIVERSITIES MARINE CONSORTIUM, CHAUVIN, LA | 2017

The coast of Louisiana is a working coast. The environment of coastal Louisiana includes both natural landscape and man-made infrastructure. These site elements are part of a dynamic environmental ecosystem. This system is rapidly changing - from con nued deteriora on of the coastal wetlands, to the rising sea level. Instead of figh ng the change, adap ng to this changing environment would help find a balance between the environment and its inhabitants. Collage and colladle (a hybrid of collage and model) was constructed to further understand and create the rela onship between the environment and its inhabitants.

PHILL: A saltwater filtering amphibian creature that lives on the coastline 16

COLLADEL

DESIGN TOOLS

A diagramma c model was created to analyze the exis ng program of the second floor. When crea ng this model, all the borderline was outlined with a diﬀerent color threads. A er this study, the exis ng rela onships between diﬀerent spaces were analyzed.

PHYSICAL MODEL: Diagramma c model of the program analysis of the exis ng building 17

DYNAMIC PER҃SISTERS LOUISIANA UNIVERSITIES MARINE CONSORTIUM, CHAUVIN, LA | 2017

The extension of LUMCON will act very similar to Phill (the saltwater filtering creature). It will filter the research informa on into the database. As Le Corbusier famously said “the house is a machine we live in”, the new LUMCON will be the machine for research. This moving architectural machine will collect, filter/analyze and store informa on on the field of research and will have enough lab and residen al spaces for 12 scien sts to work and live.

EXTERIOR SECTIONAL RENDERING

EXTERIOR RENDERING 18

INTERIOR RENDERING

DESIGN TOOLS

Moreover, few of the research laboratories, researcher’s oﬃces and residen al spaces will designed into a movable modular units. These units can be transfered to the new mobile extension during field research. When these movable modular research units and the residen al units (of researchers) are transfered to the new extension, the vacuum of space in the exis ng building will be used as mul -func onal informa on spaces and residen al spaces for public use. This exchange maintains the eﬃciency of the building occupancy.

ISOMETRIC PROGRAM DIAGRAM 19

WORK + PLAY + INTERACT OFFICE SPECULATIVE BUILDING, NEW ORLEANS, LA | 2016

The major goal of this project is to design oﬃce spaces with a public plaza on the site. This approach enhances the exis ng poten al of the site for more social interac ons and is reinforced by the exterior balconies that are inspired by the balconies in Bourbon Street. The exterior walls of the balcony also serves as a ver cal garden to the people on the opposite side of the building. The Piazza d’Italia, a historic landmark of New Orleans, integrated in the design serves as a focal point of all the social spaces in the site.

EXTERIOR RENDERING: Looking into the main public plaza 20

DESIGN TOOLS

INSPIRATION

Bourbon Street, New Orleans, LA

Musical Legends Park Bourbon Street

SITE MODEL

PARTI MODELS: Showing the process of the building volume 21

WORK + PLAY + INTERACT OFFICE SPECULATIVE BUILDING, NEW ORLEANS, LA | 2016

BUILDING SECTIONS 22

DESIGN TOOLS

PHYSICAL MODELS 23

WABASH ARTS CENTER ARTS CENTER, CHICAGO, IL | 2015

Wabash Arts Corridor lies hidden within the grid of Chicago. The objec ve of this project is to highlight the Wabash Arts Center - the jewel of this corridor. Wabash Arts Center will be a hub for public art and engagement. It will encourage people to interact with each other and with arts by being a social interac on space for local people and an informa on center for the tourists. Most people do not realize that there is an arts corridor on S Wabash Street. So, it is important that people realize that WAC is a living urban canvas of Chicago. The main circula on of the building itself acts as corridor that cuts the building. This main corridor will ac vely interact with the main programs of the building.

SITE MODEL

INTERIOR RENDERING: Main corridor space 24

DESIGN TOOLS

EXISTING ARTWORK SPACES SITE

EXISTING ARTWORK SPACES POTENTIAL ARTWORK SPACES SITE

SITE INTERVENTION POTENTIAL ARTWIRK SURFACE WITH SITE INTERVENTION POTENTIAL ARTWORK SPACE EXISTING ARTWORK SPACE PROPOSED BUILDING

EXISTING ARTWORK SPACES POTENTIAL ARTWORK SPACES SITE INTERVENTION

PARTI DIAGRAMS 25

MC AC

MID҃CITY ART CENTER ARTS CENTER, BATON ROUGE, LA | 2015

The Mid-City Arts Center lies in the heart of Mid-City Baton Rouge, Louisiana. It is an art incubator project where four ar sts can research, create, exhibit, enjoy and inspire while residing under the same roof. The project includes four apartment units, a public library, four studios, a bar, mul ple classrooms and an exhibi on gallery.

EXTERIOR RENDERING: Night view 26

DESIGN TOOLS

PROCESS MODELS:

The exhibit on space is the core of the project, so it is equally accessible from all the other spaces in the building. The building is in the center of the city itself, so it is accessible to the local community to have decent social interac ons while also enjoying the art within. INTERIOR RENDERING

EXTERIOR RENDERING 27

CAMOUFLAGE DATA CENTER, BIG BEND, TX | 2015

In the research from 1951 tled “The Chemical Basis of Morphogenesis”, Alan Turing analyzed the pa er-forming processes in the nature. These processes were a result of two different chemicals reac ng with each other with different diffusion rates crea ng zebra stripes. Inspired by this phenomenon, the dual nature of human and computer spaces is projected inside this building using the reac on diffusion equa on. Th equa on was also used to generate the facade of the building, camouflaging itself with the rocky desert surroundings.

SITE MODEL CLOSE UP 28

DESIGN TOOLS

GENERATIVE DEVICE:

Morphogenesis algorithm

CLOSE TO YOUR ROOTS BUILDING TRUST INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION, MONGOLIA | 2014

Building Trust Interna onal and the Government of Mongolia announced an interna onal design compe on for a school design proposal that could withstand the extreme Mongolian climate. The compe on challenged architects, designers and engineers to provide a design solu on which could reshape the future of school buildings across cold regions globally. My team prososed a design which would act as a safe and comfortable learning environment that could withstand the extreme temperatures of Mongolia.

BOARD 1 30

DESIGN TOOLS

BOARD 2 31

CLOSE TO YOUR ROOTS BUILDING TRUST INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION, MONGOLIA | 2014

BOARD 3 32

DESIGN TOOLS

Team members: Rajan Karmacharya, Chandra H. Prajapa , Heman ka R.L. Palikhe, Sagar Chitrakar, Sanjeev Shrestha

BOARD 4 33

NIRVANA MIXED USE BUILDING, LAFAYETTE, LA | 2012

Nirvana is a state of freedom from any human desires or suﬀerings caused by desire. The design has followed the so formed path of dematerializa on. The openness created by the facade followed by the closeness created by the wall behind the building signifies the duality of the design. The gradual changes in the materials and the openness in the wall conveys the idea of nirvana through it.

EXTERIOR RENDERING 34

DESIGN TOOLS

PROCESS MODELS 35

ART PROJECTS

ALEXANDRE MOUTON HOUSE LAFAYETTE, LA | 2013 The hand sketch of Alexandre Mouton House was drawn for the cover sheet of 2013 Charles E. Peterson Prize (presented by Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) and AIA). As a project by the students of University of Louisiana Lafaye e, I along with other teammates were Awarded the First Prize.

COVERSHEET HANDSKETCH 36

First Place

MANI MANDAP ҃ TWO WOODEN HISTORIC PAVILIONS PATAN, NEPAL | 2014 Immediately across from Bhimsen Temple is the sunken Manga Hi , one of the water conduits of Patan, Nepal. Overlooking this water stone spout are two wooden pavilions know as Mani Mandap, which were built in 1700 for the use in the elaborate ceremonies at royal corona ons - one of the shelter features a serpent-backed throne.

ART PROJECTS HANDSKETCHES

SHIVALAYA PASHUPATI TEMPLE COMPLEX KATHMANDU, NEPAL | 2014 Across the Bagma River, opposite to the main Pashupa Temple, are 15 vo ve shrines, the Pandra Shivalaya, which were built to enshrine lingas in memory of deceased persons between 1859 and 1869.

CHARCOAL DRAWINGS

STILL DRAWING ASSIGNMENT, 2011

MAA, 2011 39

ART PROJECTS ARCHIST STUDIO PROJECTS

ARCHIST STUDIO 2018. In 2018, I started archist studio as a crea ve outlet to experiment with art and technology. Under this belt, I designed graphics, murals, digital pain ngs and augmented reality anima ons.

CYBERMONK_2047 STREET ART FESTIVAL, 2020 Due to the popula on explosion and industrial expansion of the metropolis by 2047, the only refuge an urban monk will find will be virtual reality. This artwork was a part of Project/Forward: 2047 organized by Micro Galleries and Kaalo 101. Project/Forward: 2047 was a two day global projec on art fes val screening over 45 artworks across the world in Jordan, Colombia, Kenya, Indonesia, Peru, Hong Kong, Austria, Australia, Spain, Italy, U.S. and Nepal. Ar sts of Micro Galleries and around the world banded together to prove COVID was not a brake, but a fuel for them to see the future.

BRAHMA AUGMENTED REALITY STICKER, 2019 Brahma, in hindu mythology, is a god of crea on. Ar sts are Brahma in essence since they create art.

QUEEN COMMISSIONED ARTWORK, 2020 The game never changes, nor do the rules. But are we even sure we’re on the same game? Or did we too get lost in transla on? Does this do any “real” harm? Is the reality we live in real or is it something they made us believe what reality really is?

ART PROJECTS ARCHIST STUDIO PROJECTS

KAALO ALBUM COVER, 2018 Kaalo was an albulm cover for a local ar st in Kathmandu. The cover outlines the body of the ar st and can be viewed as an anima on as well. The anima on is uploaded to youtube “Uniq Poet - Kaalo (Full Album)” with his music.

FRONT COVER

BACK COVER 42

YO NEPALI LIFE PODCAST BRANDING, 2021 During COVID lockdown, I was involved in a podcast project, Yo Nepali Life. I handled the graphics for social media marke ng and edited videos for the podcast. It can be viewed on Yo Nepali Life Youtube channel.

KATHMANDU GRAFFITTI PATTERN CALLIGRAPHY, 2020 Inspired by The Burberry brand’s new logo pa ern, the “Devanagiri” script was used as an ambigram graﬃ pa ern.

Rajan Karmacharya ar.rajan.karmacharya@gmail.com (512) 517-1611 issuu.com/rajan.karmacharya www.linkedin.com/in/rkarma