PORTFOLIO RAKSHA MAGAL
magalraksha@gmail.com
RAKSHA MAGAL
Ph. +1 (217) 693 2233 l Mail. magalraksha@gmail.com l Add. 509 Bash ct, Chamaign, IL l Linked in. www.linkedin.com/in/rakshamagal EDUCATION
WORK EXPERIENCE
Master of Architecture University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA
Aug 2018 - May 2020
Bachelor of Architecture RV School of Architecture, India
Aug 2012 - May 2017
Graduate Teaching Assistant Jan 2020 - May 2020 Structural Fundamentals l Sophmore level course University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA The course is a study of structural fundamentals in the field of Architecture. I teach and mentor 25 students, coordinate and grade class assignments. My main duty is to help students to understand the basic concepts involved in structures. Graduate Teaching Assistant Aug 2019 - Dec 2019 Planning and Design of Structural Systems l Graduate level course University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA The course addressed the selection, planning and preliminary design of structural systems in buildings. I taught and mentored 25 students in lab assignments and two projects on deployable structural systems. My main responsibilities included coordinating and grading assignments and term exams. Architect l Junior architect May 2017 - Apr 2018 The Studio (Architecture and Interior firm), India I worked on several projects including residential projects, residential interiors, commercial and office interiors. My duties included the mentoring of 2 interns. I worked on projects at conceptual design phase, 3d modelling and visualisation, client presentations, construction documents, coordinationof site activities and vendors. Architect l Intern May 2016 - Apr 2017 Studio Etendre, India I worked on residential projects, hospitality projects and public projects including parks, memorial and a historical restoration project. I worked on projects at conceptual design phase, 3d modelling and visualisation, client presentations, construction documents, coordination of site activities and vendors.
AWARDS AND RECOGNITION
First rank and Gold Medal - Bachelor of Architecture RV School of Architecture, India Member - Gargoyle Architecture Honors Society University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA Honorable Mention - Graduate Student Excellence Award University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA
PUBLICATIONS
Work featured in ‘Think like an Architect’ Book to be published by RIBA Publishing in late 2020 Author - Randall Deutsch
SOFTWARE SKILLS
Architectural modeling Revit Arch, Rhinoceres 3D, Google Sketchup, AutoCAD, Grasshopper
May 2017 Jan 2018 - May 2020 Spring 2020 Fall 2019
Visualization V-Ray, Lumion, Enscape, Adobe Suite, Procreate Energy modeling and analysis Sefaira, Open Studio, Simscale, ANSYS Fluent, Grasshopper Plugins - DIVA, Weavebird, Ladybug, Honeybee, Buttterfly, Human UI, Lunchbox, Kangaroo, WUFI, Therm
CONTENTS TOWER OASIS
academic l graduate l Fall 2019
INDIANA MOTORSPEEDWAY MUSEUM academic l graduate l Spring 2020
CHAMPAIGN ART COMPLEX academic l graduate l Fall 2018
URBAN SYMBIOSIS
acdemic l graduate l Spring 2019
HOUSE BY THE SEA
professional l residence l competition entry
MADHUSUDAHN RESIDENCE
professional l interiors l 2018 l completed
BKDB MEMORIAL PARK
professional l landscape l 2017-2018 l under construction
EXPERIMENTAL ENVELOPE academic l graduate l Fall 2019
PASSIVE HOUSE DESIGN academic l graduate l Fall 2019
TOWER OASIS Type: Academic Teammates: Yuyang Liu; Aaron Deroux School: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Professor: Paul Armstrong Studio: High-rise and Habitat studio Year: Fall 2019 Site: 320 North water st., Chicago, IL
Located in the bustling downtown of Chicago, this tower is a high-rise building which is meant to act like the Oasis of the area. Self-contained in every way this tower features a hotel, residential units along with various amenities including a business center, spa, restaurant and a co-working area. The key feature of the building is however the series of sky-gardens which twist their way throughout the building vertically. These sky gardens offer unique views and act as the interactive hubs of the tower. Moreover, the sky gardens are also deigned to act as the lungs of the building. By allowing natural ventilation, the sky-gardens of the building in a way “breathe�.
Perspective view l Form iterations
Building Section
Form development diagrams l North Elevation
Structural diagrams l HVAC and MEP Diagrams
Building envelope changes to seasonal changes
ALUMINIUM MAINTENANCE CATWALK
OUTER LAYER OF DOUBLE SKIN FACADE
INSULATED LOUVRES TO ALLOW VENTILATION
OUTER LAYER OF DOUBLE SKIN ENVELOPE
SECONDARY BEAM TO SUPPORT CURTAIN WALL
INNER LAYER OF DOUBLE SKIN FACADE
INSULATED LOUVRES TO ALLOW VENTILATION
INNER LAYER OF DOUBLE SKIN ENVELOPE
Double envelope curtain wall detail
Detailed wall section at skygarden
INDIANA MOTOR SPEEDWAY MUSEUM
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Type: Academic School: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Professor: Ralph Hammann Studio: IMS Masterplan and Design Year: Spring 2020 Site: 4790 W 16th St, Indianapolis, IN 46222 Exisiting Building Exisiting Building
Broad design intent:
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Creating a loop circulation for the visitors that reflects the shape of the race track around and creates an efficient viewing experience for the visitors.
E and wings removed E and WW wings removed
The main idea behind this proposal was the movement of visitors as they circulate through the exhibits. A linear movement was considered because it offers lesser chances of missing out on an exhibit. To avoid passing through the same exhibits again, a linear circulation was considered. The loop was then raised to different heights to capture views and to facilitate a narrative in the exhibits. This idea helped create a central atrium/ lobby flooded with light and around which all the circulation happens.
Proposed Proposed Loop Loop Circulation Circulation
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Scullpting the building using Scullpting the building using site lines site lines
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Rou Round
Exisiting Exisiting Building Building Exisiting Building
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EEand Eand and W WW wings wings wings removed removed removed
Proposed Proposed Loop Loop Circulation Circulation Proposed Loop Circulation
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Scullpting the building using Scullpting Scullpting the the building building using using site lines site site lines lines
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Rounded Rounded Corners Corners Rounded Corners
Form Evolution Diagrams
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Exterior view
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- Point of Entry into Exhibit Area - History of Speedway Museum - History of Racing Events at IMS - Race Day - Simulators - What it takes - Thrill of racing
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7 - Future of Racing 8 - Collections 9 - Design workshop 10 - Maintenance garage 11 - Gift Shop and Photo Booths
Conceptual Diagrams
Sunken Memorial Garden
Race day Security Parking
Surface Parking Entrance Plaza Spectator Mounds
Site plan l View of Atrium from Entry Tunnel
Daylighting studies of First Floor on Jun 21, Sep 21 and Dec 21
Photo Voltaic Panels
PV panels mounted on North light Truss on top of Atrium. Panels face South and are inlcined at an angle of 39 degrees.
Extensive Green Roof
Green Roof over the exhibition area to improve thermal performance of the building and improve general air quality.
Natural Ventilation and Night Cooling
Building envelope is partially operable and controlled by BAS to allow natural ventilation during shoulder seasons.
Parametric Shading Device (Fixed)
PhotoVoltaics - 25,528 sft of 146,576 sft (17% of total roof area)
Designed to allow optimal daylight within the buiding
Approach to Sustainability
End use/Annual
Energy Mix/Annual : Without PV
Energy Mix/Annual : With PV Renewable Energy = 23% 556,605 kWh
Non-Renewable Energy = 77% 1,876,754 kWh
Photovoltaic Efficiency Studies for PV panels above atrium
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DETAIL D
DETAIL D
25'
DETAIL C
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DETAIL B
DETAIL A
DETAIL C
Vapour semi-permeable textured wall
Aluminum Composite Paneling Aluminum composite paneling coping system Flashing WRB Board Rigid Insulation
Gypsum Board Metal channel or Wood Furring CMU Vapour Barrier
Gravel Precast Concrete Block Retention tee Soil Filter Fabric Reservoir Layer, Moisture retention layer and aeration layer Three layers of rigid insulation, staggered and placed Drainage Layer and Root Barrier Cant
Exterior rigid insulation Drained Cavity Grey Brick Veneer Horizontal Reinforcement Floor finish Expanded polystyrene rigid insulation Continuous concrete slab Concrete beam
Spray on Fire Proofing
Sealent and backer rod
Aluminum mullion with embedded structural steel
Flashing
Secondary Beams to support Roof Deck
Shelf angle
Compression rod - steel T profile Shading Device - 4mm Aluminum sheet with associated framework Double pane low e Glazing
DETAIL B
Concrete Foundation Wall 3" Rigid Insulation Metal Stud wall with infill of insulation
Steel Column seen in elevation Floor Finish Rigid Insulation
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gypsum interior wall board
3 4"
gravel to act as capillary break
Steel Decking with concrete topping
Perforated drain pipe
Shear Stud Spray on Fire Proofing
Flooring System Concrete slab
Primary Structural Wide Flange Beam
Expanded polystyrene rigid insulation
Vapour Barrier
Capillary break over footing (Damp-proofing or membrane)
WRB Board Aluminum Composite Paneling with Weep Holes
Concrete Footing
Vapour semi-permeable textured wall finish with Gypsum Board Backing
3 4"
CMU
Filter Fabric
Gravel as sill thermal break + capilla
Grey Brick Veneer
DETAIL A
Detailed Wall Section
Double Pane glass with Low e coating on layer 2, with performance characteristics listed in Table below Metal spacer and Sealent Urethane Thermal Break EPDM Sealant (Ethylene Propylene Diene Monomer) Mullion Frame made of Aluminum Alloy , oxidized and mill finished Mullion Frame Cap Metal support frame work for shading device
Summer Conditions
Double Pane glass with Low e coating on layer 2, with performance characteristics listed in Table below Metal spacer and Sealent Urethane Thermal Break EPDM Sealant (Ethylene Propylene Diene Monomer) Mullion Frame made of Aluminum Alloy , oxidized and mill finished Mullion Frame Cap Metal support frame work for shading device
Temperature at this point = 62.5 degrees F
Winter Conditions
Detailed Section through Glazing l Therm study of the Glazing Unit
Opaque Wall Assembly Detail
Vapour semi-permeable textured wall finish Gypsum Board Metal channel or Wood Furring CMU Vapour Barrier Exterior rigid insulation Drained Cavity Grey Brick Veneer Horizontal Reinforcement
Total Thickness: 21.122 in R-Value: 73.95 h ft² °F/Btu U-Value: 0.013 Btu/h ft²°F
Boundary Conditions
OBSERVATIONS AND INFERENCES: Over the three year period of simulation run, it can be observed that despite large fluctuations in exterior temperature, the interior temperature remains steady at about 20 degrees Celsius to 25 degrees Celsius (68 degrees F to 77 degrees F). Thus the proposed wall assembly proves succesful in creating a thermal barrier. The Relative Humidity falls rapidly at he vapour barrier stage (can be observed in the profiles) and the interior RH fluctuates anywhere between 20% to 50%. It has been shown that this fluctuaiton is acceptable while considering prevention of condensation onto the interior of the building envelope. The water content in the wall assembly remains high in the exterior brick veneer layer but drops after the vapour and misture barrier.
Detailed Section through Opaque Wall Section l WUFI Study of the Opaque Wall Assembly
Extensive Green Roof
Primary steel structure Shading Device
Aluminium paneling
Strip window
Concrete structure for basement
Extensive Green Roof
Primary steel structure Shading Device
Extensive Green Roof
Primary steel structure Insulated Louvered window for Night ventilation
Aluminium paneling
Strip window
Concrete structure for basement
Steel deck with concrete topping
Concrete structure for basement
Wall section visualized in 3d
ZONE 3 ZONE 2
BOH + THEATRE
RESTAURANT + KITCHEN
ZONE 4 LOBBY
ZONE 1
ZONE 5 GIFT SHOP
EXHIBITION
ZONE 6
ENTRANCE FOYER
Branch duct Vertical Chase for plumbing Vertical Chases for supply and return air Hydronic Radiant Embedded Flooring
Supply duct connected to high velocity nozzles for the Atrium
HVAC Plan of First Floor l Axometric Visulaization of a portion of the Frist Floor with HVAC system
EXPERIMENTAL ENVELOPE Type: Academic School: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Professor: Scott Murray Elective: Experimental Envelopes Year: Fall 2019 Site: Miami, FL
This course was designed to study in detail the envelope of buildings. It involved a project of designing the envelope for an office building located in Miami, FL. The design was done in four phases. The first phase involved the design of a geometry for the envelope. It included the creation of 3 iterations with 15%, 30% and 60% glazing respectively. The second phase involved the design of shading devices and studying their impact on the energy consumption and daylighting within the building. The third phase included adding materiality to the wall section including insulation, fire proofing, drop ceilings and flooring. The final phase studied the impact of PV on the energy usage of the building. The major observations of the project were that the project, located in Miami, had maximum energy consumption for cooling. Heating energy needs were negligible. This energy need and the EUI number was drastically improved by shading devices which played an important role especially in the south and the west facades. Reducing the SHGC and infiltration rate, PV panels on the roof also helped to drastically improve the EUI number.
View of proposed Facade design
Iterations of Facade
Elevations
Energy analysis
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WALL : Metal stud wall supporting 3” of cellular polyurrethane insulation on the outside (R =3 x 6.25 = 18.75) and cellular polyurrethane insulation (5“) in interior (R = 5 x 6.25 = 31.25) + interior finish board
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GLAZING : Double-pane, with low-e + 50% frit, argon
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DROPPED CEILING
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GFRC PANELS: 1” GFRC panel attached with C-clip and undercut anchor
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SHADING DEVICE : Painted punched metal sheet 3mm supported on steel channel sections
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FLOORING: Raised floor with stone tiles over 9” concrete slab
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Detailed wall section
PASSIVE HOUSE DESIGN Type: Academic School: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Professor: Scott Murray Elective: Independent Study on Passive means of climatic control Year: Fall 2019 Site: Blue Ridge Mountains, Virginia
This was an independent research project done to study the various ways of passively combating climatic conditions in various sites across the world. It involved the study of various examples in different climatic zones around the world. After this, a small residence was to be designed in one of the studied locations, Virginia. Virginia’s climate is such that it has almost equal number of heating degree days and cooling degree days. To achieve passive cooling the important steps taken in design were high thermal mass for walls, location of maximum glazing to south to achieve winter solar gain and an attempt has also been made to achieve passive heating and cooling by convective flow of air. The main design idea was to explore and push the boundaries of a traditional Trombe wall. The space in between the thermal mass wall and glazing in a Trombe wall cross section was expanded to create living double height spaces. During the winter the solar gain from the glazing causes the hot air to rise and is sucked into a cavity wall by the mechanical means of a fan. The hot air releases energy to adjacent spaces as it cools, and the cool air moves down and a convective cycle is achieved. During the summer the windows are kept shut and fresh cool air is drawn in through Earth tubes into the cavity wall. As the cool air gets heated up by the thermal mass, it absorbs heat from adjacent spaces (thus cooling them) and rises and is exhausted by stack ventilation.
Elevation View
FIRST FLOOR PLAN
SECOND FLOOR PLAN
STACK VENTILATION FOR CONVECTIVE OUTFLOW
ROOF WITH OVERHANG
CAVITY WALL FOR CONVECTIVE AIR FLOW
SOUTH GLAZING
CAVITY WALL FOR CONVECTIVE AIR FLOW
SOUTH GLAZING
SHADING DEVICE FOR SOUTH GLAZING
Floor Plans l Exploded Axonometric View
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HEATING MODE - WINTER
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1 - SOLAR HEAT GAIN 2 - RADIANT THERMAL ENERGY 3 - COOLTH TUBE OR EARTH TUBE
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COOLING MODE - SUMMER
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Convective air flow diagrams l Daylighitng and Illumination diagrams
DEPLOYABLE STRUCTURES Type: Academic School: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Professor: Sudharshan Krishnan Course: Planning and design of Structural systems Year: Fall 2018
This is a series of three projects meant to explore movement and transformability in architecture. The first of the three projects involved the design of aa deployable sphere using the mechanism devised by Chuck Hoberman. Often called the Hoberman sphere, this project involved the study of angulated scissor members to achieve concentric motion. The second project involved the same principles of motion using scissor elements but employed in a larger scale to a saddle or pringle shaped geometry. The chosen geometry is an anticlastic surface and is a part of a larger hyperboloid structure. The motion or deployment is seen in both the positive curvature and the negative curvature. The third project was the study of kinetic facades and the mechanism of motion. It involved mathematical calculations and geometrical construction to achieve multiple modules to move with one single mechanism.
Deployment photos of Kinetic facade l Diagrams of development of Kinetic facade
Raksha Magal l +1-(217)-693-2233 l magalraksha@gmail.com