PORTFOLIO RAKSHA MAGAL
magalraksha@gmail.com
RAKSHA MAGAL
Mail. magalraksha@gmail.com l Address. 1825 Parker Rd., Apt 311, Coonyers, GA 30094 l Linked in. www.linkedin.com/in/rakshamagal WORK EXPERIENCE
Building Envelope Architect Nov 2020 - Present Raymond LLC, Atlanta, GA, USA As Architect I, I am involved in architectural and building envelope related services. I am responsible for coordinating all design tasks related to the project, with oversight from supervisors. My duties include assigned design tasks, client care tasks and meetings, RFI responses, visual surveys, performance or oversight of testing investigations, coordination and review of other disciplines, project design, drawing/specification development, contract administration and quality assurance inspections. Graduate Teaching Assistant Aug 2019 - May 2020 Planning and Design of Structural Systems l Graduate level course Structural Fundamentals l Sophomore level course University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA The courses addressed the 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 modeling and visualization, client presentations, construction documents, coordination of 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 modeling and visualization, client presentations, construction documents, coordination of site activities and vendors.
EDUCATION
AWARDS AND RECOGNITION
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
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
PUBLICATIONS
Work featured in ‘Think like an Architect’ Book to be published by RIBA Publishing in late 2020 Author - Randall Deutsch University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA
SOFTWARE SKILLS
Architectural modeling Revit Arch, Rhinoceros 3D, Google Sketchup, AutoCAD, Grasshopper
May 2017 Jan 2018 - May 2020 Fall 2019
Visualization V-Ray, Lumion, Enscape, Adobe Suite, Procreate Energy modeling and analysis WUFI, Therm, Sefaira, Open Studio, Simscale, ANSYS Fluent, Grasshopper Plugins - DIVA, Weaverbird, Ladybug, Honeybee, Butterfly, Lunchbox, Kangaroo
CONTENTS PROFESSIONAL WORKS
professional l building envelope l 2020-2021
TOWER OASIS
academic l graduate l Fall 2019
INDIANA MOTOR SPEEDWAY MUSEUM academic l graduate l Spring 2020
CHAMPAIGN ART COMPLEX academic l graduate l Fall 2018
URBAN SYMBIOSIS
acdemic l graduate l Spring 2019
EXPERIMENTAL ENVELOPE academic l graduate l Fall 2019
DEPLOYABLE STRUCTURES academic l graduate l Fall 2018
MADHUSUDAHN RESIDENCE
professional l interiors l 2018 l completed
PROFESSIONAL WORK Type: Professional Firm: Raymond Engineering Role: Building Envelope Consultant Year: 2020-2021
At Raymond LLC, I got an opportunity to participate in the investigation, retrofit and design of many building envelope projects including roofing projects, wall assembly design and investigation as well as energy modelling. Most of the projects were based in SouthEast USA ranging including Florida, North Carolina, Georgia and Alabama. The design of building envelopes involved code analysis (IECC, IBC, IPC, ASHRAE, PHIUS+ 2015); Drainage calculations, R- and Uvalue calculations, materials and product selections, IR drone scans, Wind calcuations and structural coordination. I also got the opportunity to perform hygrothermal testing for several existing and proposed wall and roof assemblies using WUFI and THERM. The opportunity to deisgn intricate details to meet site, waterproofing and energy requirements were plenty.
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METAL SCUPPER LINER. FABRICATE WITH 4 INCH FLANGES ON ALL SIDES AND ROUNDED CORNERS. SECURE FLANGES TO SUBSTRATE.
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REINFORCED PMMA SYSTEM
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KEY PERSONS AND APPROVALS
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Exterior wall Assembly l Boundary Conditions
Inference: • Thermal behavior of assembly is satisfactory. • Possibility of condensation at intermediate layer of stucco. Temperature at intermediate layer of Stucco comes dangerously close to dew point temperature during some seasons of the year. May result in condensation at this layer. WUFI Analysis of Wall Section l Therm Analysis of Wall Section l Inference
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
ITERATION 01: Separate expression of tower and podium with a roof garden separating the two.
ITERATION 02: Tower meets the ground towards the street but is read as a separate portion from the podium towards the river.
ITERATION 03: Tower meets the ground at both the river and street sides, but has an extra skin attached at the river side to give rise to a stepped atrium at the riverwalk.
Plaza plan l Evolution of base diagrams
Entrance view l View of stepped atrium
Typical hotel plan l Typical residential plan
STUDIO APARTMENT UNIT
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Unit plans l Interior view of Hotel unit
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
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Detailed wall section at skygarden
INDIANA MOTOR SPEEDWAY MUSEUM
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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.
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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.
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Sunken Memorial Garden
Race day Security Parking
Surface Parking Entrance Plaza Spectator Mounds
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First and Second Floor Plans l Structural Diagram
Building Cross-Sections l View of an Exhibition Area
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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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
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Shelf angle
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Steel Column seen in elevation Floor Finish Rigid Insulation
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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
CHAMPAIGN ART COMPLEX Type: Academic School: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Professor: Bhujon Kang Studio: Experimental invention of ‘Initial Model’ Year: Fall 2018 Site: 211 West Park Ave, Champaign, IL
The program required an art complex to be designed in downtown Champaign, next to the landmark Virginia theatre. Located just off a busy street and flanked by the theatre on one side and the park on the other, the site is a corner site. The design response to the corner site was to create a portal or gateway that opens from the park onto the theatre and the rest of downtown Champaign. Through a series of initial conceptual models, massing and form creation was studied. The final design concept was much like building blocks where volumes were stacked one on top of the other. The concept was simplified to fit in the functions. The complex consists of two masses on the ground which are topped by a long linear gallery on the top. The two lower volumes house the administration, café, smaller galleries as well as a multipurpose informal Amphitheatre to complement the formal stage housed in the Virginia Theatre.
Exterior view
Exterior view l Form generation diagrams
View of Cafe and Reception
First Floor Plan l Second Floor Plan l Third Floor Plan
View of Amphitheatre
URBAN PARASITE Type: Academic Teammates: Stephanie McNicholas, Arunima Ganguli School: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Professor: Yun Kyu Yi Studio: High Performance + Responsive Architecture Year: Spring 2019 Site: Prudential Plaza, Chicago, IL
With rapid urban development, high rises are now common place in most of the large cities in the world. While skyscrapers give a grand overall scale to the city, their impact may not be so favorable at the local level. The sites surrounding most skyscrapers are cast in perpetual shadow making it very dark and still at the ground level. This project tries to address that situation at a prominent site – the Prudential Plaza in downtown Chicago. To achieve good illumination and air circulation at the street level, this project looks at biological systems in nature for clues to achieve the goal. Three such biological systems were studied, namely the cocoon spun by a silk worm, the burrowing habits of a Prairie dog and the movement of sunflower with the sun. These were used to create ‘Cocoons’ some of whose surfaces acted as reflectors to bring sunlight into the hollow created by the surrounding buildings. The sun path was carefully studied at the site level to position these reflectors. The resulting design was a huge Cocoon on the ground that ‘climbs’ up the surrounding building and secondary Cocoons that clung onto the neighboring buildings giving the impression of parasitic insects clinging onto trees. However, despite the name, the interventions were designed to be as unobtrusive as possible. The Cocoons clinging onto the building were treated as step out viewing decks which did not inhibit views, rather enhanced them.
Bird’s eye view of intervention
Site diagrams l Biomimicry diagrams
Exterior View
Exploded view of proposed intervention l Daylighting and illumination diagrams
View of intervention as seen from site
GROUND LVL PLAN
-1 LVL PLAN
-2 LVL PLAN
Sectional cuts through the intevention l Floor plans
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
A
B
15'
C
D
E
F
0' 1' 2'
5'
10'
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
D
GLAZING : Double-pane, with low-e + 50% frit, argon
B
DROPPED CEILING
E
GFRC PANELS: 1” GFRC panel attached with C-clip and undercut anchor
C
SHADING DEVICE : Painted punched metal sheet 3mm supported on steel channel sections
F
FLOORING: Raised floor with stone tiles over 9” concrete slab
A
Detailed wall section
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 stages of Hoberman’s Ring
Deployment photos of Saddle Geometry l Diagrams of Saddle geometry
Deployment photos of Kinetic facade l Diagrams of development of Kinetic facade
MADHUSUDHAN RESIDENCE Type: Profesional Office: The Studio Client: Madhusudhan Family Year: 2017 - 2018 (Completed) Site: Bengaluru, India
This project was an interior design project for Madhusdhan and family. The apartment was an open plan style apartment located in the prestigious Tata Promont apartments in Bangalore, India. The overall floor was broken down by partition walls to create distinct living room, dining room, 3 bedrooms and a media/ entertainment room. The living and dining rooms located in an L-shape configuration in plan were made to read as one coherent volume by using wooden paneling which ran from the wall onto the ceiling. The bedrooms were designed to be minimalistic yet comfortable. Also, as per client requirement, one of the four bedrooms was converted into a media/entertainment room. Special acoustical carpeting and ceiling tiles were used to create a soundproof informal home theatre room.
Interior view of living room
MEDIA ROOM
GUEST BEDROOM
MASTER BEDROOM
DINING ROOM
LIVING ROOM
SECOND BEDROOM
ENTRANCE FOYER
Axonometric view l Interior view of bedrooms
Interior view of media room l Interior view of dining room
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