Architecture Portfolio _ Rishabh Sharma

RISHABH SHARMA Architecture portfolio

sketch of a garden entrance in Madhya Pradesh, India

Selected works presented hereafter is a particular taste developed which relates more to the context, materials & textures.

All together binding the history, both in built & in cultural form, with the present requirements.

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Antico e Nuovo

Ta z i o N u v o l a r i M u s e u m

Academic work

Rawanda Chapel

Common Ruins

Competition work

Double or Nothing

Primary School

Professional work

PRIMARY SCHOOL - NEPAL Post-earthquake rebuilding + expansion a community driven pilot project Community enpowerment - Over years, villagers had somehow deviated from the vernacular technique of construction and have developed a false faith over the strength of cement. Without proper masonary bonds or proper reinforcements or in certain cases just plastering externally with cement, they believe will make the building stand.

We tried to highlight the potential of the local resources, trained the villagers and spread the knowledge through involvement of the community.

Local resources Bamboo as a cheaper substitte of timber came from the village, is used for truss, columns, lintels and window jaalis.

Bamboo reinforcement is used for the RCC tie-beams at sill level and plinth level.

Stones from the local mountains, riverside and from the dug foundation were used for the laying of foundation and wall below sill level.

PROJECT PROFILE Project: Re-building of Sree Sarbodaya Lower Secondary School Site Location: Chhoprak village, Gorkha - Nepal Design Team: Rishabh Sharma, Dipon, Samya Financing NGO: Rescue Gorkha, Kathmandu- Nepal Altitude: 730m above msl Climate: Tropical Built up area: 130 m 2 old wing, 100 m 2 new wing Period of Construction: June ‘2015 - July ‘2015 (7 weeks) Duties undertaken: Team leader of construction team, design & supervision on site, managing labour and resources with the help of locals.

STAGES OF CONSTRUCTION

NEW WING

WEEK 1

REBUILT WING

Foundation Dug

Foundation Dug

Rubble Masonry

Rubble Masonry

Sill Tie-Beam cast

Sill Tie-Beam cast

Lintel Beam tied

Lintel Beam tied

Partitions & Jaalis fixed

Truss placed

WEEK 5

Cutting the nodes of fresh bamboos & sundrying them to remove mositure

WEEK 4

WEEK 3

Clearing of debris on site, & separating the materials to be reused

WEEK 2

Debris Cleared

WEEK 7

WEEK 6

After drying the bamboos, a chemical solution is prepared for dipping and make it resistent to insectisides

The laying of sill level beam with bamboo coulmns

Roof, Partitions & Jaalis fixed

REBUILT WING

DETAILS Styrofoam insulation between bamboo partition panels Double bamboo columns

Split bamboo partition

Bamboo column

Concrete tie beam Bamboo reinforcement

Mud plaster of clay, rice husk & cow dung Cow dung plaster

Random rubble masonry

Front Elevation Detail of the Beam

Detail of the Partition Panel

NEW WING Existing CGI sheet roofing on iron truss Bamboo tie beam at lintel Bamboo column Bamboo reinforced concrete tie beam Random stone masonry till sill level

CGI sheet roofing or bamboo truss Split bamboo Mud plaster over split bamboo Mud plaster over stone masonry

Bamboo tie beam at lintel Double bamboo columns

Split bamboo Bamboo reinforced concrete tie beam

Random stone masonary

Bamboo reinforced concrete tie beam

Section AA’

Section BB’

A’

A

Floor Plan -Rebuilt wing

B

B’

Floor Plan -New wing

Rasin cast model scale 1:500

DOUBLE OR NOTHING Competition entry for Wettbewerb ZHAW Campus T- Winterthur, Switzerland Competition was based around the strategic development of a university campus in Zurich, Switzerland. The competition was limited only to the design of the two main blocks and the landscape design of the campus taking into account the future phases. The main challenging part of the design competition was the programme structure provided. The two blocks had to accomodate a mix of workshops, laboratories, offices and the study zones. In addition to all these, the priority was marked by the clear distinction between the people and goods circulation, and the provision of sufficient common meeting areas per floor.

PROJECT PROFILE: Project: ZHAW Campus T (Competition entry) Site Location: Winterthur, Switzerland Design & Execution Team: XDGA Climate: Warm & Temperate Period of Work: May ‘2018 - July ‘2018 Duties undertaken: Participation in initial design process, entire

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model making task, realistic elevation interpretation Schematic concept diagram: 1. Common meeting areas

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2. Workshops accomodating large

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machineries & inflow of good’s truck 3. Core (good lifts & people lift)

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Context model with volume scale 1:500

4. Light well 5. Open terrace experimental space

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6. Outer glass skin 2

ELEVATION LAYOUTS

Elevations of the two new blocks with the surrounding context and new landscape design. Scale of original drawing- 1:200

The ruin castle of Mothe Chandeniers with the intervention

COMMON RUINS Transforming a castle ruin into a cutting edge tourist destination Young

Architects

Competition - January’2019

Brief - In order to protect and safegaurd the international artistic heritage, YAC invited designers to highlight the natural facination of the castle in order to transform it into a desitination of contemplation and relax for tourists and visitors from all over the world.

Through design, following questions need to be addressed: How to transform a ruin into a cutting edge tourist-accommodation facility? How to make a neo-gothic shell communicate with contemporary architecture? A visitor center aiming at ensuring a unique, spiritual & regenerating hospitality experience.

PROJECT PROFILE:

The characteristics picked for the present interventions on the site:

Project: Common Ruins Site Location: Les Trois-Moutiers, France

Ruins & Relics of Ancient Past

Climate: Warm & Temperate (significant rainfall throughtout the year)

SITE LAYOUT

Rebellion

Crush on Nature

Design Team: Rishabh Sharma, Samvida Rai

Emotion Sublime

Heroism

with proposed intervention

Sense & Sensuality

Lines of trees introduced to avoid the visibility of car parking

Interconnecting the site with bridges and pheriphery road.

At the nodes, Sculptures scattered around the castle will be placed to be discovered by the visitors while exploring the gardens.

Creating perspective visual as a traditional French Garden style.

Principal axis

New green cover Principal axis New roads New connecting bridges Existing blocks with strict no intervention

Connecting the Principal Axis with present intervention ANCIENT

NATURE

CONTEMPORARY

The Ancient and the nature is threaded together with contemporary architecture punchered in between, so that it could dissolve itself without over powering the Ancient. for intervention on Chateau

Abandonment

CONCEPT

Origin

Construction

Architecture

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Ruin & absence of matter

Metaphysical ruin

AXONOMETRIC VIEW

with proposed functional layout Service entry for Restaurant

The concept focuses on the interventions based on the historical values and a value assessment to bring back the heyday or the golden era of the castle and the site and to have contemporary use of it. The design is inspired by the historical evidences and available information focusing on the romantic aspect and tries to connect the nature with the ancient and the contemporary interventions.

Bio-Farm unit

The visitor’s centre is proposed underground at the entrance to not hamper the view of the castle and makes it more grand with each descent. The structural system also act as panels where historic information of the Castle can be displayed to make it a live narration of the history for the spectator.

Bio-Farm

Car Parking Orchard of Lemon & Orange

Wellness Centre

Restaurant with panoramic view from the top Bridge All Bridges given are made up of reinforced structural Glass

Villas with view of the Castle and Moat

Bio-Farm

Bio-Farm unit

Children’s Park Visitor Centre

Tunnel with ramp leading to Amphitheatre

Amphitheatre Car Parking Orchard of Lemon & Orange Moat

The amphitheatre has the view of the Castle with cascading water at the backdrop of the stage. The pleasant serene view can bring the memories of Poet Leonard walking in these gardens with more than 300 lemon and orange trees surrounding the theatre.

Chapel Car Parking

Castle of Mothe Chandeniers Car Parking

Two trees in the castle have been retained and the glass structure on the castle would have light vegetation on it which not only covers the glass but also reminds of the Romantic past associated with the castle. The castle is a part of the historical route and houses permanent and temporary exhibition spaces, a ballroom and a bookstore cafe, keeping in mind the library that existed here before the fire.

Post the consolidation work, new additions are made to the castle, keeping in mind that it does not overpower the neo-Gothic beauty but at the same time ensures the proper use in the present day. A lightweight glass and steel structure inspired by the original roof, as observed from the old photographs is proposed. This proposal emphasizes on the contemporary construction while respecting the old forms and proportion. The material being transparent gives a kind of invisibility but also makes the castle capable of being used.

Project with site context

RAWANDA CHAPEL A chapel to be built as the expression of the faith of a community Young

Architects

Competition - June’2019

Brief -Community of Rukomo in Rawanda, that has overcome moments of deep & great sorrow, the scars of such history still remind people of the indefference & apathy affecting the “First World”.

YAC invited designers to degin a place of peace & conciliation where to celebrate or meditate, to be united in the longing for eternity.

A detailed program was given specific to a chapel such as of a bell tower, Parvis, Sacristy, ambo, choir area etc. and possiblility for the larger gaertherings.

PROJECT PROFILE: Project: Rawanda Chapel Site Location: Rukomo village, Rwanda Design Team: Rishabh Sharma, Ramya, Brett, Rahul Climate: Temperate tropical highland climate

The altar is portrayed with nature as its backdrop putting it at a constant flux and defining the place of revel tion of the divine. It also guides the devotees to their path within the Chapel as it is positioned on the central axis. The main altar represents the silence in the roaring glow of sunlight.

Into the darkness and light, both mutually dependent and yet so far away from each other.

Altar

Ambo Nave Bell Tower

Parvis

Existing Cloister Entrance & Principal axis

The expressive tectonic character given by the usage of locally available materials, a sublime handling of the light and the simple treatment of the space.

The chapel follows a traditional design inspite of its contemporary approach. The bell tower and the Cross placed not only become the visible signs from the valley and around, but also calling the community of believers. The designed space diminishes the boundary between the interior and exterior, blending into the nature outside. The first reception space is a semi-sunken patio on one side of the axsis and the existing cloister on the other. The cloister is carefully enclosed within new perforated walls, giving it a more private space for the nuns.

Lungo Rio Lvl Beccherie Lvl

Axonometric of the interior movement-core concept of the Museum design

TAZIO NUVOLARI MUSEUM Laurea Magistrale 1st Studio work/ 2016-2017 The project was based around the strategic development of a Museum within historic pheriphery of Mantua, Italy at Piazza Martiri di Belfiore. The circulation around the museum was designed as race track with different phases of Tazio’s career life. Also at the same revealing the surrounding heritage. Different aspects were studied related to the site, immediate context and the city.

LOCATION

FUNCTIONAL LAYOUT

Mantova, Italy Duomo di San Pietro

Introductory gallery space about Futurism and Cars Motorcycles & Bianchi thematic room Bugatti, Alfa Romeo, Maserati room

Palazzo del Capitano

MG, Autounion, Cisitalia room

Basilica di Sant’ Andrea Poste Italiane

Rotonda di San Lorenzo

Reception

Bookstore - Souvenir shop

Piazza Martiri di Belfiore

Site Rio river

Prince path

Banco BPM

The ideology behind proposed intervention was to allow the unrestricted movement of public through the Beccherie level. The bell tower ( Campanile di San Domenico) was kept as a pivot around

Service drop point Recreational Space Trophies rooms & Tazio Nuvolari’s studio Balcony on the double heighted space

which the movement will happen, respecting it as an important relic from past.

Circulation path Open Bar/ Restaurant Auditorium 4D experience of real time car rallies Multimedia Gallery about Tazio Nuvolari’s myth Double heighted space for Ferrari

Context model with project volume (original scale 1:250)

SECTIONAL LAYOUTS

INTERIOR VIEWS

View from road overlooking the proposed intervention project. The new intervention knits the historic remains on site -the bell tower (Campanile di San Domenico), the tree & Pescheria.

Exterior skin following the movement pattern inside & simulteneously respecting the profile of buildings in the surrounding.

SECTION DETAIL

corresponding above image (Original scale of dwg 1:20)

The Perforated facade gives a sense of movement from outside, giving a dynamic effect to the structure.

Elevation detail

Relationship between different level of the Museum, Beccherie level and Rio river

Flow of one space to another through different gradients of material, texture & nature. View from inside the pavalion

ANTICO E NUOVO Redefining a new threshhold of Palazzo Ducale & carving out new space for the Mantova city Laurea Magistrale 4th semester Studio 2019 The project was based around the strategic development of Palazo Ducale with an approach non-invasive in nature. After a deep analysis of Palazzo Ducale, which involved different stages of digital documentation, research of Palazzo and the Mantova city, a specific part of Palazzo was to be choosen that can result in the reactivation of a closed circuit within it.

PROJECT PROFILE

GRADUAL HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT

Project: Redefining a new threshhold of Palazzo Ducale

Piazza Castello Palazzo del Capitano

Site Location: Mantova, Italy

Castello di San Giorgio

Design Team: Rishabh Sharma, Liu, Francesca, Valentina

Santa Barbara Chruch

Climate: Warm & temperate (significant rainfall throughout the year)

Cortile della Cavallerizza

The intervention is designed to act like an acupunture, a non-invasive therapy/ solution to the existing problems of Palazzo Ducale and its immediate context.

Giardino dei Semplici Galleria Storica Nazionale dei Vigili del Fuoco

L O C AT I O N

Parco Giochi Piazza Virgiliana

Lago di Mezzo Piazza Sordello

Historical development of the selected part of Palazzo Ducale

1600-1603

Active part of Palazzo In-active part of Palazzo

Duomo di San Pietro

1480-1484

1608

1538-1594

1628

Palazzo Ducale

Proposed intervention was aimed not to disturb the historic skyline of UNESCO world heritage city, Mantova

Lago Inferiore Teresiana library Teatro Bibiena

Proposed intervention behind the trees

1. The designed pavilion can be used as a multipurpose space, as a single element or with small compartments with uninterupted access to each.

Context model with intervention project inserted (actual scale 1:250)

2. Brick, as the prime material enclosing the pavilion, will in due course of time rust and merge with the surrounding texture.

3. View from ground level, down to the pavilion.

Flooring Screed Insulation Vapour barrier Reinforced concrete slab Corrugated steel slab Dry wall panel Beam (IPE 240 type) Ventilation duct Lighting system Grid false ceiling

Beam (UPN type) Metal Cantilevered Truss Concrete Coating

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3.20m

Supporting Pillar (IPE 200 type) Glazing -4.20m

S E C T I O N D E TA I L corresponding image 1 & 2, showing different material composition & functions. (Actual scale of drawing 1:20)

Flooring Screed Insulation Vapour barrier Steel wire mesh Crawl space foundation Concrete Screed

Soil Draining gravel Drainage pipe Screed

thank you RISHABH SHARMA rishabh.sharma8@yahoo.com +91-9546070194 +39-3393577138 (WhatsApp) Skype: ar.rishabh08 Linkedln: linkedin.com/in/rishabhsharma8 Instagram: www.instagram.com/art_o_factor/

CURRICULUM VITAE

PERSONAL INFORMATION Name Address (Residential home country) Telephone E-mail Nationality Date of Birth Knowledge of Language

Social media handles LinkedIn Instagram

Rishabh Sharma 454 (I), Pardevanpur, Lal Bangla, Harjinder Nagar, Kanpur-208007 +91- 9546070194 rishabh.sharma8@yahoo.com Indian August 08, 1991 English - Excellent Hindi - Mother Tounge Italian - Primary https://www.linkedin.com/in/rishabhsharma8 art_o_factor

WORK EXPERIENCE March’ 2021 - Present Name and address of employer Webpage Type of business or sector Occupation or position held February’ 2018 - July’2018 Name and address of employer Webpage Type of business or sector Occupation or position held

Dharatal incorporated, Lucknow - Uttar Pradesh, India www.dharatal.com Intervention in historical context, Conservation & preservation, policy making, Research Conservation Architect

Xaveer De Geyter Architects (XDGA), Brussels, Belgium www.xdga.be Architecture Intern Architect

August’ 2015 to December’ 2015 Name and address of employer Type of business or sector Occupation or position held

House of Heirloom, New Delhi, India Bespoke Interior Architecture Project Architect

September’ 2014 to May’ 2015 Name and address of employer Webpage Type of business or sector Occupation or position held

Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage (INTACH), New Delhi, India www.intach.org Non-Profit National heritage organization Architect

December’2013 to April’ 2014 Name and address of employer Webpage Type of business or sector Occupation or position held

DUSTUDIO, Auroville, India www.dustudio.org Collaborative, inter-disciplinary, architectural design practice, focus on earth architecture Intern Architect

May’2011 to July’ 2011 Name and address of employer Webpage Type of business or sector Occupation or position held

raiji.in, Ahmedabad, India www.raiji.in Architecture Studio Intern Page 1 - Curriculum vitae of RISHABH SHARMA

PROJECTS HEADED June' 2021

August’2018

August’2018 - October’2018

December’2018

June’ 2015 to July’ 2015

Volunteered to serve as external reviewer for the 2022 World Monuments Watch through ICOMOS, under the mentorship of Prof. Mohammad Habib Reza from Bangladesh.

Organized & headed Digital Survey & Documentation Workshop (30 students & Architects) with INTACH Belgium & M.P. State Tourism Board, India for the documentation & re-use proposal of a Fort near the UNESCO World Heritage Site, Khajuraho, India.

Digital Documentation and revitalization proposal for 2 Historic Gardens in Orchha, M.P. for the M.P. State Tourim. Team headed by INTACH Belgium.

Listing for the ‘Inventory of Cultural Components of The World Heritage Zone Khajuraho’, M.P. State, India. Funded by ITRHD Belgium, Belgium Embassy.

Designed, executed and volunteered for post-earthquake re-building of the ‘Sree Sarbodaya Lower Secondary School’ - Gorkha, Nepal - Funded by a Kathmandu based NGO ‘Rescue Gorkha’

MA JOR PUBLICATIONS October 1, 2015 September 24, 2015

DOMUS international magazine: publication of ‘School rebuilding project’ at Gorkha, Nepal http://goo.gl/FbQ28M DESIGNBOOM magazine: publication of ‘Schoolhouse reconstruction’ at Chhoprak, Nepal http://goo.gl/REHzfr

EDUCATION & TRAINING October’ 2016 - June' 2020 Name of Organization Principal subjects/ skills Thesis Title of qualification awarded Grade

Politecnico di Milano, Mantova, Italy Laurea Magistrale in Architecture Design and History Rejuvenating the heritage gardens: The catalyst for the conservation of built & rural landscape heritage of Rajnagar (Bundelkhand-India) Laurea Magistrale 108/110

July’ 2009 - September’ 2014 Name of Organization Principal subjects/ skills Thesis Title of qualification awarded Grade

Birla Institute of Technology- MESRA, Ranchi, India Architecture Design Mix-use development at Sabarmati Riverfront Bachelor of Architecture 7.62/10

MERITS; SCHOL ARSHIPS; COURSES & WORKSHOPS November' 2020 to Present Name of organization Title

ICOMOS India Selected as EPWG Central Zone representative Selected applicant based on interview and CV

July 27th to August 30th, 2020 Name of workshop Name of host organization

Teaching Histories of Built Environments CEPT Research and Development Foundation, Ahmedabad, India Selected applicant based on interview, architecture portfolio and CV

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July 30th to August 07th, 2019 Name of workshop

Name of host organization

10th University Scholars Leadership Symposium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Humanitarian Affairs Asia, United Nations & Government of Malaysia Selected among top 5 students from Politecnico di Milano and recipient of full scholarship.

July 8th to July 19th, 2019 Name of workshop

Name of host organization

“East Bank Precinct Revival” TAP Design Workshop, Adelaide, Australia.

University of Adelaide (Australia), Tong ji University (China), Politecnico di Milano (Italy) Selected among top 8 students from Politecnico di Milano and recipient of full scholarship.

July 23rd to August 1st, 2018 Name of workshop

Name of host organization 14th to 17th November 2017 Name of workshop Name of host organization February 11 th-16 th, 2017 Name of workshop Name of host organization

“Laboratory of place 2018- History, Survey, Evolution” Summer School: Surveying Cultural Heritage- 7th Edition at Sacred Mount Calvary of Domodossola, Italy.

Politecnico Di Milano, ICOMOS, UNESCO, Leica Geosystem

‘Open International Workshop II “in-between margins: evoking Douro´s limits” FAUP, Porto, Portugal

'ACRE, The Door into Mare Nostrum- Survey & Musealization'- Acre, Isreal Shenkar University- Tel Alviv, Isreal & Politecnico di Milano, Italy; UNESCO Selected among top 7 students from Politecnico di Milano and recipient of full scholarship

SKILLS Softwares & Surveying

Other

Autocad (2D & 3D) (good) Sketchup + Vray (good) Rhino + Vray (intermediate) Adobe: Photoshop, Illustrator, Indesign, Premiere Pro (good) QGIS (basic) Photogrammetry surveying, Laser scanning (with post processing in respective softwares) Architectural photography Documentation via hand sketches, paintings Charcoal painting In case of request, any documentation that confirms the truthfulness of this curriculum can be submitted. I authorize the processing of my personal data.

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