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’
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Floor Plan -Rebuilt wing
B
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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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