Undergraduate Architecture Study Portfolio 2020

ARCHITECTURE PORTFOLIO Rubin Joseph Selected Works 2016-2020

This Portfolio contains selected works from my four academic years in the architecture course. It highlights my design process, conceptual thinking, representational language and my interests.

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Urban Design

Urban Insert

Interior Design

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Documentation

Prison Design

Working Drawing

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Map of Thimphu, the white strip represents the river - "The Timphu Chu" which floes along the city.

URBAN DESIGN "Walk of Resonance" Intervention in the city of Thimphu, Bhutan An urban study was carried out in the capital city of Bhutan, Thimphu to understand the inner workings of the city - the people, history, culture and architecture. The brief asked to identify the missing spaces in the urban context and design a solution while giving it relevance to the context.

I noticed that the local artisans had a lack of a space to express their work. The result of the design was a Pavilion, ‘The Walk of Resonance’ which provided a free space of expression which invoked a response and became a catalyst for change.

A Performance Centre ‘The Platform of Expressions’ , is a centre which was a combination of the deconstructed elements that were culturally significant and brought human scale to the project.

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"To create, one must first question everything." – Eileen Gray

STUDY ABOUT THE CITY "City and Economy"

STREET SECTIONS

ROAD HIERARCHY

LANDMARKS OF THE CITY

"To create, one must first question everything." – Eileen Gray

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ISSUE Bhutan is a developing country challenged with addressing poverty, infrastructure and development. Therefore, the focus on art and creativity is secondary.

1. Art is not explored and experienced.

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People were unaware of these artists.

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Citizens appreciate the traditional art forms and styles and not exploration.

INDIVIDUAL PROPOSAL The solution was by creating a pavilion, a platform of expression, these spaces of interaction bridged connections within the fabric of the city, allowing permeability between the locals, tourists and artisans.

Series of pavilions were designed as platforms of expressions. These spaces of interaction bridged connections within the fabric of the city, allowing permeability between artisans, citizens and tourists.

These platforms were inclusive public spaces that allowed society to intermingle.

The balance achieved through modernism and culture, by incorporating local traditions, materials and construction techniques.

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"To create, one must first question everything." – Eileen Gray

Site plan of the Platform of Expression, a culmination of 8 elements make up the design symbolic of Bhutan’s lucky signs

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"To create, one must first question everything." – Eileen Gray

URBAN INSERT "Humanizing Density" Mixed use Building within the Urban Jungle

Performative Architecture ‘Humanizing density’. Exploring a HYBRID TYPOLOGY for livability through studies of global trends in growth and density of cities.

OUTLINE

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PROGRAMMATIC CONSIDERATIONS

PRAGMATISM How realistically we can tackle optimum living with minimum resources.

SYMBIOSIS How inclusive and welcoming the design of a city is. This includes social interaction.

INCLUSIVITY

AMBIVERT This includes CHOICES and OPPORTUNITIES that lead a person towards his/her growth and development.

PROXIMITY Interdependent componentspublic area, green area & waste .

NEED & TIME BASED APPROACH

"As an architect you design for the present, with an awareness of the past, for a future which is essentially unknown." – Norman Foster

These were some of the factors considered before moving on towards the deign phase of the project and helped with concept development.

Humanity is undergoing the greatest mass migration in history as people across the world move into urban areas. There has been significant effort to draw attention to the estimates that as of 2009 more than half the world’s population lived in cities.

This number is expected to rise to nearly 70% in approximately the next 30 years.

Nearly 1 in 8 (453 million people) livein one of 28 megacities with populations of over 10 million.

The result has been a global demand for high-density structures and urban environments that support places to live, to work and to socialize. The study will be focused on the vision of development of various cities globally and how the same has informed the built density and typologies. Further the emerging typologies in the areas of

Live/ work/ play/ learn units along with the public spaces which are relevant for the further shall be designed.

The project explored the built typologies in the area of Bangalore city which shall test the hybrid theory for livability which is developed through research.

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THE PROJECT

"As an architect you design for the present, with an awareness of the past, for a future which is essentially unknown." – Norman Foster

The live units of 3 types, of various sizes for various hybrid users. Experimenting with live unit grids and formations.

"Life of a Muse" is a hybrid typology which is incorporating Live + Work + Play as a mixed use building.

The peripheral blocks are the live units designed for the users - artists and their families. The central blocks are the work blocks which are movable temporary spaces which can be used by the artists. The garden space below acts as a recreation space to unwind and has gathering spaces and platforms for social gathering events and commercial purposes.

The live units has 3 types to accommodate the ever changing needs of the user. The spatial organisation is flexible. Only the main services of the space are defined while rest of it left to the users needs and wants.

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MOOD BOARD

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"The job of the architect today is to create beautiful buildings. That’s all" - Philip Johnson

each with a different experience.

Plan of the Hotel lobby feom drop point to the cafe. The idea was to create 2 different spaces

A view from the postion of a guest seated at the louge space with a visual sight of the central glass blown lighting.

INTERIOR DESIGN Hospitality

Hotel Lobby

This Project required us to design the interiors for a Hotel lobby with an attached cafe space.

The theme followed was French Bohemian with victorian highlights. The spaces included a concierge, reception, lounge, exhibition space as well as a small bakery corner. There are two furniture styles included in the project, an Art Deco style for the bakery corner as a luxurious French Victorian style for the cafe.

The colours selected were warm reds, yellows and earthy browns to complement the flooring. The lighting added the yellow highlights and brought about warmth to the space. The flooring selected were cement tiles with marble inlay following the victorian theme in colour and pattern.

The furniture fabric textures were neutral browns or greys to complement the flooring and the accent the walls. While the furniture in the cafe were bright and lively.

"The job of the architect today is to create beautiful buildings. That’s all" - Philip Johnson

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shuttering, this space can be used for juries and reviews which require privacy.

A semi-private space which is modular and easy to create using the movable wooden

INTERIOR DESIGN Institutional

Admin floor

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The Brief was to design the 5th floor of DSCA block to an administration cum meeting room for the teachers, staff and the Principal.

The requirements were to include an admin area for about 4-5 staff, a waiting area for guests with a mini-library, a dining cum meeting space able to accomodate 20 teachers as well as a Principal’s Cabin. The concept was minimalism with the inclusion of nature and the colour theory. Introduction of modular and industrial furniture allowed for flexibility of the spaces, especially in the conference cum dining area.

Large vertical louvres, ‘Soliel Brille’ were introduced replacing the aluminium sliding windows, these louvres allowed ample ventilation and light in the spaces and created a bright and sociable atmosphere.

The flooring was given lot of importance as it created

distinction between the spaces and allowed for level differences by using timber frame with linoleum flooring.

The spaces were differentiated also by colour, various colouring suiting the function and the activities taking place in the space were selected to improve productivity and create a comfortable stress free environment.

"The job of the architect today is to create beautiful buildings. That’s all" - Philip Johnson

The waitng room with an attached library, the space is raised by 300mm creating a distinction and breaking the order of the space.

MOOD BOARD

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"The job of the architect today is to create beautiful buildings. That’s all" - Philip Johnson

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"The job of the architect today is to create beautiful buildings. That’s all" - Philip Johnson

colours. The importance of colours in the spaces is emphasised.

The floor plan explaining the disctinctions between the spaces and the flooring

fansv and other elements and their respective switches.

The Reflected Ceiling Plan shows the location and points of lights,

Entrance, admin area

Meeting/dining space

"The job of the architect today is to create beautiful buildings. That’s all" - Philip Johnson

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The walls are thick 750mm since they are mud mixed with lime plater walls. It is a load bearing structure.

The second floor of the house is later addition and expansion with a terrace as well. Toilet is a later attachment.

DOCUMENTATION Urban Studio Collective Forgotten town of Kampli

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This was a group documentation project which involved documenting the glorious town of Kampli, which is situated near Hampi.

Kampila or Kampli was once the capital of the Kingdom of Kampili, the predecessor of the famed Vijayanagara Empire.

Founded by Singeya Nayaka, a breakaway commander of the Hoysala Dynasty, Kampli flourished for close to hundred years between the 13th and14th centuries before it fell to the invading Muslim forces from the north. Situated on the banks of the river Tungabhadra, this capital also functioned as a port. Despite its 600 odd years of history Kampli is little known

outside of the district of Bellary. t also falls outside the boundary of the protected zone of the UNSECO world heritage site accorded to Vijayanagara towns.

The Urban studio collective studio documentation focuses on people and places and we chose to document four distinct house typologies to help us in understanding how the occupation and lifestyle of the people shape their living space and how the space in turn influences their lifestyle.

Typologies studied include the Brahmin’s house, the Fisherman’s house, the Lingayat farmer’s house, and the wealthy landlord’s house.

While the

"To provide meaningful architecture is not to parody history but to articulate it." – Daniel Libeskind

Antique door of the Landlord’s Hosue, made of Teak and brass inlay patterns representing flowers.

materials used in the typologies include mud, straw, timber and slate stone etc., they vary in the aspects of planning and craftsmanship.

The landlord’s house is a veritable treasure with many works of exquisite craftsmanship including a magnificently carved cot and intricately carved door jambs.

The Farmer’s and Fisherman’s houses are simpler in layout and craftsmanship.

LANDLORD’S HOUSE Having seen 400 years of life, the stone structure stands with walls as thick as 800 mm. The infill is of rubble and is plastered. Accessed from the north, the entrance is

though an enormous pivoted door leading into a veranda, which has now been replaced by a modern door frame.

The veranda is where the family would gather every evening to make merry and chit chat, the veranda reveals the facade of the house, which is its most striking aspect, or in other words, the highlight.

A porch of wooden col. umns leads to the living quarters, which have intricately carved doors with matching jambs. Like every other structure of its time, this work of stone masonry too had treasure rooms that would fit right with the adjective ‘mysterious’. These rooms were largely used during the

British rule to safeguard wealth from the corrupt officials of the Crown.

The toilet in the veranda and the upper storey are evidently works of a later time as can be seen in their workmanship.

"To provide meaningful architecture is not to parody history but to articulate it." – Daniel Libeskind

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The play of angles in the inner treatment of the walls helps in continuing the emotion of imposition.

care and your acknowledgement. A need to sculpt the mind, body and soul of these individuals and the society in general by making them appreciate their value.

PRISON DESIGN ZoNasa Design Trophy

Absolom This Project was a ZoNasa Design Trophy entry (2017). The brief ask for prison design which changed it negative outlook and its impact on its inmates and how it was percieved as a space by society.

INTENT A need identified and specified by the brief to change the perception of what capital punishment meant to both the benighted spectators and to the affected individuals inside.

Change it, redefine it but don’t forget they are humans, humans very capable of your love, your

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CONCEPT The foundation of the project stands on the discerning of five individuals on the concept of freedom and what it means to each one of us. What it would also eventually mean to the inmates of the prison and how they would react to extremes in emotions when freedom is taken away or given to you.

The design proposal is an amalgamation of a proposal that can redefine how prison system, environments and architecture work by introducing the secondary element of a cottage industry, in this case ‘Tea cultivation’. The spotlight that was put on the secondary function helps for the prison environment to be that of rehabilitation and reform.

"A profound design process eventually makes the patron, the architect, and every occasional visitor in the building a slightly better human being."- Juhani Pallasmaa

Located in close proximity to the upcoming smart city, a prison design responsive to the smart city.

"A profound design process eventually makes the patron, the architect, and every occasional visitor in the building a slightly better human being."- Juhani Pallasmaa

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"A profound design process eventually makes the patron, the architect, and every occasional visitor in the building a slightly better human being."- Juhani Pallasmaa

Residential design : A 2BHK house with attached garage and backyaed pool. The brief stated it must inlcude an outdoor gazebo.

TECHNICAL DRAWING Construction Drawings (2017-2019)

Showcase design and detail - a simple furniture addition to the living space with glass shelving for knick knacks and a negaticve space for a TV insert.

Construction Drawing / Working Drawing taught me the importance of accuracy and helped me improve my software skills. The projects complied here include - Residence of 2 BHK, a showcase design, Staircase detail, Gate design and Wardrobe design and detail.

"God is in the details." – Mies van der Rohe

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Staircase design and detail, Gate and compund wall design and detail.

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"God is in the details." – Mies van der Rohe

Electrical layout of the 2 BHK house, with lighting points and switches

Residential design : redsidence converted to an architectural studio with work spcae, conference room, Principal’s Office and waiting area.

Wardrobe design and detail : A simple rectangular design with 5 shelves anf 4 draws giving ample space fot the user.

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"God is in the details." – Mies van der Rohe

MISCELLANEOUS Sketching and Photography Collection of works over the academic course

Collection of my photographs and some of my digital, hand rendered work and art.

Hand rendered site plan, 4th semester work

Inked sketch of "tortoise"

"Fish", inktober 2020

Digital sketch of "ClownFIsh"

Hand rendered site analysis 5th semester

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"The mother art is architecture. Without an architecture of our own we have no soul of our own civilization."– Frank Lloyd Wright

"Silhouette" taken from my roof

"Bridge", Thimphu, 2019

"Taktsang", Paro, 2019

Thimphu, 2019

Turahalli, Bangalore, 2017

"Diwali", Bangalore, 2017

Thimphu, 2019

"The mother art is architecture. Without an architecture of our own we have no soul of our own civilization."– Frank Lloyd Wright

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Name : Rubin Joseph Email : rubin.j97@gmail.com Contact No. : +91 87626 47789