RUKSHAN VATHUPOLA
M. ARCH 1 - 2ND YEAR MAY 13 2019
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seed vault + container YALE FALL STUDIO 2017 PROF. BRENNAN BUCK
BIR TAWIL INSTITUTIONAL
A vault exists as a singular clearly defined structure that is built to hide precious materials away from the world. But, in these highly connected and highly surveilled times the feasibility of a singular monolith escaping the attention of the world is becoming increasingly unlikely. Now is the time to use anonymity so that a structure may hide in plain sight. This seed container exists as an artificial ruin composed of several separate and amorphous geometries, that may be broken up to construct new and different buildings. This allows the seeds to hide within the structure of any new form or remain as unassuming ruins in a future forsaken landscape, escaping detection unless the very few who are familiar with its purpose encounter it. The seed vault continues this idea of anonymity by placing itself in the location of the Bir Tawil triangle. The triangle exis ts in a desert area that holds no value in resources or history to anyone, therefore it is not claimed nor owned by any person or government. The seed vault exists on this site as four main structures connected by an exterior walkway. Over time the seed vault will be swallowed up by the sands and will be rendered nonexistent on record and on site, protecting the seeds. Therefore removing itself from any conflicts resulting from the changing hands of ownership.
below 1/2� seed container model opposite page seed container poster
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current page location, axon section & plan - seed vault opposite page site plan, pivot diagram & seed vault render
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GREEK MANUSCRIPT ARCHIVE
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YALE FALL STUDIO 2017 PROF. BRENNAN BUCK
The archiving, collection and restoration of Greek manuscripts has been as been an ongoing process for several thousand years. Through the home garden of Hellenistic elites, the ancient libraries at Alexandria and medieval monasteries, scholars have been laboring to preserve and record texts. The building adopts the forms of these historical precedents with the existence of cloistered corridors containing viewing rooms and sheltered gardens colliding with large stone towers containing storage space. They all merge into a large interweaving structure representing the continued history of these artifacts, all defined by a central grid. However, just as knowledge can be recorded it can also be lost or distorted in translation. To reflect this the grid manipulates itself creating sharp turns and spaces that interrupt the rectilinear flow of the original grid. bottom 1/16� sectional model opposite page entrance atrium render
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NEW HAVEN, CT INSTITUTIONAL
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1 Entrance 2 Office 3 Gallery 4 Reading Room 5 Viewing Room 6 Theatre 7 Restoration 8 Storage 9 Hallway 10 Garden Space
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SUSPENDED INFILL CO-HOUSING YALE SPRING STUDIO 2018
NEW HAVEN, CT
PROF. ALAN ORGANSCHI
RESIDENTIAL
The design of these homes mitigate the relationship between individual spaces and family dwellings, as well as interaction and privacy. Spaces accustomed to greater light and noise are placed next to each other and the central light well. Individual spaces are moved to the exterior to provide a greater deal of privacy and partition. To give a material identity to each layer, the central core is defined by a steel structure, a wooden panels act as the second layer and the exterior glass shell encloses the building.
above structural diagrams left 1/2� detail model opposite page detailed section perspective
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current page view of home in the snow opposite page 1/8� scale model
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HOMELESS BUILDING PROJECT YALE SPRING STUDIO 2018
NEW HAVEN, CT
PROF. MARTA CALDEIRA PROF. JOEB MOORE
RESIDENTIAL
Team C: Ruchi Dattani, Nathan Garcia, Katie Lau, Alix Pauchet, Kelsey Rico, Rukshan Vathupola, Darryl Weimer
As a home for familys transitioning from homelessness, we conceptualized our site as a series of layered public and private spaces; the outermost protective shell, the divided interior spaces, and the second story space that we’ve identified as the most private part of our site. This privacy bar and shell protects our clients, who have experienced the vulnerability of homelessness,from over exposure to neighbors or the street. The interior divided space then provides a communal gathering place between the two homes. The second story space then establishes a material connection with a CLT core that bridges the communal gap.
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above view of home at sunset
opposite page - top sections
right CLT assembly diagram
opposite page - bottom 1st & 2nd level floor plans
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Wanting to integrate the home into the neighborhood we strove to maintain the datums of the porch, first floor and second floor levels. Looking further to the New Haven vernacular we incoporated elements of the roof pitch, facade cladding and window placement to maintain the material continuity of the neighborhood.
right 1/4� material section model bottom neighborhood elevation opposite page 1/4� material section model
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HOMELESS BUILDING PROJECT
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current page 1/2” scale detail model cement + wood + paper opposite page 1/16” scale CLT diagrammatic model
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RESTORATIVE JUSTICE CENTER
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YALE FALL STUDIO 2018 PROF. MARTIN FINIO
Sounds constantly permeates the spaces around us, and yet it is often the least tangible element. When designing a restorative justice center, a space where a victim and the offender come together to discuss the harm done, the ability for their voices to be heard is of the utmost importance.
BRIDGEPORT, CT COMMUNITY CENTER
Restorative Justice Space
Preparation space
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The major programs were divided into formal modules and their geometries modified to establish the optimal acoustic resonance in order to create the most harmonious space. These modules were then brought together around the central restorative justice space to protect it from the cacophonous sounds of the surrounding city. Programs were then placed around this core on a range from the loudest and most public to the quietest and most private. right programmatic spatial modules above east-west section opposite page north-south section
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Circulation
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Microsoft Windows
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Restorative Justice - Community Center
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above view of communal space during the day opposite page view of communal space during the night
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Restorative Justice - Community Center
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ARRESTED (URBAN) DEVELOPMENT YALE SPRING STUDIO 2018 PROF. ANTHONY ACCIAVATTI
NEW YORK, NEW YORK URBAN INTERVENTION
ReBeL Manifesto Team: Rukshan Vathupola, Brenna Thompson, Limy F. Rocha (RBL)
The pervasiveness of top-down planning is completely antithetical to the resolution of community problems at the human scale. To combat this, we have set up a system that facilitates a game of improvisation to e-introduce the idea of play into the city: 1. Isolate a need/program shared by the communities of the Upper East Side and East Harlem 2. Find a loophole 3. Establish a spatial connection between Steps 1 and 2 4. Use Step 3 to anticipate a socio-economic shift 5. Repeat Step 1 With this cycle, we embrace New York City as an ever-changing environment that informs the players, site, and repercussions of the JOP disenfranchisement. By expanding upon loopholes concerning mezzanines, mechanical spaces, and linkages, flexible models are deployed which adhere to issues of non-affordable affordable housing and rising market rates, charter school and COOP density, and a persistent food desert in the East Harlem neighborhood. We believe that through the usage of these loopholes the inhabitants are then transformed into generators of space, allowing the city to exist as a series of iterations through time, constantly evolving and adapting from within. The best kept secret in planning has been uncovered, and we look forward to the consequences. opposite page loophole diagrams excerpts
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current spread final site loophole aggregation section
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current spread loophole detail moments
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current page loophole section detail axons of tennis court, housing, basketball court & pool opposite page loophole section detail axon of cafeteria
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current page transverse section (1 of 7) opposite page transverse section (2 of 7)
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current page transverse section (7 of 7) opposite page Galfetti Bellinzona operable precedent site model
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current spread 1/8� Galfetti Bellinzona section drawdels
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current spread Galfetti Bellinzona precedent site model
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current spread Galfetti Bellinzona precedent building model
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current spread city context model table depicting the mechanical loophole towers of New York, site model & FAR models
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NEW HAVEN CLOCK COMPANY FACTORY GHOST TOWNS 2019
NEW HAVEN, CT
ELIHU RUBIN
WEBSITE
url: https://campuspress.yale.edu/nhccf/
This interactive website was made as the final project for Ghost Towns in conjuction with being an exhibition for the International Festival of Arts and Ideas to show the ghosted networks that permeate New Haven. Looking at the history of the New Haven Clock Company, it has exsisted as an international site facilitating the connection of the city to the larger world through trade, immigration, labour as well as sports. Please visit the site at the link above. current page detail graphics opposite page webpage graphics
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New Haven Clock Company Facctory
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HOMELESS: HOUSED PAVILION GRAPHICS
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YALE ARCHITECTURE + COLUMBUS HOUSE 2018
NEW HAVEN, CT EXHIBIT
Team: Michelle Badr, Camille Chabrol, Deo Deiparine, Helen Farley, Matthew Liu, Maya Sorabjee, Kay Yang, Rukshan Vathupola
This interactive exhibit was made for the Festival of Arts and Ideas in conjuction with Columbus House to explore the issues of homelessness and housing through visual graphics, audio recordings and live demonstrations. The pavilion was also used with Mothers (and Others) for Justice, the Be Homeful Project, the New Haven Legal Assistance Association, the Connecticut Fair Housing Center, and the Connecticut Coalition to End Homelessness. bottom diagram of pavalion graphic layout opposite page New Haven shelters & homeless resources map poster
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Block 1 Background information on Housing in CT -Affordable Housing Map -Income Map
Block 2 Kids
-Housing Cost/ Income Graphs
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-Units in Structure graphs/ Diagrams
Block 5 Housing Rights -Know your rights: Renting Block 3 Organizations working to end homelessness -Columbus House Timeline -map of New Haven with shelters + resources for people experiencing homelessness
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-Columbus House data visualisations
Block 4 Legislation -Mothers for Justice Legistlative agenda -PSC 2018 Legislative recommendations -Recent actions
-Know your rights: Evictions and Lockouts -Fair Housing Act -Housing Discrimination -Types of housing and eligibility requirments
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610 Ella T Grasso Blvd
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spread photo of pavalion during the International Festival of Arts & Ideas photo credit: Camille Chabrol
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homeless: housed Pavalion graphics
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RAVENSBURG ART MUSEUM BUILDING TECH. 2018 ORGANSCHI
RAVENSBURG, GER PREDCENT ANALYSIS
Team: Gioia Connell, Alix Pauchet, Maya Sorabjee, Rukshan Vathupola
For this project we analyzed the assembly methods and construction material of the Ravensburg Art Museum, designed by the firm Lederer + Ragnarsdòttir + Oei Architekten. As a passive museum we broke down what technology and structural elements contributed to the design of the building.
bottom material section axon opposite page material construction sequence of museum roof
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