Rukshan Vathupola Portfolio
TABLE OF CONTENTS Projects Studio 3 - Art School Addition Studio 4 - Retail and Cafe Final Design
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Studio 5 - West Hartford Library
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Senior Thesis - Preliminary Design Models
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Additonal Works Red Leather and Steel Chair
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Freehand Drawings
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Extra Works
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Architectural Manifesto Architecture exists as a Triumvirate. A trio which balances the physical design, the history that has influenced its creation, and the personal connection individuals have with it. Each of one of these subjects cannot exist independently on its own and in turn changing one aspect shall inevitably affect the other two. Therefore there is the desire to create a balance between the three.
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Western Elevation
Eastern Elevation
Southern Elevation
Western Section
Eastern Section
Studio 3 - Art School Addition
Southern Section
The University of Hartford
Concept - Expansion through Linear Connection Process - A continuation of the original entrance outward along a straight path that seamlessly connects the old and new. The straight path then turns at a right angle to connect the Art addition school to the new Art gallery.
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Concept:
Studio 4 - Retail and Cafe Final Design Downtown Hartford, CT 6
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Studio 4 - Pediment Details
Nature
Time
Architecture
History
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Freehand Bird’s-eye view of the surrounding site 9
Studio 5 - West Hartford Library April 2015
Concept - Revolution within Orthodox Process - The manipulation of spaces to emphasize the fluid circulation that transform the interior spaces within a outwardly rigid and geometric form.
LeSalle Avenue
Side Street 2
South Main Street Side Street 1
Bird’s- eye view of the front from the Northeastern side
First Floor Plan
Digital Space Bookstore Museum Library Stacks Office Space Bathroom Study Room Utilities 10
Exterior Perspective Freehand
Interior Perspective Freehand
Second Floor Plan
Interior Perspective Freehand
Third Floor Plan Digital Space Bookstore Museum Library Stacks Office Space Bathroom Study Room Utilities
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View from Le Salle Road Revit Rendering + Photoshop
View from South Main Street Revit Rendering + Photoshop 12
Library 3rd Floor view Revit Rendering + Photoshop
Library 1st Floor view Revit Rendering + Photoshop 13
Steel Beam Connection to Exterior Wall Detail
Steel Beam Connection to Interior Column Detail
Exterior Wall Connection to Roof Detail
Description - Detail work of the multiple materials and methods used in the construction of the Library. Footing Connection to Ground Floor Detail 14
Senior Thesis - The Impact of Japanese Colonial Architecture in Taiwan - Design Models - Revit + Photoshop
Senior Thesis - Preliminary Design Models
Shinto Shrine Perspective View Shinto Shrine North Elevation
Shinto Shrine East Elevation
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Shōrō - Bell Tower Perspective View
Shōrō - Bell Tower North Elevation
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Shōrō - Bell Tower West Elevation
Stone Pagoda North Elevation
Stone Turtle Stele East Elevation
Stone Urn Eastern Elevation
Dragon Detail West Elevation
GorintĹ? West Elevation
Sekido North Elevation
Small Shrine Northern Elevation
Stone Lantern North Elevation
Roof Globe Detail Northern Elevation
Hoju Stone Jewel North Elevation 17
Red leather and Steel chair - 3ds Max
Red Leather and Steel Chair
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Concept - the contrast of a rigid metal form with the flexible nature of leather through their combination within one object. Process - the expansion and folding of a flat plane to create a shape that stretches over a metal frame. The plane was then smoothed, extruded and given the texture of red leather. 19
Freehand Drawings
Dome of the Rock 8” X 5”
Freehand Drawings
The Eiffel Tower 8.5” X 11” Pazzi Chapel 4’ X 6”
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Barcelona Chair 8” X 5”
Shanghai World Financial Center 8.5” X 11”
The Rotunda, UVA 4’ X 6”
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The Pantheon
Perspective 8” X 8”
Frontal Elevation 8” X 8”
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Pantheon Construction Detail
Dome Construction Section-Perspective 8” X 8”
Wall Construction Section-Perspective 8” X 8”
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Pointillism of a banana 16” x 24”
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Still life of a Table top - 8.5” x 11”
Pointillism of a Dorm room 16” x 24”
Kobe 4x4 house by Tado Ando - 3” x 5”
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Extra Work Extra Works
Digital Matte Painting - Photoshop
Freehand Geometeric Designs - Ink Pen 26
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