I was born in Bengaluru in 1999, I always enjoyed sketching, creating interesting graphics, observing things around and sketching helped me express my thoughts and rationalize ideas. I have always been self motivated and eager to learn new skills as a designer.
Well when I started University I started to explore different ideas which can be seen throughout my projects where I test new techniques in modelling, design philosophy, materials and design. To test my abilities I took challenges outside my academic need which led me to learn, travel, interact, teach and design. Today, I am looking forward to learn and understand real world issues and understand the intricacies of working in the field.
EDUCATION
School
SJR Kengeri Public School
Pre University
KLE Independent PU College
University
RV College of Architecture
WORKSHOPS
Masonry ARCH and Funicular Structures
MUD HANDS
Lighting Matter
Helena Gentili
School Bell
Campus to Community
Grasshopper
Praneet Mathur
WORK EXPERIENCE
Designer EDIFICE, Mumbai
• Heavily involved in large scale commercial projects, responsible for completing SD, DD, & GFC stages of the project.
• Tasked to handle coordination BIM implementation across various projects.
• Responsible for closure of Facade Tender.
Internship INGENIO, Bengaluru
• Studio was primarily focused on institutional building, where i got to work on the lobby design, landscape and client presentaion.
Freelance
• My work experience has primarily been Freelance, where I help create Realistic Visuals for their project, help plan and design.
CONTEST
Dua Lipa
Instagram filter design
DKNY Logo Unveil contest
Bad Boys For Life Poster Design
ELECTIVE
GIS
Visual Communication
Environment Responsive Architecture
Architectural Lighting Design Principles of Real Estate
Autodesk Revit
Autodesk Autocad
Rhino
Sketchup
Grasshopper
Blender
GIS
Adobe Photoshop
Adobe Indesign
Adobe Illustraor
Lumion
Twinmotion
Vray
EDIFICE
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
STUDIO
ACADEMIC
BAYTOWN
STUDIO: EDIFICE
High street Retail/Commercial Develoment Kolkata, India
01
A commercial Development situated in a Tech Park was designed as a high-street retail plaza on the podium floors and offering additional Office Space above. As the architects on record, we were responsible through Schematic to Completion Phases. The facade proved to be the most challenging exercise going through several Value Engineering Options.
What started as an Aluminium Cladded Beak, the Horizontal bands [flag bearers of the Office Facade], after several value engineering options the cladding was replaced by Aluminium extrusions. The 11-storeyed Office tower was covered with Unitised System Glazing, while the retail floors settled with Semi-unitised Glazing owing to the unique floor plate. The integration of the facade lighting system across the Horizontal Bands was very cleverly hidden without compromising on the design intent. The gap between glass and fin was maintained for ease of maintenance it also housed the Lighting Driver.
lil' PALLIKKOODAM
STUDIO: INGENIO
Elementary School Design Coimbatore, India
02
The elementary education institute was acting as a feeder school for the larger organisation. The project was an existing 2 storey building that neede a facelift. The elementary school needed playful extensions owing to the limited site area. The existing studio windows got interesting attachments that act as a play area. The Brick Jali Facade sheilded the school from bustling streets of Coimbatore.
Academic Experience
MIURA
STUDIO: V
LOCATION: East Coast Road, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 2019
The key aim of the project was to explore the implementation of biomimicry in Architecture. To test this understanding of implementing biomimiocry in design, we were asked to design Large Exhibition space.
Project was an exploration of BIOMIMICRY, where the class was focused on studying strategies from nature that can be incorporated into architecture.
Part of the structures group I was equipped with exploration on different structures, that can fold and Unfold.
Miura explores HORNBEAM leaf blooming that folds in Herringbone Tessellations pattern. The pattern is also called Miura-ori fold in origami. This pattern forms the core of the design, in terms of structure.
The pattern is translated into large span folded plate concrete structure.
The pattern not only acted as structural element, but also worked towards reducing heat gain, which was also a main factor in design. The project located in Chennai, right on the coast posed its own challenges regarding climate control. The shaped helped in addressing some of these issues where the pattern allowed
self shading surfaces that could create large windows that brought in light and ventilation in the interiors.
The form building for the took its own organic process to end up with the final design, which made structural, environmental and aesthetic sense.
Folding and unfolding was a key area of study throughout the semester. The programmatic needs for such a place also demanded deployable structure.
Site situated right on the ECR(Chennai), was quite a Humid site, the design could not have large obstacles that would obstruct wind flow, and affect the little cooling the site offered. The programmatic needs were clear as to have larger outdoor exhibition area. Deployable structure was the way to go, the design started with a simple triangle that can fold and unfold. These foldable triangles were joined creating framework of aluminium struts and fabric that could be brought down when needed.
FOR-LAKE
STUDIO: VII
LOCATION: Homballamanapete Lake, Magadi, Karnataka 2020
02
This was two part exploration that focuses on the local farming community and exploring new economic opportunities for the farmer. Magadi as a town has a lot of man made ponds, temple ponds that now sit polluted or unused. The aim was to revitalize such lakes to introduce a new form of revenue the town could generate, this was done by leasing these lake for fishing , where it becomes a model for future adoption.
“Wood is a sort of soft material, almost like the human body, it can provide warmth and softness, the patterns make it diverse and interesting, it’s fluid.”
-Kengo Kuma
BLOCK
STUDIO: VI
LOCATION: Cubbon Park, Bengaluru, Karnataka
2020
A Campus design focuses on making the existing site make it more systematic,more adventurous,more city centric, more organized, with more facilities, so that visitors & the citizenry can part take in a variety of activities that the program & the project is designed for,here everyone gets to play, read, observe, meet, ride the train, spin on the Ferris wheel, study plants, learn at workshops, watch a play….
“Computational thinking is really about thinking. It’s about formulating ideas in a structured way, that, conveniently enough, can in the modern world be communicated to a computer, which can then do interesting things”
- Stephen Wolfram
PLANES
Planes formed under the major vector, creates functional spaces.
ENCLOSURE
The planes are Entangled with the enclosure created by the BLOCKS
PORTAL
Entrance portal again formed by theblocks.
RE-FORT
STUDIO: VII
LOCATION: Kempegowda Fort, Magadi, Karnataka 2021
Sequel to the previous project, this one expands the scale and checks other forms of bringing economic reform to the farming community in Magadi. The excercise aimed at reimagining an abandoned fort that had a very strategic value in terms of its location.
The large project located in the heart of the mostly farming town, aims at catering to their needs and addressing some of their contemporary issues.
The project houses one stop shop that educates with the institution, consults and also solves some of the logistical issues regarding
cold storage. The ruined fort had 3 entrances formed by ruined fort wall. To create a remembrance of the grandeur of the past fort, emphasis on the axis and symmetry take the front seat in design. The oblique shaped fort under ruins lies there without any of its past glory. The monumentality of such a such structure
is usually marked by a prominent axis and symmetry, the design starts my trying to correct the geometry of the internal courtyard. The programmatic spaces are poured between the courtyard and the existing fort wall. The fort wall which spans 200m on each side creating linear and dragged out spaces. Four
corner towers acts as service cores that takes people up to the terrace creating a walkway on top which helps bring public into the site. The space in between is carved out carefully with help of colonnades, sunken courtyards, and mounds to help improve the experience. Separated walls help create the entrance.
TECHNICAL
STUDIO: V
SITE: 40m X 40m 2020
The semester was me experimenting with BIM, The entire project was done with the help of Autodesk Revit. The working drawings for a 40 x 40 office building shows my ability to do technical drawings.
This portfolio is solely done for the purpose of application in architectural firms.
