SAHIL PASAHAN [B.ARCH.]
ELICIT AN EXPRESSION
ARCHITECTURE PORTFOLIO Selected Works 2013 2016
CURRICULUM VITAE
Educational Background
Achievements
SAHIL PASAHAN
CHANDIGARH COLLEGE OF ARCHITECTURE
2014 2015
Shortlisted in top 50 Winners
2015
Shortlisted in top 100
Currently studying in 6th semester (3rd year)
Higher Secondary School N. P. S - 90.4 %
Headed a team of 26
High School D.A.V. Public School - 9.2 CGPA
ANDC
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G SEN TROPHY* ANDC
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Primary School Residential School
* Compititions held by NASA,India
National Association of Students of Architecture
Farm House
Objective Seeking a position as intern architect to understand empirical perspective of design in the field. 27 September 1993 #158 A , Sunny Enclave Zirakpur 140603 , Punjab, INDIA pasahan298@gmail.com
Languages
Software Expertise
Boys Hostel
English (fluent) French (begginer) Hindi Punjabi
ADOBE FAMILY
Group Housing HUDCO
Skills Hand drafting Presentation drawings Construction drawings Documentation Graphic Designing
+919872300955
Photoshop
Illustrator
Interests Graphic Designing
Cricket
Attended 361 Degrees International conference, Mumbai
Photography
Pen Collection
Concrete and action international conference,Chandigarh
Travelling
Script Writing
A tribute to le corbusier by architect and ecologist Ken Yeang, Chandigarh
Table Tennis
Trekking
International Symposium ,Chandigarh
Artist Retreat Residential School
CAD BM
Autodesk AutoCad
Graphisoft Archicad Redesign Gender Senstive Public Place G SEN Metamorphose Pavilion ANDC
3D MODELLING Rhinoceros
Google Sketchup
RENDERING Vray for Rhino
MICROSOFT Office
Lectures, Seminars and Conferences
Indian
InDesign
Headed a team of 26
Museum of Knowledge
Dargah Sharif Re-Evolution ANDC
References
Office for Construction Firm
Prof. Pradeep Bhagat Principal Chandigarh College of Architecture pradeepbhagat45@yahoo.com
Dispensary in Chibragre Village, Meghalaya
Prof. Sohanlal Saharan Dean Of Academics Chandigarh College Of Architecture +91-9417303195
Norbulingka Institute Headed a team of 19
MUSEUM OF KNOWLEDGE cultural educational urban design
METAMORPHOSE PAVILION cultural urban design
RESIDENTIAL SCHOOL residential educational architecture
DARGAH SHARIF RE-EVOLUTION religious cultural architecture
NORBULINGKA INSTITUTE climatic responsiveness analysis
NEOTERIC ARTWORK installations sculptures design models
CONTENTS
AMATEUR PHOTOGRAPHY architecture nature travel
MUSEUM OF KNOWLEDGE
"recreating the unfinished symphony of LE CORBUSIER " SITE :
The greatest satisfaction, i think, is when a building opens and public possesses it and you cut the umbilical cord and you see it taking on its own life. MOSHE SAFDIE
CAPITOL COMPLEX
CHANDIGARH
INDIA
PRELUDE
DESIGN
Le Corbusier visioned a chance to make a dramatic statement: in the context of Chandigarh , that was the Capitol in this, the priorities of the Indian government and Le Corbusier’s natural inclination converged. Designed with the structural comprehensiveness, art of an unprecedented scale and detail as that of a Swiss watch, the ‘head’ of Chandigarh i.e. The Capitol Complex was built.
The design contemplates the four postulates of knowledge centre that are ethics, sociology, economics, and technology. The design interpret the function of knowledge museum in such a way that it is germane to present and future urban scenario and assit in mitigating the ataxia and entropy, be it economic, political, social, environmental, urban, technological or demographical.
The imposing forms of the High Court, the Palace of Assembly and the Secretariat assure the glory that the ‘head’ of a modern city. Yet one of the most important buildings of this complex, the said ‘crown’ of the ‘head’ was never built leaving Le Corbusier’s great masterpiece somewhat like an unfinished symphony!
Capitol complex as the supreme decision making body that worked on a participatory formula with the edifices depicting the major functions of democracy i.e. ‘High court for judiciary’, ‘Secretariat for administrative’ and ‘Legislative Assembly for political’. However, the system lacks the participation of the people of knowledge i.e. researchers, philosophers, academicians, thinkers, innovators, urbanists etc. who would be advisors and equal stakeholders in the decision making process in order to address the needs of the future.
Museum of Knowledge, originally the Governor’s Palace, was designed by Le Corbusier as the Crown . The MoK, according to Corbusier was to functionas a decision-making or a briefing center for thegovernment officials, highlighting the importance and applied use of technology in processing, synthesizing and presenting large bodies of information related to the state matters. However it did not commensurate with Prime Minister Nehru’s idea of democracy, and therefore the capitol complex was remained uncrowned
The design accommodate and facilitate intellectuals and provide a conductive live working environment for them and espouse social interaction, serving as a space for ‘creation’ of knowledge rather than just ‘exhibition’ of knowledge.
funtion vis -a -vis form
coalescing public participation with experts LVL. - 15m
metamorphosis of corbusion elements
the exsect for penetration of the natural light
Disintegrating the grid module in accordance with GEOMETRIC GROUP THEORY
vertical growth of symphonized character of superstructure LVL. - 9m
symphonizing museum and knowedge centre LVL. - 3m
public arena: a piazza dilatation LVL. - 0m
storage of knowledge as substructure LVL. - - 4m
assembling and delineating the grid
adding the brise soleil of pattern synthesized from golden ratio fabricating the grid module extracting and manupulating the form of MOK designed by LeCorbusier
SITE
creating an anomaly in the module disintegration pattern
UTOPIA The Museum of Knowledge is the much needed crown on the head of Chandigarh. It has the potential to become the ICON of the city itself. By providing public participation in the capitol we bridge the gap between the common people and their heritage. When people know their heritage they feel proud about it. And people always take care of things they are proud of. The Museum of Knowledge, a new word in the old language, shall become a new face of the Capitol and in turn the City itself.
METAMORPHOSE PAVILION
"an
SITE :
CASE STUDIES
expression
to
LIBERTATE
MAIDAN , KOLKATA
VITAE(freedom
of
life)
"
WEST BENGAL INDIA
DESIGN
BAUHAUS
The idea of Bauhaus is in the realisation of an artistic lineage, while connecting primitive symbolism, modern design and digital medi. It is with this premise that the conceptualization of Bauhaus Evolution first emerged, which is a harmonious blend of Naturalistic and the Futuristic. THERME VALS
A transmulating cell generated to ressurect culture and bequeathing new perspective to human psyche giving rise to new harmonal balance to urban body
A sense of timelessness may be experienced as one departs from the external world and finds a reconnection to primal roots. It has the vastness of time and more traditional approach, rather than situationist approach which would focus on the time through continual arrival and departure. The baths are a place to come and stay, where time is simultaneously infinite and absent. The space created is an expression of today’s society within the greater context of past and future societies. JEWISH MUSEUM
The psychology of the space had a significant impact and was met with great interest on public behalf. The building interacted performatively to reflect several metaphorical that affect the visitor intellectually and physically. Thus the architecture itself was enough to leave an imprint on the visitors thereby evoking strong physical and emotional reactions
Pavilion is designed in such way that it is the user which creates the functions, the hierarchy of spaces and the pathways. The drastic height of the second level and minimal structural elements subconsciously push the limits of the human psyche, motivating and urging the user to experiment with the space. The user feels the power of his actions, the consequences of his thoughts. He is able to tap into his creativity, exploring new horizons of his mind and the space around him. Open planes and small openings provide a different perspectives to same spaces. Thus discovering new about the same thing during movement. An extra dimension of timeless dynamism is introduced into the structure of the design . A framework of spatial geometry was introduced as a structural element. The advantage of the spatial framework is that it can hold heavier loads using minimal ground support. It creates a surreal experience of a heavy metal framework suspended in the air. The canvas frames fitted in framework evoke the user participation. User can contribute its artistic expression on canvas and can also change the canvas sheet composition on the framework with ease of use joinery to create extraordinary voids and spaces or even illusions or use it to stage a performance and entertain the other users.
the concept of dynamic volumes and dramatic planes
DEVELOPING TRANSCENDENT META LANGUAGE A binding entity of pavilion developed in such a way that it discards the dimension of time thus transcending time loop.
9 SENSE STRUCTURES Each structure is fabricated to expierence all 9 senses. Five senses of body and four senses of mind that are sense of exploration, freedom, curiosity and communication.
multipurpose deck
well of light
material: memory foam and thermochromic concrete
material: thermochromic concrete
halls of culture
hallowed waters
material: porous, thermochromic concrete oxidated aluminium, upvc cladded canvas sheets
material: porous concrete
meditation centre
DEVELOPING JOURNEY PHENOTYPES
webbing
The series are evolved to a network to suggest multiple choices for the user to reflect upon. The experience of the spaces was also developed to be subject to interpretation by the user itself. Since the interpretation and the choices are bound to change with respect to time and the mood of the user, it creates a different journey every time.
infusing and interspersing skeletol framework having kinetic panels into webbed organization contributing to timeless dynamism
UTOPIA design elements that go beyond the 5 senses and stimulate the more primal senses of the mind i.e. sense of freedom, curiosity, communication and exploration, creates positive state of mind for the users. At the same state of mind, the internal forces are resolved, the user feels
the
equality
in
his
environment.
The revolution however does not emanate from this point. By these subtle psychological endeavours, we hope to create an inception of a new belief. A belief that resolves the barriers instead of creating them If the experience of the building motivates and inspires the user to either rectify one folly of his life, be it a bad habit or an irrational belief, or just realise that his potential is not restricted by the views of others the
design
would
be
successful.
Because however subtle the change in the psyche, people will notice. People will notice because positivity is contagious. Thus every single user shall be responsible to influence other people around him. Around this small ripple of positivity will be where the real impact will be felt.
and in doing so, not only creates ripples of positivity but a real revolution
RESIDENTIAL SCHOOL
"a new picture in old urban frame of chandigarh" SITE :
DESIGN
an aura to inspire learning, elevate the skill of practical apllication, espouse student teacher interaction ,equip with extra curriculars, nuture the inner belief and induce the best of your abilities. An aura to..................
SCHOOL The design enveloped around the idea of efficient knowldge exchange program and student to teacher interaction. The concept extracted from the inifinity loop of understanding and applying of what is taught. The spaces fabricated not only focus to indoor study but also study outside the four walls. Spaces made an extension to library and arts and crafts studio focus on outdoor participation of students. Students can create things or read books in those spaces. They are designed for students to interpret and treat the space in thier own way. As architects its our job to not post space or design upon them but rather they conceive in their own creative way. Same way other spaces like stage area or garden of application are designed such that they are dynamic in nature as they can cater different activities at different time of day. TEACHERS BLOCK The design evovled from the complementing structure to both school and hostel while intacting the basic designing strategies for apartments. It accomodates 70 teachers including principal and vice principle. The block is designed with 3 different types of 3 BHK models according to different positions of the staff but all clubbed in one roof eliminating all stereotypes of giving different block according to superiorty of teachers.
SECTOR 26
CHANDIGARH
INDIA
HOSTEL The design pitched out of deconstructivism of the basic shape to incorporate the natural elements and to create dyanamism in structure and not static re interpretation of the basic geometry. The landcape and builtmass fuse to form concummate growing conditions of the young minds. The hostels are designed in such a way that students feel the homely conditons and not feel they are being strangled by harsh living conditions. The use of materials also contribute to the sustainbilty of the strcuture.The basketball court, football feild and tennis court evoke the outdoor sports interest of students. The commonroom provides the indoor activities. So overall hostel forms the nuturing cell for the students
Not only individual structures respond to its context, natural elements like light, wind and rain but overall planning effectively state the climate responsiveness be it getting maximum northlight , efficient wind movement on site or rain water harvesting meachanism. The complex provides not only ideal learning aura but also invigorating interaction environment to the students thereby laying foundation for their future success
form evolution
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1
3 2
school
hostels for students and teachers block
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5
3 4
developing complimenting structures outside the knowledge loop
5 working out the functions and embedding the recreational area in teachers block and thus emanating the final form vicissituding the form and procreating it responsive to natural elements
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180
deconstuctivism and reorgarnizing the recreational area in teachers block abstracting the initial form and creating the movement and buffer spaces
the infinite loop (of learning and applying) as initial concept of school design
adducing the initial structure and entrenching the residential area network
planning 1
2 6
1
Computer Lab
A 3BHK Model A
A Master Bed Room
2
Physics Lab
B 3BHK Model B
B Bathroom
3
Biology Lab
C 3BHK Model C
C Kitchen
D Recreational Area
D Drawing Room
4 Chemistry Lab
3
7
4
5
Ramp
E Reception and Waiting Area
E Bed Room
6
Library
F Gaurd Room
F Store Room
7
Multimedia Room
G Entrance
G Lobby , Dining and Living Area
8 Arts and Crafts Studio 8
9 Stage A
10 Staff Hall A
11 Classroom Wing
5
B
12 Staff Washrooms 9
C
B
13 Staff Washrooms
C B
14 Administration Block 10
D
16 Reception and Waiting Area 12
E
G
A E
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18 Auditorium
B
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D F
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C E
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17 Entrance
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15 Principal's Office
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B 18
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A A
16 17 20m
0m 10m
SCHOOL PLAN
ground floor
N
0m
20m 10m
TEACHERS BLOCK PLAN ground floor
N
0m 5m
10m
MODEL A, B, C PLAN ground floor
N
webbing Coadunating the built structures with the series of paths and green spaces as webbing bonds giving rise to final design with holistic architectural language and refabricating idea of school.
DARGAH SHARIF RE-EVOLUTION "re-evolving by generating the model for ressurection of the dargah and boosting
its cultural and economical importance to the city with dargah driven economy " SITE :
THE CHALLENGE The dargah of Chishti, known as Ajmer Sharif Dargah or Ajmer Sharif, is an international waqf, an Islamic mortmain managed by the "Dargah Khwaja Saheb Act, 1955" of the government of India.
The missing link between dargah, city , people and their history , culture and tradition.
The main challenge was lack of basic knowledge about the dargah, its working, its history its importance ans its lost connection with the city. Besides absense of knowledge centre the conditions of present amenities were also abominable. For instance there are no permnanent shading devices for protection against intense sunlight. The marble used for flooring goes steamed up during dummers ,there is no provision underground cooling systems to cool down floor during summers. The dargah also lacks the efficient way to channelize the people coming to shrine thats meas it lacks effective circulation path. No green areas are there to counter the excessive rise in temperature of the place. The dargah complex is compactly planned giving rise to ventilation problem. In order to ressurect its lost glory the solution must not eliminate the present problems which manifolded over the years but also fill the missing link between dargah, city , people and their culture.
AJMER DARGAH SHARIF ,AJMER
RAJASTHAN
THE DESIGN The design provides much needed ressurection to dargah which is overpowered by the buildings surrounding it. Also the mosques around the world has one minar as a symbol of power and this dargah lacks it so design evolved out of not only need but as a last part in dargah complex in order to complete the islamic style of planning. The minar has attribute known as heritage walk as our conceptualization and re evovlution of museum design and will also serve as information centre. The minaret has office storey for the administartion and view spots on the top where people can see city scape and self analyse the growth of city. It actually forms a dialogue between dargah and city. Minaret in dargah can be seen from any part of the city similarly city can be seen from any part of the minaret. Hence a dialogue forms between the dargah sharif and ajmer city with people serving as medium. Being in hot desert area the problem of excessive heat gain and heat island effect is countered by the retractable umbrellas with provide the break from direct sun and due to presence of levels the link with sky still remains intact and green areas near the shrine. The floor is cooled by proposed underground cooling system in which pipes made from materials like PEX or PERT are laid beneath floor and water is allowed to run through it thus cooling the floor which has porous marble tiles.
INDIA
critical regionalism as approach to minaret
erecting the minaret
retrofitting with the islamic elements
evolving with functions and delineating the final design
dargah redesigned plan
biomimetics The design of rectractable umbrellas mimics the system harmonious regional desert flower hymenocallis. Umbrellas provide solution to rainwater harvesting problem as the water is collected from the wings and runs to central core directly to the ground
hymenocallis (a)
(b)
2.Retractable Umbrellas with Rain Water Harvesting system
(c)
Kinetic wings
(a)
(b)
(c)
3. The Hypostyle
1. The Minaret
centrel core serving as rainwater collection pipe 1
1a
2
3
UTOPIA I see a consummate structure rising from the erroneously balanced urban character of the city. I see a new resilience in the functionaing of dargah. I see dargah getting back its domninance on urban scale. It is far , far better thing minaret will do by re essuring the religious importance of dargah and contributing in economy revival, than it have ever done in history creating a critical boundary between old erroneous city with a lost crystal (dargah) and new upright city with dargah serving as its living heart. It is far, far better contribution minaret will bestow as AL QIYAMAH than it could have ever bestowed
NORBULINGKA INSTITUTE comprehensive analysis of climatic responsiveness of the site and its symbiotic network with the context SITE :
In the cacophony of the city there lies symbiotically agglutinated and climatically felicitous entity serving as the backbone of tibetan legacy and carving its niche in the center of the world of art with its teachings.
DHARAMSHALA HIMACHAL PRADESH INDIA
PRELUDE
A RE-EVOLUTIONARY QUIDDITY
The infrastructure was built largely to compensate the growing refugee population from Tibet. There was an need to EVOLVE this infrastructure to encompass the Tibetan Art in all its intricacies, to revive and sustain it in this foreign land. In 1980, Kelsang Yeshi and his wife Kim Yeshi began Norbulingka, an institute in India which could act as a cradle for the revival of Tibetan art, and provide a haven for artists to practice their crafts. The increasing fascination with Tibetan Buddhism internationally created a demand for exceptional art objects, which made Norbulingka economically sustainable.
The tibetan art institute was built with the amalgamation and acknowledgment of local culture, art and architecture. The architecture of the building is a re-evolution of the Tibetan style to suit the conditions of the Himachal region.
THE REVOLUTION
Though Norbulingka evolved out of necessity, the idea of a religious culture and art institute in India was a revolution. Norbulingka quickly evolved to be more than just an institute. Starting out as just a school for wood carving, thangka paintings, appliquĂŠ and a temple, Norbulingka soon became a cultural hub, a Tibetan emissary and started attracting the likes of locals, tourists, monks and everyone who wished to connect to the Tibetan culture. The IMPACT was widespread. Soon the isolated institute amongst the paddy fields became a tourist hotspot.
The planning is based upon the proportions of a Tibetan deity while the basic construction technique is indigenous of the Himachal Region. The Site is also host to an amalgamation of a variety of functions. The various workshops which include wood carving, wood painting, thangka painting, thangka appliquĂŠ etc, the temple, the guest house, the cafe, the doll museum and the shop all come together to form a single entity which boldly represents the entire Tibetan community in the region. The institute is built using Himachal construction techniques, a derivative of kath khuni and other vernacular hill architecture The various aspects of the site are held together by a different layer of landscaping. Using the principles of a Japanese Garden, the landscape provides serene transitions from the public to administrative to cultural to the religious spaces. This datum layer of vegetation forces the site to be treated as a single entity and behave like a living organism where every organ is indispensable.
planning
macro analysis N
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MOD WIND SPEED HIGH WIND SPEED
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WIND FLOW ON SITE
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WINTER SUN
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WATER FLOW ON SITE
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1 ENTRANCE 2 HUMMINGBIRD CAFE
8 TOILETS 9 THANGA PAINTING CLASSROOM
3 STAFF QUARTERS
10 FIRST FLOOR : WOOD PAINTING STUDIO
4 RESEARCH AND
HHDL BIOGRAPHY SECTION
5 FIRST FLOOR: NORBULINGA SHOP
SECOND FLOOR: THANGA APPLIQUE STUDIO THIRD FLOOR: ACADEMY OF TIBETAN CULTURE
6 TEMPLE
FIRST FLOOR: LIBRARY SECOND FLOOR: DALAI LAMA HOUSE
7 FIRST FLOOR: METAL SCULPTURE STUDIO
SECOND FLOOR: TAILORING APPLIQUE STUDIO THIRD FLOOR: WEAVING STUDIO
SECOND FLOOR : THANGA PAINTING STUDIO
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11 FIRST FLOOR : STAFF RESIDENCE SECOND FLOOR : DESIGN STUDIO
12 THANGA PAINTING STUDIO 13 FIRST FLOOR : WOODCARVING STUDIO
SECOND FLOOR : STAFF ACCOMODATION
14 FIRST FLOOR : TAILORING SECTION
SECOND FLOOR : ADMINISTRATION OFFICE
15 NORLING HOUSE
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climatic analysis whole to part Light
CARDINAL SPOTS CATEGORIZATION
KEY ELEMENTS
To better understand the building’s effect on its microclimate it is sub divided it into 3 CARDINAL SPOTS. These cardinal spots were demarcated on the basis of their footfall and cultural or functional importance. High footfall is usually observed in spaces where a user feels ‘comfortable’. Hence proper quantification of the following aspects was required to better understand the efficiency of the building.
“Ambient Luminescence” – an encompassing glow of light that warms and comforts a space and those who dwell in that space. “Focal glow” – Light that gives direction to a space, a light that occurs to help you, guide you to the purpose of that space, like a spot light on a stage this is bright, focused and intense. “Play of brilliance”- Like the skylines of the largest cities, the infinite array of small dots decorate the landscape in varyingpatterns, it is something playful, something interactive and dynamic.
11:00 am
delineating the parametrics
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following SOURCE,THE
parametric NATURE
and
curves INTENSITY
showing OF
LIGHT.
Based on the light analysis of cardinal spots , light parametrics of each day of each season is calculated and delineated to understand the holistic character of light on the norbulingka institute
2:00 pm data is calculated for the month of january 2016
discerning wind and vegetation effects
wind
Vegetation The different type of trees, their seasonal shedding and their heights alter Light, heat and wind in the immediate context. This alteration and its use was properly studied and categorized on type of cardinal spot.
understanding mutual dependencies
Hydrology The waterscapes of the site produce intriguing and efficacious effects on the microclimate of the space. The evaporative cooling alters heat gain while also initiating convection currents. Also the mutual dependencies erect the foundation of dynamic,effective,alluring microclimate of thesite
mutual dependencies of water bodies of the cardinal points not only sourced base but fuctional and effect based
LOW WIND ZONE
MOD WIND ZONE
HIGH WIND ZONE
data analysed is based on the wind movement and vegetation cover present in the cardinal spots
symbiotic network SUSTAIN
DAPTABILITY BLITY
Adaptabilty of norbulingka institute include its response towards elements of nature domain. The more the adaptabilty of structure the better it will compiment the sustainablity of natural domain.This lead to equilibrium between nature and built mass. MUTUALISM Mutualism between institute and nature around it seeked to reverse the trend of wanton consumption of non-renewable materials with disregard to the environment. With greater emphasis on the natural domain than was previously conceived stabalized the current sway of consumption and depletion. PERMEABILITY The ecology of the site and the Design complements each other’s permeability. Much like transparent layer of glass which allows light but not rain, mutual permeabilty of the natural and built domains, allowed controlled transition on various aspects such as Visual, technological, climatic and cultural.
NEOTERIC ARTWORK
MURAL DESIGN
VERTICAL LAMP
DESIGN MODELS
STAGE DESIGN FOR LE CORBUSIER DAY
PRIMARY SCHOOL
RESIDENCE
LAMP SHELL DESIGN
AMATEUR PHOTOGRAPHY