SANDEEP S KUMAR ARCHITECTURE + LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE SELECTED WORKS
TABLE OF CONTENTS 01
YAGURA RYUKUCHI PARK
07
LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE
02
STUDIO CANOPY
DIGITAL FABRICATION ARCHITECTURE
08
SHORT FILMS
09
RESUME
ARCHITECTURE
03
FLEXIBLE SHADING ARCHITECTURE
04
HOUSE OF CIRCLES ARCHITECTURE
05
CHILD-FRIENDLY NEW ORLEANS URBAN DESIGN
06
WHAT IF YOU WERE THE US CAPITOL? ARCHITECTURE + DESIGN STUDIES
01 YAGURA RYUKUCHI PARK
LOCATION : OSAKA , JAPAN DESIGNED : FALL 2020
Yagura Ryukuchi Park, located on between the rivers Kanzaki and Yodo in Osaka, Japan serves as a waterfront park that commemorates ecofeminism inspired by the Japanese Shinto religion for the city’s demo graphic. The park also sets an example for raising awareness, encourage self, reflect and inspire.
PROJECT PARTNER: SHARISSA PATANAPANICH
79% of
Japanese women say society favors men and 68% of men agree
25 hours are
spent on housework per week by married Japanese women
61% ofof
ehigh school females say they regularly see or suffer sexual discrimination
Bus Charter Baseball Field
Car Dealer
Transportation Service
Chemical Plant
Chemical Plant
Contractor Corporate Office
Manufacturer Iron Works
Auto Wrecker
Baseball Fields
110th:
Japan’s position in gender equality when ranked against 149 other countries
25 hours are
spent on housework per week by married Japanese women
Gas Company
Electronic Parts Supplier Steel Plant Machining Manufacturer
Recycling Center
SITE INVENTORY Yagura Ryokuchi Park (which translates to ‘green within the industrial’), is located in the Nishiyodogawa Ward at the end of the peninsula west of the Yodo River, the central and largest river of Osaka. The park is surrounded by industrial buildings and is adjacent to a school and a few baseball fields. It is also surrounded by water on 3 sides. Designed in 1999 by LandTec, the park is intended to serve as a place that offers people a closer access to the water while mitigating the urban climate. Prioritizing pedestrians, most visitors walk or bike to the park entering through the two paths southeast of the site. (Those that drive may park at the baseball fields.) The space’s highest point is the center lawn with the topography slope going down from there to the ocean shore. Winding paths surround the topography and native vegetation canopy over the paths. Existing infrastructure includes a restroom, picnic gazebo, and an observation deck. The site also includes a preservation area up north to protect wildlife habitat and tide pools to protect shallow-water marine life as well as to help prevent disasters. The park has become a popular place for locals to fish.
CONSTRAINTS
OPPORTUNITIES
IDEATION DRAWING This drawing was created an emotional and visual connection between the demographic of Osaka and the Shinto Goddess, Ameterasu. The drawing revolves around the story of Ameterasu realizing her role and her importance to the world.
MASTER PLAN
EXISTING OBSERVATION DECK
ONNA-BUGEISHA MEMORIAL SPACE
MEDITATION SPACE NEW RESTROOMS WAVE-ENERGY CONVERTING BOARDWALK
EXISTI MAINTENANCE
FLOATING PLANTERS
EXISTING GAZEBO
MIRROR GATE
ING E BUILDING
INSPIRATIONAL WALKWAY
INSPIRATIONAL WALKWAY
This 800’ long sunken Inspirational walkway depicts the story of Ameterasu going into isolation only to realize her true worth. The Inspirational walk way allows a user to feel inspired by the many successful Japanese of the past and past and present but also motivates one to be the future.
Chiaki Mukai
Yayoi Kusama
Banana Yoshimoto
Sadako Ogata
NEW RESTROOMS
LIGHT POLE
2”ONE WAY MIRROR 2” CONCRETE PANELS
12’
COBBLE STONE PAVEMENT
1”=5’
NEW RESTROOMS
MIRROR GATE MEDITATION SPACE
ONNA-BUGEISHA MEMORIAL SPACE
MIRROR GATE
Mirror gate is a 5’ wide two-way spherical mirror. The mirror is designed and places at the center of the site as the user who views themselves in the mirror can place themselves with the environment they are surrounding.
ONNA-BUGEISHA MEMORIAL SPACE
The Onna-Bugeisha memorial spaces serves as reminder to the public of women’s involvement in early Japan. The memorial consists of an 8’ tall statue of Tomoe-Gozen who is regarded as one of the greatest Onna-Bugeisha’s
MEDITATION SPACE
The meditation serves a space to mediate, read or just relax within the park.
MEDITATION SPACE ONNA-BUGEISHA MEMORIAL SPACE MIRROR GATE
WAVE ENERGY CONVERTERS FLOATING PLANTERS
WAVE ENERGY CONVERTING BOARDWALK
Floaters
Kinetic/Potential Energy converters
Floaters
02
STUDIO CANOPY
This project was concieved with idea of verticality and compactability. The idea of a dewelling that is expanded 50 feet high in the air while being constricted to a 10x10 square. This motive gives one the unqiue constraint of how to live or exisit in a tall but narrow space. In this exploration of verticality one can divide this dewling into three emotions of physical space which are; Earth, Air and Space.
SECTIONS + ELEVATIONS + PLANS
THIRD FLOOR
SECOND FLOOR
FIRST FLOOR
NORTH FACING ELEVATION
EAST FACING ELEVATION
WEST FACING ELEVATION
1/2”=1’
STUDIO CANOPY
SOUTH FACING ELEVATION
1/2”=1’
03
FLEXIBLE SHADING
LOCATION : AMES, IOWA DESIGNED: FALL 2021
PROJECT PARTNERS: NOAH WEBER LOGAN MAYER
In this project, my team and I were tasked with creating a new type of shading device that is different from the conventional methods. Inspired by the Masharaniya tiles from the Middle East, we asked ourselves the question of how such tiles can be made flexible. We took inspiration from Dukta Flexible Wood Studio to make flexible MDF and use it as a shading element.
04
HOUSE OF CIRCLES
With tired feet, I pull off my boots and set bare feet on the cool cement. The glass door closes behind me as I walk towards the kitchen. Across the tree filled courtyard, through tall panes of glass, I see my friend run from the bathroom, they offer me a warm hug. “The bath is ready” they say and turn away from the entry, heading towards the kitchen to stoke wood burning in the stove. I circle the courtyard, the floor changing from cement to wood; I feel playfulness rising in me, My hand passes over the top rough boulder separating or dining space from more intimate areas. As I revolve around the courtyard, the space becomes a playground. Wooden ceilings and walls angle, glass facades arise from hidden corner, Vines hang from the ceiling compromising an art work that reminds me of running freely through fields as a child. My book still lays in the swinging hammock chair, promising relaxation after dinner. I reach the fork, a decision in the house. Should I go back to the kitchen or walk past the beds to the bathroom? The answer is clear after a long hike. The bathroom is too steamy; I step around porcelain tib and crack the large window, letting in the fresh forest air. I emerge as the sunlight wanes, toss my towel on the smaller bed and turn the corner. The courtyard is dark, encircled by the warm light of our home. Through the glass, I see my friend turn off the gas burners and a carry a large dish to the table. I walk parallel to them, shadowy trees between us, the stop to take the kettle from the wood stoce and pour boiling water over tea leaves. Fireflies dance in the courtyard, the last remnants of the sun fall through the skylight above us, We laugh as we break our bread..
05 CHILDFRIENDLY NEW ORLEANS
LOCATION : NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA DESIGNED : SPRING 2019
PROJECT TYPE: URBAN DESIGN +PLANNING
In this studio, the students were tasked in re-designing multiple parts of the city. I was specifically assigned to re-design the Lower Ninth Ward. The Lower Ninth Ward has many issues which involves the safety of the population and also the decreasing population of residents. The proposed plan involves converting vacant lots as corridors between streets and introducing new infrastructure for local business along with main streets and multipurpose buildings.
DEMOGRAPHICS
PRE-KATRINA
POST-KATRINA
14008
4188
3467
827
5601
1883
4293
682
POPULATION
FAMILY
HOUSING UNITS
CHILDREN UNDER 18
PRIVATE PROPERTY PUBLIC PROPERTY
CRIME VACANT LOTS
PROPOSED DESIGNS ISOMETRIC DRAWING PROPOSED STRUCTURES
STREET TREES
PROPOSED STREETS+ ROADS
LOWER NINTH WARD
MASTER PLAN
The proposed plan for the Lower Ninth involves three phases. The three phases follows an approach of re-building the outside and moving inwards. Phase 1 involves converting the main two road into main streets with mixed use structures which are pedestrian friendly. Phase two involves connecting streets through the fabric to create safer spaces.
NEW PATHS NEW MAIN STREETS
PHASE ONE
PROPOSED STRUCTURES PROPOSED ROADS AND STREETS
PHASE TWO
PHASE ONE MAIN STREET NORTH CLAIRE BORNE AVENUE
PHASE TWO CORRIDORS REYENS ST. - FALL ST.
06 WHAT IF YOU WERE THE U.S. CAPITOL?
LOCATION : AMES, IOWA CREATED: JANUARY 2021
PROFESSOR: MITCHELL SQUIRE
The Brreathing Studio of 2021 focused on understanding and predicting the futurabilty of the U.S. Capitol. Phase 1 Students were asked to understand what breathing means to them indiviudally by creating a “Breathing Device” and portraying that device though a series of portraits and a film. My breathing apparatus was two masks and tube where two individuals of a different race grappled for their life and air.
Phase 2 A drawing assignment describing the potencies our “Breathing Device”. My drawing consisted on understanding the peace within death. A peace from the nullifications of the cruel world.
Phase 3 A drawing exercise for us to predict a future with our breathing apparatus in relation to the January 6th Capitol Riot. My drawing consisted on realizing that Dr. Marting Luther King gave his “I have a dream” speech geographically opposite to the U.S. Capitol. A a realization that maybe my breathing device can be used to achieve his dream.
Phase 4 Involves in a deeper understanding of what the capitol can be with the injection of the body as a concealment, reflection and impression.
PHASE 1
PHASE 2
NO MUSLIMS
NO JEWS
FUCK ANTI FA
STOP
STOP NO BLACKS
NO MEXICANS
FUCK ANTI FA
VOTER FRAUD
NO JEWS
TRUMP WILL SAVE US
VOTER FRAUD
FUCK ANTI FA
07 DIGITAL FABRICATION
LOCATION : AMES, IOWA CREATED: JANUARY 2021
PARTNER: MARY LE
We wanted a form that had interesting faces on all sides, which related to the shapes of origami, more specifically the fortune teller. By deriving from a 3”x3”x3” volume, where straight triangular cuts across the cube created varying types of faces, we made a shape that could be rotated in any direction. This allowed for many possibilities in configuration since all the face stood up the same amount of area when stacking on another module, creating both regular and irregular patterns.
FORM STUDIES
GRASSHOPPER SCRIPT
SPECIFICATIONS
8° 1.866”
1.866” 0.775”
.46” 1.992” 2.764”
1”
08 A GRELOTTER
WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY SANDEEP
This film was shot to shed light on the psychological effects an individual person can have in the recent events of COVID-19. This film explores interior and exterior spaces when someone is truly alone.
08 B STILL ALIVE, WHO YOU LOVE
WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY SANDEEP
This film explores two different realities of a suicidal person. One where the person chooses to end their life in multiple different ways and the other where the same person chooses to live and also re-lives those suicidal moments.
08 C YOU
WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY SANDEEP
This film explores an experiment where two individuals were given a sorrowful topic to converse about. They were filmed in a manner that their faces were never seen on screen/camera to investigate body language with individuals.
08 RESUME
Name
- Sandeep Suresh Kumar
DOB
- May 18, 1998
Phone
- 515-520-5898
- sandeep@iastate.edu
WORK EXPERIENCE
Playground Alumni Collective Founder and Creative Director Fall 2021-Present City Leisure and Play Research Assistant- Team Create Spring 2021 Jeffrey L. Bruce & Company LLC Landscape Architecture Intern Spring-summer of 2020 Eco-flash Initiative and Sustainable Solutions Pvt. Ltd. Landscape Architecture Intern Summer of 2018 Chemical Engineering Department of Iowa State University Graphic Designer Summer of 2019 EDUCATION
Iowa State University Masters in Architecture (Advance Standing) Fall 2023 Iowa State University BLA in Landscape Architecture Spring 2021
AFFILIATIONS Sigma Alpha Pi - National Society for Leadership and Success National Organization for Minority Architecture Students Student Society for Landscape Architects Student Organization for Open Discussion Alliance Jiu Jitsu
REFERENCES Luis Rico-Gutierrez, Dean, College of Design ISU lrico@iastate.edu Debroah Hauptmann Char, Architecture deborah@iastate.edu
SKILLS
Adobe Photoshop Adobe Illustrator Adobe InDesign Adobe Bridge Adobe Premiere Pro Adobe After Effects Auto cad Rhinoceros Grasshopper Revit Lumion Google Sketchup Procreate MS office Hand Drawing Film Making
Carl Rogers Chair, Landscape Architecture rogerss@iastate.edu Benjamin Shirtcliff, Ph.D Assistant professor, Landscape Architecture & Urban Design bens@iastate.edu Douglas Spencer Ph.D Director of Graduate Education, Architecture dcs1@iastate.edu David Stokes Lead/CEO dstokes@jlbruce.com John Bennet V Peter Senior Landscape Architect john@eissworld.com Michael (Mikesch) Muecke PhD Associate professor, Architecture mikesch@iastate.edu
LANGUAGES PROFICIENT IN English Malayalam Hindi Tamil Arabic