Simiran Singh
Bachelor of Fine Arts
Class of 2019
School of the Art Institute of Chicago
THE IMPRINT
(DESIGNED OBJECTS) (DESIGNED OBJECTS)
CREATURES CREATURES
(ARCHITECTURE) (ARCHITECTURE)
CAVES CAVES PROJECTS THE PLAYCRATE PROJECTS THE PLAYCRATE A TABLE FOR 100 A TABLE FOR 100 THE PLAYCRATE A TABLE FOR 100 THE BELLY THETOWER WOODEN WAVETHE WOODEN WAVE THE WOODEN WAVE THE TOWER BELLY OSITO’S TAP BELLY CHAMBER LIVE THE TOWER CHAMBER LIVE OSITO’S TAP FLANEUR
PROJECTS PROJECTS THE YELLOW NEIGHBORS CLOUDELIER THE YELLOW NEIGHBORS OSITO’S TAP CLOUDELIER CLOUDELIER TROUBLEMAKER TROUBLEMAKER
THE PLAYCRATE
This project is an exploration of what a civic center is and what it could be in this renaissance of architectural boom. In this exploration of spaces and their relationship, this design consists of three distinct spaces during the winter, a greenhouse, Ice-skating rink, and produce market that emerges as a result of the greenhouse farming which during the summer transforms into a pool, basketball court and a cafe. The major challenge was how we as architects have a responsibility of keeping in mind the life cycle of the civic while make efficient use of the space. Reimagining the idea of what defines “The Civic” and how we as architects can change the public’s relationships between bodies and spaces. This illustration is the big idea of what the future of “The Civic” could articulate towards. Where spaces of play, perversion, corporate and residential together coexist in harmony.
Circulation 1 Circulation 2 Circulation 3
PARTI DIAGRAM: 1
THE PLAYCRATE
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WINTER
SUMMER
Pool
TRX Class
Basketball
Ice-Skating
Cafe
Running Track
FLANUER
Flaneur here is not a space but a quality of space inserted into the Alliance Francaise of Chicago where the doors camouflage into the walls and when opened, reveal a whole new world. This whimsical take on the interior architectural renovation of the space ignited upon my first experience within the space. My project creates an element of delight, like an Alice in wonderland except the fact that it is in real life. The project is highly inspired by the concept of elements of French architecture and Hotel Particulier (French townhouses) where the servants and masters use different modes of circulation in the same space. The closets help create this in-between space that allow users to experience an element of surprise. The purpose of the long dioramic wallpaper is to conceal the seams between the walls and the doors giving the residents an illusion of being in nature and a long infinite gallery space. All of these elements allow people to wander, get lost, and experience space a whole different way
FLANUER
FLANUER
The doors camouflage and disappear into the walls as you walk down the gallery. You lose a sense of space and purpose and wander as you look closeer into the half abundant greenery. You touch the green blobs on the walls to make sense of the space and in no time you will find yourself disslving into one of them. The green blobs as graphics on the wall serves also as wall furniture/architectural element
FLANUER
A TABLE FOR 100
“The beer channel� is a table that explores the idea of the preparation and consumption of a communal meal for one hundred people. In contrast to the organization of a restaurant or reception, which divides guests into smaller social groups, this table facilitates an event that is participatory and collective. Reimagining how a singular object accommodates two distinct activities with their own constraints, requirements and outcomes, how form, scale, and material organize space so the guests interact as a community of one hundred people.
The Field Museum Internship THE WOODEN WAVE
The wooden wave is a project work in progress as a part of my internship with the 3D exhibition team at The Field Museum. The wooden wave is to be a part of the Hall 8 extension, sectioned for the Native American Pomo Baskets, is designed to be a supergraphic. The wooden slats are reminiscent to that of a woven basket, using this opportunity to overlay the various slats to create a complex wayfinding space. The designed components are meant to provide seating, display for screen/items and wayfinding through story-telling. The design process is a collaboration led by documentaries, curators, scientists and Pomo basket experts.
THE WOODEN WAVE
The Field Museum Internship
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Image A: Pre-final Iteration Image B: Iteration 1, wover wooden slats Image C: Iteration 1, entrance elevation
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Space visualization THE WOODEN WAVE
An overall space visualization of the Upcoming permanent Native American exhibition to open in 2021. The rendering encapsulates the elements and aesthetics of the space that is to focus on the Native American Pomo baskets on the west coast. The wooden wave serves as a display furniture, seating furniture, light control as well as a wayfinding device.
Detail visualization THE WOODEN WAVE
The wooden wave detail as a light control and display furniture.
CERAMIC + ARCHITECTURE CLOUDELIER
The Cloudelier is suspended from a wooden structure made out of pine studs. The units tessellate higher as we go from stud one to stud five in order to symbolize an advancing procession and allow the viewer to appreciate each unit as a work of art. The tessellation and spacing between the units also allows the viewer to move in between the pieces, getting a view of the top, bottom as well as an elevation that corresponds to the average height
CERAMIC + ARCHITECTURE CLOUDELIER
PLAN
STRUCTURE 80” 77” 74” 71” 68”
ELEVATION
PHASE 1: IDEATION PHASE 2: PROTOTYPING
CLOUDELIER CERAMIC + ARCHITECTURE
3D Print
CNC Milling
This ceramic+architecture project is dedicated to the exploration of integration of advanced technology into our ceramics process, using softwares like rhino, grasshopper, etc., and the use of various methods of fabrication such as 3D printing and CNC Milling. I wanted to cater this project into learning the skill of mouldmaking, casting, glazing and firing over heavy research. The shape of this designed object is inspired by Thai ornaments specifically worn by the mythical giants that guard the gate of Lord Buddha as well as the very simple shapes by 80’s Memphis design merging them into a translation of both these distinct styles creating an armored army in a suspended colorful procession.
Glaze
CLOUDELIER CLOUD TILES & VASE
Our dear Cloudelier sliced into half to create a set of tiles that sit right above the headrest, giving the bedroom its very own character. Visualization inspired by Wes Anderson’s Hotel Chevalier Body is dipped in Kitten’s Clear, white the green pieces that fit right in the middle is glazed in Jun’s Celadon+Tenmoku
TOWER BELLY
Tower Belly is a living fully functional lifestyle hotel. To pose a proposal to the question of “What is the future of co-working in the next ten years?”, to that a new tower inserted into a long narrow existing tri-parti building was the answer; this vertical life was the answer. A life where community is a firsthand, where lifestyle is a priority, by exploring the idea of designing a co-working space without a co-working space.The tower includes amenities crucial to any working individual such as healthcare, childcare, laundry service, boutique offices, shared kitchen, and event space, all co-living within the inserted tower which is surrounded by an ethos of co-work. Co-working spaces today don’t exist in a void where offices are in honeycomb cubicles but rather open plan spaces where members of the community benefit from one other; creating this inter-dependency of both work and companionship. The blob like event space crashing into the tower is a grand gesture that breaks away from the convention of the rectangular block, looking out to the heart of the city, tantalizing the very many individuals to want to experience the space.
3D VISUALIZATION CLOUDELIER
This studio not only encourages us to integrate the various advanced technologies but also pushed us to envision our structures in a a whole different context and material. This particular visualization exudes at atmosphere of a street party where the units are multiplied, suspended in a scattered procession, sandwiched between a busy street, concealing the clouds enough to merge with them. The cloudelier would be made out of mylar/latex balloon material reflecting softness as those of the clouds, creating a spectacle that makes the busy street life stop and wonder: Are these clouds or are these birds?
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OSITO’S TAP JURASSIC STUDIO
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Design for a Mirror and wall screen for a client looking to design a bar in Pilsen neighbourhood, Chicago. Since the Pilsen neighbourhood is occupied by a majority of mexican inhabitants, our client wanted to bing in a mexican touch to the bar. The motif used in the creation of the screens have been outlined from traditional mexican patterns used in tiles. The outlined motif is then multiplied and eroded as the patterns seem to grow into the wall from dense to vine like climbers. Mirror: The mirror screen is a layer of vinyl sticker that is to be laid on a an antique mirror, helps frame the the bottles. Wall Screen: The wall screen is a 4 layer lasercut panel that is stacked such that it erodes both vertically and horizontally as we move away from the origin. Each of these layers are a complex iterations of one another to perform this eroded wall.
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DETAILS DETAILS
OSITO’S TAP MIRROR SCREEN
THE IMPRINT REVIT VISUALIZATION
The Imprint is an entertainment complex in South Korea designed by MVRDV. A project realized in class, our purpose was to focus on one element that we wanted to develop through the course. I chose to focus on lighting in this particular space to study the lighting and reflection through a translucent gradient glass. The modeling process includes creation of families of light, materials, color as well as creating creating conceptual masses for the shell and the floor.
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