Sirisha Reddy CM I UofI I Architecture Graduate Portfolio I 2023

sirisha reddy chittoor muni

Architecture to me is totality. A complex multi-disciplinary field of study where each fragment idyllically merges with one another producing an exquisite output. I believe one needs to have a strong core, unmeasured values and probity as an Individual to steer it on right lines.

Design is as vibrant as it can be perceived and as mellow and it is ultimately us as designers who get to choose to regulate between either ends of this spectrum.

I want to design spaces that evoke the most intramural spirits of a person. I want to offer people a sense of belonging while still having the luxury to be unfettered.

EDUCATION

Master of Architecture [M.Arch], 3.86/4 G.P.A Concentration: Health & Well-being

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

// 2021-2023, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois

// Contributing Editor, Ricker Report, UIUC

// Career Commitee Chair, UIUC Women in Architecture

Bachelor of Architecture [B.Arch], Distinction

Visvesvaraya Technological University

// 2013-2018, Bangalore, India

SKILLS & INTERESTS

// Teamwork, attention to detail, adaptability, critical thinking, time management

// Autodesk Revit, AutoCAD, SketchUp, Rhino, MSoffice

// Lumion, Enscape, Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Covetool

// Laser-Cutting, Wood-working, Model Making, Hand-drafting

// Graphic Design, Product Design, Interior Design, Landscape Design, Urban Planning

// English [Full proficiency], Telugu [Native]. Kannada & Hindi [working proficiency]

// Writing, Reading, Dance, Music, Film making, Organization & Travel

// Health & Well-Being, Social welfare, Community development

AWARDS

2022 Fall_Graduate Design Excellence/Earl Prize Nomination

// “The Intergenerational Ecosphere”, Health & Well-Being Studio

2022 Spring_ Graduate Design Excellence/Earl Prize Nomination

// “Building between Trades”, Adaptive Reuse Studio

2022.05 - 2022.08

CHICAGO, US

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGNER-III/SUMMER INTERN HARDING PARTNERS

// Worked on adaptive reuse projects, a private residence and F.L.Wright’s davenport house restoration

// Produced 100% construction drawings for storage facility of the chicago elecotral board building

// Drafted and detailed construction drawings for Anshe Emet Synagogue and Chapel

// Assisted in site visits and measure drawings

// Assisted in producing drawings for deadlines and client presentation

2021.01 - 2021.07

BANGALORE, INDIA

JUNIOR ARCHITECT-I ARATT

// Worked on award winning hospitality project Ayatana Resort, coorg & ooty

// Prepared masterplan layout, floor plans, elevations and facade detailing

// Individualky worked on design and detailing of shipping container merchandise twin kiosks

// Designed and modelled a beer garden with principal architect’s supervision

// Worked on a residential interior project, layout and preliminary cost estimation

2018.07 - 2020.09

BANGALORE, INDIA

JUNIOR ARCHITECT-II

AR. JYOTHIRMAYEE KRANTHI

// Assisted in designing low and mid-rise residential and commercial projects

// Worked on 3D modelling and visualizing

// Prepared good for construction drawings

// Assisted with execution and co-ordination with principal from site

// Responsible for material selection and client collaboration

// Handled approval drawings to be sent to building authories

2017.08 - 2018.04

BANGALORE, INDIA

ACADEMIC INTERN SIMHA ASSOCIATES

// Worked on commercial and institutional projects architecture and interiors

// Collaborated with structural, MEP and PMC consultants

// Responsible for creating concept and mood boards for interior projects [Open-Text Office]

// Worked on design documentation, masonry drawings, carpet, false ceiling layouts, interior elevations

// Prepared parking layouts for commercial complex, samp detailing, staircase detaling and estimation

// Worked individually with the principal architect on schematic design of Vasavi commercial complex

2014.07 & 2016.01

BANGALORE, INDIA

SUMMER & SPRING INTERNSHIPS STHAPATHI ARCHITECTS

// Produced working drawings

// Built physical model with a team of three

// Assisted with presentations

// Assisted in site visits

CONTENTS

O2: THE INTERGENERATIONAL ECOSPHERE

Multigenerational residential tower at the 78, Chicago

ARCH 572 I Health & Well-being Studio I Fall 2022

2022 Earl Prize/Graduate Design Excellence Awards_Nominee

BUILDING BETWEEN TRADES

Adaptive Reuse of Chanute Air Hangar 4, Construction Trade school

ARCH 573 I Building Performance Studio I Spring 2022

2022 Earl 2022 Earl Prize/Graduate Design Excellence Awards_Nominee

FRAGMENTS OF NARRATIVE

Architecture Campus Design

UG I SEM VI I 2016

CURATED EXCLUSION

Holistic and Wellness Center

UG Thesis Project I SEM VIII I 2017

PROFESSIONAL

Selected works from my previous experiences as an Architect & Intern Commercial, Residential, Institutional, Mixed-Use, Interiors, Landscape & Adaptive Re-Use

SKILLSET

A miscellany of my sketching, photography, graphic design & model making

THE INTERGENERATIONAL ECOSPHERE

O2 the Intergenerational ecosphere is a tower aimed at housing people of multiple generatons. The initial brief called for a program that would be a safe haven for the users. Our design developed through a series of investigations ranging from site Analysis, conceptual studies, through words, massing studies and other case studies reflects the best of what it truly means to live in a tower that can contribute to the health and well being of all the generations. Strategies like Connection to nature, movement, social interaction, equity, Indoor air Quality and multisensory design are integrated from ground level to the very top of the tower. Both horizontal and vertical circulation are designed to Foster interaction among users inadvertently. The intermittent open terraces are idyllic settings that break the continum of rigidity and monotony by introducing secondary communal spaces that bring the residents together. The beau ideal of the entire project are the triple height communal kitchen/lounge spaces at every 4th level. These reintroduce the concept of inadvertent interaction by bringing more and more residents together and aid engaging in various events and routine.

BRIDGING THE DIVIDE BETWEEN USERS OF DIVERGENT GENERATIONS THROUGH THE 5 PRINCIPLES OF WELL-BEING

PROJECT TYPE Academic Professor Patricia Saldana Natke

BUILDING BETWEEN TRADES

Continuing the history of Chanute Air Base as a place of training, Hangar 4 is envisioned as a as a post-secondary Construction Trades School where craftsmen, construction managers, and designers participate in hands-on, interdsiciplinary projects. This proposal would revitalize Rantoul by providing a new opportunity for jobs in the skilled trades. As the number of young people employed in the skill trades declines, this school would provide an alternative path in establishing a life-long career. This would also create a regional impact by creating a new source of skilled labor for employers throughout Illinois. The construction school trains student in carpentry, ironworking, masonry, pipefitting, electrical, and heavy machine operation.

REVITALIZING THE VOCATIONAL FABRIC OF RANTOUL THROUGH A CONSTRUCTION TRADE SCHOOL

PROJECT TYPE Academic Professor Scott Murray

Stuti Bharadwaj, Alejandro Torre Spring 2022 Rantoul, USA

STUDIO 572 COLLABORATOR

FRAGMENTS OF NARRATIVE

The programme for the project as a part of third year studio design project is an Architecture Campus Design that rethinks the spaces architecture schools currenlty boast. Existing on turbulent landscape the blocks attempt to create a sequence engendering several shards that add up to create a stunning scene. The Site has tepid contours. The uneven land is levelled by Cut and fill method. The cut earth from the steeper part is used to lower level part of the land creating a solid compacted base for each block.

RE-COGITATING THE DESIGN OF ACADEMIC SPACES UNIQUE TO ARCHITECTURE SCHOOLS.

+FLOOR PLAN-ACADEMIC BLOCK

+FLOOR PLAN-ADMIN BLOCK

Wayanad is an environmental hotspot and its fragile ecology is a matter of urgent concern. Forming part of the highly sensitive nilgiri biosphere reserve, Wayanad has an almost unbroken link with tiger reserves and wildlife sanctuaries of bandipur, mudumalai, magarholai, br hills, santhyamangalam and silent valley in neighboring states. A focus point of last year’s floods in Kerala, Wayanad is also passing through a number of environmental issues created mainly by deforestation, irresponsible tourism, tribal land encroachments, human-animal conflicts and unscientific developmental initiatives. From 2001 to 2020, Wayanad lost 2.5kha of tree cover, equivalent to a 1.5% decrease in tree cover since 2000 and 1.39mt of co2e emissions.

The environmental center is a sustainable attempt at resolving the issues in ecological and biodiversity conservation not just through traditional practices unique to the tropical land of India and advanced technological methods extracted from various parts of the world but also by educating, advocating and raising awareness among residents and tourists through the program with issues aimed specifically at overarching ecological issues currently Wayanad is facing. Integrating design with materials sourced ecologically from construction landfill, usage of brick, jaali walls, sloped roofing for rain water runoff, geothermal wells, live green roof, rain water harvesting, storm water revival, solar energy harnessing are a few design conscious inclusions.

Prof. Erik Hemmingway

Individual Fall 2021 Kerala, India

STUDIO 571 COLLABORATOR DATE LOCATION

CURATED EXCLUSION

BY IMPARTING AESTHETICS, SUSTAINABILITY, SPIRITUALITY,

As the world becomes ever more work-orientated, individuals are often more mentally and physically stressed after long weeks at work. Rural health care is one of the biggest challenges faced by the Health Ministry of India. Over 70% of the population lives in rural areas, with high mortality rates and little access to health care facilities. The population of Tirupati is ever changing due to the nature of the area, 60% of the population is made up by floating individuals from nearby villages, and it is surrounded by 56 gram Panchayats, all of whom wish to be treated by an affordable and natural system of care. This project proposal is a safe haven carefully designed considering the large corridor of people who access the space and the program that it aims at. Core to the design were the Chinese principles of Feng shui with a rendition of Indian geomancy- the vaastu sutra which includes the 5 elements of nature. The geographical diversity of the site lets one relish the benefits from both the mountain and the upland farms adjacent to it. The aura of each space retains tranquility, an aspect that is pivotal to the program.

ISOLATION AND OTHER ASPECTS OF ‘WANTS’ RATHER THAN NEEDS

Asst. Professor Joyce Sequera

+PLAN- ADMIN BLOCK +PLAN- COTTAGE

+EXPLODEDAXONOMETRICVIEW

CONSTRUCTING PANORAMA

Bangalore is the number one city in the indian deep south, blessed with a benovelent climate and oppurtunity for anyone seeking to live sustainably. The past decase has seen a mad surge of development, coupled with traffic congestion & rising pollution levels. While the urbanization continually pushes its boundaries outward, the central district remains more or less unaltered. Our investigations led to proposing strategies to monitor and direct urban dwellers to transit through and live around the city with efficiency and ease, A metro passing through the site called for an underground station to resolve the acquiring of overhead space. The overpass for the green route made car free at the entrance of Nimhans aids in safe pedestrian crossing by breaking the traffic flow. The skywalk from nimhans ot kidwal center adds to the ease of movement. A plan of encroaching 2 properties is devised to make up for the insufficient area. The jhonson market made into a heritage listing will remain a public realm but introducing sidewalks, kiosks and gallery space will enhance the urban character and revives the area.

REVITALIZING THE URBAN FABRIC SHANTINAGAR HOLDS BY ALTERING LANDSCAPE AND TRANSIT NUANCES. PROJECT

Professor Fathima Samana & Tawhid Khan

+BEER GARDEN & BASEMENT LAYOUT [RESTAURANT]

+SHIPPING CONTAINER RETAIL MERCHANDISE UNITS

TRANSFORMABLE STRUCTURE FORM FOLLOWS MOTION: DEPLOYABLE SPHERE

PROJECT TYPE Academic

ARCH 563

Professor Sudharshan Krishnan

Individual Fall 2021

An innovative structural system that serves special purposes and needs during disasters as relief shelters. At times when ease of trasportation and rapid deployment are warranted, these can be used for roof of stadia, for structures used in outer-space explorations, for responsive facaes, for iconic public architecture, whenever a structure needs to be reused without the burden of dismantling and reassembly.

Photography Model Making

Graphic Design Sketching