VAERU DESIGN PORTFOLIO Every part of this book belongs to me, the design, art, sketches, photographs and the scribbles ©2016 by Sruthy Padannappurath
This portfolio aims in showcasing my passion over the past few years, growth and widening perspective on design, love for art and design as such, irrespective of its categories. Hence I would be adding a few unnumbered works in between which completes my story in this period to recollect my way so far.
CONTENTS 2009- 2014
2015- 2016
UG ARCHITECTURE
SELF ASSIGNED
B Arch Thesis Shelter DesignAn academic project Urban compaction at Meenchanda
The raincoat- An upcycling project
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2014- 2016 PROFESSIONAL CIAL lounges interiors KIAL landscape design Competition project
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26 33 40
Book cover design- A handmade project
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1 B ARCH THESIS Architecture, Passive design, Research, Site, Kerala, Climate responsive design details SEMESTER 10
06 | B ARCH THESIS, 2014
My final year B Arch design thesis was NIRDESH, National Institute for Research and Development in Defence Shipbuilding, which was a live project at Chaliyam in Kozhikode, Kerala, India. The researches n data were collected over the span of four months and design got four months, from site study, concept development to the design output. Being a pioneer project several live and literature case studies where required to come up with the area statements. My seminar ‘Passive techniques in office building design for warm humid climate’ helped a lot in developing an environmentally conscious concept design. The paper summarized the requirement of passive techniques, growing energy demand in office buildings, suitability of passive techniques in warm humid climate and also the advantages of various passive cooling options in office buildings. Check out my seminar on https://issuu.com/ SruthyPChandran Check out the full research for the project on https://issuu. com/SruthyPChandran
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LAYOUT, ACCESS AND CIRCULATION
The layout is arranged to avail the wind and view from the sea to all the main buildings. The two separate entities, the Institute and the Museum are facilitated with separate entries as a functional requirement. INDIVIDUAL FACILITIES LAYOUT
Buildings in the site are oriented along the optimum orientations which are EW axis or NW- SE axis. Narrow building width and central courtyards are provided for enhancing passive cooling. ENVIRONMENT FRIENDLY DESIGN
Sun shading breathing walls, roof gardens and vertical gardens are given for enhancing passive cooling. A storm water wetland is proposed onsite for recycling water to be used for gardening.
08 | B ARCH THESIS, 2014
PLAN- RESEARCH PARK
DETAIL A
NOTE | All dimensions are in meters The drawing is not to scale.
There are various buildings in the institute namely Research park, Design park, Training park, Administration block, housing and ancillary facilities. In the research park, a central courtyard is provided where researchers from different departments interact and it diverges into individual departments with courtyards and informal interaction space within.
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This page | Top | Section through Research park Middle | View to Cafe Down | Courtyard and vertical garden Next page | Top | Administrative block coutyard and breathing wall Middle | Natural lighting and ventilation in office space Down | Administrative block Elevation Facade treatment
10 | B ARCH THESIS, 2014
BREATHING WALL DETAIL
BREATHING WALL
A wall partition acting as a window which is angled in such a way as to allow wind and ample lighting into a room. MUSEUM RAMP DETAIL
The 2m high planter detail block the view towards Institute and the planters on both sides give an interesting feature to the 3M wide ramp CAR PARKING SHED
MUSEUM RAMP SECTION
The car parking space is designed to be naturally green and hence the roof made with concrete shell is built with planters.
CAR PARK SECTION
12 | B ARCH THESIS, 2014
MARITIME MUSEUM
MUSEUM LAYOUT
Best part of the museum is the constraints, the land regulations making it possible to utilize the unbuildable area for creating a ramp to the top floor. The vertical circulation within the building is from top floor to ground floor, creating the feeling of going deeper into the depths of the sea.
FORM EVOLUTION
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14 | B ARCH THESIS, 2014
Left top | Maritime museum cross section Left middle | View from the top floor lobby interior Top | Rendered view of the maritime museum Down | North side elevaion Check out the full project on https://issuu.com/ SruthyPChandran Check out the site study for the project on https://issuu.com/SruthyPChandran
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Before thesis, I went for my architecture internship in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. Closely observing the architecture of Corb, Khan, Doshi and the vernacular architecture of the west and northwest India was when I made the real discovery- my love for details.
See the internship treasures full documentation
https://issuu.com/ SruthyPChandran
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2 SHELTER DESIGN Modular design, Architecture, Disaster housing, Adaptive design, Post disaster, Model making SEMESTER 8 ADFT STUDIO
A class assignment done in two weeks, the project was to design temporary shelter home modules and stack them inside an auditorium providing maximum convenience for living. It was a fun project and ice breaker after our internships. The modules had to be sturdy and should be able to dismantle easily, the fun was in designing each module with minimal variations for easy mass production purpose, assemble them and create a physical working model with the inbuilt furniture and venestrations.
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Previous page | Physical model of a single module This page | Right | Conceptual sketches Bottom | Physical 3D model of stacking in. see the full shelter design project on
https://issuu.com/SruthyPChandran
20 | SHELTER DESIGN- AN ACADEMIC PROJECT, 2013
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URBAN COMPACTION AT MEENCHANDA
Data collection, Urban design Planning concept Illustration Presentation Team: AV Venugopal Amaresh M Harikrishnan Mithika M Vineeth AC Sreeraj PM Sruthy P SEMESTER 9 UD STUDIO
This Urban design project was a team work done in four months. Thorough site study and analysis were carried out for a proposal of Urban compaction at Meenchanda, a sub-urb of Kozhikode city. The design approach was from the site study, zonal plan and vision plan were developed and the standards were developed from these studies.
NODAL ANALYSIS
ZONAL PLAN
I was more interested in the urban environment details like signages, street lights, street furnitures and urban landscapes through the project. The modified project, done by a four member team including me was one among the five shortlisted for the University of Westminster( UoW) Trophy in NASA, a national Architectural Competition.
Sheets presented for UoW Trophy | Below
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This page | Right | A cotton shawl with golden borders fabric painted with Kerala mural art Left | Kerala mural work on wall and column, acrylic on putty surface
Next page | Top | Self designed and stitched formals in silk Left | Casual top in cotton Right | Self designed and stitched casual top
4 CIAL INTERIOR DESIGN Interior design, Architecture, Surface design, Textures,Local material, Kerala, Mohiniyattom, Art form Team: Ar. Delis Kolady Shemin M Sruthy P
The first work which felt like a real design deal, two architects and a 3D visualiser, we had one week to design and present all the five lounges interior designs for Cochin International Airport to the client. Shown here is the VVIP lounge design. The concept was to let the user enjoy a small piece of Kerala, beautiful, classy yet subtle, colors and forms derived from Mohiniyattom- traditional dance form of Kerala. I am of the opinion form and function flows hand in hand, and without constraints I cannot find meaning in design, here time was the major constraint taking us down by throat. But it was a refreshing experience to work on design with another architect, a lot of brainstorming led to the concept and from there we worked on the elements. It was a fulfilling experience when most of the designs got client approval on the first go.
MOOD BOARD
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MOOD BOARD
Below | Trials and ideation for deriving the wall texture pattern.
28 | CIAL LOUNGE INTERIORS, 2015
Right | Wall partition using indegenous coir craft.
The option I personally liked for the ceiling design was the white ceiling with wooden bands for the brightness it provided in the room but client prefered the traditional full wooden style. A few refinements were done on the details for execution from the approval stage.
Below | Derivation of ceiling inspired from the traditional Kerala wooden ceiling
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see the full project presentation on
https://issuu.com/SruthyPChandran
This page | Ongoing work at site Top | 3D Visualization Bottom | 3D Visualization
30 | CIAL LOUNGE INTERIORS, 2015
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CONCEPTUAL
SKETCHES
5 KIAL
LANDSCAPE DESIGN Landscape design, Warm humid tropical climate plants, Theyyam, Colors and textures, Bamboo avenue landscaping, Research
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This was the first project I handled whole by myself from conceptualization to tendering. Having grown up with a mom in love with gardening it didn’t take a while to take the project to my heart. The client was Kannur International Airport Ltd. Frequent traveling for client meetings, getting held up at site for weeks and the frequent design changes due to varying on site factors and budget constraints, it took me over six months to reach the tendering stage. I was extremely lucky for having a senior Landscape Architect Dr. Benjamin P V as my mentor for the project.
SITE STUDY AND ZONING
34 | KIAL LANDSCAPE DESIGN, 2016
Top | Theyyam- A performance art of Northern Kerala, Kannur
CONCEPT BOARD
MOOD BOARD- THEYYAM CHAIN LANDSCAPE MATERIALS
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This page| Initial mood boards Next page| Top | Initial 3D visualization Middle | Site photograhs Down | Design evolution sketches
36 | B ARCH THESIS, 2014
Kannur district in Kerala is the land of an indegenous art form called the ‘Theyyam’. The Airport being located in Kannur had interior concepts derived from the Theyyam. Several mood boards and concept boards along with detailed site study was required to reach the approved design.
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Top and middle | Not approved design options for the KIAL landscape
38 | KIAL LANDSCAPE DESIGN, 2016
The pragmatic journey to final design, zooming in to see the effects of varying textures, sizes and colors that brings appeal and most importantly the climatic conditions and use of sustainable plants and trees has been a heart-warming experience.
Right | A few materials finalised for the landscaping Bottom | Approved plan
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DESIGN FORM EVOLUTION
Team: Nevin Binoy Archa Vijay Mathew Sruthy P
ACTIVITY ORGANIZATION
Planning concepts, User centric Graphic design Presentation Illustration
USER GROUP ANALYSIS
This was a competition project for Chennai Metropolitan COMPETITION Development Authority and we were the first runner up in the bid. PROJECTCONVENTION Project was to design a convention CENTRE centre and related amenities.
FUNCTIONAL FLOW DIAGRAM
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7 THE RAINCOAT DESIGN Upcycling, Textile design, Product design, from wastes,mixed media, Kerala rains
This is a self-taken up project while still working with Kitco, when I decided to fuel my love for textile design and sustainable upcycling. With the beautiful rain pouring outside and my recently broken umbrella lying around, I decided to make a raincoat using the umbrella textiles. I used two of my old umbrellas and an old jacket to be upcycled into the raincoat. The process involved minimal stitching and alterations to the existing fabrics. Embellishments were done with mosaic tiles, which were discarded samples from the office.
Top | The broken umbrella which triggered the idea Middle | Mosaic tiles and Gujarat kutchi work ( mirror work), ideation Right | stitching- part of the process
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The colors and patterns are conceptualized from the traditional dance form of KeralaKathakali, and the colorful umbrellas used for Pooram (temple festivals).
see the full raincoat project on
https://issuu.com/SruthyPChandran
This page | Top left | fabric painting materials Middle | Two umbrella fabrics and an old jacket Down | The process Next page | The product at various stages
46 | THE RAINCOAT- AN UPCYCLING PROJECT, 2016
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Top | Completed raincoat
48 | THE RAINCOAT- AN UPCYCLING PROJECT, 2016
This page | Surface design inspired from coconut leaves, mixed media, A4
8 BOOK COVER DESIGN Surface design, Hand crafts, Book binding, from waste, sustainable, mixed media
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I have always wanted to gift friends something handmade, it feels like gifting a part of me. With the cartridge paper lying around, I decided to make A6 size sketch books as gifts. Though precision does not come without a lot of time investment I decided to make the books on my own. Making the cover was the fun part. Left-over canvas pieces were used on which mixed media art was done.
This page | Top | Materials Middle and down | Mixed media cover illustration Next page | Mixed media illustration for book cover
52 | BOOK COVER DESIGN- A HANDMADE PROJECT, 2016
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