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Sudarshan R. S. Iyengar
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2014-2019
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Sudarshan R. S. Iyengar Architecture & Design University of Texas at Austin 2014-2019 srsiyengar@utexas.edu +1 (214).415.7986
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Index Austin Music Academy, 06 Frame, 22 Avem, 36 Rusk, 40 Million Month Challenge, 48 Surfboard, 52 Resume, 57
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Austin Music Academy Team: Brandon Tharp, Sudarshan Iyengar
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In an effort to define the abstract nature of music through the development of the Austin Music Academy, one must attempt to diagram the concept of music. Being a universe of it’s own, this proves to be a challenge, but one may attempt to understand how music can be created through an observations of sounds and silences. The resonance, or volume of a sound, in conjunction with the release, the silence that follows the sound, together create move back and forth to create intrigue and therefore rhythm. The resonance, or volume of a sound, in conjunction with the release, the silence that follows the
sound, together create move back and forth to create intrigue and therefore rhythm. The massing was generated starting with a very simple grid, based off of the gradient developed between public and private. Using that grid, the masses can be divided very simply horizontally and vertically. Then, dividing these masses into separate programmatic zones, each is developed in order to greater serve the function of the building.
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Republic Square Park Adjacency to important urban park create a gathering space for the Downtown Austin community.
Transit Positioned on corridor for public transportation and occasional gathering hubs, all of different magnitude
Triangle Proximity to important centers for performance art in Austin creates a distinct cultural center
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Recording & Production To give back to Austin, the rooms surrounding the courtyard above the auditorium will be programmed as public after school hour recording and production studios, accessible to the people of Austin.
Public Terrace The courtyard itself will be directly accessible by the public, connected to Guadalupe street with a monumental staircase, linking this public but concealed courtyard to the fabric of downtown.
Performance & Front of House As a way of engaging Fourth Street, the Front of House and Auditorium space are dropped, creating visual connections from the sidewalk and the activity going on below. The Auditorium being subterranean acoustically isolates the space
Education The school is positioned on the most private corner of the site. While other areas of this project focus on visual connectivity outwards, the school, with a monolithic brick facade, focuses on creating an insulated center for education.
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Structural Axonometric
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Frontal Section EW
Central Section EW
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Axonometric: Rooftop Courtyard
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Axonometric: Front of House
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Section Detail: Rooftop Courtyard Sculpture
Section: Front of House
Section Detail: Rooftop Courtyard Sculpture
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Rendering: Rooftop Courtyard
Rendering: Front of House Sculpture
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Section Detail: Steel Frame Balcony Connection
Plan Detail: U-Channel Corner
Section Detail: U-Channel Corner
Wall Section: U-Channel Facade
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Rendering: School Atrium
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Frame Team: P. Chang, M. Garcia, M Gaudio, D. Huang, S. Iyengar, R. Joseph, M. Rodriguez, J. Sheets, D. Smith, A. Stone, B. Tharp, C. Townley, A. Vanella
Frame, a project assembled by the Gulf Coast Design
create a learning pavilion on the acres of the coastal land
Lab, makes its home in Galveston, Texas, amongst
which they maintain. The pavilion would be used as a
acres of coastal land, bordering both bodies of water,
rest stop for workshops held by Artist Boat for children
and residential areas. Working in conjunction with
from the lower income, inner city areas of Houston.
Artist Boat, a coastal preservation non-profit, and with
By addressing several issues, including material
Gulf Coast Design Lab, this pavilion was designed and
selection in a coastal area, structural requirements of
constructed to present many disenfranchised children
hurricane zones, construction schedules, modularity of
access to nature, while simultaneously bringing
furniture, creating an outdoor classroom with flexible
awareness to impact climate change is having on coastal
“indoor� arrangements, and more, Gulf Coast Design
lands globally. Faced with rising water levels, invasive
Lab engaged in all levels of a project, from Schematic
species, and changing temperatures impacting the flora
Design, to finishing the construction of this pavilion,
and fauna on their coastal lands, Artist Boat sought to
over the course of five months.
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Detail: Front of House Sculptural Piece
Levitate
Extrude
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Detail: Front of House Sculptural Piece
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Subtracted Framed Views
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Avem Team: Sudarshan Iyengar
Laguna Gloria, home to Austin’s contemporary art
different moment of a birder’s procession, Avem seeks
museum and sculpture park, is an engaging site with
to unify the landscape and biodiversity through creating
several different ecological zones. These zones host an
a procession, not unlike that of the site: one starting
incredibly diverse flora and fauna, making it a popular
with an individual threshold, passing through individual
location for birding. In the creation of this recreation
viewing platforms, which meet in an outdoor communal
center and exhibit for birding, the context of the
space, and continuing to reflection, both through display
sculpture park, and the biodiversity were taken into
and education. The final stage of the journey is the
account in order to create both an optimal birding
viewing platform overlooking the Colorado River, and
experience, and more importantly, to establish a sense of
providing a reflective view on the journey that had been
community for the birders. Avem takes advantage of the
taken to get there.
natural processions created by the undulating landscape throughout the site, all leading down to the water. Using each zone of the project as a way to highlight the
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Connection to Water Like enjoying art and sculpture, birding is an activity which places an emphasis on the ritual and procession. By connecting to the water at the tip of the lagoon, overlooking the Colorado River, the birding center creates a destination for the processional aspect of enjoying both sculpture and nature.
Plan: Birding Museum and Education Center
Communal Space The open grassland on the site provides an ideal environment for both gathering, and is also in proximity towards bio-diverse zones. The space is concealed by addition of scattered trees along the strip, creating a zone of activity which stand independent from the private experience of observing the exhibit.
Sinking of Field To gain functional access to the bio-diverse zones in proximity to the central communal space, the entire strip is sunk, with the birding zones elevated so that eye level is equal to ground level. This allows viewers to explore the birds while not disturbing them, creating a private boundary between the rest of the sculpture park and the site.
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Rusk Center for Rehabilitation Team: Sudarshan Iyengar
The Rusk State Hospital, located in Rusk, Texas, is a
rehabilitation. Instead of isolating patients, this facility
psychiatric facility for patients in East Texas. The site
development focuses on routing patient circulation
is the sole hospital and source of revenue in the town,
through open, outdoor spaces, in order to connect the
and bears a significant historical presence on the site.
patients to the beautiful, natural, environment of Rusk,
Previously a hospital for criminally insane African
Texas. Priorities included connecting the patients to the
Americans, the memory of the old function of the
staff of the hospital through program and therapy, and
hospital manifests itself in the decaying walls, molded
creating openings in the historic brick facade to allow
pipes, and dilapidated condition of 501, the central block,
natural light. The third level of this hospital serves as
which is the primary site of the project. Rusk, Texas
a memorial to the former patients of this institution,
itself, however, is incredibly beautiful, and climate allows
who had been discriminated and locked away due to
for lush vegetation. The re-development of this hospital
the color of their skin and a lack of understanding of
revolved around shifting the attitude towards mental
mental health. This hospital seeks to become a beacon
health from one of containment towards an approach of
of recovery, and also a reminder of a dark past.
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Existing Mass The long mass, 501, sits in proximity to two other masses, primarily used for patient housing. The current layout isolated the entry to 501 from the rest of the campus.
Elevation: East Facade
Section: Central Section
Connection In order to develop a connection with the rest of the campus, two segments of 501 are pulled forward to form the linear mass in front of the existing hall. The facade of 501 is manipulated in order to bring light in, but is preserved for historical significance.
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Therapy Mall The open space between the patient wing and the main 501 structure serves as a Therapy Mall, with direct access to patient amenities. This location creates a boundary between the street and the rest of campus while preserving the natural connection between the patient programs.
Screen The interior of 501 connected to the outside with the placed fenestration, was further developed with the placement of a living screen. To further patient care, the screen would be maintained and serviced by the patients of the hospital.
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Rendering: Therapy Mall
Rendering: Entrance Corridor
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Million Month Challenge: Meyers Memorial Trust Competition Team: Hacker Architects, Urban Development Partners, Central City Concern, Meyer Memorial Trust
One of the largest issues facing many communities today
opportunities with lower public sources of funding and
is the lack of affordable housing, and particularly the
increased private financing.
lack of deeply affordable housing that is cost-effective
of an innovative financing model, and the design of
to build. Working with Hacker Architects and several
SRO co-housing & and co-working developments, the
partner organizations, this proposal was created with
project will develop a pilot that has potential to catalyze
the belief that we can advance a cost-effective solution
regenerative villages in every neighborhood, providing
that creates mixed-income communities, inclusive of
1 one million months of affordable housing in our
deeply affordable and low-barrier homes, while also
city. The project will develop a kit of parts of living,
advancing asset and wealth generating solutions for low
working, and shared spaces that will be financially
and moderate income members of the local community.
and socially invested in by the community, generating
Regenerative Village is a design & and development
wealth that stays in the communities.
model to that creates housing and commercial
Through a combination
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$$$ Community Investment
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1 Year Existing buildings are converted to a combined SRO & Market Rate development. An existing warehouse is converted to a maker space, providing job-training opportunities. Easily deployable commercial amenities such as food carts generate revenue.
Community Investment
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5 Years Additional SRO units build density as market rate ADUs bring more infill housing to the area. Open space is utilized as community Farmer’s Market adjacent the urban garden. Revenue continues to be generated in order to pay off the loan.
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10 Years More infill housing is added to improve urban density. Supported by local investments, an emerging small enterprise focusing on solar renewable energy converts an existing building into a new business.
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20 Years More retail enterprises are created throughout the neighborhood, including the expansion of the solar manufacturing business. Dense residential development continues to thrive and new open park space provides areas for communal gathering.
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Surfboard Team: Bigvand Technologies
Done in conjunction with Bigvand Technologies, the
development of stronger video content. The target user
idea of surfboard was developed as a way to connect
is a college student, encouraged to expand his circle and
social media users with others in a way that expands their
try to gain fame through using this app. The experience
influence to a larger yet still relevant circle. For examples,
of developing the user interface was highly iterative. The
students on college campuses would be able to interact
final iteration of version 1.0 was a total of 95 screens, and
with others on their campus, outside of their immediate
there were several iterations themselves. In this process,
circle. The platform in which these users interact with
managing work-flows became integral to product
each other is through video sharing within a user
development, and efficiency was equivalent to success.
specified radius. Users would control content filtration
Through use of Illustrator, Invision, a prototyping
through a rating system, by up voting and down voting
software which was integral to the development of
videos. The introduction of a pause and play camera and
the product, constant communication with a team of
a video limit of up to 11 seconds also encourages the
developers, surfboard was visualized.
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Awards & Affiliations
SUDARSHAN R S IYENGAR
2018 UTSOA Design Excellence Award
May 2018
srsiyengar@utexas.edu linkedin.com/in/srsiyengar
External Director, Bass - Handled client correspondence - Organized shows on and off campus, through fundraising, coordination, and advertising
Education University of Texas at Austin
May 2019
Bachelor of Architecture
June 2018 - December 2018
Architectural Intern - Created comprehensive 3-D models using several integrated BIM software - Designed unit plans of varying typologies for different projects - Conducted iteration based concept studies for institutional projects
Gulf Coast Design Lab
January 2018 - July 2018
Design Build Studio - Designed and constructed pavilion in conjunction with the Gulf Coast Design Lab studio - Developed details, managed furniture procurement, and constructed a built project Bigvand Technology
March 2015 - May 2016
Alpha Rho Chi
Vice President, Super Intendant - Organized and executed several fundraising events - Managed day to day functions of organization - Helped recruit and on-board new members through mentorship
Experience Hacker Architects
May 2017 - May 2018
Hum A Cappella
214-415-7986
December 2016 - January 2018
User Interface Designer - Visualized concept, branding, and animation material for Surfboard app - Developed the framework and user interface for version 1.0 through communication with developers and visualization of design experience
Montessori Model UN
March 2011 - March 2018
Chairman of Committees, Social Chair President - Developed outreach strategies for students to create marketing opportunities - Organized and conducted UN assembly simulations to discuss various global issues
Studio Representative
January 2016 - May 2016
Skills Illustrator Photoshop InDesign After Effects XD CC
Revit AutoCad 3DS Max Sketchup Rhinoceros
Grasshopper Podium Enscape Lumion V-Ray
Modeling Drafting Water Color Invision
References Stefee Knudsen, AIA, LEED AP BD+C Hacker Architects AP sknudsen@hackerarchitects.com Matthew Fajkus, AIA, LEED AP - MF Architecture Principal
Presidium Group
July 2016 - December 2016
Architecture Visualization Intern - Created conceptual developments for potential real estate investments through site analysis, occupation, and zoning laws - Developed branding animations and presentation pitch decks - Rendered images of theoretical property developments
matt.fajkus@austin.utexas.edu Charlton Lewis - UTSOA Assistant Dean for Student Affairs charltonlewis.austin.utexas.edu Judith Cunningham - Montessori Model UN C.S.O. judithcunningham@gmail.com
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