Sukhmani Kaur Architectural Portfolio
WORK EXPERIENCE Vastu Shilpa Consultants Architectural Intern Ahmedabad, Gujarat June 2016 – December 2017
Sukhmani Kaur ARCHITECT CA/2018/100067
PROFILE Enthusiast to learn new things and shape the world with it.
CONTACT +91-7087494969 CHANDIGARH, INDIA sukhmani754@gmail.com
This exposure to big ideas and thought processes has helped me carve out an individual identity as an architect. It has influenced the way I perceive everything around me. I shall keep looking forward to new experiences and learnings ahead. EDUCATION Sacred Heart Senior Secondary School, Chandigarh High School Graduated April 2013 SSC (CBSE) - 8.0 CGPA (2011) HSC (CBSE) - 75% (2013) Department of Architecture Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar Bachelor of Architecture (B.Arch) Amritsar, Punjab Graduated May 2018 6.82 CGPA Chandigarh College of Architecture Panjab University, Chandigarh Master of Architecture (M.Arch) Chandigarh, U.T Graduated May 2020 7.60 CGPA INTERESTS B.Arch Thesis (2018) -Videh (Sans Body) Crematorium M.Arch Thesis (2020) -Exploring group housing with respect to changing Socio-Economic Factors - (Rental Housing and Coliving) Architecture is boundless. The more I get into it, the more I feel the need to keep it humble and bring it closer to the public. SKILLS Softwares:
Autodesk AutoCAD: Intermediate Adobe Photoshop: Advanced Microsoft Office: Advanced Google Sketchup: Intermediate ArchiCAD: Advanced Lumion 4.5: Intermediate Adobe InDesign: Intermediate Adobe AfterEffects : Basic
Other:
Model Making: Intermediate Sketching: Intermediate Manual Drafting: Intermediate Documenting: Advanced Organising: Advanced
LANGUAGES Thesis: Conceptual Idea
English: Fluent Hindi: Native Punjabi: Native
Contents
M. Arch Thesis - Exploring Group Housing B.Arch Thesis - Crematorium Urban Design - Neighbourhood Market Urban Design - Urban Village Competetion - NASA Photography Sketches and Graphics Documentation Live Project Journalism
M.Arch Thesis Exploring group housing with respect to changing social and economic factors Developers are building houses to fit maximum people and earn maximum profit. In future, these unhealthy housings will probably result in a sad and unsatisfied community. Similar to a situation, where employees are to be kept happy for a better outcome. Housing is a dwelling where people live for some time or for-ever, this needs to be given a good thought to avoid social breakdown.
Research in brief Social Factors - Changing House Hold Size Economic Factors - Rental Housing
Location
Location - Sector 53 Chandigarh Current Design Approach
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Site of 9.45 Acres Proposed by Chandigarh Housing Board
4.5 km Bus Stand 2 km
Intent for exploring new typology
Vikas Marg Mix use
Site Design Approach Design Approach
Site (Landuse Plan)Sleeping
•Formalising Existing trees •Building upon previous idea of extending sectoral greens within the site. •Wind direction as a defining factor for volumetrics. •Defining Building mass according to existing site factors.
Sleeping
Entertainment Sleeping Entertainment
Cooking
Cooking Entertainment Cooking Work
Sanitation
Sanitation
Work
Sanitation
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Entertainment Cooking
Visually connecting sectoral greens
Sunken Plaza connecting basement
Formalising Existing trees
Conceptual Building upon previous idea of extending Zoning sectoral greens within
Sleeping
Sanitation
Work
Work
•
Defining Building mass according to existing site factors..
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the site. Formation of Cluster • Wind direction as a Stiltdefining Parkingfactor – Allowfor ing volumetrics. Visual connection of greens Community Areas on G and Top Floor
3BHK and 2BHK -usually rented by families with elderly and kids. -Shared by multiple roommates -Household Size Varies from 2 to 6 -Kept on GF, access to parks and easier for elderly
Conceptual Mass
Formation of Cluster
Studio and 1BHK -Bachelors/ Students/ Widow / Elderly -Young Couples/ Single Parent and child / Elderly Couple -Household Size Varies from 1 to 2
Funnel Effect
Community
Parking
Unit Combinations 490 units were proposed by the Chandigarh Hosuing Board. There was a lack of interest to participate in the Demand Survey by people of the city because of its high pricing. The intent of this project is to look at housing with a different persepective.
39%
41%
1
39%
Corridor 5 M wide
41%
3BHK
20%
L 1BHK
3BHK
Lobby 14M X 20M
3BHK 2BHK 1BHK
20%
L 1BHK
L 1BHK 2BHK
Lobby 10M X 10M
2BHK
3BHK
Type
No. Of Units
Area (sq.m) 104
2BHK
100
76
L1BHK M1BHK
4.5
882 450
52 100
SBHK Total
2-6
27
1-3
1.5
150
3BHK
Corridor 5 M wide
196
2BHK Population (No . of Avg. HH Size 1BHK Units X Avg. HH Size) Corridor 5 M wide
3BHK
HH Size
3BHK 3BHK
22 492 Units
1482 Residents M 1BHK
M 1BHK
Courtyard 4.2 M X 5.7M
S 1BHK
3
S 1BHK
Courtyard 4.2 M X 5.7M
M 1BHK
Corridor 5 M wide
2BHK
Floor wise, according to the probable resident type, the layout of different capacity units are placed.
S 1BHK
Quality of housing depends on the interaction of private and community space. A verandah or traditional courtyard was a space of similar character. In its essence, individual unit has a semi verandah space with recessed entry.
Layout
S 1BHK
Private public spaces
3BHK
3BHK
M 1BHK
1) 3BHK x 2BHK 2) 3BHK x L1BHK 3) M1BHK x S1BHK
Ground Floor Plan
1
Section 1
Toilet 2mx2m
3BHK Site Plan 10.2x10.2 Area = 104 sq.m
W
Bedroom 3.8mx3.8m
Wash 1mx1m
LAYOUT ON G+1FLOOR
Bedroom 3.8mx3.8m
LAYOUT ON G-FLOOR
F
Kitchen 3mx3m Dining 3mx2.5m
Toilet 2mx2m
Bedroom 3.8mx3.3m
Proposed Trauma Center Balcony 2mx5m Toilet 2.5mx1.8m
3BHK 10.2x10.2 Entry Area = 104 sq.m
W
Wash 1mx1m
Drawing 4.6mx2.5m
Bedroom 3.8mx3.8m
LAYOUT ON G-FLOOR
F
V5 Road
Kitchen 3mx3m Dining 3mx2.5m Toilet 2mx2m
Bedroom 3.8mx3.3m Balcony 2mx5m Toilet 2.5mx1.8m Bedroom 3.8mx3.8m
W
3BHK 10.2x10.2 Area = 104 sq.m Balcony 2mx4m
Bedroom Drawing 3.8mx3.8m 4.6mx2.5m
Wash 1mx1m
Wash 1mx1m
LAYOUT ON G+2FLOOR Kitchen 3mx3m
Bedroom 4.2mx2.5m
W
Dining 3mx2.5m
Balcony 2mx4m
LAYOUT ON G+2FLOOR
Bedroom 4.2mx2.5m Toilet 2mx1.6m
Kitchen 3mx2.4m
Central2BHK Greens
Drawing 2mx3.2m
F
10x7.6 Area = 76 sq.m
Wash 1mx1m
Toilet 3mx1.6m
Kitchen 3mx2.4m
Bedroom 2.5mx4.2m
F
Bedroom 2.5mx3m
Drawing 2mx3.2m
Bedroom 4.2mx2.5m
Wash 1mx1m
LAYOUT ON G+2FLOOR
Wing 1
Toilet 2mx1.6m
LAYOUT ON G+3 FLOOR Bedroom 4.2mx2.5m
Toilet 3mx1.6m F
2BHK 10x7.6 Area = 76 sq.m
Cafe
Bedroom 4.2mx2.5m
Balcony 2mx4m Dining 2mx2m
Wing 3
Toilet 3mx1.6m
LARGE 1 BHK 5.2x10 Area = 52 sq.m
LAYOUT O
Drawing 4.6mx2.5m
W
F
Toilet 3mx1.6m Dining 2mx2m
Bedroom 3.8mx3.3m Balcony 2mx5m Toilet 2.5mx1.8m
W
Drawing 2mx3.2m
LAYOUT ON G+1FLOOR
F
Toilet 2mx1.6m
2BHK 10x7.6 Area = 76 sq.m
LAYOUT ON G+1FLOOR
Bedroom 3.8mx3.8m
Balcony 2mx5m
Dining 2mx2m
Toilet Bedroom 3mx1.6m 4.2mx2.5m
Kitchen Bedroom 3mx2.4m 2.5mx4.2m
LAYOUT ON G+3 FLOOR
Kitchen 2mx3m
SMALL 1 BHK 7.4x3 Area = 22 sq.m
Balcony 3.6mx1m
LARGE 1 BHK 5.2x10 Area = 52 sq.m MEDIUM 1 BHK 7.4x3.6 Area = 27 sq.m Bedroom 2.1mx3.2m
Balcony 2mx5m
3BHK
Bedroom 2.5mx4.2m Kitchen 2mx3m
Entry
2BHK M1BHK
LAYOUT ON G+3 FLOOR
L1BHK S1BHK
Toilet 2.5mx2m
Multi Purpose 2.2mx1.2m
Kichenet 1.3mx1.7m IM
Balcony 3.6mx1m
Bedroom 2.5mx3m
F
MEDIUM 1 BHK 7.4x3.6 Area = 27 sq.m
Toilet Bedroom 3mx1.6m 2.5mx3m
F
LARGE 1 BHK 5.2x10 Area = 52 sq.m
Kichenet 1.3mx1.7m
3BHK 2BHK M1BHK
Gym
Bedroom 2.1mx3.2m
Multi Purpose 2.2mx1.2m
Multi Purpose 2.2mx1.2m
Toilet 1.8mx2.5m
Balcony 2mx5m
Balcony Kitchen 3.6mx1m 2mx3m
M1BHK
Toilet 2.5mx2m
3BHK 2BHK
Balcony 3.6mx1m
M1BHK
Bedroom 2.1mx3.2m
Toilet 1.8mx2.5m
L1BHK S1BHK
Balcony Toilet Multi Purpose 3.6mx1m 2.5mx2m 2.2mx1.2m Multi Purpose 2.2mx1.2m Kichenet 1.3mx1.7m Kichenet 1.3mx1.7m
IM
Bedroom 2mx2.5m
Wing 2
LAYOUT ON G+4 FLOOR
LAYOUT ON G+5 FLOOR
IM
Balcony 3.6mx1m Multi Purpose 2.2mx1.2m Toilet 1.8mx2.5m Kichenet 1.3mx1.7m
Bedroom 2mx2.5m
LAYOUT ON G+4 FLOOR
LAYOUT ON G+5 FLOOR
LAYOUT ON G+4 FLOOR
LAYOUT ON G+5 FLOOR
IM
GSPublisherEngine 0.0.100.100
SMALL 1 BHK 7.4x3 Area = 22 sq.m
L1BHK S1BHK
IM
IM
Engine 0.0.100.100
3BHK
Kichenet 1.3mx1.7m
Bedroom 2mx2.5m
MEDIUM 1 BHK SMALL 7.4x3.6 1 BHK 7.4x3 Area = 27 sq.m Area = 22 sq.m
L1BHK 2BHK S1BHK
Shopping Center
GSPublisherEngine 0.0.100.100
Front Elevation (North East)
Back Elevation (South West)
Side Elevation (South East)
Proposed Design
Heirarchy of Greens
Open
Non - Vehicular Circulation
Built
Vehicular Circulation
73%
Circulation
27%
Road Sections
Total Site Area : 9.45 Acres Total Built Area: 3 Acres (31%) Total F.A.R achieved = 1.5
Connection from the Basement
View of the Arch
Cafeteria - Public Place
Sunken Plaza
B.Arch Thesis Crematorium Cremation ground is defined as a space of disposing of the human dead body. It has components like conventional pyre cremating system, alternatives to that like electric and gas crematoriums and burial grounds which cater to various religious beliefs. Architecturally speaking, everything and anything about how we perceive death start from when we visit the cremation grounds/burial grounds/ towers of silence or gulistans. Hence, space is responsible for the perception. This thesis aims to focus on these neglected civic amenities.
Urban Design Neighbourhood Market Redesign along V4 Chandigarh Neighbourhod Market along V4 in Sector 40, redesigned as an Urban design sustainable project. The proposal included connecting the green spaces, defining the traffic according to different speeds. Sunken plaza connects the two garden sections and revitalising. Generating a pond and proposing air purifiers around.
Existing
Proposed
Urban Design Rethinking Urban Village - Kajheri As a sub part of a bigger project of designing proposed Vikas Marg, which was divided into parcels and one of which was sector 43 and an urban village Kajheri. Positioning of such high traffic and busy places of high density with respect to its interdependancy.
NASA Main Design 2015
The requirement to make camouflaged flexible structural module bunkers. Worked on triangular piston mechanism which can be camouflaged as a sand dune.
Photography
A vestibule is a small foyer leading into a larger space, such as a lobby, entrance hall, passage, etc., for the purpose of waiting, withholding the larger space view, reducing heat loss. Qila Mubarak , Patiala
Symmetry Restored by @intach indore chapter Ar. Himashu dudwadkar Ar. Shreya bhargava Rajwada Palace , Indore
Layers of a house Public - streets and pathways ---fence--Semipublic - garden ---walls--Private - house Just like a house, we behave like these spaces. We hold the best and strongest part of us on our facades, keeping our fences high. Letting selected people into our gardens and just few into our houses. Melbourne
यहाँ सब कुछ बिकता है, दोस्त रहना ज़रा संभल के, बेचने वाले हवा भी बेचते हैं गुबारौं में डाल कर। -हरीवंश राय बच्चन
Everything is Sold here, Dear Friend, be a little careful Here, Seller’s can even sell air by filling it in balloons.
Chitra cinema is on one prime location in Amritsar. It has come nearly to its end and will soon be demolished. There is going to be a mall on this site and it might give Amritsar a futuristic look as they say. I don’t say this building needs to be conserved because it cannot be, it’s way too damaged or say the building is on its death bed. Probably like people we should let building go. Chitra Theatre, Amritsar
Public art Ghost town: monument park Artist @callummortonstudio Architects @mcbridecharlesryan Personal understanding: fluidity of concrete, shapes our urban spaces, it guides our vision, dictates our walk and restricts us. Under the huge blanket of concrete, lies a small creative space owned by different colors representing diversity among us Docklands, Melbourne
As Above As Below A Picture clicked during a studio discussion at CCA CCA, Chandigarh
Sketches and Graphics
Documentation MASROOR TEMPLE KANGRA, HIMACHAL PRADESH
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PARKING
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TICKET COUNTER
LVL -1580
HIMACHAL PRADESH
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SHRINE E
SHRINE D
LVL +600
SHRINE C
SHRINE A
SMALL MUSUEM AND TOILET
1900 LVL + 450 LVL ± 00
2245
UP
SHRINE B
LVL + 450
17370
LVL + 900
OFFICE SCHOOL BUILDING CANTEEN
SHRINE F
LVL + 450
TOPIC :DOCUMENTATION
1680
NOTES :-ALL DIMENSIONS ARE IN FEETS. -SCALE AS MENTIONED.
SITE PLAN
Masroor Temple
SCALE :- 1:75
100.00%
396
4.05%
1452 7922
14.86% 81.09%
GURU NANAK DEV UNIVERSITY, AMRITSAR
LVL -1400
SUBMITTED BY:Anshula Prehar 2013ARA041 Prateek Bhagat 2013ARA064 Pritpal Singh 2013ARA065 Sukhchain Singh 2013ARA076 Sukhmani Kaur 2013ARA077
9770
DEPARTMENT OF ARCHITECTURE
1680
SUBJECT :ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN
1680
Masroor temple is a riddle for historians and archaeologists as its date of construction cannot be established from any credible source. There is no historical account as to when this temple was constructed. There is no inscriptional mention of the patronage or period of the construction on the temple itself. As per local legend, the temple was constructed by Pandavas during their exile. Over the years the temple has witnessed a transition from being a Shaivite temple to a Vaishnavite temple. The temple was originally a Shiva temple as evident from the fi gure of Shiva on the lintel of the main door and other parts of the structure. The temple complex was not discovered until 1875 CE. The complex suff ered major damage during the earthquake of 1905 CE. Further in 1914 CE, Masroor temples were taken up by the Archaeolog- ical Survey of India (ASI) for its conservation.
STATE- HIMACHAL PRADESH. DISTRICT- KANGRA. LOCALITY- BAIJNATH (32.07°N;76.13°E). APPROACH- AIRPORT : GAGGAL (31 KMs); RAILWAY STATION : KANGRA (32 KMs); BUS STAND : MASROOR (0.5 KMs). OWNERSHIP- Government of India. ADMINISTRATIVE CONTROL- Archaelogical Survey of India, Shimla.
5850
SCALE :- 1:400
4120
GURU NANAK DEV UNIVERSITY, AMRITSAR
SITE PLAN
Area (sqm) Precentage
18780
5625
KANGRA
1500
TOTAL SITE AREA TEMPLE GROUND COVERAGE PATHWAY/PAVED GREEN SPACE
LVL ± 00
HISTORICAL BACKGROUND :-
8400
INDIA
LVL + 3450
DEPARTMENT OF ARCHITECTURE
MASROOR
Space
18110
LVL + 900
SUBJECT :ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN
TOPIC :DOCUMENTATION
4000
Baijnath Temple Kangra, Himachal pradesh
SUBMITTED BY:Anshula Prehar Prateek Bhagat Pritpal Singh Sukhchain Singh Sukhmani Kaur
2013ARA041 2013ARA064 2013ARA065 2013ARA076 2013ARA077
Kangra, Himachal pradesh
NOTES :-ALL DIMENSIONS ARE IN FEETS. -SCALE AS MENTIONED.
DEPARTMENT OF ARCHITECTURE GURU NANAK DEV UNIVERSITY, AMRITSAR SUBJECT :ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN
TOPIC :DOCUMENTATION
Baijnath Temple Kangra, Himachal pradesh
SUBMITTED BY:Anshula Prehar Prateek Bhagat Pritpal Singh Sukhchain Singh Sukhmani Kaur
2013ARA041 2013ARA064 2013ARA065 2013ARA076 2013ARA077
NOTES :-ALL DIMENSIONS ARE IN FEETS. -SCALE AS MENTIONED.
Live Project - August 2020 Landscaping a Residential Garden Existing This was the exiting situation of the Garden, The brief was to install a Buddha Statue and make it a calm experience. It was a South West Facing house. Hence, the garden always remained warm during the day. Most of its potential was during the evenings and nights.
Finished Planting of a Tree (Plumeria) on the South side was done. It is a clean tree with big leaves and white flowers. Two sided lights were chosen to enhance the installation below and the plants on fence above. As requested, Buddha statue was installed with a bamboo screening on the back. Path of marble tiles defined the garden within.
Journalism Published - An Architect’s Love Affair Published in an annual NASA Newsletter, Titled “An Architect’s Love Affair” Architectural Critisim on Vadara hotel Published on Issuu is an open-source - Mancini Crematorium - Funerary ghats of Banaras - Ashwani Kumar Crematorium Many articles are written without publishing. -About Architectural Perspectives -Sirhind -Dhanansu as a model village Creative Poetry Writing Written for a Play and a Short Film Also a Historical Citizen, for the 1947 partition archive by Standford Libraries.
A half burnt cigarette on the edge of his table, rising smoke creating an effect on the window and adding drama to the first monsoon rain. Drops fall on his unfinished plan. He looks down, the beautiful delicate little magnification leaves him awestruck, something like love at first sight it is. An architect falls in love a million times in his profession. Starting from his very first plan to the finest of his designs, it may be with one of his tracing sheets during his first submission or an eraser or a pencil or just a concept, eventually his love shows up in his every work. Putting it into the frame; an architect introduces himself to something new, becomes friends with it, love struck and then growing together, and writing a success story. This NASA; celebrating the ‘transformation’, I might take a different note on the theme part but let’s continue that way. This article is not just about taking the old and modern part and transforming into a new architectural era but in fact, it’s about the little transformation within. Love story appealed me the most. Why? May be that’s what came to my mind when I read transformation. A story written in my book, I put a sheet, scribbling everything, ideas rushing, concepts, technicalities, a mash up in my mind flowing in a rhythm of the song played on my phone. I put my energy, my time and the most important, my heart, leaving something of me, an impression of myself on the sheet. Design has been finalized, I boast, I am proud of myself but just a moment before my professor comes in, amazed he was I guess, borrows a cutter and there goes a sharp edged cut on my sheet. That moment! I wish I could eat him out. He gives me a look and I give a look to the sheet. Damn! I probably forgot to give some windows. I got upset, got up, pinned another sheet and started all over again, a new design in my hand and I manage to make him smile back at me. Almost each one of us has seen or experienced this situation. It’s about how little things transform you. It’s about how the professor’s act makes the student realize probably the dumbest of mistakes. It is about this little transformation. We choose to get big shot concepts, big change in our work and we fail to do so, may be little things like this should be of much more importance. Change from within, learning from mistakes and errors and getting it all together, through a phase and welcoming a new picture. It is this endless love and passion of an architect for his work that gives rise to wonders.
Interviewer For
Partition Archives (Interview)
Project done for the 1947 partition archive set up by the Standford University Libraries
It was an interview done to document the people before 1947. This interview was of Naresh Kumari residing in Amritsar, who was just 4 years old during the partition, Video documentation of her perceptions and ways of living and the experiences that took her through this journey of life were the main montives of the interview.
Director and Writer For
“Tu Hai” (Play)
Presented at a convention for the National association of students of architecture (NASA) Gwalior
It was a play designed inside the thought process of the lead character “astitva” (existence), in conversation with personifications of “duniya” (world), “khamoshi” (Silence), “Khud” (self) and “Sachai” (the truth). Eventually realising to exist in accordance with his own self and not living the truth of the world, but living and cherishing the truth of self.
Writer For
“Visa Lag Gya” (Punjabi Short Film)
Presented at annual university festival Jashan 2017 Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar
A short film with a brief of ‘visa’ was introduced. The story was built around it by the team, it was shot in silhouettes and no dialogues. At all the transitions, poetry was added as narration. The story is about a woman in Punjab waiting for her husband to take her along with him to the foreign land, but all her life she keeps on waiting for the visa and until her son expresses the desire to do the same.
Contact
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