Under Graduate Academic Portfolio
Selected works from 2013-2018
Swetha Suresh . Crescent School Of Architecture
A Walk between the present and future
The under graduate thesis project aims at proposing a science city which provides an experiment based learning ambience to create scientific temper in the community as a whole. The goal is to explore new architectural prospects for the same.
PROJECT NAME: Celestial city
Brahmanda Science Museum (live project)
TYPE: Hub For Interdisciplinary Research
SITE: Thirupathi, Andhra Pradesh
SITE AREA: 40 Acres
LEVEL: 5 year sem 10
CLIENT: Government Of Andhra Pradesh
Secured First Place in under graduate thesis. Project selected for NIASA sotheren region “THESIS OF THE YEAR AWARD”.
A Science city the place where two types of people come. One category is the crowd comes for purpose of recreation.
The other type of crowd that comes are mostly schoolchildren. The design priorities are given to the orgnized school trips because those are the ones who will get maximum benefit out of the project in the form of knowledge.
Science cities serve as catalyst to foster Innovation. It is a system that is made in order to explain the present and future science and technology to the people in a way that could be easily understandable and foster curiosity.
“ Its aim to reflect the scientific advancement through architecture. It is to create curiosity on different field of science and engage public interaction within the hub for research”
How through architecture one can express curiosity in space?
How can public interactively engage with the process of scientific research?
The main objective of the project is be a source of learning as well as an entertainment zone, encouraging and motivating to learn to the people visiting and will be a source of attraction to someone who is not visiting by Creating building space and landscape which can reflects its vision and create interest in people on it
In order to have the competitive advantage in global market place, India has to foster innovation driven education.
To create an ‘ecosystem for innovative research’ and ‘generate science-based economic engines’ for knowledgeable workforce, both Government of Andhra Pradesh (GoAP) and Government of India (GoI) has teamed up to build ‘Science City of Andhra Pradesh’.This proposed science museum under Science City project is mapped to transform the ‘Tirupati in to future scientific hub’.
The site is situated in the foot hills of the Thirumala. It is selected as the site for this Bramanda Science Museum because of its daily tourism.
It is accessed from the main national highway NH71. The site is in the gradual slope of the mountain. It slops towards the road.
The highest point of the site is 24 meter and the lowest point is 0 meter.
It is in the contour interval of 4 meter. But, the slope ratio is very less because of the contour distance. The average slope ratio is 1:8.
The site is located in the heart of the city and easily accessable in all means of transport.
The main access is through NH 71, which connects Tirupati to Chennai and Bangalore. This road is also connects various tourist landmark in Tirupathi. Making it an important connectivity road.
The total site area for the project is about 100 acres and it includes 4 programmes within it. It follows the building regulations according to the local law code and national NCSM. According to the NCSM, the height of the building is not restricted but the built cover should be less than 25% of the site area. The science cities should include the landscape within it. The site being located in TTD reserved forest 10% of the site should be a part of the reserved forest area. It is located near the main entrance of the Tirumala and it’s major landmarks are Zoo, NCC camp, SV medical collete etc, Being centrally located makes it eaily accessable and gives a possibility to include in the main tourist attraction.The land use of the site surrounding is mentioned in the chart 2.
Existing site is contour with slop which makes it easy to drain.. Site is easily accessable by all kind of vehicle. site offers large amount of views
Being a pilgrimage city, it is difficult to create a landmark for science. Micro climate offered due to foot hills.
Centrally located makes it easy accessable to all institutions. The future Government plans facilitate it to function well.
There is already a Regional science center adjacent to it. Wild life sanctuary and forest area around it.
Ramped roof becomes the part of landscape connecting different museum togethere.
The approch of the buildings through the plaza
Utilizing the countour, building to follow the cut and fill technique.
Building around green space.
Double skined facade to cut of solar radiation . Sloped roof which rampes down to the plaza which connects the museums togethere. Roof becomes a part of landscaped plazas.
The open plaza between each museum acts as a transition space between them. It offers the platform for different outdoor exihibits and tempravory gathering.
Plaza placed it different level of contour connect the museums as one .
SITE AREA : 40 ACRES ( within 100 acres)
PERMISIBLE COVERAGE : 25 % OF THE SITE AREA
TOTAL BUILT UP AREA : 19 ACRES
TOTAL NO OF PARKING : 285 CARSS 100 TWO WHEELERS 4 BUSES
SETBACK : 7M FRONT WITH SPLAY SIDE 4M
ACCESS ROAD : NH71 15M WIDE ROAD
The idea was to represent the abstract form of seven hills of thirumala, as per the client requirement
MAIN VEHICULAR CIRCULATION
PEDESTRIAN CIRCULATION
SERVICE CIRCULATION
ACCESS TO THE BUILDING
PLAZA
EVOLUTION AND RAIN FOREST MUSEUM
PLANETARIUM
Each museum are connected to the plaza. They acts as the outdoor exhibits for the museum.
The circulation connecting each museum creates a loop with large central green void
Pedestrian bridge connecting each plazas passes through the central park
AIR, SPACE AND DE FENCE MUSEUM
ARTS AND SCIENCE MUSEUM
FOOD COURT
The seven museum located at the seven points on the seven different countours. STAGE 1 STAGE 2 STAGE 3 STAGE 4 TRANSPORT MUSEUM MEDIA MUSEUM CHILDREAN MUSEUMROOF PLAN
ROOF PLAN
ROOF PLAN
SECOND FLOOR
SECOND FLOOR
FIRST FLOOR
FIRST FLOOR
GROUND FLOOR
GROUND FLOOR
FIRST FLOOR
GROUND FLOOR
ARTS AND SCIENCE MUSEUM is placed as the first museum, which is accessed from the entrance plaza. It is connected through roof to the next plazas. The roof slopes down to the next level to the plaza above i.e. evolution plaza. Thus making the circulation space as the roof
EVOLUTION AND EVERGREEN FOREST MUSEUM is set at the level of contour 12 m accessed from evolution plaza, which acts as outdoor exhibit area. The building is ground + 1 (12 m high) which sits on two contours. The front side is zoned for the evolution museum and the back side is for evergreen forest museum.
AIR SPACE AND DEFENSE MUSEUM is the 3rd museum in the series which connects the Space plaza and the Transport plaza. The main idea is to create stepped courtyard space, so the exhibits are visually connected to one another. Each courtyards are planned to hold a miniature aircrafts and missiles.
TRANSPORT MUSEUM is the 4th museum in the complex. The main function of this is to exhibit the evolution of different transport.The central staircase which connects the floor has different platforms on different heights to exhibit the vehicles. Thus this acts as an connectivity and interaction space.
MEDIA MUSEUM which acts as a connecting building between the Transport plaza and the road. From the roof it is connected to the Transport plaza. It has the series of steps which also acts as a amphitheater. The steps connects the plaza to the first floor of the museum. Thus
CHILDREN MUSEUM is placed in the entrance plaza. Its function is to perform as an gathering space to exhibit the children work and also acts as an Sunday school. Research labs and library. Planning wise , this museum is separated from the other museum for the purpose of security and for working all day long
The Aerial view above shows the entrance plaza and its connections. The buildings are arranged in such a way that the view of one building is not disturbed by another. It is placed in an angle to ensure its captures most of the northern lights and follows the passive cooling technique. Each museum are connected to each other through plazas forming a loop.
The center of the loop becomes the landscape area with biodome and other herbal gardens. Service road runs around the site connecting the fire escape of all the museum.
This service road is just for the purpose of fire escape and transportation of heavy display. The whole site is pedestrianized in such a way that vehicular movement is restricted until the entrance plaza.
The design is to build the international student housing center inside the campus. The requirements include studio rooms for 150 and suite room for 4 users of about 50 with all recreational facilities and series to make them functional.
PROJECT NAME: Green Voids - live project
TYPE: International Student housing
SITE: Vandalur, chennai
SITE AREA: 2.25 Acres
LEVEL: 5 year sem 9
CLIENT: Crescent university
STAGE 1
PARKING SERVICE CIRCULATION
ACCESS TO THE BUILDING
In present scenario the high rise are the solution to the growing requirement. But often miss the connectivity of the nature and environment around us.
THUS IDEA IS TO CREATE GREEN VOIDS at different levels through which the interaction is made easier and also the connectivity with the surrounding.
The site is located on seethakathi estate, vandalur,chennai, Tamil nadu. Accessed from vandalur –kalambakam road inside the university campus.
The main aim was to provide connectivity between the students space which can interaction between them
STAGE 2
STAGE 3
STAGE 4
The building compries of ground + 7 floor, with the ground and first floor having common areas with amenities like dining ,kitchen, gym, health center, multi-purpose hall and admin. 3bedroom units are arranged on the either side of the building with studio unit arranged in between. The other common rooms are arranged in the manner of green voids in each floor.
Common living and dining in the center with a small pantry and a balcony and the rooms are arranged around it
STUDIO UNIT : The single sharing studio unit compring of a small living with a pantry attached to the balcony which connects to the outdoor
GROUND FLOORThe balcony having garden areas in its projection and recession in such a way that student share the green space in the balcony and also improves the visual interaction between them.
Courtyard is used as a passive cooling techniques which allows heat to escape and also provides the natural light to the corridors , it also acts as a gathering spot making public interaction easier
Activity space and common rooms are arranged in different floors in form of green voids .These green spaces makes the builing connect to its context and brings the user closer to the nature .
The corridors acts as the network of streets connecting differnt neighborhoods to the surrounding. then the green courts acts as a public squares breaking thr hierarchy and connecting people togetthere
Green courts are not just the interaction spaces, these also defines the zones , and distribute the student desity in differnt zones and also takes down the whole scale of the building making it more easier to connect to the people
The section shows the different spaces and explain the way the voids interact with the surrounding and between them. These connect the people and provide space for visual interaction between them. The first two levels serves for common facilities for the students . From the level above their are the rooms and green voids in between them serves as the recreational and interaction spaces at
This design is an attempt to revive a fading artisan community, providing them with a place to practice their profession and revive a site that has been unjustifiably degraded by man into a place that could be appreciated environmentally.
PROJECT NAME: Mend the Mined
IGBC - 2017
TYPE: Sculptors eco hub
SITE: Tirusulam, chennai
SITE AREA: 20,000 sqm
LEVEL: 5 year sem 9
COMPETITION : IGBC
Site chosen is an abandoned quarry situated near chennai airport. Being the highest point in the city it offers many views and vistas.
Being a quarry site that was mined for rock chamockite , there is planty of stones left over in the site that could come of some use to the sculptors. Thus there is going to be minimum or no depltion of resourced in the site. Rather it would be playing with the exsisting undulation of the site in creating design interventions to retrive the place and restore it.
However, this line profession has been in the decline in the recent years, with the sculptors group setting down majorly in mahabalipuram. Sculptures aare now merely display pieces and its importance is rarely recognized by people. “A proposal with an idea of gathering sculptors over to a common place to practice their profession, teach and exhibit their work would give them an exposure where people might recognize the value of the art. ”
Marking the main spots on the site based on views and vistas
Redirecting water ways along the slope from the building on the cliff.
Green spots which starts developing along the waterways
pedestrian path along the water ways and green areas
The path way filled with water where sculpture are installed tries to break the monotony of the path and also creates hardscape during summers
The museum block is of 3 levels designed along the contours .It houses exhibition spaces for public events and are designed in such a way to establish visual connectivity among the levels. Recreational space is planned in such a way that the noiser side is seperated from the rest of the gallery. It is connect at the exterior through the stairways in which these space acts as an green public space
Double facade which haas solor panel infused within it. it closes and opens utilizing maximum solor energy
The studio lies in the highest point of the cliff to give it a sense of seclusion that is required the basic idea was to take the two prominent seasons to show how the design and the surronding landscape rendered under the seasons
Rain chains acts as an water collector from the gutter and also as an hardscape element.
Store and release the water is stored in shallow pond in rainly season which could be used during water
Green roof in the building improves strom water, conserves energy, mitigates the ueban heat reduces noise and air pollution.
Solor pavillion that used recycled textiles, solor active yarns that create a semi shaded space, filltering the light
