ARCHITECTURE PORTFOLIO VASANTH C SELECTED WORKS (2016-2021)
Vasanth Chandran
ABOUT ME
Graduate Architect
Info
Contact
Mettupalayam , Coimbatore , Tamilnadu
cvasanth73@gmail.com
12-02-1999
+91-7904001938. ,+91-9585177871
I’m a recent graduate, open for opportunities interested in creative design that deals with new technologies that play their role in architecture . Looking forward to grow and improve if given the privilege of opportunity.
EDUCATION
INTERESTS
SRSI Matriculation Higher Secondary School ,Coimbatore (2011-2016) School of Architecture and Planning (SAP) ,Anna University, Chennai (2016-2021)
Parametric Design
Concept Artist
Movies
Design Ideation
3-D Generalist
Football Gaming
Algorithmic Based Design Automation
EXPERIANCE (Profession)
(Passion)
(Others)
Student Intern at Vastukriti Architects, Coimbatore (December 2019- April 2020)
ACHEIVEMENT
Freelancer (August 2021-Present)
Best Thesis Award ,Batch of 2021 (selected for COA’s National Thesis Awards 2021)
(Currently looking for opportunities)
TECHNICAL SKILLS
COMPETITIONS Spring Pavilion in Amsterdam 2018
Rhinoceros 3-D
Sketchup
Grasshopper (Intermediate)
Blender
AutoCAD
Photoshop
COA’s Best Thesis Award (National Level) 2021
LANGUAGE Tamil, English
Revit (Beginner)
Illustrator
Contents Kinetic Co-l(lab) A
creative HUB
(Academic, Competition)
House in the Woods Transcending Nature’s Boundaries
(Academic)
Adorn Architect’s Office
Spring Pavilion Heart of Vondelpark, Amsterdam
(Academic)
(Competition)
Student Internship Works Vastukriti Architects, Coimbatore
Personal Artworks
(Live Projects *Selected)
(Miscellaneous)
Kinetic Co-l(lab)
A
creative HUB
1970 The very idea of metabolism is experimented in these projects at various scales and types each linked with one another to show the difference of how one overcome the other clearly showing us the hierarchies to understand the space flexibility and kinetic architecture
Approach
1980
1990
2000
Need for New Workspace
Progression in Workspace Culture New Independent workforce
Typ ical Organizational Hierarchy CEOs
Freelancers
Directors
Startups
Managers
Conceptual zoning based on permeability , vicinity and seclusion
Working Families
Supervisors Entrepreneurs from established firm
Assistants/oper atives
Site location- YMCA Grounds , Chennai
Modern Workspace Parameters
Space Type
Spatial Quality
Kinetic Systems and their relations with zoning Time-Based Growth Participatory and prescriptive spaces Time-Based flexibility
Khaja thoring Pattern language spatial derivation of creative hub for 21st century
Public sector
Shared sector
Private sector
Learning Zone
Professional, Academic based deriving from immediate context
User groups
Educational Institutions
IT industries
Existing co-working offices
Time-Based flexibility
Additive Growth Inter collaboration between public and disciplinarians
Learn
Freelancers, startups, independent units from established firms
Functional flexibility
Prescriptive spaces with situational modification
Play
Disciplinarians Make
Teach
Public Zone Share Zone Neutral Grounds Create Zone
Breakout
Site Collaborate
Create
Design Spatial Modification Variables Building Parameters Spatial typology Framework types Kinetic system
Open, Semi-open, Enclosed
ShareNeutral Zone ground Neutral Grounds Open, Semi-open , enclosed
Landscaped zones, Semibuilt , Built zones
Shared built zones
Configurability, Adaptability
Configurable & Prescriptive
Private Create Zone
Exhibit
Semi-open, Enclosed
Concentrate Adaptable Growth
Built zones
Configurable Flexibility
Network
Innovation as an unforeseen journey of networking with each other
Prepare
Chill
Incubate
User centered (openended)
Unit flexibility
Modular, Configurable
User centered (openended) & typology centered Modular, configurable
User typology
Individuals Individuals to group Groups to community
Public and disciplines collaboration
Local Creative disciplinary
Serendipitous interaction
Choice based interaction
Disciplined interaction
Meet
Typology centered
Play Organic Growth
Volumetric configuration
Adaptable flexibility
Socialize
Prescriptive
Flexible Parameters
Spatial Quality
Site study and Design Process
PublicZone Public
Modular Flexibility
Participatory and necessity spaces with constant modifications Students, entrepreneurs, public
Students, entrepreneurs, public
Design Strategies
1. Site Area : 55.000 Square meters
2. Frontage service roads ,pedestrian bridges offer major urban linkage to the site and the side entries are approached by the YMCA institutions
Seclusion
Vicinity Permeability
3. Permeability, Vicinity and Seclusions linkage are zoned based on proximity of people’s approach inside the site
4. Socialize, Share and Create!
YMCA institutions Pedestrian sideways Public Private Neutral grounds
Master Plan @0.0 m
Kinetic landscape G-1
Adaptable Flexibility Scenario
Kinetic landscape @+4.5 m
Adaptable Flexibility fostering Serendipitous Interaction
Public Zone
Pod Selection
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The additional unions of pods once happen if both are aligned in the opposite direction
When the groups get bigger over the period of time in day/month/year the same private owned space can be multiplied by another pods and in by that the atrium space can be enclosed by the kinetic panels
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Startup groups, small offices can have their breakouts in the hammock space by replacing the atrium openings
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The additional pods union in the same way and aligned oppositely
Deployment Scenario
The deployment takes place with booking a space and a self –autonomous bot carries your pod to the station you choose to locate.
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The previous space held by the open co-working space gets placed to the nearby areas where there is no demand for space
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The pod arrives at front of your slot and gets placed in the rail it’ subjected to move in
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The atrium space is now closed so the transformation can happen
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The wall panels are now aligned and the large space of enclosed interior space is obtained
The pod which you’ve booked has it’s ability to expand to accommodate additional equipment's
Public Zone
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The fully formed version of ‘Individuals to groups to a community’
Incremental Modular Pods
Pod Modularity
Networking and Concentration Zone pods
Assembled Incremental Pods
Pod expansion Scenario Incremental Pod Expansion Scenario (Individuals to groups)
Hinge jointed 3 slot mechanism allows pods to expand in all the 4 sides
Since library spaces requires ventilation and quiet sound spaces atrium is added centrally
The glass atrium in community pod is formed by having the layer sandwiched inside the roof slots
Universal Connectors for roof- wall junctions and Wall-wall junctions Individuals to group Pod expansion
Pods align to allow walls to join
The lock is released Pod gets assembled
Incubation Zone pods Incremental Pod Expansion Scenario (Groups to a Community)
The lock releases in the direction the user needs to expand
Pod expansion Scenario Structural flexibility offered in the pods such that a single pod itself holds expansion and seamlessly Increase when additional pods are assembled
Individual Pod
Group Pod
Community Pod
Functions- Small startup individuals, Private small offices
Functions- Preparation zone large equipment based work areas , Grouped work areas , enclosed/ semi-open and layering breakouts in between such as small atriums , hammocks
Functions- Large private office spaces , community enclosed co-working, growing Small business firms
Work- Life balance Scenario
3 paneled roof for deploying if expanded for Single pod expansion/ incremental pod expansion
Roof expansion to counteract wall expansion
Play-work for work –life balance by providing play-scapes in-between Group pods Hinge jointed 3 slot mechanism allows pods to expand in all the 4 sides
Universal Connectors for roof- wall junctions and Wall-wall junctions
Universal Connectors for roofwall junctions and Wall-wall junctions
Groups to a Community Pod expansion
Hammock Space connects visually the areas Besides them and acts as a open breakout space
Glass panes Wall expansion
Flexible furniture
The union masses of group pods are aligned
Glass pane expansion
Roof, Wall Mechanism
Open workspace functions in accordance with pod modular flexibility , So the same flexibility principle of increasing the levels of usages applies to furniture system
After deployment to make room and to move nearer to another pods to expand wall- floor rails helps in such expansions
3 paneled roof for deploying if expanded for Single pod expansion/ incremental pod expansion
Privacy is maintained in cowork areas too by Enclosing work areas with retractable cloth system
Detail-C
Detail-A Detail-A
Detail-C Slots opened for roof to fit inside
Co-working flexibility
Linear movement after deployment
DetailB
Wall-wall junction
Rail- rail junction Rail junctions are Universal junctions as seen in universal connectors in wall-wall, wall-roof connectors to allow mulita directional flexibility
Incremental work area flexibility
Slots for roof to fit inside 1 2 3 Roof-wall junction Detail-A
The junctions are positioned inside the walls for free flow of motion multidirectionally Detail-B
Community Pod for focused working
Then kinetic panels deployed to enclose the atriums
The union masses of group pods are aligned
Mechanisms
Hammock Space to Enclosed Atrium Shaft
Detail-D These rails are similar to the autonomous bot rail for easy rail way deployment
Public Zone
Wall-floor rail junction Detail-D
Individuals to groups systems follows in open spaces too
Rotatable kinetic gallery communal space offers multi –directional cowork meetings from larger to smaller
Rotatable Kinetic Gallery Scenario
Rotatable Kinetic Wall/Door Scenario 1. Small meetings for open co-work based gatherings connecting networking and preparation zones
2. Large preparation zone based meetings
Closed private entries for focused work situations
1. Group based functioning needs privacy and openness to balance work-life so to counteract them kinetic wall/ door system offers them by changing the layouts in accordingly to their work situations
Outdoor visual connection for Work/life balance situations
2. Individuals who need privacy and Groups who requires breakouts can instantly switch seamlessly within the spaces they booked
Vertical pods deployment 3. Enclosed preparation zone based meetings
S- shaped vertical rail for the bot to carry the pods vertically and deploy it in the top floors
Super-conductive wheel system 4. Exhibition event based large meetings
Autonomous pods carrying bot
1 . Pods stay the same since the center of gravity changes only for the wheel system and the connector carries the pods
2. The superconductive rails systems allows the bot to travel seamlessly horizontally and vertically
Public Zone
Organic nature of creating flexible spaces than suggesting them an ideal space fosters interaction among the uses who decides what they want
All Kinetic Systems in Play!
Time-based flexibility
Program Relations Temporal Program Variations
Parallel bands that carrying the kinetic space layouts types
Functions- Temporal programs alters the relations within permanent built systems Atrium Glass panels
Flexibility in Change of relationship within Programs using kinetic systems
Permanent programs zoned by levels of privacy for creative hub Users and public
Roof
Temporal bands running in-between permanent built system that carrying the kinetic space layouts types
Permanent Columns
Share Zone
Space layout types
Classroom corridor scenario
Class room Cluster scenario
Library Space Scenario
Private corridor space
1. Individual classrooms for creative hub users and learning people on either side of the bands Floor band
2. Temporal Bands expanded vertically for permanent classrooms to extend their spatial continuity and foster interaction on both levels and classrooms can move front to have enclosure for their cluster
Outdoor library space extension
Gallery band
1. Classrooms gets connected by the Floor band offering axial continuity to the parallel wings
Double Vertical cut for Noise cancelation
Game Court
Floor Band
2. Corridor spaces extended for gallery exhibits, enclosure spaces then provided corridor band
Multi-venue gallery Scenario
2. Library Space can be extended outside the corridor for outdoor reading and foster interaction between both wings
1. Library and development center in separate wings connected by the floor band
Ball court Scenario
Detail-E
3. Temporal floor band then repositions above the classroom and vertical wall band offers enclosure for classroom cluster axially
1. Floor band connects for gallery at top level for accessibility
2. Floor band transforms itself into Gallery Space within two bands for extension of multi-venue gallery
1. Floor bands for connecting corridor spaces and the ball court
Detail-E
2. Floor bands transforms itself to a ball court seating extension for all the levels Fostering each floor to connect at the single venue in the same time
Retraction mechanism
The neutral ground serves as a common third space for all the varied users Hence to encourage a community and learning in same shared platform the usage of library space and the performance venue is combined in a single gallery
Time-based flexibility Performance venue forms when retracted above
Varied time based user scenario
Library space retracts down to form a depressed quiet learning space
Share Zone
Neutral Grounds
Create Zone
Neutral Grounds
Creative Space Module
Vertical Expansion Scenario
Functional module comprises of khaja thoring’s toolkit of creative space derived from Pattern Language Spaces are zoned from the levels of Privacy to Interaction from the inner cores starting from personal spaces to outdoor breakout space
Each disciplinarian team holds a typical module inside the exterior common circulation space and above them there is communal void
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Maker space extension
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Commune
Extension module moves it’s floor and typical module move it’s roof sideways such that allowing the Vertical Expansion
Services Personal Spaces
Breakout/Commune Maker Space
3 Present/Exhibit
Present/ exhibit space flexibility
1. Enclosed exhibits for private conferences
2. Inside out and Outside-in
Vertical Expansion Modules
3.Exhibit space connecting the communal space
Module 1 – Typical module for designers, creative disciplinarians ,artists with service systems
Functions – large equipment based work areas in maker space or to grow the creative space vertically over the period of time
Module 2– Expansion Module without service systems
4 Personal space Indoor breakout space Present/exhibit Maker Space Service systems
The extension module moves down such that it can be accessed from within the typical module
Module 3Vertically fused modules
Create Zone
The completed module can be eventually be disassembled and set to remain the same
House in the Woods
Site Area 750 Square meters
Transcending Nature’s Boundaries Single Gyroid Surface in 5*5*5 Sq.mts space Surface repeated and flown seamlessly Surface Repeated on both X axes Surface Repeated on all axes
The Desired form to be placed in Site for Continuous free flow Nature
The Desired Achieved Geo is scaled on Ydirection to Humanize Height
Scaled along X-direction to allow easy Slope access across Whole Built Space
Design Process
Transversal Cut @2.5 from G.L
Continuous Flow of Nature in Built space and Vice-versa
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The projected balcony space provides distinct wide shots covering entire front landscape
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The maximum ventilation is achieved on Living Space by having a Skylight and Wide West Curtain Glazing
Common Activities are Zoned in the central Core of the Built space to offer a threshold between public and private spaces
The bath space offers the Top view to cover the 5 entire Greenery over the roof
Direct Access to Wide West View by stair contouring over the Gyroid Surfaces
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Frontal Section
The most private space has the staircase originating to the private back View and connecting the Stairs from the living Space
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The Wide West View Flowing along the Stairs contouring across the surfaces
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The common Stair junction leads to the top surfaces
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The Central spaces gets their Ventilation from the Undulating Skylight
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Sagittal Section
The Common Kitchen Space plus the Diner Area
The Central Axis can be clearly seen from the Entrance Lobby through the Kitchen Space and through the Master bedroom Space
The Home Office Suite is accompanied by the Best Views from the Resting Position in the Whole Built-Environment Itself !
Adorn Architect’s Office
Schematic Drawings
Library Space
Generative Design
Spring Pavilion Heart of Vondelpark, Amsterdam
Vondelpark’s tradition of sustainability in a urban infrastructure allows people to get inside it and enjoy it walking around all of it’s vast 47 acres and it’s other features and it’s beauty within it is through different sets of experience and not as a whole. The monolithic structure humbly explores design at the intersection of art and architecture honoring a multidisciplinary approach and thereby reinterpreting the program and iconography within a contemporary context to get the holistic experience.
present visual movement
Vondelpark, Amsterdam
proposed visual movement from a single stationery point
Deployment Strategy
Core Foundation
Central Spine attached with support wooden beams
Wooden ramps for ease of access and to have floor grip
Vertical wooden posts laid into ground surface for additional support
KINETIC Parent ring to hold them together
Helical outer reinforcement for transversal load bearings
360 degree surround rotatable viewing decks are then provided
Working Mechanism electric rotor
platform which it’s attached
wireframe view of the parent ring
arc gears child ring parent ring
platform
Exploded view of the Parent ring
Pavilion in Motion
support members from central core
Parent rings in 4 platforms
Sagittal Section
So, in order to achieve kinetics for people to cycle through the pavilion electric rotors are attached to the platforms one above the other powered by solar energy these rotors rotate the intermediary arcs in each platform counter-clockwise direction to guide the flow of people traffic and make them to achieve the every nook and corner in the Vondelpark as a complete immersive experience in a static position.
Why the Structure has to be rotated? Indoor viewing space
Exhibition space Reading space
The surrounding environment deserves as the best landscapes ever to be in this world and to taste that people from all over the world visits to enjoy his/her and to regulate them and also provide them a mutual attachment to the nature they have to be cycled and transported along with the hosted activity as a initiative to bond them with the park. So, each of the platforms has viewing spaces of 40 square meters in area that’s 160 for the four of them and a central vertical core of 40.
Outdoor viewing space
Outdoor workspace
Multi-functional Unit
A kinetic structure that want’s people to celebrate the whole park seen from a static positioner going around in a rotating motion cycling them with various activities in and around is my proposal.
Student Internship Works Vastukriti Architects, Coimbatore Residence Elevation Development
Resort Elevation and Interior Design
Personal Artworks
VASANTH C cvasanth73@gmail.com +91-7904001938. ,+91-9585177871