Architecture Portfolio Vasanth Chandran
Vasanth Chandran cvasanth73@gmail.com +91-7904001938, +91-9585177871
https://www.linkedin.com/in/vasanth-chandran/
Education August 2016 – Nov 2021
Bachelors in Architecture ( BArch) School of Architecture & Planning, Anna University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India Relevant Electives: Revit, Grasshopper, Theory in Design | Architecture, Professional Ethics, Product Design
Technical Skills Highly Proficiency in:
Revit | Rhino, Grasshopper | Sketchup | AutoCAD Enscape | V-ray | Lumion | Blender Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign Microsoft / Google Products
Proficiency in:
3-D printing | Scaled-Model Making | Hand Sketching
Experience in:
Dynamo | Archicad | BIM 360 Collaboration | Python
Experience Feb 2023 - Present
Architectural Designer | Interior Designer Extension Architecture, London Experience in RIBA stages ( 2-3-4) includes - Client Briefing Coordination and management to the Internal Team - Initial Conceptual Development for the Planning Stages - Context Development from Surveyors for Planning Approvals - Existing Designs, Drawings Co-Development | Development - Extension | New Build - Planning Proposal Drawings - Full Planning Proposal Packages, Design Options in Revit - Initial Conceptual Development for the Tender Stages - Interior Planning & Design - Architectural, Hardscape, Landscape-Tender Specifications, Details, in Revit - LOD 100-400, Bespoke Parametric Customizable Revit Families
Nov 2021 – Dec 2023
Freelance Architect | Interior Designer HNA, Architects Pvt. Ltd, Coimbatore On-site experience in Residential, Commercial, and Recreational Sectors - Turnkey Project Management - Project Conceptual Initiation - Interior Full Tender Specification Packages - Client-vendor relationship management - On-site Work execution inspection - Business communication - Interactive Walkthroughs
Licenses Architect
Council of Architecture ( COA ), India
Soft Skills Strong analytical skills Passion for creative problem-solving Eager to learn and develop new skills Adaptive to take on new challenges Knowledge of other design disciplines
Strong visual, verbal and written communication skills Strong work ethic and positive team attitude Avid Contributor and a Proactive Teamwork Ability to work well under pressure and manage time Profound Knowledge of AI in the AEC sector and emerging trends
Contents
Professional
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Academic
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Competition
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Design
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The Lighthouse Commercial Church Theatre Extension, built around the theme of ‘Involving Light’ in the architecture
Professional
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Camberwell’s Light ’The historic Camberwell Church Theatre, once a single-screen movie theatre, has always used ‘light’ as a key element to attract audiences and performers. Now under private ownership, to sustain the Theatre’s Business and the ongoing local community demands, the theater is undergoing a dramatic renovation to recapture its former charm, with a focus on architectural lighting The Newer Light-themed Architecture is a metaphor for the Building’s actual name ‘The Lighthouse’.
Access , Built-form Existing -Centralized Singular Program
Visual obstruction from the proposed cube structure led to a curved facade design. This unique form respects neighbors' views, invites entry, and complies with regulations.
The Existing Structure comprises single, large Mono-Function rooms for gatherers of the Church and an additional kitchenette to serve people in the front, which is not a sustainable activity in the long run for the events hosted inside the Theatre.
Architecture guided by the ‘Light’ Proposed - Diversified Distribution of Programs The Proposed Structure comprises to propose large spread Activities with a hierarchical program distribution in terms of Decentralizing people for their purpose of Visit thereby contributing to a more viable ROI for the Investment
The design prioritizes natural light, strategically channeling it into key program areas where illumination is crucial. Three large glass windows at the front showcase these vibrant spaces, inviting passersby to witness the captivating events happening inside. Additionally, the lower front of the structure features large openings that complement the curved form, guiding pedestrians with a gentle glow.
Program Distribution The lower level houses commercial spaces, including a cafe and event hosting areas accessible to the public. Above, private functional spaces cater to occasional gatherings within the church group. To maximize the street's commercial appeal, the rooftop features a private wedding event space and a dedicated office for the church organization.
Proposed Street Section
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Ground Floor
First Floor
Second Floor
Third Floor
Café | Event Space Ceiling baffle system radially spread from the focal element
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Detail - 6
Section - 2
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Detail - 7
Detail - 4
Front Façade Elevation
Detail - 5
Section - 1
Avery Hill Park, Affordable Housing Development Preserving the natural beauty of Epsom's green belt, the Affordable Housing development in Avery Park received full planning approval. This project seeks to create a harmonious "rangers house" neighbourhood that complements the surrounding environment.
Ground Floor
First Floor
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Large Top Hung Window Detail- 2
Juliet Balcony Detail- 1
Section - 1
Front Street Section
Section - 2
This Rye Lane project is a modern residential studio apartment blending seamlessly with the historic red brick street. The existing facade is preserved, but the primary front window areas boast a "protruded Flemish Brick pattern" for a touch of contemporary texture. A top-hung window and Juliet balcony add sleek lines and outdoor space, ensuring both modern aesthetics and a connection to the street.
Rye Lane, Residential Studio Apartment
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Existing –Two storied Terraced type with Side-Wrap around, Ground Floor Rear Outrigger, First floor loft conversion
Existing Facade 1st Proposal ( Precedent Approach) – Front Dormer Demolition | Rear Loft Conversion ( to maintain 40 Cubic. Meter limit)
Proposed Façade matching the close precedent with Brick Soldiers in the original structure design
2nd Proposal – 2nd Floor Rear Loft conversion
Existing
Demolition
Proposal
The residential building's previous extensions made the’ New proposals’ need to be within the 40m3 limit. To avoid planning permission rejection, two proposals are in place: -Demolish the existing 2nd floor front loft. -Propose the desired 2nd floor rear loft. Both options aim to fulfil space needs while complying with limits
Proposed Rear Loft conversion
Wandsworth, Residential Extensions Proposals
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Montpellier Avenue, Housing Multiple Occupancy (HMO),
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Entrance Porch
Gazebo
Sunken Fireplace
Tadworth, Bespoke Outdoor Spaces - Private Villa
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Add column
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Ooty Chai Tea House nestled in the Urban setting of Dubai
Interior Design
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A Contemporary Tea House Experience Design InfluencesSpaces
Treatment (Interior Design Palette)
Socially connected dining areas
Façade adjacent dining
Contemporary Neutral palette with natural light makes more visually available with minimal oak wood and textured beige paint
Private dining areas
Main formal dining
Classical Warm palette overall with in-between dark murals as a dominant subject
Spots of Design Intervention
Circulation path & Space divisions Connecting to the streets linear informal dining was adjacent to the front and formal dining was offered inside to have a traditional way of dining, as the kitchen and servery areas are interconnected to deliver customers rapidly
Hybrid Zones
Main counter, exposed preparation area
Service zones
Kitchen, Toilets
Tactical tea house experience Spatially interiors are experienced but to make it visually available all along during the users time, a centrally located service counter delivers and updates all the necessary information about the products where the user gets to spend time more in the insides
Neutral palette with black steel members and oak wood, shoji paper for retail unit ,dark mahogany wood and white matte sheet for counter
Neutral wallpaper patterns and dark wood patterns to display authenticity
Interior Design Palette-
Strategic dining areas To take advantage of the closed circulated interior dining area the brand’s context ‘Ooty’ was shown in arch portals to get focused attention and visually relaxed whereas the front part of the tea house is minimally done to have more open informal setting welcoming the customers
Elegant Dining Spaces and Functional Customer Experience
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Main counter and retail station
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A Contemporary Tea House Experience
Main counter and retail station
Portals of Ooty embedded in bronze mural art
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Coimbatore, Tropical Modernism Residence
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A Modern Tropical Experience
DesignInfluences
Nature Driven Prime Circulation Path For passive cooling after cut down trees in the site, the path was laid on the perimeter to achieve shade for the building. Waterbodies were implemented for the cut down tress for indoor natural cooling
Volume Raised
Treatment (Exterior Design Palette)
Spots of Design Intervention
Spaces
Social Interaction
Façade, Open Terrace Garden
Open Visual tension high spots are treated with Dark Exposed Materials to represent Boldness of the Structure
Seclusion
Perimeter Walkway Indoor
Tranquil Green Vegetation and Neutral palette ( Light materials with Dark Patterns)
Hybrid Zones
Front façade corridor, Entrance Porch
Warm Palette with a mixture of exposed woodwork, concrete cladding ,and a lustful vegetation
Interior Spaces
Darker palette for most light fall areas neutral and theme specific for other spaces (Detailed in the latter)
For additional leisure programs , shading, and views the building has raised a storey. Dense vegetation visually blocks the ground level Program specific Interior living areas
Voids of social interaction Connecting with nature the Open terrace deck and a private garden space were introduced to relax outsides and spatially connected with a corridor that acts as a private circulation loop for evening walks when closed
Bold Built massing To connect the spirit of modernist architecture a non-structural suspended column was introduced with exposed stonework to show the bold built mass structurally and metaphorically and Kinetic façade louvers assist in providing light, shade, and ventilation to the pillars of tropical modernist architecture
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Floor Plans
Hanging Bollard Light in a Suspended Column Details
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House in the Woods Transcending Nature’s Boundaries
Academic
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Design Process Site Area 750 Square meters 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 Y-direction to Humanize Height
Scaled along X-direction to allow easy Slope access across Whole Built Space
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Adorn, Architect’s Office
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B
Section A
Ground Floor
First Floor @3.5
Second Floor @7.0
Third Floor @10.5
Section B
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Kinetic Co-l(lab) A
creative HUB
Competition
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1980
1990
2000
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
Design Approach
Adaptable flexibility
Configurable flexibility
Modular flexibility
Time-based flexibility
Functional flexibility
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Progression in Workspace Culture
Need for New Workspace Capitalists Organizational Hierarchy
New ‘Independent’ workforce
CEOs
Freelancers
Directors
Startups
Managers
Working Families
Supervisors
Conceptual zoning based on permeability , vicinity and seclusion
Entrepreneurs from established firm
Assistants/operative s
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 TimeBased flexibility
Khaja thing Pattern language spatial derivation of creative hub for 21st century
Stakeholders
User groups
Public sector
Functional flexibility
Prescriptive spaces with situational modification
Private sector
Shared sector
Learn Freelancers, startups, independent units from established firms Educational Institutions
IT industries
Existing co-working offices
Disciplinarians
Play
Professional, Academic based deriving from immediate context
Learning Zone
TimeBased flexibility
Additive Growth Inter collaboration between public and disciplinarians
Make
Teach
Public Zone
Breakout
Share Zone
Site Collaborate
Create
Neutral Grounds
Design Spatial Modification Variables Building Parameters Degrees of Privacy Spatial typology
Public Zone
Neutral Grounds
Share Zone
Public
Neutral ground
Open, Semi-open, Enclosed
Open, Semi-open , enclosed
Framework types
Landscaped zones, Semi-built , Built zones
Kinetic system
Configurability, Adaptability
Shared built zones
Create Zone Exhibit
Concentrate
Create Zone Private Semi-open, Enclosed
Configurable Flexibility
Socialize
Network
Built zones
Prepare
Chill
Incubate Configurable & Prescriptive
Design Process
User centered (openended)
User centered (openended) & typology centered
Unit flexibility
Modular, Configurable
Modular, configurable
User typology
Individuals Individuals to group Groups to community
Public and disciplines collaboration
Serendipitous interaction
Choice based interaction
Spatial Quality
Adaptable flexibility
Students, entrepreneurs, public
Meet
Prescriptive
Play Organic Growth
Flexible Parameters
Adaptable Growth
Innovation as an unforeseen journey of networking with each other
Typology centered
Volumetric configuration
Modular Flexibility
Participatory and necessity spaces with constant modifications Students, entrepreneurs, public
Local Creative disciplinary
Disciplined interaction
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Master Plan @0.0m Design Strategies
YMCA institutions Pedestrian sideways
Seclusion
Public Vicinity
Private
Permeability
Neutral grounds 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
3. Permeability, Vicinity and Seclusions linkage are zoned based on proximity of people’s approach inside the site
4. Socialize, Share and Create!
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Kinetic Landscape @-4..5m from G.L
Adaptable Flexibility Scenario
Kinetic Landscape @+4..5m from G.L
Master Plan @0.0m
Adaptable Flexibility fostering Serendipitous Interaction
Public Zone
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Pod Selection
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Startup groups, small offices can have their breakouts in the hammock space by replacing the atrium openings
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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The additional pods union in the same way and aligned oppositely
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 additional unions of pods once happen if both are aligned in the opposite direction
Deployment Scenario
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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 pod arrives at front of your slot and gets placed in the rail it’ subjected to move in
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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 which you’ve booked has it’s ability to expand to accommodate additional equipment's
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Public Zone
The fully formed version of ‘Individuals to groups to a community’
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Pod Modularity
Pod Expansions Incremental Pod Expansion Scenario (Individuals to groups)
Incremental Modular Pods
Assembled Incremental Pods
The glass atrium in the community pod is formed by having the layer sandwiched inside the roof slots
Networking and Concentration Zone pods
Since library spaces requires ventilation and quiet sound spaces atrium is added centrally
Hinge jointed 3 slot mechanism allows pods to expand in all the 4 sides Universal Connectors for roof- wall junctions and Wall-wall junctions
Incubation Zone pods Individuals to group Pod expansion
Pods align to allow walls to join The lock is released Pod gets assembled
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
FunctionsSmall startup individuals, Private small offices
FunctionsPreparation zone large equipment based work areas , Grouped work areas , enclosed/ semi-open and layering breakouts in between such as small atriums , hammocks
FunctionsLarge private office spaces , community enclosed coworking, growing Small business firms
Roof expansion to counteract wall expansion
3 paneled roof for deploying if expanded for Single pod expansion/ incremental pod expansion
Universal Connectors for roof- wall junctions and Wall-wall junctions
Incremental Pod Expansion Scenario (Groups to a Community) Wall expansion Hinge jointed 3 slot mechanism allows pods to expand in all the 4 sides
Glass pane expansion
Work- Life balance Scenario
Play-work for work –life balance by providing play-scapes in-between Group pods
Universal Connectors for roof- wall junctions and Wall-wall junctions
Hammock Space to Enclosed Atrium Shaft
Community Pod for focused working
Glass panes
Groups to a Community Pod expansion
Hammock Space connects visually the areas Besides them and acts as a open breakout space
The union masses of group pods are aligned
Flexible furniture
Then kinetic panels deployed to enclose the atriums
The union masses of group pods are aligned
Pod Mechanisms
Furniture Systems
Linear movement after deployment
Roof, Wall Mechanism After deployment making room and moving nearer to another pod to expand wall-floor rails helps in such expansions
Open workspace functions in accordance with pod modular flexibility , So the same flexibility principle of increasing the levels of usages applies to furniture system
Privacy is maintained in co-work areas too by Enclosing work areas with retractable cloth system
Incremental work area flexibility
Rotatable kinetic gallery communal space offers multi –directional co-work meetings from larger to smaller
Detail-B
Rail junctions are Universal junctions as seen in universal connectors in wall-wall, wall-roof connectors to allow mulita directional flexibility
3 paneled roof for deploying if expanded for Single pod expansion/ incremental pod expansion
Detail-A
Slots for roof to fit inside
Rail- rail junction Detail-C
Detail-C Slots opened for roof to fit inside
Wall-wall junction
1 2 3 Roof-wall junction
Detail-A
The junctions are positioned inside the walls for free flow of motion multi-directionally
Detail-D
These rails are similar to the autonomous bot rail for easy rail way deployment
Detail-B
Wall-floor rail junction Detail-D
Public Zone
Furniture flexibility fosters continues in Individuals to groups systems
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Vertical pods deployment Rotatable Kinetic Gallery Scenario
3. Enclosed preparation zone based meetings
1. Small meetings for open co-work based gatherings connecting networking and preparation zones
2. Large preparation zone based meetings
4. Exhibition eventbased large 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
Rotatable Kinetic Wall/Door Scenario
S- shaped vertical rail for the bot to carry the pods vertically and deploy it in the top floors
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
Superconductive wheel system
2. The superconductive rails systems allows the bot to travel seamlessly horizontally and vertically
All Kinetic Systems in Play!
Organic nature of creating flexible spaces
than suggesting them an ideal space fosters interaction among the uses who decides what they want
Public Zone
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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 inbetween permanent built system that carrying the kinetic space layouts types
Space layout types Permanent Columns
Share Zone
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Class room Cluster scenario
Classroom corridor scenario
Library Space Scenario
1. Individual classrooms for creative hub users and learning people on either side of the bands 1. Library and development center in separate wings connected by the floor band
1. Classrooms gets connected by the Floor band offering axial continuity to the parallel wings
Floor band
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
2. Corridor spaces extended for gallery exhibits, enclosure spaces then provided corridor band
Detail-E
3. Temporal floor band then repositions above the classroom and vertical wall band offers enclosure for classroom cluster axially
Game Court Double Vertical cut for Noise cancelation
Private corridor space
2. Library Space can be extended outside the corridor for outdoor reading and foster interaction between both wings
Outdoor library space extension Gallery band
Detail-E
The neutral ground serves as a common third space for all the varied users
Multi-venue gallery Scenario
Ball court Scenario
Retraction mechanism
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
1. Floor band connects for gallery at top level for accessibility
1. Floor bands for connecting corridor spaces and the ball court
Varied time based user scenario
2. Floor band transforms itself into Gallery Space within two bands for extension of multivenue gallery
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
Library space retracts down to form a depressed quiet learning space Neutral Grounds
Share Zone
Neutral Grounds
Create Zone
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Vertical Expansion Scenario
Creative Space Module 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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Roof
Maker space extension
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Personal Spaces
Extension module moves it’s floor and typical module move it’s roof sideways such that allowing the Vertical Expansion
Services
Maker Space Breakout/Commune
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Functions – large equipment based work areas in maker space or to grow the creative space vertically over the period of time
Present/Exhibit
Present/ exhibit space flexibility
The extension module moves down such that it can be accessed from within the typical module
Vertical Expansion Modules Module 2– Expansion Module without service systems
1. Enclosed exhibits for private conferences
2. Inside out and Outside-in
3.Exhibit space connecting the communal space
Module 1 – Typical module for designers, creative disciplinarians ,artists with service systems
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The completed module can be eventually be disassembled and set to remain the same
Module 3- Vertically fused modules Personal space Indoor breakout space Present/exhibit Maker Space Service systems
Create Zone
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Spring Pavilion
Generative Design
Vondelpark’s tradition of sustainability in an urban infrastructure allows people to get inside it and enjoy it walking around all of its vast 47 acres and its other features and it’s beauty within it through different sets of experiences and not as a whole.
Heart of Vondelpark, Amsterdam
present visual movement
Vondelpark, Amsterdam 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.
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
KINETIC Parent ring to hold them together
Helical outer reinforcement for transversal load bearings
Vertical wooden posts laid into ground surface for additional support
360 degree surround rotatable viewing decks are then provided
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Pavilion in ‘Motion’
Working Mechanism
Park whirls in a steel embrace, Static eyes, a shifting scene. Activities spin, a joyful chase, Architecture's dance, a vibrant dream.
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
support members from central core
Parent rings in 4 platforms
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.
Experiencing Motional Architecture
Indoor viewing space
Exhibition space Reading space
Outdoor viewing 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 workspace
Multi-functional Unit
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Design
Kinetic Wall Mountable Sculpture
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Velo Chair by Jan Waterson
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