GRADUATE PORTFOLIO BY VASUNDARA AALMELKAR

PORTFOLIO

BACHELOR OF ARCHITECTURE VASUNDARA AALMELKAR

VASUNDARA AALMELKAR

A R C H I T E C T

Hello ! I am Vasundara Aalmelkar Born and nourished in the historic culture of domes & arches of Vijayapura ( Home town).

I tend to live in my imagination, watching calm full moon light in sea shore where fish bites a moon and there flows a sparkle stars into sea.

I love to work on concepts, I have my major interest towards Parametric Architecture. I am a hard working with a great passion for architecture, problem solving and software skills. I am always looking for an opportunity to gain knowledge from anywhere I can get.

27/01/2000

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2017 2022 UG BACHELOR OF ARCHITECTURE MALIK SANDAL INSITUTE OF ART AND ARCHITECTURE UNIVERSITY VTU BELAGAVI KARNATAKA 2005 2015

2015

SHAMS SCHOOL VIJAYAPURA, KARNATAKA

2022 MARCH AUGUST ACADEMIC INTERNSHIP ZEROGREY

DESIGN STUDIO, BANGLORE, INDIA Involved in design process with architect and principal architect in development of design and presentation and coordinated with electric drawing and detail

RESORT DESIGN 1

RESORT DESIGN IN COORG.

THE THEME BASED RESORT DESIGN , WHICH COINTAIN NATURAL SHELTER AS CONCEPT .

THE CONCEPT – NATURAL SHELTER

THERE ARE THREE TYPES OF NATURAL SHELTER . 1. TREE - AIR 2. DEN LAND 3. SHELL WATER

TREE : BASICALLY THE NEST ARCHITECTURE BY INSPIRING THE BIRDS

DEN : THE CAVE ARCHITECTURE INSPIRED BY ANIMALS

SHELL : GOLDEN RATIO INSPIRED BY AQUATIC ANIMALS

CONCEPT : BAYAWEAVER NEST THE CONSTRUCTION OF VILLA IS INSPIRED BY NEST , WHERE IT FORM FOLLOWS FUNCTION ,THE CONSTRUCTION TECHNIQUE USED HERE IS BAMBOO ACT AS THE SKIN OF STRUCTURE WHICH LOOKS LIKE NEST.

CONCEPT : DEN

DELUX THE CONSTRUCTION OF DELUX IS INSPIRED BY DEN , WHERE ENTRY TO THE DELUX IS THROUGH BARREL ENTRY OR CAVE ENTRY WHICH IS ELEMENT OF DEN.

CONCEPT : SHELL

THE CONSTRUCTION OF OTHERS BLOCKS SUCH AS ADMIN , SPA , DOUBLE BEDED ETC, IS INSPIRED BY THE FORM SHELL , WHERE THE WHOLE DESGIN IS DESIGNED ON TAKING REFERANCE OF GOLDEN RATIO SHELL .

MUSEUM DESIGN AT CULTURAL CENTER : THE TASK WAS TO DESIGN MUSEUM BY CONSIDERING META ARCHITECTURE , THE ARCHITECTURAL STYLE IN VIJAYAPURA IS INDO ISLAMIC ARCHITECTURE WHERE DOME IS A PART OF ISLAMIC ARCHITECTURE AND LOTOUS IS BELIEVED SCARED IN THE HINDU ARCHITECTURE, TOGETHER IT BECOMES INDO ISLAMIC ARCHITECTURE, WHERE MY AIM WAS “MOTION” SO I THOUGHT TO DESIGN A DOME WHICH BLOOMS LIKE A LOTUS “ A BLOOMIMG DOME” WHICH IS SUPPORTED BY CASE STUDY OF MILWAUKEE MUSEUM BY SANTIAGO CALATRAVA, WITH THE MECHANISM OF BRISE SOLEIL.

URBAN DESIGN

THE URBAN HOUSING PROJECT OF SITE MEASURING 15 ACRE, THE OBJECTIVE WAS TO STUDY OF URBAN CONTEXT AND TO EXPLORE VARIOUS ASPECTS/ ISSUES OF THE URBAN ENVIRONMENT AND UNDERSTAND THE ROLE OF ARCHITECTURE IN SHAPING THE URBAN FABRIC.

VIJAYAPURA

A LUXURY SPACE FOR COLNY WITH CENTRAL SHOPPING COMPLEX WITH KIDS PLAY AREA (WHICH CREATES DEMAND FOR ECONOMY) , WITH ACTIVE FRONTAGES WHICH MAKES THE SOCIETY FEEL SAFE ,THE SCHOOL AND THE SHOPPING COMPLEX PLACED OPPOSITE TO EACH OTHER SHARING SAME ROAD HELPS FOR EASY TRANSPORTATION MAIN MOTTO OF DESIGN IS TO MAKE ALL KIND OF PEOPLE TO FEEL SAFE AND CONNECTED BY PROVIDING DIFFERENT SIZES OF PLOTS IN ONE PARAMETRIC BLOCK AND PROVIDING COMMON PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION , AND EXCITING GREEN LANDSPACE DESIGNED FOR THE SOCIETY WITH LESS ENERGY CONSUMING BUILDING BLOCKS CONSIDERING PASSIVE DESIGN TECHNIQUE WHICH SAVES THEIR ANNUAL EXPENSES AND PROMOTES PASSIVE ENERGY.

SITE

THE SITE IS IN INDIA, KARNATAKA STATE , BIJAPUR DISTRICT NAVARASPUR VILLAGE , THE SITE IS CHOOSE IN NAVARASPUR VILLAGE RURAL AREA WHICH LIES BETWEEN TWO CITIES , BIJAPUR AT EAST AND ATHANI AT WEST, CONNECTING TO NATIONAL HIGHWAY , SITE IS EXACTLY FRONT OF WOMEN’S UNIVERSITY.

THE CALL OF UNIVERSE

HOPE AND STRENGTH IS CREATED BY ‘SUN’ BECAUSE WHOLE UNIVERSE IS CREATED BY SUN AND EACH CREATURE IS CREATED IN ITS UNIQUE WAY AND GIVEN IMPORTANCE EQUALLY ,SO NO ONE HAS THE RIGHT TO DISCRIMINATE OR HARM, HENCE NO ONE HAS THE RIGHT TO RAISE VOILENCE AGAINST WOMEN ,THIS STRUCTURE WILL INSPIRE WOMEN OF THE WHOLE WORLD. THE SUN AS AN SYMBOL OF HOPE AND RAYS AS STRENGTH

THE SITE IS CHOOSE INFRONT OF WOMEN’S UNIVERSITY IN RURAL PLACE BECAUSE MORE NUMBER OF WOMEN WHO ARE EDUCATED AS WELL AS UNEDUCATED ARE IN NEED OF SUCH INSPIRATION, AND THIS PAVILLION NOT ONLY INSPIRE WOMEN’S OF LOCALS BUT HOLDS STRONG POSITION TO MOTIVATE WOMEN’S OF WHOLE WORLD.

THE AMPHITHEATER STRUCTURE IS CONSTUCTED WITH CONCRETE WITH WHITE FINISHING AND SITING OF AMPHITHEATER IS OF WHITE MARBLE BECAUSE WHITE IS PEACEFUL, THE AMPHITHEATER LEVELS ARE DOWNWARD TILL WATER END AND 5 METERS HEIGHT CORRIDORE BY SURROUNDING WHICH HELPS TO COOL THE STRUCTURE BY THE SHADE OF WALLS FALLING ON AMPHITHEATER AND WATER, WHERE WATER PRESERVE COOLNESS FROM SHADE OF WALLS WHICH HELPS TO COOL THE STRUCTURE , HENCE THE STRUCTURE IS COOL BY PASSIVE TECHNIQUE. THE SRUCTURE IS CONSTRUCTED MAINLY FOCUSING ON DARK ZONE AND LIGHT ZONE , THE DARK ZONE IS CREATED IN TERMS OF CORRIDORE THAT DEPICTS THE LIFE OF WOMEN WHICH HELPS TO FEEL CONNECTIVITY FROM HER CHILDHOOD TO ELDERWOMEN BECAUSE EVERY WOMEN IS DIFFERENT AND UNIQUE AND HAS DIFFERENT LIFE STAGES , WHERE SHE ALSO FEELS THE RAY OF LIGHT WHILE PASSING THROUGH CORRIDORE FROM UP SHE CAN FEEL THE LIGHT OF HOPE DESIGNED FOR HER. FACING ISSUES OF WOMEN IN TODAY’S SOCIETY HAS NO AGE , SHE CAN FEEL THE RAYS OF HOPE FOR THE ISSUES SHE FACED AT ANY AGE , THOSE ARE THE RAY OF HOPE WHICH IS GIVEN BY THE SUN AND THE WHOLE UNIVERSE IS CREATED BY SUN AND EACH AND EVERY CREATURE IS CREATED IN ITS UNIQUE WAY AND GIVEN IMPORTNACE EQUALLY, SO ONE HAS THE RIGHT TO DISCRIMINATE OR HARM, EVERY WOMEN SHOULD REMEMBER THIS AND SHOULD FEEL HER RAY TO HOPE AT ANY CORNER OF THE WORLD AND STRENGHTNED HERSELF AND LEAD THE LIFE THE WAY SHE WANTS SUCCESSFULLY.

VOLUME ZERO –

WOMEN’S PAVILION 2021 Architecture Competition

PARAMATRIC STRUCTURES 8

CRAFTS IN ARCHITECTURE DOCUMENTATION

THERE IS A TEMPLE OF VEERBHADRESHWAR AT THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE HOUSE , WHICH BELONGS TO OWNERS HOUSE AND EASILY FOUND ON GOOGLE MAP

THERE IS HUGH ENTRY TO THE HOUSE WITH THE DISTANCE OF LESS THEN 100 M TO THE MAIN HOUSE . THE ELEVATION OF THE HOUSE , IT HAD HUGH DOOR OF 3M WITH LOTS OF ARCHITECTURAL DECORATIVE ELEMENTS SUCH AS WE CAN SEE GOLDEN CORBLES ABOVE THE DOOR WITH CONSTRASTING NAVY BLUE COLOUR AS A BACKGROUND OF THE DOOR AND THE WOODEN DOOR OF SAGWAN MATERIAL AND COLOURED IT CREAM WITH RED DOMINATING FLORAL ELEMENTS CARVED OVER IT ALSO IT HAS ANOTHER DOOR AT THE LEFT SIDE AND 3 WINDOWS WITH JALI , THE WHOLE ELEVATION IS COLOURED WITH WHITE IT ALSO HAS SITTING ( KATTA )AT THE FRONT.

THE DOORSILL OF THE MAIN DOOR IS AUSPICIOUS IN HINDU CULTURE IT IS WORSHIPED. SO IT HAVE DECORATIVE ELEMENT ON IT HERE WE CAN SEE THE HORSE SHOE WHERE IT IS SAID IT KEEPS ALL DEMONS AND NEGATIVE ENERGY AWAY FROM THE HOUSE BEFORE IT ENTERS THE HOUSE. THE MATERIAL USED FOR DOORSILL IS STONE , WOOD AND METAL FOR HORSE SHOE AND COLOURED NAVY BLUE AND BROWN FOR CONTRAST.

PARTITIAN BETWEEN HOUSE AND TEMPLE PARTITIAN BETWEEN TEMPLE AND HOUSE

TEMPLE OF VEERBHADRESHWAR AT THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE HOUSE THE LOTOUS ELEMENTS ARE USED FOR SHIKARA AND SOME LION MOTIF STRUCTURE AS DECORATION WITH 3 ARCHES ENTRY AT ELEVATION

THE TEMPLE IS CONSTRUCTED SEPERATELY , NOT DIRECTLY CONSTRUCTED TO THE MAIN HOUSE BUILDING BUT IT BELONGS TO THE HOUSE AND IT HAS ITS OWN INDIVIDUAL WALLS WHERE IT ALSO SHOWS THE CONNECTIVITY THROUGH BY ADDING SOME STONES IN THE BOUNDARIES.

THE VIEW AFTER ENTERING PERSON CAN SEE 2 DOMINATING REAL DEER STRUCTURE PLACED ON WOODEN COLUMN AT THE ENTRACE AS AN DECORATIVE ELEMENTS. THERE ARE SITTINGS ON THE BOTH THE LEFT AND RIGHT SIDE IT IS MADE UP OF STONES WHERE ONE CANNOT FEEL THE HEAT PERSON FEEL COOLNESS

THE HALF WALL IS CONSTRUCTED WITH GEOMETRICAL PATTERNS RAILINGS OF STEEL , FOR PROPER FLOW OF LIGHT AND VENTILATION TO NEXT ROOM.

THERE IS LONG CORRIDOR WHICH ENDS CONNECTING HALL WHERE THE PLINTH OF THE HALL CHANGES AS SHOWN IN RIGHT THE CORRIDOR HAS OPENINGS ON ROOF AS SHOWN IN LEFT AND ALSO HAS DECORATIVE WOODEN PATTERNS AS SHOWN BELOW.

THE ROOFING OF CATTLE HOUSE IS OF WOODS , THERE ARE SPACES CREATED ON THE WALL BY INTERSECTING WOOD AND PLACING WOODEN PLANK OVER IT FOR STORAGE THE HOOKS ARE CARVED IN DECORATIVE MANNER AS WELL AS THERE IS ROOF OPENING FOR SKYLIGHT FOR PROPRER AIR AND VENTILATION FOR CATTLES ALSO AND THERE IS SEPARATE STORAGE AS SEEN IN RIGHT ,THE PLACE WHERE CATTLES ARE TIED IT HAS DIFFERENT GEOMETRIC STRUCTURES ON IT AS SHOWN BELOW.

THE CATTLE HOUSE IS SO HUGH, THE FAMILY DOES NOT DEPEND ON OTHERS FOR DAIRY PRODUCTS THEY HAVE THEIR OWN PLANNED CATTLE HOUSE .

THERE IS MUD CHULHA , THIS VERY TRADITION WAY OF COOKING IN VILLAGES WHERE AS ABOUVE THOS CHULAH AT THE ROOF TOP OPENING WILL BE THERE SO THAT THE SMOKES GOES OUTSIDE FROM IT THIS MAINTANE PROPER LIGHT AND VENTILATION. THERE IS STORAGE PLACED BELOW BEAMS WHERE WE CAN SEE THOSE WOODEN UTENSILS KEPT. GRINDING

‘N’ STANDS FOR “NUTRITION” AS A WHOLE, THE DESIGN IS MORE MINIMAL LOOK. THE USE OF LEAF AT THE TOP INDICATES THE TRANSFORMATION OF THE HEALTH – LIFE. TAKING THIS APPROACHOF REBRANDING TO BRING MORE IN LINE WITH THE AESTHETIC AND PORTRAY FLEXIBILITY. THE USE OF THERAPY INDICATES THE CURE, THE FONT STYLE USED IS ANCIENT INDIAN FONT WHICH INDICATES THE FOOD CULTURE AND HERITAGE OF THE FOODS AND INDIAN MEDICINES.

SKYLIGHT VESTA VILLA

SKYLIGHT VESTA VILLA IN SARJAPUR, AN AUTHENTIC AMERICAN VILLA TOWNSHIP IN SARJAPUR ROAD, BENGALURU

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IN THIS PORTFOLIO I HAVE CHOSEN WORK FROM ACADEMIC, COMPETETION, WORKSHOPS , INTERNSHIP AND OTHERS.

I AM A HARD WORKING PERSON WITH A GREAT PASSION FOR ARCHITECTURE, PROBLEM SOLVING AND SOFTWARE SKILLS. BECAUSE I AM CONCEREND ABOUT BUILDING A CAREER FOR ME.

I AM HOPING THAT THIS PORTFOLIO REFLECTS MY CAPABILITY AND ATTITUDE TOWARDS ARCHITECTURE AND MY WORK ETHIC. THANK YOU