Vineeth Thappalli Kannoth Architecture Portfolio
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Post-Graduate 2012-2014 Architectural Association School of Architecture (AA) London, UK
Professional 2014- Present Bureau of Excellence in Architecture & Design (BEAD) Abu Dhabi, UAE 2009 - 2012 Vivek Shankar Design Parntership (VSDP) Bangalore, India
Undergraduate 2004-2009 M.S.R.I.T School of Architecture Bangalore, India
Competitions
Postgraduate | M.Arch | Architecture and Urbanism
DESIGN RESEARCH LABORATORY Architectural Association School of Architecture | London | U.K
Design research lab Tutor : Rob Staurt-Smith Research Team : Vineeth Thappalli Kannoth, Lei Yang, Tianyi, Haocheng Yang
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he studio brief is on housing rethinking living in terms of today’s version of marina city and future city in the context of zero energy, building lifecycles design opportunity and technology addressing internet of things and social media. We propose a mixed use housing with an novel lift system enabling a 3 dimensional decentralised circulatory system on the facade of the building which allows to increase the freedom of accessing public programme from houses. The project explored the principles of self-organisation through the employment of alogrithmic design methodologies to develope polyvalabt and responsive design proposals that enable architecture to actively engage with dynamically shifting socio cultural relationship in built environment
Thesis brief
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he thesis rethinks high-density urban housing typologies through the removal of lifts, cores and corridor circulation with the employment of an exterior decentralised system. This results in a topologicallly complex, mixed use building typology where circulation allows for a three dimensional networked architectecture. By implementing the technology of wireless energy transmission and wireless communication. Lift is capable of of allowing spontaneous communication between users of the system. The lift system allows for creating spaces on demand and a distributed energy system, while also colleting solar energy and transferring it wirelessy. Additionally, variation in facade transparency as we well as the distribution and movement of the lifts produces qualitative design effects that are intrinsic to the lifecycle of the building.
Stigmergy
The project utilise the logic of stigmergy within an algorithmic methodolgy to find comparitively optimised network, determine efficient behaviours and defien population within a particular site scenairio.
optimised global network
minimum path system based on material by Frei Otto
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tigmergy has been proved for path - optimization. Through the wok of AntNet algorithm by Caro and Dorigo, they proposed that unlike traditional routing algorithms (such as OSPF and RIP) which focused on minimal or shortest path routing, routing in AntNet was carried out with the aim of optimizing the performance of the entire network.
vel: 4.0 || force: 1.0 || density:100 || population: 400
vel: 4.0 || force: 1|| density:100 || population: 400
vel: 4.0 || force: 1.5 || density:100 || population: 400
vel: 4.0 || force: 1.5 || density:100 || population: 400
vel: 4.0f || force: 2.0 || density:100 || population: 400
vel: 4.0 || force: 2 || density:100 || population: 400
Main network
Secondary network
Stigmergy
typology research
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he idea of translating 2D stigmergy pattern into a 3D form as the reference for generating building mass is based on the pharomone strength. We proposal a new building typology without the conventional circulation system of core and corridor. The building surface is the interface where lifts move on and achieve accessibility. Hence, it is easy to understand about the stigmergy network: the more density of pheromone trail, the heavier traffic amount, more surface area will be required. Logical-
vel: 4.0f || force: 2.0 || density:100 || population: 400
ly, the research will project the density of pheromone trail into a 3D level. The height(surface area) is determined by pheromone density.
vel: 4.0 || force: 2 || density:100 || population: 400
Prototypes Lift : Surface climbing Robots
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he physical experiments were executed taking advantages of wireless energy and electromagnets. Electromagnets powered through Wireless energy transmission allow the lift to obtain an unparalleled freedom from its behaviours similar to a roller coaster and maglev. The lift using electromagnets brings the possibilty to achieve motion on the building surfaces as a trajectory for lift movements. The physical experiment has sequentially powered electromagnets using relay board and arduino.
Once the electromagnets are activated the metal wheel rotate along the path electromagnets is activated.
First working prototype
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urther experiments in making the mobile prototype
electromagnets were replace with permanant magnets to build a small scale prototype. This working mobile prototype use arduino controlled servos to determine the direction to move by controlling the servo speeds individually.
Final Working prototype
Lift
Design
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he physical prototype research gave us the idea of how to deign a external lift system reasonable and realistic. The physcial model basically has solved the issues of the universal movement: the driving system, the floor balance, and the passenger space issues. The next step of the research will be continuously developped by digital modelling considering energy sharing, temporary space aggregation and building accessing issues .
interior sliding facade
sliding facade panel
solenoid giving sticky force interior Sliding floor
access to interior
carbon fibre frame
3D passenger carriage
solar panel
driving wheel
Side Elevation
Front Elevation
Top Elevation
view
Prototypes
3D Printed Prototype
Building Section Prototype
Apartment Section Prototype
View: Builiding weave above the excisting transport network of the city view
View: Plaza view
Top View view
Sectional perspective Sectional perspective
Professional
BEAD Architects Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Gated Community Professional : BEAD Design Team : Muhannad Assam, Marta Krivosik , Rishi Sapra, Antonis Asbah, Vineeth Thappalli Kannoth The masterplan is to accommodate new hospitality and commercial development along with associated support services, comprising resort housing, promenade of leisure, recreational facilities, parks, commercial retail, boutique mall, and a myriad of public and private places. The buildings in the development speak similar language, a subtle and curvilinear tectonics which flows from one level to another without any clear distinction between walls and roofs.
Perspectives
Perspectives
Indoor Sports Complex Professional : BEAD Design Team : Muhannad Assam, Marta Krivosik , Rishi Sapra, Najmus Chowdry, Vineeth Thappalli Kannoth A sports complex with indoor and outdoor sporting facilites spread across 6 hectares of land. The architecture is developed out of interplay between movement, connection and transparency translated from a geometrical study of mobiuos strip. As a result, the building topolgy by itself forms a venue for sports event by having a looped track on the roof which begins from the ground level. The interior focused on large volume of space with visual interlinks between each sporting facilities.
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WATER JETS
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MAIN BUILDING
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BUILDING ENTRY AREA
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PAVILION/ VIEWING
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SPORTS FIELD
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COURTYARD WITH CLIMBING WALL
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OBSTACLE MARATHON COURSE
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SERVICE
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COURTYARD WITH WATER FALL
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SECONDARY ACCESS
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CAR PARKING
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WATER STREAM
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Site Plan
PRIVATE SPORTS COMPLEX FOR CROWN PRINCE, DUBAI
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LANDSCAPE REPORT | 7994P | May 2015
Perspectives
Al Reem Apartment Professional : BEAD Design Team : Muhannad Assam, Marta Krivosik , Vineeth Thappalli Kannoth An eight storey apartment building which takes an advantage of the sight and utilise the 180 degree panaromic view by having a balcony which wraps the extruded central volume. The balcony slabs are designed to make clear distintive layers of the building with its taper surfaces.
Balcony Section
Perspectives
Al Raha Apartment Professional : BEAD Design Team : Muhannad Assam, Marta Krivosik , Vineeth Thappalli Kannoth. The design is an integration of volumes, layered and repositions itself in an axis which creates a coherent formal language. This arrangement that reinvents the outdoor spatial experience for residents. Each residence will have its own distinctive identity by offering multiple perspectives and exciting views of the surrounding.
Perspectives
Private Villa Professional : BEAD Design Team : Muhannad Assam, Vineeth Thappalli Kannoth A villa that speaks language of Saadiyat island community. The volumetric organisation of space split the house into two distinctive segments (private and public). The design has considered parameters to experience the volumes through materials and lights.
Shading elements
Programme
Perspectives
Entrance Gate Professional : BEAD Design Team : Muhannad Assam, Vineeth Thappalli Kannoth An entrance gate for a private villa in Qatar. The intent of the design was to create a minimalistic visually dynamic structure. Grasshopper was used as a design tool to create a parametric structure.
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SOMETRIC VIEW VIEW ISOMETRIC
COMPUND WALL FINWALL DETAIL COMPUND FIN DETAIL Q11-05 Q11-05 THE PEARL LA PLAGE CENTRALE THE PEARL LA PLAGE CENTRALE
Exploded view
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ELEVATION
ELEVATION
PLANS AT DIFFERENT LEVELS PLANS AT DIFFERENT LEVELS
ENTRANCE GATE ENTRANCE GATE
Vertical fin details
Perspective
Professional
VSDP Bangalore, India
Kosmos Professional : VSDP Design Team : Vivek V Shankar, Rehman B, Vineeth T K A gated community with 8 types of villas called for a strong design base to unit them. Detailed analysis of concept was succefuly translated into designed form.
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Rhizome The principle of a rhizome:unlike trees or their roots,the rhizome connects any point to any other point,and its traits are not necessary linked to traits of the same nature:it brings into play very different regimes of signs,and even non sign states. The rhizome is reducible to neither the one or the multiple,it is not the one that becomes two or even directly three,four,five etc.It is not the multiple derived from one,or to which one is added(n+1).It is comprised not of units,but of dimensions or rather directions in motion. It has neither beginning nor end,but always a middle(milieu) from which it grows and which it overspills.It constitutes linear multiplicities with n dimensions having neither subject nor object,which can be laid out on a plane of consistency,and from which the one is always subtracted.
Adoption of Rhizome in Plan: The Rhizome is not be considered as an add on element to the plan but as a ‘mechanism ‘ with which the potential of the design is extended so as to realize the effect of light and introduce an ‘architectonic philosophy ‘ to the design. The Rhizome besides creating interesting light patterns on the inside also fuses with the façade to extend itself to the ground level, like a grapevine. The efficiency of the plan doesn’t end with the organization of the spaces but also with the integration of the Rhizome in the 3D envelope of the homes.
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Rhizome Variations
Villa/ Rhizome Under construction
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Hyderabad hotel Professional : VSDP Design Team: Vivek V Shankar, Kanaka R, VineethT K Elevational re-designing for a viusal enhancment of facade to facilitate increase in clientel.
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VRS Residence Professional : VSDP Design Team : Vivek V Shankar, Nipun G, VineethT K
A proposed residence for a client who wanted to be connected to the environment without leaving the comfort of his home. This allowed us to experiment with a living wall which brought about a dialogue between the interior and exteriors.
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The concept was formulated by layering a tectonic element that performs to create an interesting experience with light and alters the conventional notion of a home,it’s space to introduce a certain strangeness that constantly adapts and conflicts with the usual components of a home ie,walls, floors and windows and iterates them in a completely new way.
The effect of the tectonic unfolds throughout the central core of the house and offers unexpected geometric surfaces that rewrite the understanding of Cartesian space. The depth of the house is exploited to an extent wherein the longitudinal court and the garden in the setback are parallel forces that interact with each other due to the extent of glass on the West faรงade. The strips of green and decked flooring abolish the distinction between the inside and outside to seamlessly connect the inner spaces with nature.
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Office interior Professional : VSDP Design Team : Vivek V Shankar, VineethT K The office was designed for a builder and had to convey meanings of sophistication and elegance.
Materials like Onyx,lacquered glass and a dark veneer come together to create interesting combinations in the respective spaces.The design and material application emphasises on the continuity of the veneer to introduce a certain sense of singularity rather than a fragmented configuration.
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Jayanagar Residence Professional : VSDP Design Team : Vivek V Shankar, Subhalekha K, Nipun G, VineethT K A proposed residence for a client who wanted distinctive programes in the house to be merged and connected with open spaces. The design has been worked considering parameters such as experience of volumes and their iterations using material and effects of light penetration.
The geometry used for configuring the spaces are stacked on one another in order to create a certain order but with distinct material and light properties. The patterned concrete envelope offeres a dramatic experience of light penetration into the house. The inner void space connect each floors visually from a point anywhere in the house.
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R.T Nagar Residence Professional : VSDP Design Team : Vivek V Shankar, Subhalekha K, Sunetra, VineethT K A mixed use home and office building for a graphic designer.
The singular massing inter-relating two varied functions defined through a volumetric extrution and patterns . The studio space is accessed through patternd concrete wall filtering light into the reception lobby of office.
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Undergraduate | B.Arch
M.S.Ramaiah School of Architecture Bangalore, India
Design City Academic : Thesis
The culmination of studies in bachelor of architecture resulted in my new found need for a city dedicated to creative minds. Hence, Design city, as a thesis topic seem a valid choice. The Idea to create a place which, in turn ,creates was intriguing.The design involves unique pavillions cohabiting to form a wholistic ensemble.
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Design city - A thought
Entrance block Facilities: Administration, information centre, Business centre
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Design Centre Facilities: Library, Lecture halls, Digital Prototyping labs
Gallery Facilities: exhibition and restaurant
Speciality mall Facilities: shopping mall, mock up centre, cafe
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Auditorium and Cinema Facilities: Auditorium, cinema, multifunctional space
Bus terminal Academic : 9th Semester
Increasing complexity of planning depends on the scale of project. The growth is seen from housing to campus to eventually an urban scale. The bus terminal was intended to be the epitome of our planning abilities. We were finally faced with a design requiring both form and function. An iconic building depicting the magnitude of growth of Bangalore as a metropolitan city was needed.
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Institute of medical studies Academic : 8 th Semester
A project had to be assigned to us, to help in the analysis of technical aspects of architecture. We had to enable ourselves to work creatively within strict parameters. It was to ensure growth of design capability while being controlled by functionality. It could be called limtless boundaries.
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Competitions
Spiretec Professional : VSDP Design Team : Vivek V Shankar, Nipun G, VineethT K Spiretec is an architectural design competition for a 62,750 square meter mixed use area that is part of an IT office complex, spread across approx 85,000 square meters of land. The project is in Greater Noida; part of the Delhi-National Capital Region (NCR).
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Trespa : Facade in 2050 Professional : VSDP Design Team : Vivek V Shankar, Nipun G, VineethT K
The competition asked us to “step 50 years into the future, design a façade, and win a trip”. Design sensiblities and limitations were purely left to us.
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Material Transformation Epitome of 2050 Nanotechnology Nanotechnology will help to solve the dilemma of energy needs and limited planetary resources through more efficient generation, storage and distribution. Nanotechnology solves these through improved fuels, smart materials, uniforms and environments, enabling Space Development With advancement of levitating nano robots or foglets, user . Utility fog Self-reproducing and Self-generating Power : Hydrogen (stored) combined with atmospheric oxygen to produce energy and collects water vapour for it’s separation .self-decomposition (for decomposition of supporting structures. Can contract upto 40% in any linear direction reducing overall volume by factor of 5. Carbon Nanotubes Properties. - High bearing strength (for bearing of loads) -conductivity (for electrical power and communication installations) chemical resistance (for coatings and pipes) -color (for coatings) -transparency (for lighting) -self-decomposition (for decomposition of supporting structures. Human Computer Interaction: Research for several years has been attempting to develop sensor based technologies and devices that perform based on human touch and speech. These technologies have been restricted to home and building automation systems and peripherals such as computers and mobile phones but has not been adopted to the skin of a building. In the coming years buildings and their spaces will become increasingly responsive to the user’s inputs. Building skins will become customizable to personal preferences and mutate to temperature changes in the atmosphere. The skin can even change its pattern based on the users’ mood and desire.
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The Design Hypothesis The inter activity and customization in facades is it’s future and it will be available at a nominal cost.The facades will behave much more like a structural membrane in the years to come because of the huge advances made in material technologies ie.carbon nano tubes for example.The Façade will behave as a multifunctional envelope that has structures, electronics and mutating qualities related to colors, transparency and pattern configurations.