VISHWESHWAR SINGH SELECTED PROJECTS 2015-2017
”ARCHITECTURE is a thing of art, a phenomenon of emotions, flying outside questions of construction and beyond them. The purpose of construction is TO MAKE THINGS HOLD TOGETHER; of architecture, TO MOVE US.”
1. VISHWESHWAR SINGH | About and CV 2. ‘Changing museum’ | MOMA | academic project
3. ‘Wallditorium’ | AUDITORIUM | academic project 4. ‘The generic city’ | PAVILION | competition project 5. ‘Bench as a boundary’ | BENCH | competition project 6. ‘School without classrooms’ | SCHOOL | competition project 7. Model Making
8. Carpentry
9. Attachments
1. VISHWESHWAR SINGH | About and CV
Vishweshwar singh
Personal Skills: Sketching
Theatre production
Education: Central board of
secondary education Central board of
senior secondary
education Bachelor of architecture
Model making
86%
Carpentry
Work experience:
78%
Little river architects Banglore, India | 2016
Internship
www.littleriverarchitects.com
Honors: Jashn-e-design (2015 - city level)
Annual NASA
Design competition
1st
Part Time Intern
www.deccanamalgam.com Jurors choice award


Skill Set: Autocad
School of Music, gwalior
(2016 - National Level).
Selected top 12
Reinventing boundaries
(2017 - National Level)
Presented at state art gallery
School without classrooms
 (2017- International Level) Selected top 50
The Black Taj
(2017 - International Level)
Deccan Amalgam Hyderabad, India | 2017
Sketchup Adobe Photoshop Adobe Illustrator Adobe Indesign
Selected top 30
Microsoft Office
2. Changing museum Faculty incharged : Renu singhal, Minhaj.
WORKING DRAWINGS
Though the site sits on a very busy locality, the site has its natural elements untouched.The idea was to intervene the site and its elements minimally, with most of its functions happening on the level above. The ground level movement is untouched and the movement is very organic to the site and the terrain.
PROJECT:National Gallery Of Modern Arts
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1. Lobby 175sq/m 2. Kitchen cafeteria 210sq/m 3. Washrooms 110sq/m 4. Library 175sq/m 5. Auditorium 230sq/m 6. Panel for paintings 1689sq/m 7. Panel for sketches 1884sq/m 8. Panel for Rare collection 950sq/m 9. Temporary Gallery 1796sq/m
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3. ‘Wallditorium’ | AUDITORIUM | academic project Faculty incharged : Renu singhal, Nagraj.
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4. ‘The generic city’ | PAVILION | competition project Curator: National Architecture students Association, 2015.
The generic city, by contrast, breaks with the vicious circle of center and periphery. It is homogeneous: every neighbourhood looks the same: every part is an incarnation of the whole, a conguration of roads, housing blocks, and greenery’ -Rem koolhaas
The generic city, by contrast, breaks with the vicious circle of center and periphery. It is homogeneous: every neighborhood looks the same: every part is an incarnation of the whole, a configuration of roads, housing blocks, and greenery’ -Rem koolhaas The Generic City Contemporary cities, when viewed together provide us an unusual perspective; a point of view where their origins however apart, their present construct is still very similar, the context however different still contains people in a similar chaos. These cities acting as huge containers of spaces reflect this organized chaos in terms of their built and architectural form. There are spaces in these cities, rooted in such closely related intentions, that when these spaces are represented, they connect to all. Urban Decay One such space across all these cities is that which is going through urban decay .the nature and pace of a city is such that ,only spaces with a function directly accommodating an urban need are acknowledged as viable. Once built forms reach a stage where their function is no longer relatable to the contemporary urban man , the space in itself is deemed invalid .these discarded spaces – going through despair and decrepit –are treated as spaces which call for their removal –either in character or the built form in itself. These spaces having catered to an urban need once still have the potential of being revived back to validity. Cities today provide us with a unique opportunity of reinterpretation of spaces not bound by context, because of their relatable chaos and intentions. This brings the cities themselves to a singular platform, allowing us to project this idea of reinterpretation, taking shape in terms of architectural form. These circumstances give us a possibility of projecting a space,intervened architecturally to represent our idea across multiple cities.
The Generic City Contemporary cities, when viewed together provide us an unusual perspective; a point of view where their origins however apart, their present construct is still very similar, the context however different still contains people in a similar chaos. These cities acting as huge containers of spaces react this organised chaos in terms of their built and architectural form. There are spaces in these cities, rooted in such closely related intentions, that when these spaces are represented, they connect to all.
ANDC 2016
The Aesthetic of Decay
Modules representing different ‘spaces of the city’ The generic city, by contrast, breaks with the vicious circle of center and periphery. It is homogeneous: every neighborhood looks the same: every part is an incarnation of the whole, a configuration of roads, housing blocks, and greenery’ -Rem koolhaas The Generic City Contemporary cities, when viewed together provide us an unusual perspective; a point of view where their origins however apart, their present construct is still very similar, the context however different still contains people in a similar chaos. These cities acting as huge containers of spaces reflect this organized chaos in terms of their built and architectural form. There are spaces in these cities, rooted in such closely related intentions, that when these spaces are represented, they connect to all. Urban Decay One such space across all these cities is that which is going through urban decay .the nature and pace of a city is such that ,only spaces with a function directly accommodating an urban need are acknowledged as viable. Once built forms reach a stage where their function is no longer relatable to the contemporary urban man , the space in itself is deemed invalid .these discarded spaces – going through despair and decrepit –are treated as spaces which call for their removal –either in character or the built form in itself. These spaces having catered to an urban need once still have the potential of being revived back to validity. Cities today provide us with a unique opportunity of reinterpretation of spaces not bound by context, because of their relatable chaos and intentions. This brings the cities themselves to a singular platform, allowing us to project this idea of reinterpretation, taking shape in terms of architectural form. These circumstances give us a possibility of projecting a space,intervened architecturally to represent our idea across multiple cities.
ANDC 2016
Axonometric view of the pavilion. 024BZMS
The Aesthetic of Decay
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Cities today provide us with a unique opportunity of reinterpretation of spaces not bound by context, because of their relatable chaos and intentions. This brings the cities themselves to a singular platform, allowing us to project this idea of reinterpretation, taking shape in terms of architectural form. These circumstances give us a possibility of projecting a space,intervened architecturally to represent our idea across multiple cities.
Urban Decay One such space across all these cities is that which is going through urban decay .the nature and pace of a city is such that ,only spaces with a function directly accommodating an urban need are acknowledged as viable. Once built forms reach a stage where their function is no longer relatable to the contemporary urban man , the space in itself is deemed invalid .these discarded spaces – going through despair and decrepit –are treated as spaces which call for their removal – either in character or the built form in itself. These spaces having catered to an urban need once still have the potential of being revived back to validity. Cities today provide us with a unique opportunity of reinterpretation of spaces not bound by context, because of their relatable chaos and intentions. This brings the cities themselves to a singular platform, allowing us to project this idea of reinterpretation, taking shape in terms of architectural form. These circumstances give us a possibility of projecting a space, intervened architecturally to represent our idea across multiple cities. The pavilion is defined by a frame work formed of skeletal grid lattice pattern with a fluid green patch going through it. To represent our reinterpretation of incomplete spaces , being able to contain functions ,spatial demarcations formed by slabs and walls are introduced .the spaces – referred to as shafts represent both the incomplete nature of the space going through urban decay and also the idea that space can function by completing them in whatever form required .
Grid without the function
ANDC 2016
The Aesthetic of Decay
This shaft varying in its heights, forms and thicknesses define the relation between the pure skeletal and the imposed order. It translates the idea structurally where the possibilities of imposing or demarcating a space through shafts have been explored by understanding the logics of how a shaft could be supported into multiple mannerisms through just the architectural elements of the existing decayed lattice mass and then examining its reaction to the space, so as to understand potential to cater functions. The Pavilion voices the characteristic nature of the city that is the ‘Urban Decay’ and by intervening a function to these neglected spaces rejuvenate and revive them, bringing it back to life and use. The contradicting characters - Abandonment and rejuvenation serves a larger platform for reinterpretation of the city so, a pavilion that represents the reinterpretation of the city and impacts its users and its context spatially. Grid with the function
5. ‘Bench as a boundary’ | BENCH | competition project Curator: INTERNATIONAL DESIGN COMPETITION, 2017
The history of Hyderabad’s landscape goes beyond that of the city itself; with its rocky formation and hills having lasted over a billion years.This rocky terrain creates pockets of pools and hills forming the foundation on which two cities thrive. These niches of nature throughout the city were like a sanctum to it, but the present urban scape is closing in on them. Banjara Hills , the part of the city which acts as a container for such environments, holds the KBR park at its heart.The park acts as a unique example of Hyderabad’s landscape history, where an earlier rich palace ground has been named a national park.This is a rare situation where a national park rich in its flora and fauna exists right in the middle of a growing city.This parcel of land acts as the green lungs for this city which is under a tenacious hold of unsustainable development of our city, which has always grown hand in hand with its landscape, seems to have now reached a cross road where nature is being left behind. People’s quest for development has resulted in a situation where dense concrete is looming over the national park. It’s important for people understand that, it is Hyderabad’s unique landscape that holds the key to its transformation from a city into a metropolis.
The history of Hyderabad’s landscape goes beyond that of the
and fauna exists right in the middle of a growing city .This par-
city itself; with its rocky formation and hills having lasted over
cel of land acts as the green lungs for this city which is under a
a billion years. This rocky terrain creates pockets of pools and
tenacious hold of unsustainable development .our city, which
hills forming the foundation on which two cities thrive. These
has always grown hand in hand with its landscape , seems
niches of nature throughout the city were like a sanctum to it,
to have now reached a cross road where nature is being left
but the present urban scape is closing in on them. Banjara Hills
behind. People’s quest for development has resulted in a situ-
, the part of the city which acts as a container for such envi-
ation where dense concrete is looming over the national park.
ronments , holds the KBR park at its heart .The park acts as
It’s important for people to understand that, it is Hyderabad’s
a unique example of Hyderabad’s landscape history , where
unique landscape that holds the key to its transformation from
an earlier rich palace ground has been named a national park
a city into a metropolis. and so, the growth of the city requires
.This is a rare situation where a national park rich in its flora
a sensitive approach towards its life and its landscape.
THE BENCH
The history of Hyderabad’s landscape goes beyond that of the
and fauna exists right in the middle of a growing city .This par-
city itself; with its rocky formation and hills having lasted over
cel of land acts as the green lungs for this city which is under a
a billion years. This rocky terrain creates pockets of pools and
tenacious hold of unsustainable development .our city, which
hills forming the foundation on which two cities thrive. These
has always grown hand in hand with its landscape , seems
niches of nature throughout the city were like a sanctum to it,
to have now reached a cross road where nature is being left
but the present urban scape is closing in on them. Banjara Hills
behind. People’s quest for development has resulted in a situ-
, the part of the city which acts as a container for such envi-
ation where dense concrete is looming over the national park.
ronments , holds the KBR park at its heart .The park acts as
It’s important for people to understand that, it is Hyderabad’s
a unique example of Hyderabad’s landscape history , where
unique landscape that holds the key to its transformation from
an earlier rich palace ground has been named a national park
a city into a metropolis. and so, the growth of the city requires
.This is a rare situation where a national park rich in its flora
a sensitive approach towards its life and its landscape.
The project aims to provide a response to this situation in a manner in which it will push for sustainable development for the city the intention was to present the boundary between the park and the city as an incubator for such ideals to grow. The national park and the city are separated one from another via two imposing vertical boundaries,, which contain within it a jogging track though the jogging track promotes interaction between the people and the park,, contemporary Hyderabad The project aims to provide a response to this situation in a road and onto the jogging track. This bench is a physical manneeds a more progressive boundary with the intention of bringing new scope to manner in which it will push for sustainable development for ifestation of a silent inclusive boundary, which transforms how the character of boundaries,, it is metamorphosed from a wall to a bench the understand and see to interactive. the city .Thebench intentioniswas to present theboundary a landscaping elementbetween which we acts as a spot forboundaries pausingfrom andlimiting relaxing.. The bench in andconnected out of the space between the park andThe the city as ancontinuous incubator for such ideals to grow. single bench flows between themoves footpath to the roadthe jogonto jogging track.. This bench a physical of abringing silent in and gingistrack, the footpathmanifestation and the national park The nationaland park and the the city are separated one from another inclusive boundary,, which transforms how we understand and see boundaries via two imposing vertical boundaries, which contain within it a directing the movement of the pedestrians from the adjacent from limiting to interactive.. The bench moves in and out of the space between the jogging track .though the jogging track promotes interaction main road .this character of landscape elements is moving jogging track,, the footpath and the national park bringing in and directing the between the people and the park, contemporary Hyderabad away from simple beautification to addressing more complex movement of the pedestrians from the adjacent main road this character of needs a more progressive boundary. With the intentionof bring- needs of urban life, by transforming the bench into canopies landscape elements is moving away from simple beautification to addressing more which shelterthe hawkers. It is into also provided with awhich roof acting as ing new scope to the character boundaries, it is metamorcomplex needsof of urban life,, by transforming bench canopies a shading device by creating a spatial boundary rather phosed fromshelter a wall to ahawkers.. bench.The bench is a landscaping eleIt is also provided with a roof acting as a shading device bythan an creating a spatial boundary rather than an elemental It acts likescale a visual scale elemental one. Itone.. acts like a visual reference for urban ment which acts as a spot for pausing and relaxing. The single reference for urban residents to associate within reference to the landscape. continuous bench flows between the footpath connected to the residents to associate with, in reference to the landscape.
6. ‘School without classrooms’ | SCHOOL | competition project Curator: WWW.ARCHASM.COM
As the world plummets in to a refugee crisis, the site – Templehof field plays out to be a unique context for a school Templehof airport used as refugee camp
Schools are amalgamations of disciplined and fluid zones which generate nurturing environments. In order to build a school, in dynamic relationship with the constructed ‘environment’, the bare minimums required for a school have been provided in the form of plinth, roof, membrane and landscape. The school has been visualised as a single entity, with the ability to transform into pockets of learning. These ‘group teaching clusters’ exist only when the membranes are drawn; and are otherwise merged on to the plinth. The plinth acts as a uniting force for the students, allowing them to see beyond notions like age and grade, whereas the translucent membrane extends a sense of enclosure that these pockets need to command. The roof, with its many lighting cones allows light into the built form, illuminating the disciplined teaching pockets and the fluid self and group learning areas scattered on the corridor. The school is not limited to the built and extends on the greens, providing children the opportunity to experience space as the un-built. The greens flush off with the rest of the surroundings, containing a refugee camp with a bench at the skin of the site. This bench makes the school an approachable and inviting space for refugees who otherwise find themselves in constraints. The school doubles up as a community centre at night for refuges to get together beyond the camp.
School used as a public space at night
Routine school activities in the morning
View from the inside
View from the outside
7. Model Making
Hall of nations, Raj rewal
Top view of the structure
View from the inside
Hall of nations ‘module’, 1:20
8. Carpentry
9. Attachments
Studio_Hiyagriva Architecture+Design Ar.Pingali Naga Praveen +91-8885098851 pracheen@gmail.com
30-01-2018 Hyderabad To Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts To Whomsoever It May Concern Letter of Recommendation I am writing this letter for my student Vishweshwar Singh for the 16th International Architecture Exhibition, La Biennale Di Venezia, Pavilion Of Turkey. I have been acquainted with Vishweshwar Singh for 4 years as his design mentor. He has been a motivated student with a strong will to learn and progress. His responses reflect an intuitive ability to build ideas and resolve design issues contextually and with the principal idea that architecture cannot be looked in a vacuum. He exhibits an incredible absorbing tendency and will continue to pursue his motives with applied clarity. He is present and invested. To conclude, I would like to restate my strong recommendation for Vishweshwar. If you have any further questions regarding his ability or this recommendation, please do not hesitate to contact me using the information on this letterhead.
Sincerely, Pingali Naga Praveen Architect-CA/2009/43959 Assistant Professor- SVCA,Hyderabad/2009-2015 Associate Professor - ADI,Uppal,Hyderabad /From Aug 2015
Plot No 3A , Srinivas Nagar Colony , Opp Canara Bank Atm , H T Lane , Kapra Ecil Post , Hyd - 62
February 01, 2018
RECOMMENDATION LETTER FOR VISHWESHWAR SINGH
To, The Curatorial Team Istanbul Foundation of Culture and Arts Pavilion of Istanbul, La Biennale Di Venezia This is towards recommending Vishweshwar Singh (Hyderabad, India), currently studying architecture at SVCOA (Hyderabad, India), for the research program to build up the exhibition content for the Istanbul pavilion at the Venice Biennale 2018. Vishweshwar Singh, while pursuing his undergraduate studies has also been working as a part-time intern at our studio deccan amalgam since March 2017. His skills in model making and 3D visualisation coupled with an enthusiasm for architectural research have made him a valuable addition to the studio. Vishweshwar’s drawing abilities, maturity and clarity of thought help in taking forward ideas in a cohesive way that is in sync with the team’s aspiration from a project. I am confident that given his skills and personality he will contribute creatively to the research program and hence highly recommend him to the selection committee at the Istanbul Foundation of Culture and Arts.
Yours Sincerely
Sneha Parthasarathy Principal Architect,
, a partnership firm based in Hyderabad India, was set up as a joint initiative by Architects Sneha Parthasarathy and Syed Zoha Razvi. Envisioned as a research based urbanism and architecture studio, deccan amalgam in representation and spirit is a microcosm of the culture of Hyderabad city. We, as a planning and design studio, aspire for our work to be the result of creative collaborative thinking while imbibing in our design process lessons learnt from the city; an amalgam of diverse voices.