PORTFOLIO Kaveripatnam Manikanta
manikantakaveripatnam@gmail.com manikanta23@ymail.com
dwelling
afordable housing for two families directed by Prof. Elena Canovas, studio 318
View from the west party wall. The light wells allowing light and ventilation of the house forming courtyards. The amount of light coming through the opposite side (east faรงade) can also be observed.
Crime density : the density of staple pins represent the crime density in a certain area.
Walls : Vertical and horizontal walls arranged depicting possible volumetric space and also representing load baring walls.
Sculpture : Curled up the paper strips and creating volume between the layers makes it look artistic and architectural.
Wind : Thin paper strips curled up againsed each other to create the pattern and show the direction of the wind. Network : Depicting road ways, electric poles and plumbing connections.
North-south section
Conceptualize into a program. The grids and the rectilinear cuts helps to conceptulize the floor plan consisting of light wells, coartyards and private and semiprivate areas.
roof
level two parking
The site at Lafayette Square, down town St. Louis, two sites combined 1925 and 1927 Hickory st, St. Louis 63104. The total site dimensions being 40’x127’, with a topographic drop of about 12’ from the main street to the back alley. It is a historic residential neighbourhood.
level 1
level one
Thinking through making!
level 2
Semiprivate space roof
Private space Courtyard Breaking up of each floor plan into a model to give a better sense of space and circulation.
The project focuses on minimal use of space and efficient use of materials, making it affordable. Here I imagine, both the occupants to be a middle class family with two children. To begin with, the different elements that affect the location and demography of the site are considered, and models representing each element developed. Later using these models as a language to come up with the design/ form/ architecture. By conceptualizing all the necessary details that is being learned through the process of making study models, drawing plans and sections simultaneously. This gives clarity for the better understanding of the project. A site model was made by the group for the final model to fit in. In the project, importance has been given to the historic significance of the neighbourhood. To preserve the history, using bricks from the ruins of the original historic buildings from the neighbourhood to construct the front and the side façade of the building. The party wall on the west is being shared and there is a wider courtyard on the east for better sunlight and wind.
combined floor plates
study model for the above floor plates
manintainance facility in Forest Park
directed by Prof. SungHo Kim, studio 317
Hand drafted plan, section, elevation
The site is located at the Forest Park along the Clayton Ave on the south. This specific site is surrounded by roads; Hospital Dr. on the west, Clayton Ave on the south and S Kings highway Blvd. on the east. The program of the facility is to house all the garden equipments like trucks, lawnmowers, gardening tools, manure, etc. which are necessary for the maintainance of the park. The facility has two openings, for easier maneuvering of large trucks in and out of the facility. There are two floors in the facility, level one is for the parking trucks and office space and level two is for the storage of goods.
Hand drafted site plan; all the contour lines dotted and the other neighboring projects also drawn.
Intervening into the landscape where the walls bend into roof. The wave roof system that interacts with the landscape, which is interesting to walk on or to sit.
pavilion on the lake
directed by Prof. SungHo Kim, studio 317
Hand drafted plan, section, elevation with projections
The final model is made of 32nd inch thick bass wood sheet and the lake is made of paraffin wax which gives the frozen lake appearance.
observation area for the deposit. All these drawings designed in Rhinoceros and rendered on V-ray, with material rendering.
exploration directed by Prof. Lavender Tessmer The landscape was discovered by an explorer and the site has rich deposits of a rare stone called “Alexandrite�. The character of this stone is that it changes its color with change in angles of sunlight. So, the explorer decides to construct an observatory and preserve the originality of the site. The observatory also houses a deposit where people can see the stones up close and observe the changing colour of the stone With different angles of sunlight.
warka water directed by Arch. Arturo Vuttori
Internship at Italy, hands on experience designing and building an installation which collects atmospheric dew, rain and fog to convert into portable drinking water. Pilot project in Etheopia and currently one being built in Haite. Made detailed video instruction manual to erect the tower. The cover picture of the project is a long exposure photo, shot with the following specifications:
long exposure photography location Dimensions Exposure Focal length ISO speed rating Flash Make Model Lens
Bomarzo, Italy, Star-trail 4935 x 3290 731.0 sec at f / 5.0 42 mm ISO 100 did not fire NIKON CORPORATION NIKON D5500 18.0-140.0 mm f/3.5-5.6
The components of an assembled Warka tower version 1.8 with colour coded rings and the spiral.
environmental system directed by Prof. Catalena Freixas The programe for the pavilion is wine tasting center, where all the walls are made
of wine barrels. the barrels are filled in different insolating material for insolation inside. the interior of the roof is made of wine bottle cork, since cork has a good R value and is good for aesthetics .
Composit R value of wall 68.63
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Composit R value of floor 16.95
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since all the walls are made of wine barrels, the walls are 3’ thick filled with respective materials. and the top 2 layers of the barrels have a reflective surface cladded inside them which allow the light to reflect off of the surface and disperse the light inside. since the light entering has to reflect, the intensity gets reduced, all because of the 3’ thickness of the wall. since all the walls are made of about 50% of glass, there is enough sunlight coming in and ample viewing available.
Composit R value of roof 14.11
Total composit R value 101.82
Plan
Argon Light shelf
water proofing concrete rigid insulation batt insulation plywood cork
gravel concrete water proofing rigid insulation
Roof
representation directed by Prof. Lavender Tessmer Hand drafted axonometric drawing
The model made to understand and gain data from the object. Here, I have used the concept of grid system, to help me understand the object. The long wires are dropped down from every half an inch from the top and bottom to the three-dimensional object at the middle at different locations trying to map the X, Y and the Z-axis. The data colleccted were the distance from the top/ bottom towards the object, at that perticular point.
product design
computer stand The computer stand is made by hand and the texture on it is made by using a belt sander.
clenometer This is a device called clinometer, using trigonometry height of buildings can be determined. Innovatively I have added a laser pointer, which will determine the exact point of the top peak. The weight suspended would be perpendicular to the ground, giving us an accurate angular measurement made by the laser and the suspended weight.
phone stand lights Metal wire crumbled into a ball to form an outer fancy structure for a light bulb to go in. There are two different wires being used, one with a metallic finish and the other is a copper wire. As the light used is warm yellow, the tinge of copper.
This is a phone-speaker dock designed, 3D printed and CNC done during the summer program at the BAC. Using the 3D printed conical, the sound from the speaker on the either side of the phone is enhanced and intensified.
long exposure photography
location Dimensions Exposure Focal length ISO speed rating Flash Make Model Lens
location Dimensions Exposure Focal length ISO speed rating Flash Make Model Lens
Forest park, St. Louis 5839 x 3378 30.0 sec at f / 22 18 mm ISO 100 did not fire NIKON CORPORATION NIKON D5500 18.0-140.0 mm f/3.5-5.6
location Dimensions Exposure Focal length ISO speed rating Flash Make Model Lens
Forest park, St. Louis 5375 x 2737 71.0 sec at f / 5.6 75 mm ISO 100 did not fire NIKON CORPORATION NIKON D5500 18.0-140.0 mm f/3.5-5.6
Bomarzo, Italy, Star-trail 6000 x 4000 2299.0 sec at f / 18 18 mm ISO 100 did not fire NIKON CORPORATION NIKON D5500 18.0-140.0 mm f/3.5-5.6
location Dimensions Exposure Focal length ISO speed rating Flash Make Model Lens location Dimensions Exposure Focal length ISO speed rating Flash Make Model Lens
London, UK 5741 x 2983 17.0 sec at f / 22 18 mm ISO 100 did not fire NIKON CORPORATION NIKON D5500 18.0-140.0 mm f/3.5-5.6
location Dimensions Exposure Focal length ISO speed rating Flash Make Model Lens
London, UK London Tube 5757 x 2585 25.0 sec at f / 22 18 mm ISO 100 did not fire NIKON CORPORATION NIKON D5500 18.0-140.0 mm f/3.5-5.6
London, UK Big Ben 5684 x 2593 30.0 sec at f / 20 18 mm ISO 100 did not fire NIKON CORPORATION NIKON D5500 18.0-140.0 mm f/3.5-5.6