Abhiram B | Architecture Portfolio | Selected Works 2019-2022

ABHIRAM B

SCHOOL OF PLANNING AND ARCHITECTURE, NEW DELHI

SELECTED WORKS 2019 - 2022

ABHIRAM B

KORA 68, ANIZHAM, AMMAN NAGAR, KARAKULAM P.O, TRIVANDRUM, KERALA

abhiram3234arch19@spa.ac.in +91 6238237544

What fascinates me the most is the process of users unravelling the design and visually connecting spaces. I consider myself as an adventurer in the vast world of design. I’m looking forward to experimenting with new forms and materials and creating an atmosphere that develops a relationship between itself and the outside world. I’m a quick learner with excellent management and leadership abilities. I aspire to walk the aesthetic and organic paths in architectural design

“An idea is salvation by imagination” – Frank Lloyd Wright

EDUCATION

2019 (ongoing)

School of Planning & Architecture, New Delhi

JEE MAIN II - AIR : 395

Undergraduate in Architecture Architectural Design Studio - Top 10 Semester I - VII

2019 2016

EXPERIENCE

Oct’ 21 Present 2018-2019

St Thomas Residential School, Trivandrum

Class 12 PCM - CISCE(ISC) - 94.3 % Subject Topper : Maths

Class 10 - CISCE(ICSE)- 94.3%

Cultural Secretary, Executive Student Council

Gained professional exposure, organised college events and developed leadership and management skills

Headboy, St Thomas Residential School, Trivandrum Gained leadership quality and management skills

RESEARCH & DOCUMENTATION

2020 2022

Jaisalmer, Rajasthan

Measure Drawing - Bada Bagh Complex Documentation - Chhatris of Bada Bagh

Vasant Kunj, New Delhi Research-Plant biodiversity and the regeneration of soil fertility: A case of Vasant Kunj, New Delhi

Architectural Internship

Chandramohan & Associates, Trivandrum, India | 2 months Physical model making

July’21-Aug’21 2021-present 2022

ACHIEVEMENTS

Freelance | Wall Art Wall Art for two outlets of interiors of Bao Tao Cafe, Trivandrum and other ongoing projects

SKILLSET

LANGUAGE

Autodesk AutoCAD

Autodesk Revit Climate consultant

Ecotect PMV Tool

Figma Blender Sketchup Rhino

GrasshopperW ( Basic)

Adobe Photoshop

Adobe InDesign

Adobe Premier Pro Da Vinci Resolve

Malayalam - Native English - Fluent Hindi - Conversational

2020-’21

NASA HUDCO TROPHY 2021- TOP 10 NASA INDIA

Shortlisted- International Exchange Programme in Erfurt, Germany

Vacanza- Holiday Cottage DesignMicronation FInalist

The Labyrinth- Architecture Maze Design Finalists

Tiny Library 2021- Volume Zero

WORKSHOPS

Theory of architecture and design Aakash Srivastava

BIM in Design (Elective) by Ar Puneet Thakare Revit, Dynamo

LBC Exposure programme, Laurie Baker Centre for Habitat Studies (Winter school), Trivandrum

MIRAI

Mixed- Use High RIse Academic- Semester VI

SANSARA

Center for Urban Excellence Academic- Semester V

VANSARTHIKA

Community Housing NASA 2022 - HUDCO TROPHY

NINAIVIDAM Crafts Center Academic - Semester IV

MIRAI

MIXED USE I SEMI - URBAN

GURGAON, HARYANA 10,600 SQ.M

ACADEMIC SEMESTER- VI GROUP OF 2

MIXED USE HIGH RISE DEVELOPMENT

The intervention welcomes the community to celebrate every gathering. The program fosters a fluid transition of public to private and functional segregation. The building form is stepped back to incorporate stepped platform and balconies to provide openness and a layer of staggered connectivity. The entire complex articulates the same language.

DESIGN INTENT

Scooping out spaces Inviting visitors and exposure to outside

DESIGN IDEATION

Carving of the built Creating axis

Segregation of typology along with axis and centrality

Embracing public space

Defining central court Functional segregatiion

STRATEGIES

Maximum north exposure and core placement towards south

Thicker west and south walls

Natural lighting, interconnec tivity and mutual shading

Inhabiting volumes: breaking away from the traditional floor plates

• LOCATION: GURGAON, HARYANA

• SITE AREA: 10,600 SQ. M

• BUILT UP : 39,600 SQ. M

• GROUND COVERAGE: 2520 SQ. M

• HEIGHT : 120.9 M

• NO.OF FLOORS: 25

the built Creating axis Defining central court SKYBRIDGE

OFFICE

Total area = 20,000 sq.m No. of floors = 19

NORTHERN FACADE

ATRIUM

Allows for maximum natural lighting in retail

RETAIL

Total area = 8,500 sq.m No. of floors = 4

Connection between the towers, seating with lush

WESTERN FACADE

Egg crate shading device blocking south sun

RESIDENTIAL

Total area = 11,100 sq.m No. of floors = 15

MIXED USE HIGH

SERVICE FLOOR

TRANSFER SLAB Allows for changing grid in tower

RECREATIONAL

FLOOR Cafe with terrace seating

BASEMENT 1 (LVL -3900) PLAN AREA= 5470 SQ.M. NO. OF CARS = 98 NO. OF TWO WHEELERS = 100 SERVICE VEHICLE BAYS = 2

BASEMENT 1 (LVL -3900) PLAN AREA= 5470 SQ.M. NO. OF CARS = 98 NO. OF TWO WHEELERS = 100 SERVICE VEHICLE BAYS = 2

SANSARA

CENTER FOR URBAN EXCELLENCE I URBAN

RAJENDRANAGAR MANDAL, HYDERABAD,TELANGANA 38,200 SQ.M

ACADEMIC - SEMESTER V

The Center for Urban Excellence is developed with regards to the Masterplan 2023 of Hyderabad. The project was to develop contours and form block massing of the complex and to detail out the incubation center

ZONING AND SITE PLAN

The axis is flexible to the slope of the site forming 3 layers of height

Planes on various levels according to terrain

Staggered axis as a pathway

Maximum contour range

The area towards the north of the site is relatively flat compared to the areas in the south. So the functions which take up larger floor plate areas were proposed to be placed towards the northern part of the site.

LANDSCAPING PLAN

SITE MODEL

Workstations and startups

Meeting rooms

Core Informal seating Reception

The concept of incubation center is derived from a form that embraces landscaping. For ventilation due to stack effect, appropriate wind towers were provided after determining the central core.

Majority of the ground floor area is distributed to the workstations and startups. The landscaping is done in such a way that there is equal exposure towards open court for both sides of the floor plates.

50 CARS

ELEVATION AA’

ELEVATION

Elevation AA’

ELEVATION AA’

The wind towers were provided to distribute the air captured to the areas of the office floor plate mainly the workspaces and startup areas. The solar panels were arranged towards the southern side to capture sunlight and use for electricity in incubation block.

VANSARTHIKA

COMMUNITY HOUSING I HOUSING FOR ALL I WORK-LIVE

AHMEDABAD, GUJARAT

NASA 2022- HUDCO TROPHY TOP 10 ENTRY

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Roofs Applying light and shining paints to reflect solar radiation

Floor tiles

Low embodied energy Non toxic and reusable Good insulation pop erties

Bamboo Earth concrete Straw bale Khadi prakritik paint

Structural members

Easier for transportation. Earthquake resistant. Cost effective and easy to use.

Elastic features

Plastering walls

Provides excellent hygrothermal regulation to interior spaces.

Wall infill Made from a waste product. Low embodied

Interior finishing

It is anti bacterial odour less, cost effective etc. The paint is free from heavy metals such as mercury, lead etc.

Linseed Oil

Water proofing and floor finish

Renewable source and the residual chemicals are biodegradable. Cost efficient production

SECTION BB’

View from the staircase

View of the living room

FIRST FLOOR ISOMETRIC PLAN

GROUND FLOOR ISOMETRIC PLAN

Summer Solstice Winter Solstice

Summer Solstice Winter Solstice

Sectional Perspective: Simplex

EXTERNAL WALL SECTION: SIMPLEX

EXTERNAL WALL SECTION: DUPLEX

NINAIVIDAM

CRAFTS CENTER I URBAN I LANDSCAPE

FIROZ SHAH KOTLA, DELHI 10,146 SQ.M

ACADEMIC - SEMESTER IV

Exit

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Kanchipuram weaving workshop

Pottery workshop

Existing museum

Tanjore painting workshop

Waterpool

• Cafe

Auditorium

Entry Admin Residential block

Exhibition Center

Earth sheltering to reduce heat loads in dry climate.

Schematic Section showing visual connectivity and relation between built open and closed

• Shows visual connection between elements

• Relation between built open and closed

MASSING DEVELOPMENT

Two parallel blocks arranged

Tilting at an angle

Curvilinear form

Longitudinal section

Tilting at an angle

• Element of surprise.

• Continuity and flow of spaces.

• Embraces the landscape around

Entrance experience

SECTION AA’ Auditorium Residential block Exhibition center

Tanjore painting workshop

Existing museum in site

Kanchipuram handloom weaving workshop

• Single ply roofing

• Rammed earth attached to wooden frame

• Vertical shading devices towards the north side also acts as a windbreak in winter months

EXHIBITION HALL

• Sloping roof with paneled wood shake shingles.

• Rammed earth walls.

• Water pool towards the north

CAFETERIA

• Single ply roofing

• Rammed earth attached to wooden frame

RESIDENCE BLOCK

• Rammed earth walls with sloping shading devices

TANJORE PAINTING WORKSHOP

• Brick masonry wall with external wall plaster.

• Sloping roof paved with wood

WORKING DRAWINGS

PRODUCT DESIGN RENDERS

Renders for patent document.

Combination of single phase and 3 phase charging sockets and autodetection by the vehicle and charging accordingly. This is done for he availaility of 3 phase and single phase charging system for electronic vehicles under one socket and using two different charging types in same system.

UNIVERSAL CHARGING SOCKET FOR EV VEHICLES

Rendering: Blender

As public transport system, such as buses, trains, metro, subways, etc are used by many people, pose a great risk as they may act as a transmission source of microbes from one per on to another, and consequently to a large number of people. In particular, parts of the public transport system that are mostly in contact with a person, for example a handle, are likely to be infected by one or another type of microbes, and therefore the handle may serve as the main hotspots for microbes, which can gather and create colonies therein.

SYSTEM FOR SANITATION OF GRAB HANDLE OF PUBLIC TRANSPORT

Rendering: Blender

Renders for patent document.

MEASURED DRAWING

BADA BAGH CHHATRIS

Chhatris are elevated dome shaped pavilions used as an element in Indian architecture as memorials which consists of platform girded by a set of ornate pillar which hold up a stone canopy.

The plan of crumbling chhatri of Maharawal Mooraj Singh III composed of 32 columns arranged in summetrical geometrical pattern. The details sheets of the measured drawing compilation is displayed here.

Medium: Watercolour on paper

BANGLA ROOF DETAIL

COMPETITION RENDERS

CLARIDAD Tuensang District, Nagaland Competition entry for Tiny Library 2021 hosted by Volume Zero

WAVEPODS

Competition entry for Va canza- Holiday Cottage De sign hosted by Micronation for a hypothetical island site

TROPICAL FOREST Kowdiar, Tivandrum

Dimensions: 5mx3m Medium: Acrylic on wall

Bao Tao Cafe | Kowdiar

Bao Tao is a cafe fa mous for bubble tea, established in 2021. The concept of the project was to provide a tropical vibe to the interiors of the cafe

TROPICAL FLAMINGO Kowdiar, Tivandrum

Dimensions: 2mx4m Medium: Acrylic on Panel

Bao Tao Cafe | Kazhakoottam

This painting was done for the second outlet of Bao Tao Cafe to impose the similar tropical vibes of the first outlet. This was explored in a different compo sition of elements in the corner wall to give a sense of openess to the deep tropical forest

Concept Sketch

HUMANS OF ONAM

School of Planning and Architecture, Delhi

Dimensions: 2mx3m Medium: Acrylic on Panel

Humans of Onam is an artwork done for onam festival celebrations in School of Planning and Architecture, Delhi along with a team of 7 members. It demonstrates the traditional artform of Pulikali and Chendamelam in Kerala which is famous in Trissur dristrict of Kerala

INTERNSHIP | CHANDRAMOHAN & ASSOCIATES

Kowdir, Tivandrum

July ‘21 to Aug ‘21

Chandramohan & Associates in a well established archi tectural firm in Kerala. The firm was started in 1972 and is involved in various projects ever since.

I worked for the physical model making part of the project. It has helped me understand the practical aspects of an on going live project and to be part of the professional aspect of architecture .The model was made in such a way that the interiors could be visible by separating the two floors to showcase the open plan of the project. I was able to under stand various form exploration concepts during the term of internship.

Model making: Scale: 1:500