Akash Chainani Graduate Portfolio 2021

Akash

Chainani

S e l e c t e d

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Akash S Chainani EDUCATION Bachelor of Architecture, 2014 - 2020 Institute of Design, Environment & Architcture Indus University, Ahmedabad, India Higher Secondary : 2012-2014 Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics Welspun Vidya Mandir, Anjar, Kutch, India

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Vision Infra Creations Pvt. Ltd. Ahmedabad , (6 Months) June 2017 - November 2017 Architectural Intern

Elevate Designs, Gandhidham June 2020 - Present (7 Months) Part time Architect

akashc96@gmail.com +91 9427088744 10 September 1996

Gandhidham, India

Project types : Residential - Individual house/Housing Socities, Commercial highrise apartments/ shops, Interior Design Projects

Responsibilities: Headed the Interior design of an office library, as well as the exterior elevation design of two projects. Other work ranged from site visits, office coordination with client meetings and material contractors, to office presentations and producing construction drawings.

Project types : Residential and Interior projects. Architecture visualizations of exterior and interior.

Responsibilities: Design and Planning of a residence.

Elevation design and interior of another residence. Design of a Bungalow.

Handling clients directly. Site visits/ discussions. Making Arch-Viz renderings and walkthroughs in 3D computer software.

ADDITIONAL WORK

Design Rendering project for Paraspace Coworking - Gandhidham, India (Private Client) Bedroom Interior Design Competition - Innsbruck, Austria Digital Furniture Design in 3D environments (Self-initiated) Digital Documentation of Real world environments in 3D (Self-initiated) The process involves making the real world environments in a 3D software such as blender, with all the objects, furniture, plants, walls, electronics, including the lights, materials and textures of the objects in a digitally created replica of the real world. It helps in understanding the elements inside a space that affect it Visually.

WORKSHOPS / STUDY PROGRAMS Related Study Programme, Kutch, India - December 2014 Poetic of Bamboo, Bali Indonesia - December 2015 Documenting the temples of Polo Forest, Gujarat, India - December 2016

SKILL BASED WORKSHOPS : Clay Fibre Casting Wood Deployable Structures SKILLS SOFTWARE OTHER

3D Softwares - Modelling / CAD Physical Modelling with Clay, Foam Board, AutoCAD, Revit, Sketchup, Rhino, Blender Paper Board, Balsawood, Concrete Casting, and Laser Cutting 2D/3D Image Rendering Photoshop, Indesign, Illustrator, Cycles, Colloboration - Communication for Teamwork Eevee, Twinmotion, Unreal Engine 4, Vray Adaptability Problem Solving Other Willingness to Learn Microsoft Office, Adobe Premiere Pro Critical Thinking

LANGUAGES English Hindi Sindhi Gujarati

Contents academic 01

wood craft centre for exhibition and workshop

02

sustainable housing sikkim

03

documentation of sindhi neihbourhoods - research thesis

04

poetic of bamboo, bali, indonesia - workshop

05

academic research - jodhpur houses typology

professional 06

residence design

07

library interior design

08

skin design - row houses

09

skin design - apartment

self - initiated 10

digital milieu a.

digital documentation of real world environments

b.

digital furniture design - soborg chair

c.

digital furniture design - mediha three seater sofa

01 WOOD CRAFT CENTRE FOR EXHIBITION AND WORKSHOP

the Programme the project refers to a specific artistic talent of Jodhpur ’the Woodcraft industry’, which stands for making creative artistic items from wood. The city is famous for wooden products and contributes a major share of 40% in the country for the export of the same. But now this industry is suffering from losses because of recession and lack of interest of the younger generation. Even in the area of Toorji’s Stepwell, a historic jewel in the old walled city there is barely a display or seller of wooden items. Though the area witnesses lots of tourist activities in the region which supports other art and crafts industry of the city but hardly any shop or museum present in the city depicts knowledge or information about the wooden sector. So the programme intends to promote the importance and value of this skilled industry in the city.

The programme is divided into two main categories namely the exhibition and the workshop space as the core spaces. The exhibition displays various wooden furniture and handicrafts items such as wooden doors, chairs, old reclaimed furniture, toys, decorative items, etc. The workshop area will help the artisans in honing their skills or satisfy the curious nerve of a person on how the wooden products are made. As the function requires the exhibition space is more public and the workshop more private. The design attempts to follow the context along the edges taking the material and the form from it. The two free edges of the site are used as a medium to connect the inner space to the outer and vice versa and also connects the open space to the street. The street edge is thought to be more open and inviting by opening up on the lower level that is the street level. The main masses are placed along the edges of the site separated by an atrium space which connects the two core spaces. The exhibition space is a large volume with more height than all the spaces to bring light and create openness. The roof on the other hand tries to contrast the flat terrace idea of the context by taking the form of a sloped roof which brings light and unifies the two cores as one. The main idea attempts to juxtapose the application of context on to the design in order to give the programme and users a different environment. The user group includes the locals, tourists, artisans with all age groups.

the Site Monuments Site Open Spaces Residential Commercial Schools Streets

for the project the site is located opposite to Toorji ka Jhalra(stepwell) because it lies on the primary route of tourists connecting the the Ghantaghar an important market and Umaid Chowk a primary transport junction. The route already provides good business to the retail and commercial industry. Hence is beneficial to the programme which will bring more audience. Surrounded the by residential blocks on the south and northern sides with a primary street on the western and a private open space on the eastern side respectively the site remains shaded up to one fifth of the total 330 sq mt area annually.

design Concepts

1. following the edge of the context

2. breaking the terrace typology

3. pushing the edge inward to be more inviting

4. overall response to the edge, plinth, and terrace

exploded Axonometric

material and space the material consists of ‘Saag’ wood (Teak wood), and the locally available ‘Chittar’ stone or the Jodhpur sandtone. The exterior edge of the spaces that is the front as well as the back edge are made of stone, while the internal spaces are made out of timber. That goes along the main idea of the project of being similar to the context on the outside on basis of the material and form. On entering the space one would feel the softness of space with timber and contrast from the surrounding buildings that is visible only on the inside. The covered open space in the center of the structure also contrasts the narrow corridors with minimal widths and areas typically found in the neighbourhood.

light and function the exhibition being one of the main spaces of the project is filled with beautiful light coming from the north-west side. It is lit with indirect lighting the most part of the day. Though when sun races to set it lights the exhibition space with ‘Jaali’ patterns that are on the western facade falling softly inside the space. It also lights the eastern part that is the workshop space with the golden glazes on the timber walls. Here, the exhibition space is depitced with ‘furniture’ pieces in display that commend the structure itself inside of which they are held.

model 1: 100

wall-section model 1: 20

02 SUSTAINABLE HOUSING SIKKIM

the Programme the program is of a self-sustainable housing of 40 families having 4 members each in which there are 2 adults and 2 children. Hence total population that will occupy is 160 people. The people are assumed to be of the local areas of South Sikkim as it lies among the mountainous terrains of the southern district of Sikkim. The main goal was to develop a system to cater the needs of Food, Water, Energy, Waste and Air of the people by trying to achieve self sustainability as much as possible and to not rely on the resources outside of the given site area. Here various techniques have been applied such as Living Roof as terrace garden providing food as well as thermal comfort to the house, land farming at site level growing deep rooted veggies.

Bamboo a material that is majorly in the project is also growed on the site reducing reliance on outer source and helps in reducing carbon foorprint. Some other techniques are Piezoelectric energy harvesting and Hydropower energy harvesting for electricity; Rainwater harvesting and water harvesting from the river Teesta.

food plantation at unit level

food consumption per family

food calculations at site level

the Resources

water calculation

electricity production

electricity consumption

micro level Design

macro level Design

site model

unit model

03

DOCUMENTATION OF SINDHI NEIGHBOURHOODS RESEARCH - THESIS

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the thesis is a Documentation - Research study aimed at recording the houses of the Sindhi Hindu community of India. The documentation was done in two mediums photographs, and drawings. It covers four major settlements of the three states of India namely Ahmedabad, Bhopal, Ajmer, and Gandhidham. The need of this study being the uprootment, movement and resettlement of the Sindhi community. The partition uprooted the entire community which resulted in the loss of their culture and the migration meant the loss of their home. It covers Residences, Religious institutions viz. Temples, Darbars, and Tikanas of the Sindhi Hindus of India. It was aimed at producing records in the ever changing world with its built forms being destroyed as part of the new development. It provides the reader an in depth look into this community and how the built spaces are contributing to the tangible aspects of architecture and to the intagible aspects of the people’s life in general.

Below is a sample set of drawings of one of the many houses of the study.

X

X

X

Toilet

Toilet

Toilet

Bed Room

Bath

Bath

Bath

Y

Y

Y

Y

Water Storage Tank

Y

Laundry Room

Temple

Y

Kitchen

Kitchen

Store Room

Dn

Up

Bed Room

Bed Room

Bed Room

Bed Room

Bed Room/ Hall

Bed Room/ Hall

Bed Room/ Hall

Dn

Up

X

X

X

axonometric exploded

front elevation

second floor plan first floor plan ground floor plan

section yy

section xx

04

POETICS OF BAMBOO - BALI WORKSHOP the principle aim of the workshop was to develop an understanding of the material, develop an ability to visualize and articulate forms in a material through set of joineries and making, further clarifying it by the sequence of construction. The workshop started with lectures in Ahmedabad which focused on basic introduction on the material Bamboo and by making models on tensegrity to understand the concept. Once the models were made a simple unit of tensegrity was tried in bamboo to understand the fixtures and joineries used to create the structure.

The workshop was segregated in three main categories in terms of understanding the material.

The first category focused on exploring and looking at the manifestations of the material like green school and green village, where one can understand how the versatility of the material is explored.

The place exhibits some finest examples of new expressions in contemporary built form where bamboo is employed as a principle material of making, also exploring how the form is affected by the nature the material. Proceeding towards the next category students were then divided in groups, where on group focused on the tensegrity structure and the other focused on the small structure where they could understand the joineries and sequence of construction. Models were made at a smaller scale by both the groups to understand the sequence of construction. The third and the most important category focused on working with the material hands on, where in a set of students understood the mechanism of fixing certain equipment to the bamboo for the tensegrity structure followed by the construction of the structure. While the other set of students worked with different set of tools and joineries under the knowledge and experience of native expertise

Assmebling of the small scale prototype before moving on to the 1:1 scale model with bamboos

Assembling of the 1:1 scale -Tensegrity Sphere

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ACADEMIC RESEARCH JODHPUR HOUSES TYPOLOGY

SR NO

PLAN

SECTION

ENVELOPE

PLINTHS

STAIRS

OPENINGS

1

SCALE - 1:200

SCALE - 1:200

SCALE - 1:200

SCALE - 1:200

SCALE - 1:150

SCALE - 1:150

SCALE - 1:150

SCALE - 1:150

Ground Floor – 56.74 sq mt Terrace Floor – 30.87 sq mt Courtyard Ground Floor – 15.69 sq mt

2

Ground Floor – 42.74 sq mt Terrace Floor – 47.33 sq mt Second Floor - 0 sq mt Terrace Floor - 36.49 Courtyard Ground Floor – 0 sq mt First Floor - 1.79 sq mt Second Floor - 0 sq mt Terrace Floor - 0 sq mt

3

Ground Floor – 88.94 sq mt Terrace Floor – 75.83 sq mt Courtyard Ground Floor – 0 sq mt Terrace – 9.44 sq mt SCALE - 1:200

SCALE - 1:200

4

A

SCALE - 1:200

A

A

A

A

A

DN

SECTION - A

B

B

B

B

B

B UP

GROUND FLOOR PLAN

FIRST FLOOR PLAN

TERRACE PLAN

SCALE - 1:200

SCALE - 1:200

SECTION - A

SCALE - 1:200

UP

Ground Floor – 98.13 sq mt First Floor – 38.42 sq mt Second Floor – 0 sq mt Terrace – 38.76 sq mt

SCALE - 1:200 SECTION - B

5

SECTION - B TYPOLOGY HOUSE 255

GROUP 7 MANYA JAIN AKASH CHAINANI RADHIKA SUTHAR

GROUND FLOOR FIRST FLOOR SECOND FLOOR TERRACE

AREA(SQ.M.) 98.13 G.F. COURTYARD 38.42 F.F. COURTYARD 0 S.F. COURTYARD TERR. COURTYARD 38.76

AREA(SQ.M.) 0 0 0 0

SCALE 1:100

TYPOLOGY HOUSE 255

N

21/02/2018

GROUP 7 MANYA JAIN AKASH CHAINANI RADHIKA SUTHAR

GROUND FLOOR FIRST FLOOR SECOND FLOOR TERRACE

AREA(SQ.M.) 98.13 G.F. COURTYARD 38.42 F.F. COURTYARD 0 S.F. COURTYARD TERR. COURTYARD 38.76

AREA(SQ.M.) 0 0 0 0

SCALE 1:100 21/02/2018

TYPOLOGY HOUSE 255

N

GROUP 7 MANYA JAIN AKASH CHAINANI RADHIKA SUTHAR

GROUND FLOOR FIRST FLOOR SECOND FLOOR TERRACE

AREA(SQ.M.) 98.13 G.F. COURTYARD 38.42 F.F. COURTYARD 0 S.F. COURTYARD TERR. COURTYARD 38.76

AREA(SQ.M.) 0 0 0 0

SCALE 1:100 N

21/02/2018

TYPOLOGY HOUSE 255

GROUP 7 MANYA JAIN AKASH CHAINANI RADHIKA SUTHAR

TYPOLOGY HOUSE 255

GROUND FLOOR FIRST FLOOR SECOND FLOOR TERRACE

AREA(SQ.M.) 98.13 G.F. COURTYARD F.F. COURTYARD 38.42 0 S.F. COURTYARD TERR. COURTYARD 38.76

GROUP 7 MANYA JAIN AKASH CHAINANI RADHIKA SUTHAR

GROUND FLOOR FIRST FLOOR SECOND FLOOR TERRACE

AREA(SQ.M.) 0 0 0 0

SCALE 1:100 21/02/2018

AREA(SQ.M.) 98.13 G.F. COURTYARD F.F. COURTYARD 38.42 0 S.F. COURTYARD TERR. COURTYARD 38.76

AREA(SQ.M.) 0 0 0 0

N

SCALE 1:100 N

21/02/2018

DOWN

UP

UP

DN

Ground Floor – 146.92 sq mt First Floor – 93.76 sq mt Second Floor – 72.20 sq mt Terrace – 72.20 sq mt Courtyard Area Ground Floor - 0 sq mt First Floor - 1.41 sq mt Second Floor - 1.41 sq mt Terrace - 1.41 sq mt

SECTION

FIRST FLOOR PLAN

TERRACE FLOOR PLAN

SECOND FLOOR PLAN

SCALE - 1:200

SCALE - 1:200

SCALE - 1:200

SCALE - 1:200

6

TYPOLOGY HOUSE 259

TYPOLOGY HOUSE 259

GROUP 7 MANYA JAIN AKASH CHAINANI RADHIKA SUTHAR

GROUND FLOOR FIRST FLOOR SECOND FLOOR TERRACE

AREA(SQ.M.) 146.92 93.76 72.20 72.20

G.F. COURTYARD F.F. COURTYARD S.F. COURTYARD TERR. COURTYARD

AREA(SQ.M.) 0 1.41 1.41 1.41

SCALE 1:100 N

21/02/2018

TYPOLOGY HOUSE 259

GROUP 7 MANYA JAIN AKASH CHAINANI RADHIKA SUTHAR

GROUND FLOOR FIRST FLOOR SECOND FLOOR TERRACE

AREA(SQ.M.) 146.92 93.76 72.20 72.20

G.F. COURTYARD F.F. COURTYARD S.F. COURTYARD TERR. COURTYARD

AREA(SQ.M.) 0 1.41 1.41 1.41

TYPOLOGY HOUSE 259

SCALE 1:100 21/02/2018

N

GROUP 7 MANYA JAIN AKASH CHAINANI RADHIKA SUTHAR

GROUND FLOOR FIRST FLOOR SECOND FLOOR TERRACE

AREA(SQ.M.) 146.92 93.76 72.20 72.20

G.F. COURTYARD F.F. COURTYARD S.F. COURTYARD TERR. COURTYARD

AREA(SQ.M.) 0 1.41 1.41 1.41

GROUP 7 MANYA JAIN AKASH CHAINANI RADHIKA SUTHAR

GROUND FLOOR FIRST FLOOR SECOND FLOOR TERRACE

AREA(SQ.M.) 146.92 93.76 72.20 72.20

G.F. COURTYARD F.F. COURTYARD S.F. COURTYARD TERR. COURTYARD

AREA(SQ.M.) 0 1.41 1.41 1.41

SCALE 1:100

N

21/02/2018

SCALE 1:100 N

21/02/2018

DN

UP

DN

UP

SECTION

SCALE - 1:200

GROUND FLOOR PLAN

SCALE - 1:200

FIRST FLOOR PLAN

SCALE - 1:200

TERRACE FLOOR PLAN

SCALE - 1:200

7 TYPOLOGY HOUSE 121

GROUP 7 MANYA JAIN AKASH CHAINANI RADHIKA SUTHAR

GROUND FLOOR FIRST FLOOR SECOND FLOOR TERRACE

AREA(SQ.M.) 135.12 G.F. COURTYARD 137.76 F.F. COURTYARD 0 S.F. COURTYARD TERR. COURTYARD 70.25

AREA(SQ.M.) 1.44 1.44 0 1.18

TYPOLOGY HOUSE 121

SCALE 1:100 N

21/02/2018

GROUP 7 MANYA JAIN AKASH CHAINANI RADHIKA SUTHAR

GROUND FLOOR FIRST FLOOR SECOND FLOOR TERRACE

AREA(SQ.M.) 135.12 G.F. COURTYARD 137.76 F.F. COURTYARD 0 S.F. COURTYARD TERR. COURTYARD 70.25

AREA(SQ.M.) 1.44 1.44 0 1.18

SCALE 1:100 21/02/2018

N

TYPOLOGY HOUSE 121

GROUP 7 MANYA JAIN AKASH CHAINANI RADHIKA SUTHAR

GROUND FLOOR FIRST FLOOR SECOND FLOOR TERRACE

AREA(SQ.M.) 135.12 G.F. COURTYARD 137.76 F.F. COURTYARD 0 S.F. COURTYARD TERR. COURTYARD 70.25

AREA(SQ.M.) 1.44 1.44 0 1.18

GROUP 7 MANYA JAIN AKASH CHAINANI RADHIKA SUTHAR

GROUND FLOOR FIRST FLOOR SECOND FLOOR TERRACE

AREA(SQ.M.) 135.12 G.F. COURTYARD 137.76 F.F. COURTYARD 0 S.F. COURTYARD TERR. COURTYARD 70.25

AREA(SQ.M.) 1.44 1.44 0 1.18

SCALE 1:100 21/02/2018

N

SCALE 1:100 N

21/02/2018

21/02/2018

AREA(SQ.M.) G.F. COURTYARD 148.43 0 F.F. COURTYARD 0 S.F. COURTYARD TERR. COURTYARD 111.82

AREA(SQ.M.) 0 0 0 0

SCALE 1:100

N

TYPOLOGY HOUSE 121

Ground Floor – 135.12 sq mt First Floor – 137.76 sq mt Second Floor – 0 sq mt Terrace – 70.25 sq mt Courtyard Area Ground Floor - 1.44 sq mt First Floor - 1.44 sq mt Second Floor - 0 sq mt

UP

Ground Floor – 148.43 sq mt First Floor – 0 sq mt Second Floor – 0 sq mt Terrace – 111.82 sq mt

GROUND FLOOR FIRST FLOOR SECOND FLOOR TERRACE

UP

TERRACE FLOOR PLAN

SECTION

SCALE - 1:250

SCALE - 1:250 TYPOLOGY HOUSE 140

GROUP 7 MANYA JAIN AKASH CHAINANI RADHIKA SUTHAR

GROUND FLOOR FIRST FLOOR SECOND FLOOR TERRACE

AREA(SQ.M.) G.F. COURTYARD 148.43 0 F.F. COURTYARD 0 S.F. COURTYARD TERR. COURTYARD 111.82

AREA(SQ.M.) 0 0 0 0

SCALE 1:100 21/02/2018

SCALE - 1:250 TYPOLOGY HOUSE 140

N

TYPOLOGY HOUSE 140

GROUP 7 MANYA JAIN AKASH CHAINANI RADHIKA SUTHAR

GROUND FLOOR PLAN

GROUP 7 MANYA JAIN AKASH CHAINANI RADHIKA SUTHAR

GROUND FLOOR FIRST FLOOR SECOND FLOOR TERRACE

AREA(SQ.M.) G.F. COURTYARD 148.43 0 F.F. COURTYARD 0 S.F. COURTYARD TERR. COURTYARD 111.82

AREA(SQ.M.) 0 0 0 0

SCALE 1:100 21/02/2018

N

8

SCALE - 1:200 Basement Floor - 80.4 sq mt Ground Floor – 98.13 sq mt Terrace – 38.76 sq mt Courtyard Area Ground Floor - 0 sq mt Second Floor - 0 sq mt Terrace - 1.84 sq mt SCALE - 1:200

SCALE - 1:200

SCALE - 1:200

9

Ground Floor – 73 sq mt First Floor - 73 sq mt Terrace – 73 sq mt Courtyard Area Ground Floor - 0 sq mt First Floor - 6.7 sq mt Terrace - 6.7 sq mt SCALE - 1:200

SCALE - 1:200

10

Basement Floor - 90 sq mt Ground Floor – 56.7 sq mt First Floor - 19.1 sq mt Terrace – 63.7 sq mt Courtyard Area Ground Floor - 0.81 sq mt First Floor - 29.2 sq mt

Nala

Mahavir Temple

Nala

ki

Neher

Rd

Sagar

school

Gulab

girls Mahal Miyon

ki gali

Nagori

Gate

Rd

Raj

Ganesh Temple

LOCATION OF CLUSTER

SKILL MODULE SEMESTER-8 BATCH-2014

LOCATION OF HOUSES

SUBJECT- TYPOLOGY ANALYSIS -JODHPUR CITY

GROUP 7

AKASH CHAINAN MANYA JAIN RADHIKA SUTHAR

OPENINGS

GROUP 7

AKASH CHAINANI MANYA JAIN RADHIKA SUTHAR

COURTYARDS

- IU1443000003 - IU1443000020 - IU1443000039

TERRACES

RENDERED VIEW

PHOTOGRAPH

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RESIDENCE DESIGN INTERNSHIP JUNE 2017 - NOVEMBER 2017 AHMEDABAD, GUJARAT

07

LIBRARY INTERIOR DESIGN INTERNSHIP JUNE 2017 - NOVEMBER 2017 VODAFONE HEADQUARTERS, AHMEDABAD, GUJARAT 72 HOUR ON-SITE EXECUTION

existing

after design

08

SKIN DESIGN - ROW HOUSES INTERNSHIP JUNE 2017 - NOVEMBER 2017 MORAIYA, AHMEDABAD in this project the client wanted a new elevation design for his housing project which was located in Moraiya village, a small settlement outside of the city of Ahmedabad. The brief included the already desgined plan of the houses and a reference picture of the houses in Lavasa, Maharashtra. The process involved the repititive coordination and discussion with the client about the design which was completely done by me. And as an intern working on a project of this scale was interesting and intuitive which helped me learn a lot. The design follows a repetition of four colours namely orange, cream, maroon red, and light brown that mainly are derived from variations in the hue, and the bightness value of the colours in a HSV range. While the first floor has a covered layer of plaster and colour. The gorund floor on the other hand is in contrast with that idea and fully displays the use of the stone in the structure.

The arched windows break the straight line typology of the dwellings. The semi and the half circular window frames are slightly extruded on the flush front face of the houses. The slight extursion complements the face and signifies the fenestration in the walls.

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SKIN DESIGN - APARTMENT INTERNSHIP JUNE 2017 - NOVEMBER 2017 GHUMA, AHMEDABAD

back elevation

front elevation

north elevation

south elevation

north - east elevation

south - east elevation

north - west elevation

south - west elevation

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DIGITAL MILIEU

a. DIGITAL DOCUMENTATION OF REAL WORLD ENVIRONMENTS self - initiated work

real photographs

3d modelling in computer software

digital renders with materials, textures and lighting

softwares used :

b. DIGITAL FURNITURE DESIGN self - initiated work Fredericia Søborg Wood base, By Børge Mogensen , 1950 in 1950, Børge Mogensen introduced the prototype of the Søborg Chair. His fusion of functionalism, expertise in cabinetmaking and use of new production techniques led to a supremely simple chair that could be manufactured industrially. the aim of this exercise was to create a physically accurate digital model of a furniture in an attempt to achieve photorealsim for design purposes.

c. DIGITAL FURNITURE DESIGN self - initiated work Mediha three seater sofa A traditional Indian handcrafted solid wooden sofa with intricate details, contrasting inlays, plush fabrics, and artistic embellishments. It will give every space or room an ethnic touch.