Architecture Portfolio 2019-2022

PORTFOLIO

Selected Works 2019-2022

National Institute of Technology Hamirpur

APOORVA KAUSHAL

Email - apoorvakaushal.2001@gmail.com

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EDUCATION

B.arch

National Institute of Technology

Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh, India

Senior Seconday

Shishu Niketan Public School

Sector 43-A, Chandigarh, India

Matriculation

Shishu Niketan Public School

Sector 43-A, Chandigarh, India

COMPETITIONS

Metaverse Retail Store

Lomos Archilabs

Designing first Retail Store for the Metaverse

IPSA Design Trophy

IPS Academy

Designing a dining facility for a resort

ANDC

National Association of Students of Architecture

Designing a portable unit for construction workers

Global Hult Prize

Hult Prize Business School

Proposed the idea of compressed food capsule.

SOFTWARE SKILLS

RHINO

SKECTH UP

AUTODESK REVIT

AUTOCAD

LUMION

PHOTOSHOP

ILLUSTRATOR

INDESIGN

ADOBE XD

FIGMA

ARC GIS

OTHER SKILLS

UI-UX DESIGN

CONTENT WRITING AND RESEARCH

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Architectural Research Internship

(WeSearch Lab, New Delhi)

Worked on safety prediction of Urban Areas through AI Developing 3D Models

Architecural Internship

(The Design Gesture, Pune, India)

Penthouse Facade Design & 3D modeling, Pune Home Design, Chennai

3D modeling of a house, Roxbury, Boston Home Design, United States

Drafting and annotation of various projects

Architectural Journalism Training

(Rethinking the Future, New Delhi)

Contributing Writer

Creating SEO friendly & Well searched content for articles

Emphasis on architecture, furniture and product design

POSITION OF RESPONSIBILITIES

Design Head (Newsletter, NIT Hamirpur)

Responsibility of Publication of Annual Newsletter

TPR Design (TPO Cell, NIT Hamirpur)

Responsibility of Placement Brochure

Graphic Designer (SRIJAN, NIT Hamirpur)

Managing & Designing the official college magazine

Core Coordinator (Tech Nexus, NIT Hamirpur)

Web Design Team

LANGUAGES

ENGLISH

HINDI PUNJABI

INTERESTS

READING

WRITING

SPACE EXPLORATION

AMATEUR ASTRONOMY

THEATRE

Honorable Mention 2nd runner up JUN - AUG 2022 JAN - MAR 2022 JUN - DEC 2021

Feb 2022 - Present Apr 2022- Present Oct 2022- Present Oct 2022- Present

Project aims towards achieving an ecological relaxing luxury lifestyle for the guests to experience a tranquil unforgettable holiday experience. The contoured site carves out the envelope of the dining facility which makes it infused with the surroundings. Building form embraces the unique contours of the land.

1

The key concept of our design is adaptability. The primary goal of design for adaptability is to lengthen a building’s lifespan by making it possible to adapt to the space with minimal disruption. This has many advantages, most notably the preservation of the building’s cultural and economic value. Adaptable buildings also have more inherent financial value because they can be economically adapted and renovated as occupant needs change. The building is placed on the centremost region and on the lower contour to get the most of its beautiful view around it. The side walls projection creates an interesting origami shape mitigating the boredom of a simple rectangular building.

The Nomad’s Paradise

Category - Social (ANDC)

Competition –2021

Type – Residential

Site – Hamirpur

The population of any city is increasing at a rapid rate. Cities are the gravitation center and source of attraction for people. Migration towards cities from rural areas affects city life. Resources of the city are quite reserved but the mass concentration of the people causes transportation issues, traffic, energy crisis, lack of water and electricity, accommodation, etc. Construction workers are among those who migrated for better job opportunities but have to live in bad conditions due to a lack of resources and services.

2

Conceptual Sketches

STRUCTURE GRID COMFORT

RAIN WATER HARVESTING

SITE BORNE DISEASES

ADDITIONAL CONCIAL FRAME

FRAMED

STRUCTURE

SOLID FORM

PROTOTYPE

Halls of Elixir

Category - Healthcare

Pupose - Aacademic

Type – Healthcare Architecture

Site – Chandigarh

The concept is derived from the pinwheel. it’s based on functionality Just like a paper has 4 or 6 attached at its axis, a hospital has 4 blocks put together similarly. It allows access to four sides. To optimize sunlight, the building is oriented straight within the site. The first two blocks are kept lower to receive more sunlight.

3

Site Plan

The Looping Hollow

Category - Space Architecture

Purpose -Technical fest

Type – Futuristic

Site – Mars

The human exploration of Mars would be a complex undertaking. It is an enterprise that would confirm the potential for humans to leave our home planet and make our way deep outward into the cosmos. Though just a small step on a cosmic scale, it would be a significant one for humans, because it would require leaving earth on a long mission with constrained return capability. The commitment to launch is a commitment to several years away from Earth, and there is a very narrow window within which return is possible.

4

Conceptual Sketches

The project aims to develop a conceptual design for a permanently manned, self-sustaining martian facility, to accommodate scientists traveling to mars in 2030. The goal is to incorporate the major functions required for long-term habitation in the isolation of a barren planet into a thriving ecosystem. So to create such a habitat, 3d printing technology has been used.

The gravity of mars is lower than that of earth, and there is increased solar radiation, temperature cycles, and the high internal forces needed for pressurized habitats to contain air. Hence, this structure has been given a parametric and curved roof construction. The isolated establishment will bestow the most ideal conditions for survival and will price to be a faultless complex on mars.

The ongoing researchers say that the most suitable material for this structure is nacre as it is strong and it stacks microscale and nanoscale components together in a brick-like structure and uses soft material to bend them together. The degree of radiation exposure on the surface of mars is much higher than that of earth, suggesting that a curved isolated structure could be used as a radiological protection for astronauts to live in such an environment.