Professional Architecture Portfolio - Shivaram Punathambekar

Architecture Portfolio Selected professional projects 2011 - 2020

Shivaram Punathambekar

Architecture for me is a process of constantly analyzing and synthesizing the relationship between the built environment and its climate and context.

This portfolio is a presentation of my explorations in the past nine years in architecture - from using physical models in the Miraya Rose project to understand the nuances of scale, to the iterative process of design development during site visits in the fast-moving City of Dreams project.

City of Dreams 290 villas / 200 apartment units Mixed use I Landscape I Architecture I Urban Community housing project

TAB India 100,000 sft.

Industrial I Landscape I Architecture Factory project for a stone processing center

Sai Temple 6000 sft.

Religious I Landscape I Architecture Temple designed to revitalize local economy

Miraya Rose 500,000 sft.

Mixed use I Architecture Commercial, Hospitality and Residential project

Fabindia Experience Center 9000 sft.

Retail I Interiors Flagship showroom for apparel brand

Contents

Gatehouse The gatehouse structure, at the entrance of the City of Dreams housing complex, combines the pure aesthetic of a entry space with highly utilitarian structures like the security room, society office etc. that are a part of any large housing project.

Five ‘cubes’ of 4mx4m set at various points in the structure house the different functions in the gatehouse structure. Trees and water bodies act as micro-climate modifiers and counter the generally hot climatic conditions of the region. The exterior skin of the cubes, a perforated GI sheet, allows for the natural ventilation of the rooms from the primary winds from the south-east that pass over the water body and humidify the rooms.

Early conceptual render of the gatehouse

4 x 4m grid - generic form

Five program based cubes

Abstraction

Water-bodies, walkways and planters create edge conditions

Structural frame with overhanging portal creates vehicular entry

Site images of the gatehouse at various stages of the construction process

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Security room Meeting room Plaza Water body

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Walkway Vehicular entry Planter Cantilevered steps

Stepping stones Locker room Toilet Multipurpose room

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Surveillance room Society office Bridge Structural I-sections

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First level plan showing the juxtaposition of the cubes in the landscape

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Rough Kota

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Granite

Perforated GI sheet

Monochromatic materials heighten minimal character of the space

City of Dreams 2013-2015 Raipur Mindspace Design development, Presentation and Construction Documents The brief for this large housing project (290 villas, 200 apartment units, and community buildings) was to integrate a contemporary aesthetic with design solutions that responded to Raipur’s hot climate.

There were a total of 12 different villa types (based on plot size and orientation) that were distributed throughout the layout to break the monotony that usually occurs at a street level due to a repetition of units. In addition to this, elements like pergolas, entryways, and car parking structures were designed to span across plots, thereby presenting a unified street facade.

1. Standard setbacks in row housing create monotony and inefficiency

2. Combined setbacks facilitate the integration of landscape into the house

3. Entry portals span across plots and create a coherent street facade

4. Microclimate modifiers like lilyponds are created

5. Pergolas link adjacent homes and maximize living spaces

6. Consolidated service cores create a porous plan & facilitate cross-ventilation

Street facade showing the variety in housing typologies and entrance portals to create interest and diversity

West facing villas have facades that are more opaque, with deeply recessed openings and movable shading screens to reduce direct solar heat gain

East facing villas have facades that are more ‘open’ to welcome the early morning sun into living spaces

TAB India

2012 Bengaluru Hundredhands Construction Drawings, Site supervision The program for TAB India called for the design of a warehouse, an exhibit area, a store and a canteen for the natural stone processing center. One of the primary design drivers was to locate the exhibit area on the north-east corner of the warehouse in order to present an unique facade from the highway.

I was involved in producing study drawings, construction documents and co-ordinated work on site - as the pace of construction was rapid, it was exciting to observe my drawings come to reality quickly.

Sketches: Bijoy Ramachandran

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Site entry Exhibit area Warehouse 1 Loading bays Canteen Store Warehouse 2

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Sheeting Gutter Rainwater pipe Stub column Toughened glass MS louvers RCC column Aluminium frame Roof overhang Clerestory window Entrance portal IPS flooring Grade slab Storm water drain Plinth beam

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TAB India site plan

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East elevation showing individual bay components in detail

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18”x6” RCC beam 1/4” thick MS flat 9” thick masonry wall Gate motor Teething / rack 3”x12” MS channel 2”x4” MS box section 2”x4” frame 1/4” thick glass 1” thick stone cladding

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Sai Temple

2013-2014 Poyyamani Mindspace Design development, Presentation drawings The design of the Sai temple in Poyyamani was a response to the client’s request for a unique religious structure that could contribute to the revitalization of the surrounding area.

The design strategy was to retain, but reinvent the essential qualities of a traditional Indian temple in a contemporary manner - both the spatial aspects such as the sharp contrast of light and shade, and the formal aspects such as the predominantly linear form punctuated by a vertical sanctum sanctorum.

The formal aspects of traditional Indian temples (above) have been reinterpreted in the Sai Temple (below)

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Site entry Temple garden Water body ‘Tulsi’ area Staircase 1 Spillover area Office space 1 Prayer hall Sanctum Internal garden

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Interior view from the Sanctum looking towards the Prayer hall and the entry space beyond

Above: South-east view of the temple showing the gradual vertical build-up of form reminiscent of traditional Indian temples Right: Site photographs showing sequence of work progress from site investigation to building completion

UKN Miraya Rose 2011-2012 Bengaluru Hundredhands Design development, Construction Documents A 17-storey mixed-use development with a complex program, Miraya Rose comprises of commercial ventures, a hotel, and high-end residences. A collaboration with Allies and Morrison (UK) and Hundredhands for UKN, I was involved from the design development stage to the construction documentation stage.

An iterative process of co-ordinating with various service consultants also helped me understand the nuances of the construction process of a complex building.

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Study drawings - section A and elevation B - of the ‘bays’ help understand spatial relationships across floors

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Typical apartment floor plan showing the internal organization and the subtractive form that contributes to the facade layering

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1’x2’ RCC plinth beam 1/6” groove in stone 1” thick kota stone MS base plate anchor 1/6” groove in plaster 4” high stone skirting 2” MS flat in elevation

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1”x2” teak handrail 1/6”x1/6” groove 2” MS flat 2” wide stone inlay MS base plate anchor

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Fabindia Experience Center 2018 / Chennai Designs Inc. Design Development, Construction Drawings The 9000 sq.ft. flagship Fabindia Experience Center in Chennai integrates the familiar Fabindia fare of ethnic apparel with a furniture and home accessories center, wellness studio, a children’s hobby area called ‘Tugbug’,and an organic food outlet called Fabcafe.

In keeping with the theme of the brand, the decor evokes feelings of nostalgia for the age gone by, re-invokes a love for traditional arts and crafts, and creates a sense of place-making through regionalism. This was created at both a planning level - by organizing the layout like in a traditional Tamilian home and at a detail level - by using wooden rafters, handmade tiles, motifs of local trees, and traditional artwork by local artists.

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HOME DECOR STORE

RECEPTION / GIFTWARE

Ground floor layout - giftware/checkout at the front, furnishings/furniture on the mezzanine

ETHNIC WEAR

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Second floor layout - ethnic wear section highlighted in red (and shown on the right)

Ladies ethnic wear section plan; brick platform

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Antique wooden columns from Karaikudi were salvaged & refurbished for the ethnic wear section

The Fabindia colours of indigo, mustard and

The women’s wear section on the second floor has a canvas printed ceiling with panels of Fabindia fabric

The leaf patterns on the railings in printed colo

red form a colourful composition on the ceiling

oured glass reflect those used in Fabindia apparel

The Fabcafe with custom-made wooden furniture on the top floor enjoys glimpses of the Arabian sea

Shivaram Punathambekar EMAIL

spunathambekar@gmail.com

PHONE

+91 9944139102

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

Master of Architecture (M.Arch) / Pennsylvania State University / 2014 - 2016 3.97 CGPA Bachelor of Architecture (B.Arch) / National Institute of Technology - Trichy / 2006 - 2011 8.3/10 CGPA

SKILLS

Drafting / Modelling Autodesk AutoCAD, REVIT, Trimble SketchUp Visualization Autodesk 3ds Max + VRay, Unity 3D (for Virtual Reality visualization) Presentation Adobe Photoshop, InDesign, Muse, XD (web design), strong sketching skills Energy Analysis BEopt

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Senior Architect (December 2017 - Present) Designs Inc. / Chennai Conceptual design, design development, and coordination of single- & multi-family residential and retail interior projects Architect / Researcher (September 2016 - October 2017) Sustainable Housing initiative / State College, Pennsylvania Design development (including VR visualization) and energy analysis for a student housing project and for an institutional building Architect (October 2012 - June 2014) Mindspace Architects / Bangalore Design development and construction drawings for a 290 villa, 200 apartment unit housing project and for a 6000 sq.ft. place of worship Architect (September 2011 - September 2012) Hundredhands / Bangalore Design studies and construction drawings for a diverse set of project typologies - residential, cultural, and industrial

OTHER WORK EXPERIENCE

Founder (September 2019 - Present) Green Design Guru A website that helps prospective homeowners in the U.S. to design their own green homes, make cost and energy use estimates, and connect with local building professionals

SELECT AWARDS/HONORS

Design Excellence Award - Race to Zero Competition 2015 / U.S. Department of Energy Design Team Leader - Competition to design a Net-Zero residence Graham Fellowship 2014 / Pennsylvania State University Two year fellowship awarded to outstanding incoming students Architect Kharchae Endowment Award 2011 / National Institute of Technology - Tiruchirappalli Best Architecture Thesis Award Jury Commendation - ‘Transparence’ 2010 / Ethos India and Saint Gobain Glass Competition to design an International convention center Citation - Louis-I-Kahn Trophy 2009 / UNESCO and National Association of Students of Architecture (NASA) Trophy Leader - Analysis and Documentation of a historic urban settlement Winner - Yazhini Travel Scholarship 2009 / Nicholas Iyadurai Photo-documentation of historic architecture in Delhi

LANGUAGES

English, Tamil, Hindi (Fluent), Marathi (Native language), Kannada (basic)

Experienced architect with a Master’s degree and 7 years of work experience possessing a broad knowledge of the building design & construction process, and specialized knowledge of green building design and VR visualization of projects References available upon request

Thank you spunathambekar@gmail.com

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