Kathmandu_Nepal

ARCHITECT | INTERIOR DESIGN | COORDINATOR

PROJECTS SHOWCASING

❑ ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN

❑ INTERIOR DESIGN

❑ DESIGN COORDINATION WITH CONSULTANTS & CONTRACTORS

❑ SHOP DRAWINGS AND AS - BUILTS DRAWINGS

❑ SITE SUPERVISION AND EXECUTION

CORE COMPETENCE ACHIEVED THROUGH THESE PROJECTS -

❑ PRACTICAL APPROACH TOWARDS ARCHITECTURAL & INTERIOR DESIGNING.

❑ UNDERSTANDING THE NITTIGRITIES OF CONSTRUCTION DETAILS.

❑ OVERALL UNDERSTANDING TO RUN THE PROJECT FROM CONCEPT TO EXECUTION.

❑ AS A TEAM PLAYER, COODINATING WITH DIFFERENT TRADES FOR THE PROJECT DETAILS.

❑ MATERIALS SAMPLINGS, PROCUREMENT, BUDGETING & PROJECT DOCUMENTATION

CONSTRUCTION

WOOD & STONE CONSTRUCTION

LOCATION KHUMJUNG, NEPAL

MAIN FLOOR

The complete main, second & third floor of hotel staff building measuring around 10000 sq. M was required to be retrofitted due to the earthquake damage.

Along with retrofitting, client wanted to renovate the complete floor layout for following activities

SECOND FLOOR

Hr office

My role was -

• Preparation of as-built drawing

• Design a layout for complete floor as per client’s requirement

• Development of interior finishes drawing

• Coordination with MEP & kitchen consultants for services

• Coordination with engineers during site execution

• Management of furniture, equipment and accessories

STATUS COMPLETED

LOCATION

KATHMANDU, NEPAL

YEAR 2019

CONSTRUCTION

STYLE BRICKS & CONCRETE

1. Hotel’s receiving dock with a proper planned commissary kitchen.

2. Storerooms with all basic amenities of the hotel

3. Back house office spaces - receiving, security, accounts, procurement

2. Staff uniform room

3. Staff cafeteria and kitchen

Male & female staff lockers

THIRD FLOOR

1. “Blue waste to value” office.

2. Yak & yeti accounts & finance office.

3. “Blue energy private limited” office.

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This is the new proposed layout for the Engineering plant room serving 275 rooms property in Kathmandu.

The Major challenge was to replace the machineries in an operational hotel, without hindering any MEP services to the guest.

I was fortunate to being the part of 25 professional’s team and take this opportunity as an Architect to design this plant room.

Services and machineries re-placed -

* electrical panel & dg sets

* heat pumps and relates services

* chillers and cooling towers

* water treatment plant

* fire pump room

* engineering office, workshop and store

Proposed 3D view for better explanation of the roof structure, which helped the site team run the execution smoothly.

RENOVATION – ENGINEERING PLANT ROOM (HOTEL YAK AND YETI KATHMANDU)

Hotel YAK and Yeti – a 5 start property built in the year 1974, has been servicing to the hospitality sector for over 5 decades. With time, the engineering plant room machinery were also worn-out which required to be replaced as per the modern technology Machineries.

• Preparation of as built drawings

• Design coordination with Interior and lighting designer as per the scope decided by the client

RENOVATION - THE LIVING ROOM (HYATT REGENCY KATHMANDU)

• Design coordination with vendors of loose furniture, decorative lights and all other trades before production

• Design coordination with contractors for on-site details and shop drawings production.

• Services coordination with ID, MEP and kitchen consultants

• Preparation and documentation of good for construction drawings and related design package

• Sampling, taking approvals and procurement of furnishing and finishing items

INTERIOR LAYOUT FOR THE LIVING ROOM – AFTER RENOVATION

Centrally located at the lobby level of the hotel, The Lounge overlooks the landscaped garden as well as the famous heritage monument - Boudhanath Stupa. It is a convenient and comfortable meeting venue serving light meals.

Creating mil-work details as per the design’s intent and site feasibility

RENOVATION - THE LIVING ROOM (HYATT REGENCY

The complete design concept of the bar unit and pantry was provided by the ID consultant. It was required to be integrated with kitchen equipment and MEP facilities. the details included hanging metal shelf, internal cabinet sizes & finishes.

My role was to coordinate for all the services and preparation of GFC drawing

RENOVATION – SPECIALTY RESTAURANT (HYATT

• Preparation of as built drawings

• Design coordination with Interior and lighting designer as per the scope decided by the client

• Design coordination with vendors of loose furniture, decorative lights and all other trades before production

• Design coordination with contractors for on-site details and shop drawings production.

• Services coordination with ID, MEP and kitchen consultants

• Preparation and documentation of good for construction drawings and related design package

• Sampling, taking approvals and procurement of furnishing and finishing items

INTERIOR LAYOUT FOR RESTAURANT (SASAME) – AFTER RENOVATION

The All-day dining cafe spacing around 550 sq.m was converted to a Specialty Restaurant. Adding the part of back house kitchen to the restaurant as a live kitchen was the key change. A comfortable seating with combination of banquets, highs and lows combined with a grab and go Market concept with show kitchen.

Creating mil-work details as per the design’s intent and site feasibility

MATERIAL BOARD

INTERIOR VIEW

RENOVATION

Sectional elevation showing proper integration of Interior design + kitchen equipment + MEP services

ELEVATION B

BEVERAGE COUNTER

The complete design concept of the Beverage unit, live kitchen and other areas were provided by the ID consultant.

All live kitchen drawing set up was required to be properly coordinated between MEP, kitchen and ID consultant's design being the project coordinator, I have been successfully able to produce the required deliverables which lead to an efficient plan execution at site

Views for live kitchen

RENOVATION – SPICE ROOM RESTAURANT (HOTEL YAK AND

• Preparation of as built drawings

• Design coordination with Interior and lighting designer as per the scope decided by the client

• Design coordination with vendors of loose furniture, decorative lights and all other trades before production

• Design coordination with contractors for on-site details and shop drawings production.

• Services coordination with ID, MEP and kitchen consultants

• Preparation and documentation of good for construction drawings and related design package

• Sampling, taking approvals and procurement of furnishing and finishing items

The All-day dining cafe spacing around 200 sq.m was converted to a Specialty Restaurant. Adding the part of back house kitchen to the restaurant as a live kitchen was the key change.

INTERIOR LAYOUT FOR RESTAURANT (SPICE ROOM) – AFTER RENOVATION

• Preparation of as built drawings

• Design coordination with Interior and lighting designer as per the scope decided by the client

RENOVATION – LOUNGE & BAR (HOTEL YAK AND

• Design coordination with vendors of loose furniture, decorative lights and all other trades before production

• Design coordination with contractors for on-site details and shop drawings production.

• Services coordination with ID, MEP and kitchen consultants

• Preparation and documentation of good for construction drawings and related design package

• Sampling, taking approvals and procurement of furnishing and finishing items

INTERIOR LAYOUT FOR RESTAURANT (SPICE ROOM) – AFTER RENOVATION

The complete design concept of live kitchen and other areas were provided by the ID consultant.

Centrally located at the lobby level of the hotel, The Lounge & BAR overlooks the landscaped garden. It is a convenient and comfortable meeting venue serving beverages and light meals.

BOARD

BAY WINDOW SEATING

BAR COUNTER

LOUNGE VIEW 2

LOUNGE VIEW 1

RENOVATION – TYPICAL HERITAGE ROOM (HOTEL

• Preparation of as built drawings

• Design coordination with Interior and lighting designer as per the scope decided by the client

• Design coordination with vendors of loose furniture, decorative lights and all other trades before production

• Design coordination with contractors for on-site details and shop drawings production.

• Services coordination with ID, MEP and kitchen consultants

• Preparation and documentation of good for construction drawings and related design package

• Sampling, taking approvals and procurement of furnishing and finishing items

INTERIOR LAYOUT FOR TYPICAL HERITAGE CATEGORY GUESTROOM – AFTER RENOVATION

Built in the year 1975, these are named as heritage rooms of the property. The design is inspired with local Newari art which includes heavy carved wood works and vibrant colors. These rooms required an upgradation to withstand the upcoming local market competition.

The re-furbishment works include -

1. Room walls re-painted as per the designer’s concept.

2. Addition of Thai cushion, coffee table at the window bench.

3. Brass artwork @ window side walls.

4. New curtains @ the window.

5. Addition of room accessories like, luggage rack, dustbin etc.

6. Replacement of existing bedside lamp with new integrated USB and reading light. 6

7. Replacement of chair @ study desk.

8. Bed-throw and bed skirting to be replaced.

9. New artwork on the walls.

10.Corridor to be upgraded with new carpet and wall paints.

11. Upgradation of architectural lights wherever required.

The complete design concept was provided by the ID consultant.

• Preparation of as built drawings

• Design coordination with Interior and lighting designer as per the scope decided by the client

• Design coordination with vendors of loose furniture, decorative lights and all other trades before production

• Design coordination with contractors for on-site details and shop drawings production.

• Services coordination with ID, MEP and kitchen consultants

• Preparation and documentation of good for construction drawings and related design package

• Sampling, taking approvals and procurement of furnishing and finishing items

INTERIOR LAYOUT FOR TYPICAL DELUXE CATEGORY GUESTROOM – AFTER RENOVATION

These are Deluxe rooms of the property, measuring around 30sq.m bay size with small bathrooms.

These rooms were required to be upgraded with a completely new bathroom layout to increase its current size for better marketing among the 5-starrooms available in Kathmandu. The new design concept has new sanitary fixtures and all new finishes. The room also lacks the lighting and Nepalese architectural touch; therefore, it is required to be given new look with all new FF&Es and sanitary fixtures

The complete design concept was provided by the ID consultant.

Concept elevations, material board and FF&E selections to provide the overall look

Images of the guestroom after renovation

• Preparation of as built drawings

RENOVATION – CHIMNEY RESTAURANT & GAZEBO SEATING (HOTEL YAK AND

• Design coordination with Interior and lighting designer as per the scope decided by the client

• Design coordination with vendors of loose furniture, decorative lights and all other trades before production

• Design coordination with contractors for on-site details and shop drawings production.

• Services coordination with ID, MEP and kitchen consultants

• Preparation and documentation of good for construction drawings and related design package

• Sampling, taking approvals and procurement of furnishing and finishing items

INTERIOR LAYOUT FOR CHIMNEY RESTAURANT– AFTER RENOVATION

Restaurant, a 50 years old food venue famous for it’s heritage look was re-stored in 2018 by a Dubai based Interior Designer.

OUTDOOR

In addition to lighting up the glass tower, the decorative lights were supposed to be set at different levels in-order to create an enigmatic visual effect. I was assigned to create the light set up as per the designer’s concept

GAZEBO SEATING SECTIONAL VIEW

GAZEBO SEATING PLAN

Chimney

SEATING VIEW 2

OUTDOOR SEATING VIEW 1

RENOVATION – PRESIDENTIAL SUITE AND FRONT DESK OFFICE (HOTEL

PROPOSED WARDROBE RENOVATION DESIGN FOR PRESIDENTIAL SUITE

My role as the Designer -

Existing wardrobe with sliding door arrangement was required to be redesigned with completely new look to functionally meet guest’s comfort and aesthetically compliments the space. It was proposed to convert sliding door to openable door on hinge arrangement with all surfaces inside to be finished with salwood matching the existing wood in the room.

DESIGN FOR FRONT OFFICE RENOVATION

BATHROOM RENOVATION FOR PRESIDENTIAL SUITE – AFTER RENOVATION

My role as the Designer -

My role as the Designer -

Measuring around 600 sq.ft carpet area, caters the front desk staff for a five-star hotel in a very minimalistic form with majorly focusing functionality and quick movement of the

Toilet attached to bedroom was also redesigned retaining pre-existing Godavari stone on the wall. Design of the vanity counter with complete wood look gets camouflaged with room’s wooden interiors and choice of fresh sanitary makes it modern to meet guest’s comfort.