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saurav v. ayyagari B.ARCH ‘25 + M.B.A PORTFOLIO | ILLINOIS TECH

Email: sayyagari@hawk.iit.edu LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/ayyagarisaurav/ Phone: 3179934659 10 W 35th St, Chicago, IL 60616 Illinois Institute of Technology | College of Architecture

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U P TO W N A R T S A L O N | C O M M U N I T Y C U LT U R A L C E N T E R

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S U S H I A L L E Y C AT E R I N G | A U X I L I A R Y D W E L L I N G U N I T

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T E T R I S F L AT S B R I D G E P O R T | B R O W N S TO N E S A D A P T I V E R E U S E

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S H A D E S O F B R O W N | P R E C E D E N T I N T E R P R E T I V E C O L L A G E

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M A K O K O F L O AT I N G S C H O O L | P R E C E D E N T R E S E A R C H

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C O L L A G E + S C U L P T U R E S | M I S C E L L A N E A 2 0

Email: sayyagari@hawk.iit.edu LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/ayyagarisaurav/ Phone: 3179934659 10 W 35th St, Chicago, IL 60616 Illinois Institute of Technology | College of Architecture

enlightening ascension narrow urban infill Enlightening Ascension is a contemporary approach to emulate spiritual space in Chicago to promote personal reflection and global perspectives by weaving away from the urban city into a serene environment.

Functionally, I also optimized this space to respond to the environment so that this public stair space could enable personal introspection or small gatherings where people appreciate a break from a busy urban fabric of Chicago. From strumming a guitar to sharing stories this space is one for all. Additionally, the north and south flanking staircases enable residents to circulate faster to each buildings’ entrances, so they do not disrupt the serene main stairs. This site converges and diverges into 3 functional areas, the flank stairs, the lower garden spaces, and the main stairs.

The main stairs have wide treads for fluid travel, and along those are my signature design monoliths: simple yet multi-functional walls. Foremostly, these walls are angled to converge and diverge circulation into capillary spaces. Those spaces are much like respites on a spiritual ascension, but also respites for people on the agnostic physical ascension. Second these walls shrink logarithmically from 20’ to 1’ tall to frame the central the holy axial procession inspired by Bernini’s Scala. Third, these walls are angled like Tesla’s one-way fluid dynamics valve to capture cooler eastern winds in the summer and obstruct hotter southwestern winds. Acoustic dampening in these walls would also enhance serenity. Furthermore, these monolithic planes could be used either for mural space or ornamental shrines. Finally the end of the main stairs opens up to emulate enlightenment as the project lofts over the community garden from which you may look back east to the lake or far west into the sunset over the prairie.

Lastly, I imagined these lower spaces to have sculptural planters vertical gardens on the bounding walls to integrate nature to this spiritual site. This space which extends under the staircase could even be a small community garden to support local residents surrounding the site. The lower area also opens up into a cool shaded space underneath the main stairs which is also the primary access from the east.

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uptown art salon Uptown Art Salon is a refuge for contemporary artists to be developed on an empty lot in the Uptown Alley mural museum. Here contemporary artsts can collaborate, spectate and expose the talent and history of Chicago’s north side approach to emulate spiritual space in Chicago to promote personal reflection and global perspectives by weaving away from the urban city into a serene environment.

Functionally, I also optimized this space to respond to the environment so that this public stair space could enable personal introspection or small gatherings where people appreciate a break from a busy urban fabric of Chicago. From strumming a guitar to sharing stories this space is one for all. Additionally, the north and south flanking staircases enable residents to circulate faster to each buildings’ entrances, so they do not disrupt the serene main stairs. This site converges and diverges into 3 functional areas, the flank stairs, the lower garden spaces, and the main stairs.

The main stairs have wide treads for fluid travel, and along those are my signature design monoliths: simple yet multi-functional walls. Foremostly, these walls are angled to converge and diverge circulation into capillary spaces. Those spaces are much like respites on a spiritual ascension, but also respites for people on the agnostic physical ascension. Second these walls shrink logarithmically from 20’ to 1’ tall to frame the central the holy axial procession inspired by Bernini’s Scala. Third, these walls are angled like Tesla’s one-way fluid dynamics valve to capture cooler eastern winds in the summer and obstruct hotter southwestern winds. Acoustic dampening in these walls would also enhance serenity. Furthermore, these monolithic planes could be used either for mural space or ornamental shrines. Finally the end of the main stairs opens up to emulate enlightenment as the project lofts over the community garden from which you may look back east to the lake or far west into the sunset over the prairie.

Lastly, I imagined these lower spaces to have sculptural planters vertical gardens on the bounding walls to integrate nature to this spiritual site. This space which extends under the staircase could even be a small community garden to support local residents surrounding the site. The lower area also opens up into a cool shaded space underneath the main stairs which is also the primary access from the east.

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PERSPECTIVE

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3 | S TA G E

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2 | B R O A D W AY

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stack, split, wrap | massing + program

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alley site context drawings

south section

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m e z z a n i n e f l o o r, p e r s o n a l w o r k

t o p f l o o r, n a t u r a l g r o w t h

g r o u n d f l o o r, p r o f e s s i o n a l g r o w t h

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north elevation

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south elevation

wall section

west elevation

east elevation

wall section A 0 4 A R C H 2 01 | S U S H I A L L E Y C AT E R I N G A U X I L I A R Y D W E L L I N G U N I T 07

sun studies | fenestration routines diagram

sun study interior vignettes A 0 4 A R C H 2 01 | S U S H I A L L E Y C AT E R I N G A U X I L I A R Y D W E L L I N G U N I T 0 9

work, live, grow work + life = growth

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sio l process diagrams | how ideology influences threshold gradient, work to life

gnatt chart = analog program clock | user + plan diagram A 0 4 A R C H 2 01 | S U S H I A L L E Y C AT E R I N G A U X I L I A R Y D W E L L I N G U N I T 0 6

T H R E E F L A T B R O W N S T O N E ADAPTIVE REUSE Which is more iconic in the Chicago bean or deep dish pizza? The answer maybe contentious but at the end of the day most Chicagoans go to home to live in their flats until the sun breaks over the next day. This design project is short partner intensive that imagines how an old brownstone three-flat would adapt to an evolving a.d.u alley and how to redefine what living harmoniously with your neighbors in a dense urban environment could look like. In this casemy my partner, Jumana Abu-Elreish and I started this project as a solution to our own apartment search in Bridgeport.

This neighborhood is ethnically diverse, centrally positioned to schools, stadiums, nightlife and parks. We wanted to close the gap from our flat and our community farm and kitchen a.d.u. We also visited a restaurant nearby and saw a vietnamese family caring for their mentally challenged son while customers feasted. We wanted to close their gap from their life and work. So we installed a ghost sushi catering kitchen in affiliation with ours in the basement. Lastly four of my partner’s sorority sisters were looking for their own flat. Is it even possible to accommodate these many demographics and demands in a traditional accessible affordable three flat? no. no. maybe. no. yes. what if we flipped the idea of a THREEFLAT to a THREEBLOCK?

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B R I D G E P O R T B R O W N S T O N E TETRIS BLOCK FLATS Our idea of the THREEBLOCK was inspired by the vintage videogame TETRIS. We arranged the blocks so that they would interlock and create a thriving residential microcosm all contained inside the shell of a brownstone three-flat. Our adaptive reuse approach to devleoping this project necessitated us to choose an optimal site and building for two students, two parents, one kid, and four sorority sisters. LOCATED on emerald ave. this chicago flat is 80’ by 25’ with three main floors and a basement. The location is central to Bridgeport with many amenities that best fit our user’s demands withing walking distance.

It is near schools, churches, pharmacies, the Cermak Fresh Market, and McGuane park.

We decided on an interlocking pattern that splits the Chicago flat in a tryptic horizontally as you go east from the street to the alley rather than a traditional single height horizontal planar separation of the building. This allowed us to create generous double height ceilings, and compelling vertical thresholds. The volume of a condo on the footprint of your cozy coach house.

We used a subtle difference in hue to be able to differentiate each users’ blocks.

Our first user is towards the street. A set of parents who are restaurant owners that care for their schizophrenic son. Their part is represented by the darkest of hues in the plans and section. We made these spaces with schizophrenia in mind. We did some research on certain things that may stress someone with schizophrenia out and we kept those in mind. Some things include not having many corners that you are unable to see what is behind it, we included many sensory textures that children with schizophrenia may enjoy.

Our next users are 4 sisters which include a young pair of twins with the older sisters who are their legal guardians. This user is represented by the medium dark hue in the plan and section. We made the older siblings bedrooms on the first and last floor in order for them to maintain their privacy and then the center is dedicated to the twins and kitchen.

Our last is myself and jumana. Our color is the lighter hue. Although we live together, we designed this flat with lots of work and office space to accomodate our personal and professional spaces. We are both architecture students and needed lots of room to work on projects and vibe with clients and peers.

The very darkest hue represents the shared spaces in the flat. That includes a sky lounge, a centeral garden atrium, and the basement which has a shared gym, storage, and the ghost kitchen space for the restaurant owners to cater from.

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T H R E E F L AT B R O W N S TO N E CONCEPTUAL BILLBOARDS

THREEFLAT? NO. THREEBLOCK.

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LIVE BETTER. LIVE BRIDGEPORT. LIVE TOGETHER. LIVE TETRIS A 0 4 A R C H 2 01 | T E T R I S F L AT S B R I D G E P O R T B R O W N S T O N E S A D A P T I V E R E U S E 13

SHADES OF BROWN INTERPRETIVE C O L L A G E designed and built by: Kunlé Adeyemi|NLÉ Architects analysis and documentation by: Saurav V. Ayyagari

COLOR is important, color invites diversity. I am not just talking about human diversity, but literal diversity of perception. Did you know that every human perceives color differently. No one has the same shape eyeballs and pupils so even if the same wavelength of CYMK magenta, I will always perceive an abstraction of what exists based on my all my memories and experiences with the color magenta.

Culturally every language has different words and interpretations of color. The collages explores colors found in exclusive print material.

Imbued in the creation of this collage is a scarcity that commodifies its intrinsic value higher than just pen on paper. Finding materials is tough, but balancing color swatches accurately enough to justify your abstract interpretation is tougher.

This is my interpretation of Amrita Sher Gil’s painting of “South Indian Villagers going to the Market”. I have a personal attachment to this piece unlike any other artwork because I remember my father and his best friend walking to the market just like this. There is a certain taboo cultural depth that that Amrita Gil tackles here.

And it has everything to do with color. Notice how diverse the tones of brown skin are dark apart but together bring out a much warmer spectrum of brown. Furthermore these two men for examples are of two entirely different castes. However the vibrant silk clothing the adults wear undeniably proves that these people share the same culture, despite social stigmas. I believe Amrita Sher-Gil’s interpretation is an idealization of indian society especially at that time, and I commend that progressive interpretation. I took a more authentic approach to also show the diversity abut also the rigidity of contemporary indian stigmas with the rectilinear strips in quadrants.

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canvas 26”x32”

canvas 4”x4”

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M A K O K O FLOATING SCHOOL designed and built by: Kunlé Adeyemi|NLÉ Architects analysis and documentation by: Saurav V. Ayyagari

Though many rapidly developing metropolitan enclaves lack access to safe food, water, and shelter--barrios, favelas, ghettos, south chicago--people still flock to these places for one idea: opportunity.

The Makoko Floating School exemplifies an opportunity that has hitherto only structurally dreamt of. Now the MFS is unfolding at an international scale, despite just starting as a solution to teach english in the slums of Makoko, Lagos, Nigeria. Politically disavowed and historically disgraced this community is the embodiment of innovation.

Pushed so far to the brinks of the lagoon that when mobsters came to demolish it, this community sprawled right over the water. Always meant to be a temporary solution Makoko is now a culturally rich slum that defies many assumptions. They are healthy, mostly employed, and equitable owners of real estate, unlike any other, murky lagoon water.

This precedent research assignment documents the sustainable a-frame modular bamboo construction of the MFS, the dynamic context that envelopes it, and the resilient conscientiousness of lo-fab architecture.

The isometric demonstrates the proportional capacity of light A-frame construction on the buoyant modular system recycled fish barrels. The site plan is diagrammatic to exemplify dynamic circulation through a dense floating community on a murky lagoon. Though the NLÉ often anchored MFS they designed its elevations and buoyancy system to pragmatically traverse the lagoon in emergencies. Sectionally, the three-tier pilotis clearly demonstrates a free plan. First, open for clinics.

Second for classrooms. Third for repair workshops. My parti diagram illustrates its universal form and modular application. The process diagrams show the sustainable potential of lo-fab architecture. The structural basswood model rests atop a cnc milled base that texturally resembles soft turbulence. Unfortunately, only five years old, when political tensions were almost settling a group of machete mobsters demolished Makoko Floating Structure I, but never the opportunity.

M A KO KO , L AG O S, N I G E R I A A E R I A L

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kids dancing on bouancy module

collapse, JUN 7, 2016

parti diagram

process diagram

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LINE

FIELD

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DEPTH

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ELEMENTS of design: these are the tools of our trade. These are the words are the common denominator of every spatial idea. When used appropriately these words describe much more than the spaces themselves but the personified qualities every architect attempts to embed in their concepts. These elements are the solutions of space we prescribe whether the issue is mundane and standard or grand and oblique.

The Illinois Institute of Technology owes much of its historic prestige to mies van der rohe.

Though our college of architecture and planning has evolve much further to resolve contemporary spaces, this assignment interprets composition xiii by theo van doesburg in the fundamental de stijl era.

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analyzed a square crop which illustrates the elements of design contoured the rectangles with line weights relative to the adjacent tonal contrasts, here the choice to overlap and intersect start to develop depth.

field of lines with density relative to tone, here depth shape planar value. tones define softer adjacencies here where the voids’ depths are inverted low relief model introduces a new physical dimension that intertwines concepts from the previous three drafts.

planar constructions that exaggerate design elements of the 8”x8” crop into 8” cube. Although the plan is identical. Here the depth implied in 1-5 are realized in the jarring diagonals of 6, which inform fields of vertical planes in 7 and 8.

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volumetric constructions informed by 1-7 to demonstrate every element of design with an emphasis on void and plane. Here the space is finally reached is most spatially personified form thus far.

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TRACED CELL MURAL This assignment introduces a warholian method analysis. The source was a japanese wood block painting from 1929 by kawase hasui called “the Pond at Benten shrine in Shiba”. Adobe Photoshop helped me identify unique trace samples. Through this process, I exercised elementary digital communication skills like abstraction and arrangement as I transitioned from hand-tracing to digital software. Though theses cells resemble a symmetrical garden of natural choas the negative space offers an interpretation of order amid chaos.

1x1” cells canvas 11”x17” A 01 A R C H 107 | C O L L A G E + S C U L P T U R E S M I S C E L L A N E A 21

THE ATTITUDE OF LINES This assignment demonstrates a construction method similar to sol lewitt wall artworks. The rules force the user to hand-draft lines from one edge of the 18 x 24 paper to the opposite edge. As the user continues trying to replicate the previous line accurately. This method proves that hand-drafting produces a unique attitude that can only be imitated but not replicated by digital tools. I bridged this gap as closely as possible by using an Adobe Illustrator intelligent tool.

canvas 26x32” A 0 5 A R C H 107 | C O L L A G E + S C U L P T U R E S M I S C E L L A N E A 2 2

saurav v. ayyagari B.ARCH ‘25 + M.B.A PORTFOLIO | ILLINOIS TECH

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Email: sayyagari@hawk.iit.edu LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/ayyagarisaurav/ 10 W 35th St, Chicago, IL 60616 Illinois Institute of Technology | College of Architecture