On a Journey
Architecture Portfolio
About Me Exploring new materials has always been my interest. Working closely with material such as Bamboo and Concrete have given me aspects of two completely different form of material. Along with it I have worked with Timber, Mud and Rammed Earth. This continuous exploration of materials and coming up with joineries to combine them together is important to me in design. I believe that surrounding context is as essential as the built form itself. I am keen to learn about construction sequence, process and details and integration of surroundings to the building form and spaces.
Skill Set Hands On Sketching Model Making Carpentry Casting Photography
Deep Ravi Varma Institute of Design,Environment & Architecture Indus University, Ahmedabad deepvarma.13.barch@idea.indusuni.ac.in deep.varma.140895@gmail.com +91 87 58 50 3609 +91 98 79 11 4560
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Microsoft Office Autocad Google Sketch up Adobe Photoshop Adobe Illustrator Adobe InDesign Rhinoceros
Vernacular Architecture of Kutch Narrative of Naddi and Bal Poetics of Bamboo: Bali, Indonesia Watering through YesterYears, Jaipur Material Exploration Bamboo Workshop Photography
CONTENT Material Studio..................................................................................... ....1 Re-Source Housing Studio..................................................................3 Studio House Design...........................................................................5 Artist House Studio..............................................................................6 Working Drawing................................................................................. 7 Kita Gรถttingen......................................................................................9 Blue-Building Design..........................................................................10 Technical Drawings............................................................................11 Basic Design......................................................................................13 Workshop...........................................................................................16 Poetics of Bamboo.............................................................................17 Narratives of Naddi and Bal...............................................................19 Sketching...........................................................................................21 Photography...................................................................................... 22
Material Studio Precast Concrete:
The Concept of Precast Structures, also known as prefabricated/modular structures, is that the structural components are standardized and are only assembled on the site.
A Slice of Fresh Cake: Cube Construction
Material: Modular Blocks . Constructing a cube of 15cm x 15 cm. Using a single self-evolving module . Evolving at corners, sides and in between spaces. Creating an interlocking System . Play of Mass and Void. Shadow effects due to Mass and Void . Process Models
Redesign Existing Built Form: Taking a traditional Kutch house of Gujarat, a bhunga and designing it using only modular/precast blocks. The openings are made by subtracting the modules from the rhythmic pattern. Following a lego joinery to keep the building a form of dry construction technique. The module evolves itself to give a clean flushed opening for the door.
1 : 1 Scale Lego Joinery
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Odd Courses
Even Courses
New Elevation
Material Studio
A Journey towards the site: The Site is situated in the old city .The site is rich in flora, something that its neighbors are sparse of. The bungalows on the periphery acting as compound walls and the high storey apartments that surround the site guarding it with its cool shade.
Analysis
Joinery Details
Orientation
Casting process
Detailed Module repetition
Generating a Programme
Site
Material Studio
In an urge to design an institute that would home the development of a particular material, in this case, it being Precast Concrete. The institute itself is a dominating structure made of precast concrete modules that are assembled using its unique joineries and methodology. With a single module evolving in scale and at times in volume to get in different kind of light and to house different sets of activities throughout the day. The program is about how the institute works in the development and understanding of the material. Not so formal in its character yet a discipline that governs the relationship between the architects and the artisans and sometimes even students. 2
Re-Source Housing Studio
In an attempt to create a housing community that works together as one single unit in managing a particular resouce, in this case water, a programme of low cost housing community was set up. The community collects rain water, harvests it and further optimises its use.
The Site: Anhilwad Patan With an annual average rainfall of 500mm. The daily needs of water are met by digging bore-wells that is decreasing the water table of the whole area. This Community focuses on Rainwater Harvesting methods and even optimal use of water by treating and recycling and reusing both Grey and Black water. The site has a strong historic context of Rani-Ki-Vav and The Sahastralinga Talav. They are nationally renowned water structures built in the ages of the kings for the purpose of storing and treating water and further using it for daily use by the people.
Site Model
Rani Ki Vav
The Site 3
Sahastralinga Talav
Rani Ki Vav
Sahastralinga Talav
Re-Source Housing Studio
Site Section
Model
Concept
Re-Source Housing Studio
Model
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Studio House Design Piet Mondrian : Painter
Mondrian was a contributor to the De Stijl art movement and group, which was founded by Theo van Doesburg. He evolved a non-representational form which he termed neoplasticism. This consisted of white ground, upon which he painted a grid of vertical and horizontal black lines and the three primary colors.
View 1
Final Model
Exhibition Models View 2
Drawing
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View 3
View 4
Studio House Design
Artist House Studio
The Task at hand was to design a residence for an artist. Being a self-employed person an artist’s daily routine patterns of using spaces in his house are very different to that of any mundane person. Manglore Tiles
RCC Beam
Wall Plate
RCC Lintel
Internal Plaster
Ground Floor Plan
First Floor Plan
External Plaster 100mm PCC 65mm Thick Flooring Brick Bat Concrete 15mm Water Proofing
Chajja Ventilation Window Aluminum Frame
65mm Floor RCC Slab 65mm Thick Flooring
Wall Section Section Wall
Artist House Studio
Model
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Working Drawing Taking forward the Material Studio Project for working drawings. Major challenge was to come up with different Precast Concrete Joineries. Resolving all the details using sketches before touching any drafting software was a good way to go about it.
Here are a few details
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Working Drawing
Studio - Institution
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Precast Concrete Steps
CONTACT NUMBER KEY PLAN
Handrail
820
1000
25MM Thick Polished Kota Stone Flooring - 1000MM x 820MM
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M
01 A232 START POINT
200MM Thick Precast Concrete Enclosure walls
900
900
900
CLIENT NAME
ADDRESS EMAIL ID CONTACT NUMBER GENERAL NOTES
Sliding Door
900
25MM Thick Polished Kota Stone - 900MM x 900MM 35MM Thick Polished Kota Stone Skirting 10MM Thick Cement Slurry
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DOOR AND WINDOW SCHEDU
O 300MM x 300MM Precast Concrete Column
2MM Cement Slurry Groove between 2 Kota Stones
CONSULTANTS
Q
21658
600
600
START POINT
PLUMBI
CONTACT NO.-
CONTACT
ADDRESS-
ADDRESS
MECHANICAL-
ELECTR
CONTACT NO.-
CONTACT
ADDRESS-
ADDRESS
SR.NO
10MM Thick Matt Finished Vitrified Tiles - 300MM x 300MM
02 300 A232
Ventilation Window 04 A233
START POINT START POINT
18MM Thick Granite Stone Threshold
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01 UNIT FLOORING PLAN A231 SCALE 1:50
Working Drawing
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ADDRESS EMAIL ID CONTACT NUMBER
DRAWING NAME-UNIT FLOOR DRAWING NO.- A231
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20
DRAWING NO.
ARCHITECT'S NAME
16920
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REVISION NO.
R
300
300
300
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STRUCTURAL-
REVISION TABLE
600
03 A233
600
Q
SCALE - 1:50
DRAWN BYCHECKED BYSTAMP
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Kita Gรถttingen - Despang Architekten Case Study for Precast concrete Material. Kita Gรถttingen is a kindergarten school designed by Despang Architekten. The whole structure is only assembled on site using interlocking joineries and sealant joints for concrete to concrete joinery.
Final Model
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Precast Concrete Beam
300
Top of Slab Lvl +4124mm
View 1 Precast Concrete Slab 1504
Top of Slab Lvl +3100mm Recess for Beam Lvl +2878mm
Lintel Lvl +2320mm 4024 3504
Lap Joint Between 2 Wall Panels
1500
20mm Thick Toughened Glass 15mm Nut Bolt with 0.7mm Threads
Sill Lvl +2320mm
40mm Spruce Wood Bolted to Wall
500
Sill Lvl +840mm
Plinth Lvl +340mm P.C.C. Lvl +100mm Ground Lvl +0.00mm
220
100mm Notch/Grouting 240mm Precast Concrete Plinth 100mm Plane Cement Concrete
220
240mm Thick Precast Concrete Wall Panel
Compact Earth 450
View 2 Drawing
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790
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790
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250 200 250
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500 3000
810
280 160
7680
Kita Gรถttingen
Blue - Building Design Cherrapunji
North Elevation
Conceptual Section
South Elevation
Calculations Being the wettest place in the world with having an annual average rainfall of 11,500mm. Still struggling with the requirement of portable water. This Designed community self sustains in terms of portable water and electricity.
Plans
Blue - Building Design
Requirement for water per person a day =135l 135 x 365days x 20people = 9,85,500l is the annual requirement. Area of site = 500sqm. Average rainfall = 11,000mm rainwater harvested = 500 x 11,000 x (0.52 x 0.8)coefficient = 22,88,000l Total consumption = 25kwh per house x 365 days = 9125units energy produced = 22,88,000l x 14.4l water generating 1kwh = 15,888units
Top View
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Technical Drawings This model shows all the layers in the sequence of construction.
This is a 1:1 Scale model of a Bathroom Ventilation Window. All the details and process of construction are covered as it is made of actual material.
This model consists all the layers of sequences of construction from structure to finishes.
This sheet contains the details for the 1:1 Scale model of a Bathroom Ventilation Window. This sheet consists of a plan and its subsequent section.
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Technical
Technical
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Basic Design To develop the basic skill set of design, expression, the thinking process and model making. These are the following exercises done to up bring those skill sets.
Playing with the volume on a strict interconnected geometry.
Interactive Cube Design Abstraction using cubes and prisms. Further, using gelatin paper to give it a meaning. 13
Basic Design
Understanding the scale and proportion of different elements and how they respond to our human body in terms of dominance. Further making a 1:10 scale model of our own body to understand the human proportion system.
Designing a kiosk. to accomodate 10 people. The context chosen is that of a beach hence the kiosk is open, semi-open and closed at the same time
Basic Design
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Basic Design
Taking inspiration form M.C.Escher and developing our own interlocking tranformation painting.
Taking a Human Face and slicing it down vertically. to form layers such as contours.
Taking a cube and developing it as a single surface instead of its 6 conventional surfaces. This is done by drawing as well as puncturing on the cube 15
Basic Design
Workshop
Bamboo Workshop
This is a collective workshop where we learn basics of Bamboo as a material. Further, the bamboo shed was constructed by us. understanding the sequence and process of construction in nonconventional mmaterial like bamboo.
Various Joineries were explored and created to understand the material and develop the hand skills before the actual construction of the shed.
Workshop
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Poetics of Bamboo Tensegrity : Bali, Indonesia Tensegrity is a design principle that applies when a discontinuous set of compression elements is opposed and balanced by a continuous tensile force, thereby creating an internal Pre-stress that stabilizes the entire structure.
Details
Timber Sections used
Tensegrity Model 2
Tensegrity Bamboo Model
Tensegrity Model
Tools used
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Poetics of Bamboo
Mock up Model
Detail
1:1 Scale Model
Process Photos
Poetics of Bamboo
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Narratives of Naddi and Bal
Naddi Village
This is a related study project that took place in Himachal Pradesh. Over 65 houses were documented that made three clusters of Naddi Village. Further, the village of Bal was also documented. The key feature of documentation is that all the drawings are free hand.
House No. 7 Ground Floor Plan
Ground Floor Site Plan
House No. 7 First Floor Plan
Roof Site Plan
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House No. 7 Section
Narratives of Naddi and Bal
Bal Village
Ground Floor Plan
Site Plan
First Floor Plan
Section 2
Section 1
Narratives of Naddi and Bal
Section 3
Roof Plan
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Sketching
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Sketching
Photography I believe in making a photograpgh instead of taking one. It is not about capturing it but composing it. To do so one must act fast and have the skill to anticipate not only a moving object but also a stationary one.
Architectural Photography We know that a built structure communicates a lot of things such as power and technology. These are topped all over by aesthetics and the way of articulation of the building. Architectural photography tries to capture not only the above mentioned but even the small details and joineries that have been worked out by fellow Architects. Sometimes architectural photography also captures the essence and pure abstraction of a particular object. It is the skill of the photographer that conveys not only the buildings form and design but also the emotions, patterns and its surrounding context.
Photography
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Journey Continues...