Architecture Portfolio

DhilnaParveen ART • ARCHITECTURE

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Hello,

If I had to talk about myself, I would say I am an artist first and only then an architect. I have always found any form of art and the effect it has on the human mind to be quite intriguing. Architecture to me is this fascinating way of art where one is able to decide what effect a space has on every single person who walks through it. To be able to see something go from being a sketch on a piece of paper to a tangible, living, breathing space is something that never fails to excite me.

This portfolio is a collection of what I would like to express through architecture as a form of art, Hope you have a good time : )

Education

Software Skills

Bachelor of Architecture (B.Arch)

Lumion • • • • •

National Institute of Technology Calicut (2017-Present)

Autodesk AutoCAD • • • • •

All India Senior School Certificate Exam Silver Hills Public School (Batch of 2015-16) CBSE - 90.65%

SketchUp • • • • • Adobe Photoshop • • • • •

All India Secondary School Exam

Adobe Illustrator • • • • •

Silver Hills Public School (2014) CBSE - CGPA 9.6

Adobe Lightroom • • • • • Autodesk Revit • • • • •

Positions of Responsibilty

Other Skills

Event Coordinator

Adizya’19, NITC architecture fest

Photography

Head Illustrator

Sketching Event Management Model Making Painting

Languages English Malayalam Hindi

Magazine Committee 2020, NIT Calicut

Dhilna Parveen

Joint Secretary

Audio Visual Club, NIT Calicut (2019-20)

Senior Executive

Tathva’19, NITC Techno-Management fest

Junior Executive

Ragam’20, NITC Cultural fest

Student Organizer

Thanima’20, Architecture fest

Organizing Committee

NITC Main Canteen renovation

Publications & Achievements Contact +91 85474 32255 dhilnaparveendp@gmail.com linkedin.com/in/dhilna-parveen-7966111b5/ @dhilnaparveen

VEMÖDALEN

NITC annual magazine, 2019

NIVRITI

Himachal Pradesh field visit documentation, 2019

REUBENS TROPHY

Paintings and Design sheets displayed, 2018

THANIMA

Paper on Traditional Architecture shortlisted, 2020

What matters is what’s on the 81 Inside

The N

01 The Tent

17 The Courtyard 35 The Woods

Neighbourhood

103

a luxury holiday home

a learning abode

a nature retreat

a community living

Miscellaneous

working drawing • documentary

The Tent a luxury holiday home

/04 - Site Synopsis • Design Brief

Location : Kadalundi, Kozhikode, Kerala Site Area : 1116 sqm The site is located on the banks of river kadalundi with a lush foliage surrounding the premises and a scenic view of the river itself.

Project brief : Design a modern luxury holiday home for a family of four to get away from the hustle and bustle of the city incorporating the natural flow and features of the site.

/05 - Concept

The inspiration for this project was drawn out of the desire to represent an unadorned beach house vernacular that imitates a built tent rather than a designed urban house. A sustainable and spacious home that blurs the lines between interior and exterior space. In the center of the living area, a lush green patio is placed and floor to ceiling sliding doors give open views to the surrounding garden and swimming pool. All to bring the architecture and interior design into a seamless unity.

/08 - Plans

Roof Plan

1. Garage 2. Bedrooms 3. Bathroom 1 4. Patio 1 5. Kitchen 6. Dining 7. Living Room 8. Patio 2 9. Storage 10. Bath 2 11. Closet 12. Master Bedroom Floor Plan

/09 - Section

A monolithic, four-metre-wide timber pivot wall rotates to join the room with the outdoor terrace.

In this way, the living space spills out sideways into an expanded informal space.

It brings to mind the simplicity of the traditionally rugged and unadorned beach house vernacular while keeping in mind the modern day necessities and luxuries.

wall : stone tile cladding

floor : hard wood finish

wall : dark timber boards

ceiling : wooden boards

Master Bedroom

/13 - Elevations

floor : stone mosaic tiles

roof : slate tiles

floor : light wooden paver

floor : dark wooden paver

The four pavilions of the holiday home are interlinked with decked terraces and moving walls.

The entire building opens out into a frontdoor garden while remaining more private to the other side.

The central living room is walled entirely with dark timber boards and can be transformed from an intimate space into an open one with the help of the moving walls.

The Courtyard a learning abode

/20 - Site Synopsis • Design Brief

Location : Nazharkuzhi, Kozhikode, Kerala Site Area : 4379 sqm The available site lies within an existing school compound with three different levels of contour.

Project brief : To renovate and reconstruct the oldest (administrative) block of the school to accommodate more facilities and upgrade the spatial quality.

ROAD

1. Academic Block 2. Administrative Block 3. Central Courtyard 4. Stage

5. Library 6. Basketball Court 7. Existing Academic Block 8. Existing Toilet

/21 - Concept

The idea of ‘Gurukul’ or a learning tree is deep rooted in our culture and traditions dating way back to our ancestors. It was sitting under these trees that knowledge was first gained and spread. The core concept of the design was to bring this tradition alive in the modern day education system and infuse it into a learning experience like nothing else.

1. Classroom 2. Corridor 3. Central Courtyard 4. Reception 5. H.M.’s room 6. Staff Room 7. Toilets 8. Library Block 9. Stage

1. Classroom 2. Corridor 3. Co-Curricular Studio 4. Toilet 5. Library 6. Seating area

/25 - Plan

ceiling : terracota finish

wall : coloured brick

floor : terracota porcelain tiles

/27 - Section

With wide set corridors, pillars and traditional jali walls the architecture style follows traditional methods as well. The central courtyard with one single tree represents the source of knowledge and the classrooms surrounding it represents the traditional way students sat around it.

/29 - Sections

ceiling : terracota finish

pillar : timber

floor : terracota porcelain tiles

stair : unpolished stone finish

wall : coloured brick

floor : exposed concrete

ceiling : terracota finish

floor : terracota porcelain tiles

stairs : unpolished stone finish

/32 - Elevations

Every single room is designed with doors on both sides connecting to the corridors and large windows and jalli walls covering them so as to incorporate an ambience of holistic outdoor learning during regular indoor course work.

As a whole the school is designed to stand for and represent traditional learning values and hence the concept of a learning tree.

The Woods a nature retreat

Location : Wayan Site Area : 8695

The site holds a h diverse tribal com it makes for a gre present within.

Project brief : To of the locality int

nad, Kozhikode, Kerala 55 sqm

huge amount of cultural significance due to its location which houses a mmunity. Filled with lush greenery and a stream of water running across, eat site to incorporate the different contours and natural structures

o construct a luxury eco retreat with the essence of the art and heritage tegrated into the design.

1. Main Entrance 2. Main Block 3. Pavilion 4. Recreational Block 5. Accommodation

6. Pool 7. Cottage 8. Restaurant 9. Staff House 10. Service Entrance

/39 - Concept

Throughout human history nature has always been an integral part in evolution where man has been one with nature and nature provided. We’ve come a long way in that aspect and this resort was designed to bring that dynamic back. Every building is designed incorporating nature’s essence into the resort.

/41 - Plans

1. Lounge and Reception 2. Store Room 3. Accounting 4. House Keeping manager’s room 5. Manager’s room 6. Deputy Manager’s room 7. General Manager’s room 8. Chairperson’s room

Ground Floor Plan

1. Meeting Hall 2. Legal Department 3. Engineering Department 4. Administrative Staff room

First Floor Plan

/44 - Plan

Roof Plan

The Main Block houses the reception and the various administrative offices on two floors which are laid out on four sides of the central courtyard with a pond. The fully air conditioned guest lounge with a fireplace imbibes a sense of warmth amidst the cold weather of the location. The building acts a segway into the concept of ecological conservation and being integrated with nature itself

/46 - Sections

floor : polished cement plaster tile

ceiling : polished concrete

wall : dark timber boards

/47 - Elevation

wall : limestone cladding

floor : concrete tile

roof : slate tiles

/50 - Plans

Floor Plan

Roof Plan

/51 - Section

wall : exposed concrete

floor : terracota

ceiling : wooden boards

pillar : dark timber

/52 - Elevation

A space to showcase the indigenous artwork, the art pavilion was designed with the idea of a traditional household with a central courtyard that acts as a water curtain during rain and provides the guests with a relaxing environment to observe.

/54 - Plans

1. Terrace 2. Bedroom cum Living 3. Mini Kitchen 4. Outdoor Shower 5. Bathroom 6. W.C. 7. Closet

Floor Plan

Roof Plan

wall : thatched bamboo

deck : hardwood

floor : hardwood

wall : wooden boards

/57 - ElevationS

Each cottage is completely made of timber giving the guests the experience of a cabin in the woods while at the same time sticking to the resort’s ideology of tradition and conservation. It is designed to take full advantage of the surrounding scenic beauty to open the view and adapt.

/60 - Plans

Roof Plan

1. Terrace 2. Bedroom 3. Bathroom 4. Suite room 5. Living 6. Closet

First Floor Plan

1. Terrace 2. Bedroom 3. Bathroom 4. Suite room 5. Living 6. Closet Ground Floor Plan

wall : stone tile cladding

wall : polished cement plaster

floor : terracota porcelain tile

/63 - Elevation

The hotel was designed to closely resemble the cottages. Each room is attached to a balcony giving an elevated outdoor experience in an indoor space.

The spaces are designed with materials that are raw and organic providing a feeling of balance with nature taking one back to our roots.

/65 - Plans

Roof Plan

1. A/C Dine-in 2. washroom 3. BAR

First Floor Plan

1. Non A/C Dine-in 2. washroom 3. kitchen

Ground Floor Plan

/68 - Section

ceiling : terracota finish

wall : textured cement plaster

floor : terracota porcelain finish

/69 - Elevations

The two floor restaurant provides the guests an outdoor dining experience with tables placed in semi open balconies and the adjoining stream makes for a great view and ambience as well.

The first floor contains an inhouse bar and an A/C dining room for those seeking a more private dining experience.

ceiling : terracota finish

wall : textured cement plaster

floor : terracota porcelain finish

/72 - Plan

1. Gymnasium 2. Game room 3. Reading Corner

Ground Floor Plan

/73 - Plans

First Floor Plan (Meditation Space)

ceiling : concrete

floor : exposed concrete

wall : textured cladding

/77 - Elevations

The Recreation centre houses a gymnasium, spa and a multipurpose hall which makes it great to conduct parties and social gatherings of sorts.

The pool was designed to be integrated along with the natural terrain of the location, with expansive openings and wide arches it showcases the traditional pubic bath with a modern touch.

floor : exposed concrete

pavement : stone tile

wall : timber boards

/80 - Plan

The Neighbourhood a community living

/84 - Site Synopsis • Design Brief

Location : Kunnamangalam, Kozhikode, Kerala Site Area : 4000 sqm The site is located in the premises of National Institute of Technology Calicut making it a highly active residential area. It contains plenty of vegetation and has good accessibility despite being slightly sloped.

Project brief : To design a low rise apartment for the occupancy of workers, staff and students in and around the college campus.

/85 - Concept

The concept behind the apartment complex is to provide a feeling of community living with interconnecting spaces while simultaneously promoting a friendly neighborhood interaction caused by the placement and accessibility of each individual unit.The design incorporates wide open balconies and courtyards letting in natural lighting and ventilation which transform the spaces into an open living dynamic.

/88 - Plan

1. Lobby 2. Gym 3. Multipurpose Hall

Ground Floor Plan

/89 - Plan

1. Corridor 2. 2 BHK 3. 3 BHK

Typical Floor Plan

/91 - Plan

1. Lobby 2. Terrace 3. Pool 4. Changing room

Terrace Plan

Roof Plan

1. Kitchen 2. Balcony 3. Passage 4. Living 5. Open Courtyard 6. Bathroom 7. Dressing 8. Bedroom

2 BHK

1. Living 2. Balcony 3. Passage 4. Kitchen-Dining 5. Dressing 6. Bath 7. Bedroom

3 BHK

The Intention was to create a space that was minimal and at the same time, tactile. So a majority of the materials chosen were done based on how well the textures felt.

The living space flows into the dining area, with a floor seating dining table and an open kitchen making the house appear larger which further connects to a reading and entertainment corner.

/98 - Sections

roof : concrete

wall : exposed brick

deck : polished wood

/99 - Elevations

floor : polished concrete

wall : textred concrete

wall : exposed brick

The interior takes white and grey undertones, both of which create an overarching harmony, which is then accented with highlights of wood and brass and blue coloured furniture.

Leading away from the generic chic finished urban homes, a conscious choice was made to keep the ‘end product’ unfinished; to make the house a getaway in the middle of the daily work life rush, similar to the natural ever-changing sense of space of a vernacular apartment.

Working Drawings (Apartment)

Typical Floor Plan

Ground Floor Plan

Typical Floor Plan - Electrical Layout

Column Footing Layout

Slab Layout Plan (Scale 1:50)

Detail A (Scale 1:10) STAIRCASE DETAILS

Section (Scale 1:50)

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/106 - Documentary

THE SHIFT While we were there admiring the vernacular architectureure of the Himalayas, we were also quite surprised to see that this was largely falling into desuetude, and the kath-khuni buildings we saw were ancient and outdated. They were being replaced by brock and concrete buildings, much like the rest of the world, and this is not without reason. For all the merits of this architectural style has to offer, it requires about 20 deodar trees to be cut per house, which is never a good thing. For this reason, the government has restricted the construction of more of these houses. It is quite tragicomic that while we sought to learn the methods and art of their style, they were all the while slowly drifting towards ours.

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