Architectural Undergraduate Portfolio

HANNAH SUCY MATHEW

Architectural Portfolio

Hi,

I’m Hannah Sucy Mathew,

a sixth semester architecture undergraduate. The endless possibilities while designing has always encouraged me to explore new concepts and design ideas though, I cannot point out which part of architecture interests me the most. Pursuing architecture has been one ride of a journey so far, of which I have tried to present in the following pages, but I do know I am having fun.

Contact details:

hannah.sucy@gmail.com

9447263088

https://www.linkedin.com/in/hannah-mathew438bb9277/

AREA OF INTEREST

Interactions between people and the design, residential design, open spaces design.

Graduated from Toc-H Public School, 2020 Ernakulam, Kerala

Bachelors in Architecture ( 3rd Year)

Department of Architecture and Planning, College of Engineering Trivandrum

Trivandrum, Kerala,

DIGITAL SKILLS

2020-25

HAND SKILLS

Conceptual sketching

Calligraphy

Hand drafting

English

Malayalam

French

Hindi

HOBBIES

•Instrumental music

•Basketball and athletics

•Travelling and going places

•Adventure

AWARDS AND COMPETITIONS

Annual NASA Design competiton 2023 - Unlearn Relearn Envision 2022

- All India Top 50 Shortlist

IGBC Design Competiton 16th Edition 2022 - Design of an Interactive 2022 Learning Spaces

- Top 16 Shortlisted

ISTE GECT 24 Hour Architectural Hackathon - Flood Resilient Design 2023

- 2nd Runner Up

Best Basketball Player in college 2022

OTHERS

Attended IDAM “Parallel Narratives” Workshop, a three day workshop on Sociology and Architecture

Participated in IIA Residential Design 4th Semester Project Presentation.

Participated in Inter-Collegiate Basketball Competitions as part of the college team

Participated in the NASA LIK Documentation Trophy

Hand sketching is always a favourite

This is a freehand sketch with multiple scenes, which is open to any interpretation. The part that interests me is how the different people with different lives are all drawn to a common point of experiencing the place. Design has to have a major role to play in every person’s life, even unknowingly.

INDEX OF PROJECTS

1. 2. 3.

DEPARTMENT OF DESIGN

4.

5.

DESIGNAN EVENING RESTAURANT AWARDS AND OTHERS

SELECTED WORKS: CAMPUS

Each studio is also provided with a balcony facing the open landscaped region Studios and workshops are aiigned around this wing of the plan

First Floor

The public core - op main entrance, mini am near staffroom

The section cutting across the slope plays with masses as each floor tapers toward the top skylight

Done by hand

An aerial view of the public core

open to the amphitheatre ooms.

IInd Basement

Ist Basement

The student workstations, canteen and library are all made to face the informal core

Done on VRay

An aerial view of the informal core. The canteen, the library, open workstations and leisure activity rooms all face this core. It is the heart of the campus, a place buzzing with activities every evening.

Done on Sketchup

The library

It has a partly outdoor and partly indoor space for reading and studying

Hand Model

1:200 scaled model

The canteen

The canteen looks into the rear side of the site. It is a place for socialising. Located near the student workstations for students to work even during late hours.

Done on Sketchup, Lumion

The public core A place of discussions, interactions, book discussions and talks all day. It is shaded from the western sun.

2. M I X E D - U S E C O M P L E X (Ongoing

semester project)

The design brief required to design a complex for commercial activites as well as for 40 apartment units.

Akkulam

Trivandrum, Kerala as a site

The skyline of Akkulam is constantly developing with the upcoming of several buildings as a ripple effect to the advent of Lulu Mall, KIMS Hospital and the Kochuveli Tourism impact.

This lead to thinking,

Can a site be self sufficient in providing living and open views? With fast development, open views may not be bound to exist only toward the outside.

A creation of a ‘community space’, that plays with mass on the first three levels.

Each unit looks out into ‘common verandas’ that act as green buffers

Every third floor will have an open space of landscaping, which brings the ground up to each home.

COMMON AREAS:

Common areas are given in double height spaces on the first three floors.Ensures community interactions.

INTERNAL COURTYARDS:

Every unit must have at least a visual access to green spaces. This is done by providing green verandahs on every third floor.

DOUBLE HEIGHT SPACES;

Apartments usually have single height spaces only, Providing alternate plans for the odd and even floors experiments with double height spaces in balconies and verandahs

THE SITE

The site is 30 metres by 170 metres. On the rear side is the canal connecting to the Akkulam Backwaters. Currently mostly surrounded by residences.

3. LIVING SPACES

SEMESTER 4

Project Type: Hypothetical residential

Area: 355 Sq.m Area:

Site Area: 650 Sq.m Site

Client: Businessman with a family Client: Businessman with a of 6

The project is to design a residence for a family of 6includes a businessman and his wife, the wife’s aged parents, and their two children.

The design challenge came along with the clause that the son was specially abled, and required wheelchair accessiblity to move freely within the home. The project is an exploration, for visibility, ease of living and fulfillment within a family home, whatever be the odds.

The residence has been divided into two levels and a mezzanine. This is done primarily to allow visibility to all parts of the home, since the client’s son is wheelchair bound and her parents are aged

Play of levels

Visual access and openness through all the levels.

Ramps

Ramps connect the first floor and the mezzanine floor. Integrated into the design, it has a full height openings and landscaping.

The informal living

It is the heart of the design, with a large open balcony, a space for hobbies, entertainment and leisure

Jalli screens

On the western side, jalli screens are placed at 45 degrees. An intimate space to read the paper in the morning or enjoy a coffee in the evening.

Mezzanine floor

The ramp runs along this facade element adorned with planters and shadows, creating a feast to the senses

Front balcony

The informal living opens into beautiful fronnt view of the site. The main aesthetic of the informal living.

4. AN EVENING RESTAURANT

(SEMESTER 3)

SELECTED WORKS: RESTAURANT

Evening Lighting

The outdoor dining is surrounded by a curve of lights which add to the ambience of the place

Landscaping

Grid landscaping done around tables creates an ambience

5. AWARDS AND OTHERS

65TH ANDC TROPHY TOP 50 SHORTLIST

Unlearn, Relearn, Envision- a design competition to reimagine a public space that has been lost to time, development and our daily lives.

A study on Sabarimala

65TH LOUIS I KHAN TROPHY: Document to Design

We got the opportunity to document the CSI Christ Church, Palayam, paying close attention to every detail, and also proposing new design ideas.

IGBC DESIGN COMPETITION 16TH EDITION

TOP 16 SHORTLIST

Designing interactive learning spaces

Following the idea o a university as a marketplace, as stated in ‘A Pattern Language”, the design revolved around the idea that anyone can give a course and anyone can learn a course.

ISTE GEC 24 HOUR HACKATHON 2ND RUNNER-UP

Designing for flood resilience in an utopian context in Alappuzha’s hamlet.

SELECTED WORKS: GROUP COMPETITIONS

INTERIOR DESIGNING EGYPTIAN RESTAURANT

As part of Semester 6 Interior Design Project syllabus.