First Year Portfolio

About

First Process

Solid Void

Sheared Shapes

Tectonic Cube Humans SLOScope paraSITE Design Village Precdent Study Pier Project Portfolio Artifact Reflection

I am a strong believer of independence. I feel that problems are best solved creatively that’s why I prefer looking at things from an unconventional perspective so I am able to discover things which are uncommon.

Being a recognized photographer & cinematographer, I have won various awards for my works & my feet have touched 12 countries.

I love using technology, which led me to discover AutoCAD at the age of five as I spent a lot of time playing around in my mother’s architectural firm in India. I enjoy observing dynamic forms & how they’re able to adapt to changes with great flexibility.

FIRST PROCESS

An Interpolated Void which combines the most abstract & contrasting photographs to show how life is a dynamic cycle of completely random elements which influence each other playfully.

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SOLID SOLID V

Wendingen, 1921

Proun 19D, 1922 Proun GB4A, 1923

I decided to base my work on Proun GB4A. The chosen artwork showcases overlaps and orthogonal intersections along with overlay in a manner which promotes the negative space to an identifiable ground. The varying thickness of the positive spaces gives the effect of the shapes being stacked onto each other. This helped in natural cantilevers and terraces for the final Plaster of Paris transition.

EL Lissitzky, 1890-1941

FIRST PROCESS

Using the power of a shearing plane, a dynamic and visually tense composition can be discovered. A feeling of gesalt is realized when various shearing planes are folded along the direction of the shearing planes.

TECTONIC CU BE

Alternation of thee positive and the negative space with patterns fighting for dominance. And their extensions acting as the top and bottom element of unity for the Tectonic Cube

HUMANS

A triangle is a very flexible and an accurate shape.

By the help of this feature a mesh can be designed which adapts to the human body during action based movements.

Spatial envelops were used to derive an analogue parametric mesh which makes the surface of a bristol paper adaptive to the muscle.

For the overall geometry, the front surface is sheared diagonally so it can occupy the uintentional space created during a front roll

SLO Scope

In order to create a joiner, one has to have a unique vision for a space, which allows one to progress with one or multiple common elements of an image.

This unique vision can be permanently created with the help of a periscope which redirects the view to a specific perspective to enhance or to hide features of the site which has an unintentional space. A joiner can be also expressed as a journey through a periscope.

paraSITE

We used our first exercise of a forced perspective as our sole inspiration for designing our paraSITE. A paraSITE can be described as a sculpture which dwells in or on a site but instead of consuming, it enchances the site. Our site was not a popularly visited one but it was an important one as many people passed through it. We wanted to create a dynamic experience which changed as people passed through it.

12:52 Natural Lighting on site

16:07 10:14 Team Members Amanda Kraynik Ivan Singh Parihar Ryan Millward Sabrina Cortez

DESIGN VILLAGE

Our site was located next to the T-shaped circulation path.

By taking the inspiration from how a “T“ is made up of two mirrored “L“s, Our structure was minimal and represented simplicity with functionality.

Team Members Ahana Kaul Emily Gonzalez Ivan Singh Parihar Roberto Dominique Gonzalez

The bamboo used is repurposed and reused as Kendo Sticks for friendly Kendo Fighting

PRECDENT STUDY

Douglas House Richard Meier MI USA

An elevated bridge leading to the house

The Douglas House, a white man made machine placed in the natural woods

Natural Light from the light well which seperates the functions and adds natural contrast to the interiors

A double volume living room with a chimney and a balcony which overlooks the lake

Curvilinear cut through the floor slabs which brings in the natural light for the lower floors

The west facing facade which comprises up of concrete and glass. The chimneys are made of steel pipes

However this contrast fades away during the winter season

The colorlessness of the house shows the dual nature, specially its contrast with the nature

The theme of “reversal” or “dual phenomenon” in the “duality“ in the external reading of the house: The lake side is open to enhance the natural views and the side opposite to it which faces the road is closed to enhance privacy

The experience of entering the house from above and to be able to go all the way down corresponds to the experience of entering a valley and residing in its foothill

The house has certain features which allows the interaction with immediate surroundings

Winters

Summers

Contrast & Camouflage

Floor Slab

Concrete Columns for Private Zone

Steel Columns for Public Zone

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Circulation 3 2

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Types of Circulation Horizontal

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2 Private Zone Transitional Axis along North-South Public Zone

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1 Cellular arrangement of Private Zone

Introduction of curves in a rectangular geometry helps to identify the circulation of the house thus adding contrast to the primary geometry of the house

Light Well

Richard Meier

is a recongnized architect who was born on October 12 of 1934, in Newark, New Jersey, in the U.S.A among the nucleus of a jewish family. He went to the University of Cornell for studying architecture, and he gradueated in 1957. He started up his professional career, first working in the office Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, and then for the architect Marcel Breuer. In 1963, he founded his own designing office in New York city, which is now known as “Richard Meier &Partnerners”.

He has received the highest honors in the field including the Pritzker Prize for Architecture, the Gold Medals of the American Institute of Architects and the Royal Institute of British Architects, Awarded by the American Academy of Arts and Letters with the Gold Medal for Architecture, as well as the Praemium Imperiale from the Japan Art Association.

Harmonious proportion and scale are fundamental considerations in his work. Underlying a fluid imaginative conceptual approach to any project is the rational organization of building components based on geometric proportioning systems derived from the golden section employed by the Greeks and the Romans.

Richard Meier had the opportunity of learning from Le Corbusier´s designing ideals, that is mainly why Meier applies a designing style similiar to Le Corbusier’s styles. One of those ideals that Meier use to apply on his designs is the five points of the modern arquitecture that Le Corbusier established for a new architecture. Also, Meier applies a concept that Le Corbusier denominated as “the masterly, correct and magnificient play of forms in light” (Le Corbusier), by making the elements of the composition to create different forms from its interaction with contrats of light.

Finally, the last but not the less important, is Meier’s style of using the white as the main color of his composition, which what he rest value to the type of material and make the spectator to focus totally at the masterpiece, regardless its surroundings.

Natural light is a most fundamental element central to all his work, and is as much a building material as concrete and stone. It is manipulated to shape space, lend spirit, mark the passage of time and presence of the sky, all elements essential to a rich architectural experience. His obsession with light simultaneously includes an ambition to utilize the immediacy of natural light and to integrate both proven traditional methods and new technologies to harvest it.

“White is the most wonderful color because within it you can see all the colors of the rainbow. The whiteness of white is never just white; it is almost always transformed by light and that which is changing; the sky, the clouds, the sun and the moon.”

Douglas House Richard Meier MI USA, 1973 Floors

Cal Poly|Arch 133|Spring 2017|Ivan Singh Parihar

Light Well

Circulation

PIER PROJECT

• Concept/Parameters Statement

A site on the pier which has two widths and two levels, creates not only a variable and an occupiable space but also gives different perspective to observe the dynamic surroundings

Team Members Christopher Raffetto Ivan Singh Parihar Serah Kallerackal Serena Reeves

Over the past 9 months, I have evolved from an individual without a background of arts and craft in to an individual who enjoys being surrounded by art. Now I am someone who is able to appreciate things around him in a better way.

My perspective towards life has changed significantly as I am able to observe things from a positive and an underlying perspective. In these 9 months, I experienced a variety of emotions and a variety of situations which has given me a persistent confidence about being able to execute anything which is thrown at me. I am now habitual to follow a process and not to just jump onto the final stage.

The most interesting project was the Pier Project as it was the project which gave me the most direct experience with architecture. I learned Rhinoceros the best as I practiced executing all my models in Rhino since the first project. During Fall, I was unfamiliar with a lot of tools and methods and took excessive time to do things. I struggled a lot with high craft and abstract graphics. At the end of this year, I have become far more efficient in terms of design and execution.