John Solomon Arul | Architecture Portfolio | Vol 1

a r c h it e ct u r a l

p o rt f o l i o 2018-2022

john solomon arul

“ Every science begins as philoso hypothesis and flows into achi

This portfolio represents a process of beco which paves its own path into what lies ahea this journey of self-discovery whom now h tionary phenomena of architecture, so has new revelation and process.

ophy and ends as art; It arises in ievement.”

-Will Durant

oming. A journey through time and circumstance ad. This goes out to all those who were part of have become a part of my becoming. As the evolubeen this journey of becoming, full of exciting

To Becoming...

4 curriculum vitae

John Solomon Arul, twenty-two, pursuing architecture with an ever-growing fascination of expression in all of its forms, deeply believes that at the core of each and every creation, is a story waiting to unfold, that flows seamlessly through the streams of circumstance, only to find its way into an ocean of purpose for the world to taste and cherish in its perfect time. born, 13th jan, 2000 johnsolomonarul13@gmail.com 7358744422

Proficiency Education

Software

Frank Anthony Public School,Bangalore 1ST to 8th grade

3D Modeling and visualization Sketchup, Blender, Rhino with grasshopper Lumion, Vray, Enscape, Twinmotion

The Velammal International School, School Bodhi Campus Ponneri, Chennai 11th to 12th grade

Line Drawings Autocad, Revit

School of Architecture, Dayanand Sagar Academy of Technology and Management Bangalore 2018 to present

Digital Imaging Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, Indesign Hard Skills Model Making, Sketching, Drafting

Languages Known

Personality Traits

English-Professional Tamil-Mother Tongue Kannada, Hindi- Basic

Leadership Design Thinking Oration Narrative Writing

Experience

Workshops

design competitions DOCEXDOCE-Activating Duplitectures- Sub continental-48 hour Design challenge-2020

“Living with nature”-Annual National Convention Game Design

The Brewed Bar - An Urban Coffeehouse Design Challenge by Archmello-2022

game design - introduction to unreal engine

Laurie Baker Trophy- A Public Healthcare Centre 2021 Annual National Design Competition- Bus terminal in a post pandemic world, 2021, Deployable and mobile settlements for construction workers,2022

Karmic Design thinking - IIT Madras, NPTEL (Elite Distinction) Entrepreneurship and I.P strategy- IIT Rourkela (Gold Distinction) Innovation by design-IIT Bombay (Completed)

Professional Practise

Interned at Murali Architects, Chennai for 2 months, 2020.

Achievements Elected as the student body representative of SOA DSATM-2019-2021 honourary mention under top 10 - Architectural journalism Zonasa-2019 Published author-first author publishment- (co-author for Inkfeathers-subconscious feathers) Shortlisted and qualified under top 84 entries for the Annual National Design Competition 2019- Bus terminal in a post pandemic world, 2020- Deployable and mobile settlements for construction workers

He who seeks truth shall find beauty, He who seeks beauty shall find vanity.

He who seeks order shall find gratification, He who seeks gratification shall be disappointed.

He who considers himself a servant of his fellow beings shall find the joy of self-expression, He who seeks self-expression shall fall into the pit of arrogance.

Arrogance is incompatible with nature, Through nature, the nature of the universe and the nature of man; we shall seek truth.

If we seek truth we shall find beauty.

-Moshe Safdie

Content 01 Sky high

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02 All Yours

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03 One with the wave

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04 A Safe Retreat

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05 A Bit more about me

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06 Extra-Curricular

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An urban Skywalk

An avant-Garde Art Campus

A performative Aquatic arena

Interior Design

Interests, Hobbies

Internship Work, Competitions

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sky high

sky high An urban skywalk

ACADEMIC PROJECT: PROJECT: 8TH SEMESTER, 2022 SITE: ashoka nagar road, mysore PROGRAM: urban skywalk site area: 25,000sqm MENTORS: AR.monica sharma, ar.piyush pant, ar.manali basu, ar.vivek

the sky was never the limit the ashoka road, mysore lies at a corridor belt between the mysore palace and philomena catheral which attracts heavy pedestrian and vehicular footfall, making it a highly valued commercial hub. the proposed skywalk provides a universal platform which could be used as the city’s agglomeration point.

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12 sky high

“the point of cities is the multipl complex and highly developed fo

licity of choice. they represent a orm of order.”

-jane jacobs

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pavilions in abando

demarcation of urban

comm

bird’s eye view of sky high

oned sites

observatory serving vertical circulation

n fabric

mercial buildings

pylons anchoring the skywalk

integration with urban fabric

abandoned spaces

intervened roof terraces

east facing elevational view indicating sculpted skyline

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identification of the commercialised ashoka nagar road as a potential intervention for a skywalk

identification of the commercialised ashoka nagar road as a potential intervention for a skywalk

use of abandoned spaces as a ground for structural supports, at the same time providing pavilions as a breathing buffer for the street.

connecting and integrating programs to the skywalk adressing the core concerns of ashok nagar

axonometric of sky-high with urban fabric

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All Yours An Avant-Garde Art Campus

ACADEMIC PROJECT: 6TH SEMESTER- 2020 SITE: Rajarajeshwari Nagar, Bangalore PROGRAM: an AVANT-GARDE ART CAMPUS MENTORS: AR. VAGESH NAGANUR, AR.MAMATHA, AR.RADHA DHAWAD, AR.ANUSHRUTHI

What really is Art? A QUESTION THAT PIONEERS OF EACH ERA SOAK THEMSELVES IN ONLY TO FIND THEMSELVES DIVING HEAD FIRST INTO THE MIDST OF AN EVER DEEP WELL OF LONGING FOR THE TRUTH. Perhaps art is where authenticity of one’s entire self, right from their absolute unique personality meets the realm of the universe binding all this energy into a single force.

Maybe that’s what its really about; to know that everything we can sensibly perceive in this universe is from the same thread of energy that hold everything in place.

If artists of the ages possibly grasped anything; it’s that through tapping into this universal energy while holding onto a part of that same energy into their being, is when they fulfill their true purpose.

“The aesthetics of the av an act and the actor a st

vant-garde makes the stage tage.”

-Kenneth Koch

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24 all your’s campus

a spread of dense residential activity around the site. Therefore, using the site dynamics as a buffer

sculpting a landscape that promotes oneness with the site and forming a central focal point.

forming 3 main blocks holding academic, recreational and administrational activities

provision of pedestrian and vehicular circulation along with a programatic distribution.

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28 all your’s campus

exploded view of the all yours campus

30 one with the wave

One with the wave a pERFORMATIVE AQUATIC ARENA

ACADEMIC PROJECT: 7TH SEMESTER, 2021 SITE: VIRGIN ISLET OF NAYAR KUDRU, MANGALORE PROGRAM: PERFORMATIVE AQUATIC ARENA MENTORS: AR. SHEERAZ , AR.MONICA SHARMA, ar.Shakthi saravanan, ar.aparna

Walking on water The spiritual meaning of water is evident in it’s form and sound. Like the crashing ocean waves, the serene river, the roaring waterfall, and the drizzling rain.

This depicts the flexibility and the changing nature of water. To be like water, we need to be fluid; we need to change and grow from the circumstances of life. Furthermore, we need to imbibe the formless, calm, and conscious nature of the water.

“A building is alive, like a man. truth, it’s one single theme, an

Its integrity is to follow its own nd to serve its own single purpose.”

-Ayn Rand , The Fountainhead

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36 one with the wave

situated at the brink of a shore. sculpting an envelope to optimise the environmental dynamics.

ADDITION OF AN OVERHEAD WALKWAY WHICH CONNECTS THE ARENA.

sculpting the form to blend in with the craggy backDRop AND ZONING INTO TWO PRIMARIY SPACES TO HOLD DISTINCT FUNCTIONS.

LANDSCAPE TO COMPLEMENT THE SCULPTED DYNAMICS

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exploded view of one with the wave

40 interior design

a safe retreat INTERIOR DESIGN

ACADEMIC PROJECT: 7TH SEMESTER, 2021 PROGRAM: INTERIOR DESIGN AREA: 50 SQM MENTORS: AR.POOJA INDUKUMAR, AR.RADHA DHAWAD, AR.ANUSHRUTHI

a home is not a place... it’s a feeling the project deals with a certain degree of selectiveness and space making for a clientelle with a specific taste for colour and moods.

Bob and clarissa are a married couple who moved out of the city in quest of them fulfilling their travelling ambitions around the world. the home provides a retreat where in the couple can unwind and take breathers from their travelling whenever required.

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44 interior design

exploded view of studio

46 interior design

“a room should feel col

llected, not decorated”.

-albert hadley

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05 EXTRA-CURRICULAR INTERNSHIP WORKS

During my time at Murali Architects, Chennai, I’ve come to see a wide range of ongoing projects that piqued my interest for the profession and challenged my ability to work under pressure and on a firm time schedule.

Projects involved in: Janaki Ram Resedence, Salem SRM Institute of Science and Management, Ramapuram, Chennai Sekar Party Hall, Chennai Dawood Residence, Thanjavur Leo Residence, Nagarcoil

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Generated and explained iterative Render presentations for client update meetings Towards left- Dawood Resedence, Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu Towards right- SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Ramapuram,Tamil Nadu

hospital Block

hostel Block

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SERVICE

4'6"X 7'8"

UTILITY

STORE

10'0"X10'0"

SERVANT ROOM

12'8" X5'0"

STORE

COURT

TOILET

4'6"X 7'8"

11'0" X12'5"

TOILET

TABLE TENNIS

+18'-6"LVL

TC

+18'-6"LVL

TC

8'0"X12'5"

15'0"X20'1"

MASTER BEDROOM

+3'-6"LVL

15'11" X12'10"

FANCY KITCHEN 11'5" X10'2"

DRESS

MASTER BEDROOM

+5'-0"LVL

+5'-0"LVL

COURT

+18'-6"LVL

HOME THEATRE

15'9" X15'9"

KITCHEN

15'11" X12'10"

15'0"X20'1"

+5'-0"LVL

DRESS +18'-6"LVL

+18'-6"LVL

DRESS +18'-6"LVL

TC

HOME THEATRE

TC

KITCHEN

COURT

COURT

TC

SERVANT ROOM

12'8" X5'0"

COURT BELOW

COURT BELOW

17'9"X22'8"

6'0"X10'1½"

COURT

COURT BELOW

17'9"X22'8"

6'0"X10'1½"

LOCKER

10'0"X10'0"

8'0"X12'5"

COURT BELOW

TABLE TENNIS

LOCKER

PEBBLE COURT

COURT

TOILET

PEBBLE COURT

COURT

TOILET

12'-8" X 6'-8"

UTILITY SERVICE

11'0" X12'5" 12'-8" X 6'-8"

MALAVI BEDROOM

TC COURT

MALAVI BEDROOM

15'9" X15'9"

16'0"X 13'0" +18'-6"LVL

TOILET

16'0"X 13'0" +18'-6"LVL

DRESS

TOILET SKY LIGHT

+5'-0"LVL

+3'-6"LVL

+5'-0"LVL

FANCY KITCHEN 11'5" X10'2"

SKY LIGHT

+18'-6"LVL

COURT BELOW

+18'-6"LVL

+5'-0"LVL

LOUNGE

10'0" X16'0" +4'-0"LVL

+18'-6"LVL

DINING

COURT BELOW

CHILD ROOM

+18'-6"LVL

COURT DINING

CHILD ROOM

+18'-6"LVL

COURT

+5'-0"LVL

+5'-0"LVL

+4'-0"LVL

+18'-6"LVL

DECK

TOILET

PEBBLE COURT TOILET

LOUNGE

10'0" X16'0"

PEBBLE COURT

DRESS

13'0"X 12'7"

8'0"X 13'0"

+16'-0"LVL

DRESS

13'0"X 12'7"

8'0"X 13'0"

+16'-0"LVL

FC

DECK

FC

FC

FC

FC

+4'-0"LVL

FC

COURT +15'-6"LVL

+4'-0"LVL

SWIMMING

+3'-6"LVL

10'0" X35'9"

SWIMMING

+5'-0"LVL

+3'-6"LVL

10'0" X35'9"

CAR

POOJA

+4'-6"LVL

16'0"X 16'0"

+15'-6"LVL

PRANAV BEDROOM

PARKING

9'6" X 6'5"

+2'-6"LVL

+5'-0"LVL

+16'-0"LVL

FC

+2'-6"LVL

FC

+16'-0"LVL

SHOWER/WC

PRANAV LOUNGE

+16'-0"LVL

SHOWER/WC

LIFT

LIFT

6'0" X6'0"

LIFT

TOILET

+4'-0"LVL

COURT

COURT

+4'-6"LVL

+15'-6"LVL

11'5" X8'2"

+4'-0"LVL

FAMILY LIVING

LIBRARY

TERRACE

TOILET

+4'-6"LVL

11'0" X13'8"

11'5" X8'2"

+4'-0"LVL

FAMILY LIVING

+4'-0"LVL

PEBBLE COURT

TERRACE +15'-6"LVL

+4'-6"LVL

PEBBLE COURT

DRESS

11'0" X13'8" +4'-6"LVL

11'5" X8'4"

LOUNGE 7'3" X11'0" +4'-6"LVL

+4'-0"LVL

LOUNGE

LOUNGE +16'-0"LVL

DRESS

8'5"X 11'6"

DRESS

10'4"X 8'4"

8'5"X 11'6"

DRESS

10'4"X 8'4"

LOUNGE +16'-0"LVL

AMMA BEDROOM

+4'-6"LVL

TOILET

TOILET

11'5" X8'4"

7'3" X11'0"

+4'-0"LVL

+16'-0"LVL

PRANAV LOUNGE +16'-0"LVL

LIFT

6'0" X6'0"

LIBRARY

+16'-0"LVL

16'0"X 16'0"

PARKING

9'6" X 6'5"

PRANAV BEDROOM

COURT

CAR

POOJA

+4'-6"LVL

11'5" X15'6"

SHOE ROOM 6'6" X8'8"

SHOE ROOM WELCOME 6'6" X8'8" ROOM

FORMAL LIVING 16'0"x16'0"

10'0" X16'5" +4'-6"LVL

WELCOME ROOM

FORMAL LIVING 16'0"x16'0"

10'0" X16'5" +4'-6"LVL

+4'-6"LVL

AMMA BEDROOM 11'5" X15'6"

GUEST BEDROOM

+4'-6"LVL

16'0"X 16'0"

OFFICE ROOM

11'0" X13'0" +4'-6"LVL

OFFICE ROOM

11'0" X13'0" +4'-6"LVL

DOUBLE HEIGHT FORMAL LIVING

DOUBLE HEIGHT

GUEST BEDROOM

MEDITATION

+16'-0"LVL

16'0"X 16'0"

+16'-0"LVL

+16'-0"LVL

MEDITATION +16'-0"LVL

FORMAL LIVING

+16'-0"LVL

+16'-0"LVL

+0'-0"LVL +4'-6"LVL

+0'-0"LVL +4'-6"LVL

+1'-6"LVL

+1'-6"LVL

GROUND FLOOR

FIRST FLOOR

Towards Left- Working Drawings For Janaki Ram Residence, Salem, Tamil Nadu Towards Right- Involved in modelling different stages of the SRM Institute of Science and Management

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ANNUAL NATIONAL DESIGN COMPETITION A Bus Terminal for a post-pandemic World

Brief: A Bus Terminal for a postpandemic World

Location: Belgaum, Karnataka Area: 12 Acres

Year of Participation:2019 (as 2nd year student) In Collabration with: Saurav Vanjre, Amisha

Gautam, Sushmitha Palani, Mohan K.S, Likith reddy, Apoorva rai

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ANNUAL NATIONAL DESIGN COMPETITION DEPLOYABLE AND MOBILE SETTLEMENT FOR CONSTRUCTION WORKERS

Brief: Deployable and Mobile Settlements for Constructon Workers Location: Bangalore, Karnataka Area: Can Vary according to scale of Settlement Year of Participation:2022 Participation: (as 4th year student) In Collabration with: Susprihaa Chakraborty, Yashas Pattanashetty, Robin Gidwani, Shahaan, Rishikesh, Shivangi Upadhyay, Rithika Joannah

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Dravata Cafe an urban coffee house

Brief: An urban Coffee house Location: Pune, Maharashtra Area: 1 Acre Year of Participation: 2021 (as 3rd year student) In Collabration with: Susprihaa Chakraborty

T o B e c oming ... john solomon arul 7358744422 johnsolomonarul13@gmail.com