Saman Mukkaram Portfolio 1

PORTFOLIO Saman Mukkaram

2022-2023

Hello, nice to meet you!

My name is Saman Mukkaram. I am a second year student at the Univeristy of Waterloo School of Architecture. I am looking for a four month co-op placement that will help my creative ideas to flourish, Push me beyond my comfort zone and give me a window into the different departments of the architecure industry. I am excited to explore different aspects of architecture and hope to figure out what I truly excel at.

Phone number: +1 647 864 7459

Email : smukkara@uwaterloo.ca

Linkden: Saman Mukkaram

Curriciculum Vitae

EXPERIENCE

Internship at Architectural Firm/ (202-2021) & (Aug-Sep 2023)

Form+ Make

•Shadowed the CEO and gained insight into the dayto-day operations of an architectural firm consisting of client meetings and summmarising the meeting and assisting on site vsits by taking measurments and drafting a site and floor plan.

•Assisted with marketing efforts by Designing posts on canva for on social media platforms such as lnstagram, Twitter, and Facebook to target UAE residents.

•Learnt Sketch up, to design a 3D model of a coffee shop in Nakheel mall in Dubai.

Internship at an NGO / 2023 (July-Aug)

EmpowHER India

•Led social media initiatives to raise awareness about rural girls’ education and hygiene, creating daily posts highlighting different aspects of their lives.

•Conducted on-site visits to rural areas, connecting with girls to capture their stories through photos and content for social media, while also gaining insights into their passions and aspirations.

•Attended weekly a gender equality class where young girls were educated on equal rights and educational opportunities, fostering empathy and a deep understanding of their ambition and determination.

I was inspired by Persian Architecture, as I moved around the Middle-East and India growing up.;Therfore I want to create this dialouge between the past and the present , enabling my designs to bridge cultural divide and transcend geographical boundries. .

My design strives to envoke a sense of Tranquillity, wonder and deep connection to ones surrounding.

I believe that every space we design should envoke feeling, tell stories and resonate with human spirit.

Online Tutoring/(2021-2022)

Beyond Borders

•Created and promoted an online Science class for disadvantaged students aged 7-13 in Dubai, India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh.

•Crafted interactive lessons with engaging games and dynamic PowerPoint presentations.

•Led bi-weekly Zoom classes for seven students, tailoring lesson plans to their chosen topics.

•Cultivated cross-cultural communication skills by working with diverse student backgrounds.

Social Media Manger / (2020-2021)

DESC careers community

•Championed careers education by presenting to fellow students during lunch breaks and study periods.

• Designed Canva posters and sourced professionals on LinkedIn for career talks.

•Showcased leadership as social media manager for the DESC careers page, overseeing a team of 4, creating daily task schedules, and generating engaging content.

•Enhanced communication skills by coordinating with guest speakers via Zoom and organizing presentation cheat sheets.

EDUCATION

2022-present- Canada,Waterloo,ON

University Of Waterloo/ Candidate for Architectural studies with honours

•Bachelors Degree of Architectural program.

•Honours Co-op program

•Admitted with a president’s Entrance Scholarship (entrance average 90%-94.9%)

SKILLS

Analog

Hand Drafting

Model Making

Sketching

Painting Languages

English (fluent)

Hindi ( Native)

Urdu ( Native)

French ( learning)

Soft Skills

Teamwork Leadership

Digital Rhino 7

Adobe Illustrator

Adobe Photoshop

Adobe Indesign

Adobe after effects

Microsoft Office

Revit Sketchup AutoCAD

Enscape

Lumion

01 House of Noor

Type: Concrete house

Location: Cambridge, Waterloo, Ontario

Software: Rhino 7, Enscape, Illustrator, photoshop

House of Noor is constructed at the quarry located in Cambridge, the user is a fashion designer that acquires peace and inspiration within the house, hence using the idea of repetitive arches is the style that allows light to seep through every angle, however the way the arches are offset in a manner to create privacy from the outside as one walks toward the house. The insertion of the house into the cliff to create a dark work space so that the area where clothes are being designedis alienated and prevents clothes bleaching from the natural sunlight.

Right elevation

Front section

02 stanley stage

Course: CISC Steel competition with Angela Cai

Type: Steel Satge

Location: Vancouver,British Columbia

Software: Rhino 7, Enscape, Illustrator, Photoshop

Located in Stanley Park, one of Canada’s most well renowned natural landscapes, the Stanley Stage acts as a final destination in a park that seems to never end. It sits in the pocket of BC’s mountains with a direct view onlooking English Bay surrounded by an endless sea of towering trees. The Stanley Stage continues the park’s narrative of being protected by the nature around you, and Incorporates leaf-life canopies in its steel structure and a pavilion covered by steel trees.

Legend

Corrugated steel panel canopy

Canopy steel frame

Steel cladding connection detail

Truss support structure

Truss ground connection detail

LED screen

Railing

Elevated platform upstage

Stairs

Wings/curtain system

Curtain motor system detail

Canopy frame end support girders

Spiral steel column supports

Spiral steel column foundation

Main stage

Door to enter underneath stage

Steel support system under stage

Performer/staff circulation

Steel pipes that are welded and bolted to create the truss, railing, and spiral support column structures Thick velvet curtain material suspended from mechanical motor system

Marley sheets encovering entire stage area to allow versatile performance types ceiling brackets

steel bolted to ground

steel cladding for frame pipe

steel girder

steel frame pipe

small support girders

bolts

Exploded axonometric of stage

Cross Section

03 The Barn House

Course: Environemtal Building Design with Hiabah Sadruddin

Type:Barn wooden house

Location: Cambridge, Waterloo, Ontario

Software: Rhino 7, Enscape, Illustrator,

The Barn house is a research home that houses a married couple who are agriculture scientists. The site is located near the grand river at the border of Kitchenr and Cambridge Ontario Canada. The Barn hoouse takes of the sites daylight hours by relying soley on solar energy. the house retains its barn identity from and reuses the materials such as the metal shingles and exsisting concrete foun- dation, in addition to locally sourced timber wood to create the frame of the house with and straw bale for insulation of the house which is fully natural and reudces the energy consumption. Addi- tonly the interior is rendered with clay, due to its reusable qualities.

Timber frame porch

timber frame porch

Metal shingles

metal shingles

Solar panels

solar panels

Roof plan

Floor plan

Site Plan

Roof material assembly.

Plywood sheathing installed with long dimensions across supports vertical joints staggered.

Space nails 12’’ on center; 6’’ on center at ends of panels.

Prevailing west winds allowing cool air to cirulate and maximise air flow

shingles on roofing felt.

Latitudinal section

Roofing felt underlayment.

Hot mopped layer of asphalt coating with adequate weatherbility beneath underlayment incase of no shingle placement

Detailed wall section

Stale, Warm air rises due to sun rays on exposed concrete floor that warms the rooms.

1. Sun goes in to the panels. DC Electircity comes out.

Sun goes in to the panels DC electricty comes out.

Utility provides a new ‘importer exporter’ meter to make sure that your new system can export power when not in use.

5. Utility provides new “Import?export” meter to make sure that your new system can export power when not in use.

An inverter takes the unwanted DC electricity and converts into 240W AC power that is compatable without appliances.

2. An inverter takes the unwanted DC electricity and converts it into 240V AC power that is compatible with out appliances

Energy systems

4. Solar electricity connects into the home’s wiring through existing fusebox

Solar electricity connects inot th homes wiring through exisitng fusebox. AC electricty goes through a disconnect switch.

3. AC electricity goes through a disconnect switch

25 x 1 mm strap with 6/30 x 2.5 mm nails into each rafter when it supports ceiling lining.

25 x 1 mm strap with 6/30 x 2.5 mm nails into each rafter when it suppor ts ceiling lining

15mm deep housing

15 mm deep housing

Plywood sheating

Plywood sheating

Wooden beam detail

Fixing each rafter to beam with skew nails (4/75 x 3.15 mm

04 Carving Perspectives Library

Course Studio :2

Type Concrete: base and wooden frame

Location: Downtown Toronto, Ontario

Software:Rhino 7, Enscape, Illustrator,

The library is located at the Heart of Toronto Ontario, located at the intersection where pubic transportation meets recreational spcaes allowing a great sense of mobilty to trnaspire in the area. The library extracts designated spaces from circle to create a triangular shape that, sculpting outdoor seating spaces and interior reading room. The library is designed for students looking for a study space and recreational space includes a table tennis area and pool table. The interior System of the library plays with creating open and closed spaces using only bookshelfs. As you go upstairs, the bookshelf’s act almost as a facade to express one only being surrounded by books but open hidden spaces in the shelves show otherwise, where it opens up to meeting rooms, study pods and quite reading areas for the users.

Timber Wood

Reinforced Concrete

Tempered Glass

Exploded axonometric

South Elevation

East Elevation

Multi Purpose beam: strucutre and facade.

Wooden beam and coloumns connection with a concrete roof.

Division created using glass windows and bookshelfs.

Reinforced Concrete

Tempered Glass