Portfolio 2024

KARISHMA TULADHAR

KARISHMA TULADHAR

SELECTED WORKS - 2024

SELECTED WORKS 2023

VERNACULAR ECOTONES

Themes : Narrative, Experience, Appreciation, Compassion

Topics : Botany, Historical Context, Environmental Impact, Materials and Design

Project : “Defining a Soft Boundary” - Systematically layering several layers of gentle controls to limit spread of particular plant species

(top) Anti-Glasshouse (bottom left to right) Gunnera tinctoria, Impatiens glandifulera, Rhododendron ponticum, Lyschitons americanus

Initial Concept - Case Study of Gunnera tinctoria; to reimagine experience of non-native competitive species

The Bartlett School of Architecture, University College London (UCL)

Location of “Invasive” Plant Species (top) Site Selection (bottom)

Final project proposal by team (with Shylaja Regunathan and Tanvi Khurmi)

MICRO-ALGAL-SCAPE

Themes : Non-Sterility, Experience, Appreciation

Topics : Microbiology, Micro-ecosystems, Path Sculpturing, Materials and Design, Architectural Implementation Project : “EcoMesh” - Creating an architectural experience of microalgae by developing a low-tech photobioreactor

(left) flask of sterile microalgae culture (center) gallery of microspoic images during research (right) microscope and screen of use

(left) table exhibit at London Festival of Architecture 2023 (right) whimsical model of first sculptural and low-tech photobioreactor

Project + guest

The Bartlett School of Architecture, University College London (UCL)

poster at BioFutures Symposium 2023 with Simeng Sun speaker contribution on project&process

Final Project Proposal; design and visualisation by teammate Simeng Sun

Collage - Canal/Algae/Photosynthetic bottles: (left) Canal Water Sample, (center) Single-species Green Microalgae, (right) Stressed Microalgae in Canal Water Ecosystem

POCKET MARINA

Themes : Marine Ecologies, Natural Biological Proccesses, Water Quality

Topics : Coastal Ecosystems, Bio-Receptivity, Water Rentention, Porosity, Dynamic Water

Project : “Sponge of Rockpools” - Bioreceptive public intervention to trigger marine ecologies, naturally promoting water quality at coastal site.

Simple Coastal Utopia Dance of Ocean Waves Dynamic Elements of Nature

The Bartlett School of Architecture, University College London (UCL)

View from Entrance; Computational Design by Kenneth Wilson

View from Within; Computational Design by Kenneth Wilson

MEDITATOR’S MAKERSPACE

Themes : Balance, Spirituality

Topics : Function, Circulation, Public vs Private, Residence, Rowhome

Project : Makerspace x Residence for chosen artist

Tyler School of Architecture, Temple University

Diagramming Spatial Relationships West-facing Section Drawing

FOREST WALK

Themes : Light+Space, Experience, Journey

Topics : Forest, Foliage, Translation

Project : Creating an experiential path through the foliage using a gradient of frames and module clusters modelled after the existing leaves

Site Sketch

Foliage x Light studies

Tyler School of Architecture, Temple University

Path through Frames

Plan view of Intervention Model

Design Process

PHILLY’S IMAGINARIUM

Themes : Circulation, Permeability, Topics : Spatial Division, Thresholds

Project : Mixed Media Building (Library, Gallery, Theater) designed with system of load bearing walls dividing programs, creating spaces and titling toward entrances

Series of Study Models Composite Study Model Axonometric drawing and Plan drawing highlighting division of spaces

Tyler School of Architecture, Temple University

North-West facing section cut

Cafe (top left), Gallery (top right), Theatre (bottom left), Roof (bottom right)

WELLNESS CAMPUS

Themes: Healing Environment, Community Engagement, Architectural Experience

Design : Garden of the Gods x Sculpture Garden

Project : Holistic Health Center

Teammates : Rebecca Baker, Linh Pham

Phases

(top) Master Plan in

(bottom left) Core Aims of Proposal (bottom right) Team Logo; W3 = Wellness, Wonder, Willpower

Central Point of Campus

(top) (left) brutalist entrance gate, (center) backside view, (right) ambulance entrance (middle) (left) active spaces, (center) cafeteria, (right) holistic health building (bottom) (left) cyclodrama, (center) picnic areas, (right) underground parking

ELLIOT HOSPITAL EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT

Project : Emergency Department

Manchester, NH SolutionHealth

27,000SF

Private Exam Rooms, Pediatric Area, Behavioral Health Suite, Rapid Triage & Treatment, Trauma Bays

Identified as a critical initiative from E4H’s master planning process for SolutionHealth, the 22,000SF emergency department addition and 4,000SF renovation at Elliot Hospital has 28 treatment rooms divided into “pods”, two consult rooms and three new trauma bays. The new space is fully integrated with existing areas housing a pediatric emergency area and a behavioral health suite. A nine-chair Rapid Triage & Treatment (RTT) area speeds throughput of patients with lower acuity conditions, reducing wait times for the nearly 65,000 patients that visit the emergency department every year. The project also includes improvements to the exterior vehicular access including helicopter, ambulance, and drive-up. Flow analysis was used in the design process to review the internal access to the new ED including materials, staff, and patients to/from the ED, inpatient floors, surgery, imaging, and entrances. Additionally the design accommodates heightened infection control measures with design improvements to isolate flow in waiting and triage, increase ventilation and air filtration systems, as well as planning for surge capacity for future mass health events.

VALLEY HEALTH SERVICES

Senior Care & Rehabilitation Project

Herkimer, NY

Bassett Healthcare Network

37,500SF

Assisted Living

This multi-phase project provides a continuum of care to the aging population in the region. Valley Health’s newly constructed facility includes 46 assisted living units surrounding a landscaped courtyard. A lobby, dining room, social activity room, and salon are integrated into the facility with a “main street” concept.

Valley Health is part of the Bassett Healthcare Network. As the system architect for the Bassett Healthcare Network, additional projects are currently underway.