Architecture Portfolio - Keshav Suryanarayanan

architecture portfolio K E S H A V

S U R Y A N A R A Y A N A N

K E S H AV SURYANARAYANAN

+49-15906018587 +91-9551219957 keshavsuryanarayanan@gmail.com 16.10.1992 Indian

EDUCATION Jul ’17 - Jun ’18

Post Graduate Diploma in Liberal Studies Young India Fellowship Ashoka Universi ty, Sonepat, Haryana

Aug ’10 - May ’15 Bachelor in Archi tecture

School of Archi tecture and Planning Anna Universi ty, Chennai, Tami l Nadu

2010

Kendriya Vidyalaya, Coimbatore, Tami l Nadu

High School

EXPERIENCE Sep ’18 - May ’19

EINE WELT e.V. LEIPZIG | Fair Trade Organisation | Full-time Volunteer •Worked in three Fair Trade Shops (Weltladen Connevitz) in Leipzig run by the organization.

•Participated in seminars conducted by the organization on Oil, Fair Trade, Global Studies •Participated in the IAVE World Volunteering Conference held in Augsburg, Germany •Completed A2 level course in German

Oct ’15 - May ’17

AGAM SEI | Urban Newspaper | Journalist •Covered urban issues related to planning and architecture in Chennai •Part of core team of three •Created a platform for collaboration with local architects •Organized the launch of a Citizens Platform along with PUCL after Chennai Floods of Dec 2015 •Shortlisted for an incubation program for socially relevant startups under UnLtd Tami l Nadu

INTERNSHIPS Dec ’13 - Apr ’14

COSTFORD | Architecture Firm | Intern •Supervised construction of gazebo as part of student workshop in Anna University, Chennai •Coordinated workshops on construction techniques in architecture colleges •Prepared schematic drawings for 2 residential projects

Jun ’13 - Dec ’13

PEOPLES ARCHITECTURE COMMONWEAL | Architecture Firm | Intern •Designed and prepared drawings for 3 residential projects

PROJECTS Sep ’17 - May ’18

THE WORDSWORTH PROJECT | Social Education Sector Project | Graphic Designer •Designed a toolki t for a volunteer-based model to develop English literacy in underprivi leged communi ties •Illustrated and compiled the toolkit •Developed strategy for expansion to other cities

DASTAAN-E-DINESH | Fi lm | Edi tor

Dec ’17

•Involved in conceptualizing, storyboarding and shooting the film, travelling to villages in Haryana •Edited the documentary film

THE HASHTAG COLLECTIVE | Art Installation | Volunteer

Dec ’16

•Involved in designing and executing the construction of installation at the Kochi Muziris

Jul ’13 - Sep ‘13

PEOPLES UNION FOR CIVIL LIBERTIES | Human Rights Organisation | Volunteer •Volunteered on Fact Finding Mission on Illegal Sand Mining in river Palar •Worked on the draft report of findings and recommendations

LANGUAGE SKILLS English

Tamil

Hindi

German

Kannada

Excellent

Native

Fluent

Good

Good

Adobe Premiere Pro

Adobe Indesign

Rhinoceros

SOFTWARE SKILLS

Adobe Photoshop

Adobe Illustrator

Autodesk Autocad

Autodesk Revit

Microsoft Office

lakeside pavilion X

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minimalist kitchen

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shopping mall redefined

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thesis: plugin campus

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competition: seed stadium

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art installation

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lakeside pavilion X

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The aim of the pavilion was to frame the beautiful natural landscapes of a backwater region. The pavilion rests on the water itself, inviting people to not just view the water, but move on to it through the pavilion.

The form is a frame through which the view can be composed. The form is distorted to create strong intersecting lines to contrast and emphasise the soft fluidity of the water and the landscape. The lines retain the flowing nature of the water where the floor

transforms to form the stairs, the decks, the roof and the walls, in the process creating different levels of viewing decks. The steps up and the seating are sculpted out from the same form to create a unified pavilion.

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The Pavilion stands on the calm backwaters, emphasising through contrast: the heavy concrete forming a light X that seemingly floats on the surface; the sharp lines at odds with the smooth curves of the water that laps at its base; the white block of the concrete from the side as you drive up, almost disappearing into the thin X-form as you approach it head on, inviting you in to view the natural landscape through it, to follow the lines and find your own place.

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minimalist kitchen

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The kitchen was evolved as a concealed form contained within a living space. The form of the kitchen evolved from a hidden area in the side of the room to two columns within the space, splitting the functions of the kitchen into two parts, the wet and the dry portions. The resulting arrangement creates a movement loop around the columns through the living space, creating pockets and nooks, and also activating the entire space, by not separating the kitchen to another room.

Both the columns are covered with a shutter along a rail that completely conceals the kitchen when not in use, but allowing it to expand outwards when needed.

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The kitchen is an effort to integrate seemlessly two spaces, a space for living and a space for cooking. The design attempts to create a constantly expanding and contracting space, almost like the breathing rhythm of the entire house. The processes of living in the house are made visible by the constantly shifting space. The columns form a striking presence in the space.

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shopping mall redefined

Introduction of a filter of ARC Creation of

PUBLIC GREEN SPACES

Open site with vegetation.

MULTIPLE ENTRY POINTS VOIDS - green spaces

of experiences.

to create public event spaces

Creating the initial random movement

The idea for the form evolved through questioning and challenging assumptions about the design of shopping malls.

The form includes a front of arcade shopping activating the streetscape and drawing people in rather than focussing only inward. The form creates internal open to sky green spaces connecting across the different levels right up to the walking track on the rooftop, bringing in the landscape of the site rather than cutting off the inside and creating an artificial atrium.

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Taking the RANDOM to the next two leve

CADE SHOPPING.

Changing axes of movement to generate paths and focus points using serial vision.

MOVEMENT PATTERNS

Introducing ROOF GARDENS on next two levels.

S to create variety

TOWER linking all levels to create an element of identity.

MNESS

els.

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The green horizontality of the structure contrasts the dense urban topography surrounding the site. The design attempts to create multilevel green public spaces within the site, to redefine shopping malls, and creating natural vistas within the template of a shopping mall. The random paths used to guide people through the space weave between inside and outside and across levels organically creating a shifting experience.

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ROOFTOP WALKING TRACK

GATHERING/ EVENT SPACE TOWER OFFICE SPACE GAMING AREA CINEMA GREEN SPACE FOOD SHOPPING ARCADE SHOPPING PARKING 19

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thesis: plugin campus

INTRODUCTION Systems of education through history have largely remained as standardised and similar as the structures they inhabit. The industrial model of standardised learning is still all pervading.There is no doubt that the system works for some, but it cannot be accepted as one-size-fit-all. What we need instead is a system of education that facilitates learning through doing and enabling free choice and mutual sharing in the development of individual and varied passions.

We need to rethink the way we structure education as an alternative lifestyle integrating science and art, music and dance, literature and philosophy, work and play; to find a way to make learning satisfying and meaningful.

PROJECT FRAMEWORK The project is a campus for a new university with an interest in reshaping the learning experience. The idea is that such universities bring together a variety of disciplines and courses under one umbrella institution. Bringing together the varied streams of technology, medicine, humanities and management makes it possible to incorporate an interdisciplinary system wherein these varied streams could start to connect and overlap.

The aim is to create an architectural framework for an interdisciplinary system that allows people to freely plug in and create possibilities and share them beyond boundaries of rigid segregation of disciplines. An attempt to create an environment for free and easy sharing of ideas, passions, and work. A redefinition of how an institution is conceived. The formation of networks and linkages that may transcend one specific area of scope and application. The creation of possibilities for the system to plug into existing fabrics and for different systems to plug into one another.

A system based on -Cross-disciplinary access -Interdisciplinary interaction -Learning - Practice collaboration -Cross-professional interaction -Program overlaps -Learning community formation 23

IDEA interaction

SYSTEM

collaboration

community

learn work

SITE

PROGRAM play

users

context

PLUGIN At different levels Campus Plugin to city

Divisions Plugin to each other

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H

M

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Major circulation Overall open structure

Cluster Organization Anchor programs Node creation

Disciplines Plugin to each other

Professions Plugin to learning

Location

P

Co-working spaces Access to research labs 24

Studies - strategies JNIDB, Hyderabad - Charles Correa | Informal Paths and node connects residential

seminar and classrooms

faculty housing

Gammel Hellerup gymnasium, Denmark - BIG Architects | play as connect

Faroe Islands education center, Denmark - big architects | central connect

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gymnasium business college administration technical school athletics cafetaria multipurpose hall media centre library

Singapore University of Technology and Design, Singapore - UNstudio and DP architects | learning spine and anchor programs primary loop secondary loop campus center academic

student center information systems auditorium design

engineering systems design design center learning spine

architecture and sustainable design admin

library engineering product development

Rolex Learning center, Switzerland, SANAA Architects | open space flow

eduplant, school in seoul, korea - mit thesis | programmatic overlaps

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Zoning process Approach 1 - Cluster | pockets and paths - Derived rules of proximity based on programmatic links - The common programs occupy pockets Observations- Different departments still divided - No unifying program. Too fragmented.

- Distances determine level of connections.

TECHNOLOGY arch

conceptual massing

HUMANITIES

biotech bioinfo biomed genetics chem

comp.sc. languages law journ. vis.comm. film mass comm.

mech aero auto eie ece eee comp.sc. software

comm. bio sc.

it

hotel mgmt.

civil nano programmatic links

basic sc.

MEDICINE

MANAGEMENT shared resources shared subjects shared spaces

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Zoning process Approach 2 - Spine | movement and visibility - linear spine broken into fractals - one main anchor program at the end - additional movement spines are created across the main spine Observations- long distances - not enough varied programs

conceptual massing

classroom zone

Fractal pattern for organization research lab zone

admin and activity zone

shared zone pause point

start

shared zone

end focus point research lab zone

admin and activity zone

classroom zone

Major circulation paths and grouping

primary spine secondary

it eee comp sc

eie civil

viscom

ece

library

arch bioinfo

biotech genetics biomed

mech auto aero

math

biosc

chem basic sc

film law

journ lang

admin comm

eco

mgmt

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Zoning process Approach 3 - Megastructure | circulation and nodes - major anchor programs form nodes and creating paths - The common programs occupy pockets Observations- complex results - unclear connections between elements

conceptual massing

zoning with primary circulation

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Zoning process Final Approach - Combination of strategies | cluster + spine + megastructure - departments grouped into clusters - main central anchor programs - shared resources - radial streets as spines

primary focal programs create gathering in

Anchor Programs

movement around the centre creates main street Inner and outer streets

8 department clusters

admin and classes face the main street and create the secondary street

secondary anchor programs create the movement through the inner street

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Administration The admin blocks of all the departments are arranged around the central street in a way that they each define the entries to their departments in an otherwise shared block.

Entry The entry to the institution is into a plaza that separates into the inner and outer streets.

Core Computer Labs The specific computer labs required for the computer science departments are arranged along the first floor street

Classrooms The classrooms are stacked up above the admin blocks of the departments forming a ring overlooking the central street and connected to the inner street on the other side. The classrooms are open visually towards the inner street to facilitate connections.

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Studios The studios are arranged in a manner that they connect to the inner street on 2 different levels rising up along the street stretch.

Labs All the labs required for each block are given as one open space. Since the blocks are formed from connected departments, this allows for possible connections across disciplines.

Library The library is the largest unifying program. All the departments need to access this central library

Sports The sports facilities are arranged along the inner streets creating movements through the different blocks.

Central OAT An OAT at the centre acts as focal point for everyone to gather. The library on top and the cafetaria and gallery outside, the top of the OAT connects to the inner streets by a series of skywalks.

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The campus functions simultaneously as a single unit and as a collection of

streets, plazas and individual but interlinked units. The inner streets collect the activity and pool them in the central plaza, imagined as a hub within a network of dependencies.

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mpetition: seed stadium

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The stadium is conceived as the roots of the city as built form. The city of Chennai evolved along 5 radial lines, which formed the wings of the building. The character and nature of each of these 5 roads is transposed onto the form of the building. The main program of the football stadium is surrounded by a variety of programs that create a new central hub in the city, situated surrounding the field and reaching outwards towards the city.

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mou ro

east coast road

ennore port road

smooth coastline

rocky coastline

connect

FUNNELED ROOF SKYLIGHTS

PERFO 27

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FIELD ENTRANCE TUNNEL

SEATING

unt oad

poonamallee high road transport route

ting nodes

wall tax road historic wall

STEPPED TERRACES

GREEN ROOF

ORATED WALL - seed stadiumBALCONIES LANDSCAPED

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funnel / green roof

The funnel like roof allows for passive cooling allowing warm air to escape

structural system

The support for the roof withe lighting systems for the stadium

perforated walls

The perforated walls aorund the seating area, increase flow of air

seating

The stairs and the seating area create a space underneath for other programs

Field

The field is the central program around

stadium exploded 41

program layers 42

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The idea was to compose the multitude of programs for the site using the 5 wing framework. The distrbution of the usage of these wings across the year also generate activity all over the site all around the year. The wings taper down and meet the ground creating an iconic but unimposing structure, also allowing people to walk up the whole green roof from one end

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art installation

The installation by Hashtag Collective attempts to reference-dismantle-reassemble iconic structures of Kerala. The upright mirrors follow the floor plan of the Naalu Kettu Kerala house as well as its roof form, the criss cross ropes of the Cheenavela, and the mirror tradition of the Aranmula Kannadis.

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The installation mirrors are pivoted centrally and the visitors shape their paths through the installation by rotating the mirrors to create their paths through. This also creates a dynamic visual landscape of reflections.

The ropes tie the installation to the gallery within which it sits, an old waterside warehouse converted into an art gallery, symbollically tying the new with the history it inhabits.

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+49-15906018587 +91-9551219957 keshavsuryanarayanan@gmail.com