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+49 15510895689

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Indian Rablrstrasse 12, App 207, 81669, Munich, Germany

As an aspiring student of architecture, I have a deep interest to learn more about public spaces, urban ecologies and to create spaces that engages with the repository of memory and experiences of an individual through various design approaches and styles. I have a stronger conviction in the power of design thinking and architecture to strengthen our society and improve the environment

The time I have spent in the university has made me realise that architecture is an assimilation of form that is aware of its context, nature and people. As an aspiring architect, I believe that typological change is critical to the evolution of architecture as it allows architects to respond to changing social, economic, and environmental conditions, and to develop new forms of expression. I have always been drawn to the idea that a building is not only a mirror image of the activities it serves; it also contains information, behavior, movements, and experience that are conveyed via the materiality (aesthetics), the organization of its purposes, and the image it conveys over time. I also have a deep interest to learn more about public spaces, urban ecologies and to create spaces that engages with the repository of memory and experiences of an individual through various design approaches and styles. I have a stronger conviction in the power of design thinking and architecture to strengthen our society and improve the environment.

Indian Rablrstrasse 12, App 207, 81669, Munich, Germany

Intern, Architect

EDUCATION

Neelkanth Chhaya Architects, Ahmedabad

Phone number: +91 9072033826

2023

Exchange Semester

Technical University, Munich (6 months)

Mail: leasunny.arch@gmail.com

English

Place: Kochi, Kerala, 682507

2018- 2023

Intern, Architect

DATE OF BIRTH

Indian 15th September 2000

LANGUAGES

English Malayalam

Hindi Tamil

July 2021- December 2021

Worked on conceptual design development, program development, design development, working drawings, interior architecture, model making, presentation drawings.

Bachelor’s in Architecture CEPT University, Ahmedabad

Intern, Architect

2016- 2018

Vaissnavi Shukl, Ahmedabad

High Schooling

Sacred Hearts CMI Public School, Kochi

94.4%

Worked on design development, working drawings, presentation drawing, model making.

2006- 2016

Secondary Schooling Chinmaya Vidyalaya 10/10 GPA

B.Arch - CEPT University Exchange semester in B.Arch, Technische Universität München

June 2021

Ahmedabad Munich Exchange semester for 6 months

WORK EXPERIENCE

Arch- Off Centre

Neelkanth Chhaya Architects, Ahmedabad Ahmedabad Munich Exchange semester for 6 months

Worked on design development, working drawings, presentation drawing, model making.

B.Arch - CEPT University Exchange semester in B.Arch, Technische Universität München

July 2021- December 2021 2018- Present April 2023- Present June 2021

Design development, working drawings, presentation drawing, model making.

Top 5 in Batch Merit List of 2021

July 2021Dec 2021

Top 5 in Batch Merit List of 2021

5 week Internship Neelkanth Chhaya Architects 22 week Internship

Conceptual design development, program development, design development, working drawings, interior architecture, model making, presentation drawings.

RESEARCH

2020

2022

The Folded Plate Canopy

Guide: Prof. Sachin Soni

Evaluating Public spaces as marketplaces

Guide: Prof. Neha Ramakrishan

DIGITAL SKILLS

AutoCAD

Photoshop

InDesign

Sketchup

MS Office Suite

Lumion

Enscape

Rhinoceros 3D

ArchiCAD (beginner)

Autodesk Revit (beginner)

MANUAL SKILLS

Hand Drafting

Sketching

Rendering

Model Making

Laser fabrication

Metalworking

Architectural Elements & Residences

Varanasi, RSP, Group

Mapping Human Activities

Sardar Baug Garden, Group

Row Office

Ahmedabad, Group

Gandhi Heritage Site Memorial

Publication Drawings, Ahmedabad, Internship

Residence in Kochi

Kochi

Vastrapur

Urban mapping

INITIATIVES

Pipe Dream (Merchandise Team Head)

Cultural Event at CEPT

Rondure- Coloured Curved wall Intsllation

Design and Execution Head

Pipe Dream

KVDF 2022 (Merchandise Team)

Student led Academic Forum

A study of the structure and tectonics of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel stadium by Charles Correa and Mahendra Raj

Evaluating public squares commissioned by religious bodies and democratic governments as marketplaces.

OTHER COURSES

Notions in Domesticity

Elective

Interior Lighting

Elective

Parametric Design

Elective

Urban Design in 6 Continents

AUDA, Summer Winter School

Decoding Thoughts and Processes

Summer Winter School

WORKSHOP

Rammed Earth ,Adobe and CSEB -Hunnarshala Foundation, Bhuj

Creative Implementation of

Construction Waste

Summer Winter School

Tie and Dye

CEPT,Ahmedabad

Marble Painting

CEPT,Ahmedabad

Ceramic Tile making

CEPT,Ahmedabad

ACADEMIC BENCHMARKS

Top 5 in Batch Merit List of 2021

OTHER INTERESTS

New Building Typology

Public spaces

Sustainability

Urban Planning

For more works : https://portfolio.cept.ac.in/student/lea-s-malayil-ug180320

SEMESTER 9

Designing a performance space

Ecological

SEMESTER 6

Designing a ecological conservation and research centre

Vertical Urbanism

SEMESTER 8

Designing affordable high rise apartment building

The

Link Heritage

SEMESTER 5

Designing a bed and breakfast facility in pol communities.

The Bunker Museum

SEMESTER 10

Designing a museum

The Residential Institution

SEMESTER 3

Designing a residential institution

The womens centre

SEMESTER 4

Designing a ecological and research centre

The Green Corridor

SEMESTER 8

Addressing the issue of diminishing urban greens

SEMESTER 3

Designing and making products from construction waste

Sketches, Graphics and Illustrations

SEMESTER 9

Installation for Pipedream’22

THE RESPITE AT THE LAKE

PERFORMANCE SPACE, LAKE REGENERATION

Spring 2023

| Semester 9 | Tutor: Viral Bhavasar, Jayant Gunjaria | Ahmedabad, Gujarat

The intent of the program is to be a respite at the lake through recreation, community engagement, health and well being. Alongside, in order to revive the character, identity of the site, through the form of performances and storytelling, the vision is to transform the area into a social and cultural hub that Vastrapur is in need of. The visualization (at the end of the page) intents for a program: where the chaos on the periphery of the built is organized and brought in, congestion is relieved, different kinds of public plazas are formed that allows for different activities to hold in them, broader and well connected pedestrian paths, and a richer and greener experience at the lake edge.

Mapping

Spatial Strategies And Key Moves For Site

Removal of compound wall, designing a 7m pedestrian path enhances site connectivity and brings footfall.

Section Along The Lake

Corners host activities, manage chaos, and define the lake boundary. Offset path eases traffic with more parking.

The walkways of the park is rethought to be leveled so that more visibility is established between the users .

The edge condition of the lake is rethought to form triangular decks that elevate the experience around the lake.

Visualization

Concept Evolution For Siting The Built

Site with existing siting of trees.

The form is oriented to 45 degrees, to get more view of the lake, and more fronts and less backs in the project.

The public plaza is designed in the center creating 2 zones- formal and informal.

The plazas and mounts formed by orienting the form connects the entire built together.

Placement of mass on site as it faces the lake and according to the zones designed.

The amphitheater is proposed in the center and in line with the public plaza.

Section AA’

Plinth Structure

Ground floor Facade

Second floor Roof

Service areas are moved to the back edge and correspond to all sides of the design.

Section BB’

The building is accessible from all three sides, a plaza is designed at each entrance.

Auditorium as the central core and ancillary functions are attached to the 3 sides to respond to most sides of the site.

Entrance Foyer

Vertical movement is curated as theatrical allowing visual connections to activate the place.

Vertical Louvers and wooden shades are designed to control the amount of sunlight entering the built.

The auditorium, the multi -purpose hall and the mounts.

The the multi -purpose hall and the mounts.

The roof of the building is defragmented to humanize the scale of the building which results in singular spaces that have varied volumes.

The reading corner space which opens to a court.

The double volume entrance foyer.

ECOLOGICAL CENTRE

PLACE FOR CONSERVATION AND RESEARCH

Spring

2021

| Semester 6 | Tutor: Sachin Soni | Ambaji, Gujarat

In the abandoned marble mines of the Aravalli range, lies this hillock amidst the others in the site. The undertaking means to make mindfulness and comprehension of geography, hydrology, and organic science for local people and guests to restore and revive these abandoned marble quarries. The centre is designed after studying the attitudes of ‘Grafton Architects’ and in their architectural language. The building forms a new hollow hillock among other hillocks on the site, engaging in a complementary dialogue with the landscape in terms of its form and how it integrates into the surroundings, while also establishing a contrasting dialogue with the landscape’s solidity. The project explores its essence through alternating volumes, uniform yet intricately detailed facades, and situates itself to offer a panoramic view of the site, encompassing its geological features and vegetation.

Concept Development

A new hillock amidst the other hillocks. A hollow hillock with hollow spaces inside and frames outside.

Form Development

Placing the hillock in view of the tallest cliff and the water body.

Plan At Lvl +10800 mm

LEGEND:

Form responding to the panoramic view of the cliff and water body.

Social intimacy and infrastructure with varying degrees of activities placed in a vertical strategy.

Breaking the form into geometric volumes with a central courtyard. Addition of breakout spaces to enhance the inside outside relationships.

Gathering space as central datum to aggregate spaces around.

Section AA’

On the SW facade the crafted skin is placed closely than the NE facade to control the amount of the harsh sunlight.

Repetition of modules on the two sides of the built achieving order in the built.

Subtractive massing from a definite geometric form creating voids giving the perception of higher spatial density.

Plan At Lvl + 15100mm

LEGEND:

3. Herbarium

8. Court

9. Toilet

10. Residences

11. Terrace Garden

12. Bridge

Homogeneous planar surfaces through the use of a single material that establishes the massiness of the built.

Movement curated as theatrical- as people who move are on display for the audience below.

Dramatically illuminates—literally, and temporally, dominating the area. The light is brought in through skylights.

View of the gathering space from the cafe.

View of gathering space that leads to the water body.

The southwest facade (incorporating the gallery of geology and residences) while approaching the site.

Aerial view of the project from the approach.

VERTICAL URBANISM

HIGH RISE HOUSING, AFFORDABLE HOUSING, REDEVELOPMENT

Monsoon 2022 | Semester 8 | Tutor: Jagrut Patel, Dhaval Gajjar | Ahmedabad, Gujarat

The program aims at redevelopment housing for the government housing colony in Akbarnagar, Ahmedabad. Akbarnagar is a popular circle in Ahmedabad. The site is near the busy junction with a BRTS stop and the Ahmedabad Metro, a rapid transit system for the cities of Ahmedabad and Gandhinagar in Gujarat, under construction. The site houses a government colony with a G+3 structure, where residents have incremented spaces to their homes. The project aims to tackle urbanism in vertical high rises through health and social care- significant factors that could drive future cities. The project through its staggering form, terraces, urban plazas that connect to the city aims to cater to the above mentioned.

Mapping

Strategies

Layering of functions.

Vehicular access points and circulation in the program

Terraces created through the staggering form. Wind regulation through creating a valley in the form.

Second Floor Plan

3.Multipurpose hall

4.Day care

5.Health care

6.Kid’s Play area

7.Senior citizen park

8.Basketball court

9.Reading room

10.Group Co- working space 11.Individual Working space

Site Context And Zoning

Engaging with the adjacent site Inward looking community

Staggering form for terraces, Identifying the commercial nodes

Creating various ground levels Breaking the entire mass through common amenities

2 BHK Cluster

Aerial view

Section AA’

Floor Plan

1 BHK, 55 sq m. Young Professionals Young Couples

1.5 BHK, 80 sq m. Old couple with assisted living

2 BHK, 80 sq m. Starter family

3 BHK, 100 sq m. Large family

Typical

THE LINK HERITAGE

BED AND BREAKFAST FACILITY

The program is that of a bed breakfast facility and a book cafe among the self-contained micro neighborhoodSaraiya ni pol. The design intends to connect the tourists to the culture and heritage of the pols through its receding balconies, terraces and varying depths of otlas. While having its own identity in its structural system, the built preserves the legacy of the neighborhood by retaining the character of the spaces and the essence of living in a pol louse.

Monsoon 2020 | Semester 5 | Tutor: Kartikeya Shodhan, Jahnavi Bhatt | Ahmedabad Gujarat

Structure- The built has a composite structure with steel columns, MS I and C spanning members and load bearing clay brick walls. Flitch columns have been used in the courtyard to bring in the sense of warmth. A similar language of wooden columns and beams have been carried out on the terrace floor. The materials brick and steel were chosen for the spanning system as well, resulting in the selection of jack arches. The west facade of the ground floor has exposed brick masonry to enhance the common spaces.

STAIRCASE

WALL

Axonometric View

JAGUAR HEALTH FAUCET,

OZONE WALL TO GLASS HINGE, CHROME PLATED

CERA CLOISTER COUNTER TOP WASH BASIN (WHITE- 1046) JAGUAR, SINGLE LEVER WALL MOUNTED BASIN MIXER AND SPOUT, TRIM (SILVER)

KAJARIA 40 X 10 MM, HEXAGONAL WHITE BACKSPLASH TILES LEDGE WALL

LINE SS NAHANI TRAP, MATT FINISH ( SS-RO-125), 100 X 100 MM

WATER HEATER (ES15V-ED-H-15, GREY COLOUR)

JAGUAR, OPAL PRIME, CHROME

B WESTERN WATER

JAGUAR, BRASS SOAP DISH HOLDER, CHROME PLATED ROUND FRAMED MIRROR HAIER 15 LITRE STORAGE WATER HEATER (ES15V-ED-H-15, GREY COLOUR)

WATER SPOUT, BRASS, CHROME PLATED

( SINGLE LEVER) (OPP-CHR-15065NKPM)

JAGUAR, IARA SERIES, 10 MM FRAMELESS GLASS PARTITION (JSE-CHR-810T0680X)

JAGUAR, SINGLE LEVER WALL MOUNTED BASIN MIXER AND SPOUT, TRIM (SILVER)

CERA CLOISTER COUNTER TOP WASH BASIN (WHITE- 1046)

JAGUAR HEALTH FAUCET, 100 MM EASY FLEX TUBE AND HOOKS (ALD CHR 565)

20 MM WAX POLISHED LIGHT BROWN GRANITE

20 MM MS ROUND SOLID SECTION- TOWEL RAIL

JAGUAR, B BACKLINE CERAMIC WALL

WATERPROOF COATED (POLYUTHERANE) 30MM TEAKWOOD JAGUAR, 40 MM METROPOLE RECTANGULAR DUAL FLOW CONCEALED FLUSH VALVE, CHROME PLATED

REFIN CERAMICS, 300 X 600 X 10 MM GREIGE PEDRA AZUL TILES

300

KAJARIA

The Role Reversal

Model Made As Contractor

Architect: Yajurva Jagad

This exercise involved switching of roles – wherein, a part of each one’s project was identified for making 1:10 scale detailed drawing with specifications, and given to a fellow classmate to construct a cardboard model of it. The key idea was to generate working drawing readable to the contractor and further resolve the details through peer learning.

Axonometric

View Of

Part Model And Details

MS I SECTION (300 X 140 X 10)

TERRACOTA TILES

DETAIL 'B'

DETAIL 'C'

THE BUNKER MUSEUM

CONSERVATION, CIRCULARITY, MUSEUM

Monsoon 2023 | Semester 10 | Tutor: Nicolas Fanelsa | Regensburg, Germany | Group of 4

The project’s goal is to turn the Divisionhaus bunker in Regensburg into a museum while preserving its historical significance. Minimal modifications will be made, mainly to add a reception area, bathrooms, exhibition space, and a storage room. The objective is to provide visitors with an immersive journey through time, showcasing the authentic dormitories and sanitary facilities of the bunker through exhibitions and guided tours. The key focus is on revealing the bunker’s existence from the outside, with special attention to outdoor spaces. A winding path through vegetation gradually uncovers traces of the bunker- made from demolished broken brick walls, leading visitors to the museum’s entrance, designed like an existing emergency exit staircase. This museum aims to illuminate Regensburg’s military history and offer a unique educational experience for all visitors.

Section AA’

The entrance to the museum. The exhibition spaces. The metal doors repurposed as exhibition panels.

Pavement and seats made of repurposed brick from demolished walls. The entrances to the project.

Ground floor plan

Arrangement of bricks

Existing Building (218,950.2 Kg Co2 Eq) + New Materials + Recycled Materials (2264.8 Kg Co2 Eq) = Extended Building (221,215.6 Kg Co2 Eq)

Connection already established New connection

RESIDENTIAL INSTITUTION

Nivas is a residential institute which provides training, internship and apprenticeship for architecture students. The functions (a canteen, architectural studio, workspace, library, dormitory, auditorium and a residence) are separated depending on the level of privacy required in each with the attributes of the site impacting the arrangement. The institution as a built focuses on the play and meeting of courtyards through narrow corridors- the squeeze and release concept, found in many of Mandu’s historical buildings.

Monsoon 2019 | Semester 3 | Tutor: Rathin Goghari, Sagar Trivedi | Mandu, Madhya

Design Development

Pathway from residence to institute. View of dormitory and office spaces from entrance. Court in between residence and dormitory.

Elevation

SAKHI

WOMEN’S CENTRE, COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT

Spring 2020 | Semester 4 | Tutor: Jigna Desai, Sahiba

Gulati | Ahmedabad, Gujarat

The program developed was that of a recreational and educational centre for the young women of Shankar Bhuvan, a community in Ahmedabad with the key aim to empower them physically, mentally and socially. Thus the program included a library, classroom, private study rooms, discussion areas, gathering spaces, garden, kitchen, store , day care and a multi-functional recreational space for physical and social development. The concept was to form a street of spaces connecting the main road to the community leading to women from other communities to join the intervention, hence enhancing the exposure. Spatial qualities from the community like interconnecting terraces, interaction between levels and materiality were derived to form the spaces.

Places where men and women visit outside the community

Young women confined to the thresholds of their houses.

Unsafe places for young women.

Public places where young women are allowed to go.

A community organization focused on young women aged 16-25 found that these women primarily undertake household duties, rarely socialize with friends or visit public spaces, resulting in limited opportunities for personal growth and independence.

RESEARCH QUESTION

How to make the young women of Shankar Bhuvan feel safe, independent and free in public spaces?

Interaction between levels

Interconnecting terraces

Courtyards and group gathering spaces.

Layering of

THE GREEN CORRIDOR

DIMINISHING URBAN GREENS, GREEN LOOPS

Monsoon 2022 | SWS | Tutor: AUDA Academy | Bangalore, India

This project aims to tackle the urban issue of - diminishing urban greens. In the past few decades, India and the world have seen a significant shift towards urban life. As our cities swell and engulf surrounding landscapes, our green lungs and open spaces diminish. This issue is not limited to India; many African cities face very similar socioeconomic, political and urban environmental issues. Through case studies and comparative analyses, this project aims to establish ambitious policy driven interventions to combat issues of shrinking green covers in Bangalore, Karnataka along with a bold potential green corridor.

Neighbourhood Parks

Potential Corridors

In the past few decades, India and the world have seen a significant shift towards urban life. As to India; Many African cities face very similar socio-economic, political and urban environmental

In the past few decades, India and the world have seen a significant shift towards urban to India; Many African cities face very similar socio-economic, political and urban environmental

The case of Bangalore

Neighbourhood Parks

As our cities swell and engulf surrounding

urban life. As our cities swell and engulf surrounding landscapes, our green lungs and open spaces diminish. This issue is

environmental issues. Through case studies and comparative analyses, this project aims to

Crucial

Rooftop

Green space area in sqm/

Number of parks/ gardens

Size of Public parks

MAKING PRODUCTS 09

CONSTRUCTION WASTE, PRODUCT DESIGNING

2019 | SWS | Tutor: Soha Trivedi | CEPT, Gujarat

The course involved making everyday- products from construction waste. Materials such as MS steel, plywood, bamboo and PVC were collected from different construction sites in Ahmedabad to make the products. The behavioral qualities like compressive strength, durability etc of each material were studied and applied in making the product; to make it structurally stable. It was a great opportunity to learn and implement the understanding of machinery in the workshop.

Process:

Final Products:

Monsoon

PERSONAL WORKS 10

When I travel and take in the architecture and surroundings, sketching has been a strong outlet for me. In order to abstract the proportions and scale, I have always liked experimenting with various mediums.