Architectural Portfolio_Muhammed Unais

MUHAMMED UNAIS A PO RT FO L I O O F SE L E C T E D W O R KS 2015-2017

Creativity is drug I cannot live without.

-Cecil B. DeMille.

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Canvas_ Reinterpreting Flyovers

Market Redesign

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Highway Restaurant

Willow_ Apartments

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Wooden Sculpture

Biker’s Pavilion

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Transcendence_ Resilience Tower

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Contents

Care_ A Hospital Design

Sketches & Painting

08 Flex House_ Social Housing

Photography

CheshireVillage_ A Beach House

Commercial Complex

46 Mountain Retreat

TRANSCENDENCE _RESILIENCE TOWER LOCATION - ISTANBUL, TURKEY BACKGROUND -AAKRIT DESGN

A multi functional space that tackles the common issue of natural disasters, by providing a disaster-proof tower that functions as a accommodative space during disaster, whilst functioning as an educational space otherwise

COMPETITION ‘16 ROLE -DESIGN (TEAM OF 2) DESIGN IDEAS PRESENTATION CONCEPTUAL SKETCHES

Conceptual View 4

C O M P ETI TI O N WO R K I AAK R I T I ‘ 1 6

Selected site Attracts more crowd and acts as a nodal point

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Located in the epicentre of turkey

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Why Istanbul?

Istanbul is an important metropolis with a unique geographical location, historical monuments, important cultural and economical potential and wonderful natural scenery. This city is also prone to multiple forms of disasters owing to its location in proximity to fault lines which are seismically active, lithology in mountains prone to landslides, and with immediate presence of the sea increasing its risks of floods and tsunamis.

THE SITE

TRAFFIC NETWORK

Male ppopi ulation

Female pop ulation

10 Million tourist/ Year 17800 Tourist/ Day

Population in the Asian si de

3.5% Population growth

Population in the European s ide

Future proposal along the site offers for flows and connectivity to and from surroundings.

Visually disconnected from main arteries of transport

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VISUAL ASPECT

Timeless Design

PAST

Natural Disaster

PRESENT Housing, Food etc.

FUTURE Recreation, Learning

The site is located in a newly developing field in Bakirköy district and is close to Atatürk.

The Project Site is a vacant plot, . The site is surrounded by Ayamama Creek, CNR Expo Center, WoW Istanbul Hotel and Atatürk Shopping Mall. With metro stations located nearby as well as the highway and metro bus lines, the site offers easy access for both the pedestrian and vehicle traffic.

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Design strategy 1.

PRESENT

DURING

AFTER

Learning & Research centre

Safe zone

Housing & recuperation centre

Conceptual Section

This aims to establish a technology centre, which shall be an example of the “Edutainment” approach and equipped with adequate infrastructure to conduct educational activities towards preparing the visitors against disasters.

-- Aimed to create a state of the art design which aims to contribute to Istanbul´s urban context.

-- Planning to contribute to Istanbul as one of the prominent tourist attractions in the city.

Spaces MEMORIAL

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LEISURE EXHIBITIONS

EMERGENCY COMMUNICATION EXPERIMENT

TRAINING & PERFORMANCE

GALLERY SPACE

TRI- CORE

ACCESS RAMP

SPACES

RAINSTROM STIMULATION

MECHANISM ROOM AV ROOM

GALLERY SPACE

ACCESS AND ENTRY-WAYS

TIGHTENS RAMP AND THE CORE

VARIOUS FUNCTIONAL SPACES

SMOKE M AZE

AV ROOM

FIRE FIGHTING

The Design The greater fabric has strong forces that draw us to placing of spaces and places.

The site faces the back of several prominent transit nodes like the metro and existing highway will give the building the visibility is needs. The fact that is site is visually disconnected from the surroundings needs articulated zones of access some of which are now being proposed in the currently master plan.

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4-D VIDEO ROOM

CHILDRENS SECTION

270 deg.

PROJECTOR FIRE PREVENTION

GALLERY SPACE EARTHQUAKE SIMULATION

Liquefaction and Earthquake Mechanism Experiment Room 60 m² Training Performance Evaluation Section 50 m² Exhibition Hall 200 m² Emergency Communication Experiment Room30 m² Orientation Stage 100 m² Planetarium 300 m² Children’s Section 75 m² Medical Room 40 m² Earthquake Simulation Section 75 m² 3 Seminar-Training Halls 100x3= 300 m² Conference Hall 450 m² Library 100 m² First Aid Training Room 100 m² Rainstorm Simulation Section 100 m² Fire Fighting Training Room 60 m² Smoke Maze Room 100 m² Administrative Offices 400 m

CANTEEN ADMINISTRATION LIBRARY

SEMINAR HALLS

CONFERENCE

Conceptual View 7

FLEX HOUSE _SOCIAL HOUSING

An affordable social housing for high, medium and low income residents for HUDCO (The Housing and Urban Development Corporation) Competition 2015.

LOCATION - CHENNAI, INDIA BACKGROUND -HUDCO DESIGN COMPETITION ‘15 ROLE -DESIGN (TEAM OF 4) DESIGN IDEAS ANALYSIS & RESEARCH SKETCHES

Why Flexibility in Housing Home is the center of one’s existence and a house is a lifetime investment. The involvement of the user can be considered as the democratization of housing.

Planar and Volumetric Flexibilty It is a response to the internal changes due to need for expansion during the lifetime of the occupant. If the housing prototype cannot adapt, then the users will have to move on, which is both socially and financially disruptive.

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C O M PETI TI O N W O R K I H U D C O ‘ 1 6

View of Flex house

The LIG (Low Income Group)

The EWS (Economically Weaker Section) 2

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Movable Partition Walls Movable walls that may slide along the floor provide the user with the freedom to customize the area and circulation in his interiors according to his spatial preferences.

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Models showing different options for spaces 1.Multiuse of Kitchen Area A fold-able kitchen slab that is fixed with hinges.

A space saving idea in the sense that the space can be used for other purposes at night.

2. Multi functional Balcony A panel containing the window shall be fixed with hinges for folding it indoors making it a table. The fixed table can further shift outdoors making it a balcony or a shop front with a plank on top

3. Bed / Seating It gives the user an advantage to decide the separation of his/ her living space in terms of levels.

The HIG and MIG (High Income and Low Income Group)

PLANS (HIG and MIG)

Modular Volumes Volumetric flexibility has been established by offering the clients different options in the arrangement of their modular volumes. They are also given an option of having a single-floor home for those who prefer having no staircases.

Modular Volumes Inverted T-Beams allow the introduction of utility distribution space above the ceiling and under the raised floors. Therefore ducts and piping pass over the beams without use of “sleeves� to the main horizontal utility zones under exterior corridors. Extra space may be used for storage.

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Customizable Spaces Between Levels It gives the user an advantage to decide the separation of his/her living space in terms of levels.

Future Expansion For growth and change of the structure -for the user -by the user -according to the user.

Energy Saving A cyclic method adopted for energy saving for the community generating energy and resources

The PROCESS :

Exploded View of a Unit :

Sequential Site View:

Modular Volumes Options

Site Plan :

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Support and Infill Method The idea was to have a flexible framework support with various flexible modules to be plugged in according to the user needs and survey output according to the questionnaire output.

View of Flex house 11

THE CANVAS _REINTERPRETING FLYOVERS LOCATION - TRICHY, INDIA BACKGROUND -DESIGN COMPETITION ROLE -DESIGN (TEAM OF 4) DESIGN IDEAS PRESENTATION

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C O M PETI TI O N WO R K I A N D C ‘ 1 6

After a detailed analysis of Trichy, it is concluded that, the numbers of public interaction spaces are inadequate in ratio to the population density. Hence converting the under utilized areas into public spaces will enhance the levels of interaction in the city. Thereby providing a solution to a major problem that mst cities face.

A commonly underutilized site is the space beneath a flyover. Such a space has a shading device already in existence. All that needs to be done is a simple intervention, which makes the space interesting and welcoming.

SITE - 1 - THENNUR FLYOVER Located in the heart of the city, this flyover connects two of the most popular locations of Trichy, namely Thillai Nagar and Chatiram

SITE - 2 - MANNARPURAM FLYPASS This is a freeway for large vehicles to pass Trichy without entering the city below. The area below is at the center of many important residential spaces in the city

SITE - 3 - PAALAKARAI FLYOVER This is an old flyover, that has for years been the connection between Cantonment and CChatiram area, which happen to be the most important commercial areas of the city

Bridge Abandoned Warehouses Underutilized River-fronts Expected Impact Area

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Design Evolution Introducing a raised platform

Split to provide height clearnace for vehicles

Ramp to connect the split platform

Ramp for access from ground level

Introducing continuous integrated pathway

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Seating Seating Informal Informal seating aimed at Informal seating aimed at encouraging interaction encouraging among individuals. interaction among individuals.

Column Column integrated seating and benches provided integrated seatingto and accommodate larger crowds. benches provided to accommodate larger crowds

Food Stalls Food stalls Unreserved space meant for Unreserved space meant food vendors to set up for food ventors settoup mobile food stalls toto cater mobile food stalls to people using the space. cater to people using the space.

Games Games Games likelike Carrom and and Games Carrom Chess that require more Chess that require more than than an individual’s an individual’sintegrated participation, participation, into integrated the structure the structureinto to encourage among the tointeraction encouragr interaction people. among the people

Billboard Seating Billboards Billboards that double Billboards provide a as means seating provide a means of of income for the space, income for the space which which can for beitsused for its can be used maintenance. own maintenance

Toilet Toilet Toilet placed behind Toilet placedsuitably suitably behind the column of flyover to the column of flyover to provide a buffer from the provide a buffer from the activity zone. activity zone.

Green Walls Green Walls Reduces airair and noise Reduces and noise pollution from adjacent roads pollution from adjacent and also acts as a separation roads and also actsroads, as a for the space from the thus providingfor safety. separation the space from the roads, thus providing safety

Cycle Parking Cycle Parking Parking Parking provided providedexclusively exclusively for cycles to encourage its for cycles to encourage its use use to benefit both the to benefitand both individual thethe individual and the environment environment.

Water Harvesting Water Harvesting Water harvesting system provided to collect water provided to collect water from the road above from the road above through through the existing the existing drain pipes, todrain pipes, to supply supply water for thewater toilets for and to maintain the the toilets and to maintain vegetation in thein space. the vegetation the space

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Section A A’

Section AA’

Section B B’

Section BB’

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Plans

Plan at

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Plan at

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Scale 1 : 150

Stage 1 Stage 2 Stage 3

Design Implementation Design Implementation

TheThe design is implemented stages.

The Pedestrian path is the The design is implemented in stages. pedestrian path isinthe first element first element of the design that is to be constructed. This will be of the design that is to be constructed.

This will be followed by the interaction followed by the interaction spaces below. This order is followed spaces below. This order is followed so the thatconstruction the construction of the space abovedoes not hinder an so that of the above space does not hinder an alreadyalready constructed lowerlower spacespace. constructed

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Future Scope In any developing city, there is high potential for a number of flyovers to come into existence in the near future, owing to increasing urbanization. Therefore, plans can be made prior to flyoverconstruction, to provide sufficient space for implementing such a design in the under utilized space below.

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MARKET REDESIGN LOCATION - TRICHY, INDIA SITE AREA - 2.2 ACRES BACKGROUND - STUDIO DESIGN ROLE - DESIGN IDEAS DRAWINGS MODELING

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A C A DEM I C WO R K I N I T T R I C H Y

Redesign of an existing Sunday market.

PONMALAI SHANDY (Ponmalai market) Total area: 8,872.44 m² (95,502.14 ft²) The majority of the neighborhood is occupied by Golden Rock Railway Workshop and its residential colonies for its employees. The site contains a huge number of trees which are well distributed throughout the site.

Design Evolution The market spaces are arranged around the existing trees in the site, a conscious decision to preserve the existing green spaces on the site. The trees provide natural shading for the seating spaces located around and under it. The marketplace snake around the existing landscape and adds character to the design.

The roofscape is lower at spaces closer to the trees to accommodate its canopy and higher at other locations to ensure ventilation.

Conventional seating around tree with minimum visual contact.

Modified Seating around the tree Maximizes visual contact.

Multiple levels enhances the informal environment.

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Design Evolution

The site: including the fish market, permanent structures and existing trees.

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Initial zoning of the site into main market area and children’s play area

The existing trees are connected to form a pathway through the site and acts as the skeletal map for the marketplace

The basic circulation of the market is determined, winding along the existing landscape of the site

Pedestrian pathways introduced as well as the food courts around the trees with in the central market area

The parking spaces, loading and unloading along with the built and unbuilt spaces are designed.

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Fish market

Association hall and Library

Loading and unloading spaces

Parking

Main market area

Children’s play area

Bus stop Main entrance 20

Water tank Parking

Conceptual Sectional View

The marketplace snake around the existing landscape and adds character to the design. The site doubles as a commercial as well as public space for its users.

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CARE HOSPITAL DESIGN L OCATION - TRICHY, INDIA SITE AREA - 2.4 ACRES BACKGROUND - STUDIO DESIGN ROLE - ABSOLUTE

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A C A DEM I C WO R K I N I T T R I C H Y

To design a 100 bed hospital with state of the art facilities and which offers both general and specialised treatment. The design challenge was to give proper functionality of all the required spaces solving the issues and problems in the hospitals in present condition.The design seeks to experiment with the notion of simplicity and essential design and also subtly instill upon the user a strong spatial character.

Site Aspects

Design Evolution

Site Profile

Division Of Spaces

Site Area - 2.4 Acre Site Shape - Irregular Quadrilateral Terrain- Very slight slope towards the banking water-body

Division of Spaces for clarity in circulation and way finding.

Off-site features

Shifting Levels

- A prominent water body adjacent to the site - Road abutting one side of the site - High rise buildings on adjacent plots - Noisy Roads

Shifting different levels creating cantilevers, mezzanines & terraces.

On-site features

Profiling

- Trees present on a small part of the site - An electrical transformer present on site

Changing the profile of the building aligning to the site conserving existing trees present in the site.

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Ground Floor Plan

First Floor Plan

Second Floor Plan

Design Approach emergency Ramp

general wards

ICU

diagnosis services

Courtyard

Ramp doctor’s area

outpatient entrance lobby

operation theatre/ Labour rooms services passage

Ramp inpatient rooms

general wards inpatient rooms

admin

Zoning Key : Entrance/ Information Area Out-Patient Area X ray,Diagnostics,Pharmacy Circulation Core,Ramp Operation Zone,Labor Room Shared Admit rooms( Adults and children) Single & Double Occupancy 24

The emergency and diagnosis department are less frequented areas compared to outpatient areas and is seperated from the outpatient area by a wide courtyard in the center. The operation theatres and ICU are in the first floor which is the sterile zone.In Patient wards and rooms are at the second floor, an outdoor balcony is provided for the inpatients.

Elevation

Section A A’ View of emergency entry

Elevation

Aerial view 25

Design Evolution

HIGHWAY RESTAURANT LOCATION - BANGLORE -MYSORE HIGHWAY, INDIA

A restaurant design project situated on a highway to provide refreshment for travellers. A seating capacity of 100 to be provided. The form of the building is perceived to maximize energy efficiency.

Zoning

SITE AREA - 1.5 ACRES BACKGROUND - STUDIO DESIGN KITCHEN

WASHROOM

ROLE - ABSOLUTE

PACKED FOOD DINING

EMPLOYEE AREA

A/C DINING

WASHROOM

NON A/C DINING

CHAIN STORES

ADMIN KIDS PLAY AREA

ZONING

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A C A DEM I C WO R K I N I T T R I C H Y

SUPERMARKET AND PHARMACY

CASHIER

LOBBY

SOUVENIR SHOP

120 m

Service Road

100 m

Bus

section

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Entry

Exit

SITE PLAN

Site Plan

View of the Restaurant 27

View of the Restaurant

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Side View

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Main Entrance

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Form Evolution

Conceptual View

Division of spaces

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Ground Floor Plan Potential Courtyards N Kitchen

Bus parking Restroom

Restroom

Restroom

Employee Restroom

Inventory

Employee area Packed Food

dining for chain stores

A\C Dining

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Locker room

chain store 4.8 x 3.7m

End to End Visibility

Non A\C Dining

feeding area

Admin

Kids Play area

chain store 4.8 x 3.7m

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Pharmacy Souvenir shop

cashier

chain store 4.8 x 3.7m

Lobby

Supermarket

Entrance 03 0m

Mutual Shading

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24m

Plan

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WILLOW APARTMENT COMPLEX

A 12 storey apartment complex building with a contemporary design utilizing a pre-fabricated structural template with similar units at alternate levels, emphasizing the facade with its play of extrusions that form the fenestrations of the complex

Modules

Design Evolution

LOCATION - B ANGLORE, INDIA SITE AREA - 2 ACRES

3BHK Type 1

BACKGROUND - Inter nship ROLE - Assistant RESPONSIBILITIESSchematic Design

2BHK Type 1

Approval drawings Visualisation

Site Plan

3BHK Type 2

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PR O F ES S I O NA L W O R K

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INTERNSHIP

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Ground Floor Plan

Section A A’

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Typical Block Floor Plan

View of pool & deck

Bedroom Interior

Kitchen Interior

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COMMERCIAL COMPLEX

A commercial building consisting of retail & office spaces with a contemporary design utilizing a pre-fabricated structural template with similar units at each levels, emphasizing the facade with its play of extrusions that form the fenestrations of the complex.

Design Evolution

LOCATION -Banglore, India SITE AREA - 6000 Sq m BACKGROUND - Inter nship

SITE PLAN

ROLE - Assistant RESPONSIBILITIESConcept development Preliminar y Drawings Presentation

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P R O F ES S I O N A L WO R K

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INTERNSHIP

Site Plan

View from the road 35

Ground Floor Plan

Mezzanine Floor Plan

First Floor Plan

Second Floor Plan

The commercial complex is composed of showrooms/ retail spaces in the ground floor and private offices in the top floors. A mezzanine floor is provided at the lower level which will be part of the showroom in the ground floor. Parking is at the basement as well as on the ground level. The verticality,colouring and the nature of the materials used for construction directly respond to the setting it was being built.

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Elevations

East Facade

North Facade

Section A A’

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WOODEN SCULPTURE MATERIAL- WOODEN CUBOIDS BACKGROUND - AMBIENCE DESIGN ROLE - CORE TEAM (TEAM OF 2)

A sculpture made up of a similar sized wooden pieces. It was made for the national level symposium at the university. The build up of energy is symbolized in a multitude of small wooden pieces coming together to form a single human like sculpture, relating to almost 500 visitors at the symposium.

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SCULP TI NG I A M B I ENC E D E S I G N

1. Basic Form

2. Wireframe

3. Paper Mesh

4. Wooden Blocks

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BIKER’S PAVILION BACKGROUND - DESIGN FOR RIDERS DURATION - 1 DAY ROLE -DESIGN IDEAS

A tensile structure of steel posts tying nylon sheets together to create a pleasing space for the riders to take a break and look at the view.

The platform is made of exposed concrete with steel beedings and the brick at the corners increasing the durability of the space considering its purpose

PRESENTATION

The cotta stone platform has recession,with different heights makes the sense of secure feeling. The super structure is a metal structure ,with nylon sheets, providing ambient sunlight and protection from the rainy nights. It has a railing on the view side,providing security and includes a space for earth and grass.

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CHESHIRE VILLAGE BEACH HOUSE SITE - KANNUR, KERALA AREA -

0.8 ACRE

BACKGROUND -COMPLETED PROJECT ROLE- DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION SITE SUPERVISION WORKING DRAWINGS LANDSCAPE DESIGN Trafford Hall

Cheshire village is a beach house design in Mattul, Kannur, India. It has 3 buildings mainly; a cottage which was built in the traditional kerala style, then the fort house which was a renovation of an existing house in the site; and Trafford hall connecting the other two in the center.

Trafford Hall is multi purpose hall which consists of a large common hall with dining and living and a stage that can be converted as a bedroom. Trafford hall opens to the kitchen of Cheshire cottage on one side and the bedroom of the fort house on the other side. Trafford hall has a double height space and a glass facade of UPVC sliding windows in the ground level and fixed aluminum windows in the upper level. The proposed design also has a mezzanine floor in the hall.

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Ground Floor Plan

Design Evolution

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+85 lvl

Room 1000 x 600 Area- 60 Sqm +85 lvl UP

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Green space

Mezzanine floor(Future)

+130 lvl

UP

20cm RCC Projection

40x40x20cm RCC Projection

Stage/Bedspace

+55 lvl

UP

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20cm RCC Projection

40x40x20cm RCC Projection

UP

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+100 lvl +40 lvl

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Hollow clay block Wall with alternate exposed surface and small and long openings

Cheshire Cottage was built first, then the Fort House, and Trafford hall was proposed as a connecting bridge between the two.

+55 lvl

Cheshire Cottage

± 0 lvl

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GROUND FLOOR PLAN Floor Area- 152.3 m²

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First Floor Plan

Fort House C

+445lvl

TERRACE +385 lvl(outhouse first floor/beam top level)

TERRACE +600 lvl

TERRACE

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+360 lvl(outhouse passage level)

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FIRST FLOOR PLAN

Trafford Hall

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View from the beach side

Cut Sectional Views

Interior of Trafford Hall

Trafford Hall

Section C D 10 cm thick concrete slab

Lower level slab Concrete Beam

+600 lvl

+445 lvl

Anchor Bolts

40x40x20cm RCC Projection Laterite masonary

White house Ground floor Level +40 lvl

Ground Level ±0 lvl Column Footing

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+385 lvl

Mezzanine floor level

White house First floor Level

stage +130 lvl

Dining Area +85 lvl

20cm RCC Projection

+85 lvl

Open Area +55 lvl

Outhouse house Open space Level +55 lvl

Ground Level(in front of hall) ±0 lvl

Interior of Trafford Hall

View from the beach side

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MOUNTAIN RETREAT _CABIN SITE - MUNNAR, KERALA

Mountain Retreat - a 320 sq ft cabin is essentially a wooden clad box on pre fabricated steel frame standing on stilts that can be completely shuttered down when the owner is away. The verticality,colouring and the raw nature of the materials used for construction directly respond to the setting it was being built.

BACKGROUND -PROPOSED DESIGN FOR A LIVE PROJECT ROLE -DESIGN IDEAS MODELING

The cabin is composed of two levels, the lowest level consists of entry, a small living and pantry area; the middle level consists of one small bedroom with a balcony, dressing and bath facilities

View of Cabin

Ground Floor Plan

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PROPOS ED DES I GN

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FR E E L AN C E WO R K

First Floor Plan

Section B B Section B B’

Section A A’

View of Cabin 47

SKETCHES & PAINTINGS A collection of my sketches & painting.

Medium : Fine Marker pens Charcoal & Acrylic colours.

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PHOTOGRAPHY A small collection of photos that I captured during my travel.

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