ARCHITECTURAL PORTFOLIO

PORTFOLIO NAMITHA ELIZABETH JOHN l NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY,CALICUT

Email : elza8john@gmail.com Contact no : 9656503583

I am Namitha Elizabeth John, student of National Institute of Technology Calicut, pursuing undergraduate degree in architecture.

Being a keen observer, I always encourage myself to learn from the opportunities available. I prefer immersing myself with the tasks assigned to me and to finish them with great results. Along with producing bright results, I focus more in analysing the problem and devising my own solutions. Working with your organization would definitely help me gain more experience and being nurtured in such a prestigious firm would be an asset to my future.

EDUCATION 2022 - NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, CALICUT 7 th semester B arch 2018 - St Antony’s Public School ,Kanjirapally,Kottayam 2016 - Girideepam Bethany Central School,Kottayam

SKILLS ADOBE CC

RENDERING

Autocad

Revit

Sketchup

Enscape

Indesign

Illustrator

MICROSOFT OFFICE

RENDERING

Lumion

Photoshop

Vray

Excel

Powerpoint

Word

COMPETITIONS CTBUH Tall building competition - Apartment NASA ANDC Bus terminal design competition NASA Laurie Baker trophy-Co housing

CO-CURRICULAR NITC FS design team NSS Memeber Public relations comitee-Ragam and Tathva

LANGUAGE English Malayalam

CONTENTS 01. SANGAMAM -APARTMENT

02. THE GREEN AVENUE

-COMMERCIAL COMPLEX

03. ARIVU -SCHOOL

04. BUS TERMINAL DESIGN ANDC ,NASA

05. AKAM DOCUMENTATION-KANJIPURAM

SANGAMAM -APARTMENT DESIGN Fostering community living through green spaces and courtyards

Building mass

A central courtyard enabling crstack effect ,cross ventilation and aqequate lighting

Triangulat open to sky projections acting as a private green terrace for each units

Allowing soltitude in indvitual apartment ,same time promoting communal living and family interaction. Quality spaces creating quality time.

Breathing spaces for ventilation as green pockets and spaces for interaction, the open to sky extensions as private green terraces along with jali walls for each family.

Jali

Green Terrace

TYPICAL FLOOR PLAN

SITE PLAN

ENTRY

ROAD- 15M WIDE

ROAD-6M WIDE

EXIT

A path for jogging and cycling along the exterior that fosters connection between neighbours

Open to sky private green terraces for each family to grow plants of thier choice and have a piece of gardenfor themselves

The courtyard creating an interactive space in the centre as well as aiding in air circulation and temperature control

Jali works along the staircase allowing play of lights,casting interesting shadow patterns and enhancing air circulation

THE GREEN AVENUE -COMMERCIAL COMPLEX creating quality interior spaces and enhancing different shopping experiences

Building mass

Extensions from the major mass

green extensions and stepped roof for interaction

Located in a residential area ,aims on meeting the shopping demands of people as well as acts as a hangout place .Activity and recreation spaces promoting the multiple visits of the customers.

Plants Substrate Drainage Wall

Perforated wall The facade feature which is a combination of green roof on the upper half to block the summer sun and perforated sheet on the lower half to facilitate wind movement

Stepped green roof in the terrace for evening recretation and hangouts

GROUND FLOOR PLAN

BASEMENT PLAN

ARIVU

-School Design Outdoor nature interactive learning stimulates growth

Interplay of solid and void blocks creating semi open breathable spaces

Blocks arranged in a staggered ‘S’ shape creating open interaction spaces within the larger blocks

A school meant for children of all ages should provide spaces for all age groups.Hence the entire school design is treated as 3 blocks, arranged and connected in such a way that intermediate open spaces are formed creating interactive spaces dediacted to each age group of students..

The common spaces like library and canteen are spaced where it is easily accessible to all groups.Open spaces and nature interactive learning helps in growth of students.

jali works for ventilation and aesthetics

green roof with vegetable garden on terraces

TYPICAL FLOOR PLAN

Canteen becomes the key interactive space for all group of students.

The space is left open on both sides. Hanging plants are used as seperation so as to enable ample air flow.

SITE PLAN

MAIN ENTRY

Intermediate voids acting as courtyards for interaction

PEDESTRIAN ENTRY

Trellis pathways connecting the bus parking and the school blocks segregating pedestrian and vehicular

Libruary with revolv sides as walls maki

ving glass door on both ing it fully lit

The steps of the green amphitheatre proving platform for outsideb learning and interaction

BUS TERMINAL , PALAYAM,KOZHIKODE - ANDC, NASA Being the mobility hub of one of the busiest places in kerela , Palayam bus stop is always busy with buses coming and going frequently. Its partly due to its location near to the city centre and due to its proximity to spots of major gathering and crowd- railwaystation, beach,SM street.

Seperation without isolation was the major constraint in designing a bus terminal in the pandemic situtation. concept of ‘skyward thinking’ brought about by our team.The group actually using the bus service is seperated from the general public, the people waiting for the bus from the crowd boarding the bus,by taking few pwople in pathways of the ground. Two entrances are provided effectively for,ing two blocks connected by an eliptical skywalk.

Why the elliptical shape

Mathematically, ellipse is the shape with two focal points , which works well in the scenario of busterminal with two entry points.

The ellipse was the way of increasing the walking area while keeping inside our siteboundaries

KANJIPURAM -WHERE LOOMS CHANT THE HYMNS OF LUXURY Cherishing the northern banks of palar river lies the majestic and historical city of thousand temples, Kanjipuram. The documentation gives us an insight into the art,architecture,culture and rich temple heritage of Kanjipuram.

The documentation and study of the settlements reflected how the major occupation of weaving has influenced the everyday life the design and layout of the homes. Being the city of temples, the settlment pattern, the streets were all impacted by the temples.Even the design in motifs of saree was inspierd from the temple architecture.

Better understanding of settlments was enhanced by documneting and analysing weavers house of two different time period, an old weaver house with vernacular architecture and a new weavers house. The comparitive study of both the house gave us better insights into the evolution of design and materials as the weaving methods and techniques changed.

The slik sarees of kanjipuram is work of art.It is currently in collapse due to insufficient renumeration to weavers and exploitation of middlemen, its high time to save this art of silk weaving.

Old weavers house

There are level differences within the house to seperate activities of different hierarchies

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