ARCHITECTURAL PORTFOLIO of Niranjana Madan

PORTFOLIO Niranjana M

Hi, I’m Niranjana, a 24 year old architect seeking to be part of a workplace that houses inquisitive minds, nurtures conversations and enables creative workmanship.

I am passionate about working and learning rigorously and mindfully on design big and small.

I believe there exists an intrinsically basic connection between beings and nature; and that architecture as a practice requires us to build and sustain as strongly and truly as possible upon this bond.

Mail: niranjana.madan@gmail.com Mobile: +91 9488584213

EDUCATION

EVENTS & WORKSHOPS

KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA (CBSC | 2002-2007)

Working with Bamboo | WORKSHOP

PRIMARY SCHOOL | TAMIL NADU, INDIA

ZONASA15 | MANGALORE

Heritage Cities 2015 | EXIBITION & LECTURE Universiy of Mysore | S.P.A

MAHARISHI VIDYA MANDIR (CBSC | 2007-2012) SECONDARY SCHOOL | TAMIL NADU, INDIA SKILLS

{RE}evolution | DESIGN COMPETITION ANDC 2015 | (Top 60-India)

Auto CAD NATIONAL MODEL (CBSC | 2012-2014) HIGH SCHOOL | TAMIL NADU, INDIA

Sketch Up

The Day After Tomorrow | DESIGN EVENT

ZONASA16 | (citation)

V- ray GRADUATION UNIVERSIY OF MYSORE | S.P.A/U.S.D (2014-2019) B.ARCH | KARNATAKA, INDIA

WORK EXPERIENCE STUDIO MUMBAI ARCHITECTS, Mumbai

INTERN (Jan 2019-April 2019) | JR.ARCHITECT (July 2019-May 2020)

Tribal Rehabilitation Centre Design Project | Semester V

Adobe Ps

LANGUAGES

Adobe Id

Sketching Model Making

Works under SMA Jan 2019 - May 2020

ENGLISH

TAMIL

HINDI

Miscellaneous Works

An observation sketch made of one of the dwelling units & the activities surrounding it

Photos from a Jenu Kuruba tribal settlement

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Set in the southern forest regions of Karnataka, the Jenu Kuruba tribes face a deteriorating livelihood as their forests home have now become restricted. They can no longer gather or hunt small wild animals for food or other needs and therefore no longer sustain a livelihood.

Data SIO, NOAA, U.S. Navy, NGA, GEBCO Image Landsat / Copernicus Data SIO, NOAA, U.S. Navy, NGA, GEBCO Image Landsat / Copernicus

BRIEF: To design within a 10 acre land in a village 50 km away from the city of Mysore, a rehabilitation centre for 300 families of the Jenu Kuruba tribes that includes; dwelling units, a Primary Health Centre, a Primary school, a Cultural Museum and spaces to accommodate skill training & development workshops such as tailoring, block printing, pottery, candle making, jute processing and a guest dormitory to accommodate the trainers.

Of the 5 acre site 40% of the land must be set aside for agriculture.

SITE

Tribal Rehabilittion Centre

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DESIGN DEVELOPMENT PROCESS

Master plan - Zoning

The Jenu Kurubas in this area live an almost completely off-grid livelihood. Right from making their own brick used to build their dwellings usig locally available material to hand-crafted tools to facilitate their activities. They spend most of the daylight time out doors including cooking which happens in a shaded structure close to the dwelling space and use the sheltered dwelling space only at night time to rest. They are a very close knit community that often share or Wexchange goods & produce and also form a safe space for social interactions. This system of lifestyle is key to designing a responsive rehabilitated community.

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The Dwelling units are to be of two typologies ; TYPE(A)-25m2 and TYPE(B)-30 m . They are designed such that two units of the same typology share a common wall and a toilet. Four pairs of such units in case of TYPE A and five pairs in case of TYPE B share a common back yard space. These pairs of dwelling units face towards each other forming either a small gathering space, a pathway, or a bigger community space that are activated by the front porches of these units which also double as a cooking area.

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CLUSTER TYPE A

CLUSTER TYPE B

PLAN (TYPE-A)

PLAN (TYPE-B)

- 25m2 x 2 units

NIGHT TIME

- 30m2 x 2 units

DAY TIME

SECTION - TYPE B

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O.A.T and Classroom

Ground Floor Plan

Upper Floor Plan

Section CC’

The Primary school for standards I to V is designed with a vision of breaking away from the typical corridor-ed enclosures which instead incorporates a play area that acts also as a circulation space between the class rooms. A simple G+1 structure of rammed earth and concrete beam , covered with pitched country-tiled roofing allows for ample sky-lit classrooms in the upper storey as well ground structures. The open plan also enables a strong visual and active connectivity among the classrooms, the O.A.T and the library.

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Classroom - interior

Ground Floor Plan

Upper Floor Plan

Outdoor lobby/common space

Elevation

The Guest dormitory is a simple structure designed to house, 1. A kitchen to prepare food for the guests, 2. An outdoor common space to gather, dine, snack or communicate and 3. Individual spaces to rest.

The room for resting comprise of a sleeping area, a balcony, a study/living space and a toilet. Each of these volumes are stacked alternatively to create open spaces that allow natural light and ventilation and also as a small private garden that one can step out to.

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The following pages present some of my works and works that have my significant share in the process; during my period working as a trainee and later as an architect at Studio Mumbai Architects (SMA).

Works under SMA

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Photographs taken on site

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The site is located within the dense urban fabric of Chennai, the capital city of the southern state of Tamil Nadu, India. The almost 1 acre plot is to house a residence & a space that quarters the staff, surrounded by lush vegetation.

Built using local granite stone, the foundation is to sustain the single storey load bearing brick structure and a full roof garden. Building with granite, brick and lime mortar that is made on site, the process is sensitive to availability of material, and of understanding its dialogue with one another.

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Medium: pen on paper Done by: Niranjana M & Aishwarya Rajan

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B

ISO

4'-6"

2'-312"

2'-412"

2'-312"

3'-4"

2'

9'-012"

10'-103 4"

3'-4"

1'

Pool size 66'-9" x 7'

66'-51 4"

2'-6"

3'-2"

6'-3"

3'-2"

A

3'-2"

3'-2"

A

3'-4"

Courtyard size 66'-9" x 54'-2"

AC UNIT

4'

SITE ISOMETRY 5'-1"

B

11'-11 2"

SECTION - AA

SECTION - BB

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Study room seating options (Pencil sketch)

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Living room Long elevation opt trial 3

Living room Long elevation opt trial 5

Living room : Options for lighting and seating design

Photoshop render of a roof garden and railing idea.

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Wooden 1:100 scale model done by the carpenters of SMA This was merely an attempt to capture the spaces as closely as possible to how one might experience the space walking through this wonderfully made model.

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A small farmers quarters set within a larger farm land in the village of Ithampadu, south of Andhra Pradesh.

The project is an initiation of a welcoming shelter beside the cool shade of the Neem tree for the cows and the farmer’s family who toil the land in the mostly dry, hot & arid region.

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PLAN Farmer’s Quarters

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14'-641"

1" 13'-22

13'-3"

Cooking and living space Medium: watercolour on paper

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1" 7'-14

2'

11'-1021"

9'-541"

5'-441"

2'

4'-321" 1" 11'-32

3'-1"

3" 2'-94

1" 3'-54 2'

2'-521"

1'-1121" 6"

1'-1121"

1" 1'-4" 72

1'-621"

5'-441"

2'

4'-321"

3" 2'-84

2'

11'-1021"

9'-541"

2'-521"

1'-1121" 6"

3'-10"

3'-541"

7'-141"

11'-321"

3'-1"

1'-1121"

1'-4" 721"

2'-53 4" 3'-1021"

9'-1" 2'-521"

2'

11'-321"

3'-1" 7'-521" 3'-10"

1'-1121"

6"

26°

16°

note: •This is an option showing the bathroom area having the sloped roof with country tiles as an extension of the kitchen area.

Ithampadu Farm Date: March 8th 2019 note: •The beam connection to the column and rafter must be clarified.

• The no. of columns in the main house verandah yet to be decided.

Project Code: ITH Scale: 1/8"=1' (A3)

Staff quarters Sections

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Perspective drawing Bathroom options

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9'-221" 6'-10" 1'-1121" 14'-641"

8'-11" 1" 1'-112

Ithampadu Farm Date: March 8th 2019 Project Code: ITH Scale: 1/8"=1' (A3)

Staff quarters 29 Elevations

Scale model

Material: Cork board & fevicol

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Interior render

Software: Sketchup and V-ray

Palmyra house(above) SMA Carrimjee house(left) SMA Photo: Niranjana

Miscellaneous Works

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Mail: niranjana.madan@gmail.com Mobile: +91 9488584213