Architecture Porfolio | Nithin Saji | Undergraduate

EDUCATION

B.Arch : Mahatma Gandhi University

Asian School of Architecture and Design Innovation 2019-2024

I - XII : Indian School Al-Seeb, Muscat 2007-2019

NITHIN SAJI

STUDENT ARCHITECT

ASIAN SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN INNOVATIONS

EXPERIENCE

30 days of experience in architectural firm

Ajit Associates + ACD

University Councillor and Class Represntative in Student Union Council

Sports Captain in School Student Council

INTERESTS SKILLS

Photography

Travelling

Sketching

Hand Crafting

Cricket

Hello!

I am glad to submit my Portfolio for your consideration. This Portfolio contains the Academic Works that I had worked in my four years of Architecture experience.

I consider Architecture as a process of Solution to the Challenges we experience. The Solution might tackle the issue, but the Process is what makes us think and help us to learn.

I believe that architecture should speak for itself and should evolve and interact with People and the Context.

Football

Sketching

REFERENCES

Dr. Pratheek Sudhakaran

ASADI Vision 2030 director contact: +91 742 59 88 858

Ar. Rakesh Kakkoth

Social Interaction Team Co-ordinator

Team Leadership

Public Speaking Problem Solving

Concept Generation

Founder of Studio Acis, Faculty at ASADI contact: +91 949 76 06 116

SOFTWARE PROFICIENCY

2D Drafting :

Autodesk AutoCAD

Autodesk Revit

3D Drafting :

Sketchup 3D

Autodesk Revit

Autodesk 3ds Max

Graphic Designing :

Adobe Photoshop

Adobe Illustrator

Adobe InDesign

Rendering :

Lumion V ray

Office Suite :

Video Editing :

LANGUAGE

English

Malayalam

Tamil

MS Office

Wirecast

Adobe After Effects

PUBLIC HEALTH CENTER

semester 04

MIXED USE BUILDING

semester 05

MASS HOUSING

semester 07

INTERIOR DESIGN

semester 05

WATER-FRONT PARK

semester 06

nthnsaji@gmail.com

+91 790 27 49 536

Vattaparambil Puthen Veedu

Ayoor P.O, Kollam | Kerala | India

Pin : 691533

Hindi DOB

01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08

WORKING DRAWINGS

semester 06

ILLUSTRATIONS

semester 03

MISCELLANEOUS

The public health center is the primary center for examination and point of interaction for a local community with a medical physician.

The site is located in Cheranallor, Ernakulam. The PHC caters over hundred families in its locality. The site is accessible by the sub-main road.

The PHC demands an operation theatre and a labour room apart from the basic PHC functional rooms, consisting of the consultation rooms, triage, vaccination, immunisation and in-patient wards.

PUBLIC HEALTH CENTER

SENTIMENT ARCHITECTURE

expressing human behaviours and emotions through interactive natural and physical space creation.

INJECTING VEGETATION creating a buffer cuts off the monotonous feel imparting liveliness

FLOW IN SPACES openess connecting spaces accesss control

CREATING VOIDS sunlight and shadow liveliness

tactile and visual impact

ENSURING THERMAL COMFORT

NOISE ABSORPTION

BIOPHILIC ATMOSPHERE

ENSURING AIR QUALITY

The building is divided into three zones:

• public

• confined

• emergency

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the GREEN SPACE acts as a shaft that connects both the floors and provides a natural connection and liveliness.

louvers are placed in the waiting area. This creates a permiable separation from the other functional space.

SERVICE ZONE

EMERGENCY ZONE

long vertical louvers are placed on the south-western side to recieve maximum air into the building.

PUBLIC ZONE

CONFINED ZONE

CONFINED ZONE

GREEN ZONE

PUBLIC ZONE

GREEN ZONE

The vison behind thedesign was to cut-off the monotonous feel created by the usual government buildings, which refrains the common people from going there.

The design tries to be more holistic and interactive to the user, creating a healing environment and cutting off the chaos.

The waiting areas are enclosed from the southern side using vertical louvers, thereby letting in natural ventilation and lighting.

The staircase area is also well fused with the nature, creating a strong blend between the exterior and interior space.

1. TWO WHEELERS PARKING

2. FOUR WHEELERS PARKING

3. AMBULANCE PARKING

4. ROOF

5. SOFTSCAPE

GROUND FLOOR PLAN

5.

6.

7.

8.

9.

FIRST FLOOR PLAN

skylight

floating staircase

ramp courtyard

vertical louvers

window shading

concrete facade

SECTION BB

To design a multifunctional space incorporating public, semi-public and private zones. The site is located in an urban area surrounded by roads on all the sides.

The site is located on MG road, Kochi. Residential and public government buildings along with small scale commercial spaces makes up the surrounding building typology.

There is an acute shortage of multipurpose theatres in the neighbourhood. Also providing hostel / temporary staying space within the building can be seen as a vital feature, which can be either used up by the guests or users of the theatres or the co-working areas.

MIXED USED BUILDING

ESSENCE OF LIFE

Man needs job, shelter and a space of joy to nurish their values and passion. The complex connects all these aspects of ones life making all these availing in a single space.

WORK

ENTERTAINMENT HOME

The building promotes lifestyle and fashion with the help of different retail shops located in the public zone, making it accessible for all. The entertainment area in the building is also provided in public zone cattering everyone.

Workspace and conference halls are arranged in the semi-public zone making it available only for the users who gets benefited from it.

A void floor is created to act as a buffer to separate the common people accessing the building from entering the private zone. Private zone consists of residential appartments for short-term stays.

DESIGN FORMULATION

The building is designed by givingpreferences to the choice of users.

The user can enjoy the space they want. Each user is different and so different choices is being added to the building in its mode of accessing each functional zone.

The selection of the functional space in each zone is based on the surrounding context and on the need of the people.

FORM DEVELOPMENT

The building is zoned vertically and horizontally, based on different design and functional aspects. The initial zoning decisions are taken considering the setbacks, user movements in the site and the placement of the building footprint on the site.

site entrance and exit

site site divided based on movements placing the building block

VERTICAL ZONING

building connecting core for easy access

public zone:

(3 floors)

retail shops, multi-functional auditorium

semi-public zone: (3 floors)

conference rooms, co-working spaces

2 sqaures overlapped shape boundaries arranged to get in views

pedestrian pathways

transitional zone: (1 floor)

void floor, gym

private zone:

(2 floors)

residential appartment, artist residence

parking

building form arranged to minimise direct sunlight to functional spaces

connecting for directly access the top functional spaces

To design a multifunctional space incorporating public, semi-public and private zones. The site is located in an urban area surrounded by roads on all the sides.

The intent of the design is that the building should communicate with the user, with the provided functions.

The building serves a commercial shopping area in the lower two floors and a multi-purpose auditorium above it.

The building also has a co-working space with conference halls and individual workspaces too. Residential units are placed in the top floors gaining better views and buffer from the other activites occuring in the lower floors.

1. PARKING

2. CONNECTING CORE

3. RAMP

4. HARDSCAPE

5. GREEN ROOF

6. TERRACE

7. SOUTHERN CORE

8. SOFTSCAPE

FIRST FLOOR PLAN

SECOND FLOOR PLAN

23. WORKSTATION

24. CONFERENCE

25. OPEN WORKSPACE

26. ENCLOSED CABINS

27. RECEPTION

28. TRAINING AREA

29. LOCKER ROOM

30. TOILET

31. MEETING AREA

32. MEDICAL ROOM

33. ADMIN ROOM

34. OPEN TRAINING AREA

35. LIVING ROOM 36. DINING 37. KITCHEN

38. BEDROOM

39. WARDROBE + TOILET

40. WORKSPACE

41. LINEN ROOM 42. TERRACE

1. RETAIL SHOP - TYPE A

2. RETAIL SHOP -TYPE B

4. TOILETS - MALE & FEMALE

5. TOILET - HANDICAPPED 6. DUCTS 7. DUCTS 8. LIFT 9. RETAIL SHOP - TYPE C 10. HELP DESK COUNTER 11. AUDIO ROOM

LIGHT ROOM 13. AUDITORIUM

GUEST LOUNGE

KITCHENETTE

GREEN ROOM 17. CONTROLLER ROOM 18. AUDITORIUM BALCONY 19. VIP LOUNGE

20. CONFERENCE ROOM - TYPE A 21. CONFERENCE ROOM - TYPE B 22. CABIN SPACE

ROOM - TYPE C

FOURTH FLOOR PLAN

SEVETH FLOOR PLAN

FIFTH FLOOR PLAN

EIGHTH FLOOR PLAN

SIXTH FLOOR PLAN

TERRACE FLOOR PLAN

SECTION YY

The connecting core is placed towards the north and is covered with glass facade and louvers to trap the northern light and views.

Cafe outdoor seatings, balconies of appartments are kept oriented to the eastern side of the site for letting in morning light and to have shade in evenings.

The building is oriented in north to south direction, keeping the cores at the rear ends. This helps to reduce the harsh sun entering into the building.

The building has its entrance from the northern side, having a huzzle-free access.

Basement parking is provided to accomodate the users of different functional spaces of the building. The northern connecting core is naturally lighted by trapping in the northern light and providing a wide view of the surrounding context.

Southern core is covered with grilled facade, thereby reducing heat and creating a shadow play inside the building.

Window openings and shadings are provided to trap in the cool air and to minimise the harsh light.

SECTION XX

SOUTH

MASS HOUSING

To develop a housing typology that adheres to the growing needs of the context and caters to all the variety of user profiles and their requirements depending upon the occupation and create a comfortable environment for them.

The focus of the design is to create housing typologies suitable to the context and experiment with different housing concepts. The design takes the consideration of the local climate and environment to ensure the housing is comfortable and efficient.

The site is located in sector 26 and sector 27, Kharghar, Mumbai. The total site is estimated upto 21.08 acres.

ACTIVATION OF SPACE

MAKING THE NEIGHBOURHOOD PART OF DESIGN

IMPORTANCE TO RECREATIONAL AREAS

FOCAL POINT OF ATTRACTION BLOCKS AND VOIDS

BUILDING BLOCKS

BLOCKS SEGREGATED ACTIVE IN-BETWEEN SPACE BLOCKS DIVIDED

The in-between spaces can be used as a productive, open recreational areas.

The commercial zone is placed adjacent to the roads for better access for the users and thereby seperating the rest of the housing users

The design focuses on building abode for different social groups, be it ews, lig , mig, hig. The main emphasis of the design is on providing better and effiecient living environment to the users, irrespective of the type of people.

The core idea of co-living and inter-dependency is also taken into account, without giving any space for discomfort. The site is designed to cater the needs, understanding the activity pattern of the users.

The site consist of commercial areas, recreational areas, cloud service areas, additional provision areas that makes the design stands out from its context.

1. AUDITORIUM/ GATHERING HALL

2.LIG BLOCK

3.MIG BLOCK

4. HIG BLOCK

5. DAYCARE

6. KIDS PLAY AREA

7. PLAYGROUND

8. GYM

9. PARKING

10. RECREATIONAL AREAS

11. CENTRAL OPEN AREA

12. PLAY AREA

13. PARKING FOR SHOP USERS

14. EWS BLOCK

15. PLAY GROUND

16. PARKING

17. RECREATIONAL AREAS

18. COMMERCIAL AREA

The co-working space is setup in an urban context that has no similar functional space in nearby context.

The future relies on working together, past years has thought us that a physical building is not at all a mandatory anymore for a firm. So the introduction of a co-working space in a new locality inspires and motivates the people to update themselves and use the facility to its fullest.

The workspace should have enough space for diverse space using the space; be it enclosed area, closed cabins, open areas.

The interior theme also influences the efficiency of the users using the space.

INTERIOR DESIGN

1. reception

2. informal working unit

3. team of 2

4. work space

5. conference room

6. training & workspace

7. kitchenette & cafe

8. phone booth

9. toilet (male)

10. toilet (female)

11. maintenence room

12. seating area indoor

The water-front park was a minor project done in semester 5. The core aim implemented in this design is to make a different approach in viewing a communty space.

Having the location of the site in a residential zone, creates a need to appeal to different user groups. The design also connects with adjacent waterbody, which can be viewed as a welcoming factor that catters a wider user group.

Covering a part of park with dense filled trees with llarge canopies can be viewed as a different approach in promoting a bio-freindly livelihood. Water is also used as an element in the design. The water creates an infinite feeling to this park.

WATER-FRONT PARK

STEP-WISE DESIGN EVOLUTION

PAVED PATHWAY pathway runs along the site boundary, ensuring a site-freindly atmosphere with the context.

CENTRAL FOUNTAIN creates vistas within the site. It makes the space more attractive and better.

KIDS PLAYAREA placed at the entrance, for easy access and safety.

SEATING AREA placed to trap in views near to the riverside.

PATHWAY

qouta stones are used for pavement. pathways run around the site boundaries. kerb runs along the boundaries.

placed adjacent to the water body.

pine trees are placed, giving a contrasting environment in site.

SEATING

seats are placed adjacent to the riverside. well shaded using trees having large canopy. the area is placed at a higher level.

CENTRAL FOUNTAIN

main attraction of the side. surrounded by the waterbody and is accessed through bridges.

VIEW SPOT

THICK VEGETATION

filled trees wildly and densily giving a forest feel. gazebos are placed in this area.

PLAY AREA

placed close to the entrance and at the lowest point in the site. proper shading and rest area are provided.

WORKING DRAWINGS

B V DOSHI

A graphical exercise, part of sem 3 academic design to study and create an illustration of an architect. The illustration corresponds to the philosophy, principles, materials, work of the particular architect.

GEOFFREY BAWA

7|ILLUSTRATIONS

MIES VAN DER ROHE

HIROSHI NAKAMURA

FRANK LLYOD WRIGHT SHIGERU BAN

architecture portfolio

Attended:

Rhino Workshop by Ar. Shibili Ali

Parametric Modeling and 3D printing

Workshop by Ar. Liya Sunny

Young Architects Festival 2022

Monsoon Architecture Festival 2023

Building Design enhancement using Parametric Analysis by Dr. Pratheek

Sudhakaran

Incorporating Green Building Aspects in Design at Ahmedabad

Massing Model Making

Core volunteer in-charge for Kochi Design Week 2022

Participated in Bamboo Installation Workshop

Academic Excellence award in Semester 5