Architecture Portfolio | Paramvir Singh

Architecture Portfolio | selected works 2015-18 |

| Paramvir Singh |

contents cv

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continuing education centre

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volzero unbox competition

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annual nasa design competion

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logo design

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photography

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academic | individual | education | interaction

competition | duo | shipping container | art hub

competition | group of 6 | neglected urban space | renewel

competition | duo | chandigarh tourism

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academic

Personal Details

Age- 21 Nationality- Indian email- param4237@gmail.com address- #55,sector 24,Chandigarh

Studio Apartment Kiosk

International Symposium

Public toilet “hi !

I am Paramvir Singh, a 6th semester student of bachelors in architecture. This is a collection of some of my works which shows my passion for learning and hard work in this field.

I would love to contribute the same as well as learn from your firm. ”

Celebrating Le Corbusier’s Chandigarh

NASA G-sen Trophy

2016

CV

Continuing Education Centre

softwares Autocad

Advanced

Rhinoceros

Advanced

Sketchup

Advanced

Ms office

Advanced

Photoshop

Good

V-ray

Good

2003-2015

Archicad

Good

Chandigarh College of Architecture

3ds Max

Beginner

Panjab University, Chandigarh Pursuing B. Arch (3rd year)

Illustrator

Beginner

Indesign

Beginner

Lightroom

Beginner

education St. Kabir Public School Chandigarh 12th Standard (CBSE) 92%

2015-present

hobbies

Office Complex

2017

Vernacular Settlement Study

Winners

NASA HUDCO Trophy

In Situ Slum Redevelopment | Iterative | | group project |

361° Conference Buyi Library & Canteen | | group of 3 |

NASA ANDC Trophy

Neglected | Urban Space | Renewal | | Live Project | group head |

Shortlisted TOP 60

Celebrating Le Corbusier’s Chandigarh |

Selected for exhibition

Hill Resort

NASA Student of The Year Trophy

2018

Digital Drawing/Rendering

English

Photography

Cycling

Laser Cutting

Hindi

Travelling

Running

Model Making

Punjabi

Graphic Design

Chandigarh Tourism | group of 2 |

Photography Competition

Cinema

Music

Logo Design Competiton

120 hours

Residential School

Football

Teamwork

National runner ups

Mumbai | Zaha Hadid Architects

Shopping Mall

skills & languages

Gaming

Smart city | Open Source | Urban Lab | | group project |

Residence Kindergarten

Paramvir Singh

co-curricular

Pierre Jeanneret Symposium Hill Housing Auditorium

academic | individual |

National Winner

UNBOX Competition Shipping Container | Public Space | Ideas Competition | | group of 2 |

Wall installation

| PEC University Campus | Admin Block |

NASA- National Association of Students of Architecture ANDC- Annual NASA Design Competition

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continuing education centre Location : PEC University , Chandigarh , India Program : Education , Interaction Area of Site : 7,463 sqm Individual Project

NASA Student of The Year Winning Entry

The building will hold educational programmes in various fields for short durations for teachers, from different parts of the world .

They will have lectures, workshops which will enhance their knowledge about the ongoing trends in teaching in the world.

interaction

Interaction is an integral part of the learning process. It helps in exchange of knowledge which is crucial in an educational institute.

In order to promote exchange of knowledge 3 voids were plugged into the building, each having a different function.

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design Changing levels

Re-arranging

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academic admin

Void

Solid

library

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Circulation elements to connect voids

Adding functions to voids

Courtyard

8. Cafeteria 9. Seating 10. Play Area 11. Lecture Theatre 12. Formal Entry 13. Student Entry Courtyard

1. Reception Area 2. Dean’s Office 3. Meeting Room 4. Staff Room 5. Toilets 6. Kitchen 7. Service Entry

Stepped seating

Further modifications

Mound

Stairs

Ramp

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1. Pivoted Entry Door 2. Lecture Hall 3. Workshop 4. Toilets 5. Computer Lab 6. Library 6(a) Mezzanine

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7. Library Deck 8. Ramp 9. Mound Seating 10. Stepped Seating

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ground floor plan

first floor plan

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view of the stepped seating

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17:00 hrs

Students in the PEC University get free from the lectures and the different performing student’s clubs like- theatre, music, dance, arts etc look for places to practice.

At the same time lectures in CEC Building gets over.

The GAP between the teachers and students thinking is very large. For knowledge to be exchanged, a healthy interaction is very important

Performing centre for students of the university (High Tensile Structure)

CEC Building

ART is a medium which binds people together.

So it was deciced to create a common plaza where performing structures for students club will be installed and a common plaza will be created for interaction among the Teachers who have come for the workshop and the PEC University students.

Common Interactive Plaza

site plan

Section A-A’ through CEC building and the plaza (performing centres)

Main academic block of the university

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volzero unbox competition Location : Ctiy Centre, Sector 17 Piazza , Chandigarh , India Program : Urban Intervention, Art Hub, Sustainability Duo Project

The tower is an experiment aiming to bring about a wave of expression in the slow moving city of Chandigarh. It aims at creating a free platform for budding artists and performers to showcase and express their talent.

The Shipping Container is one such potential building material that boasts of good structural quality, can be recycled easily and is universally available.

This project aims to explore the prospective functionality of containers that aid in the creation of a platform for budding artists to showcase their talent, a space for open exhibitions, co-working spaces for the artists and movie nights for the general public.

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site

The main commercial and business hub of Chandigarh, Sector 17 as designed by Corbusier as the Heart of the City is located centrally in the city at the junction of 2 major roads.

The core area of Sector 17 has been planned as a pedestrian paradise of seamlessly interlinked spaces, plazas surrounded by concrete buildings From Hotels, offices, govt buildings, shops, restaurants, banks, theatres, Sector 17 is the Hub of the city and has a large variety of footfall, from office employees to unhasty window shoppers.

At the intersection of the 4 plazas lies a chowk or square based on the concept of traditional indian bazaars for interactions of people from different backgrounds.

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shops

commercial

piazza

parking

activity 9:00AM

During the morning, the piazzas near the offices (bank square) are filled with people rushing to their offices.

problems

2:00PM

The piazzas liven up in the afternoon with office crowds having their lunch and mingling at the various temporary food stalls and having a much needed break

An 11 storied building meant to provide scale to the whole piazza was never built hence the the lack of a vertical landmark element makes the skyline of the Sector 17 dull.

6:00PM

In the evening shoppers and tourists fill up the piazzas with the neelam piazza being one of the most crowded spaces and the sound and light show being the major attraction. The bank square is unoccupied at this time.

But too much use of concrete makes the whole place monotonous and rigid leaving the piazzas unoccupied in the scorching summer heat

60% of the piazzas remain unused. The existing public piazzas are lost spaces with no sense of direction.

Chandigarh has turned sterile, and the lack of a platform for the arts to showcase their talent is a major issue.

important buildings

A view of the central sqaure of sector 17

central junction of the city

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design

free ground floor plan

The tower is an experiment aiming to bring about a wave of expression in the slow moving city of Chandigarh. It aims at creating a free platform for budding artists and performers to showcase and express their talent.

The ground has been kept free retaining the open character of the piazza

The tower has been designed as a sculpture symbolizing freedom of expression. The design is dynamic, free-flowing and contradicts its brutalist backdrop and stands out, bringing the piazza to life. It represents expression breaking free in the heart of the city, Sector 17.

This space can be converted to an exhibition space with the exhibits fixed on the panels at various levels

The whole tower becomes an exhibition space with art exhibits fixed on panels. It will also be a coworking space for the artitsts, a backdrop for musical performances and movie nights with projections on the panels. The tower will become a much needed vertical landmark and a visual link in sector 17 and in the city as well

scale & section

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location of tower

10 m 10 m 10 m

19 m

The height of the tower is almost double from the surrounding buildings so that it becomes a much needed vertical landmark and a visual link to the otherwise directionless piazzas of Sector 17 A visual link is created by creating staggered levels in section .

A sculpturous staircase that lights up at night and a glass lift connect the 4 levels

intersection of 4 piazzas

center lines of 4 piazzas

tower location

interactive & sustainable design

tower rotated to break

The panels can be moved and rotated according to the user’s need.

The design becomes interactive as the artists can craft their own spaces.

breakdown of containers

The panels can be positioned according to the sun and wind direction during different times of the year.

+ 1 shipping container

framework of container

faces of the container

faces divided into random sized panels

radio network

17:00FM

A radio antenna installed at the topmost deck shall play music by new and talented artists and also inform about the upcoming events(performances, exhibitions) that are to take place -making the impact worldwide.

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tuesday morning 9:00am

friday movie night 8:00pm

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annual nasa design competition Location : Bapu Dham Slum Colony, Sector 26 , Chandigarh , India Program : Neglected Urban Space Renewal Group Head | Live project

Shortlisted in TOP 60

The brief required us to identify a neglected urban space in our city and transform it making a social impact at the same time, involing the community in the design process and creating a vibrant urban public space. The challenge was to engage in real life hands on construction and execute the proposed design on site.

movie

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site

problems

With its perfectly laid grid plan, straight connecting roads and an underlying essence of symmetry; the irony hides in the most pronounced corners of Chandigarh. The irony conceals behinds the faces of its people

Overtime, the empty dump land became a representative of their collective identities.

The children remain involved in helping out their parents in their jobs and lose out on the opportunity to study.

The disorganised vehicular movement on the site made it unsafe for the children playing

The existing parks are breeding places for mosquitoes or have been converted to parking spaces leaving no safe playing zones for children.

The lack of a fence makes it unsafe for the children playing next to a high traffic road

The site was insufficient in the number of benches that catered to only a handful of people.

and in their variant lifestyles. Our underlying intention was to improve the identity of the people residing in the Bapu Dham Slum Colony.

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key plan of Sector 26

Transport Market

Timber Market

Residences

Grain Market

Site

The chosen site holds a strategic location as it lies on the hgih traffic connecting road between Chandigarh and Panchkula. It is also close to important places like timber market, grain market, transport market and schools.

initial condition of site

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design

seating

cubes

The main intervention is placed around the 2 trees to

The seating has been designed as a composition of the hollow concrete blocks and bamboo, a vivid fusion of modernism and sustainability.

The cubes made of scrap metal have been designed as multifunctional spaces where the user becomes the designer crafting his/her own space according to the different needs.

Zoning

-improve vehicular circulation -trees are already active nodes and act as gathering spaces for the community and provide shade

shade/shelter foundation

The 12 benches are placed along the boundary of the site along the 5 already existing benches to form a human fence.

vehicular circulation before

While some may see it as an intimate space, others may view it as an essential fiber of a social fabric that allows a community with opportunities to meet and exchange ideas.

9 cubes of varying sizes have been scattered around one of the trees. Each cube can serve a different function at the same time.

A row of 17 benches on the periphery of the site act as a human fence. The basic human tendancy of a protective care for its young, is something that was exploited through the design

These spaces can become learning centers in the morning or play spaces in the evening and even interactive pockets during the day.

tyre swings HCB layers

site plan

A program was initiated in collaboration with the students from nearby schools who will teach the underprivelaged children and inform them about waste disposal, sanitation, proper health and hygiene.

after teaching

bamboo added A

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backrest

“Now my kids can play in a safe car free environment”

View of the site from AA’ (not to scale)

“i can relax and keep an “finally! enough seating

eye on my kids at the

for everyone.”

same time”

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logo design Brief : Promoting tourism in Chandigarh

Program : Chandigarh Tourism, Logo Design Individual | Competition

The main aim behind the design of the logo was to make it recognizable and spread awareness about the architectural heritage of Chandigarh, which is lost and often neglected even by the people residing in Chandigarh.

The Capitol Complex, designed by Corbusier himself is the mecca for modern brutalist architecture and has recently become a UNESCO World Heritage Site The elements used in the logo are inspired by the buildings in the Capitol Complex. The Open Hand monument is a symbol that conveys peace & reconciliation, and the unity of Mankind.

The dynamic skyline of the Capitol Complex has been used in the logo. The colours used in the logo were used by Corbusier to break the dull grey monotony of concrete. The random squares and rectangles depict the grid plan of Chandigarh.

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photography

Badami

Chandigarh

Rajasthan

Capitol Complex

Karnataka

Capitol Complex

Hampi

Goa

Rajasthan

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Paramvir Singh | Architecture Portfolio param4237@gmail.com +917508086686 H.no-55, Sector 24, Chandigarh, India

References Ar. Priya Gupta

Assistant Professor Chandigarh College of Architecture gpriya2411@gmail.com

Ar. Sujay Sengupta

Dean of Student Welfare Chandigarh College of Architecture sg.sujay@gmail.com