Prishita Kulkarni Portfolio

ARCHITECTURAL PORTFOLIO Selected Works (2019-Present) Prishita Kulkarni|School of Environment and Architecture

Education 2007-2019

Gems Our Own English High School, Dubai 1st-12th Grade-CBSE

2019-Ongoing

School of Environment and Architecture (SEA), Mumbai Bachelors of Architecture-University of Mumbai

Workshops 2019

Material Workshop- Working with Bamboo -Areen Attari

Sinan: Genius of Domed Buildings -Neesha Mewada

2020

-Khan Academy

Prishita Kulkarni An explorer and an enthusiastic learner, I look at architecture through the process of crafting spaces for a living, which would eventually evolve to generate new forms.

My process involves generating visuals and volumetric forms to communicate my thoughts and ideas. The everyday, friendships, food, music, cinema, books, hair-dyeing and makeup are things that have my curiosity.

The Scribe and the Labyrinth -Apurva Talpade

2021

The Rookie Workshop- After Effects -The Digital Journal

The Bricoleur: Bricolage as a method -Rupali Gupte

On Measuring -Poonam Jain

Material Workshop-with Steel

CONTACT

-Manjunath BL

Material Workshop-with Bamboo

Phone +919137751912

-Sankalpa

2022

Identity and Storytelling through Illustrations -Sadhna Prasad

Storytelling and Urbanity:In a city, parts do not make the whole -Prasad Shetty

Website https://prishitakulkarni.wordpress.com/ Address Mumbai, India

Environmental Typography -Ananya Tantia

DOB- June 2nd 2001

E-mail prishitakulkarni.work@gmail.com prishita2001@gmail.com a19prishita@sea.edu.in

Pixar in a box

Published Books 2022

The Gut Stories -Storytelling and Urbanity: Prasad Shetty

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Languages English Hindi Marathi

Volunteering Work 2020-Ongoing

Member of the Content Committee Writing for the SEA Blog Posters for the SEA Social Media SEA Annual Exhibition Covid Glossary

Awards 2020

Award for Enthusiasm and Embodying Process (First Year)

2021

Award for Persistent Questioning(Second Year)

Skills

Autodesk AutoCAD Sketchup Rhinoceros Adobe Photoshop Adobe InDesign Adobe Illustrator MS Office Basic Sketching and Watercoloring Model Making Basic Carpentary and Masonary Hand-drafting Working with Bamboo, Brick and Ferrocement Basic Concrete casting

Interests and Extra Curricular Painting Photography Makeup Art Singing Dancing This booklet gathers a summed up version of my CV and selected academic works and extra-curricular interests.

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CONTENTS 1. Artist Residency for the Differently Abled Resources Flows and Systems | Semester 5

2. Factory as a Warped Space What is a Factory?| Semester 3

3. Home as an Incremental Growth What is a Home?| Semester 4

4. Fishermen of Powai The Bricoleur: Bricolage as Method, Allied Design| Semester 5

5. Daily Chores The Scribe and The Labyrinth, Allied Design| Semester 3

6. Textile Museum in Paithan Systems, Details and Drawings| Semester 6

7. Community Center Principles of Modularity| Semester 4| Collaborative Work

8. Fragmenting the Body Technological Sensoriums| Semester 5| Collaborative Work

9. Moirang Market Manipur Settlement Study| Semester 6| Collaborative Work

10. Personal Practice and Interests Makeup as an Artistic Practice

Sectional Axonometric

Artist Residency for the Differently Abled Resources Flows and Systems | Semester 5 Artists residency for differently abled people, located in Hiranandani,Powai,Mumbai, aimed at designing a space for performing artists and canvas painting artists. Other programs included were that of an exhibition space, artists studios, kitchen and dining , admin and housekeeping. The main focus of the space was to make it accessible to differently abled people. Here the entire program was set in a 5m by 5m grid which had a service grid of 1.2m across the entire program. Each of these service grids were equipped with tactile tiles to help in the navigation. This grid on the 1st floor opened up into balconies (which gave a larger visual connectivity across the program). On the roof the same grid opened up into gutters which circulated water across the entire program. Smaller inclined planes, elevators and emergency staircases were provided for overall circulation. It is a framed structure and the materials used were timber structural members and bamboo facade.

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Physical Model

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Ground Floor Plan

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End Wall Section- Through the Studio Space

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Factory as a Warped Space What is a Factory?| Semester 3 The main intention of the intervention was to inculcate all the three programs(factory, exhibition and tution space) into this particular site.Bringing in the exhibition and tuition space in the factory would not only make it convenient but also invite a larger audience other than just doctors and medical professionals.Since the factory is located in Sangli MIDC,it is closed off from all the other factories as well as the landscape around it.The intervention aimed at how these 3 programs will sit as well as interact with the landscape,in order to reduce the mundane nature of the factory.The warp allowed to create these intimate spaces where people from all the three programs could interact and build various relationships.The roof for the three programs also acted like ramps which are inhabitable and get intersected at various levels.The warp is also a metaphor for the womb, which itself is an intimate space and brings in and idea of femininity, since the factory employed equal number of men and women.It created small courtyards where the staff members could sit and relax.

These enclosures also create dopen spaces for the exhibition which is accessible to the other two programs.Since the exhibition takes place for 5-10 days in a year,the space can be used as lunch room conference, room, pantry, etc for the rest of the year.

Narrative Drawing

Site Plan: Sangli-Miraj MIDC

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Model Iteration 2

Model Iteration 3

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Design Axonometric Drawing-Interior Spaces

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View 1

View 2

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Home as an Incremental Growth What is a Home?| Semester 4

Narrative Drawings of the Existing House

The house which was designed is located in Cluster 3,Sector 1 of Charkop. It sits on a 3mX8m plot, having a Mhada condition house on it’s left and a G+1 house on it’s right. It has been renovated over the last few years, with a purpose of creating more private spaces as more members joined the family.

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Exploration of Form and Volume through the modules

First and Second designed modules

The design process started by looking at the house as a collection of modules, which could be turned, rotated, folded or split to give rise to different to volumes which can be inhabited. The logic was to use different parts of a single module or the module as whole to make the house. They were designed in such a way that their repetition helped in the incrementality of the house. The final modules were derived from a 3mX3m cube considering the average size of a room. These prefabricated modules work at 4 different scales:one of the room, the midroom,a seating and a step.

The first module: Acted as a seating and a slab at the same time. When rotated by 90 degrees, it can act as a wall and seating.

The second module: It combined both the wall and seating(or storage space). When rotated by 90 degrees it functions as a slab and a seating space.

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Overall Form

The absence of a physical boundary facilitates movements of the family members between these levels while providing a sense of privacy to each group, while moving away from the idea of a conventional 2 storey house. The terrace is designed in such a way that it is not only playful but also gives a possibility of incrementing the house in uture and changing the volumes of the existing programs, thus looking at the home as an incremental growth.

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Long Section

Short Section

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First Floor Plan

Second Floor Plan

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Fishermen of Powai The Bricoleur: Bricolage as Method, Allied Design| Semester 5

The bricoleur enters through the inhabitation produced by the practice of fishing. Here it opens up the idea of what it means for a carpenter to be a fisherman and how their childhood practices and hobbies influence the decisions they make for themselves. Please scan the QR Code to find the full story.

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Daily Chores The Scribe and The Labyrinth, Allied Design| Semester 3 The everyday is not easy or glamourous. It talks about our privilege, gendered spaces, rituals, routines and relationships.

These moments were captured through a series of Instagram stories, that were put together in a zine. The zine allowed to bring in a specific theme like Daily Chores, where all the stories were put together in a way to highlight this theme. The archive developed gradually because of the tendency to produce an everyday for the audience watching these stories.

Please scan the QR Code to find the full zine.

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Textile Museum in Paithan Systems, Details and Drawings| Semester 6

First Floor Plan

A museum becomes a space of archival, exhibition and a restoration of the history of a space. It also largely talks about the everyday practices and nuances of the people which shape the city. Looking at the culture and history of Paithan, a large part of the town’s economy and culture was shaped by the making of the Paithani saree. The houses in Paithan used to act as spaces where people would make these sarees, and the very intimacy of their houses would appreciate the saree. The intent of the museum is to make this intimate spaces where the museum itself turns into a workspace where we could have local skilled workers working on the sarees, while the public gets to engage and interact with them. The design consists of 2 large courtyards and smaller courtyards looking into them in order to encourage this interaction. The materials used is mainly concrete, which would enhance the exhibits, while being presented against a concrete wall.

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Long Section AA’

Northwest Elevation

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End Wall Section

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Toilet Plan

Toilet Section AA’

Toilet Section BB’

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Community Center Principles of Modularity| Semester 4 The community center was located on the Eksar Dongripada, Borivali West, Mumbai, India. The intent here was to build a form that would be resistent to any sort of natural calamity, at the same time it would be available for any type of social gathering, due to it’s modular nature. The materials choosen were Steel scaffolding pipes and Bamboo, which would be sourced locally. The layout and built form of the pavillion is modular, which allowed various configurations to happen, according to the program and it’s use. The use of Bamboo for the facade has a light and delicate effect on the eyes, as compared to heavy materials. The Steel pipes allowed different components like the staircase and the foundation, to be easily attached to it.

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Ground Floor Plan- Layout 1

Section- Layout 1

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Ground Floor Plan- Layout 2

Section- Layout 2

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Exploded Axonometric

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Fragmenting the Body Technological Sensoriums| Semester 5

Design of the Pavillion

The process began by conducting experiments where one could try and fragment a body using these mirrors, textures, and transparencies. The form of the pavilion is derived from planes that would get arranged together in a way that when a person stands on a higher plane, they can see someone standing on a lower plane, simply through the arrangement of the periscope mirrors. It would also generate an experience of an exquisite corpse when one body fragments to merge with another while bringing in the surroundings, allowing people to engage with the artists’ works in the studio. The whole design was then articulated as pockets of common gathering spaces. As a navigation path, a corridor was designed which would give direct access to some places whilst just a visual connection to others. The studios are placed along this corridor and offset either above or below it.

Hiranandani Lawns, located Hiranandani, Powai was selected as a site for the pavilion. The site provided a combination of different structures and green scapes as surrounding elements. The site has two sides where the passers-by on the parallel streets can visually engage with the artist’s work in progress.

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Apparatus

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Site of Intervention- Hiranandani Lawns

Apparatus on Site

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Moirang Market Manipur Settlement Study| Semester 6 The Moirang Market acts as an anchor for vendors and merchants who drift between markets and homes to procure and sell goods of various kinds. Located in the north eastern part of the town, it is situated along the main road making it a junction for exchange of goods and services.

Homes at the edge of the market open out and become shops during work hours i.e 3am to 6pm. This market is more than 60 years old. It has a small temple in the centre, where each shop owner worships before they start their day. The market is majorly run by women, all the men in the family are either working as government servants or in the army. It is divided into 2 parts each which is separated by a staircase. The northern part of the market is filled with fish sellers whereas the southern part is occupied by fruits, vegetable and clothes sellers. Comparatively, the northern part is spacious as compared to the Southern part. The upper floors of the market have the conventional shops with 3 walls and house banks, restaurants, cafes, salons and clothing stores.

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Personal Practice and Interests Makeup as an Artistic Practice

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THE END Prishita Kulkarni Phone +919137751912 E-mail prishitakulkarni.work@gmail.com prishita2001@gmail.com a19prishita@sea.edu.in Website https://prishitakulkarni.wordpress.com/

Cover Pages- Settlement Studies 2020, Arambol, Semester 2, Collaborative Work