Architecture Portfolio

Architecture P O R T F O L I O Rohit Chhetri

C u r r i c u l u m Vi t a e

Contents

(Selected Projects) 1. Group Housing (6th Semester). [pg.03] 4. Lungtenphug, Neighbourhood Node, Thimphu, Bhutan. (Thesis). [pg.09]

Personal Information:

Summary:

Name: Rohit Chhetri Date of Birth:04-28-1991 Gender: Male Language: English, Dzongkha, Nepali, Hindi, Bengali & Punjabi.

Address:1303 Montfort Dr. Harrisburg, PA 17110.

E-mail: rc.rohitchhetri@gmail. com Phone No.: (717) 856 4591

Foreign architect from Bhutan. Process of completing AXP and ARE, to obtain architect registration in Pennsylvania through NCARB. Young dedicated architect with five years of experience in extensive technical designs. Proficient in architectural design, drawings, BIM software & construction. Highly proactive & punctual with a team-oriented mentality.

Software Proficiency: Autodesk AutoCAD SketchUp & V-ray Lumion Adobe Photoshop & InDesign Autodesk Revit Microsoft office

Hobbies: Music Sketching Cricket Photography & Movies.

Education: Bachelor of Architecture Lovely Professional University, Phagwara, Punjab (INDIA)

Experiences: Architect, (01/2018 - 07/2021) Department of Human Settlement, Punakha District Administration, Royal Government of Bhutan.

Site Architect (06/ 2016 – 12/2017) New Age Construction Company Pvt Ltd. Thimphu, Bhutan.‘Six Senses Resort’ Intern Architect (06/2015 - 05/2016) Christopher Charles Benninger Architects Pvt. Ltd. Pune,

5. Sandhaya Vakil House, Panvel Pune, India. [pg.15] 6. Modular House. [pg.17] 7. Wellbeing Centre, Thimphu, Bhutan. [pg.19] 8. Six Senses Resort, Phobjikha, Bhutan. [pg.23] 9. Single storied Residence, Pangkarpo Lhakhang (2018) [pg.25] 10. Double Storied Traditional Bhutanese House (2018) [pg.27] 11. Purjang (cremation) of Late Yab Dasho Ugyen Dorji, Wolokha Punakha, Bhutan (2019) [pg.29] 12. Donkokha Kencho Lhakhang, Talo (2019) [pg.35] 14. Madman Dompola Resort, Dompola, Punakha (2020) [pg.37] 15. MTB Pump track, Lhanjophakha, Thimphu (2020) [pg.45] 16. His Holiness the 68th Je Khenpo (Chief Abbot) Thrizur Ng wang Doendrup Tenzin Purjang (cremation) (2021) [pg.49]

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Group Housing (6th Semester)

Lovely Professional University, Phagwara, Punjab (INDIA)

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Location: LPU Campus, Phagwara, Punjab, India.

Given area: 31,565.5 sq m (7.8 acres) Permissible Ground Coverage: 10,511.4 sq m (30%) Acquired Ground Coverage: 6,628 sq m (21 %)

Site Section Site Section

Design approach sustainable features and courtyard planning for Group of Apartment, 2BHK, 3BHK, 4BHK, and EWS with all the floor plans and service layout (water supply, drainage, and electrical).

The courtyard planning. It fulfills the following aspects: a) Socio-cultural aspects: the center landscape and the water body served as the center for various activities like children playing area, jogging field and get together. b) Micro-climate: the courtyard served as a micro-climate modifier. c)Articulation of space: In a courtyard has several functions. some small shows, stage programme, galleries and entertainment areas.

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Site plan

Lovely Professional University, Phagwara, Punjab (INDIA)

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legend 1. Entrance 2. 2 Bhk Block 3. 4 Bhk Block 4. 3 Bhk Block 5. Proposed Club / Offices And Shopping Area.

6. EWS 7. Sewage Disposal 8. Car Parkings 9. Water Pool 10. Sand 11. Green 12. Footh Path 13. Playground 14. Lawn Tennis Court 15. Lawn.

Site Elevation

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Lovely Professional University, Phagwara, Punjab (INDIA)

Plans 2 BHK Plan

3 BHK Plan

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Lovely Professional University, Phagwara, Punjab (INDIA)

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Lungtenphug Neighbourhood Node, Thimphu, Bhutan (Thesis).

Site Plan

Location: Lungtenphug, Thimphu, Bhutan Given area: 13,624.65 sq m (3.8 acres) Permissible Ground Coverage: 4,768.63 sq m (35%) Acquired Ground Coverage: 3,404 sq m (26%) FAR: 0.426

Site Plan

Considering the settlement of Thimphu city pattern, ‘Urban Villages’ would prove to be an appro-priate unit for planning purposes. Conceptually, these units have amenities, basic services, and a convenient shopping core in their center, called Neighbourhood nodes. The Neighborhood Nodes would have amenities and facilities for the Urban Village with the concept of the idea of Axis.

The main idea focuses on having three important axes, one through the Hindu Temple direction to the site to the Administration Block, the second the Buddha statue crossing the expressway to the stupa. The third one from the Simthokha Dzong to the Education center block creates a view tunnel and ends at the intersecting point called the GNH pillar.

legend 1. Stupa 2. Commercial 3. Open stage 4. Gallery 5. Police post and municipal office 6. Kindergarten 7. Bank and Post office 8. Clinic 9. Community centre 10. City bus stand 11. gnh pillar 12. Taxi parking waiting hall 13. Landscape 14. Footpath Site Section 15. Prayer wheel 16. Public toilet 17. Car parking 18. Taxi parking 19. Service road 20. 10 m road 21. 6 m road 22. Express Highway.

23. Mani wall 24. Wang chhu river.

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Ground floor plan.

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legend 1. Stupa 2. Commercial 3. Gallery 4. Police post and municipal office 5. Kindergarten 6. Bank and Post office 7. Clinic 8. Community centre 9. City bus stand 10. gnh pillar 11. Taxi parking waiting hall

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Plan

Christopher Charles Benninger Architects Pvt. Ltd. Pune, India.

Sandhaya Vakil House, Panvel Maharashtra Pune, India.

Legend 1. Entrance 2. Lobby 3. Foyer 4. Court 5. Living room 6. Corridor 7. Store 8. Raeesa’s room 9. Natasha’s room 10. Study 11. Master bedroom 12. Dining 13. Kitchen 14. Grandparent’s room 15. Toilet 16. Utility 17. Pool

Each year to every intern, CCBA office assigns a project at the initial first month to work on past project, to gain the technical standard of designing software (auto-CAD, SketchUp, Adobe photoshop, Adobe InDesign) used in the office. The Publication drawing included Architectural Plans, Elevations, Sections and SketchUp 3-D. The Sandhaya Vakil House, farmhouse was completed in 2009 located at Panvel, Maharashtra.

Internship

Exploded Isometric

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Modular House

Christopher Charles Benninger Architects Pvt. Ltd. Pune, India.

Internship

The modular house was a portable house design. It is designed in 8’ x 4’ (36’x16’) grid. The house comprised of living room with combined kitchen, bed room, bathroom, deck and porch. The project drawing contained Architectural Plans, Elevations, Sections and SketchUp 3-D.

Floor Plan

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Wellbeing Centre at Neysergang, Thimphu, Bhutan.

Christopher Charles Benninger Architects Pvt. Ltd. Pune, India.

The High-End Resort at Neysergang is envisaged as a place for holistic natural healing and total wellness, which is built on the principals of sustainable living demonstrated through examples, education and explorations.

The design for the resort attempts to take this vision and create a place which encompasses these ideas into the physical realms of the traditional Bhutanese ways of or¬ganizing and constructing built environments in a manner where there is a strong relationship with the nature and the built fabric.

Internship

The project drawing contained site study and case study - site analysis and area programme, design sketches, architecture drawing and SketchUp 3-D of Courtyard, swimming pool, gymnasium, fellowship lodge, spa, back office, suites. Photoshop drawings; Master plan and power point presentation.

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Christopher Charles Benninger Architects Pvt. Ltd. Pune, India.

Legend 1. Entry / Chorten Kang-Nym 2. Lhakhang 3. Khar 4. Welcome Court 5. Drop-off 6. Main Building 7. Viewing Deck 8. Fellowship Lodge 9. Suites 10. Villas 11. Duplex Villa 12. Locker Rooms 13. Gymnasium Lounge 14. Gymnasium 15. Pool 16. Yoga Platform 17. Meditation Gazebo 18. Spa Reception 19. Spa Treatment 1 20. Spa Treatment 2 21. Salon 22. Hot Stone Bath 23. Driveway 24. Bus Parking 25. Parking 26. Utility/ Driver’s Room 27. Pedestrian Walkway

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Suites Floor plan

Internship

Villa Floor plan

Land area: approximately eight acres.

Topography: The land slope down towards the north. Fairly steep slope of 33% with the top level about ninety meters above the lower areas.

Use of the property : It is an apple orchard surrounded completely by forest of blue pine, oak and rhododendron.

Distance to the city centre : Thimphu, nine kilometres, or 15 minutes.

Facilities: Rooms (40), Suites (8), Villas (12), Restaurant, Café, swimming pool, Wellness facilities: multimedia library, retreat treatment centre, open air yoga, modern gym.

Site Plan

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Six Senses Resort, Phobjikha, Bhutan.

Construction Images

Six Senses Gangtey is strategically positioned above the black-necked crane conservation center with expansive 180-degree views of the Phobjikha Valley. With just eight suites and one two-bedroom villa, dining and beautiful landscape.

Prepared architectural drawings (alteration) as per Bhutanese architecture guidelines. Supervised the site. There were five resorts coming up at different location in the country at the same time.

Use of RCC columns, steel frames, wooden interior and exterior and stone walls were the main features of the resort.

Due to terrain landscape the site is not easily access to materials. Heavy rain in summer and snow fall in winter. The site is in four acres of land, has eight suites, one two bedrooms villa, dinning block with kitchens, stores, staff quaters and service blocks.

Site Architect

Six Senses Resort, Phobjikha, Bhutan.

Construction Complete Images

Images courtesy: sixsenses.com/en/resorts/bhutan/lodges/six-senses-gangtey

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District Architect

Department of Human Settlement, Punakha District Administration, RGoB

Single storied residence, Pangkarpo Lhakhang (Temple), Punakha.

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Floor Plan

Elevation

Pangkarpo Lhakhang (Temple) located at an elevation of 2900m. It is approx. 22km from Punakha town. The temple is one of the oldest religious structures in the locality. The two storied residence building was built with rammed earth walls and timber structures.

As per the site inspection of the structure, it was found that due to an earthquake there were multiple damage to rammed wall and timber structures. Also, found that the two storied structure blocks the eastern sun and view of the temple. Hence, decided to reconstruct the structure with single storied, keeping the local architecture features, material with contemporary elements.

Did Site visit, site analysis, presentations and Architectural working drawing (Plan, elevations, sections) of the project.

Sections

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District Architect

Department of Human Settlement, Punakha District Administration, RGoB

Double storied Tradition Bhutanese house

Floor Plans

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The traditional approaches to building and architecture are still very much alive in Bhutan especially in the rural villages.

Traditional Bhutanese architecture in Bhutan adapted over many centuries to suit the local environment, climate, materials, technology, and more significantly, cultural traditions and spiritual beliefs. Architecture in Bhutan was consequently adapted to satisfy not only functional and economical needs but also social and spiritual requirements. Inspired by nature, local natural materials such as earth, stone, timber, and bamboo are the core construction building blocks of traditional Bhutanese architecture.

The most distinctive elements of architecture of traditional Bhutanese buildings lie in following elements: • The use of gentle tapering heavy walls made of stone or rammed earth and whitewashed in lime.

• The light “flying” gable timber roofs that hover in layers above the building.

• The design of light frames with elaborate timber windows and Rabsel (over hang) built on the top floors over heavy walls below.

• The multi -tiered trefoil timber windows with Horzhu.

• The colorful timber lintels and cornices known as Bogh that mark the level and crown of each floor, window and door.

• The touch of local artists in the colorful floral, iconographic and spiritual paintings that embellish the interiors and the elevations of buildings.

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District Architect

Department of Human Settlement, Punakha District Administration, RGoB

Purjang (cremation) of Late Yab Dasho Ugyen Dorji, Wolokha, Punakha Bhutan.

The Purjang (cremation) of late Yab Dasho Ugyen Dorji, was held on the 3rd of October, corresponding to the 5th day of the Eighth Bhutanese month, at Wolakha, in Punakha.

The Purjang was attended by His Majesty The King, His Majesty the Fourth Druk Gyalpo, and the entire Royal Family.

Yab Dasho Ugyen Dorji is the maternal grandfather of His Majesty The King and the father of Their Majesties the Queen Mothers. Yab Dasho was well known as a successful and pioneering entrepreneur and great religious patron, Yab sponsored the construction of many important religious structures across Bhutan throughout his lifetime.

Worked on complete project starting from Master planning of the sit, Landscaping design, Interior layout of pavilion, guest tents and abbot tents, Architectural drawing (plans, elevations, sections), 3-D rendering, presentations, site supervised the construction site.

Legend: 1. Purjang pavillion 2. Above: visitor sitting area Below: pantry 3. Above: visitor sitting area Below: toilet (3 male , 3 female) 4. Above: visitor sitting area Below: pantry 5. Above: visitor sitting area 6. Existing parking.

7. Above: visitor sitting area Below: pantry.

8. Above: visitor sitting area Below: toilet (3 male , 3 female) 9. Above: visitor sitting area Below: pantry.

10. Chokhor tent 11. Je khenpo restroom, washroom & Gelong dinning

MasterPlan

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Plan

District Architect

Department of Human Settlement, Punakha District Administration, RGoB

Elevations

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Construction Images

District Architect

Department of Human Settlement, Punakha District Administration, RGoB

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Department of Human Settlement, Punakha District Administration, RGoB

Donkokha Kencho Lhakhang (temple), Talo, Punakha.

Donkokha Kencho Lhakhang, was designed in the year 2019 in the memory of Late Yab Dasho Ugyen Dorji.

It was single storied Lhakhang constructed with locally available materials, RRM (random rubble masonry) for the foundation, CRM (course rubble masonry) on wall and timber construction on floor, ceilings, openings (windows, doors, cornices, rabsey (decorative windows), truss and railing). The Lhakhang was constructed by local masons and carpenters.

Worked on Site study and analysis, Architecture drawing (plans, elevations and sections), SketchUp 3-d and rendering and presentations for approval.

Floor Plan

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District Architect

Department of Human Settlement, Punakha District Administration, RGoB

Madman Dompola Resort, Dompola, Punakha, Bhutan

Madman Dompola resort, is a development of a onestop service center at Dompola, Punakha, Bhutan.

Providing a full experience and convenience to the enduro mountain riders with range of services to support the activity as a whole.

Resort covers 6.9 acres of vacant state land. The site is located above the Limbukha Gewog (block) Center and is easily accessible along the existing farm road to Limbukha. There is no environmental damage, cutting of tress and digging of grounds. The project is mainly focus on building cabins on trees without harming it. The material used for construction are locally available material transported within the radius of 1km. The undressed stone and timbers are major materials used for construction.

Tree Cabin T-5

Activity Hall Tree Cabin T-4

Tree Cabin T-2 Cabins

Tree Cabin T-1

Site Plan

Back of House

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District Architect

Department of Human Settlement, Punakha District Administration, RGoB

Cabin

Floor Plan

Elevations

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Department of Human Settlement, Punakha District Administration, RGoB

Activity hall Floor Plans

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Department of Human Settlement, Punakha District Administration, RGoB

Construction Process

Constrution Details

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Department of Human Settlement, Punakha District Administration, RGoB

MTB Pump track, Lhanjophakha, Thimphu

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District Architect

Department of Human Settlement, Punakha District Administration, RGoB

Cycling Pump track at Lhanjophakha, Thimphu is one and only pump track in Bhutan for the bikers. The project was challenging, because it was the first kind of project in the country. The MTB biking was gaining a popularity among the youths in the country but there was no proper space to practice and improve the skills on biking. At the initial stage, I did a series of study on MTB biking and technical aspects of bi-cycle. And study on the benefit to the young group of people by the projects.

Model Making

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Department of Human Settlement, Punakha District Administration, RGoB

His Holiness the 68th Je Khenpo (Chief Abbot), Thrizur Ngawang Tenzin Doendrup Phurjang (cremation).

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Floor Plan

His Holiness the 68th Je Khenpo (Chief Abbot), Thrizur Ngawang Tenzin Doendrup Phurjang (cremation) ceremony was held at Punakha Dzong on November 7. The ceremony was presided over by His Holiness the Je Khenpo (present Chief Abbot) and Lopens of the Zhung Dratshang. His Majesty The King, His Majesty the Fourth Druk Gyalpo, and the members of the Royal Family attended the state funeral. An accomplished Buddhist Master, His Holiness was a recipient of the nation’s highest honour, Ngadag Pelgi Khorlo or the Order of the Druk Gyalpo (King).

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District Architect

Department of Human Settlement, Punakha District Administration, RGoB

Construction technique

I worked on following: 1. Master Plan 2. 2-D drawing of 4 choekhang, VVIP, VIP and Guest Tents, lam and Telkhu tents, Purthang area designed, and seating arrangement Design.

3. 3- D design.

4. Presentation 5. Supervised the construction.

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