Sakthi Jeeva S
Class of 2025
A student who believes that architecture invariably mirrors one’s observations and experiences, and that balance and consistency are key for anything one does.
Arcot, Tamil Nadu
Curriculum Vitae
Education Skills
2006-2018
Vedavalli Vidyalaya
Walajapet
2018-2020
Shrishti Vidyashram
Vellore
2020 - Present CARE School of Architecture
Trichy
Studios and Mentors
Semester 01
Basic Design
Ar.Kartikeya Chhaya, Ar.Arusree Mohanty
Semester 02
Architectural Design I - Living Pod
Ar.Kartikeya Chhaya, Ar.Arusree Mohanty
Semester 03
Rural studio - Marutham Dr.Godwin J Emmanuel
Semester 04
Material studio - Tamil Diaspora
Ar.Balaji Rajasekaran
Semester 05
Housing studio - Utopia
Dr.Shabitha P
Semester 06
Office Studio - Design in Detail
Ar.Mona Pingel, Ar.Keerthana Arun
Semester 07
Institution Design - Reimagining Campus
Dr.Shabitha P
Semester 08
Urban Design Studio - Srirangam
Ar.PVK Rameshwar
Manual Sketching Rendering Model making
Experiences
South Indian Art and Architecture- Lecture
Haribhai V. Desai College, Pune (Online)
Structures & Nature - Discussion
Er.Manjunath B L
Earthen Dome Workshop - Kumbakonam
Ar.Balaji Rajasekaran
2 days Workshop - Housing
Ar.Vishwanath Kashikar
Hyperflow - Winter School 2023
Ar.Balaji R, Ar.Senthil Kumar Doss
C. A. S. T. - Summer School 2023
Ar.Balaji Rajasekaran
Earth Architecture Workshop - Ladakh
Ar.Sandeep Bogadhi (Earthling)
FOAID Expressions - Competition Commendation Award
Odyssey
Pondicherry, India
Semester 06 | Hospitality Design
In collaboration with Studio Naqshbandi, Auroville Mentor : Ar.Mona Doctor Pingel | Ar.Keerthana Arun, Ar.Nirupama Victor Group members : Deepak Kumar J, Iswarya Devi R
Any good design is a sum of good details. The intent of the studio was tounderstand the nuances in design construction and details, to explore the realm where an idea gets transformed into a buildable construction detail. It also includes understanding different proportions and its translation into design.
Resort?
A Transition? Hideaway? Escape?
With hundreds of resorts lining the busy ECR, with thousands of cars coming out of the city, Odyssey not only provides an escape from the hustle and bustle of daily life but also serves as a healing retreat. A design that helps to reach from one extreme to the other. This resort serves as a hideaway that takes you to towards the ocean, where one can immerse themselves in the healing power of the sea. A Journey, and not a destination.
Evolution of form.
The use of double-golden proportions for planning results in balanced spaces, particularly crucial for bedrooms.
BEACH VIEW COURTYARD VIEW
Handmade Heights
Trichy, India
Semester 05 | Housing Design
Mentor : Dr.Shabitha P | Ar.Amirthavarshini
Exploring and re-imagining housing as a live -work environment, an Utopia that balances life - work and improves quality of life. This exploration helped in understanding people-centric design and human behavior in and around the built environment.
It underscores the indivisibility of work and leisure, everyday and special activities, the mundane and the creative actions. The habitants of this housing are those whose occupations are within their home range. They are either people who make things (like food, handicrafts etc) and people who work remotely (technology).
Responding to the user group: People who craft baskets or sarees typically reside in communal settings, living alongside others engaged in similar occupations. Providing a familiar quality of space is crucial, as conventional layouts with shared walls and narrow corridors areinadequate for their needs.
Thus, creating corridors resembling streets and semi-open spaces that help them to work and interact better. This also fosters a sense of belonging.
Breaking out from conventional housing corridors. Push and pulls provide additional spaces, encouraging activities outside.
Adding more elements of a street. Corridors are not used for movement alone, but also for working, sharing, etc.
“Making housing is like a bird building its nest. You start with a basic house, but you have to let people change it to their own needs.” - Charles Correa
‘8 out of n options’
Providing options for the user to design, expand, adapt to their piece of grid. This will allow people from different economy group, occupation, cultural background to come together.
03
Offset
Thillai Nagar, Trichy
Semester 07 | Institution design
Faculties : Dr.Shabitha P, Ar.Monisha Nageshwaran
Re-Envision Campus design in urban context. Re-envision higher education campus that reflects the changing concept of contemporary pedagogy and the expression it takes in relation in the context of Time, People and Place.
Exploration of strategies for designing a campus in an urban setting that caters to, high density vertical built forms and opening up campus life to diverse user groups, culture and social aspects of urban life.
Isometric view
Community
Main roads typically host commercial establishments, while the streets branching off them lead to densely populated residential areas. Edges towards the residences are treated in responding to these buildings.
Community spaces which include public library, open badminton courts, open-amphitheatre, creche are provided. Further, building heights respond to theresidential heights, which in a way merges and doesn’t stand out.
Ground Floor Plan Thillai Nagar Main Road Makkal Mandram
Moving traffic
There are 3 different users, the students, the neighbourhood communities and people who just spend few minutes. Creating spaces that will adapt to all three crowds led to more flexible spaces and also three individual zones.
Moving traffic stop for a quick bite, thus providing commercials, comfortable place to sit, shade is the key. This also give opportunity for a lot of small vendors.
Rural Studio
Ladavaram, Arcot.
Semester 03 | Rural documentation and context re-design
Mentors : Ar.Dhanasekaran Muthu , Ar.Ramalingam N, Dr.Godwin J Emmanuel
Documentation of the nearby village of Ladavaram, helped in comprehensive understanding of Marutham landform and it’s characteristics.This study also helped in defining the intricate elements of both village andhouse architecture, elucidating how different occupations influencespatial arrangements within households.
Moreover, redesigning residences and spaces around helped in understanding culture of the place, people and it’s influence on built-unbuilt ratio.
Balasundaram’s Residence
A residential structure integrated with a rice mill to enhance security measures, to accommodate a family reliant on the mill owner for income. Minor adjustments, such as repositioning axes andintegrating additional windows, have been made to
Living Pod
Semester 02 | Architectural Design I
Mentors : Ar.Kartikeya Chhaya, Ar.Arusree Mohanty | Ar.Shreeleha
Understanding character of a space/place. Understanding anthropometry and proportions. Exploration of forms and material through carving.
Earthen Dome
Sri Anjaneyam Ayurveda Vaidyasala, Kumbakonam
10 days Hands-on Workshop | CARE x dMac
Mentor : Ar.Balaji Rajasekaran
Hands-on experience helped in gaining greater knowledge about the material property. This workshop was an experimentation of constructing dome with an unusual process. It included bamboo reinforcement which was followed by a thin layer of jute bag material over the reinforcement.
Layers of mud mixed with appropriate amount of coconut fibre and cement were plastered over the jute wrap.
Hyperflow
CARE School of Architecture, Trichy
12 days Intensive Workshop - Winter School 2023 Mentors : Ar.Balaji Rajasekaran, Ar.Senthil Kumar Doss
This workshop focused on form finding using bamboo canes and elasticated fabric material. Force and gravity of each iteration led to deeper understanding of load transfer through either compression, tension or mix of both.
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C. A. S. T.
CARE School of Architecture, Trichy
8 days Intensive Workshop - Summer School 2023
Mentor : Ar.Balaji Rajasekaran
‘Casting’ as a technique to create shell structures? This workshop emphasized form exploration through the casting of plaster of Paris into stitched and tied fabric. This iterative process facilitated a deeper understanding of material properties. Each result yielded intriguing forms, offering valuable insights into forces and gravity.
Exploring forms sketches and
Earth Architecture - Ladakh
Diskit, Nubra Valley
11 days Hands-on Travel cum Workshop
In collaboration with Earthling, Ladakh
Mentor : Ar.Sandeep Bogadhi | Ar.Maniyarasan, Ar.Keerthana Arun, Ar.Viksha
Every household in Ladakh grow vegetables in their gardens with traditional agricultural practices. Thus, a shelter with rammed-earth walls and thatch roof is erected with the specific aim of providing a designated selling space for villagers to market their healthy vegetables, thereby offering an alternative to informal vending on footpaths and in front of shops.
This workshop served as an eye-opening experience, offering insights into local materials, construction techniques, the significance of local produce, circular economy, and community engagement.
This modest shelter serves as a hub of activity in the market area, providing a space for people to gather, converse, and vend their vegetables Additionally, it accommodates several stray dogs.
Natakam
Competition - FOAID Expressions 2023 |
Mentor : Ar.Lakshmi Kumaresan | Ar.Rakesh
Team : Azhagumadhavan, Deepak Kumar, Diya Kabeer, Tirth Shroff
Why is it always the 1950s’ pop art? Why is it still the Britain’s pop art? How has Pop Art progressed in contemporary times, and what forms does it currently take in our surroundings?
‘Natakam’ showcases the essence of pop art in various forms, extending be yond just art. It also shows how colour plays a major role in the life of working class from choosing colour of a clip to painting their house.
TARPAULIN
Gandhi Market, Trichy
Exploring the “unnoticed pop” in Tamil Nadu. Interplay of harmony within chaos. Intricate balance and rhythm that characterise the market’s essence. Unspoken understanding of co-existence. Evoking of senses.
INSTALLATION
Different sizes of boxes make up the human figures symbolize the inherent chaos within individuals caused by their thoughts and emotions.
Together different-sized boxes form a human figure signifies the harmony achieved within chaos.
Aims to evoke a sense of connection with the market environment, inviting viewers to contemplate the complexities of human existence and the pursuit of harmony amidst the chaos of everyday life.
