Portfolio 2019 - Selected Works

SANJAY SRIDHAR portfolio 2019 | selected works

bio I am graduating in May 2019 with my Masters of Architecture from DAAP, University of Cincinnati. I have spent 9 years pursuing both my Bachelor’s of Architecture and Masters of Architecture alongside numerous internships spread across the globe. I have worked in Kuwait, The Netherlands, India and USA. My most recent experience includes working with SHP in Cincinnati and Mahlum in Seattle. Both practices are involved in the development of new approaches to educational architecture. Apart of my graduate studies, I have been pursuing film making and architectural photography through the use of UAV’s (drones).

I am currently doing freelance projects which focus on architectural film making and architectural photography both aerial and interior. Most recently, with my graduate thesis project my efforts have been put in trying to define new ways of looking at farming and how it will impact developing nations such as India, as the potential for growing food and feeding the planet slowly falls on the shoulders of developing countries.

I am searching for a post-graduate position as an architectural designer in an office which believes in pushing the limits of creativity and setting standards with the use of modern day technology to develop cutting edge architecture as we know it.

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alchemy // the venice biennale 2018 a pavilion built on the basis of “misusing materials�

masters thesis : community farming developing a model where farmers pool in resources to sustain farming

brewery on mcmickken giving back to the history of a once upon a time brewing neighborhood

the tiny house on the prairie // roof+tool shed addition design build : additions made to a house built from a shipping container

detail exploration initiating design through exploring details

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CABINET OF CURIOSITIES R E G Iin O Nthe A L Iinaugural N V E N TO RY Exhibit Columbus The school was invited, along with 5 other schools of architecture, to participate Biennale, to be held in Columbus, Indiana, a mecca for modern architecture in the Midwest.

“These projects should represent the state of architectural education as well as speculate on possible trajectories of the discipline. These temporary installations have the potential to be a catalyst for changing the way we design and build in the Midwest, enhancing partnerships between designers and manufacturers, and expanding design literacy through education”.

Following the studio and exhibition, The University was invited to participate in the “Time Space Existence” exhibition running parallel to the 2018 Venice Biennale. We created another studio with graduate students to re-tool significant details and modular components, design and build custom crates to pack them and ship them to Venice on a shipping container, and then assemble the pavilion in Venice.

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The project demonstrates the simple philosophical position of Alchemy; transmuting base matter into gold. At the heart of this position is the notion of direct experimentation as a form of research, and the belief that change & transformation can happen through optimistic speculation- turning the banal and discarded into things of wonder and beauty.

Students conducted full-scale experiments with the materials in advance of any form or predetermined functionwe were simply concerned with what the materials and artifacts could do, and which generative opportunities could be discovered. The collection of prototypes was dubbed the “cabinet of curiosities� by the students, and was used to suggest possible assemblies for our pavilion.

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FLOOR STRUCTURE

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RECLAIMED LIMESTONE

STEEL FRAME

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The site is situated roughly 80km away from the capital of the state, Chennai. It takes about an hour and a half to get there by road during average traffic hours. This region is currently home to endless paddy fields and coconut plantations.

There are 3 villages nearby the site and is home to the nearest hospital, school and other similar services.

The water-table in the region is very good and is supported by the numerous wells that are in and around the site. Due to villages being large in population, they are divided further into areas based on population and development.

The majority of land owned in the region my site is owned by 5 farmers and the rest of the area by another 35 to 40. Based on discussions and interviews with the land owners a program of 45 to 50 residential units of optional bedrooms and a community center with a market place were finalized as the major program of this thesis .

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The residences for the 40+ families have been planned and allocated within the existing paddy fields. This helps with giving room for some organic development within the residential organization. Village communities tend to grow in a random manner and organizing the dwelling units in this manner helps in planning for a certain extent of randomness that may occur in the future. Developing a loop network around the site has made zoning the master-plan for different phases of development.

The Community Center+Market Place is the focus of the master-plan, its central location and adjacency to the existing main road is key to an increased footfall in the area from residents of neighboring cities and other villages.

The project has 3 main phases : Phase 1 - The dwelling units Phase 2 - The Community Center Phase 3 - Developing the Multi Cropping farming system on the shared land.

Phase 4 - Farming infrastructure (may include vertical farms in the future).

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The Marketplace+Community Center takes its spot as the main piece of the community development.

This space is mainly designed to be an income generator for the community. It would be the main market in the region and its surrounding areas. People living in cities are known to travel to more rural areas to purchase vegetables and other natural produce because of the superior quality that they are known to have.

The community center which is a part of the market place is the main gathering area for the community.

A large multipurpose hall fit with a kitchen and dining area make it easier for the community to hold events, both, as a community and individual families if need be. Since this would be the first development of its kind, dealing with both farming on a large scale through multi-cropping there will be a large interest shown by people to learn more and understand ways in which it can be implemented in different places, possibly in similar ways. 10 rooms have been provided on the second floor of the multipurpose hall. This will also be combined with training rooms and a small lounge/game area.

Lastly, the main feature of the Marketplace+Community Center is the water-body located in the center in the form of a step-well. The region is blessed with a good ground water table and in order to be able to restore it, a step-well which also behaves as a prominent public space has been designed. It also becomes the water-body around which this community has been developed.

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Cincinnati was home to a large German population in the early 20th century and all that is left behind as a piece of that history is the brewing culture that prevails even today. The site is located just off the historic neighborhood of OTR - “over the rhine.�

The program mainly focuses on having a BREW PUB, a space to learn HOW to MAKE BEER, outdoor BEER GARDENS and a requirement to connect Central Parkway to West McMickken Avenue.

The prime inspiration for the building is purely derived from the industrial context that the site is located in. With the use of glass, steel and wood an industrial character was also given to the building.

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14 students in 2 teams of 7 were brought on to complete the project which had begun a year earlier.

The Tiny House needed a new roof to protect it from the ever changing Ohio weather. Also over the course of using the space for a year, it was imperative that there be a tool shed built on the site to house all the necessary equipment and tools to sustain life on the Prairie.

Both the ROOF and the TOOL SHED were buillt from materials that were salvaged from around the site. An old barn was the source for the wood with which the shed is cladded and corrugated metal sheets were used as the roof material.

The structure of the tool shed was built based of a MODULAR SYSTEM, where individual modules were build from wood and cross braced for support which then was superimposed over an existing concrete covering - protecting the pump and water well.

The structure of the ROOF was built out of Corten Steel sections and corrugated metal sheets were added ontop to give it the rough finish it has today.

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Approaching design from a detail point of view - as different as that sounds, so was the process. Utilizing the same site as the “Brewery on McMickken� this project focuses on understanding how the building envelop comes together and the various details involved with the same.

Numerous scale models were built to understand the physicality of the details coming together, the studio was conducted in teams of 2, with the final design output being a hybrid brewery which is based on the custom details acting as a driver to inform the architecture.

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Aluminum roof gutter

Sheet metal parapet sloped to drain side

Folded metal drip

Aluminum gutter

12” x 8” I-section steel beam

Double-glazed skylight unit

Rigid insulation

I-Section Steel beam in concrete Precast concrete skylight beam

1-1/2” precast concrete panel, polished exterior surface

Concrete roof slab over metal decking Roof insulation

Horizontal steel angle with pivot Aluminum flashing Steel L-angle Aluminum transom, top rail 3/8” glass, double-glazed unit w/ 1/2” vacuum insulated gap

Horizontal screen below skylight

LED light module

Steel hook for concrete panel

Suspended metal box housing for light fixture

Welded steel plate Recessed Interior Shade Track

Horizontal aluminum frame

Vertical louvers, metal

Aluminum transom, mid-rail

Timber handrail affixed on steel frame 2’ x 2’ wood flooring panels 8” raised floor support pedestal HVAC supply duct with top vent Steel L-angle Steel hook for concrete panel 1-1/2” precast concrete panel, polished exterior surface 10” x 8” I-section steel beam Concrete floor slab on metal decking Open web steel joist HVAC ductwork Steel channel

Horizontal steel angle with pivot for vertical louvers 3/8” glass, double-glazed unit w/ 1/2” vacuum insulated gap Aluminum transom, bottom rail 1-1/2” precast concrete panel, polished exterior surface Timber support frame over beam 12” x 8” I-section steel beam Insulation 1’-2” Reinforced concrete wall HVAC Floor Vent Floor Supply Register

Concrete Slab Insulation below concrete slab

The section shown was to express the human scale within the envelope of the building and it was printed at a 1:1 scale.

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S R I D H A R

sanjaygsridhar@gmail.com // +1 (347)-691-5560 // 305W Forum Apartments, Cincinnati OH, 45220 Registered to the Council of Architecture India : CA/2015/71771

EDUCATION master of architecture // 2016 - 2019

DAAP//University of Cincinnati, OH Graduating : May 2019

bachelor of architecture // 2010 - 2015

School of Architecture and Landscape Design Graduated : May 2015 SMVDU, Jammu & Kashmir, India

software and skills Software : Revit Architecture // Rhino 3D // SketchUp // Vray for Sketchup & Rhino // Adobe Suite : Photoshop, Premiere PRO, Lightroom, InDesign & Illustrator // AutoCAD // Lumion PRO Skills : Professional DRONE Pilot // Architectural Photography // Film Making // 3D Printing // KUKA Clay 3D Printing // Speak 5 Languages : English, Hindi, Tamil, Malayalam and French(fluency to read and write).

work experience shp, cincinnati // may - aug ‘18 Revit Construction Drawings - Aerial Site Surveys - Architectural Photography and Film showcasing built projects Site Analysis - Measured Drawings for a Historic School Renovation.

mahlum, seattle // aug - dec ‘17 Prelim Design Phase of School - DAT Groups - Drone Surveys of various sites - Architectural Photoshoots - Schematic Design of Schools - Assisted in producing Massing Options for K-12 Schools - Site Punch List

studios architecture, new york // jan - april ‘17 Revit Documentation in SD, DD and CD Phases - Concept Massing Models - Interior Design Presentation Drawings and multiple renders to analyze Material Options and site Punch Lists.

studio toggle, kuwait // oct - Dec ‘13 Graphical Solutions - Concept Development - Rhinoceros and Grasshopper Scripting - Diagrammatic Problem Solving - Model Making.

keo international consultants, kuwait // june - sept ‘13 Massing options for Hospitality, Educational and Commercial Projects - Site Supervision - Facade Skin Designing Working Drawings - BOQ Estimation - Conceptual Modeling - Client Presentation.

publications and competitions Alchemy_Venice Biennale // Winner : Cincinnati AIA Chapter Award 2018 Alchemy_Venice Biennale // Runner Up : Re-think the Future (RTF) Global Architecture & Design Awards 2018 RamNagar : Unidentified glory of Jammu & Kashmir : (International Research Journal of Research and Technology) Future Cities : Through the methodologies of the Past : (International Research Journal of Research and Technology) Mahlum Website // Employee Headshots Finalist : Photography Competition // Festember // National Institute of Technology, Trichy Finalist : Open Air Art Gallery // Design Trophy // Zo-NASA 2014, Hisar Top 5 : Student of the year Design Awards 2015 Top 25 Entry : Transforming the Bus Experience in India // University of WesMinster, UK

freelance terry boling architect, cincinnati Architectural Photography for 2 completed projects in OTR, Cincinnati. Artichoke : an AIA award winning project located near Findlay Market and The Stannary : a high end residential project located on Race St, OTR.

jose garcia design, cincinnati Showcasing a High End Residential project in Cincinnati through an Architectural Film and Aerial Photography.

daap, university of cincinnati Documented the journey of a pavilion designed and built in Cincinnati, shipped to Venice and assembled at the Giardino della Marinaressa for the FREESPACE Exhibition ; Venice Biennale 2018.

shp, cincinnati The Synnocation lab // Directed and Filmed a marketing video of a new space designed at the Sycamore High School, Cincinnati. To be able to demonstrate the space, its use and how children are impacted by the space.

travel Criss - crossed through 18 countries and called 8 cities in 4 continents ; HOME. Travel has been an integral part of my upbringing and it has helped shape my outlook towards both life, architecture + design.

sanjay sridhar m.arch sanjaygsridhar@gmail.com

SANJAY SRIDHAR portfolio 2019 | selected works