SAUMYA SAISHREE Architecture Portfolio

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CURRICULUM VITAE AANGAN

WATCH TOWER CHANDIGARH PAVILION

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POPNSHOP/ INSTALLATION WORKSHOPS PHOTOGRAPHY MISCELLANEOUS

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CURRICULUM VITAE

Hi, I am SAUMYA SAISHREE, an eccentric and passionate soul studing in 6th semester at Chandigarh College of Architecture. Seeking a position as an Intern Architect at your firm.

Nationality Indian

Languages English

Hindi

Odia

Contact me #1012, Sector-18C Chandigarh

saumya.saishree@gmail.com +919501155975

facebook.com/saishreetect instagram.com/saishreetect

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Education

Technical proficiency

Bhavan Vidyalaya Graduated 10th grade

Bhavan Vidyalaya Graduated 12th grade

autocad

rhinocerous

sketchup

archicad

3Ds max

v-ray

lumion

revit

Chandigarh College of Architecture Pursuing B.arch 3rd year

Achievements

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NASA Design Competition G-Sen Trophy 2014-15

photoshop

National Winners

Annual NASA Design Competion 2015

Lr

Id

Ai

lightroom

indesign

illustrator

Skills

Top 20 shortlisted

NASA Design Competition G-Sen Trophy 2015-16

Laser cutting

Hand drafting

Digital drawings

Model making

Hand rendering

Rendering

National Runners up

Interests

Annual NASA Design Competion 2016 Top 17 shortlisted

Experience GIS |Worked with Chandigarh Adminstration on Chandigarh

sketching

photography

art and crafts

dance

reading

music

travelling

food

Conclusive Land Titling Programme

Popnshop |Worked with Soulbowl for decorating

embroidery

Popnshop, the flea market for start ups

2014

Academics

Studio apartment

Citco Cafe - Redesign Aangan- Residence design Tourist information centre

Competitions

Workshop/Seminars

NASA Design Competition, G-Sen Trophy Gender sentitive puclic spaces-Placemaking

Annual NASA Design Competion Internation borders as Places of Congregation

2015

Clay modelling Brickwork Wooden joints Bookshelf

International symposium Resort

NASA Design Competition, G-Sen Trophy

Concrete actions

Centre of human interaction

PEC market redesign Office

2016

Annual NASA Design Competion Watch tower- Narrating story of Mcleodganj

Pavilion Design

361 Conference Ecotect Earth and Bamboo workshop

Chandigarh Pavilion for India Internation Trade Fair

Vernacular Settlement Walk up apartments

NASA Design Competition, HUDCO Trophy Slum redevelopment, using Land as a Resource

Everest Design Challenge 2017 Enerygy efficient and green building design using Everest drywall system

Installtion- Lucid Illusion Deconstructing documentation IALD Lighting Design

Kurali

Near Chandigarh-Kharar Highway, Punjab, India

02 AANGAN

Aptly named AANGAN, is a Residence revolves around an asymmetrically placed courtyard, which acts like a buffer.

Concept The word ‘Aangan’ is a hindi word which has a very homely feeling attached to it. The courtyard not only acts as a datum but also serves as a climate responsive feature regulating the air movement in the building.

Design The courtyard has corridors on two sides and staircase on the third side, directing the influx into funnel like pathways into the various spaces inside the house. It adds the much required dynamics to the circulation space.

The courtyard and the formal dining are a step lower than the rest of the house, volumetrically isolating them.

The play of levels also adds the quite admired movement in the transition between spaces.

Second floor

First floor

The Family lounge has been strategically oriented to have views from the garden and swimming pool, with their openings on the North-South direction.

The kitchen has convenient accessibility from the deck and the dining hall.

The Eastern wing and the First floor has private spaces. The lounge area acts as a junction. The study has a ample amount of north light.

Ground floor

The entire house has been protected from direct heat gain via the horizontal shading devices on the Southern faรงade and vertical fins on the western faรงade.

Section

Dining an

Entrance

View from North-East side Swimming pool and deck

Covered wooden deck behind the kitchen

View from South-E

nd Drawing room

East side

Renders

Corridor connecting bedrooms to lounge area

Family Lounge

Master bedroom

AANGAN -The Courtyard

Corridor connecting Mumpty to the Scio room

Mcleodganj Himachal Pradesh, India

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WATCH TOWER

Obelisk you are, witnessing the change around you Without changing yourself a bit, Standing by your virtue

Concept

Design Evolution

The Watch Tower represents the journey of the city of Mcleodganj, looking over the city and witness it’s change at the same time remniscing from what it has come through.

The design is based on the watch tower which is approched with a staircase to reach to the platform having a museum in the centre and the observatory around it’s periphery

While going to the Observatory at the top, one can see the evolution of Mcleodganj portrayed on the walls. The four main places can be seen from the periscopic openings

Further the design is contrained in a cuboidal concrete tower which represents timelessness of the building, the Obelisk.

Design Evolution The bottom of the tower, symbolizes the beginning of the city during Colonial period, the essence of which can now be seen by a church, St John in the Wilderness, the only surviving structure of that era!

The maze like circulation with skewed passages is well contrived through the inclined walls, represents the earthquake which wrecked the city. This space induces, in the visitors, a feeling of uneasiness; aptly portraying the state of the city at that time.

The struggle through skewed passages, end at a platform, standing in the middle of nothing. A dark void running along the tower that symbolizes the unfortunate situation in which the city could forever remain desolated and become a ghost city!

A pillar rises from the floor of this space to the top, symbolizing the culture and the struggle of the Tibetans, along with a continuous exhibit showcasing the development of city after advent of Tibetans. This pillar is a memorial acknowledging their contribution.

This is an Observatory from where one can view the entire city and witness the change from past. The staircase in this space leads nowhere and is symbolic of the future the tower would hold. Like a blank canvas waiting to be filled!

This space starts at the bottom of the tower to symbolize the beginning of the city. Early Mc Leodganj was a hill station to the British, the essence of which can now be seen by a church, St John in the Wilderness, the only surviving structure of that era!

Hall no. 6, Hall of nations, Pragati maidan Delhi, India

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CHANDIGARH PAVILION

Reminiscing Corbusier vision of the refuge city - Chandigarh.

Open to all and Open to recieve

Concept Chandigarh was built as a refuge city to accommodate the needs of a plethora of cultures. The design of the pavilion takes inspiration from this very concept. The pavilion is designed as a narrative of Chandigarh’s story.

1. Entry from open hand cutout 2. Open hand thread installation 3. Chandigarh map installation 4. Information panels 5. Stall Type I (size 3.5mX3m) 6. “Connections”, installation 7. Sukhna lake, wall mural 8. Stall Type II (size 4mX3m) 9. The accused cabin, High Court 10. Road network light and shadow installation 11. Store room (size 2.25mX4.75m) 12. Service Duct) 13. Tower of Shadows, Visitor’s room 14. High Court facade exhibition area 15. 17 sector plaza fountain 16. Metal Scupture by artist Shiv Singh 17. Pivoted doors with tapestries as exit

Stalls

Accused cabin

Information Panel

Design The entry to the pavilion happens through an open-hand shaped cutout placed at some distance from the gate, giving appreciable visual experience to the visitor. At an appropriate distance, acrylic boards with relevant information about the history and evolution of Chandigarh have been provided for the awareness of the visitor.

The roof forms of the stalls are synonymous to the roof forms of the various buildings in Chandigarh. The columns and pylons of the High Court have been used in the exhibition gallery. The visitors room is a replica of the Tower and Shadows which has been designed to provide focused views of the spaces in the pavilion.

Front Elevation

Back Elevation

The stalls and the gallery have been separated by an installation symbolizing the inside world of Corbusier’s mind.

Side Elevation

Visitor’s Lounge Chandigarh High Court as Exhibit area

Entrance

Decorative bottles

Bird houses

Entrance passage

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POPNSHOP/ INSTALLATION Sign board

Display

Pop ’n’ shop

Photobooth display

Pop ‘n’ shop is a first of its kind private fueled flea market venture, introduced in Chandigarh by SoulBowl. For such a unique venture, the clients wanted one of their kinds, handmade and eccentric decorations. Thus the entry was built out of waste cardboard boxes, with little souvenirs from each stall, combining the essence of the entire market in a compact display.

The lighting cum decoration objects were all customized and handmade, each piece uniquely crafted.

Displayed in front of Open hand

The installation is a metallic bird resting over a mirror box. The bird is evolved from origami defragmented from metal sheets, and showcases optical illusion facilitated by the mirror box. At a particular angle, the metal bird seems to be suspended mid-air!

The concept of the sculpture is freedom, for even a bird stuck on a box can be perceived as free; it’s only a matter of changing your visual perception.

Lucid Illusion

Ballerina

Clay modelling Scupting and modelling clay and using clay as mould

Rammed Earth wall

Bookshelf Design Book shelf

From cutting the ply board to applying varnish.

Deconstructive Documentation Documented the facades of Jaipur and how the design of windows not only climate responsive but also defines the individuality of the city.

Fish mouth joinery

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WORKSHOPS

Adobe bricks Earth and Bamboo Workshop CSEB Arch

Waddle and Daub

Hand on experience with the tradional and modern techiques to use Earth and bamboo as building materials.

Stage

IALD Lighting Design Courtyard

How lighting can change the way you percieve a space. We got a chance to experiment with innovative lighting fixtures availble.

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PHOTOGRAPHY

Hi, I am SAUMYA SAISHREE, 6th semester architecture student at Chandigarh College of Architecture.

Hi, I am SAUMYA SAISHREE, 6th semester architecture student at Chandigarh College of Architecture.

Hi, I am SAUMYA SAISHREE, 6th semester architecture student at Chandigarh College of Architecture.

Hi, I am SAUMYA SAISHREE, 6th semester architecture student at Chandigarh College of Architecture.

Thesis model -Memorial complex for the Bhopal Gas Tragedy Cabanon de Le Corbusier

Settlement study- Jayanti Majri PEC Market Redesign

Mural based on Santiago Calatrava

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MISCELLANEOUS

Hi, I am SAUMYA SAISHREE, 6th semester architecture student at Chandigarh College of Architecture.

Hi, I am SAUMYA SAISHREE, 6th semester architecture student at Chandigarh College of Architecture.

Hi, I am SAUMYA SAISHREE, 6th semester architecture student at Chandigarh College of Architecture.

Hi, I am SAUMYA SAISHREE, 6th semester architecture student at Chandigarh College of Architecture.

Reference Prof. Pradeep Kumar Bhagat Principal Chandigarh College of Architecture pradeepbagat45@yahoo.com Dr. Sohan Lal Saharan Dean of Academics Chandigarh College of Architecture slsaharan@gmail.com