Shraddha Santhosh Portfolio 2023

ARCHITECTURAL PORTFOLIO

SHRADDHA SANTHOSH

SELECTED WORKS

SPRING 2019 - SPRING 2022

TABLE OF CONTENTS 01 HYDRO-REMEDIATION 02 INTO THE BURROWS 03 IL VILLAGGIO 04 MIDNIGHT SUN 05 TAMBOURINA 06 A HUMANOID HAVEN 07 LANDSCAPING DESIGNS

HYDRO-REMEDIATION

Two Harbors/Avalon Harbor, Catalina Island

This thesis is supported by 3 pillars: hydrology, ecotourism, and education. It challenges and enhances them through the intersection of tubes, arches, and vats. Water is a critical component to the advancement and survival of humanity. This element is culturally, spiritually, and physically significant. However, human’s relationship with water waste has proven to be selfish and naive. This interactive water filtration system and immersive museum experience regenerates ecotourism to reconnect humans to hydrological systems.

Human’s arrive to Catalina Island, unaware of the thousands of barrels of toxic waste, that are festering on the deep floors of the ocean. DDT seeps into the ecological fabric, affecting both land and marine life, and traditionally there is no effort made to warn tourists of the

waters they play, swim, and explore in.

Catalina Casino, a beacon of the island, now extends itself as a new standard of water filtration systems, alluding to traditional water filtration, and gesturing to the main DDT filtration systems of Two Harbors.

Visitors of [Hydro-Remediation], enter and explore a path that pierces filtration basins, filtered mist settles on their skin. Children and adults alike, can then enjoy bio baths, water tasting experiences, and inviting exhibits while surrounded by tubes, distributing water and chemicals to designated locations. The great expanse of the humic acid filtration vat washes over them, the awe igniting the capacity to retain new information about the efforts to revitalize the hydrological system.

Systems of Pollution How the ocean is affected

Avalon Harbor Two Harbors

From the Ferry

Plan

Fog Collection Pod

Avalon Harbor Roof

Tubes, Slides, and Water Basins

INTO THE BURROWS

Firenze, Italy at Forte Belvedere

Perched upon the largest built fortress constructed in the 1590’s, [Into the Burrows] attacks the challenge of designing a student hotel and combining ideas such as defining citizenship, inhabiting a historic city, and theoretically approaching culture through the use of bold excavations. The series of “burrows” promote the concept of an experience rather than a building. Blurring the lines between positive and negative spaces, the delicate yet strong pathways encourage dwelling in the negative space and traveling through a system. Each excavation deliberately starts, ends, and intersects, inspired by existing angles throughout the city and within the fort itself. The ultimate goal is to successfully deal with experimental preservation as a form of contemporary reuse.

Major Excavation Arteries Median Excavation Arteries Minor Excavation Arteries Excavated Pathways - A Series 1’ - 0” = 100’ - 0” Fiume di Arno

From the Terrace, Toward the City

Site Plan N N

Program Diagram

Circulation Diagram Excavated pathways Built circulation Existing Entrance Glass bridge Bridges between Palazzina and terrace Glass encased vertical circulation Bridge between hotel and garden Stairs leading up to terrace Bridges between Palazzina and courtyard Entrance Children’s Playground Student’s Study Lounge Student’s Garden Historical Museum Terraced Viewing Deck Cantilevered Viewing Deck Public Winery+Cafe 1’ - 0” = 64’Section - Longitudinal (N-S) Into the Palazzina Longitudinal Section [N-S] Longitudinal Section - Palazzina + Museum Circulation Diagram The Student Hotel

Palazzina - Dining and Museum Student Hotel - Living Spaces and Balcony Lounge Transverse Section [E-W] Down, from the Garden Student Hotel Exploded Diagram Palazzina to Student Hotel - Physical and Visual Connections

Floor Plan 1

Floor Plan 1 - Winery

Floor Plan 1 - Playground

Floor Plan 1 - Museum

Floor Plan 1 - Dorm + Library

Floor Plan 3 - Palazzina

Floor Plan 3 - Garden

Floor Plan 3 - Dorm

Floor Plan 3

Winery + Cafe

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Toward the Library

VILLAGGIO

Firenze, Italy - a historically rich, Renaissance architecture filled city. Tourists from all over the world visit to take in its beauty, fillings its museums, markets, stores, and more. Able bodied citizens and adults take to the streets during their busy daily lives, but what about the children and senior citizens? What do they do to fill up their day? It’s almost as if these ends of the demographical spectrum are outliers, a contrast to the main urban fabric of the city. With senior citizen centers and kindergartens sparsely scattered throughout Firenze, it is necessary to provide a space for their lives to properly be infused into the magic of the city. With the catered audience being such a contrast to the city, why not design a system that reflects just that notion? [Il Villaggio] is a senior citizen center and kindergarten fused into one, promoting a free-flowing community, for them to interact, learn, and play with each other.

IL

Circulation Oh, the places you can run, walk, or wheelchair to! Two Major Axes The largest driving forces throughout the site, facilitating circulation, visual connection, and permeability in and around each program. public public/private private Public to Private Gradient A progressing programmatic arrangement throughout the site. Facade to Program Relationship Larger openings indicate entrances for the public to enjoy and interact while smaller aperatures are meant for an intimate, private settingfor the children to learn and develop. site - piazza dei ciompi roads + railways parks water bodies buildings 50’ 0’ 150’ 200’ 300’ 400’ 100’ N Legend Site Plan From the Terrace, Toward the City N

Piazza dei Ciompi, Firenze

Section North - South

Library Rooftop Seating 1 2 3 Protected Outdoor Play Space Kindergarten Classroom 1 2 3 3 Library Rooftop Seating 1 2 Protected Outdoor Play Space 1 2 N 50’ 75’ 25’ 0’ 100’ N Library 1 1 2 2 3 3 4 4 4 5 5 6 6 6 Multi-Purpose Room Cafe Kindergarten Classroom Teacher’s Ofﬁces Interactive Wall 50’ 75’ 25’ 0’ 100’

1 2 From the Loggia Longitudinal Section [N-S] Floor Plan 0 Floor Plan 2 Floor Plan 1 Roof Plan A Resident’s View N

MIDNIGHT SUN

Vellum Competition 2019

Coldfoot, Alaska

Bright enough to illuminate a stormy night sky, [Midnight Sun] is a beacon that will shine day and night to signal and direct truckers to their long-awaited rest stop. Standing at 192 feet tall, and built to 6 feet tall at a 1”=32’ scale, this colorful sculpture is hard to miss. Inspired by the curvilinear nature of the Northern Lights that graze the Alaskan sky, the form of the beacon is fabricated with 1/8” thick steel tubes, curved and welded together. The planar forms of the lights are represented through the multicolored fabric stretched between the metal.

TAMBOURINA

Vellum Competition 2021

What kind of incentive can peak the interest and concern in society to participate in more sustainable ways of life? Moving and discovering is an effective way of learning, allowing for a faster cognitive processing speed to absorb more information effectively. Through the utilization of sliding tambour doors, [Tambourina] facilitates a sensation of uncovering what is held within. Designed to be orientated in numerous ways, the transformability of Tambourina and opportunity for multitude of use is sustainable in itself.

A HUMANOID HAVEN

Russian Hill, San Francisco

Located a few blocks south of the San Francisco Bay, [A Humanoid Haven] serves as a testing and research hub for virtual and augmented reality through the use of robots. Through selective exposure, the goal of this project is to foster a sense of mystery to the public, as they see various moving parts of the system such as human circulation, robot movement, and mechanical automation without understanding the true purpose of the kinesthetics. The carefully calculated design decisions will hopefully fuel the curiosity of the general public to explore and comprehend the complexities of the concept of virtual and augmented reality.

WALL DETAIL SECTION [FLOOR 4] 9AM:31.01° 62.35° 62.35° WINDOW SILL 4 1/2” HSS COVER PLATE CORRUGATED METAL DECK + CONCRETE 4’-0” 10’-0” SPRAY POLYURETHANE FOAM AIR CAVITY OPERABLE DOUBLE PANE WINDOW HANGING PENDANT LIGHT DROPPED CEILING 11’-6” ELECTRICAL SOCKET W24 STEEL BEAM SLIDING DOOR SLIDING DOOR MECHANISM WELDED SCREEN JOINT 5’-0” 2”x8” HSS FACADE BRACE METAL ROD PERFORATED METAL SCREEN SYSTEM 2 WAY GIRT SYSTEM STRUCTURAL CABLE GLASS RAILING 20’-0” RIGID INSULATION 5/8” GYPSUM BOARD 9AM:31.01° 120’ 100’ 80’ 60’ 40’ 0’ 120’ 100’ 80’ 60’ 40’ 5 2 4 7 [1] STEEL COLUMN AND GIRDER BAYS MOMENT FRAME [2] BRIDGE TRUSS [3] MULLIONS [4] GLASS PANEL [5] TRUSS SYSTEM FOR CANTILEVERED CREATIVE CLOUD [6] METAL RODS AND STRUTS FOR FACADE [7] 2 WAY GIRT SYSTEM [8] PERFORATED METAL FACADE N WALL DETAIL SECTION 1/2” = 1’-0” FOURTH FLOOR PLAN 1/2” = 1’-0” 9AM:31.01° 62.35° 62.35° WINDOW SILL 4 1/2” HSS COVER PLATE CORRUGATED METAL DECK + CONCRETE 4’-0” 10’-0” SPRAY POLYURETHANE FOAM AIR CAVITY OPERABLE DOUBLE PANE HANGING PENDANT LIGHT DROPPED CEILING 11’-6” ELECTRICAL SOCKET W24 STEEL BEAM SLIDING DOOR SLIDING DOOR MECHANISM WELDED SCREEN JOINT 5’-0” 2”x8” HSS FACADE BRACE METAL ROD PERFORATED METAL SCREEN SYSTEM 2 WAY GIRT SYSTEM STRUCTURAL CABLE GLASS RAILING 20’-0” RIGID INSULATION 5/8” GYPSUM BOARD WATER PROOFING RIGID INSULATION DRAINAGE LAYER GRANULAR BACKFILL DRAINAGE GRAVEL PERFORATED DRAIN 9AM:31.01° CORRUGATED METAL DECKING W24 STEEL BEAM PERFORATED METAL FACADE METAL ROD MULLIONS GLASS CURTAIN WALL WELDED SCREEN JOINT CABLE STRUCTURE SYSTEM GLASS RAILING 2 WAY GIRT SYSTEM 120’ 100’ 80’ 60’ 40’

Detailed Axonometric Section Structural Diagram

Longitudinal Section [E-W]

9AM:31.01° NOON: 62.35° NOON: 62.35°

[1] CONCERT SPACE/ROOFTOP GARDEN [2] IDEATION SPACE [3] OFFICE SPACE [4] ROBOT DELIVERY SHAFT [5] BRIDGE [6] COMPUTER SERVER [7] PRIVATE PODS [3] N [1] PHONE BOOTHS + OUTDOOR LOUNGE [2] LAB SPACE [3] VR TESTING [4] ROBOT DELIVERY SHAFT [5] BRIDGE [6] COMPUTER SERVER [7] OFFICE [8] [3] [2] [8] [6] [1] MAIN VR DEMO SPACE [2] ROBOT DELIVERY SHAFT [3] ROBOT TESTING SPACE [4] ROBOT TESTING TRACK [5] VR DEMO SCREEN [6] BRIDGE [7] CREATIVE CLOUD [8] GAME LOUNGE AREA [9] OUTDOOR IDEATION SPACE [2] [8] WALL DETAIL SECTION 1/2” = 1’-0” 9AM:31.01° NOON: 62.35° NOON: 62.35° WINDOW SILL 4 1/2” HSS COVER PLATE CORRUGATED METAL DECK + CONCRETE 4’-0” 10’-0” SPRAY POLYURETHANE FOAM AIR CAVITY OPERABLE DOUBLE PANE WINDOW HANGING PENDANT LIGHT DROPPED CEILING 11’-6” ELECTRICAL SOCKET W24 STEEL BEAM SLIDING DOOR SLIDING DOOR MECHANISM WELDED SCREEN JOINT 5’-0” 2”x8” HSS FACADE BRACE METAL ROD PERFORATED METAL SCREEN SYSTEM 2 WAY GIRT SYSTEM STRUCTURAL CABLE GLASS RAILING 20’-0” RIGID INSULATION 5/8” GYPSUM BOARD WATER PROOFING RIGID INSULATION DRAINAGE LAYER GRANULAR BACKFILL DRAINAGE GRAVEL PERFORATED DRAIN 9AM:31.01° 168’ 120’ 100’ 80’ 60’ 40’ 0’ 168’ 120’ 100’ 80’ 60’ 40’ WALL DETAIL SECTION 1/2” = 1’-0”

WINDOW SILL 4 1/2” HSS COVER PLATE CORRUGATED METAL DECK + CONCRETE 4’-0” 10’-0” SPRAY POLYURETHANE FOAM AIR CAVITY OPERABLE DOUBLE PANE WINDOW HANGING PENDANT LIGHT DROPPED CEILING 11’-6” ELECTRICAL SOCKET W24 STEEL BEAM SLIDING DOOR SLIDING DOOR MECHANISM WELDED SCREEN JOINT 5’-0” 2”x8” HSS FACADE BRACE METAL ROD PERFORATED METAL SCREEN SYSTEM 2 WAY GIRT SYSTEM STRUCTURAL CABLE GLASS RAILING 20’-0” RIGID INSULATION 5/8” GYPSUM BOARD WATER PROOFING RIGID INSULATION DRAINAGE LAYER GRANULAR BACKFILL DRAINAGE GRAVEL PERFORATED DRAIN 9AM:31.01° 168’ 120’ 100’ 80’ 60’ 40’ [1] ROBOT FARM, DEPLOYED FROM HERE TO OTHER LOCATIONS OF THE BUILDING [2] LOBBY [3] OUTDOOR RESTAURANT [4] BIKE PARKING/MAINTANENCE [5] COMPUTER SERVER OUTDOOR SPACE + N BAY STREET HYDE STREET seating [introduce] -show where you stand each tower [interstitial spaces] dynamic circulation, and an interchangeable concert space/outdoor deck [wrap it up!] gives the its ﬁnal form Massing Diagram Integrated Roof to Foundation Section Floor Plan 1 Floor Plan 2 Floor Plan 3 Floor Plan 5