Shravani Kopalle_Portfolio

SHRAVANI KOPALLE

Selected Works . 2018-2021

Table of Contents

ABOUT/RESUME

03 01 STADIUM SCHOOL 04-09 I Fall 2021 02 THE MARKET 10-15 I Spring 2021 03 THE FRAME 16-19 I Fall 2019 04 THE WALLS 20-25 I Fall 2018 05 ENCIRCLING CIRCLES 26-35 I Fall 2020 06 THE BRICK WALL 36-43 I Spring 2020

Shravani Kopalle

E shravs2800@gmail.com

P +1 630 677 2601

A 1423 Burnett Dr. Aurora, IL 60502

This portfolio intends to show my skill set, passion, and commitment to architecture. These are the selected works from during my undergraduate degree at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Throughout my years at UIC, I have worked on many projects that taught me how architecture works in various ways. These projects have helped me grow and improve my skill set. All the work I have done so far made me fall more and more in love with architecture.

I am a highly motivated architect seeking a job to increase knowledge in all areas of architecture. I am detail-oriented, hardworking and offers strong attention to accuracy, extensive knowledge of multiple architecture software programs, and extraordinary teamwork abilities.

EDUCATION

University of Illinois at Chicago

Bachelors of Sciene in Architecture

LEADERSHIP & ACTIVITIES

-CHAPTER PRESIDENT OF UIC NOMAS

August 2020 - May 2021

-NOMASxHUMAN SCALE, THE HART

COMMUNITY GARDENT

May 2020 - August 2020

Collaboration project with a non-proffit and contributed research and design.

-CHICAGO ARCHITECTURE BIENNIAL 2019

Volunteered at the Biennial as a Greeter and a Learning Guest.

- BANK OF AMERICA CHICAGO MARATHON

2019

Volunteered at the marathon by helping out runners and organizing their bags.

SKILLS

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Rhino 3D/ Adobe Illustrator/ Photoshop/ AutoDesk Maya/ Unreal Engine/ Quixel Megascans Revit / AutoCAD / Cinema 4D/ InDesign/ Microsoft Word/ Excel / Outlook / Powerpoint Hand Models / Photography

English (Fluent) Telugu (Native) Hindi (Fluent) Spanish (Working Proficiency)

EXPERIENCE

ASSISTANT PROJECT ARCHITECT

MRV ARCHITECTS

May 2022-Present

I am the project manager for Dunkin Donuts. I work on Dunkin Donuts remodels and new projects in Illinois and Wisconsin. I manage project construction documentation processes throughout all five phases of design development. I engage in interdisciplinary coordination, ensuring clientele satisfaction while also meeting specified regulations and deadlines. As an assistant project manager, I implement acquired expertise in Architectural BIM Software and on-site analysis to produce and compile submittals drafted to meet municipality standards

ARCHITECTURAL INTERN

SOMA DESIGN CO Summer of 2021

- Edit redlines for residential and commercial rennovation projects using AUTOCAD

- Visited work sites

UIC TOUR GUIDE

UIC CORPS

March 2021- Present

- College Outreach representative for prospective students

- serve as an official university tour guide

- handle front desk at the visitor’s center and appointments for prospective students.

01 Stadium School

Francesco Marullo Fall 2021

The concept of the architecture school is for the school to be a stadium or a theater. The two major ideas behind this concept are that the school is a community and everyone can see what the others are doing resulting in a hierarchy differently. There are two main staircases; the studio staircase and the communal staircase. On the studio staircase, the freshmen studios are located on the top and graduate studios are located on the bottom, so the freshmen can look down on their future projects. Underneath the studio staircase is a big lecture hall, and its roof is a reverse staircase. Opposite the studio staircase is the communal staircase which consists of the library, a cafe, and a lounge area. In the middle of these staircases is a courtyard that can also be accessed by the public. The courtyard can also be used for an allschool event as a stage, and all the staircases can be emptied for seating turning the whole school into a stadium or a theater. Surrounding the staircases are buildings used for circulation, bathrooms, classrooms, offices, and an indoor garden. The roof of the school is a repetition of barrel vaults varying in different sizes, which are mirroring what is happening on the ground level.

View from the indoor garden

View of the studio

02 The Market

Grant Gibson Spring 2021

This project aims to have a market where the products are dropped from the top into chutes. The loading dock is on top of the store, creating a top of the house. The building is inclined so that the trucks go up the ramp and drop the products into the chutes. In the store underneath, the customers can place their carts under the chutes, which are 3 to 4ft off the ground, so the products would directly drop into the shopping carts. The idea of having products fall from the trucks into the shopping carts by the use of gravity is so that there is a minimum requirement for employees to carry the product and put it on the aisles. There is minimum effort for the customers to bring the product from the aisles and place it into their carts. Three types of chutes are placed in the market: an inclined chute, a straight chute, and elevators. The elevators are placed for heavier and bigger objects like TVs and furniture that can not be dropped from the top.

Loading Dock Plan

03 The Frame

Barbara Materia

Fall 2019

This project emerged from the Chicago Steel Frame from the 20th century. The project was to design a frame of an eight-story building using elevators, stairs, lobby, and mezzanines. The main idea is to take elements from the Old Stock exchange building in Chicago and repeat these elements obsessively. This created the front facade carved in and angled to the sides. While the elevator is in the center, the stairs are on the front and back of the frame. Mezzanines are created on the second floor looking into the lobby, and there are mezzanines on every other floor. There is ventilation due to high ceilings and a courtyard that follows the square conditions.

Elements from the Old stock exchange building

04 The Walls

Andrew Jennings

Fall 2018

This project focuses on solving the nine-square grid by dividing horizontal space using walls, columns, windows, and doors. I used the nine elements to create a space in a nine-square grid. I focused mainly on curved walls and repetition. Each curved wall has a column in the center, which explains the curve’s radius and dimensions. The curved walls are mirrored to create a defined path throughout the space. The difference in the wall heights makes the variation between open and closed spaces. The closed spaces have a shorter wall so that people can look over into closed spaces from the open areas. There are three entrances, which all lead to the center.

Clare Lyster Fall 2020 Partner: Elizabeth Rodriguez

Encircling Circles

This studio focuses on Carthusian Monastery and explores collective living. The site of the Monastery is Struvident Island in Maine. The project’s main idea is that circles overlap with a big circle around them. The monastery is designed with thick walls overlapping each other and making hallways for circulation. There are three essential circles; the monk circle, the novice circle, and the communal circle consisting of the church and the refectory. The stables are divided into two and are placed on the side. The farm is the rectangular stripes around the monastery. The farm gets its irrigation from the canal that surrounds the monastery. The design of the monastery is dependent on what’s inside and what’s outside. The monks and the novice circle have a circular arcade with a courtyard in the center. The arcades overlap the communal circle lobby creating glass doors.

Novice’s Cell Plan/Section/Axon

Church Interior View

Communal Hallway Interior View

06 The Brick Wall

Ania Jaworska Spring 2020

This project focuses on a curved brick taken from an arch of a Chicago apartment building. The brick is curved on one side, and the other side is a trapezoid/square with corners. The brick is used in the corners of the walls to form bends and change the direction of the wall. The walls include elbows due to the change in direction, and these elbows create interior spaces. One of the primary purposes of curved brick is to bend the corners smoothly without having the right angles. A wooden frame is placed, which works as a brace for the bricks. Diagonal bracing is placed for lateral support and is correlated to the ceilings. The frame incorporates diagonal bracing, vertical posts, and gridded patterns. The frame helps incorporate the roof into the design. The inner spaces have a lower ceiling, whereas the spaces on the ends of the pavilion have a higher ceiling. Seats are made on each end of the design for visitors to sit.