Sonal Veerabhadra - Part 2 Architecture Assistant

SONAL VEERABHADRA ARCHITECTURE PORTFOLIO 2022 MArchD ARB / RIBA PART II

ABOUT ME..!!

I am enthusiastic and passionate about architecture, particularly oriented towards design processes that involve social attributes and environmental sensitive approaches. I also have a great interest in building tectonics and their digital translation through parametric designing.

For my Part 2, I chose the course MarchD Applied Design in Architecture to integrate my design skills further with material research, fabrication and making, and practicing generative digital applications, through its specialization studios.

Having worked in a design + execution team, in a large sized firm in Mumbai, I have learnt the ways of traditional architecture and received insights into the new practices that are changing the ecosystem. Therefore, I have realized that to be at par with the transformation that is disrupting the industry, one cannot be complacent and must continue to learn and adopt knowledge from all the possible avenues.

This is a sample portfolio with a selection of few of my works.

E - sonalveerabhadra@gmail.com LI - www.linkedin.com/in/sonalveerabhadra

EDUCATIONAL HISTORY OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY

2020, September - 2022, May

MArchD (Part 2) UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE

2016, September - 2019, May

B.Architecture (Part 1)

WORK HISTORY PART 1 ARCHITECTURE ASSISTANT - ARCHITECTURE

2019, December - 2020, July

2019, June - 2019, September

Hiten Sethi Architects , India - Part of the execution team.

- Helped produce Autocad drawings along with co-ordinating structural, electrical and site engineers.

STUDENT CASUAL - DESIGN/ CONSTRUCTION TEAM

University of Hertfordshire , UK - Part of the design and construction team for the project ‘Pause’.

- Helped contsruct the bench for the London Festival of Architecture 2019.

2017, June - 2017, July

SUMMER INTERNSHIP - ARCHITECTURE

GA Design , India - Part of the design team.

- Helped produce Autocad and Revit drawings.

ACHIEVEMENTS AND EXTRA CURRICULAR 2018, May

- RIBA East Student Award 2018

2019, May

- HAA Student Award 2019

https://www.architecture.com/knowledge-and-resources/knowledge-landing-page/haa-student-award

(Hertfordshire Association of Architects)

2019, June

- London Festival of Architecture (Designing for Pause)

2021, June

- OSA Exhibition 2021 https://www.oxfordschoolarchitecture.com/postgraduate/ds2

2022, May

LANGUAGES AND INTERESTS

- OSA Exhibition 2022 https://www.oxfordschoolarchitecture.com/

TECHNICAL SKILLS

LANGUAGES

INTERESTS

DIGITAL

CREATIVE

MODEL MAKING

- ENGLISH (IELTS - 7.0) - HINDI (Native)

- Martial Arts and Gyming - Reading - Volunteering at Oxfam

-Rhino -Grasshopper -Revit -Autocad -Blender -Vray

-Photoshop -Indesign -Illustrator

-CNC -Wood working -Mould/ cast work

- MARATHI

CONTENTS

SELECTEC WORKS 2016-2022

PROFESSIONAL

BIODIVERSITY CENTRE HSA - CONCEPTUAL

ASMITA SCHOOL

HSA - DESIGN PROPOSAL

L&T PHASE 2B

HSA - MUNICIPAL APPROVALS

ACADEMIC

INTERLOCKING SYSTEMS - BRICK-A-BILITY MARCHD - YEAR 5

+ INTERLOCKING STONES - THE FIRE SHRINE MARCHD - YEAR 4

HARMONY OF HIERARCHY - SKYSCRAPER BARCH - YEAR 3

GREEN SALUS - OXFORD UNIVERSITY EARTH SCIENCE BUILDING AND MASTERPLAN BARCH - YEAR 2

MISCELLANEOUS

LONDON FESTIVAL OF ARCHITECTURE 2019

HITEN SETHI ARCHITECTS STAGE - DESIGN DEVELOPMENT BIODIVERSITY CENTRE THIS PROJECT WAS IN IT’S VERY INITIAL CONCEPTUAL STAGE FOR A BIODIVERSITY CENTRE AND MUSEUM. THE RESPECTIVE IMAGES ARE FROM ONE OF THE CONCEPT MODELS DONE BY ME FOR THE PROPOSAL IN CO ORDINATION WITH A SENIOR ARCHITECT.

HITEN SETHI ARCHITECTS STAGE - MUNICIPAL APPROVAL ASMITA SCHOOL FOR SPECIAL KIDS THE ASMITA SPECIAL SCHOOL IS A SCHOOL FOR KIDS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS, AND HAD RECENTLY BEEN APPROVED BY TE MUNICIPAL CORPORATION. IT WAS THEN IN THE CONSTRUCTION DRAWING STAGE. I HAD BEEN A PART OF THE PROJECT SINCE ITS VERY FIRST DESIGN STAGE, TO THE CONSTRUCTION DRAWINGS AND COORDINATION WITH MEP CONSULTANTS AND THE CLIENT.

HITEN SETHI ARCHITECTS STAGE - MUNICIPAL APPROVALS L & T, PHASE II B, POWAI

PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK STUDENT VERSION

THIS PROJECT IS THE PHASE 2 OF L&T (LARSEN AND TURBO). THE PROJECT, A RESIDENTIAL + COMMERCIAL IN POWAI, MUMBAI. IT WAS THEN IN THE DESIGN DEVELOPMENT STAGE FOR MUNICIPAL APPROVALS. OUR TEAM WORKED ALONG WITH THE DESIGN TEAM OF L&T. IT IS A HUGE PROJECT WITH 12 RESIDENTIAL TOWERS, A MULTILEVEL PODIUM AND A CLUB HOUSE. THE TEAM AND I WORKED ON PRODUCING RELEVENT DRAWINGS FOR EVERY STAGE ALONG WITH AREA CALCULATIONS ETC AS REQUIRED.

(as per AAI limitation for T10 & T15) TERMINATION LEVEL 96.00

TERRACE FLOOR 92.40

KITCHEN

KITCHEN

KITCHEN

KITCHEN

KITCHEN

KITCHEN

KITCHEN

KITCHEN

KITCHEN

KITCHEN

KITCHEN

KITCHEN

18TH FLOOR 89.40

17TH FLOOR 86.40

16TH FLOOR 83.40

15TH FLOOR 80.40

14TH FLOOR 77.40

13TH FLOOR 74.40

REFUGE

KITCHEN

12TH FLOOR- REFUGE 71.40

KITCHEN

KITCHEN

KITCHEN

KITCHEN

KITCHEN

KITCHEN

KITCHEN

KITCHEN

KITCHEN

KITCHEN

KITCHEN

KITCHEN

11TH FLOOR 68.40

10TH FLOOR 65.40

9TH FLOOR 62.40

8TH FLOOR 59.40

7TH FLOOR 56.40

6TH FLOOR 53.40

REFUGE

KITCHEN

5TH FLOOR- REFUGE 50.40

KITCHEN

KITCHEN

KITCHEN

KITCHEN

KITCHEN

KITCHEN

KITCHEN

KITCHEN

4TH FLOOR 47.40

3RD FLOOR 44.40

2ND FLOOR 41.40

1ST FLOOR 38.40

KITCHEN AMENITIES AREA

STILT FLOOR LEVEL

KITCHEN

LVL 34.20

ENTRANCE LOBBY

PART UPPER BASEMENT/ PART 2ND PODIUM LVL 30.90

PANEL/FTTH ROOM

ENTRANCE LOBBY

METER ROOM

ENTRANCE LOBBY

PART MIDDLE BASEMENT/ PART 1ST PODIUM LVL 27.60

PART LOWER BASEMENT/ PART UPPER GROUND LVL 24.30

LOWER GROUND FLOOR LVL 21.00

BASEMENT 1 FLOOR LVL 17.70

BASEMENT 2 FLOOR LVL 14.40

INCAN DRY STONE MASONRY - GEOMETRY AND INTERLOCKING

DIGITAL TRANSLATION OF THE INCAN GEOMETRY AND INTERLOCKING LOGIC

SOMA CUBE - A 3D INTERLOCKING SYSTEM CONSISTING OF DISTINCT GEOMETRIC FORMS , FOLLOWS SIMILAR INCAN LOGIC

COMBINING THE INCAN LOGIC OF MULTIPLE FACETS WITH THE SOMA CUBE PIECES.

FORM

&

STACK

MANIFESTO

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THE AGE-OLD CRAFT OF STONEMASONRY IS AN ART, THAT FITS WELL EVEN IN THE MODERN INDUSTRY. DRY STONE MASONRY INVOLVES PRECISE CUTTING AND PLACEMENT OF STONE PIECES TO BUILD STRUCTURAL UNITS, WITHOUT THE USE OF ANY MORTAR. THE INCANS CREATED COMPLEX COFIGURATIONS AND INTERLOCKING TECHNIQUES BY PICKING AT INDIVIDUAL PIECES OF STONE, HAMMERING AND CARVING THEM CAREFULLY, INTO PRECISE GEOMETRICAL FORMS AND ALIGNMENTS, TO BUILD THEIR SYSTEMS THAT ARE EARTHQUAKE

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BRICK - A - BILITY

Deconstruct

In a world plagued by uncertainty, change is the only RECENT DECADE HAS NOTED DRY STONE MASONRY AS A DYING CRAFT, THE KNOWLEDGE OF STONE thing we can predict. Therefore, it is only right, to design MASONRY BEING TACIT HAS ONLY BEEN TRANSFERED THROUGH GENERATIONS IE buildings FATHER SON AND SOenvivitable that TO not only are ready for that change, but it. By building with interchangeable ON. THE CRAFT MAJORLY BEING ABLE TO BE LEARNT THROUGH EXPERIENCE, IN ORDER TOembrace RETAIN IT, THE components, buildings can adapt with the changings LATEST POPULARITY OF DIY COULD BE A GREAT WAY TO EDUCATE FUTURE GENERATION , ALONGof their WITH needs and circumstances inhabitants, whether this be expanding, downsizing, moving or even becom-

THE PROJECT LOOKS AT CONVENING THE TECHNIQUE OF DRY MASONRY INTO A MODIFIED ing a completelyCONTEMPORARY new structure. Through open source design, these components can be replicated across the WAY, DEVELOPING COMPONENTS THAT CAN BE CONVENIENTLY MANUFACTURED, ASSEMBLED AND globe – empowering more people with the knowledge DISASSEMBLED, WITH ROOM FOR CONFIGURATIONS AND CUSTOMISATION. THESEandCOMPONENTS - own TURNED confidence to build their structures and the adaptability to truly make them their own.

BRICKS - HAVE THE FLEXIBILITY TO RANGE IN - SCALE, MATERIAL AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURING, CAN THE PROGRAMME FOR THE PROJECT IS A FABRICATION SCHOOL AND FACTORY, WHERE KNOWLEDGE IS CONSTANTLY TRANSFERED THROUGH VISION AND INTERACTION AMONG DIFFERENT FUNCTIONS. THE NATURE OF THE PROGRAMME AND THEIR FUNCTIONS ARE DYNAMIC AND REQUIRE SPACE FOR CONSTANT AUGMENTATION, SERVED BY THE VARIOUS ABILITIES OF THE NEW BRICK........

BRICK FABRICATION

BRICK DEVELOPMENT

INITIAL TESTING MakingThe andobject Testing The Soma Cube is a 3x3x3 dissection puzzle, split into 7 unique pieces,APPROACH made of 27| cubes. of |the puzzle is to organ in each piece can’t exceed 4, with each piece being irregular, with a nook or turn.

INITIAL APPROACH | Making and Testing | MAKING

SOMA CUBE COMPONENTS

The Soma Cube is a 3x3x3 The object of the puzzle is t in each piece can’t exceed 4

PROTOTYPES FOR TESTING A second system of mortise and tennon (Tabs

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selected components to create a more stable

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nize these pieces into a solid cube. The number of cubes

Weight

Stability

Connections

Weight

Stability

Connections

Weight

Fragility

Connections

Weight

Fragility

Connections

s and Blanks) was implemented onto the and independant interlocking system.

Based on the physical properties and the effect of the Tabs and Bla a set of rubrics was created to define and rate the experience of the components. The common factors being weight and connections tested for their stability while the blanks system were tested for frag

DESIGN PROPOSAL

ROLLING SHUTTER SUBSIDIARY ROOMS

.00

9000

LEVEL

+206.6

M

0

22500.0

WORKSHOPSQ 1

1325.00

RAMP

AREA - 146250 MM

LEVEL +206.6 M D1

UP

0

50.0

162

0 10000.0

IGHT

LE HE

DOUB

0

LE

DOUB

6000.00

7000.0

AL VERTIC CNC + SAW PANEL MM SQ

T HEIGH

AREA

UP

- 60000 M +206.6 LEVEL

0

7000.0 0

AREA

D2

- 49000 06.6 M +2 LEVEL

20100.0

2000.00

ANCE ENTR Y LOBB SS EGRE M +206.6 LEVEL

AL GENER Y INER MACH MM SQ

LEVEL

+206.6

ICE OFF TO HIN IRS IT STA OM W HOP FR RKS WO

M

0

10200.0

D8

8600.0 0

ITION

0

6000.0

EXHIB

OP ORKSH MAIN W- 63000 MM SQ

LEVEL

SPACE

+206.6

LIFT

M

10500.00

900

LE

DOUB

ROBO

T HEIGH

AREA

LIFT

.6 M

L +206

LEVE

LE HT

DOUB

M

TIC AR

D3

- 26

.00

0

AREA

0.00

4800

LOB40B0Y MM SQ

0

6000.0

10700.0

UP

UP

5500.00

UP

M AREA +206.6 LEVEL

0 MM SQ

- 5700 M +206.6

0

9500.0

LEVEL

STAIRS TO OFFICE FROM WITHIN WORKSHOP

UP

06.6 M

+2 LEVEL

9000.00

LIFT

D7

ING WASH E SPAC

0

0 6000.0

3200.0

0

8500.0

SS EGRE M +206.6

LEVEL

D4

.0 M

L +206

LEVE

RKS

R WO PLASTE

0

D9

11300.0

D5

4

16000.00

7343.3 0.00

380

RAMP

0 1800.0

ACE AY SP M DISPLLEVEL +206.6

RAMP

UP

6000.00

SS EGRE M +206.6 LEVEL

.0 M

L +206

SUBSIDIARY ROOMS

D 12

D9

D TS AN TOILE NG GI CHAN X 5000 M 5000 +206.6 LEVEL D 13 D 10

RES

LOUV

0

13100.0

D 14

UP

D 11

A C

GROUND FLOOR PLAN

N

AREA - 144000 MM SQ

0

M AREA +206.6 LEVEL

D6

LEVE

WORKSHOP 2 LEVEL +206.6 M

5000.0

+ LASER T IN 3D P- 17R480 MM SQ

- 4980 AREA M +206.6 LEVEL

4600.00

0

8300.0

WET KILN + OP SH WORK 0 MM SQ

B

LIBRA RY LEVE L2

NS IO T A OD & 2 M 1 OM ELS C V AC LE

STUD IOS LEVE L1

N HE 1 C T KI VEL LE

WOR

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CONCEPTUAL AXO

PS AN

D DIS PLAY LEVE AREA L0 S

DESIGN PROPOSAL

SECTIONAL ELEVATION (PERSPECTIVE) A

2900

4000

SECTION C

150 2100

11000

4400

COMMUNITY SPACE

1650

2600

SECTIONAL ELEVATION B

DISPLAY SPACE 2

TERRACED COMMUNITY SPACE

LIBRARY 400

1600

2900

LIBRARY

3000

LEVEL +217.6 M

ENCLOSED MZANINE LEVEL

LEVEL +210.6 M

7700

SEMI OPEN MEZANINE LEVEL

STUDIO

4000

INTERACTIVE STUDIO

GENERAL MACHINERY

4000

MAIN WORKSHOP

3700

1100

PARAPET

LEVEL +214.6 M

LEVEL +206.6 M

THE BRICK ITERATION BRICK SELECTION AND APPLICATION

THE BRICK TYPOLOGIES RANGE IN SCALE, MATERIALITY AND FUNCTIONALITY, AND CAN BE SPECIFIC TO THE DESIGN, FUNCTION AND TIMESPAN OF THE BUILDING ELEMENT OR PRODUCT. THE 3 MAIN CATAGORIES BEING PERMANENT, SEMI PERMANENT AND TEMPORARY STRUCTURES, ALONG WITH THE SIZE AND MATERIALITY OF THE BRICKS, THE FUNCTION AND NATURE OF THE STRUCTURE AS WELL AS THE SPACE ARE VITAL TO DETERMINE THE SELECTION OF THE BRICKS.

POROUS SYSTEM -USED

MAINLY

FOR

SEMI

TEMPARORY

ELEMENTS LIKE THE PARAPET WALLS AND DISPLAY TABLES. THE BRICKS USED ARE SMALLER IN SCALE AND ARE MADE OF LIGHTER MATRIALS LIKE CAST STONE.

SOLID + POROUS SYSTEM - USED AS PARTITIONS FOR SPACES THAT ARE SEMI PRIVATE AND CAN BE SEEN INTO. THE BRICKS USED CONSIST OF TWO SCALES BIGGER AND HEAVIER FOR THE SOLID SYSTEM; SMALLER AND LIGHTER FOR THE POROUS SYSTEM. AND CAN VARY IN MATERIAL AND HEAVINESS.

SOLID SYSTEM -USED FOR PERMANENT BUILDING ELEMENTS SUCH AS THE EXTERNAL WALLS AND CERTAIN PARTITIONS THAT HOUSE DISPLAYS, OR FLINT AND OPENINGS IN CASE OF EXTERNAL WALLS. THE BRICKS USED ARE USUALLY OF THE BIGGER SCALE AND MATERIALS USED ARE HEAVIER IN COMPARISION SUCH AS CLAY

INTERLOCKING STONES

THE AGE-OLD CRAFT OF STONEMASONRY IS AN ART, THAT FITS WELL EVEN IN THE MODERN INDUSTRY. THE SKILLS OF STONEMASONS HAVE PRODUCED MARVELOUS STRUCTURES SINCE THE ANCIENT TIMES, MOST OF THEM STANDING STILL EVEN TODAY. THE STONE CRAFT OF DRY MASONRY INVOLVES PERFECT CUTTING AND FIXING, OF STONE PIECES TO BUILD WALL OR STRUCTURAL UNITS WITHOUT THE USE OF MORTAR. THE INCANS WERE PROFICIENT MASONS WHO CREATED COMPLEX CONFIGURATIONS AND INTERLOCKING TECHNIQUES BY PICKING AT INDIVIDUAL PIECES OF STONE, HAMMERING, AND CARVING THEM CAREFULLY INTO PRECISE ALIGNMENTS, TO BUILD THE SYSTEMS. THIS STUDY FOCUSES ON THE CORE PRINCIPLES OF INTERLOCKING STONES IN DRY MASONRY, AND THE GEOMETRY OF THESE STONES, THAT ALLOW THEIR INTERLOCKING AND STABILITY. THE FINAL OBJECTIVE OF THIS STUDY IS TO CREATE A DIGITAL LANGUAGE, BY APPLYING THESE PRINCIPLES OF INTERLOCKING STONES TO DESIGN LONG LASTING STRUCTURES WITH MINIMUM SKILLS AND MATERIALS.

Layer 1

Layer 2

Layer 3

FINAL

1

2

3

4

MOVEMENT AND LIMITATION Type A Limitation Movement

Type B

Type C

Type D

Every point within a given region is closer to the “seed” inside that region than it is to any other point outside that region.

Each point along a region’s edge is equidistant from the two nearest seeds.

The voronoi 3D potrays similar movement and limitation rules as the Incan geometry rules.

TAXANOMY

3D LAYOUT - EXPOSED FINISH

3D LAYOUT - SMOOTH FINISH

2D LAYOUT

TAXANOMY - SPATIAL AND SYSTEM

MAIN WALLS EXTERNAL WALLS

INDIVIDUAL SPACES WALKTHROUGH COLUMNS

SUNRISE/SUNSET SPACES

GROUP SESSIONS/CAMPFIRE SPACE

ENTRANCE

HARMONY OF HIERARCHY - SKYSCRAPER THE DESIGN PROJECT INTRODUCES THE CHALLENGES AND ISSUES ASSOCIATED WITH THE ARCHITECTURE AND URBANISATION, PARTICULARLY THE LIVING AND WORKING ENVIRONMENTS OF HIGH RISE TOWER. IT ALSO ADDRESSES THE ECONOMIC, ENVIRONMENTAL, POLITICAL, REGULATORY, SOCIO - CULTURAL AND TECHNICAL CONTENTS OF HIGH RISE DESIGNS IN A CITY. THE PROJECT ANTICIPATES TO DEVELOP ARCHITECTURAL THEORIES AND STRATEGIES THAT RESPOND TO THE CONNECTING CONTEXTUAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONSTRAINTS ON THE DESIGN. THE AIM OF THE PROJECT IS TO - THINK ABOUT THE URBAN CONTEXT IN WHICH ARCHITECTS OPERATE. - CONSIDER AND UNDERSTAND THE GOVERNING AND LEGISLATIVE CONTROLS THAT ARCHITECTS SHOULD WORK WITHIN. - TO CREATE A DESIGN PROPOSAL, WITHING THE ABOVE PARAMETERS, COMPRISING OF A CONCEPTUAL, SCHEMATIC AND TECHNICAL SET OF REPRESENTATIONS FOR THE SITE, WHICH ALSO EXPLORES THE 3 DIMENSIONAL POTENTIALS OF THE SITE AND RESOLVES THE URBAN AND ARCHITETCURAL ASPECTS, AS WELL AS THE FINANCIAL REALITIES. THE PROJECT EXPECTS US TO PROVIDE THE FOLLOWING - PROVIDE APPROXIMATELY 200 - 250 RESIDENCES ON THE SITE. - DESIGN WITHNG THE PRESCRIBED ENVELOPE FOR THE SITE, RESPECTING THE SETBACKS AND HEIGHT LIMITS. - EXPLORE THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT AND LOOK FOR MUTUAL BENEFITS. -RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN THE RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL FUNCTIONS BOTH AT THE GROUND AND HIGHER LEVEL. - ENSURE ALL THE BEDROOMS, LIVING ROOMS AND KITCHENS COMPLY WITH THE GUIDELINES OF THE BUIIDNG RESEARCH GROUP AND THE LONDON HOUSING STRATEGY (MAYOR OF LONDON 2017).

- MAXIMISE VIEWS AND SUNLIGHT TO APARTMENTS ON THE SITE AS WELL AS NEIGHBOURING SITES. - CREATE VIBRANT AND MEANINGFUL URBAN SPACES AT THE GROUND LEVEL WHICH MAKE THE MOST OF THE STRATEGIC POSITION OF THE SITE AND PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR PASSING ACROSS THE SITE. - PROVIDE SUSTAINABLE SOCIAL AND CULTURAL ACTIVITIES AT THE PODIUM LEVEL THAT MIGHT SUPPORT AND COMPLEMENT THE RESIDENCES. THESE SHOULD BE IN KEEPING WITH THE COMMERCIAL AND RETAIL CHARACTER OF THE GROUND PLAN OF THE CITY. - DEVELOP A STRATEGY FOR THE SKIN OF THE BUILDING (ADVANCED DESIGN SKILLS ) AND AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE MATERIALILTY AND DETAILING OF HIGH RISE TOWERS.

HIGH RISE - SITE RESPONSE AND PROPOSAL

FORM DEVELOPMENT, STRUCTURE AND PROGRAMME

MOST OF THE HEAVY WINDS TOWARDS THE TOWER FROM THE SOUTH WEST. THE SHARP SHAPE AND ITS TAPERING TOP ALLOWS A FREE MOVEMENT OF WINDS THROUGH IT.

THE MIXED USE HIGH RISE CONSISTS OF RESIDENCES, OFFICES, RESTAURANTS, FOOD SHOPS, LIBRARY AND SOCIAL SPACES, AND OTHER SIMILAR PUBLIC FACILITIES.

FACADE DEVELOPMENT

STEEL BARS TO CONNECT THE BEAM TO THE STEEL FRAME MESH

RAILING

SLAB + BEAM

STEEL FRAME TO HOLD THE MESH

THE AIM OF MY PROPOSAL IS TO BRING ABOUT SOME OPENNESS IN T PROVIDE NATURAL AND OPEN INTERACTIVE SPACES. THE PROPOSAL FOLLOWS SUSTAINABILITY AND FUNCIONA

THE AREA AND

ALITY.

GREEN SALUS - OXFORD UNIVERSITY EARTH SCIENCE BUILDING AND MASTERPLAN THE OBJECTIVES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD SCIENCE AREA MASTERPLAN ARE: -PROVIDE OXFORD’S SCIENTIC COMMUNITY WITH HIGH QUALITY. -OPTIMISE CAPACITY BY RETAINING THE BEST BUILDINGS, WHILST REDEVELOPING OTHER EXISTING BUILDINGS -CREATE SAFE, ACCESSIBLE, PERMEABLE ROUTES OVER THE AREA -CREATE ACCESSIBLE LINKAGES WITH OTHER ACADEMIC AREAS AND THE UNIVERSITY PARKS -CONTROL VEHICLES AND IMPROVE OTHER TRANSPORTATION METHODS -ENHANCE THE AREA’S AESTHETIC ENVIRONMENT AND PUBLIC REALM -CELEBRATE THE HERITAGE OF THE SCIENCE AREA AND ITS HISTORICAL ROLE AS THE HOME OF SCIENCE IN OXFORD -MAXIMISE FUTURE SUSTAINABILITY -PROVIDE A FRAMEWORK FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT THE AIM OF MY PROPOSAL IS TO BRING ABOUT SOME OPENNESS IN THE AREA AND PROVIDE NATURAL AND OPEN INTERACTIVE SPACES. THE PROPOSAL FOLLOWS SUSTAINABILITY AND FUNCTIONALITY.

SCIENCE AREA MASTERPLAN - PROPOSAL

EARTH SCIENCE BUILDING - PROGRAMME CONCEPT THE OBJECTIVE OF THE PROJECT IS TO : -DEVELOP A COHERENT SITE STRATEGY WHICH IMPROVES THE PUBLIC REALM, CREATES LEGIBLE ENTRY POINTS AND TIES IN TO THE WIDER MASTERPLAN -DESIGN A ‘NEW’ BUILDING WHICH RELATES TO ITS SURROUNDING CONTEXT AND DO YOU RETAIN ANY OF THE EXISTING STRUCTURE DESIGN A COHERENT, COMPLIMENTARY SERIES OF SPACES, WHICH MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE CLIENT AND THE BRIEF. THE CONCEPT OF MY PROPOSAL IS SUSTAINABILITY AND WELL BEING. CONSIDERING THE FACT THAT THE USERS OF THE BUILDING ARE UNIVERSITY STUDENTS MOST OF THEM BEING PHD AND MASTERS , WHO SPEND LONG HOURS IN THE BUILDING TO STUDY, AND ALSO RESEARCHERS AND SCIENTISTS WHO SPEND DAYS AND NIGHTS IN THE LABORATORIES , THE DESIGN STRATEGY REVOLVED AROUND THE WELL-BEING OF THESE USERS . THE MAIN AIM OF THE DESIGN IS TO PROVIDE A POSITIVE IMPACT ON THE STUDENTS AND RESEARCHERS AND BOOST THEIR FOCUS, PSYCHOLOGY AND MENTAL HEALTH. ( IS VERY IMPORTANT AS STUDENT LIFE CAN BE VERY STRESSFUL AT TIMES AND THIS EFFECTS THEIR MENTAL AND PHYSICAL HEALTH ) THE OTHER AIMS OF THE DESIGN ARE TO REDUCE THE NEGATIVE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS. HENCE THE BUILDING FOLLOWS CERTAIN SUSTAINABLE DESIGN STRATEGIES. THE NEW BUILDING DESIGN ALSO STRIVES TO RESPOND TO THE SURROUNDING CONTEXT AND BLEND IN WITH THE OVERALL VISUAL OF OXFORD AND ITS ARCHITECTURE STYLE.

EARTH SCIENCE BUILDING - PLAN AND SECTION

SITE PLAN

PAUSE - LOND ARCHITE

THE BENCH AND SCREEN WAS MADE OF RECYCLED B USEFUL ITEMS CAN BE MADE OUT OF DISC THE SCREEN IS DESIGNED TO BE FILLED WITH PLAST BOTTLES ARE USED IN AN AFTERNOON IN A SMALL AR ENJOY THE BENCH OF UPCYCLED TIMBER, AND PAUSE ON ENVIRONMENT - ALSO INVITING THEM TO INTE

THIS PROJECT IS A PART OF THE LONDON FESTIVAL OF AND INTERIOR STUDENTS, A WELL AS THE STAFF OF U

BY TEXTURE STUDIO ARCHITECTURE WITH CONTRIBUT STUDIO, THE CANADA-UK FOUNDATIO

LOCATION - POTTER DATE - 2N

DON FESTIVAL OF ECTURE 2019

BOTTLES AND TIMBER, TO SHOW HOW DECORATIVE AND CARDED MATERIALS - AND EXTEND THEIR LIFE. TIC BOTTLES - IT IS A MEASURING DEVICE OF HOW MANY REA IN LONDON. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE INVITED TO TO THINK ABOUT HOW WE ALL CAN REDUCE THE IMPACT ERACT WITH ONE ANOTHER BREAKING BOUNDARIES..

ARCHITECTURE. IT HAS BEEN MADE BY THE ARCHITECTURE UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE. IT HAS BEEN GENERATED TIONS FROM STUDIO SCHUBERT, MURPHY GROUP, CAUKIN ON AND THE UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH.

RS FIELD PARK, LONDON ND JUNE, 2019

THANK YOU !!

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