Architecture Portfolio_2026

SUDHA KATTEL SELECTED WORKS 2020-2025

CONTENTS 1. Bridge & Bloom 2. The Journey 3. Connecting Generations 4. Museum of Contemporary Arts 5. Serenity 6. Trital Bhojpur Farmhouse 7. BlueCross Hospital 8. Media 9. Artworks

YEAR: 2025 | LOCATION: BUFFALO | LEVEL: MASTERS

Bridge and Bloom

Urban Regeneration through Wellness Winning Project in Studio-Wide Competition Supervisor: Conrad Kickert, kickert@buffalo.edu (MArch) Matthew Roland, msroland@buffalo.edu (MUP, MSRED) Team A: Sudha Kattel & Jessica Chan (MArch) Dimitri Malliaris & Kera Franceschini (MUP) Madeline Cala, Michael Tomasso & Tanou Sow (MSRED) Location: Buffalo, NY Project Type: Urban Design + Mixed-Use Development Scale: District / Planned Unit Development Role: Urban Design, Site Planning, Architectural Strategy Bridge & Bloom is a wellness-driven urban redevelopment proposal located at Buffalo’s eastern downtown edge, a transitional zone between the central business district, historic neighborhoods, and major transit corridors. The project re-frames wellness as an urban condition, integrating health, movement, social connection, and affordability into the everyday fabric of the city.

Rather than introducing a singular monumental building, the proposal operates as a network of connected spaces, buildings, and streets, stitching together fragmented parcels into a cohesive, walkable district.

Through mixed-use density, adaptable public space, and year-round activation, the project creates a resilient urban gateway that honors Buffalo’s cultural identity while supporting equitable growth.

Left: Site location as captured from google earth Right: Top | Market Hall and Plaza on an active day with Residential High-Rise in the background.

Bottom | Proposed Wellspring Commons park during winter time with market hall behind it

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The program is organized around a central public node that anchors pedestrian movement and distributes activity across four interrelated program zones: retail, residential, wellness, and green space. This framework transforms fragmented parcels into a legible urban sequence, arrival, gathering, activity, and dispersal and reinforces connectivity from all directions.

Surface parking is consolidated into multi-story structures, freeing ground space for people-focused uses and enabling long-term adaptability.

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Bridge & Bloom demonstrates how urban design and architecture can operate as civic infrastructure that links housing, health, and public life through spatial continuity.

The project proposes a exemplary model for activating transitional downtown sites which centers wellness, and everyday urban experience.

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Phase IRR 16.23% Phase RSF 2,006,530 SF Share of the Project RSF 100% Construction Cost $514.8 million Residential Units 1,269 Units Affordable Housing Units 30.6% = 388 Units Parking RSF 733,650

Site Section C-C Housing & Mixed-Use Strategy Residential density is layered across the site to support affordability, diversity, and continuous activation. Mixed-use buildings line primary corridors with retail and community uses at ground level and housing above, establishing active street edges and a 24-

hour neighborhood presence. At the northern edge, the Market Hall and Wellspring Commons park replaces parking lots with a flexible public landscape designed for year-round use. Temporary pavilions, shaded seating, and open lawns support markets, festivals, informal recreation, and winter programming.

Urban Axon | Market Hall, Plaza and Wellness Area Civic & Wellness Anchors A Wellness and Community Center anchors the Eastern edge, combining sports, recreation, and health-oriented programs in

a transparent, publicly accessible civic building that reinforces wellness as a shared urban value.

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YEAR: 2025 | LOCATION: BUFFALO | LEVEL: MASTERS

The Journey

City Arts Museum at Buffalo Supervisor: Miguel Guitart mguitart@buffalo.edu Group assignment partner: Roya Novruzova Located in downtown Buffalo, The Journey is conceived as a museum that invites people from all corners of the site and dissolves the boundary between the city and the cultural institution. The transparent ground floor is activated with public programs, featuring a café, restaurant, museum shop, and workshop spaces, welcoming visitors and passersby. This openness encourages spontaneous interaction with the museum, making art part of everyday urban life.

Positioned among notable cultural and civic landmarks such as the Ellicott Square building to the north, Sahlen Field stadium to the east, a metro station on the west side, and various commercial buildings to the south, the museum strengthens its relationship with the city and its people, transforming art into an accessible and everyday encounter.

The design process began with iterative massing strategies, seeking ways to shape the museum as a journey rather than a destination. The final massing introduces carved courtyards, voids that organize the program and draw in light and air. These courtyards create moments of pause, offering a contrast to enclosed galleries.

Left: Site location as captured from google earth Right: Perspective views of the building (Top- NE side) (Bottom - NW side)

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Operable windows in office and education areas enable natural ventilation.

Mechanical plenum above galleries distributes air through vertical shafts aligned with cores.

Tree plantings within courtyards improve micro-climate and user experience.

Courtyards allow natural light and open circulation promote visual connections.

Exposed concrete structural frame provides flexibility and defines gallery spaces.

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YEAR: 2024 | LOCATION: BUFFALO | LEVEL: MASTERS

Connecting Generations Day Center+Care Residence Supervisor: Gregory Serweta gserweta@buffalo.edu Group assignment partner: Ada Rodriguez

Located at 1 Howell Street in Buffalo, New York, the site anchors the Black Rock neighborhood, adjacent to Scajaquada Creek and the Jesse Kregel Pathway. The design draws on the area’s historical roots. It aims to create a strong connection between the built environment and its surroundings, transforming the former Buffalo Robe Company facility into a multifunctional space that supports diverse community needs.

The vision emphasizes inclusivity, accessibility, and environmental harmony, focusing on five key elements: fostering public spaces that promote connection; ensuring universal accessibility; creating areas for community gatherings; integrating with Scajaquada Creek to restore ecological balance; and avoiding large-scale residential developments that may lead to gentrification.

The project is structured in three phases: a 30,000-square-foot publicly accessible landscape, a 15,000-square-foot multi-generational day center, and 20 care residences for older adults. It aims to enrich the neighborhood while preserving its character, creating a vibrant, sustainable, and inclusive space that strengthens the bond between people and their environment.

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Left: Site location as captured from google earth Right: Perspective view of the play area and semi-open seating

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Void | create transition space between landscape and building

4 | Pathways & connections

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Green house insertion & angled retreat | generate more private sensory garden

Landscape Strategy

5 | Proposal landscape strategy

The landscape design strategy for the initial phase aims to transform the 47,535 SF site into an inclusive and sustainable environment. Drawing inspiration from the organic forms of Olmsted Parks, the design highlights key site elements, including the creek, Jesse Kregel Pathway, Peter Street Park, the basketball court, and the existing 1 Howell building. This analysis led to the creation of new interactive spaces such as a sensory garden, greenhouse, solarium, and play area, all interconnected by a circular grid. This layout promotes thematic intergenerational activities designed for children, teens, adults, and seniors.

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Atrium | triple hight space, for natural lighting and to create three landscape nodes inside the building

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Phase 1 : Landscape Phase 2 : Day-Center Phase 3 : Care residence

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1. Parking 2. Art corridor 3. Playground 4. Amphitheater 5. Fire pits 6. Flowering garden 7. Outdoor activities 8. Platforms next to the creek 9. Green house and solarium 10. Day center 11. Sports area 12. Seating spaces 13. Sunken court

Site Plan | Inside Out The site plan integrates new interventions with existing site features, crafting a cohesive and immersive experience. A network of interwoven meandering pathways transitions seamlessly between the built environment and open spaces, fostering connectivity and inviting movement throughout the site.

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Interior Perspective | Atrium & Library Thematic areas, articulated by curvilinear forms and bounded by sloping terrains, are strategically arranged to create a dynamic spatial hierarchy. These pathways tie together the design while guiding visitors through distinct zones and bleed into the building at different levels.

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The landscape extends towards the Scajaquada Creek, establishing layered physical and visual relationships with its natural surroundings.

Terraced contours frame thematic spaces near the creek, offering opportunities for reflection and engagement while maintaining

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ecological sensitivity. The amphitheater, oriented towards the water, serves as a focal point for communal activities, enhancing the interaction between the site’s cultural program and its natural context.

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The Multi-Generational Day Center is designed to be a welcoming space that emphasizes natural light and transparency. Key features of the center include a common kitchen that encourages shared meals and workshops, flexible sitting rooms suitable for activities such as yoga, and an open play area that promotes intergenerational engagement within the existing building. Quiet spaces and retreats are strategically located with direct access to an outdoor sensory garden, enhancing the connection between indoor and outdoor environments.

The Care Residences provide 20 ADA compliant units, focusing on flexibility and accessibility. Each unit includes integrated emergency features and is designed to adapt to changing needs. The design also promotes a connection to nature through visual and physical access to greenery and shared outdoor spaces, including a green roof. An accessible egress ramp ensures safe and seamless connectivity between all levels.

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YEAR: 2022 | LOCATION: KATHMANDU | LEVEL: BACHELOR

MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ARTS Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Sanjaya Uprety

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Museums in Nepal are often historical monuments or buildings that are repurposed. While traditional art galleries are only visited by art enthusiasts, artists, or art students, there is little public interest in such exhibitions. As a result, many contemporary artists have turned to more public forms of art.

To address this issue, a new approach to human engagement with art is proposed - an innovative and compelling center of contemporary art where the public can experience the work of living artists and understand the historical, social, and cultural context of our time’s art.

It is essential to create an intimate setting that provides a different experience for each individual while exploring natural and artificial light, circulation paths, sounds, and textures. The museum’s design caters to all social groups while making the experience of viewing art more convenient.

It encourages a tangle of interactions among art, the general public, and the artists. The museum proposes to serve as a place for art conservation, negotiation, and debate, as well as a serious and open discussion of the implications of modern culture and society.

Creating a place for cultural consumption is dependent on the establishment of a ‘view’, ‘a destination’ and ‘an event’. The function carried out by the proposal foresees the potential inauguration of an event within the local context.

Left: Site location as captured from google earth Right: Final rendering of the Museum of Contemporary Arts

1 | Site and area

The site sits at Baneshwor, one of the busiest junctions of Kathmandu City.

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2 | Accessibility and zoning

Site is accessible via main road as well as a secondary road in the north and east.

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Emphasizing accessibility in terms of surroundings and other parameters the access for the museum proposed through the site to spark curiosity about what one wants to see in the site and from the site. The functional zoning in the site is based on the noise and crowd levels of the proximity.

The proposed museum cleverly integrates into its surroundings by gradually elevating its ground levels and leaving the ground floor open.

Raised on columns, it welcomes visitors and seamlessly merges with the landscape.

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The subdivision of mass depicts the different organization elements

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5 | Connecting bridges Entry Plaza sheltered under a raised built form

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Adjusting heights to the programs and adding juxtaposed bridges

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The central atrium acts as the heart of the building, connecting various spaces from the sunken amphitheater for events to underground galleries and lecture halls.

The building’s design focuses on intertwining paths for exhibition spaces, visitors, artists, and public areas, aiming to naturally engage visitors’ curiosity and draw them deeper into the museum experience.

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Additionally, strategic separation between the museum and administrative sections ensures smooth operations.

An underground tunnel facilitates the movement of artworks while a footbridge connects the administrative block to the Art library, ensuring a functional yet aesthetic flow between different areas.

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1. Main entry / exit 2. Arrival 3. Museum block 4. Sculptural garden 5. Sculptural terrace 6. Administrative block 7. Art library 8. Restoration and archive 9. Secured entry / exit

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YEAR: 2022 | LOCATION: KATHMANDU | TYPE: PROFESSIONAL

SERENITY RESIDENCE

Supervisors: Abhishek Hang Rai, Grishma Koirala tessellate.designstudios@gmail.com Serenity is a three-story residence with a site area of 1362.5 sq. ft. which caters to a newly married young couple who were receptive to fresh design concepts. This residential space is specifically designed for a single nuclear family, embracing a modern, minimalistic style. The client’s vision was for a double-height, clean white space with a serene and sleek atmosphere, which served as the inspiration for the project.

The project adheres to five distinct characteristics; contemporary, serene, minimal, monochrome, and sleek. The design concept revolves around making the most of the limited space by utilizing natural light through skylights and big openings, incorporating double-height, open floor plan, and employing a thoughtful color palette, resulting in a home that feels larger and more inviting than its actual size. The site is in a natural slope terrain with a single road connected to the north.

Hands-on: I was responsible for conceptualization and design development, as well as supervising its execution on the site. I assisted in creating visual and technical drawings and worked closely with the head designer to learn how to carry out site analysis through simulation using Ladybug in Grasshopper within Rhinoceros 6. This helped guide my conceptualization process. Additionally, during the project, I had the opportunity to explore different materials while designing the interior.

Left: Site location as captured from google earth Right: Serenity exterior view after construction on site

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The project utilized parametric analysis to maximize the entry of natural light. By incorporating skylights and large windows, ample sunlight is able to penetrate the interior, creating an illusion of a much larger space. To address the issue of harsh southern sunlight, fragmented windows were employed.

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White marble was used to create a sense of spaciousness and enhance natural light reflection, rosewood was incorporated for doors and furniture to add warmth and contrast to the predominantly white space, and brushed brass accents were strategically placed to highlight specific interior elements.

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YEAR: 2022 | LOCATION: BHOJPUR | TYPE: PROFESSIONAL

TRITAL BHAGAT FARMHOUSE Supervisors: Abhishek Hang Rai, Grishma Koirala tessellate.designstudios@gmail.com With respect to the ancestral home at a beautiful village in Chinamakhu, a primarily Rai community, T.B. Farmhouse is designed to share the same “aangan” (central communal space usually to the front of a building) with the ancestral home that is almost a century old.

The farmhouse is designed to be in levels, according to the natural landscape. Towards the east, the farmhouse gazes at a panoramic view of the hills of Bhojpur while the northern face glances at snow-covered peaks. From the south, it frames the existing ancestral home structure with a vision of a deconstructed and displaced gabled roofing system.

Hands-on: The project brief demanded a design deeply rooted in local essence, researching Bhojpur’s materials, Rai community, and culture was an enlightening experience. Integrating these elements wasn’t just architectural; it was about honoring heritage, celebrating community, and harmonizing with nature. The design, shaped by indigenous materials and cultural insights, embraced the presence of these trees, weaving their story into the very fabric of the project.

Left: Photo take at initial stage of construction at site Right: Exterior view of the farm house after completion

Culture: The main hall of the farmhouse consists of sunken stepped seating space around a fireplace to preserve the practices of communal dining around the sacred hearth, as is traditional among the Rai community of Nepal. The hearth carrying immense cultural significance is treated as a family heritage.

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Community: The sunken dining also serves as a space for musical gatherings and performances. Since, the Rai community loves to sing, dance, and perform in gatherings, an open floor plan enabled such activities.

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Structure: The structure is constructed using stone masonry propped up by wooden columns, beams, and joists. Held together by compressed mud, the farmhouse mimics the traditional construction methods used by the forefathers in order to rest itself naturally amongst the other village homes.

1. View of the ancestral house from site 2. View of the eastern deck 3. Shared space connecting two houses 4. Storage below the deck

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“Uttis” or alder tree wood is a common construction material found in the hills. It is treated for months in the forests before being used.

Although it is susceptible to termite attacks, the grease from indoor fires and kitchens adheres to the wooden roof, repelling bugs, and making it more durable, protecting it from termites permanently.

YEAR: 2023 | LOCATION: KATHMANDU | TYPE: PROFESSIONAL

BLUECROSS HOSPITAL Supervisors: Abhishek Hang Rai, Grishma Koirala tessellate.designstudios@gmail.com Blue Cross Hospital, located in Tripureswor, is designed to embody a sense of calm, care, and clarity that reflects the very essence of healing.

The project focuses on creating a modern healthcare environment that feels both efficient and welcoming.

From the clean, contemporary façade to the warm interior palette, every space has been thoughtfully designed to support comfort and functionality. The reception and lobby areas use soft lighting, natural materials, and indoor greenery to create a relaxing atmosphere for patients and visitors. The OPD and consultation rooms maintain a balance of privacy and openness, promoting a smooth workflow for medical professionals while keeping patients at ease.

The design integrates modern aesthetics with practical spatial planning, optimizing circulation, daylight, and accessibility throughout the building.

Blue Cross Hospital stands as a reflection of thoughtful healthcare architecture where design meets empathy.

The design concept centers on the idea of promoting wellness through space. The goal was to create an environment that supports healing not just through medical care, but through thoughtful design that reduces stress and promotes comfort.

Left: Site location as captured from google earth Right: Final exterior rendering of the Hospital Building

Functional zoning plays a key role in the layout, ensuring smooth circulation between departments and efficient movement for both staff and patients.

Every area, from the lobby to the OPD rooms, is carefully designed to strike a balance between privacy, openness, and accessibility.

The design is organized with a clear and efficient layout that prioritizes functionality and user flow.

The design features a well-defined zoning system separating public, semi-public, and private areas to ensure smooth circulation and privacy. Each floor layout emphasizes natural light, ventilation, and optimized spatial planning, creating a balanced environment for both medical professionals and patients.

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Ground Floor Plan View of Waiting Area on the Ground Floor The spaces are designed with a warm and minimal aesthetic, blending natural textures, soft lighting, and earthy tones to bring a sense of calmness within the hospital setting. The use of indoor plants, natural light, and clean geometry adds freshness and visual relief, helping patients and visitors feel more at ease.

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YEAR: 2024 | COURSE: ARCH MEDIA 1 | LEVEL: MASTERS

YEAR: 2025 | COURSE: ARCH MEDIA 2 | LEVEL: MASTERS

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Hands on: Worked collaboratively in idea development to achieve the final design. responsible for planning and finalizing the maps for the boards and producing the box envelope, boards, cards and answer booklet.

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Authors: Sudha Kattel, Ada Rodriguez, Roya Novruzova

Supervisor: Maia Peck , Gregory Serweta

maiapeck@buffalo.edu , gserweta@buffalo.edu An outfit that merges the spatial territories of shirt and skirt into a single continuous form. This project explored the transformation of twodimensional paper surfaces into three-dimensional wearable architecture.

Working from a series of pleated and folded swatch studies, a full-scale sh/ kirt was developed, first individually then hybridized into a full outfit ina team.

Using Rhino to model, unfold, and template the geometry, and then constructing the final garment through laser-cut paper components, we designed a piece tailored to the body of the model and performed at the class fashion show. The hybridized sh/kirt emphasizes layered volume, movement, and the expressive potential of material manipulation.

An educational board game where players build a Buffalo city block while testing their media oftware skills and architecture knowledge. Through strategic game play, they enhance design skills and software proficiency.

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Supervisor: Maia Peck maiapeck@buffalo.edu Authors: Sudha Kattel, Ada Rodriguez, Sukriti Sharma

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Manang valley | Acrylic on canvas

Laligurans | Soft pastels on textured paper

Annapurna | Acrylic on canvas

Pashupatinath | Acrylic on canvas

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