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SUNAINA PRASAD ARCHITECT LANDSCAPE DESIGNER
SUNAINA PRASAD
sunainaprasad0624@gmail.com
+39 3297716074 Milan, Italy.
SKILLS
Autocad (2D and 3D)
Rhinocerous
Archicad (BIM)
Revit
Sketchup 3d
Vray rendering
Lumion rendering
Adobe photoshop
Adobe indesign
Adobe sketch
Adobe illustrator
Qgis
Archgis
Model making
Sketching
Procreate
LANGUAGES
European Languages
English (C1) by IELTS
Italian (A2) by CPIA
Indian languages
Kannada
Hindi
Malyalam
Telugu
Tamil
As a passionate architect with three years of professional experience, I specialize in sustainable architecture and landscape design. My work is driven by a deep commitment to environmental stewardship and a love for creating spaces that harmonize with their natural surroundings. I focus on incorporating sustainability principles and vernacular architecture into all my projects, ensuring that each design not only respects but enhances its local context. My approach combines innovative, eco-friendly solutions with traditional building techniques, aiming to create aesthetically pleasing, functional, and environmentally responsible spaces.
Portfolio link : https://issuu.com/sunainaprasad/docs/sunaina_prasad_portfolio_2024
LinkedIn : http://www.linkedin.com/in/ sunaina-prasad
EDUCATION
2021-2024
Politecnico di Milano,Italy
Masters in Sustainable architecture and Landscape design. Graduated with 110/110
2014-2019
R.V College of Architecture, India
Bachelor of Architecture.
Graduated with 7.33/10
NOTABLE COLLABORATIONS
2022
Heritage Without frontiers workshop with Prof.Nora Lombardy, Milan
2022
Smart city with Prof.Massimo Tadi
2020
Parametric Architecture workshop with Equim Architecture.
2017
Mud Workshop
2017
Smart city seminar with Smart city Bangalore, India.
2016
IALD Lighting workshop.
2016
MASA annual Architecture fest.
WORK EXPERIENCE
2024 - 6 Months
Graduate intern | FUV Progettazione Como, Italy
2023-2024 - 10 months
Intern architect |FOG STUDIO Piacenza, Italy
2020-2021 - 11 months
Architect |STUDIO STIMULUS Bangalore, India.
2019-2020 - 16 months
Associate Architect | SPACELER Bangalore, India.
2018- 2024
Freelance Architect | MERAKH STUDIO
2014-2018
Internships
INTERESTS AND HOBBIES
Literature
Model making
Dance
Set design
Trekking
Graphic design
Sketching
ACHIEVEMENTS
2024
Presented thesis work to urban designers and Landscape Architects at MASA.
2024
Graduated with 110/110 and appreciation from jurors of Politecnico di Milano, Italy
2020
Special mention Competetion of Urban designers.
2020
Convention centre Landscape project execution and workshop to promote knowledge about role of Landscape in an urban context.
2019
Graduated with distinction (7.33/10) from RVCA, Bangalore, India.
2017
Organized and moderated Mud Architecture - Rammed earth workshop.
We learned about Adobe walls and sustainable building tecniques.
2016
Second place | Designing without Borders 2016
2016
Organized and moderated the exhibition in RVCA, India. Attended by prominent architects all over India.
PARTICIPATION
2024
NBSouth Knowledge Exchange Seminar Hosted by Politecnico di Milano and NBSouth
2023
Special Topics in Environmental design with professor Sandra Lenzhoelzer
2023
Volunteer at Interno verde, Display and maintainance of Internal courtyard and Landscape of Piacenza, Italy
2021-2024
Volunteer at Chiesa di Nostra Signora di Lourdes Piacenza, Italy
2018
Volunteer at H20 organization to help Kerala flood relief team.
REFERENCES
Prof. Fabiano Lemes de Oliviera fabiano.lemes@polimi.it Politecnico di Milano
Dr. Anna Giulia Castaldo Politecnico di Milano
Lavanya Oza
Principal architect Studio stimulus, Bangalore
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
BEYOND CONCRETE HORIZONS
BENGALURU, INDIA MASTERS THESIS
SHAPE OF THE SOUL
STRATEGIC MAP
CONNECTION
CREMONA, ITALY ACADEMIC PROJECT
CONNECTION
PRESENT STATUS PROJECT
WINE NOT?
PIACENZA, ITALY ACADEMIC PROJECT
LIGNINA
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MILAN, ITALY ACADEMIC PROJECT
SAMBHRAMA CONVENTION CENTRE
BANGALORE, INDIA PROFESSIONAL WORK
BEYOND CONCRETE HORIZONS
BENGALURU, INDIA MASTERS THESIS
HERITAGE WITHOUT FRONTIERS
DEBORAH, SALDUM WORKSHOP
CUSTOMS OFFICE
ALLEYPEY, INDIA COMPETITION
BEYOND CONCRETE HORIZONS
BENGALURU, INDIA MASTERS THESIS
Nurturing Bengaluru’s green identity through Green Wedge strategy
BRIEF OF THE PROJECT
This thesis project is an alternate way to look at the development of a city as dense as Bengaluru not only in terms of built infrastructure, but also considering its green heritage. Combining together learnings for Green Wedge Urbanism applied in different cities and Nature based solution this thesis aims to tackle the current challenges faced by the city if Bengaluru and restore its green heritage.
• Type: Masters thesis.
• Description: Landscape and urban intervention.
• Location: Bengaluru, India.
• Softwares used: AutoCAD Rhinoceros Photoshop Indesign Illustrator Sketchup Vray
showing location of the city of Bangalore
Diagram
Kanakapura
Channapatna
Wedge 1
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Proposal of dividing the city of Bangalore in wedges to implement the Green Wedge theory
Road design proposed type 1 along the Main roads
Proposed redesign of the highway
Proposed redesign of the space under
Agriculture fields along with Trees
Green house for controlled environment
Community garden
Open to community learning centre
Pedestrian walkway connecting parks near by to the wetland and the lake
Constructed Wetland
Buffer provided along the edges of the lake
Proposed community garden and agriculture fields
Proposed walkway through the water body
Road design proposed type 2 along the Secondary roads
Landscape Proposed according to Zones of use along the project area
Tomato
Bottleguard
Egg plant
Chillies
Capsicum
Watermelon Musk melon
Hibiscus sabdariffa
Hibiscus rosa-sinensis
Jasminum sambac
Jasminum Grandiforum
Clitoria ternatea
Tagetes erecta
Gamphana globosa l
Arundina graminifolia
Tabernaemontana divaricata
Ixora coccinea
Calotropis gigantea
Tabernaemontana divaricata
Leucas aspera
Nerium oleander L
Gourd Chikpea Cardamom
Jackfruit Mango tree
Okra Cauliflower Cabbage Plant Coriander
Rain garden integrated in the community spaces to enhance the quality of common areas between residences and provide quality spaces for interaction between people of all ages in the community.
Treelined streets and bicycle lane proposed along the main roads. The space under the flyover could be a potential hotspot to use for the community and commercial purposes
Running racks and walking paths prioritized in the city to make the city more walkable.
The land next to the agriculture college has the potential to be turned into a Community garden and plantation area to include more of the community in the upkeep and maintainace of this area.
SHAPE OF THE SOUL
CREMONA, ITALY
ACADEMIC MASTER’S SEM 1 LANDSCAPE REPRESENTATION
• Type: Urban Intervention
• Description: The aim of the project was to understand the landscape of the Cremona and propose interventions to make the city more accessible and attract tourists
• L ocation:Cremona, Italy
• Softwares used: AutoCAD QGIS
Photoshop Indesign
Cremona
Proposed Tree species
Overlay of proposal on the city views
WINE NOT?
PIACENZA,ITALY ACADEMIC PROJECT
New wine district in Piacenza
BRIEF OF THE PROJECT
The origin of vine cultivation in the Piacenza territory dates back to the first Millenium Before Christ. Starting from the IV century Gallic populations introduced the wood barrel as a way to preserve wine. For the Etruscans population, wine was a must during their meals, an element of conviviality. In the next centuries different types of grape were used to produce a wide variety of wines. As of now, those same wines can only be produced in Piacenza territory and represent a cultural and historical heritage. Most of the wine are a blend of different grapes. To name a few typical wines of Piacenza: Gutturnio, Bonarda, Barbera, Ortrugo, Malvasia and Monterosso Val D’Arda. According to ISTAT, Emila-Romagna region is the third in Italy by annual wine production and Piacenza’s hills are one of the most productive area of the region. Therefore, the wine is not only a cultural heritage of Piacenza, but also has a relevant economic impact. Wine production and selling can contribute in our project to maintain the place
• Type: Academic project.
• Description: Architecture design project
• Location: Piacenza, Italy.
• Softwares used: AutoCAD QGIS Illustrator Indesign Photoshop Lumion
The focus area was the Ex Acna sit which was locate on the north of the city, closer to the city wall , with the residential are on the south. This area was selected to be most suitable for a market and community gathering area after analysinng the proximity to the residents and the availability of lonad for gardem=ning and growing of crops
MEANDERING CONTRASTS
MILAN, ITALY
ACADEMIC MASTER’S SEM 1
Intervention along Via Malaga to rehabilitate the green corridor and make it more usable by public
EXTENTS OF THE PROPOSAL
The project is perceived as an ever growing idea, morphing the space around it as an efficient and resourceful intervention. To highlight the ever growing nature of the design, the current proposal is Phase one of three phases where the area includes the arches and its surroundings to the streets of Via Malaga and culminating at the Piazza Bilbao.
This in its further stages will be continuing all the way to join the brown land on the north of the site across the Naviglio Grande on one side and connects the green belt down south leading to Parcho Giochi.
With the help of this intervention we are expecting the quality of space and its usability to improve. As we can see this is a long stretch of green belt in the area and the residents are quite attached to it.
• Type: urban scale intervention
• Description: Green corridor along via Malaga is one of the longest stretch of greenery along the canal. The residents appreciate the green patch but it under utilized. The arches below the railway track are also abandoned and our intervention was to utilize these spaces to its maximum potential
• Location: Milan, Italy
• Softwares used: AutoCAD Rhinoceros Photoshop Lumion
Longitudinal section along the length of the canal
Connection strategy
view of pv panel
Pavillion Details.
Zoomed in Plan of the Arches
Axonometry and Sections showing activity in the Arches
LIGNINA
MILAN, ITALY
ACADEMIC PROJECT SEM 2
An Agricultural Innovation Park to raise awareness of the impact of agriculture on climate change, and its importance to urban society
Walkthrough video: https://youtu.be/PS0BIrKiq9s
• Type: Urban design project
• Description: Application of the green wedge theory to the city of Milan to better utilize the city’s potential green areas and to densify green areas with stepping stones and core green areas throught the city.
• Location: Milan, Italy.
• Softwares used: AutoCAD Sketchup Photoshop Lumion Indesign Illustrator
Proposed Masterplan
Planting scheme
HERITAGE WITHOUT FRONTIERS
DOBRAH, SERBIA WORKSHOP
Workshop conducted by Prof. Nora Lombardini
Dept. of Conservation And Restoration Of Architecture
BRIEF OF THE PROJECT
Saldum, Serbia is one of the many milifications built by the Romans on the banks of river Danube. Some of these are maintaind as structures but most of them are now ruins and some of them have been submerged under water after the construction fo the Iron gates. The history of this place is very rooted and has a deep impact on the context. But these days with the growing urbanisation and changing needs, these military forts have now become broken peices of the historical fabric.
• Type: Workshop project.
• Description: Heritage preservation and visitors centre.
• Location: Dobrah, Serbia.
• Softwares used: AutoCAD Rhinoceros Photoshop Lumion
This design aims towards providing a proposal on macro as well as micro scale.
On the macro level the design helps in connecting the broken bits of military forts on the river bank with the introduction of a trail, which we named as the “heritage trail”. This is a small street accessible by pedestrians as well as bikes to reach all these destinations. Another introduction is of a navigational route that connects the submered site of Saldum to the next submerged village of Adah Kaleh communicating a slighlty different history by the way of approach.
The micro level design approach was to keep a very simple structed whose design is abstracted from the original plan of the military fort. The fucntion of this pavillion is connected to the macro level strategy of providing a navigational route, since this pavillion extends into the water as a dock and hostes functions like ticketing areas, exhibition spaces, information centre and waitng areas. The design includes a glow in the dark watch tower on the north east side which is a symbolical representation of the northe ast tower of the military fort. This tower helps visitors located the original position of the camp and witness the rich presence of nature and panoramic views around. This design is universally accesible to all the vistors.
SAMBHRAMA CONVENTION CENTRE
BANGALORE. INDIA
PROFFESSION WORK
CONVENTION CENTRE
Convention center for large gatherings built with locally sourced Materials and local labor
• Type: Public building
• Worked on this project as a part of Studio Stimulus while I was working as an Architect
• Description: Design and execution of a multi cultural convention center using locally available materials. Architecture and Landscape project by Studio stimulus and Aranya the landscape studio.I was involved in the proect as an Architect and in Landscape design process.
• Location: Bangalore, India
• Softwares used: AutoCAD
Sketchup 3D
Photoshop
Project
Source: clients instagram page
on site images on the day of inaugration.
Aerial image of the project after execution
Source: Clients instagram page
Door details execution drawing.
LADIES HOSTEL
KOLLAM. INDIA
PROFFESSION WORK
CAMPUS DESIGN
Work done as part of Internship at Petrarch Architects in 2018. Design, modeling done by me and planning coordination with the senior architect.
• Type: hostel inside a college campus
• Area: 2000sqm
• Description: 15 hostel rooms with 3 sharing units
• Location: Kollam, Kerala
• Softwares used: AutoCAD Sketchup
BRIEF OF THE PROJECT
The core of the project is the open courtyard on the center around which the rooms are arranged.
The clay jali wall on the edge of the corridor was added as an element to eliminate the feel of being boxed in a small space. The wall breaks at few places to make space for seating that projects into the courtyard.
The requirement for this project was tight and my role in the project was to be part of the design process and drafting the required drawings
View of the corridor
View from the projected seats
View from the courtyard
CUSTOMS OFFICE
ALAPPUZHA, KERALA
PROFFESSION WORK
COMPETITION PROPOSAL
Competition project done while working as an architect
• Type: public building
• Area: 810 sqm
• Description: The project site is a rectangular plot of 30m x 27m, at the intersection of CCSB road and the Beach road in Alappuzha.
• Location: Alappuzha, Kerala
• Softwares used: AutoCAD Rhinoceros
Photoshop
Innovative program
The proposal involves public activities to be included with the office building to make the most of the space and create a landmark accessible to everyone.
Response to context
The design takes into account the existing context on the West and the conditions of wind and sun throughout the year
Sustainability
Building focuses on utilizing the local available resources and the alignment of the building is favorable to utilize natural ventilation to the maximum capacity
Modern iconic landmark
The language of the building allows it to standout and create an iconic location for the office cum public use space
Entrance lobby with East main entrance and 49 Parking spots
2 Levels of office Space for customs office
Public space with Gym and a small cafeteria
Guest rooms with Single occupancy
Suite guest rooms
MISCELLANEOUS ACTIVITIES
Few renders I made using sketchup and Lumion.
Few sketches I made during my time as a student
