Professional Design Portfolio - Vaishnavi Subramanya

Vaishnavi S

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Hello! I am a 24yr old Architect from Bangalore, India.

College exposed me to a plathora of cases and conversations, and further fueled my enthusiasm to learn. As a professional “Jack of all”, I have embraced my eclectic interests in designing this portfolio.

Recentlygraduated from R.V. College ofArchitecture, Bangalore and looking for opportunities to broaden my horizon, enhance my skills and enrich my experiences.

| Selected Works

Ethics of Time adaptive re-use | Bangalore, India

City is not a Tree urban design | Bangalore, India

Work, Place, Folk! interior design | Grand Budapest Hotel

Revisiting Placelessness pavillion design | Chennai, India

God is in the details hands-on work | Ladakh, India

Dedicated to my love for art and history, each project is inspired by specific architectural theories that have increasingly made me fall in love with the profession...

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Ethics of Time Typology: Adaptive Re-use Exploration: Individual

When Milan Kundera writes “There is a secret bond between slowness and memory, between speed and forgetting” and when Pallasma writes “The incredible acceleration of speed during the last century has collapsed time and man has lost his sense of self as a historical being”they’re talking about being robbed of the human experience, of being present and aware of the slow, healing flow of time. That buildings and cities are not are not just adobes of inhabitation, they are instruments and museums of passing time and social systems.

Slowness can enrich the architectural experience.

But where does slowness lie? Is it merely an attribute of time or is it a state of mind? This research is a story of that quest.

Through the case analysis of movement across public spaces, the thesis tries to understand the perception of time and factors that control the metaphysics of motion in space.

Palimpsest questions ideas of the bound and the free. If getting lost is a privilege in this age of endless information.

Oh, to be a child again!

An abanoned fort infested with playfulness of children finds silver lining in everyday activities and usual banter.

Ethics of Time | Selected Works

3. KHANAVALI | eat and rest space

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Ethics of Time | Selected Works village fort

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TEMPLE AND TANK | exising GRAMA SABHE | panchayat KALI NALI | local library KHANAVALI | eat and rest ANGANWADI | pre-school & care TARAGATI | emergency classrooms DHYANALAYA | prayer space MARUKATTE | market & play area PRADARSHANE | performance area

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4. ANGANWADI | pre school and care

7. MARUKATTE | market and play area

EXTERIOR VIEWS

0. TEMPLE AND TANK

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SCALE IN | SCALE OUT

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WALL AS SPACE

EMPTY CENTRE

EXPLODED AXONOMETRY

CONCEPTS

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Each library reading module (ref. secA) is designed with 4 dynamic wooden panels which can be moved and shared to create different iterations of spaces inside the pavilion. Thus catering to a single person, a couple or a larger group.

A common corridor running between the modules for ease of circulation.

Low hung from the true celing, they provide seclusion without the feeling of clausophobia.

Introduction of skylight without over-loading the existing structure to bring in natural diffused light.

ADAPTIVE LIBRARY

INTERIOR VIEW

TEMPLE MARKET PUBLIC ENTRY

Ethics of Time | Selected Works

transluscent polycarbonate secondary members in Mild Steel horizontal ties stone beam 350 mm thk - existing primary column in Mild Steel with footing

SKYLIGHT CROSS SECTION AT C

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City is not a Tree Typology: Urban Design Exploration: Individual

“Cultures and climates differ all over the world, but people are the same. They’ll gather in public if you give them a good place to do it. “ -Jan Gehl Urban is a funny word; it has too many definitions and too vast a scale. But if one had to explain it to a mathematician, it’d probably look like-

According to Christopher Alexander though, “City is not a Tree”. He argues that a ‘natural city’ functions rather as a Semi-lattice. The different units that form the city do not coincide, neither are they disjoint. They overlap.

But not all overlaps are good, or even necessary.

The city functions as a right ecosystem of systems only when the right overlaps occur.

SYSTEMS

Space

Time tree diagram

semi-lattice diagram

City is not a tree | Selected Works

ENTRANCE VIEW

CONCEPT

Wait

NECESSITY

Learn Eat

Rest STREET

• unifying plinth as an internal street • passive zones sandwiched b/w active zones • increasing privacy as we move from main road

Interact Linger

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RECREATION

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Koramangala 3rd block is diverse community in the heart of the Bangalore that is blessed with plenty of raintrees, paks, wide roads and, in the recent times, also become a commercial hub.

The site chosen is a delapiated BDA(Bangalore Development Authority) commercial complex - a prime piece of real estate that has fallen to neglect and irrelevance.

OPPORTUNITIES A. Open up the auditorium/ institute to the site B. Include bus stop as a part of design C. Create a continuous walking path D. Visually connect across the road

City is not a tree | Selected Works

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1. THEATRE SCHOOL ARENA 2. THEATRE SCHOOL HOSTEL 3. EATERY 4. TAKE - AWAY

MASSING : 1. The theatres on either ends of the site spilling over to the plinths at each level.

2. Masses coming closer to each other, increasing the privacy as we move up.

5. REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION OFFICE 6. OPEN AIR THEATRE 7. PARKING 8. BUS STOP

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Work, Place, Folk!

Typology: Interior Design Exploration: Individual

In another universe, Mr. Ratan Tata has made the Grand Budapest Hotel his retirement home.

One one hand is a man of discipline and boy-like curiosity.

On the other, is a site as dreamy and extravagavnt as it gets.

The follow up is a process that finds balance in a strong flow of spaces with subtle interjecting details to bring back the drama.

The design is inspired by different phases of Mr. Tata’s life and Mr. Anderson’s prowess in finding elegance in extravagance.

The Hotel, with its unmatchable location and old world charm, offers the perfect space for an isolation retreat.

Locating the design in the forefront of the Hotel leading to the lobby was a way to exploit natural light and the magnificent views it offers.

Work, Place, Folk! | Selected Works

“All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.”

SOCIALISE

RELAX

READ

WORK

REST

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Work, Place, Folk! | Selected Works

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Mr. Tata’s typical 24 hr life cycle was the first point of reference.

The space is strategically divided into play, rest and work zones.

Despite the strong linearity, there is an openness achived by playing with volumes. The colonades with their grand arches and simple repeated patterns of the space inspire the furniture pieces.

from RATAN to TATA

PROCESS & CONCEPT

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Revisiting Placelessness Typology: Pavilion Design Exploration: Internship/ Mentored

Public Flag Pavilion for Kumararama College of Technology to give new life to the open ground.

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GFC Civil Drawings Design& details of planters, staircases Lighting design

Revisiting Placelessness | Selected Works

PHYSICAL MODEL

PHYSICAL MODEL

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DESIGN EVOLUTION finding focus in unbound territories, shifting the focus to the community and adding a path the brings them all together.

PLANTER BOX

KEY PLAN

Revisiting Placelessness | Selected Works

CROSS SECTION

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Revisiting Placelessness | Selected Works

PLANTER BOX Designed to perfectly fit with the slope of the ramp/ seating and accomodate the column structure.

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God is in the Details Typology: Residence Exploration: Professional

Residence in the heart of a remote but historically important village - Shey. With a high water table and surrounded by a lot of poplar plantings, the site offers both challenges and rewards.

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Design and execution of shel-khang, fixed furniture Design & detailing of staircase Electrical and Plumbing design, execution

Ladakh | Selected Works

VIEW FROM THE MASTER BEDROOM | vertical shadow time 12;20 p.m.

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wooden fl panels solid wood frame 90x90mm compressed earth & army mat stone filling between plinth beams

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solid wood flooring

PLAN A | solid wood flooring

FLOORING |

The flooring, analogous to the entire material palette, is inspired by indegineous materials of the Himalayan region like poplar wood, lime, rubble, BASGO stabilised mud, IPS cement etc and technical measures are taken to cater to the high water table.

Ladakh | Selected Works

pebbles in lime wooden panels

tiles

IPS Cement

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Shel-khang is the winter living/dining room of a traditional Ladakhi house when temperatures drop to -10 C or lower for 4 months of the year. It always exposes the South /South-West sun and is typically made of Poplar wood and glazing.

sash window fixed glazing

ELEVATION

The KAH (column) supports the MARDUM (beam) on top of which sit the DUNGMA (rafters) and subsequently, the TALU (purlins). Regions around the openings are painted in black to prevent hot air from going out.

SHEL-KHANG | winter room

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EXPLODED ISOMETRY

JOINERY A | scarf joint

JOINERY B | double coumn

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WORKSHOP & EXHIBITION | Context and Anatomy in Architecture - curating and organising

Ladakh | Selected Works

Saspol Pavilion by Moljoks - hiding light fixtures, custom stone polish, stream redirection...

Gulzar’s Home - shel-khang, electrical and plumbing services...

SITE WORK & EXPLORATIONS

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“Cultures and climates differ all over the world, but people are the same. They’ll gather if you give them a good place to do it.“

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