Vignesh Sankar MArch Portfolio 2024

Vignesh Sankar

Architecture Portfolio RIBA Part 1

1:100 Front Elevation of Q-Space

Curriculum Vitae

Work Experience

Education

Hassell Studios - Student of Architecture

Oxford Brookes University - BA Architecture Grade: 2:1

Melbourne, AUS

British Indian, Leicester, UK 07.12.2000 viggyarts@gmail.com

01/2023 - 12/2023

Working as an assistant at an Architecture firm in Melbourne, during my time I worked on: • Concept design / Massing/ Design Development.

• Project Documentation/ Production of presentation packs.

• A Public Private Partnership (PPP) Hospital Bid Project.

• Costing Analysis (for masterplanning).

• Coordination and collaboration between other consultants.

• Client workshops and meetings.

• Studio Social Committee member, organising Studio Events.

Bicester, UK

• AutoCAD●●●●● • Revit●●●○○

John Lewis & Partners – Selling Partner

• Enscape●●●●

Oxford, UK

COMPUTER SKILLS • Rhinoceros●●●●○

• Photoshop●●●●● • InDesign●●●●○ • Illustrator●●●●○ • Microsoft Office●●●●○ • Physical Model Making●●●●○ LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY • English●●●●● • Tamil●●●○○

• Art – A • Design technology - A • Maths - C Leicester Grammar School - GCSE’s

09/2015- 07/2017

Art- A*, Biology- A*, Chemistry- A, Design Technology- A, English Lang- B, English Lit- A, Maths- A*, Physics – A*, Religious Studies- A, Spanish- A

07/2022 - 08/2022

Working for the Homeware side of The Soho House Clubhouses, Duties included: • Key Holder- Opening and closing the store.

• Visual merchandising the store and window displays.

• Helping customers with interior design decisions/ Queries.

• Till work- Taking card payments/ Taking customer calls and phone furniture orders.

• Stockroom Tasks- Taking monthly Stock Counts/Restocking.

www.linkedin.com/viggys

09/2017-07/2019

Soho Home – Retail Assistant

+44 7539012848 ketchupdosa/instagram

Leicester Grammar School - A-Levels

09/201906/2022

05/2021 -08/2021

Covering the Womenswear, Leather goods, Footwear and jewellery department. Duties included: • Key Holder- tasked with closing the store.

• Visual merchandising the store and window displays.

• Helping customers with fashion related queries.

• Till work- Taking card and cash payments and online returns.

Dezeen Magazine Feature on Grad Students

03/2018

A One and a half weeks of work experience at the London architectural firm. Was introduced to Revit and Sketch-up and experienced client and team meetings.

08/2022

An Article showcasing my Final Year Project Nomination- Make architects Award

05/2022

Oxford Brookes University RIBA Student Ambassador

02/2022

For OBU RIBA revalidation Student Representative

09/2020-05/2021

Design Unit J at Oxford Brookes University Art Year Award /DT Year Award

07/2018

Leicester Grammar School Duke of Edinburgh Bronze award

Ian Ritchie Architects London, UK

Awards & Achievements

04/2017

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Hassell

Q-Space

Trash Feast

Clay by the Canal

Sweet Lime’s Cabins

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Armstrong Creek Mixed Use Development Hassell - May 2023

Armstrong Creek is a Mixed Use Development, situated in a up and coming suburb of Geelong, Victoria. It is a premium mixed-use project on the Ground Level there is childcare, Retail and Food & Beverage.

While the first floor offers co-working and a medical spaces. The client specified that they wanted this project to be compliant and exceed local sustainability ratings.

Visulisation Render of Southern Face of the Site

Massing Strategy Diagrams

Form Strategy Diagram

1:500 Ground Floor zoning plan

Visulisation Render from the west into the coutyard

1:500 First Floor zoning plan

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Q-Space

Year 3 Semester 2

Q-Space is a Queer community hub set in the heat of Park Royal in East London. A retrofit project, Q-space grows from an existing industrial complex. The space is a response to the city’s decline in queer spaces and the lack of inclusive queer spaces. The hub consists of a Dance Bar, Drag Club, Inclusive Bathrooms, Communal Atrium, Nightime Clinic and Creative Studio.

1:100 Long section through Q-Space

Interior view of the Inclusive Bathroom Space

Interior view of a preformance at the Drag Club

Interior view of the main corridor leading to the Atrium

1:100 Ground floor plan of Q-Space

1:200 First Floor Plan of Q-Space

Exploded view of the layers of Q-Space

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Creating a space in response to the decline of Queer Spaces within London.

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Promoting inclusive access so that others can be educated on the experiences of queer identites through exposure.

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Creating an Inclusive LGBTQ+ environment that makes all who experience it feel safe and cared for.

Existing Buildings on Site Queer Space? What it is.

Form Development Models, by cutting and expanding the site with foam

1:20 Sectional Perspective Detail of Q-Space

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Trash Feast

Year 3 Semester 1

Trash Feast- A Compact Fast food restaurant specialising in burritos for drunk and hungry night time clients. All food within the restaurant is made using unsold food from local supermarkets. The building Implements spray foam as a aesthetic pink cladding. Its overall form is inspired by the Adobe mud huts of Mexico.

Night-time street view of the fast food restaurant

Interior view of the eating area

1:50 Street Elevation of Fast food Venue

Interior view of the kitchen and serving counter

1:100 First Floor Plan

1:100 Ground Floor Plan

1:50 Section of Fast food Venue

50mm Baymer Polyurethene skin 30mm Plywood cladding 5mm Waterproof membrane 250mm Rockwool Insulation 250 x 150 mm glulam beams

Wall Build Up

Structural model and 3D Connection Details

Ventilation Stratergy with Window Ventilation Detail

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Clay by the Canal Year 2 Semester 2

Clay by the canal is a community ceramic studio based canal-side in the Oxford suburb of Jericho. Its purpose is to cater to the decline in studios for artists in the city due to high property prices. The project proposes a brick built building which is constructed in sections over time by the users of the space, using an extruded modular brick. The project draws inspiration from the bottle kilns of Stoke- on Trent .

Exterior roadside view of Ceramics studio using a physical model

Creating a space that can be expanded by the users over time depending on affordability.

Manipulating like Clay (Form development)

Building a Bottle Kilne (Stopmotion stills)

Exterior View of Clay by the Canal

Bringing the local community together through the art of ceramics.

Giving Local Artisans a facility where they can thrive without the worry of studio costs.

1:100 Ground Floor Plan of Ceramics Studio

1:100 First Floor Plan of Ceramics Studio

1:100 Canal-side Elevation of Ceramics Studio

1:100 Section of Ceramics Studio

Window Detail in Plan

3D model visualising proposed modular brick system

Wall to Ground Detail

Gutter/ Roof Detail

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Sweet Lime’s Cabins Year 2 Semester 1

Structural Build-up

Sweet Lime’s cabins are two housing structures created for the fictional Character of Sweet Lime (Rita) from the 2007 Wes Anderson film The Darjeeling Limited. The two structures sit opposite ends of the river one for sleeping one for eating/ eradicating. The route between to two spaces reflects the characters constant state of travel while the small spaces reflect the constricted life she lives on the train as a hostess.

Rendered Bedroom Cabin Plan 1:50

Exploring Constriction within the site

Snapshots from The Darjeeling Limited (2007)

1:50 Reverse engineered model of the train cabin from The Darjeeling Limited (2007)

Kitchen/Bathroom Cabin Plan 1:50

Sleeping Cabin plan 1:50

Kitchen/Bathroom Cabin Section 1:50

Sleeping Cabin Section 1:50

Hand Drawn Plans/Sections

Interior sketch of Sleeping Cabin

Interior sketch of Kitchen/Bathroom Cabin

A Mughal Minature of Sweet Lime and her Cabins