Architectural Project Portfolio_Vinay_KP

Vinay Kumar

Contact

24vinaykp@gmail.com

+44 737 729 8618

issuu.com/vinaykp

10 Somerset Waye, Hounslow

TW5 9HG

Education

Iowa State University (ISU)

2015-2020 Bachelor of Architecture

Iowa State University (ISU) - ROME

2019 Study Abroad Programme

University College London (UCL)

2021-2022 MArch Urban Design

Software Skills

AutoCAD

Rhinoceros 3D

Revit Illustrator

Photoshop Lightroom InDesign Lumion

V-Ray

3D Printing

Grasshopper

Houdini

Organizations

National Organization of Minority Architects (ISU)

NOMA competition and conference participant

NRB - Nation's Rock Beat

Talent house for upcoming artists

Event Designer and Marketing member

Achievements

Distinction - UCL

Recognized for academic excellence

AIA Iowa Emerging Professionals (EP) Award

Winner of the AIA Iowa EP competition.

NOMA Student Competition

Finalist among thirty-nine schools at national level

Deans List - ISU

Recognized for acadamic excellence

Work Experience

Designer Plans Limited - Architectural Planner

Utilizing CAD and QGIS to edit and draft drawings. R&D in Linework Automation

Incorporating drawings into online digital portal

EDIFICE - Architectural Intern

Conceptualizing and visioning projects to define strategic goals.

Revised renderings of design concepts

Ruparel Reality - Architectural Intern

Worked on detailing plans and sections.

Involved in site vists of new and on-going projects. Part of learning team which had access to client meetings and design discussions.

2018 - present

2020 - Present

2022

2020

2019

(2019 Fall

2016 Fall, Spring)

2022 - 2023

Essex, England

Summer 2019

Bangalore, India

Summer 2017

Mumbai, India

DeComposing

Temporalities

Urban Context - The city of London

A Decomposing Temporalities is an inquiry into the underside of cities, where waste is concealed and confined to the periphery. In the face of climate change, the project exercises the extended mind theory through biological, indigenous, and artificial intelligence to reorient wastewater treatment in urban morphologies. Through mycelium's bio-intelligence, indigenous cosmotechnics, and geo-engineering models generated by AI, the project constellates waste treatment not as a utility under threat, but as an integral part of dynamic urban ecologies.

2022 | Prof. Claudia Pasquero and Filippo Nassetti

Teammates : Emily Fusilero, Yuxuan Sun and Lesego Bantsheng

Architectural Geo-engineered model

Morphology

Wetland Biome Morphology Detail

Learning in (a) Place

Fall 2019 | Prof. Bosuk Hur

Teammates : Obhishek, Alyanna, Marilyn and Henry NOMA Student Competition Finalist

AIA Iowa Emerging Professionals Award Winner

192 Nostrand Ave, East Flatbush, Brooklyn, NY

Brooklyn is rooted in racial diversity and vibrant culture, persisting throughout time despite many adversities. Some of these adversities, however, are still quite present today, with communities such as Flatbush suffering from discriminatory values to a point where it is struggling to preserve its heritage.

Through multiple programs and concepts, we are proposing an architecture that is subtle but powerful, has its own unique identity while remaining respectful of the built and social context, and is carefully planned while still being adaptable. The collaborative and accessible spaces of learning are designed to cater to learners of all ages while the housing initiates lasting relationships. But most of all, through these concepts, this architecture empowers a community to preserve its roots.

This proposal seeks to address issues such as finance, access, and resources when it comes to education and housing. At the ground floor are 9 masses, each housing different and adaptable spaces of learning while reflecting the scale of the existing house.

The fragmentation of the masses allow for porosity on the site, but beyond that, it allows for the proposal to be approachable from various points. This fragmentation also gives a unique identity to each educational program or space.

Educational programs include learning through making, expression, as well as traditional methods such as reading and writing. In maker spaces, activities such as pottery, painting classes, and cooking sessions could take place.

While in spaces of expression, concerts, lectures, dances, and art exhibitions could occur to promote local talent and act as places of inspiration. And lastly, more traditional means of learning such as libraries and flexible classrooms can be places for after school tutoring while giving easy access to academic resources.

Classroom Informal Reading Lounge Library

Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Fall 2019 | Prof. Thomas Leslie Teammates : Evan and Ronit. 727 W Fulton St, Chicago, IL.

The Chicago Symphony Orchestra is expanding its operations and seeks a venue dedicated to the composition and performance of contemporary music. While forming some part of most performances, the CSO wishes to develop a fellowship and performance program that will support and celebrate the vitality of contemporary music per se. Often at odds with conservative tastes, such music represents some of the most important intellectual and stylistic development in the performing arts today, and by creating a dedicated center the CSO hopes to increase awareness, appreciation, and audience for experimental composers today.

Symphony Orchestra

Experimental Hall

Main Hall

Roof top performance spaceW

Stacked up music halls

Parametric shell bounding halls

Public and Private wrap

Symphony Orchestra

Vertical Campus

Spring 2018 | Prof. Bosuk Hur Teammate : Ronit. 523 W 2th St, New York, NY.

The Galleries of Chelsea in New York City are going out of business. Situated on the Highline, we are tasked with rejuvenating a few galleries by designing a parasitic campus rooting from them. The parasite then maintains a symbolic relationship with the gallery, as a means of revenue.

The campus consists of Galleries, Libraries, Studios, Workshops, Classrooms, Gymnassium, Atrium and Student housing. As a parasite, it strives to feed on the existing context of the highline the runs across by the galleries and create a new begining of extending the highline rooting into buildings and steets.

SHIFT

Reliable Street is a collective space in Ames that works across the disciplines of art, design, and business seeking to strengthen the connection between the public and placemaking When the owners of Reliable Street approached our design studio, in order to make an outdoor structure that would be suitable for the surrounding environment, and bring people of different generations together, the studio was exteremely excited to help out. The horizontal structre that was created by the collaboration of eighty seven students, and the guidance of five professors, was broken up into three modules with circulation running across the entire design build. The design consists of different surfaces that are suitable for both rest and play. The structure is primarily made of 2 x  lumber wood and integrates the use of LED colured lighting to make the site enjoyable when visited in the evening. The design not olny met the demands of the occupants but was also a contribution to the local community and the arts. I have worked with construction documents, off site fabrication and on site assembly through this project.

Spring 2017 | Prof. Bosuk Hur Reliable St, Ames,, IA.