amit joseph kurien architecture portfolio
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architecture portfolio
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Dissertation
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Academic Work
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Hotel
Cinema
School
Cultural
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Office
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House
Measured
Drawing
Housing
Graphics
IGBC
ANDC
GSEN
3 rd year
1 st year
2 nd year
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Competition
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DIY 6
Urbanism
winning entries
Tensile
City Documentation
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Resume Objective
Dedicated student of architecture seeking an opportunity to learn and contribute to a creative
work environment
Work Experience
Inscript Architects | Architectural Intern | July 2011 Presentation Drawings, Design Work
Qatar Design Consortium | Architectural Intern | June 2009 Construction Drawings, General Project And Design Work
Several Freelancing Projects for presentation Drawings, Model Making, Interior Design
Honors And Awards
Indian Green Building Competition 2011 ( IGBC ) 1st Annual National Design Competition 2011 ( ANDC ) 1st
Skills
Technical : Revit | 3D Max | AutoCAD | Sketch Up |
Photoshop | Illustrator | Premiere | In Design Creative:
Digital Presentation Drawings | Typography Art | Vector art | Photorealistic Illustrations
| Water Color | Hand Sketching
Personal : Hard Working ,Independent Worker, ability
to work in a team , open to criticism, reliable and great communication skills.
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G-Sen Co-ordinator | Top Ten Finalists – 2011 Reubens Co-ordinator | Top Ten Finalists – 2010
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Education
(7th sem. in progress) School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi
Class XII - 92.2 % Class X - 92.2 %
M.E.S Indian School, Doha , Qatar
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First Prize : Indian Green Building Competition ( IGBC ) 2011
Event Organizers : Ethos India
Green School Design , Aleppey , Kerala
external references http://www.ethosindia.in/events/igbc
Dr.Prem C.Jain, Chairman IGBC | Prof.Ashok Lal from New Delhi | Ar.Soumitro Ghosh from “Mathew and Ghosh”, Bangalore | Mr. C Madhanagopal from Blue Star | Ar.Jyothi Ram from CRN Architects Chennai | Ar.Vijay Garg, Treasurer, Indian Institute of Architects | Mr.Hariharan, Biodiversity Conservation India Limited, | Ar.Kumaresh, DWAR, Bangalore
Jury:
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The design focuses on simple and local approach to achieve a green and self sustainable school. An empty plot in Allepey , Kerala which is randomly used as a parking spot for the church goers is taken as the site. One of the basic plans is to teach and encourage children to be a part of the natural ecosystem and hence the site next to the puzha.River algae formed in the puzha could be decomposed along with animal wastes in bio-gas plants for small supplies of energy.
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Perspective view 1. Ground Floor plan 2.
Strategies 3.
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First Prize : Annual National Design Competition ( ANDC ) 2011 Centre for Traditional Arts and Heritage , Iqbal Maidan , Bhopal
Event Organizers : NASA ,India Other team members : Atul Shekhar , Kaushik Naarayan
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The basic idea is to redesign Iqbal maidan without disturbing its original feel. A series of walls parallel to each other originating from the existing shaheen tower symbolizing the different parallel yet distinct tribal traditions is the design proposal. The circular space around the statue can be used as a platform for the performance of indigenous tribal dances like Ghoomar.
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Perspective view 1. Concept chart 2.
Views 3.
The plaza behaves as a funnel for people walking into the building from the maidan and vice versa and a part of the plaza also functions as a stage for political gatherings.
The wall profile responds to the memories of the city by following a similar pattern to the earlier structure.
Top ten Finalist : G Sen 2011
Event Organizers : NASA, India
Golcha Cinema Theater Reintervention , Jaipur , Rajasthan
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Design evolution
(a+b+c) x (d+e)
Golcha cinema
Baapu Bazaar
Old city wall
cinema
The challenge to the brief was selecting an existing heritage site that had lost its context in today's world and thus required re intervention. The Golcha cinema , Jaipur which lies at a crucial junction between the old and the new city provided an opportunity for a new social space. The design also understood the deteriorating condition of the wall and hence proposed the creation of a porous pedestrian access through the wall connecting both the parts.
Design Schemes Included:
Better Space Usage and Facilities Increased Social space
Revitalizing Baapu Bazaar Jumbotron as a connect
Revitalizing the Ram Lila Maidan People inclusive design
bazaar wall Jumbotron Social space
Vela Kotla A DIY project
Project coordinator : Mr. Vishal Rawlley
Live social experiment
Status: ongoing
1 One way Advertise , graphic, political , social , audio-visual
2 Two way
Pin debate , doodle Pad hand gestures
Public survey
Talk to people , document the activity
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3 The experimental ‘DIY’ project aims at studying the local refugee community of Vikram nagar, Kotla .The existing refugee welfare association (RWA) notice boards are used as a platform to get the people to interact with the boring inanimate objects .These interactions will be recorded through stop motion. The second part of the project is to interview the people and create an internal social networking server for the local residents so that they can know each other better. Since the ‘vela’ people of kotla community will be involved ,hence the name ‘vela kotla’
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Documentation
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The Boards 1. Project Icon 2.
Methodology 3. Project Brochures 4.
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Status : ongoing
Revitalization Of Wazirpur Industrial Estate Through Housing
Studio Co - coordinator : Prof. I.M.Chishti
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1. Site studies 2. New proposed land use 3. Housing Plans 4. Sketches of EWS and HIG 5. Section through HIG and EWS 6. Project logo
The crux of the housing design is to create a social open environment and climatological and sustainable construction within the industrial area. The housing scheme hopes to revitalize the western Yamuna canal and add to extinct greens of the area. A dilapidated factory has bee n redesigned as a housing for the migrant workers.
Walk to work inclusive sustainable
Site: Wazirpur Industrial Area, Delhi
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How does social media affect the existing Offline world ?
Are Social networking sites like Facebook the new social spaces ? What are the design parameters of these social spaces ? What kind of social interactions happen in the online world ? Does the use of social networking sites affect human behavior in the physical world ? What is the definition of a public space in today's world ? How can architects use social media to design better spaces ?
Studio Co - coordinator : Prof. Ranjana Mittal, Prof. Jaya Kumar Guide : Mr.Wills Thomas
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Offline spaces v/s Online spaces
Sub Research Questions covered
Introduction (extract) Research methodology
Conclusion (extract)
Surveys and interviews
Analysis
offline online
Architecture & people behavior
impact
We see that even though people still prefer face to face interactions over those in SNS’s ,the role of SNS’s like Facebook as social spaces is increasing rapidly with the advancement of technology(touch Pad, faster internet)
Blum, A. (2011, April 14). Here but not Here Retrieved July Tuesday, 2012, from Metropolis Mag: www.metropolis mag.com\here-but-not-here Andrew blum.htm
Humans, being social animals exist in a collective world where they interact voluntarily or involuntarily . These interactions happen everywhere, be it a public square or a busy street ,a community church or even a simple water cooler point. But what was disturbing was that according to a research conducted by Andrew Blum (Blum, 2011) with the invention of the internet and social media, less and less people were going out and more and more people were going behind the computers on the internet. Today's is the digital age of machines and the “internet” where people have developed a new medium for social interaction through Social Networking Sites (SNS) . A parallel online world is created where humans create their identity, meet each other , share their interests and perform many other social activities that might not have been done in the real world. define the space. According to Andrew Blum , architects have failed to understand these new social spaces and their impact on the real world.(Blum,2011).
the social network Architectural Dissertation Synopsis : ’
Firoz shah Kotla ,New Delhi
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Ground Floor Plan
Typical Floor Plan
The Hotel is inspired by the Firoz shah Kotla Stadium and the Kotla Baoli (one of the few circular baolis in the world). An attempt is made to create the feel of the stadium within the hotel. But at the same time, maximum greens of the existing park are left open and landscaped to develop play and other social activities that are presently absent.
Hotel Design
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1. Design Scheme 2. Perspective Section 3. Hotel 3D 4. Plans
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Studio Coordinator : Prof : Ranjana Mittal
Spiretec competition , Greater Noida , NCR
Studio Coordinator : Prof : Ranjana Mittal
Office Design Experimental
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Office = Factory 5
Perspective view 1. Core Programming 2.
Model Photo 3. Module details 4.
Ground floor plan 5.
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The Office is programmed with the best possible circulation and area programming possible to form a Tetris like structure .These multiple boxes frame different activities or functions of the office as well as give multiple views of the green landscaped areas outside. The design also provides an individual identity for retail stores through these boxes.
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Iconic House Design
The House tries to connect the inside and the outside fluidly through a series of greens. Exposed brick façade , western jaali ,water channels and other traditional architecture form part of the design. The iconicity lies in the fact that the house will be modern by being highly simple ,traditional and climate responsive
1. Ground floor plan 2. First floor plan 3. Section 4. Water channel detail 5. External wall facade
Studio coordintator: Prof. Anil Diwan
Kottayam , Kerala
Tensile Study and design
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The first part of the exercise was to study traditional use of cloth as a building material and the spaces created by them. The Second phase was to improvise tensile design. In this case a dynamic tensile design is attempted . Music is converted into notes and depending on the pitch and rhythm, the tensiles are programmed to dance. Various songs were converted into notes that could be programmed to the structure thus creating a dancing effect.
1. Traditional Qatari Culture 2. Traditional dwelling 3. Converting music 4. Rhythm Plan 5. Rhythm Graph 6. Note Graph 7. Conceptual section
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Studio Coordinator : Prof. Manoj Mathur
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City Growth Documentation Shahjahanabd , Bhopal Studio coordinator : Prof. Ranjana Mittal
1. Pari bazaar 2. Shahjahanabd perspective 3. Bhopal city Growth 4. Artificial well system 5. Sections
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Motia talab
Taj ul masjid
Pari bazaar
Stadium
Benazir college
Measure Drawing
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Palace front 1. Roof detail 2.
Side elevation 3. Front elevation 4.
Plan 5.
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Padmanabhapuram Palace, Thuckalay , Tamil Nadu
Studio coordintator: Prof. Manoj Mathur
Graphics:
1. Dilli 6 poster 2. Abstraction Art 3. Bhopal Street 4. Traditional Qatari 5. Tricolor Faces 6. Cross Tiles 7. Sufi whirling
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Wood art 8. Community Centre Study 9. Traditional House study 10.
Bhutan Architecture 11.
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Graphic Presentations:
Graphic achievements
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1st GIS Tsunami resistant design
Harmony Inter gulf Painting competition
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Oryx competition
Painting selected as stamp of Qatar
Harmony Inter gulf Painting competition
Several other interschool painting and pencil drawing competitions
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Software Renders:
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1. Interior 2. Elevation 3. Plan 4. Section 5. 3D view 6. 3D view 7. Perspective
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1. Photo Realism 2. Vector Poster Art 3. T-shirt design 4. Certificate design 5. Magazine cover 6. Icon design 7. Typography 8. Event Poster 9. Photo Editing
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Other graphic work
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