National Awards for Excellence in Architecture Thesis-2008

Parametric and module studies

These studies at the parametric and modular level (algorithmic) laid the basis for design evolution in the subsequent stages.

Final thesis work

Final year thesis project. "Design of a high rise - Exploring Form Finding Algorithms"

..urban design.

urban design - New Delhi railway station and surrounding areas, old city. Inner city networks

....mETRO STATION !!

...been working as an intern with the firm Chandavarkar and Thacker Architects of late....(completed recently though)..... and this is one of the projects I was working on ....Metro station in Bangalore.

http://worldarchitecturenews.com/index.php?fuseaction=wanappln.projectview&upload_id=1108

Digital Inferno.. Can or should creativity be externalized? Can or should art be computed?

Image rendered to go on the cover for my dissertation.

Adaptive reuse. (competition proposal)

entry for design competition on adaptive reuse of old buildings....

7th semester, design project: mutli storeyed housing in gurgaon. groupmates: aneesha and kavery

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urban housing..... total chaos!!

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work on this piece of art is under progress. will keep updating atleast once every two days. statistics: NISSAN 300 ZX. chrome plated balls. glass rims. 48 hrs of work in so far. ...... my first work on the tablet ;)

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interior view... never mind those fake looking landscape in the bottom or those lost souls gaping at thin air. happens in all excitement of doing things first time

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my interpretation of peace today.....ak47 with no trigger

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freaky how a block looks with crystal clear glass and infinite reflections. contemporary meanings of 'form' redefined. i believe, this unfortunately can only be realised in the digital realm. wonder if in our lifetime, this can be realised in the material world as well......
ahh.... deja vu Karl Chu once remarked.. "Reality has become a form of machinic alchemy"... true, very true

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digital art.... somethin i call "epicenter of an epidemic". more like lookin top down onto a city where the epidemic engulfs it eventually in all its entirety.

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competition entry for redesigning a major landmark office building in the country. effort by a team of 15 students

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here's a peek into what's happenin on my workstation...

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...computer graphics. initial experiments. more to come.

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fractal graphics.
fractal geometry is astonishing. hope to study its implications on architecture soon. have very recently found the means to create visual graphic.

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resort in ranikhet.... third year even semester design exercise

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center for performing arts........ third year odd semester design exercise

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3 dimensional view, airport, modelled in auto cad.

airport design: henry arthur fanthome

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concept, design of center for performing arts, 3rd yr studio, new delhi

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Folcorismo.....................?

.........for quite sometime now, i have been trying to understand the term "folcorismo" which i had accidentally stumbled across while reading about modernism in a paper published by Victor A. Grauer.

All my attempts have yielded no results. Picture this- Google search has returned 9 results.........

This is where i begin my quest from........ I hope someone out there might be able to help me.