portfolio karthikeyan bharath kumar

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K RAGURAMAN LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT CHENNAIARCOP ASSOCIATES GURGAON

STUDIO U+A GURGAONFREELANCE WORK CHENNAI , NEW DELHI

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This is a compilation of some of the sketches/diagrammatic studies done over the Spring semester of 2008, in the port cities tour of Europe. While some of the sketches are studies directed towards answering specifi c questions about the place, in the sense that they are analytical, others are more representative, or are an eff ort to capture the essence of the place or understand the place through the process of sketching. The places of study, were the historic port cities of L i s b o n , P o r t o, B a r c e l o n a and V e n i c e.

D e s i g n C h a r r e t t e s Vila Real Sant Antoni Lisbon

D e s i g n S t u d i o Cavallino Venice

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S P R I N G’ 0 8 P O R T C I T I E S

URBAN MORPHOLOGY HISTORY OF PORT CITIES ART AND ECOLOGY OF LANDSCAPE DETAILS CHARRRETTE STUDIO

Lisbon , once a powerful global trade center by virtue of its nauti-cal prowess, has since been forced to dilute this essential sustaining aspect of its existence and as a result has become somewhat a city suspended in that moment of great human endeavor and persistence ( say till about the 1800’s after city was rebuilt). It’s a city whose people talk proudly but wistfully (even with some sadness) about its glorious past and seem not too sure or confi -dent in its future. Maybe Fado refl ects this attitude, the city’s expression through its years of dictatorial rule. It is quite a sad- beautiful irony that the city that had the earliest modernist city building venture in Baixa, has not seen much growth since.

Baixa is an example of how a de-velopment that is so regimented, can over time, evolve to become a place that accommodates growth, changing functions while continuing to function as the historic and cultural center of the city. The changes in topogra-phy help keep this development separate from the older quarters while the same topography is so well articulated to create smooth connections between the older and newer parts. While Chiado is wholly guided by topography, developing into an organic lat-tice of streets and squares, Barrio Alto is an early exercise in intro-ducing the grid on a somewhat

regular topography (a simpler, though steep slope). Seen from this perspective Baixa seems to be a natural progression given that the valley and its more ac-commodative topography allows for the grid to be placed very ef-fi ciently.

Topography and way the city has worked with it through the ages is how I understand and relate to its morphology, and the changes that modern masters like Siza have worked into it, sensitively ‘nudge’ the older areas of the city, which had been neglected for some time, into the new century. Accesses like in the shopping mall and the stairs are subtly well worked into the existing context. The other signifi cant reinterpre-tation of topography is the tran-sit network, which shows the clearest and strongest gesture of modern engineering by defy-ing the topography or inverts it, creating a whole new experien-tial dimension (the underground passageways and tunnels), while being wholly respectful of the existing context. The new and modern sensitively wedge them-selves in the voids and express themselves as avenues (like the entry into the subway) to newer infrastructure and places, all within the rich framework of the old city. Public art too plays an important role in the emergence of contemporary Lisbon.

The Expo ’98 seems to be a fuller expression of the desire of the city to grow and rediscover itself as a global city. This expression though is well articulated and ex-pressed in some cases (like Siza’s Pavilion, Calatrava’s Train station and the Gardens abstracting rep-resentations of the former colo-nies), and in some cases its sim-ply new and fl ashy.

PORTUGAL SPAIN ITALY

PORTUGAL

STAIRS ALVARO SIZA LISBOA

SPAIN ITALY



RENAISSANCE CLOISTER TOMAR CONVENT

ARCH STUDY CLOISTER TOMAR CONVENT



MERTOLA VIEW FROM FORT WALLS



QUELUZ PALACE



PAVILION EXPO LISBON

SOCIAL HOUSING LISBON



SOCIAL HOUSING ALVARO SIZA PORTO

CHURCH ALVARO SIZA PORTO ARCHITECTURE SCHOOL LIBRARY ALVARO SIZA PORTO




Vila Real Sant Antoni, a town in north-central Protugal is entirely built accoridng to the proportions of 1: 2. This pro-portion is rigorously carried through the town, in its mass-ing, elevations, streets down to the paving layouts. The study of these proportions allowed us an understanding of some intimate geometric relationships that exist within the landscape and how in-frastructure, movement, aes-thetics and the social spaces are guided and shaped by this simple proportion.



The site, a place for annual fairs, had been disuse for some time. The students of TU Lisbon had in the previous semester worked on a hous-ing project on the site. The charrette design looks at the site as a piece that could po-tentially conncect to impor-tant historic , ecological and social nodes and structures in the city, both physically and programmatically. The design picks up on the discontinued linear park to the north and connects to the natural area in the south. In this process it deals with the transition from a boulevard landscape to a public park/plaza to a natural landscape.

The site has historically been fl exible, adapting to the changing impermanent uses it has occupied. The modular landscape expresses this idea of temporality, but within a framework of permanence: a fi xed number of elements with multiple confi gurations in both building and land-scape.


BARCELONA PAVILION

URBAN MORPHOLOGY HISTORY OF PORT CITIES ART AND EHCOLOGY OF LANDSCAPE DETAILS CHARRRETTE STUDIO


LA PEDRERA ANTONI GAUDI



PARC GUELL ANTONI GAUDISAGRADA FAMILI A ANTONI GAUDI



URBAN MORPHOLOGY HISTORY OF PORT CITIES ART AND ECOLOGY OF LANDSCAPE DETAILS CHARRRETTE STUDIOT


BASILICA SAN MARCO VENICE



CA’ DORO VENICEGERMAN TRADE HOUSE RIALTO VENICE



CATHEDRAL VENICEOUTDOOR STAIRCASE VENICE



In groups of three masterplan proposals and a terminal de-sign for the peripheral island of Venice, Cavallino was proposed. Cavillino is part of the ring of is-lands that encicle the Venetian Lagoon and have a critical role in the Lagoon’s delicate ecological balance and the preservation of Venice, plagued by problems of sinking with rising sea levels and slow degradation of its buildings. The Mose project, mobile barri-ers built at the openings of the Lagoon to the Sea, aims to con-trol this by regulating the entry of sea water into the Lagoon. The Cavallino Masterplan and Termi-nal design are concieved in con-junction with this event, while catering to a parallel industry of tourism based on the massive camping facilities on the island (upto 50,000 tourists in sum-mer). The drawings and sketches shown here (individual work only) were a result of 4 iterations, groupwork and individual, at the scale of the island (working to-wards masterplan ideas) down to the scale of the terminal.

WORKTTSHOP VENICE CAVALLINO TREPORTI MASTER PLAN AND TERMINAL DESIGN


WORKSHOP VENICE CAVALLINO TREPORTI MASTER PLAN AND TERMINAL DESIGN

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The thesis aimed at structuring the Scindia School, presently housed in British colonial barracks to create a sense of place in a context that carried layers of history 1500 years old- hindu, muslim and english, but also in a situation where thoughtless piecemeal development in recent years had dis-rupted this historic continuity and the site’s connection to the rich natural qualities of the fort. Ex-isting functions were re-organized and new facilities were added to create a ‘campus’, in a holistic design that respects the context as well as the spirit of the age.THE SURESH MOHAN BAGLEY GOLD MEDAL FOR ‘INNOVATIVE THESIS DESIGN’

G E N E R A T I N G T H E A C A D E M I C C O R E . . . SCINDIA SCHOOL GWALIOR INDIA

BACHELOR OF ARCHITECTURE 1999 - 2004SUSHANT SCHOOL OF ART AND ARCHITECTURE NEW DELHI INDIA

K. RAGHURAMAN, B.ARCH.,M.L,ARCHLANDSCAPEARCHITECT

New No. 52, (Old No. 70)C.P.Ramasamy Road, Alwarpet,Chennai -600 018. Fox : 24661115

Phone: Off: 2499 4569,24982512E-mail: [email protected]

30th June 2006

Experience Certificate

I have known Karthikeyan Bharath Kumar for the past five years on professional andsubsequently personal terms. He initially interned in my office in the summers of 2001and 2004, and worked full time as an architect and landscape designer for a period of 15months, from 1stof January 2005 to 15thApril 2006. During this period he had beeninvolved in a number of landscape design and urban landscape projects.

During his tenure, he had been involved in a number of projects, the key ones being:

. The Beautification of Heritage Canals of Alleppy, Alleppy, Kerala, IndiaFrom conceptual design up to executionBeautification of Alleppy Beach, Alleppy, Kerala, IndiaFrom conceptual design up to executionVarkala Beach, Trivandrum, Kerala, IndiaFrom conceptual design up to executionMahatma Gandhi Medical College and Hospital, Pondicherry, IndiaConceptual design, working drawings and site supervisionChennai Petrochemicals Ltd. Manali, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, IndiaSite supervision and executionKottuli Wetlands Development, Calicut, Kerala, IndiaConceptual design and presentationPonmudi Forest Reserve Development, Trivandrum District, Kerala, IndiaConceptual design and presentationSri Venkateshwara University,Cuddappah, Andhra Pradesh, IndiaCompetitionDesign Presentation

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Karthikeyan had demonstrated an appreciable maturity in design and decision making,along with successfully coordinating the various engineering services involved. I hadfound him to be committed and conscientious in his handling of the responsibilitiesassigned. He works well alone and as part of a team, and is polite and well mannered inhis interactions with colleagues and clients.

T~h himt very best for all his future endeavors.

K.Rag manPrincipal rchitect

E-mail: [email protected]@vsnl.com

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Master plan proposals for the Hiawatha corridor and the adjacent neighborhoods were proposed, followed byeach team of four designing a stretch of the site, either demonstrative or addressing the specifi c conditions existing.The proposals involved accounting for growth strategies, and phasing strategies for the projects, and addressingkey environmental issues in an area of historically intense industrial activity.

F A L L’ 0 8 URBAN WAY HIAWATHA CORRIDOR MINNEAPOLIS

ZACH JORGENSEN TIMOTHY DOLLCYNTHIA LAPPKARTHIKEYAN BHARATH KUMAR

PROJECT STATEMENT I SITE CONTEXT I EVOLUTION I MASTER PLANI BUILDINGS I CIRCULATION I OPEN SPACE I STORMWATER I CONCLUSIONS

...a city can only grow by reproduction or multiplication, that is, by becoming polycentric and polynuclear.

-Leon Krier

Cities can grow and retain their integrity by creating multiple centers of urban density.

We propose a new urban center, or urbanway, along Hiawatha Avenue. By retrofi tting a historically industrial corridor with an ecologically sensitive infrastructure, we aim to create a sustainable environment for living, working and recreation.

Urbanway

Minneapolis

St. Paul

Grand Rounds

MISSISSIPPI RIVER

MSP AirportMINNESOTA RIVER

Hiawatha Corridor

Urbanway ContextUrban Center Precedents

University Avenue

West 7thStreet

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Site ContextHiawatha Corridor Context

Hiawatha Avenue

LRT System

Greenways

Park Areas

Major Roads

Site Boundary

Midtown Greenway

Lake Street

35th Street

36th Street

42nd Street

46th Street

Minnehaha Avenue

Grand Rounds

MISSISSIPPI RIVER

Lake Hiawatha

Lake Nokomis

Existing Conditions

South from Lake Street LRT Station Housing west of the LRT line

Powerlines along the corridor

Commercial corner along Minnehaha Ave.New condo construction at 46th Street

Mixed use...

Minnehaha Park

The industrial corridor contrasts strongly with the well established traditional neighborhoods surrounding it.

The original street grid, which responds to the corridors of Hiawatha and Minnehaha avenues serve as a buff er between the two, housing a mix of light industrial and residential functions.

The strong linearity of the site is augmented by a network of transport infrastructure that seems to complement and support it, with ample opportunity for expansion.

Industrial Corridor

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Evolution

Hiawatha Avenue

LRT System

Urbanway

Urban Greenway

West Park

Minnehaha Mixed Use

Lake Street

38th Street

46th Street

Envisioning the Urbanway

Site Boundary

Adding Life to Hiawatha

Pedestrian Corridor

MinnehahaPark

Translating the larger idea into a viable vision for site development, involved numerous iterations which tried to capture the scale and character of the development as we envisoned it.

Scale and character reappeared as strong factors to be considered,as we strived to integrate this active high density development with the low density traditional neighborhoods around, an interplay of the human with the urban.

Throughout the process of design development, other factors that seemed critical to achieving a sustainable urban vision involved applying active and passive technologies of stormwater remediation and reuse, solar and wind energy systems in tandem with intensely designed vegetation.


Urbanway Master Plan

Bridge

Buildings

Granite Paving

Concrete Paving

Trees

Park Land

Fountains

Stormwater

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Green Systems

Section C Urbanway Looking East

Mixed Use Residential Hotel and Conference Center Central Plaza Mixed Use ResidentialCommercial

Apartment Building with Vertical Axis Turbines, England

Vertical Axis Turbine Green Roof with Solar Panels

Designing retrofi tted and new buildings to be ecologically functional is the goal of green systems. Current modes of construction and building operation require continuous inputs of energy and materials. An integrated green system can consist of water catchment and greywater, solar and wind energy collection, and using highly effi cient, low-input materials in design and construction.

By gathering, storing and using the energy and water that buildings are exposed to, additional inputs can be decreased. This reduces the monetary and carbon budget of a building’s operation, and increases the health and well-being of the people who use it.

Circulation

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10,000-20,000 Cars per Day

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Under 2,000 Cars per Day

Roadways35th Street

38th Street

Minnehaha Avenue

Hiawatha Avenue

Hiawatha Avenue

Minnehaha Avenue

Dight Avenue

The goal of the Urbanway is to provide for all major types of transportation. It allows access for how cars are used today, while planning for an enhanced use of alternative means, including transit and pedestrian oriented urban, community and green spaces.


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Pedestrian and Bike Ways

Transit and Pedestrian Traffi c35th Street

38th Street

Minnehaha Avenue

Hiawatha Avenue

The core of the urbanway is a pedestrian corridor running through the most urbanized area of the site. This dovetails with the LRT and bus services, focused on the 38th Street Station and routes along Minnehaha


Transit and Pedestrian Traffi c

Pedestrian BridgeLRT Station

View Looking North-East to the Pedestrian Bridge

The Pedestrian Bridge at 38th Street and Hiawatha connects the LRT station with the pedestrian core of the urbanway. It allows pedestrians and cyclists smooth passage over the presently hectic, motorized realm of Hiawatha Av-enue.

While Hiawatha Avenue is a State Highway and commonly percieved as an unfriendly pedestrian area, the regional nature of this transportation connection gives meaning to the design of the Urbanway. It allows for density in developing this currently under-utilized industrial site, and connects the Urbanway to other nodes of urban density in the Twin Cities area.

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open space

Open Space35th Street

38th Street

Minnehaha Avenue

Hiawatha Avenue

Section B Looking North

West Park LRT Hiawatha Avenue Urban GreenwayUrbanway Dight Ave


Fountains

Granite Paving

Concrete Paving

Trees

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Concrete PavingGranite Paving

FountainsTrees Grates

Planted Plaza Areas

35th Street

38th Street

Minnehaha Avenue

Hiawatha Avenue

The heart of the urbanway is the central pedestrian corridor. Weaving hotel and entertainment opportunities with offi ices, shops, restaurants and residential ares, the corridor pulses with activity. The experience is enriched with trees, water features, interesting materials and fl exible space. Outdoor concerts, farmer’s markets and a quiet afternoon in the shade are all available.

Central Corridor

View North from the Central Plaza Plaza Activities

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Central PlazaSection A Looking North, Central Plaza

Snelling AvenueLRT Hiawatha Avenue Urban GreenwayCentral Plaza Dight Ave

Trees

Lawn

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Urban Greenway35th Street

38th Street

Minnehaha Avenue

Hiawatha Avenue

View North from 38th and Snelling Avenue

Park PrecedentsFlanking the urban core to the east is the urban greenway, a corridor park that connects with the Midtown Greenway to the north and Minnehaha Park to the south. Providing a more relaxed, restorative alternative to the urbanway, the greenway provides a buff er for the residential neighborhood along Snelling Avenue

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Walks

Trees

Parkway

Sport Courts

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West Park35th Street

38th Street

Minnehaha Avenue

Hiawatha Avenue

Park Use Precidents

View North into West Park from 38th Street

Across Hiawatha Avenue from the urbanway is West Park, a series of multi-purpose spaces. They provide stormwater remediation and catchment as well as opportunities for formal and informal sports. The design options are fl exible as well, fi tting into the pattern of established single family homes that make up the majority of the area to the west. The scale of these spaces provides a sense of place and ownership for those who live nearby.

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Stormwater System

Stormwater remediation, infi ltration and catchment is one of the urbanway’s green systems. The site is divided into two major watersheds, from Hiawatha Avenue west, and from the urbanway to the east.

The EPIC system allows for underground irrigation and catchment options. During rainfall events, the system will percolate water into underground water catchment. The fl ow will reverse, allowing for irrigation and infi ltration, during dry periods.

Hiawatha West Urbanway East

To the west, stormwater will fl ow from Hiawatha Avenue and the LRT line into open concrete channels and under the noise berm. It will empty into a series of fi rst fl ush ponding areas, where sediment and nutrients will drop out. Underground catchment will allow for slow infi ltration of water into the site and greywater uses.

Urbanway East

Hiawatha WestStormwater System

Open Channel Runoff

LRT Hiawatha Avenue

Ponding Area

West Park

Catchment

Snelling Avenue

EPIC System

Greaywater for Water Features

Central Corridor Dight Ave

CatchmentCatchmentOpen Channel Runoff Open Channel Runoff

Stormwater will fl ow from the urbanway into underground catchment, which allows for irrigation through the EPIC system. Some fi ltration may be needed for certain greywater uses. This system can tie into greaywater systems from buildings along the corridor, providing excess catchment space, or excess water, as the season requires.

Berm

...a city can only grow by reproduction or multiplication, that is, by becoming polycentric and polynuclear.

-Leon Krier

At the dawn of a new day of environmental consciousness the concept, development and application of the urbanway off ers a feasible model of economic and environmental sustainability.

Yesterday provides historical and cultural continuity while promoting new business, high density housing and environmental technology.

Today, connecting to established urban nodes of the city with existing and proposed transportation links insures effi cient delivery of goods and services and allows easy access for local, regional and international consumers.

Tomorrow, the promise of sustainablilty is fulfi lled in a evolving green environment, creating a desirable destination worthy of exploration.

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