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Father’s name : T. Thomas KurianD.O.B. : 28th Sept.,1987Marital status : SinglePassport no.: G5072488Date of issue: 20/09/2007

CAREER OBJECTIVE: To develop new skills for personal and professional growth and push the current limits of my abilities, with goals set on pursuing further studies in the field of architectural design.

EDUCATION:

B. ARCH. (JULY, 2012) 62.6%B.M.S. COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, BANGALORE, KARNATAKAWORKSHOP -‘UNDERSTANDING URBAN DESIGN’DOCUMENTATION - 19th CENTURY MEWS IN SHIVAJINAGARPARTICIPATION - ZONAL NASAPARTICIPATION - ANDC (DESIGN AND REPORT TEAM)

HIGHER SECONDARY (CBSE) (MARCH, 2006)OUR OWN HIGH SCHOOL, DUBAI, U.A.E.

INTERNSHIP

SATHYANARAYANA ARCHITECTS AND INTERIOR DESIGNERS, BANGALORE

WORKED ON THE LAYOUT, AREA STATEMENTS AND DOCUMENTATION OF RESIDENTIAL PLOTTED DEVELOPMENTLANDSCAPE CONCEPT OF PLOTTED DEVELOPMENTRESEARCH OF ARCHITECTURAL ELEMENTS FOR A FARMHOUSE WORKING DRAWINGS OF RESIDENTIAL PROJECTSCOLLABORATED WITH CLIENTS, CONTRACTORS AND DEALERS ON RESIDENTIAL & COMMERCIAL INTERIOR PROJECTS

SKILLS: FLUENT IN AUTO CAD AND BASIC KNOWLEDGE OF REVIT, SKETCHUP, ADOBE PHOTOSHOP, ILLUSTRATOR AND MODEL- MAKINGWRITTEN VARIOUS ARTICLES FOR SCHOOL AND COLLEGE PUBLICATIONS & REPORTS

INTERESTS:

PAINTING, CLAY MODELLING, SKETCHING, DRAMA, TRAVELLING, READING, WRITING AND MUSIC

PRESETS - CASE STUDY

DESIGN PROCESS

DIALOGUE BETWEEN CONTAINER & CONTENT

CHURCH DESIGN

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ST. JOHNS CATHEDRAL, ThiruvallaLAURIE BAKER, 1973-74

VARANASI CATHEDRAL, VaranasiAGK MENON, 1993

SALVACAO CHURCH, Mumbai CHARLES CORREA, (1974-77)

NOTRE DAME DU HAUT / RONCHAMP CHAPELLE CORBUSIER, 1954

THE SECOND VATICAN COUNCIL STATED THAT CHURCHES COULD BE BUILT IN A STYLE THAT REFLECTED THE REGIONAL ARCHITECTURAL

STYLE

INSPITE OF INHERENT CHARACTERISTICS OR CONSTANTS THAT ARE UNAVOIDABLE IN THIS

CASE OF RELIGIOUS BUILDINGS,CHURCH DESIGN HAS GONE BEYOND REGIONAL VARIATIONS AND PERIOD

LANGUAGE

CHURCH DESIGN

FORM - CONTEMPORARYLIGHT - NUMINOUS LIGHT (SACRED)*

MATERIALS - INDEGENOUS

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THE CASE STUDIES EXHIBIT AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE HISTORICAL HERITAGE OF CHRISTIAN

SACRED SPACE AS CONSTANT BUT THEIR INTERPRETATION OF THE REGIONAL CULTURE IS

DIFFERENT IN EACH CASE

THE SALVACAO CHURCH RESPONDS TO CLIMATE AND THE MYTHS OF THE INDIAN MULTI-RELIGIOUS

SOCIETYTHE CHURCH ADOPTS MONOLYTHIC SHELLS OF

CAST CONCRETE AND THE OCULUS IS CAPPED BY PAINTED GLASS WHICH ALLOWS FOR A SOFT

AMBIENT ‘NUMINOUS’ LIGHTINGCHARLES CORREA INCORPORATED OPEN

COURTYARDS INTERMITENTLY AND BROKE UP THE CONVENTIONAL LAYOUT OF THE CHURCH.

AGK MENON IN THE VARANASI CATHEDRAL HAS INCORPORATED FEATURES SUCH AS CORBELLED

ARCHES, JALI WORK OF METAL ON WINDOW OPENINGS

THE CATHEDRAL ALSO ADOPTS A MANDALA PLANALTHOUGH THESE CONCEPTS RESPONDS

STRONGLY TO THE RICH CONTEXT, IT FALLS SHORT AS THE FEATURES ADOPTED ARE SECULAR AND THE LIGHTING FROM THE CLERESTORY HAS NO IMPACT AS THE LIGHTING IS UNIFORM IN THE

MAIN HALL

LAURIE BAKER IDENTIFIED THAT THE BAMBOO ROOF FORMS WERE SECULAR FEATURES BORROWED FROM FOREIGN LANDS AND

INCORPORATED IT EXTENSIVELY IN HIS CONICAL FORM

THE STRUCTURE RESPONDS WELL TO THE MONSOON AND TROPICAL SUN

IT ALSO INCORPORATES A CHRISTIAN METAPHOR IN THE FORM OF 12 MAIN COLUMNS SUPPORTING THE STRUCTURE REPRESENTING THE 12 APOSTLES

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DESIGN PROCESS

FORM - THE HEIGHT OF THE FORM RESPONDS TO THE NEED TO PLACE STRUCTURE AS A LANDMARK, ALSO CLIMATOLOGICALLY WITH SWEEPING SLOPED SURFACES AND COURTS TO ALLOW PASSAGE OF COOL AIRLIGHT - NUMINOUS LIGHT ALSO PREVENTS THE HARSH DIRECT GLARE OF THE TROPICAL SUNMATERIALS - INDEGENOUS MATERIALS SOURCED FROM THE SITE AND LOCALLY PROCURED

LOCATION:THE SITE IS LOCATED IN CHENDAMANGALAM, A SMALL TOWN IN PARAVUR TALUK, ERNAKULAM DISTRICT IN THE STATE OF KERALA, INDIA.IT IS ABOUT 42 KM FROM ERNAKULAM TOWN. IT HAS THREE RIVERS, SEVEN INLETS, HILLOCKS AND LARGE EXPANSES OF GREEN PLAIN.THE HILLOCKS AT KOTTAYIL KOVILAKOM ARE UNIQUE AS THE SITE OF A HINDU TEMPLE, A CHRISTIAN CHURCH, A MOSQUE AND THE REMAINS OF A JEWISH SYNAGOGUE, ARE ALL WITHIN THE PRECINCT.THE SYNAGOGUE WAS BUILT IN 1614 A.D. AND IN THE COURT BEHIND THE SYNAGOGUE; IT IS POSSIBLE TO FIND OLD JEWISH GRAVES, INCLUDING ONE OF A JEWISH WOMAN, DATED 1264 A.D.THE CHURCH WAS BUILT IN 1573, ALONG WITH A SEMINARY FOR TEACHING SYRIAC. THE FIRST PRINTING PRESS IN KERALA WAS STARTED HERE. THE SEMINARY WAS DESTROYED BY TIPU SULTAN IN 1790 ON HIS WAY TO CAPTURE TRAVANCORE.THE SITE FALLS ON THE RIVER DELTA REGION OF PERIYAR AND CHALAKUDY RIVERS. HENCE, THE LAND IS VERY FERTILE LEADING TO A VIVID ARRAY OF VEGETATION AND A VIBRANT ECOSYSTEM.THE SITE IS ACCESSIBLE FROM TWO ROADS FROM THE NORTH AS WELL AS THE SOUTH-WEST SIDES. AS THE SITE IS CLOSE TO THE INLAND WATERWAYS, THERE IS ALSO A FERRY SERVICE AND A JETTY NOT MORE THAN 50 METRES AWAY FROM THE PERIMETER.SITE AREA IS 32000 SQUARE METRES.

SITE JUSTIFICATION

• SITE CONTEXT IS HEAVY ON TEMPORAL AND CULTURAL CHARACTER• ONE OF THE OLDEST REMAINING SYNAGOGUES IN INDIA IS SITUATED HERE• THE FOCAL POINT OF THE NEIGHBOURHOOD IS A PALACE, ERSTWHILE RESIDENCE OF MINISTERS OF THE KINGDOM OF KOCHI• AROUND THE SYNAGOGUE IS A TOWN CENTER WITH PROVISIONS, TRANSPORTATION HUBS (FERRIES, BUS STATIONS, ETC.)• THE MAJOR LAND AVAILABLE IN THE AREA BELONGS TO THE CHURCH OF VERAPOLY DIOSCESE WHO HAS PROPOSED A CATHEDRAL AND SEMINARY.• THE INFRASTRUCTURE OF THE TOWN IS MEAGER, MAKING TRAVEL ARRANGEMENTS CUMBERSOME• THERE IS A HUGE SCOPE FOR DEVELOPING THE SOCIAL , ECONOMIC AND PHYSICAL INFRASTRUC-TURE OF THE COMMUNITY• THE VERNACULAR AND SOCIAL ARCHITECTURE OF THE REGION IS A STRONG SOURCE OF INTEREST.

THERE IS A HUGE SCOPE FOR DEVELOP-ING THE SOCIAL, ECONOMIC AND PHYSICAL INFRA-STRUCTURE OF THE COMMUNITY

THE MAJOR LAND AVAILABLE...BELONGS TO THE CHURCH OF VERAPOLY DIOSCESE WHO PROPOSED A CATHEDRAL AND SEMINARY...

THE SITE AND CONTEXT THAT DICTATED THE PARAMETERS TO ZONE FUCTIONS, HELPED CREATE CONCEPTS OF SACRED ELEMENTS AND POSED LIMITATIONS TO BUILD.

NORTH PARAVUR,ERNAKULAM DIST.,KERALA, INDIA 10.15’N, 76.23’EThe town is situated at north end of Ernakulam district and bordering with Thrissur district. The Paravur Taluk lies in the �at delta region of the Periyar river and cut by several canals, which have resulted in the formation of many islands. The Kodungalloor Kayal (backwaters) and Varappuzha Kayal (backwaters) are in this taluk.

LAYOUT & TERRAIN

CHURCH LAYOUT & ORIENTATION

ORIENTED NORTH-SOUTH

OPENINGS LIMITED & NARROW, SCALED DOWN TO AFFORD DEEP SHADOWS AND NUMINOUS

LIGHT FROM SKYLIGHT(SACRED)

THE LAYOUT OF THE CHURCH WAS DECIDED BASED ON THE JUXTAPOSITIONING OF THE AXIAL AND RADIAL CONFIGURATIONS WHICH WORKED WELL WITH THE NATURAL SLOPE OF THE SITE THE NATURAL SLOPE OF THE SITE CREATES A

PLATAEU AT THE CENTRE PROVIDING A PLACE OF DIGNITY FOR THE PLACEMENT OF THE CHURCH

THIS IS FURTHUR ENHANCED BY INTERMITENTLY CREATING A SERIES OF OPENED AND CLOSED

SPACES

THERE IS A HUGE SCOPE FOR DEVELOP-ING THE SOCIAL, ECONOMIC AND PHYSICAL INFRA-STRUCTURE OF THE COMMUNITY

THE NATURAL SLOPE OF THE SITE CREATES A PLATAEU

AT THE CENTRE PROVIDING A PLACE

OF DIGNITY FOR THE PLACEMENT OF

THE CHURCHTHIS IS FURTHUR

ENHANCED BY INTERMITENTLY

CREATING A SERIES OF OPENED AND CLOSED SPACES

THE AFFECTIVITY OF THE COMMUNICATION DEPENDS ON THE EASY COMPREHEN-SION OF THE ENCOD-ED MESSAGES AND THEIR APPROPRIATE COMPLIANCES IN BUILT FORM.

VARIOUS PLACE-MAKING

ELEMENTS ENHANCE THE

SITE AND PROVIDE

AVENUES AND COURTS

RADIAL ARRANGEMENT OF THE HALL OF THE CHURCH PROMOTES ONENESS AND FELLOWSHIP AMONG THE CONGREGATION, WHERE AS THE AXIAL LAYOUT PROMOTES THE DEITY OR THE ALTAR. THEREFORE A JUXTAPOSED LAYOUT IMBIBING THE QUALITIES OF BOTH AXIAL AND RADIAL LAYOUTS IS ADOPTED IN THIS CHURCH.

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EVOLUTION OF FORM

SITE FORCESCLIMATE

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MATERIAL & CONSTRUCTION

MATERIALS

MATERIALS SOURCED LOCALLY SUCH AS ANJHILY WOOD FOR THE DECKING NEAR THE RIVER AND

TEAK WOOD FROM THE SITE FOR THE STRUCTURE, DOORS AND WINDOWS

CONCRETE FOR MOLDING THE SUPERSTRUC-TURE OF THE CHURCH

OPENINGS LIMITED & NARROW, SCALED DOWN TO AFFORD DEEP SHADOWS AND NUMINOUS LIGHT

FROM SKYLIGHT(SACRED)

SITE FORCES DICTATE THE FORM AND ORIENTATION OF THE SHAFT

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