TANVI SHARMARICE SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE

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EDUCATIONBA Architectural studies & BArch, Rice University, expected May 2013 &2015IB Diploma, United World College of SE Asia, May 2009

EXPERIENCEK2LD, SINGAPORE, SUMMER 2012Worked on model making, diagrams, program studies and presentations for clients

SEZA, MUMBAI, INDIA, SUMMER 2011Worked mostly on rendering with Rhino and V-ray as well as AutoCAD drawings for the firm

RED BULL INDIA, MUMBAI, INDIA, SUMMER 2010Learned marketing, advertising and communication strategies with target audience

AUROVILLE ARCHITECTURE, PONDICHERRY, INDIA, SUMMER 2008MANDAVILLE DESIGN INC., DELHI, INDIA, SUMMER 2008URVASHI VANVARIA, MUMBAI, INDIA, SUMMER 2008Shadowed architects and interior designers to gain exposure to architectural practice

SIR SPEEDY, TAIPEI, TAIWAN, SUMMER 2008Graphic designing internship with designer, Roma Mehta

SKILLSRhinoceros | V-Ray Rendering | Adobe Illustrator | Adobe Photoshop | Adobe InDesign | AutoCAD | Model making

ACTIVITIESPHOTOGRAPHYFounder and president of photography club at Rice UniversityPaid photographer for school newspaperSelected judge for study abroad photography competition

RICE HABITAT FOR HUMANITYParticipated in manual construction Drawings for the Centinnial house design

CULTURALS COMMITTEE HEADOrganized and executed several cultural events for my residential college

COMPETITIVE BHANGRA DANCE TEAM CAPTAINCompeted and placed in several competitions in and outside Texas

TANVI SHARMATANVI.SHARMA@RICE.EDU832.794.2759

WILL RICE COLLEGE6330 MAIN STREET

HOUSTON, TX 77005

Mass Housing, 2012Study of systems and economies of scale

Silodam, 2012Mass housing case study by MVRDV

Department Store, 2012Formal study and design in Madrid

Madrid Case Studies, 2012Various projects in Madrid

Environmental Education Center, 2011Study of landscaping and contextual design

Parc de la Villette, 2011Case study by Bernard Tschumi

Fish Market, 2011Study of structures

Clinton Library, 2011Case study by Polshek Partnership

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Library, 2010Study in conceptual design

Library Case Studies, 2010Various case studies

Esherick House, 2009Case study by Louis Kahn

Motorcycle Museum, 2010Study in spatial design

Student Center Design Competition, 2012Voluntary school-wide competition entry

K2LD Architects, 2012Summer internship in Singapore

SEZA, 2011Summer internship in Mumbai

Rice Centennial House, 2011Rice Habitat house drawings

MASS HOUSINGTANVI SHARMA & BRIANNA ROGERSSEMESTER 7 STUDIOALBERT POPESituated in the fifth ward in Houston, Albert Popes aimed to provide a solution to the housing problem of this low income neighborhood. The challenge here was to design a housing scheme which allowed for economies of scale while still incorporating an element of differentiation and individualization.

The whole project was done with a partner over the entire semester including a precedent study.

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cheapcategory housing

middle categoryhousing

expensivecategoryhousing

ocesand workshops

entranceandstorage

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VALERIUS PLEINHALL + TRAY

MARINA

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X-HOUSEUNITE

VENETIAN WINDOW

PANORAMA

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OFF-BEAT 3 ROOM

STORAGE

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To begin looking at mass housing projects, my partner and researched the Silodam by MVRDV.

Silodam operates at four major scales, starting from a whole, split into four functionally independent buildings separated by cores, divided further by circulation and neighborhoods and finally into units. The unit types are based on their location and the neighborhoods they are part of.

SILODAM

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The site was a piece of land, 3000x3000, in the fifth ward in Houston. In order to tackle such a large site, we abstracted it into a 10x10 grid, called non-site. On this, we introduced an abstract system which could be repeated and multiplied.

System of built parcels

Building form

Bar aligned to the left pushes all open built parcel space to the right creating a tower and park situation.

Middle alignment segregates space within parcel, dividing it along an axial line.

Bar aligned to the right operates in the same fashion as an alignment to the left and can be used interchangeably.

L aligned to the left and occupying the whole parcel marks its own open space and has a more distinct directionality.

L in the center and facing the right, while still marking its own open space, also divides the parcel into two open space parts

L in the center and facing the left accomplishes the same effect as the L above with a different directionality.

Group 6 - public access

Group 5 - shared amenitiesGroup 4 - shared lounges

Group 3 - double-height hallwayGroup 2 - house scale apartments

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The building form brackets the clusters created by the system of built parcels using bar and L shaped buildings. A cluster of three was chosen to be developed further such that all levels of clusters overlapped in the frame.

The buildings then reflect the clusters through a banding system on the exterior. The circulation and units within the buildings respond to this banding system so the scales carry from 2D on the ground plane to 3D within the buildings.

Each pair shares parking spaces which draws members of the smallest cluster together

Clusters of three share a playground which brings families within each triplet together

Swimming pools exist in each cluster of four which allows people within clusters of four to interact

Members of each cluster of six are brought together by a shared plaza

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Differentiation exists within buildings such that the units become more and more public moving down the floors. The top two floors serve the most isolated inhabitants such as independent families in a double storey apartment. Next, apartment units share a double height corridor which allows people on both floors to interact with each other. Lower floors have public lounges and spaces for shared amenities, and voids allowing people direct public access. The lounges also are physical voids which allow interaction between building pairs.

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The site for this studio was in Madrid, Spain, so the studio researched and studied a lot of the existing local architecture ranging from ancient mosques to modern markets and infrastructural projects. The first half also included a visit to the site around El Matadero.

Design in this studio focused on formal strategies and exploring the potential of abstract forms. The project was a local chain of department stores called El Corte Ingles.

DEPARTMENT STORESEMESTER 6 STUDIOTROY SCHAUM

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UN Security Building, NY Chase Building, NY Stock Exchange, Montreal Torres Bioclimaticas

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typical mosque typical basilica cordoba mosque

MADRID

Abalos y Herreros

Cordoba Mosque

La Gran Via

Barcelo Market

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Terrace

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The design of the El Corte Ingles department store was done as a formal exercise, by performing three operations to their extreme on a simple volume and then multiplying one selected mutated module. The design thus remains independent of site and introduces a social aspect to the store through shared public space.

Formal Strategy

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Main Entrances

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By lifting the buildings above ground, a sheltered spaces is provided with two open courtyards. The shear allows for dis-plays and interaction with the interior of the buildings before entering them. The buildings are connected from within but on selected floors such that customers wander around a large portion of the store.

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This studio worked on a relatively large site, for its program, next to the Buffalo Bayou in Houston. The project was aimed more at landscape design than building design and took advantage of its context. The goal was to create a learning environment as well as a public space.

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Points represent the event spaces in the park.A grid of follies, or red cubes form versatile spaces that can take shape of multiple programs as needed.

Lines represent the circulation.Two main circulation paths cut a cross into the site based on the existing canal through the site and the two metro stations on the North and south end of the site. The rest of the curvilinear paths connect and intersect the various programs in the park.Also referred to as movement.

Planes are the open fields.Highly geometrical in form, the fields are used for large, open-air programs such as an outdoor movie theater and hosting a submarine. They are simply large, open playing fields.Also referred to as space.

PARC DE LA VILLETTE

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As an exercise in landscape design and contextual response, this project engages the bayou and takes advantage of its view of downtown through elevated piers extending over the water. The piers are extensions of vertical divisions along the north-south axis of the site.

The south half of the site is designed for outdoor classrooms and relaxation park spaces while the north half is a large public plaza accommodating farmers markets and other such programs. The intersection of the two is where the buildings are placed. The building form is rotated to match the two grids on either side of the site.

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This studio centered around structure and repitition through case studies such as the Clinton Library in Arkansas, and the design of a fish market in Galvestion, TX. Being a very simple and open program, the focus was on the vertical and roof structure.

FISH MARKETSEMESTER 4 STUDIOGORDON WITTENBERG

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CLINTON LIBRARY

Original

3D Model - 3 long

Model Details

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packingFin fish

Oysters

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windKill before

boiling Boil with salt waterCool or freeze

Freeze on board

Boil on board

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Sort and pack in ice

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The design included a thorough research of the fish industry in Galveston and around the world: from what fish are gathered to how they are processed. The design of the structure is based on this linear processing system to selling the fish. The roof reflects this linear system and allows for natural lighting and ventilation.

Roof structure

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This studio was about diagramming and conceptual design. Case studies such as the Prada store in Tokyo and OMAs Tres Grande Bibliotheque looked at certain concepts used to design the volumes. The design of the library, similarly began with an abstract conceptual design which was then converted to a functional building.

LIBRARYSEMESTER 3 STUDIONEYRAN TURAN

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Prada Store, Herzog and de Meuron.Diagrid envelop with piercing, occupiable tubes for offices.

Tres Grande Bibliotheque, OMA.Floating voids among stacked floors and structure which hold program.

Utrecht University Library, Wiel Arets.Large volumes floating in the building with atriums allowing visibility and interaction as well as natural lighting.

CASE STUDIES

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Books embedded inwalls of architecture

Books, reading spaceand walls create space

Books embedded in wallsreading in the center

Central unitedreading space

Segregated spacesfor more books

Central books andpublic space

115AD 1254 13thC 16thC 18thC TodayArchitecture Book storage Public space

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This project introduces a new typology in the history of typologies used for libraries where public spaces, such as lecture halls and exhibition spaces are set in the center of two cores, the books wrap around these cores and private reading spaces wrap around those directly connected to the outside. Inverting these programs introduces a new idea of interaction of public and private and how libraries function as much more public spaces today.

Public is also engaged through the lifting of one edge of the building and shifting the ground plane to invite visitors to pass through, if not enter the building.

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The program given for this project includes reading rooms, auditoriums, event spaces, offices, reception area and gallery spaces. As one of the earliest studios, other considerations included fire stairs, elevators and handicap accessibility.

On a site of 215x135, conceptually, the private programs in the building rises in a cloud-like manner around two central cores which house the more public programs such as event spaces and auditoriums.

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Meeting room

Reading rooms

Childrens room

Book Store

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Reading room

Media room

Criculation desk

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Freshman studio worked on various small scale studies in 2D and culminated in the design of a small motorcycle museum. The museum design was an exercise in implementing spatial studies with considerations of basic structure and stairs and ramps.

The Esherick House, by Louis Kahn was an exercise in research as well as model building and hand drawings.

FRESHMAN YEARDANNY SAMUELSNONYA GRENADER

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This group project during freshman year was a study of Louis Kahns Esherick House. The project honed skills such as model building and hand sketching as well as working with a group of people.

ESHERICK HOUSE

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Over the course of two months during freshman studio, this project, a motorcycle museum, introduced basic spatial problems. On a square 48x48 site, this building creates a central atrium space with rotated U-shape floors. This allows visibility across floors, with the offices placed on the top floor to allow for privacy.

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STUDENT CENTER DESIGN COMPETITIONTANVI SHARMA & CELINE ZHOUSCHOOL WIDE DESIGN COMPETITIONHONORARY MENTIONThe student center design competition was held by Rice University, open to all students. The rules were brief and open to interpretation. The design could be from scratch or modifications made to the existing buildings and the deliverables were self-determined.

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ORIGINAL PLANS

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North entrance

New office Courtyard

My partner and I proposed a design with modifications to the existing building rather than a completely new building. The current student center is an ad hoc addition of rooms and sections over time. Knowing the needs of students and staff working in the center, we shifted rooms and offices so they were clustered with other relevant program. A food court is suggested around the existing courtyard to form a singular social space.

Main entrance

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K2LD ARCHITECTSSUMMER 2012 INTERNSHIPSINGAPORE

In addition to a series of model building and detail drawing assignments, I worked on their first ever campus design project in China with a team of approximately 6 people. We dealt with very strict requirements, both by law and by the developers. A master plan was provided by the developers with the general placement of different programs on the site because the school is part of a larger development. I focussed on the dormitory specifically.

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Division of program

RESEARCH

The designated site was significantly smaller than the program required since it was meant to house 2062 elementary students as well as around a hundred teachers and their families, a cafeteria accommodating the entire population and a parking lot. All the buildings were raised above ground to allow for parking and bridges were added to the two academic buildings to increase floor area.I left the project still in its beginning stages of proposals.

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Seema Puri and Zarir Mullans office is a local architecture and interior design office. With only five architects, the firm works mostly on residential projects. Renderings and construction documents are outsourced.

SEZASUMMER 2011 INTERNSHIPMUMBAI, INDIA

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During my one month internship there, I did not have the chance to interact with clients or see several stages of projects. I focused on quick test renderings for various design ideas as the only person in the office with the rendering software and knowledge.

I was asked for input on minor design decisions such as screen details which I could test on the buildings with renderings and interiors as wells as patterns for non-accessible balconies on floors. The renderings were used as a method of testing and gauging proportions more than for presentation. Renderings for presentations were still done by a rendering specialist outside the firm.

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Rice Habitat for Humanity designed, raised money for, and helped build a Habitat house. As a member of Rice Habitat and as an architecture student, I helped the architects with renderings and drawings for the project.

RICE CENTENNIAL HOUSE 2011RICE HABITAT FOR HUMANITY

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For Rice Universitys 100th anniversary celebration, the Rice Habitat for Humanity chapter proposed a Rice Centennial House as a gift from Rice to a Habitat for Humanity family. The house was designed by Rice MArch students and built by Rice students. As a member of Rice Habitat, I not only helped with the physical construction of the house, but also with the renderings and drawings of the house in its design phase. The house itself is an innovative design for Habitat because of its truss system and sustainability while still remaining within an $85,000 budget.

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