This are my works till 2016, as an architect working professional and student, along with my varying interests from doodling, photography, fashion and design.

2. VAERU
DESIGN PORTFOLIO
Every part of this book belongs to me, the design,
art, sketches, photographs and the scribbles
©2016 by Sruthy Padannappurath

3. This portfolio aims in showcasing my passion overthe past fewyears, growth and widening perspective
on design, love for art and design as such, irrespective of its categories. Hence I would be adding a
few unnumbered works in between which completes my story in this period to recollect my way so far.

5. 2015- 2016
SELF ASSIGNED
The raincoat- An
upcycling project 44
Book cover design- A
handmade project 51
2009- 2014
UG ARCHITECTURE
B Arch Thesis 06
Shelter Design-
An academic project 18
Urban compaction at
Meenchanda 21
2014- 2016
PROFESSIONAL
CIAL lounges interiors 26
KIAL landscape design 33
Competition project 40
CONTENTS

6. 06 | B ARCH THESIS, 2014
1
B ARCH
THESIS
Architecture,
Passive
design,
Research,
Site, Kerala,
Climate
responsive
design details
SEMESTER 10

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My final year B Arch design thesis
was NIRDESH, National Institute
for Research and Development
in Defence Shipbuilding, which
was a live project at Chaliyam
in Kozhikode, Kerala, India. The
researches n data were collected
over the span of four months and
design got four months, from site
study, concept development to the
design output.
Being a pioneer project several live and literature
case studies where required to come up with the area
statements. My seminar ‘Passive techniques in office
building design for warm humid climate’ helped a lot
in developing an environmentally conscious concept
design. The paper summarized the requirement of passive
techniques, growing energy demand in office buildings,
suitability of passive techniques in warm humid climate
and also the advantages of various passive cooling
options in office buildings.
Check out my seminar on https://issuu.com/
SruthyPChandran
Check out the full research
for the project on https://issuu.
com/SruthyPChandran

8. 08 | B ARCH THESIS, 2014
LAYOUT, ACCESS AND CIRCULATION
The layout is arranged to avail the wind and
view from the sea to all the main buildings.
The two separate entities, the Institute and the
Museum are facilitated with separate entries as
a functional requirement.
INDIVIDUAL FACILITIES LAYOUT
Buildings in the site are oriented along the
optimum orientations which are EW axis or
NW- SE axis. Narrow building width and central
courtyards are provided for enhancing passive
cooling.
ENVIRONMENT FRIENDLY DESIGN
Sun shading breathing walls, roof gardens and
vertical gardens are given for enhancing passive
cooling. A storm water wetland is proposed onsite
for recycling water to be used for gardening.

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DETAIL A
PLAN- RESEARCH PARK
NOTE |
All dimensions are in meters
The drawing is not to scale.
There are various buildings in the
institute namely Research park, Design
park, Training park, Administration
block, housing and ancillary facilities.
In the research park, a central
courtyard is provided where researchers
from different departments interact
and it diverges into individual
departments with courtyards and
informal interaction space within.

10. 10 | B ARCH THESIS, 2014
This page |
Top | Section through
Research park
Middle | View to Cafe
Down | Courtyard and
vertical garden
Next page |
Top | Administrative block
coutyard and breathing wall
Middle | Natural lighting and
ventilation in office space
Down | Administrative block
Elevation Facade treatment

12. 12 | B ARCH THESIS, 2014
BREATHING WALL
A wall partition acting as a
windowwhich is angled in such
a way as to allow wind and
ample lighting into a room.
MUSEUM RAMP DETAIL
The 2m high planter detail
block the view towards
Institute and the planters on
both sides give an interesting
feature to the 3M wide ramp
CAR PARKING SHED
The car parking space is
designed to be naturally green
and hence the roof made
with concrete shell is built with
planters.
BREATHING WALL DETAIL
MUSEUM RAMP SECTION
CAR PARK SECTION

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Best part of the museum
is the constraints, the land
regulations making it possible
to utilize the unbuildable area
for creating a ramp to the top
floor. The vertical circulation
within the building is from top
floor to ground floor, creating
the feeling of going deeper
into the depths of the sea.
FORM EVOLUTION
MUSEUM LAYOUT
MARITIME MUSEUM

14. 14 | B ARCH THESIS, 2014

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Check out the full project on https://issuu.com/
SruthyPChandran
Check out the site study for the project on
https://issuu.com/SruthyPChandran
Left top | Maritime museum cross section
Left middle | View from the top floor lobby interior
Top | Rendered view of the maritime museum
Down | North side elevaion

16. Before thesis, I went
for my architecture
internship in
Ahmedabad,
Gujarat. Closely
observing the
architecture of
Corb, Khan, Doshi
and the vernacular
architecture of the
west and northwest
India was when
I made the real
discovery- my love
for details.
See the internship
treasures
full documentation
on https://issuu.com/
SruthyPChandran

18. 2
SHELTER
DESIGN
Modular
design,
Architecture,
Disaster
housing,
Adaptive
design, Post
disaster, Model
making
SEMESTER 8
ADFT STUDIO

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A class assignment done in two weeks,
the project was to design temporary
shelter home modules and stack
them inside an auditorium providing
maximum convenience for living. It was
a fun project and ice breaker after our
internships.
The modules had to be sturdy and
should be able to dismantle easily,
the fun was in designing each module
with minimal variations for easy mass
production purpose, assemble them and
create a physical working model with
the inbuilt furniture and venestrations.

20. 20 | SHELTER DESIGN- AN ACADEMIC PROJECT, 2013
see the full shelter design project
on https://issuu.com/SruthyPChandran
Previous page | Physical
model of a single module
This page |
Right | Conceptual sketches
Bottom | Physical 3D model
of stacking in.

21. 3URBAN
COMPACTION
AT
MEENCHANDA
Data
collection,
Urban design
Planning
concept
Illustration
Presentation
Team:
AV Venugopal
Amaresh M
Harikrishnan
Mithika M
Vineeth AC
Sreeraj PM
Sruthy P
SEMESTER 9
UD STUDIO

22. This Urban design project was a team
work done in four months. Thorough
site study and analysis were carried out
for a proposal of Urban compaction at
Meenchanda, a sub-urb of Kozhikode
city. The design approach was from the
site study, zonal plan and vision plan
were developed and the standards were
developed from these studies.
NODAL ANALYSIS

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ZONAL PLAN
I was more interested in the urban
environment details like signages,
street lights, street furnitures and urban
landscapes through the project. The
modified project, done bya four member
team including me was one among
the five shortlisted for the University of
Westminster( UoW) Trophy in NASA, a
national Architectural Competition.
Sheets presented for UoW Trophy | Below

24. Next page |
Top | Self designed and
stitched formals in silk
Left | Casual top in cotton
Right | Self designed and
stitched casual top
This page |
Right | A cotton shawl with golden
borders fabric painted with Kerala
mural art
Left | Kerala mural work on wall
and column, acrylic on putty surface

26. 4
CIAL
INTERIOR
DESIGN
Interior design,
Architecture,
Surface design,
Textures,Local
material,
Kerala,
Mohiniyattom,
Art form
Team:
Ar. Delis Kolady
Shemin M
Sruthy P

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The first work which felt like a real design deal,
two architects and a 3D visualiser, we had one
week to design and present all the five lounges
interior designs for Cochin International Airport to
the client. Shown here is the VVIP lounge design.
The concept was to let the user enjoy a small piece
of Kerala, beautiful, classy yet subtle, colors and
forms derived from Mohiniyattom- traditional
dance form of Kerala.
I am of the opinion form and function flows hand
in hand, and without constraints I cannot find
meaning in design, here time was the major con-
straint taking us down by throat. But it was a re-
freshing experience to work on design with another
architect, a lot of brainstorming led to the concept
and from there we worked on the elements.
It was a fulfilling experience when most of the
designs got client approval on the first go.
MOOD BOARD

28. 28 | CIAL LOUNGE INTERIORS, 2015
MOOD BOARD
Below | Trials and ideation for deriving the wall texture pattern.

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The option I personally
liked for the ceiling design
was the white ceiling with
wooden bands for the
brightness it provided in the
room but client prefered
the traditional full wooden
style. A few refinements
were done on the details
for execution from the
approval stage.
Right | Wall partition using
indegenous coir craft.
Below | Derivation of ceiling inspired from the traditional Kerala wooden ceiling

30. 30 | CIAL LOUNGE INTERIORS, 2015
see the full project presentation on
https://issuu.com/SruthyPChandran
This page | Ongoing work at
site
Top | 3D Visualization
Bottom | 3D Visualization

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32. CONCEPTUAL
SKETCHES

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5
KIAL
LANDSCAPE
DESIGN
Landscape
design, Warm
humid tropical
climate plants,
Theyyam,
Colors and
textures,
Bamboo
avenue
landscaping,
Research

34. 34 | KIAL LANDSCAPE DESIGN, 2016
This was the first project I
handled whole by myself from
conceptualization to tendering.
Having grown up with a mom in love
with gardening it didn’t take a while
to take the project to my heart.
The client was Kannur International
Airport Ltd. Frequent traveling for
client meetings, getting held up
at site for weeks and the frequent
design changes due to varying on
site factors and budget constraints,
it took me over six months to reach
the tendering stage. I was extremely
lucky for having a senior Landscape
Architect Dr. Benjamin P V as my
mentor for the project.
Top | Theyyam- A performance art of
Northern Kerala, Kannur
SITE STUDY AND ZONING

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CONCEPT BOARD
MOOD BOARD- THEYYAM CHAIN LANDSCAPE MATERIALS

36. 36 | B ARCH THESIS, 2014
This page|
Initial mood
boards
Next page|
Top | Initial 3D
visualization
Middle | Site
photograhs
Down | Design
evolution
sketches

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Kannur district in Kerala is the land
of an indegenous art form called the
‘Theyyam’. The Airport being located
in Kannur had interior concepts
derived from the Theyyam. Several
mood boards and concept boards
along with detailed site study was
required to reach the approved
design.

38. 38 | KIAL LANDSCAPE DESIGN, 2016
Top and middle | Not approved design options for the KIAL landscape

39. The pragmatic journey to final
design, zooming in to see the
effects of varying textures,
sizes and colors that brings
appeal and most importantly
the climatic conditions and use
of sustainable plants and trees
has been a heart-warming
experience.
Right | A few materials
finalised for the landscaping
Bottom | Approved plan

40. 6COMPETITION
PROJECT-
CONVENTION
CENTRE
Planning
concepts,
User centric
Graphic design
Presentation
Illustration
Team:
Nevin Binoy
Archa Vijay
Mathew
Sruthy P
This was a competition project
for Chennai Metropolitan
Development Authority and we
were the first runner up in the bid.
Project was to design a convention
centre and related amenities.
ACTIVITYORGANIZATION
USERGROUPANALYSIS
DESIGNFORMEVOLUTION

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FUNCTIONALFLOWDIAGRAM

44. 7
THE
RAINCOAT
DESIGN
Upcycling,
Textile design,
Product
design, from
wastes,mixed
media, Kerala
rains

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This is a self-taken up project while still
working with Kitco, when I decided to fuel
my love for textile design and sustainable
upcycling. With the beautiful rain pouring
outside and my recently broken umbrella
lying around, I decided to make a raincoat
using the umbrella textiles. I used two of
my old umbrellas and an old jacket to be
upcycled into the raincoat.
The process involved minimal stitching
and alterations to the existing fabrics.
Embellishments were done with mosaic tiles,
which were discarded samples from the
office.
Top | The broken umbrella which triggered
the idea
Middle | Mosaic tiles and Gujarat kutchi
work ( mirror work), ideation
Right | stitching- part of the process

46. 46 | THE RAINCOAT- AN UPCYCLING PROJECT, 2016
The colors and patterns
are conceptualized
from the traditional
dance form of Kerala-
Kathakali, and the
colorful umbrellas used
for Pooram (temple
festivals).
see the full raincoat project on
https://issuu.com/SruthyPChandran
This page |
Top left | fabric painting
materials
Middle | Two umbrella fabrics
and an old jacket
Down | The process
Next page | The product at
various stages

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48. 48 | THE RAINCOAT- AN UPCYCLING PROJECT, 2016
Top | Completed raincoat

49. This page | Surface design inspired from coconut leaves, mixed media, A4

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8
BOOK
COVER
DESIGN
Surface design,
Hand crafts,
Book binding,
from waste,
sustainable,
mixed media

52. 52 | BOOK COVER DESIGN- A HANDMADE PROJECT, 2016
I have always wanted to gift
friends something handmade,
it feels like gifting a part of
me. With the cartridge paper
lying around, I decided to
make A6 size sketch books as
gifts. Though precision does
not come without a lot of
time investment I decided to
make the books on my own.
Making the cover was the fun
part. Left-over canvas pieces
were used on which mixed
media art was done.
This page |
Top | Materials
Middle and down | Mixed
media cover illustration
Next page | Mixed media
illustration for book cover

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