What is the relationship of your ground floor level to surrounding grade? I want it to be a wooden floor on grade level. There is no outdoor patio, or decks. The landscaping will be mainly pavers and some form of alternative to grass. What are your exterior materials? My screen will be timber wood and … Continue reading Envelope Part I: Harsha Pillai

For my midterm the main feedback I got had to with playing with roof lines and experimenting with focal points more. They mentioned looking at Zaha Hadids work, which I assumed was her early work in drawings and paintings of perspectives.  The site plan which proved to be most successful among the guest reviewers was … Continue reading Phase 4: Harsha Pillai

Collage In my neighborhood, Canal Street & West 33rd Street, the most prominent architecture I noticed was the infrastructure. The Sox Stadium Parking was facing a row of houses, and all along the street there were road signs. The street came to a halt at the bridge with the CTA tracks. This led me to … Continue reading Phase 3: Harsha Pillai

Envelope Pavilion PROJECT TEAM: Alexis Rodriguez, Cecilia Charney, Zeiad Sherif The Envelope Pavilion was created with an intention to become a private space for users to reflect on their thoughts and meditate. To do so, the spaces become tighter as the user moves through the space, so that the progression reflects them delving into their … Continue reading Phase 2: Harsha Pillai

PROJECT TEAM: Alexis Rodriguez, Cecilia Charney, Zeiad Sherif The images on the left are the original images, and then the ones on the right are the edited versions. The first image shows a elevation of our pavilion in the direction of entrance. I chose this image because I felt like it presented our pavilion well … Continue reading Phase 1b: Harsha Pillai

PROJECT TEAM: Alexis Rodriguez, Cecilia Charney, Zeiad Sherif Envelope Pavilion Drawings: Pillai_Phase1