abinayasivapra

Abinaya Sivaprakasam Thamilarasan

Hi! I’m an interior architect and designer. I strive to create thoughtful, curated experiences through a blend of craft, design thinking and imagination.

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Revitalizing the industrial shell

Project Themes

Interior Architecture, Adaptive Reuse, Industrial spaces.

Section Perspective

Central studio space

Design development, Sectional thinking

Workshop spaces

The project takes up an underused industrial shell in the college town, providence. Its characteristics of long spanning roofs, volume, ease of access, and proximity to the creative community are its pluses.

Present in a winter-centric location, its adaptation into an indoor, large-scale space that is all-season friendly would make it a value addition to the context. The design looks closely at programs such as workshops, studios, artist residences and exhibition spaces. And adapts the existing shell resourcefully to hold a renewed purpose.

Graduate program work
Collective work : Site study and existing building 3d modeling
Individual work : Design, Interpretation and Adaptation

Scope :
Analysis, sketch models, 2D&3D design development, sectional drawings, design interventions, visualization, Interior section perspective.

Retail & Repair

Project Themes

Interior Architecture, Adaptive Reuse, Retail spaces.

Drawing for Adaptation

Retail spaces

Kit of parts

Maker spaces

The project transforms a Boston brownstone into a host for contemporary fashion retail brands that are repair-centric in their ethos. The adaptation applies a minimalist display system, translating into the space, the brand’s ethos.

It also blends retail and community spaces with treatments that appear pop and vibrant. Alongside, the built-in parts that are minimal in impact, reflecting the very brands they represent.

Graduate program work
Collective work : Site study and existing building 3d modeling
Individual work : Design, Interpretation and Adaptation

Scope:
Analysis, sectional drawings, 2D&3D design development, design interventions, visualization, Interior section perspective.

Design Thesis

Project Themes

Design Research, Speculative design,
Interior Architecture, Adaptive Reuse

Speculative design visualization

Expanded timeline, Research phases

Architecture of the past was regarded as a concrete entity, both in its materiality and approach, unresponsive to change within a city. Climatic and societal shifts greatly impact cities ill-prepared to adjust. How can the intractable architecture of the past become flexible?

Set within the conceptual thesis track, the design explores what role adaptive reuse can play to add value to society? How could it think of urban forces at play, and think about the room currently lacking for nature.

Graduate Thesis Studio
Individual work

Scope
Study, synthesis, abstraction, design research, concept models, hand drawings, systems understanding, speculative thinking, Mixed-media drawings.

Spatial Design Archive

Project Themes

Interior Architecture, Curated spaces, Creative design development

Linked to Website

An ongoing archive — a curated collection of ideas designed to create engaging, user driven experiences. Working through material play and design language explorations that speak to each particular use case, function, or typology.

Individual Work, Design Archive
Work created as an Independent Designer

Scope:
Conceptualization, custom design, 2D&3D design development, visualization, graphics, material play and curation.

Other

Printmaking samples

Through printmaking, I explored various ways of viewing, approaching, and layering colours in agile and tangible ways. By pursuing this, I bring to my work a range of working with the same, which translates back into space.

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