sunder portfolio

SUSHMITHA SUNDER SELECTED WORKS 2016

Landscape architecture is about catching a fleeting moment of our environment

and making it legible through design. These moments, over time, reveal a process that was hidden in plain sight.

This portfolio showcases my design strategies to change perception

and acknowledge process based design, with each of these projects at different scales.

While landscape architecture has taught me the value of all the qualities that go into shaping our space, my education in architecture backs that up with

intricate working details. My strongest skills are that of design

detailing and exploring representation through mixed media.

Every project in the following pages opens me up to diverse explorations and my passion for this unknown adventure is what I hope for even in the professional realm.

28'-912" 32'-81

2" 28'-8" 28'-11" 28'-11" 28'-812" 28'-11" 28'-81

2" 28'-1112" 27'-71

36'-812"

42'-8"

88'-512"

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26'-012" 27'-81

2" 22'-11" 34'-2"

40'-10" 56'-11" 42'-812" 37'-2" 36'-41

15'-512"

14'-612"

13'-712"

14'-6"

40'-1112" 57'-61

2" 47'-112" 37'-5" 36'-8"

18"WIDESTEELLOUNGE CHAIRS

IAL INFO

DETAILS

1'X1' COBBLE STONESWITH 1 ' SPACING

RECESSED LEDLIGHTS

2' HIGH PLANTER BEDS

IPE WOOD SLATS

GRAVEL BED

LOCAL STONEBOULDER

GRAVEL BED

GRASS GROUNDCOVER

CONCRETE SURFACE

IPE WOODEN SLATS

GRAVEL BED

STAINLESS STEEL STRIPS

SEAMLESS CONCRETE SURFACE

GRASS GROUNDCOVER

32'-712"

32'-8"

21'-11"

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Oxydendrum

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PROCESS

DESIGN

REPRESENTATION

FIELD WORKS

PLANT EPHEMERALITYPLANT FUNCTIONALITY

STUDIO: KENDALL CREEK TRACT

PUBLIC ART: MONTGOMERY BNA: HARI RUPA

THESIS: TECHNOLOGY AND INTERACTION TODAY

PLANT SPATIALITY: PHENOLOGYPLANT WORKINGS

PLANT SPATIALITY: DAVIS ARBORETUMRESEARCH METHODS

ROAD RIGHT OF WAYS AS SYSTEMS: RESEARCHROAD RIGHT OF WAYS AS SYSTEMS : INSTALLATION

RESEARCH METHODSFIELD WORKS: JACOB AND NEENA MATHEW

PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE AND DRAUGHTING

PROCESS

PERCEPTION OF PROCESS

PROJECT

APPROACH

Plant Ephemerality (SEM 3, 2015)

To understand and design with change in inherent qualities of a landscape such as space, texture, color.

Young White Birch trees are planted with vertical logs. Over 75 years, the landscape changes to show the growth of trees, while the logs are cut with respect to this growth. The design shows change to represent history as well as space.

MAINTENANCE AS CRAFT

PROJECT

APPROACH

AIMPlant Functionality (SEM 3, 2015)

Designing with maintenance strategies

Sand box encompassed with layers of Broom Sedge and wildflowers. The raised planter bed provides shade just enough for the kids. The prominent growth are the clumps of Broom Sedge in the fall and the winter. They are cut back in the spring and summer when the wildflowers bloom, to give place to different atmosphere. Peak heights of plants are shown in the time line which co-inside with the school durations for children.

PROJECT

APPROACH

Kendall Creek Tract (SEM 4, 2015)

A Longleaf forest of 8 acres, to be implemented for wildlife (Red Cockated Woodpeckers), for people, for the recognition of culture (Creek Indian) and Geographic value (Coastal plains and Piedmont Fall line.)

To bring people to the midst of the forest and introduce them to design forms representing Native Creek Indian culture. These spaces are the epitome of wilderness and yet have a structured form. They build up on the processes subjected by the environment, such as wind and water dispersal.

UNDERSTANDING WILDERNESS

FORMS OF WILDERNESS

MASTER PLAN SHOWING STRUCTURED FORMS AND THEIR LOCATION IN LOGGING AREAS AND MEADOWS.

SECTIONS THROUGH FORMS

PROCESS

TOPOGRAPHY AND LOCATION

PERCEPTION OF WILDERNESS

A typical form detail.Assigned parking by the end of the vehicle tracks. A walk through each form immerses the visitor to understand what makes wilderness, even with defined edges. The natural process of dispersal takes shape by methods of wind and water.

FIELD STUDIES: Kendall Creek Tract: Columbus, GA

DESIGNING WITH NATURAL PROCESSES

DESIGN

PUBLIC ART

PROJECT

AIMPublic Art - Montgomery ( 3rd SEM, Fall 2014)

Montgomery's faded downtown needed revitalization and public art was one that could help visitors understand it's rich history and culture.

With the help of redirected traffic, commerce street becomes an event space for the people that travel far and wide to experience the culture of the south. The space works to rebirth the Alabama Music Festival with The Dragon Boat Race. The mounds bring people to the end of the street, lead them to the Alabama River through the historic Tunnel that once brought "Slaves" to America.

APPROACH

Balan and Nambisan Architects Pitching Project

Hari and Rupa HSR Layout Bangalore, India

Presentation Drawings 3D modeling and rendering Revision Drawings AutoCad Sketchup Artlantis

PROJECT

DOCUMENTS

RESIDENTIAL DESIGN

GROUND FLOOR PLAN

FIRST FLOOR PLAN

Terminating thesis: Masters of Landscape ArchitectureAuburn University

As technology makes way for new forms of interaction, how can we leverage it to create novel experiences in public space design?

The design demonstrates the use of consensus based content to inform the users of public opinion. The public spaces acts as a stage for all voices, big or small, to hold interaction like the one mostly done on social media and other such forums. As the content begins to match, so does interaction, by acknowledging that opinions are shared.

PROJECT

APPROACH

INTERACTION REDEFINED

Each screen builds on the content, that is found to be most common amongst the visitors. When a match is detected, the screen lights up to show the shared content. With this, the people who have matched acknowledge each other’s presence and opinion.

The diagram shows the design react to just a few people’s matches to an entire crowd of a common opinion coming face to face.

The design also houses more private areas, acknowledging and accommodation the use of cell phones distinctively. The rooms allow for charging stations that come with music sharing devices, such that, a shared music content would automatically start to play when the next person occupied the space, allowing a new form of interaction.

FIELD WORKS

Research methods- Design Test(SEM 5, 2015)

To use underpasses in urban areas to their fullest advantage.

Infrastructures such as underpasses have the advantage of levels. It creates a habitat for homeless people. Such an opportunity has been mismanaged for ages. By showing the value of this un-derpass in New Jersey, through an art exhibit as a Hip Hop stage, the under-pass would change perception of Hip Hop as well as underpasses being a safety hazard.

PROJECT

APPROACH

DESIGN AND DETAILING

PROJECT BALAN AND NAMBISAN ARCHITECTS BUILT PROJECT JACOB AND NEENA MATHEW EPSILON H1 MARATHALLI BANGALORE INDIA

CONTRACT DOCUMENTS CONTACT BIDDING SPECIFICATIONS SOIL TESTING STEEL PROCURING WORKING DRAWINGS REVISION DRAWINGS SCHEDULE OF OPENINGS FABRICATION STAIRCASE CHECKING OF STRUCTURAL DRAWINGS ELECTRICAL DRAWINGS CHECKING OF PLUMBING DRAWINGS SERVICE DRAWINGS (DIGITAL SECURITY SOLAR SYSTEMS) TOILET DRAWINGS MATERIAL SELECTION FINISHING

DOCUMENTS

FIELD WORKS

28'-912" 32'-81

2" 28'-8" 28'-11" 28'-11" 28'-812" 28'-11" 28'-81

2" 28'-1112" 27'-71

36'-812"

56'-1112"

74'-112"

34'-1012"

+5'-2"

40'-10" 56'-11" 42'-812" 37'-2" 36'-41

IAL INFO

DETAILS

RECESSED LEDLIGHTS

GRAVEL BED

GRASS GROUNDCOVER

1'X1'C

ITH 1 '

SPACIN

GRASS GROUNDCOVER

IPE WO

SEAMLESS

AMELAN

IERarborea

nyserviceberry)

Ceanothus

occidentalis(C

onbuttonbush)

ETEFIN

Cornus florida(Flow

ering Dogw

Oxydendrum

arboreum( Sourw

ESSED LED

LEVELS

sourwood

sourwood sourwood sourwood sourwood sourwood

sourwood

dogwooddogwood

dogwood

dogwood dogwood

dogwood

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Ceanothus occidentalis

Cornus florida

Oxydendrum

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Sourwood

Flowering D

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mon Buttonbush

Ilex vericillata

Salix Lucida

Winterberry

Pussy Willow

Botanical Nam

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Professional Practice(SEM 6, 2016)

To understand construction drawings and construction phases of landscape architecture practice.

With a base plan of an academic building, the design drawings included a layout plan, planting plan, material plan, plan enlargements, planting list, as well as section details. The project exposed student to initial understanding of drawings in a landscape architecture practice.

DESIGN & DRAUGHTING

PROJECT

APPROACH

28'-912" 32'-81

2" 28'-8" 28'-11" 28'-11" 28'-812" 28'-11" 28'-81

2" 28'-1112" 27'-71

36'-812"

56'-1112"

74'-112"

34'-1012"

+5'-2"

40'-10" 56'-11" 42'-812" 37'-2" 36'-41

IAL INFO

DETAILS

RECESSED LEDLIGHTS

GRAVEL BED

GRASS GROUNDCOVER

1'X1'C

ITH 1 '

SPACIN

GRASS GROUNDCOVER

IPE WO

SEAMLESS

AMELAN

IERarborea

nyserviceberry)

Ceanothus

occidentalis(C

onbuttonbush)

ETEFIN

Cornus florida(Flow

ering Dogw

Oxydendrum

arboreum( Sourw

ESSED LED

LEVELS

sourwood

sourwood sourwood sourwood sourwood sourwood

sourwood

dogwooddogwood

dogwood

dogwood dogwood

dogwood

Y A AND

Y B PARTN

324, LANE, STR

EET,TO

, AREA,

Y A AND

324, LANE, STR

EET,TO

, AREA,

0012/18/2016

2/18/2016001

Ilex vericillataW

interberry

AMELAN

IER arborea

Ceanothus occidentalis

Cornus florida

Oxydendrum

arboreum

Sourwood

Flowering D

ogwood

873456

ny Serviceberry

mon Buttonbush

Ilex vericillata

Salix Lucida

Winterberry

Pussy Willow

Botanical Nam

mon nam

TypeSize

SpreadR

ootSpacing

Native

6" CAL

1" CAL

20'+10'

Refer D

28'-912" 32'-81

2" 28'-8" 28'-11" 28'-11" 28'-812" 28'-11" 28'-81

2" 28'-1112" 27'-71

36'-812"

42'-8"

88'-512"

34'-1012"

+5'-2"

26'-012" 27'-81

2" 22'-11" 34'-2"

40'-10" 56'-11" 42'-812" 37'-2" 36'-41

15'-512"

14'-612"

13'-712"

14'-6"

40'-1112" 57'-61

2" 47'-112" 37'-5" 36'-8"

IAL INFO

DETAILS

RECESSED LEDLIGHTS

IPE WOOD SLATS

GRAVEL BED

LOCAL STONEBOULDER

GRAVEL BED

GRASS GROUNDCOVER

CONCRETE SURFACE

IPE WOODEN SLATS

GRAVEL BED

SEAMLESS CONCRETE SURFACE

GRASS GROUNDCOVER

32'-712"

32'-8"

21'-11"

1'X1'C

ITH 1 '

SPACIN

IPE WO

SEAMLESS

AMELAN

IERarborea

nyserviceberry)

Ceanothus

occidentalis(C

onbuttonbush)

ETEFIN

Cornus florida(Flow

ering Dogw

Oxydendrum

arboreum( Sourw

ESSED LED

LEVELS

PLAN ENLARGEMENT A

PLAN ENLARGEMENT B

Y A AND

Y B PARTN

324, LANE, STR

EET,TO

, AREA,

Y A AND

324, LANE, STR

EET,TO

, AREA,

0012/18/2016

2/18/2016001

Ilex vericillataW

interberry

REPRESENTATION

Plant Spatiality (SEM 4, 2015), Phenology

To understand the structure of landscape stratas with the unique features of concerned plants tat were picked out for its qualities of change and their representation.

Photographs of three plants taken every three weeks for an entire year. They were used where textures were prominent. Blank sketch was to show their relativity of spatial characteristics. Illustrations in the end also show what these plants are famously known for from an artists’ perspective.

PROJECT

APPROACH

SPATIAL REPRESENTATION

PLANT SPATIALITY | PLANT FUNCTIONALITY | PLANT EPHEMERALITY

FORM REPRESENTATION

Plant Spatiality (SEM 4, 2013)

To design a part of the Davis Arboretum that includes and educated about the fire tolerant ecosystem from trees to the ground plane. To generate a 3D model that encompasses all the plant qualities in the materials used.

Working with swaths of the ground plane, the idea was to bring exclusive attention to the more open Longleaf ground strata and swerve the paths along the blooms of the pitcher plants. The bog and clay filled earth act as elements to maneuver the fire.

PROJECT

APPROACH

Research Methods (5TH SEM, 2015)

To graphically represent the atmosphere of the siteSite: Atlanta City Center, GA

Right: Numerically in order, the things at the site that first come to notice. Things that make the site stronger by those qualities.

A person’s attention being drawn to the most compelling quality of the site: the skyline.

PROJECT

APPROACH

REPRESENTATION OF ATMOSPHERE

Road Right of Ways as systems of ecologies(SEM 6, 2016)

To document conditions of road right of ways (ROW) on an interstate. Site: Interstate 85 from Auburn to Montgomery. Observations covering a distance of 55 miles.

This assignment was semester long to achieve an installation that can inform a target community of the ecologies present along the road right of ways. With the help of longitudinal observation transects, areas of interests were recognized that were further designed.

PROJECT

APPROACH

INTERSTATE TERRAIN

TYPICAL INTERSTATE SECTIONS

EXISTING CROSSINGS

The search for a case with the ecology along the road right of ways gave way to 3 major crossings that already existed. The utility corridor, the creeks and the overpass systems. The utility corridor passed right through the traffic so it's conjugation with the ecology was not viable to explore. Whereas the creeks and overpass persisted their crossings in meandering and direct methods, respectively. The creek crossing allowed a sublime trail below the interstate mixing the juxtaposition of disturbance and tranquil in one spot.

North Side ROW

South Side ROW

Median

Road Right of Ways as systems of ecologies(SEM 6, 2016)

To propose an installation along the road right of ways, to inform of the ecologies, with respect to the SWOT analysis done. Site: Interstate 85 from Auburn to Montgomery. Observations covering a distance of 55 miles.

This assignment was semester long to achieve an installation that can inform a target community of the ecologies present along the road right of ways. The project was worked on by a group of 2 members. The design focuses on bringing attention to the Tuskegee national park, that crosses a part of the interstate.

PROJECT

APPROACH

Impact of seed bombs along I-85

Roads and their right of ways are not only corridors for movement of vehicles, but smaller particles such as seeds as well. The speed of vehicles act as catalysts for dispersal along the linear stretch. The design leverages this speed and the force that comes with it, to inform change.

Interstate 85 and its right of way, that passes through the Tuskegee national forest area allows very little ques for drivers to be informed of their presence in a distinct part of a nature preserve. The design works with the opportunity of seed dispersal methods, to create a landscape that mimics that of the internal parts of the Tuskegee forest. Once introduced to the forest material, the overpass at each end the forest limits, acts as a gateway that informs the driver to the access.

The installation is essentially made to irk the driver of a different environment. It is made up varied placements and phases of seed bombs. Each seed bomb is made with clay that contains seeds of the plants that are found in the Tuskegee forest. Overtime, the clay installation will melt due to the rains. This in turn allows for new landforms. The seeds overtime will germinate and disperse further onto the roads. The speed of the vehicles will push them into unprecedented dimensions, giving rise to novel ecologies.

PHASE ISeed bombs installation

PHASE IISeeds growth

PHASE IIISeeds dispersal with wind

seed clay compost rainplant growth

plants seed dispersalwind

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