Practical Training Report

Department of Architecture & Planning

Malaviya National Institute of Technology
Jaipur

(Session: 2017-2018)

NAVODIT SHARMA IV Year, B. Architecture

2014UAR1684 Department of
Architecture &Planning
MNIT, Jaipur
CONTENT

Certificate ... (3)

Declaration ... (4)

Acknowledgement ... (5)

Training certificate ... (6)

1. ABOUT THE OFFICE & THE ARCHITECT

2.PROJECTS
i. Project Description
ii. Client brief
iii. Work given

3. EXPERIENCE AS A TRAINEE

4. CONCLUSION
CERTIFICATE

The Practical Training Report submitted by Navodit Sharma of IV Year

B.Arch, (2017-2018), is satisfactory and approved for submission in
partial fulfillment for the award of the degree of Bachelor of Architecture.

Ar. Nishchal Jain Ar.MeenuVarshney

Course Coordinator Head of Department

DECLARATION

I, Navodit Sharma, student of IV year B.Arch. (Student ID: 2014uar1684)

Department of Architecture & Planning, Malaviya National Institute of
Technology Jaipur, hereby declare that I have undergone practical
training for a period from 8th January 2018 to 2nd June 2018 at Arun
Nalapat Architects, Bangalore in partial fulfillment for the award of the
Degree of Bachelor of Architecture and that the drawings submitted
hereby have been dealt by me during my practical training.

NAVODIT SHARMA
2014UAR1684
VIII Semester,IV Year
B.Arch
Department Of Architecture & Planning
MNIT Jaipur

Date: 12.07.2018
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

I owe colossally to Ar. Arun Nalapat for forging me an opportunity to

work in their esteemed architectural firm and for their invaluable
guidance, support and trust in my capabilities throughout my training
period.

I would also like to thank Ar. Meenu Varshney (Head, Department of

Architecture & Planning, M.N.I.T.-Jaipur) for her efforts to ensure
smooth completion of my training.

I am also thankful to Ar. Prashanth N. and the fellow staff at the firm for
extending towards me moral support and encouragement.

I would also like to thank Ar. Nischal Jain, having provided me with a
great deal of direct insight during the training seminar.

NAVODIT SHARMA

Student ID: 2014UAR1684

OFFICE CERTIFICATE
ABOUT THE OFFICE AND THE ARCHITECT

ARUN NALAPAT ARCHITECTS

(Bangalore)
Started in Bangalore in 1996 by Jyothi and Arun
Nalapat, the practice has grown into a medium
sized firm doing a wide variety of projects in several
countries.
They believe that each project is a singularity, built
on a unique site, for a particular client at a specific time. It will never
happen again. Each project, a beginning, a movement towards an
unknown end. The approach, while informed by our previous projects, is
not guided or limited by them.
Along the way the practice has won numerous awards and has been
recognized in various fora for design excellence. Apart from this, the firm
has had the continued support of some clients almost since inception,
who have nurtured us by their continued trust and made sure we grow
with them.
The firm specializes in health-care and institutional design and have
successfully completed quaternary care hospitals in India and Middle
East.
ARUN NALAPAT
(Founder/Principal Architect)

Arun Nalapat is an architect educated in India and the

US with over 25 years of experience in Architecture
and design. After graduating with a Masters in
architecture, he worked with HDR Inc., Omaha, USA,
one of the largest AE firms in the world and with
BWBR Architects, St.Paul, Minnesota. In 1995 he founded Arun Nalapat
Architects in Bangalore, focused on bringing world class Architectural
and design practices to India. Under his leadership the practice has
grown and stabilized into a medium sized firm with projects across India
and the Middle East. Nalapat also is a columnist / writer with interests in
the built environment and the human experience, apart from dabbling in
poetry, short fictions and translation.
PROJECTS ASSIGNED AS TRAINEE

1. Residence JG, Bangalore

A 3-BHK residence situated in Bangalore for a family with site area of

513 SQ. M. (27M x 19M). Designed to ensure the comfort of a mentally
challenged kid with their in-house staff

My scope of work included:

 Understanding elevation and azimuth angle of the site location to find

areas of maximum sunlight in an existing conceptual plan

 Using 3D models to identify the nature and length of projections

required for optimum use of space.

2. Ram Global School, Kochi

A Senior Secondary School with site area of 7.51 acres (30391.86 SQ.
M.), designed in correspondence to CBSE guidelines, with hostel
facilities and a performing arts centre (Auditorium- 450 pax, Theatre-
150 pax).

My scope of work included:

 Developing parking grid and layout options to accommodate cars as

well as buses.

 Design a suitable column grid which can go through theatre to

support the auditorium seating above

 Finalize the racking heights for auditorium and theatre for

uninterrupted performance views.

 Live case study of Jagriti Theatre(180 pax), Bangalore by Pragrup.

 Zoning and planning proposals.

 Drawing section with respect to conceptual plan to help in planning of
spaces.

 Massing proposal with respect to the firm’s design ideologies.

 Drawing elevation from final mass of performing arts center designed

by the architect.

 Rendering plans & sections for presentation using Photoshop.

 Drawing Canteen block plans with an updated zoning and grid.

 Sanction plans for Boys’ and Girls’ hsotel from conceptual plans.

 Drawing sections of boys’ and girls’ hostel for sanction.

 Drawing elevation from final mass of boys’ and girls’ hostel designed
by the architect for sanction

 Updating grid in conceptual plans for study hall for sanction.

 Drawing sections of study halls for sanction.

 Drawing elevation from final mass of study hall, designed by the

architect for sanction

 Detailing of Jali work on the facade using MS sections.

Blocks of school campus, I have worked on are as follows:

 Performing Arts Center (2621 SQ. M.)

 Canteen Block (1880 SQ. M.)

 Study Halls (486 SQ. M.)

 Boys’ Hostel (2953 SQ. M.)

 Girls’ Hostel (2621 SQ. M.)

3. Shreenidhi Institute of Science and Technology (SNIST), Hyderabad

An institute established in 1997 affiliated to Jawaharlal Nehru

Technological University, Hyderabad. SNIST is sponsored by the Sree
Education Society of the Sree Group of Industries.
The proposed multipurpose block is a linear building (Area- 62690 SQ.
M.) which houses lecture theatres, class rooms, laboratories, staff
rooms, canteen, student activity areas and seminar halls.

Phase 1

This building is to be constructed in 3 phases. For phase 1 of

construction, 22985 SQ. M. built up area is to be constructed out of
62690 SQ. M. built up area which includes basement.

My scope of work included:

 Updating complete building plans as per new design mass and

elements.

 Drawing plans, sections and elevations for phase 1 of construction,

from existing set, to be forwarded for tender to contractors.

4. Site Visit

Law offices in Bangalore for Trilegal, currently in the stages of interior

works.

My scope of work included:

 Observation of false ceiling, air conditioning ducts, wall paneling, and

partition installations and details.

 Discussion on possibilities of increasing the speed of construction

process.

*All areas mentioned are total built-up areas

EXPERIENCE AS TRAINEE

My experience at Arun Nalapat Architects has been excellent with a

comprehensive understanding and learning of architecture. The firm
consisted of experts in multiple fields whose insights will help throughout
my architecture journey in college and beyond.

I was assigned tasks that included creating design solutions &

proposals, identifying seating heights for an auditorium & theatre, create
decisive parking layouts with corresponding circulation on top levels,
layout design to provide better quality views for audience, using software
techniques to check solar gain in 3D model to comment on projections,
which proved to decisive in concept and design development of various
projects to be realized in the firm.

At many occasions, I got the opportunity to discuss my proposals with

principal architects, including Ar. Arun Nalapat, yielding me a direct
insight into the process of sensible design language for different
contexts.

While working on sanction and tender drawings, for RGS school and
SNIST respectively, Ar. Prashanth N. taught the processes necessary to
execute a design on site, construction details, phasing and management
of large scale projects. With Jyothi Ma’am, the trainees had sessions
which included giving inputs on development of firms as well as personal
development of trainees through personal discussions with focus on
their weakness and strength.

Skills/software/activities practiced:
 ShadeX to calculate heat gain for bedroom & courtyard space in
SkechUp.
 How to read solar angle of a place with the given sun path diagram
 Using vision lines to design auditorium & theatre racking.
 Parking grid design to accommodate cars and buses. Using the
same grid to plan a theatre, enveloped by a 450 seat auditorium.
 Live case study of Jagriti Theatre, Bangalore.
 Planning of performing arts center.
 Massing for performing arts centre. Using locally available laterite
stone.
 Updating conceptual plans for boys’ and girls’ hostel, study hall and
multipurpose canteen block corresponding to massing.
 Detail model of Academic blocks and OAT.
 Drawing Sections and Elevations of performing arts centre for
sanction.
 Updating plans, elevations and sections for first phase and design
changes for tender drawings.

Arun Nalapat Architects helped me develop an architectural

understanding in projects of different scale and context, also motivating
to excel in writing, public speaking and presentations.

NAVODIT SHARMA

2014UAR1684
CONCLUSIONS

As an intern at Arun Nalapat Architects, I have attained knowledge and

experience in the field of architecture. I developed a strong knowledge
in the auditorium and theatre typology, after being an integral part of
design process. Learning details and planning by the architects gave me
confidence to tackle problems of construction and design.
This internship period will prove to be a necessary nourishment to excel
as a professional architect.I am in debt to my seniors as well as my co-
interns for providing me with this highly rich opportunity and exchange of
healthy ideas. I understood the impact and architect can make in the
society with their sense of space, elements and details which can define
lifestyles.

NAVODIT SHARMA

2014UAR1684