Prarthana Puri

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TThe CEPT Foundation Programme studio is an introduction for students fresh out of school to the rigor and work habits required by an undergraduate degree at CEPT University. The studio is conceptualized as a series of sequentially planned exercises, through which students develop skills and abilities, which are then deployed to address increasingly complex problems falling in four broad categories: visualize and draw, make and learn, anayse and interpret and conceptualise and represent. The exercises are designed to provide foundational skills for students across disciplines at CEPT, between which they maintain a balance. They also reflect an understanding that at the foundation level, these skills overlap to a large extent, and a varied array is of benefit to all students. The studio is taught through intensive 1–2 week long modules, focusing on a particular skill or ability, and a process that emphasizes ongoing feedback in addition to expert faculty lectures.


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Freehand drawings of subtracted forms in various pictorial views - isometric, plan oblique and elevational oblique.

Drafting elevations of an assemblage and surface developments of pentagonal pyramid, cone and cylinder.

2mm buff board SOMA cube, terracotta clay forms and cardboard cubes with edges chamfered at 45 and 90 degrees

Swatches of all materials collected and explored and a model made from Acoustic panel (Rockwool).

Exploded isometric view of a cycle bell drafted in 1:1 scale, showing working principle of the bell as well as its individual parts.

Plans of a bedroom, bathroom and the North Canteen at CEPT University.

Designs made using the basic geometric shapes - triangle, square and circle representing various rules of organisation and principles of visual composition.

A monochrome scheme montage made using magazine cut outs and wrappers and A 10x10 grid from a picture, pixelated using poster colours.

Exploring 'Baskerville' font by drafting letters and making cropped letter compositions and expressing meaning of the word 'structure' through typeface using Adobe Illustrator.

Studying about Zaha Hadid's style and making a poster and mind map depicting the same.