Yash Ahuja

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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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Drawing of forms with subtractions in isometric view, done without use of drawing/drafting tools. Top Image is a triple-subtracted cylinder in different views, whereas the bottom image is an assemblage of 25+ forms.

Top image displays drafted multiviews of a matchbox composition when one matchbox is at a tilt, whereas the bottom image presents drafted sectional multiviews of an assemblage composition. Drafting tools have been used. The icons on top left act as reference for the sheet.

Cube with 2 subtractions, micro-concrete casted cube with 3 subtractions, and puzzle cube with 5 individual puzzle pieces, made using buff board and card paper.

Parts of a bicycle seat. Each part has been drafted individually and then composed as a whole to arrive at this sheet.

Street section view with gauged dimensions, and a plan view of a bedroom with both gauged and measured dimensions.

An open space plan view with gauged dimensions. 3 A3 sheets have been taped together and drawn upon to achieve the appropriate representation of the space.

Top right is a poster in the theme of architect Frank Lloyd Wright, whose elements are made using image and prompt inputs into Leonardo.ai, then fine tuned with text on Adobe Illustrator. Bottom image is the result of pixelation exercise.

Exploring different methods of arranging elements, using rules of organization, visual composition, and visual perception. Exploration was done using simple shapes.

Final output from a study of human activity in the context of surrounding architecture in urban pockets.

Studying everyday objects individually and in compositions.