Somewhere between architecture school and now, "material palette" became a word I use un-prompted, in casual conversation, like a normal person would say "PIZZAAA."
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HAVANA HAMSINI RAM
Give me a plot of land or a single café counter — I will obsess over both. Bengaluru/Delhi. Currently making spaces I'd actually want to hang out in, which, statistically, should not be this hard.
A01 — About
One architect, four retail giants, and a shrine with a swimming pool
Eighteen months into practice and the project list already reads a little unhinged: retail fit-outs for H&M, Uniqlo, M&S and IKEA, a diagnostic center, a couple of cafes and bars, and — in the same plotted development — a gate portal, a shrine, a party hall, and a swimming pool. Turns out "scope creep" is just what happens when you say yes to interesting problems.
Currently a BIM Architect on a live IKEA retail project, coordinating models and drawing sets across disciplines. Before that: hand-drafting as-builts on site, building SketchUp models by day and D5 renders by night, and somehow still finding time to prep the presentation boards. Trained at R V College of Architecture, Bangalore.
- Based in
- Bengaluru
- Experience
- 1.5 years, still counting
- Project scale
- Retail counter → plotted development
- Tools
- Revit, AutoCAD, SketchUp, D5
Part 01
BIM — IKEA Purva
Part 02
Retail Fit-Out
Part 03
Cafe Design
Part 04
Experience Center
Part 05
Hennur Residence
Part 06
Plotted Dev
A03 — Legend
What I actually do, drawn as a key
BIM & Coordination
Revit / AutoCAD models built to survive first contact with a contractor.
Retail & Commercial Fit-Out
Brand guidelines translated into square footage that still feels like the brand.
3D Visualization
Renders good enough to get sign-off before the client second-guesses it.
Space Planning
Circulation that doesn't quietly make everyone in the building angry.
Material Specification
Palettes, finishes, and a documented reason nobody else wanted the plywood.
Site Documentation
Drawing sets a site engineer will actually open and actually read.
A04 — Contact
Got a plot, a café counter, or a "we'll know it when we see it"?
Based in Bengaluru / Delhi, happy to work beyond either. Send a brief, a site plan, or just a Pinterest board — I'll take it from there.
havanaram.18.20@gmail.com