AAKASH BASANTANI
Email - aakashbasantani77@gmail.com Primary Phone - +1 469 943 9411 LinkedIn - Aakash Basantani Location- Chicago
L ic e n se d A rc h i t e c t | C i t y D e s i g ner | Urb a ni s t | Res ea rcher
Masters of City Design | University of Illinois at Chicago, IL | 2022
Bachelor of Architecture | University of Mumbai, India | 2018
Professional Experience - 3 years
Urban spatial planning - Introduced to GIS tools like Buffer analysis, Geo referencing, Topology, etc Urban Edge Studio -Planning and executing out a plan for neighborhood. Theories of City Design -Theoretical discourses in City Design (Modernism to New Urbanism) Great cities Studio - Designing climate-resilient water systems. Urban transportation- Introduction policy - Understanding Transport systems in the United States and Policy Analysis. Heritage Conservation -Recognizing the significance & acceptance of endangered & abandoned structures in Chicago and other parts of the U.S. Urban Globalisation Planning - Evolution of cities across the world and how trends are changing and adopting for the future.
Bachelor of Architecture | University of Mumbai, Mumbai India | 2018
Senior Architect - Panthaki Architects, Mumbai | 2020-2021 Junior Architect - Talati and Panthaky Associates LLP, Worli, Mumbai | 2018-2020 Intern Architect - Talati and Panthaky Associates LLP, Worli, Mumbai | 2016-2017 Intern Architect - Ashapura and Options Ltd, Bandra, Mumbai | 2015
Design Charette | University of Illinois at Chicago, IL | 2022 McKinley park, Chicago Working with mckinley park devlopment council [MPDC] and Design workshop [Urban design firm] on community Engagement and designing Proposal for the neighbourhood. Urban Design and Town Planning Urban tissue analysis by conceptualising transition to decongest urban fabric, Chicago River | 2021 Humboldt park, chicago | 2021 Understanding urban grids of chicago | 2021 Public transit analysis of New york and chicago | 2021 Vertical urbanism | hong kong | 2022 Operation cloudBurst, chicago downtown & southloop | 2022
Relevant coursework: Urban planning, Urban design, Landscape design, Vastu shastra [Traditional Indian system of designing architecture] Architectural Design | Mumbai University | 2013 - 2018 1st Year - Mobius House, Case Study | sem-1 Bungalow Design, Navi-Mumbai | sem-2 2nd Year - Extension of NGMA Museum, Mumbai | sem-3 Mixed Used structure at Fishing village, Daman, India | sem-4 3rd Year - Institute Campus at Ahmedabad, Gujarat extension of NIT | sem-5 TOD Building for Borivali Station, Mumbai | sem-6 4th Year - MHADA Mass Housing Residential Building at Borivali | sem-7 Internship at Talati & Panthaky Designers Asscociated LLP | sem-8 5th Year - Hotel Design at Navi Mumbai proposed international Airport | sem-9 Design Dissertation & Thesis Water Transit Marina, Mumbai | sem-10 Landscape Design Tulsi Lake - Designing trail for tourist | Landscape Studio | 2015 Residential Project at Ghatkopar | Professional Internship at A&O Realty | 2016 Urban Design - Documentation Kanakaditya temple [one of the oldest suntemple in India] Ratnagiri, India | 2013 Dadar railway station, mumbai, India | 2013 Fishing village, jetty design proposal | 2014 Sabarmati riverfront, ahmedabad, Gujarat, India | 2015 Borivali railway station, mumbai, India | 2016 Understanding the eastern water edge of Mumbai, India | 2018
Professional Membership
Council of Architecture - New Delhi, India Registration No. CA/2018/102790 Student Member at American Planning Association [APA] Member at The American Institute of Architects [AIA]
Skills BIM & 3DRevit, AutoCAD, Rhinoceros, Grasshoper, sketchup AnalysisArcGIS, ClimateStudio, Ladybug Presentation-Adobe Suite [InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop], I-movies Rendering- Sketchup V-ray, Lumion, Enscape Documents- MS Office [Word, powerpoint, Excel] Keynote, pages, Numbers AnalogusSketching, Painting, 3D Printing, Laser Cutting Languages- English, Sindhi, Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati InterestsMeditation, Space Making, Cooking, Music, Cycling, Swimimg, Hiking, Yogic
Responsibilities Academic responsibilities: Design Charrette - worked as an student community engagement program at UIC in various stages of plan document and design solution for community at Mckinley park, actively participated in various activities and was part of design team and managing the whole process. Great participation in team work, learn working with planners and designers during masters program while working on varied projects of different projects.Project leader and supervisor of Dadar Railway Station documentation and survey for Bombay Muncipal Corporation [BMC] Documentated Kanakditya temple, one of the oldest sun temple at Ratnagiri, India. Professional Responsibilities: Project Head of Indore NMIMS Campus Development, Designed and executed with leading team of Panthaki Architects | 2020-2021 Keen site observer and inspected various projects across India handling varying scale of projects at the same time such as School Campus, Law College, Hotel Management College Kharghar, Navi Mumbai | NMIMS Campus at Chandigarh, NMIMS Campus at Dhule and Shirpur | Gokalibai School in Parle, Mumbai | Ashram school at Shirpur | Bungalow Design at Shirpur | 2018-2020 Assisted as Design architect in NMIMS Education campus Development in Hyderabad and executed the same project till the end of Phase-2 and handed over to Interior Department | 2018-2019 Freelancing project in Mixed use development in Lucknow, shopping mall in Ambernath and Residential Bungalow in Badlapur | 2019 - present Intern architect and executed Construction drawing Of Luxury Residential Project at Ghatkopar, Mumbai