ABHINAVV SINGH

Architect (COA-India) Urban Designer | NCARB, AICP Candidate abhinavv@alumni.cmu.edu

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Education Experience

HASTINGS, Nashville, TN

Computational Urban Designer | Feb 2023-Present

Formulated and executed a custom workflow to integrate ArcGIS data analytics with ArcUrban modeling, City Engine procedural model generation, exporting to Rhino Grasshopper using the Puma plugin, carrying out urban network simulations using Decoding Spaces and immersive visualization using Unity3D. Member of the Technology and Computation group creating Rhino plugins using Metahopper and C#

SOLOMON CORDWELL BUENZ, Chicago, IL

Computational Urban Designer Oct 2021-Feb 2023

Generated iterative optimization test-fit and conceptual design options in the Rhino Grasshopper environment using Wallacei, Galapagos, Elk, assisted with preparing marketing and submittal documents and consultant co-ordination of large scale masterplanning projects including the 6.6 million Sq Ft-30 Acre Bally’s Casino Entertainment District, City of Aurora and Bellevue Wilburton Downtown Revitalization. Member of the Advanced Information Design group

DEREK RUBINOFF ARCHITECT, Boston, MA

Architectural and Urban Designer Feb 2021-Sept 2021

Assigned the design of various urban, architectural, and interior scale projects using parametric workflows established in Rhino and Grasshopper, created design models and CD sets using Building Information Modeling tools like Revit, carried out code review, field visits for documentation, generated renderings using Lumion, 3dsMax, and Enscape, assembled client pitch presentations using Adobe Suite. Worked on 30 projects at different stages of design and construction

SIZEMORE GROUP, Atlanta, GA

Urban Designer Part time Contract | March 2021-June 2021

Generated design iterations for the master planning of a proposed 300 acre mixed-use development in Clarksville,TN. Assisted Principal planners and urban designers with ArcGIS mapping, topographic modeling using Auto CAD Civil 3D, presentation and graphics for master planning projects.

CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY, Pittsburgh, PA

Urban Design Research Associate | Aug 2020-Oct 2020

Website and database creation & management, conducted research for the publication An Atlas of Commoning, Symposium organization.

STG DESIGN, Nashville, TN

Architecture + Urban Design Intern May 2019-Aug 2019

Planned developments upto 500,000 sq ft based on Transit Oriented Development principles, Revit modeling of architectural and interior projects, conducted DIVA simulations to achieve improved daylight efficiency of spaces, conducted GIS Data Analytics, participated in community meetings and design charrettes.

HINGOO ARCHITECTS, Mumbai, India

BIM Architect June 2017-July 2018

Project lead on a bungalow scheme with a community center & K-12 Public school , designed and executed floor plans, elevations and landscape design of a 48 storey tower in Mumbai.

ARCHITECT HAFEEZ CONTRACTOR, Mumbai, India

Architectural Intern Nov 2015-June 2016

Designed elevations for 42 storey ABIL and IORA Towers in Mumbai by Versace, part of the competition team for 15,000,000 sq ft Karkadooma Transit-Oriented Development in Delhi.

CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY, Pittsburgh, PA

Master of Urban Design (STEM Designated) | Aug 2018-May 2020

Thesis: Water Resilient Koliwada, Designing a commoning framework that adapts the Koli community to sea level rise

Coursework: Urban design systems, Placemaking, Ecology, Computing urbanism, ArcGIS, Data analytics, Real estate design, Generative modeling, Urban Design Media, Commoning studio

UNIVERSITY OF MUMBAI, Mumbai, India

Bachelor of Architecture | Sept 2012-May 2017

Thesis: Architecture of Associations: Persistence of Memory

Dean’s List, Best Student and Best Technical Designer Awards

Coursework: Building construction, Building physics, Working drawing and detailing, Architectural design and services; HVAC, Acoustics

PROJECTS & RESEARCH co-de Ai- HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL, Cambridge, MA

Venture Incubation Program fellow for a collaborative design (co-de) platform allowing designers to design with AI assisted feedback as a one-time process as opposed to iterative designing

REMAKING CITIES INSTITUTE, Pittsburgh, PA

Graduate Research and Design Assistant Jan 2019-May 2019

Assisted Prof Stephen Quick and Prof Don Carter with GIS Mapping, field visits, design research and preparing illustrator diagrams for design guidelines of Route 65 from Pittsburgh to Beaver County

Skills

BIM & 3D

Revit, AutoCAD, Rhinoceros, Sketch Up

C#, SQL, HTML, Grasshopper, CGA Programming

Plugins LadyBug, HoneyBee, Decoding Spaces, Climate Studio, Wallacei, Galapagos, Human UI, Urbano, Puma, Eddy 3D

Presentation

Rendering Documents

Analysis

ArcGIS, ArcMap, ArcUrban, Gephi, Carto

Adobe Suite (InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, After Effects) SketchUp & 3ds Max Vray, Lumion Bluebeam, Newforma, Ms Office (Word, PowerPoint, Excel)

Enscape, TwinMotion, City Engine, Unity AR/VR

Analogous Languages

Sketching, 3D Printing, Laser Cutting, CNC Milling English, Hindi, Marathi, Spanish (Beginner)

GRADUATE APPLICATION MENTOR Gradvine

Assisting prospective applicants with graduate school applications

OUTREACH AWARDS & HONORS

HINES COMPETITION,

Urban Land Institute

Leader of a team of 5 graduate students in 2020 edition

GEORGE W. ANDERSON AWARD, Carnegie Mellon University

1st place - Best graduate work empowering a community 2020

MERIT SCHOLARSHIP, Cornell, Carnegie Mellon, Pratt, U Michigan

Offered for urban and computational design admissions at 4 schools

Bally’s Chicago Casino Entertainment District Masterplan

Solomon Cordwell Buenz 2022

Rezoning, planning and approval process for a 30 acre former industrial zoned site into a vibrant mixed use district hinged around the city’s first casino and entertainment complex

The site presents some interesting existing conditions elements like the building housing the facilities of the Tribune Printing plant. A single spur of the Union Pacific Railway with 30 feet air rights above cuts through the site amplifying the challenge of creating a unified pedestrian realm that connects with the riverfront. The site presents the opportunity to reconnect the existing city street grid

Isovist simulations to determine best viewsheds for proposed massing

The massing and built morphology strategy entails creating a platform at 38’ feet level between Erie St, Halsted St and Chicago Ave. The platform helps address several issues by creating a unified pedestrian realm above the UP Air rights, bridging the different access levels from the three streets and burying the parking decks for the residential towers underneath.

The open space strategy includes three ribbons of green space: a linear park above the UP Air rights, Jefferson Street boulevard and the extended riverwalk that draw the energy from the site and around into the riverfront park opposite the event center. A dedicated bike lane runs from Grand Ave to Halsted St and a winter garden that amplifies pedestrian access to the riverfront