Aditya Ikhe | Architecture and Design Portfolio | Academy of Architecture

Curriculum vitae

Education 2006-2016: 2016-2018:

Lilavatibai Podar High School (I.C.S.E.- 92.6%)

Lilavatibai Podar I.S.C. (I.S.C-93%)

2018-Present: Rachana Sansad’s Academy Of Architecture Latest Semester S.G.P.I: 8.94

Documentation + Publications 2018 - Sassoon Docks - First Year Studio 2019 - Achra chya Wada - First Year Studio 2020 -Narkanda and Kotgarh - Second Year Studio

I am Aditya Ikhe currently studying in the 4th year at Rachna Sansad’s AOA. This portfolio is a collection of worksdone in the past 3 years. My love for architecture stems from materiality and spatial design. Learning about sustainable design in the recent past has convinced me that it is the future. My approach to design is human centric and aims to be in sync with mother nature. I also have a keen intrest in product design and watch design.

Competitons + Installations 2018 - Bamboo Workshop (Alibaug) Installation

2018 -Tiny Library - (Volume zero) 2019 -Reading room - (Bee Breaders) 2020 -The little big loo Rethinking Public Toilet-(Volume zero) 2020- Bamboo and Brick Workshop (Poladpur) 2020- KalaGhoda Arts Festival Installation

PERSONAL INFORMATION Date Of Birth:

15/07/2000

City:

Mumbai

Email ID:

adityaikhe10@gmail.com adityai18@aoamumbai.

in Languages:

English, Hindi, Marathi,

Instagram

@adityaikhe10 @ikhe_concepts

2021 - Solar Decathlon India - Division Winners

SKILLSET: Sketching Model making Autodesk Revit Photoshop Illustrator Indesign Autodesk Autocad V-ray Lumion Microsoft Office

Rhinoceros 3d Sketchup Grasshopper

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ACADEMICS ARCHITECTURE DESIGN STUDIO 1. The Marine Academia | Semester 6 | EDUCATION AND CULTURE

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2. Cultural Centre at Narkanda | Semester 4 | HOSPITALITY

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ALLIED DESIGN STUDIO

3. Urban Greenscape | Semester 5 | URBAN INTERVENTION, LANDSCAPE

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VERNACULAR / HANDS ON DESIGN STUDIO

4. Bamboos and Bricks | VERNACULAR ARCHITECTURE

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WORKING DRAWING STUDIO 5. Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation Head Office, Mumbai Semester 4

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COMPETITIONS AND INSTALLATIONS 6. Solar Decathlon India | Semester 5-6 | SUSTAINABLE

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7. Modular Clinic | HEALTHCARE

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INSTALLATIONS 8. Kalaghoda Arts Festival India | 2020

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DOCUMENTATION 9. Acharachya Wadya | 1st year

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10. A Tale of two settlements | 2nd year

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PRODUCT DESIGN + MATERIAL EXPLORATION 11. Product Design - Clock base and trays

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12. Material Exploration in the Y

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13. Watch Design + Product Design

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14. Form Exploration

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15. Concrete Exploration and Concrete Chair Design

pg 58

16. Product Design - Laptop Stand

pg 60

Contents

03 Urban Greenscape Siddhivinayak Temple,Prabhadevi, Mumbai

Allied Design Studio Faculty - Ar. Swati Prabhu Semester 5 Team - Aditya Ikhe, Hinal Solanki, Sakshi Kambli Green Public spaces are integral to the growth of the city. Open spaces not only provide a respite from the visual monotony of the built but also act as urban breathers, providing a human touch to the concrete jungle. The brief challenged us to tackle a highly metropolitan area and create a dynamic space whose utlisation could change not only with the passage of time during the day but also with the seasons and Mumbai’s fickle weather.

04 Bamboos and Bricks Poladupur + Alibaug

Bamboo Sea Shack at Alibaug A two day hands on workshop at Alibaug a material.Concluding that the beach is an signed a two tiered seating space which ing but also space for people to view the

The Shack and the Bamboo Shack Team

was my first exprience with bamboo as ideal location for a shack, our team denot only provided adequate sun shadwater with a certain amount of privacy.

Brick Arch

Over the course of three days we learned how bricks were constructed and visited a heated kiln to learn about the baking process. Hands-on experience to construct an arch made me fall in love with the understanding of importance of the quality of bricks used and the importance of human touch in creating something vernacular. Learning the quality and correct consistency of mortar, total drying time and the alignment and design through basic variation helped me learn about brick as a basic construction material.

Views of the Arch and Construction process

Bamboo Pavillion

Steps followed during Bamboo pavillion construction: STEP 1: Digging the ground to create a pit deep enough to install pipe for foundation of the bamboo. STEP 2: Installing the bamboos in the foundation pit and filling it with mud to strengthen it. STEP 3:Cut the bamboo into half for flexibilty and attach it in the desired position. STEP 4:Create a mesh of bamboos for the canopy STEP 5:Tie at the intersection of the two bamboos to ensure stability

PROCESS The above pictures showcase the series of steps undertaken to create the pavillion. From digging the ground to create a firm foundation to using binding wires and jute ropes to fasten joinries. the project gave us a wholistic understanding of the work a bamboo structure takes to be created.

Working Drawings

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3rd floor Architecture plan 1 : 50

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Structural Plan of Office Building Floor

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SHEET TITLE: PROJECT NAME: Drawn by

Section 11

SIGN AND STAMP:

Details for Office Building 1

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Scale

PASSAGE

TOILET BLOCK 150MM THK WITH12MM PLASTER

200MM THICK RCC FLOOR WITH 10MM IPS FINISH 10MM TILE DROP

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25MM SCREEDING ON TOP OF B.B.C

TILE DROP DETAIL @ 1:10

160MM BRICKBAT COBA(BBC) ON TOP OF RCC FOR SLOPING

NOTE: - All columns are 600mm by 600mm. - SW1 is 9000mm by 300mm. -SW2,SW3,SW4,SW5 is 2600mm by 300mm. - All dimensions are in milimeters unless mention otherwise. -All levels are unfinished unless specifed. - Any discrepancy with the site dimesions and coordinate information

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06Solar Decathlon India Koliwada, Mumbai

CONSTRUCTION DETAILS

MODULAR CLINIC Worli Koliwada, Mumbai (Proposal to MCGM)

thREADING BETWEEN THE LINES INSTALLATION KALA GHODA ARTS FESTIVAL Exhibited at Kala Ghoda

As the circular module rotates , an interesting wave pattern gets formed on its surface creating visual interactions.

The aim of our installation is simple , to emphasize on inclusivity and interaction. The 9 circular modules with vividly vibrant threads are designed to incorporate the same. The installation attracts the audience from all around and brings them in a common space with a common joy which we believe dissolves all lines of differences in that moment.The circular modules not only render a fun-filled, interactive experience but also draw a parallel between a kaliedoscope and our country’s ever dynamic nature. The mirror on the top forms an aesthetic canopy over our structure and gives you an enchanting top view of the whole curated space. We also believe that the true essence of our country’s beauty in diversity can only be realised after one interacts with our different cultures and lifestyles.

PROCESS

Raw material | Threads

Raw material | Wheels

Welding

Creating the module

Framework

Achara chya vadya | Jamdul and Pirawadi DOCUMENTATION+INSTALLATION Study tour | 2018

Exhibited at Academy of Architecture

Achara, a coastal village in the Sindhudurg district of Malvan taluka was documented and their construction methods and daily lifestyle was studied. The cultural beauty, various construction techniques, spatial design and their analysis, sources of living and other such factors were studied and hand-done graphics were created to express our experience in the village. The structures drawn below were the “Workshop House”, ”Doctors’ house” and the Pre-primary school. This cluster was considered as one of the most important ones as the workshop house supplied idols of Ganpati to the entire village during the Ganesh Utsav and the doctor was the only one in the whole Village. Documenting the space taught us not only about their construction with laterite bricks but also opened up our minds about how various cultures live togther in harmony and how predominant occupations affect space design in community living.

Documented houses were orginally built using laterite bricks, but extensions were made using materials like mud and RCC. Peculiar features of the housing communities were that each had a characteristic Tulsi planter and all washrooms were designed as out-houses.

Collaborative Drawings with Aakansha Nikale Medium : Ink on Cartridge paper

A Tale of Two Cities | Narkanda and Kotghar DOCUMENTATION+INSTALLATION Study tour | 2019

Exhibited at Academy of Architecture

The exhibition aimed to memorialize the two quaint towns curled up in the mountains of Himachal Pradesh. The layered installation impressed upon the visitors the beauty of the people, their culture, their everyday activities and their closeness to the nature. The juxtaposition of all factors seemlessly blended into a frame allowed the exhibit to be viewed in a different perspective everytime. Our nostalgia acted as colourful buckets of paints spread over the blank canvas to express the story in an artistic way and do justice to the beauty of the place.

Product Design + Material Exploration

Product Design - Clock base and trays Materials : Wood and Resin

Untimely falling of a tree provided me with an opportunity to immortalise its existence by making it into a display tray and clock base. Wood was dried,skinned ,sanded and cleaned before it was in proper form and desired shape for resin design exploration. The resin added a new vitality to the design piece and the colours represented the union of the everlasting ocean and sand.

PROCESS

Skinning of the bark of the wood

Visiting a wood shop to cut the dried wood into a desired form

Final Product

Sanding the design pieces for resin treatment

Design made using the resin

Material Exploration in the Y Materials: Plaster of Paris, Resin and Concrete

THE ICEBERG SERIES

Using the cylinder as a base form and resin as the exterior material, the exploration was an attempt to showcase the classic metaphor of there is more to an event then what the eyes can perceive. The violent mixing blues aimed to represent turmoil and the white POP the pure success the given turmoil gives rise to.

THE VOID IMPRESSION SERIES

THE FIRST THOUGHT shows how a child’s pure mind is forever changed by its first idea. The impressions these ideas create forever change the original.

Design exploration into the juxtaposition of usage of 3 extremely contrasting materials like resin concrete and POP to create a planter and display piece

Watch+ Product Design Medium: Sketches and Illustrator

Having a keen interest in watch and industry design these are some of my design explorations.

This is a design proposal for “Ressence” watch dial which is a Belgium based watch company which revolutionised the watch industry by introducing the first watch with oil in it for better viewing capabilities and sleeker design values. The entry was displayed as one of the short listed designs during a live session of the brand.

The product was created as a solution for storage of my essentials. The rough model was made from discarded corrugated sheets available during the pandemic. The design was to be modular, easily dis-mantleable and aimed to be sustainable in nature.

This is a design created by me as a proposal for the company “ H. Moser and Che”. The design aimed to use a series of cool colours to highlight nature.

Form Exploration

Materials: Plaster of Paris+Concrete+Binding Wire

Using the concept of differential setting time and drying properties of plaster of Paris and concrete to the visual advantage , the respective materials were put in a plastic waterproof mould during different times. The plaster of Paris upon drying formed as a base for the concrete to be cast upon. The exploratory project yielded naturalistic convulsions and an organic form obtained by the exteriors plastic mould used. The mixed packing material helped reduce the load of the concrete after drying

The materials were used to replicate the use of natural building materials for form exploration. Wet pop was poured into stockings and reinforced with binding wires and a cantilevered form was created as the project progressed. Voids in the model revealed the structural stability of the structure and the strength of the binding wire. The project successfully widened my perspective on form development and material development and usage.

Concrete Exploration and Chair Design

We initially explored the constituents of general cement concrete and performed several tests to check its durability and strengths. Using these observations as our base values we explored with various substitutes and created samples of concrete mixtures with aims to create smoother surfaces, lighter concrete batches, and structurally stronger substitutes. Each experimentation lead us to a definite result which was then noted and applied for creating a furniture piece using concrete.

1- Leaves as reinforcement substitute Result: though didn’t make much difference in structural strength leaves left an impression which were aesthetically appealing

4-Packing sponge was used Result : a fine glass like finish was obtained with structural strength of cement concrete

Slight reduction in the weight with an added reinforcement was observed

2-Black salt was added Result: salt crystallised as concrete mixture dried and left behind impressive purple crystals with the settled concrete

5-Thread was used in top layer of concrete Result: aesthetically interesting impression of woollen thread was left on concrete after thread was

3- Mirror as base mould Result: no real difference in surface finish was obtained

6- Thermocol was added Result: resultant batch of concrete was significantly lighter and structurally as strong as cement concrete. aesthetically appealing

Extremely strong reinforcement Reduction in the overall weight Texture and change in aesthetwas observed that held the of the block was observed ic was seen block together even after breaking it into pieces

Prototype Model For Chair

Final Furniture Piece

Software model of Furniture

Exploded Isometric of Hollow Model

Thread layout setting during casting

Thread layout after seating deformation

Product Design - Laptop Stand Materials: Wood

The project brief demanded the creation of a laptop stand by reutilisation of abandoned wood. Tak from the sharp to look at but smooth to feel logo of “ROG” the stand was crafted and cut to 30 and 4 An adjustable elevation of 30 degrees was provided from the back so as to allow the user to have th critical viewing angle and to avoid neck and eye strain. Optimal spacing was provided between tertiary wooden members to ensure faster ventilation and devices.

3 Sanding Tertiary members for a smooth textured feel

Introduction of dowels to primary members for additional stability

Primary side support members with designed edges

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Display of primary and secondary members ( un-attached and sanded )

Compeletly assembled laptop stand with primary and secondary members attached with use of dowels and tertiary members screwed onto secondary members by creating a “depression” to allow for un-hindered placement of laptops.