Architecture Portfolio, Harsh Joshi. by harshjoshi.hj

Architecture Portfolio -Harsh Joshi

CONTENTS SELECTED WORKS

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ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN

COMMUNITY HOUSING BIRABALABHADRAPUR, PURI

INTERIOR DESIGN

CO-WORKING SPACES

06 07

PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE

BUS TERMINAL GHATKOPAR, INDIA

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN

BUS TERMINAL VASHI, INDIA

ARCHITECTURAL THEORY

03 04 05

IKIGAI PRESENT NEED OF EMOTIONS IN ARCHITECTURE

WORKING DRAWING

COMMERCIAL

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN

HIGH RISE AND REHAB DAHISAR, INDIA

08 09 10

COMPETITIONS

SUSTAINABLE CITIES, ELECTIVES

DHOBI GHAT MAHALAXMI, INDIA

URBAN DESIGN

PARSI COLONY DADAR, INDIA

About Me... Age: 23 Nationality : Indian Address: 211/12 Satyam building, R.N.N. Marg,Ghatkopar (E), Mumbai-400075 Contact Number: +919820972721 Email: wwharshjoshi@yahoo.com Upon few years of studying architecture I understood how difficult it is to ace a perfect design and at the same time realised that providing a little room for imperfection in design is an added benefit in itself. The core reason for me to explore Architecture was that the structures around where I grew up weren't interesting to look at or were at all interactive, there was no sense of awe or helped a child tap into his imaginative conscious. Not until I travelled and explored new places I realised it was possible for a structure to be more than what I had seen and had a big emotional impact on a kid which kept me thinking about it for days on end. To take care of the look and feel of the structure, its functionality and impact on human emotions, as an architect of my designs I felt it was very important for me to take care of all of these and understand the user and their needs in the best possible way. I certainly put in a lot of efforts to understand or rather find the problems and then find the best possible solution to those problems. The designs that are shown ahead in this portfolio are the examples of such thought provoking solutions…. I seek to explore state of the art problem solving methods and techniques, absorb professional etiquettes and skills of architecture and look forward to imbibe new things, improvise skills, adapt to circumstances, overcome benchmarks and develop a rational demeanour. I will continue to sharpen my skills to excel in innovation which will justify my potential to be an asset to where I work.

Work Experience Dates Position Responsibilities Employer/Address Type of Business Dates Position Responsibilities Employer/Address Type of Business

Education and Training

May 1, 2018 - June 3, 2018 Intern Designing and final editing of various projects KMA ARCHITECTS Architecture and Interior Designing October 26, 2018 - October 28, 2018 Volunteer Expertise for VIPs and Architects throughout the exhibit and tap into their creative sides using my own and gathered knowledge CONDÉ NAST Mass Media company Fatima High School(KG-GRADE5) Ryan International School (GRADE6-10)

S.S.C. I.C.S.E.

K.J. Somaiya College of Science and Commerce

H.S.C.

Dr. D.Y. Patil College University of Architecture

Mumbai

Skills and Competences Language Spoken Computer Skills and Competences Hands-on Achievements Hobbies and Pursuits Extra curricular activities

Additional Information

English, Hindi, Gujarati. Adobe Photoshop, Lumion, Autodesk Autocad, Google Sketchup, Archicad, MS Office

, Rhino, Illustrator, Vray

Manual Drafting, Sketching, Manual Rendering, Model Making, Photography, Pottery , Modelling

1st in Architectural Debate competition, 1st in Architecture quiz, Elocution competitions, Skating competition, Represented school in swimming and lawn tennis competition. Head of MEDINSPIRE event of university. Alumni Head of my college. Cycling, Swimming, Watching Movies and Documentaries, Cooking , Playing video games, being able to make spaces that can have good impact on living beings and doing good for the world.

Coaching in Table tennis, Lawn Tennis, Skating, Swimming, Chess Took part in the recent ARCHITECTURE DIGEST Design Show held in Mumbai as one of the design experts for the VIP clients. Alumni Head of Dr.D.Y. Patil College of Architecture, I am responsible for setup of alumni’s college website and an entire network of connection among all the alumni of the past 25 years of our college and between alumni and students of the college. Head of the MEDINSPIRE event, in which I lead three colleges of my university. Have done modelling for few brands and in ads of a couple too. Deeply inspired by the concept of importance of space to influence mind,body and soul of living beings and in wait for the day to practise it.

Concept Sheet 3 TYPES OF HOUSING

REPLICATED INTO MY DESIGN TYPE A : HOUSE SURROUNDED BY COURTYARD TYPE B: HOUSE ENTRY WITH COURTYARD ON SIDE TYPE C: HOUSE ENTRY FOLLOWED BY BACKYARD

SEMI PRIVATE AREA

REPLICATED INTO MY DESIGN ALL THE HOUSING TYPOLOGIES HAVE THEIR OWN SEMI PRIVATE SPACE IN FRONT OG=F THEIR HOUSE. THIS HAS BEEN REPLICATED IN MY DESIGN

COCONUT TREES

TOURISM ATTRACTION & THEIR RELIGIOUS INCLINATION BIRBALABADHRAPUR IS REQUESTED TO SELL THEIR COCONUTS TO JAGANATH TEMPLE SINCE A VERY LONG TIME

AESTHETIC TO TECH

LEAVES ON THE ROOF CAN CHANGE TO SONUMBRA TECHNOLOGY SONUMBRA ABSORBS LIGHT THROUGH OUT THE DAY AND THEN ILLUMINATES DURING NIGHT

Problems

based on site analysis.... 1. The community is very reserved and prefer adhering to their way of living and hence the housing typologies that already exists while doing site visit have been replicated in my designs. 2. With every new member being added in the family they randomly build 4 walls to create a new space for the new couple in the courtyard. 3. The settlement is far from the city life and hence there are many electricity cut offs that occur.

Solutions 2. In order to take into consideration future additions in the family, the last bit of the house's shell has been kept ready and as per their requirement they can build it for them in the future.

1. The community is very reserved and prefer adhering to their way of living and hence the housing typologies that already exists while doing site visit have been replicated in my designs.

3. Sonumbra technology is applied in the shell of the structure. This shall allow the entire community to illuminte with solar power.

1. Co working spaces are famous for being used by users who have work across many different destinations and hence co working spaces have different branches in different cities. 2. Providing sleeping pods shall prove to be very helpful and optimise their workflow. 3. They can also be used for frequent visitors at Coworks to be well rested between their days work, which is very difficult to get in almost all the other coworking spaces.

1. Smart glass will be used in Coworks, this shall help maintain the needed privacy and when the privacy is not needed, the user can turn off the switch and shall be able to take their vision to the outside. 2. This shall also help give the appeal of spaces getting bigger compared to a permanent wall of privacy.

1. In the common areas it is difficult to work as you overhear conversations of your fellow neighbour, hence CARPET TILES have been used for maximum sound absorption. 2. Green wall has also been provided to help make the users feel as lively as possible and increase the sound proofing of the space.

WAITING AREA ADMIN OFFICE CONFERENCE ROOM MEETING ROOM PRIVATE WORKSTATIONS SHARED WORKING AREA LIBRARY LOUNGE AND GAMING ROOM PANTRY TOILET ACCESS TO SLEEPING PODS

4.2 M 3.0 M

GUARANTEE IF READ WITH PATIENCE AND UNDERSTOOD WOULD KEEP YOU THINKING FOR DAYS !!

PRESENT NEED OF EMOTIONS IN ARCHITECTURE AND ITS VERY ABLATION DUE TO INCREASE IN EMOTIONAL AND TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCEMENTS.

AIM: To let the readers imagine, analyse and compare two worlds, our present world where there is a significant need of emotions in design and our world in future wherein the technological advancements have reached its optimum level. To understand the need of emotions in architecture in the present time and to experience the decline in its need in future because of people being able to get an extremely strong grasp of emotions, due to ever exploring nature of human beings even after reaching the epitome of technological advancements.

HYPOTHESIS: There is a basic requirement of emotions in space if not then space becomes lifeless where it's merely a volume. Presence of emotions in design gives a certain essence to the design which makes the user more aware of himself/herself and also about the surrounding. There is also a case wherein in future when we humans would have reached the optimum level in technology and still when not being able to get all the answers since we have always tried to find them within the physical dimensions and limitations unlike what we have learned or heard from monks of our nation. If after that, many people would try looking for answers due to an ever exploring evolutionary trait of humans, majority shall resort to the olden methods of exploring and acquiring knowledge via focusing by different means of meditation.

OBJECTIVE: Shall be explaining the impact of architecture before and now on the basis of methods followed by the architects. Due to this how the kind of behaviour and thought process of people developed towards architecture. Explain the difference between modern science and ancient science of our country and the two basic different behaviours of the people following them; which in return shall impact the architecture of the future.

SCOPE: This draft explains influence on architecture, of design in accordance to the emotions of the people, stating its importance. At the same time show how there will be a decline in needs of emotion for residential buildings in the future due to the evolutionary traits of human beings.

LIMITATIONS: The research is purely based on articles,videos,seminars and psychological facts. No general public survey was performed while the research paper was written. It is on the basis of the human evolutionary process and considering our planet shall not face any drastic changes in future.

ABSTRACT: Imagine a future where our world has reached the epitome of technological advancements, there will still be many cases in which the science of the time shall not be able to answer many questions. This is all because of the fact that the modern science has always made its mark and its core of existence on the basis of its relation with the physical world and within physical limitations because of which many branches of modern science are reaching a dead end.The modern science is slowly coming towards what our country’s ancient sciences said thousands of years ago. There will surely be a huge impact of this on people in future and humans shall resort to the kind of lifestyle many of our monks have been following.

KEYWORDS: Emotion,space,present,future,science,meditation,architecture.

There has always been a need of emotions in design in architecture, I personally think architecture should make us feel different, make us tap into our emotions, if not, engineering is enough. Space is called space because of addition of emotions and some essence of it in a volume. Architecture built in the accordance with the thought process and keeping in mind different aspects of users lives makes it really strong , known and long lasting. This is because the user has been able to experience the space and feel or imbibe the emotions in themselves which the architect planned, this capability made the architecture strong.Space built without the consideration of emotions of the users ends up being a place where its users end up having little to no connection(good or bad, depending upon the need of the client) with the structure above the physical connection, this not only decrease its more than functional capabilities but would also translate to the presence of poor design in architecture. Over many years many different architects tried to follow many different methods on the basis of slogans for designing like less is more,less is bore,etc. and the era of designing like modernism,post modernism,etc. in all of these there is a very significant blind eyeing towards the very primary users because of which there have been many structures that have failed to a really great extent. Surely and unfortunately over the years a greater belief of people in architects have reduced to a large extent since architects themselves started giving the best of engineering and not of architecture. Over the years there were a few architects and many more now which have been working towards the emotions and thought process of their users , following the slogan yes is more , meaning the best possible way of designing keeping in mind the users, the surroundings and the era of construction making the method an evolutionary method and hence an everlasting way of architecture. Aspects such as these show us the very need of emotions in architecture. Imagine a future where our world has reached the epitome of technological advancements, there will still be many cases in which the science of the time shall not be able to answer many questions. This is all because of the fact that the modern science has always made its mark and its core of existence on the basis of its relation with the physical world and within physical limitations because of which many branches of modern science are reaching a dead end. There has already been a state where the physicists have failed to move ahead in the different theories they have proposed and as a result are not able to get the answers that we need, for example billions of dollars of funding have all went down in drain when they failed to prove the existence and behaviour of “Higgs particle”.The monks in our country and also of the ancient times are said to have had knowledge about these things way before the modern science started coming into picture, even now the kind of knowledge and deeper understanding which our monks have, who have engrossed themselves by giving up their social life in search of these answers continually say that one shouldn’t limit themselves within physical boundaries during the search of such answers. The modern science is slowly coming towards what our country’s ancient sciences said thousands of years ago,one such example is how people initially believed that our planet is the centre of a finite space whereas now the modern science agrees to the fact that space is continually expanding entity which was defined by one of our monks many years ago. Unfortunately in today’s world there is a direct relation of science to technology or else there would be no funding to the modern science practicioneers. People who tried talking about modern science without its advantage to the ease and technology had to meet a very dreadful end, many were even killed. The best example of this can be of Galileo who was killed because he stated that the earth was round and went against the church at the time, since he had not come up with any technology that added to the technological advancement because of earth's shape being round. The answer searching monks of our country have always been above this and many have given up their routine lives,being isolated from the world and access universe greater than what one can imagine by closing their eyes and focusing.Example of this can be that many star systems have a pair of stars in which one star orbits around the other but in today's time with the help of a high powered telescope found that there is a pair of stars which orbit each other and go hand in hand rather than one being stationery, the followers of ancient sciences in our country did know about it many years ago and due to this there is also a tradition which is followed for hundreds of years in many families of south India where on the first day of marriage the couple face themselves in the direction of this constellation called " Arundhati Vashista" and pray because of the stars’ behaviour or during the marriage ceremony itself during many of the Hindu weddings. There are many such examples which prove the might of the ancient science followers and what they were able to achieve by seating in small cave in some corner of the world and focussing. There will surely be a huge impact of this on people in future and humans shall resort to the kind of lifestyle many of our monks have been following where they can access a different space in themselves and have no need or dependence on the attributes of the physical world, thereby causing the explicit need of emotions in design for residential spaces lessening or none at all. Materialistic households living in residential spaces shall be able to retain houses with the presence of emotions in their design because that is the closest they shall be able to get because of their inclination towards materialistic lifestyle. Households above the materialistic lifestyle , who are closer to the emotional side of themselves and yet do not let it overpower them, those who are keen in the process of exploration and learning shall see a significant decrease in the presence of emotions in their design as they shall be escaping into spaces beyond the reach of physical dimensions. This will be the reason behind the lessening importance of quality of spaces where their physical forms shall be residing.

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TYPICAL FLOOR PLAN

DETAILS

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Problems 1. Buildings on eastern side blocks views and wind. 2. Roads touching the north and east side of the site is source of noise for the site. 3. The site has a very irregular shape.

DUPLEX FLATS- 4BHK 2BHK / 4BHK FLATS 2BHK REHAB BUILDING

Solutions 1. Buildings are oriented in such a way that views are not obstructed and wind shall also be able reach the users. 2. Part of the site touching roads are either empty or have been provided with commercial areas, turning problem into strength. 3. The irregular site allowed for creating different angular views for the buildings.

GROUND FLOOR

2BHK REHAB BUILDING 3 BHK REHAB BUILDINGS COMMERCIAL AREA

BUILDING A

BUILDING B

FLAT TYPOLOGIES FOR REFERENCE

NORTH ELEVATION BUILDING A (DUPLEX APARTMENTS)

NORTH WEST ELEVATION BUILDING B ( 2BHK FLATS ,CAN BE MERGED WTH OTHER 2BHK)

REHAB BUILDING C

REHAB BUILDING D

REHAB BUILDING E

GHATKOPAR APARTMENT PLANS

INTERIOR WORKING DETAILS

ICICI WEALTH MANAGEMENT INTERIORS

Problems 1. It was mandatory to retain the existing trees on site. 2. The wind direction is same as maximum sunlight. 3. East and south side of the site is a source of lot of noise which could hinder the users of commercial area.

Solutions 1. Keeping the trees intact and taking wind direction into account have oriented the mass of the building . 2. Bus parking have been pushed on the north end of the site such that its always in . 3. Have planted extra trees on the east and south to tackle noise.

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1. Concept of biophylic architecture has been applied. 2. All the users have access to the outdoors at utmost ease with presence of sky gardens. 3. Structure is orriented in such a way that it is exposed to maximum amount of north light and wind.

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4. All levels have offices of all typologies helping small businesses to look upto and scale to those of big businesses. 5. Elevation feature of the structure signifies reaching bigger goals.

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Biophylic Parasol Design

SCHOOL FOR CHILDREN IN HAITI, AFRICA. THE SITE IS IN EARTHQUAKE PRONE ZONE AND TO BE DESIGNED ACCOREDINGLY.

"THERE FOR US TO VIEW WITH MANY THINGS TO SEE, MOTHER NATURE WONDERS THAT SHE BRINGS FOR FREE," NATURE HAS A VERY INDISPENSABLE ROLE IN OUR LIVES.ALL OF US SHOULD UNDERSTAND THE FACT THAT IT BELONGS TO US WE SHALL CLAIM IT AS OUR OWN.SPIRAL TRAIL'IS WHERE WE ENHANCE AND GRATIFY THE BEAUTY OF MOTHER NATURE THAT NURTURES US.SINCE SPIRAL TRAIL WILL BE THE CULMINATIION PONT OF THE NATURE TRAIL ,IT OFFERS AN IMPACUL EXPERIENCE TO THE VISITORS.

RETREAT RETREAT IN THE MODEL HAS BEEN PLACED AT SUPREME POSITION IT EVENTUALLY OFFERS THE EMINENT VIEW TO STAY-OVERS.

MEDITATION CENTRE. IT OCCUPIES THE CENTRAL POSIION IN THE MODEL.

MODULE INTERLACING OF LELESHWA BUSH WITH ROSEMARY SEASONING IN ORDER TO AVOID INSECTS INTERFERENCE.

OBSERVATORY DECK THE OBSERVATORY DECK HERE IS INCLINED AT CERTAIN ANGLE.THIS IS BASICALLY DONE SO THAT VISITORS GET A SPECTACULAR VIEW OF SURROUNDING AND WILD CREATURES BOTH BELOW AND ABOVE THEM.

PHOTOGRAPHER'S NEST IT EVOLVES A NEW WAY OF EXPERIENCING WILDERNESS. BASICALLY A LADDER FROMA BALCONY LEADS TO THE NEST WHICH IS A SUSPENDED STRUCTURE.

THANK YOU

HARSH JOSHI wwharshjoshi@yahoo.com (+91)9820972721