Heli Shah - Academic Portfolio

HELI SHAH art + architecture + design

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Heli Shah heli.shah964@gmail.com 270.223.0513

Educational Background 2014-2016

Professional Master of Architecture Savannah College of Art and Design

2010-2014

Bachelor of Sciences in Architectural Science Western Kentucky University

Awards 2014

Outstanding Senior in Architectural Sciences Architectural and Manufacturing Sciences Department; WKU

2014

ASEE Best Presentation Design Topics in Architecture at the American Society for Engineering Education

Educational Grants 2013

Faculty-Undergraduate Student Engagement (FUSE) “Digital Three-Dimensional Architectural Visualization in the Digital Environment�

2013

WISE Initiative WKU and IGNOU collaboration for the Community Nutrition and Education Centre

2012

Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA) The Sustainable Home: Habitat for Humanity Student Design Competition

Work Experience 2012-2014

https://www.wku.edu/arc/

Architecture Resource Center Architectural Designer Responsibilities: -Prepare detailed architectural drawings for residential and commercial construction projects -Create architectural drawings based on building specifications, calculations and sketches -Visit construction sites to collect measurements and dimensions -Analyze building specifications and codes to create design -Collaborate with clients for review and approval

Leadership 2016

AIAS South Quad Integration Conference Volunteer Director SCAD AIAS; Host Chapter for the 2016 South Quad Conference

2015-2016

American Institute of Architecture Students Vice President Savannah College of Art and Design Chapter

2014-2015

American Institute of Architecture Students AIA Liaison Savannah College of Art and Design Chapter

2012-2014

American Institute of Architecture Students President Western Kentucky University Chapter

Publication 2014

American Society for Engineering Education “Digital Three-Dimensional Architectural Visualization in the Digital Environment�

Charrette 2016

Africa Day: Humanitarian Design Charrette Go Design Research Center for Indigenous Architecture, located in Addis Ababa Ethiopia

2015

AIA Legacy Charrette Unglamorous Infrastructure - Atlanta, Georgia

2015

SCAD Atlanta Charrette Site Design for Savannah College of Art and Design, Atlanta Campus

2015

Batey Rehab Project, Inc. Potential Design for Community Kitchen for Bateyes of Barahona

2014

SCAD Atlanta Charrette Site Design for Savannah College of Art and Design, Atlanta Campus Valley+Parking

Skills

References available upon request

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NY Farming Tower New York City, New York

Cravens Library

WKU, Bowling Green, Kentucky

Simpson Residence Bowling Green, Kentucky

Hotel at Alumni Square WKU, Bowling Green, Kentucky

WISE Initiative Rajasthan, India

FUSE Grant

Owensboro, Kentucky

Details+Photography+Sketches

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NY Farming Tower New York City, NY 2015

NYC Sky Condo Competition involves converting a space that is now a parking lot, near the elevated square formed by the High Line’s crossing of 10th avenue and 17th street, in a building that represents the new relationship between people and nature. The competition involves the design of a vertical farm with a residential use in NY and the related reorganization of the environment.

1st Floor

2nd Floor

High-line Level

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4th Floor

Exploded Building Structure

Roof Level

Mechanical Section

Sectional Elevation

Longitudinal Section

Interior Farming Learning Center

Restaurant

Housing Unit

Entrance from 10th Avenue

View From Highline

Exterior Walkway (Highline Level)

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WKU Cravens Library WKU Campus Bowling Green, KY 2013

All work is performed under the direct supervision of Neal E. Downing, AIA

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The Cravens Library is a renovation project on the WKU Campus. My responsibilities for this particular project was to design and draft the reception desks, detailing the columns and other aspects, renderings to be used for advertisement and occasional site visits to photograph progress.

Existing Floor plan Proposed Floor plan

The house is wood construction and re-purposed timber beams were added to the living room to give it a more rustic look. The kitchen was opened but with the relocation of the bar and addition of a vaulted ceiling.

The Simpson Residence was a Kitchen Renovation and Sun-room Addition project. My responsibilities for this project included measuring the existing building and drafting as-built, correspondence with the clients to determine the scope of the project, designing and drafting construction documents and details.

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The Simpson’s Residence Bowling Green, KY 2013

All work is performed under the direct supervision of Neal E. Downing, AIA

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The Hotel at Alumni Square Bowling Green, KY 2014

The goal of this Capstone project is to develop a luxury hotel for the Bowling Green downtown area adjacent to the Augenstein Alumni Center. The objective was to create a sustainable luxury hotel that can potentially reflect buildings on the WKU campus and downtown Bowling Green. Feasibility research was conducted in order to determine the amenities and the size of the hotel. This project was presented at the 44th Annual WKU Research Conference particular highlighting the green aspects, sustainable products and materials, the Tax Increment Financing (TIF) district design guidelines, and the International Building Code (IBC). TIF district guidelines and typology research was conducted to learn the restrictions on materials and design in that area so the characteristics of the hotel compliment that of the surrounding buildings.

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W.I.S.E. Initiative

Rajasthan, India 2012

Floor Plan

Promenade

Aerial CNEC

According to a 2005 World Bank Report, the highest numbers of underweight children are in India, totaling approximately 60 million (nearly doubling that of Sub-Saharan Africa) castes. The report indicates that the problem of malnutrition in India is two pronged: 1.) Food insecurity and 2.) Lack of education among parents on how to improve nutrition using the family food budget and improving childcare behaviors. Additionally, a major contributing factor to food insecurity is the lack of refrigeration throughout the country.

To address these issues, WKU and Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) deliberated over the creation of a place where families could come to preserve their produce while having the opportunity to receive public health information and engage in learning, resulting in the concept of the Community Nutrition & Education Centre (CNEC).

IGNOU began construction on a lab center at the Delhi headquarters that includes a wing for food processing. Students will have the opportunity to learn firsthand how to process meat, fruits & vegetables, dairy, and hone skills in the bakery lab.

Two students, including myself, and two advisors started to design the Community Nutrition & Education Centre that would be a prototype for other centers around India. The CNEC’s design is based on best practices of sustainability and incorporates features and amenities that will not only Encourage public outreach, but foster cross-disciplinary research and collaborative activities.

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The research for the grant started May 2013 and continued until the end of the Fall Hours:Minutes Semester, 2013. In the Spring semester, the project was presented at the Student ReKerkythea 5 Steps 1 1 00:05 search Conference at Western Kentucky. Apart from the research for the grant, faculty advisor, Shahnaz Aly and I wrote a research paper that was submitted to the Ameri- Autodesk 3ds Max 2 10 Steps 2 00:40 can Society of Engineering Education. The project was presented at the ASEE National Twilight renderer 3 5 Steps 3 40:31 V-ray 4 6 Steps 4 00: 35 Conference in Indianapolis, Indiana the following Summer (June 2014) and won ‘Best Sketch-Up Model N/A a a 30:00 Conference Presentation ‘ in the Architecture Session.

Sketch-Up Model b N/A b 30:00 *The same computer was used to conduct all the renderings. All final renderings have been photoshopped rendering programs were chosen by popularity and availability to our students.

To read the paper, go to the following link: http://www.asee.org/public/conferences/32/author_index/84318

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FUSE Grant

Owensboro, KY 2014

Faculty-Undergraduate Student Engagement Grant

Three-Dimensional Architectural Visualization in the Digital Environment

FUSE grants are designed to support undergraduate students’ intellectual development by fostering active engagement in the areas of research, creative and scholarly activities, and/or artistic performances. The award for the grant is $3,000 which may be used for material, travel and other research.

The intent of this particular FUSE grant was to experiment with different digital tools used for architectural visualization in the three-dimensional environment to find techniques and methods is available to create these graphics and to compare and contrast the outcomes.

The students in the Architecture program at WKU are introduced to Sketch-Up in the first year along with AutoCAD. To help the students generate renderings, we research four of the most used plug-in and standalone rendering softwares for Sketch-Up. We then used the same model from Sketch-Up to conduct our research by recording the steps it took to set-up the rendering and how long it took for each program to render the images with the highest resolution possible. After the renderings were completed, we imported the images into Photoshop and studied how many changes were needed for the renderings to be considered Photorealistic.

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Details+Photography +Sketches Architecture+Design+Art 2010-2015

Concrete Wall Section

Masonry Wall Section

P.E.M.B Wall Section

Wood Wall Section

Heli Shah 270.223.0513 heli.shah964@gmail.com