Ishita Makhija Design Portfolio_2020

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/ / I S H I TA M A K H I J A M.Des. | B.Arch.

1st November, 1992 ishitamakhija03@gmail.com Delhi +91 9717482072

I am an architect|designer for roughly 4 years now and an artist since I was young. I believe architecture is not just a practice, its a LIFESTYLE. My inclination and continuous desire to learn through studies and work experience makes me work harder! I aspire to become an architect who understands and identifies people’s needs, a designer to design opportunities and create impact, and a storyteller to share stories and spread awareness through architecture.

EDUCATION

WORK EXPERIENCE

2017-2019 CEPT UNIVERSITY

Freelance Designer

Ahmedabad, India

01.02.2020-Present

Masters in Design (Computational Design)

SELF EMPLOYED, New Delhi

-Residence for Mohit Singh, Noida | Conceptualisation & execution -Dapper Furniture Catalogue | Graphic Design -Website Graphics, Celebations Event Company | Graphic Design -Avitron Office | Conceptualisation & working drawings

2011-2016 JAMIA MILIA ISLAMIA, NEW DELHI

Lead Designer

ANT STUDIO, New Delhi

(7 months)

-Beehive Binary Installation, UNDP, Delhi | Project Lead -Exhibition Design, Serendipity Arts Festival, Goa | Lead Designer -Goa Housing, Alpas | Design Proposal -Research and Development for Beehive Coolant | Research Lead

Delhi, India

Architecture Intern

RAT LAB, New Delhi

Higher Secondary School

01.05.2018-31.06.2018

Delhi, India

Bachelors in Architecture

24.06.2019-31.01.2020

2000-2011 SUMMER FIELDS SCHOOL

SKILLS Model Making Sketching and Illustration Prototyping 3D Modelling and Rendering

(2 months)

-HP Skyscraper Design Competition | Concept Designer -Between Buns, Cafeteria | Conceptualisation & working drawings -Haldirams 360, Retail Store | Design Proposal -Algorithmic Bold Luxury, Catalogue for Parametric Furniture

Executive Architect

INCUBIS CONSULTANTS, New Delhi

(1 year)

-Ginger Hotel, Mumbai | Conceptualisation & working drawings -Ferns Residency, Nepal | Project Lead -Abbu’s Cafe, Delhi | Conceptualisation & working drawings -DLF Saket Redesign | Conceptualisation & working drawings

Architecture Intern

STUDIO DRA, Noida

01.06.2016-31.06.2017

2D, 3D Modelling AutoCAD Revit Architecture Rhino Google Sketchup

Graphic Illustration Adobe Photoshop Adobe Illustrator Adobe InDesign Apple Procreate

Microsoft Office Word Power-point Excel

01.01.2016-31.05.2016 (5 months)

-Vijaywada Airport | Conceptualisation & working drawings -CG Landmark Office Building, Nepal | Working drawings

ACHIEVEMENTS Heritage Documentation | AMU Aligarh Documentation of Stratchey Hall, Aligarh (Second Prize)

GRIHA Trophy | NASA | 2015 Sustainability Housing (First Prize)

Professional.

01.

01.

AVITRON OFFICE

03.

LOOK STRANGER

Freelance

Ant Studio

02.

04.

RESIDENCE Freelance

FERNS RESIDENCY Incubis Consultants

01 Avitron Office. a sheet metal company

Principal Designer | Freelance Project August 2020 Project Team: Savita Jaswani, Ishita Makhija SITE AREA : 2000 sq. ft.

CLIENT : Vir Binepal PROJECT DURATION : 4 months PROJECT STATUS : Ongoing

design role.

Understanding the client brief, Site analysis, conceptual design presentation, 3D modeling drafting, detailing and release of working drawings, regular site monitoring, consultant and client interaction & evolution of furniture items & products for the space.

Floor Plan TOTAL SEATS :

26

• WORKSTATION : 1200X600 : 20 • CUBICLE : 1800X1800 : 03 • CABINS :

03 MEETING ROOMS • BOARD ROOM (12 PAX): • TEAM MEETING AREA :

01 01

SUPPORT SPACES • PANTRY + CAFE : • BALCONY COLLAB : • LOUNGE AREA : • UNISEX WASH ROOM :

01 01 01 01

PLANNING: Avitron | Desta | Dapper are Industrial Companies, involving Manufacturing and Retail Business.

Almost 75 % workforce at Avitron is Millennial. Thus, the aspiration from the new office space is that it should help uplift the look & feel, accommodate the future headcount & utilize the additional area.

The office is planned in such a way that it is line with the the current workplace trends, fosters productivity & meets the demands of the employees.

Arrival Area

Entrance Lounge

Cabin

Meeting Room

Team Discussion Area

Cabins

Pantry+Cafe

02 Residence:

Mohit Singh

Rented Apartment Interior

Principal Designer | Freelance Project February 2020 Project Team: Ishita Makhija SITE AREA : 1400 sq. ft.

CLIENT :Mohit Singh PROJECT DURATION : 3 months PROJECT STATUS : Completed

design role.

Understanding the client brief, Site analysis, conceptual design presentation, 3D modeling drafting, detailing and release of working drawings, regular site monitoring, consultant and client interaction & evolution of furniture items & products for the space.

Study Area 1

Book reading corner

Bar

Entrance Wall

Bedroom 2

Entrance Wall

Study Area 2

03 Exhibition: Look Stranger Serendipity Arts Festival

Senior Designer | Ant Studio August 2019 Project Team: Monish, Anushree and Ishita SITE AREA : 10,000 sq. ft.

CLIENT :Serendipity Arts Group PROJECT DURATION : 4 months PROJECT STATUS : Completed

design role.

Understanding the client brief, Site analysis, conceptual design presentation, 3D modelling drafting, detailing and release of working drawings, regular site monitoring, consultant and client interaction & evolution of furniture items & products for the space.

3D Floor Plan

PLANNING: Look Stranger is an exhibition based in Goa, commenced

by Serendipity Arts Festival India. It is based on the theme of Bauhaus and has been designed keeping in mind the context of it. Numerous artists come together in one space to display their work and we as designers and architects collaborate together to create a space to put up their work in order

Kamna Patel

Bunnu

Aamina Nizar

Shivani Gupta + Arfun Ahmed

Sadia + Palak Kapadia + Souvik Majumdar

Vishwajyoti Ghosh

Mizanoor Rehman

NID + Seher Shah

Vishwajyoti Ghosh

Myaco

Context Building

Context Building

04 Ferns Residency Landmark Group Hotel

Executive Architect | Incubis Consultants September 2017 Project Team: Rohit Gulati, Neelam and Ishita SITE AREA : 10,000 sq. ft.

CLIENT : CG Landmark Group PROJECT DURATION : 10 months PROJECT STATUS : Completed

design role.

Understanding the client brief, Site analysis, conceptual design presentation, 3D modelling drafting, detailing and release of working drawings, consultant and client interaction & evolution of furniture items & products for the space.

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D-16

W-10

D-11

W-10

W-10

W-13

+350

CAFE

+350

+350

+350

+350

D-16

+75

+350

+75

+75

D-10

BAR (4.4x4.0m)

FU-10

FU-10

FU-10

FU-10

FU-10

FU-10

+350

FU-11

FU-11

FU-11

FU-11

+75

D-16a

+150

+75

+75

+150

Buffet counters

Island counter

AS PER FACILITY PLANNER

KITCHEN WITH STORE

D-17

+75 D-17a

+75

FU-14

FU-13

FU-15

FU-14

FU-14

(6.9x2.2m)

FU-15

FU-13

FU-17

FU-16

FU-14

UNIVERSAL TOILET

GENTS TOILET

+75

RESTAURANT AND BUFFET LOUNGE (13.7x11.3m)

FU-14

FU-16

+75

BACK OFFICE (6.9x2.4m)

+75

ENTRANCE LOBBY (8.5x11.8m)

FU-12

FU-12

FU-12

FU-12

Live counter ( Lintel lvl same as W1 )

W-14

Framed partition panels till false ceiling

+75

BUSINESS CENTER (3.6x2.3m)

W-10

W-15



Cafeteria

+75

BOARD/MEETING ROOM (4.7x4.2m)

)851,785( 3/$1

Sixth Floor

Fine Dine Restaurant

Waiting Area

Private Dining Area

Typical Floor Plan

Corridor

Lift Lobby

Typical King Room Layout

Typical King Room

Graphics.

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BROCHURE Freelance

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BRANDING/ART Freelance

What if buildings could

breathe?

A brochure was designed for Ant Studio’s sustainable natural air cooling product, Beehive. It shows all the necessary details like instalment, manufacturing, design, working, etc.

A poster was also designed for Ant Studio’s sustainable natural air cooling product, Beehive. It was designed to be put up in Parsons School of Design.

CoolAnt is a modern way of redefining natural ventilation in our built spaces for thermal comfort and quality air.

By combining traditional methods and modern techniques. Ant studio is working on building facades that can provide effective passive cooling, fresh air and facilitate vertical greens.

A furniture company which designs kids furniture for different schools all over India. They wanted a catalogue designed for their new kindergarten series.

Parametric products were designed

by Rat[LAB] for VV Residence is Safdurjung Enclave. A handbook was made for the products, to be further used in future for design references.

Graphic Art

Logo Branding

UI/UX

Posters

Academic.

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03.

SHEETLAK CEPT University

S[ENERGY] Jamia Millia Islamia

02.

MORPHO-SKIN CEPT University

01 PoroSys. a natural coolant

THESIS STUDIO | CEPT University GUIDE: Monish Siripurapu (Ant Studio) DURATION: 4 months

brief.

PoroSys is a bespoke attempt to simplify and reinterpret the concept of air-conditioning, understanding that standardised solutions may not be universally applicable given the constraints of cost and surrounding environment.

02 Need for a passive Approach.

01 Mechanical Cooling-Harmful to the Environment.

Reflective Material Emmisissive Layer Harmful ultraviolet rays

Radiative Cooling

Ozone Layer

Ozone Layer Greenhouse gases starts depleting ozone layer

Natural Ventilation

30˚C Refrigerant into the environment

Evaporative Cooling with courtyard ponds Temperature Heat Waves

Ground Cooling

Leads to global warming

30˚C

45˚C

03 Passive Cooling System (Porous System).

Clay(Porous Material)

Analysing shapes and sizes of pots

Selecting shapes based on cooling pattern

Sliding

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Plate Mould Making Process.

Module Making Process.

Terracotta Module

Tenon-Mortis Joint 1. Pivot the mold

Toungue & Grove Joint 2. Remove the upper frame

Tenon-Mortis Joint

3. Then remove the terracotta module

Mould Removing System Joinery Details

Final prototype

Rendered View

02 Morpho-skin. a kinetic pop-up store

THIRD SEMESTER | CEPT University FACULTY: Jwalant Mahadevwala, Arpi Maheshwari DURATION: 4 months

brief.

Ray-Ban wants to create a portable and experiential event pop-up store for a series of sponsored events. A kinetic track system is devised where the position of the fin on tracks results in arcs that vary in height and span. A series of mechanisms were tried where arcs are created ,starting with a homogeneous material that return to their original flattened state after removal of the force, or separate structural members with different skin coverings.

Track mechanism Position of base point of arc on track Fin / Covering Roofing material - homogeneous or skin + structure Tracks for movement

min clear height- 8'

When a fin moves tracks, the resultant arc varies in height and span depending on the position of the ends on the tracks. With an intention to develop a structure that deforms on application of a mechanical force, an attempt was made to use this to develop a system that uses tracks to provide a defined motion. With the ultimate intention of making a kinetic system a series of mechanisms were where arches are created ,starting with a homogeneous material that return to their original flattened state after removal of the force, or separate structural ribs with different coverings. movement range for track

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2600

3350

Final Iteration

150°

163°

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2800

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Ribs Hinge

Ball bearing

Ball bearing Hinge along line

Movement Chronology

03 S[ENERGY] a green housing

Project Team: Ishita, Javed, Anirudh and Ann SEVENTH SEMESTER | Jamia Milia Islamia NASA GRIHA Competition MENTOR: Iqtedar Alam DURATION: 1 month

brief.

The ongoing trend of housing, particularly in the NCR, has seen a rise in typical, high rise cluster house typology. Hence, the need of the hour with the rising space crunch in NCR is to use the land to its maximum potential, promoting sustainability in the structure.

Site Plans

Floor plans/Details

Sustainable Measures

Views

Installations.

04.

01.

BEEHIVE Ant Studio

02.

INTERLACE CEPT University

01 Beehive Terracotta Installation Senior Designer| Project Lead October 2019 Project Team: Monish and Ishita PRODUCT DIMENSION : 4’(L) x 12’(H) x 1’(W) CLIENT :United Nations PROJECT DURATION : 1 month PROJECT STATUS : Completed

design role.

Understanding the client brief, Site analysis, conceptual design, regular product development monitoring, consultant and client interaction & evolution of product with the vendors.

COOLANT BINARY (0,1) Taking an inspiration from the traditional usage of terracotta pots as planters, we tried to design this installation to be used as a facade in future for buildings to decrease their dependency on air conditioners.

COOLANT BEEHIVE By combining traditional methods and modern techniques, we designed this facade getting inspired from the pattern of a beehive. A modern way of redefining air quality by natural methods in our built spaces for thermal comfort.

Mechanism

Ant Studio has developed a natural air coolant called Beehive.

The Beehive is a modular facade unit that cools your space through a combination of evaporative cooling and natural ventilation.

Using the Beehive as a second skin for your facade, which is thoughtfully designed to reduce the cooling demand of your spaces drastically, you can save energy & electricity bills.

02 Interlace Parametric Pavillion

Project Team: Whole Batch SECOND SEMESTER | CEPT University FACULTY: Jwalant Mahadevwala, Arpi Maheshwari DURATION: 1 month

brief.

The design development was based on a simple inter-weaving of the strips which was an integral part of the entire project: The fact, that even a very simple manipulation set such as the position, length and number of strips in each module could be varied almost infinitely, resulted in numerous variations By varying the length and direction of weaving the veneer-strip, the system was created to achieve maximum stability and diversity in form, which led to the development of an entire structure.

Process Photos

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Ishita Makhija

Contact: Ishita Makhija +91 9717482072 ishitamakhija03@gmail.com

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