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IGNESH DHOLAKIA DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES. C: +971 50 8732148

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Through nature’s principle we can change our current paradigm for sustainability...........

As a well accomplished Project Architect with 16 yrs. of work experience in the realms of Strategic planning, Master Planning, Architecture, and Sustainable design. My projects are mostly working with large Multi-Disciplinary Consultants and developers in Middle East and India. My involvement on the various projects varied, from working as individual player to team player for making project successful. As a Project Architect, I am responsible for maintaining client’s project standards, Client management, weekly design workshop with client, design management, resource management, maintaining overall project standards, managing deliverables, monitoring project programs, identifying critical path items. Controlling and monitoring daily activities of each design stage and updating KPI’s for team. Meeting the deadline, coordinating and updating management with project schedule, liaison with Local authority submission and various sub-consultants to accelerate the project. Preparing scope of work services (RFP) for sub-consultant and suppliers based on project requirement. I have expertise in all designs stages, building codes and specifications for a various diversified project ranging from Mixed-use development, Corporate offices, Retail/ Commercial, K-12, Sports Institution, Hospitality, Multi-Family housing and Residential towers.

I am passionate about sustainable designs, mentoring younger staff and successfully completing challenging innovation. My current dissertation is about over-lapping principles of biology in Urban Design. My research is about ‘How nature’s principle inspires Urbanism’.

Southwark Urban Design and Development Program Project: This report highlights opportunities for study area in and around Southwark high street based on group study report prepared for CW1. For CW3 we are preparing design framework to create positive economic, socially viable and sustainable change to the development. The group report analysed urban forms, land uses and activities, local character and sustainability of the study area.

Summary of the existing site conditions is briefed below: it has active store fronts on the ground floor and residential above on Borough high street. On flat iron square it has light industries at ground floor and residential above. Convenience retail are available on the high street such as retail, food and drink sector giving importance to the visitors with local economy. High street also accommodates small offices at the ground floor in between retail shops. Study area has close proximity to the city hall and bank side where major business brands are located. Clustered residential neighbourhood, schools, art, culture & media centre, light industry and warehousing are located within development. Ease of access to National rail and tube station from the high street that makes commuting more easier and sustainable. Small scale industries on southern end of the development are accommodated in old fabric of low grade terracing housing. There are fragmented open spaces in form of parks and public spaces scattered over the study area.

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Concept: Aim is to achieve economic and social reforms to revitalize the study area. One of the main drivers for revival is to enhance the quality of existing housing and introduce premium housing with 2, 3 and 4 bedroom apartments. For economic revival novelty hotels and hotel apartments are added to support tourism. Borough market needs to be enhanced for its tourism value.

Objective • Improve the quality local housing.

• Increase the grains width by combing couple of shops to create wider grain. This can be added in policies of development.

• Consolidate the abandon spaces and utilize them for future development.

• Create a community program for local resident to participate for the development of the area.

• Enhance Borough market for tourist attraction.

• To attract investors introduce more premium housing and mixed-use development.

• Improve legibility and permeability of the area.

Framework • Housing density to be increased by accommodating local resident as well create a room for investor to invest in premium housing with 2, 3 and 4 bedroom apartments.

• Novelty hotels introduced along with hotel apartment to support temporary accommodation for people visiting on business trip to bank side and Guy hospital.

• Schools are combined to form 3 storey building with internal courtyard.

Internal courtyard can be used as play area for lower grade student for monitoring.

• Enhance the Borough Market by extending to the Southwark street. Also another extension is added at the intersection of Southwark street and Southwark bridge road.

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Vision: New development will improve movement, permeability and housing quality within the study area.

Local economy will also be boosted with development over derelict and under used land. Proposed high density housing and improvising local housing standard will enhance local economy. Close proximity to the central London as well as big business brands in the close vicinity at e Bank side and Blackfriars creates high land value, which is key asset of the study area. New proposal will accommodate high end housing, offices, retails and hotels.

Old Oak & Park Royal Master Planning Project: Old Oak Common site has strong strategic location with close proximity to Central London. Old Oak and Park Royal are located on North West of London with Harlesden and Stonebridge park in North, Kensal Green on East, White city and East Acton on South and Wembley and North Acton on the west. The study area is predominately surrounded by railway network, fragmented residential area and mostly industrial activities as well as recycling centre. Grand Union Canal that runs through the site provides pedestrian connection with Paddington station and office based activities around east basin.

Neighbourhood areas to the North and South is residential, whereas on the East is Royal Park Industrial Estate and Cemetery on the West.

Concept: For creating a sustainable economy, the development should be self sustained and support neighbourhood economy. Design principle as mentioned earlier are the tools used to develop the design.

HS2 + Crossrail are major transit hub in the study area that are the sources to connect with rest of the country. Creating Business hub with infrastructure supporting high end business groups as well as light weight industries, it will create opportunity for the local jobs. Remediation of brownfield and reusing the land for future development will support development process. Community space and public spaces are the key areas of design consideration for compact and walkable city. While preparing the design framework, existing infrastructure such as perimeter roads, railway tracks and culverts or under pass were taken into consideration for connecting communities. Major underpasses within site (below railway track) and perimeter roads are kept same.

For study area to be pedestrian friendly travel distance to the nearest transit station is within 800m (1/2 mile). All road typologies accommodates dedicated bicycle lane as mode of commuting.

Business units with larger module are closer to the mass transit and small units are located in the centre. These units are surrounded by mixed-used residential zones that creates live and work culture within the development. Night life will create security more job opportunities for the resident.

Aims & Objectives: 1. Identify - First challenge is to identify the existing issues on the site.

This can be done through SWOT analysis and use them as design guidelines to preparing design framework for the study area.

2. Define - To meet the challenge following needs to be defined • Create legibility and permeability throughout the site.

• Rationalize the movement (Vehicular, pedestrian and bicycle) on the site.

• Create public and open spaces as meeting spaces.

• Create Business hub.

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• Use local planning policies for design framework.

3. Discover - Interdependency of the activities that can work in tandem for achieving sustainable goals.

4. Success - Actors and driving force that will make these development successful.

• Facilitate infrastructure for Business.

• Regenerate economy by creating jobs.

• Improve housing standards.

• Optimum use of under utilized land.

• Create sustainable economy that supports the Old Oak Common in future.

• Minimize environmental impacts on site.

• Connecting North - South and East-West axis.

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Spatial Planning - Future Planning Strategy for Kaduna State Aims & Methodology of Study: The coursework 02 was to apply spatial planning skills to Kaduna city in Nigeria. It started as a group work assignment, where team will be reviewing the planning context in coherent with other spatial planning strategy and come with sustainable goal for the future city of Kaduna. The planning should consider the growth pattern for next 25-30yrs. It should also highlight area of expansion next 25-30 yrs.

The new proposed framework will consider one of the pre-determined scenarios that looks at sustainable planning policies for city development.

While envisaging the key planning issues and sustainable development challenges, group also has come with proposition for opportunities and constrains for applying the spatial requirement to the city. Along with the group, team also needs to review the strengths and weakness of each strategy and how they intend to apply them. Strategy should include diversifying economic by enhancing agriculture, transport and other service industries. Success of these planning policies will be backed up by identification of actor and indicator of success and examples of good practice Development Challenges: State needs to restore it’s macro-economic resilience and growth for stabilization. The recovery measures will be addressing medium and long-term development agenda.

1. Country’s private sector needs to be exploited to its true potential with challenges of power, poor regulatory environment, and a lack of access to finance.

2. Teeming with young population, there is strong need for job creation as well as reducing inequality bar that is income and opportunities that has been growing rapidly throughout the country. Promoting diversified growth and accelerating the creation of jobs through public private sector growth.

3. Other human development challenges include reducing the vast inequities in terms of access and quality of services in the health, education, and water, and improving the quality and efficiency of social service delivery at the state level to promote social inclusion.

Sustainable Strategy: Key objective to achieve long term sustainable goal will be as follows: • Improve transport system for better connectivity as well as control the existing bus service operated by private operators.

• Improve city centre around mass transit station by increasing density and developing the centre.

• Enhance value-added food processing industries.

• Improve the production of agriculture products.

• Improve quality of housing and direct area of expansion.

• Enhance existing market place.

• Channelize public private investment through planned development strategy.

Transport Strategy: By improvising the public transport system by government intervention, can improve the existing transport system. Introduction of 3 wheeler rickshaw, Bus rapid transport and high speed buses can improve employment. It will also improve the basic transport system within the state and improve the connectivity within the region. Additionally, Proposal curtails the urban sprawl and develops the city core. Dedicated bus lane could also be one of the solution for commuting faster within inner city. Considering the Transit Oriented Development, the mass transit station will act as central hub for people to live and work within close proximity to station. This will also improve the investment made by the government on the mass transit.

Agriculture & Forestry Strategy: Kaduna’s two third of the people are still actively working as small scale farmers. Cash and food crops such as yam, cotton, groundnut, tobacco, maize, beans, guinea corn, millet, ginger, rice and cassava are cultivated and produced locally. Potential for fisheries and livestock is high in the state and can add value to state and national GDP. Manufacturing is limited and textile industries have declined their contribution to overall JIGNESH DHOLAKIA P.O. Box - 7178, DUBAI, U.A.E. C: +971508732148 E: jigneshdholakia@yahoo.com

economy. Kaduna also have agro-allied industries and other light manufacturing industries that function on agriculture production. Minerals found locally and light manufacturing industries could be potential driving force of the economy in future (Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, 2016).

Due to limited food production government is importing food worth of US $11 billion ever year. About 30.7 million hectares (76 million acres), or 33% of Nigeria’s land area, are under cultivation (Nationsencyclopedia. com, 2017).

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Housing Strategy: Considering medium growth scenario as applied earlier to calculate population of Kaduna city it will be 1.68 million people in 2015 which will increase to 2.42 people in 2035. With increase in population, need for housing and job will increase. Current trend of Urban development is along north south axis of the federal and principle dual carriage road.

Kaduna has strong existing transportation network, that connects Southern Nigeria to north passing through city centre. Major ground coverage is high density residential mixed use development around the city centre.

Another major ground coverage is by Armed services in north. To the south Kaduna there are many general industries, some of which are derelict and not functioning. Other typologies that fragmented are commercial areas connected to residential zone and civic government institute buildings.

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Market Strategy: Existing Markets in Kaduna Central Market - located in the local government area of Sabon Gari, it is bound by Mallam Masori Rd to the North, Lagos Street to the East, Ibrahim Taiwo Rd to the South and Ira Rd to the West. There are many commercial and retail and leisure buildings in close proximity to the Central Market.

The Market was rebuilt in the mid 90’s after damage form fire, the closest bus stops is a 15 min drive away. There is potential to improve transport links to the central market. It comprises of formal businesses and is the largest market in Kaduna. The market consist of various businesses, from gold, cosmetics, clothes, agriculture products and goods etc. Station Market – Located next to Kaduna Railway Station, it consist of informal businesses and items that are on sale include foods and groceries. This market has the potential to be expanded to enable the existing business to be formalised and grow the businesses.

Ungwan Sunday market – Located of Karaye Road in Kaduna North, it has four bus stops in close proximity but is only operated one day a week. It consist of informal businesses sell cheap items ranging such as cosmetics, there is potential to expand this market to operate throughout the week and can serve the north of Kaduna.

Financial Centre Strategy: Proposed strategy is to develop the financial hub in Kaduna state and eventually make it as second financial city of the Nigeria. The geographic location supports the east-west and north-south connectivity with other states. A well functional financial centre shows the good health of the country economy. Strategic approach to build financial centre would be to locate close to existing infrastructure in north eastern zone, which is close to the city centre. This will help to use the existing infrastructure as well extend it further for future development.

Initial setup for the centre will be gate community build on 25 hectares of land. The development will encompass commercial, high grade offices as well as hotels. To setup business environment within centre, development should focus on business environment, financial market infrastructure, regulation, people, connectivity and critical mass.

The financial sector comprises of number of sub-sectors that support the economy of the nation.

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Project: Al Waseel hills located in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia accommodates 1200 residential housing units for Saudi’s and Expat’s working for Sabic. Its mixed used development spread over 1.5 square kilometer with 36 building typologies. Project is on site with 75% of phase-1 completed. Project is also registered for LEED for neighborhood and homes.

Job Role: My involvement as Project Architect was to coordinate, design and maintain client’s project standards. I lead technical and design team during design stages as well as helped in material research and liaison with local authority. For Master planning - I was involved in coordination and development of end plots of the Saudi and Expat residential clusters. Also involved with Coordination of villa orientations, on street parkings, landscaping and sidewalks with planners. For buildings - I was did space planing and facade design. Some of the building typologies I was involved with are: Saudi villas, Juma and local mosque, Recreation club for both genders, Market place (Suoq), Schools and other ancillary buildings. I was responsible for completed inter-disciplinary coordination, managing sub-consultant and local suppliers and manage packages for each stage of submission. Project was submitted for LEED Homes and LEED Neighborhood Design. At regular interval we use to conduct LEED charter for applying sustainable strategy for achieving better LEED rating. I supported the project by researching on local sourced materials/products.

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RUKAN Project: Rukan is mixed-used development build over 24.9 Hectare of land in Dubailand, Dubai, UAE. Project includes mixed building typologies such as villas, twin villas, town houses, apartment building, mosque, club house and other ancillary buildings. Development is further sub-divided into 20% villas, 20% twin villas, 40% townhouses clusters and a residential tower as main components of development. Construction stage is further divided into 4 phases for ease of financing the project. Development is targeted for Middle - income group with moderate level of finishes. Project was designed for high density population.

Job Role: My role as a Project Architect was to coordinate master plan, controlling and monitoring allowable GFA, resource management, client management and liaise with local authority compliance. I was involved from Schematic design to tender documentation. On Master plan I was involved with designing street scape and public realm. I did space planning and facade design for villas, twin villas and town houses of the development. Job responsibility also included Client management, client’s design workshop, managing meeting minutes, multi-disciplinary coordination, reviewing documents at each submission stage, client’s sign-off for each stage, documentation for local authority approvals, managing sub-consultants and resource management. I managed project team and updated the KPI as required. Preparing RFP for sub-consultants as required as well as raising RFI to client for design related issues.

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Project: Enclave is developed over 16.3 ha of land in Dubailand, Dubai, UAE. Development consist of high end residential typologies – Premium villas, Standard villas and a Community center. Its a low density development with access to all amenity at walkable distance. There are total 147 nos. of Residential villa (combination of both 40% Premium villa and 60% Standard villas) and a community center. Community center is located in the heart of the development. Project finishes used were of high end specification.

Job Role: As a Project Architect, I was involved from inception to tender documents. I was involved with space planning of both villa typologies (Premium and Standard villas) as well as community center. Job also included client management, client’s design workshop, managing meeting minutes, multi-disciplinary coordination, documentation for local authority approvals, reviewing documents at each submission stage, client’s sign-off at each stage, leading design and technical team, managing sub-consultants and resource management. Updating KPI’s and monitoring critical paths on the schedules. Duties also included leading project team, preparing RFI’s for the design related issue with client and preparing RFP for scope of services for sub-consultant.

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AL SHOWIAB HOUSING DEVELOPMENT Project: Al Showiab housing is located on Dubai - Al Ain road in Al Alin, UAE. As a help to UAE nationals, government is providing free plots and accommodation. Architectural, Structure and MEP design was not part of Stantec scope of work. Project under went re-designing of master plan after government decided to increase the plot sizes. Stantec scope of work was to provide revised Master plan, infrastructure design and authority approvals.

Job Role: I was involved with designing master plan for site to accommodate maximum lots for local housing. Site is approximately 1.0 km long by 0.5 km deep. Special care was taken to create pedestrian friendly community.

Parks and open spaces were equally distributed along the site. Linkage were made through pedestrian corridors between end of each cluster. I was also involved with coordination of infrastructure services, positioning entry points to site and review plot levels based on grade plan. Prepare authority submission and update the changes based on approvals. Involved with client design workshop and managing minutes of the meeting for further action.

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Project: Al Badrah housing is low cost housing located in Al Manama district of Palm Jebal Ali - water front, Dubai, UAE. Development consist of 3 and 4 bedroom building typologies along with administration building and Community centers. There are total of 304 housing units and 2 community centers for each quadrant. Client themselves were contractors with specialized skills in studded aerated concrete wall construction. Two community centers located on either sides of the fan provides with basic amenities and services.

Project as default had to comply with LEED for homes due to developers mandatory design guidelines. Development was designed for higher density.

Job Role: As an Architect, I adapted to client’s specialized construction method for bases of space planning. These was been applied to all building typologies. Considering the shape of the site, internal circulation roads were radial and converging to the central park. For each cluster were restricted to 13 units for ease of infrastructure services. I was involved in developing street scape and facade design of the town houses. I use to lead client’s design workshop, applying best international practices in design, internal and external coordination, leading technical team and preparing documents for local authority approvals. Duties also included managing sub-consultant, reviewing and managing each stage of client submission and monitoring project schedule.

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TRIPOLI DEVELOPMENT Project: Tripoli development is local NGO working with local government for developing accommodation in war areas of Tripoli, Libya. Project is a proposal for low cost housing to the refugees in Tripoli. Master plan comprising of 1800 housing units in apartment blocks with internal courtyards, stadium, sport facilities, schools, clinics, youth centers, grand/local mosques, post office, police station and other public and administrative buildings.

The master plan pattern can be repeated to create a bigger community. All access to site are linked by public transportation network. Design features a sustainable community with pedestrian green links and easy access to standard amenities and services. Master plan was not our scope of work.

Job Role: I worked as an Architectural Consultant on this project with 2 other consultants. Project was divided based on building typologies. I was involved with designing residential units, schools and administration buildings throughout the site. Duties included proposing design typical floor plates for residential units, layout plans for schools and floor plans for administration building. I was also involved with preparing render plans and 3d views for client’s approval.

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Job Role: I worked as junior architect assisting project director with master planning and developing designs for commercial buildings. I was also involved with designing typical floor plate for commercial building, preparing 3D views for client’s approval, preparing rendered floor plans, calculating GFA and massing studies. Duties also included to review local authorities guidelines, material research and study of street scape.

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Project: Tata Technopark is located in Vikroli, Mumbai, India. Its developed over land of 16 hectares. Client wanted to create information technology hub for outsourcing companies. Proposed master plan is mixed use development with phase 1 to develop commercial offices and phase 2 for residential apartment buildings. Development also included community facilities and small retail building. Project contract was Design and Build for major construction. My involvement was from concept design to schematic design stage.

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SARAYA JISSAH BANDAR Project: Sarya Jissah Bandar is located 10km to south of muscat, Oman.

Development comprises weekend homes, ranging from high end to premium villas. Planning of housing units are around wadi (valley) with minimum damage to the site. Artificial lagoon was created for the premium villa with access through bridge. Other facilities like recreational center and hotels were also provided at vantage location.

Job Role: As an Architect my responsibility was to develop and coordinate master plan for zone 01 and zone 03 under supervision of planners. Master planning coordination included on-street parking, driveway entry to the lots, side walks, landscape coordination and topography level coordinations.

Architecturally, I was involved with designing villa layouts for type A & D as per site topography. I was responsible for internal coordination of these typologies with other building typologies to comply same project standards.

My time frame on project was from concept to schematic design submission. Duties also included helping peers in making 3D models of their villas, rendering floor, material research, preparing schematic and detail design documents for client submission. Challenge was to design double duplex apartment of 4 storey that steps back with the site topography. Care was taken while designing to minimize the damage to the mountains and have optimum view of the valley and beach

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DUBAI SPORT CITY - ACADEMIES SITE & BRADENTON SCHOOL Project: Academies site and Bradenton school is located in Dubai Sports City, Dubai, UAE. Site is 900m long with 600m deep. Site is further sub divided into Sport Institution (Academic site) and School (Bradenton School).

Site comprise of following sports activities: - International Cricket training academy.

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Job Role: My involvement in the project was from concept design (Stage C) to site supervision. I started with designing master plan with Project Director with placements of sports fields and change rooms. Based on each operator’s requirements sports fields were orientated as per sports standards and their linkages to the individual buildings were designed. I designed all the building typologies at concept and schematic design stage. I was responsible for maintaining minutes of the meeting with client, design workshop with their representatives and maintaining client’s project standards. I was involved with many aspects of the project such as supervising and preparing client submission for each stage, internal multi-disciplinary coordination, resource management and managing sub-consultant and local suppliers, reviewing specification, preparing and following up with local authority submission, material research and preparing project standards. Sustainable approaches were made in selecting material, deciding thermal insulation thickness and advising on glass thickness. I also worked on site as resident site architect for reviewing shop drawings and involved with site inspections.

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CRESCENT TOWER Project: Crescent tower is located on Crescent E in Plam Jebel Ali (PJA), Dubai, UAE. Its mixed use development with 2 towers (g+35 and g+45), 2 basement, 2 level of retail podium, tower restaurant and viewing deck.

As a mandatory requirement from Nakheel all the projects on PJA should meet minimum of LEED gold.

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Project: Floral residence is located on trunk of Palm Jebel Ali, Dubai, uae.

Its residential tower with 2 basement +2 Level of podium + 22 storey tower.

Client requested for feasibility study of the site with conceptual design for typical floor plate. Development was suppose to be high end residential tower with maximum view towards beach.

Job Role: I assisted project director in preparing feasibility report based on client’s requirement. Attached proposal is was independently managed with Project director. Design involved staggered and rotating modules (each module is 4 floors) every 4 floors to accommodate terrace gardens. Climate skin was used as facade treatment to avoid glare and direct sunlight from the south and west. Optimum view of the other frond and beaches were visible from all floors. Duties included designing typical floor plan, facade design, preparing rendered floor plan and 3D modeling of the tower, managing BUA calculation, preparing Concept Design report.

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AL FARTAN TOWER Project: Al Fartan tower is locate in Baghdad, Iraq. Tower is 2 basement, ground, 2 podium parking and 17 storey office tower. The proposal is to private developer to create infrastructure for further business development hub in Baghdad.

Job Role: I worked as an Architectural Consultant on this project with 2 other consultants. Duties included assist in rendering floor plans, sections, elevations and generate 3d model. Also helped in reviewing code compliance for the floor plans, preparing feasibility report and concept design report.

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Project: Eighth gate is mixed-use residential tower (3nos.) Connected together with 1 level of retail podium. Project is located in Damascus, Syria. I was hired by DSA Architects as an Architectural consultant to assist with completing schematic and detail design stages for client submission.

Job role: Duties included complying client project standards, incorporating local authority requirements, material research, coordination with sub-consultant and local supplier, developing floor plans, sections and elevations and assisting in technical details. I also helped in reviewing specification and applying best international standards to the project.

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BUSINESS VILLAGE - YOUNG LEADERS Project: The Business Village’ Project in Dubai is sponsored by the Mohammed Bin Rashid Establishment for Young Business Leaders, under the management of Dubai Development Investment Authority, and comprises a mix of office, retail and residential facilities located around a centralized entrance plaza, with on-site car parking. The project site is located in Deira, Dubai, UAE. It is defined by Dubai Municipality site plan as parcel no. 129-621, contained by road (105) to the north east and road (110) to the east, both adjacent to the clock tower monument.

Job Role: As an Architect I was involved with assisting project director in designing typical floor plan, facade design, preparing rendered floor plan, preparing 3D model of the tower, managing BUA calculation as per DM standards and preparing Design report. Duties also included massing study, material research and complying with local authority standards. My involvement was from concept design to schematic design stage.

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Project: Garden Enclave is project for Godrej developer on eastern express highway in Mulund, Mumbai, India. Its mixed-use development with 6 residential tower, 4 commercial office building, school and other support building for the development. Project was Design and build for major construction.

Job Role: I worked as Intern Architect assisting Project Director with master planning and developing floor plans, elevations and sections for residential towers. I was involved with designing typical floor plate for residential building, preparing 3D views for client’s approval and preparing rendered floor plans. Duties also included to review local authorities guidelines, material research and study of street scape.

I also use to visit site to monitor the progress on weekly basis. I was involved from feasibility study to construction.

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Job Role: I worked as Junior Architect assisting project director with developing master plan for the site. Role included regular site visit, preparing detail design drawings, technical details, preparing cut sheets and coordination with contractor. Job also included client’s design workshop, 3D modeling, preparing presentation drawings, multi-disciplinary coordination, reviewing and preparing documents for schematic and detail design submission, documentation for local authority approvals and coordination with sub-consultants.

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INTERNATIONAL CRICKET COUNCIL Project: International Cricket Council (ICC) headquarters is extension of Academic site in Dubai Sports City, Dubai, UAE. Project site is located to the south of the Academic site. Plot is centrally located with good view towards cricket academy, football academy and hockey academy.

Job Role: I assisted project director in preparing design and build proposal for ICC headquarters. I was involved in space planning, designing facade, research for fast method for construction technology. Duties involved preparing design proposal for the for client approvals, massing study and generating 3d model. Research were made for high-tech security systems and digital connectivity with training academy and headquarters.

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Job Role: As an Architect, I was involved from feasibility study of the proposal to tender documentation. Architectural opportunity were limited to showroom design and front facade side and rear were to be finished with mid range finishes. I was involved with space planning of the show room and service center based on client’s brief. My job included client management, internal multi-disciplinary coordination, resource management and managing sub-consultant and local suppliers. Duties also included client’s design workshop, managing meeting minutes, multi-disciplinary coordination, reviewing documents at each submission stage, client’s sign-off for each stage, reviewing and writing NBS specification, preparing cut sheets and documentation for local authority approvals. I managed project team, prepared project schedule and updated the KPI as required. I was also involved with preparing RFP for sub-consultants as required as well as raising RFI to client for design related issues and maintaining RFI logs for the queries.

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Project: Al Tayer motor showroom and service center is located on Emirates road, Sharjah, UAE. Main entrance to car showroom is from front and car service center from side. Spare parts procurement office access is from rear side.

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DEWA LABAORTARY AND RESEARCH CENTER Project: Dubai electricity & water authority (DEWA) awarded Stantec international inc. the engineering consultancy contract for a research and development (R&D) center and laboratory at the Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum solar park in Dubai. The development of the solar park and R & D center supports the goals of the Dubai integrated energy strategy 2030 to promote sustainability in energy supply.

Job Role: As an Project architect I was involved from feasibility study of the proposal to tender documentation and evaluation. Architectural opportunities were limited to office design and facade. Laboratory design were taken care by the other specialized Stantec office from Cleavland. My job included client management, internal multi-disciplinary coordination, managing coordination between different Stantec offices, resource management and managing sub-consultant and local suppliers. Job also included client’s design workshop, managing minutes of meeting, reviewing documents at each submission stage, client’s sign-off for each stage and reviewing and follow up documentation for local authority approvals. I also managed project team, prepared project schedule and updated the KPI as required. I was also involved with preparing RFP for sub-consultants as required as well as raising RFI to client for design related issues and maintaining RFI logs for the queries. To display the function of the building, client was interested in integrating BIPV panels for the facade.

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Job Role: I worked as Junior Architect assisting Project Director with space planning and developing floor plans, elevations and sections for HSBC towers. I was involved with preparing 3D views, rendering floor plans, concept layouts, schematic & detail design drawings, coordination with contractor, and preparing cut sheets. Duties also included to review local authorities guidelines, coordination with sub-consultant and material research. I was involved from concept design to schematic design. I had site visit to monitor the progress on biweekly basis.

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Project: HSBC call center is located in Pune, India. Project is G+4 storey building with bank at the ground floor and call center on all above floors.

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KHORFAKKAN RESORT Project: Khorfakkan resort is 80 key boutique resort located in Khorfakkan, sharjah, uae. Its located in the enclave of the Khorfakkan mountain. Challenge was to create access to the resort with minimum disruption to natural resources.

Job Role: As an Architect, I studied the site topography and was assisting senior designer in developing master plan. A couple of options were made for access to resort with minimum site disruption. I was involved with traffic study for internal circulations. Attached proposal is the final version with dual carriage access road to site. Internal circulation is through electrical car.

I was also involved with designing junior suite and premium suite. Duties included research on the boutique resort, spa facilities, pool design, condos design, placement of the cluster on the master plan and material analysis. I also helped with 3D modeling and preparing presentation design.

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Duties included space planning, facade design, building massing, material research, stacking diagram and preparing concept design for client’s approval.

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Project: Sarya Jissah Bandar is located 10km to south of Muscat, Oman. Development comprises weekend homes, ranging from high end to premium villas.

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NAUFAR - REHABILITATION CENTER Project: Naufar Rehabilitation center is located in Doha, Qatar. Total development consist of 80,000 sqm with 22 building typologies. Development has separate treatment centers male and female. Spa included modern treatment facilities such as bubble pool, Jacuzzi’s, steam and suna treatment.

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I was involved with resource management, scheduling work and updating KPI’s for the team.

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MEDICLINIC PARKVIEW HOSPITAL Project: Mediclinic Parkview is 188 bed hospital located in Dubai, UAE. A key principle of the functional arrangement of the building is the ability to aggregate and collocate specialisms to provide integrated working environments for clinical teams; facilitating better work-flows.

Job Role: As a Project Architect for facade design, I was assisting design with material solution and construction methods for their facades. I was leading technical team, involved with internal coordination and research on construction technology and facade materials. I prepared RFP for facade related sub-consultants during project development stages. I was involved with resource management, scheduling work and updating KPI’s for the team.

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