ARCHITECTURAL PORTFOLIO MY WORK - 2013-18
KARAN JITENDRA SHAH
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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OFFICE BUILDING, MUMBAI, INDIA.
TRAIN STATION, SANPADA, INDIA.
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HOUSING,
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IT. CENTRE.
DADAR, INDIA.
BENGALURU, INDIA.
MOTIVATION LETTER Architecture, to me, doesn't simply involve the designing process; it stands as an amalgamation of real-estate market know-how, post-construction demands, planning, co-ordination and control of diverse stakeholders and new construction technologies. Traveling through various cities across the world, I was exposed to various architectural marvels at a very young age. The relation that architecture has to scale proportion through built forms always was a very interesting factor that left me spell bound. The development of projects that I worked on, created a huge set of inquisitiveness towards this arena which made me observe projects in depth, from the start to the end. Being born and brought up in Mumbai, I have been completely aware of the city's needs, future requirements & prospectus. I have always wished to be someone who could make a recognizable di erence. Being an architect - I understand the space crunch issues and unplanned development that has resulted in the appalling conditions of buildings and city scape. While I have seen a pleasant transition to building aesthetics, the practices to achieve it are still not sustainable and eco-friendly besides, plenty of projects from where I see them, lack time management and e ective portfolio management which results in many sites being ine ective in delivering the results promised by professionals. I believe in on time delivery within a budget, time, design, accuracy and specification of set frames. E ective administration is of prime importance which would help a project of any scale get executed without any kind of hindrance. I aim at planning my design projects e ciently, economically and e ectively while being able to appreciate the work involved at each step of the way. I would like to be able to successfully achieve useful tools for risk analysis which could then be applied to a vast range of situations. Although my Bachelor's degree at “Academy Of Architecture” along with an internship and work experience at “Talati & Panthakhy Associates LLP” created a strong foundation in architecture academically as well as practically. A good graduate program would not only increase and improve my knowledge in cutting edge techniques and practicalities of construction but also mould me into having a deeper and more focused approach in the field of Management and its streams. I therefore, look forward to study this chosen stream in detail, so I can take over huge responsibilities with full confidence and deliver excellent results.
01 OFFICE BUILDING, MUMBAI, INDIA.
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active living OFFICE BUILDING FOR KILLER JEANS
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location: Goregaon, Mumbai. type Academic. kind: Individual. role: Author. contribution: Concept, Design and Representation. level: Semester 10 , Design Dissertation. date: March 2018 professor:Ar. Mandar Dhuri-m.dhuri@aoamumbai.in A
AIM: Designing an o ce building for my final thesis, interested me because of the major lack of activities during o ce hours and the dependence of a computer based job which automatically create the need to initiate movement and variety in our general life. Turns out, my product was of relevance & was appreciated by all. Successfully I got short-listed for Council of Architecture’s National award for excellence in architectural thesis 2018 from my college, also secured 1st position and scored 9.58 CGPA in my final thesis. The conventional method of organization for a multi storied o ce building splits di erent departments over several levels - thus not creating interaction and movement. Therefore
Workspace in need of flex
Services instigates movement
Storage is not required
Rest is neglected
Behaviour is adapted
Only 1 method of vertical movement Means of transportation
Conventional OfďŹ ce Drawing by karan; Hand-Drawn + Rendering on Photoshop
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active living OFFICE BUILDING FOR KILLER JEANS
DESIGNING CONCEPTS: The critical challenge of this project is to motivate and encourage various movements rather than routine. My response to this is an idea of place where there is visual connection by innovative system of stacked slabs or tables. Each slab would define a particular department in mix with other department. The slabs or tables overlap allows visual connections between activities and urges for movement. Double and triple height spaces allow di erent kind of functions resulting in movement from one place to another. The result of this composition is open and highly visible with numerous routes for movement and collaborations.
Concept Sketch Drawing by karan; Hand-Drawn
+ SHELVES AS SPINE
+ WORKOUT LADDER
+ STAGGERED FLOOR PLATES
They are present at the whole stretch of the building. This 6M width would contain all shared spaces like smoking room, printer area, resource center. The spine would also have service areas inside which would instigate movement.
Conceived as a vertical field of movement, their repetition an compression into a single vertical plane aims to create a concentration of activity and meeting. There are three types of staircases which would include di erent kin of body movements and keep all parts of the body active.
These staggered floor plates would house all the working force, making it the primary space. This area would encourage visual interaction and promote movement.
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active living OFFICE BUILDING FOR KILLER JEANS
INNOVATION:
Concept Sketch Drawing by karan; Hand-Drawn + Rendering on Photoshop
+ Staggered Floor Plates
+ Spine For Shared Resources
The slabs or tables overlap allows visual connections between activities and urges for movement. Double and triple height spaces allow di erent kind of functions resulting in movement from one place to another. The result of this numerous routes for movement and collaborations.
Shared resources are accumulated in a single spine of cellular spaces that equal relationship to each working department. This makes each space equal accessible from the work area thus creating movement and easy to re configure the activities. Resources are also shared between di erent departments.
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active living OFFICE BUILDING FOR KILLER JEANS Fifth Floor Plan Drop O
Entrance
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Second Floor Plan 1
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Fourth Floor Plan
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Exit All drawings by karan; Revit Plans + Rendering on Photoshop
Ground Floor Plan
1 Reception Area 4 Cycle Storage 2 Café Area 5 Watchman’s Cabin 3 Retail Show Room 6 Executive Lounge
Third Floor Plan
7 2M Wide Passage 8 Toilet 9 Car Lift
Second Floor Plan
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active living OFFICE BUILDING FOR KILLER JEANS
Design Department
Site Model
Entrance Plaza Finance Department
Lobby
By Karan; Material - Mdf + Acrylic
Meeting Room
Perspective Section Drawing by karan; Revit & Autocad + Rendering on Photoshop
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active living OFFICE BUILDING FOR KILLER JEANS
Entrance Plaza Workout Ladder
Entrance 2 Printing Room Pantry Room
Detailed Model By Karan; Material - Mdf + Acrylic
Perspective Section Drawing by karan; Revit & Autocad + Rendering on Photoshop
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active living OFFICE BUILDING FOR KILLER JEANS Structural & Construction Graphics Graphics by karan; Drawn onRevit + Rendering on Photoshop
+ Modular System
+ Factory Assembly
+ Structure & Facade
+ Conventional System
+ Core
+ Floors & Celieing
Precast Concrete Frame
Mullion System
Glazing System
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active living OFFICE BUILDING FOR KILLER JEANS
+BUILDING ECOSYSTEM - the physiology of the building (SUSTAINABILITY) More than just another hermetically sealed, inanimate building in the skyline, the o ce building will interact with the world around it and the inhabitants within it. Capitalizing on energy from the sun and water from rain, manipulating wind energy for cooling and ventilation, and converting excess urban CO2 into oxygen are just a few yet significant ways that the O ce building takes action as a responsible steward of limited resources. The Pie Chart below explains the energy consume vs energy generated.
+ Building Energy
+ Water Use
+ Embodied Carbon Reduction Sustainability Graphics Graphics by karan; Drawn on In Design + Rendering on Photoshop Guide : Ar Prerna Thacker & Ar. Jiten Prajapati. (Sustainability) Email: prerna.thacker@gmail.com & j.prajapati@aoamumbai.in
02 TRAIN STATION, SANPADA, NAVI MUMBAI.
Perspective View View by karan; Revit Model and 3Dmax.
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location: Sanpada, Navi Mumbai. type Academic. kind: Individual. role: Author. contribution: Concept, Design and Representation. level: Semester 09. date: September 2017. professor: Ar. Yashwant Pitkar - y.pitkar@aoamumbai.in
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The city of Navi Mumbai has been developing at very fast paced and their train stations are taking a major role in describing its infrastructure growth. AIM: The re-construction of Sanpada Train Station would be a major project in the city. Therefore it does not have to be just a train station. It has to become a transfer hub, to give a new and vital impetus to station design, so rather than merely designing the station around the activities and people flows that already took place there, the expanded architecture of the new Station would directs and determines how people use and move around the building
Concept Sketch Drawing by karan; Micron and Copic Markers.
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Existing Station
+ Existing Condition Congested Underpass shared by pedestrians and train passengers. Dark passage making the commute experience very bad. A New Concourse !
SANPADA SANPADA VASHI
VASHI
+ New Concourse Users move through new concourse level. New wider two passages at ground floor level solely for train passengers.
JUI NAGAR
JUI NAGAR
A New Destination !!
+ New Destination No longer just a place for passengers. A nee elevated civic space, providing expansive views over the city. A place to rest, pause, meeting point, dining destination and viewpoint.
Location Map Done by Karan; Google map and rendered on photoshop
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DESIGN CONCEPT: PROXIMITY MATRIX + Zone 1: Access and Interchange Zone 1 acts as a gateway between the station and its surrounding environment. The designs should cater for the di ering requirements of arriving and departing passengers.
+ Zone 2 : Core Facilities and Servcies It is within Zone 2 that the primary travel needs of passengers and station visitors are generally met, with the range of passenger information, services and facilities and their distribution and location being key to the planning of this zone
+ Zone3: Platforms Access between zone 2 and zone 3 (platform) is often controlled by ticket checks, whether by manual inspection or Automatic Ticket Gates(ATGs). This threshold can be managed safely and securely.
Proximity Matrix Graph Done by Karan; In Design
TRAIN STATION
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Sanpada Station RD
Auto Rickshaw Drop-Off
Chatrapati Shivaji Marg
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Car Off Parkin g
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Site Plan Drawing by Karan; AutoCAD and Rendering on Photoshop
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TRAIN STATION + 0.00 Bus Stop Sections Drawing by Karan; AutoCAD and Rendering on Photoshop
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Site Plan Drawing by Karan; AutoCAD and Rendering on Photoshop
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+ Nodular system The most important elements are the nodes, which form the connections between the (actuated) beams. Itis based on the principle of creating a ball-and-socket joint. The main property with which it distinguishes itself from the other concepts is that it is able to handle only small angular alterations for the bars. As this is su cient for the dynamic principle which has been developed, the nodes can be produced rather simple and inexpensive related to more complex node. The ball node is also very elegant and functions very well in receiving the fixed elements.
Basic shape
Planar transformation Single curved
Double curved
Square, top view
Trapezoid, top view
Molehill
Partial shell
Nodular System - Detail Drawing by Karan; Revit
+ 14.10 + 9.60 + 5.10 + 0.60
Perspective Section Drawing by Karan; Revit and Rendering on Photoshop
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+ The Roof
TRAIN STATION
The V Column supporting the roof majority gives support to the roof and the roof columns also includes an indicator with it for passengers to see.The roof structure, which is connected at the centre, transitions into individual, tongue shaped platform roofs in the outer areas of the platforms. This creates an overall impression that resembles a wave gradually dissipating as it spreads.
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4 Roof - Column Design Concept Drawing by Karan; Revit and Rendering on Photoshop
+ 18.00 + 14.10 + 9.60 + 4.65 + 0.00
Perspective Section Drawing by Karan; Revit and Rendering on Photoshop
03 HOUSING, MUMBAI, INDIA.
Bird’s Eye View Done by Karan & Dallas ; Revit and 3D Max.
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housing RE-DEVELOPMENT
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location: Dadar, Mumbai. type Professional. kind: Group. role: Jr. Architect. contribution: Design Drafting & Representation. level: date: September 2017- December 2018 team leader: Ar. Arshad Dastur arshad.studio@tparch.net architectural design: Talati & Panthaky Associated Designers LLP. A AIM: Talati & Panthaky Associates were appointed to design this building in dadar under re-devlopment scheme. Two buildings are designed due to the scheme - Sale Building & Tenant Building. For this project they were specifically looking for Drafters & 3D Model Makers. The architect in charge of the project was Arshad Dastur. I was chosen to work on this project & was majorly involved in the construction management of this building as an architectural intern, but now heading the same project but as a privileged Jr. Architect. Night Street View Done by Karan & Dallas ; Revit and 3D Max.
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housing RE-DEVELOPMENT
DESIGN CONCEPT: Considering briefly the site on which the building stands, a space e cient building is one that makes most use of the site, and therefore has a maximum gross external area in relation to the site area. The building is designed for space e ciency. Keeping the corridor area to minimum increases the e ciency.
DUCT
DUCT
Toilet 1460 x 2700
Living 4580 x 6070
2100 x 1730
Dining 3585 x 5165
Toilet 1490 x 2770
BedRoom 3375 x 4720
BedRoom 3375 x 4720
Toilet 1490 x 2770
Living 5240 x 6140
2100 x 1730
2100 x 1730
2100 x 1730
SW2 Lift 2465 x 2315
Kitchen 2850 x 4945
Lobby 2700 x 4865
BedRoom 3375 x 4720 Kitchen 2780 x 4945
Dining 3300 x 4120
Toilet 1490 x 2770
Lift 2465 x 2315
Dining 3300 x 4120
BedRoom 3375 x 4720 Toilet 1490 x 2770
DUCT
Dw
Staircase 3100 x 6445
DryBalcony 4945 x 1350
Serv.Lobby 2265 x 3970 Serv. Toi. 1420 x 1860
DUCT
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Up
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Up
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WING - B + Flat No. A601 Area Statement
+ Flat No. B602 Area Statement
BedRoom 3305 x 4000 Toilet 1420 x 2720
Serv. Toi. 1420 x 1860
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WING - A
DryBalcony 2320 x 1350
Serv.Lobby 2265 x 3970
Lift 2465 x 2390
Lift 2465 x 2390
Dw
Staircase 3100 x 6445
DryBalcony 4945 x 1350
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+ Flat No. A602 Area Statement
Toilet 3000 x 1500
Lift 2465 x 2315
DUCT
DUCT
Study / BedRoom 5035 x 2915
Dining 3585 x 5165
Kitchen 2850 x 4945
Lobby 2700 x 4865
Kitchen 2780 x 4945
Lift 2465 x 2315
DryBalcony 2320 x 1350
BedRoom 3595 x 5165
Living 4580 x 6070 2750 x 1860
2750 x 1860
SW1
Toilet 1500 x 2930
Toilet 1500 x 3000
BedRoom 3310 x 4260
BedRoom 3310 x 4260
2750 x 1860
2750 x 1860
BedRoom 3350 x 4280
Living 5240 x 6140
BedRoom 3310 x 4260
BedRoom 4170 x 5165
Toilet 1460 x 2700
Toilet 1460 x 2700
Toilet 1460 x 2700 BedRoom 3310 x 4260
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Toilet 1500 x 3000
Done by Karan & Dallas ; AutoCAD.
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Key Plan
DUCT
Typical Sale Floor Plan Done by Karan & Dallas ; AutoCAD.
+ Flat No. B601 Area Statement
Carpet Area :- 142.29 sq.m Dry Balcony Area :- 3.51 sq.m Servant Toilet Area:- 1.36 sq.m.
Carpet Area :- 135.84 sq.m Dry Balcony Area :- 7.05 sq.m Servant Toilet Area:- 1.36 sq.m.
Carpet Area :- 135.84 sq.m Dry Balcony Area :- 7.05 sq.m Servant Toilet Area:- 1.36 sq.m.
Carpet Area :- 160.22 sq.m Dry Balcony Area :- 3.51sq.m Servant Toilet Area:- 1.36 sq.m.
Total Area:- 147.16 sq.m
Total Area:- 144.25 sq.m
Total Area:- 144.25 sq.m
Total Area:- 165.09 sq.m
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housing RE-DEVELOPMENT
+ Flat No. A001 Area Statement
Carpet Area :- 43.04 sq.m Built Up Area :- 50.72 sq.m
Key Plan Done by Karan & Dallas ; AutoCAD.
+ Flat No. A002 Area Statement
Carpet Area :- 34.13 sq.m Built Up Area :- 41.32 sq.m
+ Flat No. A003 Area Statement
Carpet Area :- 21.49 sq.m Built Up Area :- 25.69 sq.m
+ Flat No. A004 Area Statement
Carpet Area :- 23.60sq.m Built Up Area :- 27.68 sq.m
+ Flat No. A005 Area Statement
Carpet Area :- 41.72 sq.m Built Up Area :- 48.30 sq.m
Typical Tenant Floor Plan Done by Karan & Dallas ; AutoCAD.
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housing RE-DEVELOPMENT
+ Slab Casting at 5th Floor
+ Column Casting at 5th Floor
+ Reinforcement at 5th Floor
+ Sale Building Section
04 OFFICE BUILDING, BANGALORE, INDIA.
Pedestrian’s Eye View Done by Karan ; Revit and 3D Max.
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office building KARLE TOWN CENTRE
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location: Kempapura, Bengaluru. type Professional (Internship). kind: Group. role: Drafter contribution: Concept, Design and Representation. level: Semester 8 , Internship. date: December, 2016. team leader: Ar. Saagar Tulshan. saagar.tulshan@vagroup.com architectural design: Venkataramanan Associates A AIM: The Venkataramanan Associates are designing a town centre in bangalore being developed by Karle Town Centre. Karle Town Centre comprises of Hotels, Residential Buildings and O ce Buildings The Architect in charge of the designing of the project was Ar. Saagar Tulshan and I was responsible to come up with 3 di erent elevation options for a singular plot. Evolving O ce Spaces - The design thought behind each o ce O ces are evolving from being just places to work to being places that care for their employees. The best companies to work for today have o ce spaces where services are provided that meet the employees’ daily personal needs. Site Plan Drawing by Karan & Saagar; SketchUp ,AutoCAD and Rendering on Photoshop
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office building KARLE TOWN CENTRE
DESIGNING CONCEPTS: + Site Boundary
+ The Setback
+ The Tower Shoots Up
+ Service Core
+ Retail
+ OfďŹ ces
+ Exploded Massing
+ Concept Massing Concept Development 3DModel by Karan & Saagar; SketchUp
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office building KARLE TOWN CENTRE
INNOVATION: + Green by design Sustainable OfďŹ ce spaces The new o ce complex at Karle Town Center addresses global climatic and energy issues as a core driver of its design. It is important that a project of this magnitude takes responsibility for its energy and resource consumption. A typical Bangalore o ce building would require 25 kwh per sqft per year to operate. This design will consume an estimated 16 kwh per sq ft per year, converting to a running energy cost reduction of 36%.
+ High performance facade In addition to being aesthetically pleasing, the gracefully curving facade performs a self-shading function. The facade reduces direct solar gain by up to 80%, while still allowing in di use daylight and providing views out. The facade was designed and fabricated using modular technology.
Ground Floor Plan & Typical Floor Plan Drawing by Karan & Saagar; AutoCAD and Rendering on Photoshop.
office building KARLE TOWN CENTRE
Refuge Cut Out Box
Adding The Louvers
+ Option 2
Cha ered Edge
Refuge Cut Out Box
Adding The Portico
Adding The Louvers
+ Option 3
+ Option 1
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Elevation Options Drawing by Karan & Saagar; SketchUp.
Adding the Portico
Adding The Roof Cover
Double Glazing