Karsh Shah Architecture Portfolio by Karsh Shah

KARSH SHAH ARCHITECTURE PORTFOLIO

Karsh

Location - Kandivali, Mumbai +917028888822 karshshah1@gmail.com Portfolio - https://issuu.com/karshshah Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/karshshah22

BIOGRAPHY

RESEARCH

As a recent graduated Architecture student, I have developed a thorough passion for designing and have learned that architecture plays a very important role in today’s world. I am a detail oriented person, a quick learner and can quickly adapt to develop new skills and apply it to the projects. I have worked on various projects and have done research projects during my academic years, which has helped me garnered my skills and implement my knowledge in the practical world. I always believe in group effort and I have ability to work with different people and opinions.

Vidyavardhini’s Bhausaheb Vartak Polytechnic Spring 2014 Final Diploma Project Researched and redesigned Acoustical properties of college’s Seminar hall.

Shah

OBJECTIVE Currently seeking a full time position in the architecture/construction field.

EDUCATION New Jersey Institute of Technology, USA Bachelor of Architecture 3.815/4.0

2014-2019 Newark, NJ

2011- 2014 Vidyavardhini’s Bhausaheb Vartak Polytechnic Diploma in Construction Technology Mumbai, India 85.92/100

EXPERIENCE Teearch Pvt Ltd, Mumbai, India Summer 2018 Architecture Intern Developed Municipal drawings for obtaining approval online Drafting and amendment of High Rise Multi-Purpose Buildings. American Institute of Architecture Students, NJIT Shop Volunteer Fall 2017 3-D Modeling Room Volunteer Fall 2017- Spring 2019 Himesh Gupta & Associates, Mumbai, India Architecture Intern Summer 2017 Assisted in creating different models for Residential and Commercial Complexes. Created Schematic drawings for various Projects. Cad Intern Summer 2016 Assisted in creating plans and elevation for Residential Projects. Helped designed the floor space and the outer area for greater usability. NM Residency Pvt Ltd, Mumbai, India Summer 2015 Summer Site Intern Gained on-site experience about the construction procedure of excavation and foundation.

HONORS/AWARDS Rothe Johnson/ Fletcher Thompson Scholarship 2017 - 2018 Awarded to third year student who demonstrates outstanding design talent utilizing imaging technology. NJIT Undergraduate Scholarship Merit Based Scholarship

2016 - 2017

NJIT Design Showcase Contributer 2015, 2016, 2017,2018 Best Works in NJIT College of architecture and design NJIT Super Jury Fall 2015, 2017, Spring 2016,2018 Best work in semester throughout the class Bhausaheb Vartak Polytechnic- Excellence in Academics Construction Technology Topper

CERTIFICATION University of Pennsylvania Introduction to Marketing Introduction to Financial Accounting Managing Social and Human Capital

PROFFESSIONAL SKILLS Autodesk Autocad Autodesk Revit Rhinoceros 5 Google SketchUp V-ray Grasshopper Adobe Illustrator Adobe Photoshop Adobe InDesign Physical Model Making ArcGis Microsoft Word Microsoft Powerpoint Microsoft Excel

LANGUAG E SKILLS English Hindi Gujarati Marathi

2012,13,14

TABLE OF CONTENTS 1) Urban Grid 2) 240 MLK BLVD 3) In The Glass 4) Shifted Tower 5) Refugee Resettlement- Highland Park 6) Harrison Clinic 7) Death by the Ton 8)Paris: Along the Seine

URBAN GRID Year : Fall 2016 Type : Group Project Partner : Bridgette Bocanegra Critic : Maria Hurtado De Mendoza

An internal grid from within the unit was spread throughout the site to form a grid of a larger scale. Each unit is constantly rotated and placed within the grid to form three different configurations. The ground floor provides isolated units, whereas the top two floors are made up of shared living and co-op workspaces. Columns and beams emphasize the grid, which forms a superstructure. The space in between the columns accommodate the program of live and work. Four column itself could form a space without the use of usual walls or partitions. This is seen throughout the site and each unit.

Grid Form

Plan - Unit

Section- Unit Circulation Diagram

Shared Living

Isolated Living Conditions Overall Grid Concept

36’

12’ 36’ 12’

36’ 12’

36’

Shared Co-op / Work Spaces

First Floor Plan

Second Floor

Third Floor Plan

Fourth Floor

Section A-A

Section B-B

RENDERINGS / MODEL PHOTOS

240 MLK BLVD Year : Fall 2016 Type : Individual Project Critic : Maria Hurtado De Mendoza This Project is situated at 240 Mlk Blvd, Newark, NJ. The project was to reuse the building. The concept was divinding the spaces into horizontal bands and giving it a new addition based on the horizontal bands. The project deals with live- work relationship based on the idea as the interior courtyard being the center of the site, the Live spaces will be closer to the interior courtyard and as one moves away from the center they will encounter work spaces. The program of the building follows radial strategy. Top floor of the building would house game area, Recreational Spaces, and Work spaces.

Area Calculations

Form Diagram

Connecting the System by Perpendicular Extrusions Cellar Floor Area 18,100 Sqft

First Floor Area 15,000 Sqft

Second Floor Area 17,500 Sqft

Overall Form Third Floor Area 15,000 Sqft

Top Floor Area 14,000 Sqft

Total Floor Area 79,600 Sqft

Live- Work Strategy

Form Diagram

Horizontal Extrusions

Horizontal Projections From Building

First Floor Plan

Top Floor Plan

Second Floor Plan

Site / Cellar Floor Plan

Main Elevation

Sections

Model Photo

IN THE GLASS-NJIT Year : Spring 2016 Type : Group Project Type : Studio Members Critic : Micheal Mostoller In order to display the mirrors on our kiosk, our team considered the context of the site of our kiosk as well as the personal interactions that would happen within it. The kiosk is positioned in a way that a student who is traveling to Weston Hall has the opportunity to choose a route where they can enter the kiosk and leave the kiosk while still moving en route to their desired destination. During this time, students enter this central intimate space with a full length mirror. While immersed in the space, they are able to reflect on who they are and where they stand in their personal collegiate journey as they become professional adults. Reflection is encouraged both within the inhibitor as well as the architectural elements used. The design consists of two walls that have been dually reflected over the two lines of symmetry on the 6â&#x20AC;&#x2122;x8â&#x20AC;&#x2122; pad. In order to put more emphasis on the wall with the column of mirrors, we reduced the secondary wall. In order to read the structure as one whole, there are wooden beams and columns that stretch up and over connecting the two differentiating walls. The integration of wood and masonry implies a unified space of different materials. There are also apertures in the taller wall that allow light from the outside to shine through to the inside. The walls are composed of two different kinds of brick, light and dark, put together in a flemish bond pattern with a repeated coursing of one header with two stretchers. The interior stretchers are dark in order to emphasize the intimate space while the exterior stretchers are lighter in color to contrast the variance of spaces made. The headers are all dark brick in order to fuse the interior and exterior colors. Standing between the main wall and the implied wooden wall creates an interior space that provides a barrier from outside distractions. The outside spaces to sit provide a clear view to the main path to the CoAD building or to other buildings across campus. Overall, this kiosk is very specific to this site as it connects the students to other students in a sociable manner, but most importantly allows students to personally reflect in an intimate interior space.

Massing Diagram

Material Analysis Base Brick

Interior Brick (Angled Header)

Exterior Brick (Stretcher)

Angled Mirror

Interior Brick (Stretcher)

Stretcher Mirror

Header Mirror

Cmu Block

Horizontal Wood Member

Vertical Wood Member Feature & Half Walls

Diagrams of Construction Process

Pad

Feature and Short Wall

Steps

Section A-A

Section C- C

Section B-B

Plan A

8‘

3‘- 3 3/4”

3 ‘-3”

6‘

0 ‘1

A B

SCALE

‘2

‘

3‘

Bluestone Seating

Cedar Wood - Connection

Final Model

Photos of Construction Process and Mod-

Conceptual Rendering

The Man In The Glass Peter Dale Wimbrow Sr.

SHIFTED TOWER Year : Fall 2016 Type : Group Project Partner : Kris Edquilag Critic : Maria Hurtado De Mendoza This project manipulates the concept of shifting to define shared spaces. Cutting a perfect square in half resulted in two equal rectangles which were repeatedly shifted then mirrored. This created an overlap in the pattern, making it a shared workspace. Movable walls are placed to create different working conditions in the shared workspace: all private, all shared, or semi-shared. To have an uninterrupted shared workspace, the circulation cores are shifted to the sides. This project also offers a variety of living configurations, which not only provide plenty of light to the living spaces but also creates a pattern in the facade.

Vertical Core Diagram

Concept Diagram

Tower with Central Core Breaking and Shifting

Repetition and Shared

Tower with Voided Core

Reflect and Shared Space

Floor Plan Level 3,5,6,9,11,13

Floor Plan Level 2,4,6,8,10, 12

Site Plan

Parking Plan

Main Section

Rendering

Refugee Resettlement - Highland Park, NJ Year : Fall 2017

Type : Group Project Partners : Mathangi Raghupathy, David Kushner, Anupama Thaigarajan, Naymah Hashmi Critic : Georgeen Theodore The inviting aroma of paneer tikka masala might be one reason why Global Grace Cafe is bustling for lunch on Monday afternoon. But the other reasons are in the kitchen, where refugees, asylees and asylum seekers from across the globe cook every meal at this cafe â&#x20AC;&#x201D; food from India Syria, Jamaica,Nigeria. Global Grace Cafe is a ministry of the Reformed Church of Highland Park. It exists to raise funds to support Refugee Resettlement, to create small jobs and job training opportunities for recent arrivals to this country, and to raise positive awareness about refugee resettlement in New Jersey. One of the primary criteria for deciding sites for refugee resettlement is affordable housing and proximity to a resettlement agency like IRC AND CWS, but the successful model in highland park broke all the rules and was proof that the existence of a powerful resettlement agency and inclusiveness of the community were of foremost importance in identifying sites for refugee resettlement. While we were analyzing housing aspect of highland park, there wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t enough vacant housing as well as affordable housing. Highland park has a majority of renter based population and there is near to zero vacant housing available for renters. A majority of people travel outside of highland park for job opportunities. Places like new Brunswick, Edison, and New York. Having these conditions, we came up with few ways to tackle the problem of housing and Employment, but having more emphasis on housing aspect. We started analyzing highland park ownership and found there wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t enough city owned, or county owned land. Most of the land was around edges and mostly park and preservation sites. Then we focused on the main street where there was already resourceful commercial area and under the current zoning we were able to build four storey building, where the first floor is commercial and the top three floors are commercial. We identified opportunity sites along the corridor, where we are proposing new mixed use buildings. Changing the commercial corridor into an extension of CBD. This would also help us to develop the extension corridor adding more commercial and residential space. The first solution includes vacant land development. The second solution was to develop additions on existing underutilized buildings. To suffice the need of parking we are also proposing a multi level parking deck, and taking some of the parking sites and infilling them with mixed use building. The Multi level parking would have 200 new parking spots. Our proposal also includes to rehab underutilized sites. And our final solution includes introduction of ADU, which would help create more affordable housing options. The new commercials developed under our proposal would serve as the potential job opportunities in the future. In order to promote transportation for refugees, we propose to have designated bike lanes along the raritan avenue. This connects to places in New Brunswick and Edison. We envision Highland park woul0d serve as a model town for refugee resettlement after the completion of the proposals

Highland Park Characteristics

Job Centers/ Employment Opportunities

Analysis of Housing in Highland Park

Main Corridor Analysis

Characterstics of Main Corridor

Proposal Housing

Completed Proposal

Detailed Proposal for Development of the Main Corridor

Details of New development, Parking Fill-in, Reuse, and Additions development

Design Guidelines

New Developments Proposal 103 Woodbridge Ave

401 Raritian Ave

Addition Development

New Development

Community Inclusiveness

ADU

Improved Street Conditions

Bike Lanes

Highland Park - Urban Framework Plan

HARISSON CLINIC Year : Spring 2017 Type : Individual Project Critic : Marcelo Lopez Dinardi This project is situated in Harrison overlooking Newark Skyline. The intersection at which the site is situated is busy with all time traffic, leading to excessive unwanted noise. The idea for the project was to create a buffer zone, which separates the outside from the inside. But giving interior space a direct connection to outside. This is achieved by programming, Circulation, and Facade design. All the Circulation Space have a direct contact to outside and they Buffer at the street facing side and river facing side is provided by means of a garden space, which would help absorb noise from outside. The other two sides one facing towards the other street and towards the alley way is separated from outside by means of a thick buffer wall, which would help absorb the unwanted noise. Most of the programs are arranged towards the other street and the alleyway. Nevertheless, the facade is perforated and carefully articulated by means of sun study, so there is ample daylight within the building. The facade also creates a playful shadows on the interior of the structure. The pristine white finishes and shadow play gives a character to the interior space. The landscape design of the project contrasts with itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s geometrically rigid form. The idea is having Oval patches going from the center and it will move radially outwards and eventually in the future, would take over the neighborhood.

Site Conditions

Site Plan

Image

Landscape Concept

Interior / Exterior Concept

Program Concept

Circulation Concept

First Floor Plan / Site Plan

Second Floor Plan

Section/ Sun Study on Facade

Section Perspective 1

Section Perspective 2

Model Photos / Renderings

DEATH BY THE TON Year : Fall 2018 Type : Group Project Partner : Bobbi Maniaci Critic : Jesse Le Cavilier THE PROJECT IS THE RESULT OF HYBRIDIZING PROGRAM MATERIAL RECOVERY FACILITY AND CEMETERY. WITH THE INCREASING AMOUNT OF WASTE PRODUCED IN NEW YORK CITY, THERE IS A NEED TO HAVE A RECOVERY FACILITY WITHIN THE CITY FOR A SUSTAINABLE WASTE MANAGEMENT. THE FACILITY WILL SORT THE MATERIALS LIKE PLASTIC, METAL, GLASS, PAPER, AND WASTE. THE PRICE OF THESE MATERIALS IS EXPECTED TO RISE STEADILY IN COMING DECADES. THE OTHER PROGRAM IS THE CEMETERY, THERE HASN’T BEEN ANY NEW CEMETERIES IN NEW YORK CITIES IN PAST 50 YEARS. AND TO SATISFY THE DEMAND OF THE CEMETERY ITS ONLY POSSIBLE TO BUILD VERTICALLY. THERE IS THE IDEA OF A BANK, WHERE THE FACILITY WILL HOLD THE RECOVERED MATERIALS, AND WILL SELL THE MATERIALS TO SPONSER THE CEMETERY CONSTRUCTION. INITIALLY, THE FACILITY WILL HOLD ON TO THE RECOVERED MATERIALS FOR A YEAR, THE METAL AND PLASTIC WILL BE REPURPOSED INTO BALES AND WILL BE USED AS BUILDING MATERIALS. THE PLASTIC WILL BECOME PART OF CEMETERY, WHICH IS COLORFUL IN NATURE AS A TRIBUTE TO THE PEOPLE. THE TOWERS WILL BE CREATED IN SEQUENCE AND BY YEARS. EACH TOWER REPRESENTS A YEAR. EACH TOWER WILL BE ABLE TO ACCOMODATE AROUND 50,000 PEOPLE AND 1 YEAR WORTH OF RECOVERED METAL. THE TOWER HEIGHT IS 1456’ WHICH IS CLOSE TO THE HEIGHT OF THE EMPIRE STATE BUILDING. THE WHOLE SCHEME WOULD BECOME SELF SUFFICEIENT AND WILL PRODUCE ENOUGH CAPITAL TO SUSTAIN ITSELF FOR DECADES AS THE PLOT IS FILLED, WHICH IS 35 TOWERS CAPCITY, THE IDEA IS TO SELL THE METAL BALES TO PURCHASE NEW LAND FOR THE FACIILITY AND CEMETERY AND CONTINUE BUILDING IT UP.

New York City Waste Analysis

New York City Death Analysis

Proposed Conditions and Steps

Proposed Tower Condition Hybrid - Metal and Plastic

Proposed Memorial Block

Overall Plan

Roof Plan

Fourth Floor Plan

Underground Floor plan

Section Drawing

Renderings

PARIS : ALONG THE SEINE Year : Spring 2019 Type : Individual Project Critic : Michael Stephen Zdepski THE SITE IS SITUATED ALONG THE HISTORIC SEINE RIVER IN PARIS, AND IT SPANS OVER A THOUSAND FEET IN WIDTH. THE WIDE SITE PRESENTS A CHALLENGE TO SITUATE THE PROGRAMS AND ADDRESS THE SITE AS WHOLE. THE MAIN IDEA FOR THE SITE WAS TO UNIFY THE SITE BY FOLLOWING HAUSMANN STRATEGY OF FILLING UP THE BOULEVARD WHILE CREATING VARIED CONDITIONS ALONG THE BOULEVARD. THE STRUCTURE AND THE ROOF ELEMENTS OF THE BUILDING, FRAME THE ENTIRE SITE AND PROGRAMS, HELPS THE PROGRAMS READS AS A WHOLE. THE STORES ARE SITUATED ON SITE BASED ON THE CONTEXT AROUND IT FOLLOWING HAUSMANN STRATEGIES. THE BUILDING CREATES A HEAVY CONDITION AT THE PROMENADE TO MITIGATE FLOODING ISSUES FACED BY THE SEINE. AND CREATES A LIGHT FRAMING CONDITION ABOVE THE FLOODPLAIN, WHERE THE MAJORITY PART OF THE PROGRAMS IS SITUATED. EACH PROGRAM IS UNIQUE IN NATURE, STARTING FROM THE EAST, THE CHANEL STORE SITUATED ACROSS FROM THE DEPARTMENT STORE EMBRACES ITS GRANDEUR BY ORIENTING SPACES TOWARDS THE RIVER, WHILE CREATING DOUBLE HEIGHTED SPACE AND A SEMI PRIVATE GARDEN ON THE ROOFTOP. THE SHAKESPEARE AND COMPANY SITUATED CLOSE TO CENTER OF THE SITE TO CREATE A PRIVATE ENVIRONMENT, BY OPENING UP TO THE COURTYARD AT THE CENTER AND ORIENTING ALL THE SPACES TO THE MAIN COURTYARD SPACE. FURTHER, CREATING PRIVATE READING SPACE ON THE ROOFTOP, AND THE LEVEL BELOW THE STREET. THE PROPOSAL FURTHER EMBRACES THE EXISTING TREES ON THE PROMENADE FRAMES IT, TO MAKE IT A PART OF THE OVERALL BUILDING. THE FLOWER MARKET IS SITUATED AT THE MAJOR INTERSECTION CLOSE TO THE LOUVRE TO ATTRACT PEOPLE AND IT COMBINES THE EXTERIOR LANDSCAPE SPACE WITH THE INTERIOR PROGRAM WITH MOVABLE WALLS, BLURRING THE RELATIONSHIP OF EXTERIOR- INTERIOR AND MAKING THE PROGRAM A PART OF STREET. THE CAFE IS SITUATED ACROSS THE LOUVRE TO COMPLIMENT THE FOOT TRAFFIC AND FOCUSES ON MAXIMISING STREET INTERACTION, WHILE PROVIDING PANORAMIC VIEW OF THE HISTORIC PARIS ACROSS THE SEINE ON THE ROOFTOP, AND THE VIEW OF THE RIVER AND PROMENADE THROUGHOUT THE PROGRAM.

Overall Site Concept

Shop Concept

Building System Diagrams

Site Plan

Street Level Plan

-1 Plan

Section Cafe

Section Flower Market

Cafe- Second Floor Plan

Flower Market- Street Floor Plan

Cafe- Street Floor Plan

Flower Market- -1 Floor Plan

Section Bookstore

Section Chanel

Bookstore- Street Floor Plan

Chanel Store- Street Floor Plan

Bookstore- -1 Floor Plan

Chanel Store -1 Floor Plan

2-D Wall Section Detail

2-D Zoomin Detail 1

2-D Zoomin Detail 2

3-D Wall Section Detail

Night Time Rendering - Context

Day Time Rendering - Context

Renderings