Karsh Shah Work Sample by Karsh Shah

KARSH SHAH Work Sample

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 : Prof 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.

Shared Living

Grid Form

Isolated Living Conditions Plan - Unit

Shared Co-op / Work Spaces

First Floor Plan

Second Floor Plan

Section

Model Picture/ Rendering

240 MLK BLVD Year : Fall 2016 Type : Individual Project Critic : Prof 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.

Overall Concept

First Floor Plan

Second Floor Plan

Horizontal Extrusions Horizontal Projections From Building

Fourth Floor Plan

Site Plan

Section Drawing

Model Pictures

IN THE GLASS-NJIT Year : Spring 2016 Type : Group Project Partner : Studio Members Critic : Prof 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.

Building Materials

Wood Piece

Concept Diagram

EvolutionaryDiagram

Plans and Section A

8‘

3‘- 3 3/4”

3 ‘-3”

6‘

0 ‘1

A B

‘2

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3‘

SCALE

The Man In The Glass Peter Dale Wimbrow Sr.

SHIFTED TOWER Year : Fall 2016 Type : Group Project Partner : Kris Edquilag Critic : Prof 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. Conceptual Diagrams

Conceptual Strategy

Even Floor Plan

Odd Floor Plan

Section

Refugee Resettlement - Highland Park, NJ Year : Fall 2017

Conceptual Highland Park

Type : Group Project Partner : Mathangi Raghupathy, David Kushner, Anupama Thaigarajan, Naymah Hashmi Critic : Prof Georgeen Theodore This Project focuses on creating an Urban Framework Plan for the city of Highland Park,NJ, USA. The process started with in depth analysis of Highland Park- Population, Demographics, Economic analysis, Housing, Transportation. This helped us creating a plan for the future of Highland park, which includes imporvement of Central business district, adding housing on existing commercial structures. Also identifying plots for residential construction. To increase density and earning for exisiting homeowners ADA unit are being proposed throughout the city. This could potentially help bringing in more people and will generate extra cash for homeowners. Proposing Bus stops along the central business district and creating Bike lanes based on average footfall accross the City. While these additions will help make Highland park an ideal place for Refugee Ressetlement, it will also help the people of HIghland Park to grow.

Highland Park Characterstics

Highland Park Analysis

Proposed Residential Development

Proposed overall Development

Proposed Plots Analysis

Design Guidlines for the City

Highland Park - Urban Framework Plan

HARRISSON CLINIC Year : Spring 2017 Type : Individual Project Critic : Prof 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.

Section/ Plan/ 3d Section drawings

Model Pictures

DEATH BY THE TON Year : Fall 2018 Type : Group Project Partner : Bobbi Maniaci Critic : Prof Jesse Le Cavilier 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. 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.

Design Strategies and progression

Collage

Overall Plan

Underground Plan

Fourth Floor Plan

Section

Collages

PARIS:ALONG THE SEINE Year : Spring 2019 Type : Individual Project Critic : Prof Micheal Stephen Zdepski The Site is situated in paris, by the river Seine. With the site being Long and Narrow in with the main idea is to unify the site by placing programs strategically with respect to context. There are 5 program to the overall proposal- Cafe de Flore, Flower Market, Shakespeare & Co ( Bookstore), Chanel, and Landscape. Each program is designed based on its primary requirement. Cafe is provided with 360 degree view of the surrounding, with an emphasis on street view, Flower market is integrated with the streetscape, Bookstore is made private in nature, by orienting it away from the street and facing the river, Chanel is designed to provide grandness. The landscape component is spreaded accross and integrated with the shops. The structural grid and landscape used unifies the entire site. Each program is provided with roofscape and is accessible year round with the help of Operable roof system.

Site Concept

Shop Conceptual Strategies

Site Plan

Section Drawing

3D WALL SECTION

2D WALL SECTION

Night Render

Section Cafe

Section Flower Market

Section Bookstore

Section Chanel

Cofe Render

Flower Market Render

Bookstore Render

Chanel Render

Cafe- Street Floor Plan

Bookstore- Street Floor Plan

Flower Market- Street Floor Plan

Chanel Store- Street Floor Plan

Winter Season Render

Summer Season Render

Model Picture