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KEVIN DSOUZA SELECTED WORKS 2011 - 2017
CURRICULUM VITAE
EDUCATION 2016 - BACHELORS OF ARCHITECTURE STUDIES /BATCH OF 12’ GRAD 16’ Lokmanya Tilak Institute of Architecture and design studies , Navi - Mumbai . 2009 - 2012 JUNIOR COLLEGE / STREAM SCIENCE - SPECIALIZATION COMPUTER SCIENCE SDV Junior College .
WORK EXPERIENCE
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2016 - 2017 PROJECT ARCHITECT AT _OPOLIS
HELLO
PROJECTS - DUTIES
JAIN MUSEUM COMPETITION - DIAGRAMS , DESIGN & SCHEMATIC DRAWINGS , 3D MODELING , COMPETITION BOOKLET.
I am Kevin D’souza
IIFLW HIGH INTERIORS
Nationality : Indian DOB : 12/05/93 Marital status : Unmarried
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OFFICE - DOOR WINDOW SCHEDULE , MOCK UP DRAWINGS , GFC DRAWINGS , SITE REPORTS , 3D MODELING AND VISUALIZATION.
- DIAGRAMS , SCHEMATIC DRAWINGS , BOOKLET , 3D VARIOUS COMPETITIONS MODELING AND VISUALIZATION. (INSTITUTE MASTER PLANNING , HIGHWAY MALL , SCHOOL , HOSPITAL)
www.opolis.in IN PRESUIT OF LEED CERTIFICATION 2017
2015 (6 MONTHS ) -
INTERN AT STUDIO POD
PROJECTS - DUTIES
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SMART CITY PROJECT
- DIAGRAMS , DESIGN & SCHEMATIC DRAWINGS , 3D
MAHARASHTRA NATURE PARK INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION
- SITE ANALYSIS AND DOCUMENTATION , RESEARCH ,
MODELLING , COMPETITION BOOKLET , SWOT ANALYSIS. DIAGRAMS , 3D MODELLING AND VISUALIZATION .
- RESEARCH ,SCHEMATIC DRAWINGS , 3D MODELLING , VARIOUS COMPETITIONS DIAGRAMS ,VISUALIZATIONS. (INSTITUTE MASTER PLANNING , TOWNSHIP MASTERPLANNING MASDAR CITY)
Email : kevd249@gmail.com Contact : +919820229789
https://studiopod.in/
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SKILLS AUTOCAD LT
SKETCHUP
ADOBE CREATIVE SUITE
RHINO
VRAY
GRASSHOPPER
LUMION
CINEMA 4D
DIAGRAMING PRESENTATION DRAWINGS SCHEMATIC DRAWINGS GFC DRAWINGS
Full Body Portfolio link
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DISTINCTIONS NDTV DESIGN AND ARCHITECTURE ARWARDS S T U D E N T WINNER
K U R U L A VARKEY CEPT C O L L E G E THESIS AWARD
LA JOURNAL 361 DEGREES L A N D S C A P E CONFERENCE DESIGN FELLOWSHIP COMPETITION
WINNER
2ND PRIZE
WINNER
TABLE OF CONTENTS ACADEMICS 1.ONTOLOGY OF A VOID : THE MAKING OF A HYPER COMMODITY 2. ENGNIEERING CAMPUS 3. HOUSING 4. RESORT 5. GAUDI BOX
PROFESSIONAL WORK 1. JAIN MUSEUM 2. IIFLW INTERIORS 3. SMART CITIES GHABOR AND SWENTRI 4. MORSELO 5. BRUCIATO FOOD FACTORY
SELF EXPLORATION 1. MYTHICAL POLITICS 2. STONES - ONTOLOGICAL MEMORIES OF ARCHITECTURE 3. STRANGE GEOGRAPHIES AND ITS CHARACTERS 4. CYBORG CRAFT
ONTOLOGY OF A VOID : THE MAKING OF A HYPERCOMMODITY
The festival of Lord Ganesh has been a rather facinating one fueled by the questions of its Simulations and Simulacra , The Object that is the idol has taken the form of a HYPERCOMMODITY and urges the architecture and built environment to change its ontological appearance for the 11 days of its festivities. The aim of the Thesis was to Predict what infrastructure would a HYPERCOMMODITY such as the idol of Lalbaug require and speculate a future for its festivities , its politics and its ontology. Thus we arrive at Ontology of a Void the making of a Hypercommodity.
University Of Mumbai Final Year Thesis
2015
Winner of two Thesis Awards
PLAN AT +6.2M
PLAN AT +3.2M
PA R T S E C T I O N S
SITE VIEW
EUPHORIA
E U P H O R I A : T H E N AT U R E O F B E I N G ABLE TO EXPRESS ONES EMOTIONS D U R I N G T H E F E S T I VA L S B Y PA R TA K I N G IN DANCE , MUSIC AND GENERAL R I T U A L S T H AT A R E E X P R E S S I V E I N N AT U R E . T H I S A P P L I E S T O T H E B U I LT AND
ARCHITECTURE
AROND
THE
ENVIRONMENT CONSUMPTION
: THE
N AT U R E
OF
B E I N G A B L E TO T R A N S F O R M R I T UA L S I N A F E S T I VA L . REVERSIBILITY : THE PROCESS BY W H I C H T H E C O N T E X T , S PA C E A N D PLACE RE TURN BACK TO ITS ORIGINAL S C A N T I T Y A F T E R T H E F E S T I VA L .
the architect and planner
characters o f the f estival
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the organizer
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the urban pervert
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the beliver
RETURN OF THE OBJECT AS POST INDUSTRIAL INDIA DECAYED INTO FASTER AND MORE EFFICIENT METHODS OF PRODUCTION IT LEFT BEHIND THE RUINS AND STORIES OF THE MILLS AND THEIR URBAN RITUALS , THUS REVIVING THE FORM OF THE MILL WAS THE RETURN OF THE OBJECT.
O M N I P R E S ENT SCREENS THESE SCREENS MAKE THEIR APPEARENCE THROUGHOUT THE BUILDING , PRESENTING THEMSELVES WITH THE OPPOURTINITY TO MERGE WITH THE ONTOLOGIES OF TWO OR MORE DISTINCT PROGRAMS PLACED WITHIN THE BUILDING.
FUNCTIONALITY OF THE OBLIQUE TAKING OFF FROM THE THEORIES OF CLAUDE PARENT , AND EXPLORING A NEW EXPERIENCE IN MOVEMENT . THE THESIS CHOOSES TO EXPAND THE NEW WAYS OF SITUATITING MOVEMENT IN A SITE AND CONTEXT THAT HAS ALWAYS PRESENTED ITSELF AWAY FROM CONVENTIONAL URBAN FUNCTIONALITY.
EXPLODED VIEW
COMMUNITY BASED PROGRAM
SKILLED BASED PROGRAM
ARTS AND LEASURE
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM
COMMUNITY BASED ANCIENT PROGRAMS
EXPLODED VIEW
SIMULATIONS
ENGNIEERING CAMPUS AND LEARNING CENTER
The EngnIeering Campus at Tala is a modern day facilility based on the prescribed board of central education programs with an addition of hostels and staff quarters. The campus is divided into 3 parts with admin and parking at the entrance , class rooms , studios ,labs and fabrication lab in the middle with a open lawn . The south side comprises of living quarters and hostels. Exploration , strolling and landscape recreation are incouraged with a strong symbol of academics in the middel and the openess of the north west corridor to open up views and create a cool climate.
University Of Mumbai 4th Year - Academic Work A Project with Swati Jain
2015
SITE PLAN
SITE PLAN @ +91.5M
SITE SECTION
PLAN @ +91.5M
SECTION
WORKING DRAWINGS - SECTION
HOUSING : THE HOUSE THAT GREW
The essence of housing starts with the problem of the word incremental .One often seeks to find meaning in architectural elements and create almost a gestaltian answer of summing up the parts concluding the whole is greater than the sum of its parts , exploring such answers in architectural tectonics has become a major driving force in housing projects the value for economics and construction has taken over . sustainability has taken over. We seem to be loosing the essence of the problem and mixing the free willingness of architectural elements to create a house.
University Of Mumbai
2012
2nd Year - Academic Work Selected for 361 degrees fellowship
section
on growth INSPIRATION STRIKES AT THE MOST UNUSUAL OF SITUATIONS . THE MAJOR CONCEPT OF “GROWTH” WAS DEVELOPED AS AN INITIAL CONCEPT.THE IDEA WAS SIMPLE . WHY NOT LET THE TENANTS GROW EXTENSIONS TO THEIR HOUSES LIKE BIOMORPHING THEIR HOUSES.HE TREES GROWN AS ARCHITECTURE WOULD NOT ONLY PROVIDE A STRUCTURAL ELEMENT BUT ALSO AN ELEMENT THAT WILL SERVE PURPOSE TO THE MICRO CLIMATE AROUND THE HOUSE . ELEMENTS SUCH AS INDOOR FURNITURE CAN THEN BE GROWN ALONG SIDE STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS.
ISOMETRIC VIEWS
A RESORT OF SORTS
Divide into 3 parts this projects deals with 3 modern day necessities that urge human civilization to build a resort and inhabit it for their commodified needs. A Love Hotel , A Park and an architypal Resort. Each of these units have a Common kitchen , A small garden and pools . The idea is to sell a commodity in order to simplify why a resort is needed in the first place. Do we relax , procreate , fornicate or sleep . These are the questions that one must provide while building a resort . Apart from the divisions the resort in its aesthetic and visual mass seeks to be sublime in order to spark only the needs of the person and not a form induced feeling of anything. The patrons are incouraged to grow , sleep and even claim happiness within the resort.
University Of Mumbai 3rd Year - Academic Work
2013
NATURE TRAILS / STAR GAZING/ CAMPING
RESORT TYPOLOGY
ADMIN AND PARKING
EVENTS / PARTIES
POPULARITY PROGRAM AVILABILITY AROUND SITE
A
B
C
D
13
14
15
12
11
9 10
PLAN
LIVING
COOKING/DINING
THINKING
1 PARKING
COMMON MESS / KITCHEN / DIN-
5 ING HALL 6 SPA
9 GARDEN 10 THINK TANK
13 LOUNGE / SPA 14 RESTURANT
SINGLE OR DOUBLE OCCUPANCY
7 COMMON KITCHEN MESS
11 MULTI PURPOSE HALL
15 ROCK GARDEN
SINGLE OR DOUBLE OCCUPANCY
8 POOL
12 POOL
2 APARTMENT TYPOLOGY ROOMS 3 ROOMS
4 ROOMS WITH GARDEN
4 8 6
7
1
5 3
VIEWS
CLOSURE
2
IDEATING
GAUDI BOX
Antoni gaudis works could be considered as an unusual formal transformation of grids and structural logics of nature. His bone gothic structures bring about an interesting way of segmenting grids. Many a times he refered to the onset of nature as the driver of from and not a higher entity. His trust in natural ways of form finding would lead him down a path which could allow him to perform transformations in form to an extent that his structures seemed to be grown. The project involved the formal movement of grids to attain a form. This form was to be then worked upon further by adding the factorts of pulling or pushing certain points on set grid.
University Of Mumbai 1st Year - Academic Work
2011
GRID TRANSFORMATIONS
plan
ELEVATION
ELEVATION
This project aims to investigate the spatial authority of architecture when a second interior is introduced in the form of inflating media bubbles .The expansion of the media bubbles within the box create a second interiors . Taking a picture or recording a memory near or around the box can turn fatal . Skylights and walls start to now depict the world around it leaving the creation of the second interior and the second skin, not in the hands of the architecture but the social life we live.
JAIN MUSEUM
The Jain Museum Project is a private competition held by the Jain religious community to host a contemporary museum depicting Jain Philosophy and teachings through interactive media both audio and visual , a large park and auditoriums and artifacts for the education of people towards the Jain culture. The attainment of Moksha or the Path to Nirvana is a popular exploration amongst the jain philosophy and thus we used the narrative to create a path where one enters through the entrance with just a glimpse of the landscape and water body and then exit out through the water body to admire the beauty of nature and its lessons.
Professional Work : _Opolis
2017
Competition Project Status : Winner Duties : Preparation of CD , DD and SD drawings , 3D modeling. Preparation of Diagrams and Architectural Drawings.
MUSEUM LOCATION
LANDSCAPE SCHEME
RAIN WATER DRAIN CHANNELS
SITE PLAN
SECTIONS
SUN PATH DIAGRAM
OPEN SPACES
MUSEUM ZONING
CIRCULATION DIAGRAM
Vray Visualization
IIFLW : OFFICE INTERIORS The IIFLW Interior project is a high profile interior project with a requirement to rebrand the entire company office to better suite modern contemporary offices and provide a non imbracive HVAC system . We went for Radiant Cooling systems and worked on making them Sleek elements for the ceiling as well as partitions , These fins absorb body heat and allow natural cooling rather then the draft / AC system. The Project involved a series of meeting rooms placed in a curve , a general office plan with tables and phone booth units , discussion rooms and a gaming and recreation area. The entrance was also made much lighter and the whole aim was to uplift the companies architecture elements to a sleek and simple aesthetic
Professional Work : _Opolis
2016
Client - IIFLW , Mumbai Duties :Preparation of CD , DD and Schematic Drawings , 3D Modeling. and mock ups.
3DMAX - VRAY - Visualization
FIRST FLOOR
SECOND FLOOR
THIRD FLOOR FLOOR PLANS WITH RCP AND HVAC PLANS
2ND AND 3RD FLOOR SECTION OF CUT OUT MADE WITH STAIRCASE CONNECTION AND DETAILS
2ND & 3RD FLOOR CONNECTION SKYLIGHT DETAILS
SWENTRI Sawentri currently has a population of approximately 2.000 persons and is anticipated to grow to over 4.000 in 2040. Sawentri is an important religious town and hosts the Annakuta Mahotsav Mela. Jai Jhoolni Mela and Phagotsav Mela annually festivals which attracts over one lakh visitors annually. For the village. a comprehensive prepared Development Plan has been created considering a 25 year horizon period. The Development Plan includes a environmentally sensitive land use plan that identifies developable and Eco-sensitive parcels of land in and around the village that require to be preserved. Plans for efficient and environmentally sustainable management of civic infrastructure considering the existing and 25 year horizon period has been planned. A transportation plan has also been developed that considers improves connectivity within the village and the surrounding areas and also makes special provisions for the movement of visitors/tourists during the festival.
Professional Work : Studio POD
2015
Client - UNITED STATES TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT AGENCY (USTDA) & GOVT. OF INDIA Duties : Preparation of Diagrams , Research , Swot Analysis , 3D Modeling .
DP Plan
Transport Roadways Diagram
MYTHICAL POLITICS : A NARRATIVE FROM THE CITY
Mythical Politics is a tale about the city and the unusual objects that inherit its geography. The story starts with the daily routine of a domestic maid and how she views life as a cosmic consequence, right from her imagined cosmic birth to her cosmic self . themes of becoming a religious figure , gender politics , object oriented ontology as well as themes of mythology are explored to realize this cosmic consequence. The story breaches the fabric of understanding that we have become the ontology of the objects around our geography , we have become the ideologies of our urban. in a search for ourselves we have given a reason to believe in myth. maybe architecture should explore these myths or what we call cosmic consequence.
University Of Mumbai 1st Year - Academic Work
2011
Graphics For The Model
Photographs from exhibition
STONES ONTOLOGICAL MEMORIES OF ARCHITECTURE
Architecture embeds its essence into its materials and its objects , one such object that would go on to affect the memories of most middle class indian families is the story of the terrazo tile . its rampant and wide spread use in housing projects and government housing projects from the late 80’s to the early 90’s have left a significant mark on its users and occupants. most recall its texture , and some even its visual property . this stone has become a memory of architectural narratives of the indian context and remains embodied in our architectural thoughts.
Self Exploration / Material Exploration Material Ontology
2011
the STONE
Not once not twice but several times has the stone tried to mould and twist my eyes. Visions of landscapes , perfect pastel composites my solace. Do you see it too ? The kite tied to a door . gringe
of the
The comming of the end is definitely anthropocene , the liberation of the objects is something
of roughness and smoothness soothe
The
the ritual
of a dream . If you truley want to liberate the object then liberate the tile . but
stone
rubbing
through your eyes . The greens of the dying eminent end , Within a rigid geometry of an 8 sided - lense. The digital world it throws so many notions , how is it that the stone stays untouched? Every tiresome day brings me closer to my gene
before you start , there are a few ingedrients you must find. 1- Surrealist 3 - Virgin Existentalist poets 1 - Lesbian writer 1 - communist chef 2 - Architect
the purpose of my architecture and the learned stone.
Note : Use gender roles appropriately
STRANGE GEOGRAPHIES AND ITS CHARACTERS Mumbai is a context that survives on the potency of each program it houses. The City has been a spectacle of images , memories and even had Mark Twain talking about its crows and Rudyard Kipling about its Narratives. Mumbai serves as an ontological playground for architecture as its aesthetics , programs and visual mass is something that has still not been tapped as a source of rich architectural built forms. Graphically exploring the conditions of the characters , narratives and programs i hope to come up with an architecture and an aesthetic much awaited by Mumbai.
University Of Mumbai
2016
5th Year Academic Work Exhibited at Various Exhibitions
Ontological Memories Of Mumbai
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Mumbai & The Crow , 2015
RIGHT :THE FESTIVAL OF GANESH AND ITS CHARACTERS
MORSELO
This Project is a exploration into trying to understand what is of importance in a project . The Program , The Clients vision , The Architects Vision. Weighing down these terms and conditions we decided to make sure that in no way the Interior s done by us would over power the food thus sublime back grounds were choosen with graphics of the food and a pattern based on the logo was decided . The Furniture came from a decision to double the intake and the selection of a circular table opened up the space allowing additional seatings to be added .The Achievement of this project is the architecture not overpowering the Program and the rise of the rating of the ambience of the resturant on food review websites.
Professional Project
2017
Aided by Himil Ramani , Sushant Narvaker and Vinit Kadam
Graphics Created based on the food
Plan & Diagrams
Photographs
Graphics
bruciato food factory
This Project was an exploration where the role of the architect was replaced by the role of the friend, the psychoanalyst and the graphic designer. The end result is a product without any drawings but a concept based on a no waiter ceiling conveyer system. This system is a series of chains with gears and chains fitted at appropriate intervals . These chains are low enough for the hand to tag the order and high enough to not invade personal space. The concept is available to the public as a installation and a spectacle .
Professional Work
2017
Self Project - Done Partly Pro Bono
Video Of the Mechanism working
Video Of the Mechanism working on Cafe Instagram Page
C.E.P.T SUMMER SCHOOL : CYBORG CRAFT The Cyborg Craft Workshop and studio was a 10 day studio that took place in CEPT Ahamedabad . The workshop was headed by James Stevens , Ayodh Kamat and R.P.Singh . The Workshops culminated into a 12ft long wall that explored crafting a wall using rhino and Grasshopper .The Finished Product would come about from a series of studies on the sizes of brick and case studies of IIM -A by Louis Kahn.
C.E.P.T University Workshop
2016
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THANK YOU
KEVIN DSOUZA