Architecture Portfolio

Kevin Mehta

23-12-99

Hello! My name is Kevin Mehta. I graduated as an architect from IPSA [ Indubhai Parekh School of Architecture ] Rajkot,Gujarat, India,with an award of excellence for my thesis project. My education and professional experience have helped me develop into a highly skilled, thoughtful, and all-around designer. I think excellent design is the product of interdisciplinary collaboration along with passionate, re search- based, imaginative, and sensitive design process.I am a highly organized and efficient individual with excellent management abilities.In addition to architec ture, I am interested in interior and furniture design.

kevinmehta111@gmail.com

New Era school 2003-06

VJ Modi School 2006-17

Freelance Project | 2022 Office Interior Design at Rajkot

Internship

Indubahi Parekh School of Architecture 2003-06

Samira Rathod Design Atelier | January - June 2021 Mumbai

Education Experience Competitions

Industrial Design Trophy | 2019 NASA

GSen Trophy | 2019 NASA

Particaptions

Design Your Dream House | 2019 Archasam

120 Hours | 2020 120 Hours

35th National Learn to live together camp | 2012 Srinagar

62nd Annual NASA Convention | 2020 Banglore

Workshop and Elective Languages

Wood Workshop | Ar. Rupesh patel , Prof. Gaurav Vadher

Tribal Art and Culture : Learn to live together | 2010 Silvassa English

Metal Workshop | Prof. Gaurav Vadher , Prof. Hasu Gajjar

Paper Mache and POP Workshop | Prof. Jayesh Shukla

Storytelling through Comics | Leewardist

Ferrocement workshop | Ar. Arjun Doshi

Graphic Design | Amit kharsani

Blender for Architecture | NUDES, Mumbai

Software Proficency

Adobe Illustrator

Gujarati Hindi

Autocad Blender

Adobe Photoshop

Skills

Sketchup + VRay Rhino Keyshot Lumion

Hand Drafting Organizing Communication

Adobe Indesign Model Making Management Documentation

Office Interior

Freelance Project

Architecture and Emotions

Internship Semester

Haat

Housing Janana Aarogya kendra

Thesis Semester 9 Semester 7 Semester 5

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Semester 4

Contextual Housing Related Study Program

Semester 4 Competition Competition

Design your dream home 120 hours

Oxides and Terrazo

Building Material and Construction

Ferrocement Workshop

Building Material and Construction

Midjouney AI

*Compilation of Selected works from 2017-22

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Office Interior Interior design for CA

The office is to be planned for a CA. The client’s request was to design a very minimalist office with a pleasant working environment. The furniture, upholstery, and partitions have all been chosen to follow the monochromatic wooden concept. Furthermore, tables fea ture wooden handles and legs.

Furniture Design

Top View Side View Side View

Actual Images

View of the main chamber

Oak Wooden Texture Laminate

Off White Texture Laminate

Pvc Fluted Pan els with wooden impression

Glass White Marble Fluted Glass Beige Fabric

Actual Images

View of the main chamber

View of the Partition and main chamber

Material Pallate Detailed view

Thesis

Architecture and Emotions

Exploring the concept of learning environment in kindergarten

This thesis seeks to address the issues of emotional and physical well-being, by estab lishing an environment, supports the learning process. The idea is that a kindergarten's atmosphere has a bearing on students ability to learn. The structure does not need to teach on its own; rather, it should support learning by providing a pleasant setting.Thesis aims at designing Kindergarten - a safe space for children's life, growth, and entertain ment

Excellence Award for best project

Program

The initiative aims at offering a learning environment for children between the age of 2-6 years where their Physical, Cognitive, Language, Social, And Emo tional skills are developed with the help of built form and its indoor-outdoor spaces.

The program aims at designing a Kindergarten

The Massing on the Site

Massing concept

Addition of ramp and Playscapes

Carving the courtyards fromt the mass

Giving the character to the building by the vaults and semi open spaces

Addition of the landscape and playscapes to make a building as a whole

Plan Of the Kindergarten

Design concept

Iteration 1 of Massing with the context

Iteration 2 of Massing with the context Proposed Massing with the context

Unit Exploded

Exploded 3d of Unit - Classrooms

Physical Models

Final Design Model

Scale 1 :100

Final Design Model

Scale 1 :100

Internship Semester

Samira Rathod Design Atelier

I had gained a great deal of knowledge during my time as an intern at SRDA since I actively participated in the projects. It includes working on a research presentation of a feasibility study, conceptual design, a physical model of that concept, translating that into design, working on working drawings of an interior project, from flooring to detail drawings of marble basins. As SRDA is  commissioned with large-scale architectural and interior design projects, across the country there is much exposure to various scales of projects, from institutions to furniture design.

Interior Design Section Render And Material Palatte Interior Design Render And Material Palatte

18mm thick pink Indian marble with tacha

SHELVES

SHELVES

2 SHUTTERS

COUNTER PARTITION PLAN

Niche till Counter top stone for bucket inside shower area 320 [1'-1"] 530 [1'-9"] 295 [1'] 295 [1'] 845 [2'-10"]

COUNTER PARTITION PLAN

PARTITION

NOTES

NOTES

THE SIZES OF ALL THE STRUCTURAL MEMBERS TO BE REFEREED FROM DRAWINGS OF STRUCTURAL CONSULTANT.

ALL EXTERNAL WALLS 230 MM THICK BRICK WALLS EXCLUDING FINISHED - (NOTE: ON GROUND FLOOR EXTERNAL WALLS ARE 300 MM (AAC) BRICKS THICK

DETAIL FOR OPENING SCHEDULE AS PAR SEPARATE DETAIL.

ANY AMBIGUITY SHALL BE IMMEDIATELY CLARIFIED WITH THE ARCHITECT. 10. ALL DIMENSIONS ARE GIVEN FROM UNFINISHED TO UNFINISHED LEVEL.

Haat

A Marketplace

The goal of this project is to create a market space, a type of social setting that pro motes urban culture and serves as a platform for social and economic interaction be tween communities while also providing opportunities for learning and implementation. Creating a masterplan and suggesting linked functions is the initial phase of the studio. the development of Haat as a unique design approach comes later.

Masterplan Design

Masterplan Design - Site Zoning

Masterplan Design - Site Zoning and access points

Masterplan Design - Massing

Masterplan

Model

Design Model

Design Model

Housing

community housing

Housing was to be created as an urban insert, per the brief. The process of design should create shared spaces for living. In the Rajkot city's residential neighbourhood, 210 units were to be designed as part of the concept.

According to their areas, these homes were divided into three types. The first dwelling is 75 square metres (80 units); the second is 90 square metres (70 units); and the third is 110 square metres (60 units).

Render view of the Housing

Unit A - 75 sq mts

Conceptual design for the Housing

Unit B - 90 sq mts

Janana Aarogya kendra

Health care Facility

As suggested by the program's name, Janana Aarogya Kendra, it was intended to design a healthcare facility specifically for women and children. On government-owned property, where the now-demolished Janana Arogya Kendra hospital had stood, these facilities were planned. Gynecology and paediatrics are the two functional divisions of the department.

Conceptual

Form Circle was taken to get maximum expo sure to Sunlight and ventilation

Function and Circula tion are arranged in way that Every Space is Naturally ventilated

Based on the func tionality of Hospital Spaces for Entrances are designed.

Structure is then designed which governs the Spaces and zones were designed.

Models

Design model

Design model

Contextual housing

Bundi , Rajasthan

Housing had to be designed in a way that complemented the surrounding structures and surroundings. The design of this home must keep in mind all important factors, like topog raphy, scale, proportion, and the surrounding world's flora and fauna. In the middle of the town, there should be housing for six families. The site's geographical location is the dry and arid town of Bundi in the Indian state of Rajasthan. The use of chaaja and jarukha is prevalent in Bundi, where the

Housing unit Housing unit derived from the 9 square grid

Site plan Section

Models

Massing Model

Design Model

Documentation - 2nd Year & 3rd Year Group project

Related Study Program

Measure Drawings

The Related Study Program RSP includes measured drawings. This programme is meant to look into the housing types in a particular city or town. It also sought to under stand how space is organised as well as how climate, structures, and materials re sponse. Two RSP sets are presented here: Bundi and Vadodara.

Bundi, which is surrounded by Aravalli range hills in a valley, has a hot and dry climate. Stone masonry is used in construction in this area. Additionally, because of the warm heat, roadways are congested and most homes have a 9-square grid layout. The utilisa tion of courtyards, chajjas, and jarukhas is common because of the climate.

Street Section

Building Elevation

Building Plan

Competition Group project

Design your Dream House

Archasam

Designing the home of your dreams is the goal of the competition. The location of the house is up to you. Thus, the stunning island of Seychelles is chosen as the site.

Betwixt: Where Outside meets Inside. Overlooking the Infinite Ocean, the house sits on a beautifully crafted landscape The panoramic view provides you with a feeling of harmo ny with nature combining the inner environment with the surrounding landscape.

Sections

Sections

Render

120 HOURS

Out of Sight , Out of mind

Competition Group project

The aim was to design a setting that increases awareness of an issue brought on by environmental contamination, such as pollution and the disposal of plastic waste into the ocean. As a result, a metaphorical mirror is set up at a tourist destination, causing visitors to see the waste they are creating rather than the beauty of the water.

Material Exploration Group Project

Oxides And Terrazzo

Building Material and construction

The assignment was to study and experiment with different building materials. Therefore, we choose to explore the conventional flooring techniques, such as terrazzo and oxide flooring. We experimented with it and created samples in the form of tiles that were 60 by 60 cm and 15 by 15 cm for the study. To further investigate the results, we tried varying the ratio of each content.

The first step we performed was putting up clean moulds and greasing them and putting them together for the next step.

Oxides

First we used yellow oxide. The first layer was thicker in consisten cy and after it was set we laid the second layer with a little more amount of water in it.

The next step was to prepare the mix for PCC layer to be done. We used cement:sand:aggregate as 1:1.5:3.

The first step we performed was putting up clean moulds and greasing them and putting them together for the next step.

Red oxide was used with white cement and put in two layers. Then it was covered with wet newspapers to avoid cracking due to heat..

The third one was a cement plate and then a bed of sand and cement in theratio of 1:3. One layer of white cement with green oxide was laid and leveled.

The first step we performed was putting up clean moulds and greasing them and putting them together for the next step.

Terrazo

The mixture of Marble chips + White cement is poured on the base plate in the ratio 1 : 3 where 1 is white cement and 3 parts is Marble chips with appropiate water .

The next step was to prepare the mix for PCC layer to be done. We used cement:sand:aggregate as 1:1.5:3.

The first step we performed was putting up clean moulds and greasing them and putting them together for the next step.

In this base mixture red pig ment is added to the white cement and marble chips mortar before addin the water

Then tile is polished with grinder so it gets to a even layer

Marble Chips x3 White cement x1 Pigment x0.5 Water as required

Exploration of tiles

Hands On Group project

Ferrocement Workshop

Building Material and construction

Ferrocement Workshop :

It was conducted by Ar. Arjun Doshi To understand and work with the material. Basically main content of the Ferrocement were: Mesh + Cement + Sand. So we constructed a Shell out of a Ferrocement which acts as a roof for the Canteen wash area in our College campus

Bending of bars and placing them on site

Layering of Cement mix on the wire mesh

Wire mesh is then tied with the bars Layering of cement mix

Mid journey Ai

Explorarion of Midjourney platform

Exploration of the digital platform Mid journey. A tool called Mid journey uses artificial intelligence software to generate visuals from textual descriptions. The AI platform gener ates images from all those data sets using a set of keywords with all the relevant de scriptions as input.

Parametric Shelter

Begining of Time and Space