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CLOUDS OBSERVATORY MA Thesis, Royal College of Art Location: Subterranean Reservoir, Greenwich Park Platform: Obsolescence, Re-invent an Obsolete Interior Architecture Design Brief: Obsolescence to un-obsolescence, the opportunity to repurpose and re-imagine an obsolete interior/ architecture was the emergence of the Clouds Observatory. The site is a subterranean reservoir in Greenwich Park, and the proposed programme is that of an Observatory for Clouds. An interesting juxtaposition of using a space that is subterranean to observe something in the sky. The close proximity to the Royal Observatory provided an opportunity for it to be intervened into as an observatory. As Rabindranath Tagore puts it, “Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add colour to my sunset sky.” The journey is programmed in a way to let you appreciate, experience and observe clouds, a step by step process to immerse oneself completely into the beauty of clouds. Watching clouds is known as a day dreamer’s science, this project aims to make people enjoy the beauty of the cumulus to cumulonimbus. It is an attempt to encourage people to pause for a moment from their busy lives in the city and look up and either choose to identify the category of clouds or build castles in the clouds. As G.K. Chesterton said, “There are no rules of architecture for a castle in the clouds.” Architecture is an attempt to separate one from the weather. Artificial weather conditions are created to make one feel more comfortable, which is leading to the gradual obsolescence of the natural weatheric conditions. We are highly dependent on technology today to watch the weather, but in the earlier days, people would observe clouds to forecast weather conditions. Watching weather is a crucial part of our daily routine in London, today we use technology to keep us updated with the weatheric conditions outside, but a few decades ago, we would observe the movement of the clouds and forecast the weather conditions. Observing clouds is not only a science but an inspiration for art as well. Observing clouds is what led to being the guiding point. Clouds are poetic as well as scientific. They give you information about the weather and inspire you to imagine at the same time. Gavin Pretor-Pinney, said, Clouds are nature’s own Rorschach Blots.
MA Thesis // Clouds Observatory // Royal College of Art // 2016 - 17
A B S T R A C T An understanding of the qualitative analysis of the brief and the site combined together and represented via a model. Features: - Subterranean Site - Observatory - Proximity to Royal Observatory
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50 Meters Proximity Royal Observatory
Observe Clouds
MA Thesis // Clouds Observatory // Royal College of Art // 2016 - 17
P R O C E S S D R A W I N G
A N D
M A K I N G
A S
T H I N K I N G
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Journal of the Sky // Royal College of Art // 2016 - 17
P R O C E S S D R A W I N G
A N D
M A K I N G
A S
T H I N K I N G
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Journal of the Sky // Royal College of Art // 2016 - 17
OBSERVE
EXPERIENCE A P P R E C I AT E
C I R C U L AT I O N
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Journal of the Sky // Royal College of Art // 2016-17
Khushali Chawda // MA Interior Design // Royal College of Art // khushali.chawda@network.rca.ac.uk
Journal of the Sky // Royal College of Art // 2016 - 17
The proposed observatory would be in fragments, giving the visitor an experience of not only observing clouds but also understanding and learning about clouds. Moments of visual and physical contact with the clouds would be experienced. To utilise the advantages of the site, which are: - Landscape - Height (View) - Juxtaposition Site Section and Plan: Showing primarily the Experiences spaces, which comprise of: - Head in the Clouds - Mediated Clouds - Magnified Clouds
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Journal of the Sky // Royal College of Art // 2016-17
A P P R E C I A T I O N
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Journal of the Sky // Royal College of Art // 2016 - 17
E X P E R I E N C E Head in the Clouds Put your head among a mist of clouds and experience the feeling of being in a cloud
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Mediated Clouds
Magnified Clouds
Digitised Clouds, projections of clouds acompanied with sound of thunder and rain.
See the clouds and the sky closer to you as you see them throught the magnifying glass in the skylight.
Journal of the Sky // Royal College of Art // 2016-17
O B S E R V E
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Journal of the Sky // Royal College of Art // 2016-17
L I B R A R Y
O F
C L O U D S
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Journal of the Sky // Royal College of Art // 2016-17
V I E W
F R O M
L I B R A R Y
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Journal of the Sky // Royal College of Art // 2016-17
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Journal of the Sky // Royal College of Art // 2016-17
Khushali Chawda // MA Interior Design // Royal College of Art // khushali.chawda@network.rca.ac.uk
Journal of the Sky // Royal College of Art // 2016-17
Selected Works
Professional Work
H er m e s
Christ ian Loubout in
Aest het ics o f I ce
Educatoinal Work
Re a di n g Ro om
S hiro Midori
Wood + Res in
HERMES - WINDOW DISPLAY Rooshad Shroff Architecture + Design
Location: Hermes, Horniman Circle, Mumbai, India. Project Purpose: Window Display for Hermes India, Mumbai and New Delhi. Role: Design Concept - Design Development - Production Drawings Design Execution - Window Set up Design Brief: Follow the Hermes theme of the year and interpret it into the Windows for the season. Theme: ‘METAMORPHOSIS’ Execution: Taking inspiration from the tesselations of M. C. Escher, and combining it with the iconic logos of the brand, like: The ‘H’, Kelly Lock, Chainlink, Horse and Horse Shoe. The 6 windows are considered in totality with a gradual progression of one pattern slowly morphing into another thereby creating a movement of tessellated patterns across all windows. Further- the two windows on either side of the entrance, take on an image, where the patterns morph to form a horse within.
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Hermes, India // Rooshad Shroff Architecture + Design // 2013 - 2015
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Wom e n ’s A c c e ssori e s
Men’s A ccessories
H ome
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Hermes, India // Rooshad Shroff Architecture + Design // 2013 - 2015
HERMES - WINDOW DISPLAY Rooshad Shroff Architecture + Design
Location: Hermes, Horniman Circle, Mumbai, India. Project Purpose: Window Display for Hermes India, Mumbai and New Delhi. Role: Design Concept - Design Development - Production Drawings Design Execution - Window Set up Design Brief: Follow the Hermes theme of the year and interpret it into the Windows for the season. Theme: ‘METAMORPHOSIS’ Execution: Morphing from reality to fantasy with the help of Magic! Each window depicts a trick where an object is trasnfromed through the line between reality and fantasy. The windows also incorporate the use of local handicraft of embroidery. The aim for the december windows for India was to uplift the local crafts and create magic as it is the season for joy.
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Hermes, India // Rooshad Shroff Architecture + Design // 2013 - 2015
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Hermes, India // Rooshad Shroff Architecture + Design // 2013 - 2015
HERMES - WINDOW DISPLAY Rooshad Shroff Architecture + Design
Location: Hermes, Horniman Circle, Mumbai, India. Project Purpose: Window Display for Hermes India, Mumbai and New Delhi. Role: Design Concept - Design Development - Production Drawings Design Execution - Window Set up Design Brief: Follow the Hermes theme of the year and interpret it into the Windows for the season. Theme: ‘FLANEUR’ Execution: The narrative was to portray a story between a detective and a thief. W1 - On a quiet night, the detective is calmly resting and spoking his pipe. W2 - Vouyersim, someone sees a bag being stolen. W3 - The detective, captures some images of the scene. W4 - The detective is undercover and hiding in a woman’s disguise. W5 - An intense chase between the theif and the detective. W6 - Back at the scene of crime, the safe is seen opened and the case needs further investigation.
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Hermes, India // Rooshad Shroff Architecture + Design // 2013 - 2015
1" 2'-52
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WINDOW 1
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Hermes, India // Rooshad Shroff Architecture + Design // 2013 - 2015
CHRISTIAN LOUBOUTIN, BANGKOK Rooshad Shroff Architecture + Design
Location: Central Embassy Mall Project Purpose: Retail Boutique, Luxury Goods Role: Design Development, Working Drawings, Local Production Design Brief: Retail Space accomodating a selection for the display for all their product catrgories: Women’s Shoes, Women’s Bags, Mens’s Shoes and Men’s Bags. Execution: The space was categorised into sections as per the product categories of Men’s and Women’s. Incorporation of various different materials and techniques for the design of the store such as: Leather clad wall tiles, use of indian craft of Tikri Work, as wall clading and the use of copper sequins for the Cash Desk.
STAFF STORAGE
SECURITY EQUIPMENT LEATHER WALL
STORAGE ROOM
MEN'S ROOM
204
203
15 14 16 13
11 10 12 9
FREE STANDING PARTITION WALL OF HT 2400MM
1800
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CASH DESK
LEATHER WALL
1255
WOMEN
THE AUTHOR TAKES NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY DIMENSIONS OBTAINED BY SCALING FROM THIS DRAWING. IF NO DIMENSION IS SHOWN THE RECIPIENT MUST ASCERTAIN THE DIMENSION SPECIFICALLY FROM THE ARCHITECT OR BY SITE MEASURMENT AND MAY NOT RELY UPON THE DRAWING.
CONSTRUCTION NOTES: 1.
SIGNATURE NICHE WALL
N'S ROOM #2
202 6
7 5
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WOMEN'S ROOM #1
PROVIDE COMPLETE SHOP DRAWINGS FOR ALL CASEWORK & CABINETRY MILLWORK. 2. PROVIDE SMOOTH & FLUSH TRANSITION BETWEEN ALL FINISHES UNLESS OTHERWISE INDICATED. 3. CHECK AND VERIFY ALL DIMENSIONS PRIOR TO CONSTRUCTION. NOTIFY ARCHITECT OF ANY DISCREPANCY. 4. ALL INTERIOR CORNERS TO BE SQUARE CORNER BEADS, UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED. 5. PATCH ALL SURFACES DAMAGED DURING CONSTRUCTION AS REQUIRED TO ITS ORIGINAL CONDITION. 6. SEE ELECTRICAL DRAWINGS AND SPECS. FOR LOCATIONS OF TEL. BOARD, ELECT. PANELS, ETC., PROVIDE BLOCKING IN WALL AS NEEDED. 7. CONTRACTOR SHALL PROVIDE & LOCATE ACCESS PANELS AS REQ'D. AFTER INSTALLATION OF MECHANICAL. DUCTS, PLUMBING & ELECT.WORK. LOCATION TO BE COORDINATED W/ ARCHITECT. 8. CONTRACTOR TO PROVIDE PROJECT BARRICADES, SIGNS, & SAFETY PROVISIONS. 9. VERIFY ALL REQUIRED CLEAR DIM FOR BUILT-IN FIXTURES WITH OWNER PRIOR TO CONSTRUCTION. 10. CONTRACTOR TO MAINTAIN WORKING FIRE EXTINGUISHER(S) ON SITE DURING ALL PHASES OF WORK 11. CONTRACTOR TO COORDINATE FOR INSPECTION WITH LOCAL ARCHITECT/ MALL MANAGEMENT PRIOR TO CLOSING OF CEILING.
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Christian Louboutin Boutique , Bangkok // Rooshad Shroff Architecture + Design // 2014
WOMEN’S ROOM
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Parisian Gardens inspired Patterns
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Christian Louboutin Boutique , Bangkok // Rooshad Shroff Architecture + Design // 2014
Khushali Chawda // MA Interior Design // Royal College of Art // khushali.chawda@network.rca.ac.uk
Christian Louboutin Boutique , Bangkok // Rooshad Shroff Architecture + Design // 2014
MEN’S ROOM
+ m ate rial L EAT H E R
+ i ns p i rati o n TAT TO O
= tec hni que BLOCK PRINT ING
Bl oc k pri nti ng an d embro ider y on leather
TILES CENTERED TO 77x77MM GRID
50MM PLYWOOD SKIRTING PAINTED BLACK PUSHED BACK 50MM
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1:2.5
LEATHER WALL ELEVATION- ROOM 203
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1:2 BLOCKING AND STRUCTURE AS REQUIRED
BLOCKING AND STRUCTURE AS REQUIRED
PLAN ROOM 203
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PAINT FINISHED WALL EDGE
PANEL CENTERED WITH THE GRID
TILE B
FINISH GRADE PLYWOOD BACKING PANEL PAINTED GREY BLOCKING AS REQUIRED
GREY PAINTED FINISH GRADE PLYWOOD BACKING PANEL, BEYOND
TILE D
TILE A PRINTED EMBROIDERED LEATHER WRAPPED MDF PANEL
PLAN DETAIL - TYPICAL EDGE 1:2.5
05
ELEVATION DETAIL - TYPICAL REVEAL 1:10
06
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ELEVATION DETAIL - TYPICAL PANEL ARRANGEMENT 1:20
THE AUTHOR TAKES NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY DIMENSIONS OBTAINED BY SCALING FROM THIS DRAWING. IF NO DIMENSION IS SHOWN THE RECIPIENT MUST ASCERTAIN THE DIMENSION SPECIFICALLY FROM THE ARCHITECT OR BY SITE MEASURMENT AND MAY NOT RELY UPON THE DRAWING.
LEATHER DISPLAY NOTES: 1.
MATERIAL PROVIDED BY OWNER AS INDICATED; ALL MATERIAL INSTALLED BY GC. 2. DRAWERS PULLS PROVIDED AND INSTALLED BY GC. 3. SPIKES TO BE STAINLESS STEEL ±13mm SCREW ON SPIKES, ±8mm IN DIAMETER. 4. WORK SHALL INCLUDE CAREFUL EXAMINATION OF THE DRAWINGS AND SITE CONDITIONS TO DETERMINE THE QUANTITIES, LOCATION, SIZES, TYPES AND DETAILS OF THE CUSTOM WORK. CONFIRM ALL GIVEN AND NON GIVEN DIMENSIONS, VERIFY IN FIELD, INFORM ARCHITECT OF ANY DISCREPANCIES. 5. COORDINATE WORK WITH THAT OF ALL OTHER TRADES AFFECTING OR AFFECTED BY WORK OF THIS SECTION. 6. SHOP DRAWINGS MUST BE SUBMITTED TO ARCHITECT AND SHALL SHOW PLANS, ELEVATIONS, DETAILS, JOB CONDITIONS, RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER WORK, AND FINISHES. TAKE MEASUREMENTS IN THE FIELD AND VERIFY ALL DIMENSIONS BEFORE SUBMITTING SHOP DRAWINGS. 7. SAMPLES MUST BE SUBMITTED TO ARCHITECT PRIOR TO ORDERING MATERIALS, FURNISH TWO (2) SAMPLES OF ALL FINISHES FOR THE REQUIRED PROJECT. 8. UNLESS OTHERWISE INDICATED, THE MILLWORK MANUFACTURER SHALL CONFORM TO THE "CUSTOM GRADE" REQUIREMENTS OF QUALITY STANDARDS OF THE ARCHITECTURAL WOODWORK INSTITUTE, "AWI". 9. PROVIDE ALL BUILT-IN BLOCKING REQUIRED TO INSTALL ITEMS SPECIFIED HEREIN. SUCH BLOCKING SHALL BE INSTALLED IN CLOSE COORDINATION WITH RESPECTIVE TRADES. 10. EMBROIDERED LEATHER, PLEATED SHELF LEATHER, AND SHELF SUBSTRATE PROVIDED BY OWNER AND INSTALLED BY GC. DIAMOND PANEL SUBSTRATE, LIGHTS, BACKING PANEL AND MIRROR TO BE PROVIDED AND INSTALLED BY GC. 11. BASE PLYWOOD TO BE PAINTED GREY PRIOR INSTALLING.
LINE OF FINISHED SOFFIT BLOCKING AS REQUIRED FINISH GRADE PLYWOOD BACKING PANEL PAINTED GREY LEATHER WRAPPED MDF PANEL
3 MM REVEAL STAINLESS STEEL (M1) SHELF
SCREW FIXED TO PLYWOOD FOR MOUNTING SHELF
BLOCKING AS REQUIRED
LEATHER WRAPPED MDF PANEL
STAINLESS STEEL(M1) CABINETRY TOP
EATHER WALL SECTION- ROOM 203
5
LEATHER WRAPPED MDF PANEL
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MDF PANEL WITH BUTT JOINED
LAN DETAIL - TILE D
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PROJECT
CL-BKK
Design Architect ROOSHAD SHROFF
Client CHRISTIAN LOUBOUTIN
ARCHITECTURE + DESIGN
TILE A - 452 X 452 MM
TILE C LIGHT FIXTURE TO BE CONFIRMED
302, DALAMAL CAMBERS, 29,NEW MARINE LINES, MUMBAI 400 020
19 RUE JEAN JACQUES ROUSSEAV 75001 PARIS
TEL : +91 22 2203 7745 FAX : +91 22 2200 7229 EMAIL : info@rooshadshroff.com www.rooshadsroff.com
TEL : +91 22 FAX : +91 22 EMAIL :
Contractor -
Consultants xxx
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TILE B - 302 X 302 MM
A
Consultants xxx
TILE C - 152 X152 MM
07
LEATHER PANEL SIZES
1:20
PROJECT NUMBER : 13002
TILE D - 77 X 77 MM
Consultants xxx
FORMAT : A3
SCALE : N/A
LEVEL DATUM : DRAWING NUMBER :
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Christian Louboutin Boutique , Bangkok // Rooshad Shroff Architecture + Design // 2014
Khushali Chawda // MA Interior Design // Royal College of Art // khushali.chawda@network.rca.ac.uk
Christian Louboutin Boutique , Bangkok // Rooshad Shroff Architecture + Design // 2014
AESTHETICS OF ICE Wayne Binitie + ARUP
Location: Installation Role: Design Development Design Brief: A Sonic and visual exploration of the Ice Core Archives. Ice and glass share the properties of transparency and opacity, solidity and liquidity. Sound and glass installation will invite bodily experience of an otherwise inaudible and invisible phenomenon. The Concept: A sphere depicting the earth and all that it embodies. The form almost like a glass blown piece. The geometry is a take on the hyperbolic paraboloid. Interior of the pavilion has undulated surfaces which could formulate interesting sound modulations which would be proposed by ARUP Sound Lab. The undulated surface aspires to be an open ended seating space without a dedicated space. Also inviting artists to come and perdorm. The void in the structure aims to connect the sky and the ground. The glass sculptures are inspired by the antartic glaciers which is displayed in a small waterbody. The void, the sculpture and the water body form a connection.
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Aesthetics of Ice // Wayne Binitie + ARUP // 2017
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Aesthetics of Ice // Wayne Binitie + ARUP // 2017
SKY
CO NNEC T I O N
EA RT H + WAT ER
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Aesthetics of Ice // Wayne Binitie + ARUP // 2017
READING ROOM Royal College of Art
Location: Margate Purpose: Design a reading room for an architect’s office. Design Brief: With a set of pre determined materials, the purpose of the project was to design a reading room for an architects office. The project required the design to be realised from a scale of 1:50 - 1:1. The strategy used was Installation. The modules of furniture designed which can hold books on one side and provide a seating and a table on the other side. Allowing two activities taking place simultaneously. That of reading and browsing. The materials used: birch faces ply, white sheet metal and grey felt. The colours of all the materials emoting a sense of calmness allowing one to step into a state of reading in zen mode.
Existing
Installation Strategy
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Private Reading Pods
Reading Room Insertion Module, Scale - 1:10
Horizontal Division - Reading -Browsing
Louvered Panels - allowing lightness in the structure
Walls of Fabric Created to ceate a space between the existing and the new
Reading Room // Royal College of Art // Summer 2016
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Reading Room // Royal College of Art // Summer 2016
Birch Faced Ply Grey Felt White Powder Coated Metal
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Furniture Detail Section, Scale - 1:1
Reading Room // Royal College of Art // Summer 2016
SHIRO MIDORI Royal College of Art
Location: Public Pop-Up Purpose: Installation - open ended Design Brief: The set of materials used were the determining factor for the design. The materials being, Birch faced ply, grey felt, white powder coated metal sheet and fabric. The materials each resonate a quality that emotes a certain level of comfort and calmness to the human body and mind. Wood as a material has the quality to make us feel warm and comfortable, the fabric is a poetic material that has the power to create architecture without making noise. And white - Shiro (Japanese) the sensory experience of white, where the white appears to be white against the other colours present around it. White is not a colour, it is a feeling of purity.
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Shiro Midori // Royal College of Art // Summer 2016
WOOD + RESIN Product Design, Final Project
Design Philosophy: Create not only a new product with a new form and an innovative shape, but, to create a new and innovative process of using materials. Design Strategy: To create a process of production, use existing techniques,combine them, experiment with materials and design products. Further more the technique used can not only create one product, but can be used to create an end number of products. Thus the strategy behind this collection was to experiment, think, innovate. Keeping in mind the above strategy, the process of brainstorming on what could be the approach to satisfy the philosophy began. Materials Chosen: Wood : A traditional material. Resin : An enginered material Wood + Resin, combining these materials traditional and modern and experimenting with them till a particular direction is favoured upon or struck upon. No specific form was thought so as to begin with the experiment, other than the fact that wood and resign should be combined to cast. Process: Taking some planks of wood, they were put in a plastic container (being used as a mould), then the resin was poured between the planks of wood, helped in filling up the negative spaces. Once resin had solidified, the block of wood and resin, needed a function, adding another step of process to it, the block of resin and wood is turned on the Lathe machine, to five the block a form and function. Product Possibilities: Lamps, Candle Holders, Pen Stands, Stools.
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Wood + Resin // Graduation Project // 2012
K h u s h a l i C h awd a e : k husha l i c hawda @networ k.rca .ac.uk m : + 4 4 7 4 9 0400083
Ed u cat io n 2015 - 2017 Royal College of Art MA Interior Design 2009 - 2013
National Institute of Fashion Technology B.Des. Product and Furniture Design
Summer School
Nouva Academia Di Belle Arti, Milan, Italy
Wo r k E x p e r ienc e Present Found Associates London June-July 2017 The Architecture Foundation Volunteer May 2017
Wayne Binitie + Arup Artist Pavilion Porposal
Dec 2012 - May 2015 Rooshad Shroff Architecture + Design Mumbai, India Designer
Christian Louboutin Boutique, Mumbai Interi or Desi gn - Reta i l
Hermes India, Mumbai & New Delhi W i ndow Di spl ays
Jaipur Modern, Jaipur Interi or a nd G ra phi c Desi gn - Reta i l
Christian Louboutin Boutique, Bangkok Interi or Desi gn - Reta i l Oberoi Realty, Mumbai Show F l at - Resi denti a l
June - July 2011 Inline Design New Delhi, India
H o n o u rs & A wa rds June, 2017 Best Layout Nomination Archinet, UK. May, 2013
Best Graduation Project Award, Accessor y Design Department.
May, 2013
Best Overall Academic Permormer Award Accessor y Design Department.
Ski l ls Rhi no AutoCAD Il l ust rator InDe si g n Photoshop MS Offi ce
KHUSHALI CHAWDA e: khushali.chawda@network.rca.ac.uk