Manav Aggarwal | Portfolio by Manav Aggarwal

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A N A V A G G A R W A L

m9aggarw@uwaterloo.ca +1 437-999-0267 | +91 8132079760

I am currently a Univeristy of Waterloo School of Architecture graduate. As a young designer, I aspire to use architecture as a medium to solve design problems all around us.

I am particularly interested in building facades, and real estate development.

Apart from Architecture, I play a lot of soccer, enjoy sketching and doing sports analysis.

University of Waterloo

Candidate for Bachelors of Architectural Studies, Honours 2019-2024

Pathways School Gurgaon

International Baccalaureate: 3.94/4 GPA 2017-2019

Formosis

Architectural Assistant

Vancouver, Canada Jan 2024-August 2024

• Creating entire Rezoning proposals that included plans, section, elevations on AutoCAD, Revit, Sketchup,

• Creating massing iterations, and other design excercises

IBI Group

Architectural Assistant - High Rise Team

Toronto, Canada

Jan 2023-August 2023

• Creating entire Rezoning submissions that included plans, section, elevations on AutoCAD, Revit, Sketchup,

• Preparing 3D Models using Sketchup

Randy Zieber Lighting Studio

Production designer/ Industrial Design

Vancouver, Canada May 2022

• Design lights on Rhino and create fabrication plans

• Built light from scratch using techniques like carving, grinding, polishing, drilling, welding, soldering etc

SSA Architects

Architectural Assistant

• Make site visits, deal with clients and vendors

• Participate and contribute in design discussions

Delhi, India Jan 2021

• Created plans, sections and elevations, 3D models and renders for projects

Purple Studio

Architectural Assistant

Delhi, India Jan 2021

• Assisted with production of rendered plans, 3d renders, wall artworks & murals, interior designs

• Created the firm’s official website (www.purplestudio.com)

Text Book: Design & Techonology (currently under publication process) 2020

• Wrote a 125+ page textbook for an International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme subject

Tedx Event (TedxPathwayschoolGurgaon)

Co-Organizer

Gurgaon, India 2019

• Managed 6 teams comprising of over 60 students

• Headed the set design team

Junior Treasurer

Waterloo Architecture Student Assosiation

$10,000 International Student Scholarship

University of Waterloo (2020)

$3,500 President’s Scholarship of Distinction University of Waterloo (2020)

$25,000 International Scholarship (offered)

Daniel’s school of Architecture (2019)

$1,500 Merit Scholarship

Pathways School Gurgaon (2017,2018,2019)

Community Service and Citizenship Award Pathways School Gurgaon (2019)

Community Service Leader Pathways School Gurgaon (2018-19)

Adobe Photoshop Illustrator Indesign Lumion

Sketchup

Sketching

Painting Sculpting

Model Making

Laser Cutting Stone Carving Grinding Welding Polishing Drilling

Rhinoceros V-ray

Revit

Grasshopper

AutoCAD

3D Printing Wood working Etching

Lino-printing

Enamelling

Soldering Wire-making

Bending Sawing Patina

English Hindi

Interests

Soccer Sports Analysis Fitness

Sketching Trying new things

Enclave Supervisor: Jaliya Fosenka

4B Design Studio

‘Enclave seeks to separate and emphasize on the 2 different processes - growing, cultivating, and cooking self-grown produce, and learning spaces. While these 2 programs are separated, they reconcile and synergize within the courtyard in the middle which provides more opportunities for learning and growth.

Connection within the buildings is not just established through landscaping, but also through views which are maintained through large operable garage doors facing each other within each of the courtyard facing separate spaces. Furthermore, these spaces are extended outwards through covered canopies, and wooden decks which connect and encourage users of the space to be move outdoors and be more connected with nature.

Shape form to match contour

Seperating building

Creating coherent circulation

1. Garbage Room 2. Storage Room 3. Mechanical Room 4. Female Washroom

5. Male Washroom

6. Turtle Hatch Room

7. Foyer

8. Community Kitchen + Dining

9. Green House

10. Seed Storage

11. Foyer

12. Staff Room

13. Office 14. Classroom 15. Library 16. MPH 17. Storage

Washroom

19. Universal Washroom

20. Studio Residence 21. Amphitheatre

Integrated Design Parti

CO2 sensors located in classrooms and MPH which would have varied occupancies during the day based on the day depending on weather, season and planned activity

Wall Section C

RT-1

Solar Panel

Roof Hook

20mm Cedar wood Shingles

Non woven polyster and water proof roof membrane

200mm Gutex Multitherm 200

Woodfibre Insulation

Lap waterproof membrane

75mm 3 Ply CLT panel

100mm Gutex Multitherm 100

Woodfibre Insulation

75mm 3 Ply CLT panel R-Value

WT-1

1”x7” Vertical Cedar Wood Siding

1”3” Wood Furring

25 mm airspace with vertical strapping fastened with long screws

200mm Gutex Multitherm 200

Woodfibre Insulation

Water and Air Barrier

175mm 5-ply CLT panel with taped seams

1 5/8” Service zone created using steel studs @ 16” o.c 10mm Plasterboard Interior finish R-Value

FT-1

12.7mm Wood Veneer

101mm Unreinforced Concrete topping with radiant heating

15mm Polyairbarrier

Vapor Barrier

200mm Gutex Multitherm 200

Woodfibre Insulation

Grit and crushed stone

300mm Drainage Fill

Geotextile fabric

Undisturbed Earth

FT-1

Community Kitchen space

Foris

Supervisor:

K. Jake Chakasim

2A Design Studio

In Collaboration with Noah D’Souza

‘Foris’ is an indigenous pavilion located within the University of Waterloo campus to eliminate the monotony within an existing green space and convert it into a larger gathering space where students, staff and other locals can connect, interact, relax and leisure within this symbiotic fabric of both nature and man-made. It is a proposed wood assembly with vertical members supporting the intersecting, curvy light wood members that also accompany wire meshes upon which vines, plants and other flowers can be grown; an attempt towards creating an artificial forest.

Vertical Wooden Members

Wire Mesh

Horizontal Members Exploded Axo

Design Approach

Plan with program

Within Supervisor: Adrian Blackwell

3A Design Studio

Located next to the Brampton Retirement Residence and along Queen Street East, ‘within’ is a 11-storey mid rise construction with 2 underground storeys of parking that can house more than 200 people. The building seeks to catalyze and define the urban fabric of the future development around the Brampton City Centre and indicate how the surrounding landscape can inform the design of a building. Wherein the public program within the building invite both residents and people from the community to come and interact within the spaces.

QUEEN ST EAST

PEEL CENTRE DRIVE

BRAMALEA CITY CENTRE DRIVE

Serpentine

Supervisor: John McMinn

2A Design Studio

In Collaboration with Natalie Davidson

Created to adapt to the influx of University of Waterloo students who wish to live on campus. ‘Serpentine’ provides students with a connection to nature while being located close to the school. Nature greatly students alike for a breath of fresh air, outdoor lectures or large scale events. Student lounges and study rooms are placed strategically to break up the monotony of the hallway, and the cafeteria creates a relationship with the existing Minota Hagey residence.

Cafeteria Render

Model Axo

Cafeteria

Study Spaces

Student Lounge

Courtyard Render

Using Grasshopper to script the Parametric Brick facade and also

Single Room Render

Double Room Render

Study Lounge Render

Floor Plan + Site

The Collector’s House

Supervisor: Fiona Lim Tung

1A Design Studio

Designed for a kayak collector on the edge of the Riverbluff’s Park, ‘the collector’s house“ is a single storey house that provides the owner with both a living and a workshop space. With thresholds to both the city through land and water. The path connected to the river is seperated by a glass door and opens up to the small private kayak museum which also acts as a driveaway for boats. The washroom within the house allows for multiple entries, easening the circulating around using it upon entering from any of the thresholds.

Section aa

Section bb

Light Study Sketch

Physical Model Render - Vray, Photoshop

100 Borough Drive

Arcadis IBI Group

January 2023 - August 2023

100 Borough Drive is a 5 Tower residential project which is located south of the Scarborough City Center in Toronto, Ontario. The project was started when i joined Arcadis IBI in January 2023 and I solely worked along with my Manager to create the entire rezoning set that was finished and submitted end of August.