WORK SAMPLES
NISHANT SAMIR MEHTA
COLUMBIA GSAPP WORKS 2015-2016 + PRE COLUMBIA GSAPP WORKS 2008-2015
nishantmehta1209@gmail.com | +1 7189165141 | Apt 54 115 W 104th Street, New York NY 10025
NISHANT SAMIR MEHTA Email : nishantmehta1209@gmail.com Address : 115 West 104th Street #54, New York, NY 10025. Phone : (718) 916 5141
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EDUCATION
PROFESSIONAL SKILLS
June 2015 - May 2016 GSAPP, Columbia University - New York, USA
Autodesk Autocad
Architecture and Urban Design | MS.AUD (Masters)
Autodesk Revit
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Honors Award for Excellence in Design
Autodesk Maya
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William Kinnie Travelling Fellows Prize
July 2008 - April 2013 Kamla Raheja Vidhyanidhi Institute for Architecture Mumbai University - Mumbai, IN
Architecture | B.Arch (Bachelors)
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE EXPERIENCE PROFESSIONAL 2016 - Present Associate of the Urban Design Office | GSAPP, Columbia University, New York, USA • • •
Assisted Professor Geeta Mehta with her publication on social capital credits due for launch in December 2016 Structured the online course framework for Professor Andrea Kahn’s seminar on urban waterfront planning and design Compiled GIS data and coordinated community meetings in the city of Poughkeepsie for the fall urban design studio
2015 - 2016 Student Advisory Council Member |
Earth Institute, Columbia University, New York, USA • Organized an all IVY League academic fair on the theme of sustainability for 150-200 students • Conceptualized and designed marketing material for publishing and social media purposes
2013 - 2015 Junior Architect | Ranjitsinh Associates, Mumbai, India Farmland at Betegaon, India (Master planning) • •
Created competition drawings for the HOLCIM 2014 International Sustainability Awards Facilitated communication between clients and local government authorities for project sanctions
Clubview serviced apartments Lavasa, India (On-site works) • • •
Created construction documents for mechanical, electrical and architectural details Coordinated on site changes for exterior and interior construction with technical experts due to field changes Conducted meetings with clients and made presentations to the project stakeholders
Google SketchUp Rhinoceros Vray Maxwell
Adobe Photoshop Adobe Illustrator Adobe Indesign
Adobe After Effects Arch GIS
MS Office Suite
LANGUAGES LANGUAGES English | Native Hindi | Professional working proficiency Gujarati | Limited working proficiency
EXHIBITIONSAND ANDPUBLICATIONS PUBLICATIONS EXHIBITION 2016 Urban Omnibus | New York, USA
Summer studio project titled ‘Water As A Catalyst’ published as a part of the essay ‘Disrupting the Superblock: Speculative Designs for NYCHA’
http://urbanomnibus.net/2016/05/disrupting-the-superblock-speculativedesigns-for-nycha/
2014 Second Platform for Asian Architecture and Urbanism Exhibition | Mumbai, India
Undergraduate Thesis drawings titled ‘Rejuvenating the Bazaar’ was displayed as a part of an exhibition themed ‘Simultaneous Modernities’
COMPETITIONS COMPETITIONS 2014 HOLCIM | Competition For International Sustainability Shortlisted as the Asia Zone nominee Documenter, On-Site summary of ideas, master planning, competition drawings, presentation models
COLLECTIVE WATERSCAPES
COLUMBIA GSAPP | SPRING 2016
WITH GUANGYUE CAO, LEE YAN SHUN AND ZIYANG ZENG
“Collective waterscapes” envisions Paraiba Valley cities as unified players for improving the water and health quality of the greater region of Mina Gerais, Sao Paulo, and Rio de Janeiro. To address the region’s pressing water issues, this proposal establishes a landscape framework for future waste water management by maneuvering surfaces and implementing simple place-making strategies. We believe that access to clean drinking water is not only a daily necessity, but an asset which will become the driving force for a healthy and resilient environment. By providing local actors with the tools and techniques to implement waste water treatment micro-infrastructures into the city fabric, a new urbanity of culture and living will emerge from the water systems that sustain it. The project is envisoned as a case study wherein multiscalar water cleaning systems are embedded with public amenities to serve the people. The multiplication and repetition of these systems will seek to transform the Paraiba Valley.
BARRA MANSA
52.7
53.7
60.2
BARRA DO PIRAI
55.1
PORTO REAL
RESENDE
60.7
VOLTA REDONDA
50.0
FUNIL
68.6
DOMESTIC WASTE
OVERFISHING INDUSTRIAL EFFLUENTS
INDUSTRIAL EFFLUENTS
DOMESTIC WASTE
DOMESTIC WASTE
INDUSTRIAL EFFLUENTS
DOMESTIC WASTE
DEFO DOMESTIC WASTE
INDUSTRIAL EFFLUENTS
INDUSTRIAL EFFLUENTS
DEFORESTATION
DOMESTIC WASTE INDUSTRIAL EFFLUENTS
INDUSTRIAL EFFLUENTS
OVERFISHING
DOMESTIC WASTE INDUSTRIAL EFFLUENTS
TO SAO PAULO
DOMESTIC WASTE
DOMESTIC WASTE
DOMESTIC WASTE
INDUSTRIAL EFFLUENTS
DOMESTIC WASTE
OVER FISHING
DOMESTIC WASTE
Funil Reservoir
INDUSTRIAL EFFLUENTS
DEFORESTATION
DOMESTIC WASTE
INDUSTRIAL EFFLUENTS
DOMESTIC WASTE DOMESTIC WASTE INDUSTRIAL EFFLUENTS
OVER FISHING
DOMESTIC WASTE
DOMESTIC WASTE
INDUSTRIAL EFFLUENTS INDUSTRIAL EFFLUENTS
DEFORESTATION
OVER FISHING
DOMESTIC WASTE
DOMESTIC WASTE
RIO DE JANEIRO METROPOLITAN AREA
DOMESTIC WASTE
ETA Guandu
Lajes Reservoir
IDENTIFYING ISSUES OF WATER CONTAMINATION IN THE REGION
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ADOPTING A MICRO INFRASTRUCTURE APPROACH TO CLEAN WATER
Community Scale
Neighborhood node
SCALES OF CLEANING WATER
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27 FAMILIES
// 15L of rainwater collected per day
3 1 TREE + 100m UNCOMPACTED SOIL // permeable paving infiltration rate 70-80%
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CATCHMENT SURFACE // 220L per 1m per day 2
PHYTOREMED
// maximum phytore at 60 days of culture
Hybrid public amenities
maximum phytorem STREET LIGHTING Greywater re-use
15m 3 biodigester
reduce runoff pollution
Soil water storage rate : 0.5inches/hr
// 3,600L of household sewage per day CITY POWER GRID
groundwater recharge
3
75m biodigester
River Edge Park
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DIATION POND
146,000L/s
WATER CASCADES
// 5.5 acre cleans 230,000L water/day
emediation rate reached e AERATION TANK
ANAEROBIC TANK EICHHORNIA CRASSIPES DUCKWEED REED CAT’S TAIL AEROBIC FLOW
mediation rate reached at 60 days of culture PLANT BED/PONDS
CLEAN WATER
O3 O O O3 O3
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OZONE PURIFICATION FISH PONDS
Canal
CLUSTER SCALE
NEIGHBORHOOD NODE
RIVER EDGE PARK
FOLD + PITCH!
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ScoopSpace + Fill Publc Scoop + Fill Publc SpacePublc Space
Scoop + Fill
COMMUNITY SCALE
WATER HARVESTING ROOFS AND BIODIGESTERS
DIVERT + RE-USE/ STORE
SHADE + GROW
GATHER + MEET
Shade + Grow Shade + Shade Grow + Grow
Divert + Re-use Divert /+Store Divert Re-use+/ Re-use Store / Store
Gather +Gather Meet +Gather Meet + Mee
26m3 of earth 3m
3m
6m
26m3 of earth
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6m
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6m
UnproductiveUnproductive median Unproductive median median
26m3 of earth
6m
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Public space Public spacePublic space
SCOOP+ FILL!
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NEIGHBORHOOD NODE COLLECTIVE WATER FILTER
LEARN + EXPERIENCE x1 26m3 of &earth 26m3 of+ Pool earth + Pool Stitch Stitch + Pool Educational Educational Educational & Recreational Recreational & Recreational Park Stitch Park Park
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GATHER + PLAY x2
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26m3 of earth
x2 13m3 of earth
13m3 of earth
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13m3 of earth 7m3 of earth
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REMEDIATE + MEET x3 x5
7m3 of1m3 earth of earth 7m3 of earth 1m3 of earth
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1m3 of earth
Learn + Experience Learn + Experience Learn + Experience Gather + PlayGather + Play Gather +Remediate Play + Remediate Meet +Remediate Meet + Meet
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RIVER EDGE PARK
FLOOD MITIGATION & EROSION CONTROL
Connection Connection toConnection riverto riverto river
CONNECTION TO RIVER
Education Education Park Education Park Park
EDUCATION PARK
Dynamic Dynamic land/water Dynamic land/water edge land/water edge edge
DYNAMIC LAND/WATER EDGE
TO THE CORE
COLUMBIA GSAPP | FALL 2015
WITH MARSHALL ALLEN, ELENI GKLINOU AND CHENXING LI
“To the Core� seeks to leverage the prolific industry of apple production and processing in the state of New York, in an attempt to catalyze investment and broader economic growth in the Hudson Valley region. Building on the growing regional food and beverage industry, we propose the creation and branding of a local center in the Hudson Valley. Newburgh is ideal for such an endeavor, due to its convenient location on the intersection of Interstates 84 and 87, as well as its affordable industrial and commercial real estate and a labor force awaiting employment opportunities. The project assumes a phased approach with a public private partnership. It involves the creation of an artisanal cider house, the setting up of a demonstration orchard for apples. Future interventions include the setting up of the Newburgh Institute of Pomology and the pedestrianization of Washington Street that facilitates pedestrian movement.
REGION, STRATEGY
REGION, APPLE CAPITAL
FRESH-MARKET FRUIT ORCHARDS
SORTING
FRESH APPLES
PACKAGING
CRUSHING
CIDER VINEGAR
PRESSING PRE-FERMENTACLEAN| DRY| WE LL L IT
BOTTLING
WA SH IN G| BR
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STORAGE
FLIGHT S
PRE-PROCESSING
COLD STORAGE
PROCESSING
CORING
WASTE
PRESSING
APPLE SCRAPS
BY-PRODUCTS
BAKING PACKAG-
ESSENCE & ALCOHOL
ADDED VALUE PRODUCT
INNOVATION & EDUCATION
BREAKDOWN OF APPLE PROCESSING
DISTRIBUTION
SLICING DEHYDRATION
INDUSTRY
APPLE CIDER
KS UC TR
NG NI EA
NG NSI EA |CL NG HI US
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WASTE FERMENTA-
STORAGE
IMAGE
STEWARDSHIP
DIRECT MARKETING
NEWBURGH CIDER COMPANY
Demonstration Orchard
Cider Company
Ferry Dock
MASTERPLAN
Newburgh Institute
Community Orchards
COMMUNITY ORCHARDS
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MIL
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P R I V AT E I N I T I AT I V E + TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND
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TA S T E N Y C + NYS BEVERAGE
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CITY OF NEWBURGH + MTA
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PHASING STRATEGY Driven by a public private partnership the project assumed a phased approach. The first step is to launch the Newburgh Cider Company, the second to create the Newburgh Institute of Pomology and the finally to setup a new ferry launch for the city.
SPRING!
SUMMER!
FALL!
WINTER!
SEASONAL APPROACH
WATER AS A CATALYST
COLUMBIA GSAPP | SUMMER 2015 WITH ZIYANG ZENG AND FEI XIONG
The lower east side, by virtue of its low-lying location, suffered massive destruction caused by Hurricane Sandy. This warranted the construction of a protective berm to keep the storm surge from inundating the area. Thus, in addition to what is being planned for the lower east side, we have the opportunity to plan for a rain event and subsequently to re-plan the NYCHA campus. The NYCHA campuses in this region are underserved and are isolated from the surrounding neighborhood. The campus along with the FDR Drive is a visual and physical barrier to the denizens of the neighborhood from accessing the East River Park. Thus building off the East Coast Resiliency Project, we propose to extend the berm over the FDR Drive, and integrate it into the NYCHA campus. The integration of the under used green space in the NYCHA campus to a larger green belt provides an opportunity to activate the campus landscape.
ENTRANCE PLAZA
CENTRAL RECREATIONAL PLAZA
CONNECTION TO THE BERM
SECTION THROUGH THE PUBLIC SPINE
OUTDOOR CAFE
SUNKEN RECREATION PLAZA
PATH ALONG PLAZA
COMMUNITY KITCHEN
SECTION THROUGH THE PUBLIC PLAZA
REJUVENATING THE BAZAAR K.R.V.I.A. | APRIL 2013
INDIVIDUAL DESIGN DISSERTATION
The project began by questioning the flexibility of urban environments and their ability to be receptive to change. The diamond trade in Mumbai is one such territorial economy that is undergoing a metamorphosis. Housed, in a dilapidated colonial inner city precinct, it is at a threat of being relocated; hence altering the vibrant urban fabric it operates out of currently. The intervention, a diamond guild house, was developed as an interface on the node that provided an identity to the precinct, reviving the node with commercial and socio-cultural program spaces that tied it to the adjoining temple complex. The intervention is a multi storied hybrid program space, housing programs for the diamond trade as well as a skill-building center, is lifted of the ground to allow a thriving streetscape to percolate through the building. The volume is puncture by a vertical piazza holding circulation routes, which visually ties it to the streetscape.
PROGRAM DERIVATION
WORKSHOP TYPOLOGIES
VIEW OF THE FOOD PLAZA
SECTION THROUGH THE VERTICAL PIAZZA
VIEW OF THE STREET NODE
Watch Tower
Temple Court
Retail Spaces
Public Piazza
Food Court
GROUND FLOOR PLAN
CLUBVIEW APARTMENTS
RANJITSINH ASSOCIATES | JUNE 2013 PROFESSIONAL WORKS
The project is situated in Dasve, one of the five self-sustaining towns of Lavasa, India’s first planned hill city. Being situated in the Western Ghat regions of Maharashtra having abundant green coverage, Lavasa is conceived as a self-sufficient live-work microcosm that is ecologically sensitive. The project is planned as a low rise, high-density service apartment complex, which yearns to house the maximum number of people with minimum built up are footprint. Obtaining a view of the large man made reservoir opposite it, is an important driver for the organizational strategy of the project. The basalt stone clad ground floors of the front wings accommodate retail shops that open out to a pergola-covered walkway. The relatively minimal footprint allows the green cover from the hillside to permeate through the project. The apartments range from 1 BHK, 1 1/2 BHK, 2 BHK and Studio flats, meant for single family occupation.
BALCONY DETAIL
CANOPY DETAIL
WALL SECTION
TYPICAL RESIDENTIAL FLOOR PLAN
‘An idea is salvation by imagination’ - Frank Lloyd Wright