Hello! My name is Raj Doshi and I am a 5th year student currently studying at Balwant Sheth School of Architecture, NMIMS in Mumbai, India. The following is a curated collection of my architectural design and practical work that reflect my design thinking and imagination.
Date of Birth: 17 May 2000 Nationality: Indian City: Bhuj, Kutch
LANGUAGE
2018 - 2023 2014 - 2018 2006 - 2014
NMIMS Balwant Sheth School of Architecture, Mumbai CGPA: 3.47
SECONDARY + HIGHER SECONDARY EDUCATION
Chanakya Academy, Bhuj (GSEB + GHSEB) Class X - 83.66% Class XII - 72.47%
PRIMARY EDUCATION
Chanakya Academy, Bhuj
PROFESSIONAL WORK
2022 2022 2022 2021 +91 9825967980 doshirajmadhukant@gmail.com raj_doshi__ Raj Doshi
ACE TECH MUMBAI Public Seating Design October - November
English Hindi Gujarati
TEACHING ASSISTANT Allied Technical (M.Arch) Teaching Revit June - October
STUDENT INTERN sP+a (Sameep Padora and Associates) Setting up an exhibition named (De)Coding Mumbai
STUDENT INTERN Abhinav Engineers Pvt.Ltd. Ahmedabad
Year 5 - Semester 9
PROJECT: Thesis (On going)
LOCATION: Film City Road, Mumbai
MENTOR:
Ar. Rajeev ThakkerThe present condition of a fast-paced urban society triggered a thought process, leading to new perspectives. This architecture thesis shows these points of view in the form of a story, weaving together theories, personal experiences, observations, and urban phenomena.
Everydayness serves as the basis on which this narrative is built, bringing forth the role spaces play within this current urban sphere. “Liminal Spaces” and “Parallel Reality” are explored as promising spatial conditions depart ing from the comfort-less urban structure. They emphasize on being, tran sition, and transformation. Cinema then steps in, not only connecting these dots but also offering a way forward. Under these conditions, the spatiality of the film is looked at, and the relationship between film and architecture is looked at through the study of literature and the use of montages.
Cinema is like a dream. People have dreams and aspirations in life, which keep them going. Life in Bombay is like a theatrical performance. The city’s urban context becomes the stage, and the people are characters perform ing their parts. So, the research is carried out by identifying characters and their stories about the imagination of their dreams and aspirations in the city. The research tries to make a correlation between the idea of how film creates a kind of imagination and how people’s stories become part of this imagination by putting together images of the people of the city. The idea is to somewhat resolve the relation between these things through some pro grams and architectural manipulation.
So, the intent is to revamp the film city and try to come up with an archi tectural script to engage the idea of transitioning between the real world and the idea of the imagination and fantasy of the film.
PROGRAM: Healthcare and Wellness Centre
LOCATION: Versova
MENTOR: Ar. Milind Merchant
BRIEF: The goal is to look at Public Health issues and come up with a solu tion.
Heart diseases, chronic respiratory illnesses and strokes are the top three causes of deaths in India. About 75 million people above 60 in India suffer from some chronic disease.
So there is need to have better public health. Public health means the sci ence and art of disease-preventing disease, prolonging life and promoting health, through the organised efforts of society.
Thus, we suggest a public health park that incorporates healthcare, therapy, wellness, and programmes to promote a healthy lifestyle for local communi ties, all while fostering a healing at mosphere through the use of nature.
According to World Health Organisation
“A state of complete physical, mental and so cial well being rather than the mere absence of disease or infirmity”
“The science and art of disease-preventing disease, prolonging life and promoting health, through the organised efforts of society”
- All sectors of society
- Health Departments
- Coordinated efforts other stakeholders Other areas of government Private sector NGOs International Organizations Community
All united with a shared goal of improving the health of the public.
Control of infectious disease
Managing Health Emergencies
Screening
Vacination
PROTECTION
Protecting the health of the pop ulation
Preventing health issues before they occur
Improving the health of the population
Environmental Hazards Healthy Workplaces Individual Promoting health be haviours
Improving the social de terminants of health
LOCATION: Versova Koliwada
MENTOR: Ar. Dipal ChhayaBRIEF: To study the fringes of Mumbai and develop a sustainable insert.
The project intent was to come up with a system that will help replenish the ecology they depend on, reacti vate the area and its economy, create awareness of an ongoing problem in an educational way, to provide the tools and workspace for ongo ing research to fight the depletion of our oceans and hence rejuvenate the community is done by proposing a new architectural typology as a solution for the practice, research and devel opment of Aquaculture, by creating a Fishery Research Port that will hold all the necessary instruments and tools for this activity to be perfect for the future.
Ecological issues always have a direct relationship to human race and af fects us in one or more different ways. In this case depletion of marine or ganisms affects us in many ways. When we start running out of food supply and resources, fishing activities will slowly decrease until it reaches a point of port closure and abandonment. Then the economy starts to lose power in these areas, causing unemployment and forcing an economy change. But it doesn’t stop there; without wildlife, ocean acidic level goes up, the global water level rises, temperature changes and stronger weather issues start to emerge
The project intent was to make a cultural, promotional and recreation al hub which will bridge the gap of the culture and will promote our local crafts and products and will give peo ple to experience nature and connect with others.
PROGRAM:
LOCATION: Bandra (West) - Bombay Art Society
MENTOR: Ar. Prashant Prabhu
BRIEF: To conceptualize and design a center for the learning, exhibition and propagation of Indian art rang ing from miniature to the modern progressives and also encompassing the tribal and local art forms such as Gond, Madhubani, Pichwai etc. The center will be an educational and experiential facility that will focus on the awareness of Indian art, sculpture and painting mainly amongst children of different age and economic groups. This will also be a place of exhibition for local and travelling artists.
The concept is inspired from the paintings of SH Raza. The pavilion gives the experi ence of the motion which pulls you in, a sense of rhythm by having concentric modules with different colours which are repeated to create an experience. The pavilion can be configured in various patterns. There are different walking paths that move in and out of the pavilion that one can discover. You can enter and leave the pavilion at any time. There are LED screens that displays the artworks. The pavilion can be dismantled and can reassemble at any site. It contains modular components that can be stacked inside one another to reduce the transport area.
PROGRAM: Community Centre
LOCATION: Fontainhas, Goa
MENTOR: Ar. Dipal Chhaya
BRIEF: To explore and study the fab ric of Fontainhas and formulating a design for a community centre on the basis of the study.
Concept: Fontainhas has a range of streets that shows rhythm through ele ments and produce visual movements. The study is based on how these re peatation of lines , shapes, colours, or elements affect the overall experience of a space.
Rhythm can help unify a work of art by replacing lines, shapes, co lours, or other elements of art. An element may repeat once or multi ple times to create rhythm or pattern.
Elements by repeating itself which creates a visual movement for the viewer’s eye to follow through lines, shapes, and creates a pattern or a rhythm.
Diagrams showing how visual movement is produced through ele ments and it seems like there exists a formation of grid pattern
Process Models showing sense of repeatation and creating layers of different elements and creating a rhythm or a pattern
PROGRAM: Canopy
LOCATION: BSSA, Mumbai
MENTOR: Mr. Atrey Chhaya, Ms Disha Saigal, Ms. Anu sha Nanavati, Mr. Harsh Shah, Mr. Kartik Gala, Mr. Mahek Lalan, Mr. Shishir Sawaant, Ms Vidhi Jobanputra
TEAM: Takshan Panchasara, Raj Doshi, Akanksha Chhajed, Shreeya Agrawal
BRIEF: Explore the emergent behaviour of organism in na ture and create a kinetic human scale installation.
This installation is inspired by the behaviour of Army Ants (Eciton Burchelli) which form structures of a swarm and a bridge. This project explore how each individual ant in a colony acts, communicates, forms extraordinary structures out of their bodies.
PROCESS MODELS
LOCATION: Wadala, Mumbai
MENTOR: Ar. Ritu Mohanty and Nishant Modi
TEAM: Raj Doshi, Shashvat Thakershy, Sutirtha Das Gupta, Vanshaj Mehrota, Ayushi Mistry, Shruti Pandey, Stuti Garg
As the new CBD is coming up in Wadala Truck Terminal, the poor residents will be evacuated from their houses for the development. To prevent gentrification, we need to design housing in such a way that the poor residents are not evacuated and there is proper interventions for both the CBD and the existing residents.
problem faced by each housing MHADA block inclusive of sizing, absence of private toilets, open dumping, unpleasant interiors & flooding problems.
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Defining a set describing the interaction between two house modules due to the close proximity.
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Defining cluster problems on a cluster level and the ill usage of the ground present amids the cluster.
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Defining basti placed nearby the MHADA lowcost residencial block the basti mohola is a dense slum fabric ifest ed with the problems of over-pop ulation.
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Defining mono newly constructed mono rail fails to deliver.
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Defining streets problems face at the street level in the site due to lack of discipline and over population.
the process whereby the charac ter of a poor area is altered by attracting new businesses, often distracting current inhabitants.
02 Defining
due to the upcoming CBD most of the inhabitants be evicted because of higher and prices.
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Defining Similar erandwadi slum, a slum falling un der same circumstances as of the wadala MHADA L.C.H and the basti mahola.
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Defining Highline redefining the decaing mailroad tracks into an social, environmental and economical rejuvenation.
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Defining CBD situation faced by a typical CBD and its monotonousness
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Defining streets problems face at the street level in the site due to lack of discipline and over population.
defining a single module replacing MHADA low cost housing and its construction timeline.
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Defining outdoor
using the same module to incorpo rate outdoor activities.
same typology offering community areas. The program may not be re lated to community spaces but they do act as one.
04 Defining space
same typology offering community areas. The program may not be re lated to community spaces but they do act as one.
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Defining production
multiplication of the single module at a personal level.
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Defining production
multiplication of the single module at a personal level.
green roofing can be done all around to make urban life look human scale along with elements of softscape and comfort.
a bus stop which offers much more to the commuters than just a wait ing space.
a 10 meter wide street with fo cus on walkability and community health by well defined pedestrian paths and cycling lanes.
a 6 meter wide street with pedes trian safety and comfort along with casual seating acting as buffer spaces to increase community in teraction.
a 3 meter wide street with focus on social interaction and community spaces which is clubbed with casu al seating zones.
stiching all ideas together to cre ate a new street design which is more inclusive and adaptive for the community.
SR. NO. SYMBOL DESCRIPTION DIMENSION SILL HGT LINTEL HGT SPECIFICATION TOTAL
1 W1 75 MM ALUMINIUM FRAME WITH 8MM THK CLEAR GLASS, TOP HUNG 250 X 2075 925 3000
CLEAR GLASS (TOUGHENED) WITH UV PROTECTING FILM 1
2 W2 75 MM ALUMINIUM FRAME WITH 5MM THK LOUVERED GLASS PANELS 300 X 900 1200 2100 FROSTED GLASS (TOUGHENED) 2
3 W3 75 MM ALUMINIUM FRAME WITH 8MM THK CLEAR GLASS, TOP HUNG 340 X 2075 925 3000
CLEAR GLASS (TOUGHENED) WITH UV PROTECTING FILM 4
4 W4 75 MM ALUMINIUM FRAME WITH 8MM THK CLEAR GLASS, TOP HUNG 360 X 2075 925 3000 CLEAR GLASS (TOUGHENED) WITH UV PROTECTING FILM 2
5 W5 75 MM ALUMINIUM FRAME WITH 8MM THK CLEAR GLASS, TOP HUNG 375 X 2075 925 3000
CLEAR GLASS (TOUGHENED) WITH UV PROTECTING FILM 1
6 W6 75 MM ALUMINIUM FRAME WITH 8MM THK CLEAR GLASS, TOP HUNG 400 X 2075 925 3000 CLEAR GLASS (TOUGHENED) WITH UV PROTECTING FILM 4
LIBRARY +5.7 M
7 W7 75 MM ALUMINIUM FRAME WITH 8MM THK CLEAR GLASS, TOP HUNG 475 X 2075 925 3000 CLEAR GLASS (TOUGHENED) WITH UV PROTECTING FILM 2
8 W8 75 MM ALUMINIUM FRAME WITH 8MM THK CLEAR GLASS, TOP HUNG 495 X 2075 925 3000
CLEAR GLASS (TOUGHENED) WITH UV PROTECTING FILM 2
9 W9 75 MM ALUMINIUM FRAME WITH 8MM THK CLEAR GLASS, TOP HUNG 630 X 2075 925 3000 CLEAR GLASS (TOUGHENED) WITH UV PROTECTING FILM 2
LIBRARY +5.7 M
10 W10 75 MM ALUMINIUM FRAME WITH 5MM THK LOUVERED GLASS PANELS 715 X 900 1200 2100 FROSTED GLASS (TOUGHENED) 1
11 W11 75 MM ALUMINIUM FRAME WITH 8MM THK CLEAR GLASS, TOP HUNG 775 X 2075 925 3000 CLEAR GLASS (TOUGHENED) WITH UV PROTECTING FILM 1
LIBRARY +5.7 M
12 W12 75 MM ALUMINIUM FRAME WITH 8MM THK CLEAR GLASS, TOP HUNG 850 X 2075 925 3000 CLEAR GLASS (TOUGHENED) WITH UV PROTECTING FILM 3
LIBRARY +5.7 M
13 W13 75 MM ALUMINIUM FRAME WITH 8MM THK CLEAR GLASS, TOP HUNG 970 X 2075 925 3000 CLEAR GLASS (TOUGHENED) WITH UV PROTECTING FILM 1
14 W14 75 MM ALUMINIUM FRAME WITH 8MM THK CLEAR GLASS, TOP HUNG 1250 X 2075 925 3000 CLEAR GLASS (TOUGHENED) WITH UV PROTECTING FILM 2
15 W15 75 MM ALUMINIUM FRAME WITH 8MM THK CLEAR GLASS, TOP HUNG 1500 X 2075 925 3000 CLEAR GLASS (TOUGHENED) WITH UV PROTECTING FILM 2
16 W16 75 MM ALUMINIUM FRAME WITH 5MM THK LOUVERED GLASS PANELS 340 X 900 1200 2100 FROSTED GLASS (TOUGHENED) 2
17 W17 75 MM ALUMINIUM FRAME WITH 5MM THK LOUVERED GLASS PANELS 360 X 900 1200 2100 FROSTED GLASS (TOUGHENED) 1
Competition (2022)
DIVISION: Multi-Family Housing LOCATION: Kandivali, Mumbai
FACULTY ADVISORS: Ms. Shriya Bha tia, Mr. Dhruv Sheth
TEAM: 12 people
The intent of the project was to de sign a sustainable, net zero energy and net zero water residential build ing. Through the mediums of various softwares such as ladybug (grasshop per). Climate Studio, Autodesk CFD. We were aele to find the radiation, EPI and wind simulation. The existing buildings which comprises of 3 individ ual buildings of varying sizes and flat types has been converted.
CHILDREN PLAYSCAPE
Solar panels on rooftop for energy generation
Overhead watertank storage Green wall
We have 4 di erent types of windows as shown in the diagram below. Combination of louvered, casement, sliding and pivoting windows to cater to di erent location and function
We have 4 di erent types of windows as shown in the diagram below. Combination of louvered, casement, sliding and pivoting windows to cater to di erent location and function
We have 4 di erent types of windows as shown in the diagram below. Combination of louvered, casement, sliding and pivoting windows to cater to di erent location and function
We have 4 di erent types of windows as shown in the diagram below. Combination of louvered, casement, sliding and pivoting windows to cater to di erent location and function
Refuge area on every alternate floor
Landscaping on podium
Solar trees on podium
Existing trees on site Building and podium is elevated
Community gathering spaces
Multi purpose hall as community break out spaces
Landscaping on site
Rainwater storage tank Sewage treatment plant
The app also has functions such as polling booths, community chatrooms and bulletin boards that help bring the com munity closer
- The residents can see real time energy and water data through sub metering.
- It’s seen through graphic displays that show daily, monthly and yearly usage.
1 BHK 1 BHK 2 BHK 3 BHK 3 BHK
Problems faced : rain,safety, light, heat, gain, ventilation, mosquito
Problems faced : rain,safety, light, heat, gain, ventilation, mosquito
Problems faced : rain,safety, light, heat, gain, ventilation, mosquito
Problems faced : rain,safety, light, heat, gain, ventilation, mosquito
Bene ts of these windows - reduces use of arti cial light and cooling systems, allows for safety without hampering visual connectivity, allows light but also reduces heat gain, Allows for ventilation but also blocks rain and mosquitos.
Bene ts of these windows - reduces use of arti cial light and cooling systems, allows for safety without hampering visual connectivity, allows light but also reduces heat gain,
Bene ts of these windows - reduces use of arti cial light and cooling systems, allows for safety without hampering visual connectivity, allows light but also reduces heat gain,
Bene ts of these windows - reduces use of arti cial light and cooling systems, allows for safety without hampering visual connectivity, allows light but also reduces heat gain,
We can scale, size and use the window needed as per the climate and region, so it can also be locally aquired and easily found.
- It also has features where you can see how many washing machines are being used in the shared washing room so as to help the residents
- It’s connected to a point based system which is based on savings from each residents usage.
- The points can be translated to usage for community developement
- The car pooling feature allows residents to car pool to places together such as grocery store, religious places or work places, it helps reduce the carbon footprint
- The reuse icon allows people in the building share / borrow equipment and clothes so that it reduces the need of buying multiple similar items which helps promote sustainability -
items which aren’t being used to people in the building second hand makes it economically viable as well as reduces the need for over manufac turing which is more sustainable in the
- The security app is for residents to know who is entering the building at all times and have an electronic register
- The hotline icon has all the numbers of the plumbers and various services, so that people in the building can acll for it together.
- Based on how much each house recyles increases their points
LOCATION: NESCO Ground, Mumbai
TEAM: Rohit Anchan, Raj Doshi, Shashvat Thakershy, Siddhant Kothari, Aniruddh Sah ani, Vanshaj Mehrota
An extraordinary piece of transportable and compact furniture ergonomically de signed for universal age groups.
Inspired from the natural form of waves makes its form free flowing. Its multifunc tionality gives it an edge over other ele ments of public space.
A conscious approach was taken while de signing this element to make it environmen tally and economically sustainable.
