Rasika Deosthali Portfolio (Selected works 2020-2022)

RASIKA GIRISH DEOSTHALI

Queens, New York, USA rdeostha@nyit.edu rgdeosthali@gmail.com

• New York Institute of Technology, New YorK, USA - September, 2021- December, 2022 Master of Science in Architecture, Urban and Regional Design

• B. R. Harne College Of Architecture, Mumbai University, Mumbai, India - August, 2015- October, 2020 Bachelor of Architecture

AutoCAD

Revit

Lumion

Rhino & Grasshopper

Microsoft Office

Arc Gis

Adobe Photoshop

Adobe Illustrator

Adobe InDesign

Adobe Premier Pro Sketchup

Adobe

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Co-curricular Activities

• President of Student Body Council, BRHCOA for the academic year 2017-2018

• Organized the college (BRHCOA) annual fest ‘Mudra’ in year 2018

• Organized various guest seminars and festivals for the academic year 2017-2018

• New York Institute of Technology’s School of Architecture and Design, New York, USA ( Auguest, 2022 -Present) - Assisting professor with junior cohort’s desgin studio - Providing software classes to junuor cohort

• Department of City Planning, Staten Island Borough Office, New York, USA (June, 2022 - August, 2022)

- Worked on ZAP Applications, North Shore 2050 - Distilled information for different groups of viewers - Created various maps for Richmond Terrace Corridor Study

• New York Institute of Technology’s School of Architecture and Design, New York, USA ( February, 2022 -May 2022)

- Worked for Tallinn Architecture Biennale Exhibition - Handled the program’s Instagram page

• Bungalow Interior Renovation, Nashik, India (August, 2020 - January, 2021) -Renovated & Designed the house interior -Landscape design of the backyard

• Amol Chaudhari and Associates, Nashik, India (December, 2018 - April, 2019)

-Assisted Jr.Architect in residential, and hospitality projects -Site visit and attending client meetings -Managed regular follow-ups with consultants

Achievements

- Graduate/ Teaching Assistant

- Summer College Intern

- Architect

- Research Assistant - Student Intern Architect

• Graduate Scholar Award for Academic year 2021 and 2022 at New York Institute of Technology

• IDC Foundation Scholarship of $5000 for the spring semester at New York Institute of Technology

• 3rd Rank in BRHCOA (Batch 2015-2020)

• Winner of the competition- Concept Skyscraper Design based on eco-urban analysis of a city.

CYBORG URBANIZATION

FALL, 2022 - PRESENT | URBAN

Team - Rasika Deosthali Contribution- Equal

Designing a set of aritifcal islands generated grasshopper coding and urban To design an island that is adaptable to human capacity using a series of what-if scenarios whilst urban

URBANIZATION

URBAN DESIGN STUDIO | HONGKONG

Deosthali and Isabel Tabet distribution of work

generated through integrating artifical intellegince, urban designers prespective. human needs, having an evolutionary phasing whilst keeping the identity of the Hong Kong fabric.

An attempt to combine artificial intellgience with design process...

How can the ‘informality of organic urban growth’ be integrated with ‘regularity of planned urbanization’ to formulate an ‘organized organic city’ in multi dimensions?

To answer the above question we started to look into various AI programs to integrate the concept of infromal formality in order to achieve a mix (AI + Human) solution for the project.

Methodology for first stage of the project

Methodology for first stage of the project

Exploring AI-based imagination of

The prompt ‘artificial island in Hongkong for future as 3d render views’ tells the built and unbuilt spaces as well as the high amount of densification with ways an AI program should be utilized while designing a project so as not group to test its limits and use AI as a guiding tool to achieve a design

tells a similar story about Hongkong having a very clear threshold between with the urban forest. This makes it very necessary to understand in what to have AI providing solutions but guiding it. An attempt is ongoing by our design that focuses on the Human aspect rather than the technological one.

of futuristic HongKong using Dall-E

DECENTRALIZING SPRING, 2022 | URBAN DESIGN

Team - Rasika Deosthali Contribution- Equal

Vision -In 2050, the carbon footprint of food arriving enhancing the food chain management across

DECENTRALIZING FOOD ACCESS

STUDIO | NEW YORK CITY,USA

Deosthali and Gabrielle Soares distribution of work

arriving on your plate will be substantially reduced by across all five boroughs of New York City.

New York City is recognized for its enormous subway system, which connects nearly every part of the city. This proposal seeks to exploit the existing network for food distribution by identifying key intersections within the network that could serve as distribution hubs.

One SUBWAY CAR can approximately transport twice the amount of food carried by a normal CLASS 6 commercial delivery truck.

Zero Waste DesignSystem of pnuematic tubes connecting buildings to central terminal.

White

Hispanic / Latino

African Amrecian Asian

Mixed Race

Latin Amrecian Food

African Food

European Food

Middle Eastern Food

Central Asian Food

East Asian Food

South Asian Food

Caribbiean Food

Sunset Park ~ 0.3 B

Long Island City ~ 0.2 B

Hunts Points ~ 2.3 B

Greenpoint ~ 0.1 B

Maspeth ~ 0.2 B

College Point ~ 0.6 B

TIMES SQUARE - PORT AUTHORITY (abandoned level)

Regional Anaylsis of the Subway Network

DOWNTOWN MANHATTAN - (abandoned)

SUNSET PARK - 45 ST (N, R, W)

SQUARE AUTHORITY level)

GREENPOINT - (abandoned)

LONG ISLAND CITY - HUNTERS POINT AV (7)

HUNTS POINT - HUNTS POINT (4)

MASPETH - GRAND STREET (L)

DOWNTOWN MANHATTAN (abandoned)

COLLEGE POINT - MAIN ST (7)

SUBWAYSTATION

PNEUMATIC

Team - Rasika Deosthali

EDGE: URBAN VITALITY

NEWTOWN CREEK, NEW YORK CITY,USA

Deosthali and Gabrielle Soares distribution of work delights the senses, honors the region’s history, and uses It is a place filled in character and activities that connects industrial, commercial, innovative organizations and is a for all.

While the residential fabric of the neighborhoods differs, waterfront. The industrial zone adjacent to the creek serves infrastructural, topographical, and hydrological factors impact increases waterfront accessibility and adaptability while

The major goal is to examine the stream and its environs in order project’s second phase aims to develop the region and provide creek are facing by adapting to a time-based

differs, they are all constrained by a lack of connectivity to the serves as a barrier between the public and water edge. Various impact one’s capability to easily access the creek. This project while keeping the industrial aspect of the area alive.

order to identify urban concerns, their causes, and effects. The provide a viable solution to the difficulties that the community and time-based activites for and around the creek.

Team - Rasika Deosthali

Contribution- Worked on 3D,

EUPHORIA is a house that sits on the mountains of Himachal Pradesh, and unbuilt spaces that connects the user with nature and the environment modern architecture. The interaction spaces and landscape in and

EUPHORIA

COMPETITION | HIMACHAL PARDESH, INDIA

Deosthali and Pratik Yenpure 3D, design and post production Pradesh, India. The main aim of the design is to create a blend of built environment around them. Euphoria is a mixture of traditional and out of the house maintain the atmosphere of a comforting home.

PARADISE IN

2020| AI URBANIZED WORKSHOP COMPETITION

Team - Rasika Deosthali, Krina Panchal, Siddha Contribution – Design, View & radiation analysis, Grasshopper

Its rightly said that, “Give me a place to stand and I will move the skyscraper is located adjacent to Millennium Park. Because Chicago amount of sunshine entering buildings is critical. When it comes motion and wind blowing increases the effective wind loading on which increases the

CONJUCTION

COMPETITION | WINNING ENTRY | CHICAGO, USA

Siddha Shah, Gaurav Patankar, Shesha Agilanandam Grasshopper scripts, wallacei simulation, Rendering.

the world around” which is depicted by our design. In Chicago, the ago experiences frigid weather most of the year, maximizing the to conceptual design, the dynamic interaction between building on the structure. The exo-skeleton receives a Voronoi treatment, structure’s stability.

Stage 1: Basic shape development

Stage 2: Lofting the shape together

Stage 3: Twisting for maximum wind flow and use

Stage 4: Adding floors

Stage 5: Façade development

Stage 6: Adding the spiral observation deck & Kinetic sphere

Social Media Analysis

View Analysis

Solar Radiation Analysis

YORK:

MANHATTAN

ARCHITECTURE

PRODUCTION - CONSUMPTION PROTOTYPE FOR

MANHATTAN

ARCHITECTURE BIENNALE | NEW YORK CITY,

USA

Leaders: Science in Architecture, Urban Design) and Tom Verebes (PhD, Professor)

Team: Agrawal, Akshit Kumar, Gabrielle Soares Illustrator. Helped in 2D maps by creating smaller elements on illustrator. this research project questions the great distance at which the city’s food is produced. in traditional farms located globally, across the US, and in New York State, with food within a dense urban territory in New York City.

rdeostha@nyit.edu rgdeosthali@gmail.com @unfurled_spaces

RASIKA GIRISH DEOSTHALI