SOHIL SONI
EDUCATION
2009 - 2014
Graduated with a Bachelor of Architecture from Balwant Sheth School of Architecture (BSSA), NMIMS University, Mumbai; Meritorious with a CGPA of 3.67
2007 - 2009
HSC from Sathaye College of Science, Mumbai University, Mumbai; Distinction with 89.3% (PCM 95%)
1998 - 2007
ICSE from Jasudben M.L. School, Mumbai; Distinction with 93.4 % (5th rank in school)
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EXHIBITIONS, PUBLICATIONS AND COMPETITIONS
Part of the core team to publish The State of Architecture exhibition catalogue, UDRI-NGMA in 2016
Winner of Adobe Design Ignites Change & UN Habitat Youth Fund in 2014; Part of the winning team representing DRP-BSSA, funded to design and execute urban farming practice over a slum in Mumbai
Participant under DRP-BSSA in a joint Exhibition My Very Own City at Barcelona, Spain in 2012, representing Mumbai; as part of the World Bank symposium Rethinking Cities: Framing the Future
COLLABORATIONS AND INTERESTS
Freelance architect with Design Urban Office
Metal fabrication for Urban Monkey with Emote
Visuals created for Virtual Gods an online exhbition with Arc.hv; Cadavre Exquis with Muse Lab; Mumbai Sketchbook of the Two Page Project
Brand identities and visuals for Emote, Gurrido, The Community Builders, Simply Yumm, Bombay Farming Co.
Participant:
Machinic Protocols a 3d printing workshop with Digital Futures
Write: Style a workshop with BICAR Institute
ACADEMICS, MEASURED DRAWINGS AND STUDIOS
Research and Design Dissertation titled Process City, was mentored by Kaiwan Mehta; Project selected to be presented and displayed at the KVD Forum 2014, CEPT University, Ahmedabad
Designed and installed a canopy at the Kalaghoda Art Festival in 2013, Mumbai
Designed and constructed multi-functional furniture for the Exhibition at The Corridor, BSSA
- Swarm Intelligence in Nature which was later displayed at the Kalaghoda Art Festival in 2012
Design selected and constructed for an 8ft. tower for the Exhibition at The Corridor, BSSA –Networks in Nature and the City
Measured drawing and documentation of - A haveli and chowk in Jodhpur, Rajasthan
- The village of Menavali, near Wai, Maharashtra
- A portugese house Almeida Villa in Versova, Mumbai
- The stretch of SVP road from the western waterfront edge to the eastern docks in Mumbai
- Ajanta and Ellora caves and the caves at Badami, Temple complex of -Pattadakkal, Hampi, Karnataka
- A rural studio in and around villages of Shirpur, Maharashtra
SKILLS
Digital - AutoCad, SketchUp, Rhinoceros, Photoshop, Illustrator, Indesign, Procreate, Basic Grasshopper, Basic After Effects, Basic Arduino, 3d printing and laser cutting
Manual - hand and machine modeling, sketching, drafting, ink and colour rendering