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ARCHITECTURE PORTFOLIO Vedshree Joshi Master of Architecture, Ball State University
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Table of Contents ResuME Project I
Revit Certification
Project II
Research + Design
Project III
Community Build
Project IV Thesis
Project V
Work Experience
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Vedshree Joshi
Education-
Masters of Architecture + Certification in Social and Environmental Justice College of Architecture and Planning, Ball State University, Muncie, IN, USA Bachelor of Architecture, 5 years Professional Degree L. S. Raheja School of Architecture, Mumbai, India.
Software Skills-
Revit (Certification), AutoCAD, SketchUp, V-ray, Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, and Microsoft Excel, Word, Outlook
Core Skills and Strengths-
Architecture Designing, Construction Documents, Building materials, Specifications, Sketching,3D printing, Rendering, Documentation, Creativity, Problem-solving and Photography.
Architecture HonorsM. Arch (USA) Waste to Wealth workshop, Geometry and Architecture Series, Sustainability- Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow Licensed Architect (Council of Architecture, India) (IGBC), Transitional Rurality Series Hobbies, Sports and Extracurriculars-
Badminton and kho-kho player, Bharatnatyam dancer, Indian Classical singer, Harmonium (music instrument) player, landscape and abstract painter, case and phone cover designing, photography.
ExperienceGraduate Assistantships (College of Architecture and Planning), Ball State UniversityMarketing Assistantship (2018- 2019) ▪Promoted CAP Program amongst 100+ parents and students during STEM fairs ▪Designed interactive promotional flyers in InDesign, Illustrator and laser cut logos as a print marketing strategy ▪Organized,managed and co-ordinated 8 High School visits per semester for Prof. Kevin Klinger Teaching Assistantship (2017) ▪Critically analyzed and evaluated the design assignments of 15 freshman students for Dr. Cezar Cruz
Architecture + Landscape Design Experience atelierRISTING llc, Indianapolis, IN Firm type- Architecture Job title- Graduate Architectural Intern ▪Engaged in the Design Development and Construction Documents phase for a parking garage ▪Achieved better client response utilizing SketchUp and AutoCAD software medium for design presentation drawings Abhaas Landscapes, Mumbai, India Firm type- Landscape Design Job title- Junior Architect ▪Coordinated and developed 10-15 residential landscape design projects ▪Produced 2D and 3D design concept presentations using Adobe Photoshop, Corel Draw and SketchUp ▪Led and managed Jet Airways project through all design phases ▪Negotiated estimated material costs to reduce the project budget by 20% Mahendra Kale Architect, Palghar, India Firm type- Architecture Job title- Undergraduate Architectural Intern ▪Generated Industrial Warehouse design-construction drawings ▪Detailed Reinforced Cement Concrete and Stainless-Steel structures ▪Oversaw Advanced Construction techniques like piling, pre-stressing, post-tensioning and pre-fabricated designs.
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Project I
Revit Certification •Software used - Revit •Description- The Revit Software Certification aimed at achieving sound knowledge of the software and its application in respect to generating construction documents by selecting a project and producing drawings for the same.
Residential Mid-rise apartment complex
External View 1
External View 2
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Typical Floor Plan N.T.S
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Reflected Ceiling Plan N.T.S
Parking Plan N.T.S
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Longitudinal Section N.T.S
East Elevation N.T.S
North Elevation N.T.S
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Project II
Research + Design Fairplay Grocery store
Wheat grain
Vegetable garden Oats grain Soybean grain Corn grain Barley grain
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Site-Design Concept Diagrammatic representation
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Functional Foods : Chicago Union Stockyards
•Project Name - ABATTOIR (Slaughterhouse) •Location - Chicago, IL •Project Type - Experimental Iterated Design •Semester 4 (Fall 2018)- Arch 601 •Instructor - James Kerestes •Software used - Rhino (3D model), KeyShot (Rendering), Adobe Illustrator (2D graphics) and Adobe Photoshop (3D view enhancement) •Description- Abattoir or slaughterhouse studio will explore the latent potential within the pochѐ of domestic structures found in the Chicago Union Stockyards area during the time span of 1865 through 1971. Students will explore the viability of these formal typologies relative to the idiosyncratic nature of contemporary domesticity and explore possible alternative programming for these structures. •Collaboration - College of Architecture and Planning + Smith Group JJR
PART I.a: Selecting a residential building style prevalent in Chicago
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Worker’s Cottage, Chicago Stockyards
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PART I.b: Breaking the compartmentalized order of the building by surgically operating the building composition Using KeyShot render effects to determine silhouettes of the projection
OPTION 1 PART I.c: Final form generation after surgically adding the projection to Option 3
OPTION 2
OPTION 3
PART I.d: Final design of the structure to accommodate alternative uses achieved by replicating the individual module
Existing house
Projection added to the house
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PART II.a: Site Analysis Following are the observations after visiting the site-
CHICAGO UNION STOCKYARDS
The one square-mile area has one-two eatery places located on the south-side
Key points from the Smith Group JJR’s project description1. “Hog Butcher to the World” 2. Largest meat-processing center to the world
Halsted st. serves an invisible division amongst neighborhood and the stockyards
Design Development key words1. Reintroduce 2.Food Supply and historical influence 3.Better neighborhood
There is a stark division between the stockyards and the surrounding neighborhoods
Lakeshore Beverage
CANARYVILLE
Mega Bus Station
The stockyards requires more public interaction spaces for the neighborhood to intervene and participate in its betterment
SITE The Plant Aldi
Tesla Food joint
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Food mart
BACK OF THE YARDS One square mile stockyards study- Understanding the existing neighborhood
Site area- 300,000 sq.ft (6.7 acres) Site features- 50% under natural vegetation Diagram 1- Analyzing the site features like existing vegetation and foundation remains from previously built structures. Diagram 2- As a design strategy, following the natural lines for sub-division on site and add functions accordingly.
Site Analysis- Diagram 1
Site Analysis- Diagram 2
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PART II.b: Design Concept Development : Connecting the community and Stockyards through Functional Foods (Urban Farms) Functional Foods- The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics define functional foods as “whole foods along with fortified, enriched or enhanced foods that have a potentially beneficial effect on health when consumed as part of a varied diet on regular basis at effective levels based on significant standards of evidence�. For example- A pizza with the oats/wheat bread base and toppings from freshly grown vegetables and meat in the stockyards garden
Equipments used for farming and their approximate sizes-
Tractor 131x87x88 in
Plough 9-12 in length
Harrow 5 ft wide
Seeder 27x7x8 in
Spreader 23x24x21 in
Baler 15x18x40 in
Harvester 25x13 in
Crops grown in 1 acre of landCorn 560 pounds
Soybean 900 pounds
Barley 900 pounds
Oats 900 pounds
Wheat 2000 pounds
Generating an algorithmic representation for the program- site distribution from the research conducted and the concept of connecting the community with the stockyards through functional foods 15
PART III: Design
Entrance/Exit 1
Storehouse
Entrance/ Exit 2
Corn Grain
Barley grain Entrance/ Exit 3 Storehouse
Oats grain
Vegetable Garden
Soybean grain
Storehouse
Wheat grain Storehouse
N Food mart Design Site Plan- Sub-dividing the 6.7 acres of site into 6 parts of 1 acre squares and cultivating the 5 famous crops grown in the mid-west. The main restructured bungalow from Part I of the assignment serves as a Functional Foods restaurant handled by the local community. The Food mart present on the south-side of the site is merged with new design and is proposed to receive the crop produce for sale.
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PART III: Design Customized Seating Community Dining
Clerestory dining
Services/ Storage Courtyard Seating N
Cooking space
Entrance/ Exit
First Floor Plan
First Floor Plan- The Urban farmrestaurant design aims at bringing the local community together through food media. The first floor encompasses a cooking space, courtyard, vegetable garden, and a wide community dining space to bring the community into the stockyards Second Floor Plan- The community dining is a clerestory (double-height) space and occupies 50% of the second floor. The other half utilizes the geometry of the form to generate customized seating enhancing the community interaction
Second Floor Plan
Asphalt Shingles (13 1/4” x 39 3/8”) Timber battens (1” thick) Decking (1/2” thk) with Felt paper underlay and foam insulation Timber rafters 2x4” Timber Beam 3x6” Steel I-beams Metal cladding, wooden finish 2” thk Glass plate cladding Air and Vapor barrier R.C.C slab 8” thk CMU 8” thk Poured concrete to shape R.C.C foundation
Detail- Projection geometry interrupts the house form
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PART III: Design
View of the Urban Functional Foods restaurant
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Project III
Community Build
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Whitely Community Garden: Space for Gathering
•Project Name - GroundWorks •Location - Muncie, IN •Project Type - Design- Bid- Build •Project Owner - CAP Makes : Muncie Makes •Semester 5 (Spring 2019)- CAP 598 •Instructor - Janice Shimizu, Susan Tomizawa •Description- Interdisciplinary community-build project done by 15 Landscape design and Architecture students designing a community garden for the Whitely community through Motivate Our Minds (non-profit organization) in Muncie, IN. •Collaboration - College of Architecture and Planning + Motivate Our Minds
PART I: Understanding the community
PART II: Getting Feedback Motivate Our Minds organized a charrette inviting the Whitely residents of all age groups to participate in the design intervention. The participants were provided with the design proposal and asked to draw/sketch/ write about their ideas of a community garden. The final design for the Social Gathering space was derived from the feedback received.
The design ideas about the Whitely community garden were shared amongst the Motivate Our Minds staff and the Whitely residents through Whitely Community Council meeting.
PART III: Final Design idea
PART IV: Design Execution The design finalized by the MOM’s team included an interactive seating area for all age groups. The seating is a combination of benches of two-different heights (for kids and adults, tree stumps for individual seating option, and planters to enhance the aura The three angled arrangement aims at achieving maximum conversations and ease of movement.
The design building process took place at Muncie MadJax lab using several wood cutting tools and technology. The 15 students were divided into team to cut, sand,polish and smooth the timber surface. A color-coding chart was generated for execution of the operation and a prototype was build to understand the overall outlook of the end product.
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PART V: Design Building at MadJax Muncie Lab
Process 1: Building a prototype of the design to test anthropometrics and dimensions
Process 2: Measuring the Cedar wood to cut into required size pieces
Process 3: Cutting the pieces to size
Process 4: Levelling the tree stumps for seating
Process 5: Sanding the cut pieces
Process 6: Polishing the sanded wood pieces and let it dry before assembling together
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PART VI: End product and On-site Assembly
Process 7: Final assembly of the benches at MadJax, Muncie
Process 8: Assembling the planter with the benches
On-site placing of the built design for gathering space
People of different age group enjoying the design
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Project IV
Thesis: Graduate level
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Inclusion: Thesis for Unity in Diversity
•Location - Ball State University, Muncie, IN •Semester 4,5 (Fall 2018-Spring 2019)- Arch 603, 602 •Instructor - Pam Harwood, Olon Dotson, Kevin Klinger, Melinda Messinneo •Abstract- How can a spatial sequence and the proposed multi-cultural center on Ball State’s east lawn generate cultural awareness, understanding, and competence amongst students in a natural and an unforced way to fulfil Ball State’s pledge, “to accept and learn from differences in people, ideas and opinions”? Ball State University has over 190 majors and more than 130 minor areas of academic study. As per the 2018-19 survey, Ball State has 25% of ethnic and international student population. The Office of Institutional Diversity (OID), existing Multi-cultural Center on the south side of campus present in a two-story house, and the Rinker Center for International programs in the basement of the Student Center have several activities and programs encouraging cultural awareness and inclusive diversity. This thesis focuses on enhancing the scope of these programs and activities by providing a wider and more centralized platform for students to experience cultural diversity, gain cultural knowledge, and share their experiences of cultural competence in a natural and unforced way. The design of the East Lawn of BSU’s campus, in which the new Multi-cultural Center is envisioned, strives to achieve cultural competence on campus by sowing seeds of cultural awareness, and cultural understanding, through designed symbiotic relationships between paths, places, edges, nodes, and landmarks. The thesis introduces the concept of “inclusion as unity in diversity” through this designed spatial sequence on the East Lawn and the proposed Multi-cultural Center, imparting three levels of social and environmental interaction: 1. Cultural awareness (becoming aware of cultural values, beliefs and perceptions), cultural understanding (opening to the idea of cultural attitudes and acknowledging different world-views) and cultural competence (ability to understand, communicate with and effectively interact with people across cultures). With these three levels of interaction orchestrated through the East Lawn and Multi-cultural Center, it is a sincere hope that we can fulfill Ball State’s pledge, “to respect and learn from the differences in people, ideas and opinions”.
PART I: Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis: Cultural Events on Campus
Kwanza Celebration- Multi-cultural center event
Diwali Celebration at CAP
Color Festival- International Center event
After attending several cultural events across BSU’s campus, it can be observed that cooking and eating food from different countries, aura of the place and music can create an awareness amongst the students about the existence of several cultures without enforcing it on them. All these events lacked a centralized wider platform as it catered a small crowd of students. With multiple cultures existing across the globe and students from 50 different countries present on campus, it is difficult to incorporate every single cultural aspect into the design.
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PART II: Site Selection and Analysis Site Selection: Ball State University’s East Lawn has been proposed to have a Multi-cultural center by May, 2019. The East Lawn is a site which has two dormitories on its North and South side. The Bracken library , Business College and College of Architecture and Planning are present on the West side of the site. Students access the East Lawn while walking to these college buildings from their dormitories or while switching from one class to another. The East Lawn becomes a major transition point for students which potentially can be utilized as a place for enhancing the cultural awareness.
East Lawn- Existing Site Layout
East Lawn- Kevin Lynch
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PART II: Site Analysis
East Lawn- Vehicular movement
East Lawn- Pedestrian Movement
Analyzing the East lawn for vehicular and pedestrian movement, one major observation was that the entire East lawn can be pedestrian only place by redirecting the service entries and parking spaces. The student movement from dormitories to the educational buildings or the bus stops can become a potential path for generating cultural awareness in natural and an unforced way.
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PART III: Design Concept Generation
Diagram 1
Diagram 2
Diagram 1: Selection of an all inclusive, multi-faceted shape (hexagon) whose six-sided geometry can be used as a fabric that binds these separated structures on the East lawn into a quilt weaving the strong forms into a unified language. Diagram 2: Understanding the geometry of the hexagon and then sub-dividing the form into several smaller geometric shapes developing a language and a shortest walk-able path to these buildings.
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PART III: Design Concept Generation
Diagram 3
Diagram 4
Diagram 3: Resolving the parking and service entry issues on the East lawn, the all pedestrian East lawn is connected to different structures through the shortest path and maximum space is allocated to the for cultural awareness, understanding and competence. Diagram 4: The design of the East lawn walkway encourages the end-user to walk into the Multi-cultural and experience the celebration of cultures across the world rather than just designing the building and placing it into the East lawn.
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PART IV: Design: Site Plan
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PART IV: Design: Floor Plans
First Floor Plan: Space for Cultural Awareness through creation of Food Court + Art Gallery + Museum As per the quantitative and qualitative analysis, food, music, art and aura of the place can become a medium for cultural awareness. Just a mere presence of a person in that space, tasting the food from the weekly cultural menu, by just glancing through the partition as an art gallery, and sitting at the curio tables containing cultural elements is assumed to be responsible for spreading cultural awareness amongst the students.
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Second Floor Plan: Space for Cultural Understanding Incorporating the design functions present in the proposal of the actual Multi-cultural center, the design also strives to develop a better understanding of cultures through meaningful conversations between The Big Four Organizations viz. African American, Asian American, Latinex and Spectrum, and the students on campus. Due to presence of Bracken library’s service entry on the south side of the Multi-cultural center, designing a connection from the West end to the Multi-cultural center was achieved through a second-level walkway with a cultural gallery to maintain the connectivity.
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PART IV: Design: Floor Plan and View of the Multi-cultural center
Third Floor Plan: Space for Cultural Competence The third level of the Multi-cultural center caters to teaching cultures through technology like Virtual Reality and Cooking techniques. It also addresses the issue for lack of space for celebration of cultures throughout the campus by providing a presentation theatre where students can come and share their experiences and celebrate a truely multi-cultural BSU campus.
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View of the Multi-cultural center from the cultural garden
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Project V
Work Experience
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atelierRISTING llc, Indianapolis, IN
•Project Type - Parking Garage (Total area- 50,000 sq. ft approx.) •Semester 2 (Spring 2018)- ARCH 555 •Instructor - Daniel Overbey •Principal Architect - Steven Risting
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Abhaas Landscapes, Mumbai, India
•Project - Air Hostess Training Center •Principal Architect - Abha Sapre •Project Design Head - Vedshree Joshi •Client - Jet Airways
View of the landscape designed entrance of the Air Hostess Training Center: Seating and the pergola with a sloping lawn
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Landscape Layout for the Training Center
View of the landscape designed entrance of the Air Hostess Training Center: green wall as supporting member for the pergola
View of the landscape designed entrance of the Air Hostess Training Center: feature wall with yellow bricks
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Views of the on-site executed design
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Mahendra Kale Architect, Palghar, India
•Principal Architect - Mahendra Kale •Projects - Industrial Design
Typical Section for roof and truss
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Plan of the factory shed
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Vedshree Joshi Email- jvedshree@gmail.com
Phone- +1 765-212-6938
Portfolio link- https://issuu.com/vedshreejoshi
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