PORTFOLIO SELECTED WORKS MOKSHA SHAH
EDUCATION: Primary to HSC (ICSE, ISC) Zydus School for Excellence, Ahmedabad Since 2017: Pursuing bachelor of interior design at CEPT University Nominated for Exchange 2020
STRENGTHS AND SKILLS:
MOKSHA SHAH
moksha.shah.bid17@cept.ac.in +91 7878063000 DOB- 30/11/1999 LANGUAGE: English Hindi Gujarati ADDRESS: 3, Sukrut flat, Near punjab national bank, Vasantkunj, Paldi, Ahmedabad
Visualisation Model Making Spatial Planning Rendering Painting Representation Making diagrams Creative writing Eager to learn new things.
SOFTWARE SKILLS: Adobe Photoshop Auto-cad Sketchup Adobe In-design V-ray Illustrater
INDEX 01. KHWAAB Smell that lingers
2. PARIKRAMA The circle of life an death 3. SAGA OF INSPIRATIONS An interlude of nature and furniture 4. MISCELLANEOUS
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KHWAAB SMELL THAT LINGERS
STUDIO TYPE: WORKING DRAWING SITE: UNIZA, AHMEDABAD
Khwaab is a perfume attar brand that is dedicated to its customers. The store tells the story of a dream that turned to reality- a dream of ever-eternal and enchanting fragrances. The brand has been focusing on offering everlasting fragrances that capture your imagination and celebrate your true essence. The store comprises of three sections one where you can buy perfumes, other where you can buy attars and the third section is especially for our customers to explore, it will be devoted to making customized attars.
Brand logo:
Behind the logo: 1. The colors Blue- loyalty, trust Green- Faith, confidence Whitepeace, purity, Golden- royalty, prosperity, grandeur 2. The fonts signify the Arabic nature of the brand. 3. The different symbols: Lotus- Purity The elements sun, moon, cloud, star, water represent its connection with the nature
Bottle variants: Perfume-
200 mL - For daily use 100 mL - For daily use 50 mL - For daily use 5 mL - For travel 1.5 mL - For testers
Ittar-
List of Workers: - spray - spary - spray - spray - spray
- front opening box - front opening box - front opening box - box - paper fold
50 mL - For daily use - Roll on - center opening box 10 mL - For daily use - Roll on - center opening box
Cashier- 1 Manager- 1 Sales assistant- 3 Clerk- 1
Rendered Plans: The ground floor consists of Perfume section, storage area and reception. The first floor consists of attar section, section of customized attar and storage area.
Sections: Sections depicting the movement throughout the space. And the relation between human and the scale of the showroom.
Prototype: This fixture by Khwaab displays attar bottles. The display shows the grandeur of the store while also its connection to its roots. This bespoke fixture comes right at you in the bustling store.
Behind the prototype: Attar was derived in Persia in the 1100s, this prototype is a tribute to their architecture and culture. The legs of the fixture were inspired by roots; roots not only of the culture but also of plants, from where attar is extracted. The pattern is repeated throughout the store which adds a certain genre to it. The colors blue and golden represent: trust, loyalty, grandeur, royalty, truth, heaven. The box gives a feeling of captivity, symbolizing your captivity towards our line of fragrances.
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PARIKRAMA THE CIRCLE OF LIFE AND DEATH
STUDIO TYPE: VISUALIZATION SITE: PREMABHAI HALL, AHMEDABAD The contrast selected here is Life and death, and in accordance with it the two programs selected are Crematory and a Maternity center, as play and work, respectively. I believe life is the starting of all sufferings. As a person’s life starts, one starts doing karma. According to one’s karma, it is decided whether or not he will achieve mukti or not. Hence a person is under the continuous dilemma of doing what is right or doing what is needed. When a person dies he is on his path of enlightenment liberation and releases from this world where a person undergoes injury, disease, and aging. By release from this cycle of life and death, the suffering involved in this cycle also ends. Hence life is work and death is play according to my philosophy. One the first floor is the reception area and waiting area, while on the second floor is where the general wards are and the third floor consists of operation theatre and cremation kilns. In between these two floors is a waiting area common for both. On the fourth floor is the meditation center common for both there is also a baby care room and a CNG unit. The hall has been converted to an amphitheater which can also be used as a besna hall.
An activity involving mental or physical effort done in order to achieve a purpose or result.
To engage in an activity which does not involve effort done in order to achieve a result. Death is freedom from all the sufferings, one achieves Mukti or Moksha after dying. When a person dies he is on his path of enlightment liberation and release from this world.
Play and Work
Mukti Dham Crematorium
Life is starting of sufferings, one is under constant pressure of doing what is right and not doing what needs to be done. A person undergoes injury, diseases and ageing while he lives, due to which he suffers.
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Strategy The design is based on the strategy of insert of cross programming where the Maternity hospital has been inserted in the Premabhai Hall and the maternity hospital has been interwoven with the crematorium.
Insert
Intersect
Crematorium X Maternity Hospital Program Brief Crematorium Maternity Hospital
within 6 kilometers of premabhai hall there is no crematorium, hence the residents have to go to far places and premabhai hall becomes the perfect place for a crematorium, being in the center of old city.
Old city is a rural area, where proper medication is not given attention to. Hence the need for a maternity hospital with better facilities, and proper hygiene is arises.
Theme The theme of cross- programming is Life and Death, I believe life is the starting of all sufferings. As a person's life starts, one starts doing karma. According to one's karma, it is decided whether or not he will achieve mukti or not. Hence a person is under the continuous dilemma of doing what is right or doing what is needed. When a person dies he is on his path of enlightenment liberation and releases from this world where a person undergoes injury, disease, and aging. By release from this cycle of
Exploded view: Understanding how the spaces get divided in different floors. One the first floor is the reception area and waiting area, while on the second floor is where the general wards are and the third floor consists of operation theatre and cremation kilns. In between these two floors is a waiting area common for both. On the fourth floor is the meditation center common for both there is also a baby care room. The hall has been converted to an amphitheater which can also be used as a Besna hall.
Sections: Sections depicting the movement throughout the space. And the relation between human and the scale of the building.
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SAGA OF INSPIRATIONS AN INTERLUDE OF NATURE AND FURNITURE
STUDIO TYPE: SPACE PLANNING SITE: DEEWANJI NI HAVELI, AHMEDABAD
Indian traditional crafts are the roots of our society. India’s history has been rich and diverse, so are its crafts. The existence of contemporary crafts in today’s world is an example of how efforts are being put into their conservation. The theme of this curated exhibition is bringing back nature in our lives. It is time to not look at things directly, but indirectly. In a subtle way to comprehend and co-relate to the things we see around us i.e. nature. The aim is to tell stories about their relationship between nature and furniture and how nature has inspired the forms of furniture. Artists have started incorporating nature and its forms in contemporary crafts. The exhibits reflect the amalgamation of nature and furniture. The objects have been further classified into different rooms, namely marine afloat, autotroph, heterotroph and feathered. As we go from the first room to the last room we simultaneously go from deep water to liberating sky.
Poster- Theme A theme is essential not only for the exhibition but also important for the message one wants to deliver to the visitor. The theme here is furniture products that have been inspired from nature. This poster shows the transition from nature to furniture. The project name is Saga of inspirations
Curated objects: The object bank is the collection of the exhibits kept in the exhibition. They were selected by studying different contemporary artists in detail, a booklet was generated first and then with the help of theme and sub- theme the objects were carefully selected.
Site visit: The exercise not only helped us to understand the site but also to experience and interpret the experience. The diagrams represent an abstract overview of the way spaces have been perceived and how each element of Deewanji ni Haveli contributes in the overall understanding of the Haveli’s special character.
SENSORIAL
SENSORIAL The view f rom the terrace was The view f because rom the the terrace was sensorial scale of sensorial because scale of the site was huge the as compared the siteother was huge as compared to the pol houses. to the other pol houses.
STYLE
The style of STYLE the haveli is inspired f rom many cultures, rose The style of the haveli is the inspired window represents collonialism, f rom many cultures, the rose the wooden furniture represents window represents collonialism, traditional culture. the wooden Indian furniture represents traditional Indian culture.
INTERIORITY
The interiority of the space is INTERIORITY just interiority like the spiral staircases. The of the space As is you go deeper you understand just like the spiral staircases. As the go space better. you deeper you understand
the space better.
NEIGHBOURHOOD
The neighbourhood of the haveli NEIGHBOURHOOD was clusterous and clumsy. The neighbourhood of the haveli was clusterous and clumsy.
HISTORICAL
HISTORICAL The diya holder represents The diya culture holder represents historical of the haveli. historical culture of the haveli.
JUNCTION
JUNCTION The corridord are the prime junctions of the the The corridord are haceli, the prime staircases and the rooms junctions of the haceli, meet the in the corridors. staircases and the rooms meet in the corridors.
MULTIPLICITY
Layers MULTIPLICITY of multiple traditions and cultures f rom the haveli Layers of multiple traditions which can be seen the and cultures f rom the inhaveli windows of the which can be haveli. seen in the
windows of the haveli.
LIGHT
The courtyard recieves ample LIGHT sunlight throughout the day, The courtyard recieves ample hence the best element to sunlight throughout the day, display light is the courtyard. hence the best element to display light is the courtyard.
MEANING
MEANING The meaning of pol house is not The meaning ofsite, pol whole house haveli is not changed in the changed the of site,wood, wholeithaveli is made inout has is made out of wood,and it has traditional courtyard an traditional courtyard and underground water resource. an underground water resource.
INTERSECTION
INTERSECTION The wooden columns are the base wooden of the haveli and also The columns are the area of the of haveli intersection of base and also the s=different of the haveli.of area of floors intersection s=different floors of the haveli.
VISUAL FORM
The visual form ofFORM the haveli can VISUAL be shown three cuboids The visual through form of the haveli can of different heights depicting be shown through three cuboids different forms of the building. of different heights depicting
different forms of the building.
LAYERING
Different floors represent LAYERING different layers of the haveli. Different floors represent different layers of the haveli.
Delving Deeper- Experiencing the space Delving Deeper- Experiencing the space
DISCIPLINE
DISCIPLINE A discipline of using three discipline of using three fArames in followed throughout f rames the site. in followed throughout the site.
TOLERANCE
The use TOLERANCE of steel beams are an example the site is tolerant The use that of steel beams are an to all the that new the changes in example site ismade tolerant site. to all the new changes made in site.
ORNAMENTATION
The wooden carved bases of the ORNAMENTATION columns represent The wooden carved bases of the ornamentation at its best. columns represent
ornamentation at its best.
MATERIALITY
China mosaic and wood the two MATERIALITY main materials used in the China mosaic and wood the two haveli represent its materiality. main materials used in the haveli represent its materiality.
Experiencing the exhibition: The theme and the curatorial narrative allow the designer to develop a strategy for overall planing. The final; exhibition is a combination of four ideas: the exhibition as a artifact display, the exhibition as a visitor activity, the exhibition as an environment, the exhibition as a communicator of ideas.
Perceiving way: Way finding in context to interiors refers to the experience of the users in terms of navigation, orientation within a built environment. This exercise dealt with designing the exhibition graphics and way finding for the exhibition. The idea here is basically to shape experiences that orient, inform, educate the visitors.
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MISCELLANEOUS WORKS BEFORE AND OF FIRST YEAR
Hand skills: First thing we learn was free hand drawing, by first doing lines, shapes, 3d forms, assemblage.
Hand drafting: This exercise helped us to learn drafting plans, sections and exploded view, which helped us learn how different layers rested on each other.
Model making: This model was made to learn the basics of model making and strength. The aim was to make 25 bricks stay on the model, the test model could bear 20 bricks, later additions were done in the model. This model also helped us learn different joineries and threading.
Joneries used
Basic idea behind the model
Triangles are the shapes that do not deform, they just buckle or break. In the first design only three triangles were formed, to divide the load further a stick was added in the middle, but still it could not provide stability hence to increase the stability instead of one, two sticks were used in the center.
This exercise helped us to learn drafting plans, sections and exploded view, which helped us learn how different layers rested on each other.
In the test model there was no support in the center due to which the model collapsed , so an extra center line was added which provided support for the model and connected the top to the bottom.
Views of the final model
Load was going to be equally divided so then the ‘X’ form was used in which two sticks from opposite corners meet the diagonal corner. Thus it helps in dividing the load.
The columns were at first pinned from the top and bottom then they were threaded from 30% to 70% of the column so the thread supported the model and the tendency of breaking the stick was extended. Two small sticks were added on the sides of the column to provide extra to the column so that the beams don’t fall.
Testing the model
Works before first year: Before entering CEPT i did different types of drawing methods which included dry pastels, color pencils, pencil shading, doodling, coffee painting.
MOKSHA SHAH
moksha.shah.bid17@cept.ac.in +91 7878063000