Masand Bhavesh Architecture Portfolio

Architecture Portfolio

Bhavesh Masand | Selected Works

BHAVESH MASAND| Architect

Email : bhavesh.lkm.masand@gmail.com

Phone no : 414-393-7611

Address : 3975 N Cramer St, Milwaukee 53211

Visa : Family immigration

Language proficiency : Norsk : Basic | English : Professional

Personal Statement :

Driven graduate student from UW-Milwaukee with a strong Research orientation, proficient with regenerative, Green Building Design strategies and certification process. Seeking an architectural experience in green building design, offering proficiency in technical skillset.

Education :

Bachelors Of Architecture | University Of Mumbai | 2019

Masters of Architecture Ecological Design | UW-Milwaukee | 2023

Skillsets :

Drafting

Vectorworks

Grasshopper

Rhino

Revit

Autocad

Visualization

Twinmotion

Enscape

Photoshop

Illustrator

Simulation

Catt Acoustic

One Click LCA

Grasshopper+Plugins

IDA ICE

Simien

Mixed Reality

Adobe Aero

Kubity Go

Gravity Sketch

Tilt brush

Fologram

Reference :

Divya. R. Naik

Building physics advisor, Ramboll, Norway +47 40997658

divya.naik@ramboll.no

Work history :

Externship | SO+M | 2022

Cassandra Fitzpatrick UWM IT HelpDesk General Manager fitzpatc@uwm.edu

Competency :

Life cycle Analysis Ecological design Virtual Reality Acoustic Simulations

Research :

Ecological Restoration | 2021

Conference paper | 2022

• Assisted Producing Enscape Renders for the ongoing project

• Assisted in producing Construction detail drawings.

Technology Consultant | UWM CTS | 2022

• Provide support for campus IT infrastructure

• Supervise and train incoming employees

Architect | KP Interior | 2019

• Excuted a prominent hospitality project worth over 60 m-illion

• Verified construction documents

• Performed lifecycle reporting of materials specified.

Architect | Rollins Arcoustics | 2019

• Conducted acoustic simulations and prepared digital models to identify acoustic treatment zones.

• Produced design and construction detils of Acoustic treatments and isolation layers.

• Designed layouts complying Dolby Atmos Standards

Intern | Biome Environmental Solutions | 2017

• Prepared blueprints, construction detail drawings, electrical, plumbing layout, furniture detail drawings.

• Prepared design and detail drawings of grey water recyclings, rainwater harvesting, groundwater recharge system and reed bed filtration systems.

• Ideated conceptual drawings for edible landscapes.

Spearheaded foundation of ecological framework for preservation of Peter Behren’s Industrial complex in Frankfurt Germany. The Behren complex continues producting energy, only from clean and renewable sources upon intervention.

Lead the development of a conference paper, titled ‘Towards a symbiotic Architecture: Exploration of Lichen ecology to inform Symbiotic Architecture’. The paper developed a framework to scrutinize Architectures relationship with its ecological context

Certifications :

LEED Green Associate | USGBC | 2020

Construction Lifecycle Assessment Specialist | OneClickLCA | 2022

COA Architectural Licence | India | 2020

Bioclimatic design Certificate | EDS | 2022

Co-curricular :

• Ecological Restoration, Germany | 2021

• Delivered Seminar on Urban farming | 2020

• National thesis competition | 2019

• Adobe construction and Plastering wokrshop | 2018

• Building with Bamboo workshop | 2017

• Kinetic sculpture construction | 2016

The Home Town

Dec 2022 | SilverCreek | 80000 SQM Built up

The project is culmination of design studio that explored rural futures. The design is intended to facilitate remote working populace that is striving to connect with nature and gain a sense of community. A design approach is deviced to integrate local biodiversity in the Facade while weaving classic communal spaces with leisure.

Softwares on the project:

Section | Town Square

Development Strategy | First Phase

Green Interactions

Pedestrian specific Surfaces

Community Courtyards

Vehicle specific Surfaces

Embodied Carbon | Per Building Global Warming Potential | Elements

Narrative

The building is a load bearing structure. Building system and installations such as air-handling unit, ducting for ventilations, water supply etc are not considered in the calculations. The materials considered in the calculations are selected with study of epd, resulting into the material composition with max recycling content.

B6 - emissions from energy in use are not calculated as the energy consumption is unknown. It is recommended to use water borne heat pump system, with efficiency of 82%, consisting of both heating and cooling battery to satisfy the ventilation requirement throughout the year. B8 - emission from transportation in operation.

As the site is located approx. 10km fromthe city center, with good public transportation. An average of 1:2 parking service is provided (1 car user: 2 public transport user). The emissions are not

Narrative

The mixed commercial program is a part of utilitarian aspect of the development. It facilitates the exchange of commerce and also integrates with space for cultural expressions.

The development features a clear segregation of pedestrian and vehicular circulation, curating a seemless experience, that connects with the pocket gardens, courtyard, indoor garden, and a street level art exhibition.

Section B-B’| Longitudinal Section

Rendered Views| Enscape

West Elevation

Observations

The carbon footprint per m2 of the building is more then building 2, because of more use for glass for atirum structure. Othe LCA stage reflect similar results as the above two, with 88% emission contribution from A1-A3 stage and 53% emissions from internal slab building element

Proximity

The program facilitates pocket gardens, a central courtyard and a segregated parking at the back.

Loggia Facilitation

Street Level hosts an art exhibition space which that is tucked beneath a loggia and also activated by cafeterias and bakery across the street.

Indoor Garden

An indoor Garden is central to the co-working office space making it inviting and immersive experience for the occupants.

Daylit Interiors

The central indoor garden is fed with natural light thus making the architecture filled with ample daylit spaces.

Proximity

The program is in close proximity with the Townsquare and allotment Gardens.

Semi Private Level

A Split level adjoining the balconies was chosen to function as a Semi Private zone, enabling a further sense of immersion with the community.

Activating Loggia

Street level is lined with commercial programming and follows an adjacency with the townsquare and allotment gardens to activate the program.

Facilitative Facade

Facade is designed using the diamond patterned cement blocks and arranged in a collonade that facilitates as a bird nesting Zone.

Design Features

Narrative

The mixed residential program is the heart of the proposal opening up to the central communuty garden in the east, immediate adjacency to the town square in the west. The structure

provides a space to unwind, and connect under the loggias. A prominent feature in its design is the Bio-facilitating Facade wher the local biodiversity can build their nests and integrate with the human settlement.

East Elevation

Observations

The highest emission are from A1-A3 construction materials LCA stage. Internal slabs contribute to 54% of total emission, followed by exterior walls 25% and interior walls 14% . The emission from internal slabs is the highest because of the material composition with concrete and reinforcement steel bars.

Section A-A’| Lateral Section

Narrative

The mixed use offices program has an immediate adjacency with the town square, making it a pivotal point of experience. The co-working office space is envisioned to host a central indoor Garden space for the occupants and connect

with the town square. Rainwater is harvested to facilitate a waterscape that runs through the town square to the central pond creating a clear sense of symmetry and direction.

North

Observations

The highest emisisons are from Material stage (A1-A3), followed by emissions from transportation, this is due to placement of site in ruler setting. Maximum material recommended in the project are material with lond durability and minimum maintaince requirement, hence replacement emissions (B4-B5) are lower

Proximity

The program is in close proximity with the Townsquare and allotment Gardens.

Indoor Garden

An indoor Garden is central to the co-working office space making it inviting and immersive experience for the occupants.

Daylit Interiors

The central indoor garden is fed with natural light thus making the architecture filled with ample daylit spaces.

Drawdown 2040

May 2022 | Chicago | 33192 SQM Built up

With Project Drawdown, we exercised Architectural Advocacy for combating climate change through incremental improvements in our built environment. A City entangled with Drawdown technologies to capture and find alternate uses of Carbon was envisioned emphasizing Carbon as the new economy. My project designed a Bio-energy plant to power the drawdown project by reusing waste.

Softwares on the project:

Form Development

Inspiration Image

Developing Abstract Geometry

Staggering Modular Geometry

Volumetric Program Development

Final Form As is

Integrating Community Gardens

Narrative Drawings

Entanglement

The drawing produced is an exercise in visualizing the stages involved in whole process of Bio energy production. It helps visualize the Lifecycle of the process of Bio-energy production to scrutinize the nature of the process from a Carbon neutrality standpoint. Although, we advocated the process for the studio, Bio-energy production further has shortcomings that may impact the biodiversity and need to be addressed for improving this viable

Entanglement

clean source of enrgy. The drawing can be read from left to right showing the phases of production, transportation, consumption, waste, waste gathering and transportation, Energy production and Carbon sequestration. The drawing was posted as a challenge to Project Drawdown and the ideation of using High Tech solutions for combating Climate change as a problem in Disguise.

Narrative Drawings

Narrative

The images were deveoped to showcase the possible interactions and uses of the project. The narratives include interacting with the Skateboard park that is potent in producing electricity with hapritc feedback sensors. The community garden space hosts the active members of the drawdown project providing a space for release and gathering.

Entanglement

The building Section of the project on the right side image shows the program distribution. The challenge was to show it all in a single image. The section attempts to show the interaction between the energy production programs, volume distribution and the spillout spaces that then help develop a space for social engagement, making it an inviting complex.

Research Proposal

2022 | Summer Research | Bio-Interactive Architecture

The research proposal developed in summer 2022. With this paper, we look at biological systems and interactions among various species of an ecosystem that makes up for a well balanced environment that is regenerative and able to sustain life. We question how Architecture, when viewed as an organism integrates itself with biological processes to ensure a sustained life. For this specific exercise, Lichens were chosen for their symbiotic interactions at multiple levels, drawing interpretations to inform Architectural Vocabulary of Symbiosis.

Plotting symbiotic Relations

Entanglement

The drawing is a demonstration of entanglements found in lichen ecology. Lichens throughout their Life-cycle maintain a symbiotic relationship with their ecosystem, and symbiotic interactions area long term interaction that play a critical role in evolution. The drawing identifies 5 parameters that make lichens symbiotic and resilient. Their various interactions through initiation, metabolic, reproductive and end of life when put on the interactions map, help visualize their degree of symbiosis in their ecosystem.

Plotting symbiotic Relations

The drawing demonstrates Bio-interaction of a building proposal throughout its various life-cycle phases. For simplification of the process, life-cycle phases were segregated into three phases: Construction, Operations and End of Life. The x- axis is representative of individual processes in a particular phase. This is charted against the elements from natural ecosystem, plotted on Y-axis. The resultant is triangulated against the Symbiotic interaction taking place between the two.

Water Capture

In regular conditions they capture moisture from air and store it in their thallus Their morphological traits allow capturing of moisture from air and soil. Their morphology allows them to capture it through Humid air, dew and rainfall.

Soil Moisture Retention Bolstering Biodiversity In uencing Microclimate Survival in the Extreme Climatic Conditions

As Lichens are poikilohydric, absence of water regulation mechanism lets water slip to soil or the substrate they latch onto. This bene ts the soil microbial biome and aids in seed germination. This can also be seen as encouraging biodiversity

Northern Flyins Squirrel and Hummingbirds are known to use Lichens to build nests. Lichens Fix Carbon and Nitrogen in soil which is essential to other vegetative organisms. In drought conditions bigger mammals and carnivores consume it as a source of Carbohydrates.

Lichens when in a mat arrangement, tend to bu er the underlying soil temperature and keep it safe for habitation. Lichen morphology and their arrangement pattern are important factors to the degree of micro-climate in uence they have.

Lichens can survive extreme climatic conditions owing to their Metabolic and morphological adaptation They can go metabolically dormant and lose coloration in drought conditions. Due to their resilience, Space-X is considering lichens as a viable option to vegetate MARS.

Narra-Tiles Narra-Tiles

Lichen Housing

Smith and Kyle are neighbors in a small European town, that recently passed the lichen-daptaion regulations.

Smith is skeptical of it and opts to continue his way of life. Kyle quickly jumps on to the opportunity and adapts, enjoying the benefits. He now is visited by other animals that sing to him at no cost. This renewed interaction is loved by many and quickly adopted, and so, many other animals also have a home along with the humans.

Lichenless Living

Ecological Impacts

Symbiotic Narrative

Wendy is saddened by the fact that Lichen-daptation law was delayed. Humans debated on its veracity, while the acidification grew, leaving her ill family as the last of their species. Her Grandma finally suffocates. The Crock Union is fed up as well and leaves in search of new America where they have the Lichen L aw. While Wendy joined the bunch, she was eaten at last naturally, and the skepticism witnessed the death of a whole species.

Settlemet Narrative

The drawing demonstrates the derived principles of Bio-integration being applied at a settlement scale. The principles derived are scalable, although individual solutions may differ based on the scale of application. The Lichen-dapted settlement has resources still available, owing to their morphological changes, and supporting the biodiversity, it required less resource consumption and the ones that it consumed were regenerated, thus ensuring a prolonged habitation and availability of resource.

Ecological impacts

In an architectural ecosystem, it is portrayed that Bio-integrated adaptations based on Lichens helped regulate thermal requirements of the unit and also ensured that the Lichen-dapted units are better equipped to tackle impacts of climate change. In the natural ecosystem, a Bio-interactive architecture/ built environment, the aquatic species could continue their evolutionary interactions, ensuring an undisturbed food web.

-Good morning, it’s good to have new neighbors. +Morning, I am new in town.

Some months later +Finally, the Lichen-daptation is ready

The Neighborhood quickly realized that the Lichen-daptation saves water and the houses looked marvelously.

The heatwave is arriving town -How are you not drowning in sweat?

+Its due to the Lichen-daptation, never need AC. Also...sometimes cute animals come to visit in the morning.

+Nitrogen is rising and Oxygen is decreasing. Grandma has been sick the last months, and am starting to feel ill too.

+We can’t move away, this lake is the only habitat that we have. All my friends are dead, am the last vernacular settler.

+Crocodile is trying to hunt me down, he is so invasive. I think won’t make it.

+Even Crocodile got the News, we rejected the Lichen Law. The water temperature is rising +Grandma died last week, she was in intense pain. I miss you

Parametric Design

2022 | Milwaukee, USA

The project is a part of Grasshopper training. It demonstrates the culmination of Grashopper skills through development of this capstone project that is parametrically linked with the design of its staircase. Lunchbox and kangaroo physics simulator were primarily used to derive the Geometry and validate the structural feasibility.

Softwares on the project:

Narrative

The images were produced to showcase the scale of the proposal and its interaction with the site weather conditions. It is situated in Milwaukee, and as an exercise in parametric design, the structure is completely responsive to the changes in its parameters like length, width, height and the human occupancy levels. The script automates the structural development based on the above mentioned parameters and produces consistent results every time.

The material pallette of the building was chosen to reflect the changes in weather conditions. Multiple views were created to showcase the materiality of the project. An added layer to the structure was that it was proposed to be built from scavenged materials to re-use them.

Winter Interior View - Tower 4

Facade in summer

The twilight view

Interior View from tower 2

Exterior View connecting all the towers

Centre For Research and Enhanced Development of Indigenous Technologies

2018 | Design Dissertation

Centre for Research and Enhanced Development was conceptualised as a solution to a phenomenon that has parallels globally. It addresses issues of declining Indigenous knowledge and local pastoral activities, leading to landscape degradation. The project is a provocation in balancing indigenous living and advocating low Tech Architectural Solutions.

Softwares for the Project:

Form Development Floor Plan

Narrative

The broadcast module in the school was built using Sun Dried Adoobe Brick where an emphasis was given to the proportions used. For Acoustic purposes, adobe mixture used Rice Husk as an Additive. Rice husk in the mixture is known to provide a better acoustic isolation naturally. Very little scope is left for acoustic treatment hence reducing the costs involved for the building community. Again at very low prices, and sustainably sourced from local community at harvesting.

Community Learning

It is an alternative schooling provision where students not only learn about traditional agriculture and pastoralism, but also about histories and different crafts that has been native identity which include traditional pottery, music instrument making, performance etc.

Lumion Renders

Exploded Construction Details

Community Seed Bank Floor Plan

Typical Wall Section Detail

Community Seed Bank

Loss in tradition of Seed keeping had caused a ripple of loss of heirloom variety of crops, owing to adoption of standardization methods. Community Seed Bank ensures growth of heirloom variety produced by the community which was also in tandem with the ecology. Building Technology was so chosen to employ voluntary involvement of local people.

Seed Bank: Adobe Bricks + Deodar Wood frame

Radio Station: Adobe Bricks with Rice husks additives.

Elevation

Seed Bank exploded Construction Drawing

Seed Bank Section

Accomodation unit

The Accommodation unit provides stay facility for the research volunteers.. Researchers from the local university and visiting volunteers that are in study of traditional propagation of indigenous seed varieties and indigenous livestock genetics station themselves here which is connected to various programs onboard.

Narrative

Program of the complex was moulded around topography of the site. Here Levels helped accommodate many functions and Features under single complex. Facade feature was borrowed from local Vernacular Language and was Improvised upon. The structure was oriented such as to maximise thermal gain for passive heating, Sun Dried Adobe Bricks with proportionate use of Dry Pine Needles as additives was used; to be built by the community.

Accomodation unit exploded construction details Lumion Rendered Images

Accomodation unit Section

Exploded Joinery Construction Details

Performance Pavillion

2019 | AR Rahman | Dubai

Project is a part of Professional works, designing a performance pavilion for dubai Expo 2020. It was commissioned by the music Composer AR Rahman. The brief of the design was to enable live orchestral performance recording for cinematic use. The spatial setup was to meet Dolby Atmos guidelines both for performance and mixing spaces. Catt Acoustic was used to perform acoustic analysis on the applied treatment layers.

Narrative

The Project, commissioned by India’s leading Music Composer - AR Rahman includes a live performance space for the orchestra which is acoustically treated and hosts a synchronous mixing station. The mixing stations are Dolby atmos standard Compliant. The mixing station is visually connected with the performance space and is acoustically seperated at the same time. The rendered images were developed in Enscape and presented with a Virtual walkthrough.

Pavilion Master Plan

Senior Technicians Mixing Station

Live Dolby Atmos compliant Mixing Stations

Orchestral Performance Recording room

Dolby Atmos Studio

2019 | Arijit Singh | Calcutta

Project is a part of Professional works, designing Music Recording Studio for music Composer Arijit Singh. The design accommodates for a Dolby atmos spatial setup with three independent recording booths and a mixing station. Catt Acoustic was used to perform acoustic analysis on the applied treatment materials.

Scan Or Click

Isometric View of the layout

Top View of the layout

Image Collective

The Floor Plate facilitates a foyer reception, and a Dolby atmos Mixing Room with an instrumental and two vocal recording booths. The partition walls are composed of acoustic treatment layers. This is done to achieve acoustic isolation between the two rooms. Individual room is then provided with reflectors to create a rich acoustic ambeice in the recording rooms. The presentation drawings were produced in Enscape and a Virtual walkthrough.

Vocal Recording Booth

Central Mixing Station

View to the instrument Recording Room

ARTWORK

Nuclear Holocaust

What happens when humans no longer are in control of the nuclear waste? The visual attempts to create a narrative of the probable entanglements of polluting effects of the nuclear waste on genetics of the whole ecosystem. It was an exercise in provocation to call for a more inclusive design.

The Green Twin Towers

The image is an exercise in Generating AI artwork. The intention was for it to generate a futuristic sustainable tower with green spaces in a digital drawing style.

Poetics of Serenity

The image is an exercise in generating AI artwork. The intention was to generate a photorealistic image of a midieval residence sitting on the bank of a meandering river.

The ingenious Falcon

The artwork is an homage to Space-X’s Falcon-9 launcher. An ingenious feat of engineering in Aerospace making the rocket recyclable.

Charming Impressions

The artwork is generated using AI platform Dall-E2 . The exercise was to generate a mixed media output of an oil painting on a photorealistic background.

The enticing Opera

This AI generated artwork is an exercise in generating mixed media output of a digital painting over Photography. OSLO Opera house was used as a canvas to create the art on.

When you tug a single thing in NATURE, you find it attached to the entire Universe.

- JOHN MUIR