Interior Architecture Portfolio 2019-2022 | Heer Desai

PORTFOLIO INTERIOR ARCHITECTURAL SELECTED WORK 2019-2022 CEPT UNIVERSITY HEER DESAI

EDUCATION Bachelor’s in Interior design, Faculty of Design, Cept University, Ahmedabad, Gujarat

2019 - PRESENT

2019

AISSCE (CBSE) from Kendriya Vidyalaya, ONGC, Mehsana, Gujarat

2017

SSC (CBSE) from Kendriya Vidyalaya, ONGC, Mehsana, Gujarat

C U R R I C U L U M V I TA E PERSONAL PROFILE NAME

Heer Desai

DATE OF BIRTH

24/06/2001

LANGUAGES

Gujarati, Hindi, English

CONTACT

9408971524 heercsm@gmail.com heer.ug190537@cept.ac.in

PERMANENT ADDRESS

16, Krishna society, opp. rotary bhavan, jail road, Mehsana, Gujarat 384002

INTERESTS

Music, reading, badminton, cooking, travelling

EXPERIENCE DETAIL Participated in Tree House 2021 Architecture Compitition hosted by Volume Zero

Participated in summer school Light Infrastructure building a mobile

SKILLS DIGITAL SKILLS

ANALOG SKILLS

Autocad 2d Rhinoceros 3d Sketchup Adobe Photoshop Adobe Illustrator Adobe InDesign Lumion Keyshot

Hand Drafting Sketching Rendering Wood-metal workshop

CONTENTS Space planning Travellers’ Home

Working drawing Exploration of Design: material in focus

Product design Indetail: making is realising

Visualisation Decoding poetics of space

Summer school course Light Infrastructures: Construction as Activism

Miscellaneous

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S PA C E P L A N N I N G CADENCE : A SYMPHONIC TRANSITION T R AV E L L E R ’ S H O M E

n abode welcoming music professionals and enthusiasts to come together for musical gatherings and interact with each other around the serene valley of Sigiriya, Sri Lanka. The abode aims to provide a soulful journey from outside to inside with arches framing viewpoints. A curve derived by responding to the site creates a symphonic transition from interior spaces opening out towards the stream.

Case Study

Movement, Circulation

The Hameed House, Koswatte Nawala, Sri lanka

Form

The Hameed House, Koswatte Nawala, Sri lanka

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Site Analysis And User GroupElements Studyor system

Elements or system

The Hameed The Hameed House, Koswatte Nawala, Sri lankaHouse, Koswatte Nawala, Sri lanka

Anusha A sitar player Shy, humble, dedicated

Nisha A classical singer Energetic, nature lover

Dev A writer/poet Observent, confident, prefers seclusion

Nishant Tabla player Extrovert, adventerous, explorer

Iterations With Curves Shaping Into A Space

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Volumetric Explorations

Montage Depicting Interior Elements

Plans

Sections

Section B

Plan At + 4000

Sectional Perspective

Section A Plan At + 5200

3D Rendered Views

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WORKING DRAWING S AT T VA : A R E C Y C L I N G C O .

E X P L O R AT I O N O F D E S I G N : M AT E R I A L I N F O C U S

attva is a startup company that aims to achieve a zero-waste construction industry by exploring the potential of various types of plastic waste and recycling it to create bricks, tiles, and other small-scale products. The core idea of the firm is to design products utilizing waste material that can replace the conventional materials used in construction. The characteristics of the products manufactured by the firm that is, the composite nature and modularity are incorporated into the design.

Material Pallet

Recycled plastic brick

Tile made from recycled tile & brick composite

Recycled plastic board

Reused wood pallet

Linoleum sheet

Wood plastic composite board

Recycled plastic acoustic panel

Furniture Layout Plan

Sections

Section AA’

Section BB’

Flooring Plan

Details

Reflected Ceiling Plan

Section CC’

Reception Table Design

Partition Design

C a

PRODUCT DESIGN LOCKING LEDGE I N D E TA I L : M A K I N G I S R E A L I S I N G

Creating geometrical puzzles through different methods for kids. The outcome achieves making of various scale models and prototypes and developing an interlocking joinery for shelving systems. Locking ledge is a versatile interlocking joint that could be mass produced and allows different ways of attaching two joints with each other and allowing variations assembly of the shelving unit. The system provides a multiple variations of display and storage which could be used in retail stores for displaying clothes and other accessories

Geometrical Puzzles

User Manual

steps to follow

tetrasect 1 Join the pieces to the central piece to create tetrahedron.

Steps To Follow 3. Fold the flaps on the top side of the same triangle to join its edge to the other triangle 1. Fold the highlighted flaps to join one edge of the triangle at the top to the bottom triangle 4. After joining two edges of the first triangle to the other two triangles, a tetrahedron will form without the base. Rotate and fold the base triangle in the direction shown 2. Then fold the flaps on the side of the other triangle to change the direction of the triangle 5. You will get a tetrahedron as the final outcome

Decoding Geometric Principle

Understanding thethe relation between cuboctahedron and and tetrahedron Understanding relation between cuboctahedron tetrahedron

Attributes of the interlock joints joints Attributes of the interlock

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Wireframe model of module 1

Extracting the junction module from the system

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model was tried, where a threaded bolt coming out of the linear member

MS steel junction detail 1:1 mockup model

Mockup prototypes

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MS steel junction detail 1:1 mockup model

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Design Iteration Mockup Making

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Design Decision Making

Design Iteration Mock

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Fixing other joints the direction shown.

2. 2.

Fixing other setset of of joints in in the direction shown.

2. Fixing other of joints in the direction shown.

2. Fixing other setset of joints in the direction shown.

2. Fixing the other set of joints in the diretion shown.

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5. Inserting linear member into joint.

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V I S U A L I S AT I O N D I A P H A N O U S V O YA G E R D E C O D I N G T H E P O E T I C S O F S PA C E

The diaphanous house floating in the vast blue sea is a dream house evolved from a brief study of the given topographical content that is high seas, developing metaphors from the oneiric feeling of a house and developing the spirit of geometry of the dwelling by taking inspiration from dwellings of creature inhabiting high sea. The book ‘Poetics of space’ by Gaston Bachelard has been a mentor throughout the project helping to construct a poetic dream house.

Emulating An Intimate Space Of Home

Animal Architecture Study Studying ways of building a dwelling in high seas by various creatures and its attributes.

Infographic Panel Of The Dwelling

Graphic Novel

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I N S TA L L AT I O N SUMMER SCHOOL COURSE LIGHT INFRASTUCTURES: CONSTRUCTION AS ACTIVISM

The course aimed to focus on the theory of activism in relation to design to a process of 1:1 scale construction of a transportable small-scale transit housing module that can accomodate diverse activities while addressing infrastructural lacking in transit settlements.

MISCELLANEOUS Digital Works

Sketches

Model Making

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