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ARCHITECTURE PORTFOLIO

Low-Rise Multi Family Residential

High-Rise Multi Family Residential Concept

High-Rise Mixed Use Building

High-Rise Multi Family Residential Building Campus

STEAM Center

NEXUS Design Center

PROJECTS

Mikvah

Low-Rise Multi Family Residential

Hamilton, Canada

Year: 2022-2023

Responsibilities: Collaborated effectively with consultants across design, civil, landscape, and structural disciplines to ensure seamless project coordination.

This 4-story low-rise multifamily residential building comprises of over 400 units. Centrally located landscaped courtyard provides an outdoor recreation space for the residents. It also houses parking for visitors and other amenity spaces.

High-Rise Multi Family Residential Concept

Hamilton, Canada

Year: 2023

Responsibilities: Assisted with the conceptual design for a 400-suite high-rise tower, showcasing strategic planning. Expertly developed a comprehensive 3D Revit model, enhancing project design and visualization

Built with vertical and horizontal fins concept, this 29story building consists of a podium & tower concept. Podium comprises of indoor amenities and above grade parking garage while the tower floors consist of units, indoor amenities and outdoor amenity terraces.

High-Rise Mixed-Use Building

Hamilton, Canada

Year: 2022-2023

Responsibilities: Involved with schematic design development, coordinating client specifications with versatile elevation design modifications.

The proposed high-rise mixeduse project is a combination of 2-stories of retail spaces and a total of about 450 residential units on the upper floors. The stepped floor design allows for maximizing no. of units while remaining under zoning setback requirements.

Mikvah

Michigan, USA

Year: 2019-2021

Responsibilities: Assisted with project design coordination and documentation, ensuring precision in technical drawings.

New 1500 SQFT Mikvah includes 2 Bathrooms, Unisex Toilet Room, Laundry Room and various support areas. A Single sloped, single-ply gray membrame roof with a gutter system to capture rain water fro use in the mikvah. The exterior consists mostly of stone veneer and cementitious lap siding with pre-cast concrete panel and base around the perimeter of the building

Front Fascade

STEAM Center

Michigan, USA

Year: 2019-2021

Responsibilities: In the capacity of an assistant and architectural designer ,developed conceptual layout options and worked on client presentations

New 4300 SQFT STEAM center addition to an existing higher secondary school. STEAM is and education that focuses heavily on Science Technology Engineering Arts and Mathematics. This model of blended learning aims to students the opportunity to experience different ways of learning and problem solving.STEAM center consits of mechanical and welding labs, outdoor activity spaces, collaboration spaces, computer lab, bathrooms, and support spaces. The center will be connected to the high school through main entrance vestibule.

Designing of STEAM center focuses on project-based learning which will give the flexibility to arrange and re arrange desks and seats in multiple ways.

Main Entrance to the Center

Nexus Design Center

Pennsylvania, USA

Year: 2016

The Studio Project was a collaborative design project as a part of Master’s program in Jefferson University (Philadelphia University + Thomas Jefferson University) on which a team of 4 including Architects, Sustainble Designer and Interior Designer worked together.

The merging of Philadelphia University and Thomas Jefferson University is a metaphor for “healthcare meets design.” The two universities that have combined to enrich their students with the highest standard of education, incorporating the WELL Building Standards methods that will strive for the health and wellness of the education.

Design Intent

The elements of the facade interlace reinforcing the collaboration between TJU and PhilaU. to establish a sophisticated and fresh environment, a color palatte of white sleek tones and vibrant colors have been selected. To ensure good air quality and safety of the occupants, materials and furniture pieces were made of recycled content, soil and stain repellent and carbon low VOC content.

3D Operational Diagram

Architectural Intent

The protruding box from the building creates the beacon feature for the campus. The box features the living wall to promote productivity, wellness, and biophilia qualitites. Selection of the fibre cement exterior material juxtaposes against the wood found in the shading system. The facade carefully lies with the activity of the interiors and provide adequate daylight to the building occupant.

Interweaving element cladded with fibre cement panelling

Exploded Exonometric View

Gallery hanging display incorporated with mullions

Illuminating 3 Form material on the side walk which goes inside and becomes reception wall and further

Vertical wooden louvers for shading on west dacade
Horizontal wooden louvers for shading on south dacade
Blue 3F Resin wall
(This wall will illuminate at night)
Fibre cement panelling
Terazzo Flooring
Curtain wall

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