Eesha Nagpal Selected Works

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EESHA NAGPAL // SELECTED WORKS // CARNEGIE MELLON B.ARCH 2025 // MINOR IN PSYCHOLOGY

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UPHAM CORNER’S PUBLIC LIBRARY Spring 2022 // Praxis II Studio // 12 Week Project // Instructed By Jermey Ficca & Katie Laforest

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WESTINGHOUSE STEAM ACADEMY Fall 2023 // Praxis III Studio // 13 Week Project // Instructed By Erica Cochran Hameen

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In Collaboration w/ Violet Chu, Akanksha Tayal and Emily Franco

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POCKET FULL OF SUNSHINE 26 Spring 2022 // Fundamentals Of Computational Design // 4 Week Project // Instructed By Eddy Man Kim In Collaboration w/ Emily Franco

EESHA NAGPAL EDUCATION

CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY BACHELORS OF ARCHITECTURE // MINOR IN PSYCHOLOGY 2025

GPA: 3.61 / 4.00 Dean’s List F21 - 23 SKILLS

Rhinoceros Grasshopper VRay / Rendering Tools Adobe Creative Suite ( Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Lightroom )

(973) - 960 -2490 enagpal@andrew.cmu.edu EXPERIENCE

ARCHITECTURAL INTERN LGA PARTNERS // PITTSBURGH, PA // MAY - AUG 2023 •

Measured and digitally documented existing site conditions in AutoCAD & Revit

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Designed and digitally draft multiple master plan options for a Church’s property

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Worked on Retail construction documents in AutoCAD

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Produced renders, and plan drawings for a Library Proposal

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AutoCAD Revit Rhino ArchiCAD

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Microsoft Office Google Suite

Measured and digitally documented existing site conditions in AutoCAD

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Helped design and digitally draft renovation solutions for single family home residences and commercial spaces

ROSEN KELLY CONWAY ARCHITECTURE // SUMMIT, NJ // MAY - AUG 2022

Woodshop Tools Laser Cutting Intermediate Spanish Fluent Hindi + English LEADERSHIP

CMU AIAS CHAPTER VICE PRESIDENT // MAY 22 - MAY 23

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Corresponded with AIA, YAF and NOMA members to coordinate potential career and networking events.

JBS ARCHITECTS // MADISON, NJ // MAY - AUG 2021 •

Measured and digitally documented existing site conditions in AutoCAD

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Helped design renovation solutions for single family home residences and digitally draft

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Worked on before and after renders calculated zoning regulation for variance meetings with town board

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Took notes and offered solutions during client meetings Compared contractors bids to show clients in Excel

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Met weekly with 7 other board members to plan events and problem solve.

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Organized events with other CMU orgs for 50+ members

K - 12 ARCHITECTURE COORDINATOR

DELTA GAMMA: HEAD DESIGN BOOTH CHAIR // OCT 21 - MAY 23

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REFERENCES

ARCHITECTURAL INTERN

Booth is a CMU tradition where organizations build multistory 18’ by 18’ wood frame structures including electrical, to code based on the theme of Carnival.

Booth Chairs are elected for each org and begin the design process 8 months in advance, producing plans, buying materials and designing the interior and exteriors.

Elected Head Craft Chair for 2 years in a row I managed 30+ people and multiple interior and exterior design related projects including installation and integration with electrical for a 1st place “Rick and Morty” and 2nd place “Alice in Wonderland” in the Sorority division.

ERICA COCHRAN HAMEEN, Carnegie Mellon Studio Proffesor,

CMU ARCHITECURE DEPT. // PITTSBURGH, PA // SEPT 2021 - CURRENT •

Set up the classroom for architecture classes for children ranging from age 5 to 16 with equipment on Saturday mornings

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Welcomed parents and children and lead them through class protocols

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Aided teachers and staff through lessons and clean up

HEAD ORIENTATION COUNSELOR CARNEGIE MELLON // PITTSBURGH, PA // JAN SEPT 2023 •

1 of 7 Head Orientation Counselors selected to lead Carnegie Mellon University’s 9-day nationally recognized orientation program for 1750+ incoming firstyear students.

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Organized a complete shift from prior unengaging, lecture style Well Being day programs, to create a morning of activity samplers, allowing students to be active, followed by an afternoon of engaging conversations.

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Planned and used AutoCAD to design the Class Photo, communicated with vendors for Move in Night Entertainment, and worked collaboratively with campus partners to organize service trips to sites in Pittsburgh.

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Supervised and mentored 5 Orientation Leaders, 30 Orientation Counselors, and 300+ first-year students in the student residence halls on The Hill.

ericac@andrew.cmu.edu JANET SIEGEL, JBS Architects 973-845-8484 janet@jbsarch.com

Collage of Context and Library

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UPHAM CORNER’S PUBLIC LIBRARY SPRING 2022 // PRAXIS II STUDIO // 13 WEEK PROJECT INSTRUCTED BY JERMEY FICCA & KATIE LAFOREST

Located in Upham’s Corner, a rich community filled with creative arts and a majority POC population, the library aims to become a community beacon of art and learning that connects consituents to resources. By creating a pertruding primary entrance inspired by the Japanese engawa, a narrow passageway between house and garden, this room will serve as a vestibule where daily transactions such as book returns and book pick-ups can occur without entry into the building proper.

With a library card, the room can be accessed outside of operating hours making the library more accesible to constituents. Large community rooms, an outdoor art zone and views facing the historic cemetary behind the site, encourages the community to gather and acknowledge its history.

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UPHAM CORNER’S PUBLIC LIBRARY

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Layered Concept Axonometric Diagram

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Plan 6

UPHAM CORNER’S PUBLIC LIBRARY

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CLT Beam to CLT Wall Connection using Steel Plate

Exploded Structural Axonometric

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Floor to CLT Post to Wall Connection

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Front Elevation from Columbia Rd.

Model Photo in Site 8

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Chunk Model

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Section

Entrance Render

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Rear Wall Section with Wood Scrim

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Rear Wall Elevation and Plan

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Building Physical Model on Site

WESTINGHOUSE STEM ACADEMY FALL 2023 // PRAXIS III STUDIO // 13 WEEK PROJECT // INSTRUCTED BY ERICA COCHRAN HAMEEN IN COLLABORATION W/ VIOLET CHU, AKANKSHA TAYAL AND EMILY FRANCO

Our site is located in Homewood, which is located adjacent to Point Breeze and near East Liberty. It is surrounded by primarily residential units, but nearby, Westinghouse High School and the YWCA serve as major landmarks, however, we noticed high in-school violence rates that were combated with mural art allowing the community to feel connected to the school. Likewise, near the MLK busway, many residents have to find methods of transportation to grocery stores, as there are limited fresh food options within walking distance. This has led to food insecurity, however, the community has combated it with community garden and food access programs.

Thus our primary aim for this project is to create a school that nourishes both the mind and body to foster the cultural integrity of Homewood through the protection and inspiration offered by art and alleviate food insecurity by providing opportunities for fresh produce and reducing the existing food desert. Our architectural and programmatic design encourages self-exploration and entrepreneurial passions alongside values of cultural identity and togetherness. To organize our building we formulated a strategy to soften the transition from public to private and from outdoor to inside space, orienting people to move from outdoor to transitional zones and finally to indoor zones. Green terraces and the setback area of our site serve as outdoor spaces that connect to either a large activity-filled hallway or the atrium on the first floor. The atrium and hallways become transitional areas in which curved design emphasizes transparency, openness, and space for collaboration.

The remaining spaces are categorized as “interior spaces”, which contain areas dedicated as student learning spaces and staff spaces.

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1 Square Mile (Selected Area)

Site Map with Context

Site Plan with Connecting Ribbon

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Front Elevation from Gerritt St.

Exterior Render from corner of Idlewile and Gerritt St.

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Basement Floor Plan

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Second Floor Plan

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Sample Classroom HVAC Plan

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Niche in Wall Section

Hallway / Transition Space Render

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Third Floor Plan

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WESTINGHOUSE STEAM ACADEMY

Fourth Floor

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Plan

Roof Floor Plan

First & Second Floor Atrium Render

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Exploded Structural Axon 24

WESTINGHOUSE STEAM ACADEMY

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Vegetated Roofing

Aluminum Scrim Scrim Support & Ba

Flashing 4” Insulation & Tie

Brick Cladding & Brick Anchor Tie Ba

Steel Metal Deck with Concrete Fill

Concrete Wall Foundation w/ Damp Proofing

Axonometric Chunk of Curtain Wall

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Site Plan with photo of Existing Conditions

POCKET FULL OF SUNSHINE SPRING 2022 // FUNDAMENTALS OF COMPUTATIONAL DESIGN // 4 WEEK PROJECT // INSTRUCTED BY EDDY MAN KIM // WITH EMILY F.

Challenged to develop a responsive architectural design in the form of an experimental pavilion installation that responds to the environmental and programmatic conditions as afforded by the site and structural system, we picked a spot on CMU’s campus that we felt was lacking purpose. Below, the image shows the site, nestleted between Hun tLibrary and The College of Fine Arts building, this ring used to hold a tree, but now was left awkwardly filled with temporary chairs.

We chose to create a space that offers connections to the ground while also growing from the ground. By using an undulating curve that draws viewers eye up, to the seating oppurtunities, the shaded spaces and the flexible zones for play under and over the curves the site is activated. The nature of the space frame and shaded devices allow for the sun to shine into shaded spaces at certain times of the day through the cut outs, however it is filtered and in specific zones that ensure that it is not to harsh, creating little pockets of sunshine.

Within the space frame, there are LEDS that turn on at night and allow the structure to remain useable for people to come study, lounge, and meet up with friends. Along with this niches allow for small ground plants to grow on the structure. Overall, the structure reactivates the space to create a more useful zone for the CMU community to engage with.

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Render facing Hunt Library

Daylighting Studies

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EESHA NAGPAL Construction Details These drawings help explain the material qualities of all the parts and breaks the structure down into the lower shading devices, the space frame and the top shading devices.

TOP SHADING DEVICES

MIDDLE SP FRAME STEEL PIPES

BOTTOM SHADING DEVICES

Front View Render 28

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Assembly of Shading Device to Space Frame

SINGLE HOLE WRAP STRAP These attach the wooden panels to the space frame.

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WOODEN PANELS These make up the sun shade devices.

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Brackets

Single Hole Wrap Strap

Thin wooden panels (3 per module)

These wooden panels are attached to each other with strong glue and brackets when needed.

Exploded Assembly Axonometrics

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Night Time Render

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CONTACT: EESHA NAGPAL

enagpal@andrew.cmu.edu