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Kia Ora, I am Jeeten Mavji, I have just recently completed my post-graduate studies and are seeking employment within the architecture and design industry. I have attached my C.V. to showcase my work history and portfolio to display my ability as a designer. If you have any opportunities within the industry, I would enjoy hearing from you.
Ngā mihiRetail Sales Assistant
Area 51 Store 2020 - Present
Top performing salesperson consistently achieving sales targets and monthly incentives with a focus on developing customer service and interpersonal skills. Assisting with modelling and promoting product through the company’s social media channels.
Wellington City Council 2017 - 2021
Worked part-time at Kilbirnie ‘Ruth Gotlieb’ Branch Library re-organising and shelving returns. Formerly, worked at the Wellington Central Library. However, was relocated (in early 2019) due to closure in response to the on-going earthquake strengthening.
Retail Sales Assistant
Farmers 2016/17, 2017/18, 2018/19
Worked as a Christmas Casual role over three summer holidays at the Lambton Quay Farmers. Playing an important role in the company over peak trading periods. Friendly and attentive, helped with answering general queries and processing sales.
Name: Jeeten Balvant Mavji (He/Him)
Address: XXX XXXXXXXXXX XXXX, Miramar, Wellington
Phone: +64 22 186 7617
Email: jeeten.mavji1998@gmail.com
DOB: 01/10/1998
Nationality: New Zealand Indian
Citizenship: New Zealand Citizen
Master of Architecture (Professional)
2021 - 2022
Victoria University of Wellington: Faculty of Architecture and Design Innovation
Major - Architecture
Graduate Certficate in Designed Environments
Victoria University of Wellington: Faculty of Architecture and Design Innovation
Major - Project Management
Bachelor of Architectural Studies
2020
2017 - 2019
Victoria University of Wellington: Faculty of Architecture and Design Innovation
Major - Architecture
NCEA & University Entrance
Wellington College & Rongotai College
2012 - 2016
NCEA Level 1, 2 & 3 (Achieved with Excellence)
Vitae
Social Media Team
2023 - Present
Wellington Indian Sports Club
Assisted as part of the social media team for the annual King’s Birthday Tournament. Producing graphics, film and imagery for the event.
Graphic Designer
2022 - Present
Wellington Indian Association
In-house graphic designer assisting during community events and curating visuals for annual Diwali Light Show ‘Namaste Wellington’.
Social & Cultural Committee
Illustrator Proficiency
InDesign Proficiency
Photoshop Proficiency
AutoCAD Architecture Proficiency
2014 - 2017
Wellington Indian Association
Worked alongside the Social and Cultural Committee in events such as the annual Diwali show and Navratri festival.
Field Hockey Coach
2016
Wellington College
Host
2015
Wellington Indian Association
Host of the Diwali Show titled ‘Koffee at Kemp Street’
Youth Volunteer
2012 - 2014
New Zealand Indian Central Association
Volunteered as part of the WIA youth committee and was a participant at a race-relation (outreach) forum.
Dr. Michael Dudding
Associate Dean (Students) Wellington School of Architecture & Postgraduate Research Supervisor
Phone: +64 04 XXX XXXX
Email: michael.dudding@vuw.ac.nz
Paul Thompson
General Manager of Property at Te Rūnanga o Toa Rangatira
Phone: +64 27 XXX XXXX
Email: paul.thompson@ngatitoa.iwi.nz
Revit Proficiency
Rhino 3D Proficiency
Grasshopper Proficiency
Enscape Proficiency
V-Ray Proficiency
Sketching & Modelling Proficiency
Campbell Chung
Director Area 51 Store & Current Employer
Phone: +64 21 XXX XXX
Email: cam@areafiftyone.co.nz
Deon Knox
Team Leader, South-East Cluster - Libraries & Community Spaces [Community Networks] Wellington City Council & Previous Employer ‘Kilbirnie Library’
Phone: +64 27 XXX XXXX
Email: deon.knox@wcc.govt.nz
114 Pakuranga Plaza, Pakuranga, Auckland
Diasporic experience can be memorialised as a celebration of contemporary cultural heritage and identity through meaningful architecture.
To celebrate the New Zealand Parsi community in a design proposal for a cultural centre in Auckland, New Zealand.
Provide a place which can help facilitate the growth of the New Zealand Parsi community, by supporting their cultural and religious expression by means of social cohesion through interaction.
1. Understand Parsi diaspora and experience
2. Understand contemporary needs of Parsi community, in terms of their expression of culture and identity
3. Develop and test design strategy for turning narratives of experience into meaningful contemporary architecture
CULTURAL CENTRE ENTRANCE
RENDER BY JEETEN MAVJI
SOURCE: REVIT 2022 & ENSCAPE, DECEMBER 2022
EXTERIOR VIEW (NIGHT)
RENDER BY JEETEN MAVJI
SOURCE: REVIT 2022 & ENSCAPE, DECEMBER 2022
EXTERIOR VIEW (DAY)
RENDER BY JEETEN MAVJI
SOURCE: REVIT 2022 & ENSCAPE, DECEMBER 2022
The complex was designed to be a utopian vision of cultural preservation meeting its spatial requirements and housing a community that will foster religion, education, heritage, and welfare of the Parsi community in Auckland.
The project presented several challenges and complexities:
1. Great Diversity of Spaces – sizes, their relationship to others and their technical requirements
2. Place of Worship – respectful approach to designing an agiary (fire temple) as a juddin (non-Zoroastrian)
3. Translation of Parsi Lived Experiences – shifting oral history data to meaningful architecture
While larger spaces operated as a focus for patrons, many smaller areas were required for the more private activities of worship, conference, and teaching. Their integration was to be achieved by generous and functional patterns of circulation, social spaces, and exhibition spaces. Considerations were made early in the design stage to seperate the public and private spaces of the cultural centre and fire temple - creating a link between the two by designing the courtyard and walkways around the two buildings.
A102 - GROUND FLOOR
DRAWING BY JEETEN MAVJI
SOURCE: REVIT 2022, DECEMBER 2022
PRAYER HALL
RENDER BY JEETEN MAVJI
SOURCE: REVIT 2022 & ENSCAPE, DECEMBER 2022
RECEPTION
RENDER BY JEETEN MAVJI
SOURCE: REVIT 2022 & ENSCAPE, DECEMBER 2022
FOYER (GROUND FLOOR) RENDER BY JEETEN MAVJI
SOURCE: REVIT 2022 & ENSCAPE, DECEMBER 2022
COMMUNITY HALL RENDER BY JEETEN MAVJI SOURCE: REVIT 2022 & ENSCAPE, DECEMBER 2022
LIBRARY RENDER BY JEETEN MAVJI SOURCE: REVIT 2022 & ENSCAPE, DECEMBER 2022
DANCE STUDIO & GYM RENDER BY JEETEN MAVJI
SOURCE: REVIT 2022 & ENSCAPE, DECEMBER 2022
HERO IMAGE (DUSK)
RENDER BY JEETEN MAVJI
SOURCE: REVIT 2022 & ENSCAPE, DECEMBER 2022
2021
55 Cable Street, Te Aro, Wellington
For this particular stream of the ARCI 412: Architecture Design Capstone course I was invited and challenged to select any significant building in Wellington and re-design it according to the original programme and site. The intent being to create a landmark ‘signature’ building which is of national importance. I was requested to ‘design for the present - as well as the speculative future’. Being representative of the next generation of designers, the project requested myself to take a strong stance on what it means to represent this new generation.
How can an iconic work of architecture be responsive to local contextual dialogues, while also reflecting national identity?
The programme which I chose was the ‘museum’. Hence, my intention was to re-design The Museum of New Zealand: Te Papa Tongarewa. From the outset, its importance and national significance is what caught my attention. Compounded with the fact that it is appeared to be a fairly ambitious undertaking suitable for the final project of the year.
SOURCE:
HERO IMAGE - NORTH WEST PERPECTIVE RENDER BY JEETEN MAVJI
SOURCE: REVIT 2021 & V-RAY, OCTOBER 2021
FIRST FLOOR - CENTRAL VOID RENDER BY JEETEN MAVJI
SOURCE: REVIT 2021 & V-RAY, OCTOBER 2021
Museums, archives, and art storage facilities require special design consideration for a number of reasons, most notably that the value of the building’s contents often exceeds the value of the building itself. The three techinical factors which were assessed and implemented during the design process included; temperature and humidity maintenance, condensation and airtight enclosures.
By creating community-centric programs, museums are able to create a sense of complete fluidity between artists, visitors and the public. The overall form of the building took inspiration from a deconstucted waka. The central form and roof structure resembling that of a waka’s hiwi (hull) intersected by wings resembling both hoe (paddles) and raa matua (sails). The internal configuration and circulation of the building was greatly inspired by that of Frank Lloyd Wright’s Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York.
D102 - SLAB - L01
DRAWING BY JEETEN MAVJI
SOURCE: REVIT 2022, DECEMBER 2022
2021
86 Waterloo Quay, Pipitea, Wellington
With the on-going problem of physical and mental health instability following the impact of the deadly COVID-19 viral pandemic. Which forced the public to contextualise how they physically operate and adapted to a new lifestyle.
For this project, I was invited to provide a logical and pragmatic office design solution for Wellington City that will allow for ease of mobility, modularity and serenity in a post COVID-19 pandemic world. Cater to mental and physical wellness of all inhabitants and provide for easy integration into an urban environment, that can transcend the passage of time by being future-proof, progressive design.
Provide a pleasant experience for all patrons informing them of the positive aspects of life which should be cherished and valued. Also, set the benchmark as to how organisations should respond to post-pandemic construction and practice.
FRONT ENTRANCE (DAY)
RENDER BY JEETEN MAVJI
SOURCE: REVIT 2021 & V-RAY, JUNE 2021
FRONT ENTRANCE (NIGHT)
RENDER BY JEETEN MAVJI
SOURCE: REVIT 2021 & V-RAY, JUNE 2021
BACK ENTRANCE (DAY)
RENDER BY JEETEN MAVJI
SOURCE: REVIT 2021 & V-RAY, JUNE 2021
ABOVE: SITE ANALYSIS
BELOW: SOLAR STUDY
ILLUSTRATION BY JEETEN MAVJI
SOURCE: ADOBE PHOTOSHOP & GOOGLE EARTH, MARCH 2021
Office Design 2021
There were eight principles that guided workplace design, implementation and management; open-plan, shared spaces, technology, modularity, consistent design, situational choice, safety and growth.
As we study the new issues of creating safer work environments in the COVID-19 world, I discovered the following three main design challenges – physical distancing, circulation patterns and spatial context. Understanding distancing and density, and their relationship to circulation patterns within an existing spatial context, was key to solving for the evolving safety guidelines in shared spaces.
Shared spaces also further enriched employee wellbeing through design. They can make us feel better. Hence, a range of postures can encourage active collaboration or relaxed conversation – reducing the physical stress that affects productivity. Therby, I looked to design the spaces within to enable these situations.
275 Shelly Bay Road, Maupuia, Wellington
For the final project of our undergraduate studies, we were required to design a building composed of timber or steel, with a focus on the use of structure to inform the architectural narratives. The building would operate as a Centre for Creative Arts and Practices and be located along the Shelly Bay developmental site.
The centre should be seen as a new creative hub for Wellington - an epicentre of the cultural life of the capital. In this project I was tasked with developing a balanced proposal between academic studios, related facilities and the cultural hub with performance facility and cinema, into a singular coherent architectural outcome.
AUDITORIUM ENTRANCE
RENDER BY JEETEN MAVJI
SOURCE: REVIT 2020 & V-RAY, OCTOBER 2019
ACADEMIC BLOCK 01 FOYER
RENDER BY JEETEN MAVJI
SOURCE: REVIT 2021 & V-RAY, OCTOBER 2021
CARPARK AND PRIMARY THROUGHFARE
RENDER BY JEETEN MAVJI
SOURCE: REVIT 2021 & V-RAY, OCTOBER 2021
SITE ANALYSIS, PROCESS SKETCHES AND GROUND FLOOR PLAN
ILLUSTRATIONS & DRAWINGS BY JEETEN MAVJI
SOURCE: PROCREATE & REVIT 2020, OCTOBER 2019
Events Centre 2019
This narrative was been visually explored through the placement, order and orientation of buildings.
The visual language of the ancient ‘coliseum’ form was considered to be the building footprint for the four buildings (besides the auditorium). This was considered as it was the first idea which came to mind when thinking of an auditorium arrangement and stage. Furthermore, its shape sat nicely on the Koru foundation/path accentuating the contours and bends as the spiral circulation reached its end.
The spherical ‘monolithic’ auditorium was placed at the end to symbolise the ‘end of the journey’. The narrative being, the pledge to the arts (entry/reception area & staff block), the development of the arts (academic block 1, 2 and auditorium support area) and finally the exhibition of the arts (auditorium). Also, each building contained a direct line of sight to the striking auditorium space, serving as both a metaphorical desire to achieve the end goal and literal sentinel of excellence.
1. the pledge to the arts
2. the development of the arts
3. the exhibition to the arts
Additionally the relationship between spaces was be sub-divided into two parts:
• SECONDARY Administration - [Entrance / Reception Area - Staff Offices]
• PRIMARY Cultivation - [Academic Block(s) - Auditorium/Performance Space]
Hence, to show this hierarchy visually, the ‘administrative’ spaces were placed at a distance from the primary ‘cultivation’ focused buildings, introducing a dual throughfare and curve of circulation.
VOLUMETRIC ANALYSIS FOR AUDITORIUM
MODELS BY JEETEN MAVJI
SOURCE: AUTHOR'S MODEL, OCTOBER 2019
Jeeten Mavji
21 Willeston Street, Wellington Central, Wellington
SARC 321 Construction was a group project, consisting of two architecture students and one building science student. Each of us was assigned a different floor consisting of different programs. I was assigned the office floors, of the 12 storey building. A site was chosen within the group with our site being located on Willeston St in Wellington. Autodesk Revit was used so we could all learn to work collaboratively on a single shared file. This course consisted of three projects to build up the framework of the building, these included the structure, the core and the façade. All following the NZBC requirements.
HERO IMAGE - COMMERCIAL BUILDING
RENDER BY JEETEN MAVJI
SOURCE: REVIT 2020, AUGUST 2019
Main entrance to the retail shops located on the ground floor. Area approx 1760m^2.
Specifications:
Steel columns with fire coating. 500x500mm on a 9x9 grid.
Steel beams with fire coating. 450mm (D) x300mm (W).
Stahlton Hollow Core: 200 Elematic Slab with 75mm concrete topping and timber in-fill.
Primary beams running East -West to resist the wind load from the East.
Alternating shutters is used for the East facade to redirect the prevailing wind from the north and south. The facade has been evenly divided into sections of 1m with alternating sequence on undulating surfaces.
Thermosash Building Integrated glass used for curtain wall windows. It offers thermal insulation properties as well as varying transparency level, providing shading elements and reduction in solar gain.
Translucent BIPV applied to the residential level for more privacy and transparent BIPV for the office levels.
Common room for residents located on level 6 which provides a relaxing space with a great view of wellington harbour on the East side. It also visually separates the building. Exposed construction which balances the visual impact of the facade(s).
Outdoor area for tho office workers located on level 1. Outdoor area is available on the west and south side of the building. Veranda around the edge adds extra outdoor area plus it shelters the footpath on ground floor. Sheltered sitting space available as well.
Main entrance to the retail shops located on the ground floor. Area approx 1760m^2.
A curated selection of designs and creative work.
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