PORTFOLIO
SELECTED WORKS TILL 2024
JUHI MODY
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Juhi Mody
Hello,
With a two year work experience as an architect in my city of Mumbai, India - I am currently pursuing a masters in furniture design. My previous experiences include architectural design, interior design and theorotical teaching.
Eager to explore the European design world, I am keen to take up opportunities across the continent. My strength is designing closely with nature and life psychology, with a brief understanding in ecological materials.
2023 (6 mo)
2022 (12 mo)
Studio Plural
Architect
DSP Design Associates Junior Architect
2022 (12 mo)
NMIMS Balwant Seth School of Architecture
2021 (6 mo)
Visiting Faculty Red Architects Intern
CONTACT
juhi.mody01@gmail.com
Currently based in Milan
Juhi Mody
SOFTWARES EDUCATION
2024 (Present)
Politechnico Di Milano
Specialization Masters in furniture design
NMIMS - Balwant Seth School of Architecture
B. Arch
Narsee Monjee College of Commerce and Economics
(2 yrs)
Commerce Junior College
INTERESTS
Yoga Teaching
Urban Sketching
Spatial Photography
AutoCAD
Rhinoceros 3D
Keyshot
Adobe Illustrator
Adobe Photoshop
Adobe Indesign Procreate
Adobe Lightroom
Design books Theatre
CONTENTS
ACADEMICS IN FURNITURE
ACADEMICS IN ARCHITECTURE
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
SICURA 2024 COMMERCIAL USE
KGAF 2020 PUBLIC SPACE
WALL 2023
COMMERCIALGRAPHICS
MIO 2024 DOMESTIC USE NEBBIA 2024 DOMESTIC USE
BIO.S 2018 INSTITUTIE
COCO 2021 RETAILINTERIOR
GAMA 2019 INSTALLATION
EMAAR 2022 RESIDENTIALARCHITECTURE
Project 01 - 2024
X : 1200 mm
SICURA
Y : 1200 mm
Z : 2000 mm
A safe space for professional environments where one can freely express the neglected range of emotions.
With: Politechnico Di Milano, Italy
For: Caimi Solutions, Italy
Duration: 2 weeks | Team: 3 members
Intended usage: Commercial spaces
Participation: Conceptualisation, 3D model, renders Softwares used: Adobe illustrator, Rhinoceros, Keyshot
Key Material: Snowsound Acoustic Panels by Caimi
IDEA
CONCEPT
In a corporate set up we are expected to not potray the “negative” emotions like anxiety, frustration, pain. Why?
Being senstivite to the form derived from a cocoon/shell, the curvature of Sicura allows one to feel safe by notion of embracement. The rotational movement personifies the ‘turning within’ and makes the product usable in 3 stages - according to the head space of the person.
EXPLORATION
Key words
Sit, Isolate, Cozy, Organic
A. Chair like with extension
B. Booths
C. Modular
Dynamic - Playful Diagrams by Rafia SHAPES and EMOTION Airy - Free, open Cocoon - Secure
Sketches made on procreate
DEVELOPMENT
Embrace it
Lighten it
Simplify it
Rendered on Keyshot Modelled on Rhino 3D
What kind of an aid can help one be calmer?
How can we integrate some aids here?
Fidget Elements
KINETIC SAND
PRAYER WHEELS (Panel A in image)
ROTATING ACCUPRESSURE BALLS (Panel B in image)
How do you feel?
Panel
Panel
DESIGN FOR DISASSEMBLY
Drawings by Diyashi
Sicura in a professional setting Rendered using Photoshop, Keyshot
Sicura Logo
Made using Adobe Illustrator
OTHER PROSPECTS
Designed as a soundproof booth offering a safe space for healthy expression of emotion. With the prominent focus on feelings like Anxiety, frustration, pain.
With a universal need to cater to this, we can forsee the use of sicura in other sapces.
KIT OF PARTS
Designed for ease of shipping and packaging
Hospitals
Library Airports Workspaces
SICURA
Project 02 - 2024
X : 600 mm
Y : 1200 mm
Z : 830 mm
A chair that is an extension of me - all things mine
With: Politechnico Di Milano, Italy
For: Molteni & Co, Itlay
Duration: 2 weeks
Intended usage: Domestic spaces
Participation: Conceptualisation, 3D model, renders Softwares used: Adobe illustrator, Rhinoceros, Keyshot
Key Material: Wood, Cane (rattan)
IDEA
Make space for all things that matter to you
INSPIRATION
What for you is defined as luxury - the simple act of being in peace.
Take a pause with all things that induce peace in you
STATES
Molteni’s Outdoor collection of 2021 takes inspiration from the nature photoseries of a German artist - the form derivation of Mio continues on same lines Closed
Extended
EXTENSION
Opening mechanism in wood, covered by fabric on top
DESIGN FOR DISASSEMBLY DRAWINGS
Chair designed as kit of parts for the ease of packaging and shipment
Exploded 3D
B: joinery to attach legs
A: joinery between legs, seat and backrest
Rendered on Keyshot
Mio visualised with curved wooden sections and rattan
Mio
Project 03 - 2024
NEBBIA
EACH MODULE
X : 2200 mm
Y : 300 mm
Z : 750 mm
A display for your memories - the ones you remember and wouldn’t.
With: Politechnico Di Milano, Italy
For: Molteni & Co, Italy
Duration: 2 weeks | Team: 3 members
Intended usage: Residential spaces
Participation: Conceptualisation, 3D model, renders Softwares used: Adobe illustrator, Rhinoceros, Keyshot
Key Material: Resin, Wood
IDEA
Remebering and forgetting - Tulio Criti
If Memory was a gesture
When we receive similar information related to an existing memory, we create a new memory. The hippocampus reshapes that content, blending the facts.
For its own evolution, it is important for the mind to forget things. Only then can new memories emerge. In this sense, it becomes clear that what is produced in the field of memory, is always of the order of fiction.
INSPIRATION
The Milanese fog, sometimes called “schighera” or “Nebbia” - is one of the most characteristic and singular aspects of the city.
While researching the fundamentals of memory, we understood that the fog was the perfect visual representation for the aesthetic we wanted to create. Something that would represent this cloudy and layering aspect of memory, where we can no longer distinguish reality from imagination
TRANSLATION
Artist’s works resembling the concept we want to show. A study to undertand ways to translate an idea into tangible design and materiality.
Study A: Black, Robert Irwin
Study B: Suku, Niku Koronis
Hence Resin as a material
FORM DEVELOPMENT
Randomness in object placement
Having flip side of remembering and forgetting
Use of grid
Sketches made on procreate
Layering opacity to have different view from all vantages
First visualisation of the final product. Ink on paper
DETAILS
Sketched on Procreate
“Memory is an editing island” -Waly Salomao
DESIGN FOR DISASSEMBLY
Each Module:
Standard Resin Panel: 750mm x 1100mm x 200 mm
End Resin Panel: 750mm x 2200mm x 200mm
Wooden Shelves: 800mm x 200mm x 15mm
Thickness of Resin: 10mm
Pole diameter: 40mm
Metal poles height dependant on floor to ceiling height of a space
Rendered on Keyshot
Curved Resin Panels with tube like cavity to fit on metal poles
Wooden Shelves
Metal Poles
Rendered on Keyshot
“Memories come crowding when we look back upon a shelf on which the objects you collected throughout life are disposed”
- Gaston Bacherlard
Project 04 - 2020
Y : 3500 mm X : 3800 mm
: 4700 mm
A walkthrough expereince where you can see others, through your own coloured reflections.
Comissioned for the most famous annual arts festival in Mumbai, India.
This event is in collaboration with The Times of India and is a national platform for all architects and artists with a footfall of thousands of visitors each day.
With: Balwant Seth School of Architecture
For: Kala Ghoda Arts Festival
Duration: 3 weeks | Team: 6 members
Intended usage: Public spaces
Participation: Material sourcing, Construction
Methods used: Welding, Clamping, Painting
Key Material: Metal, acrylic, Cables
IDEA
In the balancing form, the sharp edged shapes indicate strong emotions - anger, fear and the curved solids indicate peace, calm
Gathering a different take on the theme “Threads”we see them as connections, especially in the 21st Century via digital plaforms.
CONSTRUCTION PHASES
In the choice of material here the holographic and reflective nature of acrylic signifies screens whearas the cables are the modern age “threads” or connectors.
A B C
Materials:
Framework: 25 mm square hollow MS sections
Seat: 2mm MS sheet For joinery: Welding rods Clamps Nuts and Bolts
Materials:
Surfaces:
4mm Clear acylic
Holographic film (High Density)
Cables: Grey,blue (8 gauge) Pink, white (6 gauge)
Assembly and transportation
Designed in parts keeping in mind the commute
Partly assembable on site
Arrangement of solids Model on Rhino
Editing surfaces, Cable arrangement
Adding material Render on Keyshot
A.1 9 metal frame pieces Angles and curves achieved by reference printouts 1:1
C.1 Final assembly and strengthening of all parts together
C.2 Accesorising the model C.3 Transportation of model in an open tempo traveller
C.4 Model placed on site
B.1 Clear acrylic pieces with holographic film applied one side
B.2 Miniature humans laser cut to hang on across model
B.3 Varied thickness and colours of cable as per design
B.4 Testing weight of cable on acrylic surfaces (which are clamped by screw)
B.5 Securing the cables on framework by zip ties
A.2 Structure arranged as per design
A.3 Pieces welded together Additional supports added for stability
A.4 Coating the skeleton with red oxide and Asian Paint (outdoor grade)
Project 05 - 2019 Academic Works (Individual)
With: Balwant Seth School of Architecture
For: Semester 6
Duration: 4 months
Intended usage: Institutional space
Subject: Architectural Design
Concept: Adaptible to growth
Key Material: Concrete, MS sections
BIOSCHOOL
With a site in the greens of the Bhavans campus, Mumbai - the proposal is to establish an institute of natural sciences with an open design.
The design has all activities interlinked and a skin with louvers to expose to the greens allowing natural light in all spaces. Different modules can be added to the core in the future, for expansion.
Project 05
FORM DEVELOPMENT
Different Volumes Flexible
Configurations
MODEL
VIEWS
Community Core Pressure points
Adaptable to Growth
to show visual connection in the transitional spaces and the play in levels:
Concept Model: Sunboard,wooden sticks
Final Model 1:50: Balsa wood, White Acrylic laser cut
View to show entrance to the school and lightness of the structure allowing it to blend: Modelled on Rhino, rendered on Photoshop
View
Modelled on Rhino, rendered on Photoshop
PLANS
Roof Plan: Modelled on Rhino, Rendered on photoshop (NTS)
Project 06 - 2019
Works (Group)
G.A.M.A
With: Balwant Seth School of Architecture
Duration: 3 weeks | Team: 6 members
Intended usage: Studying mathematic of curve folding
Softwares: Rhinoceros 3D, Maya
Methods used: Foam strengthening, folding
Key Material: Paper, foam, zip ties
Curved crease Folding is a process of folding flat sheet materials along a curved crease for creating 3D shapes. This workshop was aimed to learn the curve folding behaviour physically and digitally, and fabricate nodal geometries (polyhedra) using various mathematical operations.
Geometry A:
2 connecting nodes
Geometry B:
3 connecting nodes
Learning Module
Step 1:
Step 2:
Step 3:
Step 4:
Final Module
Arrangement of Modules Weight test after foam
2D unrolled
2D unrolled
MUMBAI WALL
With: Studio Plural
For: Deodhar Architects
Duration: 6 weeks
Participation: Solo project
Intended usage: Corporate space
Software used: Adove Illustrator
Key Material: 5M Ecovinyl
OLD CITY
A self-illustrated, bespoke graphic made for a 14m long office passage way.
The ideology of the clients was on the lines of shaping the new city and also respecting the old history. Hence the choice of scenes to be illustrated.
Vinyl pasted from top to bottom. 20 mm buffer given on all sides Pasting done with special applicator and water to avoid air bubbles
Each print size designed according to printer restriction and column folds to achieve almost seamless look
NEW CITY
M U M B A I
COCOCART
With: Red Architects
For: Cococart, Khopoli
Duration: 3 months
Participation: Furniture Drawings, Lighting layout, Facade design
Intended usage: Retaill space for Cococart chainstores
Software used: AutoCAD, Photoshop
Key Material: Plywood, Metal, Laminate, Paint
Key role as Intern:
Vendor Drawings for quotations
Doumentation of on-going sites
Service layout drawings
Furniture drawings
Facade Signage
Wall decor themed for the brand
A:
Store layout to design customer circulation, services - accordingly propose a layout for carts/racks and service counter (kitchen)
B:
Designing the wall racks strategically to maximise area usage and utility space.
Facade Signage Proposal
C:
Vendor Drawings for the making of wall racks and material specifications.
D:
Service counter layout.
Vendor drawings for work table with material specifications.
EMAAR GURUGRAM
With: DSP Design Associates
For: Emaar GRoup of builders, UAE
Duration: Ongoing
Participation: Clubhouse execution
Intended usage: A community space inside a residential complex
Software used: AutoCAD, SketchUP
Key Material: Concrete, MS sections
The Clubhouse
Key role as Junior Architect:
Desiging the interior layout of the structure as well as the canopy and the facade.
Making proposed service drwings for MEP, Structural and landscape consultants.
Design revisions in the structure after exchage with all consulatants.
GRAPHICS ARCHITECTURE
Tools to express: AutoCAD and photoshop
Tools to express: Procreate (Collaboration with a high end Indian fashion brand Bhaane)
To find out more:
Issuu: Juhi M Instagram: graphically.insecure
PHOTOGRAPHY HAND RENDERS
Behance: JuhiM
Issuu: Juhi M
Tools to express: Canon 600D and Lightroom
Tools to express: Waterolour and ink on paper
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Thank you, I appreciate your time and attention. Reach me at: juhi.mody01@gmail.com