Interior Architecture Portfolio | 2017 - 2022 | Niyati Gupta

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Passion and perfectionism are characteristics that best describe who I am as a person. I enjoy developing new ideas and finding answers to practical challenges. The drive to grow holistically makes me embrace fail ure and overcome them to excel. I actively involve myself in exchanging views with my peers and aim to add value by taking constructive criticism. I believe in thriving in one thing at a time and being thorough with the task. I aim to keep myself updated by harnessing new skills to accelerate on the right path.

ACADEMIC HIGHLIGHTS

BACHELORS IN INTERIOR DESIGN

CEPT University, India 2017 - ongoing

HIGHER SECONDARY EDUCATION

Vishwaniketan Vidhyavihar 2015 - 2017

HIGH SCHOOL EDUCATION

WORK EXPERIENCE

TEACHING ASSISTANT

Faculty of Architecture, CEPT University, India July 2022 - ongoing

• Aided students in AutoCAD and SketchUp to gain proficiency.

• Helped in course planning by setting up milestones, deadlines and attendance.

• Exchanged views on the Digital Representation in Interior Architectural Drawings and while guiding, I learnt the art of representation at urban scale.

ASSISTANT TO PLACEMENT COORDINATOR

CERTIFICATION

AUTODESK FOR CERTIFIED PROFES

SIONAL : AUTOCAD

Autodesk, Coursera 2022

AUTODESK FOR CERTIFIED PROFES

Zydus School for Excellence 2011 - 2015 PROGRAM AMBASSADOR

SIONAL : REVIT

Autodesk, Coursera 2022

FUNDAMENTALS OF GRAPHIC DE SIGN

California Institute of the Arts, Coursera Ongoing

SKILLS

AUTODESK AUTOCAD

AUTODESK REVIT

SKETCHUP

Faculty of Design, CEPT University, India

Circulating on-campus placement opportunities.

• Discussing student portfolios for giving constructive feedback before applying for relevant jobs and internships.

• Handled communication with students during placement drives.

Faculty of Design, CEPT University, India

PHOTOSHOP

MICROSOFT OFFICE

INDESIGN TWINMOTION

LUMION

VRAY 4.0

RHINO & GRASSHOPPER

WORKING DRAWINGS

CONCEPTUALIZATION & BRAIN STORMING

BRANDING & GRAPHICS

• Attend conferences and webinars on behalf of the University’s Bachelor of Interior Design program.

• Contribute to the creation of material for the newsletter and social media.

• Interact with prospective students to provide feedback and perspective on the possibilities and experiences available through the CEPT University program.

JUNIOR LEVEL INTERIOR DESIGNER

Jan 2022 - ongoing May 2022 - July 2022

Vasav Bhatt Architects

• Worked on projects based in New Zealand

• Conceptualized and worked on execution drawings for Interior architectural projects Working drawing set for architectural scheme of 655 plots

TRAINEE INTERIOR DESIGNER (part - time)

Vasav Bhatt Architects

Dec 2021 - April 2022

Digital representation of architectural drawings, composed in one brochure with respect to client’s requirements

• Produced 3d visuals using sketchup, lumion and post production in photoshop.

TRAINEE INTERIOR DESIGNER

The ART Container - Interior Architecture Firm

2022 - ongoing June 2021 - July 2021

• Worked on concept and space planning for residential and commercial projects.

• Measure drawing at site and documenting site progress

• Worked on 3d visuals for client approval during design stage

ASSISTANT

Lilavati library, CEPT University

January 2020 - March 2020

Task: Site: Keywords: Softwares:

CONNECT - An Approach to workspace design 2022 | Individual project

To design an IT commercial office in city of Bangalore considering program requirements and an approach maximizing per sq ft area. (followed green energy building rules)

Banglore, India

Office, workspaces, Space planning & maximizing per sq foot AutoCAD, Photoshop, Sketchup, Twinmotion, Microsoft Suite

CONNECT - an IT company based in Banglore with program requirement of 380 employee desks and other required spaces (cabins and meeting rooms) - The aim is to maximize the per sq ft area and follow the LEED rules of green energy building.

The final outcome is accommodating 420 people and 20 percent extra cabin spaces than specified on the requirement sheet which fulfills the aim of maximiz ing per sq ft area.

The process followed calculation of ratios such as one meeting room chair is for eight employees in office. Therefore 1 : 8 ratio for meeting room space, 1 : 6 for collaboration and 1 : 10 for breakout spaces. This is done to understand if enough space exists for every employee at different spaces.

SITE ANALYSIS AND INFERENCES

SITE ANALYSIS AND DOCUMENTATION

INFERENCES GATHERED

SITE AREA CALCULATIONS

Net Carpet Area

Fire Exit - Service Lift Toilets

Electric Duct - AHU, HRW

Balcony

Staircase and Lifts

CASE STUDIES INFERENCES AND ZONING ATTEMPTS

JC PENNEY, BANGALORE

Workstations are divided into two zones by masses of rooms in middle and side.

Reception divides into its main function and has a restricted entry for staff.

HUDSON BAY, BANGALORE

Collab divides the workstation into two zones - allow cross exposure of skills, knowledge and experience, allows the staff to improve

Due to the need of lab in office, the service area is large and scattered in office.

Collab spaces are scattered throughout workspaces.

Reception divides into its main function and has a restricted entry for staff.

Workstations are arranged linearly divided by collab spaces in between.

The office is divided by mass of rooms placed on sides of office to give it access from all three sides and provide more open space.

OBJECTIVE AND ZONING ATTEMPT

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• The current zoning is done con sidering partitions breaking the space into parts

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The open space talks about functions like workstation and ABW spaces.

• L-shape intends to form pockets of spaces which resulted in easy access towards space.

• The current zoning is done considering partitions breaking the space into parts

The open space talks about functions like workstation and ABW spaces.

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The closed spaces tend to separate wet area space from the main working area and blocks light from Southern direction.

FINAL LAYOUT AND SPECIFICATIONS

REQUIREMENT RATIOS

Task: Site: Keywords: Softwares:

Ally Innovations

2021 | Individual project

To design a co - working commercial work space as a part of adaptive re-use project. The program was to design the space for app developers and respond to their needs. Ahmedabad, India

Commercial Spaces, Co-working, App Developers, Branching AutoCAD, Photoshop, Indesign, Sketchup, Lumion, Illustrator

Ally Innovation, a co-working space designed to meet the needs of app devel opers and other freelancers. The program is widely divided into three typologies of office and different possibilities of work pattern and behavior of the given tribe.

Based on work patterns and behaviors, the program also includes an open for all cafeteria for the soul purpose of revenue generation in a co-working commercial unit. The design intent was to achieve levels of connection between individual spaces and enhance the possibility of collaboration between employees in close proximity.

SITE ANALYSIS

BUILDING + CONTEXT SITE DOCUMENTATION AND MATERIAL PALETTE

UNDERSTANDING EXISTING QUALITIES ON SITE

PROGRAM AND CONCEPT

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Ground Floor Plan

Noise Mapping

Orientation

Endless Linearity

Strong Grid LayoutLight Quality through Apertures

Brick Wall RCC

Asbestos Sheet MS Sections Glass

MONTAGE - used for visualizing a space with help of the Keywords

• The metaphors are used as keywords for visualizing a space on the given site.

• Therefore, this montage helped to make a set of rules in form of ideagrams that became the core concept. Thus, became a tool for imagining the space.

IDEAGRAMS

• The primary volumes intersect with each other to establish physical and visual connection amongst them.

• As a result the vertical planes formed by walls and rhythm of columns an enclosed central volume is formed.

• Thus, the placement of volume used for circulation will play the key role in provide connection and multiple choices

Plan

Lower Level Floor Plan at +3500mm

Plan

Upper Level Floor Plan at +7500mm

Lower Level View

Individual Cabin View

Lower Level View 2

Work Desks View

Mangiamo

2021 | Individual project

Task: Site: Keywords: Softwares:

To design a experience center in city of Ahmedabad considering program requirements and approach based on existing site

Ahmedabad, India

Experience center, food, Interior detailing & working drawings

AutoCAD, Photoshop, Indesign, Sketchup, Lumion

MANGIAMO - an experience center for authentic Italian food - An initiative by Genuino, an international brand that aims to serve authentic Italian goods and products all around the world. Mangiamo is an Italian translation of ‘let’s eat’

Some of the major objectives of the program brief were uniting visitors with the authenticity of Italian cuisine. Not use market procured ingredients for cooking the cuisine. After taste of Italian cuisine is the key identity of the cuisine because of herbs, to make visitors take this experience back as a memory of cooking with loved ones and after taste of herbs.

The aim is to create space which is balanced using symmetry and raw finish of materials to give each and every activity it’s own identity with the space.

SITE

BUILDING + CONTEXT

Location: Mondel Square Prahladnagar, Ahmedabad

Designer: Blocher Partner

Client: HN Safal Characteristics

• Long glass facade, inside outside visual connection established.

• Fluidity of form is the key to govern the movement and activity within interior spaces.

• Engagement is established between users and interior spaces due to glass facade

• Directly sunlight from south and west direction

Opportunity

Maximum area gives an advantage for more area provided for a single activity. Secondly, being at the corner of street it provides the best view of the given area prahladnagar.

PROGRAM

Tasting

Taste and choose what to learn in kitchen

MANGIAMO - an experience center for authentic Italian food

An initiative by Genuino, an international brand that aims to serve authentic Italian goods and products all around the world

OBJECTIVE

• Mangiamo is an Italian translation of ‘let’s eat’.

• Uniting visitors with the authenticity of Italian cuisine.

• Not use market procured ingredients for cooking the cuisine.

• After taste of Italian cuisine is the key identity of the cuisine because of herbs, to make visitors take this experience back as a memory of cooking with loved ones and after taste of herbs

Make and Bake(guided)

Make the dough and cut (before cooking)

Cooking(guided)

Using the heat - Sauces and bake pizza

Eating

Reward yourself with self cooked food

CONCEPT

• The symmetrical form of pasta and pizza shows nature of perfectionist. There are minimum 44 shapes of pastas, each of them is used for different purposes - individuality(own identity)

• The taste of any Italian cuisine is extremely balanced using the minimum number of ingredients where the seasoning plays a key role introducing an after taste of the cuisine

DESIGN INTENT

The aim is to create space which is balanced using symmetry and raw finish of materials to give each and every activity it’s own identity with the space.

ADJACENCY DIAGRAM MATERIAL PALETTE

COLOR PALETTE

DRAWINGS

Ground Floor Plan

First Floor Plan

DRAWINGS

Consolidated - Ground Floor Plan

Consolidated - First Floor Plan

ELEMENT DRAWING

PARTITION ELEMENT

Partition Element

FURNITURE ELEMENT

O MILÃO,(िमलन)

2020 | Individual project

Task: Site: Keywords: Softwares:

To design a traveler’s home in city of Goa after understanding it’s context and developing a program based on contextual understanding and functional space planning requirements.

Goa, India

Travelers, Goa, Beach, Nature, Local culture, space planning AutoCAD, Photoshop, Indesign, Sketchup, Vray 4.0

This travelers home designed for 35-year landlady intends to celebrate the occasion of spending time with their friends and family and self. In an era of work from home, this house aims to take a pause and celebrate the moment, celebrate the ‘Milan’ of friends and family.

After understanding the context of the city and architectural language. The program was further detailed based on functional requirements of a traveler. The tangible and intangible qualities where understood to incorporate a sense of home in the final output.

The design intent is to offer user multiplicity of oblique views through house by shifting cone of vision and an array of parallel transparent interior spaces to connect with exterior.

GOAN WINDOWS - ELEMENT ANALYSIS

INTANGIBLE QUALITIES

PROGRAM AND EXPLORATIONS

WHAT ARE GOAN HOUSES TO ME ?

Interactive, Joyous and extrovert in nature. A space which stands out for users.

DESIGN INTENT

To offer user multiplicity of oblique views through house by shifting cone of vision and an array of parallel transparent interior spaces to connect with exterior

SPATIAL EXPLORATIONS

The required spaces were noted and placed based on the intended user experience.

The upper level is added to divide the volume vertically.

The 18m X 9m grid was broken down into smaller grid to understand parallel volumes and connection with the window.

Layout being tried based on required space and number of entries in one house to maintain privacy for landlady.

Landlady being directly connected to the street helped to retain the goan house identity where owners are connected to streets through veranda or balconies.

The main core space needed more area as activities like common bathroom, living room, kitchen and dinning were the key activities of the characters in common.

Traveler’s private space is kept constant on upper level to maintain the privacy of both landlady and traveler. One Entry on towards west gave an advantage of landlady being connected to it.

The arches being used for sub diving the space and to establish strict movement guiding towards the core space by shifting the cone of visions during the movement, as shown in the models.

DRAWINGS

First Floor Plan

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THE EUPHONY

2020 | Individual project

Task: Site: Keywords: Softwares:

Its was to study and analyze existing joineries for designing a door, window and staircase and later using the output to design a structure.

CEPT University, India

Music, Culture at cept, joineries, working drawings

AutoCAD, Photoshop, Indesign, Sketchup, Rhino, Lumion

The proposed space used by students at CEPT campus is designed according to the needs of a student who necessarily works for 24*7 hours related to the field they are in. Thus, a space dedicated to jamming sessions and extra curricular activities is named ‘the euphony’. The word ‘euphony’ means ‘sound produced’.

The site interacts with maximum foot fall area of the campus. i.e. the cept can teen, axis established from Shrenik Bhai Plaza (at CEPT) in the south to lawns in north. Therefore, the presence of music in these areas, considering all the activi ties helps to relax.

The intent was to achieve a structure which blends subtly with its contextual surroundings and offers peaceful and pure natural experience at campus.

JOINERIES

WOOD TO WOOD

WOOD TO METAL

METAL TO METAL

CASE STUDIES

DOOR

Location: Entrance lobby, church, sheilfield, Yorks

Architect: Basil spence and partners Characteristics: The screens adjoining the main doors to scape are made up of hardwood members tongued and grooved with an elongated tongue to give a rimed effect.

Aesthetically , in the doors the joint is replaced by glazed, inch wide slots. The doors and the screen in a aformosia, and all the hardwood is varnished.

STAIRCASE

Threw is nothing particularly new about the cantilevered stair treads. What is of interest is the problem of the offside handrail has been faced

A Swedish pine rail, massively reinforced with steel, runs direct from the lower to the upper structural floor.

The treads on being cast into the wall are tilted slightly upwards so that they settle to the horizontal

DETAILED PROCESS PORTFOLIO LINK : https://issuu.com/niiiyati/docs/221022_aod_2

SITE ANALYSIS

Factors affecting the site through out the day

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Sun light- Being attached to the FA building the necessary shade for the space during the day

• Events and activities on campus- Through out the year many event are organized on a large scale and require adequate space. The site interacts with all such space on campus life.

• Wind Direction- The wind direction has been proven beneficial for space as the cross ventilation and air circulation has been taken care of.

• Footfall at canteen lunch break and dinner

• Foliage

CONCEPT

PROGRAM- Considering the peaceful environment at CEPT University and lifestyle of the students working 24 hours for 7 days of the week, A Jamming is proposed. ‘THE EUPHONY’.

The word Euphony means sound produced. The site interacts with the maximum footfall area of the campus (The canteen) , axis established from the shrenikbhai plaza in the south to north Therefore the presence of music in these areas helps to relax

DESIGN INTENT- The intent is to design a space, which is subtle, pure and peaceful and becomes a part of the CEPT Campus.

DESIGN CONSIDERATION

• View points

• Circulation not being disturbed

• Number of people 10 - 15

• A trans-formative space, which will help to use closed and semi open space at the same time.

• Established axis not to be disturbed.

• Language of the campus

• How will the proposed space respond to the water body and the peaceful north lawns?

• Space for sitting and music instruments.

PROCESS

Stage 1 : The space and the staircase turned out to be a huge chunk and wasted a lot of space. Secondly, the intent of merging the closed and open space did not work out

Stage 2 : The reduction of floor plate did not work well. Secondly, the main aim of using the curves to provide view points was not fulfilled.

Stage : 3 The spiral staircase is twisted around the trunk of the tree. This helped to cut down the huge appearance of the staircase. This also helped not to disturb the circulation in the canteen area.

Stage : 4 The change in shape of the closed space, helped to fulfill the intent of trans-formative space, To use two different spaces as one when required and function well.

Final stage : the curve helped to establish cer tain sets of view points but also utilized space more than required. Thus the semi open space ran par allel to the closed space.

ELEMENT DETAILS

SPATIAL PLAN

FLOORING AND ROOFING DRAWING

While deciding the flooring for space and staircase, it was important to pick a color which will blend and be functional as well. For example, the musical instruments like drum, required a rough surface for its placement. Rather than making a separate step for the specific instruments, a stone with rough texture is preferred. Therefore, black kadappa stone 50mm thick was chosen for the flooring of the overall project.

ELEMENT DETAILS

DOOR DETAIL

STAIRCASE DETAIL

• The intent was to design a staircase which adapted the surrounding and did not hinder the circulation.

• Secondly, while deciding the location the most important criteria was the location. The spiral itself acts out to be huge and voluminous. Thus, the trunk of the tree played the key role to let the staircase adapt the surroundings.

• Thirdly, being ‘a drum’ concept based design. An attempt is being made here to consider the studied proportions while designing the ‘installation’ as a part of ‘intervention.

Miscellaneous

2017 - 2022

Task: Site: Keywords: Softwares:

To maximize learning through practical internships, practicing graphics presentation as a part of hobby and freelance projects.

Miscellaneous

Stippling, Product Designing and 3D Visualization

AutoCAD, Adobe Suite, Sketchup, Rhino, Revit & Lumion

This part included works done and documented over the course of 5 years at CEPT, internships and freelance.

PART ONE (EXPLORATIONS)

FOR ACADEMIC PURPOSE

Skills explored : Model making, exploring intangible qualities of a space and Digital representation

An abstract model is used for abstracting intangible qualities of a space and exploring power of transparen cy in space.

A model is made to understand light quality explorations in underground spaces to enhance the user experi ence.

PART TWO (RESEARCH BASED)

FOR ACADEMIC PURPOSE

Skills explored : Research work in post occupancy of projects

This research is a post - occupancy research for ATMA Building in Ahmedabad, India by Le corbusier. The aim of research was to understand architectural attributes of the design and conclude how it impacted the modernism era in India.

Prose from the research paper :

IMPACT OF MODERNIZATION ON BUILDINGS WITH CONTEXT DIFFERENTIATION

Considered two buildings in India by Le Corbusier, in two different cities with different climatic conditions, the impact of architectural philosophy was still kept quite similar within the two sites. The kick-start was a following of western functionalism, coping up with developed countries and most importantly giving a new beginning to India’s approach towards modernism.

The two buildings were designed for two different programmatic requirements. Mill Owner’s building being a private hub for the city’s richest mill owners to collaborate with - Chandigarh’s Assembly palace was meant for government officers and a space for them to functionally perform well. The program and scale of the site impacted the key design decisions in terms of scale of entry, nearby adjacent buildings and land form.

All the five points of architecture being boasted in both the buildings with varying approach to scale. For example scale of ramp vs huge volumetric entrance leading to open plan respectively respected the use and approach of building design elements.

FOR INTERNSHIP AT THE ART CONTAINER - By Raveena Panchal Skills explored : Digital representation, measure draw and 3D visualization

FOR INTERNSHIP AND FULL TIME JOB AT VASAV BHATT ARCHITECTS

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BEFORE AFTER

Drawings are made for a residential scheme in Ahmedabad, India. The scope of work was limited to making working drawing set from architectural scale to interior scale for sample house.

The other product display element is done for a retail display for SmartIqo brand from conceptualization to execution in Mumbai.

NOTE : The details and one other project is not revealed due to maintaining confidentiality of the project.*

PART FOUR (PRACTICAL APPROACH)

FOR FREELANCING

Skills explored : Digital representation and 3D visualization

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The scope of work was limited to 3d visualization of the project.

The scope of work was limited to digital representation of drawings for a outsourced 3D project.

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