ACADEMIC PORTFOLIO_VAISHALI ODEDRA

VAISHALI ODEDRA

INTERIOR ARCHITECTURE

SELECTED WORKS (2017-22)

CURRICULUM VITAE

VAISHALI ODEDRA

I believe as designers it is in our hands how sensible we approach a design keeping in mind our environment and human experience. vaishali

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SKILLS

VISUALIZATION CONCEPTUALIZATION

SPACE PLANNING

DETAILING RESEARCH

STRENGTH

VISUALIZATION CONCEPTUALIZATION REPRESENTATIONAL SKILLS

EXPERIENCE

ADOBE PHOTOSHOP ADOBE INDESIGN

ADOBE LIGHTROOM

PERSONAL INFO:

D.O.B: 28-01-1999

NATIONALITY: INDIAN

LANGUAGE: ENGLISH, HINDI AND GUJARATI

ADDRESS: A801 SHALIGRAM PLUSH, THALTEJ-SHILAJ ROAD, THALTEJ, AHMEDABAD, INDIA, 380054

EMAIL: vaishali.odedra.bid17@cept.ac.in vaishaliodedra01@gmail.com

CONTACT: +918320463779

EDUCATION:

CEPT UNIVERSITY, AHMEDABAD, INDIA

BACHELOR OF INTERIOR DESIGN CLASS OF 2017

SAINT MARY’S SCHOOL, PORBANDAR, GUJARAT, INDIA (SSC)

BIRLA SAGAR HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL, PORBANDAR, GUJARAT, INDIA (PRIMARY)

AUTOCAD 2D

AUTOCAD 3D

JULY-CURRENT 2023 INTERIOR DESIGNER PVDRS (PATEL-VADODARIA DESIGN RESEARCH STUDIO)

PART OF DESIGNING TEAM FOR A HOME RENOVATION PROJECT & INDEPENDENTLY DESIGNED & EXECUTED A ROOM

SKETCHUP RHINO

GRASSHOPPER

LUMION ENSCAPE DRAFTING SKETCHING RENDERING MODEL-MAKING

INTERESTS

READING TRAVELING PHOTOGRAPHY

JAN-JUN 2021 (6 MONTHS)

ACADEMIC INTERNSHIP IN SUKRUT UNDER AMALA SHAH, AHMEDABAD

ACHIEVEMENTS

ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE AWARD (UNIVERSITY LEVEL AWARD)

PROJECT RECOGNITION FOR CEPT HONORS EXHIBITION MONSOON SEMESTER 2018SOLARIUM

DESIGN REGISTERED AND PUBLISHED BY THE OFFICE OF THE CONTROLLER GENERAL PATENTS, DESIGNS & TRADEMARKS, DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRY AND INTERNAL TRADE, GOVERNMENT OF INDIA FOR DISPLAY UNIT - BIOPOP

SELECTED AMONG TOP 4 FOR HFT, STUTTGART STUDENT EXCHANGE PROGRAMME OF CEPT UNIVERSITY

INTERTWINED

CONTEXTUALISING INTERIOR SPACE MAKING

(guided by Prashant Pradhan | Bharath P) Studio 9 | Monsoon 2021

PLAYSCAPE

CROSS-PROGRAMMING

(guided by Aparajita Basu) Studio 10 Spring 2022

BIOPOP

BEYOND DETAIL

(guided by Naandi Parikh) Studio 5 | Monsoon 2019

URBAN LOFT

SMALL SPACES FOR BIG LIVES (guided by Errol Reubens | Ratna Shah) Studio 4 | Spring 2019

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PVDRS

PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE (Interior Designer) July-current 2022

MISCELLANEOUS

ACADEMIC & NON- ACADEMIC WORK 2017-2022

MY PERSONAL SPACE

HOME PROJECT (Renovation)

Lockdown 2020

INTERTWINED

CONTEXTUALISING INTERIOR SPACE MAKING

Hospitality Design

(guided by Prashant Pradhan | Bharath P) Studio 9 | Monsoon 2021

Studio focuses on deeper understanding ‘culture’. It has explored the interface between interior architecture and its ‘context’ in hospitality design. Hospitality design that references the local context has always existed but, a new genre was created when architects like Geoffrey Bawa and Kerry Hill designed hotels in Sri Lanka and South East Asia. The endeavor of this studio will be to ask how can architecture help make a visit memorable?

Surrounded by tea gardens and the Himalayan range resort is located nearby a river flowing through it. The complex is designed as fragmented blocks, with blocks of landscape and waterbody weaved through it incorporating the context into the site. Multiple courtyards were resultant of weaving landscape and water body into it. Intention is to provide each and every space their own view and experience that one can remember. Flowing through individual spaces one experiences journey of different elements being woven together.

JOALI - MALDIVES (CASE STUDY)

Located on island of Muravandhoo. In Raa Atoll, North Maldives

The interiors of Joali Resort in Maldives’ Muravandhoo Island offer a limitless and dynamic experience. Designed by Autoban, the resort is a perfect combination of contemporary and luxury highlighting a Maldivian spirit and an island culture. This artistic resort is inspired by Her, the feminine spirit of the brand.

Roof

Roof’s form and construction technique taken from traditional Maldivian shed made by thatched coconut leaves

Accessories

Painting, lamps, plants, books, tv, fan, vases, mirror, bottles, sculptures

Furnishings

Cushions, covers, rug, pillows, curtains, bedding, sofa fabric, pillow covers

Furniture

Bed, Tv cabinet, countertop, chair, table, study table, bathtub, stool, bar table

Finishes

Painted walls, terrazzo flooring, wooden plank flooring, stone

Form

Overall form of villa and outer lounge area deck form

Material culture tracing

Local craftsmen in Maldives are famous for wood craving, lathe & lacquer work. Therefore they incorporated wooden craved partitions within the room giving the local vibe.

The hand-carved wooden panels that separate areas create a visual richness with the unique designs that reference the authentic Maldivian culture.

CONCEPT

Shedding

Textile

Weaving process

Keywords

Picking

Beating-up/battening

Yarns/threads

Weaving

Weft (crosswise)

Interlaced (right angles)

Wrap (lengthwise)

Water body Landscape Functions

Translating concept into site

Weaving Transparency

Interlaced Functions

Courtyards

Flows

Exterior spaces views

Concept artwork

View of villa cluster

VILLA

Interior view of bedroom

Interior view of living

Villa plan

Mood Board

Concept diagram plan

Single cluster concept diagram iso

Multiple cluster concept diagram iso

LOBBY

Interior view of lobby

Sectional perspective of lobby

Lobby plan

Concept diagram

Mood Board

RESTAURANT

Interior view of restaurant

Sectional perspective of restaurant

Restaurant plan

Concept diagram

Mood Board

PLAYSCAPE CROSS-PROGRAMMING Adaptive Reuse

(guided by Aparajita Basu)

Studio 10 | Spring 2022

The project “Playscape” is a children’s play and learn intervention programmed in the Old Stock Exchange building in Mahurat pol in chowk in old city. This building is an old colonial structure with various styles is marked as a heritage building. The building walls have an ornate craving in Dhangadhra stone which has a front porch with craved timber doors, framed by semicircular arches and a s segmented arch in the center. The building currently is in not in use, is severely damaged, and is encroached at the rear end. Interior spaces have an array of issues from chipping to broken windows and unsightly elements lying around. The project has 3 main design intervention.

- Clearing the extensions on east which have be added later to create a public corridor to Queens tomb and to open the east façade to its original form.

- Refurbishing the dilapidated elements in the building skin and roof.

- And the final design, is adding new structural elements in interior to create a playscape keeping intact the building skin.

Elaborating the design, the playscapes are created using steel grid structure which connects different floors of original structure. Each floor plates are made up of wood interspersed with coloured glass. Various activities of play are designed at different floors using interactive games.

The intervention is an insert which opens the building to all floors and connects to the urban street connecting it to local public without touching the building’s fascade to perceive its beauty, grandeur and visual enhancement of its architectural order. The new steel grid structure with wooden floor plates and colored glass allows children to wander, to hear one’s voice and see from across and above. It allows to hop around through different levels of floors with play elements such as nets, slides and swings.

CASE STUDIES & RESEARCH ANALYSIS

UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH LAW FACULTY ZURICH

Engineer and Architect Santiago Calatrava

YEAR 1989 - 2004

ADDRESS Rämistrasse 74

8001 Zürich

IDEA Embedded and hidden insertion of a public interior space Calavatra’s proposal was to combine all 8 different buildings of law faculty into one building (Adaptive reuse project). He did not touched the old building but added a total contrast contemporary element to it.

Impact of the building in terms of social & cultural context

Insertion

Circulation of entry & exist in terms of addition & exiting

Historical style & context

Evolution of changes throughout the timeline from 1909 to 2004

Insertion Parasite

What was the driving force & what was the end result?

Context Approach

Application of technology

sustainbility

Elements coming together with old buildingAdaptive reuse

People Process Technology

Context was driven by people and result was technology solving constraints.

Whereas similarly approach was also driven by people & context and technology was solving constraints occurred during the process.

Ability of building to adapt

Factors that affect the adaptive reuse decision process

Influence on local economy

Orientation of building

Relationship Diagram

People involved during the course of project

Tecnonology involved & its results in process

Primary members

Engineer and Architect Santiago Calatrava

Law Faculty of the University of Zurich

Building Department of the Canton of Zurich

Project manager

René Strehler

Goverment of Zurich

Users eg students, staff

Pre-process

Simulations & testing of light intensity

Resulting into size of glass cupola & less artificial lights (pre-process)

Energy efficiency (less contact with outside surface of courtyard)

Outcome & still retain function of courtyard by introducing glass cupola

User & context requirment Solving constraints of design or site through technology Specific set members

Local community

Expertise in simulations technology

Heritage prevationist

Introduction of thermal lift for air circulation

Rain water collection & filtration

Resulting into ventsUser, site & context requirement

Introduction of anti-dazzle device which does not allow heat to enter but light can

Introduction of heat exchanging system connected to ground sensors

CASE STUDIES - ADAPTIVE REUSE - 1

Project Details:

Name: Former Pobre Diablo Cultural Factory

Designed by: Daniel Moreno Flores, Santiago Vaca Jaramillo

Year of completiosn: 2019

Previous Use: Patrimonial house

History: Initially it was a Moca coffee factory (1950), then a cultural fabric (2000-2017), currently a co-working space, a gallery and a restaurant.

Enclosed by a roof of glass, celebrating and exposing the skeletal structure beneath. Overhead this greenhouse-like assembly is a suspended, secondary roof of corrugated steel — a memory of the historic context.

CASE STUDIES - ADAPTIVE REUSE - 2

Project Details:

Name: Republica Building

Designed by: MSRAA - Martin Schmidt Radic Arquitectos Asociados

Year of completiosn: 2021

Previous Use: Apartment building

History: In 2016 a devastating fire left in ruins an old house of declared Historic Conservation located on the traditional Av. República in the historic center of Santiago.

Atmosphere of contrast between the material quality of the brick, the metallic structure of the vertical and horizontal circulations, and the contemporary concrete.

Roofs were opened up to bring in the light and in a way context trees are not disturbed. Spaces were digged in to create and not disturbing the existing old trees.

Front facade and back wall were preserved from old structure and additional separating walls were created resulting into courtyard.

Main facade, using natural light both from the street and through the new patio, and a second building built in the place of the old garden were resultant of ventilation.

Hanging metal elements were created to make additional spaces.

Designer respected the original structure and added metallic elements to create spaces and strengthen the original structure

Additional 2 levels of underground spaces were created to fulfill the functional program requirement.

Connecting vertical circulation on each level is added in the courtyard to fulfill the functional program requirement.

SITE CONTEXT SITE ANALYSIS

Front Elevation showing site context

Site

Section showing site context

Site Site

Improper placement of stairs blocking entry

Chipped plaster revealing brick wall Jalis blocking ways Hanging clothes blocking vision

Existing site analysis Section AA’

Iso view showing site context

Light through south facade

Light through north openings

Fenestration on north facade

Rani ni Hajiro

Rani ni Hajiro

Manek chowk

Manek chowk

Staircase crown structure

Jack arch support system

Balcony and window section

SITE PLAN

Ground floor plan

floor plan

1. Waiting area and open public space

2. Play interactive area

3. Open public area connecting rani no hajiro & planting observing workshop area

4. Toilet

5. Exhibit area

6. Library, workshop area & classroom area

Second floor plan

Exploring volumes and configurations

Library, classroom & workshop space

Playful interactive space

Public area connecting to intervention

Interior view 1 showing interactive and playful spaces

Interior view 2 showing interactive and playful spaces

Interior view 4 showing interactive and playful spaces

Interior view 3 showing interactive and playful spaces

BIOPOP BEYOND DETAIL

Retail Design

(guided by Naandi Parikh) Studio 5 | Monsoon 2019

The Studio will explore the issue of creating emotionally immersive retail space at every stage in the process and at every scale from the overall design the smallest detail. Particular focus will be given to crafting the immaculate details essential to delivering the quality of retail experience now required.

Biopop is a brand name for the paint of all kinds. It has different uses ranging from painting a wall to artistic purposes. The pigments and dyes are made using natural resources like grass, berries, soil, turmeric and more. Not only it reduces the amount of VOCs in nature but also does not produce chemical waste during its production process compared to contemporary chemical-based paints, which are hazardous to nature.

Retail design for “Biopop” brand has approach such that user experiences store and its product in a seamless way. Primary products are paints which are displayed in the center of every pause point in a circular displayed imagined as color wheel which can pursue through the reflection in the ceiling of part glass above and their color swatches partitions which guides the path. There is a division of space for lounge and to interact with the experts there as per customer’s requirement. Appreciating use of nature colors in art is also being displayed on wall of the lounge area.

Interior view of retail and display

Interior view of retail and display

Exploded assembly detail

Fixture 1 - panels allowing multiple arrangement reflecting availability of product

Fixture 1 - panels allowing multiple arrangement reflecting availability of product

Fixture 2 - panels being pulled out

Exploded view of detail Detail of channel for panel movement

Site - Sun Avenue

One Bhudarpura, Ayojan Nagar, Ahmedabad, Gujarat 380015

Section A

Front elevation

Plan

Interior views

URBAN LOFT

SMALL SPACES FOR BIG LIVES

(guided by Errol Reubens | Ratna Shah) Studio 4 Spring 2019

Urban living spaces are growing increasingly smaller in size especially in the city centres of bigger cities. People reuse terraces, narrow tube houses, and basements of existing buildings, to find living space that is more affordable. The studio is going to look at one of those scenarios, where the Millennials are now reclaiming roof-tops, where, these single room spaces on the topmost floor of existing buildings helps them connect with nature, yet living close to the heart of the city, whilst living far from the crowded streets below.

Urban Loft (studio apartment) is a proposal made as a part of an investigation into the effects of population growth and overcrowding on interior space. The project started with learning modular furniture, pivot box (space-saving furniture) and the importance of staircase in space. The final design began with the idea of metal extensions on rooftops as a part of studio apartment and workspace for millennials. The proposed site is a rooftop of an old Parsi apartment know as Sitaram Sadan located in Marin lines, Mumbai.

MODULAR (WOODEN) FURNITURE - By using various compositions and variations different arrangements of seating are arranged for any space.

STRETCHING THE TIGHT: UNFOLDING IMAGINATIVELY - Taking the pivot box from the previous exercise and placing it on an empty box of 5.5M x 5.5M x 5M which is then perched on a machan. After that, introducing a staircase to the top, in relation with the placement of pivot box and fenestrations

PIVOT BOX - A box of 2.4M x 2.1M has to include living, dining, study, pantry, bed and storage by using different pivot points at various positions. These functions are pulled out and can be packed inside the box. (House in a suitcase)

Plan at 1.5m

Plan at 4m

Process models Views of machaan model

Process sketches

Plan at 1.5m

Configurations

Internal views of model

External views of model

PATEL-VADODARIA DESIGN RESEARCH STUDIO

PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE

(Interior Designer)

July-Current 2022

Patel-Vadodaria design research studio is an awardwinning architecture, interior design and landscape design practice based in Ahmedabad, India, founded by Dr Keyur Vadodaria and Megha Patel-Vadodaria. Their studio works at a variety of scale, ranging from the design of a door handle to buildings and its surroundings.

During 6 months, I have got the opportunity to work on very different scale projects dealing with residential design. Houses for Mehta Brothers is an ongoing project whose architecture, landscape and interior design are in the scope of work for the studio. The design of these two houses for two brothers is based on the idea of celebrating the spirit of a joint family.

Other projects dealt with different furniture for the required private bungalow and apartment. Along with that multiple site visits gave a lot of exposure to learning.

HOUSE FOR MEHTA BROTHERS

Houses for Mehta Brothers is an ongoing project whose architecture, landscape and interior design are in the scope of work for the studio. The design of these two houses for two brothers is based on the idea of celebrating the spirit of a joint family. It is a modern contemporary home with Indian sensibilities. It will be warm and personal, elegant and understated. The scope of work included interior design look and feel presentation with material, scale & volume visualization.

First floor plan

Second floor plan

Ground floor plan

Swimming pool space

Corridor space

Formal living room

Master Bedroom

CHEST DESIGN EXPLORATIONS

Exploring different variations for chest through open cut out for minimal and use of wood and white together in different configurations.

SITE VISIT TO ON GOING PROJECTS

Courtyard

East verandah from dining and kitchen

Kitchen Daughter’s bedroom

FURNITURE DESIGN AS DIFFERENT WALL UNITS

KIDS BED DESIGN

MY PERSONAL SPACE

Lockdown 2020

Client - Bhimbhai Odedra (my father)

The project began with the demolition of the house. Extension work commenced just before the nationwide lockdown. The client wanted a thorough makeover of all of the bathrooms and kitchen with one additional bathroom. Some small requirements were like removing partition walls, extending rooms, new paint scheme and polishing.

I was an integral part of the designing team along with Ar. Aakash Vithalani who made the final decisions and management.

I independently designed as well as executed the remodeling of my own room which is located on the first floor. The design had to be done in a way that is less time consuming, simple and keeping in mind the limited availability of materials in the market.

The base ideology for my room mainly had a few prerequisites such as a wardrobe, garden view face bed and most importantly a workstation with the flexibility of moving the table towards the garden view and a bookshelf cum open storage orthogonally to the table to have a sense of enclosure.

Different colour & materials blending in workstation

Material selection

Facing towards balcony translucency of green and working

Seating & storage

Handle detail Bookshelf orthogonally to desk & chair

Open view towards balcony

Site (before)

Interior overall view facing bed & workstation

Interior overall view facing bed & wardrobe

Laying tiles Furniture in process

MISCELLANEOUS

Different work ranging from academic to non academic all together throughout the course between 2017-2022

LANDSCAPE DESIGN FOR BALCONY OF A PRIVATE BUNGALOW

ILLUSTRATIONS ON GEOFFREY BAWA

Mood board

Tropical modernism with classical srilankan influence

Timline of house no 11 from 1958 - 1969

Section showing bawa’s key apprach towards tropical modernism

Visualisation

RESEARCH WRITING QUESTION & LITERATURE STUDY (SEM 7)

DESIGN MANIFESTO (SEM 7)

EXPLODED DRAWING OF AN INK PEN (SEM 1)

Solarium is a proposal made as part of an investigation into the effects of population growth and overcrowding on interior space.

It is a community library designed to preserve rare physical books in an increasingly digital world. The proposal re-imagines the stepwell typology. (SEM 3)