Vijeet Shah | SPA Delhi | Architecture Portfolio | 2019-22

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PORTFOLIO

S chool of P lanning and A rchitecture New D elhi

VIJEET SHAH

VIJEET SHAH

He/Him

Student

School of Planning and Architecture Delhi SPA Delhi

A curious student of life who likes to explore, create and A believer in creating a positive impact on society and the environment by virtue of design, management and teamwork.

E-mail : shah.vijeet.design@gmail.com

Linkedin : vijeet-shah-design

WORK EXPERIENCE

A Plus Design Associates

Internship

Worked on Design and development of Houses, High rise apartments, Retail malls, Factory layouts. Working drawings and 3d visualization for multiple projects

EDUCATION

Pursuing Bachelor of Architecture

4th year

School of Planning and architecture Delhi

Rank 5 in a batch of 120 students

CGPA : 8.64

India Canada Research Studio Collaborative (ongoing)

School of Planning and architecture Delhi, Laurentian University Ontario

Summer Semester joint design exercise

XII grade CBSE : 96.2% Gold Medalist

Delhi Public School, Noida

German Course in Hanover, Germany Sponsered

Goethe-Institut

WORKSHOPS & COURSES

India Canada Research Studio

Laurentian University Ontario

Summer Semester joint design exercise

Regenerative processes

Ar. Gaurav Shorey, Ms. Shamita Chaudhary

Urban Landscape Architecture

Elective

Designing with Bamboo

Elective

RESEARCH

Urban Biodiversity regeneration

Seminar 2022

Guide : Ar. Soumya Uttam

Analysing the effects of colour in Public Spaces

Guide : Thomas Pegu

Studying the use of Cob as a sustainable Passive Building material

Guide : Prof. Bandana Jha

ACHIEVEMENTS

2021 - 22

Co-ordinator - SPAkriti Installation Society

Managed the designing and creation of various installations and interactive sculptures at SPA Delhi. Position held for 1 year.

Top 10 - HUDCO Trophy

NASA India

Low cost Housing in Bamboo

Runner up - Rethinking Prisons

Arch8 competition

Volunteer - NASA India Annual Convention

Part of managing team in convention 2020 at Bangalore, India

Shortlisted - ANDC Trophy

NASA India

Gold Medal - XII Grade

DPS Noida

For being a scholar for 7 consecutive years

German Workshop in Germany

Goethe-Institut

Selected by school to attend

SKILLS

Team Management

- NASA Convention - SPAkriti society Head

Creative Thinking, Conflict Resolution, Time Management

Autodesk Autocad

Autodesk Revit

Adobe Photoshop

Adobe Illustrator

Sketchup 3D

Rhino 3D

Lumion Rendering

Ladybug analysis

Microsoft Office

English

Hindi

German

HUNAR CRAFT CENTRE

CULTURAL ARCHITECTURE

Location: Delhi, India

Semester 4

Guides: Prof. Jatinder Kaur, Ar. Suparna Ghosh

Site area 12700 m2

Floor area 4730 m2

Located at the Heart of Delhi, Hunar Craft centre aims at reviving dying crafts in India by teaching and propagation. Deriving its design from the mughal architecture of Delhi, the centre is a catalyst for public activities and for practicing unique crafts in Workshops and exhibits.

A museum for these dying crafts, a cafeteria, the worshop spaces are planned along the lines of Old Delhi, with numerous courts and paths connecting them.

Reminiscent of its glory in the Mughal Era, Shahjahanabad stands today decaying and 'modernized'. This design aims at portraying what the streets and chowks of Shahjahanabad once were, learning from planning and techniques of vernacular sustainability.

By analysing tombs, gardens and city planning a deep understanding is developed to create a series of open, semi open and closed spaces that impart climatic and visual appeal

Shahjahanabad City Plan ca. 1800 AD

ANALYSIS OF HISTORIC DESIGN

Circulation

Two orthogonal, Decentralized paths to have larger open spaces

Taj Mahal

Open - Close

Shifting Focal built mass to corner

Taj Mahal

Humayun Tomb

Humayun Tomb

Akshardham

Akshardham

Applied Applied

Understanding street and building scale for a small area, for the quality of sunlight received, public activities and different spaces - verandahs, jharokhas etc. - and planning clusters accordingly in the craft centre.

FORM DEVELOPMENT

Learnings from historic design were applied along with other concepts/strategies to arrive at the final form and campus planning.

Axes

from history learnings

Playing with levels and voids to evolve into a dynamic space

Water axis Green axis

Creating a landscaped Charbagh mughal garden

derived

Placing forms around the central court

- A vault roof decreases solar gain in Summer and increases it in Winter.

MUTUAL SHADING - No external shading device required as buildings shade each other

EVAPORATIVE COOLINGWater bodies placed near buildings cool down the interiors as well as open

Passive cooling techniques were applied to the built and open spaces,

CENTRE FOR EXCELLENCE

STARTUP HUB, EXPOSITION CENTRE

Location: Hyderabad, India

Semester 5

Guides: Prof. Sugga, Ar. Amardeep

Total area

14400 m2

Coworking & learning 6600 m2

Entertainment area 7800 m2

Part of a competition held by the Telangana government, the Centre for Excellence aims at developing an Ideation and Creative hub for the city of Hyderabad. The design, based on concepts of sustainability and activity centric design, takes nature and people to mutually exist in a series of inspiring spaces.

1. Rajendrnagar Road

2. Kismatpur Road

3. Musi River

4. temple

5. Water Institite

LEVELS FOR ACTIVITY

The Site has a downhill profile with a maximum level difference of 20m across. Utilizing the natural terrain of the site, and analysing slopes and water flow, levels were created, each activated publically by a function or space spilling into it

The idea was to create one continuous form broken into fragments for easier circulation and better response to the Terrain

One continuous form with Courts between

Large court near Exposition and Auditorium to accomodate quantum of people

Fragmenting for circulation and mutual shading

Terraces, greens and water bodies for enhanced experience and sustainability

LANDSCAPED TERRACES

Using natural contours to create levels, and leaving existing vegetation undisturbed.

MUTUAL SHADING

Applying the vernacular concept to create shaded, usable open spaces for the people.

BRINGING OUTDOORS CLOSER

Having no physical barrier for landscaping in breakout spaces around the incubation and Exposition.

WATER CATCHMENT

Contours were analysed to place catchment ponds, thus preventing runoff and flooding from rainwater.

Vehicular circulation is kept minimum at ground level. The Dropoff for exposition and Auditorium is created at the Basement level, connected above by stairs and lifts.

This creates a sunken court, hiding the parking by trees and landscape.

Exhibition Gallery

SECTION AA'

SECTION BB'

Basement Parking

Basement Drop-off

Amphitheatre

Cafeteria

Expo Entry Court

Exposition space

Incubation Spill-out

SUNKEN DROP-OFF

Incubation Hub

Incubation Spill-out Catchment pool

Sports facilities

CAFETERIA TERRACE

The positioning of the cafeteria places it in the middle of the site, easily accessible from the Exposition as well as the incubation hub.

The exhibition galleries on level one of the expo look out into the landscape terraces, connected throught the cafe.

Skybridge from incubation to Library

Green Break-out spaces

Location: Gurgaon, India

Semester 6

Guides: Prof. Sugga, Ar. Amardeep

Total area 30340 m2

Commercial area 21600 m2

Residential area 8740 m2

Situated at the transit-oriented Development Zone of a major commercial hub in Gurgaon, India, this project aimes to create an interactive public and commerce centric design integrating both concepts in a series of plazas and voids with vibrant atmospheres. A sense of playfulness is brought through with levels, seating and stairs and greens.

Retail spaces, historically, were the focal point in a city, hubs of public activity and celebrations. Modernism commercialized these hubs and constricted public along one predefined path doing only one activitywalk.

This design aims to bring back the relationship of retail and public through mixed use zoning and rethinking retail circulation.

Creating connections and Retail zones for easy access and viewability of shops

Generating interest though paths to make circulation energetic and shaping blocks accordingly

Stacking volumes in 3d such to create terraces and open break out spaces

Creating public spaces and walks on each floor

Placing the high rise to the West to reduce heat gain at lower floors

Narrow floor plates to have ample daylight penetration and orienting North-South for glare-free Sunlight

Defining Office and Residential with Common Terrace for recreation

Wrapping a second porous skin on 3 sides passively reducing heat gain. North has no Sun or heat gain and thus is kept clear

Designing for vertical Connections and interaction with seamless Plazas between floors at Retail and offices

RESIDENCES

TERRACE

OFFICE SPILLOUTS

Adding a third dimension to planar spillout spaces in the offices

OFFICES

THIRD FLOOR

FOOD COURT,PUBLIC SPACE

SECOND FLOOR

RETAIL

FIRST FLOOR

RETAIL

GROUND FLOOR

RETAIL, PUBLIC SPACE

BASEMENTS

SUPERMARKET, PARKING

FOOD COURT TERRACE

Making the Food Court seating interactive by adding steps, also serving as an amphitheatre

PUBLIC PLAZA AT GROUND

Greens, vibrant colours, seating and the presence of people make the ground floor the most happening space

1. Vehicular Entry

2. Pedestrian Entry

3. Vehicular Exit

4. Vehicular Ramps

5. Main Road

6. Internal Road

PLANTER COURSE

LANDSCAPE STEPS

GREEN FACADE

STEEL WIRE MESH

M.S. BOX SECTION FRAME

75 X 150MM

SEATING ALONG PLANTER

COMPOSITE BEAM 450 X 450MM I GIRDER IN RCC

COMPOSITE SLAB

FALSE CEILING

LANDSCAPING

SUNKEN SLAB

Based on the surroundings and context, the user groups were first identified as - single occupant, couple, small family/high income couple. Accordingly 3 residential units were designed to meet the lifestyle and needs of the users.

DAYLIGHTING ANALYSIS

It was found that the East and West directions have direct sunlight penetration and would impact the climatic comfort of occupants. South too has some degree of heating from direct radiation.

Having a skin on the South, East and West reduces the heat gain drastically, passively cooling the spaces inside. North remains open as there is no direct heat gain from there.

Family unit base floor

Exploded Isometric conceptual massing Typical Floor plan 2

Typical Floor plan 1

POLYCHROMA BUS STOP

PUBLIC TRANSIT NODE

Location: India

Semester 5

Guides: Prof. Sugga, Ar. Amardeep

The brief was to rethink the purpose and functionality of a bus stop and create a versatile unit that can be used as a model for new age transit nodes anywhere.

Basing the plan on circulation of passengers and integrating e-bike stands as last mile connection, the bus stop is designed to look minimal and feel light and airy, not disturbing any of its surroundings. It also understands human psychology and colour response in creating a space open for all, providing the city a micro-space for people to use and enjoy.

ARRIVAL DEPARTURE

MOVEMENT PATTERN

Creating an experience based on movement pattern arrival,departure, e-bike.

ROOF

CREATING SPACES

Converging arrival space, quiet enclosed seating

ARTICULATION

E-bikes on the left, ATM/ small kiosk and adding greens to act as a catalyst for public activity

COLOUR PSYCHOLOGY

Arrival - warm, exciting, Departure - cool, calming, E-bike stand - energetic

The Form of the roof stands out as the defining feature. Minimal, Functional. The form opens up to the South to let in Sun in winters and block it out in Summers.

SECTION A

RAINWATER HARVESTING & PASSIVE COOLING

The roof is double layered at certain places creating a void between 2 layers. This void is used for overhead storage for water harvesting , as well as contributing to the passive cooling

The void blocks radiation heat and the presence of water would cool down the microclimate.

SECTION B

SOLAR ENERGY

As most parts of India receive sufficient Sun hours, required for solar energy generation, photovoltaic cells can be installed. These can be place over the roof tanks, thus reducing evaporative losses or heating.

Analysing area and requirements of the bus stop, 10 panels of 2.5 sq.m. each shall be installed.

Section BB’

E-bike Stand Arrival Court

Departure court

seating

INTERNSHIP

A PLUS DESIGN ASSOCIATES, NOIDA

MAY 2021 - AUGUST 2021

Architect: Ar. Kailash Aggarwal

Designed residences, manufacturing units, Retail spaces, apartment units and more as part of training. Developed skills of communication with team-mates and clients, developed understanding of site works, management and working drawings

EXPERIENCE

• Teamwork and individual work on various projects

• Worked directly under Principal Architect

• Involved in client meetings and presentations

• Prepared Working drawings and Submission drawings

• Designed a Bungalow from preplanning till construction and interiors.

PROJECTS WORKED ON

• Individual Residences

• High-Rise Apartments

• Row housing

• Commercial malls

• Factories and Warehouses

• Interior Designing

• Drafting on AutoCAD

• 3D modelling and rendering

INDIVIDUAL HOUSING

RESIDENTIAL FLOOR PLAN

MISCELLANEOUS

MEASURED DRAWINGMeasuring and documenting Historic Chhatris at Bada Bagh, Jaisalmer. Created Hand drafts and AUTOCAD drawings of Chhatris. Rendered using Pencil Colours.

ELEVATIONS

ABSTRACT RENDERING - COMPETITION ENTRY

Honourable Mention

MIND MAPPING

Using Mind Maps to analyse a given situation and space to develop a deeper understanding. This is then used to conceptualize design ideas.

Town Hall

The main Chowk of the city

Chowk

Central open space in a neighbourhood or haveli

Located at the centre of a bustling market, it stands as a unifying element.

Mohalla

A closely knit neighbouhood that has maximum interaction between residents.

Gali

Streets that mutual shade the public space below for activity all day.

Festivals and public gatherings in the city take place at this node.

Red Fort

Jama Masjid

Chaukhat

Understanding development in Ahmedabad using a timeline and analysing the vernacular elements of the city.

AHMEDABAD - HUDCO DESIGN TROPHY