Folio yogesh karekar 2014

yogesh karekar p o r t f o l i o

356M, Ranade Road, Dadar [W]. Mumbai 400028. e: karekaryogesh@gmail.com

m: +91 9820013558

Graduating with Masters degree in Advanced Architecture from Iaac [Institute of Advanced Architecture of Catalonia] UPC Barcelona, Spain in June 2013. Where I participated in several successful research projects. My keen interest in advanced architecture technologies, theories and material tectonics.

My continued interest with the expression throughout the architecture. I consider myself a creative person who cannot stop imagining how to make any project or concept realise. In 2005 I graduated with Bachelors in Architecture from Rachana Sansad’s Academy of Architecture (University of Mumbai).

Now i have an overall experience of 8 years; where I gained an insight and knowledge in multi-disciplinary design operations.

I have also been in teaching profession so I appreciate that design is a process which comes from series of research and also firm believes in the same.

I am enthusiastic, hardworking and have good communications skills.

These qualities have enabled me to build and maintain good relationships with clients and my fellow workers. I would enjoy the chance to put these skills to work within your firm to ensure that it enjoyed continued success in the future.

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE

2012-2013 IAAC

Research Studio Title: Microbial Ecologies Site: Valldaura, Barcelona Year: Jan.2013- Jun.2013 Team: Fran Castillo

Peter Malag Introductory Studio Title: Affective Street Site: Via Laietana, Barcelona Year: Oct.2012- Dec.2012 Team: Angeliki Terrizaki

Aishwarya Sampat

Shivranjini Kumbar Digital Fabrication Title: Fabrication Classes Site: Iaac,Barcelona Year: Oct.2012- Dec.2012

Microbial Ecologies Germination : Atmospheric Ecologies

Fabrication Protocol

Valldaura Site

Vision

Affective Street Introduction

Site Analysis

History

Proposal

Digital Fabrication Laser Cutter

CNC Milling

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Title: Jain Residence Site: New Delhi, India Year: 2012 Office: Freelance Team: Indraneel Gauri

Title: Golf Vilage Site:Hyderabad, India Year: 2008 Office: Archgroup Team: Manoj Ashish

Title: SPRE Site: Kandivli,Mumbai,India Year: 2012 Office: Freelance Team: Indraneel Gauri HB Design

Title: Kaledonia Site: Andheri,Mumbai,India Year: 2007 Office: PK Das & Assoc.

Team: PK Das Ali Neelima

Title: KCA School Site: Dadar, Mumbai, India Year: Chembur, 2009 Office: SKA Team: Subhash

Title: Competition Site: SPA,Delhi, India Year: 2009 Team: Dibakar Vipul

Title: Octagonal Tower Site: City of Arabia, Dubai Year: 2007 Office: Archgroup Team: Manoj Kunal

Title: Installation Site: Blue Frog,Mumbai,India Year: 2009 Office: Freelance[Studio AV] Team: Amita Vikrant Sirwat

Jain Residence The house project for a family is located in South Extension II, New Delhi (India), in a very tight plot between medians (18.5m with and 40m long).

Its narrow width lead us to dispose elements in a strategical ways, avoiding long corridors. The location of stairs in the middle of the house allows to open a strategic double height void over entrance foyer that illuminates the upper ground lobby and produces an opportunity to place a glass facade and a small balcony in a superior part of facade achieving this way more privacy with street.

Gazebo, Landscape Garden, Bar, Laundry and Services Jacuzzi, Steam, Sauna, Massage Rooms, Gymnasium, Party Hall, Kitchen & Store 2 Bedroom suites, 1 Bedroom, 2 Baby rooms, Family Lounge, Pantry Kitchen & Utility, Informal Dining, Formal Dining, Living Room, Pooja Room, Entrance Foyer, 2 Bedroom, Small Den Entrance, Stilt Parking, Servant’s room & Toilets, Landscaping

Home Theatre, Bar & Party Hall, Piano area, Games Room, Store and Washrooms

terrace level second floor level first floor level upper ground level ground level basement level

Schematic Design Programme

SPRE Chandivali The site situated in chandivali in the middle of transition zone and over looking powai lake within 1km. The project is designed keeping in mind the solar study and the best available views for each apartment as much as possible. The podium have been cut at strategical positions to create the grandeur of an entry and also at the terrace of the podium a beautiful landscape have been created as the city lacks green spaces now.

KCA School The plot is located in Chembur Neighbourhood it is a Primary school for Kerala Catholic Association.The gateway to the school opens directly on to this street, reinforcing it as the central, common space.To minimize energy use, the project is oriented to make the most of its solar exposure – it accepts the sun’s heat in the winter, while the interiors are shaded in the summer. Daylight permeates into all of the classrooms, and natural ventilation plays a big role in the building’s climate control during the warmer months.. Finally a rooftop photovoltaic system provides more than twice as much energy as needed by school.

Octagon Tower The latest in a string of stunning buildings in the city, The Octagon is a 50-storey mixed-use development located within the prestigious City of Arabia, the spectacular 3.83â‚Źbn retail, residential, commercial and entertainment destination lying at the gateway to Dubailand.

Like the iconic Burj Al Arab or the towering Burj Dubai, The Octagon is being billed as a unique feat of Middle Eastern architecture in both its concept and design.

In addition to its attention-grabbing eight sides, it offers 32 levels of commercial and 18 levels of residential space, as well as studio and one-bedroom apartments ranging from 614 to 4,000 sq ft. A number of duplex penthouses are also included in this breathtaking building.

Golf Village A proposed world class championship 18 hole golf course endorsed

by Jeev Milkha Singh coupled with a magnificent gated residential community. Spread across prime gentle landscaped areas, Skytop Golf Village is the epitome of a life with the finest of all.

With a beautiful view of the backwaters of the KRS overlooking the golf greens, Skytop Golf Village is located off the Mysore-Coorg-Mangalore Highway on the proposed 150 ft KR Nagar/Hassan Road.

The amenities provided at Skytop Golf Village meets the needs of any golf loving family with excellent landscaping scenic beauty and soothing water bodies.

The proposed Skytop Golf Village will be developed as a landmark project with technology and know-how to cater to the needs of the modern requirements in commercial space; housing and comfortable living conditions.

Kaledonia This was our first big commercial building project in Mumbai for a builder; and is the saleable component of a slum redevelopment scheme. Therefore it was expected that we design it in the ‘market aesthetics’ of glass and stainless steel, with a striking façade and an impressive entrance.

So, in this extremely restricted site, our design interestingly combines the rectangular rear part of the area with the circular front through a central void or atrium. We open this space up further by making it a literal walkthrough – from the entrance in front, past the central void with the lift lobbies and out from the rear.

The ground and basement floors are for parking, the first floor accommodates the facilities like the restaurants, cafeteria and fast food corners for the people working on the upper floors which are all offices.

It is a stylized structural form where we interplay the solids and voids to create an interestingly ‘massed’ and proportioned building.

Spa Campus Urban Context

Sovereignty of freedom The masterplan proposes the built programs and infrastructure to be integrated into one architectonic system, where a distinct typological adoption for the academic and the housing block maintains the individual sanctity. The typologies maximize the public realm at ground level by interweaving ecological systems and positioning of built mass with free planning systems. The academic block withholds its institutional sovereignty from the programmatic organization and by unifying the individual identities within.

The proposed site for The New SPA Campus imposes the challenge of bridging and integrating the trench with the overall planning. The site also shows good potentials to utilize vegetation at both higher lower planes. The main gradient of water percolation system along with the site gradient sets guidelines for the water supply and drainage systems.

Further the lowest point of the site becomes catchment area for rain water harvesting. The eastern part of the site being at higher altitude and being more close to the main access provides a better opportunity to achieve higher visibility for the academic block.

Strategy Plans

Academic Block

Academic Block

Housing Block

Housing Block

Blue Frog The studio was commissioned to create a sculptural object for the Urban Distortion launch event at the Blue Frog in Mumbai. To create this object we explored the transformation of the club’s two-dimensional graphic logo into a three dimensional sculptural piece.

Crafted with digital technology the sculpture is the result of the tectonic translation of the triangular graphic into a sculptural faceted form. The piece is constructed with a faceted plywood shell topped with blue acrylic facets to minimise cost and weight while retaining a high-spec and durable exterior.

Each of the triangular facets was mapped with a distinct serial and location number so that they can easily assembled together. The structural base is made with plywood shell with triangular facets acting both as stiffening elements as well as shaping the form. The blue acrylic facets were then bonded onto the plywood shell to create a high-quality and lightweight jewel like blue frog.

yogesh subhash karekar

356M, Ranade Road, Dadar West. Mumbai (India) - + 91 98200 13558 - karekaryogesh@gmail.com

Education Oct.2012- Jun.2013 Masters in Advanced Architecture - Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia, [iaac.net] Aug.1999- Jun.2005 Bachelors in Architecture - Academy of Architecture

Work Experience Sep.2014-Till Date Jan.2012- Sep.2012 Jan.2009- Dec.2011 Nov.2007- Nov.2008 Oct.2005- Oct.2007

Malik Architecture, Mumbai(malikarchitecture.com) DSP Design Pvt Ltd, Mumbai(dspdesign.co.in) Subhash Karekar Architects, Mumbai (skarchitects.co.in) Archgroup, Dubai (archgroupintl.com) P K Das & Associates, Mumbai (pkdas.com)

Competition Apr.2009- May 2009 School of Planning & Architecture, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi

Installation Aug.2009

Blue Frog, Event Urban Distortion, Mumbai

May2013-Till date

Green Dictionary collabration with iaac as researcher (sequel of Metapolis )

Theory

Technical Skills Cad Applications

Autodesk Autocad, Autodesk Revit Architecture, Rhinoceros 5.0, Grasshopper 0.9x, SketchUp. Autodesk Ecotect 2011.

Image Editing

Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Corel Draw, Autodesk Impression

Word Processing

Adobe InDesign, Microsoft Word, Excel, Powerpoint

Movie Editing

Adobe Premiere , Adobe After Effects

Interests Photography, Sketching, Travelling