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Niva Shah

Niva Shah

New York, NY, US

 
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Employment 

Talati & Partners LLP, Mumbai, IN, Intern Architect

• Assisted Principal Architect in creating designs for a wide range of project typologies; residential, mixed-use, commercial, vacation homes, and redevelopment projects. • Coordinated with vendors, laborers, onsite engineers, etc., and visited the site to ensure correct execution of the project • Collaborated with larger teams of fellow interior designers, lighting designers, consultants, and architects to ensure a holistic approach to the project. • Presented to potential developer partners as well as attended client meetings to understand project requirements. • Intensive 3D modeling and renderings well as drawing development for projects.

Feb 2022 - Jun 2022
 

Reflections by Sejal, Mumbai, IN, Intern Architect

• Assisted Principal Interior Designer in curating designs for interior spaces ranging from offices to homes to villa renovations. • Involved in a range of tasks from the selection of materials, comparing vendor prices, creating bills, assembling samples, curating mood boards, etc. for clients. • Creating 3d visualizations for client approval and attending client meetings to get feedback and coordination with clients for the selection of furniture, materials, etc. • Coordinated with workers & vendors and instructed on-site operations to match the brief.

Aug 2021 - Jan 2022
 

Education 

Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY, US, Masters, Masters of Science in Urban Design

A 1-year post professional degree that specialised in the urban design domain alongside designing futuristic design solutions for contemporary cities and problems we face today.

Jul 2022 - Aug 2023
 

SVKM’s NMIMS Balwant Sheth School of Architecture (BSSA), Mumbai, IN, BArch, Bachelors in Architecture

A 5 year bachelor's degree that focused on Architectural design along with the domains of Urban Design, Landscape Design, Interior Design as well as Parametric design + coding and software knowledge. It also involved a lot of exhibitions and publications with extra curricular competitions.

Jul 2017 - Jun 2022
 

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