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Abhishek Thakkar

Abhishek Thakkar

Brooklyn, NY, US

 
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About 

Recently graduate from the Pratt Institute School of Architecture with a B.Arch and Research Assistant at Graftworks LLC

Employment 

Graftworks LLC, Brooklyn, NY, US, Research Assistant

Research Assistant for ongoing research into Building-integrated Solar technology, under Professors Lawrence Blough and Simone Giostra

-Using radiation analysis and texture maps of student-developed urban schemes to prepare multicolored 3D prints
-creating studio-wide representational templates for documentation
-curating studio-wide documentation of solar analyses

Jul 2020 - Dec 2020
 

Adam Elstein Studio, Brooklyn, NY, US, Visualization Intern

Intern at Adam Elstein Studio and Teaching Assistant for Professor Elstein’s Advanced Architectural Imaging seminar at Pratt Institute School of Architecture

-Assisting students with their architectural visualization projects
-Demonstrating rendering workflows for students of the AAI seminar via zoom tutorials.
-Curating 3D assets for CGI rendering

Mar 2020 - Aug 2020
 

Pratt Institute Center for Experimental Structures, Brooklyn, NY, US, Research Assistant

Research assistant for a Robotics project at CES Morphology for Haresh Lalvani and Che-Wei Wang

-Designing, fabricating, and strength testing custom actuated structures
-Testing built structures with a custom screen-based control interface

Aug 2018 - May 2020
 

Graftworks LLC, Brooklyn, NY, US, IDC Research Assistant

Research Assistant for the Domestic Mutations in the Age of the Sharing Paradigm Project and Exhibition

-Drawing perspective drawings of designed schemes
-Color correcting and line-weighting of final drawings for printing
-3D modeling façade details in rhino and rendering in V-Ray
-Printing and preparation of final drawings for the exhibition at Pratt Institute

Sep 2019 - Mar 2020
 

Pratt Institute School of Architecture, Brooklyn, NY, US, Teaching Assistant

Teaching Assistant for Professor Leonard Leung’s 301 Comprehensive Design studio at Pratt Institute

-Assisting third-year students with their studio projects

Aug 2019 - Dec 2019
 

HCP Design, Planning and Management Pvt. Ltd., Ahmedabad, IN, Architectural Intern

Architectural Intern working under Bobby Desai and Bimal Patel

-Graphically enhancing architectural drawings for upcoming “selected projects” publications
-Working on diagrams and rendered time-lapses of designs

Jun 2019 - Aug 2019
 

Pratt Institute Architectural Fabrication Facilities, Brooklyn, NY, US, Fabrication Technician

Fabrication technician at Pratt Institute’s PI-FAB shops (Laser/Wood) shops
-Assisting students at the school of architecture with fabricating models

May 2018 - May 2019
 

e+i studio, LLC, New York, NY, US, Architectural Intern

Architectural Intern for Eva Perez de Vega

-Drawing Urban scale Site Plans
-Graphical editing for a Chinatown street mural Proposal
-3D modeling in Rhino and creating rendered mock-ups
-Model-making

May 2018 - Jun 2018
 

Studio Mumbai Architects, Mumbai, IN, Architectural Intern

-Graphical editing for the 2017 Chicago Architecture Biennale Exhibit: “Prima Materia”
-Furniture Making for collaboration with MANIERA: “The Brick Chair for Maniera”

May 2017 - Jul 2017
 

Education 

Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY, US, BArch, Architecture

The School of Architecture educates future leaders in design, planning, and management disciplines by offering undergraduate and graduate degrees in the professional fields of architecture, urban design, city and regional planning, construction and facilities management, environmental management, urban placemaking, historic preservation, and real estate.

Aug 2016 - current
 

Jamnabai Narsee School, Mumbai, IN, High School, International Baccalaureate Diploma Program

Jun 2014 - May 2016
 

Awards 

Archived Studio Project, Other

Design 302 Project for a Boathouse proposal for Columbia University

Collaboration with Peiye Yang for Professor Leonard Leung

2019
 

Michael Hollander Drawing and Excellence Award, Nomination

Nominated by professors for Studio Representational Drawings

2019
 

Michael Hollander Drawing and Excellence Award, Nomination

Nominated by professors for Studio Representational Drawings

2018
 

Archived Studio Project, Other

Design 301 Project for a Dormitory proposal in DUMBO, Brooklyn

Professor Leonard Leung

2018
 

Michael Hollander Drawing and Excellence Award, Nomination

Nominated by professors for Studio Representational Drawings

2017
 

Archived Studio Project, Other

Design 201 Project for a proposed Kindergarten in Staten Island, NY

Professor Eva Perez de Vega

2017
 

Archived Representation Project, Other

Analytical and Representational drawing compilation for visual studies class (Representation II)

Professor Robert Bracket III

2017
 

Areas of Specialization 

Skills