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Niva Shah

Niva Shah

New York, NY, US

 
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Metropolitan Urban Design Workshop, New York, NY, US, Urban Designer

Assisted principal designer in designing as well as managing urban grade projects in New York State and New York City funded projects such as NYS DOS Downtown Revitalization Initiative (DRI), New York Forward (NYF) Projects and NYS DOS Brownfield Opportunity Area (BOA) Program
Visual communications and public workshop design support on various projects involving direct communication and co-ordination with elected officials, city and state representatives as well as community groups and residents.

Oct 2023 - current
 

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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