Vinit Dharia
︎ Practice
︎︎︎ 12 April 2021 – present
Architect
Jourdan & Muller Steinhauser PAS Architekten Gmbh, Frankfurt, Germany.
Design, representation, planning, management, implementation of Cultural projects. Phase 1 to 9.
︎︎︎ 1 Jun 2017 – 31 Apr 2018
Research and Teaching Assistant
School of Environment and Architecture, Mumbai, India.
Research on ‘South Asian Architecture and Urbanism’ & Teaching assistance for modules: ‘History, Theory and Methods’, ‘Architecture Design’ and ‘Architectural Drawing and representation’.
︎︎︎ 15 Nov 2016 – 28 May 2017
Internship in Curatorial practice
Clark house Initiative, Mumbai, India.
Art Practice and Project assistantship to artists in residence and in curation.
︎︎︎ 1 Nov 2016 – 28 Feb 2017
Project Architect
Kamla Raheja Vidyanidhi Institute of Architecture (KRVIA), Mumbai, India.
‘Mapping Mumbai in the times of Ambedkar’: Intensive research project by ‘Columbia Global Centre, Mumbai’
︎︎︎ 1 Jul 2016 – 31 Oct 2016
Junior Architect
Studio Eight Twenty Three, Mumbai, India.
Architecture practice: Design, Detail, on site work and management and architecture competitions. Assistance to co-founder Samir Raut in building 3 Pavilions at SEA Mumbai, Goethe Institute Delhi, and Jawahar Kala Kendra Jaipur.
︎︎︎ 1 Sep 2015 – 15 Jan 2016
Trainee Architect
The Bricolage Collaborative, Mumbai, India.
Interior design and 3d modelling and graphics for a virtual reality application.
︎ Education
︎︎︎ 15 Oct 2018 – 14 Nov 2020
Master of Arts i
Städelschule Architecture Class (SAC), Frankfurt, Germany.
2 year master programme (2018 - 2020), specialising in ‘Architecture & Aesthetic Practice’
(Awardee of DAAD Scholarship for Masters of Architecture, 2018-2020)
︎︎︎ 2 Aug 2016 – 10 Mar 2017
Art, Theory and Criticism (1 year Diploma certificate course)
Jnanapravaha, Mumbai, India.
︎︎︎ 23 May 2016 – 18 Jun 2016
Film Appreciation Course (FAC)
Film and Television Institute of India (FTII), Pune, India.
︎︎︎ 1 Aug 2011 – 28 Jun 2016
Bachelor of Architecture (B.Arch)
Academy of Architecture, Mumbai University.
︎ Exhibitions
- Frankfurter Kunst Vertrieb - Group Exhibition (2021)
- If a Traveller: Imaged Horticulture - Rundgang Group Exhibition, Städelschule. (2020)
- Narcissism & Social interaction - Group Exhibition show at Clark House Initiative, Mumbai (2018)
- Bombay Black - Group Exhibition show at Jehangir art gallery, Mumbai.(2018)
- Seoull Architecture Biennalle. (Assistantship to Studio Bard) (2018)
- Death of Architecture.(Assistantship to Studio Bard)(2018)
- When is Space?an Exhibition on Contemporary Architecture in India (2018)
- What Time Is It? Technologies of Life in the Contemporary - Sarai-CSDS, Delhi and Goethe-Institut/Max Mueller Bhavan, New Delhi (2017)
︎ Workshops
- Disruption: Eight Movements - BICAR, Mumbai (2023)
- Eastern Abstraction in Modern Art - BICAR, Mumbai (2023)
- Ghosting the Machine - Shared Ecologies (2023)
- Architecture Theory - Mark Wigley and Beatriz Colomina, SAC, (2019)
- Laboratorio of Perfedity and Sensuality - Sebastian Stohrer and Stefan Wieland SAC, (2018)
- Objects, Groups, Couplings - Daniel Norell, SAC (2018)
- Comics and Urban Imaginations, by Lawrence Liang at SEA. (2016)
- Draft Conference at Studio X, Mumbai. (2015)
- URBZ - Handstorm workshop in Shivaji Nagar Neighbourhood, Mumbai.(2014)
- Auroville - Hands on Construction & Sustainability and Ferro cement workshops.(2014)
- Aga khan - Design for density at Studio X, Mumbai.(2014)
- Umbillical Connection Workshop, Design Jatra Initiative, Dahanu.(2011)
︎ Awards and Publications
- AIV Master Thesis Prize - Nominated(2020)
- Awarded DAAD Scholarship (Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst) for 2 year Masters in Architecture.(2018)
- Undergraduate Thesis selected for Kurula Varkey Design Forum, CEPT, Ahmedabad.(2016)
- Shortlisted for NIASA - National awards for excellence in UG Architectural Thesis.(2016)
- First in Thesis, Final year B.Arch (2016)
- Overall Second in class, Final year B.Arch(2016)
- Unit Secretary, representing college at NASA (National Association of Students of Architecure, India). (2015)
- Award for Academic excellence, Third year B.Arch.(2014)
- Design project published in Magazine ‘Evergreen Rachana’ (2012)
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︎ Practice
︎︎︎ 12 April 2021 – present
︎︎︎ 1 Jun 2017 – 31 Apr 2018
︎︎︎ 15 Nov 2016 – 28 May 2017
︎︎︎ 1 Nov 2016 – 28 Feb 2017
︎︎︎ 1 Jul 2016 – 31 Oct 2016
︎︎︎ 1 Sep 2015 – 15 Jan 2016
︎ Education
︎︎︎ 15 Oct 2018 – 14 Nov 2020
︎︎︎ 2 Aug 2016 – 10 Mar 2017
︎︎︎ 23 May 2016 – 18 Jun 2016
︎︎︎ 1 Aug 2011 – 28 Jun 2016
︎ Exhibitions
︎ Workshops
︎ Awards and Publications
︎︎︎ 12 April 2021 – present
Architect
Jourdan & Muller Steinhauser PAS Architekten Gmbh, Frankfurt, Germany.
Design, representation, planning, management, implementation of Cultural projects. Phase 1 to 9.
︎︎︎ 1 Jun 2017 – 31 Apr 2018
Research and Teaching Assistant
School of Environment and Architecture, Mumbai, India.
Research on ‘South Asian Architecture and Urbanism’ & Teaching assistance for modules: ‘History, Theory and Methods’, ‘Architecture Design’ and ‘Architectural Drawing and representation’.
︎︎︎ 15 Nov 2016 – 28 May 2017
Internship in Curatorial practice
Clark house Initiative, Mumbai, India.
Art Practice and Project assistantship to artists in residence and in curation.
︎︎︎ 1 Nov 2016 – 28 Feb 2017
Project Architect
Kamla Raheja Vidyanidhi Institute of Architecture (KRVIA), Mumbai, India.
‘Mapping Mumbai in the times of Ambedkar’: Intensive research project by ‘Columbia Global Centre, Mumbai’
︎︎︎ 1 Jul 2016 – 31 Oct 2016
Junior Architect
Studio Eight Twenty Three, Mumbai, India.
Architecture practice: Design, Detail, on site work and management and architecture competitions. Assistance to co-founder Samir Raut in building 3 Pavilions at SEA Mumbai, Goethe Institute Delhi, and Jawahar Kala Kendra Jaipur.
︎︎︎ 1 Sep 2015 – 15 Jan 2016
Trainee Architect
The Bricolage Collaborative, Mumbai, India.
Interior design and 3d modelling and graphics for a virtual reality application.
︎ Education
︎︎︎ 15 Oct 2018 – 14 Nov 2020
Master of Arts in Architecture (M.A.Arch)
Städelschule Architecture Class (SAC), Frankfurt, Germany.
2 year master programme (2018 - 2020), specialising in ‘Architecture & Aesthetic Practice’
(Awardee of DAAD Scholarship for Masters of Architecture, 2018-2020)
︎︎︎ 2 Aug 2016 – 10 Mar 2017
Aesthetics, Criticism and Theory (1 year Diploma certificate course)
Jnanapravaha, Mumbai, India.
︎︎︎ 23 May 2016 – 18 Jun 2016
Film Appreciation Course (FAC)
Film and Television Institute of India (FTII), Pune, India.
︎︎︎ 1 Aug 2011 – 28 Jun 2016
Bachelor of Architecture (B.Arch)
Academy of Architecture, Mumbai University.
︎ Exhibitions
- Kinetechos, Morphrame Digital Art Gallery, Wrong Biennale (2023)
- Frankfurter Kunst Vertrieb - Group Exhibition (2021)
- If a Traveller: Imaged Horticulture - Rundgang Group Exhibition, Städelschule. (2020)
- Narcissism & Social interaction - Group Exhibition show at Clark House Initiative, Mumbai (2018)
- Bombay Black - Group Exhibition show at Jehangir art gallery, Mumbai. (2018)
- Seoull Architecture Biennalle. (Assistantship to Studio Bard) (2018)
- Death of Architecture. (Assistantship to Studio Bard) (2018)
- When is Space? an Exhibition on Contemporary Architecture in India (2018)
- What Time Is It? Technologies of Life in the Contemporary - Sarai-CSDS, Delhi and Goethe-Institut/Max Mueller Bhavan, New Delhi (2017)
︎ Workshops
- Disruption: Eight Movements - BICAR, Mumbai (2023)
- Eastern Abstraction in Modern Art - BICAR, Mumbai (2023)
- Ghosting the Machine - Shared Ecologies (2023)
- Architecture Theory - Mark Wigley and Beatriz Colomina, SAC, (2019)
- Laboratorio of Perfedity and Sensuality - Sebastian Stohrer and Stefan Wieland SAC, (2018)
- Objects, Groups, Couplings - Daniel Norell, SAC (2018)
- Comics and Urban Imaginations, by Lawrence Liang at SEA. (2016)
- Draft Conference at Studio X, Mumbai. (2015)
- URBZ - Handstorm workshop in Shivaji Nagar Neighbourhood, Mumbai.(2014)
- Auroville - Hands on Construction & Sustainability and Ferro cement workshops.(2014)
- Aga khan - Design for density at Studio X, Mumbai.(2014)
- Umbillical Connection Workshop, Design Jatra Initiative, Dahanu.(2011)
︎ Awards and Publications
- AIV Master Thesis Prize - Nominated (2020)
- Awarded DAAD Scholarship (Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst) for 2 year Masters in Architecture. (2018)
- Undergraduate Thesis selected for Kurula Varkey Design Forum, CEPT, Ahmedabad. (2016)
- Shortlisted for NIASA - National awards for excellence in UG Architectural Thesis. (2016)
- First in Thesis, Final year B.Arch (2016)
- Overall Second in class, Final year B.Arch (2016)
- Unit Secretary, representing college at NASA (National Association of Students of Architecure, India). (2015)
- Award for Academic excellence, Third year B.Arch. (2014)
- Design project published in Magazine ‘Evergreen Rachana’ (2012)
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