Zoya Aftab
Urban Planner
Bengaluru,KA
Summary
Zoya Aftab is an Architect/ Urban Planner with over 3 years of professional experience within various cohorts of Architecture, Land use Planning, Urban Development, Framework Planning, Mapping and analysing Real Time Data. Apart from working on town planning schemes and city development plans within India, she has also worked on CMP stage of Soudah Master Planning, KSA; Design competition - Al Wajh Airport, KSA; DMP stage of Diriya Gate 1, KSA; and currently working on various tasks like capturing Deviations, developing Priority Action Areas, etc. in AlUla Central and South Masterplan, KSA with AtkinsRealis. She believes she has skills to analyse social issues in the developing world and accordingly put forward the sustainable measures to determine how each will affect and impact the city and its future.
Overview
5
5
years of professional experience
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4
Certifications
2
2
Languages
Work History
Assistant Urban Planner
AtkinsRéalis
01.2023 - Current
- January 2023-April 2023 - Soudah Master Planning, KSA Key role involved at CMP Stage of the project
- Involvement lies within preparing various villas, glamping, camping, chalets, and mansions typology
- Preparing various maps (Phasing, Mobility, Security, etc) for all the districts, Producing site sections for better understanding of the topography of site
- May 2023 - Design Competition: Al Wajh Airport, KSA To design landscape to enhance and rejuvenate the natural landscape surrounding the existing and new terminal
- Developing various themed (Coast Line and Local Town Heritage) Landscape and Public Realm vision for the airport terminal
- The overarching strategy is to concentrate the more designed lush landscape experience closer to the airport terminal and the mosque
- Beyond this the landscape fabric gradually reduces to sparser density, around further pathways and near streams; with the site edges diminishing into minimal landscape merging completely in the terrain
- June 2023-December 2023 - Diriya Gate 1-DMP, KSA Key role involved in DMP Stage of the project
- Developing Site and Plot Sections to understand site topography
- Preparing various Public Realm Maps, Heritage and Conservation Maps, Environment sensitive maps, Landuse Distribution, Service Strategy, Facilities, Emergency Service Plan, Transportation and Access Control, Infrastructure Maps, Plot Distribution Maps, etc
- Worked on 3D, sections, plot regulations, etc for preparing Plot Regulation Sheets for all the plots, super plots, and open spaces
- January 2024-Present - AlUla Central and South Master Plan, KSA JTT Infrastructure Aesthetics Guidelines Sectional views
- Priority Action Area- AlManshiya Delineating the region with AlUla Central and designing urban and public framework to activate the hot spot region at earliest
- Incorporating deviations requests within the AlUla C&S Master Plans
Architect/Urban Planner
Jodhpur Development Authority
08.2021 - 09.2022
- August 2021-September 2022 - City Development Plans & Schemes Major involvement lied within planning and coordinating the rapid development of the Heritage city of Jodhpur via executing plans, projects, and schemes
- Following are some of the tasks undertaken during the tenure
- Layout Plan Analysis, Building Plan Analysis of various regions in the city, Planning and Preparing various Town Planning Schemes (Residential Schemes, Commercial, Mixed use, etc.) in the city, Road Network Planning of various districts, Sector Planning within the city, Preparing Zonal Development Plan - 2031 (South Zone I and North Zone III), Jodhpur, Rajasthan
- Modifying and Updating Master Development Plan - 2031, Jodhpur, Rajasthan
Planning Intern
Town and Country Planning Organization
06.2020 - 08.2020
- June 2020-August 2020 - 'Impact of Urban Transportation under Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT) Mission - Case Study of Shimla (H.P.)' Worked under Regional Planning Division on the above Subject with the following aims and objectives, To monitor and document if the scheme was being implemented as per the guidelines identified under the Mission, To assess the impact of ongoing projects and their proposals before and after implementation of the Mission, To evaluate the status of urban transport and its indicators since its implementation, To evaluate different issues related to transportation and traffic and how the Mission has helped in solving them and Finally, to study the allocation of funds between Central and State Government and it's utilization in Urban Transportation sector
Education
MPlan - Urban Planning
IGDTUW, Delhi
Delhi India 04.2001 -
BArch - Architecture
NIT Jaipur
04.2001 -
Skills
AutoCAD proficiency
Zoning regulations
Infrastructure planning
State and local codes
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Key Experience
- Master Planning
- Urban Development & Framework Planning
- Public Realm Design
- Plot Regulation Data Sheets
- Presentation Drawings and Maps
- Research and Report Writing
Affiliations
- Institute of Town Planner, India
- Council of Architecture, India
Certification
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Timeline
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08-2025
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Assistant Urban Planner
AtkinsRéalis
01.2023 - Current
Architect/Urban Planner
Jodhpur Development Authority
08.2021 - 09.2022
Planning Intern
Town and Country Planning Organization
06.2020 - 08.2020
MPlan - Urban Planning
IGDTUW, Delhi
04.2001 -
BArch - Architecture
NIT Jaipur
04.2001 -
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