Hello! I'm Deeksha, a highly motivated and skilled professional with a robust background in architectural design and digital worldbuilding. I recently graduated from the MS. Architecture and Urban Design course at UCLA with summa cum laude 3.96/4.0.
I'm actively seeking job opportunities in the design field to apply my creative expertise and contribute to innovative design projects. I am looking at part-time and full-time opportunities and I am flexible with relocating.
I thrive in challenging environments, and I'm fueled with curiosity within the multidisciplinary aspects of architecture and design. I am also interested in narrative and story telling through digital visualization and worldbuilding, which I worked with through my course at UCLA to develop a short film about portable architecture and intertwining the real and the fantastical.
A+D Museum, Los Angeles, CA, US, Museum Intern
• Supporting and running the exhibit: ‘Close To The Edge: The Birth of Hip-Hop Architecture’
• Curating digital content for web and social media
• Assisting with fundraising and auction management
Catfish.blr, Bangalore, IN, Co-Founder
• Founded, managed and operated the store
• Created a space for collaborations with music artists, digital artists, weavers and artisans and provided a shared online space to portray and sell their art pieces
• Specialized in custom décor, neon signages, candles, rugs, resin and wood working with a 1000+ customer base
• Development of designs and brand strategy, branding and packaging
• Managed sales tracking, packaging and shipping
• Production of digital content for the social media page
Cadence Architects, Bangalore, IN, Junior Architect and Interior Designer
Project Typologies: Residential, Mid-rise apartments, Commercial and Institutional Design
• Assisted partner of the firm with competition projects, conceptual design and mood boards for residential projects
• In charge of supervising interns and coordinating with consultants, contractors, and vendors
• Complete preparation of integrated structural drawings and technical construction drawing sets
• Prepared detailed drawings of fixing, installation of materials and interior furniture drawings
• Visited sites for inspection and documentation, produced UG Sump, Foundation and Structural drawings
• Designed and guided the execution of custom furniture and designed layouts of rooms with safety codes and regulations, maintained a catalogue of materials, vendors and contractors
• Researched and picked materials, communicated with vendors for custom upholstery and lighting
• Curation of multiple graphic illustrations of projects for the firm’s Social Media platform
Venkataramanan Associates, Bangalore, IN, Junior Architect
Project Typologies: Institutional, Hospitality, Commercial projects
• Engaged in site visits, producing technical drawings, conceptual design development
• Involved in making presentations for clients, beam and shuttering drawings, bathroom details and 3D renders
• Working closely with the Project Architect on detailed technical drawings
• 3D modeling of conceptual foot over bridge options for a government based project
• Drafting entire construction sets and coordinating drawings with electrical drawings
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), IDEAS Campus, MArch, Architecture and Urban Design
• Entertainment Studio, Professor Natasha Sandmeier and Liam Denhamer
Working closely within the crosshairs of architectural design and film, within a reality where image privileges form, by using the techniques and instincts of animators, filmmakers and storytellers to build worlds and strong narratives, ultimately transgressing the real with the fictional, in order to design and broadcast the worlds of the future.
• Developed a thesis project- A digital short film in a group of three, within the tangents of architecture, fashion, story telling and experience; about a tribe that utilizes portable architecture as a means of drifting through landscapes and different seasons.
Dayananda Sagar College of Engineering, Bangalore, IN, BArch, Architecture
