Qualified Urban designer and experienced Architect, currently open to exciting opportunities in the United States!
I am deeply passionate about cities and the desire to create better urban environments is part of what drew me this area of study. Having spent my life shuttling from one major Indian city to another, I am interested in understanding and curating the sociological impact of urban environs. I am especially interested in community-oriented development and urban infill.
Leadership+Teamwork+Motivation
I am a proactive, creative enthusiast always looking to learn. I've had the good fortune of working in multidisciplinary teams and learned a great deal from the experience. I relocated to the US with the intention of gaining holistic, international education and exposure. My ambition is to amalgamate local and international learning to help boost the resilience of cities.
Inform Architetcs, Bangalore, IN, Architect
- BIAC Hospital and Research Institute campus project: I conducted extensive research, documentation and estimation to create the design program for a major healthcare project in a new state capital (Amaravati). With an estimated built area of 1.4 million sqft and a proposed budget of approximately $80 million, this cancer super specialty campus is planned to be the premier institute of its kind in India. I helped to convert this efficient and insightful program into a working design proposal, ultimately winning the project contract.
- Alliance UrbanrisE 1&2: I gained valuable BIM experience in the design and documentation of two affordable housing projects in Chennai.
- Green building certification: With my newly earned IGBC AP status, I was involved in the green building certification process of a commercial building project in Chennai.
- Outgoing Presentations: I worked on numerous architectural competition entries and edited textual content sent as part of competition entries, magazine articles, award submissions and interviews. I also compiled numerous office profiles, by categorizing and documenting all the work done by the firm.
- My Liveable City Conference: I was sponsored to attend the MLC conference on Affordable Housing and Livable Cities in Mumbai (Nov 2017) as a delegate.
Ratan J Batliboi Consultants Pvt Ltd., Bangalore, Junior Architect
- Mehrangarh Fort Masterplan: As part of an exciting interdisciplinary team, I worked on research, documentation and interventional design to generate a comprehensive Masterplan document for the Mehrangarh Fort, Jodhpur. To help define development guidelines for this prominent heritage structure, I prepared detailed 3D models and reports and presentations with high quality graphic content.
- Outgoing Presentations: I worked on numerous architectural competition entries and edited textual content sent as part of bids and magazine articles.
- Smart Cities Initiative: I conducted research and attended a number of interdisciplinary brainstorming sessions as part of the firm’s partnership with an Indian think tank.
- Sassoon docks design charette
Design Q, Bangalore, IN, Architect (part-time)
I worked on construction drawings and quantification for an adaptive reuse healthcare project. I designed interior spaces and the building façade and generated 3D visualizations for client meetings.
cnt architects, Bangalore, IN, Intern
As an intern, I worked on construction drawings for an institutional project, created 3D visualizations for various building components and created interior coordination drawings for a healthcare project.
Studio K, Bangalore, IN, Summer Intern
I worked on interior drawings, renders and built a presentation model for residential projects. I also worked on an innovative venture into heritage conservation.
University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, Masters, Urban Design
> DESIGN PROJECTS:
- Thesis/Advanced Design Project on preserving and reinvigorating decaying inner city neighborhoods in Fresno, CA (Studio/Summer 2019)
- Helped create the vision for Oakland 2100 and develop the community-engagement tool (Studio/Spring 2019)
- Selected to be part of the International Urban Design Workshop organized by Peter Bosselmann and the South China University of Technology in Guangzhou, China (Jan 2019)
- Developed a masterplan for the future of the Brisbane Baylands (Studio/Fall 2018)
> OTHER COURSES TAKEN:
- Theories of Urban Form and Design
- Contemporary Urban Dynamics
- Representation as Research: Contemporary Topics in Landscape Visualization
- Seminar on Landscapes of Memory
- Research Methods in Environmental Design
- Discourse and Methods in Contemporary Urban Design
- Real Estate Investment and Market Analysis
- An Interdisciplinary Approach to Land Development and Investment
- Introduction to Planning and Environmental Law
- Urban Economics module
School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi, New Delhi, IN, BArch, Architecture
> DESIGN PROJECTS:
- Thesis on Integrated Affordable Housing, Mumbai (2015)
- Proposed Urban Design development at Nizamuddin Station, Delhi (2014)
- Seminar on the degree of Inclusion in Transport at Nizamuddin Station, Delhi (2014)
- Proposed Community Housing at Tikri Kalan, Delhi (2013)
- Dissertation on the value of transit networks in Mumbai (2013)
- Proposed Office Tower Design at Barakhamba Road, Delhi (2013)
- Proposed Community School at McLeodganj, HP (2012)
- Experiential Exhibition of Jodhpur (2012)
- Proposed Tourist Center at Jodhpur (2012)
- Proposed Working Residence for a Pianist, at Manali, HP (2011)
> OTHER COURSES TAKEN:
- Elective in Urban Design
- Elective in Parametric Design
- Building Construction
- Building Science and Services
- Theory of Structures
- Building Management
- Theory of Settlements
- Theory of Design
- History of Architecture
- Art Appreciation
- Graphics
- Computer Applications
Kendriya Vidyalaya, Colaba, Mumbai, High School, Science
> SUBJECTS:
- Physics
- Chemistry
- Mathematics
- Computer Science
- English Literature
