My name is Alvin Varghese, and I recently completed my Master’s degree in the Master of Science in Sustainable Design (MSSD) program at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities. I am also a LEED Green Associate. I am looking for job as an Architect.
Freelancer, Bhopal, IN, Freelance Architect
Prepared schematic designs, construction drawings, value estimates, preliminary schemes of projects for residential and commercial buildings. Also provided daily site visits and inspections to provide guidance for construction, material check and quality control.
Design Atelier, Bhopal, IN, Architect
Produced layout and technical drawings for residential and commercial buildings. Also involved in delivering concept designs to the clients.
Archimedes Healthcare, New Delhi, IN, Intern Architect
Worked on tile layout, service layout, interior design, toilet details, façade details for hospitals and dispensaries.
University of Minnesota - Twin Cities, Minneapolis, MN, US, Masters, MSSD
During my MSSD program, I learned how to merge architecture with sustainability and learned what are the effects of different activities like human lifestyle, construction of buildings on our environment. I learned about how a circular economy offers a more sustainable economic growth model. I also learned about the connection between site ,water, energy, environmental quality and how they can be used to improve the building and site performance.
Rajiv Gandhi Proudhyogiki Vishwavidhyalaya, Bhopal, IN, BArch, Architecture
I earned my B. Arch. from the Rajiv Gandhi Proudhyogiki Vishwavidhyalaya, Bhopal, India. This course of study gave me a thorough foundation of knowledge in architecture and design. In the initial year, I handled small-scale projects like cottage design, studio design, and school design that involved analyzing and resolving complex space issues. This helped me acquire a comprehensive approach towards Anthropometry and Environment. In my third semester, I carried out a project that involved street design, slum redevelopment,
redesigning of the existing recreational space beside the lake, reviving the “BAWDI” or “Stepwell”, where I came with different design interpretation that enhanced my natural ability to devise solutions to issues associated with poor planning. It was from my fourth year of Architectural study that I began to adopt a special approach to my design process. My fourth-year design topic was to create “awareness among people towards environment through built-form” by designing an Eco-Resort. The modern world is facing a major obstacle, due to various needs and desires of human beings that is of climate change, global warming, loss of ecosystem and natural habitat. In order to promote the factor
of sustainability and to conserve Nature, it is important to deviate from conventional ways of greed and exploitation and look for a better and brighter future. By the end of the design process I learnt one thing that we can never terminate but only minimize the effects that built-form have on our environment.
