Intern Architect
Resume:
URMILA SRINIVASAN
**** ****** ***** ****, *** ***, Houston, TX, 77070
Phone: 832-***-****; Email: *********@*****.***
Education
1. Texas A&M University, College Station, TX
Master of Science in Architecture, May 2009 (seeking employment from February 2009).
Overall GPR: 3.89/4.0
2. Center for Environmental Planning and Technology (CEPT), Ahmedabad, India
Bachelors in Architecture (Professional degree), Mar 2002
Professional Experience
1. Intern, Studio Red Architects, Houston, TX, USA, May - Aug 2007.
o Principal Project: Jersey Village Baptist Church (60,000 sq.ft), Houston, TX.
o Worked with a team of five architects.
o Used AutoCAD extensively for drafting construction documents (GMP set).
o Worked on detail plans, elevations, and sections.
o Drafted detail drawings for interiors, doors and windows details.
o Involved in preparing schedules and inventories for door, windows and interior finishes.
o Reviewed consultant drawings and coordinated them with architectural requirements.
2. Junior Architect, Ganapathy and Associates, Madurai, India, Jun- Oct 2005.
o Worked extensively on schematics for private residences.
o Drafted schematics and construction documents using AutoCAD.
o Supervised construction drawings prepared by drafters.
3. Junior Architect, ARTES, Chennai, India, Oct 2002- Mar 2005.
o Principal Projects: Tsunami Rebuilding Project, Redemptorist Monastery (8,000 sq.ft) Theosophical School (50,000 sq.ft), Eye Hospital (25,000sq.ft), Apartment Complexes (600,000 sq.ft).
o Managed groups of two to three interns.
o Participated in meetings with clients and consultants.
o Developed drawings for schematics and construction documents using AutoCAD.
o Worked on presentations that used AutoCAD, Adobe and Microsoft Office.
o Coordinated consultant drawings.
o Supervised construction drawings prepared by interns and drafters.
o Actively involved in making models.
o Administered site work for small scale projects.
o Prepared inventories of materials and calculated quantities for small scale projects.
4. Intern, Triad Oman Consultants ,L.L.C, Muscat, Oman, Sept- Nov 1999.
o Developed schematics for private residences and retail outlets using AutoCAD.
o Digitized standard construction drawings in AutoCAD.
5. Intern, Revathi and Vasant Kamath, Architects, New Delhi, India, Jun- Oct 1998.
o Worked extensively on schematics for housing units, a school and a mansion for a Township in India.
o Manually drafted plans, sections and elevations.
6. Independent projects.
o Designed two projects that have been constructed.
o K-12 School, Madurai (7,000 sq.ft), India, 1999-2000.
o Private Residence, Madurai (2000 sq.ft), India, 2002-2003.
Academic Experience
1. Graduate Research Thesis, Texas A&M University, December 2008.
o Topic: Approaches to Geometry in Architecture.
o Case Study: Andrea Palladio, Frank Lloyd Wright and Frank Gehry.
o Compared the way architects have used geometry in their work at different time periods.
2. Graduate Assistant, Dept. of Architecture, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, August 2006- December 2008.
o Assisted a class in Architectural Theory.
o Researched material for developing a course in World Architectural History.
o Used field notes for drafting drawings in AutoCAD of Valmagne, a Cathedral in South France.
3. Research Associate, Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage, Chennai, India, May- July 2002.
o Involved in preparing an inventory of Hindu Temple tanks in Chennai, India.
o Single handedly made a photographic documentation of 40 temple tanks.
o Worked in a team of two for researching historic material of the temple tanks.
o Used Adobe software extensively for formatting the inventory document.
4. Undergraduate Final Study Design Project, Center for Environmental Planning and Technology (CEPT), December 2001.
o Project: Institute for Ancient Indian Theology and Practice.
o Dealt with spaces for traditional practices.
o Explored possibilities of adapting traditional functions in the contemporary context.
o Developed details for stone construction.
o Prepared presentation by manually drafting and rendering drawings.
Accomplishments
1. Melbern G. Glasscock, Graduate Travel Grant, Texas A&M University, May 2008.
o Traveled to Palo Alto, Los Angeles and Chicago to study important works of Frank Lloyd Wright and Frank Gehry.
2. Norman and Renee Zelman Scholarship, Texas A&M University, August 2006 -May 2007.
o Awarded based on design work and portfolio.
3. Study Abroad Scholarship to Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna, Austria, Feb- June 1999.
o Took part in a design studio for one semester at the Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna.
o Visited Italy, Germany, Switzerland, France, Slovakia and Holland.
Computer Skills
1. Proficient in :
o AutoCAD
o Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator.
o Microsoft Office
o 3D Max
o Google SketchUp
Professional Affiliations
Member, AIAS, Texas A&M Chapter.
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