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Praveen Govindarajan | Architect | Urban Designer | | Computational Designer|
Phone: (+91) 9791574403 E-Mail: praveen74403@gmail.com
Highly motivated architect with expertise in leading teams on multiple projects across education, residential and master planning, handling research and passionate explorer of trans-disciplinary architecture & urbanism involving biology, AI, ML etc. looking up for an entry-level role in the field of parametric and generative design.
Professional Experience (Dec 2021 – Present) (Hosur, India)
Senior Engineer, Sobha Ltd. (Hosur, Regional Office). • • • •
Resident Architect managing “Sobha Highland” a large scale residential plotted development project (about 500 plots) at Hosur, India. Coordinating with survey team preparing combined sketches of village maps using FMB sketches which aids the drone survey and the contracts team to setout the boundary on the site. Mobilizing the project working along side of the legal team to ensure the architectural drawings meet the compalince of DTCP, RERA, PWD and other government authorities. Managing the overall project progress using MSP.
Junior Architect, Sobha Ltd. (Corporate Office). (Feb 2019 – Aug 2019) (Bangalore, India)
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Oversaw design development and developed GFC drawings for “Sobha Lake Gardens”, a 6 towered apartment structure with 20 floors erected in Bangalore, India. Developed facade designs for clubhouse building, designed compound wall, gate and canopy structure. Aided other internal teams with producing project templates and project specific standard drawings.
Freelance Architectural Designer. (Jan 2021 – Dec 2021) (Online)
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Independent explorer in the field of generative design Developed faced designs for a campus project with a Singapore based team (TCA Think Tank) exploring rhino modelling and twin motion render engine. Established a design collaborative forum with local design teams to research and deliver design consultations that maximises the use of technological advancement. Provided design consulation for 5 residential buildings and successfully completed 2 retrofitting projects in Hosur, India. Currently working in collaboration with a BIM manager and a civil contractor documenting all 5 designs.
Junior Architect, Snehal Shah Architects. (Mar 2018 – Oct 2018) (Ahmedabad, India)
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Solely handled a INR 100 Crore institutional project, ‘Zydus School for Excellence’ at Godhavi, Ahmedabad as a project architect. Interrelated structural and service consultants and managed design development. Conducted regular field investigations, condition assessments, and submitted reports for PMC . Actively coordinated with the PMC team in the preparation of tender drawings, and tender documentation. Managed relationships with clients and consultants ensuring alignment between client and project team. Experienced in preparing contract document between clients, contractor, and consultants. Aided as an associate architect for a project ‘Activity Centre- Kocharab Asharam’ by collectively working with the project architect in concept, schematic, and design development phases.
Junior Architect, Thakkar Associates. (Oct 2017 – Mar 2018) (Ahmedabad, India)
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Successfully lead and delivered the project ‘Jodhpur Heritage City Development- Design Toolkit’ for the client Urban Management Centre, Ahmedabad. Delineated policy amendments to the construction regulations, synthesised through extensive field research and data analysis, for the Jodhpur city municipal corporation. Mobilized a vernacular resort project ‘Sangodra the General retreat’, at GIR Forest, Gujarat. Researched and proposed with technical drawings, an optimised method of stone laying that downsized the overall construction cost by 10%.
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Executed the design process to achieve design intent that amalgamate architect’s philosophy and client expectations. Played an active role in mentoring interns through providing design input, technical directions.
Architectural Intern, Narayan Banshal Mathur Associates (p) Ltd. (Jun 2015 – Mar 2016) (New Delhi, India)
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Academics (Sep 2019– Sep 2020) (Distinction)
Managed 4 floored premium residential projects, in New Delhi, from the design development phase to its construction phase. Supervised site activities: inspecting reinforcement and rebar details, plumbing, and electrical conducting before slab casting and masonry works and plastering. Coordinated with principal architects to design interiors and landscapes. Appriciated for the designing treehouse with all technical drawings at the end of my internsip.
M.Arch Urban Design, Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL – London. • •
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Developed a speculative post-natural city model for the London city under the guidance of Dr Claudia Pasquero and Prof. Filippo Nassetti. Submitted thesis titled ”Cybernetic Bio-Citizens–Renewed habitants of planetary-scale urbanism” that showcases my understanding of the overlap of artificial intelligence, bio-intelligence, and human intelligence in the field of architecture and urbanism. Gained hands-on experience in using a 3D printer, Laser Cutter, Robotic Arm, and Arduino. Explored Parametric modelling using tools Rhino, Grasshopper and Houdini.
B.Arch , Adhiyamaan College of Engineering, Anna University – India. (Jul 2012 – May 2017) (First Class-7.56 CGPA)
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Software Skills
Presented a thesis “Rehabilitation of Gandhi Nagar Slum at Chennai – India” exhibiting extensive research on the approaches adopted by of slum board of states Tamil Nadu and Karnataka. Developed a profound understanding in data collection, proximity analysis, and GIS & MIS integration while evolving my concept of incremental housing for 2000 households expanding over 5.7 hectares area. Special mentioned on my urban design studio project “Railway station @ Krishnagiri”. Head of material procurement and delivery team for the national wide symposium- “ITYUTA-2017”.
Rhino 3D Grasshopper C# CycleGAN AutoCAD Revit Architecture Arduino
Intermediate Intermediate Beginner Intermediate Proficient Intermediate Intermediate
Photoshop InDesign Premier Pro After effects Keyshot Twin Motion VRay
Proficient Proficient Intermediate Intermediate Proficient Proficient Intermediate
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Updated on 2022-Feb-22
Current works
[Cell Pavilion]
[Personalised Foot Sole]
[Proposed Residential Unit]
[Gallery Space]
[Waffle Pavilion]
[Structures in Mars]
[Voronoi + Contour]
[Proposed Exhibition Hall]
Current works
[Apartment Towers]
[Proposed Exhibition Hall]
[Proposed Exhibition Hall]
[Pipes]
[Cell Pavilion]
[Proposed Residntial Unit]
[Mesh from points]
[Learning c#]
Facade Design Experimentations.
Description: Facade Design - Campus Building. Tools: Twin Motion, Rhino & Grasshopper. Institution: TCA Think Tank, Singapore. Year: 2021 Exploration of algorithmically defined façade system for a campus building. An experimental exploration done to analyse solar gain in these different options of building facade.
[Option-1] [Shorter Fins]
[Option-2] [S
[Option-4] [Balcony Subtractions]
[Option-5] [B
[Option-7] [Wire cut cube blocks]
[Option-8] [One Way R
Shorter Fins]
[Option-3] [Longer Fins]
Brick Pillars]
[Option-6] [Balcony Projection]
Rotated Bricks Facade]
[Option-9] [Double Way Rotated Bricks Facade]
ZYDUS SCHOOL FOR EXCELLENCE
Description: Institutional Project at Godhavi. Role: Project Architect Institution: Snehal Shah Architect, Ahmedabad. Year: 2018 A 100 Crore INR project for a pharmaceutical and oriented research institute was designed in Ahmedabad with a built-up area16,000sqmt accommodating 200 occupants. This concrete structure stood as a landmark with a best in class combined passive and mechanical HVAC system to optimise energy usage. The bastion shaped walls inspired by the historical Nalanda university was adopted to maximise physical interaction. The structure was completely dry claded with vernacular stone to achieve passive cooling. The internal connectivity and the spaces were developed over multiple iterations to enhance the functionality and productivity within the spaces. The project was successfully approved and is under its first phase of construction.
[Institution Block]
[Hostel Block]
[Meeting Hall]
[Class Rooms]
[Class Rooms]
[Bastian Walls]
[Hostel Back]
[Hostel Entry]
[Hostel Rooms]
[Institute Entry]
[Hostel Block]
[Hostel Corridor]
[Passage Way]
[Class Rooms]
[Meeting Room]
[Institute Block]
BRYOPOLIS-
A Post Natural City.
Description: Bryotructura the urban breadther. Mentor: Prof. Dr Claudia Pasquero and Filippo Nassetti. Location: East London Institution: Bartlett School of Architecture, RC16 Year: 2019-2020 Bryopolis is a speculative ‘Post-Natural’ project of RC16, that projects a novel urban model of the current-day city of London, which gets created through a combined intelligence of humans and non-humans’ species. The project profoundly researches on a non-human species “moss” and through technological intervention, eventually establishes a distributed cognition between human and non-humans. The bridge in the intelligence is applied in a participatory space making process, i.e. a post-natural urban space created with the combined intelligence of moss, human and AI. The project Bryopolis researches on the causes and impact of global climate change in the city of London and the government initiative to mitigate it. Although with these measures, with the current trends in development, the project forecasts dystopian urbanism in the next 50 years characterised by extensive draught. The project proposes a speculative urban design, that surpasses the conventional planning and policies, to create an urban space via transdisciplinary research in biology, technology, architecture, and urban design. The project uses computational tools and machine learning algorithms to analyse abundant data and advance technologies in the use of sensors to create a sensible space that is novel yet tangible in various scales of working.
[Bio-Synthetic Gallery]
[Bryopolis] [Synthetic Landscape]
[Bryo-Wall]
[Bryo-Wall] [Solar Exposure Analysis]
[Photosynthetic Voxels]
[Photosynthetic Voxels]
BRYOPOLIS-
Urban Data Visualisation and Data Analysis.
Description: Urban Mapping Mentor: Prof. Dr Claudia Pasquero and Filippo Nassetti. Location: East London Institution: Bartlett School of Architecture, RC16 Year: 2019-2020 London Energy and Greenhouse Gas Inventory’s (LEGGI) data on the carbon emission, oxides of nitrogen, PM 2.5 and PM 10 are digitally visualised. The following illustrations are maps of Carbon emission, Oxides of Nitrogen emission, PM 2.5 particulate matters in atmosphere, trees in 7 boroughs of East London, phase wise analysis of bryostructura distribution and optimal distribution pattern of the new urban breather modules.
[Carbon-di-oxide emission map] [London (2013)]
[Nitrogen-oxide emission map] [London (2013)]
[PM particle pollution] [Map of London (2013)]
[Tree map] [East London]
[Post-Natural expression] [New City model]
MACHINE LEARNING URBANISM
Description: CycleGAN Exploration. Mentor: Michael Brewster. Institution: Bartlett School of Architecture. Year: 2019-2020 CycleGAN the tool used in creating fake images of cities through an association between images of actual satellite map and images from eroded morphologies. The machine is trained through permutation and combination to compare the pixel values between these set of inputs. After training, when tested with new sets of inputs, a xeno-city retaining a few prominent characteristics of the initial image yet a completely unseen world of images gets produced.
[GAN] [Chennai city reflecting characters of London]
[GAN] [Novel city model for London 2070]
[GAN] [Connected greens for city of London]
SLUM REHABILITATION AT CHENNAI, GANDHI NAGAR.
Description: Undergraduate Thesis Mentor: Architect Srinivasan, Architect Dimple Mittal. Institution: Adhiyamaan College of Engineering. Year: 2017 A design focusing on the people of the densely populated informal settlement in Chennai’s typical slum that which lacks many basic amenities such as sanitation, drinking water, electricity, law enforcement. In-situ slum rehabilitation was proposed with PPP to achieve an incremental and economic dwelling. Concepts from Charles Correa’s Bellapur, Doshi’s Aranya project and Prasanna Desai’s Yerwada slum projects were revised and adapted to meet the site context. GIS and MIS data from the TNSCB become the base for analysis and design. Case study on Karnataka government’s successful slum clearance project helped in devising an abstract DPR matching the market rates of building materials. The design proposal not only provides infrastructural development but also provides solution to boost a passive economy in the entire slum.
[Master Plan] [Slum rehabilitation] [Gandhi Nagar, Chennai]
[Cyclist Lane- Koovam River Front]
[STP Under Maidhan]
[Residential Blocks]
[Community Spaces]
[V3 Pedestrian lanes]
[V4 Service lanes]
[Main Maidhan]
[V2 Motrable lanes]
RAILWAY STATION AT KRISHNAGIRI
Description: Urban design studio Mentor: Architect Srinivasan. Institution: Adhiyamaan College of Engineering. Year: 2017 An urban insert in an developing district Krishnagiri, that would uplift the economy of the state government and at the same time provide numerous employment opportunity. This new link of railway line was proposed such that it connects Jolarpet junction with Hosur and Rayakoota station enhancing the export and import in these industrial belts. Also to the advantage of the city it neglects the need of 8 way roads that is being proposed with regards to the increased truck traffics and many accidents on these roads.
FIBEROUS MORPHOLOGY
Description: Shortest walk algorithm exploration. Mentor: Filippo Nassetti. Institution: Bartlett School of Architecture. Year: 2019-2020 The complex coir like fibre that delineates many naturally occurring forms are generated using Grass-hopper and Rhino. The computational grid dictates and controls the path of form formation. Voronoi grid and Octa grids were the computational grids on to which the Shortest walk algorithm was analysed. A catalogue of outputs with successive value change in the parameters are showcased.
[Shortest path] [ Voronai Grids]
[Shortest path] [ Voronai Grids]
[Shortest path] [Octagonal Grid]
ERODED MORPHOLOGY
Description: Heightfields exploration. Mentor: Filippo Nassetti. Institution: Bartlett School of Architecture. Year: 2019-2020 A Post-Natural manifestation of naturally formed terrains using Houdini heightfield simulations controlled with parameters such as precipitation, thermal erosion, hydro erosion, derby level etc. Experimentations showcased in the catalogues are visualisation of man-made urban interventions (such as buildings, roads network etc), natural landforms (green cover, waterbodies etc.) and Carbon emission data in the form of heightfields.
[Data Visualisation] [Urban Growth at Canary Wharf, London]
[Data Visualisation] [Urban Growth at Canary Wharf, London]
[Data Visualisation] [Green Cover in East London]
[Data Visualisation] [Green Cover in East London]