RUPALI EKBOTE Architectural Designer Chicago, IL 630 770 1267 rekbote@saic.edu link: issuu.com/rekbot
WORK EXPERIENCE Jan 2021-Present
SUBMITTAL COORDINATOR
2020 - 2021
FREELANCE GRAPHIC DESIGNER
REFLECTION WINDOW + WALL
- Work on preparing submmittal documents for Design Architect for window-wall systems - Coordinating for online submission requirements with the General Contractor and PMs - Reading and understanding specifications to extract the required information on projects
NEXT.cc/ COMPOUND YELLOW/ CCWF
- Worked part-time for a online collaborative learning platform for kids - Generated simple visual graphics and illustrations for creative journeys for a design-based learning web-experience for students from K-3 to K-8
2018 - 2020
SCHOOL OF THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO
2017 - 2016 2016 - 2007
P&D ASSOCIATES, BHARUCH, INDIA & ASM DESIGNS, MUMBAI, INDIA
2005-2004
S.N.D.T. WOMEN’S UNIVERSITY, MUMBAI, INDIA
ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT
INTERIOR-DESIGN ASSOCIATE
TEACHING ASSISTANT
- Updating SAIC building drawings and requirements with the IRFM department at SAIC - Created presentations, did site-visits and assisted with making CD drawings
- Involved in Conceptualization/ making Detail Drawings/ 3d Views/ Presentations - Generated detail design drawings for mainly private Residential and Commercial projects - Created aesthetically pleasing solutions to do with geometrical patterns, color and materials - Executed through on-site coordination of projects with various contractors in charge - Assisted interior design students with material’s class for a semester - Worked with bamboo and metal objects to make on-campus installations
EDUCATION 2017-2020
MASTER OF ARCHITECTURE WITH EMPHASIS IN INTERIOR ARCHITECTURE
1994-2000
BACHELORS IN INTERIOR DESIGN
SAIC - School of the Art Institute of Chicago
CEPT University - Centre for Environmental Planning and Technology
AWARDS/PUBLICATIONS 2020
SAIC - BEST THESIS AWARD - AIADO DESIGN COUNCIL AWARDS
2020
SAIC - THESIS NOMINATED - AIA CHICAGO CHAPTER STUDENT AWARD FOR ARCHITECTURE
2007
FRIENDS OF KEBYAR - JOURNAL
1996 -1997
Celebrating the life and works of Nari Gandhi - vol-23.1, issue-72, 2007 Works from my under-grad thesis got published in the Journal
CEPT- BEST DESIGN-STUDIO AWARD
SKILLS 3D MODELLING TOOL - Rhinocerous/ Revit/ Sketch-UP/ AutoCAD DESIGN TOOLS - Illustrator/ Photoshop/ InDesign OFFICE TOOLS - Word/ PowerPoint/ Excel INTERESTS - Watercolor/ Oil Painting/ Pencil & Pen Sketching