Shruti Rajagopalan
INTERESTS LEED AP ND
shruti.r88@gmail.com | +91-999-999-8517 www.linkedin.com/in/shrutirajagopalan00
PROFILE SUMMARY A professional with more than 6 years of experience in URBAN DESIGN and ARCHITECTURE, passionate about cities and striving to bring positive impact in society by addressing complex social, economic, political and environmental issues through the power of spatial design strategies incorporating grassroot participatory approach and upcoming technologies.
AWARDS AND CERTIFICATIONS + LEED Accredited Professional- Neighbourhood Development + Master Of Urban Design Merit-Based Scholarship Recipient + Licenced Architect - Council of Architecture, India + Winner of DNM Badminton Tournament 2013 + Winner of several medals and certificates in sports and dance + Master of Ceremonies at diverse school and company events
SKILLS
2013-14
DIGITAL DRAFTING, 3D MODELING, MAPPING AutoCAD | Revit | Rhino | Sketchup | VRay | ArcGIS
MASTER OF URBAN DESIGN Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning
PRESENTATIONS Adobe Creative Suite | MS Office
2006-11
EDUCATION
Sustainability | Community Development and Participation | Social Impacts of Spatial Design | Resilient Design | Politics and Urbanism | Landscape Architecture | Real Estate | Representation
BACHELOR OF ARCHITECTURE
LANGUAGES English | Hindi | Tamil
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN | Ann Arbor, USA
SRM UNIVERSITY | Chennai, India School of Architecture and Interior Design
2015 - Present
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN Ann Arbor, USA
2009
2010
AUG - OCT
2011-13
2014
MAR
AECOM Gurgaon, India
2014-15
EXPERIENCE URBAN DESIGNER
+ Conceptualization, preparation and compilation of Smart City Proposals for Ludhiana, Chandigarh, Visakhapatnam and Tirupati under Goverment of India Smart Cities Mission + Initiated and organized ‘Car-free day’ program as a part of Ludhiana Smart city project + Preparation of Detailed Project Reports for various projects under Ludhiana Smart City PMC + Preparation of Urban Design Guidelines for Dholera Special Investment Region (DSIR) + Preparation of Base Exterior Architectural Plan report for Naval base in Karwar, Karnataka
RESEARCH ASSISTANT
+ Research on ‘New Mobility’ and its potential through intense mapping and study of different types of industrial clusters + Design and renderings for Arquine Competition’15Reconfiguration of Mexico City’s old airport site
SKIDMORE, OWINGS AND MERILL SF, USA EXTERN - URBAN DESIGNER
+ Research for the redevelopment of downtown Qingdao, China, which involved making of a large scale model + Contribution to client presentations
MORPHOGENESIS New Delhi, India
COMPETENCIES Presentations | Initiatives | Planning and Organization | People skills | Observation and analytical skills
COMPETITIONS AND WORKSHOPS + Indo-German Smart Iinitiative - Urban Lab’17 | Integrated Urban Development and CoProduction for Indian Cities + Arquine Competition’15 | Reconfiguration of Mexico City’s old airport site | Finalist + ULI Hines Urban Design Competition’14 | Urban Revitalization, Nashville + UN Habitat Competition’14 | Mass Housing Design, Mumbai + World Habitat Day’10, Madras University | Poster Competition + HUDCO Trophy, NASA* ’08 | Riverfront development, Lucknow + Louis I. Kahn Trophy, NASA ’07 | Documentation of CHEPAUK PALACE + Annual NASA Design Competition (ANDC) ‘07 | Design of Meditation Centre ` *NASA- National Association of Students of Architecture, India
EXHIBITIONS MUMBAI ANTHROPOCENE
NEW IMAGINARIES OF THE INDUSTRIAL CORE October’13 | Studio X, Mumbai
MUMBAI DOCKLANDS
EXPRESSION OF THE EASTERN WATERFRONT February’14 | Studio X, Mumbai
ARCHITECT
+ Execution of Lalit Hospitality School (LEED Gold building), Faridabad, IN + Execution of Heritage International School, Faridabad, IN + Schematic Design for Chintels mixed use development, Gurgaon, IN + Design Development of C and C Hotel, Bengaluru, IN + Concept Design for British Council Library, New Delhi, IN + Competition- Vikas Bhawan, New Delhi, IN
AN PROJECTS Chennai, India URBAN DESIGNER
+ Urban Design proposal for the Camp Road Junction at Tambaram, Chennai, IN + Urban Design proposal for waterfront development of Chitalapakam Lake, Chennai, IN
ABRD ARCHITECTS New Delhi, India INTERN ARCHITECT
REFERENCES VISHAL KUNDRA
TECHNICAL DIRECTOR | Design, Planning & Economics | AECOM vishal.kundra@aecom.com | +91-971-771-6600
EL HADI JAZAIRY
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR | University of Michigan ejazairy@umich.edu | +1-607-262-9103
MCLAIN CLUTTER
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR | University of Michigan mclainc@umich.edu | +1-917-399-6016
PORTFOLIO
https://issuu.com/shruti.r/docs/shruti_rajagopalan_work_samples_jul