SIDDHANT JENA
EDUCATION /-
2014-2019
Birla Institute of Technology (BIT Mesra)
Bachelor in Architecture
Ranchi, Jharkhand, India
2023-2024
University of Washington (UW), MS in Construction Management
Seattle, Washington, United States
HONORS & ACHIEVEMENTS /-
ADDRESS: +12063875270
5246, 20th Ave NE, 98015, Unit-C Seattle, Washington, United States
CELLPHONE: sid.jena.work@gmail.com
E-MAIL:
SKILLS /-
Autodesk // Auto-CAD / Revit
3d Modelling & rendering // Sketch-up / V-ray 3.4 / Lumion / Enscape/ Rhino
Physical Modelling // Laser Cutting
Graphics // Photoshop / In-design
Microsoft Office
Visualization // Hand sketching / physical model
Languages // English, Hindi
// Honorable mention (Top13 among 1000+) in National Thesis Award by ArchResource
// Bagmane Tech-Park: A proposal for mixed-use commercial tech park in Bangalore
Winning entry: Project commisioned to build Professional competition with Studio Chintala
// Radial-Road Tech Park, Chennai:
A proposal for mixed-use commercial tech park : Winning entry: Project commisioned to build Professional competition with Morphogenesis
// Institute for Steel Development & Growth (INSDAG) 2017 / Top 10 at national lvl
// Annual NASA competition
Top 21 entries at national lvl: Urban Design proposal for marginalised transgender community in Bhubaneswar, India
CERTIFICATE COURSES
// ’Arches, Vaults & Domes’ course at Auroville Earth Institute, Pondicherry headed by Ar. Satprem Maini.
// ’Museum & Access’ workshop at NASA 2017, Jaipur by Ar. Siddhant Shah.
// ’Sustainable Building Technologies’ conducted by prominent architect Gauri Shankar in Ranchi, HABITAT.
// ‘Inclusive Street Design’ by Urban Works Institute conucted by ITDP (Institute for Transfer and Development Policy)
// ‘Sustainable Facade Technologies’ conducted by GRIHA in Ranchi
// ‘XR for Design’ conducted by rat[LAB], India
// Lighting Design certificate (UW)
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE /-
Graduate / Reader Grader for Arch 150
Jan 2023 - present
Working as graduate grader for more than 720 students in a team of 6. Responsibilities include grading, explanantion of concepts and monitoring discussions
ARPM Design & Research / Gurugram
• Associate architect & design lead
July 2020 - 2022
• Designed interiors for offices and residences with research on optimising architectural work processes and assisted museum with digital visualization for clients and artists
altARQ collaborative / India
• Associate architect
2016
2017 2018
// Annual NASA competition
Top 21 entries at national lvl:
Constructed a prototype for a floating market to clean and rejuvenate central city lake of Ranchi, India
// Annual NASA competition, G-SEN Trophy
Top 21 entries at national lvl:
Based on an utopian planning and design solution for the future of an endangered coastal city of Puri.
// Annual ZoNASA
(Zonal-National Association of Student of Architecture) 1st Runners up
Morphogenesis / Delhi & Bangalore
Junior Architect
July-Jan 2019-20
• Designed architecture and interiors of hotels, schools, retail spaces, tech parks, mixed use commercial and residential buildings. Involved in working drawings,design concepts, 3D visualization, project management.
• Received exposure to professional architecture competitions: winning a professional competition for a proposal of mixed use commerical
Studio Chintala / Bangalore
• Architecture Intern
Jan-June 2022
• Designed Hindu Temples and associated communal spaces, along with focus on design (architecture & landscape), site drawings, client and structural coordination, graphical intent with a team.
The Global Project / India
• Design partner
Jan-June 2019
• Designed architecture and interiors of homes, retail spaces, tech parks, mixed use commercial and residential buildings. Involved in working drawings, design concepts, graphics packages, 3D visualization, project management.
• Received exposure to professional architecture competitions: winning a professional competition for a proposal of a tech park during internship.
CSIR, Engineering Wing / Delhi
• Architecture Intern
Feb 2020 - 20
• Delivered cost effective sustainable residential and public buildings in the Jharkhand region; involved in handling clients, formulating design concepts, conducting workshops for training techniques, material management, GFC drawings, 3D visualisation and on-site execution.
June-July
• Prepared working drawings and design of a sprawling guesthouse at Chennai CSIR complex
NOVUS Arc Design Pvt. Ltd. / Bhubaneswar
• Architecture Intern,
• Worked on working drawings and design of a gated villa complex