WORKING EXPERIENCE

from Training Report Portfolio 2023

by Soundarya Sahoo

Working as an Intern in TAS has given me a different experience, due to the Principal Architect and other architects, being more approachable and providing proper guidance throughout. It is understandable that a degree of nervousness and curiosity will be there in student before stepping into an office for the first time. That’s exactly what I felt. It took me a week's time to get adapted into the Office Environment, and then I felt at ease, and became the part of that firm. It has the nature of music, calmness, and a sense of timelessness and dynamic nature of the office that I wanted to and since many of the staffs members are most of the time busy with their works, or Site Visits, hence we don’t have any sort of fixed office timings. Work is given more importance rather than the Office Timings, that was the most important thing that I have learnt from this firm. However, there was a sense of loneliness at the beginning as sometimes there was no one in the firm to interact, but due to the works given to me by Senior Architect, I did not give much attention to it and with my fellow employs, I didn’t know how I reached to the end. Now, we have great bonding with each other. We also have interactive sessions every Saturday unless employees are less in strength. The Office, is small, but great environment to work on and as an Intern, I did not know what to expect at a firm with whatever I have learnt before joining. I got to work on Student Housing (Physical Model only) to small scale Apartment units (PunyaSrushtiInteriors). I worked on Conceptual designing, Construction and Demolition drawings, Plumbing Layout drawings, Electrical Layout drawings,3D models and Physical Model with the use of software that I was learning, detailed drawings, presentation drawings, and went on site as well. It was a great learning that will remain within me for longer period of time. I learnt numerous things in various ways and at all times. The office also taught me to be professional and precise at work. It taught me to be sincere while doing even the minimal work that might not be as important as it looks. The firm also taught me to work as a team (Student Housing Project), and how every contribution, regardless of its magnitude matters. Through the weeks, I got to know how to be patient and do my work with perfection while keeping my mind at peace. Hence, from these learnings I got to know how training plays an important role in teaching the real-life situations in these architectural field. It was and will be a great experience for me to work on training at ThirdspaceArchitecture Studios, Belgaum, Karnataka, throughout this internship time period.