Experience
ST ER LEE R A JA S E E L A N 3 0 5 E W h i t e S t , A p t . 7, Champaign, IL ( 217 ) - 819 - 0 4 78 sterlee005@gmail.com
Portfolio
Additive Manufacturing The Illinois Living Laboratory for Insurgent Architecture and Design - Researching reuse of sawdust for 3D Printing
2019-2020 Urbana-Champaign Graduate Hourly
Record/Library Assistant (Graduate Hourly Position), F&S, Records and Information Management Center, UIUC. - Maintained physical and digital construction drawings database
2019-2020 Urbana-Champaign Graduate Hourly
Design Edge Architects, Nagpur, India - Created AutoCAD drawings for multiple projects. These drawings included municipal submission (Local Authority) drawings, working drawings - Designed and executed a residential bungalow and a bus stop and additions to a hospital building - Designed and executed a landscape project for a residential project. - Multiple field trips/ site visits to the construction sites designed by me, to review the ongoing construction - Interacted with multiple consultant on projects being handled by me - Created compelling architectural visualizations to communicate concepts to clients Airport Authority of India, Chennai International Airport, Chennai, India -
https://issuu.com/home/published/sterlee_ rajaseelan_portfolio_vol_ii
LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/sterleerajaseelan/
Certifications LEED Green Associate January 26, 2021 - Present Licensed Architect |Council of Architecture India (CA/2019/111286)
2018 In-plant Trainee
Learned about the components and master planning of the airport; passenger terminal building planning and building operations
GMR Airport Developers Limited, Rajiv Gandhi International Airport, Hyderabad, India -
2017-2018 Nagpur, India Internship
2018 Project Trainee
Learned about the components and master planning of the airport; passenger terminal building planning and building operations
Education Master of Architecture, conc. in Building Performance (3.82 GPA) University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, IL Illinois School of Architecture
2019-2021
Bachelor of Architecture - Graduated with 9.0 CGPA University of Mumbai Dr. D.Y.Patil College of Architecture
2014-2019
Recognition Graduate Design Awards/Edward C. Earl Prize Nomination (Spring 2021)
2021
Graduate Design Awards/Edward C. Earl Prize Nomination (Fall 2020)
2020
ARCHITECTURE MODELING
Recipient of Miller hull Partnership Endowed Student Support Award
2020
Revit Architecture | Autodesk AutoCAD Google SketchUp Pro | 3Ds MAX Rhinoceroses | Grasshopper
‘Top 50 entries’ in Volume Zero ‘Tiny Library’ competition
2019
Thesis nominated for COA-NIASA National Awards For Excellence In Architectural Thesis
2019
VISUALIZATION
Secured 3rd Rank at University of Mumbai, Bachelor of Architecture Program
2019
Adobe Photoshop | Adobe Illustrator Adobe InDesign | Adobe Acrobat Pro DC Adobe AfterEffects | V-Ray | Lumion ArcGIS | Visual Code Studio
2nd Prize in a National Level Project Competition (India) - Soorya Mandir at Keshav Shristi, Uttan, India
2018
Finalist in Edge Furniture Design Competition
2015
Proficiency
ENERGY MODELING & ANALYSIS Diva | Ladybug | Honeybee | Wallacei Lunchbox | Kangaroo OpenStudio | EnergyPlus | Cove Tool Therm | WuFi Pro
Languages Hindi (Native language - 100% Proficiency) English (Second language - 100% Proficiency)
Interests Music | Dancing | Reading | Psychology Gardening
Publication Documentation of ‘Deshalpar’ heritage village in Bhuj, Gujarat, India. - Part of the Editorial Board of the magazine - Head of Analysis team - Team head for on-site documentation
2016
Organizations N.O.M.A.S. - National Organization of Minority Architecture Students Gargoyle Architecture Honor Society - UIUC | Council of Architecture (India)
Workshops Bamboo Workshop at Auroville, Puducherry, India
2015
Brick Workshop, Auroville, Puducherry, India
2015
LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/sterlee-rajaseelan/
Portfolio https://issuu.com/sterleerajaseelan/docs/sterlee_ rajaseelan_portfolio_vol_ii
ST ER LEE R A JA S E E L A N 3 0 5 E W h i t e S t , A p t . 7, Champaign, IL ( 217 ) - 819 - 0 4 78 sterlee005@gmail.com
Earl Prize Award Nomination
THE RE.POSE HUB
Emancipació
Re-Geneva
Institute | hangar | sustainable | building integration | envelope |structure
urban | site planning | passenger terminal |building integration | sustainable
urban | site planning | restoration | communal memory | landscapes |public architecture
historic architecture | downtown architecture | commercial | main street preservation | context