Swati Negi - Architect India | 1989 Contact information: Email id Skype id Phone Address
Education
mail@sans-studio.in swatinegi689@gmail.com Swati Negi +91 8826033099 140, Lane no. 18, Banjarawala, Near UCO bank, Dehradun – 248001, Uttrakhand, India B.Arch from Pune university (2012)
Professional Experience: 2018 – Present Job Description
Sans Studio, Dehradun Founder Design studio with a focus on sustainable architecture and lifestyle solutions. Objectives: - Revival of vernacular construction techniques with appropriate intervention to make it relevant for the current context. - Use of sustainable support systems like rainwater harvesting tank, grey water recycling, solar power, organic farming etc. - Creating a team of skilled masons - Conducting awareness programmes regarding natural building construction Project Examples: - Residence / Homestay in village Sawara, Chakrata (Built up area 700 m²) - Eco village at Kotda, Dehradun (Built up area of phase 1 – 620 m²) - Residence at Rajpur, Dehradun made of wattle and daub and rat trap bond (Built up area – 150 m²) - Residence at village kattu ki chail in Tehri district (Built up area – 200 m²) - Residence at Bisht village in Dehradun (Built up area – 400 m²) - Homestay at Chakrata with timber and stone (Built up area – 1200 m²) - Residence / Homestay near Anand chowk in Tehri district made of Rammed earth (Built up area – 400 m²) - Residence at Doon officer’s colony for a scientist at Wild Life Institute (Built up area – 600 m²) - Artist retreat at Chandroti village made of Cob, Stone and Bamboo (Built up area – 300 m²) - Extension of a dilapidated house for Nature science initiative head quarter (NGO). Wattle and daub construction (Built up area – 100 m²) - Research project with SEED India – Analysis of physical, social and psychological safety of government school in Uttrakhand. Study belt – Dehradun, Rishikesh and Haridwar. - 2 day cob workshop at Chandroti village.
2017-2019 Job Description
2012 – 2014 Job Description
2016 Job Description
2013 – 2015
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4 day bamboo workshop at Chandroti village
DIT University, Dehradun Visiting faculty (Total duration – 24 months) Subjects taught: - Architecture design – 2nd year - Building construction – 2nd year - Alternative construction techniques – 5th year - Earthquake resistant architecture – 5th year Auroville Earth Institute (AVEI) http://www.earth-auroville.com/ Employee Junior architect from August 2012 till April 2013. Head of architecture department from April 2013 till December 2014. (Total 28 months) Job profile included the following: - Architecture team coordination - Project management - Concept design - Producing and reviewing technical drawings of the team - Site supervision - Recruitment and orientation of interns and architects - Facilitating training course Click here for the description of key projects + recommendation letter Student’s Cultural and Educational Movement of Ladakh (SECMOL) http://secmol.org/ Employee Employed as architect and facilitator from April to September 2016 (Total 6 months) Key projects: Eco training centre in SECMOL campus (Built up area – 550 m²) Dining hall in SECMOL campus (Built up area – 192 m²) Residential unit of army officer (Built up area – 135 m²) Earth construction and passive solar design course (18-day workshop) Eco community centre, Kaza, Spiti http://www.spiti.org/ https://www.facebook.com/TheSpitiValley Architect; Project head; Site supervisor Project head representing AVEI from 2013 to 2014 Independent consulting architect in 2015. (Total duration – 30 months)
Concept design Technical drawings Project management Site supervision Click here for Eco community centre article co-authored by Swati Negi and Lara Davis 2015 – 2018 Job Description
Freelance Architect Worked on the following projects as a freelancer
2015 - 2017
Osho meditation retreat, Langha village, Uttarakhand Architect; Site supervisor Phase 1 – Structural consultancy for existing cottage unit. Phase 2 – Design and site supervision of cottage cluster comprising of 4 units (Built up area – 198 m²). Salient features – Stone and CSEB (Compressed stabilized earth blocks) walls, Masonry dome roof.
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December 2015 Job Description 2010 Job description
Himalayan Organics, Uttarakhand Architect Design of a multipurpose hall to be used for training and research of various organic farming practices (Built up area – 530 m²) Salient features – Load bearing construction, slate roof and earth plaster Osho Gangadham, Rishikesh, Uttrakhand http://oshogangadham.org/ Architect Design of the residential block at the ashram Residence design, Punjab Architect Design of a residence unit in an organic farm in the outskirts of Punjab (Built up area – 68 m²) Sadhana Kendra Ashram, Dumet village, Uttarakhand http://www.sadhanakendra.org/ Architect; Volunteer Design of a dry toilet prototype for a settlement along Yamuna River. SK Das and associated Architects, New Delhi http://www.skdas.org/ Intern Academic internship from June to November 2010 (Total 6 months)
Workshops / Competitions / Publications / Volunteering: 2020
Participated in Reimaging Brooklyn bridge competition organized by Van Allen institute. Click here to see the submission.
2019
Published an article in Arts Illustrated magazine about an introspective piece on earth architecture. Click here for the PDF
2017
Volunteered with NGOs based in Nepal to help with post-earthquake redevelopment. All Hands Volunteers https://www.hands.org/ Worked on two schools, base improvement, dry toilet and carpentry. Duration – 1 month. Conscious impact https://www.consciousimpact.org/ Worked on an earth bag residence and dry toilet made of wattle and daub. Duration – 3 weeks.
2015
Participated in Bamiyan cultural centre international competition organized by UNESCO with the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan. Click here to see the submission. www.bamiyanculturalcentre.org
2014
Participated in Holcim award – Foundation for sustainable construction. Click here to see the submission http://www.lafargeholcim-foundation.org/
2012 – 2014
Participated in following workshops at Auroville Earth Institute (AVEI): Compressed Stabilized Earth Block (CSEB) – Production (1 week) Compressed Stabilized Earth Block (CSEB) – Masonry (1 week) Designing with CSEB (1 week) – Was one of the main facilitators and developers of this workshop Arches Vaults and Dome (AVD) – Theory (1 week) Arches Vaults and Dome (AVD) – Masonry (1 week) Ferrocement (1 week) http://www.earth-auroville.com/training_dates_and_info_en.php
2010
Participated in Urban Regeneration Charrette – Pune; organized by INTBAU India (International Network for Traditional Building, Architecture and Urbanism).
http://www.intbau.org/ Academic achievements: 2009 2008 & 2010 2010-11 2010-11
Topped the Pune university batch of 2009-10 in second year of Bachelor of Architecture. Second rank in college. Treasurer of students committee. Wall Magazine Co-ordinator - Design of architectural panels
Thesis
Osho international meditation centre, Navi Mumbai
Dissertation
Impact of elevated MRTS (Mass rapid transport system) on urban aesthetics
Skills and competence: Architecture
Project design, Project management, Site supervision, Hands on site work, facilitating workshops, Model making Construction Practical building experience with CSEB (Compressed stabilized earth blocks), adobe, cob, straw clay bricks, bamboo, rammed earth, earth bag, earth plaster, arches, vault, domes, etc. Computer Software AutoCAD, Google sketch up, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe InDesign, MS office suit, Revit (Basic) Language English, Hindi, Marathi References: Satprem Maine
Architect - Director of the Auroville Earth Institute (AVEI) UNESCO Chair Earth Architecture - Representative for Asia Pondicherry http://www.earth-auroville.com/ info@earth-auroville.com
Robert Celaire
Architect - Consultant in Energy Efficiency and Environmental Services France robert.celaire@wanadoo.fr
Sanjay Prakash
Architect - Principal consultant at SHiFt: Studio for Habitat Futures New Delhi http://shift.org.in/ sp@sanjayprakash.co.in
Sonam Wangchuk
Co-founder of Students Educational and Cultural Movement of Ladakh (SECMOL) Engineer; innovator; education reformist. Ladakh http://secmol.org/ sonamsolar@gmail.com