AARIA ANAND
ABOUT ME
A motivated Part 1 student with a passion for achieving climate justice by leveraging vernacular architecture and advancing technologies Especially driven by architecture's ability to shape societies and create intangible experiences Keen on procuring knowledge by collaborating, adapting, and innovating for and with the company and client
EDUCATION
BA (Hons) Architecture, Manchester
School of Architecture
First Class
Sept 2020 - Jul 2023
Manchester, England
IB and IGCSE, The International School
Bangalore
Jan 2013 - Jun 2020
Bangalore India
SOFTWARE
Photoshop
AutoCAD
Microsoft Office
Revit
Indesign
Rhino
Sketchup
SOFT SKILLS
Communication Collaboration
Problem Solving Creativity
Writing Management
SPECIALITIES
EXPERIENCE
Intern, ARUP foresight
Jun 2022 - Sep 2022
+44 7706642170
https://www linkedin com/in/ aaria-anand/
Research Sustainability Visualisation
London
Worked for 13 weeks across research, design, engagement, and project management in 5 varied projects and an interdisciplinary team
Assisted in curating a set of podcasts and workshops for a research project on racial equity and the built environment This involved creating participant profiles, reaching out to stakeholders, and constantly refining workshop plans Learned from conversations on the entanglement between social equity and city planning
Researched, identified, and wrote about the top trends that will impact the way the built environment functions utilizing the STEEP framework This was followed by the design of a template that would be used to develop scenarios and understand their impact on different ARUP portfolios and regions Understood the methods of scenario planning in design
Designed workshop templates on Miro to enable Arup's 58 Skill Network leaders to think about and transform the future of the firms skills The workshop ran over 8 weeks, and the Miro boards were well received with all groups engaging with all exercises.
Iteratively created and modified interactive InDesign templates for a large external client foresight project
Assisted in the filming of "Regenerative Futures" - a short movie for the London Design Festival on a future sustainable London Being on set gave me insight into the process of filmmaking, but also taught me to adapt, remain calm, and enhanced my problem solving skills
Chair, MSA EDI fora
Aug 2021 - Present
Manchester
Set up a new student-led subgroup “MSA EDI-fora”, aimed to make the MSA a more inclusive space
Hosted lgbtq+ walking tours, online events to help new students adjust to the city, and movie nights, reaching to over 50 students
Conducted a drop in session for BA students to connect and empower each other
Orgaised networking events and a co-design workshop for Racial Equity week alongside Blueprint for all Engaging with year leads to discuss integrating EDI with the curriculum
Partnership Director, MSSA
Aug 2021 - Present
Manchester
Improving MSSA’s presence in the international and local community Providing a platform to share knowledge on culture and job opportunities worldwide
Organised a research cafe for Architecture Students in Manchester and Bahrain as a collaboration with the Bahrain Higher Education Council, and the British council
Collaborated with UOM drama society to design a set for their play “GunDog”
Teamed up with Dojoko and attended 5 conferences on a wide plethora of topics with students around the world.
