ANKITA VERNEKAR Address: 5 5 Mount Street, Greenslopes, Queensland 4120 • Mobile: 0478073938 Email: ankita538@gmail.com • LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/ankita538 Website: https://avdesigns.godaddysites.com CAREER PROFILE
With 3 years of experience in residential and commercial architecture across Australia and India. A Registered Architect in India (CA/2019/108820) with expertise in composing project documentation and detailed drawings, estimation, developing BOQ, overseeing on-site constructions, and implementing sustainable aspects in a project. A Master of Architecture Graduate from Deakin University Australia with advanced proficiency in Revit, AutoCAD, SketchUp, Lumion, ArchiCAD, and Rhino. The major achievement was being the core member of the team working on a 5-million-dollar project sponsored by the Victorian Government to build sustainable community housing. VISA STATUS: Permanent Resident EDUCATION Master of Architecture Deakin University, Geelong, Victoria July 2019 - November 2021 • Developed and established Residential programs within a complex existing context in captivating the complexity of the public and private interactions. The design was articulated on a challenging site and expressed with free-hand drawing and rendering styles. • Exploration and implementation of Biophilic design and sensory qualities of architecture in an institutional project were generated by devising views and scenarios. Spaces and textures of the project were generated with the application of Lumion. • Community housing was formulated for the homeless people during COVID due to the social housing crisis. Documentation for the project was produced with the help of software Revit, AutoCAD, and SketchUp. • Formulated a post-pandemic workspace that captivated the essence of WORK-LIFE-BALANCE based on the triggers of the Pandemic. Facing contemporary issues, the pandemic compelled us to stay local therefore a local approach to the project was considered. Basic materials and construction techniques were sourced locally giving the brutalist (Raw) approach to the project and thereby incorporating sustainability in terms of reduction in the material transportation. EXPERIENCE
Form Flow- Manufutures, Geelong, VIC November 2019 - June 2020 Architectural Intern • Affiliated with the Professor and Chair of Architecture at Deakin University, Mr. James Doerfler for planning and formulating the project Prefab 21. It is a concept of an affordable prototype unit, a small house unit developed by the Geelong-based manufacturer FormFlow and Deakin's University School of Architecture and built environment. • The social community housing project was subsidized for $5million by the Victorian Government's ongoing commitment to support the regional communities through the impacts of coronavirus. • Produced layouts, contracts, memorandum of understanding, and unit use agreement; collected and tabulated findings of technical information affecting the site used for the placement of units. • Led interior design team of 3, presenting 4 alternative house layout plans to the client; coordinated with 10 employees on finalizing the unit design, installing residential spaces for 2 people in one unit. • Collaborated with the design team using Revit and AutoCAD for a prototype of a one-bedroom prefabricated unit designed to meet social housing crisis accommodation needs for Samaritan House in association with FormFlow as part of Deakin University's WIL Program. • Formed a well-articulated layout of one unit by utilizing AutoCAD dimensioning tools in drawing and Revit in designing the living area, bedroom, and Bathroom as per the building standards according to the Australian Building Codes.