Architecture Portfoilio

P O R T F O L I O

Los Angeles

EXPERIENCE

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Building & Safety Intern for Community Development

at City of Beverly Hills

Assist with WELO Plan reviewing for plan checkers and creating checklists for the reviewing process.

Managing project submission for permits and ensuring submission of appropriate construction drawings.

Maintaining city records of confidential documents and approved city plans for community preservation team.

Documented over 900 AXP hours towards my NCARB record.

Research Assistant for Architecture Department

Sep 2023 - Apr 2024

at California Baptist University

Assisted for research on building performance and sustainable modifications.

Performed Site evaluation for building performance and data collection using Hoboware

Analyzing the collected data and making appropriate changes to the 3D model using Revit an cove tool

Intern for International Admissions

at California Baptist University

Effectively communicated and guided international applicants through the complex admission process with accuracy.

Managed confidential records and admissions files and reviewed international credentials, ensuring compliance with university and visa requirements.

Design Assistant for Conference & Events

at California Baptist University

Spatial planning & Organizing events ranging from small to large conferences.

Created multimedia presentations using AutoCAD to optimize event layouts.

Conducted site surveys and utilized cartography skills to design detailed maps for various projects and also oversee on site work for event setup.

Architectural Intern for Johnson Signature space Interiors

at Russell Foundation Pvt. Ltd, Chennai, India

Produced 3D visualizations and floor plan iterations for Single family residential and multi family residential projects

Assisted the project architect in design development, and project estimate evaluations.

Coordinated with producing detail drawings and construction documentation.

Architectural Intern

May 2023 - Sep 2023

at Stokes Design Studio, Chennai, India

Created floor plan iterations and brainstormed conceptual ideas for a couple of hotel design projects.

Produced detail drawings and actively involved in site visits with the team and the principal architect.

EDUCATION

M.Arch ( Entertainment design ) (NAAB Accredited)

California Baptist University, USA GPA - 3.76 2022 - 2024

B.Arch ( NAAB Equivalent 5 yr) Anna university, India GPA- 3.23 2016-2021

SKILLS

Drafting & 3D Modeling: AutoCAD, Revit, Rhino 3D + Grasshopper, Sketchup, 3Ds Max

Rendering: Enscape, Lumion, Twinmotion, Unreal engine, VRay

Postproduction: Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, Indesign Analysis tools: Cove tool, Ladybug, Bluebeam Fabrication: UltiMaker Cura - 3D printer, AutoCAD - Laser cutting Manual: Sketching, Painting, Model making, Quilling, Carving

Soft Skills: Problem solving, Creative, Critical thinking, Leadership, Teamwork, Attention to detail, Effective communication, Fast learner.

Languages English | Tamil | Hindi

Hobbies & Interests: Dance, Music, Photography, Cooking, Gardening, Reading

AWARDS & AFFILIATION

Awards: Most Improved performance faculty choice (2024) Power performer award (2024)

Certifications: Registered Architect | Council of Architecture, India - CA/2021/138027

Affiliations: Associate AIA | NOMA | AWA+D | AOT- Architects Of Tomorrow is a venture of CBU NOMAS members to introduce architecture to high school kids through workshops)

PROJECT EXPERIENCE

MUOZ/ODS Expansion Beverly Hills- Created diagrams and contributed to planning presentations for the Objective Design Standards (ODS), demonstrating graphical and verbal presentation of design concepts to planning staff.

Themed entertainment design – a group coursework to produce an architectural experience movie for an Art exhibit at Riverside, CA, Design Directed research – a research course in which an architectural analysis of experiential design was documented, and a conceptual approach was proposed.

CONTENTS

MIXED USE OVERLAY ZONING ANALYSIS

MAGGIIE’S CANCER CARE CENTER

CALTECH WELLNESS AND RECREATION CENTER

ECOLOGICAL CHARTER SCHOOL

ANALYSIS MODELS

STUDY TRIP - SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA

Mixed use overlay zoning Proposal analysis

CITY OF BEVERLY HILLS

This project envisions a strategic revitalization of Beverly Hills’ commercial corridors through a mixed-use overlay framework that promotes walkability, economic vibrancy, and sustainable urban form. Focusing on the Golden Triangle and adjacent zones along Wilshire and Santa Monica Boulevards, the proposal integrates tiered development, active ground-floor programming, and adaptive reuse strategies. Inspired by successful urban precedents, the design prioritizes public realm enhancements, affordable housing incentives, and a contextual building hierarchy that transitions smoothly from commercial edges to residential interiors. The introduction of flexible zones, pedestrian-friendly trails, and modular gathering spaces aims to transform underutilized parcels into vibrant, inclusive, and economically viable destinations.

PROPOSAL IDEA FOR THE ZONING LAYOUT

*This project is a personal vis on of a conceptual proposal informed by ongoing plann ng discussions, community outreach, and urban design precedents.

REIMAGINING THE WILSHIER BOULEVARD

Breaking down a mixed use 4 story building to blend into the surrounding

activating road front areas using flex zones

creating pedestrian experience to enhance walkability and reduce parking requirements

Visual breaks and human scale design to mixed use buildings

FLEX ZONE USAGE

URBAN GRAIN IMPACT

By leveraging zoning flexibility, building form regulations, and contextual street activation, this proposal reimagines Beverly Hills as a resilient, future-forward urban district. The integration of green corridors, activated plazas, and multi-level public spaces supports both local business vitality and community well-being. Through phased implementation, this vision fosters equitable growth while preserving the city’s distinctive character blending its heritage of luxury with inclusive, human-scale urbanism.

Maggie’s Cancer care center

This center is designed to provide them comfort, safety, healing space, through giving opportunities of social engagement, but also privacy. This empowers the patient to feel like a home when needed, a hospital for cure, a gallery to explore and a door to connect with nature. The time they spend here should let them be themselves, vulnerable and sense of belonging to the surrounding. The site itself creates a lot of opportunity for it through the views of the beach that’s calming, the contour land breaking down the mass of the site and surrounding and also makes the nature approachable.

FORM EVOLUTION

The concept of this design is the connection of soul and space through journey of users from Dark to bright spaces as a experiential connection to their healing process. The proportion of spaces play in relation to the voids creating the tumor effect of normal cells and cancer cells coexisting. The same effect is turned into a positive impact of hope being the light taking over the dark. The variation in form creates a language of light and dark providing natural light and a connection with the surrounding as a hope to their life. The darkness is to remind that it is evolved from their past and that is what makes the present look the way it is. The spaces connecting within itself and to the surrounding provides a better healing environment.

HIERARCHY OF SPACES

CALTECH WELLNESS AND RECREATION CENTER

SPRING

The Caltech wellness and recreation center is to support the academic, research, and social needs of students, faculty, and staff. Especially, an athletics and wellness center in higher education serves as a hub for physical activity and wellness on campus. It typically includes facilities for a wide range of sports and fitness activities, as well as space for health and wellness services. There is a growing number of interests in campus wellbeing and more schools want to build, modernize, or expand their athletic facilities to brand their school and to serve community. This project challenges students to consider its complexity, adaptability, and NZE (Net-Zero-Energy) goals.

PROGRAMMING

The Programming was based on the user type and circulation hierarchy of spaces. The spaces are grouped and accesed by 4 types of users like Athlets, Coaches , Students and Public. Based on this the approach and orientation is organized

SUSTAINABILITY ANALYSIS

The north side of the site mostly has ambient lighting and less heatgain. Whereas the southern side is having a greater exposure to sun as there are not any neighbouring buildings. However the Programing spaces exposed to the heat gain has minimal ventilation or that space could adapt to the heat gain. Such as the varsity gym, swimming pool .

SUSTAINABILITY

Kinetic responsive systems are gaining attention in architectural applications, to reduce the building’s energy consumption and environmental impact, while improving the indoor comfort conditions. The paper explores the potentials of Shape Memory Alloys (SMAs) for the design of autoreactive facade systems without using additional energy. The exploration is conducted and assessed through the design of a facade concept for the city of Athens, aiming to both improve the indoor environment and reduce the negative impact towards the outdoor environment, by means of a kinetic autoreactive system, with a focus on the building’s impact on the Urban Heat Island (UHI) effect

View point

SWIMMING POOL

View point

Ecological Charter School

SPRING 2023

The design project is a Charter school for STEM programs aspiring High school students. The site being located at downtown riverside opposite to the main library this design contradicts the Urban anchor point structure. The conceptual approach was about progressing through the experiences of learning not only through academics but through aspects of life. The building structure has resemblance of the Egyptian pyramid where it symbolized that stepping up was progressing to ascend through the rays of sunlight falling on larger regions of mass. So that relates to the structure actually capturing sun light by stepping up in south direction where the exposure of sun is maximum.

FLOOR PLANS AND WALL SECTION

3D MODELS AND RENDERS

STUDY TRIP

Seoul, south korea

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