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Neha Chopra A fifth-year architecture student pursuing a minor in Architectural Design Fabrication, from Hyderabad, India. With a growing interest in making and sustainability, I’m passionate about woodworking, designbuild practices, and vernacular architecture.
Education/Learning MAY 2025 SEP 2024 FEB 2025
Carnegie Mellon University
Bachelor of Architecture
Majoring in Architecture with a minor in Architectural Design Fabrication
Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura
Semester Abroad
Spent a semester at Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain taking architecture studio and intensive design classes.
JUN 2023 JUL 2023
Auroville Earth Institute
SEP 2023 NOV 2023
Pittsburgh Glass Center
MAY 2022 JUN 2022
University of Alaska, Anchorage
Natural Building Materials Construction Training
Trained for the production, use, and design of earthen or natural building materials including CSEB (Compressed Stabilized Earth Blocks), Rammed Earth, Earthcrete, etc. developed by AVEI. Training included lectures, drafting, design, simulations, soil-testing, practical masonry, etc.
Glassblowing Course
Attended a semester long Glassblowing course for credit.
Welding Course
Attended a five-week long introductory Welding course for transfer credit, covering MIG, SMAW, GMAW, and TIG welding techniques.
Relevant Experience JAN 2025 MAY 2025
JUL 2024 AUG 2024 MAY 2023 SEP 2023
MAY 2022 AUG 2022
AUG 2021 Present 1
Carnegie Mellon Architecture
Teaching Fellow
Co-teaching Second Year Architecture Studio along with Professor Andrew Stone to a group of 16 students. The studio emphasizes design beyond the visual, focusing on full-scale engagement and meaningful relationships with the people who inhabit our spaces. Responsibilities include designing the course, weekly critiques, admin, and teaching with a focus on fabrication.
Yangnar Studio
Architecture and Fabrication Intern
Assisted architects and principals with conceptual design, model-making, site surveys, construction, technical drawings, and furniture design on-site in Chiang Mai, Thailand.
Art Brute (Collaboration)
Project Architect
Worked along with a Design studio from Auroville, India, on the reconstruction of a residential backyard, from conceptualization to execution, designing, material sourcing, and overseeing the day-to-day construction. Managed project timelines, budgets, and resource allocation, achieving on-time completion within allocated budgets.
William Merriman Architects
Architecture Intern
Assisted Principal architect at a small scale high-end residential architecture firm in Anchorage, Alaska; rendering, drafting, site surveying, BIM modelling, 3D printing, etc. Primarily worked on three housing projects focusing on conceptual and design development phases.
Architecture Wood Shop
Shop Monitor
Mentor other architecture students at the School of Architecture Wood Shop during fabrication classes, monitor the activity in the shop to ensure safety, and assist with carpentry projects and machine upkeep at the Carnegie Mellon School of Architecture Wood Shop.