CV- PRITY CHATTERJEE ................................................................................... EDUCATION Welsh School of Architecture, Cardiff
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-Currently studying Part 1, Year 2 for a Bachelor’s Degree in Architecture. Anticipated graduation 2022.
Bexley Grammar School, Kent
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- (2011 to 2019) completed education with 12 GCSEs (A*-> B)
Bexley Grammar School, Kent
- International Baccalaureate diploma awarded with 6.6.5 in higher level subjects: Art, English and Physics - An extended essay regarding the topic of Biomimicry within Art Nouveau style Architecture.
SOFTWARES Advanced: Intermediate Beginner: Others
Photoshop, InDesign, Enscape Sketch up, Illustrator, AutoCad Lightroom, Point-Clouds, Layout, 3DSMAX, REVIT Office 360, Google Workspace
EXPERIENCE Colman Architects, London
- Summer 2016 - Created a proposal for a rural retreat utilising Architectural drawing of the hand, AutoCAD and SketchUP, whilst working alongside qualified Architects and eventually presenting the proposal to them.
Rural Works, Cumbria/ Cardiff
CARTOGRAPHIES OF THE IMAGINATION FESTIVAL OF DRAWING
- A two week project. We set up our studio in a barn in Staveley whilst collating data from the residents to create an exhibition depicting ‘rural acupuncture’: suggestions of ways in which the community could be elevated. After exploring the rural landscape we took our time exhibiting our scaled models, collaborative drawings, photography of space and place and finally, our word maps in both locations.
COMPETITIONS Well Being of Future Generations
- Poster identifying sustainable communities utlising photoshop and illustrator.
Ruskin Park
- Photography competition to encourage socially distanced walks within Parks.
Having just completed year 2 of my part 1 studies at the Welsh School of Architecture, I realise my keen interest in utilising hand drawings and models as a means of comprehending the atmosphere of a space. Holding the belief that the connection between hand and paper is one of the most subtle yet rewarding forms of communication.
Refugee camp playground
An eye opening experience, which guided my interests, was sourced from a community based project situated in Cumbria, the lake district. Through our documentation of the issues residents faced in a village there, I realised that mapping gives us the opportunity to take agency over our space.
Student Association At the Welsh School of Architecture/ Creative events role
The findings of our research fueled my desire to work amongst people, this emerged through my role within our Architecture committee. Furthermore, my magazine work in a start up led by African British creatives (MoreLife Group) and another affiliated with Cardiff University (Quench Magazine). This has made me appreciate analogue creative work.
- Working collaboratively within the startup magazine team, I planned pages and layout of pages which consisted of photoshoots and interviews of influential newcomers within London.
- Started to research into the psychology of children and the therapeutic effects which a playground has upon uprooted youth. Unfinished but presented in a honeycomb modular structure with textiles to produce a ‘cocoon shelter’.
EXTRA CURRICULAR Quench Magazine/ Illustrator
- Worked on a series of food related illustrations using Adobe Illustrator alongside an article published online. - As elected head of Creative events, I created, organised and ran gallery trips, sketch crawls, creative drawing Sessions and
collaborated with Cardiff’s Art Society.
- With a collaborative effort, we worked organised guest architectural lectures as well as
More Life Magazine/ Art Editor
CONTACT
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LANGUAGES Advanced: Intermediate: Beginner:
prity.chatterj@gmail.com +44(0)74 4392 5877 prity-chatterjee @Prittchatterjee
English Bengali, Hindi German, French, Japanese