Qualification:
B.Arch (Pune University), M.Arch in Environmental Architecture (Pune University), Post-professional Certificate in Project Management (University of California, Berkeley, USA).
Designation:
Asst. Professor
Department:
BSOA
Lab:
Design Lab
Involvement:
Core Team Member
Areas of expertise:
Sustainable Design.
Teaching profile (subjects):
Design, Climatology, Architectural Drawing and Graphics.
Brief Biography:
Divya has a mixed bag of experiences of more than 5 years. Her experience ranges from Environmental Architecture to Project Management. She has worked in US, New Zealand along with India. She loves to interact and shape up young minds towards sensitive, sensible and sustainable designs. She believes that architecture needs to be an essence of the environment and drives this thought through her teaching as well.
Key Competencies:
Project management, Design, environment friendly design, energy efficient design, Green building rating systems and consultancy India/ NZ.
Professional profile:
Her expertise and skill sets include Environmental design, Green building rating systems (India and NZ), Energy efficient designs, Project Management. She has worked on a wide range of projects including documentation for green building rating systems in India, New Zealand. Worked on residential projects in New Zealand, India. She set up her own firm in Chennai ‘Eco-paradigm Design Solutions’ which has seen through Architectural and interior projects.
Academic Profile:
She started teaching as a teaching assistant during her masters and realized that her skill sets could benefit students at large. She has been a visiting faculty at Brick in 2014. She went on to teach at Indira College of Architecture and Design once she came to India, before joining back at Brick.
Fields of Interest:
Sustainable/ Climate responsive design, Urban Design.
Hobbies:
Her love for music and books has added to her persona.
