Student Mona VijayKumar
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Areas of Interest
Building Materials, Climate Change, Community Planning and Economic Development, Food Systems, Landscape Architecture and Natural Systems, Regeneration, Social, Inclusion, and Diversity Planning, Sustainability, Urban Agriculture, Water Conservation
Education
2014 - 2019
Bachelor of Architecture, School of Architecture and Planning, Anna University 2020 - 2022
Master of Science in Architectural Studies (SMArchS), Urbanism, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Academic Experience
2020 - Present
Graduate Community Fellow, MIT Professional Experience
2018 - 2018
Architectural Intern, Junya Ishigami and Associates, Tokyo, Japan 2017 - 2018
Architectural Intern, Atto Atelier, Bengaluru, India 2017 - 2017
Architectural Intern, Architecture Brio, Mumbai, India Awards
2020 - 2020
JK AYA Best Architecture Student of the Year , Council of Architecture, India 2020 - 2020
International Finalist, TUBE 8x8x300, Underground passageway renewal design competition 2019 - 2019
Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Thesis (Zonals), Council of Architecture, India 2018 - 2018
National Finalist (Top 20), Eyes on the canal, 'Reimagining Chennai's Buckingham Canal' by GIZ, idea competition 2018 - 2018
International Finalist (Top 5), Thinking hand- Non profit organization, Furniture design competition 2017 - 2017
National Winner, Enceladus award, Institutional building category 2016 - 2016
Winners (zonals), Transparence design competition by Ethos 2016 - 2016
National Finalist (Top 10), Gwalior re-invent design competition by Indian Institute of Architects 2016 - 2016
National Runner-up, Re-thinking traffic island design competition by Indian Institute of Architects 2015 - 2015
Jury commendation, IGBC National Green design competition by Ethos 2014 - 2019
M.G.R scholarship for academic performance, School of Architecture and Planning, Anna University Exhibitions
2019 - 2019
'An Urban Room- Empowering street children', Undergraduate architecture thesis, Exhibited at the Indian Institute of Technology in Chennai, India 2018 - 2018
'Eri- A vernacular water harvesting system', Research project, Exhibited and presented for the Laurie Baker Centenary Event in Chennai, India 2017 - 2017
'Home for birds, a paradigm shift', Exhibited at Association of Siamese Architects in Bangkok, Thailand