Balaji Rajasekaran
STUDIO
2022 December | Formative Design Studio
Architectural Design IV | Semester 05
Personalization of Housing.
2021 July | Formative Design Studio
Architectural Design III | Semester 04
Tamil Diaspora – Social & Material based Studio.
2021 December | Explorative Design Studio
Architectural Design VI | Semester 07
Campus as a system of Architectural Language – Space Making, Architectural Language & Grammar.
2020 July | Explorative Design Studio
Architectural Design V | Semester 06
Framing Program Requirement based on the existing market crisis, three sites situated in different climatic zones and three different building typologies for students to design.
2020 December | Explorative Design Studio
Architectural Design VI | Semester 07
Process-based Design Studio.
2019 July | Foundation Design Studio
Architectural Design I | Semester 02
Model Making and Architectural Delineation | Semester 02
2019 December | Foundation Design Studio
Basic Design | Semester 01
2018 July
Model Making and Architectural Delineation | Semester 02
Architectural Design Detailing | Semester 06
2017 December | Urban Design Studio
Architectural Design VI | Semester 09
Ephemeral City.
2016 December | Urban Design Studio
Architectural Design VI | Semester 09
WORKSHOPS | INVITED LECTURES | COLLABORATIVE PROJECTS
2023 January
Winter Workshop – Hyperflow – Level 1- exploration of Structural form-finding at C.A.R.E School of Architecture, Trichy.
2022 November
Induction Workshop – Analog Computation – An approach in Architectural design at PSG Institute of Architecture and Planning, Coimbatore.
2022 November
Lecture Series 2022 – “Analog + Digital Computation” at PSG Institute of Architecture and Planning, Coimbatore.
2021 May
Invited Lecture on ‘Computational Thinking – Parametric Design + Design Process’ at C.A.R.E School of Architecture, Trichy.
2020 June
Collaborative project with North Dakota State University, North Dakota, USA in developing five software products for design professions.
2020 April
Webinar 2020: “Design Deliberation in Architecture” by Parul Institute of Architecture and Research.
2020 January
Winter Workshop – O’Shell – experimental Design & Built project as part of ongoing research by C.A.R.E School of Architecture, Trichy.
2019 October
Invited Keynote Lecture on “Architectural Search” at R.V College of Architecture, Bangalore.
2019 July
Summer workshop – “Procedural Design” exploring new vocabularies in architectural expressions by C.A.R.E School of Architecture, Trichy
2018 December
AA Visiting School, Delhi – “Breathe” 2018 – investigating how we could resolve air pollution within infrastructure and create innovative solutions to combat climate change, Sushant School of Architecture, Delhi.
2017
Tectonics – Workshop on Form-finding Techniques – Prime College of Architecture, Kilvelur, Nagapattinam.
2016
‘FILLING THE VOID – Computational design tour INDIA‘ – Computational workshop, an OPEN DESIGN STUDIO across 5 cities in India – New Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Chandigarh & Chennai.
2014
Hyperthread’14 – AA Visiting School – Chennai – 10 days design & make the workshop, AA Visiting school by AA School of Architecture, London & Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA) Education.
2013
Hyperthread’13 – Mexico City – 10 days Design & Make workshop by Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA), as part of ZHA Education.
2013
Make Lab’13 – Dorset, UK – 5 days workshop engaged with computer-aided architectural design and fabrication experiments to explore new modes of design conception.
2013
ACADIA 2013, Cambridge, Ontario, Canada – “Evolutionary design principles” nominated for Pechakucha talk.
COMMITTEE / PANEL
2023 January
CAADRIA International Reviewing Committee – Part of the Review Committee of Abstract stage and Full paper stage of Research Papers of CAADRIA 2023 – International Conference, Ahmedabad, India.
2022 January
CAADRIA International Reviewing Committee – Part of the Review Committee of Abstract stage and Full paper stage of Research Papers of CAADRIA 2022 – International Conference, Sydney, Australia.
2022 January
B.Arch Thesis Panel Member – Periyar Maniammai Institute of Science and Technology (PMU), Thanjavur.
Member, Syllabus Sub-Committee Anna University – Revision of Curriculum and Syllabi under Regulation (R-2021) for Non-Autonomous Colleges Affiliated to Anna University – M.Arch. & M.Arch. Digital Architecture. .
2021 January
B.Arch Thesis Panel Member – Periyar Maniammai Institute of Science and Technology (PMU), Thanjavur.
2020 January
B.Arch Thesis Panel Member – Periyar Maniammai Institute of Science and Technology (PMU), Thanjavur.
2017 June
Resource Person – Teacher’s Training Program – Computing In Architectural Education, Practice and Research organized by Council of Architecture – Training & Research Center (COA-TRC), at McGAN’s Ooty School of Architecture
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Member, Institute of Scholars, India
Registered Architect, Council of Architecture, India (COA)
Member, Indian Institute of Architects (IIA)
Member, Kumbakonam Architecture Foundation (KAF)
Member, Computer Aided Architecture Design Research in Asia (CAADRIA), Asia
Member, International Network for Traditional Building, Architecture & Urbanism (INTBAU)
Member, The Association for Computer Aided Design in Architecture (ACADIA), U.S.A
