RACHIT RAJ SOMANI
An architectural archive
Rachit Raj Somani
School of Environment and Architecture (SEA)
Mumbai, India
rachit8801@gmail.com
a19rachit@sea.edu.in
8 august 2001
English | Hindi
Education
Holy cross Kapa, Raipur
Bhavans R.K. Sarda Vidya Mandir, Raipur
New look school, Kota
School of Environment and Architecture, Mumbai
Skills
Hand
Drafting | Sketching | Model making | Basic carpentry and masonry | Photography
Cad
Autocad
3D software
Google sketchup | Rhinoceros3D
Rendering
Blender | Lumion | Vray
Adobe
Photoshop| Illustrator | Indesign | Premiere pro | After effects
Website
Wix | Wordpress
Soft skills
Critical thinking | Collaboration | Problem solving | Leadership | Organisation | Time management | Emotional Intelligence
Publications and Collaborations
2019-20 | Change, a story of Juanwadi, Goa
2019-20 | Building science & technology, book
2020-21 | Error: 404 not found, a book of short stories
2020-21 | Classroom, campus, culture and tradition
2020-21 | Covid Glossary
2021-22 | Miniature: as a method, website
2021-22 | Ground & Built form, a Sewri creek study
2021-22 | Ground & Built form 2, Manipur site study
Electives & workshops
2019-20 | Urban Ecology, Anand Pendharkar
2019-20 | Architectural Imagination, HarvardX
2020-21 | Video art, Amol Patil
2020-21 | After effects CC, Udemy
2020-21 | In city, parts don't make whole, Prasad Shetty
2021-22 | Generative Drawing, Karthik Dondeti
2021-22 | Psychospatiality, Drishti Mehta
2021-22 | Weaving steel, Manjunath BL
2021-22 | Materialising ideas, Sankalpa Sankalpa
2021-22 | Miniature: as a method, Dipti Bhaindarkar
2022-23 | Reframe workshop, Aamchi
2022-23 | Architectural Kitchen, Dushyant Asher
Achievements
2019-20 | elected student council member & treasurer
2019-20 | for ‘Enthusiasm and embodying process’
2020-21 | for ‘Persistent thinking’
2021-22 | Connected Collab Studio, a student-led initiative between four colleges across India