Kasturi Vikas Acharya

SUMMARY

Highly organized professional with an experience in the field of urban planning and architecture. Holds proficient command over mapping and creative illustration tools along with hands-on involvement in Request for Proposal, planning presentations, community outreach, historic preservation, and critical analysis and summarizing of past plans

EDUCATION

University of Illinois Chicago (UIC), Chicago, IL

Masters in Urban Planning and Policy

Coursework –GIS, Plan Making Studio, Land Use Regulation, Historic Preservation, Introduction to Transportation, Global Urbanization.

University of Mumbai, Mumbai, IN

Bachelor’s in architecture

Coursework – Architectural Design, Building Technology, Theory of Structures, Introduction to Urban Design, Urban Planning, Town Planning, History of Architecture, video making, and editing elective.

WORK EXPERIENCE
Project coordinator Jan’23-Present

Studio ARQ Chicago, IL
Primarily worked on O’Hare airport terminal reconfiguration's following aspects-

Developed O’ Hare airport terminal 1 and terminal 3 reconfiguration plan and presentation until the opening of the new Global terminal.
Planned for the reconfiguration of the airport operation control center space (OCC) for O’Hare and Midway.
Space programming and Area calculation of the Rotunda at O’Hare.
Walk distance calculations, graphic generation and logistics planning for terminal 5.

Urban Planning Intern May-Aug’22
AECOM Remote- Dallas, TX

Prepared reports, presentations, and RFPs showcasing, charts, graphs, 3d models, and illustrations to evaluate planning studies about demographics, housing typologies, and land use for an Affordable housing Proposal for the city of Chicago.
Summarized meeting minutes obtained through Steering Committee meetings about the financial feasibility study of a general hospital in LA.
Evaluated the Complete streets design principles for the existing streets of Austin, later used interpret the proposal for the Austin Core transportation plan development.
Reviewed, evaluated, and summarized transportation and land use plans for the for the city of Desoto, NCTCOG Mobility 2045 Update NCTCOG Southern Dallas County Transit and Freight Plan, and many more.

Graduate Assistant in Data Science Sept-Apr’21, Aug - Dec'22 Digital Scholarship Hub, UIC Chicago, IL

Developed introduction to R, Adobe Photoshop, SketchUp, and ArcGIS Pro workshop on GitHub.
Managed, conducted, recorded, and resolved workshop queries through Lib- answers/Cal and JIRA tools.

Junior Architect Jun-Dec’20

Master & Associates Mumbai, MH

Delivered as-built drawings, rendered elevations, and structural detail drawings for Mumbai municipal schools.
Created rendered plans, 3D visuals, promotional pamphlets, and landscape plans for a public viewing gallery.
Crafted a bill of quantities, updated project cost analysis spreadsheet, attended vendor and subcontractor meetings, and mediated the discussion between the client and engineers.

Junior Architect Jul’19- Jan’20

TechComm Urban Management Thane, MH

Performed calculations of design parameters along with presentation curation for a cluster planning project.
Formatted and stylized site plan, landscape, and promotional drawings for an in-house resort design.

SKILLS

Design and presentation - Adobe Creative Suite (Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign), 3D Modelling, Sketchup, AutoCAD, Lumion, ESRI ArcGIS Pro, Urban Footprint, Microsoft Office (Word, PowerPoint), Canva.
Soft Skills- Issue identification, Information sourcing, and analysis, Creative Writing, Team Management, Collaboration, Problem-Solving, Communication, Adaptability, and Time Management.
Languages- Fluent and proficient in speaking and writing English, Hindi, and Marathi.

LEADERSHIP AND PUBLICATIONS

Urban Planning & Policy Student Association (UPPSA) First-year Student Representative.
Publication- (IJSREM) Volume: 05 Issue:08 – Research paper publication (August 2021)
Academic journal ANTA - mapping graphic on the colonial heritage of Goa

CERTIFICATES

Registered Architect – Council of Architecture, India (Nov '20)
LEED Green Associate Certificate. (Jul '21)
Strategic Planning and Urban Design Foundations (Aug’21)
Spatial Data Science: The New Frontier in Analytics (Nov’22

SUMMARY

EDUCATION

WORK EXPERIENCE Project coordinator Jan’23-Present

Studio ARQ Chicago, IL Primarily worked on O’Hare airport terminal reconfiguration's following aspects-

Developed O’ Hare airport terminal 1 and terminal 3 reconfiguration plan and presentation until the opening of the new Global terminal.

Planned for the reconfiguration of the airport operation control center space (OCC) for O’Hare and Midway.

Space programming and Area calculation of the Rotunda at O’Hare.

Walk distance calculations, graphic generation and logistics planning for terminal 5.

Urban Planning Intern May-Aug’22 AECOM Remote- Dallas, TX

Prepared reports, presentations, and RFPs showcasing, charts, graphs, 3d models, and illustrations to evaluate planning studies about demographics, housing typologies, and land use for an Affordable housing Proposal for the city of Chicago.

Summarized meeting minutes obtained through Steering Committee meetings about the financial feasibility study of a general hospital in LA.

Evaluated the Complete streets design principles for the existing streets of Austin, later used interpret the proposal for the Austin Core transportation plan development.

Reviewed, evaluated, and summarized transportation and land use plans for the for the city of Desoto, NCTCOG Mobility 2045 Update NCTCOG Southern Dallas County Transit and Freight Plan, and many more.