1. K A R T E E K G .
A r c h ite c t a n d U rb a n D e s ig n e r
Karteekg@gmail.com
Ph. No. +91 7673903388
P e r m a n e n t A d d r e s s
C-1, Alekhya residency
Marripalem Vuda Layout
Visakhapatnam-530009
Res No. 0891-2729134
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION Pursuing PhD. (in Department of Architecture)
(Registered in 2013)
at School of Planning and Architecture, Vijayawada, India
Working Title: Developing built form model based on FSI for
Indian cities
M . A R C H in U R B A N D E S I G N ,
School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi, India with GATE
Scholarship
(Completed in 2008)
Urban Design Thesis
An Urban Design approach to a Sustainable Compact City in
new growth potential areas- Case of Cyberabad, Hyderabad, India.
B . A R C H ,
Andhra University college of Engineering,
Visakhapatnam, India (Completed in 2003)
B.Arch Thesis
Revitalization of a tribal community- A case of Araku valley
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Assistant Professor Department of Architecture, School of Planning and
Architecture, Vijayawada (SPAV)
October 2009 till date An Institution of National Importance, MHRD, Govt. of India.
Job Responsibilities
-Presently teaching the subjects Architectural Design, Art
Appreciation, Theory of Design, Architectural seminar,
Theory of settlement planning, Urban design and
Architectural Graphics for B.Arch course and Urban Design
Elective course for B.Planning. Also presently coordinating
the Architectural Thesis 2016.
-Nominated as the Member of the Academic Council of
School of Planning and Architecture, Vijayawada, March
2015
2. -Nominated as the member of Board of Moderators,
Department of Architecture
-Nominated as the Member-Building Works Advisory
Committee of SPAV in Feb, 2014 to advise the competent
authority on Design and Execution of SPAV Campus project.
-Nominated as the Member-Secretary for Building and
Works Subcommittee of SPAV in June 2012 for taking up
decisions, organizing meetings, review of drawings, review
of estimates, preparation of project schedules, all
necessary co-ordination between CPWD, SPAV and the
appointed Architect, related to design and execution of
SPAV Campus project with an estimated cost INR 130 crores
as on January 10, 2013.
-Nominated as the Convener for Campus Development
Committee (SPAV) in 2010 to prepare documents related to
Expression of Interest, Request for Proposal and formulating,
compilation of Area requirements and overall co-ordination
for the upcoming SPAV permanent Campus at ITI road,
Vijayawada.
-Nominated as the Faculty In-charge for SPAV Website
Management, undertaking website uploads, updating
information, management and co-ordination
-Nominated as the Member of Board of Studies for SPAV to
recommend new courses of study, Academic regulations
and syllabus, Course Structure for all existing and proposed
courses of study in B.Arch.
International Lectures Delivered a lecture titled “Cities and rivers-
Tale of Hyderabad and Vijayawada” at
Department of Architecture, Universita Di
Firenze, Florence, ITALY during June 2015.
COUNTRIES VISITED ITALY, MALAYSIA, UNITED KINGDOM and
SINGAPORE
Institutional Consultancy Concept Presentation on GREEN MASTERPLAN
VIJAYAWADA for the Municipal Corporation of
Vijayawada in 2015 as Project Incharge
TOURSIM INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT FOR GANDHI
HILL, VIJAYAWADA- 2013
STREET SIGNAGES FOR VIJAYAWADA MUNICIPAL
CORPORATION- 2010
3. Publications/Conferences Paper Reviewing and Chairing the sessions
• Nominated as a CHAIRPERSON in the Technical sessions
for International Conference for Sustainable
Development held at Rome, ITALY during June 5-6, 2015
• Submitted evaluation of a Technical paper titled "Land
Suitability rating for Building Site Development in
Southeastern Nigeria” for Sky Journal of Soil Sciences
and Environmental Management , in July 2015
• Nominated as the member of the Scientific Committee
in the International Workshop on Liveable cities-2013,
organised by the Centre for Research Initiatives (CRI),
Liberal Arts and Social Sciences, Universiti Sains
Malaysia
• Nominated as a CHAIRPERSON in the Technical sessions
for ICIES-2013 - International Conference on Information
and Engineering Sciences, February 21-22, 2013
• Nominated as a CHAIRPERSON in the Technical sessions
for ICWSAUD2012 - International Conference-Workshop
on Sustainable Architecture & Urban Design-2012,
March 03-05, 2012
• Submitted evaluation of three Technical papers for
ICWSAUD2012 - International Conference-Workshop on
Sustainable Architecture & Urban Design-2012, March
03-05, 2012 as a nominated member of its Scientific
Committee
Paper presentations and publications
• Full Paper presented and published in the proceedings
at the International Conference on Transportation, Civil
and Architectural Engineering (TCAE-16), LONDON
during May 26-27, 2016 with ISBN 978-93-84468-55-2
Paper title: “ FSI as a development Control tool in
Indian cities- Analysing the case of Vijayawada, India”
“Received the Best Paper Award for the session”
• Presented a paper titled “Housing regeneration through
FSI”, in the National Seminar at SPA Vijayawada during
November 2015
• Full paper published in the peer reviewed journal
‘European Journal of Sustainable Development’ (2015),
volume 4, No. 2, 27-34 ISSN: 2239-5938
Paper title: “ Is FSI Dependent on Land Availability and
Densities? A Comparative Review of FSI in Indian
Cities” , published by the European centre for
sustainable development
4. • Full paper published in the online JOURNAL City
Observer (2015) titled “Redeveloping the Musi riverfront
in Hyderabad”
• Full Paper presented and published in the proceedings
at the International Conference for Sustainable
Development held at Rome, ITALY during June 5-6, 2015
with ISBN 978-12-200-01-199
• Presented in the International conference Urban Green
and Blue, India September 16, 2014, SPAV, Vijayawada
Paper Title: Living on the Edge of the River
• Full paper presented and published in the proceedings
of the Annual International conference on Architecture
and Civil engineering, SINGAPORE, March 18-19, 2013
(indexed)
Paper Title: Technology and the future of cities,
ISSN 2301-394X, organised and published by Global
Science and Technology Forum
• Full paper presented at the International Conference
on Information and Engineering Sciences and
published in the International Research Journal of
Engineering Sciences-2013, Volume I, Issue I, ISSN 2320-
4338
Paper title: “Exploring social and economic impact on
built spaces in the telecommunication era”
• Full Paper published in the International Transaction
Journal of Engineering, Management, & Applied
Sciences & Technologies (ITJEMAST) Journal-2012,
Volume 4 (1), 2013
Paper Title: An Urban Design approach to a Sustainable
Compact city in new growth potential areas,
ISSN 2228-9860, eISSN 1906-9642, (mirror at slideShare,
Calameo, ScriBd)
• Full paper published in the International Journal of
Scientific and Research Publications Volume 2, Issue 12,
December 2012 Edition
Paper title “User refinements of architectural space” as
a Co-author, ISSN 2250-3153
• Full paper presented in The International Conference-
Workshop on Sustainable Architecture and Urban
Design, March 03-05, 2012 held in Penang, Malaysia.
ISBN No.978-967-394-070-7
Paper Title: An Urban Design approach to a Sustainable
Compact city in new growth potential areas
5. • Full paper presented and published in the proceedings
of The International Conference on Built Environment,
Dec 01-02, 2010 held in Penang, Malaysia. ISBN No.978
983 3986 606
Paper Title: World cities, Exo-urbanisation and
Architecture of developing countries, case of
Hyderabad
TRAINING PROGRAMS
• Attended the GRIHA Training Program at India Habitat
Center organized by TERI, New Delhi, February, 2016
WORKSHOPS
• Attended the GRIHA Training Program at India Habitat
Center organized and certified by TERI, New Delhi,
February, 2016
• Attended the Design Degree Show 2014 at IIT Mumbai
organized by the Industrial Design Center, IIT Mumbai,
June 2014
• Co-ordinated and Participated as a PANELIST in the
National Workshop on “Architecture Education
Pedagogy and Professional Practice” during May 23-24,
2014 at SPAV and also co-ordinated the works assigned
• Participated in International Workshop on
“Architectural Pedagogy” during April 14-15, 2014 at
SPAV
• Organized and participated in Workshop on
“Architecture Education and Pedagogy” conducted by
Shri Narendra Dengle, Architect, Pune and Shri Ashish
Ganju, Architect, New Delhi during April 11-13, 2014 at
SPAV
• Organized and participated as a PANELIST in the
International Workshop on Urban Design titled “City
through its Riverfronts” on November 20, 2013 at SPAV
• Attended and participated in Energy Positive Habitats
Workshop at Auroville, India August 30-September 02,
2012.
• Attended and participated in The International
Conference-Workshop on Sustainable Architecture and
Urban Design, March 03-05, 2012 held in Penang,
Malaysia.
• Attended and represented as a Nodal Officer in
National Knowledge Network workshop at National
Geophysical Research Institute, Hyderabad on
February 15, 2012 organized by NIC, Delhi
6. • Attended and presented ideas for VISION VIJAYWADA-
2030 VGTMUDA workshop held on 21-01-2010 in
Vijayawada
• Attended and presented ideas for VISION GUNTUR-
2030 VGTMUDA workshop held on 25-01-2010 in Guntur
• Participated in the International Conference on
Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Engineering
ICMSCE-2012 held on September 13-14, 2012 in
Vijayawada
SPECIAL LECTURES
• Organized and co-ordinated the Special lecture session
on February 13, 2016 by Professor Manoj Mathur
• Organized and co-ordinated the Special lecture session
on February 10, 2010 by Architect Abhijit Ray
• Organized and co-ordinated the Special lecture session
on February 11, 2010 by Architect Jasbir Sawhney
• Organized and co-ordinated the Special Lecture
session on July 16, 2010 by Architect Ravi Hazra
• Organized and co-ordinated the Special Lecture
session on September 27, 2010 by Architect Yatin
Pandya
-Full paper selected for paper presentation for the
International Conference on Constructed Environments,
Nov 17-19, 2010 Venice, Italy. ISSN 2154-8587 (Print)
Title-“The Hidden Agenda: Architecture of Change”.
-Abstract selected for paper presentation at CSAAR 2011
Conservation of Architecture, Urban Areas, Nature &
Landscape: Towards a Sustainable Survival of Cultural
Landscape, March 14-16, 2011, Amman, Jordan (ISSN
1992-7320)
Title- “Framework for V A L U E based assessment of cultural
properties”
Guided Thesis Undergraduate design Thesis B.Arch
• Revitalising the Spice Heritage of
Mattancherry (2016)
• Urban Renewal of Old Ernakulam Railway
Terminus (2016)
• Revival of traditional Dhow Craft at
Beypore, Calicut (2016)
• Heritage and Cultural Centre, Warangal
(2016)
• Socio-Cultural hub in Madurai (2015)
• Slaughter House (2015)
7. • Redeveloping the mill land in Mumbai
(2015)
• Urban haat in Guwahati (2015)
• Underground recreational space,
Hyderabad (2013)
• Sustainable plug-in tourism integrating
culture and environment (2013)
• Redevelopment of Commercial street,
Bangalore (2013)
Undergraduate design Thesis B.Plan
• Urban design interventions for reviving
core city area, One town, Vijayawada
(2012, as co-guide)
Senior Associate Architect SMG Design Inc.
February 2009 to October 2009 Handled over 2.3 lakh sqft. of Architectural design and
detailing.
Job Responsibilities
-Worked on LIFE HOSPITAL project, upcoming in Hyderabad
Total built up area= 1,10,000Sqft.
-Design and detailing of a 3 acre Housing project ALTIUS
which includes High rise housing, Clubhouse and Luxury Villa.
With a total Built-up area of about 1, 20,000Sqft.
-Design and detailing of a Residence at Visakhapatnam for
the Deputy Mayor of the city.
Associate Architect RDS Architects
June 2008 to December 2008 Handled major projects of the firm at the conceptual level
Job Responsibilities
Project- Concept presentation for 60 acres proposed gated
community project in Hyderabad with a total built-up area
of 26 lakh sq ft. which includes High rise apartments, Town
houses, Clubhouse, Convenient shopping, Premium
Apartments and a commercial complex.
Project- Conceptual presentation for a 12 Acre gated
community project for BITSA, Hyderabad.
Project- Preparation of a presentation on LEED rating system
for a seminar at Indian green building council meet in 2008.
Deputy Manager Reliance Haryana SEZ in Gurgaon
From July 2007 to June 2008 Project-Conceived in Gurgaon and Jhajjar district, RHSEZ
project is spread across 10,000 hectares of area.
Startup phase area= 1086 acres
Startup phase Investment = 10,000 crores
Job responsibilities
-Analysis of site potentials and regional transit corridors
around the site.
8. -Preparation of Detailed urban design and landscape
structure for Startup phase.
-Preparation and compilation of Masterplan report for
Government of Haryana approval.
-Presentation on Transit oriented development scenario for
SEZ
-Preparation of alternative urban design models for the
startup phase
-Relevant Sector specific studies.
-Preparation of work break down structure for Urban Design
and Landscape.
-Typological Analysis of the contemporary developments
around the world.
Architect SOBHA DEVELOPERS Bangalore.
From August 2004 to May 2005 Handled major projects for INFOSYS campus as an Architect
Project-INFOSYS MULTIPLEX at Infosys Mysore Campus.
Project Estimate = 40 crores
Job responsibilities
-Conceptualization and design development in
coordination with Geodesic techniques pvt ltd. for the
external dome structure.
-Study on theatre design and requirements
-Design discussions with INFOSYS team.
-Design detailing and preparation of working drawings as
per the inputs from Theatre consultants.
-Frequent Site visits and site meetings with structural,
Landscape, Acoustical, Electrical, Air conditioning, Interior
and project management consultants.
-Reviewing cost estimates at initial stage
Project-INFOSYS Software Development Block at Mysore
-Schematic Design proposal for software block
Project-INFOSYS Auditorium complex at Bangalore
-Concept Design entry for a closed competition
Junior Architect RDS Architects Hyderabad.
From July 2003 to May 2004 Worked as a Junior Architect
Project-School of social sciences for Hyderabad Central
University, Project Estimate = 2.5 crores
Project-Lecture Hall complex for Hyderabad Central
University
Project Estimate = 2.2 crores
Both the projects were entries for a closed competition
where the design concept and scheme were presented.
Design concept was emphasized on energy efficiency.
9. Project-CMSD building for Hyderabad Central University
Project Estimate = 6 crores
Job responsibilities
-Conceptualization and design development
-Reviewing cost estimates of the project
-Design detailing and preparation of working drawings
-Preparation of presentation drawings
-Design coordination with consultants and site visits
Miscellaneous works -Documentation of Lutyens Bungalow Zone, Delhi for Delhi
Urban Arts Commission in 2007
-An Urban design study and proposal for Monda market
area, Secunderabad as a part of internship in Hyderabad
Urban Development Authority in 2006 during M.Arch (Urban
Design) course work.
-Documentation for Restoration of Kurupam Tomb in
Visakhapatnam in 2000.
-Listing of heritage buildings of Visakhapatnam for Heritage
walk, INTACH in 2002.
-Preparation of a reconstructed model of a Buddhist site,
Thotlakonda in Visakhapatnam in 2000 for AP Tourism and
Development Corporation.
Achievements -Won a SPOT AWARD for the Urban Design work done for
startup phase in Reliance Haryana SEZ ltd. in 2007.
“Received the Best Paper Award for the session” for
the paper presentation at the International Conference on
Transportation, Civil and Architectural Engineering (TCAE-
16), LONDON during May 26-27, 2016
Paper title: “ FSI as a development Control tool in Indian
cities- Analysing the case of Vijayawada, India”
- Recipient of GATE SCHOLARSHIP in 2005
-Design Attempt for WORLD TRADE CENTRE MEMORIAL, New
York, World wide Design competition in 2003.
-Awarded Best DESIGN THESIS for B.Arch in 2003.
-Won the first Special mention for Annual NASA Design
Competition for Museum of remains in NASA-2001
Unpublished Articles
-Graduate design Thesis - Revitalization of a tribal
community, A case of Araku Valley 2003
-INTACH Documentation of Heritage buildings for
Visakhapatnam Chapter in 2002
10. Professional memberships/Affiliations Registered Architect in Council of Architecture
COA Reg No. CA/2004/33069
Associate member of Institute of Urban
Designers India, membership No. A-224
Associate member of The Indian Institute of
Architects, membership No. A17539
Life member with International Association of
Academicians and Researchers (INAAR)
Additional Skills and Sketching, Model making, Rendering
Specialized knowledge Auto Cad-2014, Photoshop CS-6, Sketchup-6 and MS Office.
Personal profile Date of birth : 10-02-1981
Place of birth : Vizianagaram, A.P.
Sex : Male
Nationality : Indian
Marital status : Married
Languages known : English, Hindi and Telugu
“I hereby declare that all the information given in this Curriculum Vita is true to the best of my
knowledge and belief”
Karteek Guturu