AT A GLANCE
Ninad Koranne
Area of Practice:
OVERVIEW
Trained as an architect, he has varied experience for more than 18 years in the field of Architecture, Energy Efficiency & Sustainable Urban Development. He has been part of design & build, research & consultancy projects that promoted energy conscious designs, ecologically responsible site management. As a professional, he has been involved in working on development of the green building rating system, facilitating green building certifications & performing energy & daylight analysis at an early design stage for the built environment. Presently, he is a full-time faculty and head of studies for the Public Space Design program at Srishti Manipal Institute of Art, Design and Technology at MAHE Bangalore campus. As a spatial design faculty and member of LeNS (Learning Network on Sustainability) lab, he engages with contexts focusing on bioclimatic & ecological designs, design of healthy & active spaces, sustainable systems & services, exploring community-driven participatory design processes, etc.
EDUCATION
PG- MSc Environmental Design of Buildings, Welsh School of Architecture, Cardiff University, UK UG- Bachelor of Architecture (B. Arch) from Kamla Raheja Vidyanidhi Institute of Architecture & Environmental Studies (KRVIA), Mumbai.
WORK EXPERIENCE
Full-time faculty & Head of Studies (Public Space Design) at Srishti Manipal Institute of Art, Design & Technology, MAHE Bengaluru
Full-time faculty at Srishti Institute of Art, Design & Technology, Bangalore
Lead Architect- Sustainable Solutions at Space Matrix Design Consultants, Bangalore
Lead- Sustainable Design Analyst at Leap Sustainable Design Consultants PTE, Bangalore
Professional accreditations of LEED® AP ID+C and IGBC AP
Master Trainer & Evaluator for GRIHA Rating system and Energy Conservation Building Codes (ECBC), developed for India
Project Manager at Eco3 Design Consultants, Bangalore
Student Intern at Arup, Ove Arup Partners Ltd., Cardiff, UK
Research Co-ordinator at International Institute of Energy Conservation, Mumbai
Research Co-ordinator at Science & Technology Park, Pune
Architect at Ratan Batliboi Architects, Mumbai
Jr. Architect at The Planning Group, Mumbai
INTEREST AREAS
Primary interest in bioclimatic & ecological design of built environment, systems and services towards sustainable development, etc.; also interested in studying built & cultural landscapes, everyday public spaces and exploring community driven participatory design processes
CURRENT PRACTICE AT SRISHTI
As a spatial design faculty and member of LeNS (Learning Network on Sustainability) lab, the teaching practice at Srishti focuses on engaging and exploring the physical contexts and design topics at the intersection of spatial design and ecology, climate change, healthy & active spaces, sustainable systems & services, exploring community-driven participatory design processes, etc. He enjoys facilitating studios that attempt to engage and encourage the participants to observe, understand, and analyse the perceptional qualities and user behaviour inside the spaces and public realms.
TEACHING PORTFOLIO
1- Field visits- Context specific exploration, immersion into and sensitisation to the built & cultural landscapes.
2- Narrating Spaces- student explorations towards constructing conceptual & immersive spatial experiences & emotions.
3- Model Making as tool & method to observe, understand and expand spatial understanding.
4- Student work to demonstrate spatial design concepts and communication to facilitate transit spaces as alternate learning spaces.
5- Student works of spatial design ideas for Livelihood centres, rooted in local climate and cultural context that as catalyst for social change for a chosen craft community.
CREATIVE PRACTICE & OUTREACH
Being part of multi-disciplinary design firm and worked on multi-scale projects, the professional practice essentially focuses on consulting & analysing the built environment. It concentrates mainly at an early design analysis towards creating energy conscious & high-performance buildings, facilitating green building certifications & performing building technical analysis in terms of energy & daylight simulations etc.
