P. Purnachandar

P. Purnachandar 

Assistant Professor 
Area: Housing Designs, Institutional building designs, Building Materials and Construction, Professional Practice and Estimation and specification.

Affiliation: Department of Architecture, Kattankulathur Campus, SRM Institute of Science and Technology

Email: purnachp@srmist.edu.in 

Education

Other Details:

Courses

• Housing Designs, Institutional building designs, Building Materials and Construction, Professional Practice and Estimation and specification.

Papers Presented

• Role of Coconut shell as vernacular building material, Icon Best 2021

Research Interests

• Coconut Shell Concrete and Thermal comfort

Working Papers

• With Dr. K. Gunasekeran, comparative study of hollow block coconut concrete structures on the human thermal comfort study, 2021.

Academic Experience

• Assistant Professor Sr. G., Dept. of Architecture, S.A.I.D., SRMIST, Kattangulathur campus. 2014-2018.
• Associate Professor, Dept. of Architecture, S.A.I.D., SRMIST, Kattangulathur campus.From-2018.

• Assistant Architect at C R RAJU ASSOCIATES, 2007-2009.
• Chief Architect, L’TOSH Foundations, Practicing Architecture & construction from 2011 onwards.

Workshops /Seminars/Conferences

• With CoA TRC, Bhopal, A FDPon Research Approaches and Methodologies in Disaster Management, August-2021.
• With NIDM, A Collaborative Training Program on Disaster resilience and Coping Capabilities of Cities amidst COVID 19 Pandemic, October -2021.

Achievements and Awards

• Completed more than 50 residential buildings till 2021
• Completed more than 25 Apartments and commercial buildings till 2021

Memberships

• Registered Architect, Council of Architecture - 2009
• Associate Member in Indian institute of Architecture , Mumbai, - 2009
• Licensed Surveyor of Greater Chennai Corporation -2009