Melissa Fernandes

I am a registered architect (India, 2025) with experience at Talati and Partners on high-rise residential projects, focusing on detailed drawings, coordination, and delivering design into execution. I have international exposure as a Teaching Assistant at the Europe Summer School 2025 in Barcelona, working within cross-cultural teams. My internship with LxS, developed my interest in heritage conservation and adaptive reuse.

I am interested in context-driven design at the intersection of architecture and landscape, explored through my thesis, with a focus on material reuse, public and site-responsive strategies.

Architect at Talati and Partners LLP (2025-09 – 2026-02)

• Contributed to luxury residential high-rise projects across design development, visualization, and technical drawings.
• Developed terrace and amenity strategies, integrating spatial quality with material exploration.
• Produced client-facing presentations and design reports to support design decisions.

Teaching Assistant at LoCa Studio, Barcelona | LxS, Ahmedabad (2025-06 – 2025-06)

• Supported adaptive reuse studios through site-based learning, critiques, and discussions with international architects.
• Facilitated collaborative, research-driven design processes in an academic setting.

Freelance Architect at LxS, Ahmedabad (2024-07 – Present)

• Led residential and mixed-use interior projects, delivering coordinated drawing sets and spatial strategies.
• Developed visualizations, furniture systems, and façade studies aligned with project intent.

Outreach Co-ordinator at LxS, Ahmedabad (2023-11 – 2025-05)

• Curated and coordinated academic programs, workshops, and site engagements.
• Structured learning frameworks and documentation to support studio pedagogy.

Associate Architecture Intern at LxS, Ahmedabad (2023-11 – 2024-05)

• Engaged in adaptive reuse of a 125-year-old heritage school and the General Post Office, Ahmedabad, in collaboration with INTACH and AMC spanning documentation, analysis, and intervention design.
• Designed an inserted block within heritage constraints, aligning new and existing fabric.
• Contributed to documentation, drawings, and presentations, alongside residential projects.

Winter Internship at Studio Humane (2023-11 – 2024-05)

• Produced detailed drawings and physical models to support design development.

Bachelor of Architecture in Architecture – Indian Education Society's College of Architecture (2020-01 – 2025-12)