Design Aesthetics · Since 1996
Work with the practice
One drafter and, on some projects, a site supervisor. What the work is, what it pays, and what it does not promise.
The practice runs 8 to 12 projects at a time, concentrated within a few kilometres of the Aligarh studio, each of the local projects visited twice a week by the principal. That is what keeps the supervision real. It is also why the drafting hours are the constraint, and why these two roles exist.
The roles
Drafter
The primary needWorking drawings, details, schedules and revisions in AutoCAD under the principal’s direction. This is the role the practice is short of, and it is the reason the principal still does most of the drafting himself.
What you would own
- At 3 months: sections, details and revisions on drawings already underway
- At 12 months: a complete working drawing set on a project, checked and issued under supervision
- At 24 months: layout and elevation drafts from the brief, with the principal’s review
Site supervisor
On some projectsRequested by clients on some projects to keep them moving: checking work against the drawings, recording what was found, and reporting it. This is the second hire and it is not needed on every project.
What you would own
- At 3 months: a written site report after each visit, against a checklist
- At 12 months: drawing-issue discipline on one site, so nobody builds from a superseded sheet
- At 24 months: independent site supervision on a project inside the district, with the principal reviewing
Partnerships
Two kinds of work here are delivered with partners rather than in house. The standard for both is stated, because the partner’s quality is the practice’s name.
Structural and MEP partners
The practice coordinates structural and services drawings against its own architectural set; the specialist drawings are the partner’s. What is expected is reliable turnaround and a set that can be checked against the architecture, not trust that the numbers are right.
- Drawings a client’s engineer can verify independently
- Coordination with the architectural set, not bolting on after it
- A written brief and a stated turnaround, every project
Visualisation partner
Renders and walkthroughs are outsourced, and are arranged per project rather than offered as a standard deliverable. What is expected is a clear brief taken once, a realistic schedule, and a price that does not move after the brief is set.
- A brief agreed before any rendering starts
- A delivery date the practice can commit to a client
- Predictable pricing, so a render line can be quoted honestly
If you run a practice that works to this standard and want to be considered, write with what you have delivered and for whom.
Stated plainly
The parts that are usually left vague until the second interview.
The pay range
8,000 to 16,000 a month, rising as skill is demonstrated. That is the local range and it is stated here rather than at the end of an interview. The practice’s fee level is what caps it today, and the honest answer is that the ceiling moves when the fee moves, not before.
What you would actually do
Draw buildings that get built, in the district, and see them go up. Local drafting roles often mean one task for years and no sight of a site. This one does not.
There is no written standard yet
This is a one-architect practice and the drawing standard has never been written down. If that matters to you, it is better to know it now than in month three.
The principal draws
You would work directly with Rakesh Parihar, who has drawn and supervised buildings here since 1996. There is no layer between you and him.
No unpaid trial work
If a trial task is set, it is paid. The practice does not ask for drawings as a test of willingness.
How to apply
Send what you have. A CV if you have one, and a drawing or two if you have any you are willing to share. There is no form and no portal.
If you want to see the standard the work is held to before applying, two notes from the journal describe it better than a job description can.