Faculty

Dr. Jinu Louishidha Kitchley

 hodarch@tce.edu, jinujoshua@tce.edu

20

PUBLICATIONS       

2

SPONSORED PROJECTS

4

CONSULTANCY PROJECTS

11

M.E./Ph.D. SCHOLARS

9

SEMINAR, CONFERENCE, WORKSHOP ATTENDED

 Educational Qualification

DEGREE BRANCH INSTITUTE YEAR
B.ARCH ARCHITECTURE SAP, Anna university, Chennai 1997
M.ARCH ARCHITECTURE SAP, AU,Chennai 1999
Ph.D ARCHITECTURE SAP, ANNA UNIVERSITY 2009

 Experience

PERIOD NO OF YEARS DESIGNATION INSTITUTION
2001 - 2004 3y and 6m Teaching Research Associate School of Arch, Anna University, Chennai
2004 - 2007 3 part time research associate School of Arch, Anna University, Chennai
2004-2009 5 Consulting Architect Kitchley Consultants, Madurai
01-06-2009 to 01-01-0001 3y Asso.Professor Dept of Arch, TCE,Madurai
01-06-2012 to 17-02-0014 1y7m Professor Dept of Arch, TCE,Madurai
1999-2001 2 Lecturer Dept of Arch, TCE,Madurai
17-02-2014 to 08-09-2024 10y7m Professor and Head Dept of Arch, TCE,Madurai
09-09-2024 to Till date ON GOING Professor and Head TSEDA, TCE, MADURAI

 Publications

 Journals
  1. Chandramathy I, Shrimathi P, Jinu L Kitchley & Harish Murugan. Employing Lessons from Traditional Water Tank Spaces to Enhance the Spatial Vitality of Contemporary Public Spaces: Insights from the Temple Tanks of Madurai, India. ISVS e-journal, Vol. 11, Issue 11, pg23-42
  2. Meena Kumari R; Jinu Louishidha Kitchley, 'A framework to assess the contextual composite heat vulnerability index for a heritage city in India- A case study of Madurai', Sustainable Cities and Society. 2024-02, DOI: 10.1016/j.scs.2023.105119
  3. Jinu L Kitchley, Elangovan Sankaralingom, 'Modelling complexity: A visual framework for a holistic integrated approach for sustainable urbanisation', Handbook of Research on Issues, Challenges, and Opportunities in Sustainable Architecture2022 | Book chapterPart of DOI: 10.4018/978-1-6684-5119-9.ch005EID: 2-s2.0-85161317347
  4. Senthil Mani, Jinu Louishidha Kitchley, REVIEWING THE PHYSICAL AND NON–PHYSICAL ATTRIBUTES OF COLLECTOR AND LOCAL STREETS: A CASE STUDY OF MYLAPORE, CHENNAI, JESTEC- JOURNAL OF ENGINEERING SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, ISSN: 1823-4690
  5. Harni S, Jinu Louishidha Kitchley, Social sustainability in a culturally strong but disrupted urban fabric - The case of Mylapore. JESTEC- JOURNAL OF ENGINEERING SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, ISSN: 1823-4690
  6. Sanjana, Chandramathy.I, Jinu L Kitchley, Aesthetics of urban commercial streets from the perspective of cognitive memory and user behavior in urban environments, Frontiers of Architectural Research
  7. 'REMEDIATE MADURAI 2030 - Exploring Principles of Climate change, Spatial Justice and Place-making. CITY OBSERVER Volume 6 Issue 1- June 2020
  8. Study and analysis of efficient green cover types for mitigating the air temperature and urban heat island effect‟, International Journal of Global Warming, Impact factor 1.5
  9. The integrated effects of urban form and trees on the microclimate: A case study, International Journal of Ecology and Development, vol. 31, issue 4 (2016)
  10. Applied Soft Computing, Volume 14, 2014, p 634- 652- GENERATIVE METHODS AND THE DESIGN PROCESS: A DESIGN TOOL FOR CONCEPTUAL SETTLEMENT PLANNING,Impact factor 2.81 (2014 )
  11. Jinu L. Kitchley Architectural Education and the current professional scenarioJournal : Architecture, Time, Space and PeopleVol 12 Issue 5, Pg 16 May 2012
  12. Sanjana Balasubramanian, I. Chandramathy, Jinu Louishidha Kitchley, 'Aesthetics of urban commercial streets from the perspective of cognitive memory and user behavior in urban environments', Frontiers of Architectural Research. 2022, DOI: 10.1016/j.foar.2022.03.003Part of ISSN: 20952635
 Conferences
  1. "Overview of Climate Change Impacts on Informal Settlements: Towards achieving Sustainable Development Goals in India" - International Conference on Sustainable Tropical Architecture in Asian Urban Heritage, Taylors University, Malaysia, 23 and 24 November 2021
  2. "Biomimetic Architecture as a solution to the adaptation of built environment to extreme temperature increase due to climate change" - International Conference on Visionary Action towards Livable Urban Environments.
  3. " Identifying parameters and methods to formulate a context sensitive Heat Action plan for urban areas affected by extreme heat conditions due to Climate change" International Conference on Future Cities, IIT Roorkee.
  4. I.Chandramathy, Green Space Factor In Modifying The Microclimates In A Neighbourhood: Theory And Guidelines, Proceedings of the International Conference PLEA 2014 -Passive and Low Energy Architecture, CEPT, Ahmadabad, 15- 18 Dec 2014.
  5. Jinu L. Kitchley, A. Srivatsan, ' Combining Shape Grammars and Genetic Algorithms for developing a housing layout: Capturing the Complexity of an Organic Fishing Settlement.', CAADRIA (Conference for Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia), 2005 ,JUN 2005
  6. Jinu L. Kitchley, 'Computation and Design: Capturing the complexity of Design of a Sustainable Human Development,Urbanism and Green Architecture, i CONUGA conference, 2010
  7. Jinu L. Kitchley, A. Srivatsan, GENETIC ALGORITHM in computation and Design, CAADRIA ( Annual Conference for Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia 2006,2006
 Books
  1. IGI Global Publishers, Handbook of Research on Issues, Challenges, and Opportunities in Sustainable Architecture, ISBN13: 9781668451199|ISBN10: 1668451190|EISBN13: 9781668451205Modelling Complexity - A visual framework for a holistic integrated approach for Sustainable Urbanisation Jinu Louishidha Kitchley, S. Elangovan

 Projects

TITLE SPONSORING AGENCY AMOUNT RESPONSIBILITY
MAPPING URBAN VULNERABILITIES - Assessing the Impact of Neighbourhood Safety and Mobility for Working Women ICSSR - Indian Council of Social Science Research 5,00,000 Jinu L Kitchley and S. ThangaLavanya
PHYSICAL AND DIGITAL MODELING WORKSHOP AICTE 12,00,000 DR. JINU KITCHLEY

 Consultancy

NAME OF INDUSTRY DETAILS PERIOD
TCE MILLS INTERIOR DESIGN CONSULTANCY SERVICES 07-03-2022 to 22-11-2022
PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT INTERIOR DESIGN CONSULTANCY SERVICES 03-03-2022 to 22-11-2022
MADURAI CORPORATION B.Redesigning and revitalizing of Periyar Bus Stand Fort 06-10-2021 to 22-11-2022
TCE Architectural Consultancy 01-03-2012 to 03-03-2017

 Seminar, Conference, Workshop Attended

  1. Session Chair Zero Energy Mass Customisation Homes 2024 - International Conference VIT, Vellore 8th and 9th Nov 2024, 08-11-2024 to 09-11-2024
  2. Demystifying climate change data and maps for communication in the 21st century, 08-12-2023 to 20-12-2023
  3. NEP Way forward in ARCHITECTURE, School of Arch, D.Y.Patel College of Engineering and Tech, Kolhapur, 30-01-2023 to 03-02-2023
  4. Leadership SKills by Dr. Shubha VIllas Prabhu, 20-12-2022 to 21-12-2022
  5. Workshop on Architects Act, COA Functioning Procedures, Council of Architecture at Chennai, 28-10-2015 to 28-12-2015
  6. National Seminar on Architectural Education, New Delhi, 16-09-2014 to 17-09-2014
  7. Life Skills II phase for the Faculty, M/S CHELLAMUTHU TRUST, 30-01-2014 to 31-01-2014
  8. RESEARCH METHODOLOGIES, IIT, CHENNAI, 22-09-0013 to 27-09-2013
  9. RACHNA Training of Teachers, CEPT University Aug 25- 27 2022, 01-01-0001 to 01-01-0001

 Seminar, Conference, Workshop Organised

  1. PLACE MAKING INDIA 2024 - TEMPLE TOWN MAKING, https://placemakingindia.org/placemaking-week-india-2024/ , 10-02-2024 to 14-02-2024
  2. Workshop on Grasshopper and Rhino, 15-11-2018 to 16-11-2018
  3. Symposium on Smart cities in India Challenges and Constraints, at TCE, Madurai - Technical Committee Member, 11-03-2016 to 12-03-2016
  4. International Symposium on Urbanisation, Ecology and Community Development, Jointly with GSAPP, Columbia University, 18-12-2015 to 18-12-2015
  5. Joint studio with GSAPP Columbia University - Urbanisation Issues in Madurai, 17-12-2015 to 22-12-2015
  6. Professional Experiences of Ar. Tony Joseph, t KS Auditorium, 16-09-2015 to 16-09-2015
  7. Vaigai River Restoration Pageant Project, 10-06-2015 to 12-06-2015
  8. Workshop on Architectural Listing of Buildings in Madurai Region, Intach Madurai Chapter convention, 15-12-2014 to 16-12-2014
  9. Orientation by Ar. Ganapathy and Ar.Nirmal sylvester, 31-07-2014 to 06-08-2014
  10. Revitalizing Vaigai river by Professor Geetha Mehtha, University of Columbia and Dhan, 23-07-2014 to 22-07-0016

 M.E./Ph.D. Scholars

NAME OF SCHOLAR COURSE AREA OF RESEARCH STATUS
Ar. I. Chandramathy Ph.D Providing a greener urban solution Completed
Ar. Meena Kumari Ph.D Vulnerability analysis of urban settlements Ongoing
Ar. Senthil Mani Ph.D Assessing the livable parameters contribution to vibrancy in commercial streets: Ongoing
Ar. Harini. S. Ph.D Thermal Behaviour investigation for Adaptive Resilience towards heat in urban built environment Ongoing
Ar. P.Pavalavelsh Ph.D Enhancing Resilience of Urban Housing Ongoing
Ar. Santhan Athmanan Ph.D Computational Design process to optimise architectural design for efficiency Ongoing
Ar. ThangaLavanya Ph.D PLANNING FOR SAFETY, ACCESSIBILITY AND SOCIAL INTERACTION IN RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBOURHOOD Ongoing
Ar. C.Piraiarasi Ph.D Life Cycle Analysis of Urban Built Environment Ongoing
Ar. Lekshmi Shunnma Ph.D “INTEGRATED SUSTAINABLE WATER SYSTEMS NETWORK TO ACHIEVE WATER RESILIENCE THROUGH GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE; CASE OF VAIGAI RIVER BASIN Ongoing
Ar. G. Vaishali Ph.D “URBAN ANALYTICS IN PLANNING AND DESIGN” Ongoing
Ar. Madhivadani K Ph.D Urban Livability and Place making Ongoing

 Lectures Delivered

TOPIC DELIVERED AT PERIOD
URBAN NARRATIVES OF MADURAI IIA (INDIAN INST OF ARCHITECTS) MADURAI 05-01-2024 to 05-01-2024
Architectural Thesis Demystified Hinduathan School of Architecture 29-11-2023 to 30-11-2023
AN OVERVIEW OF RESILIENCE AND SUSTAINABILITY IN DESIGN, PLANNING, AND MANAGEMENT OF THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT National Inst of Tech, Trichy 14-02-2023 to 14-02-2023
GENDER AND ARCHITECTURE CRESCENT UNIVERSITY 30-03-2022 to 30-03-2022
GENDER EQUALITY IN ARCHITECTURE SRM UNIVERSITY 16-09-2021 to 16-09-2021
GENDER EQUALITY IN ARCHITECTURE - MANIFESTATIONS OF GENDER IN DESIGN COUNCIL OF ARCHITECTURE ONLINE TRAINIG PROGRAMME 21-04-2021 to 21-04-2021
HUMANISING CITIES THROUGH PUBLIC SPACES INDIAN SOCIETY OF LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS 10-04-2021 to 10-04-2021
ARCHITECTURAL EDUCATION ON THE CROSSROADS COUNCIL OF ARCHITECTURE - COASOCIAL - ONLINE 28-05-2020 to 28-05-2020
Adapting to Climate change using Technology World Urban Campain (UNHABITAT) 17-08-2018 to 17-08-2018
GENERATIVE DESIGN METHODS AND ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN ANNA UNIVERSITY CHENNAI 19-03-2018 to 19-03-2018
Building structures for architects AICTE QIP FDP at TCE, MAdurai 15-12-2017 to 15-12-2017
Lateral Thinking and Architectural Design AICTE QIP FDP at TCE 13-12-2017 to 13-12-2017
Creativity in design AICTE QIO FDP at TCE 13-12-2017 to 13-12-2017
Research in Computational design CoA-NIASA Sponsored 5 day national Faculty Training Programme, Kalasalingam University 09-12-2016 to 09-12-2016
SMART CITY - MAKING A CITY SMART - MADURAI AS A CASE EXAMPLE Thiagarajar College of Engineering 11-03-2016 to 12-03-2016
Safe, Inclusive and Accessible Public Spaces Indian Institute of Engineers, Madurai 05-10-2015 to 05-10-2015
Generative Design Methods Thiagarajar College of Engineering 05-06-2014 to 05-06-2014
COMPUTATIONAL DESIGN PERIYAR MANNIAMMAI COLLEGE, TANJORE 17-07-2013 to 18-07-2013

  Awards and Honours

  1. BEST PAPER AWARD, THINK SPACE CONFERENCE
  2. BEST PRESENTER AWARD, THINK SPACE CONFERENCE

 Membership

NAME OF SOCIETY DETAILS PERIOD
INDIAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS A27880
Council of Architecture CA/98/23552