Ibha Shrestha, NCARB

Architect

Years at SCNA

Total Years

Education

Bennington College, B.A.- Architecture
University of North Carolina Charlotte, M.S.- Architecture

Registrations

NCARB #102102
NC #15602

Strengths

Creative, Detail-Oriented, Client relations, Out-of-the-Box thinker, Team player

What I Do

Originally from Kathmandu, Nepal, Ibha came to the United States to pursue higher education and develop her professional career. Ibha is one of our most talented and versatile designers, she has worked on all phases of design and construction including; developing schematic designs and site layouts for new programs and prototypes.

Ibha is very personable and often meets and discusses projects with clients and contractors, she performs site visits to monitor construction progress, and reviews submittals and RFIs to ensure smooth construction administration takes place.

Who I Am

What is your architectural philosophy? Or goal? Or focus?

Favorite Music Type/Genres/artist(s)

Hobby or Skill (s)

Creating unique experiences and better aesthetics

Eclectic- I don't stick to any genre

Travel, Cook, Eat, Aerial, Extremely fast speaker :D

Are there any aspects of architecture you use to decrease environmental impact?

Favorite Designer

Favorite Food(s)- Cuisine/Local restaurant

Utilizing passive strategies during design & material choices

Olafur Eliasson, Yayoi Kusama, James Turell

Asian Food

Favorite Architect

Book(s), Titles(s), Series, Writer (s)

How does your design process work?

Numerous: Tadao Ando, Kengo Kuma, Luis Barragan, Coop Himmelb(l)au, Le Corbusier, Louis Kahn, Alvar Aalto, Renzo Piano, and the list goes on

Murakami, Puzo

Looking up precedents for ideas I want conveyed in the building