Anutara Hotel room — beds against the dark Buddha feature wall

NEC Registered Architect 91178 · Kathmandu, Nepal

Rajay
Bajracharya

I draw, build and study where architecture meets the city — from Thesis incubators to Thamel restaurants and gender-inclusive parks.

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About

I'm an architect working across buildings, public space and research — designing gender-inclusive parks with UNOPS Cities4Women and mapping economies with NIURS. Click any of the sixteen stories below and it unfolds like a chapter.

  • 16selected stories
  • 5built & ongoing works
  • 4competition honours
  • 6years, concept to site

Selected work

Sixteen stories

Every card opens a storytelling popup — context, concept, development and detail. Filter by kind, or read straight through.

Practice

Where I've worked

  1. Jun 2025 – Present

    Research Assistant — NIURS

    National Institute of Urban and Regional Studies

    GIS spatial mapping for the Madhesh Deep Dive Economic project, research for the Harion Municipality proposal, field coordination and technical reports for municipality-level planning.

  2. Jun 2025 – Present

    Construction Engineering Technician (Assistant) — UNOPS Nepal

    Cities4Women Programme

    Lead designer for Samjhana Baal Udhaan Children's Park, Tilottama — concept through construction drawings. Visualisations for Hetauda Children's Park, urban profiles and gender-inclusive planning support, competition magazine design.

  3. Aug 2024 – Jun 2025

    Architect — Mr & Mrs M.L. Kayastha

    Kathmandu

    Construction drawings and interiors for Himalayan Bank New Road; concept, BIM and walkthroughs; led design and team coordination for the Nepal School all-Nepal competition; site supervision.

  4. Nov 2023 – May 2024

    Graphics Designer — Connections Nepal

    Kathmandu

    Lead designer for the flagship magazine; WASH training materials used in field workshops; posters and infomercials in Photoshop, InDesign and D5.

Academia

Research & study

Research

  • Overhangs in traditional Newari architecture — solar-shading simulation across residential and temple cases.
  • Close-range photogrammetry in Nepal — survey-based documentation of Newari heritage elements.
  • B.Arch thesis: Innovation Centre — adaptive reuse and campus innovation ecosystems, 2024. Read the story →

Education & licenses

  • M.Sc. Urban Planning, IOE Pulchowk — 2025–27, running.
  • B.Arch, IOE Pulchowk — 2019–24, First Division.
  • NEC Registered Architect — License No. 91178 · Member, SONA.

Teaching

Passing it on

  • Revit Instructor, Sagarmatha Engineering College — 2026–present
  • Revit Instructor (beginner–intermediate), IOE FSU — 2024
  • Photoshop Instructor (intermediate), IOE FSU — 2024
  • Kit-bashing Photoshop crash course — 15 Rotaract clubs, District 3292, 2024
  • Teaching Assistant, Revit Orientation, Himalaya College of Engineering — 2023
  • Workshop Facilitator, Photoshop & Enscape, ASA Pulchowk — 2022–23

Awards

Honours

  • Kaleidoscope, Asian Paints Architecture Students Award — 2nd Runner Up, 2024
  • SONA Dhangadi Toilet Design Competition — Top 5
  • KU Bus Stand Design Competition — Winner, 2022
  • Nepal School Project all-Nepal competition — 2025
  • The Badami Museum (The Drawing Board), ArcAsia — international, 2023

Community

Beyond the desk

  • Zonal Rotaract Representative, District 3292 — RY 2026–27
  • President, Rotaract Club of Sukedhara — RY 2024–25
  • Grant Project Lead, ESRAG — 2025
  • Managing Editor, VAASTU 14th Edition, IOE Architecture Magazine — 2024

Contact

Let's build something.

Commissions, collaborations, teaching, or just a conversation about courtyards.

rajay2bajracharya@gmail.com · +977-9767655882 · LinkedIn →

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