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EDUCATION
Re-envisioning learning environments
DESIGN FOR LEARNING | CO - DESIGN | CHILD-FRIENDLY CITIES
2021-2022
Moving Mind (Momi)
Work exhibited at
Pratt shows 2022
Dutch Design Week 2022
Global Design Graduate Show 2022 shortlist
How can we perceive knowledge through bodily movement?
Re-envisioning the classroom to facilitate embodied learning and promote social-emotional wellness, social inclusion, and personal literacy.
Momi is an assemblage of performative lights and sensory movement rug designed, to assist teachers create embodied lesson plans and promote empathy building collective experiences.
2020
Arra is a collection of playful solutions designed for working mothers and kids to divide spaces between work and play in their homes
DESIGN FOR LEARNING | PRODUCT DESIGN | BUILT ENVIORNMENT
PUBLIC SPACE
Engaging the community to strengthen our urban commons
COMMUNITY URBANISM | SOCIAL INNOVATION | PUBLIC SPACE
2022-2023
I have been working as a designer at Street Lab for two years. This non-profit organization creates and shares programs for public space across New York City to improve the urban
environment, strengthen neighborhoods and bring New Yorkers together. My scope of work
includes designing new programs and physical products, research and ideation, user research, community engagement, developing strategic frameworks, product design, prototyping, and testing with the support of community partners and public city grants.
Streetlab was recently featured in the New York Times for its active work in transforming the public spaces in the city.
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Street furniture to help promote multigenerational physical and social activity in Jackson Heights, Queens. The project aims to help both of the partner groups introduce healthy and interactive opportunities for the diverse senior community in the neighborhood.
I assisted Taconic fellow Hannah Berkin-Haper in collaboration with Streetlab and 34th Avenue Coalition
2021-2022
Multigenerational furniture for 34th Avenue Open street
(One big bench)
Streetlab
COMMUNITY URBANISM | PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH | CHILD-FRIENDLY CITIES
India Heritage Walks (IHW) is an initiative by Sahapedia that hosts immersive and diverse experiences that bring people closer to their local heritage and culture
2019
As part of the Bangalore chapter, I led several heritage walks in the city as part of my research and analysis. These walks engaged the community in important conversations about the importance of protecting and claiming the urban commons for future generations.
PLACEMAKING| URBAN COMMONS | URBAN INFORMALITY
SOCIAL INNOVATION
Accelerated housing solution for communities devastated by natural disasters. It is an interdisciplinary collaborative emergency response proposal.
Reusable emergency shelters provide the components for building basic housing communities. They can be shipped and assembled in one week providing the victims up to 30 months to restart their lives. The housing can be easily adjusted for changes in family structure. Once vacated, the structures can be dismantled and stored for future use.
SOCIAL INNOVATION | DISASTER MANAGEMENT | MULTIDISCIPLINARY
Promoting new social practices for a better everyday
2021
Emergency housing
Work exhibited at
Julia Curran Terian Gallery, Pratt
Prototypes for Humanity, Dubai Design Week 2022
Pro
2020
What if plants could talk to us?
An interactive plant care soundscape that explore's people's relationship with nature in their homes
UI / UX RESEARCH | PRODUCT DESIGN | HOME GOODS
2017
Mores
Runner up
CERA WB. washroom
design challenge 2017
How can designers be agents of cultural change?
Mores is an easy, flexible and inexpensive toilet solution to address the issue of open defecation in India
SOCIAL INNOVATION| TOILET SOLUTION | INDIA
ARCHITECTURE
ARCHITECTURE | RESIDENTIAL | WORK EXPERIENCE
Work experience includes mid- to high end residences, institutional and hospitality buildings.
2017-2018
Internship
Colonial Palimpsest is an analysis of the transition between the colonial and postcolonial period, using the bungalow as a phenomenon, would provide an excellent opportunity to investigate a number of questions regarding the built environment and its relation to the people of Bangalore
2017
Colonial Palimpsest
What is the importance of legacy in a city?
Bachelor's in Architecture
Graduation thesis project
Revitalization of the inner circle, Bangalore, a forgotten fabric of the Anglo Indian community
How can the walls of architecture support and repair abused ecosystems?
Blur is a research facility that also behaves as a structural support to control soil erosion and water runoff and promote regeneration of the abused landscape of Devanahalli Quarry, Bangalore.
Blur
2016
SOCIAL URBAN | REVITALIZATION | BUILT ENVIRONMENT
LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE | REGENERATION | SUSTAINABLE FUTURES
Designing for physical, emotional and environmental well-being
SUSTAINABILE FUTURES
FORESIGHT | LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS | PERFUME INDUSTRY
2020
Sustainable life cycle analysis of the perfume industry and foresight design strategies for a low carbon future in the beauty industry.
HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION |TRADITIONAL CRAFTS | JAPAN
2021
Karigari
Karigari is an exploration of hand gestures of traditional crafts in Japan. As designers, we often look to investigate the materials and functionality of these crafts and ignore the expression of the artists. What if, we use these expressive gestures and create rituals of care in our everyday lives?
My research in Japan largely explored incorporating gestural interactions and interfaces in designing objects and experiences for physical and emotional well-being.
Exchange semester
Keio University, Tokyo
I translated this research into an HCI paper report that examines existing gesture-based applications for the elderly, identifying future opportunities for designing such applications.
HCI | RESEARCH | YET TO BE PUBLISHED
PRODUCT DESIGN | SUSTAINABLE FUTURES | HOME GOODS
Ora is a lamp that illuminates indoor gardens and creates a cozy corner to escape into the natural world
Ora functions as a lamp and a plant holder. Small living rooms can light up their cozy corner as well as enjoy a part of the outside on the inside. The illuminated flat surface elevates an experience of a home garden.
2020
Fo Pat is a temperature-sensitive food label that indicates the freshness of fruits and vegetables. It is designed to be a flat label or band for vegetable bundles. It helps you store your food at the right temperature and reduces food waste by providing a better and more reliable expiry date label system.
2020
SUSTAINABLE FOOD SYSTEMS | FOOD WASTE |SUSTAINABLE FUTURES
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