A decade of work across climate-resilient planning, scenario research, and architectural design — spanning Mumbai, Amsterdam, Tokyo, Coimbatore, and the long horizon between them.
Traditional urban planning is hamstrung by its own rigidity. This work bridges the gap between static land-use models and the volatile reality of climate disruption, moving toward adaptive, systems-based planning. A hybrid scenario-building method — tested across India and the Netherlands — embeds resilience as a context-specific reality.
A text-mining analysis of 36,405 academic papers and 86 practice documents on urban planning and climate resilience. Using the DPSIR framework, the chapter maps drivers, pressures, and planning responses — and surfaces a research agenda for planning that holds across long time horizons and multiple infrastructure systems.
A 2050 vision for Coimbatore's transition to circularity, set in the Koundampalayam neighbourhood. Four thematic priorities — resilient and healthy district, zero waste, flourishing local economy, inclusion — translated into five spatial interventions co-produced with residents through a proposed welfare association and a neighbourhood-improvement app.
A collaborative design-engineering exercise for flood-prone Edogawa ward. Hydraulic engineering combined with spatial planning to deliver two alternatives — Edogawa Water City and Parkway Edogawa — each evaluated for urban design quality and effectiveness in reducing flood risk. The exercise shows that successful resilience requires interdisciplinary bargain between hard and soft measures.
India will need 25 million affordable homes by 2030, many in tier-2 and tier-3 cities transitioning from rural to urban. A literal architectural framework: a kit-of-parts that residents can build out and expand as their families grow, recombining for local climate. Detailed structural and architectural design at competition-grade.
A controlled public space carved into a former mill in Lower Parel, Mumbai, holding a children's play area, a café, and an adult spa under one roof. The exterior — low-cost steel rods and lightweight plates — became a dancing facade; interior curves quietly separated activities of contrasting character without resorting to doors.
Open to research partnerships, consulting engagements, and full-time roles in climate policy, urban resilience, and sustainability strategy.
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