Biography

Abu Talha Farooqi is Associate Professor, Associate Dean and the undergraduate programme coordinator of architecture and built environment studies at the Jindal School of Art & Architecture, OP Jindal Global University, Sonipat, Haryana. Prior to becoming the associate dean, he served as the founding assistant dean and head of the JSAA Industry Interface Office which looks after collaborations and knowledge exchange between the school and the industry, as also the professional upskilling and development of JSAA students. 

Abu has practised and taught architecture for over a decade, heading design studios, design theory & research courses, as well as courses on sustainable and environmental design. He is a BEE-Certified Master-Trainer of the Energy Conservation Building Code of India, and has been training academics, practitioners, and government officials across India for building energy efficient buildings. He is a recipient of the prestigious Outstanding Faculty Award awarded by Solar Decathlon India for mentoring students to create net zero buildings.

His research focusses on problematizing modern and anthropocentric ways of architectural thinking and pedagogy, and finding empathetic and ecologically-sensitive ways of including non-human and material agencies in architectural thinking and practice. His latest book chapter ‘Thinking Architecture: From Phenomenology towards Planetarity’ was published by Routledge in 2024 titled ‘Affective World Making’.