Prof. (Dr.) Badrinarayanan Srinivasan
October 25, 2023 2023-10-25 11:24Prof. (Dr.) Badrinarayanan Srinivasan
Prof. (Dr.) Badrinarayanan Srinivasan
Professor
B.Arch.; Ph.D. (School of Planning & Architecture, Delhi);
PGCHE (Nottingham Trent University)
Badrinarayanan Srinivasan (Badri) graduated as an architect in 1982 and worked in the design industry for 12 years before setting up a multi-disciplinary design practice in 1994. In the span of 20 years, he executed many architecture, interior, graphics, products, and exhibitions. He has been involved with academics for over 4 decades and has taught as visiting faculty at TVB School of Habitat Studies, SPA, Jamia, Guru Gobind Singh University, and UPES Dehradun. The subject of his doctoral research was architectural education in India, focusing on design studio pedagogy based on learner-centric paradigms.
He taught at Pearl Academy from 2010 to 2021 in the Interior Architecture department, where he took the lead in curriculum design, development, and conducting interdisciplinary design workshops. He has been actively involved in conducting training workshops in design pedagogy at Pearl Academy, and other design institutes.
Badri has many publications to his credit and has been a national level jury member for IIID (Indian Institute of Interior Designers). He is on the jury panels, PhD review panels, and board of studies in many architecture and design institutes. His approach to design education (as in his practice) is “broad spectrum” and trans-disciplinary. A keen student of Buddhism, he likes to ponder and write about the critical connections between theory and practice, arts and sciences, philosophy and the everyday. His interests include Indian classical music, craft, and cultivating and maintaining a “Beginners Mind”.
Teaching and research interests:
Architecture and Environmental Design for Holistic well-being, Phenomenology of Objects, Spaces and Places, Indigenous, Traditional Forms of Architecture and Craft, Inter-dependence of Systems and Meanings in Spatial Layering, Design Process, Design Pedagogy, Psychology of Perception, Cognition and Knowing, Learner-centric Curriculum Design and Delivery.
Publications (selected)
- 2020– “Architecture: Form-Feeling-Emptiness”, VERANDA: an interdisciplinary journal published by Sushant School of Art and Architecture, Vol. 2, Issue 1.
- 2019– “Improving Learning in Higher Education: Case Study of the Effects of Positive Leadership on Students and Faculty”, Vol. 2, Issue 1, January-February 2019, IJASS (International Journal of Arts and Social Science).
- 2018– “Defining Design: Cutting Through Method and Madness”, INSITE Magazine, Institute of Indian Interior Designers, Vol. II, No.9,
- 2016– “Six Memos for Millennial Design Education”, INSITE Magazine, Institute of Indian Interior Designers, Vol. IX
- 2011– “Three Holy Myths of Architectural Education in India”, Archnet- IJAR, Vol.5, Issue No.2
Conferences/ Invited Talks (selected)
- 2023- “The PhD Journey”, Anant National University, Ahmedabad.
- 2023– ““Principles of learner-centric curriculum design”, UID NCR, GD Goenka University, Sohna.
- 2021– “A Zen Story: On Study of History of Architecture”, Anant National University, Ahmedabad.
- 2020– “Design Education- Three Pairs of Tensions”, Manipal Institute of Technology, Jaipur.
- 2019– “Applying Constructivist Principles to the Architecture of a Curriculum: An Experiment at Pearl Academy”, International Conference on Architecture Pedagogy, Jamia Millia Islamia University, New Delhi.
- 2018– “Interior Design Education in India” at IIID ASIDE symposium at Jawahar Kala Kendra, Jaipur.
- 2011– “Application of Kolb’s Experiential Learning Theory to Teaching Architectural Design Principles- A Case Study from India”— presented at Design Principles Conference, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy,