B.Arch, M.Arch (Healthcare Architecture), Jamia Millia Islamia
Abu Talha Farooqi is Associate Professor and Vice-Dean Academics at the Jindal School of Design & Architecture, OP Jindal Global University, Sonipat, Haryana. With 14+ years of experience spanning teaching, consulting, and research, he has worked with diverse national and international institutions focused on educational empowerment and community building. As an educator, he has headed design studios, theory & research courses, as well as courses on sustainable and environmental design. A Govt of India certified Master Trainer for India's Energy Conservation & Sustainable Building Code (ECSBC), Abu has trained government officials, practicing architects, and professors in sustainability, energy efficiency, and climate-responsive design. 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 and practice explore non-human and material agencies in architecture, prioritizing dwelling and inhabitation over visual imagery and his approach to architecture extends beyond building design — as systems that are socially, environmentally, and economically sustainable. As an academic and consultant, Abu is dedicated to creating context-sensitive, people-centered, and carbon neutral environments that combine innovation with cultural and ecological responsibility.
Skins and Textures Atelier (Core)
Professional Practice (Core)
Lighting Design (Core)
Skins and Services Atelier (Core)
Stuff and Space layout Atelier (Core)
Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle Buildings (Core)
Form and Structure Atelier (Core)
Atelier – Solar Decathlon (Core)
Inclusive Project Planning (Elective)
Outstanding Faculty, Solar Decathlon India, 2021-22
ECBC Master Trainer, awarded by Bureau of Energy Efficiency, India, 2017.
Reconceptualizing Mosque Architecture Through Systems Approach, JGU, 2024
Visiting Faculty, Faculty of Architecture & Ekistics, Jamia Millia Islamia, 2018-19
Visiting Faculty, Faculty of Architecture & Ekistics, Jamia Millia Islamia, 2014-15
Visiting Faculty, Faculty of Architecture & Ekistics, Jamia Millia Islamia, 2011-13
2024
Book Chapter titled “Thinking Architecture: From Phenomenology towards Planetarity”, in Affecting World Making: Routing Planetary Thought being published by Routledge (in publishing stage).
2022
Paper Abstract titled "The Importance of Loss in Design Studio Pedagogy Mourning Adaptive Futures" in NORMAL? Ecologies of Adaptation, Research Symposium Proceedings published by Avani Institute of Design, June 2022. ISBN 978-93-5636-535-3.
Talha Farooqi, Abu and Raswant, Simran; (2022) Understanding form beyond form-alization : Problematizing the culture of teaching [urban] form in the design studio. In: Annual Conference Proceedings of the XXVIII International Seminar on Urban Form. University of Strathclyde Publishing, Glasgow, pp. 467-476. ISBN 9781914241161.
2019
Paper Publication + Presentation titled Examining ‘Order in Disorder’: A Speculation into Space, Time & The Human Subject, in context of Urban Villages in Delhi selected for publication at "After the Flow - Architectural Urbanism(s) in the Post-Digital Era - Paper" session in The 107th ACSA Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh Pennsylvania.
Paper Publication + Presentation titled ‘Visual Culture, Disciplinary Engagement and Drawing: Pedagogical Possibilities for an Indian Way of Architectural Thinking at Educational Philosophy about the Hunch, 19th ACSA/EAAE Teachers Conference Antwerp, Belgium on June 27-29 2019.
2017
Paper titled Factors contributing to the performance of Green Roofs and their impact on cooling loads for a composite climate, Case Study: New Delhi published in Journal of Resources, Energy & Development Vol. 14(1), TERI March 2017.
