Honorable
Jury
2023

Kartik Vora

Academician, Story Teller, Strategist

UIC | CEPT 

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Kartik Vora studied architecture from CEPT, Ahmedabad, pursued masters’ from University of Illinois, Chicago and has a PhD from MS University, Vadodara. He was Chief Researcher for Charles Correa’s Vistara exhibition for the Festival of India Exhibition in India, Russia, Japan, and Germany; and Research Fellow with SOM Foundation in Chicago.

 

Subterranean architecture and Topology grab his passion — particularly the three dimensional double labyrinths and their applications in Nanotechnology and in Space. He has been teaching and researching for over 35 years — integrating advanced Climate and Construction technologies in the Built Environment curriculum. At the present he is Professor Design-Chair with Ajankya DY Patil University, Pune, India.