The design practice of Dr. Krishna Bharathi is a flexible platform used to explore multiple object typologies, mediums, and planning scales with varied collaborators. At its core, Krishna’s work is transdisciplinary.

Having completed separate apprenticeships with a seamstress and horse breeder, Krishna holds a Bachelor of Psychology from the University of Chicago (1997, Honors) and a Master of Architecture from the University of Washington (2004, Tau Sigma Delta). In 2010 she was awarded research funding by the Norwegian Research Council and the Norwegian Research Centre on Zero Emission Buildings. Subsequently, in 2012 she was an Erasmus Scholar to the ETH Zürich Environmental Systems Science Department’s transdisciplinary lab.  In 2014 Krishna successfully defended her Ph.D. titled, ‘Sustainability in PRACTICE,’ and her test lecture was titled, ‘The ethics of practice: sustainable design in a globalizing world.‘ In 2025, she completed a short course focused on curatorial practice at Central Saint Martins in London.

Her design studio is located in Zurich.