Swiss Society of Engineers and Architects, Switzerland (#234158)
National Council of Architectural Registration Boards, USA (#67149)
Washington State Architectural Board, USA (#9722)
Master of Architecture, Tau Sigma Delta
UW, University of Washington (2000 – 2004)
Thesis Advisors, Prof. Mike Pyatok (UW / Harvard Graduate School of Design, GSD)
Prof. Iain Robertson (UW Chair of the Department of Landscape Architecture)
Bachelor of Psychology, Honors
University of Chicago (1993 – 1997)
Lead Publications & Team Culture – ETH Zürich, Professor Dr. Arno Schlueter, Chair of Architecture and Building Systems (A/S). Institute of Technology in Architecture (ITA), Department of Architecture (2018-2022)
Research Associate & Studio Instructor – ETH Zürich, Professor Dietmar Eberle, Chair of Architecture and Design, Institute for Design & Architecture (IEA). ETH Wohnforum – ETH CASE, Department of Architecture (2014 – 2016)
Senior Researcher – RAMSES: Science for cities in transition. Work Package 2, NTNU. European Community funded research on the comparative analysis of architecture, urban design and planning policy strategies which respond to climate change (2014)
Visiting Scholar – Columbia University. Invited by Professor Kenneth Frampton. New York (2013)
Visiting Scholar – ETH Institute for Environmental Decisions (IED), Natural and Social Science Interface (NSSI). Invited by Professor Roland Scholz. Zürich (2012)
Research Fellow – NTNU, The Research Centre on Zero Emission Buildings, Faculty of Architecture / Centre for Technology & Society, Faculty of Humanities, Department of Interdisciplinary Studies of Culture (2010 – 2014)
Visiting Design Critic – University of Washington, Department of Architecture, Seattle (2007 – 2009)
Research Assistant – University of Chicago, Department of Psychiatry (1998 – 1999)
Research Assistant – Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin (1997 – 1998)
Research Assistant – University of Chicago, Department of Psychology (1996 – 1997)
Teaching Assistant – University of Chicago, Department of Mathematics (1995 – 1997)
Selected Pro-Bono Experience
Board Member – National Organization of Minority Architects, HNOMA, Houston (2008 – 2010)
Chair, Young Architects Forum – American Institute of Architects, Seattle Chapter (2006 – 2008)
Board Member – National Organization of Minority Architects, NOMA NW, Seattle (2006 – 2008)
Professional Experience
Krishna Bharathi Studio (2008 -)
New construction, additions, renovations, and interiors work. Design through construction supervision.
Architect & Urban Planner – Schacht Aslani Architects, Seattle (2006 – 2008)
Developed the physical planning strategies and funding applications for the following projects:
Long Range Campus Plan – North Seattle Community College 2007
Rolex School of Watch Technology Planning Report – 2008
Tech Building Renewal Project Request Report – 2008 – $26.7 million secured.
Long Range Campus Plan – Olympic College 2007
Satellite Campus Plans – Poulsbo & Shelton – 2008
Shop Building Renovation Project Request Report – 2008 – $13 million secured.
College Instruction Center Project Request Report – 2008 – $53.6 million secured.
Intern Architect – Jersey Devil, Steve Badanes (2003)
Intern Urban Planner – CityDesign, City of Seattle Department of Construction, Seattle (2002)
Intern Grant Writer – Fifth Ward Community Redevelopment Corporation, Houston (2001)
Awards
Monsoon Research & Teaching Fellowship – CEPT University. Ahmedabad, India. (2017 Deferred)
Fieldwork Funding Grant – Granted by the EU Erasmus Programme. (2012)
Fieldwork Funding Grant – Granted by the Norwegian Research Council through the joint research funding pool between the Centre for Renewable Energy (SFFE) and the Gas Technology Centre (GTS). (2011)
Travel Grant – Granted by the Italian Society for Social Studies of Science and Technology. (2011)
Merit Winner – 2010 Lee Residence Ideas Competition, Krishna Bharathi and Kenny Wilson. 1o TEN building design. Organized by The Hong Kong Institute of Architects, The Hong Kong Institute of Planners and The Hong Kong Institute of Surveyors and supported by the Tourism Commission. Hong Kong City Hall (01.23 – 02.04), Hong Kong Cultural Centre (02.09 – 02.16,) and Shatin Town Hall (02.23 – 03.06), China. (2010)
Publications & Lectures
(Upcoming). Bharathi et. al. Possibilities in the positioning of regenerative design. Introduction to Regenerative Design.
2015 Conference Presentation. ‘Framing the city,’ Session on STS in Use: Methods and Concepts. Eth Zurich. Jan 21-22, 2015.
2014 Lecture. ‘Making is Thinking,’ Transformative Learning Spaces Studio. Norwegian University of Science & Technology, Department of Architecture. Chair of Prof. Sami Rintala.
2014 Lecture. ‘The ethics of sustainable construction in a globalising world,’ Ph.D. Defence Test Lecture. Norwegian University of Science & Technology.
2012 – Lecture. ‘Small studies in architectural materiality,’ Artist talk and sound installation. November 26-30, Aalto University, School of Arts, Design and Architecture. Helsinki.
2012 Bharathi, Krishna. Berliner by construction. Le Journal Spéciale’Z, Bruil and van de Staaij. 3: 64-77.
2010 Traveling Exhibition. Merit Winner Bruce Lee Residence Ideas Competition, Krishna Bharathi and Kenny Wilson. 1o TEN building design. Organized by The Hong Kong Institute of Architects, The Hong Kong Institute of Planners and The Hong Kong Institute of Surveyors and supported by the Tourism Commission. Hong Kong City Hall (01.23 – 02.04), Hong Kong Cultural Centre (02.09 – 02.16,) and Shatin Town Hall (02.23 – 03.06), China. (2010)
2009 Bharathi, Krishna. Capitol Hill Housing Improvement Program: Catalysts for Low Income Housing on Capitol Hill. AIA Seattle Forum (Spring 2009) vol. 1 no. 4.
2008 Bharathi, Krishna. Private/Public Partnerships in the Cascade Neighborhood of South Lake Union. AIA Seattle Forum (Fall 2008) vol. 1 no. 2.
2008 Bharathi, Krishna. Designing a Bridge. AIA Seattle Forum (Summer 2008) vol. 1 no. 1: 38.
2008 Charette Group Leader. City of Seattle & Washington State Department of Transportation, SR 99 Aurora Bridge Suicide Prevention Fence – Community Conceptual Design Report (Seattle: City of Seattle & Washington State Department of Transportation, 2008 ): 1-31.
2008 Planning Report. Schacht, Walter, Eric Aman, Krishna Bharathi, and Jenn Erickson. Technology Building Renovation NSCC. Predesign Study. Olympia: Washington State Board of Community & Technical Colleges, 2008.
2007 Planning Report. Schacht, Walter, Cima Malek Aslani, Eric Aman and Krishna Bharathi. Long Range Campus Plan North Seattle Community College 2007. Seattle: North Seattle Community College, 2007.
2007 Planning Report. Schacht, Walter, Cima Malek Aslani, Krishna Bharathi, Emily Doe and Jenn Erickson. Shop Building Renovation Olympic College. Project Request Report. Bremerton: Olympic College, 2007.
2007 Planning Report. Schacht, Walter, Eric Aman, Krishna Bharathi, and Jenn Erickson. Technology Building Renovation, NSCC Project Request Report. Seattle: North Seattle Community College, 2007.
2006 Photography. Douglass Truth Library (Seattle, Fall 2006) “The Largest Collection,” Charles Mudede, ed. Kelly Walker, Arcade, pgs 38-39, vol. 25.1.
2006 Photography. Douglass Truth Library (Seattle, December 2006) “The Best of 2006,” ed. Rachel Hart, Seattle, The Premier Seattle Monthly, vol. 15, no. 12, Tiger Oak Publications, INC: pg.105.
2006 Planning Report. Malek-Aslani, Cima, Walter Schacht, Eric Aman and Krishna Bharathi. Employment Resource Center NSCC, PredesignStudy. Olympia: Washington State Board of Community & Technical Colleges, 2006.
2004 Photography. Migrant Farm Workers in Eastern Washington (Seattle, 2004) Studio at Large, Architecture in Service of Global Communities, Sergio Palleroni and Christina Merckelbach, UW Press: Seattle, pg. 117.
2002 Exhibition. Planning Strategies Post 9-11, Group Exhibition @ the Seattle AIA, Seattle, WA (2.2002 – 4.2002)
2005 A Critique of the Experience Music Project. TabletThe Re:design Issue, ed. De Kwok, no.98: 16pp.
2005 Exhibition. Young Architects’ Forum Current Work @ The Seattle AIA, Seattle, WA (2-3.2005).
2004 Thesis Dissertation. Affordable Housing in Seattle’s Freemont Neighborhood. University of Washington.
2003 Exhibition. Burke Expansion Project. The Burke Museum of Anthropology, Seattle, WA (7-9.2003).
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