Architecture of contextual multiplicity

SK Das Associated Architects founded 1987

Habitat Urban Transformation Lab founded 2014 habitatutlab.com

Project Leader, Indian Human Settlements Program, IHS, Rotterdam, 1985-‘86 Set up the Human Settlements Management Institute (HSMI) and the Indian Human Settlements Program (IHSP).

Senior Faculty, Institute for Housing and Urban Development Studies (IHS), Rotterdam, 1980-‘85 Designed and taught postgraduate courses and provided international advisory services.

Associate to John Turner at Development Planning Unit (DPU), London, 1976-‘77 Helped set up the international housing network to support self help and community managed housing as a follow-up to Habitat I.

Mass Housing at Nerul, Navi Mumbai (CIDCO) through a national selection process

Kota Tigaraksa New Town Development, Indonesia

Subarnarekha Resettlement Project, National Award for Community Architecture

Crossings New Town Development, NCR, with Sasaki Associates

Dronagiri New Town Development, Navi Mumbai, with Kanvinde Rai & Chowdhury

Post-cyclone reconstruction in partnership with CARE, Odisha, 1999, listed in UN Habitat 100 Best Practices

Kashmere Gate Urban Redevelopment, Delhi

Public Space Improvement Project, Bhikaji Cama Place District Centre, New Delhi

Mixed Income Civil Servants’ Housing, Andrews Ganj, New Delhi, through a national selection process; exhibited at Aedes Gallery, Berlin

Community Centre and Support Facilities for 100,000 Population, Rohini, New Delhi

Shamuka Seafront Development of 1000-acre international tourist destination, Odisha

Biju Patnaik University of Technology Campus, Bhubaneswar

Chandrasekharpur Composite Housing, Bhubaneswar

India Islamic Cultural Center, New Delhi

Director & Professor, Sushant School of Art & Architecture, 2000-’02

Visiting Professor, Postgraduate Centre Human Settlements, University of Leuven, 1994-’95

Visiting Professor, School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi, 1990-’93 and 1997-’99

Member, Selection Committee for faculty positions, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, 1997-2001

Member, Board of Studies, School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi, departments of Physical Planning, Housing, and the Doctoral Research Committee, Urban Design

Member, International Jury, Union of International Architects (UIA) Design Competition for Schools of Architecture, 1994

Member, Selection Committee, Indo Canadian and CIDA Fellowships for doctoral and postdoctoral research, 2000-2001

Member, Selection Committee for Architecture, INLAKS Scholarships, India, 2004

Juror, National Awards for ‘Excellence in Architectural Thesis’, India, 2005 - present

Guest lectures at MIT, Columbia University, University of California – Berkeley, Architectural Association Graduate School, London, Oxford Polytechnic, University of York, University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne; Bartlett School, London, Catholic University at Bandung, Delft University, Chulalongkorn University, University of Sydney, Yildiz Technical University, University of Nairobi, Centre for Planning and Architecture Studies (CPAS) – Cairo, Universidad Nacional de Colombia - Medellin, Delhi University, among others.

Vice President, ISoCaRP (International Society of City and Regional Planners), 1995-1998

Technical Advisor to HUDCO, 1987-1992; HDFC, Mumbai, 1987-89; and IDFC, 2002-2004

Advisor, Delhi Urban Art Commission

Board Member, Habitat International Coalition, 1981-1986

Member, Committee for National Building Codes, Bureau of Indian Standards

One of the 15 presenters at Habitat Forum "Self Help and Low Cost Housing Symposium", Habitat I

Rapporteur General of Planning Forum, "Mediation in Planning", Habitat II

Rapporteur General, ISoCaRP National Congress, Sydney, 1996 on "Planning and Resilience"

UN Habitat: Evaluated the Building Repair and Reconstruction Program in Bombay

UN Habitat: Research publication on inner-city slums based on a global survey and with case studies from Santiago, Lima, Cairo, Bombay, Colombo and Bangkok

UN Habitat: Designed the project format and research methodology for Revitalisation of Inner-city Slums

UN Habitat: Prepared a monograph on Bombay resulting in the UN Habitat publication Metropolitan Planning and Management in the Developing World Spatial Decentralization Policy in Bombay and Mexico, 1993

UN Habitat: In a team of four, evaluated the Phnom Penh Housing and Squatter Upgrading Program

UN Habitat and University of Leuven: Workshop on “Urban Coherence and Housing Strategies”, Bandung, Indonesia

UNESCAP/ UNDP: wrote proposal and project document to create a network of local authorities and NGOs in Asia and the Pacific, which subsequently evolved into Asia Pacific 2000 and then into CityNet

Delhi Development Authority (DDA) and Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC): Policy and Planning Guidelines for Redevelopment along the Metro Corridors, New Delhi

Delhi Development Authority (DDA): Member, Expert Planning Group on Housing and Urban Renewal for Delhi Masterplan 2020

NOVIB, The Hague: In a team of two, evaluated Habitat International Coalition (HIC), on behalf of a consortium of donors

NOVIB, The Hague: Wrote policy document on Housing the Poor in the Asian Region for a workshop involving NGOs from across Asia

Ministry of Housing, Sweden: Roundtable and collaborative publication, Rethinking the City

CORVIDE, municipal housing agency of Medellin, Colombia: Assisted in the preparation of site layout proposals for aided self-help construction of shelter and community facilities in Camilo Torres Mutual Aid Housing Project on behalf of IHS, Rotterdam

Building Together Project, Bangkok: Assisted in the preparation of conceptual and detailed design for a low income mutual aid housing

National Housing Authority, Thailand: Assisted in the design of World Bank funded low-income housing projects for the Bangkok Metropolitan Urban Development Exercise.

National Housing Development Authority (NHDA), Sri Lanka: Design and training support for One Lakh Housing Program of the then Prime Minister.

Mayor of Seoul, South Korea: As part of an international team of professors, advised the University of Seoul on setting up a Department of Urban Studies