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STP  Inventory of Public Water in Ahmedabad, Gujarat – LiDAR, Video and Photo Documentation of Forgotten Stepwells, 2023
COW  Urban Bovine Welfare Center + Sanctuary, Ahmedabad, Gujarat – Post-Pro Thesis, Princeton SoA, 2024
HOLY COW, STRAY COW !  in 'POST' Exhibition - Princeton SoA and Cheryl Hazan Gallery, Tribeca, NYC, March 2024
soa.princeton.edu/content/2024-POST
OAS  Oase Forckenbeckstrasse Wastewater Treatment House, Berlin, Germany - M.A. Thesis, Berlin University of the Arts, 2020
MOA  Mill Owners' Association Building LiDAR Scanning - CEPT University CHC, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, 2023
DEM  Robotic Brickwork with Demolition Rubble - Princeton SoA and ARG (Adel Research Group), 2023
OAS  Oase Forckenbeckstrasse Wastewater Treatment House - Model for Exhibition @ Eingangshalle UdK-Berlin, October 2019
HOLY COW, STRAY COW !  Exhibition Assembly Guide, 2024
STP  Inventory of Public Water, Ahmedabad, Gujarat - Butler Traveling Fellowship, 2023
COWview: Traversing the urban street through the cow‘s perspective, 2024, tiny.cc/CowView
DEM  robotically fabricated structure - Princeton SoA and ARG, 2023
PSY  Psychotherapy Association of Berlin - Professional work with STP Architekten, 2022
ZHC  Zum Hechtgraben Community Center, Berlin-Hohenschönhausen – Initiative with Friederike Schwalbe Architektur, 2019
friederikeschwalbe.de/zum-hechtgraben
POE  "The Poiesis of Miesian Corners" in Pidgin Magazine, no. 32, 2024
pidgin.press/32
NEU  Berlin-Neukölln Apartment Renovation, 2025
SSZ  Strahlenschutzzentrum Adaptive Reuse, Berlin-Lichtenberg - Professional work with ZOOMARCHITEKTEN, 2024-
zoomarchitekten.de/projekte/#neue-gartenstadt-waldowallee
Pavan Vadgama Berlin and New York City-based architectural designer with 6+ years of professional experience in housing collectives, adaptive reuse, and participatory design, and 2+ years of teaching at the graduate and undergraduate levels. Contributed to public discourse through exhibitions, talks, and writings on materiality, built heritage, and multi-actant architectural forms. As a graduate of Princeton's Post-Professional Master of Architecture program, received the Suzanne Kolarik Underwood Prize and the SoA History and Theory Prize for research on multispecies urbanism and non-human agency in design. Awarded the Howard Crosby Butler Travel Fellowship for field research on water infrastructures and urban cowsheds in Ahmedabad, India. Earned a Master of Arts in Architecture from Berlin University of the Arts, with studies under Jean-Philippe Vassal, and a Bachelor of Arts in Architecture from UC Berkeley. Fluent in English and German, bringing a global perspective and interdisciplinary approach to material reuse systems and speculative spatial practices.

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Projects
Selected Work:
NEU
2025-
Neukölln Garden Studio
Berlin
Renovation
SSZ
2024-
Strahlenschutzzentrum
Berlin
Adaptive Reuse
DEM
2024-
Robotic Brickwork
Trenton
Research
COW
2024
Urban Bovine Welfare Center
Ahmedabad
Thesis
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Holy Cow, Stray Cow!
NYC
Exhibition
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CowView
Ahmedabad
Video
POE
2024
P32 Poiesis of Miesian Corners
Princeton
Writing
STP
2023
Inventory of Public Water
Ahmedabad
Research
MOA
2023
Mill Owners' Building LiDAR
Ahmedabad
Workshop
PSY
2022
Psychotherapeutenkammer
Berlin
Adaptive Reuse
ZZH
2022-
Zerzabelshof Live-Work
Nürnberg
New Mix-Use
OAS
2021
PROTOCOL 12 ZUFALL - Oasis
Berlin
Writing
BNK
2021
Anhalter Bahnhof Bunker
Berlin
Roof Addition
UCK
2020-
Uckermark Holiday Home
Brandenburg
Net-Zero SFH
OAS
2020
Wastewater Treatment House
Berlin
Thesis
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Ausstellung Masterarbeiten
Berlin
Exhibition
ZHC
2019-
Hechtgraben Community Center
Berlin
Initiative