Aarati Kanekar, Ph.D.
- 513 556 0437
- 7211 DAAP
- aarati.kanekar@uc.edu
SM ArchS, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1992
Dipl.Arch, CEPT, Ahmedabad, 1989
Autumn Quarter 2009 Courses
- 23ARCH701 Studies in Architecture
- 23ARCH702 Studies in Architecture
- 23ARCH703 Studies in Architecture
- 23ARCH888 Master of Science in Architecture Thesis
- 23ARCH901 Thesis Studio
Topics of research and/or creative and professional work
Morphological Studies
Non-Western Architectures
Recent Work
• Essays on “High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia”; “Indian Institute of Management, Ahmadabad”; “Vidhan Bhavan (State Assembly), Bhopal”; “Enterpreneurship Development Institute, Ahmadabad”; National Assembly Building, Sher-e-Banglanagar, Dhaka in Encyclopedia of Twentieth Century Architecture, Three-volume Set edited by R. Stephen Sennot, (New York: Routledge Publishers, December 2003)
• “Designing Games: Structure, Playability, and Intelligibility.” Proceedings of the 4th International Space Syntax Symposium, London, June 2003. pp. 25.1-25.16
• “La Construction Spatiale Du Sens En Architecture: Un Projet Transdisciplinaire” in TLE (Théorie Littérature Enseignement), Paris, 2002. pp. 139-156
• “Diagram and Metaphor in Design: The Divine Comedy as a Spatial Model,” in Special Issue of the Journal PHILOSOPHICA 2002: Diagrams and the Anthropology of Space, edited by Kenneth J. Knoespel, volume 69 (1) 2002 Vakgroep Wijsbegeerte en Moraalwetenschap (Ghent University, Belgium) pp. 37-58
Prof. Kanekar has been involved in teaching architecture theory and graduate design studios at UC. Her research focuses on issues of design pedagogy, more specifically representation & spatial construction of meaning. Much of her research and publications on morphological studies in inter-media translations stem from her doctoral research on construction and transformation of meanings from literature to architecture entitled "The Geometry of Love and the Topography of Fear: On translation and metamorphosis from poem to building" which examined The Divine Comedy through various art forms. Prior to this, she has worked on post-war reconstruction and conservation projects in Bosnia-Hercegovina, Turkey, and India. Prof. Kanekar has published numerous articles, essays, and encyclopedia entries, and her publications extend from architectural journals such as the Journal of Architecture to Literature and Philosphical journals such as Philosophica and TLE. She is listed in Marquis Who's Who in America, and is a two time recipient of the Pogue Wheeler Fellowship, the Doctoral Achievement Award, the ARCC/King Award for Architectural Research, and the Aga Khan/MIT Fellowship, among others. She has also been instrumental in initiating an ongoing exchange program between CEPT, India and DAAP, and is its coordinator.