Adhish Parkar
Architect & Urban Planner
- Role
- Urban Designer at Goodwyn Mills Cawood (GMC)
- Location
- Chicago, IL, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Adhish Parkar
Adhish Parkar is an experienced architect and urban planner with a demonstrated history of working in the architecture and urban design industry. His interest in the politics of large-scale design interventions and concerns about climate change consequences on human habitation has led him to pursue a Masters\'s in City and Regional Planning degree from Cornell University. He is currently working at Goodwyn Mills Cawood (GMC) as an Urban Designer.Originally from India, his participation in design workshops with universities in Shanghai, Taipei, Tokyo, and Madrid touching on contemporary urban issues of housing density and public spaces has provided a well-rounded understanding of the reciprocal actions of the people in diverse contexts.Parkar has been recognized by Cornell University, KRVIA, and UNI for his work on the climate-resilient areas and design strategy for Andaman & Nicobar Islands in India. Recently, he received a grant prize from the Priscilla King Grant Center at MIT, Cambridge, for a collaborative documentary movie on decentralized water systems in the city of Pune. This research also received a research award from Clarence S. Stein Institute at Cornell University, Ithaca. He was also a part of the Cornell University team that received a second-place award for the annual Campus RainWorks Challenge.
Experience
Urban Designer
Sep 2023 — Present · Atlanta, GA, US
Education
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
SAME SAME Shanghai Exchange Programme 2015, Architecture & Urban Design
2015 — 2015
Dr. Antonio da Silva High School
Secondary School Certificate
1999 — 2011
ETSAM (Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura de Madrid)
Urban Condenser Workshop 2019, Architecture & Heritage Conservation
2019 — 2019
Cornell University
Master's degree, City/Urban, Community and Regional Planning
Tunghai University
4th edition - Platform for Asian Architecture and Urbanism (PAAU) Exchange Programme 2016, Architecture & Urban Design
2016 — 2016
Dr. Antonio da Silva Technical College of Science
Higher Secondary School Certificate, Electrical/Electronics Maintenance and Repair Technology
2011 — 2013
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Summer Workshop, Urban Design
Kamla Raheja Vidyanidhi Institute of Architecture and Environmental Studies
Bachelor of Architecture (B.Arch.), Architecture
Cornell Tech
Master's degree, City/Urban, Community and Regional Planning
Skills
- Corel Draw
- Microsoft Office
- Blender
- Illustrator
- Photoshop
- Sketchup
- Autocad
- Archicad
- Management
- Rhinoceros
- Maya
- Indesign
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