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A believer in the process of learning-by-doing, Swati Seshadri is a practicing architect in Mumbai and founder at Weave. She studied at and received her B. Arch degree from NMIMS's Balwant Sheth School of Architecture. Her design dissertation titled, 'The City and the Explorer', focused on developing urban narratives and adding a layer of imagination within journeys in a city. Using fiction as a tool to imagine/re-imagine architecture or a built environment, this dissertation was explored as a wearable device and a short film - that demonstrated the 'new eyes' an individual was given through the intervention. The process touched upon various layers of history, sound, texture, culture of the said context, as part of the experience. 

Post her graduation from the institute, she has worked with various practices across India, with a short experience in Spain. 

Her interest to understand and learn about the historical landscape of architecture and its preservation, led her to work with conservation architect Tapan Mittal Deshpande, where she worked on a conservation project in Harda, Madhya Pradesh. Post this, Swati worked with Fernando Menis Architects in Tenerife, Spain for a short while, on various international competitions and ongoing projects at the office. This exposure to the European landscape left a large imprint on her sensitivity towards design and landscape. 

Post her return to Mumbai, she went on to work with Architecture BRIO for a couple of years, where she handled projects of various scales and developed a keen eye for detailing and exploring materials. Taking these interests forward, she worked with artist Lekha Washington and developed a range of functional art pieces and products, especially, an interesting range of lights. The Beam is one of the pieces she developed at the studio. 

As part of her recent work experience, she has worked with Flying Elephant Studio in Bangalore, where she was involved with large scale institutional and public projects - Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam Science City Museum, Patna, Schools for Azim Premji Foundation, to name a few. During her time at the studio, she had the opportunity to closely work with landscape architects, Anuradha Mathur and Dilip daCunha, for the landscape design and external development of the Science City Museum precinct, a Government of Bihar initiative. 

Through her work experience across various scales and disciplines, she hopes to contribute to the existing landscape with sensitive interventions and a contextual approach. Along with being an architect and designer at Weave, she is currently also teaching at Kamla Raheja Vidyanidhi Institute for Architecture (KRVIA), Mumbai. 

In addition to this, she is also associated with Phoenix Contracts and Services Pvt Ltd. as part of the design and technical team.