Speakers

Gaurav Sardana is an Associate & Project Architect at COOKFOX Architects in New York, having joined the studio in 2019 and has contributed to a diverse range of scales and typologies. He is currently involved in the construction administration of Terminal Warehouse, a land-marked adaptive-reuse project that is transforming the historic warehouse into Class A office space in Chelsea, New York City. The project is notable for its carbon-conscious approach to reducing embodied carbon through material re-use. He is also currently designing a mixed-use retail and residential tower in Austin, Texas, drawing inspiration from the limestone escarpments around the region.

Prior to COOKFOX, Gaurav worked with Bjarke Ingels Group on several public-interest projects. This includes the East Side Coastal Resiliency project in the Lower East Side, which created flood-protection infrastructure as the foundation for additional public space in New York. He also designed flexible interiors and pop-up architecture for the Google Offices in Mountain View.

Gaurav’s independent work includes shortlisted competition proposals for the Driverless Future Challenge NYC and BMW Guggenheim Lab Mumbai. While at the University of Michigan - Ann Arbor, he has been a Dow Sustainability Fellow and KC Mahindra Education Trust Fellow. Gaurav has contributed to various design-culture forums such as Aga Khan Planning & Building Services, Urban Design Forum, and the Indo-German Urban Mela, alongside his practice of architecture.