Pooja Agrawal
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Pooja Agrawal is an architect, planner and co-founder of Public Practice,[1][2][3][4][5] a social enterprise of professionals working within Local Authorities in the UK. Public Practice embeds practitioners within local authorities to build the public sector’s capacity to build homes and support collaborative planning.[6] She is also the co-host of spatial-equality platform Sound Advice.[7]
Pooja was born in Ohio in the United States before moving with her family back to their home Mumbai in India.[8] She studied in the UK and now lives in London.[9] She studied at the Bartlett, UCL and Cambridge University.[9]
Pooja was the winner of the Architects Journal AJ100 Contribution to the Profession award in 2023.[10][11] In 2023, she also won the London Design Medal for Design Innovation which honours an individual for whom design lies at the core of their work.[12][13][14][15]
Career[edit]
Pooja joined the GLA Regeneration team in 2016 .[6][16] Prior to her work at the GLA Pooja worked for We Made That and Publica.
She was included on the Planner's Women of Influence List in 2018 and 2019.[7]
Pooja was the architect for the Blackhorse Lane[17][18] regenerations and the Burnt Oak Town Centre Hot Spots.[19] She was heavily involved on The Granville project in South Kilburn, designed by RCKa, the community centre won an NLA community prize.[9][20]
Public Practice[edit]
Public Practice is a not-for-profit social enterprise with a mission to improve the quality and equality of everyday places by building the public sector’s capacity for proactive planning.[21][22] In the 1970s almost half of all UK architects leaving university went on to work for the public sector. Now the proportion of architects working for the public sector in London is, according to Public Practice, well under one per cent of the profession. Public Practice was formed to tackle this issue. [8]
Sound Advice[edit]
Pooja founded Sound Advice alongside Joseph Henry, a platform exploring spatial inequality.[23][24] Sound Advice was born out of an article written for the Afterparti zine in 2019.[25] Mixing social commentary and music, Sound Advice debates provocative issues. The diversity platform creates short quotes and tips on social media that they couple with music, which are designed to be an alternative to the academic way in which inequality is usually discussed.[26]
In 2021, Pooja co-edited the publication 'Now You Know' for Sound Advice which features 60 architects and urbanists tackling discrimination in the built environment industry, and prompts action for change.[27] It was crowdfunded, and the 180-page paperback publication includes contributions from MBEs to architecture students, artists to urban policymakers.
References[edit]
- ↑ Foges, Chris. "Q&A: Pooja Agrawal on her plans for Public Practice". www.ribaj.com. Retrieved 2021-07-09.
- ↑ "NLA interview with Pooja Agrawal, CEO, Public Practice". New London Architecture. Retrieved 2021-07-09.
- ↑ Mairs, Jessica (2021-03-29). "Public Practice appoints Pooja Agrawal CEO". Architecture Today. Retrieved 2021-07-09.
- ↑ Hopkirk2021-03-26T10:00:00+00:00, Elizabeth. "Agrawal quits Homes England after less than a year to run Public Practice". Building Design. Retrieved 2021-07-09.
- ↑ Mairs, Jessica (2021-03-29). "Public Practice appoints Pooja Agrawal CEO - Architecture Today". Retrieved 2023-07-27.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Pooja Agrawal". The London School of Architecture. Retrieved 2021-07-09.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 "Pooja Agrawal". New London Architecture. Retrieved 2021-07-09.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 "Pooja Agrawal, Co-Founder, Public Practice". Architecture Masters. Retrieved 2021-07-09.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 "Profile: Pooja Agrawal - DesignCurial". www.designcurial.com. Retrieved 2021-07-09.
- ↑ Neville, Flora (2023-06-23). "Pooja Agrawal: 'I'm driven by making places that are equitable and vibrant'". The Architects’ Journal. Retrieved 2023-07-27.
- ↑ Highfield, Anna (2023-05-09). "'Be nice to planners,' Public Practice chief urges architects". The Architects’ Journal. Retrieved 2023-07-27.
- ↑ Rosa Bertoli (2023-09-13). "Meet the London Design Medals 2023 winners, showcasing 'creativity and innovation that shapes our world'". wallpaper.com. Retrieved 2023-09-19.
- ↑ Highfield, Anna (2023-09-14). "POoR Collective and Pooja Agrawal scoop 2023 London Design Medals". The Architects’ Journal. Retrieved 2023-09-19.
- ↑ "London Design Medal 2023 winners announced". ELLE Decoration. 2023-09-13. Retrieved 2023-09-19.
- ↑ "London Design Festival 2023 Medal Winners". www.londondesignfestival.com. Retrieved 2023-09-19.
- ↑ "'New Municipalism': A Conversation with Finn Williams and Pooja Agrawal". Foreground. 2020-04-09. Retrieved 2021-07-09.
- ↑ "Blackhorse Lane | We Made That". www.wemadethat.co.uk. Retrieved 2021-08-06.
- ↑ "Episode 26 - Pooja Agrawal". Architecture Masters. 2019-01-18. Retrieved 2021-08-06.
- ↑ "Burnt Oak Town Centre".
- ↑ "The Granville wins New London Awards' Community Prize". RCKa. Retrieved 2021-07-09.
- ↑ "Public Practice". 9 July 2021.
- ↑ Wicks, Simon (2022-07-28). "Going public: An interview with Pooja Agrawal". The Planner. Retrieved 2023-07-27.
- ↑ "Co-Host Sound Advice — Joseph Zeal Henry". josephzealhenry.com. Retrieved 2021-07-09.
- ↑ "Joseph Henry and Pooja Agrawal of Sound Advice on music, inequality, and architecture". Deem. Retrieved 2021-07-09.
- ↑ "AA School". www.aaschool.ac.uk. Retrieved 2021-07-09.
- ↑ ""Our tips make people feel quite uncomfortable" says Sound Advice". Dezeen. 2020-08-11. Retrieved 2021-07-09.
- ↑ "Sound Advice releases Now You Know publication addressing inequality in architecture". ICON Magazine. 2021-06-15. Retrieved 2021-07-09.
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