Puja Bhagat

Alum: B.Arch

Puja is a young professional who graduated with an M.Arch. degree from AA EmTech in London, UK and a B.Arch. degree from Penn State University in the US. She is passionate about the impacts of architecture on unique populations and cultures, particularly in how it unites their experiences within a spatial domain. She views architecture as a tool to better communities and revitalize the natural world through context-specific, yet continually adaptive interventions.


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    • AIA Upjohn Research Initiative Grant 2022
      Co-Principal Investigator of the 2022 AIA UpJohn Research Initiative project, titled “Fungal Biomaterials for Sustainable Architectural Acoustics”

    • AIA Upjohn Research Initiative Grant 2021
      Collaborator on the 2021 AIA UpJohn Research Initiative project, titled “From Waste to Biodegradable Structures with Local Fungi Species”.

    • Erickson Discovery Grant
      Undergraduate researcher of the 2021 Erickson Discovery Grant project, titled “The Architecture of Decay”.

    • King Medal Award
      2022 Architectural Research Centers Consortium (ARCC)

    • Creative Achievement Award
      2022 Penn State University • College of Arts and Architecture

    • Provost’s Award Scholarship
      Penn State University

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