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Dhruv Gulabchande
The Importance And Impact Of Architecture Mentoring, Ft Dhruv Gulabchande
Architect and Associate Director at HFM Architects, and founder of the Narrative Practice mentoring platform.
- Current role
- Architect
- Practice
- Narrative Practice
- On the podcast
- 1 episode · 2022
Conversation
The thinking behind the work.
Episode 0151 · Architecture Social
The Importance And Impact Of Architecture Mentoring, Ft Dhruv Gulabchande
How important is mentoring the up-and-coming Architects of the future? Perhaps you are busy with a project, how do you find the time and where do you begin? Is it worth it?
Explore episode moments
Use the timestamps below to find each moment in the full episode.
- 05:00 · Architecture Social, community support and why mentoring is complicated · Audio only
- 10:00 · Narrative Practice and who the mentoring is for · Audio only
- 15:00 · Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 and supporting different study stages · Audio only
- 20:00 · Hybrid mentoring, workshops and making support accessible · Audio only
- 25:00 · Representation, confidence and why mentoring should be enjoyable · Audio only
- 30:00 · Supporting people through a tough profession · Audio only
About
The story so far.
The person behind the work.
Dhruv Gulabchande is a registered and chartered Architect based in London, UK. With eight years of professional practice experience, he is currently Architect, Associate Director and Research Lead at HFM Architects, leading multiple design-led public realm projects primarily within the retail sector.
Having studied at both Westminster and Greenwich, with each project he brings a narrative construct which ultimately influences his design work. His current focus is on the repurposing of vacant retail stock on regressing high streets.
He is former Assistant Tutor of Undergraduate Studio 99 at the University of Brighton, where he focussed on new mediums of storytelling through the lens of high rise, high-tech modes of expression.
Dhruv also leads Narrative Practice, an architectural mentoring, design and research platform with the stance that all spatial form is composed of social narrative. The studio aims to engage in architectural discourse through audio-series Chai Talks, provides worldwide complimentary tutoring through the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, and his current body of research work is based around the use of Grasshopper to promote Architecture within schools to increase diversity within the profession.
Watch or listen to the full conversation in the Architecture Social CPD: The Importance and Impact of Architecture Mentoring.
The practice
Narrative Practice
Architectural mentoring, design + storytelling research, founded in 2020
Built environment consultancy · Greater London
Expertise
What I bring.
- Current role
- Architect
- Practice
- Narrative Practice
- On the podcast
- 1 episode · 2022
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