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Master of Science
Rohan Varma is an architect, researcher and educator who graduated as an architect with first-class honours from the KRVIA (University of Mumbai) in 2009 and subsequently worked for Charles Correa on several important commissions such as the Champalimaud Centre in Lisbon, the Charles Correa Foundation in Goa, the Mahindra Research Valley in Chennai, the Masterplan for the redesign of Mecca in Saudi Arabia, and the Aga Khan Ismaili Centre in Toronto.
As a Tata and Mahindra Scholar, Varma received his Master's in Architecture, graduating from the TU Delft in 2013 with honourable mention and an Archiprix nomination. For the next two years, he gained further experience at the Delft-based international practice Mecanoo Architecten, working on several large-scale architecture and urban design projects in the Netherlands, Russia, the U.K., and Chile.
Currently, Varma combines his work as the Principal Architect of the Mumbai-based VARMA Architects and the TU Delft, where his doctoral research and teaching activities focus on affordable housing design in the rapidly urbanising cities of the Global South.
Parallel to his private practice and research, Varma also actively engages in teaching and is currently a graduation studio tutor at TU Delft’s Global Housing Study Centre and has lectured and presented papers at several universities worldwide, such as ETH Zurich, Tunghai and Harvard. Varma also regularly engages in academic and public writing and has contributed papers and essays to various publications and platforms such as Archdaily, Learning from Mumbai and The Routledge Handbook on Informal Urbanization. In 2018, along with Prof. Dick van Gameren, he co-authored the book Living Ideals and co-curated an international travelling exhibition on the housing designs of Charles Correa. More recently, in 2020, he was appointed as a Delft Global Fellow, and in 2022, he, along with his colleagues at TU Delft, won the global edX Prize for Exceptional Contributions in Online Teaching and Learning for the online course ‘Global Housing Design’. In 2023, he was appointed editor of the journal Delft Architecture Studies on Housing.
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Master of Science in Architecture, Architecture and the Built Environment
1 Sept 2011 → 25 Jun 2013
Award Date: 25 Jun 2013
Founder/Principal Architect, VARMA Architects
1 Sept 2015 → …
Research output: Non-textual form › Exhibition › Professional
Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference proceedings/Edited volume › Chapter › Scientific › peer-review
Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference proceedings/Edited volume › Conference contribution › Scientific
Research output: Book/Report › Book › Professional
Research output: Non-textual form › Digital or Visual Products › Scientific
van Gameren, D.E. (Recipient), Amorim Mota, N.J. (Recipient), van Andel, F.M. (Recipient) & Varma, R. (Recipient), 2022
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Varma, R. (Recipient) & van Gameren, D.E. (Recipient), 2 May 2024
Prize: Other distinction
R. Varma (Speaker)
Activity: Talk or presentation › Talk or presentation at a workshop, seminar, course or other meeting
R. Varma (Speaker)
Activity: Talk or presentation › Talk or presentation at a workshop, seminar, course or other meeting
R. Varma (Speaker)
Activity: Talk or presentation › Talk or presentation at a workshop, seminar, course or other meeting
R. Varma (Member of programme committee)
Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in workshop, seminar, course
R. Varma (Speaker)
Activity: Talk or presentation › Talk or presentation at a workshop, seminar, course or other meeting
19/10/24
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Public Engagement
1/10/24
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Public Engagement
R. Varma, D.E. van Gameren, N.J. Amorim Mota & F.M. van Andel
1/03/23
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Public Engagement
26/10/22
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Public Engagement
R. Varma, D.E. van Gameren, M. Tabassum & Kazi Ashraf
12/04/21
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Public Engagement