Hi, I’m Priya — thanks for stopping by.

With training in engineering, architecture, and the social sciences, I study the built environment not as a technical or aesthetic artifact, but as a social interface that shapes how people live, move, and connect. My work bridges architecture, spatial sociology, and cultural anthropology to explore how governance, spatial design, and cultural narratives influence everyday routines in public, institutional, and communal spaces.

My current PhD research in interdisciplinary information studies at the University of Tokyo focuses on aging and public space in Japan. Through extended ethnographic fieldwork, I'm exploring how daily practices and material infrastructures shape, and are shaped by, the experience of growing older, and what it means to age with dignity in a society where welfare systems are being quietly but consequentially restructured.

My earlier years as an architectural designer in New Zealand, and later my regional revitalization work in rapidly aging villages in the Japanese countryside, gave me a deep understanding of aging communities, of navigating bureaucracy, and of thinking about what keeps a place alive. These experiences still shape how I see things.

I've also had the chance to work at the B'AI Global Forum for 3 years, engaging with AI ethics and governance, thinking seriously about what it would take for emerging technologies to be designed and imagined in ways that actually serve human dignity, justice, and collective well-being, rather than just efficiency.

Please use the navigation below to explore my portfolio, and feel free to connect on LinkedIn. I would love to hear from people with similar interests.