Parantap Bhatt

PARANTAP BHATT is a designer, researcher and educator with an exposure in multidisciplinary fields like Architecture, Interiors, Arts and Computation. He has received his Master's of Architecture with a specialization in Emerging technologies & Design from the Architectural Association, London; and his professional Bachelor's of Interior design degree from CEPT University, Ahmedabad. Parantap is also a recipient of the prestigious DAAD scholarship and has studied at the University of Applied sciences, Stuttgart in the Interior Architecture program. As a practicing Design lead at NORR Architects & Engineers, he is responsible for excelling design and development at the firm. Currently, he is the project lead on the historic Regent theatre redevelopment in Toronto's Midtown, which resonates with the cultural districts program and will be an asset to the neighbourhood and the Toronto arts community. With a well-recognized international experience, his portfolio comprises of experiments and execution of design at various scales including buildings, spaces, installations and products in countries like Canada, India, Germany, Dubai and UK.

Parantap's passion for innovation has led him to explore several design domains and collaborative processes. He is currently investigating an on-going research on the use of XR (virtual and augmented reality tools) in creating simulations that can assist interior spatial development. His research on the use of augmented reality to aid assembly & construction of structures to enhance socio-cultural growth in developing countries, has been well recognized and published at multiple conferences and peer reviewed publications. Parantap focuses his research on the SObiT model, led through sociology, biology and technology which is innately driven by a user centered approach. He believes merging advance technologies like generative design, mixed reality tools, AI embedded systems, digital fabrication, biomimetic approaches and evolutionary processes with vernacular thinking, traditional crafts, speculative design methods and integrated ecosystems can help create spaces which reflect spatial justice, cultural integrity and innovative ingenuity.

Along with work and research, he also teaches at OCADU in the environmental and Industrial design program and spends his time lecturing, critiquing and researching at prime universities in Canada and around the globe. Parantap wants to continue pursuing and contributing his understandings to lead, educate and assist the next generation of designers and solve global design challenges.

AREA(S) OF EXPERTISE:
Architecture, Interior Design, Experience and Interaction Design, Computational thinking, Strategic foresight and Innovation, Urban ecologies, Future cities, Emerging technologies, Speculative Futures and Digital crafts.