Dhruv Kohli is an Indian-born architect & designer based in Berlin, Tokyo, & New Delhi. Currently, he is a candidate for the M-Arch-T (M.Sc.) at Technische Universität Berlin, a research-based program directed by Prof. Rainer Hehl, to study the inherent characteristics of the Anthropocene, and to develop a design approach informed by the evolutions of the architectural typologies in a global-local context.

With a strong emphasis on natural processes, contextual regionalities, & spatial experiences, Dhruv is probing a curious investigation of theoretical thinking towards enabling architecture as a catalyst to societal re-configuration while containing the cultural heterogeneities amidst the rapid urbanization/de-urbanization, through indigenous knowledge of space, construction, and its collective identity.  

He has previously worked at NIKKEN (Tokyo), Nicolas Laisne Architectes (Paris), Sou Fujimoto Architects (Tokyo), and Kengo Kuma & Associates (Tokyo) on diverse typologies of projects ranging from Airport terminals, Hotels, High-rise Residential towers, Corporate offices to small scale Furniture and Art installations, across various regions of Asia, Middle-East, & Europe. He is also a fellow of The Royal Society of Arts and a licensed architect affiliated with the Council of Architecture, India.

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2022-Present
Architect (Part-time) - Burckhardt, Berlin

Master of Architecture - Typology (M.Sc.)
Technische Universität Berlin 

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2022
Architect - NIKKEN, Tokyo

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2021
Architect - Kengo Kuma & Associates, Tokyo

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2018-20
Architect - van der Architects, Tokyo

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2017
Intern Architect - Sou Fujimoto Architects, Tokyo

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2016
Architects’ License #CA/2016/78080
Council of Architecture India

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2015
Intern Architect - Nicolas Laisne Architectes, Paris

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2011-16
Bachelor of Architecture
National Institute of Technology Hamirpur, India

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1992
Born in Agra, India

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