Anirban Adhya, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Educational background
Positions held in academic institutions
Courses taught in the past two years
Positions held in design practice
Significant publications, creative projects, and/or paper presentations
Awards, recognitions, grants, competitions
Professional licenses, memberships and service
Professional Development
Research
Professional Works/Visualizations Published In
Research Works Cited In
Institutional and Professional Services
Educational background
Ph.D., University of Michigan, 2008
M.Arch (Urban Design), University at Buffalo-SUNY, 2003
B.Arch, Bengal Engineering College, India, 2000
Positions held in academic institutions
Assistant Professor, College of Architecture and Design, Lawrence Technological University, 2006-present
Adjunct Faculty, College of Architecture and Design, Lawrence Technological University, 2004-2005
Guest Lecturer, University of Michigan, 2004 & 2009
Courses taught in the past two years
ARC3117 Integrated Design Studio 3: Architecture, Urban Spatial Structures, Urban Global Lecture
ARC3126 Integrated Design Studio 4: Urban Spatial Structures
ARC5782 Urban Theory
ARC3012 Directed Study (Principles and Practices of Urban Design)
ARC3013 Directed Study (Inter-modal Transportation in Detroit)
ARC5012 Research Methods (LTU Online)
ARC6732 Comprehensive Urban Exam (LTU Online)
Positions held in design practice
Urban Design Associate, Urban Design Project, University at Buffalo-SUNY, 2001-2003
Junior Architect, The Appropriate Alternative, Calcutta, India, 2000-2001
Significant publications, creative projects, and/or paper presentations
1. Wineman, Jean, Anirban Adhya, Mahbub Rashid, and Craig Zimring, "Enhancing Workspace Performance: predicting the influence
of spatial and psychological factors on job satisfaction." Journal of Architecture and Planning Research, (submitted for review).
2. Adhya, Anirban, Philip Plowright, and James Stevens. "Defining Sustainable Urbanism: towards a responsive urban design." In the
Proceedings from 2010 Conference on Sustainability and the Built Environment. Saudi Arabia: King Saud University.
(Abstract approved and requested for full paper submission in 2008).
3. Adhya, Anirban. "Evaluating the Campus - Downtown Relationship: The Spatial Configuration of Four College Towns in Small
Metropolitan Regions in the United States." In the Proceedings from 7th International Space Syntax Symposium. Stockholm,
Sweden: School of Architecture and the Built Environment, KTH. (full paper selected for oral presentation and publication in 2009).
4. Plowright, Philip, James Stevens, and Anirban Adhya. "Rethinking Enclosure." In the Proceedings from the 2010 Conference on
Sustainability and the Built Environment. Saudi Arabia: King Saud University. (Abstract approved and requested for full paper
submission in 2008)
5. Stevens, James, Philip Plowright, and Anirban Adhya. "Rethinking Models of Architectural Research: we don't do objects." In the
ARCC Spring Research Conference, Leadership in Architectural Research: Between Academia and the Profession. San Antonio,
TX: University of Texas, April 2009.
6. Adhya, Anirban, "Urban Design re-examined: urban vs. design." In The Oxford Conference: A Re-evaluating of Education in
Architecture, edited by S. Roaf and A. Bairstow (Ed.). Oxford, UK: WIT Press, 2008.
7. Adhya, Anirban and Luiz Amorim, "From Annarbour to A2: morphological genesis of the City of Ann Arbor, MI," Journal of Urban
Design, (revisions and resubmission).
8. Wineman, Jean D. and Anirban Adhya, "Enhancing workspace performance: predicting the influence of spatial and psychosocial
factors on job satisfaction." Proceedings from 6th International Space Syntax Symposium. Istanbul, Turkey: I.T.U. Faculty of
Architecture, June 2007.
9. Adhya, Anirban and Larissa Larsen, "infocity: evolution of media and mutations of public space." In Sources of Architectural Form:
Theory and Practice, edited by H. M. Dashti. Kuwait City, Kuwait: Kuwait University Department of Architecture, March 2007.
10. Wineman, Jean D. and Anirban Adhya. "Designing Work Environment for Job Satisfaction and Higher Performance - A Case
Study." In the Environmental Design Research Association (EDRA) 38 Conference, Sacramento, CA, March 2007.
11. Adhya, Anirban. "Public Realm as a Place of Everyday Urbanism: Learning from the College Towns." Poster presented at the
Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning (ACSP) Annual Conference, Houston, TX, November 2006.
12. Adhya, Anirban. "From Annarbour to A2: story of the town-gown relationship." In the Association of Collegiate Schools of
Planning (ACSP) Annual Conference, Kansas City, MO, October 2005.
13. Adhya, Anirban and Luiz Amorim, "From Annarbour to A2: a historical morphology of the City of Ann Arbor, MI, USA." In
Proceedings from 5th International Space Syntax Symposium, edited by A. Van Nes, Delft, The Netherlands: TU Delft, July 2005.
Awards, recognitions, grants, competitions
1. 2008 Eco-Village Competition winner and honorable mention (Woodbridge, Detroit), Lawrence Technological University
Detroit Studio (with Prof. Constance C. Bodurow).
2. 2007 American Institute of Architects (AIA) Research Funding Program (RFP) Award for the research proposal "Exploring
Public Realm-understanding multiple ways of publicness in urban America: learning from the college towns." May 2007
3. 2007 American Institute of Architecture Students (AIAS) Architecture Design Competition, honorable mention for the
"Inter-modal Transit Hub in Detroit" (guided the student design project by Justin Brevick, Mike Jacobs, and Jordan Whitted).
April 2007. (To be published in the AIAS journal).
4. "Inter-modal Transit Hub in Detroit" (student project) exhibited at the 2007 Detroit Transit Council Exhibition, April 2007.
5. 2005 APA Professional Award. Recipient of the planning excellence for a best practice award (with Urban Design Project,
University at Buffalo/SUNY for Queen City Waterfront-Buffalo Waterfront Corridor Initiative: A Strategic Plan for
Transportation Improvements). Contributed to works, illustrations as an urban design associate.
6. "Marans Fellowship" for Certificate Program in Survey Methodology. College of Architecture and Urban Planning,
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. 2004-2005.
7. "Victoria J. Lentz Memorial Scholarship" for outstanding progress in the doctoral program. College of Architecture and Urban
Planning, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. September 2004.
8. "The American Institute of Architects (AIA) Henry Adams Medal" for overall academic excellence in Architecture graduate
program. University at Buffalo, School of Architecture and Planning, State University of New York. June 2003.
Professional licenses, memberships and service
1. Associate Member, American Institute of Architects
2. Member, Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture
3. Member, American Planning Association
4. Member, Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning
5. Member, Council of Architecture, India
Professional Development (meetings/conferences attended, continuing education courses, etc., in the last five years)
1. American Institute of Architects (AIA) 150: Neighborhood by Design, Charrette participant, AIA Detroit, University of Detroit
Mercy, Lawrence Technological University, March 2007
2. Certificate of Graduate Studies: Survey Methodology, Summer Institute, Institute of Social Research, University of Michigan -
Ann Arbor, MI, 2005 - 2006
3. American Institute of Architects (AIA) 150: Neighborhood by Design, Charrette participant, AIA Detroit, University of Detroit Mercy,
Lawrence Technological University, March 2007
4. American Comparative Literature Association Conference (ACLA), University of Michigan - Ann Arbor, MI, February 2004,
Paper accepted: Excavating the Future: place memory and urban preservation
5. American Comparative Literature Association (ACLA) Conference, Cal State University, San Marcos, CA, April 2003,
Paper presented: Public Realm: theories and practices of placemaking in urban America
Research
1. Collaborative research: SYNCH Research Group (synchRG) has been exploring aspects of organization and physical
assemblages across multiple scales which are conceived as systems rather than objects. This position erodes traditional
barriers between disciplines allowing urban, architecture and industrial design priorities to be co-present. Also included
are advanced fabrication processes, social effects and economic concerns.
2. Critical interdisciplinary approaches to public space: Public Realm as a Place of Everyday Urbanism-learning from four
college towns.
3. Space syntax: Evaluating the Campus - Downtown Relationship-a spatial configuration of publicness.
4. Urban theory: A theoretical framework for redefining publicness and reinvesting in people-oriented places.
5. Research methods: Four towns-four stories: case study as a multimodal research design.
6. Environment and Behavior: The Public Realm is a Human Construction: environmental role and meanings of publicness.
Professional Works/Visualizations Published In
1. Urban Design Project. The Olmsted City, The Buffalo Olmsted Park System: Plan for the 21st Century. Buffalo, NY:
University at Buffalo, 2008
2. Urban Design Project. Queen City Waterfront, Buffalo Waterfront Corridor Initiative: A Strategic Plan for Transportation
Improvements. Buffalo, NY: University at Buffalo, 2007.
3. Urban Design Project. Queen City in the 21st Century: Buffalo Comprehensive Plan. Buffalo, NY: University at Buffalo, 2006.
4. Urban Design Project. The Queen City Hub: A Regional Action Plan for Downtown Buffalo, Volume 1 - Overview and
Volume 2 - The Work Plan. Buffalo, NY: University at Buffalo, 2003.
Institutional and Professional Services
1. Panel discussant, New Urban Models, organized by Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit (MoCAD), April 2009.
2. RSVP #13: After the Crisis, with Archis, Abitare, and N.A.I. (three international architecture firms from the Netherlands
and Italy), Warren and Macomb County, Michigan, February 2009.
3. Member, Architecture Undergraduate Curriculum Review Committee, College of Architecture and Design, 2009.
4. Led the IDS4 Detroit Studio (with Constance Bodurow), which worked with the Woodbridge neighborhood community
and the Woodbridge Neighborhood Development Corporation (WNDC) (President Graig Donnelly) to develop a eco-friendly
and zero-energy urban housing prototype for the community and for the City of Detroit. This was part of the Green Initiative
taken by the City of Detroit under Mayor Cockerel's Green Task Force, Spring 2008.
5. American Institute of Architects (AIA) 150: Neighborhood by Design, Charrette participant, AIA Detroit, University of Detroit
Mercy, Lawrence Technological University, March 2007.
6. Guest paper reviewer, papers submitted to the "Urban Design" panel, Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture
Conference, Chicago, 2004-2005.
7. Participant, Detroit Charrette, for proposals for the West Riverfront in Detroit, MI, University of Michigan, 2004.
8. Coordinator - Junior year Integrated Design Studio (IDS) 3 and 4, College of Architecture and Design, Lawrence Technological
University
9. Coordinator - Undergraduate Urban Design program, College of Architecture and Design, Lawrence Technological University
10. Acting Coordinator, Detroit Studio, Lawrence Technological University, Spring 2009
11. Acting Chair and member, Executive Search Committee, College of Architecture and Design faculty searches, Lawrence
Technological University, 2008-2009.
12. Secretary, Faculty Council, College of Architecture and Design, Lawrence Technological University, 2007-2009
13. Member, College of Architecture and Design, Lawrence Technological University, Architecture Design and Practice Faculty
Search Committee, 2007-2008.
14. Member, College of Architecture and Design, Research Ad-hoc Committee, 2006-2007
15. Coordinator, Michigan State University - Lawrence Technological University M.U.R.P. - M.ARCH dual degree collaboration
initiative,2006-2008.
16. Member, Graduate Writing Assessment Committee, College of Architecture and Design, 2008-2009.
Research Works Cited In
1. Figueiredo, Lucas and Luiz Amorim. "Continuity lines in the axial system." In Akkelies van Nes (Ed.). Proceedings from
5th International Space Syntax Symposium. Delft, The Netherlands: TU Delft, 2007.
2. Medeiros, V.A.S. de. "Far Beyond the Axial Maps: Urban Modelling in Brazilian and World Cities." Proceedings from
10th International Conference on Computers in Urban Planning and Urban Management. Iguassu Falls, Brazil, 2008.