
Saurabh Mhatre
Designer + Researcher
Summary
Saurabh Mhatre is a Research Associate in the Material Processes and Systems Group (MaP+S) and the harvard Center for Green buildings and Cities at the Harvard Graduate School of Design, where he graduated with distinction with a Masters in Design Technology. His interest lies in the synergy between design, technology and materiality. He is passionate about fabrication, robotics, and photography.
Experience
Senior Research Associate
Material Processes and Systems Group @ Harvard Graduate School of Design, Cambridge, MA
& Harvard Center for Green Buildings and Cities
Sept 2021 – Present
Research Associate
Material Processes and Systems Group @ Harvard Graduate School of Design, Cambridge, MA
& Harvard Center for Green Buildings and Cities
June 2015 – Sept 2021
Research Assistant
Material Processes and Systems Group @ Harvard Graduate School of Design, Cambridge, MA
2013 – June 2015
Research Assistant / Teaching Assistant
Balwant Sheth School of Architecture(NMIMS University), Mumbai, MH
2012 – 2013
Professional Internship
Sanjay Puri Architects, Mumbai, MH
May 2012 – Jul 2012
Education
Masters in Design Technology with Distinction
Harvard Graduate School of Design, Cambridge, MA, USA
May 2015
Courses : Computational Material Distributions: Gradients of Compliance, Construction Lab, Digital Media for Design, Energy in Architecture, Informal Robotics / New Paradigms for Design & Construction, Introduction to Computational Design, Landscape Material Design Practice and Digital Media, Material Systems: Digital Design, Fabrication, and Research Methods, Nano Micro-Macro: Adaptive Material Lab, Responsive Environments (REA Lab Seminar), Smarter Cities, Tangible User Interfaces ( MIT Media Lab).
Bachelor of Architecture, Architecture Design
Balwant Sheth School of Architecture, BSSA(NMIMS University), Mumbai, MH
2007-2012
Global Summer School: Self<a>rchitecture,
Institute For Advanced Architecture of Catalonia (IAAC), Barcelona
2011
Patents
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Exhibit / Collaborations
Lux Torre @ Black Rock City, Nevada, 2016
Part of a team which designed and built a 15’ observation tower with wood and conduits in the middle of the desert.
Auxetic Surfaces Installation at Wyss Retreat, 2015
Part of a team which designed and built an installation of 16 breathing auxetic surfaces at the yearly retreat of Wyss Institute of biological Engineering at Harvard
Kalaghoda Art Festival, Mumbai, 2011
Parametric Canopy
Fringe Conditions: Mumbai, 2010
Workshop with IAAC, Barcelona on City fringe conditions.
Teaching
Harvard University - Graduate School of Design, 2018
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Assisted in the course “Material Systems: Digital Design and Fabrication SCI-6317
Balwant Sheth School of Architecture(BSSA), 2012-13
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Teaching assistant for 1st-year digital design studio.
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Teaching assistant for 2nd-year foundation workshop and exhibition, design studio, digital design studio
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T.A for Digital Fabrication Elective, 3rd Yr.
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Taught design software as part of Open Studios.
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Leadership
General Secretary
Balwant Sheth School of Architecture(NMIMS University), Mumbai, MH
2009-2012
Interests
Rapid Prototyping, Robotics, Fabrication, Illustration, VFX, 3D Printing, Photography, DIY
2010 - present
2010 - present