Ar. Ajeesh Kakkarath is an architect and urban planner specialized in housing with over Thirteen years of experience in Academics and Practice. He has done his graduation and Masters from College of Engineering, Trivandrum. He has started his teaching career in McGans Ooty school of Architecture in 2010 and later, has spent a major time of his career as Assistant Professor in Manipal School of Architecture and Planning, Manipal University till 2015. He was working in MG University Kerala in KMEA College of Architecture during 2015- 18.
Along with his practice, he has been continuously associating with architecture institutions in Kerala and Karnataka. His teaching and research interests include integrated urban water management, Industrial ecology, rural development, lndo Aryan and Dravidian history and heritage conservation. With his deeper interest in History and documentation he has associated with several heritage development proposals and retrofiting projects in Karnataka.
During a 12 year teaching span as a fullme faculty in institutions in Kerala and Karnataka, he has been addressing architecture teaching and learning as a multidimensional realm with deeper linkages to other art forms. He has been emphasizing and reinventing an architectural pedagogy focusing on spatial narrative through various foundation studios he has designed. Being a film buff himself, he oen associates with mainstream media and has worked as architecture Consultant for movies and events.
