Aarati Kanekar is an Indian academic, writer, researcher, and architect.
[1] Her research focuses on the themes of the design formulation, in particular representation and spatial construction of meaning and morphological studies in architecture.
This research is reflected in her publications on topics ranging from the issues of representation in the work of Lebbeus Woods, to Danteum of Giuseppe Terragni and translations of the Divine Comedy through media, to spatiality in the novels of Italo Calvino and game design.
[2] Kanekar worked at the architect's studio Balkrishna Vithaldas Doshi in India on large institutional projects and later collaborated with The National Institute of Design (NID) in Ahmedabad on conservation projects and tourism development in South India.
She has also worked on post-war reconstruction and conservation projects in Mostar in Bosnia and Herzegovina.