Strategically an optimist and tactically a realist, Ar. Raunak Chaudhary (B. 1997, Jaipur, Raj: IND) is a licensed architect and a futurist at heart, working at the intersection of architecture, research and development, and Management. He earned his Bachelor's degree in Architecture (B.Arch) from the Sushant School of Art and Architecture (SSAA, Delhi: IND) from 2015 to 2020. Pursuing his passion for integrating design and Management, Raunak completed a Postgraduate Program in Mastering Design Thinking at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Sloan School of Executive Management in 2021. Currently, he is concluding his Master of Architecture II (M.Arch II) in advanced technological research at the Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc).
His professional trajectory includes roles as a Junior Architect at IDEAS Jaipur, contributing to projects like the Mall of Jaipur and BJP district offices, and as an Assistant Artist with M. Pravat on the series "An Unconscious Geometry of Time" and "Structural Ruination." In 2020, Raunak founded LOBBER, an ecosystem for collaborative research that transcends predefined boundaries and practises design beyond its traditional borders. LOBBER includes the MASS Research Lab, exploring the relationship between sound and space with producers, audio engineers, writers and sonic practitioners, and CO-AL, the Co-Existential Architecture Lab, which develops urban planning solutions with a co-habitable and co-existence-based outlook with animal behaviourists, urban planners, architects, animal right activists, designers, animal organisations and government authorities.
Raunak's scholarly contributions include numerous publications under review, such as "Inflammation in Architecture Theory" and "Extinction of Smell Affecting Urban Planning in Cities." His upcoming work, "Theatrics, Technics and Architecture: De/Augmentation of Spatial Environment Using a Digital Interface," is set to be his M.Arch II thesis in 2024.
His accolades include the SCI-Arc Continuing Scholarship and the SCI-Arc Award for the 2023-24 Academic Year, as well as recognition as a DEI Co-Lead for the AAPI region. Raunak was also a Peer Mentor at SCI-Arc for the fall 2023 Academic Year, and his project "Co_al: Street animal training protocol" was a top 5 shortlisted and runner-up entry for the Saint-Gobain International Fellowship 2022-23.
Raunak is physically present in Los Angeles, where he continues exploring his diverse interests, including scuba diving, running, music, exercising, callisthenics, and culinary design.
Ideas jaipur, Jaipur, IN, Junior Architect
Worked on prominent projects like Mall of Jaipur
and BJP district offices: schematics, conceptual diagrams,
facade design, visualisation, texturing, lighting.
Artist M.Pravat, New Delhi, IN, Assistant Artist
Worked from Ideation till final exhibition stage with and under
Artist M.Pravat to create series- An unconscious geometry
of time (Exhibited in Delhi, Nature Morte Gallery) and series-
Structural Ruination (Exhibited in Dubai, 1x1 Gallery)
Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc), Los Angeles, CA, US, MArch, M.Arch II
MASTERS IN ARCHITECTURE II/
M.ARCH/ 4.00-4.00 GPA
Advanced experimentation And
Technological Research
SCI-Arc/ Southern California Institute
of Architecture
MITsloan, Boston, MA, US, Integrated Design management
MASTERING DESIGN THINKING/
POSTGRADUATE PROGRAM
10.00/ 10.00
Integrating design and Management
MIT/ Massachusetts Institute of
Technology Sloan, school of executive
management
Sushant School of Art and Architecture, New Delhi, IN, BArch, B.Arch
BACHELORS OF
ARCHITECTURE/B.ARCH
SSAA/Sushant School of Art and
architecture
SCI-Arc Service Award, Award
C. Raunak: SCI-Arc Service Award
for his tenure as a DEI “Diversity Equality & Inclusion” Co-head
and for setting up the student body for the Asian Pacific region to
have a multi-diverse and ethically bi-focal relationship between
the student committee, administration and faculties within the
SCI-Arc institute.
SCI-Arc Graduation with Distinction Award, Honorable Mention
C. Raunak, SCI-Arc Graduation with Distinction Award,
was recognised for his excellence throughout his academic
tenure by the postgraduate program chair “David Ruy” and
SCI-Arc director “Hernan Diaz Alonso”
Saint-Gobain International fellowship 2022-23, Grant
C. Raunak, “RE-DO” an urban street animal furniture,
was selected as a top 5 shortlisted and runner-up entry for
Saint-Gobain International fellowship 2022-23
DEI (Diversity, Inclusion and Equality) Co-Lead, Nomination
C. Raunak; DEI (Diversity, Inclusion and Equality) Co-Lead for the
AAPI region for the Year 2023-24, SCI-Arc
SCI-Arc Continuing Scholarship & SCI-Arc Award, Scholarship
C. Raunak: SCI-Arc Continuing Scholarship
for the 2024 Thesis Summer Term and 2023-24 Academic Year
Patent: wearable architecture 100% recycling jewelry, Award
C. Nikhil, A. Ritik, C. Raunak designed an architectural
streetwear jewel product “wearable architecture” that has
received design patent from the Ministry of Commerce,
Department of Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade.
Design No: 366889-001, class 02-03
