Post-Pro M.Arch, Princeton University; M.A. Architektur, Berlin University of the Arts (UdK); B.A., UC Berkeley
Pavan Vadgama is an architect based in Berlin and New York, with over eight years of experience across housing collectives, adaptive reuse, and educational spaces. His work investigates material politics, built heritage, and multispecies urbanism in the residual landscapes of contemporary cities.
He holds a Post-Professional Master of Architecture from Princeton University, where he received the Suzanne Kolarik Underwood Prize and the School of Architecture History and Theory Prize, and was awarded the Howard Crosby Butler Travel Fellowship for field research on water systems and urban cowsheds in Ahmedabad, India. He also holds an M.A. in Architecture from the Universität der Künste Berlin, where he studied in the studio of Jean-Philippe Vassal.
Vadgama is currently a resident at Akademie Schloss Solitude. His recent projects include the traveling installation Holy Cow, Stray Cow! at the Porto Design Biennale (2025–26) and a paper presented at the Passages Conference at Politecnico di Milano. His writing has appeared in Pidgin and Protocol, among other venues.
