Rudabeh Pakravan

Continuing Lecturer in Architecture
Address
362 Wurster Hall #1800
Email
rpakravan@berkeley.edu

Website(s)
http://www.sidellpakravan.com/



Address
362 Wurster Hall #1800

Website(s)
http://www.sidellpakravan.com/
Email
rpakravan@berkeley.edu



EDUCATION
M. Arch, University of Pennsylvania
B.Sc. Civil Engineering, University of California, Berkeley





BIOGRAPHY
Rudabeh Pakravan is a Continuing Lecturer in the Architecture Department. She is a registered architect and a principal at Sidell Pakravan Architects, a practice based in Berkeley.In her teaching, sheapproaches architecture as a physical exploration of space, form, scale, and volume that in practice translates to the ways architecture createscivic and social engagement.
She is interested in how architectural form affects individual and collective experience, the rules and processes that influence building, and architecture’s influence on culture and the city. In her housing studios, she works with students to explore specific relationships between architectural elements and the public realm. Her research on architecture and public space has been published by the Annenberg School of Communication andPlaces Journal.Her practice currently has a number of residential, commercial, and civic projects under construction and has been recognized with Architectural Record's Design Vanguard award for 2021.