Associate Principal, Americas Foresight Leader, Arup
Radha has a background in architecture, narrative environments, and strategic foresight. She currently leads the Americas foresight business at Arup, teaches as adjunct faculty on the Design MBA program at California College of the Arts, and spends most of her time exploring the impact of emerging technologies and how they’ll change the way we design and make things in the future. Her purpose is to collaboratively build more equitable and inclusive futures — to make space for communities who might not yet see themselves in our future visions. Most recently, Radha established the Foresight practice at Autodesk and taught speculative design as part-time faculty on Parsons (The New School) MFA Transdisciplinary Design program. Prior to this, she focused on the Future of Work with Steelcase's Workspace Futures group. Her work sought out ways organizations could drive innovation through design. Prior to Steelcase, Radha practiced architecture and was a researcher and strategist as part of the Arup Foresight + Innovation team in London and San Francisco, crafting speculative futures for global clients; she has also exhibited during the Lisbon Architecture Triennale and worked on design-led community engagement initiatives in cities across Europe.
