Prajakta Kalamkar

Prajakta Kalamkar is a Visiting Lecturer for the MA Architecture program at the University of Westminster, teaching the module "Reading London" which investigates architectural experiences within urban environments through methodological and representational approaches to London's built landscape. Concurrently, she is a doctoral researcher specializing in digital placemaking and urban space co-creation.

Her research focuses on:

• Digital placemaking methodologies for generating place capital
• Integration of netnography and internet-mediated studies in urban research
• Temporary street experiments transforming vehicle-centric spaces into people-centered places
• Mobility Hub development incorporating parklets for social interaction
• Post-car city visioning through urban living labs

Ms. Kalamkar's professional work at P&T Singapore received the Asia Pacific Property awards, while her doctoral research secured funding from the Professor Geoffrey Petts memorial Fund in 2022.

She actively contributes to the international EX-TRA research project collaborating with the University of Amsterdam, Transport for London, Technical University of Munich, and Universitiet Ghent across urban living labs in Amsterdam, Bologna, Milan, Ghent, Munich, and London. Her current fieldwork examines Mobility Hubs in London's Redbridge borough, analyzing community engagement with parklet seating areas near transport nodes.