Tejesvini Saranga Ravi (she/her) is a transdisciplinary researcher, design practitioner and a licensed architect from India, currently based in London. Her professional work spans architecture and interior design, urban and heritage research, installation art and visual design.
She is a recent graduate of the Situated Practice, MA programme at the Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL and a recipient of the Bartlett Medal. Over a fifteen-month period on the programme, Tejesvini worked with sound, writing, essay-films, and archival material to trace the intersections of walking art, critical heritage studies and tourism in England. In her MA project titled ‘Detours: Osterley Park’, she examined the legacies of colonial injustice in a country-estate owned by the National Trust and developed critical modes of historic interpretation by using walking and touring as artistic practices.
Prior to her postgraduate studies, Tejesvini worked as a Junior Research Associate at Urban Design Collective, India, where she co-developed travel circuits, itineraries, an app and a website for community-based tourism, designed infographics, conducted oral history, and performed spatial & audio-visual documentation. As a practice-led researcher, she is passionate about urban cultures, researching social histories and identifying the best practices for heritage interpretation.
