Prof. Sanjay Krishnamurthy

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Professor of Urban Planning · Geography & GIS/Data

Prof. Krishnamurthy researches transit-oriented development, vertical urbanism, and how infrastructure investment shapes skyline growth in global cities. He has consulted for planning agencies in Mumbai, Singapore, and Chicago.

GEO-201 GEO-403

Contact & office

✉ skrishna@urbanicity.space

🏢 Online — office hours by video

Office hours: Tue 2:00 PM-4:00 PM · Ames Hall 220 | Fri 9:00 AM-11:00 AM · Ames Hall 220

College

Ph.D. Urban Planning — MIT (2008)

M.Arch. Architecture — IIT Bombay (2003)

B.Arch. Architecture — CEPT University (2001)

Family

Married, two kids who rate playgrounds professionally.

Spouse: Priya Krishnamurthy, a pediatric nurse — two children

★ Sketching intersections in a pocket notebook

Teaching now — GEO-201

Last #3 · Lesson 3: Cultural Diffusion ↗

Current #4 · Lesson 4: Cultural Landscapes ↗

Next #5 · Lesson 5: Borders, Nations, and States ↗

Recommends

Strong Towns ↗

Reading list

The Image of the City ↗

Kevin Lynch · from the syllabus

The Power Broker ↗

Robert A. Caro · from the syllabus

Invisible Cities ↗

Italo Calvino · fiction

Field

Transit-oriented development, vertical urbanism, skyscraper economics, infrastructure planning, comparative urban form