Smitha Vasan

SmithGroup, Architect II

About

An architect, Smitha C. Vasan is an advocate for social justice through the lens and responsibility of design excellence. After learning architecture alongside and through urban design, she sees every design opportunity as a chance to make strategic, contextual understanding into just built-world solutions. Smitha returned to Chicago three years ago and is inspired and intrigued by the City of Chicago as a place for opportune and experiential learning in spreading equity through design. She is curious about how good design can positively impact and be available to the public, especially as it may be interwoven with other defining systems such as economy and health.

Smitha has experience in commercial and institutional architecture at micro and macro scales. She is most interested in the projects that tell a story and are formed through it. Smitha currently serves as President of I-NOMA. She…

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Smitha Vasan