Pedagogy
Shirish believes that architectural education has to be deeply rooted in acknowledging the processes and systems of urban form, and ecological conditions of our natural environments. Furthermore it is this interest in urban morphology that has led him to work on projects ranging from urban conservation, housing for informal settlements, building pedagogy and conducting documentations of buildings and settlements across India within the academic framework of architectural education, to creating study material for Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority (MHADA) engineers on Housing through an Urban Lens, and recently working on a TATA Trust Small Grant pilot for Water and Sanitation improvement for 15 slums in Cuttack and Bhubaneshwar. He is also a co-author to the soon to be published book titled - Emergence of Indigenous Practice in India - Selected Works of Master Sathe and Bhuta - 1932 -1956.