Dhiraj K.

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A safari through a career.

Scroll slowly. Every stop is a place where data, research and design collided — and something got built.

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01 · Basecamp

Roots in the built environment

Architecture and the built environment first. Learning that buildings are arguments about how people should behave — and that most of those arguments are made without evidence.

ArchitectureBuilt environmentCuriosity

The start

Basecamp

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Architecture
Built environment
Curiosity

02 · The research plateau

Dual M.Tech — IIT Roorkee & TU Darmstadt

Two systems of thinking, one degree. India's rigour and Germany's precision, applied to how space performs. Research methods became the habit I never dropped.

Research methodsIIT RoorkeeTU Darmstadt

Research years

The research plateau

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Research methods
IIT Roorkee
TU Darmstadt

03 · Open plains

Workplace strategy & CRE consulting

Advising enterprises — Microsoft, Adobe, Morgan Stanley, Rivian, Roche — on whether their real estate actually matches how their people work. Portfolio economics, occupancy data and human behaviour in the same room.

Workplace strategyPortfolio dataEnterprise clients

8+ years

Open plains

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Workplace strategy
Portfolio data
Enterprise clients

04 · Off the trail

From decks to tools

Recommendations you can run beat recommendations you can present. Three workplace intelligence tools built from zero — all award-winning, all used on live enterprise work.

SUS / TUSNotes MCP ServerProduct thinking

The turn

Off the trail

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SUS / TUS
Notes MCP Server
Product thinking

05 · The lookout

Research that travelled

Gensler Research Innovation Award (x2), the EDRA Research Excellence Award, and published work through the Gensler Research Institute.

GRIA x2EDRAPublished

Along the way

The lookout

05
GRIA x2
EDRA
Published

06 · Still walking

Data, research and design together

Writing, building small useful things, and keeping a running feed of what I read. Local agent tooling, market notes, and the occasional strong opinion about hybrid work.

WritingAI toolingHybrid work

Now

Still walking

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Writing
AI tooling
Hybrid work

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