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Mahesh Radhakrishnan

Energizer · DISC type I
Founder and Principal architect at The Madras Office for Architects and Designers (MOAD)
📍 Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Mahesh Radhakrishnan is the founding partner of The Madras Office for Architects and Designers (MOAD), focusing on context-responsive and collaborative design. His multidisciplinary experience spans India, Germany, and Australia, and he holds a degree from NIT Tiruchirappalli and was a research scholar at the Bauhaus Dessau Foundation.

Deeply connected to his hometown of Chennai, Mahesh has a passion for cinema, exploring its relationship with architectures experience of time and space. He is a trustee of the Chennai Architecture Foundation, actively working to bring design consciousness into the public sphere and foster community involvement in urban development.

Unique fact: Mahesh co-founded a guerrilla group to fix potholes on roads at midnight, showcasing a hands-on approach to improving the urban environment.

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Experience
2 Years
Current Role
Founder and Principal architect
Job Level
Leadership
Location
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Personality Overview

How Mahesh shows up

Informal
Believer
Imaginative

They are people oriented, friendly and like creating new connections. They are not always early adopters but can be pursuaded by leveraging strong relationships. Unlike C or D types, they are vocal with their opinions but not so much with their questions.

Priorities

Topics Mahesh cares about

Contextual Architecture
His firm's philosophy is rooted in creating designs that are a deep response to the social, environmental, and cultural context of each project.
Urban Design
He is an associate of the Urban Design Collective and advocates for developing public spaces, particularly along Chennai's waterways, to improve quality of life.
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Career

Work history

Founder and Principal architect
The Madras Office for Architects and Designers (MOAD)
11-2002 - 5-2003
Urban Design Intern
mcgregorcoxall
7-2000 - 2-2001
Architect
C & T Architects
2-2000 - 7-2000
Research Assistant
IDC Indian Institute of Technology Bombay-India
6-1999 - 3-2000
Architect
CCBA Architects and Urban Planners
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Media appearances

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Education
2001 - 2003
Postgraduate
Bauhaus Dessau
1994 - 1999
Bachelors
National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli
Social presence
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

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Influence (I)

Influence (I) reflects the degree to which a person prefers to work by influencing or persuading others. Those scoring high tend to be people oriented, motivated by social recognition and building relationships.

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