About Us
UrbAnatomy Lab is a think tank and consulting practice focused on providing urban planning and design solutions to some of the most critical urban development issues being experienced today, particularly in India and the Global South. ​These involve building resilience amongst communities and institutions against the threats of Climate Change, and minimising the severity of its impact in cities.
Adaptation and mitigation measures also include decarbonising transportation and urban mobility; disaster risk management; restoration of natural resources; placemaking; community outreach; and advocacy and urban messaging around these issues.
Through our design-test-iterate approach, we strive to make cities more inclusive, livable, healthy and happier. Our multidisciplinary team of specialists tests solutions on-ground, and empowers communities as co-designers in the process. We continuously strive to optimise design, efficiency and sustainability to create thriving urban systems that are sustainable for both, people and the planet.
Services
Our services include design and communication at varied scales, such as strategic plans, masterplans, Nature Based Solutions, Walking and Cycling Audits, GHG calculations, project feasibility studies, data analysis, data visualisation, urban infographics and renderings, technical report writing, designing innovative community engagement, placemaking, as well as architectural interior projects.
We would love to answer your questions, help you find the right, creative solutions or simply just chat. Please write to us and we will respond to you within 24 hours.
People
Parul Sharma
Founder and Director
Parul is a sustainable urban development strategist with over 14 years of experience in urban design, planning and architecture at award-winning firms in India and the United States. She has worked on climate resilience, GHG mitigation, urban mobility, and placemaking, at private, non-profit and multilateral organisations like the UN-Habitat. Parul divides her time consulting on projects, teaching at the School of Planning and Architecture (SPA New Delhi), India, where she is a Visiting Faculty, or working on her urban mobility tech platform called City Scanner. The app aims to provide safer and smarter trip planning tools for better cyclist and pedestrian experiences, through AI and crowdsourced data. Parul graduated from the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation (GSAPP), Columbia University, with a Master of Science in Architecture and Urban Design. She has a B.Arch degree from USAP, Indraprastha University, Delhi. Parul received the 2021 GSAPP Incubator Prize, and the Kinne Traveling Fellows Prize, from Columbia University, where she currently serves as a Board Member of the GSAPP Alumni Board. In her free time, she enjoys playing badminton, creating digital collages, and hanging out with her cat, Allegra.
