Tanu Sankalia

Tanu Sankalia is Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Art + Architecture at the University of San Francisco where he has been teaching since 2006. His professional work, in India and the United States, includes urban design plans, mixed-use developments, housing projects, residential architecture, and campus planning and architecture.

Prof. Sankalia's research interests combine the local context of the San Francisco Bay Area and the global perspective of India, covering areas of architecture and urbanism. At present, he is working on a co-edited volume of essays titled Treasure Island: Visions and Transformations, which situates future plans for the island's development in the context of global city planning and urban design, and within the trajectory of its seventy-year urban history. He is also completing a book manuscript called The Urban Unseen, which examines historical, theoretical and design themes related to interstitial spaces in San Francisco's historic urban fabric. The Urban Unseen has been the subject of exhibitions, conference papers and published articles. Other projects include research related to public housing and public space in Mumbai with a special focus on slum rehabilitation projects and waterfront redevelopments.