Animation: agents link their bodies into a hanging net that stands as a shell.

About

Hi, I'm Archit.

Computational designer at Avalon International Aluminum, Portland. Before that: robots at Michigan, and buildings in Mumbai.

Core

  1. 01Team first
  2. 02Adaptability
  3. 03Change is the constant
  4. 04Tool agnostic

Off the clock

  1. Archit on a desert trail, looking up at red rock spires

    01Hiking

  2. 02Training

  3. Four Batman graphic novels fanned out on a wooden table

    03Comics

  4. A hand holding a Hanayama Labyrinth cast puzzle box outdoors

    04Puzzles

CV

  1. 2025–now

    Computational Designer

    Avalon International Aluminum, Portland

    Shipped a 3D configurator and automation tools; cut order intake 30–60 min, sheet prep 75%.

  2. 2023–24

    Research Assistant, Computational Design

    DART Lab, University of Michigan

    Robotically 3D-printed an 8-foot Vertical Wetland on a Kuka arm; co-authored ACADIA 2024 paper.

  3. 2023–24

    MS Digital & Material Technologies

    University of Michigan, Taubman College

    GPA 3.86. Robotic fabrication and computational design; two ACADIA papers.

  4. 2023

    Project Architect

    The Busride Design Studio, Mumbai

    Parametric interiors and construction drawings for luxury weekend homes.

  5. 2019–23

    Founder & Project Lead

    Argo_DesignLab, Mumbai

    Ran a design consultancy on 8+ projects; Peeli Kothi featured in Architectural Digest India.

  6. 2018–19

    Junior Architect

    Sameep Padora + Associates, Mumbai

    Construction drawings for a high-rise; competition team for a public infrastructure project.

  7. 2013–18

    Bachelor of Architecture

    Dr. Baliram Hiray College of Architecture, University of Mumbai

Publications

  1. 2025

    Pneuma-Bloom: Air-Driven 4D Textile Composites for Multi-Sensory Space Creation

    Gao, Merupu, Goyal, Ahlquist. ACADIA 2025

  2. 2024

    Vertical Wetland: Robotic 3D Printing of Urban Vertical Green Systems for Biodiversity

    Gao, Aghaei Meibodi, Goyal, Li, Yan. ACADIA 2024

Download CV (PDF)