LFA2026 Curation Panel
Dhruv Gulabchande (He/Him)
Associate Director, HFM Architects and Founder, Narrative Practice
Dhruv Gulabchande is an Architect and Associate Director at HFM Architects, currently teaching at Central Saint Martins, with previous roles at the University of Sheffield, and Brighton. He leads non-profit mentoring platform, Narrative Practice, where his research focuses on promoting diversity through integrating long-term mentoring into practice and academia. In recognition of his work, he has recently been selected as a RIBAJ Rising Star.
Dhruv's Festival picks : Conversations from Between the Lines
“Lived experience is presented as a vital form of architectural knowledge, long overdue really, given how often the most meaningful insights come from those who actually live, work, and grow within the spaces we design. These events explore how memory, identity, and care can reshape the way we think about cities, inviting a shift from top down authorship to a more collective, grounded, and quietly radical way of building.”
