About
Mridula Kalyanasundaram is an architect, comic artist, and real estate researcher, trained at Cornell AAP. As an architect, she designs buildings. Through her comics, she investigates the stories institutions leave out. And through her real estate research, she traces how land and ownership shape family history, and how finance-driven development might reconnect with community and culture.
You can call me Mridula.
(pronounced MREE-doo-lah)
Education
2025-2026
Cornell University
Master of Science in Advanced Architectural Design (M.S. AAD) Territories of Investigation: Urban Design
High distinction
2017-2022
Anna University
Bachelor of Architecture (B.Arch)
Distinction
Research
2025 - 2026
2026
2025
2024
2022
Genre theory in fashion and architecture
Circular economy | Recycling gypsum and Insulation Materials
Canal Street, NYC: gentrification, ecology, and migrant labor
Architect as Developer
Genealogy of hospital planning
Honours And Awards
2025
Tuition Award – Cornell University ($25,000)
Tuition Award – University of Pennsylvania ($20,000)
Tuition Award – Columbia University ($15,000)
