Yogesh Saoji
Title: Planning and Urban Design Leader, Senior Associate
Organization: DLR Group
Location: New York, NY
An architect, planner and urban designer, Yogesh draw over 25 years of experience working on government, cultural, education, transportation, and large-scale mixed-use redevelopment projects involving collaborations across multiple disciplines and cultures. His approach to design is marked by rigor, creativity and a focus on placemaking, and implementation. Yogesh has led large multidisciplinary teams and working on diverse projects and regions.
Yogesh is recognized for his leadership in delivering projects built on design excellence, community engagement and sustainability. He has experience working on several major higher education campus planning projects in diverse contexts creating comprehensive and inspiring campus development frameworks and implementable projects.
Yogesh has a Bachelor of Architecture degree from VNIT, Nagpur and a master’s degree in Urban Design from CEPT University, Ahmedabad, India. He also received his Master’s in Community Planning from the University of Cincinnati. He is a ULI member and a LEED AP BD+C. Yogesh has instructed at University of Pennsylvania and University of Cincinnati. He serves on the Board of Green Building United, a Delaware Valley green building advocacy and education organization and on the Advisory Committee for the Philadelphia 2030 District initiative.