About
Prerna Singh is a designer and maker based in London. She works across housing systems, grown materials and spatial sound.
Recent: solo exhibition at the Royal Society of Sculptors; Kutcha shortlisted for Prototypes for Humanity; monthly resident on Love Will Save The Day FM.
MA and MSc Innovation Design Engineering, Royal College of Art and Imperial College London. Previously Designer and Project Coordinator at Incubis Consultants, Gurugram.
prerna.singh.design@gmail.com
Exhibitions and awards
- LondonRoyal Society of Sculptors, solo exhibition
- LondonKinetica Museum
- MaltaMalta Biennale, sound design for live performance
- LondonRoyal College of Art and Imperial College London show, 2025
- DubaiShortlisted, Prototypes for Humanity, 2025
Education
- LondonMA and MSc Innovation Design Engineering, with Merit. Royal College of Art and Imperial College London
- New DelhiBachelor of Architecture, First Class with Distinction. School of Planning and Architecture
Tools
- ModelRhino and Grasshopper, Revit, Archicad, SketchUp, AutoCAD
- ShowEnscape, Lumion, V-Ray, Adobe Creative Suite, Figma
- MakePhysical model-making, 3D printing, CNC, Arduino
- SoundAbleton, MaxMSP
Research
- 2025Kutcha: buoyant housing for flood-affected communitiesStakeholder research across four countries. Embodied carbon assessment using the ICE Database. MA and MSc final project.
- 2024Blue Biont: mineral dispersal for coral reef recoveryForm development through fluid dynamics simulation with a PhD researcher at Imperial College London. Laboratory testing for pH and dissolution rate.
- 2024Mycelium Lego: grown interlocking modulesSelf-initiated material research. Mould versions tested for gas exchange, growth speed and release.
- 2024Future Families: life cycle assessment of the sofa supply chainAssessment of materials and manufacture, carried out with DFS. Sustainable Systems module.
- 2024Teammate: workplace inclusionObservation and semi-structured interviews with office teams. Impact module.
- 2021Migration Facilitation HubBachelor of Architecture thesis, School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi.
- Are the Urban Poor at Home?Bachelor of Architecture dissertation. Ethnographic study of informal settlements in Delhi, including Kathputli Colony, applying Kimberly Dovey’s four properties of home.
- 2019Bricks Behind the ClicksSeminar research paper, group of six. The spatial effects of e-commerce: Amazon’s distribution network mapped onto Delhi’s infrastructure.