Mr Vinesh Pomal

Job: Senior Lecturer in Architecture

School/department: School of Arts, Design and Architecture

Address: De Montfort University, The Gateway, Leicester, LE1 9BH

T: N/A

E: vinesh.pomal@dmu.ac.uk

 

Personal profile

Vinesh Pomal is a Senior Lecturer in Architecture and Architect at Leicester School of Architecture where he co-leads BA2 and runs a design studio focussing on creating civic spaces. He delivers Professional Practice lectures in BA1, BA2 and BA3. He joined the school on a full time basis in October 2023 from practice having taught and eventually co-leading BA1 since 2015 on a part time basis.
He has worked as an Architect at ButcherBayley Architects, ECD Architects, Levitt Bernstein, Melt Design Hub, TateHindle. tpbennett and TfL where he gained experience in designing sustainable communities. He undertook his full architectural training at Portsmouth School of Architecture.
His professional experience to-date varies from estate regeneration schemes across all tenures through to specialist housing including independent living, extra care, nursing homes and intergenerational living; having worked on numerous schemes across the UK and drawing upon his personal lived experience.
Vinesh has also been a guest critic at Ulster, Central St. Martins, Loughborough, Reading and Sheffield universities.
He sits on the Ealing, Harrow, Sutton and Bexley and Design South East Design Review Panels and co-founder of the Asian Architects Association and is an advocate of equality, diversity and inclusion. He was one of the original members on the Young Architects and Developers Alliance board and has held several roles on RIBA Committees and Council.

Research interests/expertise

  • Housing Design
  • Intergenerational Living
  • The Pedagogy of Architectural Education
  • Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

Areas of teaching

  • Design Studio (ASC)
  • Professional Practice (APE) and Representation (ARC)

Qualifications

  • BA(Hons) Architecture (Part 1)
  • Diploma in Architecture (Part 2)
  • Final Examination in Professional Practice (Part 3)
  • MA Professional Practice: Architecture

Courses taught

BA(Hons) Architecture

Professional licences and certificates

ARB: 2013 - present