Dhwani Mehta

Urban Designer

With a background in architecture, urban design, and landscape architecture, Dhwani Mehta brings a multidisciplinary approach to projects ranging from site design to large-scale urban realm interventions. She has experience across all project phases, from concept and design development to construction drawings and site supervision. Dhwani currently manages Starr Whitehouse’s urban design effort on a FEMA-funded resilience study for Esplanade Gardens, a former Mitchell-Lama development that abuts the Harlem River in East Harlem. In Brooklyn, she is developing project visualization for the Starr Whitehouse-led Coney Island Creek Resilience Project. In the Bronx, she contributed site and existing conditions analysis for the Starr Whitehouse-led Pelham Bay Park Access Study. Before joining Starr Whitehouse, Dhwani was an urban and landscape designer at AECOM, working on design development and construction documentation for resilience projects like NYC DEP’s Kissena Cloudburst Hub. Dhwani holds a Master’s in Architecture Studies and Urbanism from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a Bachelor’s in Architecture from KRVIA, Mumbai University, where she is a licensed architect. While at MIT, she was selected for the MIT DesignX and MIT PKG accelerator programs, co-founding a hyperlocal digital platform that connects businesses and supports urban economies in informal settlements in India.

Representative Projects:

Climate Resilience Planning
FEMA Esplanade Gardens Resilience Study, New York, NY
Coney Island Creek Resilience Project, Brooklyn, NY
Pelham Bay Park Access Study, Bronx, NY
DEP Water & Stormwater Resiliency Engagement & Signage Plan, five boroughs, NYC
Cloudburst Kissena Hub, Right-of-way design, Queens, NY*
Coastal Resilience Design, Confidential project, MA*

Park Design
Cloudburst Kissena Hub, Onsite Park, Queens, NY*
Payne Playground, Brooklyn, NY*

Streets, Public Realm, and Infrastructure
NYC DEP 34 Avenue Open Street, Queens, NY
Citywide Greenways Expansion Plan, five boroughs, NYC
Owl’s Head Viaduct Rehabilitation Impacts, Brooklyn, NY*
Airport Landscape Design, Confidential project, NY*
DC Public Realm Plan, Washington, DC*
Site Plans + Housing
BCM Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital, India*
Bellevue Holiday Villas by Carnival Realty, India*
Gupta House, India*
IB Farmhouse, India*
Meenakshi Hospital, India*
Estaa Gems Office, India*
Lodha residential interior projects, India*
Modus Office Interiors, India*

*Work completed prior to joining Starr Whitehouse