Gayatri Desai
Gayatri Desai is the Director of Design Technology at Ennead, a CannonDesign Company, where she works with design and leadership teams to embed emerging technology into architectural practice. Her work advances how buildings are imagined, tested, and delivered, aligning digital innovation with design excellence and real project outcomes.
A designer, technologist, and educator, Gayatri brings a multidisciplinary perspective to the future of architecture. She has developed firmwide frameworks for AI adoption and digital workflows that position technology as a catalyst for creativity, rigor, and performance. Through her work with New Jersey Institute of Technology, she helps shape the next generation of architects to engage technology critically, creatively, and with purpose.
A designer, technologist, and educator, Gayatri brings a multidisciplinary perspective to the future of architecture. She has developed firmwide frameworks for AI adoption and digital workflows that position technology as a catalyst for creativity, rigor, and performance. Through her work with New Jersey Institute of Technology, she helps shape the next generation of architects to engage technology critically, creatively, and with purpose.