Reviews of professor Pravin Bhiwapurkar

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Pravin is not suitable for third yr studio teaching. Not a good studio critic. Doesn't have any experience as an architect which makes it difficult for him to teach a studio. Complete blunder from DAAP to let him teach 3rd yr. He is rude and can't provide examples or references. He is unfamiliar with studio teaching even after teaching for 10yrs.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Horrible studio faculty. Avoid

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
I would have learned more watching grass grow than if I took this class. Pravin is really out of touch with his student's and shows little interest in improving.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
While it is clear Pravin in knowledgeable, his teaching style needs work. He is not very savy with canvas and often fails to regrade exams/quizzes that auto graded wrongly because of him. Often leads students astray when taking the quizzes resulting in confusion. Projects ask students for way too much. Guest lectures were actually engaging.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Weekly projects take forever and are subject to GA grading. My studio section had a way harder grader than others and there was no compensation for this. Reading the textbook isn't necessary and honestly the class already takes so much time its not worth it. Quizzes every class over his lecture

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
You really have to put in an insufferable amount of effort on your part to actually gain anything from Pravin. Impressively always unclear on what he's asking for in terms of deliverables. Partner and I were the only pair for the studio, he liked our work so much he had us enter a competition, he still calls me by the wrong name after 8 months...

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Had projects every week that became repetitive and very tedious. The information that was taught was presented in a non-engaging way with a lecture that seemed to discuss the same information every lecture. Therefore the class became very boring very quickly.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Pravin is not at all a good studio professor. Lacks rudimentary teaching skills and design knowledge. Try to avoid this class or change studio. It is shocking that he is allowed to teach at DAAP.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Has weekly projects that take anywhere from about 4-8 hours, exceeding 10 in some cases. The project instructions are unclear and take a great deal of effort and time to figure out. Cites that students are in the wrong when problems arise with projects or in class.