Board of Directors

With over four decades of experience, Ar. Bharat S. Yamsanwar is the Founder and Director of Team One Architects (TOA). His architectural practice has contributed to the firm's design philosophy, shaped by timeless design, cultural context and spatial harmony across large-scale developments.

His experience spans urban townships, public infrastructure, institutional campuses and master planning, with a focus on creating environments that respond to their context, climate and intended use. His approach brings together functionality, design integrity and a considered understanding of how architecture interacts with its surroundings.

An alumnus of the Sir J. J. College of Architecture, Bharat has been recognised for his contribution to architecture and urban design, including a Lifetime Achievement Award and recognition as a Distinguished Alumnus. Over the course of his career, he has remained engaged with the evolution of architecture and the role of thoughtful design in shaping enduring environments.

With over two decades of experience, Aditya B. Yamsanwar is a Director at Team One Architects (TOA), working at the intersection of design, experience and technology. His work focuses on creating high-performance workplaces that respond to evolving business models, workforce expectations and organisational culture.

At TOA, Aditya combines research, analytics and spatial strategy to develop smart, adaptable environments that support productivity, collaboration and employee experience. He has led large-scale workplace transformations, using the built environment as a strategic tool to address work challenges and prepare businesses for the future of work.

A postgraduate from the University of Arizona, Aditya is an active member of CoreNet Global and GRI. He has authored 200+ industry articles and regularly contributes to conversations around SEZ policy, workplace strategy, Gen Z and the changing relationship between people, organisations and the spaces they occupy.

Rupali P. Kapse is a Director at Team One Architects (TOA), with a decade of experience. She holds a Professional Diploma in Interior Architecture, with further academic exposure in environmental studies, sustainability, climate change and corporate ESG.

Her multidisciplinary background brings together interior architecture with resource efficiency, workplace wellbeing and ESG principles, offering a broader perspective on how spaces can support both people and organisations.

Over the course of her career, Rupali has been associated with multiple projects across the real estate industry, contributing to the planning and execution of corporate and commercial spaces with a focus on workplace environments, climate action, resource efficiency and ESG practices, helping create spaces that are efficient, adaptable and aligned with evolving business needs.

With Environmental Sciences and affiliated Climate Studies as her educational backgrounds, Rupali Kapse has handled the sustainability and ESG aspect of the vertical for Team One. Her active role in real estate developments, with long-term thinking on the adaptability aspect, has helped clients and the community as a whole to regenerate cost efficiency and energies for the various corporate, commercial and industrial businesses. Rupali has played an active role in CSR and community services with the focus on “Education to Each”, and has also helped various public-private places development initiatives to revive and rejuvenate of cost and missing public, private, spaces.