Biannual Journal on Contemporary Architecture IN]SIDE is a series of bi-annual journals published by Matter in collaboration with H & R Johnson (India) on Contemporary Architecture and Interior Design in India. The books chronicle and document ideas and work of some of the most thought-provoking practices from India under three segments – Space, Surface and Object. […]
Works & Continuities One of the most prolific architects to have practiced in post-independence India, Brinda Somaya has designed and built more than 250 projects over the span of 40 years of her firm SnK Architects. This monograph is a chronicle and critical reflection on the body of […]
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit On a corner plot in Indiranagar, the client, Latika Khosla, found an old house. Constructed in the 1980s, this structure was originally designed as a family home on a system that was part concrete frame and partload-bearing in brick. The challenge was to convert this house into […]
A Courtyard House The site in Moira, Goa was a large site divided in three, leaving the client with a corner plot facing two roads. The brief was to design a yoga studio for the client who is an instructor along with a private residence for the family. Using a grid as a base, the […]
National Competition Entry The Government of India floated a national competition to design a war memorial and museum on two adjacent sites on the Lutyens grid flanking the India Gate. The site for the war museum had old trees and linear warehousing structures in an orthogonal footprint. The strategy was to retain all trees on the […]
National Competition Entry On a historic site – one of the six ‘Petals’ flanking the India gate in Lutyens’s Delhi, The National War Memorial was a competition to design a fitting place to commemorate the martyrs of India. Designed as a subterranean structure, our approach was to imagine a monumental gesture but in a humble […]
Rejuvenation and Public Space Intervention for Village Well The historic well in question was built about three hundred years back using ‘Lahori bricks’ – a special variety of flat cakes that was prevalent in western India. When discovered, the well was completely silted and the place around was full of acacia overgrowth. The […]
Design of a Small Shrine and a Public Space Under the patronage of the local care-taker family, a small shrine in the village of Asaon had much cultural significance for the village. A plinth with a deity, the original street-side shrine was redesigned keeping the deity intact and by enclosing the […]
Upcycled Vehicle for Collecting Waste Goa plays a host to many national and international events. Many of these events occupy temporary pop-up venues where managing waste is a challenge. Moreover, it is very difficult for the authorities to enforce on-site segregation in event venues and small, remote settlements that do not have a facility to […]
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit Assemble, BC architects and studies, BC materials, and Atelier LUMA have collaborated with regional craftsmen, industrial partners, and local experts such as Kim Hyeongki from Chosun University, Yoon Jungwon from the University of Seoul and graduate students from their respective programs on the renewal of a small […]