A Courtyard House in the Hills Envisioned as a solid with a carved out central courtyard, the House in Coonoor is located on a sloping site opening out to the hilly landscape. Within a site populated with wild vegetation, the courtyard facilitates a secret garden – capturing a space of delight and […]
Design of a rural crematorium Responding to the need for a formal structure in which cremations for deceased locals can take place, a Crematorium has been designed and conceptualised on an existing site in Narindrapur, Bihar. The structure aims to gently formalize the rituals and activities on site, by raising a plinth and enveloping the […]
A Pavilion and a Small Indoor Sports Centre for Parivartan Campus The Parivartan campus in Siwan is a multi-cultural space that reaches out to more than twenty villages in immediate vicinity. One of the mandates of the institution is to coach football to girls and boys teams formed from the nearby villages. This pavilion is […]
Six Conjoined Villas on a Site with a Complex Geometry A set of small yet self-sufficient houses with access to the ground, the difficult geometry of the site is taken advantage of in creating six unique units – each with special features. Designed as variations of a theme, the houses step back as they rise […]
Corporate Interiors for an Acclaimed Digital Agency Located in BKC, Mumbai, the space for the office boasts panoramic views of the area with a wrap-around glass facade. The challenge of the project was to respond to the unique work-culture of the organisation, maintaining an open-plan while creating opportunities for seclusion, collaboration, relaxation and the occasional […]
Housing and Convention Facilities for Students Designed on an 11 x 56 meter footprint, the ‘Sangat’ building at Parivartan is an extension to the existing campus. A housing with four dormitories, common facilities, rooms for faculty and an assembly hall on the narrow site. By moving the structure away from the skin of the E-W […]
Proposal for Temporary School Moving School is an organisation that runs independent charitable schools in Goa and Gujarat for communities that find access to education difficult for their children. This specific proposal is an outcome of a joint workshop with the stakeholders from the Moving School for a prototype to be built cheaply and effectively […]
Working with stone and metal has very specific spatial requirements. For metal, the volume has to accommodate the very high temperature of the smelting furnace and the design has to account for rising hot-air. For carving stone, the environment has to be open and easy to […]
Auditorium and Classrooms for the School Complex The Delhi Public School in Pune is a beautiful campus spread over four acres and contains excellently maintained facilities for study and play. The brief was to add an auditorium space and a set of classrooms by adding a floor on top of a square central block. After […]
Two Small Buildings on a Tight Urban Site Designed on a small triangular island-plot in Vasco, Goa, the brief was to accommodate an Anganwadi and a Rural Medical Dispensary for a local resident community. The approach was to create linear structures along the two edges of the site. The simple plan allows both […]