The design touches you on an unconscious level, in so many small ways – whether it’s how comfortably your hand fits in a cup, or how comfortable a chair feels. Design influences our thoughts, feelings and decisions. Simply put, good design is what creates a positive experience. And it’s more than just making a good looking unit.
Space design is linked to the way we live, work and play. At a macro level, this includes how livable a city or community is, and at its most intimate scale, how great a room feels. In this feature, we look at some of India’s young design studios, in no particular order, who are creating unique spatial experiences that, while still being environmentally conscious, place the user firmly at the center of the narrative, And don’t lose your sight. The mantra, “Design matters”.
Here is a list of some of the country’s most exciting youth practices in architecture and interior design:
1LeapingFrog Studio
Bhairav BR and Atira L. zakariasi
The first clients of the architects Bhairav BR and Atira L Zakarias were themselves.
Architects Bhairav BR and Atira L. Zacharias’s first client was himself, when he designed an 800-square-foot home that he bought shortly after tying the knot. “Starting our own practice was not something we ever wanted to do,” he declares. “We enjoyed the experience of working together, so a year later when someone approached us to do a project, we were really just pursuing a sense of pure joy.” Drawing inspiration in a variety of venues – from films and music to the works of Louis Kahn, Charles Correa and other youth practices – the duo say their Bengaluru-based studio is concise and honest to clients. Perhaps this is the reason why Quisa Khwani, a 200 sq ft eatery brimming with square footage, budget and deadline constraints, is close to his heart. “Ultimately, that small space made a big impact on everyone who visited. We were able to create a space that warmed up as a family, baking their old dishes behind the arched gabion wall. “
Aslam.Sham Architects
Aslam Karadan and Sham Saleem
The Hidden House of Aslam Karadan and Sham Salim, appears to emerge from a heavily contoured site
Karadan and Salim had barely taken their architectural training wheels off when they established their eponymous independent practice to satisfy “the desire to be able to express ourselves through our work.” [and] The satisfaction we’ve found in achieving this.” The professional expression of the 30-somethings’ effort is to capture the middle ground between their core principles and the clients’ perspectives. Not surprisingly, Tropical Modernism is the preferred style of the two that work. Karti is based out of lush Kerala, and buoyed by “everything and everything that pushes our boundaries” like the Hidden House, which appears to emanate from a heavily contoured site.
jetson
Jeet Sonjic
Jeet Soneji designs spaces with a pure material palette, texture mastery and impeccable quality in mind.
“Create with passion,” says 27-year-old Jeet Soneji close to his heart. The Jetsons, which he founded in 2020 on the heels of a three-year stint with the prolific MuseLAB, made his debut with art installations and is now marked by “a pure material palette, textured mastery and impeccable quality”. Have made progress – whatever the scale. Soneji’s Curves, Concrete & Lines, a tiny 4BHK home, beautifully presents these qualities. “The main idea in this curvy concrete apartment was to create a flow-through of the diverse spaces of materials and furniture that complement each other in a minimal way.” Sonji finds himself enthused by BIG’s Bjarke Ingels as well as Elon Musk – the former for the adaptability of their projects and a different approach to design, the latter for their dreams for the advancement of humanity. “Imagine what would happen if we combined their thoughts and perspectives!”
MyVN Architect
alayaraja mayavan
Elayaraja Mayavan’s projects are at the crossroads of design philosophy and use contemporary tools.
Mayavan’s work lies at the intersection of design philosophy and the fundamentals of exploration of contemporary tools such as processes and computational techniques. For example, ‘Lines’ in his project Lines and Motion is informed by memories of the paddy fields near his village, and is expressed as an ethereal light installation made of acrylic panels, with illuminated lines. Has a net. He founded MYVN Architecture in Bengaluru with a zeal to express himself and place these manifestations in the world, but now intends to “give space for others to be part of this journey,” admirers of Jean Nouvel and John Poisson Says strong vision and expression of art.
act of quad
Priyanka Itadkar and Falguni Bhatia
“We aim to make every day a little less ordinary through an independent thinking and experimental process,” say architects Priyanka Itadkar and Falguni Bhatia. “Our aim is to bring unexpected objects and environments into daily life.” The Quad of Acts, which he established to satisfy his need for growth and exploration, holds that humans naturally find beauty in the ‘systematic disorder’ of nature. “Our approach is spontaneous, playful and collaborative, which manifests itself between being awkward and unconventional.” Unconventional is actually right. His project, known simply as the Mumbai Apartments, subverts the popular notion of home by creating a social system of layers of overlapping spaces, forms and volumes – serving more than just the intended function. Fans of architects Anupama Kundu, Vrinda Somaya and Chitra Vishwanath say the “layout” has been adapted to meet the needs of every member of the family, with multi-use objects and dynamic spaces encouraging a list of unexpected activities. We do.
UA Design
Umang Goswami
Umang Goswami’s UA Design, practicing modern architecture, is careful not to limit its design language to any particular style. “We are not someone who only expects to work with like-minded clients. We love the challenge of collaborating with an unfamiliar mindset,” declares Goswami, with whom Daniel Libeskind and Balkrishna Doshi have collaborated. The poetic spaces and the integrity of geography and culture resonate deeply. A quintessential small-town, middle-class Indian, the 35-year-old alumnus of CEPT University has always questioned why affordable housing projects get step-treated despite having the best creative minds in the industry. “That’s why Rain is special. It’s an effort to live a quality community life as opposed to luxury,” he says, adding that “the design is for everyone.”
untag
Gauri Satam and Tejesh Patil
unTAG – The name says everything. A design free of stylistic slots, shaped only by consideration of the brief, budget, climate and context. “For us, it’s about how [a built-form] It is experienced and inhabited by users, and how beautiful it is, say Gauri Satam and Tejesh Patil, both alumni of Sir JJ College of Architecture in Mumbai. The urge to work in the field of social architecture while providing affordable luxury came the impetus to set up an independent practice in 2015. His first architectural project, Vrindavan, a modest 1,000-square-foot retirement home remains a favorite. Situated in a mango orchard, it is an indigenous, cost-effective habitat, relating to human scale and rendered in locally available laterite. “This house is not about what it looks like,” clarify the architects who are active in nature and local building traditions, “but about what it looks like and once you are inside it How does it feel?”
Zero Energy Design (Z) Lab
Sachin Rastogi and Payal Seth Rastogi
Measure, Minimize, Reduce – all three of which Ms. imbibed during her stint at the internationally acclaimed, UK-based BDP represent a life-changing designing moment for Sachin Rastogi. This sparked his passion for energy-efficient design – and eventually resulted in the ZED Lab, which he co-created with partner Payal Seth Rastogi. Sachin says, “With sustainability at the core of its design process, ZLab’s design approach is informed by a deep understanding and application of age-old bioclimatic knowledge, which is reinterpreted using state-of-the-art computational tools such as parametric design. Is.” Architects such as Tadao Ando, Joseph Allen Stein and their natural response to architecture. An example is the work of the Jade Lab at the University of St Andrews, where the studio has built dormitory facilities for students. While the façade is dominated by a brick lattice (one of the largest ever built in India), a porous skin through which the buildings breathe maintains a comfortable interior environment.
Manoj Patel Design Studio
Manoj Patel
Manoj Patel is enthralled by climate-responsive architecture, traditional aesthetics, practices and local building materials. But what sets him apart the most is his focus on clay roof tiles, which he explores to create innovative products and surface applications. These include architectural aspects swathed in delicate zig-zags along the edges of the tile; Interior walls decorated with graphically placed tile-parts; Vertical gardens in containers of cool soil; and seating stools with textural detailing tile profiles. “In the search for new materials, we have lost what we already have,” says the 33-year-old architect. “Clay roofing tiles are durable, can be mass produced and are available in beautiful profiles.” The recently completed Courtyard House uses terracotta tiles externally – as warm, patterned, elevated insertions within the painted façade – and internally, as a soaring courtyard wall whose texture is dominated by natural light. is enhanced by.
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