Eco House
Ecohouse is an attempt to meet basic human needs within the home, relying minimally on external resources. The house constitutes three parts – a basement home-office, the main house and a rental penthouse. Further, the house is composed of a summer bedroom at basement level, living, dining and kitchen on the ground floor, and winter […]
WRI Office, Interior
WRI India, an organisation working for environmental and socially equitable development, required an office space following principles of environmental sustainability. Nature is brought in with each desk designed to have its own set of air-purifying plants as dividers, preventing sick-building syndrome. As a break from long hours of sitting, few workstations are designed for standing […]
Swastika Dance School
Swastika Dance School is a dance and music studio with an intimate platform for performing arts and workshops. The challenges of a tight site led to a design where many spaces play more than one role. The dance studio is a half-basement, with a double height volume, allowing for adequate light and ventilation, and proper […]
Classroom for Spastic Society of Karnataka
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Reynold’s Sound and Lighting Office
The office for Reynolds Sound & Lighting is a commercial space designed as two independent blocks to be built in phases. The central atrium, proposed as a space for hosting events, also becomes a source for diffused daylight across the entire floor plate. The building blocks are designed with a width to achieve an uninterrupted, […]
Promise Centre
Mathru School for the Blind
Mathru School for the Blind is an NGO working to provide education and life skills to visually challenged children from rural poor families. With an extremely tight schedule and budget, the construction also had to be mindful to minimise disturbance to the surrounding residential neighbourhood. The computer lab is housed in the basement, a quieter […]
Mathru Centre for Developmental Disabilities
Mathru Centre for Developmental Disabilities is a school for Mathru trust. The site, being a small plot on an important road, required the design to capitalize on the visibility of the school. Two large mango trees to the front, presented both a challenge and an opportunity. They have been retained to provide a shaded space […]
Housing in Hot & Humid Climate
Forsyth Lodge
