LOCAL over GLOBAL

Consume only what you can produce. – Mahatma Gandhi The traditional crafts, which forms identity of the local communities in most developing countries, are becoming extinct due to globalizat...

decoding the gap between superstition and science

The project revolves around 3 aspects - WHAT? refers to the issue, WHERE? The site & HOW? is the design intent. WHAT? (ISSUE) - Superstition is a wide spread social problem. While the logic behind i...

An architectural memoir

The bustling traffic and the grind of an urban city like any other, almost achieves in masking the prevailing grimness of its people. A city like Bhopal with its glorious past is sadly only remembered...

An essence of peaceful living in the lap of Ujjain

Ujjain being among one the seven sacred cities of India is situated on the banks of river Kshipra and is one of the important grounds for three religions (Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism). Majorly reco...

Spaces for the Agariyas of Little Rann of Kutch

“CULTIVATING LANDSCAPE- Spaces for the Agariyas of Little Rann of Kutch” is a community upliftment project for the salt pan cultivators of Little Rann, where they practice a unique system of sub-soil ...

Showing evolution of Nagpur

Museum is a center for knowledge showcasing history and facts of various subjects. They often tell about the history of a city, the rulers that existed, the battles they won and all such basic informa...

Urban Regeneration

The Indian Railways' contribution to national integration is unparalleled. It has knit India together by connecting all the regions, and almost all the states, in a single transport network. It has al...

Pune is an interesting conglomeration of public educational institutions, private professional-skills-education providers and companies and industries. Pune is known as the Oxford of the East, as it i...

Research and experiential center in ice in ladakh

' The Mountains are Calling! ', a very common expression heard now-a-days! Everyone today is rushing to the mountains as if each one of them are to reveal a some huge global secret or as if they are i...

High-Tech and Portable Construction

It is important for architects to contribute and play a vital role in the global environmental sustainability cause by minimizing the negative impact on the environmental.This can be done by using mat...

A space to conserve, celebrate and learn Folk Arts of the reagion

The thesis was started with an idea to design a space and use Architecture as a tool to conserves the folk arts of the region. But after studying city and site, knowing its importance and requirements...

Vertical Graveyard

This thesis aims to find a pragmatic solution to the grave crisis by introducing verticality to the Indian burial system, which would cater to the ever-growing population of the city, and also integra...

A Colony at Dharmshala, Himachal Pradesh.

The present study is an academic attempt to designing a prototype habitat for the Tibetan Migrants at Dharamshala, Himachal Pradesh, India. For the same, the Himalayan context is studied along with th...

A public space may be a gathering spot within the public realm that helps promote social interaction and a sense of community. Public spaces are the living rooms, gardens and corridors of urban area...

Story of Waste

This project looks at rejuvenating degenerated landscapes in an urban context by exploring different ways of dealing with a city’s waste. Waste produced by the city is often associated with the phrase...

Re-imagining Goan Shack's Life

The building construction industry accounts for 40% of worldwide energy usage followed by Industrial 30% and transportation 29%. The field(s) experiencing a resurgence in growth, which ultimately had ...

The Thesis revolves around developing and synthesizing a structure from an abandoned quarry. It expounds on the endless possibilities that can metamorphose a mining site into something interactive, pr...

Place for the People : Through Voluntarism

The idea behind the preliminary design is to make spaces that are solely made to help those who are deprived and help people in need by placing voluntary activities at the same place. We will be givin...

Kashmir Conflict and Architectural Practice

This thesis looks at the conflicted area of Kashmir. The thesis analyses various cultural ‘practices’ and the positions taken by them in this conflicted region to then find the position best suited fo...

Making of a temporary cultural object

The intervention is about the means by which a man adapts or fails to adapt the inevitable factors of change to the future. The conceptual question deals with common, everyday matters, the products we...

Rejuvenation of the old urban fishing village at Worli, Mumbai

This project is an attempt to design for the people and with the people to create a sense of place and identity for the old urban village. The site, Worli Koliwada, a traditional old fishing village,...

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Mixed use development around Transit Node

Transportation is an important part of a person’s life. It involves commuting to work, home or shop on a regular basis. Transport also affects the economy of the State. The proposed site in Panvel is...

UNESCO Saree Weaving Clusters of India - Chanderi.

India has a dynamic and vivid history of numerous art and craft forms. They have played a major role in shaping civilizations and communities. An excellent example of one such craft is Saree weaving ...

The horizons of sanctity:A case of Badami

Badami is one such place in India that has so much of richness and depth in its history which got lost in time. Most of the other places of historical significance in India have a storyteller that nar...

resumption of history and culture of MUGHALS

SAQAFAT – “the taste in art and manners that are favored by social group.” Architecture is the identity of people and civilization. Every style of building architecture, reflects clearly distinctive b...

Visit the past, the present, the future

The ‘museum of space endeavors’ is the result of research into the moon colonization. After six months of research and meeting various government agencies, including the Indian Space Research Organisa...