In one of lectures, Prof. Chhaya says ‘architecture should be humane’. We felt that we understood them as words and needed more understanding at an experiential level. When we started the design of the residence at Kulithalai,a suburb of Tirchy, we had a lot of discussions in the studio regarding their lifestyle, their aspirations, their
“Can you guys restore this?,” she asked, placing an idol of Ganesha made in stone in front of us. A sandstone Ganesha visited our workspace. Our client, deeply sensitive towards our collective attitude towards idols that break; “Do we discard ourselves when we lose our limbs?” we have so much technology to repair and fix
In the first impressions of the Dargah Precinct, the elements of the place came to life and role-played as characters, thus making way to this study. The research is a compilation of experiences and documentation of precinct of a Dargah located in Hyderabad. It started as a Hyderabadi’s explorationof her city, underpinned by an architect’s
