Three separate dwellings on two floors, becomes one home connected by a well of light passing through lotus shaped grills and a wooden stairway.Conscious efforts was taken to preserve the old structure and stories of construction of the house while the blue painted house adapted to present day requirements taking to colours of light and […]
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
20250927 Pattarai- Site as classroom @ Bapughat, Hyderabad “We never realized that it’s not that difficult to work with lime. If we knew this before, we would never have used those chemical-filled paints,” said one of the participants. From stories of the conservation of the stepwell, we slowly started understanding how versatile the material lime
20250718 Pattarai- Site as classroom @ Madipakkam, Chennai ‘It was a two mark question… didn’t know there was so much design, craftsmanship and such intricate labour behind this filler slab’ said one of the participants; surprised how the one line answer took more than one week’s prepration work. ‘Visualizing the concept of hourdi blocks was
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‘knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom’ giving ourselves time to sit down and breathe, to notice the stillness we have, is a kindness we could nurture ourselves with. through joy of journaling, we get to go within and embrace this stillness.let us write, sketch, sing, roll in the grass, watch the clouds, notice
Date: 2025 July 12Time: 5:00 pm-7:00 pmPlace: CLD, Akarmaa, SecunderabadVarna is a series of workshops in the exploration of fabric painting. Travelling with them to learn and understand the nature and language of the art.Celebrate the cultural values of “Bonalu” by hand-painting on the fabric. Learn to outline and paint on the fabric through the
In commemoration of the World Heritage Day 2025 ‘Psychic Visualisation’ of the past ‘as-is’ by Kaushik Kumar across centuries of the stepwell, led the participants to imagine the narratives of kings, queens, children, sepoys, fakirs, travellers, camels and the river – weaving a unique experience of the space for oneself. The experiential walk commenced with
