In this issue

The second most important space for humans are commercial or office spaces, after residential spaces. Like residences, it is important to design Commercial Spaces thoughtfully since these are a reflection of the organization to its visitors as well as the importance it gives to its employees by ensuring their comfort. This June 2019 issue of INSITE focuses on Commercial Spaces and gives a look into wonderfully designed commercial spaces. The INSITE story features projects like The Brick Store by Hitesh modi; Transparent Office by Group DCA; refitting of interiors for Jindal Mansion by Ravi Sarangan; a collaborative workspace by Rajeev Sathe; the Samsung Library by Studio Vyom; a green industrial and research facility by Beri Planners; a work place for the millenials by Ar. Vistap Bhagwagar. The Designer’s Insight features a luxurious apartment by AND Studio. This issue also features a tribute to IM Pei by Christopher Benninger.

Luxury Penthouse: Nesting Nature

Penthouse Pfekuto is a pied-à-terre for a family to facilitate their frequent visits to the city. Designed by Conarch Architects, New Delhi, this is a lively and a dynamic project - a multi-level penthouse with 8000 sq ft of indoor area and 6000 sq ft of outdoor space spreading across three levels. The design vision is centred on transforming generic apartment units into a functional, versatile and inspiring living space that honours the clients’ needs and reflects their lifestyle.

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Pot Pourri Event

The evening hosted two very successful Architects – Shivani Gaur, Studio Director, Gensler, and Sabina Reddy, Director, M Moser Associates.

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Achyut Palav On His Calligraphy Calling

Expressively using the Devanagari and English scripts in his works, which span across a spectrum of canvases, ace calligrapher Achyut Palav has carved a niche for himself in the realm of calligraphy. Here is a narrative of his journey while passionately striving to engage himself with calligraphy not just as an art or skill but most importantly, as a culture.

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Context-Rich Weekend Homes

Sidharth Khatri Mitali Kedia Delhi Collective, a young multi-disciplinary firm designs two weekend homes in North India, which strongly respond to the climatic conditions and the context.

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A Tale Of Two Houses

Scatter Box and The Veranda House, two uniquely designed apartments in suburban Mumbai by S+PS Architects showcase the robustness of attention to comprehensive design while avoiding a signature style or anything irrelevant or provocative focusing instead to create diverse, innovative, and exciting environments.

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A Richly Fabricated Residence

Designed in collaboration by Rust and Even, this apartment for a couturier of bridal attire, reflects the owner’s personality, through the use of various kinds of fabrics and prints.

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Architecture That Breathes

Urban Alchemy 9, set amidst the verdant scenery of south Goa blends, the traditions of tropical architecture and local culture with contemporary design aesthetics to create a sense of living in a tropical paradise.

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A Contemporary Take On The Traditional Idea Of Multigenerational Household

A contemporary take on the traditional idea of multigenerational household, Villa 430, designed by Hyderabad based Moriq Interiors & Design Consultants, balances the rustic with luxury, built with unbuilt, and the old with the new.

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Smart Urban Design Statement

Imagine an abode premeditated for a family of three generations (and a probable fourth in the near future). ‘Never-Apart-ment’ is located in a dense layout of the new development engulfing the city of Hyderabad. The architects of this project Baba Sashank and Vindhya Guduru, the founders of Spaceficition Studio, masterminded the primary outcome of the concept that will be overcoming the drawbacks of a vertical settlement. The sole aim behind this ‘home-sweet-home’ was to keep the social interaction between the family members alive. The form generated is a direct consequence of this, the context and the brief.

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A Blend Of Nature And Luxury

Designed by Shroffleon, Apartment 701 in Mumbai, challenges the conventional apartment by having a balcony which extends to the terrace, and myriad custom-designed bespoke elements.

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Mandir- An Embodiment of Positive Energy

Flip through the pages of history and you will learn that the ancient homes were built of solid bricks or mud. People only ensured that peace; harmony and prosperity dwelt amid them.

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An Archetype Of Enterprise & Ethics

Jaipur Rugs Co. is India’s leading and most awarded brand of handmade rugs, based in the northwestern state of Rajasthan, the company works with village artisans throughout India and has a presence in over 45 countries.

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Women In Design Edifice Of The Society

Women and men in the design professions are actively working alongside each other as never before, given the growing numbers of young women making headway into the field. The success and leadership of women in the design community need to be celebrated and encouraged. In this issue, women pioneers in the area of design and architecture, considered till very recently the predominant domain of men, interweave their personal and professional journey illustrating theircrucial role in not only shaping today’s spaces but also the future of design.

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Mira Nakashima Carving A Contemporary Legacy

After the passing away of the legendary George Nakashima in 1990, Mira took the role of the creative director of George Nakashima’s studio. She has relentlessly continued the studio’s philosophy of the woodworkers devotion to the sacrifice of the tree, preserved, and championed the studio’s techniques embraced by her father.

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Collaborative Commentary On Conserving Heritage

When the paradigm of conserving heritage with the attempt to acknowledge and realise the need to protect the heritage structures was expanding its theoretical foundations at the turn of the 21st century, Abha Narain Lambah Associates was instrumental in initializing and working in the field of heritage conservation leading by example. Our practice focuses on historic sites all over India ranging from 15th-century temples to colonial buildings, preparing management plans for ancient sites, UNESCO World Heritage Sites to Islamic monuments. – Abha Narain LambahThe feature brings a vivid narrative by Kruti Garg, Aditi Khavnekar and Sanaeya Vandrewala ontheir burgeoning journey in the world of heritage conservation under the wings of Abha.

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The Nature House Conducting And Composing Interiors

Neha Modi, Senior Associate Architect at Modi Srivastava & Associates, Vadodara, talks about her design philosophy inspired by her interdisciplinary interests, the joys of collaborating with her architect spouse and her project The Nature House.

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Lively Work Sphere

The Crossboundaries, a young Vadodara-based design studio established in the year 2015 by Ar. Harsh Boghani, designs a representational training development office with an enthusiastic and refreshing environment for its young and ardent staff. The basic idea for design stemmed from the need for an energetic space that would allow more integration within the workspace.

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The Art Of Lighting

Designer Vibhor Sogani’s unique design mantra exemplifies that lighting is not only a fundamental requirement but also an art to beautify a space. This section throws light on some of his very interesting installations that use illumination as an element of art.

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Designing Effulgence

Light is a factor that helps the eye perceive any design like it is and at the same time, carries the potential of enhancing the perception of it. With lighting-designs that keep it subtle as well as leave the eyes awestruck, Klaasen Lighting Design adds magic to each of their projects.

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Markers In The Evolution Of Civilization

Civilisation is shared by numerous cultures! The hallmarks of civilisation are the agreed upon rules, guidelines and charters that communities and nations agree upon as the legal and acceptable codes of conduct, particularly regarding matters of justice, freedom and equality. One can see hints of the emergence of “civilisation” in the forms of primordial settlements, where single household huts begin to cluster into a circle-like form around a central, shared open space, implying that a group has reached some civil understanding of how a collection of families will live together, sharing and supporting their mutual needs, interests and meaning systems. This open, inner space in the center of a ring of dwellings is the first form of an ‘institutional space’, because this space not only becomes representative of, and a symbol of, but also a physical container of a society that physically brings it together into a meeting place, where common, public values, ideas and means to achieve them are discussed and rationalism in human behavior emerges. The institutional spaces can be seen both in rudimentary places like rustic villages, and in highly articulated public places like the Greek amphitheatres and the Roman forums.

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A Contemporary Ray For The Rural

Led by architects and professors Prasad Badave and Rasika Badave, Studio Advaita specialises in creating spaces with a sustainable approach. Their design mantra revolves around giving significance to the context - climate, availability of material, the local technique of construction and so on.

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Contemporary Residence Concrete Mise-en-scène

Artist and architect Dominic Dube, is known for his painter’s instincts – both to create and to hold back from creation – that constitute the art beyond skill, and make him one of India’s most interesting working architects. Here he is in conversation with Kamal Khokhani, Publisher of INSITE, on his artistry in concrete on a residential canvas.

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The Story And The Storyteller

How does one start a story about a storyteller? In my imagination this is the closest description of the man and his work. Balkrishna V. Doshi is the storyteller of his architectural generation, an intellectual wanderer, minstrel if you like, gathering and sharing as he moves.

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Hikvision To Premiere AI Technologies At Secutech India 2018

Hikvision, the world’s leading supplier of innovative video surveillance products and solutions, will be exhibiting the latest innovations in surveillance at Secutech India 2018, one of the largest security exhibitions in India. Secutech India will be organised at Bombay Exhibition Centre, Mumbai, from 5th to 7th April, 2018.

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Beckoning Waves

Standing up to the vibe of Mumbai city, a café that gives an experience of dining under the large faux sunken boat surrounded by fluid waves, is the Farzi Café and is most definitely one of its kind. With parametric design methods and computational techniques used to design the waves, rat[LAB] creates an exceptional dining space symbolizing a restaurant under the Mumbai sea.

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An Eccentric Fun-Dine

Designed by Ar. Abhigyan Neogi of Chromed Design Studio, Beer Bahadur, with its exuberant interior, created through the use bold colours and accents, multifarious seating, rustic lights, and eye-catchy installations, becomes the perfect hang out place for youngsters...

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Collaborative Futures: Craft And Design

Modern day design practices have seen the birth of craft collaboration and have started investing in the craft industry. A major part of craft development today involves intervention and in some ways manipulation to make artisanal products desirable for the urban audiences. This article discusses the nuances of collaboration in craft, attempts by individuals and organisations and its effect on the craft practices.

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Vaisselle Beyond Luxury

“There are no set rules and having a signature style can be edgy,” believes Ar. Pankti Shah, founder of Amogh Architecture and Interior, Ahmedabad. She is passionate about creating quirky things while playing with colours, combinations and shades. Vaisselle – a state of art retail store of fine tableware and porcelain crockery was co-designed by her and her sister, Shalvi Shah. On client requirements, the ambience of space has been designed to complement the displayed products.

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Heritage Workspace

The story of Bombay House is quite interesting. The ancient building dates back to 1921 and the plans were conceived by Scottish architect. George Wittet, the designer of the city’s iconic Gateway of India. Originally, the building had four businesses functioning within — textiles, hotels, steel and power. It has been refurbished and redesigned by Ar. Brinda Somaya, the founder of Somaya and Kalappa Consultants.

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Translating The Rustic Story

Bhyrav B.R. and Aatira L. Zacharias design Quissa Kawani in Church Street, Bengaluru. The restaurant revives old village memories and the feeling of pre-independence Delhi. The basic idea for the space was derived from client interpretation to create a very simple space. This place translates its own story with a small kitchen and a takeaway counter. Special seating area evokes restaurant bliss; and the aroma of tandoori parathas and biryani will definitely cast a magic spell.

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Insite Magazine Description:

INSITE is India's first B2B design magazine with a primary focus on the profession of interior designing and architecture and it also focuses on the eternal factor of design. INSITE is the official magazine of the Institute of Indian Interior Designers (IIID).