S+PS Architects
Home Review|October 2016

True measure of an architectural practice’s success is when you find it difficult to label or categorise it.

Shweta Salvi
S+PS Architects

Mumbai-based S+PS is a firm that has earned its stripes through its subtle yet powerful architectural language, and has made an emphatic mark in the contemporary Indian architecture scene.

The firm headed by Shilpa Gore-Shah and Pinkish Shah, has carried out projects in myriad fields including interior design, architecture, urban design, conservation and planning. Each project by the studio is approached by its context; where the constraints and complexities of the project optimise its aesthetics, and their solution addresses the program and not personal signatures.

Their work circumvents irrelevant, provocative treatment, instead advocates interactive design - the Collage House in Navi Mumbai was a result of celebrating recyclable resources through tangible and intangible expression, whereas the playfulness of THE PLAYBOX emerged from a request to create a transmuting playroom for a 10-year-old.

The duo has enjoyed a strong presence in academics over the past 15 years, and they believe both, their practice and teaching, have mutually informed each other.

Here, they provide insights into their all- embracing passion for all things creative, their design ideologies, and inspirations.

An articulate design language defines S+PS Architects’ portfolio. What are your basic design fundamentals when you design a project?

S+PS - We believe that every project is unique, and that the design should evolve through the particular characteristics of each project. We believe that it is the responsibility of the architect to create diverse, innovative and exciting environments.

Each project should add a humane and desirable environment to the world, resulting in a continuous improvement of the constructed environment.

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