Pursuit of Knowledge

Babu Cherian shares his journey of what began at the threshold and matured beyond that makes BCA Architecture the deeply contextual practice it is today

- TANVEE ABHYANKAR

Babu Cherian recalls his childhood home with a gentle awe. "It sat right in the heart of Kozhikode and spoke the language of the land with contemporary flair," he begins. The principal architect at BCA Architecture a practice known for celebrating vernacular Keralan sensibilities with a modern twist - adds, "Next door sat a classic old-world structure that held the lifestyle of its inhabitants with such ease that it used to make me wonder." Between the two he found his earliest lessons: that culture, climate, and context are not just influences on architecture, but the very bones of it.