Elevate X, Hyderabad

7 FLOORS OF LUXURY FURNITURE FROM TOP BRANDS UNDER ONE ROOF

10 Building Materials Made Out Of Waste

The world has been producing colossal waste of different forms and types each year which are either dumped in huge landfills or blatantly land up in the oceans. The building industry contributes a massive amount to this humongous waste production. The 5 Rs - refuse, reduce, reuse, repurpose, and recycle, when implemented with intensity can put some restriction to the upsurging waste eruption. #SURFACESREPORTER in this issue takes a look at some of the materials and innovations happening across the world today which aim to relook at making waste materials work for us. Write to press@surfaces.in with your comments, suggestions, or for more information on such materials.

Working With The Intricate Geometry In Nature, Ensuring A Harmony In Design

As the world is slowly moving towards digital technology, both design freedom and efficiency has increased. But at the same time they are also getting more accelerated and complicated. Nonetheless design outcomes are evolving to be more efficient, more sustainable and more humane. It has allowed for design to become an interactive, generative and reactive process rather the one of evolution; often understood to have been closer to nature. Such tools transform complex issues into rational, simple decisions. Ar Abhinav Goyal is focused at creating designs and installations using computational form finding, optimisation and digital fabrication. His approach is to develop design in parametric /generative space, material studies, design analysis, cost optimisation and using digital fabrication technologies for manufacturing. His firm, FORMFORgE offers services ranging from architectural design, design computing, digital fabrication, product development and prototyping. His work is artistic yet more scientific, environmentally responsible and humanly more interactive. To know more about the architect and his unique work, #SurfacesReporter team engaged into an interesting conversation with him.

Re-conceptualizing The Contemporary Classic

Set amidst the most strategically located neighborhood of New Delhi, this three-decade-old residence, built during the British reign revitalizes with a contemporary light, serves as a dwelling cum office for an astounding entrepreneur, who possesses a strong taste for the classic, its charm and the grandeur.

Bamboo Art At 'Shramdaan' Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh

SHRAMDAAN is a retail store and exhibition space for handloom garments manufactured by ‘HATHKARGHA’- which is an initiative started to skill rural and tribal people in the traditional craftof hand weaving fabrics.

Sundeep Kumar

We all know that Cement is an essential ingredient of any building, but did you know you can now use the material to even decorate your home? Thanks to visionaries like Mr Sundeep Kumar, CEO, Craft Béton, Dalmia Bharat Group, cement no more just remains a boring, dull and grey material; it has evolved into a material that helps in creating beautiful pieces of functional art.Cement is a very versatile product with one of most wonderful properties-you can bind it with almost any product, hence the word ‘cementing.’ It’s actually a type of glue - a binding agent. Interestingly, the minute you mix it with other things; you can make use of its properties in a varied way. Such deep understanding of the properties of the material, enabled Mr Kumar to innovatively ideate products which can make cement appear ‘appealing.’ It’s a highly interesting journey to explore, and as Mr Kumar unveils the details through his interaction with the #SurfacesReporter team, we could not help but be in awe!

An Unbreakable Guitar Wonder What Lies Beneath

Rock stars have been smashing guitars for decades, but a 3D printed guitar, designed by Sandvik, gave jitters to even the ‘most rigorous’ smasher.

The Tree House

The Malampuzha Residence is a private residence, to be built on 7 acres of pristine farmland. Dubbed as the ‘tree house’, it is proposed to have an open column layout on the ground, offering the following advantages: a reduced footprint; access to the exquisite views around the site; taking inspiration from the rich architectural language predominant in Kerala.

Strawberry Fields Mukteshwar, Nainital

Set against the extremely picturesque backdrop of the Himalayas, Strawberry Fields is a divine abode in the hills.

7 Global Trends In Design

Currently in vogue and some emerging.

Surfaces Reporter In Conversation With Meraj Hasan Head-marketing, Welspun Flooring

With time, almost every category of building materials has gone through varied changes. Earlier walls used to be white or cream; then brands evolved, enabling the customers to customise the colours as per their requirements. Similar evolution happened in home furnishings as well. So, why not change the scenario with flooring? The flooring industry hasn’t changed much for the last 50 to 60 years. From mosaic to ceramic, what you see on the floor is largely grey, white & cream; and once it's done, it's done for ages. And the reason for this is the mess and time involved. Changing floors is considered a burdensome task. We want to completely change that scenario by introducing new kinds of flooring solutions. We call them ‘New Age Flooring’, shares Meraj Hasan, Head-Marketing, Welspun Flooring in an exclusive interaction with #SurfacesReporter.

Rising Star AR Amruta Daulatabadkar Aurangabad

Ar Amruta Daulatabadkar started her firm in April 2013. Her initial projects had less experimenting approach as she was mainly trying to get a foothold on the city. Later as opportunities poured in, with confidence, the firm started an experimental approach towards work, with material palette and spaces. Ar Daulatabadkar began use of local materials, experimentation with material, supporting local craftsmen, and creating architectural spaces with concept going hand in hand with context and importance to fetch in natural light. The young and energetic architect shares that she always makes efforts to ensure that the architectural work done by her firm is enough to complete a project, rather than just giving a lipstick treatment through varied materials to complete the interiors. The dynamic architect is steadily proving her mettle in the field, and accomplishments like winning the WADe India Excellence Award and Young Practice of the Year Award in WADe Asia 2018. Kudos to the young champion from #SurfacesReporter!

Surfaces Reporter's New Possibilities With Tiles

Tiles have been increasingly breaking barriers of limitation and adopting newer application areas and ways of application. #SURFACES REPORTER is excited to share some beautiful projects which are also winners of Tiles of Spain Awards 2018 where some of these amazing possibilities with Tiles were beautifully expressed. For more info or to share similar projects like these, please write to press@surfaces.in

Surfaces Reporter's Material Poetries

SR MATERIAL POETRIES is a section that highlights those small but significant stories behind a design that often gets crushed & forgotten behind the main idea/ theme. Share your projects & the unpublished stories behind them on Materials, Innovations, new Learnings; how you stumbled upon ‘that’ unique idea, and more at press@surfaces.in

Inward Looking Courtyard House…

This assignment gave us an opportunity to design a bungalow within a densely populated area.

Phenomenal Buildings

Son of a Ghanaian diplomat, Sir David Adjaye OBE was born in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

A Terracota Restaurant Aimed At Reducing Carbon Footprint

The main challenge of this project a 2,700-square foot space that had to be made into a restaurant with a thoughtful blend of the old-world and the contemporary was its low budget.

An Office Devoted To Ideation & Conversation Space

he brief was in-sync with their company values of pride, responsibility, professionalism, entrepreneurship, long term, sustainability. T

The Spatial Stimuli: An Architectural Dialogue Through Creativity And Design

Design Concept: Tracking the customary movement of the various end users in the space helped devise the zoning of functions on the floor plan.

Aerogel

As Light as feather, yet Strong enough to Support a Brick, let’s talk about World’s Best Thermal Insulator...

From Struggles To Success, The Journey Of Kent RO Systems Ltd

Water is the one of the foremost necessities and good drinking water most essential for healthy life. Mahesh Gupta is known for revolutionizing the water purification industry in the nation. He introduced an avant-garde solution for purifying water, called Reverse Osmosis (RO) solution and launched Kent RO – a water purifier using the same technology. The appliance changed the way India consumed water and there was constant rise of RO purifier in every other home. Some recent addition to the product range are the revolutionary Air Purifier and Fruit & Vegetable purifier, which were launched by his company lately. Surfaces Reporter met the Founder-Chairman Of Kent RO Systems Ltd. in his Noida office and spoke to him about the journey of India's leading water Purifier company, in an exclusive chat. Here are the excerpts:

A Tech-Savvy Flat By Jimmy Mistry For Rustomjee Elements, Juhu

The rage of IoT and automated homes is such, that it is even not sparing country’s celebrity designers and celebrities to fall in its awe. Jimmy Mistry, the Chairman of Della Group, one in the forefront of Mumbai’s design scene, has recently collaborated with Rustomjee Elements, an uber luxury project by Rustomjee, Juhu, to design a tech-savvy flat using his uninhibited design flair. It is known that Rustomjee Elements is the home of choice for some of the who’s who of Mumbai’s celebrity and social circuit and Mistry kept that as a reference point when it came to designing the interiors of this plush apartment. Here are the some of its features in the words of Mr. Mistry himself...

A-Degree Hair & Beauty Studio

Avon Salon, Vadodara

Sadariya Penthouse

Vasna Road, Vadodara.

Rising Stars Amit And Ashmi Shah, F.Quad Architecture And Interior Design Studio Hyderabad

Our design-journey started from a small space of 50 sqft in-house and over period of time moved to bigger spaces of 150 sqft, then 800 sft and currently working from 1500 sft space with a team strength of 11 designers. Our approach towards selection is to pick materials and products with the lowest environmental impact.

An Uncluttered 4000 Sqft Apartment

It is great to be welcomed into the 4000 sqft apartment through a grand full height door leading to a lobby branching out into drawing room and huge living area.

Making Waste Beautifully Useful

In a sustainable world, even ‘waste’ is not to be wasted. It must be used for useful creations, and beautiful designs created out of waste, showcased at Salone del Mobile conveyed this message loud and clear. #SurfacesReporter’s team is glad to share a few of the phenomenal designs that would surely INSPIRE everyone to do more for the environment!

Mega Trends Of Contemporary Living

What makes a house, home? Emotions? Warmth? Well, also the personalities of different people inhabiting a house renders each home the unique character. #SurfacesReporter decodes the mega trends suggested by salone trend lab this year. Check which type of house is close to your heart!

Virtual Realty In Architecture Industry

Virtual Realty In Architecture Industry

10-on-10 With Angelique Dhama

Training Women weavers, Traceability of Rugs, Proud to be Indian are some of the ongoing initiatives by OBEETEE.