With the proposition that our cities foster hostility towards other species, we explore the ethical stances of designing a shared space of cohabitation. At our project site, House 14 on Governor's Island, we bolster the cooperation between humans, pollinators, seed dispersers, and pest controllers with spaces carved out of permeable and sustainable materials.

Our studio’s focus in the Fall semester was constructing a green core within House 03 in governors island. The studio, divided into teams, developed five lines of research- fabrication, geothermal, electricity, waste recycling, and the water core.

The elective demanded an element of a housing project that could be mass-produced and customized.

I chose to customize the façade of the building using biomaterials. The deep façade blocks made of bio cement can interlock using mortise and tenon joints to create various patterns, simultaneously being the habitat for birds and moss.

“Kalai Illam” is a three-story residence in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. Clients and architects worked together closely to create a structure with clean contemporary lines, Chettinad -influenced design elements, and a modernist look.

Writer’s cafe is a house turned into a cafe and reading space. The priorities of the design were to create compact and minimal furniture units and design the interior spaces that reflect simplicity and provide a suitable environment for reading and small bites. The facade renovation was also carried out keeping in mind the site setbacks and maintaining a clean design style.

A series of illustrations created for a website that playfully represents the construction projects carried out by the client.

This unique project involved showcasing five different housing archetypes in Tamil Nadu for the yearly catalog of Asian Paints. The multinational paint corporation decided to switch to digital renderings in the wake of the pandemic. The process involved designing spaces and staging the spaces for renderings as well as working with the creative team on image composition and color palette decisions.

My thesis on an urban was an attempt at reimagining a Hindu temple in terms of space requirements and formal expression while retaining its essence and cultural significance. Apart from being religious centers, temples were also spaces for social, educational, and cultural gatherings. Temples highlighted the architectural and construction advancement, wealth, and grandeur of an empire.

Material models created as part of Graduate studio at Pratt Institute

Pictures of SoHo taken on a photowalk

Digital illustrations and renderings created for form-based explorations