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Bliss House
Residence, Auroville 2005
Bliss House, completed in 2005, is a contemporary residence inspired by the architectural traditions of Kerala. The client, Manoj, envisioned a home that reflects the essence of traditional Kerala temple architecture while adapting it to modern living.The design incorporates key regional elements such as sloping tiled roofs, deep overhangs, and shaded transitional spaces, ensuring climatic responsiveness and passive thermal comfort. The material palette—exposed brick, granite, and timber—reinforces a sense of authenticity and permanence, while maintaining a clean, understated aesthetic.
Techniques: Composite structural system with exposed brick masonry, granite lintels, and Reinforced Brick Concrete (RBC) flat roofs. Sloping roofs are constructed using precast concrete rafters, wooden purlins, and Mangalore tiles, enabling efficient drainage and thermal performance.
Bliss House, completed in 2005, is a contemporary residence inspired by the architectural traditions of Kerala. The client, Manoj, envisioned a home that reflects the essence of traditional Kerala temple architecture while adapting it to modern living.The design incorporates key regional elements such as sloping tiled roofs, deep overhangs, and shaded transitional spaces, ensuring climatic responsiveness and passive thermal comfort. The material palette—exposed brick, granite, and timber—reinforces a sense of authenticity and permanence, while maintaining a clean, understated aesthetic.
Techniques: Composite structural system with exposed brick masonry, granite lintels, and Reinforced Brick Concrete (RBC) flat roofs. Sloping roofs are constructed using precast concrete rafters, wooden purlins, and Mangalore tiles, enabling efficient drainage and thermal performance.
Bliss House
Residence, Auroville 2005
Bliss House, completed in 2005, is a contemporary residence inspired by the architectural traditions of Kerala. The client, Manoj, envisioned a home that reflects the essence of traditional Kerala temple architecture while adapting it to modern living.The design incorporates key regional elements such as sloping tiled roofs, deep overhangs, and shaded transitional spaces, ensuring climatic responsiveness and passive thermal comfort. The material palette—exposed brick, granite, and timber—reinforces a sense of authenticity and permanence, while maintaining a clean, understated aesthetic.
Techniques: Composite structural system with exposed brick masonry, granite lintels, and Reinforced Brick Concrete (RBC) flat roofs. Sloping roofs are constructed using precast concrete rafters, wooden purlins, and Mangalore tiles, enabling efficient drainage and thermal performance.
Bliss House, completed in 2005, is a contemporary residence inspired by the architectural traditions of Kerala. The client, Manoj, envisioned a home that reflects the essence of traditional Kerala temple architecture while adapting it to modern living.The design incorporates key regional elements such as sloping tiled roofs, deep overhangs, and shaded transitional spaces, ensuring climatic responsiveness and passive thermal comfort. The material palette—exposed brick, granite, and timber—reinforces a sense of authenticity and permanence, while maintaining a clean, understated aesthetic.
Techniques: Composite structural system with exposed brick masonry, granite lintels, and Reinforced Brick Concrete (RBC) flat roofs. Sloping roofs are constructed using precast concrete rafters, wooden purlins, and Mangalore tiles, enabling efficient drainage and thermal performance.
Vasuki House
Residence, Auroville 2008
Vasuki House, located in the Angiras Garden community of Auroville, is a residence for Vasundhara, Sushir, and Kiran. The design draws inspiration from a modest 10 sq.m thatch-roof hut that once served as Kiran’s initial dwelling, translating its simplicity and intimacy into a more permanent architectural form.The house retains a grounded, minimal expression, where spatial comfort emerges from proportion, material, and climate responsiveness rather than excess. Exposed brickwork defines the visual language, while flat arch lintels subtly articulate openings. The combination of flat and sloping roofs creates a balance between functional efficiency and thermal performance, responding to Auroville’s tropical context.
Techniques:Composite structural system with exposed brick masonry, flat arch lintels, and RBC flat roofs. Sloping roof sections are constructed using RCC framing with Mangalore tile roofing.
Vasuki House, located in the Angiras Garden community of Auroville, is a residence for Vasundhara, Sushir, and Kiran. The design draws inspiration from a modest 10 sq.m thatch-roof hut that once served as Kiran’s initial dwelling, translating its simplicity and intimacy into a more permanent architectural form.The house retains a grounded, minimal expression, where spatial comfort emerges from proportion, material, and climate responsiveness rather than excess. Exposed brickwork defines the visual language, while flat arch lintels subtly articulate openings. The combination of flat and sloping roofs creates a balance between functional efficiency and thermal performance, responding to Auroville’s tropical context.
Techniques:Composite structural system with exposed brick masonry, flat arch lintels, and RBC flat roofs. Sloping roof sections are constructed using RCC framing with Mangalore tile roofing.
Vasuki House
Residence, Auroville 2008
Vasuki House, located in the Angiras Garden community of Auroville, is a residence for Vasundhara, Sushir, and Kiran. The design draws inspiration from a modest 10 sq.m thatch-roof hut that once served as Kiran’s initial dwelling, translating its simplicity and intimacy into a more permanent architectural form.The house retains a grounded, minimal expression, where spatial comfort emerges from proportion, material, and climate responsiveness rather than excess. Exposed brickwork defines the visual language, while flat arch lintels subtly articulate openings. The combination of flat and sloping roofs creates a balance between functional efficiency and thermal performance, responding to Auroville’s tropical context.
Techniques:Composite structural system with exposed brick masonry, flat arch lintels, and RBC flat roofs. Sloping roof sections are constructed using RCC framing with Mangalore tile roofing.
Vasuki House, located in the Angiras Garden community of Auroville, is a residence for Vasundhara, Sushir, and Kiran. The design draws inspiration from a modest 10 sq.m thatch-roof hut that once served as Kiran’s initial dwelling, translating its simplicity and intimacy into a more permanent architectural form.The house retains a grounded, minimal expression, where spatial comfort emerges from proportion, material, and climate responsiveness rather than excess. Exposed brickwork defines the visual language, while flat arch lintels subtly articulate openings. The combination of flat and sloping roofs creates a balance between functional efficiency and thermal performance, responding to Auroville’s tropical context.
Techniques:Composite structural system with exposed brick masonry, flat arch lintels, and RBC flat roofs. Sloping roof sections are constructed using RCC framing with Mangalore tile roofing.
Verma's House
Residence Interior, West Delhi 2011
Verma’s House is conceived as a warm, lived-in interior where comfort is shaped through material, light, and proportion rather than decorative excess. The design focuses on creating a calm yet engaging atmosphere, balancing soft textures with subtle contrasts to avoid monotony.
A restrained palette is complemented by carefully introduced accents, bringing in moments of vibrancy without overwhelming the space. Natural light plays a key role in defining the interiors, enhancing depth and highlighting material textures throughout the house.The result is an environment that feels both intimate and dynamic—crafted to support everyday living while offering a sense of quiet retreat.
Verma’s House is conceived as a warm, lived-in interior where comfort is shaped through material, light, and proportion rather than decorative excess. The design focuses on creating a calm yet engaging atmosphere, balancing soft textures with subtle contrasts to avoid monotony.
A restrained palette is complemented by carefully introduced accents, bringing in moments of vibrancy without overwhelming the space. Natural light plays a key role in defining the interiors, enhancing depth and highlighting material textures throughout the house.The result is an environment that feels both intimate and dynamic—crafted to support everyday living while offering a sense of quiet retreat.
Verma's House
Residence Interior, West Delhi 2011
Verma’s House is conceived as a warm, lived-in interior where comfort is shaped through material, light, and proportion rather than decorative excess. The design focuses on creating a calm yet engaging atmosphere, balancing soft textures with subtle contrasts to avoid monotony.
A restrained palette is complemented by carefully introduced accents, bringing in moments of vibrancy without overwhelming the space. Natural light plays a key role in defining the interiors, enhancing depth and highlighting material textures throughout the house.The result is an environment that feels both intimate and dynamic—crafted to support everyday living while offering a sense of quiet retreat.
Verma’s House is conceived as a warm, lived-in interior where comfort is shaped through material, light, and proportion rather than decorative excess. The design focuses on creating a calm yet engaging atmosphere, balancing soft textures with subtle contrasts to avoid monotony.
A restrained palette is complemented by carefully introduced accents, bringing in moments of vibrancy without overwhelming the space. Natural light plays a key role in defining the interiors, enhancing depth and highlighting material textures throughout the house.The result is an environment that feels both intimate and dynamic—crafted to support everyday living while offering a sense of quiet retreat.
Fabrice House
Residence, Auroville 2014
Fabrice House is designed around the idea of spatial transition—balancing fluidity with the need for clear separation between living and healing spaces. As a chiropractic practitioner, Fabrice required a distinct boundary between his treatment room and private residence without creating a rigid or abrupt divide.
This is achieved through a transitional water court, where a fish pond acts as a spatial buffer between the two zones. Rather than a wall, this layered threshold creates both physical separation and a shift in atmosphere. A circular entrance opening further reinforces this idea, providing access while softening the transition between functions.The architecture remains minimal and performance-driven, allowing spatial experience and movement to define the character of the house.Techniques:Composite structural system with Aerocon block walls, Reinforced Brick Concrete (RBC) slabs, and a ferrocement shell roof.
Fabrice House is designed around the idea of spatial transition—balancing fluidity with the need for clear separation between living and healing spaces. As a chiropractic practitioner, Fabrice required a distinct boundary between his treatment room and private residence without creating a rigid or abrupt divide.
This is achieved through a transitional water court, where a fish pond acts as a spatial buffer between the two zones. Rather than a wall, this layered threshold creates both physical separation and a shift in atmosphere. A circular entrance opening further reinforces this idea, providing access while softening the transition between functions.The architecture remains minimal and performance-driven, allowing spatial experience and movement to define the character of the house.Techniques:Composite structural system with Aerocon block walls, Reinforced Brick Concrete (RBC) slabs, and a ferrocement shell roof.
Fabrice House
Residence, Auroville 2014
Fabrice House is designed around the idea of spatial transition—balancing fluidity with the need for clear separation between living and healing spaces. As a chiropractic practitioner, Fabrice required a distinct boundary between his treatment room and private residence without creating a rigid or abrupt divide.
This is achieved through a transitional water court, where a fish pond acts as a spatial buffer between the two zones. Rather than a wall, this layered threshold creates both physical separation and a shift in atmosphere. A circular entrance opening further reinforces this idea, providing access while softening the transition between functions.The architecture remains minimal and performance-driven, allowing spatial experience and movement to define the character of the house.Techniques:Composite structural system with Aerocon block walls, Reinforced Brick Concrete (RBC) slabs, and a ferrocement shell roof.
Fabrice House is designed around the idea of spatial transition—balancing fluidity with the need for clear separation between living and healing spaces. As a chiropractic practitioner, Fabrice required a distinct boundary between his treatment room and private residence without creating a rigid or abrupt divide.
This is achieved through a transitional water court, where a fish pond acts as a spatial buffer between the two zones. Rather than a wall, this layered threshold creates both physical separation and a shift in atmosphere. A circular entrance opening further reinforces this idea, providing access while softening the transition between functions.The architecture remains minimal and performance-driven, allowing spatial experience and movement to define the character of the house.Techniques:Composite structural system with Aerocon block walls, Reinforced Brick Concrete (RBC) slabs, and a ferrocement shell roof.
Aikyam Harmony
Campus, Auroville 2017
Located within the Aikiyam School campus—an outreach institution serving children from surrounding villages—the Harmony Building accommodates four classrooms.
Positioned between two existing structures, the design negotiates a tight infill condition, requiring a careful balance between continuity and identity. Rather than mimicking the adjacent buildings, the architectural language aligns with their scale and proportions while introducing a distinct expression through its facade treatment.The planning remains efficient and linear, ensuring well-lit, naturally ventilated classrooms suited for everyday use. The building maintains visual coherence within the campus while subtly asserting its own character.
Techniques: Post and lintel construction with ferrocement facade formwork.
Located within the Aikiyam School campus—an outreach institution serving children from surrounding villages—the Harmony Building accommodates four classrooms.
Positioned between two existing structures, the design negotiates a tight infill condition, requiring a careful balance between continuity and identity. Rather than mimicking the adjacent buildings, the architectural language aligns with their scale and proportions while introducing a distinct expression through its facade treatment.The planning remains efficient and linear, ensuring well-lit, naturally ventilated classrooms suited for everyday use. The building maintains visual coherence within the campus while subtly asserting its own character.
Techniques: Post and lintel construction with ferrocement facade formwork.
Aikyam Harmony
Campus, Auroville 2017
Located within the Aikiyam School campus—an outreach institution serving children from surrounding villages—the Harmony Building accommodates four classrooms.
Positioned between two existing structures, the design negotiates a tight infill condition, requiring a careful balance between continuity and identity. Rather than mimicking the adjacent buildings, the architectural language aligns with their scale and proportions while introducing a distinct expression through its facade treatment.The planning remains efficient and linear, ensuring well-lit, naturally ventilated classrooms suited for everyday use. The building maintains visual coherence within the campus while subtly asserting its own character.
Techniques: Post and lintel construction with ferrocement facade formwork.
Located within the Aikiyam School campus—an outreach institution serving children from surrounding villages—the Harmony Building accommodates four classrooms.
Positioned between two existing structures, the design negotiates a tight infill condition, requiring a careful balance between continuity and identity. Rather than mimicking the adjacent buildings, the architectural language aligns with their scale and proportions while introducing a distinct expression through its facade treatment.The planning remains efficient and linear, ensuring well-lit, naturally ventilated classrooms suited for everyday use. The building maintains visual coherence within the campus while subtly asserting its own character.
Techniques: Post and lintel construction with ferrocement facade formwork.
Hanumantapuram
Farmhouse, Hanumantapuram 2020
Located in Hanumanthpuram within the Krishnagiri hill range, the farmhouse is set against a backdrop of bamboo forests and hills, with undulating terrain and rocky contours defining the rest of the site.
The layout is shaped by these conditions—positioning spaces to frame key views while negotiating the natural slopes of the land. Rather than imposing a rigid geometry, the planning adapts to the contours, allowing the built form to sit lightly within the landscape. Openings and spatial orientation are aligned to capture the surrounding scenery and natural light.Material choices reinforce this connection to context, with exposed brick and mud plaster creating a tactile, earthy expression. Domed skylights puncture the RCC roof slab, bringing in diffused daylight and adding a subtle spatial variation to the interiors.
Techniques:Rubble foundation with composite structure, exposed brick masonry, mud plaster finishes, and RCC slab integrated with dome skylights.
Located in Hanumanthpuram within the Krishnagiri hill range, the farmhouse is set against a backdrop of bamboo forests and hills, with undulating terrain and rocky contours defining the rest of the site.
The layout is shaped by these conditions—positioning spaces to frame key views while negotiating the natural slopes of the land. Rather than imposing a rigid geometry, the planning adapts to the contours, allowing the built form to sit lightly within the landscape. Openings and spatial orientation are aligned to capture the surrounding scenery and natural light.Material choices reinforce this connection to context, with exposed brick and mud plaster creating a tactile, earthy expression. Domed skylights puncture the RCC roof slab, bringing in diffused daylight and adding a subtle spatial variation to the interiors.
Techniques:Rubble foundation with composite structure, exposed brick masonry, mud plaster finishes, and RCC slab integrated with dome skylights.
Hanumantapuram
Farmhouse, Hanumantapuram 2020
Located in Hanumanthpuram within the Krishnagiri hill range, the farmhouse is set against a backdrop of bamboo forests and hills, with undulating terrain and rocky contours defining the rest of the site.
The layout is shaped by these conditions—positioning spaces to frame key views while negotiating the natural slopes of the land. Rather than imposing a rigid geometry, the planning adapts to the contours, allowing the built form to sit lightly within the landscape. Openings and spatial orientation are aligned to capture the surrounding scenery and natural light.Material choices reinforce this connection to context, with exposed brick and mud plaster creating a tactile, earthy expression. Domed skylights puncture the RCC roof slab, bringing in diffused daylight and adding a subtle spatial variation to the interiors.
Techniques:Rubble foundation with composite structure, exposed brick masonry, mud plaster finishes, and RCC slab integrated with dome skylights.
Located in Hanumanthpuram within the Krishnagiri hill range, the farmhouse is set against a backdrop of bamboo forests and hills, with undulating terrain and rocky contours defining the rest of the site.
The layout is shaped by these conditions—positioning spaces to frame key views while negotiating the natural slopes of the land. Rather than imposing a rigid geometry, the planning adapts to the contours, allowing the built form to sit lightly within the landscape. Openings and spatial orientation are aligned to capture the surrounding scenery and natural light.Material choices reinforce this connection to context, with exposed brick and mud plaster creating a tactile, earthy expression. Domed skylights puncture the RCC roof slab, bringing in diffused daylight and adding a subtle spatial variation to the interiors.
Techniques:Rubble foundation with composite structure, exposed brick masonry, mud plaster finishes, and RCC slab integrated with dome skylights.
DSS
Residence, Rayapettai TN 2024
DSS
Residence, Rayapettai TN 2024
Upasana
Clothing Design Studio, Auroville 2007
Located within the campus of Upasana Integral Design in Auroville, this boutique studio reflects the brand’s ethos of simplicity, sustainability, and craft. The architecture adopts a restrained and honest expression, where materiality and construction techniques define the spatial character.Exposed brickwork forms the primary visual language of the building, complemented by flat arch lintels that add subtle structural articulation. The combination of flat and sloping roofs responds to both functional and climatic needs—RBC slabs are used for flat roof sections, while RCC-supported sloping roofs finished with Mangalore tiles ensure effective drainage and thermal comfort.
The overall design maintains a balance between utility and identity, creating a space that is both rooted in context and aligned with the brand’s minimal, craft-oriented approach.
Located within the campus of Upasana Integral Design in Auroville, this boutique studio reflects the brand’s ethos of simplicity, sustainability, and craft. The architecture adopts a restrained and honest expression, where materiality and construction techniques define the spatial character.Exposed brickwork forms the primary visual language of the building, complemented by flat arch lintels that add subtle structural articulation. The combination of flat and sloping roofs responds to both functional and climatic needs—RBC slabs are used for flat roof sections, while RCC-supported sloping roofs finished with Mangalore tiles ensure effective drainage and thermal comfort.
The overall design maintains a balance between utility and identity, creating a space that is both rooted in context and aligned with the brand’s minimal, craft-oriented approach.
Upasana
Clothing Design Studio, Auroville 2007
Located within the campus of Upasana Integral Design in Auroville, this boutique studio reflects the brand’s ethos of simplicity, sustainability, and craft. The architecture adopts a restrained and honest expression, where materiality and construction techniques define the spatial character.Exposed brickwork forms the primary visual language of the building, complemented by flat arch lintels that add subtle structural articulation. The combination of flat and sloping roofs responds to both functional and climatic needs—RBC slabs are used for flat roof sections, while RCC-supported sloping roofs finished with Mangalore tiles ensure effective drainage and thermal comfort.
The overall design maintains a balance between utility and identity, creating a space that is both rooted in context and aligned with the brand’s minimal, craft-oriented approach.
Located within the campus of Upasana Integral Design in Auroville, this boutique studio reflects the brand’s ethos of simplicity, sustainability, and craft. The architecture adopts a restrained and honest expression, where materiality and construction techniques define the spatial character.Exposed brickwork forms the primary visual language of the building, complemented by flat arch lintels that add subtle structural articulation. The combination of flat and sloping roofs responds to both functional and climatic needs—RBC slabs are used for flat roof sections, while RCC-supported sloping roofs finished with Mangalore tiles ensure effective drainage and thermal comfort.
The overall design maintains a balance between utility and identity, creating a space that is both rooted in context and aligned with the brand’s minimal, craft-oriented approach.
Kumar House
Residence, Auroville 2009
Located in the Samasti Community of Auroville, Kumar House is a residence designed for a family of four. The form and spatial character draw inspiration from a now-demolished house in the French town of Puducherry, reinterpreting its proportions and architectural language in a contemporary context.
Rather than direct replication, the design abstracts key elements such as balanced massing, rhythmic openings, and shaded transitional spaces, adapting them to the climatic and social needs of the site. Exposed brickwork establishes a warm, grounded material identity, while the interplay of flat and sloping roofs enhances both spatial variation and environmental performance.
Techniques: Exposed brick masonry with flat arch lintels, RBC flat roofs, and RCC-supported sloping roofs finished with Mangalore tiles.
Located in the Samasti Community of Auroville, Kumar House is a residence designed for a family of four. The form and spatial character draw inspiration from a now-demolished house in the French town of Puducherry, reinterpreting its proportions and architectural language in a contemporary context.
Rather than direct replication, the design abstracts key elements such as balanced massing, rhythmic openings, and shaded transitional spaces, adapting them to the climatic and social needs of the site. Exposed brickwork establishes a warm, grounded material identity, while the interplay of flat and sloping roofs enhances both spatial variation and environmental performance.
Techniques: Exposed brick masonry with flat arch lintels, RBC flat roofs, and RCC-supported sloping roofs finished with Mangalore tiles.
Kumar House
Residence, Auroville 2009
Located in the Samasti Community of Auroville, Kumar House is a residence designed for a family of four. The form and spatial character draw inspiration from a now-demolished house in the French town of Puducherry, reinterpreting its proportions and architectural language in a contemporary context.
Rather than direct replication, the design abstracts key elements such as balanced massing, rhythmic openings, and shaded transitional spaces, adapting them to the climatic and social needs of the site. Exposed brickwork establishes a warm, grounded material identity, while the interplay of flat and sloping roofs enhances both spatial variation and environmental performance.
Techniques: Exposed brick masonry with flat arch lintels, RBC flat roofs, and RCC-supported sloping roofs finished with Mangalore tiles.
Located in the Samasti Community of Auroville, Kumar House is a residence designed for a family of four. The form and spatial character draw inspiration from a now-demolished house in the French town of Puducherry, reinterpreting its proportions and architectural language in a contemporary context.
Rather than direct replication, the design abstracts key elements such as balanced massing, rhythmic openings, and shaded transitional spaces, adapting them to the climatic and social needs of the site. Exposed brickwork establishes a warm, grounded material identity, while the interplay of flat and sloping roofs enhances both spatial variation and environmental performance.
Techniques: Exposed brick masonry with flat arch lintels, RBC flat roofs, and RCC-supported sloping roofs finished with Mangalore tiles.
Arulvarzhi School
Vocational Centre, Auroville 2013
Arulvarzhi School, a bioregional educational initiative in Auroville, functions as a vocational centre for children from surrounding communities. The multipurpose hall within its campus is designed as a flexible, open space to accommodate a range of extracurricular activities, from gatherings to skill-based workshops.
The architecture prioritizes simplicity, durability, and climatic responsiveness. A load-bearing exposed brick structure defines the envelope, with circular arch lintels introducing both structural efficiency and a softer spatial rhythm. The ferrocement shell roof spans the hall with minimal structural depth, allowing for a column-free interior while enhancing thermal performance.
The result is a robust, low-maintenance space that supports collective use while remaining rooted in context and construction logic.
Arulvarzhi School, a bioregional educational initiative in Auroville, functions as a vocational centre for children from surrounding communities. The multipurpose hall within its campus is designed as a flexible, open space to accommodate a range of extracurricular activities, from gatherings to skill-based workshops.
The architecture prioritizes simplicity, durability, and climatic responsiveness. A load-bearing exposed brick structure defines the envelope, with circular arch lintels introducing both structural efficiency and a softer spatial rhythm. The ferrocement shell roof spans the hall with minimal structural depth, allowing for a column-free interior while enhancing thermal performance.
The result is a robust, low-maintenance space that supports collective use while remaining rooted in context and construction logic.
Arulvarzhi School
Vocational Centre, Auroville 2013
Arulvarzhi School, a bioregional educational initiative in Auroville, functions as a vocational centre for children from surrounding communities. The multipurpose hall within its campus is designed as a flexible, open space to accommodate a range of extracurricular activities, from gatherings to skill-based workshops.
The architecture prioritizes simplicity, durability, and climatic responsiveness. A load-bearing exposed brick structure defines the envelope, with circular arch lintels introducing both structural efficiency and a softer spatial rhythm. The ferrocement shell roof spans the hall with minimal structural depth, allowing for a column-free interior while enhancing thermal performance.
The result is a robust, low-maintenance space that supports collective use while remaining rooted in context and construction logic.
Arulvarzhi School, a bioregional educational initiative in Auroville, functions as a vocational centre for children from surrounding communities. The multipurpose hall within its campus is designed as a flexible, open space to accommodate a range of extracurricular activities, from gatherings to skill-based workshops.
The architecture prioritizes simplicity, durability, and climatic responsiveness. A load-bearing exposed brick structure defines the envelope, with circular arch lintels introducing both structural efficiency and a softer spatial rhythm. The ferrocement shell roof spans the hall with minimal structural depth, allowing for a column-free interior while enhancing thermal performance.
The result is a robust, low-maintenance space that supports collective use while remaining rooted in context and construction logic.
Aikyam Wisdom
Campus, Auroville 2016
Located within the Aikiyam School campus in Auroville—an outreach institution serving children from surrounding villages—the Wisdom Building accommodates four classrooms, teacher spaces, and utility areas.
As a later addition to the campus, the design responds to the critical challenge of integrating with the existing built context without resorting to imitation. The architectural language is therefore calibrated to achieve visual continuity while maintaining its own identity, balancing proportions, scale, and material expression with the neighbouring structures.The planning is straightforward and efficient, organizing academic and support spaces with clarity while ensuring adequate light, ventilation, and ease of use for everyday school activities.
Techniques: Post and lintel construction.
Located within the Aikiyam School campus in Auroville—an outreach institution serving children from surrounding villages—the Wisdom Building accommodates four classrooms, teacher spaces, and utility areas.
As a later addition to the campus, the design responds to the critical challenge of integrating with the existing built context without resorting to imitation. The architectural language is therefore calibrated to achieve visual continuity while maintaining its own identity, balancing proportions, scale, and material expression with the neighbouring structures.The planning is straightforward and efficient, organizing academic and support spaces with clarity while ensuring adequate light, ventilation, and ease of use for everyday school activities.
Techniques: Post and lintel construction.
Aikyam Wisdom
Campus, Auroville 2016
Located within the Aikiyam School campus in Auroville—an outreach institution serving children from surrounding villages—the Wisdom Building accommodates four classrooms, teacher spaces, and utility areas.
As a later addition to the campus, the design responds to the critical challenge of integrating with the existing built context without resorting to imitation. The architectural language is therefore calibrated to achieve visual continuity while maintaining its own identity, balancing proportions, scale, and material expression with the neighbouring structures.The planning is straightforward and efficient, organizing academic and support spaces with clarity while ensuring adequate light, ventilation, and ease of use for everyday school activities.
Techniques: Post and lintel construction.
Located within the Aikiyam School campus in Auroville—an outreach institution serving children from surrounding villages—the Wisdom Building accommodates four classrooms, teacher spaces, and utility areas.
As a later addition to the campus, the design responds to the critical challenge of integrating with the existing built context without resorting to imitation. The architectural language is therefore calibrated to achieve visual continuity while maintaining its own identity, balancing proportions, scale, and material expression with the neighbouring structures.The planning is straightforward and efficient, organizing academic and support spaces with clarity while ensuring adequate light, ventilation, and ease of use for everyday school activities.
Techniques: Post and lintel construction.
Swagatam
Guest House, Auroville 2019
The Swagatam Guest House expansion introduces additional guest facilities by vertically extending three existing blocks, adding three new suites above the original structures.
Rather than treating the extension as a separate layer, the design redefines the architectural language of the campus. Sloping roofs with Mangalore tiles are introduced over the previously flat-roofed blocks, creating a cohesive and climate-responsive identity while improving thermal performance.
The intervention balances structural integration with visual transformation, allowing the new additions to sit comfortably over the existing buildings while establishing a clearer architectural character for the campus.Techniques: Composite structural system with RCC sloping roofs for the suites. Corridor roofs are constructed using RCC rafters with wooden purlins, finished with Mangalore tiles.
The Swagatam Guest House expansion introduces additional guest facilities by vertically extending three existing blocks, adding three new suites above the original structures.
Rather than treating the extension as a separate layer, the design redefines the architectural language of the campus. Sloping roofs with Mangalore tiles are introduced over the previously flat-roofed blocks, creating a cohesive and climate-responsive identity while improving thermal performance.
The intervention balances structural integration with visual transformation, allowing the new additions to sit comfortably over the existing buildings while establishing a clearer architectural character for the campus.Techniques: Composite structural system with RCC sloping roofs for the suites. Corridor roofs are constructed using RCC rafters with wooden purlins, finished with Mangalore tiles.
Swagatam
Guest House, Auroville 2019
The Swagatam Guest House expansion introduces additional guest facilities by vertically extending three existing blocks, adding three new suites above the original structures.
Rather than treating the extension as a separate layer, the design redefines the architectural language of the campus. Sloping roofs with Mangalore tiles are introduced over the previously flat-roofed blocks, creating a cohesive and climate-responsive identity while improving thermal performance.
The intervention balances structural integration with visual transformation, allowing the new additions to sit comfortably over the existing buildings while establishing a clearer architectural character for the campus.Techniques: Composite structural system with RCC sloping roofs for the suites. Corridor roofs are constructed using RCC rafters with wooden purlins, finished with Mangalore tiles.
The Swagatam Guest House expansion introduces additional guest facilities by vertically extending three existing blocks, adding three new suites above the original structures.
Rather than treating the extension as a separate layer, the design redefines the architectural language of the campus. Sloping roofs with Mangalore tiles are introduced over the previously flat-roofed blocks, creating a cohesive and climate-responsive identity while improving thermal performance.
The intervention balances structural integration with visual transformation, allowing the new additions to sit comfortably over the existing buildings while establishing a clearer architectural character for the campus.Techniques: Composite structural system with RCC sloping roofs for the suites. Corridor roofs are constructed using RCC rafters with wooden purlins, finished with Mangalore tiles.
Earthweavers
Design & Research Institute, Auroville 2020
Earthweavers
Design & Research Institute, Auroville 2020
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