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Project • By Architecture Discipline • Showrooms
Parade of Souls
Conceptualized by principal architect Akshat Bhatt in creative collaboration with fashion designer Amit Aggarwal, ‘Parade of Souls’ is a pop-up installation in a gallery in New Delhi, that celebrates the launch of the globally acclaimed fabric brand Jakob Schlaepfer in India. A celebrated name in bespoke and custom-made textiles and fabric, Schlaepfer’s incredibly transformative oeuvre of work led to the idea for the installation: the ‘Parade of Souls’ – a reflection of the collective human march through the day, as we inhabit and experience space, wearing sundry masks to exhibit interactions.
Suryan Dang
It comprises a set of mannequins that stand dramatically within a glass box with exaggerated dr... More
Project • By Architecture Discipline • Offices
Rug Republic
"It’s fascinating to take something forgotten and to give it new life: This is the century of recuperation. There is no space, no forests, and no water anymore for the continuous production of new things. So, take something old and make it special."
© Jeetin Sharma
Emerging from this thought, the design of the Rug Republic headquarters in Okhla, in the heart of New Delhi is a reaction to its industrial setting: an indictment of what we have brought our cities to. The brief presented by the client was to make the existing dilapidated building usable again, within a limited budget and with minimal interventions. Hence, a great emphasis has been placed on reclaiming the usable spaces, by undoing ad-hoc alterations in the build... More