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Chintan Tamboli
Chintan Ashok Tamboli was born in 1977 in the walled city of Ahmedabad. He started his independent studio in December 2017. Apart from working in the studio, he is a visiting faculty at CEPT, Faculty of Design, Ahmedabad, and the SAL School of Architecture.
He did his schooling at St Xavier’s, Ahmedabad, and was naturally inclined towards art and design since early childhood. He completed his graduation (B. Arch) from M.S. University, Vadodara (1997-2002) and subsequently started working in Ahmedabad. His major work years were spent while working for Design Module, Ahmedabad (Dhaval Makhmalwala), between 2004 and 2016 as an associate architect.
Nehal Tamboli
Nehal Tamboli was born in 1986 in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. She has completed her Diploma in Architecture from Polytechnic, Ahmedabad (2002-2005). Later she worked at Design Module (Dhaval makhmalwala) from 2006-19.
In her tenure of employment, she has been a great team leader and a non-replicable asset of the firm. She is a talented hardworking professional who has met project deadlines consistently. Since her joining in AM she has brought immense capacity to the table.
Nehal is one of the chirpiest people to work with.
Practice Ideology
Architecture is an intensely personal and emotional experience—often profound, yet quietly absorbed into everyday life. We inhabit and interact with built environments constantly, rarely conscious of the subtle ways they shape our thoughts, emotions, and memories. Over time, these spatial experiences become inseparable from the rhythm of living itself.
Our studio is committed to creating architecture that is clean, restrained, and timeless. We seek a balance between contextual sensitivity and universal appeal, drawing inspiration from local culture, climate, craftsmanship, and materiality while maintaining a language that is understated and enduring. Every project emerges from a careful understanding of its site, where context, light, landscape, and construction come together to define a unique architectural identity.
A recurring aspiration in our work is to dissolve the threshold between the built and the natural. Through courtyards, filtered light, framed views, and seamless transitions, we strive to bring nature into everyday life, blurring the boundaries between inside and outside. The result is architecture that is calm, honest, and deeply connected to its surroundings—spaces that are not only experienced visually, but felt emotionally, enriching the lives of those who inhabit them.
