(“Text as submitted by architect”)
Jay Bhanushali
Jay is an architect and urban planner by qualification, heading the consultation and research projects undertaken by the practice. He brings on board his lateral thinking with keen interest in a systems approach for a holistic vision towards the projects.
Jay also teaches at the Faculty of Planning, CEPT University, and his core interest is in brownfield urban transformation, seeking the intersection between urban planning and urban design.
To further his cross-sectoral research interests, Jay has cofounded an organization named Mending Tomorrow, which is in its formative stage. This organization envisions working at an intersection of urbanism, technology, and management. We catalyze people-centric transitions for cities, businesses, and philanthropies for systemic solutions towards complex urban issues.
Nishant Brahmbhatt
Nishant is an architect by qualification and comes with his vast experience of on-ground execution of projects with his at-par management skills. Along with design, he also leads the post-design stages of the projects.
He enjoys exploring furniture design with an eye for the details. His holistic approach integrating spatial planning and furniture design brings profound experiential quality to the projects that practice undertakes.
Practice Ideology
Practice to us has always been a perpetual project. A constantly evolving process integral to its people with whom we share our differences and pre-occupations. This forms the essence of what we do and believe in.
As a practice we don’t seek a particular approach to the projects we undertake, rather each project is a journey to the rabbit holes that we stumble upon in our process. Working sans scales and typologies, we go beyond our premise seeking systemic approaches towards projects that inherently affect the design positions that we propose. This allows us to cultivate a holistic lens, even when engaging with projects that appear purely objective.
Systemic lens equips us to see ‘everything is everything’. For the last 3 years we have engaged in masterplans for projects ranging from institution to housing to real-estate plotted developments. These projects have been as much framework like dynamic masterplans as furniture design – as much pluralist place making as objective architecture – as much narrative design as development model.
We see practice as an ever evolving project shaped by its people and their process.
