Investigating architecture as a sensory and intellectual system, examining how space, material, light, and the senses shape human perception and experience. We believe in a strong intersection between theory and practice to frame buildings as active environments that generate meaning, memory, and embodied knowledge. Understanding that building is a profound and intentional endeavour, we are deliberate and discursive. Our work involves creation of spaces and ideas.
Vision
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We are architects and designers who collaborate with select professionals, as required by the project.
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We believe in keeping things simple, smart, and human. Every project starts with listening and concludes with with an outcome in which all stakeholders are integrated into a meaningful whole.
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We partner with clients who are sensitised to creating meaning and enhancing knowledge.
Team
Founder
Neena Singh Zutshi Ph.D.
Having lived and worked across boundaries of culture and ethnicity, my architectural practice, academic leadership, and research engages with modern interpretation of ancient architectures rooted in the Indian subcontinent.
I examine the intersection of architecture and intellectual traditions in my book, Samraṅgasūtradhāra: Decoding the Historical Architectural Treatise (Routledge, 2025).
Currently living in New York City, I work with designing spaces firmly enmeshed in the present while learning from the past with a focus on historical accuracy of architecture and interiors, teaching, and research.
Living Heritage Architectural Consultant
Tejaswini Rai Ph.D.
Having grown up within the continuity of India's living built traditions, my research and consultancy engages with architectures that are inhabited, evolving, and actively dialogue with the communities that shaped them.
I examine the relationship between intangible cultural knowledge and its physical expression in built form, exploring how heritage functions not as a frozen monument, but as a living system of meaning, memory, and material practice.
Currently based in Ontario, Canada, I work at the intersection of heritage documentation, architectural research, and cultural continuity, with a focus on structures that carry living knowledge across generations.
Business Development Consultant
Poornima Bailwad
With extensive experience in New York’s real estate, Poornima brings a nuanced understanding of redevelopment, restoration projects, and end-user management.
Working across diverse property contexts - residential, hospitality and commercial, she navigates the full lifecycle of the built environment — bridging the practical realities of the real estate with a human-centered spaces.
Her expertise aligns our studio’s architectural concepts with the belief that a successful design is not simply about transformation of assets, but about sustaining meaning, function, and continuity within the built environment.
Work
The focus remains on creating meaningful spaces, irrespective of scale and scope of the project.
Testimonials
“She designs with empathy before she designs with skill...”
~ Client ~
“… you taught us to focus on solving smaller problems before taking bigger ones, investing regular hours in the work and just setting clear targets…”
~ UG Student ~
“… in more than 30 years of academia, I have not met a more passionate and honest teacher…”
~ Dean ~