Avasara Academy is a first-of-its-kind secondary school and leadership academy that aims to cultivate India’s next generation of women leaders.
Written and Contributed by Case Design
an initiative by Kokum Design Trust supported by Mahindra Foundation
Architecture and Urban Design, Clean Energy, Education, Environment
Avasara Academy is a first-of-its-kind secondary school and leadership academy that aims to cultivate India’s next generation of women leaders.
Written and Contributed by Case Design
Architecture and Urban Design, Culture
Temple of Steps is part landscape and part building, harmonized through the module of single corbel creating a scale that is both intimate and distinct for the village of Nandyal in Andhra Pradesh.
Written and Contributed by Sameep Padora and Associates
Architecture and Urban Design, Health and Well Being
The healthcare center aims at improving access to medical facilities at a local, rural level for the surrounding communities. Built on a shoe-string budget, the building assumes a compact footprint, made linear for optimal daylighting and cross ventilation.
Written and Contributed by Flying Elephant Studio
Architecture and Urban Design, Craft, Education
Conceptualized from a child’s early scribbles that turned into a series of dancing arches, the school is an experiment with materials and forms.
Written and Contributed by Samira Rathod Design Associates
Craft, Culture, Product and Industrial Design
Design Museum Dharavi is an open format and since the start of the project wanted to inspire other people, adapting it and creating similar initiatives at other locations. The museum engages with local makers in new collaborations, exploring their creativity and designing new items together for public exhibitions. The showcased objects, proposals, strategies and models reflect the talent of local makers, craftsmen, designers, contractors and other professionals operating within Dharavi, and aim to open new creative directions and scenarios.
Written and Contributed by Design Musuem Dharavi
Architecture and Urban Design, Culture
Jetavan in rural Maharashtra is built for the holistic development of the community. The centre is built with locally-sourced re-purposed materials with the mandate of not harming a single tree on site.
Written and Contributed by Sameep Padora and Associates
Architecture and Urban Design, Craft, Governance
Designed by Studio Lotus, Krushi Bhawan is a government facility that re-imagines the relationship between the state and its people.
Written and Contributed by Studio Lotus