The Indian Review of World Furniture, Interiors and Design Volume 17
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the indian review of world furniture, interiors and design volume 17 . issue 06 . november95 - december 2020 00 GEZE 01 KAFF APPLIANCES BONTON 06 02 EBCO HAFELE 07 03 CONTENT KLITE 08 04 AHEC KLITE 09 ifj : the indian review of world 05 AHEC CONTRIBUTORS 10 furniture, interiors and design editorial 11 photo courtesy: editor & creative head Biodiversity by the Bay- sylvia khan a celebration [email protected] essay assistant editor 12 12 AR. DEAn D’CRUZ mignonne dsouza 14 AR. NEELAM MANJUNATH [email protected] 16 AR. SUHASINI AYER editorial consultant 18 AR. GIRISH DOSHI shailendra mehta [email protected] ifj writetank transformation editorial correspondents 20 20 THE GARDEN SHOP, MIYABI aadrita chatterji 22 TAOCANG ART CENTRE [email protected] 24 MUSE, RIVERSIDE HOUSE darielle britto [email protected] focus studio head 26 SUSTAINABILITY harish raut [email protected] graphic designer focus projects praful prasannakumar 32 34 42 MM ArcHITECTUREI [email protected] 36-41 ANNA HERINGERY to contribute editorial matter 42-47 BIOME ENVIRONMENTAL SOLUTIONS [email protected] 48 CHRONICLES OF MUD to advertise 50-55 DAMITH PREMATHILAKE ArcHITECTS jasmeet kaur 56-63 FOOTPRINTS E.A.R.T.H. [email protected] +91 98338 05467 64 GIAN P. MATHUR & ASSOCIATES 66 IMK ArcHITECTS 68 FaULKNER ArcHITECTS & DZINE CONCEPT 70 NOMO STUDION 72-77 SNOHETTA, OSLO 78-81 STUDIO ALTERNATIVES 82-87 STUDIO INSCAPE 88-93 UNTAG ArcHITECTURE AND INTERIORS 94 URBANSCAPE ArcHITECTS 96 ZERO ENErgY DESIGN LaB industry forum 98 SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTS available online at: news 110 108 BIODIVERSITY BY THE BAY- published by A CELEBRATION Printed and published by Sylvia Khan on behalf of Liyakat Ali Khan. 110 REUSE RECYCLE REMAKE Published by Index Media Pvt. Ltd. 112 FEATHERLITE 703, 7th Floor, Brahans Business Park, inside backcover CANADIAN WOOD Paper Box Road, Off Mahakali Caves Road, Andheri (East), backcover UMG DIGITAL Mumbai 400093, India. Tel. : +91 022 2687 9081-88, 022 2687 8050 / 51 Editor : Sylvia Khan While all constructive inputs and editorial material are welcome, the editorial team does not undertake responsibility for either printing or return of unsolicited material or printing of responses in an unedited form. While every attempt is made to ensure veracity of material, the editors are not responsible for verification of the accuracy of information which is accepted in good faith from contributors and shall not be held liable to any extent. All rights of printing and publication reserved by the publishers. No part of this publication may be reproduced elsewhere, without the written permission of the publishers. member of corporate office Index Media Pvt. Ltd. international alliance of 703, 7th Floor, Brahans Business Park, Paper Box Road, furnishing publications Off Mahakali Caves Road, Andheri (East), Mumbai 400093, India. Tel. : +91 022 2687 9081-88 CONTENT FROM FOREST TO FINISH T.ZED Architects have wrapped KOA Canvas - a unique new residential community in Dubai representing a new era in modernized urban property development - with thermally-modified American tulipwood. Over 750 square meters of tulipwood have been used to create the cladding element which shades and prevents overheating of the double-height co-working and closed office spaces, and which also transforms into an outdoor shaded walkway and elevated public balcony. This is the first time that thermally-modified tulipwood has been specified in these quantities in the region and the architects are confident that the material will weather and stand the test of time in this arid desert climate. For more information visit www.americanhardwood.org Image © Mark Goodwin monologuedia Virginie Clusiault Asif Rahman Andrew Le Sarthak Sengupta Ar. Alicia Casals San Miguel Anjanakshi Baskaren Ar. Karl Johan Nyqvist Zi Low Sahil Bagga Des. Dhara Kabaria Is it really over ? Ar. Damith Premathilake this strange annus horribilis that went by the innocuous number 2020. Everybody agrees that we cannot be the same person stepping out of 2020 as we were blithely stepping into it. The Abhinayah Sundaramoorthy learnings ranged from ‘never wearing tight jeans again’ to Ar. Chaitanya Padal ‘climate change is real’. One of the bigger issues thrown into relief is the work of architects who plan buildings and spaces, Kate Bombony as if Earth matters, (with apologies to Schumacher); those who Ar. Gauri Satam have said no to the bright and shiny, eschewed Satuvario for compressed earth, and truly walk the talk of sustainability. Maria Kafel-Bentkowska Ar. Sachin Rastogi Ar. Yatin Pandya Discussing this with Ar. B V Doshi, he said he felt hypocritical writing on sustainability while the poor were dying as they walked back to their rural homes; that there was no point Ar. Anna Heringer in people like us, or glossy, stylish magazines like IFJ writing Parikshit Borkotoky about it. He said sustainability in its barest form, was human Ar. Tejesh Patil sustenance and human life, suggesting that I look at a whole different slew of work. As always after a conversation with the only person I call Guruji, it gave me pause. I then struck off those Ar. Suhasini Ayer Ar. Mitu Mathur IFJ IS GENIUS, THANKS TO LEEDS-box-ticking projects on my list, and followed his advice, focusing on people who were living exemplars of sustainability at work, some quite unsung. THE GENIUS WITHIN. This then is our big edition of the year, on a single topic of importance. We have covered the high-tech and the vernacular; not seeing a dichotomy but rather appreciating technology as the driver of a new a tech-rich model of sustainability. Ira Maurya Now that we’re done with 2020 there is a faint flicker of hope Ar. Priyanka Khanna that 2021 will be the year of redemption. That all those plans will Ar. Girish Doshi finally fructify and that we will bring the learnings of this terrible year with us, to the table of dreams. Raghav Gupta After the learning of the year and re-wiring our brains, that Ar. Neelam Manjunath flicker of hope speaks to a relearning of old values. A re-thinking of what’s acceptable. A re-definition of normal. And that now sung-out phrase: the new normal. At the end of our time, we Ar. Kinnera Varma Ar. Rudraksh Charan will have understood whether or not we did learn lessons of value or whether we went back to the bad old ways. But I did Ar. Kjetil Trædal Mike Beck Marte Cázarez say ‘hope’ did I not ? Your friends at IFJ wish you the realization of those hopes, dreams and plans in the year ahead. Good wishes for the new year! Ar. Rahul Kadri Des. Sonali Phadke Nanda Kumar Diogo Vasconcelos James Dart Ar. Dean D’Cruz Amit Shah I look forward to hearing from you. Soundaryan Umapathy Please send your thoughts to me at [email protected] Ar. Radha Neela Shibani Dasgupta Jain Adrían López Velarde Ar. Sharath Nayak out of Goa laterite seemed like a that need to respond to each other. practices need to step in and maybe essay more sensible choice to use for You can see this happening in local accommodate a longer internship us. While laterite lends a touch of Goan villages- the little streets with period wherein part learning (skill) solemnity to the building, we felt people in the ‘balcao’ in front, the happens in the college and part of over time the need to introduce chapel forming a focal point for the the learning (implementation) is more transparency in our buildings. village to gather- there is a traditional hands-on in good offices. It is an Slowly we moved towards a pavilion- response. extremely superficial approach to style of architecture that rendered a In the last 15-20 years of being architecture that we see today with much greater connect with nature, involved with the Goa Foundation, the speed of execution demanded. ON SUSTAINABILITY: allowed ample air flow resulting in a Goa Bachao Abhiyan, Goa Heritage That said, the youth are energetic and more appropriate climatic response. Action Group, and being a part of lot have great potential in their hands- Most of the traditional architecture of social forums has made me even with new tools of software for design, that one sees in Goa often does not more sensitive to peoples’ issues. I prototyping and assessing knowledge ARCHITECTURE & PRACTICE perform well climatically. I feel like look at architecture not as isolated from around the world. These are a hybrid response to some of the buildings but as community efforts. great assets that we did not have, but A Perspective by Dean D’Cruz characteristic features of traditional must be used carefully. architecture is critical in creating a We need to change this paradigm of space that is climatically sound. I what is good architecture from being While specialised architecture is think it is very important to assess visual to effective. reaching new levels of proficiency, architect dean d’cruz, co-founder and principal architect of one’s building post-occupancy and there are still possibilities of a see how much of what we have tried While designing a community centre fresh interpretation and the idea of mozaic, writes about his readings and learnings from a three- has actually paid off. This is a practice in Nerul, essentially a hall used for brainstorming on bigger platforms, we follow at our studio where ten- community functions and get- where architects meet and discuss decade long tryst with the landscape of goa. years post-construction we visit the togethers, atop a hill with beautiful projects is essential. One such buildings to learn for ourselves. These panoramic views, the question we collective called the Gubbi Group, learnings I feel are very critical and asked was, can a community centre where the 20 of us are trying to work can influence future works.