The work interrogates how landscape is transformed by intrusions or markings, while architecture itself gives way to landscape. The emergent forms give rise to novel typologies – on one hand as a cavernous building, on the other as a seemingly estranged object. Instead of functional programmatic considerations, the figure-ground drawings emphasise universal experiential qualities at the same time magnifying specific immediate characteristics of the context. The installation is a three dimensional “Nolli” object that straddles between a volumetric abstraction of space and its relation to both geography and experiential sequencing.
ARCHITECTURE BRIO
Team: Shefali Balwani, Robert Verrijt, Aishwarya Shankar, Karan Dalal, Darshana Dhande, Antonin Henrard, Tanvi Deolekar
Photography by: Ariel Huber, Sebastian Zachariah
Architecture Brio is co-founded by Shefali Balwani and Robert Verrijt in 2006. Shefali completed her degree at the School of Architecture C.E.P.T in Ahmedabad. Before starting her own practice, she worked with Rahul Mehrotra Associates in Mumbai and the office of Channa Daswatte in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Robert is from the Netherlands where he received his Masters in Architecture from the TUDelft. After working briefly in the Netherlands, he moved to Sri Lanka, where he joined the office of Channa Daswatte and got an opportunity to get an insider’s perspective on the work of Geoffrey Bawa. The practice of Architecture Brio actively engages with research and seeks collaborations with institutes and organisations. With Billionbricks, an NGO committed to eradicate homelessness, they set up a dedicated studio called BB-Studio. The innovation design studio consults with communities, NGOs and governments to provide scalable high-quality buildings and infrastructure solutions. As part of the Bandra Collective, the firm is involved with research and design of public space in the city. Over years, Architecture Brio’s work field spans the vast variety of cultures, climates and landscapes across the Indian Subcontinent and South East Asia. The firm has won several national and international awards such as the Zumtobel Group Award, the AD-50 Awards, and the JKC Architect of the Year Awards.
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- When is Space? In An Exhibition on Contemporary Architecture Commissioned by Jawahar Kala Kendra, Edited by Rupali Gupte and Prasad Shetty. Jaipur: Jawahar Kala Kendra, 2018.