Climate , Environment , Identity , Jaali The dichotomy of the global and the local By Morphogenesis Designing for the Indian context is truly about bridging two ideas: finding the right balance between local wisdom and global benchmarks. One of the biggest influences on post-colonial Indian architecture was Corbusier’s design of Chandigarh’s master plan in response to Nehru’s vision for a modern, forward-looking India. Many Indian architects still revered today for their sensitive reg ...
Built Environment , Climate , Environment , Identity , Livability , Research , Sustainability Manit and Sonali Rastogi in Conversation With Dr Nirmal Kishnani | Ecogradia By Morphogenesis An Architecture of Almost Somewhere Founding Partners Manit and Sonali Rastogi recently chatted with Dr Nirmal Kishnani, host and editor-in-chief of Ecogradia (Holcim Foundation for Sustainable Construction), a global platform on sustainable architecture and urbanism. The talk traces Manit and Sonali’s upbringing and influence ...
Building , Climate , Environment , Sustainability Part 1: Extract from the Morphogenesis Monograph Introduction Essay By Team Morphogenesis We bring you the first of a 14 part series of extract from the Morphogenesis Architecture Monograph, to give you a peek into the mindspace of one of India’s best recognized, sustainable design practices. “It has been 20 years since the inception of Morphogenesis out of a home garage. This book records our work through that journey. In the midst of a paradigm change in the nascent libe ...
Adaptive , Building , Climate , Environment , Exposure , Facade , Glare , Light , Livability , Morphology , Research , Sustainability , Vision , Workplace PLEA 2017 Edinburgh: The Practice of Architecture in the Tropics By Nitin Bansal, Manit Rastogi and Piya Gupta Integrated Design Approach Architecture in some of the densest cities in India (and the world) demands highly conscious spatial consumption with office design standards reaching efficiencies as low as 50sq.ft./person. Consequently, high internal gains and stress on available resources have led to innovative developments in the way these buildings need to be designed and built. Sustainable architecture mus ...
Climate , Environment , Heritage , Jaali , Landscape , Masterplanning , Research , Sustainability The Morphogenesis Monograph By Team Morphogenesis Morphogenesis: The Indian Perspective, The Global Context Part of the Master Architect Series Morphogenesis: The Indian Perspective, The Global Context is a monograph that commemorates the 20-year journey of Morphogenesis, which becomes the first Indian practice to feature in Images’ ...
Built Environment , Climate , Environment , Institutional Spatial Optimisation in an Institutional Setting By Rahat Varma Over the last decade, the world we live in has gotten increasingly smaller and more connected, as countries and communities get more transparent and accessible, its implications on the nature of work and hence the workplace are rapidly evolving. New workspaces need to have a far greater emphasis on collaboration and interdependence, so that the users may productively and effectively connect. Morphogenesis continually evolve ...
Building , Built Environment , Climate , Corporate Building Information Modeling: Revit By Munazza Akhtar with Rahat Varma Morphogenesis is going digital in a flash BIM is about taking the tools and workflows that people have been using and changing them to be a more transparent and collaborative, resulting in making the work process much easier. Understanding the benefits, Morphogenesis set out to implement BIM and adopted the Autodesk Re ...