Death isn’t the end of one’s journey. While the self is destroyed and the body cremated, the spirit of existence transcends through the many donations we make in the form of useful body parts, be it eyes, heart, skin etc. What becomes unwanted for the dead, becomes a blessing for another living being. Similarly, have you ever thought about a dead building giving life to a new one? When Ambikachechi asked us to inspect her house under construction, little did we think that our life and approach to architecture would change so drastically. Ambikachechi cooked for us. She heads a family of five members and is the sole bread winning member. She was offered 5 lakhs by the local Government for constructing a house of her own. She bought 1.5 cents of land at a price of 2.5 lakhs. The linear plot has a quarry edge. She assigned a local small time contractor to construct a house for her. He had almost built the ground floor, when we decided to visit her house. The sight was a painful...
There is no single story. We re-write them every moment. We invite you to come with your stories and share them with us and thus become a part of Commune. Beyond a conventional architecture studio this is a COMMUNE of like minded people through project/research based collaborations. We believe in process determining product, therefore explore alternative processes that lead to livable & meaningful spaces.