Our design philosophy is based on a deep understanding and respect of the local context, sustainable processes and use of appropriate building materials and techniques based on enhancing user centric experiences. We are committed to climate conscious and context sensitive design rooted in its cultural milieu.
Apart from designing and executing several residential and industrial projects, commercial premises, educational institutions, offices, we strive to work with NGO’s and social projects where we can make a difference.
We often work beyond architectural boundaries, on citizen-led neighbourhood urban space planning, stage design, exhibition design and video documentations of an artist’s creative process.
Ours is a collaborative practice and we associate with other architects and consultants as per project requirements.
Shraddha has an Architectural Degree from Centre for Environmental Planning and Technology (CEPT), Ahmedabad, India and a Master’s Degree from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, USA.
Ms. Sejpal acquired several years’ work experience in Chicago and Boston. She worked with the Boston Housing Authority and later was part of the design team for the Central Artery Tunnel Project, Boston, one of the largest public works projects in the USA at that time.
She returned to Mumbai in 1993, associated with Architects’ Combine and set up an independent practice in 1996.
Parallel to practice, she is involved with academia – as a visiting faculty for architectural design at KRVIA Mumbai since 1993 and continues to serve on Design Juries at NIASA thesis awards and as a design juror in other colleges.
She is a founding member of MAP (Mumbai Architecture Project) a collective of people with a shared interest in the built environment.
Shraddha won an Aga Khan scholarship for her studies at MIT.
Rita has an Architectural Degree from Centre for Environmental Planning and Technology (CEPT), Ahmedabad, India and a Master’s Degree from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, USA.
She has lived in Germany for several years and has extensive work experience in Munich and Rhein-Main Area around Frankfurt. She was part of a team of an architectural firm working on additional office buildings and data centre for the Siemens Headquarters in Munich. She has worked as lead architect for residential projects in Rhein Main area of Frankfurt.
She was a faculty member at the Institute for Planning & Building in Developing Countries at the Department of Architecture, Technical University of Darmstadt. She also taught for a semester at Institute of Environment and Design in Vallabh Vidyanagar as guest faculty under DAAD (German Academic Exchange Program).
She returned to India in 1998 and set up a joint practice with Shraddha Sejpal.
She served as a visiting faculty at KRVIA till 2002 and as Design Jury member for other KRVIA and other architectural colleges in Mumbai.
Rita won the Aga Khan Travel grant at MIT and has researched and published articles on topics related to housing, vernacular architecture and gender-aware planning.
