windows to vernacular

विंडोज़ टू वर्नैक्युलर

A collaborative research and design platform that focuses on the built ecosystems.

A practice set on an exploratory journey, traversing through India’s countryside and hinterlands. We engage with the local population, listen, learn, and understand the nuances of their culture, way of life, why they build, and how to build. In the process, the team creates a repository of traditional built environment wisdom, adding to the existing knowledge pool of built environmental studies.

These experiences and learning are imbibed into a contemporary practice where the work contributes to shedding light on the lost crafts and building skills. This engages in a fresh dialogue that involves a relevant, modern-day application of an otherwise factual investigation.