CONCEPT OF PRESENTATION

Design Directions: 50 on 50” is an attempt to showcase progress of contemporary architecture in India over the past 25 years. The exhibition will present 50 practices from across India who has made an impact in contemporary Indian architecture. The presentation of the works will be in three categories as per their building styles and intent:

1. Global Practices
2. Indian Idioms
3. Off the Beaten Track

Design Direction: 50 ON 50” would be the 1st ever traveling exhibition presented by Legrand & Indian Architect & Builder in India where work of 50 leading architects and designers would be showcased under one platform. It would be of high inspirational value and attract the participation of fellow architects and designers to see the works & projects which are cutting edge and project the future of Indian design & construction industry.

CONTEXT OF PRESENTATION

"Architecture is a Matter of Transformation"
- Balkrishna Doshi

'What represents Modern Contemporary Architecture in India'? The question which is difficult to answer - demands more than skin deep analysis of modern architecture in the context of India. Indian contemporary architecture has achieved a great deal of transformation. During the past years Indian Contemporary Architecture scene has seen a sea change from going local to global, meeting the demands of modernization and globalization. Given this background an exhibition to decide the direction of Indian Contemporary Architecture was long due.

GLOBAL PRACTICES

Kalhan Mattoo & Santha Gour Mattoo

Planet 3 Studios
Mumbai
Project:Vidhyalankar Insititute

Kalhan and Santha head Planet 3 Studios Architecture, a young, internationally acclaimed practice at the vanguard of avant-garde design in India. Their eclectic portfolio of built projects includes path breaking architecture, interiors, product design and art. Recognised with over twenty prestigious international and national awards over three years, their work has been displayed at museums and galleries in New York, Barcelona and Singapore.

GLOBAL PARADIGMS

Kalhan Mattoo & Santha Gour Mattoo

Planet 3 Studios
Mumbai
Project: Vidhyalankar Insititute
INDIAN IDIOMS

Ambrish Arora

Lotus Design
New Delhi
Project:RAAS RESTURANTS
Headed by Ambrish Arora, Sidhartha Talwar, Ankur Choksi and Arun Kullu, the 20-member design team at Lotus hails from diverse disciplines of Architecture, Interior design, Exhibition Deign, Furniture design, & Graphic Design. In the 7 years since inception it has come to specialise in creating Boutique experiences in the domain of Interior design & Architecture with an accent on Retail & Hospitality. Committed to producing a result that derives itself from the context of the Project, the team prides itself in the fact that it has no signature style. Headed by Ambrish Arora, Sidhartha Talwar, Ankur Choksi and Arun Kullu, the 20-member design team at Lotus hails from diverse disciplines of Architecture, Interior design, Exhibition Deign, Furniture design, & Graphic Design. In the 7 years since inception it has come to specialise in creating Boutique experiences in the domain of Interior design & Architecture with an accent on Retail & Hospitality.Committed to producing a result that derives itself from the context of the Project, the team prides itself in the fact that it has no signature style.
INDIAN IDIOMS

Ambrish Arora

Lotus Design
New Delhi
Project: RAAS RESTURANTS
OFF THE BEATEN TRACK

Vikas Dilawari

VIKAS DILLAWARI CONSERVATION ARCHITECTS
Mumbai
Project:YMCA STUDENTS HOSTEL
The principal of Vikas Dilawari Conservation Architects, he has always been inspired by the India’s rich past and its tradition & heritage. He also respects and tries to conserve it and learn from it so that they adapt it in comtemprorary times and thereby connecting the past with future through the present.
PARACENTRIC PATHS

Vikas Dilawari

VIKAS DILLAWARI CONSERVATION ARCHITECTS
Mumbai
Project: YMCA STUDENTS HOSTEL
 
 
" The projects engage with the complex, layered conditions of the contemporary city. These are continually explored in relation to the issues and materials of design technology. The practice seeks to create a tectonic, material and experiential architecture that is appropriate, contemporary and rooted in its context in all scales " - Nuru Karim