Excerpts // “A Blueprint for Re-evolution: The New Normal in Architecture”
Originally published in the November 2018 issue of Indian Architect & Builder magazine, as part of their series on “The Future of Architecture.”
Originally published in the November 2018 issue of Indian Architect & Builder magazine, as part of their series on “The Future of Architecture.”
The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again, but expecting different results. ~Not Albert Einstein, but someone smart, probably We are stuck in a pandemic time loop, it feels like. Every year, the same events repeat, without much of a difference. Festivals, rallies, the alarming spread of COVID-19, lockdown, stranded […]
It was the end of the work day in late September. Our team was still remote after the lockdown reopened, but I worked in the studio from time to time. I was sitting in my chair with my feet up on my desk, enjoying the rain pouring outside my window. After a while, the sound […]
A decade ago, when the first movie in The Matrix trilogy was released, it was a wild addition to the genre of science fiction. The Internet was relatively new, and its inherent potential was yet to be harnessed, or even realized. The Matrix was a metaphorical representation of cyberspace, as a virtual, intangible, parallel reality. […]
Until very recently, I believed that it was impossible for teamwork to be as successful and fulfilling as working solo, especially in the studio. Teamwork posed too many unconquerable hurdles, such as reconciling with people who have conflicting opinions, priorities and varying skill-sets which inevitably led to the most loathed concept of all: compromise. I […]