Rising Stars Ar. Badrinath Kaleru & Ar. Prerna Kaleru Panchkula

Believing that no dream is too big, Studio Ardete was started with an aim to change the global perception of Contemporary Indian Architecture.

Tell us about the journey of Studio Ardete so far.

Having worked with Dominque Perrault, Wilomotte in Paris, and Mario Cucinella in Italy and Shuhei Endo in Japan, we could realise the difference between Indian practices and Global Practices in general. If we rate it even on Passion coefficient, they were far ahead. It started with a Big dream and Tremendous passion. It was not that easy initially to work with passion, people weren’t used to. But Patience pays and slowly things started working and we could work with like-minded people.

Do you follow any particular design philosophy?

“Life is More”- Built spaces need to celebrate the Human existence, the Life. Buildings need to connect to its users at an emotional domain. If it happens, the physical aspects of space the form, materials and style disappear, the space bonds to its user like another human, it becomes alive.

Ardete works on this to develop spaces that involve ways to connect to its user. In Atelier Kirkos the concrete structures were made by the Client itself. There was very strong involvement and a design that has evolved out of client expertise, it created a strong sense of connect to the space and the client. Understanding the users and designing in the way it synergies with the users is more than just architecture, its life. Ardete tries to build the bridge between the human emotions and built spaces.

Who or what has been your greatest inspiration?