my home collection

Stressbuster, ya that what i do to get away from stress. I keep myself occupied with doing few things, and recently, have to do stuff for my new place also and thers some stress also :-)have located place to source recycled wood, packaging wood and other wood, which doesn't cost much and over a weekend, it happens. m really enjoying it doing it all myself.

range for Design Store, Bangalore

The Design Store , based at Bangalore, managed by NID's alumni. It concenrates at developing furniture for various projects as well as for singular buyers. Design Store is an outlet, where the display and retail happens.

While working for TDS, developed Fluid range, which comprises of ver 1.1 and ver2.2. It started as a flowing support which supports various body postures and differently. Mainly aiming for the younger generation for informal seating postures. The sides too supports one to just support h/erself, sit on floor and take support, sit on the arms, lay down in various postures.

bamboo valley, chandigarh

Demonstration cum awareness creation. NMBA funded park structures (Rain Shelter and Food Kiosk) for Chandigarh Administration at Bamboo Valley, Sector 23, Chandigarh.
Simple geometry with playful cyclic roofing style. Repetetive components were used for the structural purpose.

livelihood design

bamboo community // design // development

These products are designed at Mundangamattam, Kaladi, Kerala for design intervention workshop organised by CARD, funded by DC(H).

These designs are provided, and supervised to prototype to the communities working extensively with bamboo mat, for diversifying their product range.

Various federations were involved in the design workshop, but later have got themselves involved into various techniques as their USP, and have quite successfully formed the working process flow for specific product production.

Working with such a system is an interesting challenge, so as to keep all levels involved, balanced.

public utility and bamboo

We (vdesign.purple, Chandigarh) designed and executed the Children's Park, Mataur, Dharamshala for Himachal Pradesh Tourism Department. The project was sponsored by NMBA under "Mid-end demonstration structure" for awareness creation and introduction of bamboo construction technology to this area, which has rich resource of bamboos (Hamiltonii and Stricturs, mainly)

The site falls on the major tourist corridor, which connects Pathankot with Kullu-Manali, as well as approach to Dharamshala, another favoured tourist destination in H.P.

The project was titled "Children's Park", where the main components were

multifunctional hall

bamboo tunnels

bamboo maze/play equipment

The main idea behind the structures were to create learning while having fun.

The complete structures' area covered 1700 sq.ft, constructed with Hamiltonii bamboo, treated with pressure treatment.

alternate building method

designed a small unit for small family, demonstrating the alternate building method to the rural poor of Tamenglong, Manipur for TAMBAC.

Using the local resource, bamboo, stone, mud, clay, with minimum usage of steel and cement. The main purpose being, technology transfer, suggestive employment opportunity, relyiny on local resources.

The house measured 350 sq.ft, concieved and executed as budget housing method. Tulda/ Hamiltonii, Melocanna Baciferra, Strictus used for various components of house, bamboos preserved and treated with local resources only.

structural

designed this structure as Center for Excellence at Forest Training Institute, Haldwani, Utarakhand. The space constituted Display cum discussion area along with office space, completely measuring 1200 sq.ft.

Balcooa/chhai was used for all main structural components, columns, portals,ties etc, well preserved and treated. Walls are also bamboo and cement mortar, while the roofing is bamboo mat corrugated roofing panels, funded by NMBA.

this structure was constructed for Uttaranchal Bamboo and Fibre Development Board, Dehradun.