DESIGNING THE PATH AHEAD - SUCH ITALIAN MALEWAR

DESIGNING THE PATH AHEAD -SUCHITA MALEWAR  (ARCHITECT, INTERIOR DESIGNER AND URBAN PLANNER)

My initiation into design was purely by chance. I was all set to become a surgeon, but life had a different plan for me. I absolutely loved what I was exposed to. On a whim, I applied to architecture School and surprisingly got in! From then on design has been a love I couldn’t get over.

I went to VRCE  (now VNIT) for my undergraduate degree and subsequently worked with Ar. D GET Parab, Sthapatya Architects and Planners PVT. LTD., Mumbai. Further went on to do a M Tech with Urban Design as my major from VNIT, Nagpur. Spent a summer through projects learning about construction methodologies. 

SUCCESS STORY 
After completing master's degree with a ton of hopes and aspirations, our first project at MBA Architects was a 100 sq.ft. shop. It was truly a reality check!  We did take it and gave it literally everything we had. Now when I look back at the space, of course I feel it's overthought and overdesigned. The next few projects were of friends and family, who were wing to trust their small spaces with a young practice. That started MBM architect's journey.

There have been many turning points in our design journey at MBM architects,but probably the one that we hold closest to our hearts is the one at the beginning of our story! When we were a fresh practice,we were doing a decent amount of work in the interior design segment but haven't had a breakthrough with an architectural practice.

A dear friend of ours asked his builder acquaintance to examine us for an upcoming commercial Cumbria residential project that they were doing. We presented a design concept using local materials for construction and energy efficient ways of circulating air and light through the spaces such that minimal artificial light or ventilation would be required within the building. This was our very first break towards building something from scratch. From then, we went on to build numerous 
MAJOR CHALLENGES 
GLIMPSE OF YOU AS A PERSON 

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