Past Meets The Future

We believe in blurring the boundaries between architecture, interior [design] and landscaping,” says Aditi Pai, a landscape architect by qualification, and co-founder and principal architect of The Purple Ink Studio, established in 2011 with Akshay Heranjal. The studio is an award-winning multifaceted practice that is young, experimental, contextual and ambitious.

The Purple Ink Studio usually takes on projects with unique briefs and typologies. It wants to create spaces that are futuristic with learnings from mythology, history and the past. The approach to projects is a means to connect the dots of Indian wisdom and carry forward its ethos to the future. Its project Ahana Spa at Shreyas Yoga Retreat in Bengaluru, for instance, has been designed as a ‘Retreat within a Retreat’, focusing strongly on the connect of man in the realm of the future. It offers spectacular layers of spaces and experiences.

“There is a lot of layering that goes behind the design process… drawing inspiration from the natural site context, sensitivity towards local materials, and collaborating with artisans form some of the core values tuning the design parameters,” says Pai.

At The Purple Ink Studio, they constantly work on the inherent qualities that a space stands for. The work at the studio is deeply experimental and constantly challenges design exploration with an approach that is non-linear and eccentric. The studio wants to create a unified consciousness where the building goes beyond the sole purpose of existence. “Architecture not just impacts the urban fabric but also has the timeless equation fundamentally connecting several aspects of human life,” says Pai.

Going forward, they foresee themselves within a highly collaborative and symbiotic environment with a tremendous exchange and sharing of opportunities, thoughts and learnings.

By Kamayni