aDRG
Architecture Design Research Guild
The idea of the ‘Guild’ came first. It was the convergence of distinct ways of thinking towards a common future. The studio comprises of four partners and a team of consultants, contractors and craftsmen around which projects are built. We bring to the drawing board, our individual interests and work experience in the fields of architecture, site planning, interior design, conservation, product and graphic design to craft a brief unique to the challenges that the work brings with it. The guild is a collective environment for learning from our experiences and those of our collaborators from various fields of work. It facilitates an amalgamation of expertise required to execute projects. We firmly believe that within architecture lies a potential to create a better future for everyone. Our belief is reinforced with strong roots in the academic sphere of architectural practice. We take on the roles of a teacher, design guide, business administrator, project leader and team members as needed. We are trained as research professionals with works in history, questions related to cities and the peripheries, environment, art practices, poetry and writing on architecture. Our strength lies in our ability to traverse between these roles sometimes in the span of a day and address the needs of the school, the studio and the site.
In the recent years, the team has engaged with communities, social organisations, artist collectives, corporate office set-ups, industry and families in different parts of the country. Our work has taken us to different parts of the country and exposed us to different cultural contexts. We have worked with a farmer’s family towards the economic development of a small village and designed penthouses for business families. A recent project engaged us with a Church community who actively participated in the remodelling of their building through organised meetings and interactions. Our sites span the west coast of country with Ahmedabad in the north, Nashik, Pune, Carmona in Goa and Thiruvalla in Kerala, in the south. We have worked on many projects in and around the Mumbai Metropolitan Region.
Our ‘Guild’ is excited at the opportunity of shaping many futures, those that are inclusive, responsible, sensitive, sustainable and most of all joyous and full of life! We look forward to engaging with you, your family, organisation and collective, we are excited to see how we can shape your future.
Our Team
Apurva Parikh
Founding partner I B.Arch
He is an architect with a keen interest in material and structural design, with an eye on details and architectural language whether it is interior environments, buildings or installations. Apurva has worked with artists collectives in the past like the Project Cinema City and 2020, designing and installing works in public spaces and galleries like the NGMA. His research interests are in building technologies and infrastructure, historic sites and their potential to decipher urban patterns.
Ginella George
Founding Partner I B.Arch I M.Arch in Urban Conservation
She is an architect with a specialisation in urban conservation. She has worked on architecture and interior design projects. Her research explorations centre on historic areas with a focus on their relevance, functionality and transformation in present times. Ginella continues to explore ‘other’ community and migration histories that contribute in deciphering patterns in built space. Her recent work involves studying the evolving nature of man nature relationships and it’s impact on changes in urban form and construction of social identity.
Sonal Sundararajan
Founding Partner I B.Arch I M.Arch in Urban Design
She is an architect and urban designer. In the last 20 years she has worked on the design and execution of institutional buildings and interior design projects. She has also been involved with research projects on the informal settlements and urban peripheries, as well as the mapping the spaces of cinema and music in the city of Mumbai. Sonal writes on art and architecture and her writings have appeared in SPADE, Domus, The Mumbai Reader and several other publications.
George Jacob
Founding Partner I B.Arch I M.Arch in Urban Design
He is an Architect and Urban Researcher. Over the last twelve years he has collaborated with individual researchers, private organizations, institutions, government and non-governmental bodies. His practice explores the relationship of the everyday at the scales of regions, people and objects. He also experiments with modes of drawing and have over the years experimented with drawing and diagrams in research and practice to engage with the architecture discipline. George has been studying and documenting the evolution and impacts of urban ecologies and its corresponding networks on community systems especially in peripheries and rural landscapes. He has extensively studied water systems and associated indigenous systems, their integration with everyday life of rural landscapes, optimal use of natural resources and economic manifestations. He was awarded the UNESCO – Sahapedia 2019 fellowship to map and document the khazans of Goa through the system of the communidade, the indigenous knowledge of its simple architecture and refined engineering system and their associated cultural practices.
Our Collaborators
Project Management Consultancy I Statutory Building Permissions I Urban Planning I Site Management I Residential Interior Contracting I Commercial & other specialised Interior Works contracting I Custom designed Furniture, Lighting and Objects I Building construction I Pre-engineered Building design & build services
Studio Team
Junior Architect I Manasi Patankar
Past Team Members
Junior Architect I Priyank Shah I Rohit Kudale I Hiral Parmar I Vedvrat Kelkar
Internship I Chinmay Shidhore I Pratik Kamble I Jinish Gadhiya I Pranay Khanchandani I Amod Nargund I Manish Chauhan I Ajinkya Dekhane I Kaushal Thakkar I Ritu Pethani I Aman Savla I Jinal Shah I Vaibhav Wakode I Nihar Bhanushali I Rodney Rebello I Atharva Desai I Janav Parekh I Gauri Panhale I Raghuvir Sawant I Aaryan Pathak
Research Associate I Kahin Vasi
Contact Us
e-mail at design.adrg@gmail.com
Registered address:
ADRG
431, Neo Corporate Plaza,
Ramchandra Lane extension,
Malad (West),
Mumbai – 400 067.
adrgworks.com 