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S P A C E S T U D i Oa r c h i t e c t s, i n t e r i o r d e s i g n e r s

2000 – 2010

The constant pursuit of perfection, patience and perseverance helps put together abuildingthat fully complements the purpose for which it is being built

The greatest beauty in

designcomes from

putting together the simplest of elements in an innocent

cohesion

a sneak preview into the life of Ar. Shashi, now Chief Architect at

Young

Confused

Clueless

Yet carefree

20002000

Soon afterSoon after graduationgraduation

The Wondering Stage The Wondering Stage The Wondering Stage

2001– 2004 2001– 2004 The Wandering Stage The Wandering Stage The Wandering Stage

Freelance designing

Hesitant about building a career in design

Looked at Design as a mere source of income or a survival tool

Was impatient with the whole process

Had not decided if I wanted to be an architect/designer or someone else

Project Selections from freelance works

2005 – 20082005 – 2008The Working Stage The Working Stage The Working Stage Decided to pursue a full time career in design

Wanted to learn and get involved in larger projects

Started to understand the engineering complexity in a design

Started to really enjoy and appreciate design as a holistic process

Yet was Somewhat bored by the 9-5 routine and the workplace ego

Project Selections from previous work experience

“Designis art that makes itself useful

”Project Selections from previous work experience

DESIGN IS NOT JUST WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE OR FEELS LIKE. DESIGN IS HOW IT WORKS

-Steve Jobs

Project Selections from previous work experience

Since 2009Since 2009

Wanted to break free from a fixed routine

Started Stapathi Studio, an architect and interior design firm , now called Space Studio Chennai

Developed a love affair with the design process

Liberated, happy and excited

The Entrepreneurial Stage The Entrepreneurial Stage The Entrepreneurial Stage

DESIGN CAN BE ART, DESIGN CAN BE AESTHETICS. DESIGN IS SO SIMPLE,THAT’S WHY IT IS SO COMPLICATED –Paul Rand

All architecture is shelter, all great architecture is the design of space that contains, cuddles, exalts, or stimulates the persons in that space. -Philip Johnson

Design is the fundamental soul of a human-made creation that ends up expressing itself in successive outer layersof the product or service.-Steve Jobs

Designis directed toward human beings. To design is to solve human problemsby identifying them, examining alternate solutions to them, choosing and executing the best solution.- Ivan Chermayeff

Design is not making beauty, beauty emerges from selection, affinities, integration, love.-Louis Kahn, Architect

Design is art optimizedto meet the objective –Shimon Shmueli

Develop landmark design marvels , that are specifically developed to stay connected to nature in and about the building

Create spaces that stimulates, thrills and almost liberates the designer , the user and the onlooker

Create a work environment that is absolutely unruly , totally unstructured and to breed some real brats of designers , a strange mix of professionals who are both fun and functional

To The Iconic Stage To The Iconic Stage To The Iconic Stage --- 2020 2020 2020

To begin by not knowing, and to end by not remembering is the greatest joyin designing

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