SPACES Sept issue 2017

ARCHITECTURE
“HAVING BUILT A FEW HOUSES
IN MY LIFETIME I KNEW WHAT A
BIG CHALLENGE IT WOULD BE TO
REPAIR AND RETROFIT AN OLD
HOUSE. WE HAD ALL THE USUAL
TROUBLES - WITH CONTRACTORS,
WITH TIME DELAYS, WITH COST
OVERRUNS - AND ALSO ONE
UNUSUAL TROUBLE WITH THE
BORDER BLOCKADE MAKING
EVERYTHING HARDER. STILL THE
PROCESS OF WORKING WITH MY
CHILDREN, OUR ARCHITECT MIKU
AND THE ENGINEER TIWARI JI WAS
NEW AND INTERESTING FOR ME.
THEIR RESEARCH PROCESS, WHICH
INVOLVED LOOKING AT HOUSES AND
BUILDINGS RANGING FROM EUROPE
TO JAPAN FOR INSPIRATION AND
ALSO USING DIGITAL MODELS TO
VISUALIZE NEW IDEAS, WAS NEW
FOR ME AND THUS INTERESTING TO
BE A PART OF. I AM HAPPY AT THE
FINAL RESULTS. WHEN YOU LOOK
AT THE HOUSE YOU CAN CLEARLY
SEE IT RESPECTS OUR TRADITIONAL
STYLES AS YOU SEE IN TEMPLES
AND HOMES, BUT ALSO THAT IS
SOMETHING NEW AND MODERN AT
THE SAME TIME.”
- SOM PUDASAINI: THE FATHER,
WHO GUIDED THE PROJECT AND
FINANCED IT.
30 / SPACES SEPTEMBER 2017