Principal Architect

Sukhmani Brar

Sukhmani has worked on housing and architectural projects of substantial scale: Green Meadows Housing, Sanand, near Ahmedabad for Pacifica Developers in collaboration with architect Kamal Mangaldas and headed several projects (as Associate Architect at Archohm Consults, Noida) such as, LIG Housing, EWS Housing, CSI Housing and Sanskriti School in Chak Ganjaria, Lucknow and Takshila Foundation’s cultural institutions in Patna & Delhi. She has worked on many proposals for urban interventions, such as religious institutions, museums, mixed use commercial developments etc.

A graduate of School of Architecture, CEPT Ahmedabad, Sukhmani has been taught by Prof. Anant Raje, Prof. Kurula Varkey, Prof. Neelkanth Chaya, Prof. Miki Desai & Artist Murali Cheeroth. As an exchange student to ETH Zurich, she has studied under Peter Eisenman During the course of her architectural career, she has worked with Bijoy Jain in Alibagh, Morphing systems in Zurich, Anthill designs in Ahmedabad and has collaborated with architecs Kamal Mangalda, Girish Karnawat, MVRDV and TOPOTEK1 Berlin.

Sukhmani brings the dimension of research and a contemplative pace into the practice and prefers thoroughness in approach while dealing with design & material alternatives, building regulations, cost estimations, project schedules and construction specifications.

she has also founded The Vessel, curating and hosting , in collaboration with artists and creative practitioners, workshops, talks, discussions and exhibitions for amateur and advanced enthusiasts alike.

WORK EXPERIENCE

2019 August onward
Founder, The Vessel

2017 December
Principal Architect, Design Pendulum, New Delhi

2014 September – 2017 December
Senior Consulting Architect, Archohm Consults Pvt. Ltd., Noida

2013 August – 2014 June
Founding Partner, XPDS Architects, Ahmedabad

2006 June – 2013 May    
Founding Partner at Studio11 Architects’ Collaborative, Ahmedabad

2005‐2006
Architect at Anthill Designs, Ahmedabad

ARCHITECTURAL COLLABORATIONS

2015 – 2016 
MVRDV, Rotterdam:  Housing,  Orange Castle , Lucknow (Archohm)

2015 – 2016
Topotek1, Berlin:  Landcape Proposal, Orange Castle , Lucknow (Archohm)

2013 June – August
Girish Dariyaw Karnawat Architects, Mangalore; Proposal: Blueberry House

2012 – 2013 
Architect Kamal Mangaldas, Ahmedabad: Gokuldham Housing, Sanand, Ahmedabad

PROFESSIONAL INTERNSHIPS

2000 June ‐ August
Morphing Systems (Principal Architect Tristan Kobler), Zurich

1999 July ‐ October
Bijoy Jain + Associates (now Studio Mumbai), Alibagh

ACADEMIC WORK

2013 July ‐ October
Research Assistant with Prof. Snehal Shah for Masters in Interior Architecture & Design, School of Interior Design, CEPT University.

VOLUNTARY  ENGAGEMENTS

2001 August
Ritwik Ghatak Retrospective: Film Festival, S.A.Film Club, CEPT, Ahmedabad

1999 December – 2002 February
Core-Member, the s.a.theatre group, Ahmedabad

2000 December
National Human Rights Conference , Panchgani, publication design, venue design, installations and performance

EDUCATION

2004 August
B.Arch, School of Architecture, CEPT, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India

2000 April – July
Exchange student to ETH, Zurich

1996
ISC (Class XII), Mayo College Girls’ School, Ajmer

1994
ICSE (Class X), Mayo College Girls’ School, Ajmer