Ashok B Lall Architects was established as an independent practice in the year 1980.
As experts we have developed a special competence in the area of sustainability and energy conservation through research-in-practice over the past decade. Many of our executed projects and research have been published in professional publications in India and abroad.
FIRM'S PHILOSOPHY
As professionals we have a dual responsibility. We must serve in the best possible way the legitimate need of our client. Equally, we must see that the means and ends of the building design solutions we propose also serve a larger beneficial purpose.We believe that creative practice of architecture would seek to converge this duality into a unity.
As a firm we do not espouse any style or aesthetic. Each design is a process of discovery where solutions are found appropriate to the project at hand. The process is driven by three guiding principles:
- Inclusion of the client and user groups at all stages of the project by appropriately structured consultation.
- Search for simplicity and economy of means.
- Prioritising selection of
design strategies and technologies in favour of sustainability and energy
conservation.
As architects we believe that architecture should be an offering of beauty and joy that enhances the cultural milieu, of the place and of its people, where it is practiced.
Belief
That architecture is a mindful practice of an art whose imagination is built upon ethical foundations.
Search
For beauty and joy of the inhabited place as meditations on the aesthetics of intelligent, efficient means.
Architectural practice today must address:
Environmental impact to restore environmental sustainability..............through
bioclimatic spatial design and selective & innovative use of technologies
Social inequity to distribute wealth and knowledge..................................with
the means of building production
Cultural subversion to construct
a self-confident culture.......................by maintaining the initiative
of the creative imagination.
WORK METHOD
The firm's objective has been to work on projects as a tight-knit team in which the skills and capabilities of the senior members is brought to bear fully on all aspects of the firm's work, and where each member carries creative and managerial responsibilities. The firm does not employ any draft-persons. The firm has adopted a high level of computerisation to enable more experienced staff to extend precision and control on design and the decision making processes.
STAFF
At present the firm comprises of the Principal,
Ashok
B Lall, associate Rakesh
Dayal with long-standing professional experience of more than 20 years,
and a team of architects,
the office secretary and support staff personnel.