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Author: Aarushi Kalra

I am an Interior Designer and an Architect, recently graduated from the MA Interior Design at Royal College of Art. Prior to RCA, I completed my undergraduate studies in Architecture from Sushant School of Art and Architecture (India); and worked as a senior designer for RMDK Architects (Delhi, India), a well-known name in hospitality and retail design. In just 4 years of working, I was named as one of the upcoming designers to look out for by Edida Gen Next by Elle Décor in December 2016. I was also named as one of the top 100 Design Divas in India by Good Homes Magazine and Home & Design: Trends in February 2018. My undergraduate thesis, “Adaptive Reuse of the Rajghat Power Plant”, gained wide appreciation and was featured by A as Architecture Magazine in February 2018. While at the RCA, I received a distinction for my dissertation, “It was a dress that triggered it all…A personal exploration of Fashion and Architecture” (2019). Recently, one of my projects at the RCA, ‘The Art of Disinformation’, was published by The Design Collective, India for their feature on Unbuilt Projects in April 2020. Currently, I am focusing on new project collaborations with fellow RCA graduates. I am also working on exploring the correlation of different forms and materials in an experiential context – as a series of sculptures and installations.
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Rupali Gupte

Rupali Gupte is an architect and urbanist based in Mumbai, Professor at the School of Environment and Architecture (SEA) and a partner at BARDStudio. Her work often crosses disciplinary boundaries and takes different forms – writings, drawings, mixed-media works, story telling, teaching, curation, walks and spatial interventions.

Her works include extensive research on contemporary Indian urbanism with a focus on architecture and built environment; tactical practices; housing; and urban form. In 2013, she co-founded the School of Environment and Architecture (sea.edu.in). SEA is envisaged as an experimental academic space for research and education in architecture and urbanism. She has a wide range of publications, has delivered lectures and been on juries across the world. Her works in collaboration with her partner Prasad Shetty, have been shown in several exhibitions including the 56th Venice Biennale, X Sao Paolo Architecture Biennale, Seoul Biennale of Art and Architecture, at Manifesta 7 in Bolzano, at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Barcelona and at galleries such as Project 88, Devi Art Foundation and the Mumbai Art Room. She has recently curated an exhibition involving artists and architects titled ‘When is Space? Conversations in Contemporary Architecture’ at the Jawahar Kala Kendra.

Rupali Gupte