Ar. Manish Gulati M:OFA Studio
I believe in an ‘Architecture of Responsibility’ - a resolve that we undertake not to produce or work on projects of frivolity, of waste, but only those that help this world, humanity, and the environment at large. We launched a new research cell that will integrate technology at the highest level, to research and resolve every problem related to climate, people and environment by analysing millions of real time data and integrating it back into the design.

The last two decades have underlined the significance of technology in design. From parametric form building in the first decade, to the systems integration in the second, we have stepped into the next phase which integrates the complex intuitive poetics of our minds with hundreds of layers that one negotiates, over innumerable data points, which are organically generated but logically vetted.

OFA Studio

Design is not a singular idea or a statement but rather a bodiless fluid cloud, trying to negotiate its identity constantly, with its multiple contexts. The contexts in this case are not limited to just the physical space but also, cultural, economic, political contexts and many more that are undefined and unpredictable. This constant negotiation is like balancing of equations done by a student of chemistry or matching of accounts by a financial apprentice, where the variables change constantly, but the intent is well defined. It is this negotiation between the idea and the context that results in an enriching experience right from the designer to the people executing it and further to the users as an embedded history within the DNA of a particular design. At that point, the design is no longer needed to be explained in words, it becomes an experience with multiple interpretations imperative for its growth and adaptations to the ever-changing context.