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we are passionate about

Goa, its environment and its people. And this is mirrored in the collaborative, inclusive and participative work at architecture t, as we design, build, work with community and experience the spaces we create. Simplicity, a deep understanding of traditional systems, contemporary, minimalist, hands-on, interactive and an intimacy with nature are tenets we try to adopt in all our work. 

We are sensitive to the environmental degradation and climate change in Goa and are trying our best to work on alternative design solutions for building with individuals, families, groups and citizens to address issues of stone quarrying, sand mining, tree cutting, land filling, hill cutting, etc with sustainability and use of materials and systems that can lower the carbon footprint of structures.

Our passion is designing and building with natural materials, mud, lime, clays, cow dung, construction debris, waste materials, salvaged wood/metal that can be repurposed and limited or no use of cement and rcc.

Beyond architecture, we also engage with students and the local community by conducting walks, workshops, streetplays, nature trails, outdoor learning sessions, etc

collaborations

team

My tryst with collaborations first began in 2000 and the model was simple and straight forward: professional integrity, circular leadership and equitability! With my recent plunge into mentoring college students, social architecture and community work and the move to a larger and more central work space, I have been able to experiment with the next level of professionalism- collaborations, delegation and cooperative leadership, giving me the needed space to devote to more passions! My travel experiences across the globe and work opportunities with the local community have also taught me two important lessons that I’m currently experimenting with and enjoying the benefits of :  1. the art of delegation and 2. Cooperative leadership.

 

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Founder 

Principal Architect

Tallulah D Silva
Tallulah D Silva

Founder 

Principal Architect

Avni Vishnoi

Architect/ Designer

Project Lead

Tallulah is passionate about architecture, sustainability, vernacular building systems, ecology and Goa. Social and environmental issues are close to her heart. With her head bursting with ideas, she loves design and build, cost effective construction, entrepreneurship, citizen initiatives, social architecture, writing, mentoring, environment, outdoor learning art, installations and is an excellent net-worker and doer. She is a super time manager balancing her passion for architecture, environment, community, alternative learning and engaging with children and youth.

Avni is the super eco-conscious young architect, having graduated from University School of Architecture and Planning, Delhi. Backed with experience in construction and demolition waste management she is keen to do more for social and climate justice . She is an asset to our team because of her core values, sensitivity and committment to the environment that resonate with our ethos. She has a pleasant way of working and she gracefully keeps all of us together as a super team. Watch out for this young leader as she leads us to care morefor Goa and build on our work with mud and sustainability.

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3D Visualizer

Nigel De Souza

Nigel is a super artist and our chance meeting with him for a collaborative exercise, led us to know his skills as a 3D visualizer. He is very creative and works on each part of the visual narrative of the design with attention to detail. He brings so much joy to our team with his presence and spirit of collaborative working. He is caring, enthusiastic and has participated in all our outdoor programmes including initiatives for community engagement and environment awareness. He is also a great musician and makes time to teach each of us the basics of playing a guitar. 

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Architectural Intern

IPSA Rajkot, Gujarat

Ishita Nariya

Ishita has joined us recently from the prestigious IPSA in Rajkot. She is very hardworking, sincere and skillful. She has a keen eye for detail and works with a smile,  even if the task assigned to her is complex and daunting. She has a keen interest in traditional systems and craftmanship. She is soon to teach us macrame. We hope that her internship period with us gives her the needed grounding to become a champion of climate change and safeguard our environment. 

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Vishal Rawlley

Collaborations

Workshops

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Jithin Mohammed

Architectural Intern

NIT Calicut

Architectural Intern

TKM Kollam

A graphic designer, artist and film maker with a passion for community engagement, Vishal is a maker of things and has been a great support in the college programmes and temporary structures we have  undertaken. The emergency pontoon boat and social entreperneurship  along St Inez Creek have been possible thanks to Vishal. He has won the FICA Public Art Grant for engaging communities in preserving the St Inez Creek in Panjim, Goa. We have initiated many programmes for children and outdoor learning like The Backyard Class, Community Classroom and Travelling Dome! Vishal is now working his magic on the Herald@School, children's newspaper and initiative of  O Heraldo Goa.

Vardhan is soft spoken, gentle and patient but don't let that mislead you. He is super resourceful, independent and ready to take on any new task with his smiling disposition and super enthusiasm. He works well with the rest of the team and is thorough with tasks assigned to him. He is discovering how precious Goa and its environment are and is our pathfinder to the lesser known landscapes of Goa. We hope his experience enriches him to carry forward our work with environment conservation and sustainability.

Jithin is quite a rockstar. He has an inquiring mind, quick to learn the ropes of unconventional design and very disciplined. He is a good listener and works with ease with the rest of the team. He is also sensitive and loves to explore the outdoors. While he participates in our many initiatives enriching his internship with us, we hope he too carries forward these influences to protect nature, design and  build responsibly. His presence in a way completes our team with diversity and inclusiveness

Housekeeping Officer

Pushpa Vernekar

Meet Pushpa, our housekeeping officer. Thanks to her our work space is in ship shape.

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Ginger

Pest Control Officer

Meet  Ginger! Our natural predator keeping rodents and critters at bay. He loves to be petted and is super friendly.

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Easy ride 

Our most dependable transport to run errands and site work!

former trainees/ employees/ team members

Richa Narvekar

Collaborations, Urban Designer & Architect, CEPT Ahmedabad/ The Bartlett London

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Shravani Matodkar

Trainee Architect, Goa College of Architecture

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Darpan Krishna Juvekar

Trainee Architect,

KRVIA Mumbai

Titus Fernandes

Urban Designer & Architect, KRVIA Mumbai/ IDEA Nashik

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Subodh Shelke

Trainee Architect,

SEA Mumbai

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Darshan Bhujle

Trainee Architect,

Srinivas School of Architecture

Madhulika Kanchi

Trainee Architect, Goa College of Architecture

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Namrata Nasimdas

Architectural Intern

TKM , Kollam

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Ananda Kumaran

Trainee Architect

School of Architecture CIET

Shezadi Farah Khan

Architect, University School of Design, Mysore

Aarsi Ghelani

Trainee Architect, CEPT Ahmedabad

Jay Choksi

 Trainee Architect, VIVA School of Architecture, Mumbai

Mrinmayee Thakur

Trainee Architect, Goa College of Architecture

Aman Issar

Trainee Architect, Delhi Public School, Noida

Tushar Kambli

Trainee Architect/ Architect

Goa College of Architecture

Trainee, CEPT Ahmedabad

Vasav Panchal

Trainee Architect, UVCE Bengaluru

Charithra Chennakeshav
Joshua Nash Pinto
Cheryl Rodrigues

Trainee Architect, École Nationale Supérieure D'architecture de Paris Belleville-France

Architect, Goa College of Architecture

Trainee Architect/ Aurangabad

Shruti Rawat
Nikita Fernandes

Architect, Goa College of Architecture

Aishwarya Rege

Trainee Architect/ VIT's PVP College of Architecture, Pune

Shravani Das

Trainee Architect, Faculty of Architecture, Manipal University

Winti Rodrigues

Architect, Goa College of Architecture

Vaishnavi Vernekar

Trainee Architect/ Gogte Institute of Technology, Belgaum

Aishwarya Chakor

Trainee Architect/ KRVIA Mumbai

Meet Patel

Trainee Architect/ Amity School of Architecture & Planning-Jaipur

Vishakha Ghatge

Trainee Architect/ VIT's PVP College of Architecture, Pune

Seeya Keserker
Fedora Cotta

Trainee Architect/ Goa College of Architecture

Project Manager, Ecoloo/ Dry toilets, Architect/ Goa College of Architecture

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Diksha Naik

Trainee Architect/ Goa College of Architecture

Trainee Architect/

Rizvi College, Mumbai

Kirti Rathore
Elisha Fernandes

Trainee Architect

Rizvi College, Mumbai

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Yatharth Gupta

Trainee Architect

SPA Delhi

Sneha Puri

Faculty of Design,

CEPT Ahmedabad

Noah Fernandes

Conservation Architecture/ SPA Delhi

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Kuldeep Kudnani

Trainee Architect

IPSA Rajkot

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Himani Devpura

Trainee Architect

Goa College of Architecture

Nishita Magalhaes

Trainee Architect

Goa College of Architecture

Ishwari Masurkar

Trainee Architect

Goa College of Architecture

Harshal Parsana

Trainee Architect

Vadodara

Pratiksha Budavi

Architect

Gogte Institute of Technology, Belgaum

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Trainee Architect

LS Raheja, Mumbai

Prajakta Gosavi

Trainee Architect

KRVIA, Mumbai

Nishita Kishore
Mabel Rodrigues

Trainee Architect

Gogte Institute of Technology, Belgaum

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Dielle D'Sa

Trainee Architect

KRVIA, Mumbai

Chaitrali Korde

Architect

Goa College of Architecture

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Mrinmayee Thakur

Architect

Goa College of Architecture

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Andrea Fernandes

Trainee, Architecture Aspirant

XII Grade, Dubai

Saisha Harmalkar

Architect

Goa College of Architecture

Lionel Afonso

Trainee Architect

Goa College of Architecture

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Liesl Braganca

Trainee Architect

Goa College of Architecture

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Aboli Badhan

Architect

Pune

Trainee Architect

Mumbai

Kaustubh Konde
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Alilia Silveira Souza
Ishwari Masurkar

Architect

Goa College of Architecture

Architect

Srinivas School of Architecture

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Kousik Prab

Architectural Intern

School of Architecture CIET

Sachin Megeri

Trainee-Site supervision

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you inspire us

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mentors

Padma Shri B V Doshi

Architect, Vastu Shilpa-India

Santiago Cirugeda

Social Architect, Recetus Urbanas-Spain

Thannal- Hand Sculpted Homes

Biju and Sindhu Bhaskar

Rajendra Kerkar

Bittu Sahgal

Prof Neelkanth Chhaya

Prof Madhav Gadgil

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