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.
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.
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.
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.
Vishal Rawlley
Collaborations
Workshops
B K V Naik
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.
Ginger
Pest Control Officer
Meet Ginger! Our natural predator keeping rodents and critters at bay. He loves to be petted and is super friendly.
Green
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
Shravani Matodkar
Trainee Architect, Goa College of Architecture
Darpan Krishna Juvekar
Trainee Architect,
KRVIA Mumbai
Titus Fernandes
Urban Designer & Architect, KRVIA Mumbai/ IDEA Nashik
Subodh Shelke
Trainee Architect,
SEA Mumbai
Darshan Bhujle
Trainee Architect,
Srinivas School of Architecture
Madhulika Kanchi
Trainee Architect, Goa College of Architecture
Namrata Nasimdas
Architectural Intern
TKM , Kollam
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
Diksha Naik
Trainee Architect/ Goa College of Architecture
Trainee Architect/
Rizvi College, Mumbai
Kirti Rathore
Elisha Fernandes
Trainee Architect
Rizvi College, Mumbai
Yatharth Gupta
Trainee Architect
SPA Delhi
Sneha Puri
Faculty of Design,
CEPT Ahmedabad
Noah Fernandes
Conservation Architecture/ SPA Delhi
Kuldeep Kudnani
Trainee Architect
IPSA Rajkot
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
Trainee Architect
LS Raheja, Mumbai
Prajakta Gosavi
Trainee Architect
KRVIA, Mumbai
Nishita Kishore
Mabel Rodrigues
Trainee Architect
Gogte Institute of Technology, Belgaum
Dielle D'Sa
Trainee Architect
KRVIA, Mumbai
Chaitrali Korde
Architect
Goa College of Architecture
Mrinmayee Thakur
Architect
Goa College of Architecture
Andrea Fernandes
Trainee, Architecture Aspirant
XII Grade, Dubai
Saisha Harmalkar
Architect
Goa College of Architecture
Lionel Afonso
Trainee Architect
Goa College of Architecture
Liesl Braganca
Trainee Architect
Goa College of Architecture
Aboli Badhan
Architect
Pune
Trainee Architect
Mumbai
Kaustubh Konde
Alilia Silveira Souza
Ishwari Masurkar
Architect
Goa College of Architecture
Architect
Srinivas School of Architecture
Kousik Prab
Architectural Intern
School of Architecture CIET
Sachin Megeri
Trainee-Site supervision
you inspire us
mentors
Padma Shri B V Doshi
Architect, Vastu Shilpa-India
Rajendra Kerkar
Bittu Sahgal
Prof Neelkanth Chhaya
Prof Madhav Gadgil