THE FEELING of Design
Akshat Bhatt is the Principal Architect at Architecture Discipline, a New Delhi-based multi-disciplinary design practice he founded in 2007. His work highlights the emergence of an architectural expression that is contemporary, yet rooted in a critical understanding of regionalism. Bhatt’s notable projects include the hotel Mana (Ranakpur, 2013), the Discovery Centre town hall at Bhartiya City (Bengaluru, 2014), the India Pavilion at Hannover Messe (Hanover, 2015), and the Corporate Headquarters for The Oberoi Group, Gurugram (2019).
The pandemic has raised several pertinent questions — about the way we think, live and consume. Do you think it will bring about a shift in the way we design our spaces? Do we need to re-think and re-evaluate our design sensibilities?
These past few months, as we’ve been forced to stay indoors under lockdown, our homes have re-emerged as sanctuaries — places of safe and ‘socially-distanced’ work, leisure, and engagement — and our verandahs, balconies, and terraces as thresholds from which we’ve stayed connected with the world at large.
The fundamental way we
