DESIGN PENDULUM - Key Persons
Siddharth is a music enthusiast, likes writing and has penned more than a 100 poems. He shares with Sukhmani the artistic direction of The Vessel and is the editor of Textures, Design Pendulum's curatorial space and publication, respectively.
Sukhmani has worked on housing and architectural projects of substantial scale: Green Meadows Housing, Sanand, near Ahmedabad for Pacifica Developers in collaboration with architect Kamal Mangaldas and headed several projects (as Associate Architect at Archohm Consults, Noida) such as, LIG Housing, EWS Housing, CSI Housing and Sanskriti School in Chak Ganjaria, Lucknow and Takshila Foundation's cultural institutions in Patna & Delhi. She has worked on many proposals for urban interventions, such as religious institutions, museums, mixed use commercial developments etc.
A graduate of School of Architecture, CEPT Ahmedabad, Sukhmani has been taught by Prof. Anant Raje, Prof. Kurula Varkey, Prof. Neelkanth Chaya, Prof. Miki Desai & Artist Murali Cheeroth. As an exchange student to ETH Zurich, she has studied under Peter Eisenman During the course of her architectural career, she has worked with Bijoy Jain in Alibagh, Morphing systems in Zurich, Anthill designs in Ahmedabad and has collaborated with architecs Kamal Mangalda, Girish Karnawat, MVRDV and TOPOTEK1 Berlin.
Sukhmani brings the dimension of research and a contemplative pace into the practice and prefers thoroughness in approach while dealing with design & material alternatives, building regulations, cost estimations, project schedules and construction specifications.
she has also founded The Vessel, curating and hosting , in collaboration with artists and creative practitioners, workshops, talks, discussions and exhibitions for amateur and advanced enthusiasts alike.