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APPLAUDING THE MASTERS OF SPACE PLANNING AND DESIGNS

The modern age of developments has witnessed

the advancement in several sectors of communication, manufacturing, engineering, real estate, etc where the standards of quality, safety, comfort, convenience, aesthetics, value economics have reached greater heights. Laying the foundation of every business industry, the construction and real estate industry has transformed the modern business skyline through modern, sustainable, elegant and energy efficient structures.

These developments in today’s real estate industry have been propelled by the innovative and scientific approach of the architects who have thoughtfully planned and created the best real estate structures. In their efforts to ease the lifestyle, leveraging the best from the property, the architects have creatively implemented amazing strategies which have provided some of the best of the residential and commercial lifestyle spaces that have redefined the ergonomics, aesthetics, safety and complete living experience.

Today, architects are providing the latest applications and technology options for improving the quality of life for newly built cities or spaces. Their scope is now much broader, which goes hand in hand with technology, ecology and sustainable development. Modern technologies like 3D printing, Automation and Artificial Intelligence are already bringing about changes in the era of high property planning, analysis, and demands. In

India, Delhi/NCR region is magnetizing the investors and buyers because of Urban Design and Resource Management. A group of leading Architecture Firms in Delhi NCR has put in hard work on the implementation of the modern concepts of Landscape Urbanism, Renewable Energy and Environmental Awareness. Recognizing their crucial role in shaping the real estate, CioLook India is pleased to bring you its latest edition, 2023’s Most Creative Architecture Firms , that showcases the role and significant contribution made to the real estate as well as the modern business world.

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Most Creative Architecture

Company Name

Brief Featuring Ar Pankaj Lad, MD Sarayan Architects

Founded in year 2000 “SARAYAN” has emerged as one of India’s young, dynamic and prominent architecture and interior design firms delivering unusual and exclusive world class design and build solutions.

Shayona Consultant

Ar Prashant Parmar, Founder and Principal Architect

Shayona Consultant has executed over 1100 projects with national and international experience of over 22 years, provides designs with lasting trends and fits in client's budgets.

Sparc Design

Sumedha Gore Architects VD Consultants

Ar Suhani Lal Sanghra, Principal Architect Ar Sumedha Gore, Founder and Principal Architect Vasant Malunjkar, Founder and Rohan Malunjkar, Principal Architect

Sparc Design specializes in offering core architectural design services, interior solutions, landscape design, and turnkey solutions.

Sumedha Gore Architects have been involved in a wide gamut of projects with expertise in project evaluation, feasibility analysis and design, particularly for redevelopment projects in Mumbai city.

An integrative firm with design experience of around 35 years, VD Consultants specializes in designing projects in residential, commercial, interiors, landscape, and Institutional sectors.

Ar Sumedha Gore, Founder and Principal Architect

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Crafting Marvellous Dreams for You

Our designs are propelled by ideas that will produce buildings of outstanding architectural clarity, character, and usefulness.

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Architectural brilliance creates stunning vistas out of empty spaces and propels lively vibrancy in places devoid of life. On the contrary, the external shine and glitter won’t suffice if the interior of that glowing design does not match the people’s expectations who are going to live there. Combining these two spectrums effectively, over the last 25 years, Sumedha Gore Architects are crafting marvellous dreams for their clients.

Its Founder and Principal Architect , Ar. Sumedha Gore says about their journey since inception, “ Since 1997, we have been involved in a wide gamut of projects with expertise in project evaluation, feasibility analysis, and design, particularly for redevelopment projects in Mumbai city .”

God is in the Details

A Gold Medalist in B. Arch from Sir J.J. College of Architecture and ranked #1 in her Post Graduate Diploma in Construction Management (PGDCM) from NICMAR, Sumedha has been practising independently for about two and a half decades.

An architect and designer at heart, today, she has successfully built a franchise that delivers a comprehensive suite of services to clients in the construction and property development industry. This achievement has been only possible by her goal to make her firm a ‘go-to partner’ for problems and requirements outside the core architectural design discipline as well and by building in-house expertise and experience to deliver these. In addition, she has always paid great attention to people skills, and this has stood her in good stead with employees, clients, business associates, and government authorities, all key partners in achieving the firm’s goals.

Building Up Your Dreams

Under the exemplary leadership brilliance of Sumedha, the firm has proved its mettle in the most difficult and complex conditions during the life of a project. She adds, “ We believe that our integrity, honesty, commitment, and experience are the strengths that add value to our clients .”

Their redevelopment projects, in particular, stand tall due to their success in navigating through and delivering amidst a complex and onerous regulatory and commercial environment. Because of their 25 years of experience in the field, they are a trusted and credible service provider and partner for their clients.

Starting with a small team working on a handful of projects in Central Mumbai, SGA is now a full-fledged firm with

professionals executing an array of residential, commercial, and other projects across Mumbai, Thane, and also places like Ratnagiri and Chiplun.

SGAs highly motivated team comprises architects, interior designers, and other support staff. Sumedha conveys that beyond the core architectural design work, their expertise includes regulatory and commercial aspects of a construction project, including advice on and obtaining regulatory approvals and clearances, the feasibility of new projects, project management services, and all aspects of execution from concept to completion. She states, “ We strive to be an end-to-end solution firm for developers, housing societies, and other clients .”

An In-Depth Inspirational Excellence

Sumedha further shares that her inspiration behind venturing into an architectural niche was her passion for providing people with happiness through spectacular and livable designs. She asserts , “We design architecture that is founded on strong ideas. Our designs are propelled by ideas that will produce buildings of outstanding architectural clarity, character, and usefulness. We produce architecture whose forms and fine details articulate the fundamental design idea to add something distinctive and delightful to the quality of places and lives. Our search for creative and effective design ideas begins with a rigorous study of the client’s brief, the constraints, and opportunities of the site and its history.”

Their design process is imaginative and highly communicative, and they strive to create striking architecture that expresses the key qualities of depth, excellence, and inspiration.

We believe that our integrity, honesty, commitment, and experience are the strengths that add value to our clients.

Creating Happiness Through Designs

Speaking about the USPs that make them stand out as the number one creative architectural firm, Sumedha says that they craft buildings of their clients’ dreams– providing pleasurable living spaces while delivering economic value for clients and end users

She furthers , “In a city like Mumbai, with tighter real estate availability, high property costs, and stringent regulations, providing a solution/final product which meets the client’s aesthetic, economic, and market needs is what we have been able to achieve time and again.”

Ultimately a high building with creativity is of little value to clients and end users if it does not meet their economical and practical objectives. “ We ensure that we deliver where no party has to compromise to adjust to the constraints on us ,” promises Sumedha.

Chiselling Out Constructional Constraints

Recollecting her initial challenges after venturing into the field, Sumedha says that at college, the creative side of architecture and design is the focus. However, in real life, the challenge was always the ‘market realities’ of costs, profitability for clients, and regulatory constraints that used to be stumbling blocks in giving a technically creative design.

Sumedha and her expert team overcame these hurdles with commitment, dedication, persistence, and innovations. Detailing about the expertise of her core team Sumedha says, “Our Senior Architect, Pravin Kamble, has been a part of the firm for the last seven years and has productively managed the design and execution of an array of projects. He has excelled in Client coordination and is vigilant about his designated project deliverables.”

While another Senior Architect, Shraddha Pethe, is qualified with a Masters’ degree in Project Management. Through her key contribution to the firm for the past seven years, she has been extensively working on various Architectural projects with efficient design conception.

Moreover, Vaibhav Kulkarni, the Assistant Executive Officer, is an outstanding Lead Project Manager and qualified specialist in identifying, assessing, resolving, and tracking project-related issues. He has profound managerial skills and handles various aspects, from project planning to execution productively.

Tech-Enhanced User Experience

Being an experienced and visionary leader, Sumedha shares her profound opinions on how technology is transforming the industry and what advancements can be expected in the future. According to her, technology is transforming the industry from two ends – the basic architecture and design, which has leapfrogged manifold with advanced computers, software capabilities, and advances in 3D, 4D and virtual reality applications.

These allow both designers and clients to ‘see, touch and feel’ their proposed buildings in a way unimagined in the past. And to transform these designs into reality, advanced construction techniques and building materials are changing the way structures are built. Both these will continue to evolve, and only those firms which can keep pace and assimilate these changes in their work will thrive.

Future Encompassing Creative Focus

Sumedha’s advice to aspirants willing to venture into the field of Architectural Designing is pragmatic. She says that a building is more than a pretty structure. It has to have practical, economic, and market utility for clients and fit into the urban development trends and regulations of the city. This involves developing and honing an eye for design aspects beyond the ‘looks.’

On envisioning scaling her firm’s operations in the future, Sumedha shares, “ Having started as a design firm, we are already close to being a “full services firm” encompassing design, regulatory services, and project management. The future will see us further deepen our focus on project management and other services supporting clients from concept to completion .”

We ensure that we deliver where no party has to compromise to adjust to the constraints on us.

Clients’ Testimonials

*Mr Nitin Natu - (Partner, Natu Paranjape Realtors), “ We are impressed with their professional services and expert abilities in client Coordination. They have played an excellent role from the Concept stage until the project execution .”

*Mr Vivek Isnagar - (Society Secretory for Nandan Society, Mahim), “ Great working with Sumedha Gore Architects!!! The most important part of any construction project... The feasibility & planning process. Look no further than SGA and her staff for all feasibility, planning, and construction needs; they are the best!!! ”

*Mrs Pandit - ( Tarun Bharat Society, Andheri), “ Who says the redevelopment of a building is difficult? Definitely not the case with Sumedha Gore Architects. From design right through to completion Sumedha Gore Architects have been very professional, innovate, friendly, and always there to advice and assist. We would not hesitate to recommend Sumedha Gore Architects .”

*Ms Meghana Rao , “ Sumedha Gore and her team were strategic partners in enabling us to properly evaluate and to enable us to address key issues with the seller/builder so as to ensure the agreement for sale is in proper compliance. We will never buy another property without consulting her! ”

*Mr Sameer Lokure - (Secretary, Debonair Soc.), “ Hi Sumedha, thank you so much for the talk yesterday. This really put the whole issue of repair vs redevelopment in the right perspective. I can see most of us are sold on redevelopment or self-development. We may need further discussion on the finer points of either .”

Success is the most aspired, wanted, and needed

aspect of every business enterprise. Success is the result of many direct and indirect factors influencing together. Modern entrepreneurs are aware of their core business domains, however, the influencing factors are often overlooked or kept on second priority. One of the prominent influencers is the business infrastructure.

On many occasions, due to work priorities business gets started functioning automatically without proper planning of the workplace design and arrangements. Smart futuristic entrepreneurs consult professional architects for the designing of their business infrastructure. Architects play an important role in organizing the business structure in a planned, systematic, scientific, and ergonomic manner that infuses energy into the work operations thereby increasing work efficiency.

Sarayan Architects is a modern architecture firm that offers best-of-the-business workplace designing and implementation solutions influencing business growth, indirectly.

Having provided world-class infrastructure solutions to hundreds of business organizations, Sarayan Architects, guided by its MD, Ar. Pankaj Lad —has surged as one of the most reliable and prominent architecture firms in the Indian business skyline.

In the engaging interview with the CIOLOOK India team, Ar. Pankaj unfolded his entrepreneurial journey of starting Sarayan Architects, objectives, ideologies, challenges countered, his advice to young architects, and his plans on the vision for the future.

Please brief our audience about Sarayan Architects, its USPs, and how you are currently positioned as one of the best Architectural Designing Solution Providers.

To craft amazing and wow experiences for SMEs, medium and large corporates by offering complete design and build solutions for office interiors with optimum space management, and quality workmanship within the prescribed time and budget creating a flawless world-class working environment resulting in profitability and growth of the organization.

Tell us more about Sarayan’s offerings and what aspects make it stand out in the cutthroat competition.

In-depth research and analysis of the organization's (Client’s) culture and workflow to help create the right workspace solutions to increase the performance and wellness of employees. Also, we believe in Optimum space management and value engineering whereby we provide world-class services and Interiors which fit into clients’ budgets without compromising on the quality of work.

Please brief us about your journey in the industry and how you have made Sarayan Architects excel in its niche.

I am a privileged national and international award winner, currently on a mission to help businesses in India and Southeast Asia, increase their productivity and efficiency at their workplaces through optimum space management, quality workmanship, and world-class designs.

Over the past twenty-two + years, our team has supported me in changing the face of over 550 SMEs and corporates

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through innovative and creative workspace strategies and in-depth knowledge of space management with a functional approach toward designs. We are called for by businesses to transform their workspaces and enhance their efficiency and productivity. Sarayan Architects has changed the faces of over 5.5 lac sq. ft. of offices pan India.

I have been invited as a jury member at various design competitions and was recently awarded by IEDRA for excellence in interior design and architecture. The International Achievers Summit, Thailand also awarded the most promising architect of Southeast Asia in the year 2018.

I have been always a design strategist, perfectionist, and gogetter who strongly believes that any space on this planet can be transformed as per human needs and that “architecture is the mindset of a civilization.” I have authored an upcoming book - 'Rewarding Spaces.”

I am also an editor-in-chief of www.infraleaders.in, and www.pankajlad.com / www.sarayan.in through my role as a design strategist, workspace optimizer, and wow space creator.

Being an experienced leader, share your opinion on how the adoption of modern technologies like AI and ML is impacting the Architectural Designing Solution space and how Sarayan Architects is adapting to the change.

Changes, flexibility, and constant innovation are keys to sustainability. Modern technologies do play a very important role in easing things for us, but the key here is to focus on the basic functions that are needed and to amalgamate the same with modern technology. The use of AI and MI has made the job easier for architects from an overall perspective and for the clients to visualize and understand the spaces faster and better.

Considering the current pandemic, what initial challenges did you face and how did you drive Sarayan Architects to sustain operations while ensuring the safety of your employees at the same time?

Although the pandemic majorly affected every business worldwide, we managed to carry out our operations with all safety measures and protocols on Site and were able to complete more than five major projects in pan India by ensuring that all our employees were working from home and contributed their best possible services to complete the Projects. Some of the projects were Godrej Agrovert Pvt.

Ltd at Bundi, Rajasthan spread over one acre of area, Warehouse and Office for Shubh Plastics at Ahmedabad, Office for Aries Technology Group in Mumbai, and almost three major branches for Axis Bank in Maharashtra.

What would be your advice to budding entrepreneurs who aspire to venture into the architectural designing solution space?

My advice to budding designers would be to understand and listen to the client’s requirements totally and then offer an adaptable and sustainable solution. The use of more energy-efficient and eco-friendly designs is the key to a modern and co-habitable greener world.

How do you envision scaling Sarayan’s operations and offerings in 2022 and beyond?

Our firm’s vision is to bring corporate and MSME India on the global map with sustainable and zero-carbon solutions. To make the workspace a place where every Indian would want to be and not have to be.

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Putting design and architecture at the top

of the global urban development agenda encourages us to use technology to improve our day-to-day lives now more than ever.

Architecture has always sought to be experimental and adaptable to change as the birthplace of the creative arts and the stage for preserving human culture. Architectural practices are changing, as well as the delivery of projects.

The architecture firms of today have significantly altered the contemporary real

estate skyline, transforming it from soaring skyscrapers to urban apartments. These businesses are reshaping our cities in aweinspiring ways by pushing the boundaries and placing innovation at the forefront of their designs.

Let's look at it and find out more about it!

Rise in Business Parks

Businesses can transform their environment with functional workspaces and on-site amenities provided by business parks. The development of IT and BPO enterprises has supported the ascent of business parks in India as organizations try to lay out their presence and exploit the country's profoundly talented labor force.

These parks provide business owners with immediate credibility, a presence in the community, increased convenience, and flexibility for office expansion. Due to the country's expanding economy and rising demand for commercial real estate, the Indian commercial real estate sector is attracting investment from domestic and international investors. This trend allows investors to take advantage of new investment opportunities, contributing to sector expansion.

Oberoi Realty is rethinking the business park section with their marquee resource Global Business Park (IBP) in Goregaon, Mumbai. The International Business Park was designed to meet all of the needs for workspaces in the future. The first mixed-use building in India, Commerz features a five-star hotel, restaurants, and highend office spaces created by internationally renowned architects.

Sustainable Measures to Reshape the CRE industry

Developers and owners gradually recognize the significance of sustainable development in

attracting and retaining tenants. According to a Deloitte report, 93% of CFOs believe that sustainability programs directly correlate with business performance. According to "The Business Case for Green Building," several prominent businesses are currently shifting their focus from "how much will the green building cost my business" to "how much will not invest in green building cost my business."

Companies are considering the positive effects of sustainability measures on lowering employee absenteeism, increasing productivity, and enhancing well-being when deciding this. Not only do these measures contribute to a greener and more sustainable future, but they also have the potential to lower operating expenses and raise property values, which is good for the environment and the bottom line.

Technology Used in Commercial Real Estate

In the Indian commercial real estate industry, technology is being used increasingly. This includes using digital platforms for leasing and transactions and integrated building management systems. This trend is contributing to the sector's efficiency and process streamlining. The modern tools used in the architectural designing are Drafting Dots, Drafting Table, Tablet, Magnifier, Measuring Tape, etc which have enabled the architects in working efficiently offering greater scope for their finesse and window to exercise their creativity further.

Market analysis, tenant screening, and property valuation are just a few of the applications of artificial intelligence that provide real estate businesses with helpful information and data. Building systems like lighting, heating, ventilation, and wastewater management are being monitored and controlled using Internet of Things (IoT) technology to reduce energy use and improve efficiency.

The architectural and interior designing landscape is

an open canvas for the artistically visionary architect and the profoundly imaginative designer to transform the space, transcend the time and inspire the spirits resonating with the divine fountain of eternal energy. This is where , the creative genius of Shayona Consultant Ar Prashant ParmarFounderPrincipal , the , and the Architect , is crafting the magnificent panoramas of spiritual experiences.

Shayona Consultant has executed over 1100 projects with national and international experience of over 22 years. Ar Prashant established it in 2000. Today, Shayona Consultant is one of the most established architectural and interior practices in Gujarat catering to the global clientele.

Shayona Consultant’s key focus is designing built environments that enhance and makeover people’s lives providing designs with the lasting trend and present design approach which fit client’s budget, delivering it in the known period of time with better management skills.

Prashant shares, “ For over 21 years we have delivered innovative design solutions for a wide range of developments through our multidisciplinary expertise in the field of Architecture and InteriorsAlthough our major practice involves architecture and interior for residential and commercial complexes, we actively participate in helping to create cultural campuses and spiritual experiences for BAPS Swaminarayan Sanstha, a respected worldwide NGO .”

The firm trusts in transparent dealing with pre-planning execution and detailed workmanship. The firm handles the projects well with both extreme budgetary clients. Working

Craing Arsc Vistas with Transcendental Resonance

rigorously over years Shayona Consultant completes more than 40 projects a year .

Shayona Consultant working on a number of projects simultaneously has a dedicated team of over 800 people. Prashant , reveals the secret behind this tremendous success “Our key feature is… delivering the end result exactly as proposed in initial stages .”

Prashant excelled in learning from an early age and after completing his schooling, he got into the study of architecture with a pursuit of extreme interest and passion. Despite getting admission to CEPT (Centre for Environmental Planning and Technology) - one of the top colleges in India, he prioritized staying and studying in APC (Akshar Purushottam Chhatralaya), Vidyanagar - a hostel run by BAPS, for shaping his life in the aspects of IQ, EQ, PQ, SQ and. Thus, he entered the APIED School of Architecture in 1996.

Describing the first project of his career, Prashant says, “ I had academic knowledge at that time, while my contractors had experience. I decided that even though I am a degree holder architect, I should learn something new from the experience of all my contractors who are non-degree holders. And my approach to learning has been very useful to me going forward .”

He got PR of Canada in 2005, but in his hometown, where he built his career and where he was working in various fields of architecture, he gave priority to the country in the midst of such a tempting situation and accepted to work in India.

His candid discussion with Insights Success for its edition of ‘ India's Most Reliable Architectural Firms in 2022 ,’ is given ahead.

Ar Prashant Parmar Founder and Principal Architect Shayona Consultant

Please brief our audience about your firm, its USPs, and how you are currently positioned as one of the best Architectural Designing Solution Providers.

Founded in 2000, the firm Shayona Consultant today is one of the most reliable architectural and design firms in India.

Starting as a small enterprise in India, it has proliferated so vastly in two decades that it has established remarkable design imprints in different countries across the globe. In these 22 years, we have executed more than 1200+ architecture and interior design projects nationally and internationally. The firm completes more than 60 projects a year with a team of experienced architects and interior designers with 800 skilled workers on site under my guidance.

Our design portfolio includes architectural and interior design projects in fields like Residential, Commercial, Hospitals, Industrial Complexes, and Educational and Corporates as well as prodigious cultural campuses like temples ranging from five acres to 25 acres master plan for BAPS Swaminarayan Sect, a world renown NGO.

Currently, we are involved in designing over 70 projects across India as well as projects in Sydney, South Africa, the USA, UK, Tanzania, Thailand, Zambia, Boston, and Canada

Looking towards the firm’s vast spectrum of the project scale from 5000 sq. ft to 3.5 lack sq. ft. construction across the globe, it is featured in the list of ‘ 25 Best Architecture Firms In India ’ by one of the world-renowned architecture magazines, Architizer.

USPs of the Firm :

We believe that it’s not necessary to spend lavishly to get good results , it’s instead necessary to spend insightfully to get outstanding results .

In discussing the hike in the land prices and people demanding all the luxuries in the small size plots, I think, large plots are not essential for lavish homes, but thoughtful space planning can break the limitations of small plots making them breathable, inviting adequate natural light and ventilation. Having said that, the key feature of the firm is to deliver the end result exactly as proposed in the initial stage of planning.

Tell us more about your firm’s offerings and what aspects make it stand out in the cutthroat competition.

Our team, proficiently mastered in Architecture and Interior Designing provides services like Structural Design, 3D, and Landscape designs.

In the vast archipelago of architect designers and innovators, the utmost difficulty for the architect is to bestow the unchanged end result of the project as it was

designed. However at Shayona Consultant, with the unified efforts of several agencies and the designers, this unbeatable challenge is overcome and has successfully landed the final outcome as aforementioned.

Being an experienced leader, share your opinion on how the adoption of modern technologies like AI and ML is impacting the Architectural Designing Solution space and how is your firm adapting to the change?

After the advancement in computing systems and artificial intelligence since the 1990s, this smart tech has impacted and revolutionized countless industries out of which Architecture too is a part of them.

AI and ML have both pluses and minuses but my opinion leans towards the positives of AI. AI has the potential to make architecture easier, more efficient and way more secure.

To err is human. But this error can be avoided by the use of AI and different software available. Considering the aspect of client satisfaction, showcasing the walkthroughs of the model to the client has been incorporated into our system.

In addition to that, keeping the budget in mind various automation options for the project are presented to the client for better decision making which can ease their life.

Considering the current pandemic, what initial challenges did you face and how did you drive your firm to sustain operations while ensuring the safety of your employees at the same time?

At Shayona Consultant, it is our practice to transform challenges into opportunities. Few important restrictions were levied for the safety during pandemic like not meeting the company employees and on-site workers, not visiting the site, etc.

This was a challenge for the firm to design and execute projects in a given time frame. However, these challenges were transformed to be opportunities by developing a new in-house system for obtaining effective and productive work and that too without manipulating the govt. guidelines.

We were unable to visit the sites at remote places as well as abroad due to banned flights. But to keep the project ongoing and coordinating effectively, we started taking updates for the sites on mails and what’s app groups through images from the contractors.

Along with that, we started solving their queries about what’s the app itself. This saved a huge amount of our time

and was able to monitor the projects with a reduced no of site visits compared to the pre-pandemic era. As a result, we can mention that pandemics increased our capability of handling multiple projects at a single time and even completing them in a given time frame. Currently, we are managing 70 projects at a time with the smart working system developed during the pandemic.

What would be your advice to budding entrepreneurs who aspire to venture into the Architectural Designing Solution space?

A message for the entrepreneurs who aspire to venture into the Architectural Designing Solution space:

“ For Architects, learning is an endless process, which continues till the last breath. So, an architect should be practical, creative, and delivering functional designs throughout his career.

Every day, there will be new challenges in the field and new products in the market. So, one should be aware of all of them. One needs to sharpen his edges, get aware of the latest technologies, and make new experiments in his practice to give something better to society.

In other words, it is a way of your brain cutting through the clutter and noise of everyday life to make sense of what is important to you and what is not !”

How do you envision scaling your firm’s operations and offerings in 2022 and beyond?

Due to our firm’s style and system of working, with the help of our team of architects and interior designers as well as 800 skilled workers, currently, we are able to monitor and manage more than 60 projects of varied categories at a time. Not only that but this management system is capable enough to handle far more number of projects than we handle at present .

Regardless of the size of the project, small or huge, for us, it has its own importance and uniqueness. So, our effort always remains the same for each and every project scaling from 5000 sq. ft. to 3.5 lakh sq. ft.

Our keen focus for any project in future would be that it symbolizes our USPs, Aspects, Expertise and Experience Moreover, we always warm-heartedly welcome creative minds who can contribute their creativity in each and every stage of the project .

2023's Most Creative Architecture Firms

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Tech Abled

Understanding the Role of Technologies in the Modern

The dramatic development in innovation through new applications, items, and administrations, constant innovation development, and quickly changing financial matters are rousing the production of a generally new design for the 21st century.

Delivery methods, communication systems, and traditional architectural business models have all been designed to meet exacting requirements and produce well-defined but limited deliverables and services with well-known and defined parameters.

Consequently, these architecture delivery systems and methodologies have been somewhat restrictive because it has become challenging to scale services and capabilities across projects while significantly enhancing quality, reducing time, and making things more convenient. Design is to take special care of the rising interest for administrations and items through expanded limits; It's clear that more capacity is needed.

However, high-performance capability alone does not guarantee the required flexibility, and high-capacity capacity alone does not ensure high performance. His infrastructure is like a programmable platform that can support many more services than traditional deployments can, including highly differentiated and deterministic services.

Let's get into it more to learn more!

Generative Design

Generative design is an evolutionary design method that is modeled after nature. It investigates thousands of design choices with the power of computation; There is no one answer.

In generative design software, designers input design goals and specifications like materials, manufacturing methods, and budget. The software then uses cloud computing to look into possible solutions and develop many design

options. It tests and learns what works and what doesn't from each iteration. What could be better?

Robots, Additive design, and 3D Printing

The way we make things is changing dramatically. Thanks to robotics and 3D Printing, the line between design and construction is beginning to blur. The potential architectural applications of robotics-assisted robotics (in which humans and robots collaborate during construction) and additive design are already being demonstrated by businesses in China and the United Arab Emirates.

Software developed by Autodesk, for instance, aims to mainstream design-to-fabrication and to make complex structures possible with a fraction of the embodied energy of conventional systems.

Cloud Services and Architectural Apps

Architecture-related technology can take many forms. The smartphone is one such example, which is always getting more intelligent and more and more important. Architects are learning to rely on apps to serve their clients better as architecture software developers deploy apps throughout every project stage, from conception to completion.

Thanks to touchscreen technology, architects can sketch directly into software that can be turned into apps for 3D modelling. Time is saved, transparency is increased, details are improved, changes are recorded, and collaboration is encouraged with building information modelling (BIM).

In the meantime, the increased use of BIM technology is driven by the need for cloud-based design products and services that allow everyone working on a project to always access project information.

Mixed, Augmented, and Virtual Realities

Virtual reality gives architects a fun, dynamic way to work together and show clients their ideas. As businesses, virtual reality companies, and BIM software developers collaborate to create more seamless virtual reality workflows, it is anticipated that the use of virtual reality technology in architecture will increase. Clients can now participate in the design process by "walking" through projects in virtual reality before they are built.

Products that make it easier to connect architectural design's digital and physical worlds are why augmented reality is gaining popularity. Using augmented reality applications, users can overlay building plans, marketing materials, and other 2D collateral on a 3D BIM model.

Further open doors lie in blended reality, otherwise called cross-breed reality. New environments and visualizations with physical and digital objects co-exist and interact in real-time are created by combining natural, physical environments with virtual, digital environments in mixed reality. Clients can use mixed reality to see how virtual architectural changes have changed a real-world location and interact with those virtual elements in the real-world space where they are.

The Significance of Social Media

Social media also facilitates global interaction, allowing users to form groups quickly and post content or comments. There are at least three different ways that social media affect the arts. By matching content to people looking for it, they assist in introducing audiences to architectural competencies.

They give people a place to discuss and criticize communities of interest; Lastly, they provide organizations with tools for listening to the public and getting feedback on future content, procedures, and systems. Thanks to social tools in CAD programs, professionals working on projects can quickly and easily share information without being together.

To conclude,

These advancements will integrate into novel applications and design workflows to support client engagement, information sharing, creativity, and building management. The technology of the 21st century that is cutting-edge and reminiscent of science fiction has arrived. Its impact on architectural design and innovation is undeniable, and it is only just beginning

- Shreyasi Shelke

Every industry evolves over time through numerous

factors of the rising economy, advancements in technology, developments in operations and innovations in core businesses. The real estate industry is no exception.

Successful construction companies have been equipped with professional architecture organizations which boosted their projects with modern and versatile property solutions.

There are some very unique innovative organizations that have changed the approach to the real estate solutions through their specific designs that met the customer expectations, fulfilled their needs, and offered elegance with the advantage of effective cost value additions.

These game-changers include a distinctive name, VD Consultants, guided by Vasant Malunjkar, Founder and Rohan Malunjkar, Principal Architect, for spearheading the organizations through unique and path-breaking design solutions.

The CIOLOOK team identified numerous dimensions of VD Consultants in the interview with Vasant Malunjkar and Rohan Malunjkar, who elaborated on their vision, the idea behind the business, USPs, values, and values, the challenges encountered in their professional journey to date.

Please brief our audience about VD Consultants (VDC), its USPs, and how you are currently positioned as one of the best Architectural Designing Solution Providers.

We are an integrative firm with design experience of around 35 years and counting. We also specialize in designing projects in residential, commercial, interiors, landscape, and Institutional sectors. VDC focuses on a new approach to a project bringing clients' dreams into reality. Our project footprint is across Pune, Solapur, Ahmednagar, and rural

parts of all respective districts.

For us, every project is an opportunity to tell the story and live the dream with our clients, expressing ideas and overcoming the enigma. Marked by the complete earnest commitment, we always deliver to its fullest. Since its inception, we have always focused on quality over any parameters to occupy a trustworthy recognition. At VDC, we always believe in fulfilling our clients' expectations with our tailor-made designs but not exceeding them.

Tell us more about VD Consultant's offerings and what aspects make it stand out in the cutthroat competition.

We at VDC mainly focus on project consultancy services through supervising, quality control, detail-oriented drawings, timely submissions, prompt solutions, faultless coordination, and site control. Our services are primarily divided into four sections as we see them.

· Architectural

· Engineering

· Interior design

· Liasoning

The services listed above come with a variety of project completions in each sector. The architectural section includes bungalows, apartments, mixed-used buildings, farmhouses, row houses, residential renovations, complexes, guest houses, temples, restaurants, hotels, schools, colleges, markets, auditoriums, town halls, marriage halls, and lawns.

The engineering section comprises valuations, liftirrigation, drip-irrigation, and estimation. Liasoning scope ranges from building approvals, municipal corporations, municipal councils, town planning authorities, and collector offices from Pune and Solapur Regions.

Rohan Malunjkar Principal Architect VD Consultants

VDC focuses towards environment-friendly productive designs and to bring client's dreams and aspirations into reality.

Our team of high professionals is a perfect combination of experience and young minds who are duly aligned with the team's vision and goal. We also do concentrate on assigning roles and accountabilities that maximize personal strengths, keeping the team's accomplishments and engagements by celebrating the milestones. Maintaining workplace synergy ultimately enhances productivity and efficiency.

Please brief us about your journey in the industry and how you have made VD Consultants excel in its niche.

VDC excels in its work, and its strong foundation has a major share of its Founder Vasant Malunjkar.

Coming from a humble background, he was a young boy working through jobs in his 20s with a dream of uplifting the rural masses through his work. Initially working for a Construction firm in Pune to owning a company with its first office in Indapur that made a revolution largely for the masses that had intent but not the direction, he decided to show his willingness to go around tough situations and put the firm at the place for what it is now.

Adding a boost to its success, the son Rohan Malunjkar followed the path laid down, completing education at a renowned college in Mumbai, Sir JJ College of Architecture, eventually joined the firm in 2016, taking the reins for the design department bringing the modern approach towards project creating the niche intended. Having an experienced background, it was yet a challenging task to blend the modern aspects.

Being an experienced leader, share your opinion on how the adoption of modern technologies like AI and ML is impacting the Architectural Designing Solution space and how is VD Consultants adapting to the change.

The change is always baffling at first, more puzzling like walking into the unknown. We always need to work around it to get it right. As the head of the organization, we needed

to go through it first to make the others comfortable with it. The impact of technologies has revolutionized the game; numerous applications, more options, and faster output are just a handful of its contributions giving end consumers a more realistic view of the future project, ultimately making it easy for clients and for us to interpret our vision clearly.

Considering the current pandemic, what initial challenges did you face, and how did you drive VD Consultants to sustain operations while ensuring the safety of your employees at the same time?

Initially, challenges for us were obviously our employees' safety. Our team has been very careful towards the work carried out. They did help us at the back end to keep our operations functioning. Working in shifts and from home was a viable option for us then; handling both offices in these situations was a task. But our team is determined to help, support at every end, and share an impeccable bond. The site visits were mainly handled by us personally, keeping our staff safe as possible. It was a demanding circumstance that we all managed bravely.

What would be your advice to budding entrepreneurs who aspire to venture into the Architectural Designing Solution space?

Being in this business thought us to have a distinctive perspective on the way this sector functions. Our advice would to the upcoming generations is to stick to the basics and never compromise on your ideas or dream to have a better future.

Also, to keep an insight for coming generations, they would have a better world to live in. it shouldn't be about what you have now; it should always be about what we leave behind.

How do you envision scaling VD Consultants' operations and offerings in 2022 and beyond?

We are always open to a venture in the upcoming stages. Scaling a particular organization will need a strong setup and full cooperation of the team, which we are absolutely positive about. We are surely concentrating on the suitable systems, funding, technology, and potential partners to help us scale up. We are connecting with our clients adequately and building the brand. With the scaling up, we are cautious about the output, which will remain cost-effective and reasonable, so that scope of operations remains in check without taking the substantial cost and yet offering the new, improved services and a modern outlook to every project.