To say that architecture is planning and designing of buildings is perhaps a very crude way of defining it. The essence of every built form is the manifestation of culture; and architecture is the product of that culture. Hence architects, being inherent problem solvers, seek to design spaces for the times and the people who will use them. More-over it is imperative for architects to adapt with change and keep modifying their physical and mental tools to create new concepts and visions of the tangible environment. Architects in their true role, not just design buildings, but enumerate a lifestyle through iconism, user oriented planning strategies and tapping futuristic concepts.
Apprehending the same thought, the architectural practice at Daisaria Associates believes that the tool for innovation in design is in their hands. According to them, architecture can create better places. It can affect society by making that place more civilised and a community more livable. “It is our essential humanity that moves us to do good, create places that facilitate activity and bring joy to the human spirit,” comments, Ar. Manoj Daisaria, Principal of Daisaria Associates. The below-mentioned particulars of the Daisaria will shed some light on how it goes beyond to achieve the aforesaid purpose.
The Purview of Daisaria Associates
Preliminarily, Daisaria Associates was an architectural firm that was founded in 1960 by Late Valjibhai Daisaria. presently led by Ar. Manoj Daisaria and Ar. Karan Daisaria, the firm provides full professional services that include feasibility study, architectural design, interior design, liasoning /tenders, and project management.
For Daisaria Associates, architecture is an amalgamation of user-based aspirations, sensitive urban methodologies, and prospective pedagogues. Its domain of work involves residential, townships, malls, I.T. Offices, commercial buildings, schools, and residential/commercial interiors. Daisaria Associates is one of the very few firms across India to have a plethora of services integrated within its work domain.
With Mr. Manoj Daisaria being the face of Daisaria Associates, it has been one of the leading Liasoning Architects in Mumbai. “We cater to municipal approvals from all governing authorities from MHADA to MCGM. Further after the commencement of the next generation coming into the office, we deliver Architectural Design, Interior Design, Urban Design, and Public Infrastructure. We currently are working on Residential, Commercial, Mixed-Use, Townships, Museums & Schools,” asserts Mr. Manoj. Furthermore, it is also one of the top Project Management Consultants in Mumbai, dealing with society redevelopment across the suburbs of Mumbai.
In the past 3 years it has also avidly been associated with International & National Architectural Competitions and Public Infrastructure projects with 14 victorious conceptual architectural ideas, that have been published at international scales.
Building Relations and Dreams
Much has been said about, why Daisaria Associates? Let us peep into its accomplishments as an architecture firm. Till date, it has completed over 10 crore sq ft of construction area across Mumbai and beyond. Mr. Manoj has avidly offered his services and expertise by contributing to the making of the Building Development Regulations of Mumbai – DCPR 2034.
At Daisaria Associates, completing its projects is equivalent to ringing the dreams of its clients into reality. The highly equipped staff and architects of Daisaria Associates make sure that client expectations are evolved into project realities. “Our firm strives to achieve project and client objectives to maintain their competitiveness and high standard,” shares Ar. Karan Daisaria, Design Principal Architect of the firm.
More about their conceptual innovations
Away from the chaos of the urban development oriented architectural life , Daisaria Associates integrates international/national competition within its professional setup to generate nuanced design philosophies and nourish intricate architectural ideas. Daisaria’s design studio has designed for varied architectural briefs from floating homes in the mid pacific, to mobile bazaars in Rajasthan. From a river front restaurant in Paris to flood resilient homes in Kerala. From designing a futuristic parking tower for Manhattan, NewYork to assessing the problems of a choking Delhi, through a respiration responsive design.
“Could you imagine, a Bharat bhavan, a culture for science arts and technology to be representing the form of the Indian gesture of Namaste? Or how about a school aboard a giant wheel? Or may be an adobe aboard Mars for humans? Well, yes all these design ideas have been structured and curated at the Daisaria Associates Design Studio” – asserts the design principal Ar. Karan Daisaria.
Daisaria Associates most definitely amalgamates design philosophies into conceptual visions of various forms of architecture, public infrastructure and urban systems.
An Ideal Work Place – Interns & Women take the lead
The backbone of a creative and functional office is the efficient staff or as what Ar. Karan calls it the “Second Family”. Daisaria associates has a team of over 60 people which includes rotational intakes of Interns all over the geographical extents of the country. From Kashmir to Chennai, from Baroda to Kolkata, from Bhubaneshwar to Jaipur and from Pune to Delhi, the interns get diversity of thoughts and creativity within the fabric of the Office.
“Daisaria has had over 60 interns from 25 cities of India in the last 3 years, and the most important essence of our office is that we build on relations not just with our clients but with our employees as well, which is why it feels like a happy bunch of innovators, that strive to innovate together” comments Ar. Karan.
He also adds “If you have an efficient team, you can overcome most challenges of the real estate market. To add to this, we also made sure that we do not restrict ourselves to one type of domain of work only, we always believed in broadening our horizons by diversifying our scope of involvement in a project”.
Further, Daisaria Associates’s design studio’s main team heads are women, who most definitely sensitives design and planning ideologies in projects, and are able to give a personal touch of human personalities within their projects.
A Glimpse into the Future
With Daisaria Associates’ intense & knowledgeable architects, trustworthy client relations, it is on the way to becoming a one-stop-shop for architectural, interior design, liasoning & project management services. It has also won over 30 local and state level awards for it’s contribution to the real estate and architectural fraternity. However, the Architectural Industry is getting more complicated and volatile. It is Daisaria Associates’ observance that the clients today look for an office that can deal with their entire project as a one-point contactor easy functioning and decision making for the project.
Mr. Manoj. concludes that “On the design front, we envision that within the next 10 years, we shall have some iconic people centric projects in Mumbai and beyond,” he concludes.
