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DI: What is the main principle, idea and inspiration behind your design?

: This project is designed for an urban couple living in a city with tropical climate in Contemporary India. The concept and wish was to provide a comfortable , smart residence which would blend with the surroundings and adapt to the climate

DI: What has been your main focus in designing this work? Especially what did you want to achieve?

: We wanted to achieve a warm, cozy, yet smart design for an urban setting.

DI: How long did it take you to design this particular concept?

: It took us about 6 months to design and get this project ready on site.

DI: Why did you design this particular concept? Was this design commissioned or did you decide to pursuit an inspiration?

: The design was commissioned to us by the client

DI: What made you design this particular type of work?

: It was dictated by the requirements, the climate and the settings.

DI: Where there any other designs and/or designers that helped the influence the design of your work?

: Other designers from my organization Lovekar design Associates helped me with this project.

DI: How did you come up with the name for this design? What does it mean?

: Rai is the name of the client

DI: What is the most unique aspect of your design?

: The unique aspect is its openness, its urban, yet local flavor achieved by use of local materials and Indian colors.

DI: Is your design influenced by data or analytical research in any way? What kind of research did you conduct for making this design?

: We had to study climate of this region and the client lifestyle

DI: What are some of the challenges you faced during the design/realization of your concept?

: The main challenge was to work with tight spaces and create a roomy feeling in-spite of the tight spaces

DI: How did you decide to submit your design to an international design competition?

: On the basis of the revives we got from our international designer friends

DI: What did you learn or how did you improve yourself during the designing of this work?

: Each day was a day of learning during this project...