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Wood has been our most preferred material for cons

Wood has been our most preferred material for construction for several years, for several reasons - renewability, structural strength, potential for impeccable craftsmanship and its wide spectrum of use. While the western building industry is coming full circle to returning to wood as the future of urban construction, we are at the Forest Research Institute at Dehradun this week, doing our own research on the potential of wood as the future of the Indian building industry.
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#woodwork #woodenstructures #renewable #sustainable #design #build #deq #designequate #punearchitects #woodbuilding

Hello! We haven't posted here in a while now. Whil

Hello! We haven't posted here in a while now. While we continue with our commercial projects we are consciously shifting our focus towards our non profit projects and towards the potential in architecture and the building process to bring systemic good.

This is one such project in rural Belgavi, a school. The project is a constant negotiation between us pushing the larger good of 'no concrete' while the parents and the stakeholders see brick as unsafe.

Sometimes we take a few steps back, and this filler slab which replaces about 30% concrete with local low cost bricks makes the slab and our environmental conscience a little lighter 🙂
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#designandbuild #deq #designequate #architecture #vernacular #sustainableliving #sustainabledesign #sustainablebuilding #brick #arch

The geometry of this set of planters, along with t

The geometry of this set of planters, along with the lighting, makes it an interesting element in the double height stairwell.⠀
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#green #interiors #office# #workspaces #plants #designequate #deq

A set of suspended planters in a corporate office

A set of suspended planters in a corporate office in Pune, used to create a partition between 2 differently used spaces.
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#plants #greenwall #green #officeinteriors #workspaceinteriors #workspace #design #architecture #pune #designequate #deq #planters #office #officedesign

The importance of plants in interior spaces is oft

The importance of plants in interior spaces is often overlooked. Seen here, our attempt at greening an office space in a high rise glass clad building.
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#green #plants #greeninteriors #interiordesign #architecture #design #build #deq #designequate #officeinteriors #officespace #workspacedesign #workspace #greenworkspace

For design students, understanding the process of

For design students, understanding the process of creation is far more important that being skilled makers themselves. In the workshop we conducted, hands on work with wood, from planing, sizing, cutting to joinery and then sanding, sealing and polishing gave them good insight about the process of building wooden furniture. ⠀
Small details like engraving the year and batch on the furniture, made the pieces quite special. It was a fun workshop, and reminded us of the time we learnt woodworking in Bangalore.⠀
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#designandbuild #woodwork #pinewood #craft #pune #architects #deq #designequate #puneuniversity #furniture #modularfurniture

A set of modular pinewood benches built as a part

A set of modular pinewood benches built as a part of a design studio with Pune University students⠀
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The idea behind the design was to make the benches as simple to build as possible, but with proper joinery. They were also designed to give great flexibility in arrangement, making them ideal for the open space in the Design College campus. The benches can be arranged in various ways to accommodate groups of different sizes. ⠀
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#design #build #pinewood #pune #furniture #puneuniversity #masters #deq #designequate #india #architects #joinery #woodwork

A while ago we conducted a 3 week furniture design

A while ago we conducted a 3 week furniture design + woodworking studio for the Master of Design students at Pune University. The first part of the workshop delved into the process of furniture design covering anthropometry, ergonomics and materiality.⠀
The second part covered the basics of woodwork - selection, joinery, finishing. The last week was intense, with us narrowing down one design and the students hand-building the set in their classroom using pinewood. ⠀
Here's a picture of us with the team posing on their handiwork.⠀
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.#furnituredesign #build #wood #create #seating #bench #modularfurniture #architecture #design #woodwork #pune

These arches were designed with 2 main considerati

These arches were designed with 2 main considerations - one, that the first floor had to be opened up and naturally ventilated, and two, that the ground and first floor had to look homogenous. Given the location of the structure in the old city, the arches were also meant to invoke some nostalgia, as well as the visual of them propping up the monolith of glass above them.
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#design #deq #build #create #sculpt #facadedesign #arches #pune #deccan #architecture #india

Cleaning up the facade of this existing building w

Cleaning up the facade of this existing building was tougher than it seemed. Makes a case for why services should be planned on the drawing board, and not left to 'बाद में देखेंगे' 🙂 A shout-out to the clients though, they gave us a free-hand and never questioned our decisions to tear down random additions made by past owners. In return we built them a set of beautiful arches, hoping to make the building a landmark on Prabhat Road.⠀
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Swipe to see how the building looked during, and before.
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#arches #build #facade #create #design #grey #brick #exposedbrick #pune #architecture

For our brick masons who have been working with us

For our brick masons who have been working with us for the past 12 years, building an arch is a fairly easy job. What is difficult and time-consuming is filling the triangular spaces between the arches. This portion tests the true skill of the mason, for the bricks have to be cut perfectly to angle and size to maintain clean and even joints. And as you can see, Gopi who's built these arches does his work with great precision. He is more craftsman than mason.
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#design #create #brickwork #build #deq #designequate #pune

Glimpse of a new project near completion. This one

Glimpse of a new project near completion. This one's special because it's for a close friend. Her keenness on wood, and experimenting with different finishes made us very happy to work with her.
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@swapna_pendse

We're designing a school in a village called Kudch

We're designing a school in a village called Kudchi near Belgavi, Karnataka. The most incredible aspect of it is that it's established and run by a priest, Father Martin for the children in a village that is almost entirely Muslim.
In a country that's forgotten a time when 'national integration' was taught about in schools, and films like Amar Akbar Anthony were blockbusters, his intention is heartening :)

Glass is rarely used as a structural element. In o

Glass is rarely used as a structural element. In our series of 'invisible tables' we have explored the structural strength of glass. It's a material with fair compressive strength and toughened glass can also take some amount of lateral stresses.

This series sees glass sheets being used for legs instead of the table top only, making the tops seem floating
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#designequate #deq #furniture #workspacewellness

Another workspace done and dusted. Electronica, Pi

Another workspace done and dusted.
Electronica, Pirangut.
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Since last year, there's been a changing trend in workspace design. We're working on furniture design for this newer scene, and should have products to share soon.
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#furniture #design #workspace #ergonomics #designequate #deq

We are often asked for convertible furniture by cl

We are often asked for convertible furniture by clients, but we usually discourage them, because the novelty of converting it wears off quite soon.

This was one exception, where we were asked for a set of tables that could be combined into various modules depending on the function the space was being used for.

Designing these tables was a challenge, because they had to be ergonomic in every arrangement. The final product though was a perfect fit for this multi-purpose area in a corporate office.
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#designequate #deq #furniture #workspacewellness #workspace #ergonomics

We started Indea, our brand of wooden furniture in

Our insistence on using wood wherever possible has

Our insistence on using wood wherever possible has multiple reasons, the most important being that it can be reused over and over again - wood from a larger object can be salvaged and used to make a smaller object, the wood from that can be used for an even smaller one, so on & so forth. Pieces too small for joinery can be used as firewood. Being organic, even disposed pieces will eventually disintegrate into the earth.

Though not a new-age material, wood is possibly the most sustainable solution to our furniture and construction needs.
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Seen here is a carpenter cutting up an old wooden door to make ⏭
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#woodwork #woodisgood #sustainableinteriors #design #detail #woodenfurniture

The stained glass look at Irani Cafe, Kharadi . .

The stained glass look at Irani Cafe, Kharadi
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#designequate #iranicafe #glass

Executing workspace fit-outs in 60 days unfailingl

Executing workspace fit-outs in 60 days unfailingly is something we pride ourselves on. One of the reasons we can confidently commit to our timelines is because we manufacture modular office furniture ourselves.
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Just updated our website with information on our workspace furniture. To take a look, head to the link in bio
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#desigeq #design #architects #deq #workspace #workdesk #furniture #furnituredesign #ergonomic #modular #pune #fitout #interiordesign #turnkey

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