Jury

Context, cultural heritage, materiality and details

Saachi Marwah Rana is an award-winning designer based in Delhi, India. Her artistic roots can be traced back to her childhood having being brought up around artistic parenthood, the mother is a National Awardee bronze sculptor and father who taught her about the interesting hand made finishes.
As a budding Designer, she trained under several reputable products and interior designers; inspired by history, art, music, books anything that makes her creative juices flow.
She is the blend of the traditional and the modern. Rather than having a signature style, she takes an organic, multi-pronged approach.
It was her relentless passion for design at a very young age that kick-started her iconic career.
Saachi’s globally renowned and ever-evolving style is defined by a subtle fusion of East meets west
intuitively balanced with opulent warmth and yet luxurious.

I graduated recently and live in Berlin for about 5 years now. During my studies, I focused on architectural and urban design and completed many projects, workshops, summer schools and competitions in many international locations like Beirut, Libannon (redeveloping a central city district), New York in cooperation with NYIT (finding a solution in the city for water flooding due to the natural disasters and social housing), Moscow (building up existing residential districts in the city with utopian housing proposals), Sao Paulo (a concept for public spaces and occupied building concepts in Brazil), Portugal (a project of a cultural center in a historic city context of Lisbon) and many interesting locations in Berlin. I also completed an exchange semester in Melbourne, Australia, where i focused on construction management and digitalisation methodology in the architecture field in general. At the moment I work for a real estate company in a Product Strategy team and we try to find a potential within many central city areas to densify them and build new housing (because of housing shortage) We focus mainly on developing interesting housing and co-working concepts. Especially in the times of digitalisation and rapid urbanisation, I really enjoy discussing about architecture and new ideas / new concepts for the future. Therefore I would be glad to be a part of a jury team.

ARCHITECTURE-URBANISM AND BUILT HERITAGE

architecture - is the level of civilization and culture

Simplicity.

Urban regeneration, neighborhood scale, public space, urban morphologies, urban planning, urban design, housing.

NAICE Architekten is a young, interdisciplinary team of architects and creative minds in Berlin. Founded by Simon Kassner and Wilko Hoffmann, the firm focuses on architecture, design, and installations. 

Common sense and more sensitivity on local practices to create an original architectural production.

worked at Capital Development Authority 1975-1976

started my own private practice BSF Design consultant’s 1976-date Consultancy for Pakistan Army And Navy schools.Interiordesigning of Private sector ,houses.

started low cost green architecture project at grassroot level .

I am focused on interior design. I like it to combine different shapes and materials to create a cosy, warm atmosphere.
At my university studies I created a lot of projects in the field of experimental architecture. I find this field very interesting, because you can bring to paper what is in your mind, without limits. 

I focus on residential buildings, government buildings, offices and hospitals.

The influence of pedagogy on architecture

My focus is sustainability in the design-built environment and urban planning. I am currently the Planning Head for Mixed Use, Townships and Retail Developments of Filinvest, one of the elaidng real estate developers in the Philippines. One of my main role is to review, and approve design submissions by consultans that we hire for our projects. I have more than 17 years of experience as an architect and masterplanner/environmental planner.

My architectural focus is research based on traditional and modern architecture. How things are changed with time and again come alive with passage of time. The main focus is on use of space where we live.