col(l)ab
Collective Collaboration Laboratory: an informal meeting of minds to achieve architecture of superior quality and content
Sanjeev Panjabi, Sangeeta Merchant
Mumbai, India
Stefano Gri e Piero Zucchi
Udine, Italy
Interculturalism
an honest attempt to use our diverse training and experience over the last 25 years of practice and pooling together, our know-how and resources
Sharing
our learnings, of the regions we have operated in, ethnic specificities of locales, material knowledge, understanding of building quality architecture in whatever medium and geography, with the ethos of sustainability at the forefront
Connecting
over the years both practices have made connections with people, materials, professionals, institutions, philanthropists, artists, builders, craftsmen, engineers, etc, in general to facilitate the realization of pure and quality architecture
Teamwork
formulate a way to address world issues through genuine teamwork and collaboration, in projects, lectures, competitions and all other architecture and design pursuits
OUR MANIFESTO
Over the past 25 years we have honed our skills in the private residential space, our practice is now graduating to bigger projects such as institutions and hospitality.
It is time to further our reach and imaginations. We also believe that life works in mysterious and organic ways!
We believe that shared knowledge and experiences, lead to a better product.
All architecture through the years has been a product of immense team work.
Over the past 25 years we have honed our skills in the private residential space, our practice is now graduating to bigger projects such as institutions and hospitality.
It is time to further our reach and imaginations. We also believe that life works in mysterious and organic ways!
One such instance is meeting GEZA, an architectural firm from Udine, Italy. For the first time we both felt a deep synergy with Piero Zucchi and Stefano Gri. Their firm, is accomplished in the Industrial design space. Our belief is collective knowledge and goals, together with the huge experience between their team and ours, along with the simple Humane design ethos we share, could lead to an amazing set of projects.
Our diverse cultural backgrounds, have the makings of interesting dialogue and new discoveries and paths of inquiry.
Relevant Architecture, birthed in its very acute specificity of locale and use, enthuses us, as does the possibility of four minds creating, imagining and delivering top class projects at world standards, wherever they may take us.
LIFE, is about happiness and a sense of bringing about a transformation at a Global level. Making our ever-shrinking planet a haven for human occupation, work and passionate pursuits, that makes it worth living. Identity, of our very different cultures could lead to very peculiar endearing solutions, that we face in our profession of design every day.
We, have deliberately, shared each other's works, with our studio teams, our real families, we don't want this to be superficial in any way. We can now test ideas with 40 motivated team members across Europe and India, produce work that underscores both the firms' passions.
Spasm has always, produced works that are to the point. We call it the, "just enough", approach.
Sustainability, is a goal for both Firms, our outlook is expansive, with a deep sense of inclusivity. You cannot move ahead as a race, if you don't take all with you. For us a successful project has a report card. Every aspect, from the materials we build with, to economy of use, sense of light, capturing the aspirations of our patrons and a poetic that goes further than its sheer purpose, to uplifting the human spirit is where a project must score.
Together we can use shared realizations, to achieve architecture of superior quality and content. We are in the pursuit of dreams.
