We

We believe that sustainable design creates buildings that are not only environmentally responsible but also economically viable and beneficial to human health and well-being.  As ecologically conscious architects in Mumbai, we integrate sustainability into every aspect of our projects.

How we practice sustainable architecture?

Passive design technologies

We focus on designing the building as per native climatic conditions like sun, wind, rain. It helps in creating comfortable environment naturally.

1. Orienting building correctly
2. Inducing natural light
3. Designing for cross ventilation
4. Thermal massing to minimise heat gain
5. Cool roofs and green roofs
6. Creating micro climate

Biophilic architecture design

We aim to bring building occupants closer to nature by integrating natural elements and processes into the built environment. This approach enhances physical and psychological well-being, boosts productivity, and fosters more sustainable and harmonious living and working spaces.

Appropriate local materials

We work with appropriate, locally available materials. We have explored variety of building  materials like bricks, stone, mud, wood, bamboo, lime, terracotta, recycled materials like glass etc.

Eco friendly & cost effective technologies

We incorporating eco friendly and cost effective technologies like rat trap bond, filler slab, random rubble stone masonry, brick arches, lime wash & plasters, rammed earth which create naturally comfortable built environment.

Team

Blurring Boundaries is a contextualist architectural design practice based in Mumbai, India, specialising in sustainable, appropriate, and biophilic design solutions. The firm is led by Prashant Dupare and Shriya Parasrampuria, both graduates of Sir JJ College of Architecture, Mumbai (2007). With over 15 years of collaborative practice, they have worked across a wide spectrum — from private residences and hospitality projects to educational and institutional buildings — always with a commitment to ecological materials and sensitive design thinking.

As architects in Mumbai, their approach blends craft with curiosity, tradition with experimentation. They believe that architecture is not just about buildings, but about creating spaces that nurture, heal, and connect — spaces that are grounded in their context and alive to their users.

Their philosophy embraces the richness of local materials, passive design strategies, and biophilic principles — allowing each project to emerge as a conversation between land, light, and life. For them, challenging the ‘normal’ is not disruption, but evolution; and openness to new ideas, unlearning, and shared learning is at the heart of meaningful design.

At Blurring Boundaries, the studio is both a creative playground and a thoughtful laboratory — a place where boundaries dissolve and every project becomes a story worth telling.

The better India – Asmalay published on TBI
The better India – Eco friendly, sustainable  practices by us
Archdaily – Asmalay published on archdaily
The hindu – Featured on The hindu newspaper
NDTV – Featured on NDTV as architects of the year
Architecture digest – AD covers works of our founders
Word architecture community – Asmalay featured on WAC
Re-thinking the future – Maativan published on RTF
Volume zero – Asmalay published on Volume zero
Amazing architecture – Maativan published on AA
TAD originals – Founders interviewed on TAD originals
Dezeen – Asmalay published on Dezeen
The architects diary – Maativan featured on TAD
Hhlloo – Maativan published on hhlloo
Dezeen – Selected in 10 unusual Indian houses
Elle decor – Listed in 9 pet friendly resorts
Times now – Pet friendly destinations in India
Domus – Choice to breathe free

NDTV luxe interiors – Featured on NDTV luxe interiors
Brick architecture – Brick house published on Brick architecture
Re-thinking the future – Asmalay published on RTF
The architects diary – TAD featured our work
Think matter – Think matter interview with founders
The future of design – TFOD publishes works of founders
Re-thinking the future – Ramisera wilds published on RTF
Stir world – Asmalay published on Stir world
Parametric architecture – Asmalay published on PA
Architecture live – Maativan featured on Architecture live
Antarya – Antarya published about our practice
Re-thinking the future – Interiors in Lokhandwala, Andheri
Architecture live – Asmalay published on Architecture live
World architecture – Maativan published on World architecture
Volume zero – Maativan published on volume zero
Designboom – Asmalay published on designboom
Archdaily – Maativan published on archdaily 
Colossal – Maativan published on Colossal

Awards

At Blurring Boundaries, our commitment to excellence and sustainable architecture has earned us several prestigious awards. These accolades underscore our position as one of the most innovative and eco-conscious architectural firms in Mumbai, India. Our award-winning designs reflect our mission to push the boundaries of creativity and deliver outstanding, sustainable solutions.