Architects in Mumbai practicing sustainable, eco-friendly design solutions

About us

Blurring boundaries, architects in Mumbai, India is contextual architecture and interior design firm practicing sustainable, eco-friendly biophilic designs that blends seamlessly with nature. Spearheaded by founders Shriya Parasrampuria and Prashant Dupare, we focus on creating appropriate, ecological, and contemporary design solutions using vernacular materials and technologies.

Our practice is artisanal, innovative, experimental and collaborative with a staunch belief in ‘glocal’ and sustainable practices. It focuses on small details along with the larger perspective and works on all aspects in detail.

We believe that design can transform us and must be used sensibly and sustainability is beneficial in the larger scheme of things. We try to use locally available materials but experimenting and reinterpreting them, leading to unique contemporary designs.

Belief & philosophy

We focus on ecological practices and sustainable thinking in design, considering the potential health benefits and ecological impact of greener design solutions. We encourage embracing better environmental practices, believing it’s crucial not to isolate individuals from their surroundings but to highlight their connection to the natural environment through biophilic architecture designs.

Our experimental approach to projects ensures that user needs are met innovatively. We believe design can be fun and playful, rather than always serious. As architects in Mumbai, India, we believe that collaboration with like-minded individuals and the sharing of knowledge opens up new avenues of discovery and design.

Our approach embraces the contrasts in human nature, behaviors, and social practices, translating these contrasts into design and physical spaces, hence the name Blurring Boundaries.

Team

Principal Architects

Prashant Dupare and Shriya Parasrampuria are the founders and principal architects of Blurring Boundaries – architects in Mumbai, a contextualist design practice engaged in creating sustainable and appropriate biophilic design solutions. They graduated in 2007 from Sir JJ College of Architecture, Mumbai, and have had an architectural practice for more than 15 years. They have worked on a plethora of residential projects, hospitality projects, educational buildings, and institutional buildings with ecological materials and techniques.

Challenging the ‘normal’ is a constant effort and being open to new ideas and concepts of learning is essential to growth for us.

Shriya Parasrampuria

Shriya has had a chance to explore different materials along with different technologies in architecture and interior in the span of her career. She has found a balance in working from the scale of designing the minute intricacies of detailing to the larger planning of site and buildings. She connects with the user in depth and imbibes their values into the design from the beginning.

Prashant Dupare

Prashant has a strong belief in adhering to natural systems and following nature’s diktat as a lifestyle. He is a strong advocate of passive design technologies and believes that if you focus on resolution of design based on these technologies in the initial stages, the structure starts on the path of sustainability as it is.

Eco friendly and sustainable practice

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.

Orienting building correctly
Inducing natural light
Designing for cross ventilation
Thermal massing to minimise heat gain
Cool roofs and green roofs
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.

Active design technologies

These include renewable energy systems like solar panels, rainwater harvesting, bio-digesters, building automation, energy efficient cooling and heating systems.

Publications

At Blurring Boundaries, our dedication to sustainable architecture has been recognized and celebrated through numerous awards and publications. As leading architects in Mumbai, we strive to push the boundaries of innovative and eco-friendly design.

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