Tag Khosla Associates

08-05-2020

Khosla Associates: Refuge in the Western Ghats, Maharashtra, India

Tradition, water and natural ventilation are the founding elements of this residential project in the Western Ghats, in the Indian region of Maharashtra. Khosla Associates has designed a single-storey pavilion along the slope that runs down towards the lake, with basalt walls and characteristic skylights.

06-05-2020

Architecture, the pandemic and the future of design: Khosla Associates

In only a few months, everything has changed completely. Even the world of architecture. In search of possible new scenarios, Floornature opens the discussion of a new approach to design for a time of public health emergency, publishing a series of interviews with architects all over the world. How are the big studios organising their work, and what has been the impact of the current situation on smaller architectural practices? What does it mean to design infrastructure, cultural centres and living spaces while avoiding social contact? Might the resilience we seek in buildings also be applicable to the profession of architect? Here are the architects’ responses, some in text form and others in videos, in the usual style of our portal.

30-07-2014

Khosla Associates: DPS Kindergarten School in Bangalore

DPS Kindergarten School in Bangalore, a project by Khosla Associates, experiments with a form of sustainability involving screening of sunshine with traditional terra cotta jaalis and natural ventilation and lighting. The building, based on a concrete module with corrugated sheet metal walls, proclaims a democratic model of schooling.