NERA / ARCHIVERegistering plates 001–224
Mumbai / Goa19°04′N / 72°52′E
Interior architecture · est. 2014NERA / ARCHIVE · 19°04′N 72°52′E
Atelier
[ plate 001 — brise-soleil at 11:40, Byculla ]
An interior architecture practice working in stone, lime, teak and shadow — between a Mumbai mill floor and a Goan workshop. Every room is drawn at full size before it is drawn at 1:100.
24 completed / 06 on site
Eleven people, two coasts
Spaces as compositions
Eleven people, two coasts
Spaces as compositions
↓ Index of worksPlate 001 of 224
Index — selected works5 plates · open one to read it
Selected works
01
House of Two Courtyards
Area420 m²
StatusCompleted
MaterialsKota · Lime · Teak
Open plate
02
Kala Ghoda Rooms
Area1 180 m²
StatusCompleted · 14 keys
MaterialsTeak · Brass · Plaster
Open plate
03
The Quarry Pavilion
Area2 060 m²
StatusCompleted · Phase one
MaterialsSandstone · Lime · Steel
Open plate
04
Assagao Longhouse
Area310 m²
StatusCompleted
MaterialsLaterite · Teak · Tile
Open plate
05
Vessel Series I—IX
Area9 objects
StatusOngoing · Series II in production
MaterialsStone · Clay · Brass
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7 further plates archivedNera / 001–224
[ the dry courtyard, 16:20 ]18.6411°N 72.8722°E
Plate 01 · 2024Open plate →
Monsoon is a client we design around.
[ plate 014 — verandah under rain ]
Assagao · 800 mm in ten weeks
Position — six registeredWorking rules, revised in public
A room is an argument about light, made in material.
We are not interested in style, and we are suspicious of the word. What we have instead is a set of positions we return to on every project — six of them, arrived at slowly and revised in public. They are working rules, not beliefs.
01
Materiality
A material should be doing something.
02
Light
Daylight first, and then almost nothing.
03
Proportion
Dimensions should come from somewhere.
Matter — the working paletteSourced within 400 km
Materials
Black when honed, grey when flamed, and almost blue after a wash. We use it where water will sit: thresholds, counters, the bottom of a stair.
Cuddapah, Andhra Pradesh — 690 kmThe Quarry Pavilion · Vessel Series
StudioMumbai 2014 · Assagao 2018
[ plate 019 — sample racks, Byculla ]
Eleven people, two coasts, one drawing board.
We work on interiors, buildings, hospitality and objects, and we do not separate those categories internally — the same people draw a stair detail and a vessel rim in the same week. The practice stays deliberately small so that every project passes through the same hands from survey to snagging.
Founded2014
Completed24
On site06
People11
Archive — notes from the practice5 entries
Archive
Let’s make a place worth remembering.
We take on four or five projects a year and read every enquiry ourselves.