The Swap Analysis

COVER FEATURE

We’ve always captured what the writer has to say about a certain project, or what an architect or designer has to express about his/ her own project. For this cover feature, however, we took a backseat, we refrained from asking questions, we

let the creators engage in a dialogue with each other and their creations. We became mere spectators to their conversations, understanding the nuances, the observations

which otherwise would have never been made. For the first in this series, we approached architects

Puran Kumar of Studio PKA and Rajiv Parekh of reD Architects in Mumbai. The projects featured are telling of their creators – the much written about ‘ The Mango House’ by Puran Kumar of Studio PKA, and an exclusive sneak preview of

‘ The Library House’ by Rajiv Parekh of reD Architects.

We bring you the unedited version of their engaging discourse…