With the prime intention to create vocabulary between the contemporary designs and fuse it with innovative ideas, trio SwapnilValvatkar, Adwitha Suvarna and Arunkumar started Collage Architecture Studio (CAS) in 2009. Just like ‘Collage’ meaning a piece of art made by stitching various different materials, CAS, as a third party provider, stitches various construction and designer contractors with customers to create a meaningful art – their dream home. Additionally, the company also frames its groundwork on the unembellished collage of residential structures, and commercial buildings with fusion of nature along with compelling interiors.

The Holistic Planning
Recognised as the ‘Design and Architecture of the Year-2014’ by NDTV for the state-of-the-art design ‘Cricket House’, the firm has received recognition and accolades over the eight years in the business. Awarded the ‘IIA Awards for Excellence in Architecture’ consecutively in 2015 & 2016 and many more on the cards, CAS builds space

integrating with the natural aura. The company’s key intention is to evolve contextually responsive, culturally rooted and resource efficient spaces that encourages the user-surrounding interaction i.e., whenever a design comes in, the purpose and its functionality is understood thoroughly before the CASteam drives their passion in designing the clientele’s vision. Working on new systems and comprehending the existing ones like AutoCAD, SketchUp and Photoshop, CAS overlays its design sensibility with design aesthetics on the prevailing challenges like budget constraint, climate & site conditions along with special requests by the clients, for instance the Vastu requirements.

Predominantly serving residential clients involving individual villas, this Bangalore-based firm has also made its mark in serving group housing, commercial structures and interior decor as well

Predominantly serving residential clients involving individual villas, this Bangalore-based firm has also made its mark in serving group housing, commercial structures and interior decor as well. CAS has collaboration with the leading consultants in the field viz. services and structural consultants, and serve as a single point contact for the clients.

Whether it is the master planning, architecture, interiors or graphics designing, the team itself acts as a bridge between the clients and contractors,thus reducing their pain to reach out to different contractors to get their home ready. Charactering itself as a third party between the client and the contractor, this architecture consultancy firm guarantees that the construction is done with chief quality and turns up to the contentment of the clients. Being driven by values, the company asserts on choosing a contractor on basis of sheer merit on previous consignments with no hidden agenda or commission behind the scenes.

Building Ahead
Standing tall on the social causes, CAS via ‘UNNATI’ (an NGO taking care of under-privileged kids) attempts to give back to the society by working as voluntary architects for their hostels and other buildings. Adhering to the local authorities and all requisite fundamentals of laws in the real estate sector, the company does not deviate from the sanction requirements while proposing and dealing with their projects. Sighting to diversify and bring a different vertical to different kind of challenging job, it has started to get itself more organized and look forward to make the current revenue hike to 20-25 percent. Emphasising on the ideology of symbiotic relationship of the natural environment with built spaces, CAS holds a unique hegemony in the real estate architecture consultancy.