Brinda Somaya
Architect and Urban Conservationist
Brinda Chinnappa Somaya, Architect
and Urban Conservationist completed her Master of Arts degree from Smith
College, USA after graduating from the Sir J. J. College of Architecture,
Mumbai. She believes that development and progress must proceed without
straining the cultural and historic environment. Her philosophy: the
Architect's role is that of guardian - his is the conscience of the built and
un-built environment. This belief underlines her work at "Somaya and
Kalappa", the company she founded and has headed for the last three
decades. Her oeuvre, spanning corporate, industrial and institutional clients
extends to public spaces, which she has rebuilt and sometimes reinvented as
pavements, parks and plazas. These include the Colaba Woods, Ganeshpuri
Temple and a slew of pavements in South Mumbai & the reconstruction of an
entire village in Kutch. She has done the master planning and building design
of multiple corporate and educational campuses. Some of these award winning
campuses include the Tata Consultancy Services - Banyan Park, Mumbai, the
Nalanda International School, Vadodara, the Zensar Technologies limited,
Pune. Other campuses include the Goa Institute of management and the Birla
Institute of Technology and Sciences, Pilani.
Read more