Studio Dromana

About

Studio Dromana is a design studio in South Delhi, set up by Rahul Kunwar and Deepika Sharma. Between them, they bring experience from IIT Delhi and INTACH, and from public health and aid work with international organisations.

It started as an idea to help architects build better. Later, it grew into a studio that helps architects and the people they build for, at the same time.

We put the environment first in everything we design.

We take on only a few projects: the ones that fit our skills and our aim, which is to help save the planet through design.

Architects can come to us, and so can anyone looking for professional help with:

• Architecture
• Climate resilience
• UX/UI design
• Graphics
• Branding

Mission

We design with nature first. A good space is one people can live in comfortably, in step with the land around it.

The landscape is not decoration. It is where we start. We plan every space to be comfortable for people and animals, without harming anything around it.

Each time, we ask: Can we do it better? Can we save lives? Can we save our planet?

How we work

1. Survey and sun study. The contour, the slope and the sun before any line is drawn.
2. Bye-laws and hazard map. What the rules allow and what the land threatens, verified.
3. Massing on the contour. Volumes that sit on the slope rather than cut it.
4. Material and detail. One material per surface; the hills' own where it lasts.
5. Site supervision. Drawings are checked against the ground, not the other way round.

Founders

Rahul Kunwar

Founder

Rahul studied at IIT Delhi, where he learned how people think and use everyday things. He has more than 10 years of design experience: apps and websites, products, graphics, fashion and books. Students know him as an honest mentor, and senior colleagues as someone easy to work with. He makes things as simple as they can be, so they feel familiar and comfortable. His rule, every time: why spend more when less will do?

Deepika Sharma

Founder

Deepika is a trained psychologist and an artist. Her work covers health care, art management, and training staff at institutions and companies. She has run large events such as art fairs, and worked on international health and aid programmes for people in need. She also teaches first aid and life support with ISECN. At the studio, she makes sure spaces work for everyone, whatever their age or ability. It changes how a space is planned, and how it feels to be in it.