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architecture | build | craft | develop | e-commerce | fitness | graphics
DS2 is a multi-disciplinary practice based in Bengaluru, Kochi & Mangalore founded in the year 2006 by Ar. Mueen Haris. What started as only a design studio evolved to provide turnkey solutions to bridge the gap between the drawing board and the craft.
Our fundamental design principles are driven from the context and client aspirations. All the design propositions are well informed by the place, functionally resolved and aesthetically blended or muted. Hence, asserting that the practice is not language driven. We believe that architecture should be more about the spatial experience rather than the visual impact.
DS2 disregards the idea of a creative genius. Good architecture can only be achieved through a team of sensible individuals through design, dialogue and discourse.
- our philosophy -
'Functional Empathy'
Our practice lies at the intersection of architecture, products, and research. Through our works, we constantly questions the very fundamentals of design and user interactions with built spaces and develop methodologies that are frugal, efficient, and sustainable.
The fulcrum of our practice lies on the ethos of "Functional empathy", which is the practice of approaching, solving, and rationalizing through profound empathy and seamless functionality. After 19 years of practice - our discipline, our approach and our own design paradigm can be encompassed within this very term.
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