Material Library
I work with architectural salvage, reclaimed objects, and natural elements — not as raw inputs, but as found design. Each material carries a history. My job is to find where that history belongs next.
"Before I design anything, I read the material. Where it came from. What it has been. What it still wants to become. That reading is the first design decision."
Rescued · Recontextualised
Old structural elements — beams, columns, grilles, brackets — pulled from demolition sites and reintegrated as design anchors in new spaces.
Frames · Panels · Installations
The material that started it all. Removed doors become walls, frames become furniture, panels become art. Every door already knows what room it belongs in next.
Structural · Sculptural
Heritage pillars and wooden beams repurposed as furniture bases, spatial dividers, and sculptural installation elements. Structure as story.
Live Edge · Natural Form
Live-edge slabs and irregular wood sections — used for table tops, shelving, and sculptural elements where the natural form is the design decision.
Found · Untreated · Alive
Root systems, driftwood, and organic wood forms integrated as sculptural objects, lighting bases, and spatial anchors that bring living energy into designed environments.
Moradabad · Dhokra · Handcast
Antique and artisan brass — urns, vessels, hardware, Dhokra cast objects — used as lighting elements, hardware, sculptural accents, and installation anchors.
Natural · Antique · Chettinad
Chettinad kotah stone, antique floor tiles, natural stone fragments — repurposed as flooring accents, wall panels, outdoor pathways, and furniture surfaces.
Found · Embedded · Honoured
Ceramic shards, carved stone fragments, old metal hardware, broken tiles — embedded into new surfaces, framed as art, or used as inlay elements to carry history forward.
Off-cuts · Remade · Closed Loop
Off-cuts from carpentry, packaging materials, waste from production — reused as small decor objects, texture panels, and experimental material compositions. Nothing leaves as waste.
The Approach
"Why should we buy things, when we already have so many things that can be repurposed? The question is never what to add. It is what is already there."
This material library is not a catalogue. It is a living reference — built from years of site visits, salvage finds, artisan workshops, and demolition discoveries across South India.
Every material here has been evaluated — not just for its visual quality, but for its structural integrity, longevity, workability, and the kind of story it carries into a new space.
The goal is always a closed loop: what was discarded becomes essential. What was forgotten becomes the centrepiece. What was waste becomes the most meaningful element in the room.
How I Work With Materials
I visit demolition sites, salvage yards, artisan clusters, and material yards across South India before anything else. The right material is almost never in a showroom.
Every salvaged piece has a history — in its grain, its weight, its wear, its resistance. I spend time understanding what it has been and what it is still capable of becoming.
I prototype at scale. I test finishes, joins, and structural durability under real conditions. A material that looks extraordinary but fails in three years is not a material — it is a mistake I made.
Every material placement is a singular, irreversible decision made for a specific space, a specific brief, and a specific person. I never use templates. I never repeat placements.