New Delhi: A team from the Faculty of Architecture and Ekistics, Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) has won the second position in the Café Bookstore Interior Design Competition hosted by ArcAce Canada with a theme to ‘Redesign College Space’. The team comprised fourth year students of Bachelor of Architecture- Rahym Irfan, Abhimanyu Madaan, Hassan Khan, Ujjwal Aneja and Laiba Noor.

The jury included Amal Wasfi, member of the American Institute of Architects, Junfei Shi, from the Visual College of Art and Design in Vancouver and Dr. Venus Akef from University of Cincinnati, Ohio. The design entry was a rhetoric of the academic work carried out for the UG interior design studio of B. Arch programme under the guidance of Ar. Ramya Kuchhal.

With their concept ‘Mosaic’, the team conceived a bookstore at a prime academic location in Mumbai to suit the interests of college and school students. The entry dictated the changed standards of normalcy of academic reading spaces and interaction considering the technological advancements and the pandemic era.

The proposed design followed the ethos and principles of the Crossword brand, a reputed Indian chain of bookstores that started in Mumbai. With its unique interior spatial divisions and furniture ideas, the team explored the algorithm of segregation, transition and intersperse.

“Memories with which we attach ourselves to places are more important than our work experiences. The comfort and ambience that welcome us leave a lasting impact. Our mental belongingness to places is a result of a sensitive design, movement patterns and spatial transitions that we encounter. Interior Design is a balanced creation of textures, materials and colors that make a wholesome space,” the team said.

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