We are glad to introduce, The Ensemble India. An initiative started by four young architects.
Our team consists of professionals with inquisitive mindsets belonging to different backgrounds, interests, and specializations in the field.
We assure you that this initiative will keep you well intended, entertained,
and well informed throughout.
All we want is your support and love, following the path of cohesive learning.
We are all excited to embrace this phase of our lives.
Kindly shower us with your love and support throughout this journey.
Make sure to stay tuned with us for more interesting updates.
- Team Ensemble India
Meet The Team
Deepa is practicing architecture since 2016. She completed her graduation at Asmita College of Architecture, Mumbai, and pursued her Masters in Architecture, Urban conservation at Kamla Raheja Vidyanidhi Institute for Architecture and environmental studies, Mumbai. She believes in spreading knowledge and is a good orator. She is currently employed at LSR school of architecture as an assistant professor. Beyond this formal introduction, she considers herself a history enthusiast and enjoys creating illustrations. She became part of this initiative out of a passion for research and reaching out to like-minded ones.
Deepa Desai
Urban Conservationist | Architect
Gautami Ghumatkar
Urban Designer| Architect
Gautami graduated with B.K.P.S. College of Architecture, Pune in 2017. While completing her graduation she achieved good exposure in designing spaces and balancing the aesthetics.
Having a keen interest in understanding the dynamics of cities and their direct relation with architecture, she developed a fascination for the urban scale discipline. She further pursued her studies to embellish as an Urban Designer from Kamla Raheja Vidyanidhi Institute for Architecture and Environmental Studies, University of Mumbai, 2019.
During her post-graduation, she visited various Indian cities and tried to understand the basic fundamentals of urbanism through culture, built form, ecology, movement, and daily activities of the people as well as the economic structures of the cities. She also developed various techniques of graphical representations of urban scenarios distinctively.
Gautami is consistently trying and exploring her ways to bring out the association of urban spaces with the people in everyday life through her research and writing skillsets.
Being a passionate and enthusiastic individual, seeking the betterment of human wellbeing through the eyes of a designer is what she is dedicated to, and “Improving the dynamics of cities, therefore, helps in improving the quality of day-to-day life” is what she believes in.
Also being enthusiastic about Indian history and archaeology, she is a part of an Internship program organized by 'India lost and found', where she actively performs as a ‘Research Authenticator’.
In her personal life, she loves to travel, explore new places, and is also a foodie by heart.
Aditya Pande
Urban Planner| Architect
To explore, collect and spread acquaintance about Architecture and planning in a manner that will help to serve the steps forward the cause of humanity. Keeping the above Aditya Arvind Pande joined the Institute of Design Education and Architectural Studies (IDEAS), Nagpur for pursuing a Bachelor in Architecture. In IDEAS, he learned the sensitive subject of social interaction in Architecture for the first time and this had a long-lasting influence on his further course of action.
In 2015, Ar. Aditya Pande realizing the need for updating himself, then grabbed the opportunity of pursuing Post-graduation in Urban and Regional Planning from the School of Planning and Architecture (SPA), Bhopal (2015-2017) on the basis of GATE Scholarship.
In SPA, Bhopal he got profoundly motivated by the works of various faculties working on social cohesion and socio-economic as a major factor in architecture and planning. Besides regular interaction, he took professional training from them during the semester-long studio of DIC-Shelter for all. Here, they worked on the topics of understanding socio-economic factors and the role of design in making housing socially cohesive; in the domain of Urban and Regional Planning.
He represents the young crowd of Indian contemporary architecture and planning; who always aims towards ingenuity in design and believes in creating a symbiotic relationship between people, place, and profession. He further in His career worked for both Urban and Rural Development Bodies and with Government and Private Sectors till date in the field of Planning alongside working with prestigious institutes like AIILSG and Govt. of MP, India.
The more you learn the more you grow. This is the philosophy Shivangi Thakur always works with. She is a curious mind always ready to unearth the lesser-known facts. An ardent reader is in absolute love with history, mythology, and spirituality. She did her Graduation From PIADS, Nagpur and her post-graduation from KRVIA in architectural and urban conservation, she was always inclined towards reading but wants to explore writing and graphical illustration.
Shivangi Thakur
Urban conservationist | Architect