Abhay Panchasara
| About : | Abhay is a practicing architect and director at Fifth Column. Born in the family of carpenters he grew up around hammers, nails and machines that moulded the wood to timber, very often his Sundays were spent at his father’s wood workshop if not on the cricket field. This shaped him up to understand the process and know-how of making and lead him to study Architecture at the renowned School of Architecture CEPT university in Ahmedabad. He was chosen for the 2009 Ermanno Piano Scholarship, Jury’s Award of Kshitij Jain Award 2010 In the course of his working career Abhay interned at the Renzo Piano Building Workshop at Paris which moulded his sense of design and attention to details. During his practise he has attended the workshop with the Masters students at Dessau International Architecture Graduate school. His keen interest in practising in all the spectrum of scales keeps him involved in all the projects in the office. |
| Awards : | Finalist – Urban Design – Occupational Competition, 2014 Finalist – Indian National War Museum. – 2016 * Finalist – Prime Ministers Museum, Delhi – 2018 * Winner – International School, Pondicherry – 2013 * Winner – Godrej Design Lab – 2016 Winner – Madan Mahal Eco-Tourism Project by, Jabalpur Smart city – 2018 ** Nominee – German Design Award 2019 Winner – World Environment School, Coorg – 2018* *with Aakar Design and mentor-ship of Prof. Gurdev Singh. ** with Umbrella Design. |
| Specialization: | Fifth Column is a multidisciplinary design studio based in Vadodara, India. The studio was established by Abhay Panchasara in 2014 primarily as an Architecture and Interior Design firm and a year later, Furniture and Product design discipline was co-founded by Jaymin Panchasara. Over the years the studio has thrived with an energetic team of architects lead by both brothers along with Ashna Patel the senior Architect at the studio. The distinctiveness of the studio is its focus on diverse scale of projects ranging from a single piece of furniture, its series, to architectural and urban design projects, spanning variety of cultures, landscapes and climates. Simultaneously the studio is engaged with diverse range of clients including governmental and non-governmental bodies, corporates, builders, private clients as well as furniture and product manufacturers. |
| Experience : | 5 |
| Company : | Fifth Column |
| Hobbies : | An avid traveler, sports lover Abhay enjoys his hands-on character in his father’s workshop along with keen interest in motorbikes and building cycles. |
| Address : | Vadodara |
| Profile Views : | 362 |
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