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MANIT RASTOGI
INTERIOR
DESIGNER
MANIT RASTOGI
Manit Rastogi is known as the Founder Partner of the Architecture
Company – Morphogenesis – involved in architecture and urban
designs.
·He is a big lover of nature and advocate of sustainable built
environment. He is also an activist of a green and sustainable network.
·Manit, known as an architect who consistently pushes the boundaries
of sustainable design
Manit Rastogi is a renowned professional in the field, and he has
already won over 75 international and national awards.
·Since his childhood, he has been fascinated by nature's design which
can be seen in his works at Morphogenesis where creativity is
inspired by the evolutionary processes in nature to create form which ERI
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is optimized for the built environment and the community.
QUALIFICATIONS
MANIT RASTOGI COMMENCED HIS ARCHITECTURE STUDIES AT
THE SCHOOL OF PLANNING AND ARCHITECTURE, DELHI
ARCHITECTURAL ASSOCIATION, WHERE HE GRADUATED WITH
DISTINCTION FROM THE SUSTAINABLE ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN
PROGRAM
AND SUBSEQUENTLY, THE AA (ARCHITECTURAL ASSOCIATION)
DIPLOMA WITH HONOURS.
THE INFLUENCE OF ALL THREE PROGRAMS HAVE FORMULATED
AND INFLUENCED HIS THINKING TO DATE, TO CREATE A
SUSTAINABLE ARCHITECTURE THROUGH THE FRAMEWORK OF
AN EVOLUTIONARY PRACTICE INSPIRED BY NATURE, WITH AN
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HIS WORKING STYLE
HIS DESIGN PROCESS IS DEFINED IN HIS
PHILOSOPHY. FOR EVERY PROJECT, HE GO BACK
TO FIRST PRINCIPLES AND LOOK AT FOUR
FACTORS, WHICH HE CALLS SAIL.
“S” FOR SUSTAINABILITY,
“A” FOR AFFORDABILITY,
“I” FOR IMAGEABILITY, AND
“L” FOR LIVABILITY.
·ADVOCATING FOR ENVIRONMENT-FRIENDLY
BUILDING CONSTRUCTION TECHNIQUE, HE SAYS,
"AT MORPHOGENESIS OUR BELIEF IN
SUSTAINABILITY SHAPES ALL OUR PROJECTS.
OUR ENDEAVOR IS TO DESIGN IN A MANNER
THAT REDUCES CONSUMPTION OF RESOURCES
AND ENERGY. WE ARE COMMITTED TO
PRINCIPLES OF PASSIVE DESIGN AND BELIEVE
THAT THOROUGH ANALYSIS CAN SIMULATE AND
PREDICT PERFORMANCE OF ALL BUILDINGS." ERI
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HE BELIEVES THAT DESIGN SHOULD BE THE COMBINED
RESULT OF MULTIPLE INSPIRATIONS.
·GIVING HIS VIEWS ON INNOVATION IN ARCHITECTURE,
HE SAYS THAT IT IS A SYMBIOTIC BALANCE BETWEEN
SUSTAINABILITY, AFFORDABILITY, IMAGEABILTY , AND
LIVABILITY.
RASTOGI ADDS, "THROUGH MOST OF OUR PROJECTS
WE HAVE SUCCESSFULLY ELIMINATE THE MYTH OF HIGH
COST BEING AN INTRINSIC PART OF SUSTAINABLE
BUILDING DESIGN. AT MORPHOGENESIS TODAY, WE
HAVE BECOME ARCHITECTURAL ACTIVISTS IN AN
ATTEMPT TO AFFECT CHANGE IN OUR CITIES, IN THE
BUILDINGS WE DWELL AND ULTIMATELY, THE
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WORK DONE
PEARL ACADEMY OF
INFOSYS CAMPUS, NAGPUR
FASHION,
JAIPUR
APOLLO TYRES
THE BRITISH
CORPORATE OFFICE,
SCHOOL
GURGAON
SOCIETY,
NEW DELHI
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FIRM- MORPHOGENESIS
MORPHOGENESIS IS AN INDIAN ARCHITECTURAL FIRM
FOUNDED BY MANIT RASTOGI AND SONALI RASTOGI IN
1996.
IT IS ONE OF INDIA’S LEADING AWARD-WINNING
ARCHITECTURE AND URBAN DESIGN PRACTICES
·MORPHOGENESIS IS RECOGNIZED AS ONE OF THE
LEADING ARCHITECTURE FIRMS IN INDIA. THE FIRM IS
BASED OUT OF NEW DELHI AND SPECIALIZED IN
OFFERING SERVICES IN ARCHITECTURE, INTERIOR
DESIGN, MASTER PLANNING, URBAN DESIGN,
LANDSCAPE DESIGN, AND ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN
CONSULTANCY.
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AT MORPHOGENESIS, SUSTAINABILITY IS A CORE
CREATIVE VALUE AND IS PRACTICED IN THE
EVOLUTION OF THE DESIGN.
ALL PROJECTS AT MORPHOGENESIS ARE
EXAMINED, BASED ON ITS FIRST PRINCIPLES ON
HOW TO PASSIVELY PROVIDE THE
FUNDAMENTALS OF COMFORT, SAFETY,
LIVEABILITY AND YET SUSTAINABLY RESPOND
TO THE LOCAL CLIMATE AND ECOLOGY WHILE
REMAINING ECONOMICALLY VIABLE AND
GLOBALLY PERTINENT.
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clients of
morphogenesis
MORPHOGENESIS HAS WORKED WITH CLIENTS FROM
VARIOUS INDUSTRIES. THEIR MAJOR CLIENTS INCLUDE:
1.APOLLO TYRES
2.PEARL ACADEMY, JAIPUR
3.INFOSYS
4.DELHI ART GALLERY, NEW DELHI
5.TRUMP TOWER
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