Kushal Samant Architects
Kushal Samant Architects is a public archive of architectural thinking and related writing. The publication brings together essays, reflections, process notes, and project explorations that emerge from lived observation and long-term practice. The focus is on architecture as a mode of attention, examining systems, space, labour, perception, and the conditions that shape how we live and work. Rather than trends or finished statements, the work engages with durable ideas, clear frameworks, and thinking that evolves over time. The material published here may be exploratory or unfinished. It is shared to make thinking visible, not to present polished portfolios or definitive answers. This is an ongoing practice, documented in motion.
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About
Kushal Dhananjay Samant is an Architect, based in India.
In 2006, he started this journey as a side-hustle by selling stationery. In 2009, he started designing competition entries with other architects based in Seattle, CDMX, Buenos Aires, Maastricht, Torino, Kaapstad, Tampere, Mumbai, Panjim, Bangalore, Manila, and Sydney.
In 2012, he created his first brochure, magazine (Avalanche Annual Fest Magazine), and prospectus for his Alma Mater, KLS GIT, Belgaum. In 2013, he graduated with a distinction in Bachelors of Architecture from Visvesvaraya Technological University.
Since 2014, he has worked with brands like Thomas Albert Music, The Hive, The Black Canvas, SoundCloud, Scootsy, PhiFilms, OpenDesk, Maker’s Asylum, Ketto, funKtion design, EDStudio Architects, de.Sign Architecture Urban Design, Cinemamu, Airbnb, Adidas, &c. In 2015, he started the WikiHouse / BOM chapter of The WikiHouse Project in Bombay.
In 2016, Muzej Za Arhitektiro In Oblikovanje and Future Architecture Platform published his work: GRÜHAM. He takes pride in stopping a country from deporting a friend, back in 2017. Later that year, he became an Airbnb Superhost, a top Medium writer, and The Economic Times of India cited his views on Stand-Up Comedy culture.
In 2018, he made SHLVNG, furniture by OpenDesk, and sold these products on Bumble, Hinge, and Tinder. In 2019, he proofread research papers at SVKM’s NMIMS, Mumbai (NMIMS School of Branding & Advertising). Later that year, he taught Architectural Design, Graphics & Drawing Representation, and AutoDesk products as a visiting faculty at Dr. D.Y. Patil College of Architecture, Navi Mumbai.
In 2020, one of his repositories was selected for the Arctic Code Vault of the GitHub Archive Program. In 2021, he started Your Mail Project.
Since 2022, he is listed as an Assistant Professor of Architecture at Dr. D. Y. Patil School of Architecture, Navi Mumbai. He took a sabbatical in 2023.
In 2024, he built a merchandising venture - Geometry. Currently, he is creating the open-source ASK: Daily Research tool - an offline-first AI platform for generating photorealistic Q&A content on research themes including architecture, sustainability, and urban planning.
He has been working in the fields of academic research, app development, architecture, art, banking, blogging, bookmaking, book-writing, clothing, construction, content creation, content writing, curation, design, e-commerce, engineering, film making, food delivery, furniture design, garments, graphic design, hospitality, logistics, lyrics writing, mapping, market research, music, merchandising, manufacturing, open-source architecture, operations, photography, podcasts, product design, sound & production, teaching, telemarketing, venture capital, vlogging, and web design.
People
These people taught me things that I could not have learnt otherwise.
A V, Suchendra. + Adams, Vesely. + Agarwal, Bharat. + Aknoji, Anand. + Albert, Thomas. + Allagui, Anis. + Alva, Praveen. + Ansari, Yusuf. + Anvekar, Rohit. + Banejee, Spandan. + Bansal, Amrita. + Barve, Aditya. + Barve, Shalmali Patkar. + Bhangare, Kaustubh. + Cervinkova, Katrina. + Chahal, Dapinder. + Chhabra, Vaibhav. + Chougule, Umesh. + Das, Prasoon G. + Dave, Poulomi. + Desai, Ashutosh. + Desai, Gauri. + Desai, Shirish. + Divos, Erika Jimena Montalvo. + Dodhia, Khyati. + Dolas, Akshay. + Dongare, Praveen. + Drake, Gemma. + D’Souza, Adolf. + D’Souza, Lloyd. + D’Souza, Mark. + D’Souza, Richard. + D’Souza, Winston. + Fernandes, Annie. + Fernando, Thomas. + Fuchs, Carl Justus. + Gabajiwala, Tasneem. + Gupta, HN Srikanth. + Gupta, Nikita. + Hegde, Pawan. + Hernandez, Penelope. + Ingalagi, Nagesh. + Jagger, Prashin. + Jain, Ankit. + Jayarajan, Ashwin. + Jayarajan, Geeta. + Jha, Shashank. + Joshua, Sneha. + Kadabi, Aditya. + Kalra, Sukhda. + Kamath, Deepa. + Kedia, Akshat. + Kenkre, Siddhi. + Khanolkar, Suyash. + Kharsati, Elgiva. + Khemalapure, Shreyank. + Khundrakpam, Sushilkumar. + Knight, Harry. + Konarikova, Michala. + Koutumbeerkar, Prashant. + Kubski, Kathrina. + Maheo, Asoni. + Maheshwari, Sachin. + Mahidharia, Anool. + Martin, Sara. + Masurkar, Jayesh. + Mathew, Abish. + MD, Mushab. + Modak, Balwant. + Moghe, Yash. + Mohandas, Manjusha. + Mohe, Sanjay. + Mohite, Rohit. + Mutkekar, Prasad. + Naik, Surabhi. + Nair, Sudeip. + Nambiar, EPG. + Natverlal, Piyush Prince. + Ortiz, Elian Miroslav Lopez. + Pai, Shivangi. + Patade, Yugandhar. + Patel, Anushree Hiren. + Patkar, Mandar. + Patkar, Pallavi. + Patkar, Sarthak. + Pesswani, Monica. + Pesswani, Nikita. + Philip, Sebastian. + Pinishetti, Srushti. + Poojary, Shivani. + Pradeep, Ankita. + Quimson, Ezra Leih. + Rai, Nitya. + Rana, Pradeep. + Rastogi, Krishna. + Rathod, Shraddha. + Renteria, Eric Gregory Lovell. + Rohida, Sakshi. + Saboji, Sharan. + Sadalage, Vishal. + Sahai, Arjit. + Salvi, Ashwini. + Samant, Dhananjay. + Samant, Kunal. + Samant, Mitalee. + Samant, Neha. + Samant, Nilima. + Samant, Raghunandan. + Samant, Shirish. + Sangolli, Padma. + Sawalkar, Prajakta. + Sethi, Kaushal. + Shah, Prachi. + Sharma, Akash. + Shetty, Chetan. + Shiroshi, Akshay. + Sridhar, Madhusudhan. + Sridharan, Shruti. + Swat, Justyna. + Talreja, Pooja. + Tavargeri, Avani. + Thelekkat, Jayarajan. + Thelekkat, Mohandas. + Timmermans, Thies. + Upasani, Sonali. + Van Gelder, Elke. + Varadkar, Neha. + Varadkar, Ramchandra. + Varadkar, Santosh. + Vora, Shyam. + Wadhwani, Sakshi. + Yalgi, Mohit.