The view from: Bijoy Jain / Mumbai
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The Indian architect explains why he considers air, water and light to be as important to his creative process as bricks and mortar.
When Bijoy Jain talks about architecture, he doesn’t use words like “foundations” and “plinths”, “rammed earth” and “reinforced concrete”. “We can get drawn into the technical aspects of building but that wouldn’t challenge our conditioning of how we create architecture,” he says as he sits down with monocle in a sunny courtyard at his South Mumbai home, where we’re surrounded by his squad of dogs. Jain has reimagined the former warehouse as an office-cum-residence in his signature style.
When talking about his creative process, Jain prefers terms…
