Eight partners - Krishna Parikh, Monik Shah, Vedanti Agarwal, Aman Amin, Kishan Shah, Manuni Patel, Prasik Chaudhari and Nishita Parmar - got together in 2017 to found Compartment S4, a design practice with studios in Ahmedabad, Mumbai and Bengaluru. With a mandate to create buildings and spaces that achieve social, economic, and environmental sustainability, the young studio has the principles of dialogue and research at its heart; and true to its collective nature, the concept of collaboration is central to its operation.
