"Design that is closer to Nature"
JDAP is a Design, Architecture and Planning firm, with 'Design that is closer to Nature' at the core of its approach. We work on projects that are close to our hearts, and look for deeper purpose in each of our projects that align with our core principles of bringing lasting value to the real world. In doing so, our works span conventional boundaries of industria
l and technology design, architecture and interior design, landscape design and masterplanning. What is seen at the core of our endeavours is the constant effort to make every project a stepping stone on our path to forge a new, sustainable balance between the natural and the manmade world. If the solutions lie in pursuing newer technologies, it is them that we work on, if solutions are seen to lie in learning from nature and from traditional practice, then it is there that we look. The second is the commitment to our Principles of Design. Regardless of the scale or nature of the project at hand, our work is a process of maximising the Value that is inherent in the context of the design object - the program, site, the natural or cultural setting, the financial constraints and the material content. We strive towards achieving holistic solutions that do "More with Less" - solutions that enable greater possibilities and that tackle multiple problems with an economy of means are favoured over those that do otherwise. In doing this, we follow a process that allows for a variety of influences to enrich the project in an organic manner rather than working with predefined outputs. Lastly, we believe that the Architectural project while being both a cultural and a technological one, is at its core an Idea-based one - an Idea that is constantly reinventing and redefining itself. In our work, we seek to constantly Invent - looking for newer ways is favoured over bowing to convention - and it is here once again, that Nature, with its limitless profusion of Ideas that serves as a constant wellspring of inspiration that defines and fuels our aspirations. It is not only the conception and development of the idea that holds value, but
the complete life cycle of the idea into its production and material manifestation that are incorporated and developed into the ethos of the practice. In building competencies , skills and knowledge to make the leap toward a new future of design, we are forever on the path of learning and discovery, and every project is a new one!
