"GOOD DESIGN IS EFFICIENT, BEAUTIFUL AND PROBLEM SOLVING"

Known for creating thoughtfully crafted spaces, architect Jaskaran Singh takes us through the legacy he was born into

- RIDHI KALE

The larger the scale, the more the square footage and finer the detailing. Here's why. When large volumes come into play people tend to either overfill or keep it so minimal that it looks banal and boring. However, architects and designers know there's a middle path that takes into account both form and functionality; and puts together a space that creates nothing short of magic. We had the privilege of meeting one such magician, architect Jaskaran Singh of Fab Studio, Delhi.

But first, let's start from the beginning. In 1976 Sarbjit Singh (Jaskaran's father) set up Fab Interiors. Over the next four decades, the firm grew to over hundred architects, did large scale projects across the globe and was unified and rebranded as Fab Studio. Not surprising, Jaskaran didn't know a time where he didn't want to be an architect. "I was associated with this line of work, maybe long before I knew the word architect or the word interior design. I think I felt some connection about doing something, creating something," he shares.

Even as a four-years-old, he was making some very crude drawings for his bedroom, complete with a bunk bed and a staircase instead of a ladder. In class nine he did an AutoCAD course on his own initiative. "So I was always working in this direction," he explains. Not surprisingly, when he grew up he only applied to architecture colleges; finally ending up in School of Planning and Architecture, Delhi.