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situations. I still remember those awkward situations
Self-declaration was made but I was in a complete
vacuum. Just had an urge of design in the blood,
no exposure, no financial support, no ideas about
policies and procedures, no human resource, no
idea of writing proposals and reports, an immature
personality. To cut a long story short, nothing was
there except zeal to be an owner. Nevertheless,
I chose a different path and that made all the
differences.
Here I commenced the journey, journey of sweat,
tears, blood and architecture. With no PR, it seemed
impossible to find any project. But somehow luck
started sprinkling in the form of a gate design
project, a boundary wall, a dog house, an individual
residential unit. Working 20 hours a day jolting on
same drawing sheet; sleeping in office floor; living
in energy drinks and away from family and society
was the lifestyle for next 2-3 years.
I had to go through quite insurmountable odd
when I felt humiliated with what I could afford to
wear. Having a single pair of pants and a black shirt,
slippers on my feet, I went to formal meetings to sign
agreements; drought in rain. They remarked ‘at least
you would wear some reasonable formal attire in such
occasions’. Another situation was worst when I won
a competition and was invited to present the design
to a mass. Having offered with big applause, I was
taken to a private and commented the same by the key
person. Then I decided to gift myself a set of suit and
a car (definitely in loan). I found it really worked out.
FACING BIGGEST CHALLENGES:
We see opportunity in every challenge, we find new
solutions in every problem. However, an architect
company - being located in Nepal- can’t do away
with prevailing status quos that hinder our leap.
As every challenge comes with an opportunity and
every problem leaves a solution, we orient our team to
be prepared for the same, face any sort of challenges
and adapt as soon as possible.
We encourage them to work smart, not hard.
Visualize the client’s expectations so that no change
is required to be made later.
We set a clear matrix of priority and use heat maps
to decide what urgent is and what needs to be done
immediately.
We follow milestones.
We design the communication route and the office
system as simple and as fluid as possible so that it
would never be a barrier for the immediate execution
of the idea.
THINKING OUT OF THE BOX:
We believe that if we walk on the beaten path we
end up with a destination where many others have
already been. Instead, if we make a new trail –it may
be full of risks and uncertainties– it takes us to a new
destination. So walking off the beaten path is what
thinking outside of the box is. When we start thinking
outside of the box the problems remain no more
problems rather the source of new way-outs. We have
a series of such examples where we thought/practiced
outside of the box. These ideas have helped the client
and industry in a significant way.