Studio Mumbai is a human infrastructure of skilled craftsmen and architects who design and build the work directly. Gathered through time, the group shares an environment created from an iterative process, where ideas are explored through the production of large-scale mock-ups, models, material studies, sketches and drawings. Projects are developed through careful consideration of place and a practice that draws from traditional skills, local building techniques, materials, and an ingenuity arising from limited resources. The essence of the work lies in the relationship between land and architecture. The endeavour is to show the genuine possibility in creating buildings that emerge through a process of collective dialogue and a face-to-face sharing of knowledge.
The works of Studio Mumbai have received international recognition, among others the Global Award in Sustainable Architecture by l’Institut Francais d’Architecture in 2009. At the Venice biennale in 2010, the contribution of the studio was to transform a large room in the old Venetian Arsenal building into a work place as part of an iterative, creative process. The exhibition 'work-place' offered a very intimate look into the Studio’s methods while exploring the notion and origins of creative ideas. Studio Mumbai was specifically chosen to exhibit their work by the biennale's curator, Japanese architect Kazuyo Sejima, for their sensitive approach and careful consideration of place and architecture.
During the study years 2011-13, Bijoy Jain is a visiting professor at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in connection with the research project “Towards a Tectonic Sustainable Building Practice.”