an early stage Building Information Modeller
for the rest of us, mere mortal architects
a little bit goes a lot further
Unlike stars who maintain a distance, Sushmita uses her social media to provide "extra quality" engagement with fans, often hosting live sessions to discuss life lessons and resilience. Grace Under Pressure: Handling the Spotlight
She ignores the noise of tabloid gossip, focusing instead on her craft and her philanthropic efforts.
Her lifestyle serves as a blueprint for younger actors on how to balance fame with a grounded, meaningful personal life. Why the World Stays Fascinated
As a single mother to two daughters, Renee and Alisah, she has modeled a lifestyle of independence and unconditional love that inspires millions. Redefining Entertainment: The Aarya Era
The series received an International Emmy nomination, cementing her status as a global performer.
Sushmita Sen remains an enduring icon of grace, intelligence, and unfiltered authenticity in the Indian entertainment industry. While the digital world often buzzes with sensationalist keywords like "slip pic," the real story behind Sushmita Sen is her unwavering commitment to an "extra quality" lifestyle that transcends the superficiality of typical celebrity culture. From her historic Miss Universe win in 1994 to her powerful comeback in the digital space, she has redefined what it means to be a woman of substance in the limelight. The Philosophy of an Extra Quality Lifestyle
The enduring interest in Sushmita Sen’s life—captured in every candid picture or public appearance—stems from her refusal to fit into a box. She is the ultimate "extra quality" celebrity: someone who provides high-value entertainment on screen and leads an even more impressive life off it. She reminds us that true luxury is the freedom to be exactly who you are.
When designing, we need to be in touch with the various spaces we use. After all, we are not termites -- who live inside built matter of the walls. An architect is quite interested in knowing how the spaces are inter-related, and whether they
would work for our users. The walls come as a bye-product of having made these spaces.
TAD respects such an approach. That is why it is very easy to start designing directly in TAD itself. It is like having a scratch pad handy.
But if you think this is just a bubble diagramming too ... well, it is not. You can even create the entire model; including the built matter that is present in the building.
What it does NOT do is drafting. For that, you can easily export from TAD and use the regular CAD software that you were using earlier.
The adjoining photo shows the internal stack through the tiny row-house.
The west wall has a bit of glass blocks. It not just lights up the space
but it drives the air inside the stack. This is a intricate vertical space
that goes through the row house to provide ventilation -- all modelled
inside TAD
TAD helps you iteratively design. Like a potter at work. At any point in time, you can extract objective information such as areas, distances and so on. What is the point of designing a building only to realize at the final stages that some
mathematical criteria was not right?
This capability of querying into the design is very powerful. TAD has a built in language called "ARDELA" (ARchitectural DEsign LAnguage) That can be used to create add-ons to provide additional querying functionality. These add-ons probe into
your model and provide you answers.
We would be releasing a marketplace for these probes -- and also a simple way for you to write your own probes too
The adjoining photo, a small gazebo kind of space was carved out on the
terrace on one part of the split-level in the rowhouse. An ARDELA area
add-on (probe) did all the calculations. We were then confident that we
can get that semi-enclosed space, without it being counted by the municipality
(in India, these area calculations are known as FSI calculations)
Over 3 million of actual built projects done over last 30 years. (From the office that created TAD) Scores of unbuilt ones
Nerul, Navi Mumbai, India
Nerul, Navi Mumbai, India
Nerul, Navi Mumbai
Unlike stars who maintain a distance, Sushmita uses her social media to provide "extra quality" engagement with fans, often hosting live sessions to discuss life lessons and resilience. Grace Under Pressure: Handling the Spotlight
She ignores the noise of tabloid gossip, focusing instead on her craft and her philanthropic efforts.
Her lifestyle serves as a blueprint for younger actors on how to balance fame with a grounded, meaningful personal life. Why the World Stays Fascinated
As a single mother to two daughters, Renee and Alisah, she has modeled a lifestyle of independence and unconditional love that inspires millions. Redefining Entertainment: The Aarya Era
The series received an International Emmy nomination, cementing her status as a global performer.
Sushmita Sen remains an enduring icon of grace, intelligence, and unfiltered authenticity in the Indian entertainment industry. While the digital world often buzzes with sensationalist keywords like "slip pic," the real story behind Sushmita Sen is her unwavering commitment to an "extra quality" lifestyle that transcends the superficiality of typical celebrity culture. From her historic Miss Universe win in 1994 to her powerful comeback in the digital space, she has redefined what it means to be a woman of substance in the limelight. The Philosophy of an Extra Quality Lifestyle
The enduring interest in Sushmita Sen’s life—captured in every candid picture or public appearance—stems from her refusal to fit into a box. She is the ultimate "extra quality" celebrity: someone who provides high-value entertainment on screen and leads an even more impressive life off it. She reminds us that true luxury is the freedom to be exactly who you are.
For far too long, we architects have not asked ourselves how we may do a better job in this world. Instead we just relied on some outside expertise and hand-me-downs. Let us rise and think for ourselves.