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  • About Us
    • The Nivasa Way
    • Our Team
    • Recognition
    • Annual reports
  • Built Prototypes
  • Engage
  • DONATE
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  • Volunteers Speak
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DEMONSTRATIONS OF PRACTICE

 At Nivasa, projects are instruments of inquiry, where each built work functions as a prototype testing materials, construction processes, participation, and long-term use within real constraints. 


Together, these projects articulate a user-centric, participatory, context-responsive, &accountable architectural practice.

Anganwadis

Our Anganwadi prototypes became adaptable models — offering multiple sizes, roof options, and design guidelines for the Government of Karnataka to replicate and monitor across the state.

Model Anganwadi

Area - 850-1350 sq ft

Location - Prototype for Karnataka

SELCO Anganwadi

Area - 1320 sq ft

Location - E-Thimmasandra Village, Chikkaballapur 

Haliyal and Dandeli

Area - 1100 sq ft

Location - Karwar District 

CONTEXTUAL HOUSING

Designed at the village level, Nivasa’s contextual housing focuses on people-centric planning and climate-sensitive construction, enabling repetition without losing local relevance.

Kottamedu

Area - 400 sq ft

Location - Kancheepuram, Tamil Nadu


Udupi, Cherkady

Area - 400 sq ft

Location - Petri Village, Cherkady

Thimmaiyanadodi

Area - 400 sq.ft

Location - Anekul Taluk, Bengaluru

Tribal Housing

Area - 400 sq ft

Location - Chamrajnagar

Udagiri

Area - 425 sq ft

Location - Chikballapur district 

Kodagu

Area - 425 sq ft

Location-  Kodagu District


COMMUNITY SPACES

Inclusive civic spaces designed to support learning, gathering, and collective life.

NRLM

Area - 1465 sq ft

Location - Prototype for Karnataka 

Community Center

Area - 570 sq ft

Location - Thimmaiyanadodi 

Community Library

Area - 1800 sq ft

Location - Vijayanagar 


WORK SPACES

Functional, climate-responsive workplaces that prioritise wellbeing, efficiency, and dignity.

Taluk Panchayat

Area - 10,700 sq ft

Location - Prototype for Karnataka 

ITDP Office

Area: 5000 sq ft 

Location: Kodagu District

World Bank, Golahali

Area - 400 sq ft

Location -  Chikkaballapur, Karnataka 


FLAGSHIP PROJECTS

Co-creating Construction Labour Communities (CLC)

CLC redefines worker housing from ad-hoc camps to dignified, replicable communities by embedding design, wellbeing, and welfare standards into industry practice. co-creation 

Project Suitcase



Project Suitcase is a portable design and knowledge toolkit that translates research, guidelines, and on-ground learning into actionable frameworks for practitioners, institutions, and communities. 

Rehabilitation Center

 

A people-centred rehabilitation campus designed as a therapeutic environment, integrating architecture, landscape, and care to support healing, dignity, and long-term wellbeing. 

NIVASA REGISTERED OFFICE

Block D 0122 Brigade Wisteria, No.122, Saalu Hunase Village,, Opp. Anjanya Temple, Udayapura Post, Kanakapura Road, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560082

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