Studio MADe is an idea-based architectural practice founded in 2007 in Hyderabad, India, by Madhusudhan Chalasani. The studio has achieved international recognition through its pluralistic approaches towards culture-specific design solutions. This includes the Holcim Award for Sustainable Construction (Asia Pacific) for a school in Jharkhand and award-winning design for the Central Mosque at Pristina and the restructuring of the Tuljabhavani Temple Precinct. The studio believes that good architecture promotes a greater awareness of our cultural and environmental surroundings. It consciously seeks projects and clients that echo this passion about the formalised world. In this search for the unexpected, sketch-model-draw(ing) is employed as a principle generator of ideas, and projects are developed slowly, often for months.
Chalasani has collaborated with variety of practices in India and worked for two years in renowned international practices in Spain. His practice reflects a rich mix of cultural connections with a young and cosmopolitan team that cumulatively speaks nine languages.