FIRKI STUDIO
FIRKI studio is an award winning practice based in Noida and is consistently pushing boundaries to provide innovative solutions in a range of services including architecture, interior design, landscape design, graphic and product design, parametric design, kinetic design. The studio is an open platform for cultivating a design centric work culture and partner closely with our clients to create spaces that are culturally rooted, economically viable and attuned with nature. Fashioning or customizing a space that speaks about the end user is their main driving force. The studio has received several national and international awards for their projects.
“Optimum utilization of resources, within the box, to provide out of the box solution is innovation.”
A subtle breeze sets a “FIRKI” into motion - transforming its coloured blades, a poetic act that brings out a smile. Simple interventions with a large impact is what we look forward to deliver in a project. We rely a lot on intuitive design and try to construct a collage of forms and spaces that is dynamic, aspiring and meaningful throughout. While the studio tends to draw inspiration from simplistic observations and day-to-day objects/events, every project is a result of complex collaborative processes not necessarily bound by a predetermined style.
Started as an Illustration studio called ‘Firki ‘in 2011, the firm Firki Studio was founded in 2014 by Vasanth and Sakshi to delve into the field of design and architecture and was later joined by Shiv as Design Head and Partner. With Archana and Rachit as an integral team member and partners now Firki is now taking up newer challenges head on. A young team of thinkers, focusing to create designs and memories that are everlasting, are in a journey to understand and explore the term-"modern Indian aesthetic”.
“Designing is seen as a means to stay grounded and connected to the spirit of creating”
Firki Five
Firki is driven by five dynamic partners, all graduates of the School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi. Together, they form a powerhouse of ideas, imagination, management, and construction. Each partner is a master of their craft, continuously embracing new challenges in the ever-evolving modern world. With over a decade of diverse experience across a wide range of projects, Firki has evolved into a full-service studio, successfully undertaking turnkey projects and offering comprehensive, one-stop solutions.
Vasanth Packirisamy
PRINCIPAL ARCHITECT
PARTNER
Vasanth Packirisamy is an artist and the principal architect at Firki Studio. After completing his bachelors from SPA, New Delhi, he worked with TEAM and Abaxial Architects where he handled different scales of work from products, furniture, interior, residential, institutional to large IT parks. For him the studio is an open platform to bring about a right balance of art, design and architecture. Over the last few years he has been constantly experimenting with modular design and hopes to see a paradigm shift where the end user has a larger control over their space.
Sakshi Kumar
PRINCIPAL LANDSCAPE DESIGNER
PARTNER
A graduate of SPA, New Delhi, Sakshi is the co-founder of Firki Studio and is the principal landscape designer. Her design ideology respects local traditions and environmental factors to optimize the inherent potentials of the site. She has an inclination towards graphic representation in design and tries to maintain a hands-on approach in each of the projects. Heading the in-house landscape team, she plays a pivotal role in the studio bringing about a different perspective to design – an open space approach.
Shiv Pratap
PRINCIPAL ARCHITECT
PARTNER
Shiv Pratap completed his bachelor of architecture from SPA, Delhi and is the Partner and design head at Firki Studio. Shiv is an architect, artist and a designer. He has keen interest in exploring different materials and experimenting with new ideas to design efficient and aesthetically sound spaces. Apart from researching, designing and making different products and furniture shiv also indulges in architectural and landscape photography. He is always excited to bring something new and innovative on the table.
Rachit Gupta
PRINCIPAL ARCHITECT
PARTNER
Rachit Gupta is a graduate architect from School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi with experience in various projects in India & Gabon. His expertise lies in concept, design development, coordination for a vast range of projects including townships, institutional, commercial and residential.
He is a prolific project manager, and is well versed with preparing master schedule, execution methodologies, milestones, cash flow projections / budgets and periodic monitoring. Concerned with the deteriorating dwelling conditions in an urban environment, he has developed a keen interest in urban organic farming. He imparts this knowledge to several farmers in Northern India and helps them convert to natural/organic farming practices.
Archana Menthula
PRINCIPAL LANDSCAPE DESIGNER
PARTNER
Archana Menthula is a Principal Architect and Partner at the award-winning design practice Firki Studio. She leads design direction across architecture and landscape, shaping the studio’s approach to context, ecology, and spatial experience. With over 16 years of experience, she has worked across institutional, commercial, residential, and landscape projects in diverse contexts across India.
Her practice is rooted in the interplay of architecture, landscape, art, and ecology. At Firki Studio, she directs an interdisciplinary practice that brings architecture and landscape together as a cohesive whole. Her work is characterised by quiet intervention, contextual sensitivity, and a commitment to creating enduring environments where nature, built form, and human experience are thoughtfully integrated.
Her interest in landscape design specifically has led her to gain experience with some of the prestigious design practices in the region. She collaborates with the team to emulate her experience in art, landscape to create inspiring spaces.