Ar. Akhila Pillai & Ar. Baghya Venkataramani

Architects

Akhila Pillai & Baghya Venkataramani are avid design and technology enthusiasts, working with the Mumbai office of Cannon Design. Cannon Design is a global integrated design solutions firm focused on helping people continuously flourish through the ‘Living-Centered Design’ approach. This article is a culmination of a series of interviews with Joe O’Neill, John Reed, Demosthenis Simatos, and Natasha Luthra, leaders from Cannon Design, supplemented with research and perspectives from the authors. Akhila is an architect with more than a decade worth of diverse experience ranging from design and project management of hospitality, residential and commercial projects to establishing workflows on BIM platforms. A post graduate in Environmental Architecture, she is a huge proponent of data-driven design. Baghya is an architect with nine years of experience in the residential, education and industrial sectors. She did her Master’s in Advanced Architecture from IAAC, Barcelona. Co-contributor: Raunak Mohapatra is currently pursuing his internship with CannonDesign and loves engaging with various forms of ‘art for people’