Nishtha Banker

Principal Architect & Founder, inkline studio

Nishtha completed her bachelor’s degree in Architecture from School of Architecture – CEPT University, Ahmedabad and inkline studio was founded by her in Jan 2015 at Vadodara.

“Time and space are much explored concepts of modern day physics. The idea at inklinestudio is to extended the understanding of life and living by observing the interaction of people in time and space.”  

Associated Work experience:

Studio 3087, Vadodara : intern – 2011
Hundredhands, Bangalore : intern – 2012
Arya architects , Ahmedabad : Architect – 2015
Exchange Student at ETH , Zurich : 2013
1.Digital Fabrication project:
http://gramaziokohler.arch.ethz.ch/web/e/lehre/250.html
2. Studio Emmerson:
http://www.emerson.arch.ethz.ch/construction#_fs13

Papers :

Thesis: A study of changing modes of Ornamentation in dwellings of Ahmedabad. (CEPT University)
Study paper : A Swiss Barn house (ETH)

Academics:

Teaching Assistant : Digital Crafts (winter school 2013) – CEPT University
Teaching Assistant : Visual Representation (monsoon sem 2015) – CEPT University
Teaching Assistant : Representations of space (monsoon sem 2014 & 2015) – CEPT University

Awards and achievements:

1. NIASA Zonals selection and published – 2014 Housing and Industry in one complex: Final Year Project
2. Kurla Varkey Design forum 2014, presentation and discussion
3.Academic excellence award, CEPT University – 2015 (conferred on the event of convocation)
4.Coca-Cola kiosk design 2013 , shortlisted in top 3 entries
5. Shortlisted in the top 20 internationally, for the Jewish National Fund Competition to design the Zionist Village (an Institutional Campus) in Be’er Sheva , Israel – 2021