AA+ STUDIO
Architecture · Landscape Architecture · Interiors
AA+ Studio designs architecture, landscape and interiors as a single continuous idea. A building is never separated from the ground, the light and the planting around it.
Founded by architects Shrinithe Ramesh and Ishwarya Suresh, the studio works across South India. Projects range from a small café courtyard in Puducherry to a temple riverfront in Andhra Pradesh. Every project starts the same way, by reading the climate, the soil, the water and the people who will use the space.
Our approach is human-centred and biophilic. Drawing on a background in human-building interaction, we care as much about how a space feels to move through as how it looks. Shade, breeze, texture, greenery and the seamless transitions between inside and out.
Puducherry · Hospitality courtyard
A biophilic courtyard for a café and bar in the heart of Pondicherry. Layered tropical planting wraps a checkerboard floor and warm timber furniture, while stretched shade sails and a hand-painted mural turn a tight urban plot into a cool, green room.
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Srikalahasthi, Andhra Pradesh · Urban / Waterfront
A riverfront beautification for the Srikalahasteeswara Swamy Devasthanam, on the banks of the Swarnamukhi. A timber boardwalk threads the water's edge, punctuated by planted islands, shaded seating and gathering decks, resolved through a full master plan and sections.
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Thiruvannamalai, Tamil Nadu · Private residence
A family home at the foot of Arunachala, where a contemporary plan is warmed by a distinctly South Indian palette of cane, solid timber, stone floors and layered, low lighting. Grounded, cool rooms that open to light and greenery.
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East Coast Road, Tamil Nadu · Residential garden
A contemporary biophilic garden for a coastal villa on the ECR. The scheme layers sculpted greens, meandering stone paths and intimate lounge pockets around water and fire focal moments, planned across arrival, retreat, play and quiet-reading zones.
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Kumbakonam, Tamil Nadu · Private residence
A Bali-inspired tropical landscape for a home in Kumbakonam. Layered planting and water-led moments, from a curtain-creeper green screen at the car park to a lotus water garden and a lush buffer around the pool.
View project →We sweat the details. Before a line is drawn, we spend time understanding climate, water, soil and the daily life a space has to hold, then let architecture and landscape grow together from there.
Sun, wind, water, soil and culture come first. The site tells us what it wants to become.
We design for how the body moves and feels in space. Shade, breeze, texture and calm, not just the plan.
Greenery is structural, not decoration. Inside and outside are drawn in the same breath.
Honest materials, considered planting and warm light, resolved down to the last joint and leaf.
Shrinithe and Ishwarya design every project together, across architecture, landscape and interiors. Two backgrounds feeding one continuous conversation, from the first sketch to the last plant. The two met on the job, at a firm where Ishwarya was an intern and Shrinithe a junior architect fresh out of college. They hit it off over drawings and deadlines, then went their separate ways for master's degrees abroad. When they found themselves back in the same country, the question answered itself: why join someone else's practice when they could build their own and make their mark? AA+ Studio is also their way of bringing home what those years in the West taught them, from human-building research to contemporary landscape practice, and letting it meet the climate, craft and culture of South India. That intersection is the studio. As for disagreements, there are surprisingly few. When one does come up, they find the middle ground and keep the work in harmony. It is a big part of why the partnership works.
Architect · Landscape Architect
Trained in both architecture and landscape, Shrinithe brings a deep grounding in ecology, planting, water and microclimate. She reads how a place holds light and water, and how it will grow and change over time.
B.Arch · MLA, Master of Landscape Architecture
Architect · Human-Building Interaction
An architect with a research background in how people experience and interact with built space, Ishwarya brings a human-centred lens to the studio, shaping how each place feels to move through and live in.
B.Arch · MSc Human-Computer Interaction / Human-Building Interaction
AA+ Studio works within Ashhirwaad Associates, a Puducherry practice of over two decades in construction, heritage restoration, interiors and material testing. It gives our design work the backing of a full build and engineering team.
Tell us about your site, your home or your project. We work with clients across South India and beyond.
Studio
AA+ Studio
#182, 4th Main Road, "Mayan Vihar",
Mahaveer Nagar, Lawspet,
Puducherry 605008, India
Phone
+91 94425 27023 · Shrinithe
+91 90033 99783 · Ishwarya