Coming from a family of architects, Sonali spent a significant part of her childhood in a house where the living room was a studio. “I also cultivated a serious interest in reading, model making, and observing buildings while travelling. This experience laid my foundations in design and informed my career choice,” states Sonali Rastogi, Founding Partner, Morphogenesis.
Sonali and Manit (her partner) pursued their masters at the Architectural Association, London which was an interactive environment that frequently hosted lectures and discourse. It was during this period that they noticed the lack of architectural works that emerged from the Indian subcontinent. Apart from the works of the great regionalist Charles Correa, there weren’t many projects from India, a country with a rich architectural legacy of almost 5000 years. “We wanted to bridge this gap and reinterpret our global learnings in the Indian context. We came back to India and set up our practice—a two-person studio that consisted of my partner and I,” shares Sonali.