Architecture of Responsibility
Architecture is a parallel dialogue between space and time on one hand and material and labour on the other. We aim to create meaning by understanding the production of space through Migration, Material, Memory. AUR works with ‘time’ in architecture by preserving and projecting the collective memory of society to reinforce historical and cultural continuity, by capturing atmospheric phenomena to induce a sense of time, and by accommodating material change as tactile evidence of time.
Architecture remains a highly political act. Space gets contested through forces of migration, labour, climate, and colonialism.
The work addresses traditional domains of site, context, and program, through the dichotomies of the global-local and the urban-rural condition. The work is grounded by an anthropological interest in the sensorial and how people use and move through space, and in turn, get consciously and subconsciously influenced.
AUR, और in Hindi, signifies the ‘other’ and signals a ‘prompt’. AUR / Architecture Urbanism Research is an international architecture practice invested in providing a voice for the 'other'. Architecture is perceived as a responsibility, and history as an instrument to facilitate cultural continuity, social equity, and material specificity. We are interested in an architecture of material and memory that crafts histories of the future thoughtfully excavating histories of the past.
The work is embedded in narratives of cultural significance, social relevance, and environmental resilience. We are living in a time when social and environmental crises demand immediate action. We are invested in projects that precisely address that. However, we do believe the cultural crisis remains a more pressing issue – there is a collective amnesia with the erasure of shared memory. Providing continuity of memory remains a recurring pursuit in our projects.
Histories and Archaeologies
Architecture that is conceptualized and materialized as archaeological sites of memory. Cultural continuity through specific historical analysis. We engage in oral history as a means of addressing memory and memorialization - individual and collective remembering and forgetting.
Community and Social Equity
We work with marginalized communities on the creation of physical environments that protect populations by promoting equity and resilience. Belonging, inclusion, and collective ownership create trust and remain critical to the success of social impact projects.
Craft and Materiality
Architecture is rooted in craft and local materiality. Craft refers to making - both the building craft of vernacular practices and the folk craft of cultural object making. We work with communities with craft traditions to make craft forms a part of the cultural production of architecture.
Practice Profile
AUR was founded in 2019 by Aurgho Jyoti and currently operates out of New York and New Delhi. It is currently led by Aurgho Jyoti and Subhradip Roy. Aurgho previously worked as a Project Lead and Senior Architect for SOM, OMA/Rem Koolhaas, Gehry Technologies, Studio Fuksas, and 3Gatti Architecture Studio. He is a licensed architect in the US and India. He holds an M.Des in Architecture and Technology from Harvard and an M.Arch-II in Architecture and Urbanism from Cornell as a Tata Scholar. He has conducted research on housing and materials at MIT Media Lab and Harvard. He holds a B.Arch with distinction from SPA, New Delhi.
AUR was founded in 2019 by Aurgho Jyoti and currently operates out of New York and New Delhi. It is currently led by Aurgho Jyoti and Subhradip Roy. Aurgho previously worked as a Project Lead and Senior Architect for SOM, OMA/Rem Koolhaas, Gehry Technologies, Studio Fuksas, and 3Gatti Architecture Studio. He is a licensed architect in the US and India. He holds an M.Des in Architecture and Technology from Harvard and an M.Arch-II in Architecture and Urbanism from Cornell as a Tata Scholar. He has conducted research on housing and materials at MIT Media Lab and Harvard. He holds a B.Arch with distinction from SPA, New Delhi.
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