Hi, I'm
I'm an architect working in BIM, VDC and architectural visualization.
My work has changed quite a bit over the years. I started with residential production and construction documentation, working extensively in Revit on US home-builder projects. That meant master sets, lot-specific drawings, permit and construction sets, coordination and the countless small revisions between a design and something that can actually be built.
More recently, my work has expanded into VDC and visualization: architectural modelling, millwork and shop drawings, 4D simulation, site-logistics planning and other construction-coordination workflows.
That change probably explains why this blog sometimes jumps from an ancient temple to a roof plan and then to construction logistics.
To me, they are not completely different subjects.
Why Architecture?
My interest in history actually came first.
In school, I had a social-studies teacher whose way of teaching made history feel less like something to memorise and more like something to investigate. Ancient civilizations, monuments and world history suddenly became interesting.
At home, I was also growing up around temple visits, Indian traditions and religious texts through my mother.
I was the kind of student who could spend far too much time researching a school project and considerably less enthusiasm on ordinary studying.
Eventually, architecture brought a lot of those interests together.
I completed my Bachelor of Architecture as the batch topper, but what has kept me interested in architecture since then is how difficult the profession is to put inside one box.
An architect has to understand a little of what the client sees, what the contractor needs, what the engineer calculates, what the plumber and electrician have to route, what the landscaper changes outside—and how all of those decisions affect the same building.
There are very few boundaries to the discipline.
That is probably my favourite thing about it.
How Facile Architecture Started
I started Facile Architecture in 2020.
The practical reason was simple: I hoped a blog might eventually become a small independent source of income.
The personal reason was more complicated.
It
was a difficult period in my life, and I needed something constructive
to put my energy into. I was also considering postgraduate study but
could not pursue it at the time.
So I started writing instead.
The
early blog reflects that. There are study notes, architecture
questions, graphics, design exercises, temple studies and a few personal
posts. It was never created with a perfect editorial plan.
Over
time, my professional work gave me another subject to write about: the
enormous gap between learning how to draw a building and learning how
buildings are actually documented, coordinated and constructed.
That is how the present version of Facile Architecture developed.
What I Write About
Today, most articles fall into two broad areas.
🏛️ Architectural Archives & Mysteries
These articles begin with questions I genuinely want answered.
Why has the Iron Pillar survived for so long?
What did the 2004 tsunami actually reveal at Mahabalipuram?
How did stepwells work as both water infrastructure and architecture?
Whenever
possible, I go back to archaeological reports, government records, old
survey publications, archival books and published research rather than
repeating the version of a story that has travelled furthest across the
internet.
📐 Building, BIM & Construction
These articles come from the practical side of architecture.
Construction
documents, Revit workflows, residential drawing sets, coordination,
VDC, site logistics and the small decisions that determine whether
information on a drawing actually works when somebody has to build it.
Some
posts are written for architects and BIM professionals. Others are
deliberately simple enough for students, builders or anyone curious
about what happens between a design and a finished building.
Why Both?
Ancient Indian architecture and modern construction documentation may look like two completely different blogs.
For me, they begin with the same question:
How does a building actually work?
Sometimes the answer is hidden in a nineteenth-century survey report.
Sometimes it is hidden in a wall section.
Both are worth looking for.
Facile
Architecture is an independent personal blog. The views and articles
published here are my own and do not represent any current or former
employer, client or project team.
For questions, corrections or suggestions for something I should investigate next, visit the Contact page.
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