Scarpin'
In collaboration with Samir Raut · An architectural poster-making project born in lockdown.
Scarpin is a graphic design and poster-making exercise started during the COVID lockdown as part of ARCHV. Stuck indoors, we turned architecture into graphics, distilling buildings and architectural ideas into bold posters we could make quickly and share online.
A collective exercise with Sneha Desai, Varun Mehta, and Nayan Mote.
To express architecture through graphic design in the form of digital and print media.
Paying homage to Carlo Scarpa, whose work originated this quest, the term Scarpin’ was coined.
Introduced to Carlo Scarpa by mentors at Studio 823, it was while designing a microbrewery in Bandra (which never got made) that the obsession began.
Visually Scarpa’s volumes might not seem complex, but while hand illustrating them into construction details, we realise the intricacies of the geometry he worked with. Being actively involved as both, a graphic designer and architect whilst obsessing over Scarpa, gave hope to find a link between these two worlds.
Read moreRead less
Paying homage to the architect Carlo Scarpa, whose work originated this quest, the term SCARPIN’ was coined. The pleasure was of projecting architecture in the form of graphic media while creating a coherent visual world, which was yet to be explored into something more beautiful.
This initiation of Scarpin' as a collaborative landscape was conceptualized by the participation of close friends and colleagues at ARC.HV while translating the works of Roberto Burle Marx and John Hedjuk.
Initial Ideation & Process
Internal participation and the exchange of thoughts through graphic media put spotlight on the power of cross communication. Seeing others manifest their beautiful creations, made us curious to want to learn more about the architect. Our awareness and knowledge about architecture was broadening while simultaneously exploring new visual styles.
There is an untold sense of beauty in observing through someone else’s lens ; this project helped instigate that . All while bringing to light the work of some of the greatest architects.
Thus, we wanted to create an experience where various artists could join in with their own interpretations. The intention was to urge architects to come out of their comfort zone and explore graphic design as a visual medium for expression; and to create a collective exhibit during the COVID-19 Lockdown.
We also personally asked graphic designers and visual artists to participate along with us, to understand how they viewed architecture.
We hope to instigate communication within the creative community about their personal process and formats of creation. After the awesome involvement from our enthusiastic participants we extended this journey of creation into another project, called Virtual Gods .
