Architect & Principal, Est. 2015
Saugat Baral
Architecture that negotiates between land, light, and the lives of those who inhabit it.
Philosophy
Architecture is an act of
listening
Every project begins with silence — listening to the site, the climate, the people who will inhabit the space. Good architecture is never imposed; it emerges from a careful reading of place, programme, and purpose.
My practice spans cultural buildings, private residences, and urban interventions across Europe. I work with a small team to ensure every detail is authored with the same intention as the whole.
8+
Years of practice
34+
Built projects
11+
Cities built in
Typologies
Fields of practice
Cultural & Civic
Museums, libraries, community centres. Buildings that hold collective memory and invite public life.
Museums, libraries, community centres. Buildings that hold collective memory and invite public life.
Residential
Private houses and housing. Architecture scaled to the body, tuned to daily ritual and quality of light.
Private houses and housing. Architecture scaled to the body, tuned to daily ritual and quality of light.
Urban Interiors
Hotels, offices, and public interiors — designing atmosphere at the scale of the room and the city simultaneously.
Hotels, offices, and public interiors — designing atmosphere at the scale of the room and the city simultaneously.
Adaptive Reuse
Giving new life to existing structures. Sustainability through continuity — preserving the layers of time embedded in a building.
Giving new life to existing structures. Sustainability through continuity — preserving the layers of time embedded in a building.
Expertise
Technical command
Education
2006
M.Arch — ETH Zürich
Thesis: Threshold spaces in transitional architecture
2003
B.Arch — ETSAB Barcelona
First-class honours, Premio Extraordinario Fin de Carrera
2001
Visiting Year — IUAV Venice
Focus on materiality and tectonic expression
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