Architecture + InteriorsDesign that begins with listening

We’re a process-led architecture and interior design studio

Listen. Plan. Test.
Shape.

At Aster & Vale, every project starts with people and purpose. Good architecture begins with listening, really listening, to the families, students, workers and communities who will live, learn and gather in the spaces we create. Our process is open, honest and relentlessly collaborative.

More about us

Since 2009

One studio of architects, interior designers and landscape architects, working across India from Mumbai and Bengaluru.

17
years in practice
140
architects, designers and makers
260+
projects completed
38
design awards

A selection of our work

  • Housing Project of the Year 2026
  • IGBC Platinum, Saffron Yards
  • Workplace Interior Award 2025
  • Best Civic Building, Western Region
  • 260+ projects completed
  • Architecture
  • Interior design
  • Landscape
  • Master planning
  • Adaptive reuse
  • Workplace strategy

How we work

Four steps. The same on every project, at every scale.

  1. 01

    Listen

    We begin on site and with the people who will use the building. We gather briefs, constraints and ambitions before anyone draws a line.

    • Site walks and user interviews
    • Brief and budget workshops
    • What can stay, and what must change
  2. 02

    Shape

    Options are tested in models, sketches and daylight studies. You see the trade-offs clearly and choose with us.

    • Physical and digital models
    • Daylight and climate studies
    • Cost checks at every option
  3. 03

    Detail

    Architecture, interiors and landscape are drawn by one team, so the door handle and the master plan tell the same story.

    • Material samples and mock-ups
    • Local makers and craftspeople
    • Coordinated drawings, one set
  4. 04

    Deliver

    We stay on site through construction and return a year after handover, to learn what worked and fix what didn't.

    • Weekly site reviews
    • Handover and user training
    • One-year post-occupancy visit

In their words

“They listened to three hundred families before drawing a single plan. You can feel it in every courtyard.”

Ritika MenonDirector, Kestrel Habitat · Saffron Yards

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