Sheila Sri Prakash

BORN- 6 July 1955 Bhopal india

RESIDENCE-Chennai india

Alma mator - Anna university school of architecture and planning

Occupation – Architect
Urban designer
Executive

BOARD MEMBER OF Chennai smart city ltd

Shilpa foundation
Nirmana investments
Shilpa architects
Education
She studied architecture at the Anna University School of Architecture and Planning and attended
the Harvard Graduate School of Design's Executive Education Program.[19]
She attended the Rosary Matriculation School in Chennai and attained a pre-university degree
from Stella Maris College, Chennai. She enrolled in the Bachelors in Architecture from the
Anna University School of Architecture and Planning in 1973, at a time when there was a strong
bias against women entering the field.[20]
Sheila Sri Prakash is a pioneering first woman Architect and Designer in India, who, in 1979,
founded her own Architectural Design firm ‘Shilpa Architects,’ in Chennai which has now emerged
as a forerunner in environmental friendly design and sociologically sensitive planning.

Ar. Sri Prakash says, “Dance is a meditative art form combining movement, drama and music. I see
a connection in the fundamentals of dance and architecture. They share similar features like line,
rhythm, mass, harmony and balance. I think architecture mystically connects art with space and
ecological thinking. Humans react to space in complex ways and I find that exciting. I call this
Spaciology.”

“I take my role as an architect seriously because my thoughts and actions are bound to have a lasting
impact on people, society and the planet. What I’m striving to achieve is holistic sustainability
through design. Space can make or mar the quality of life. My sensitivity to space comes from dance.
In dance, a notional space and characters are created. In architecture, one creates the ambience and
elements that give expression to the residents’ dreams. Dance has influenced my thinking as an
architect.” Ar. Sheila Sri Prakash
Honors and awards-
 Bene Merenti Award from the University of Ion Mincu in 2017
 Honourable Architect Award from the Indian Institute of Architects (October 2015
 Top 100 most influential architects in the world by it:Il Giornale dell'Architettura
 50 most influential names in Architecture and Design in 2015 by Architectural Digest
and listed among a category of "Reinventors" for having "built a formidable legacy"
and an "inspirational practice that designs societies and not merely buildings or cities"
 List of work-
Location: Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
the building was designed as a ground-plus-
nine floor RCC structure. A part of each floor
cantilevers over the lower floor while the other
part recedes. The interesting array of
overhanging and receding floors provide a
unique alternating facade with structural
glazing.
Location: Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Ar.Shilpa has been engaged by the
Karnataka State Industrial Investment &
Development Corporation Limited (KSIIDC)
for the design of Traffic and Transit
Management Center (TTMC) at Jayanagar,
Kathriguppe and Indranagar for the BMTC.
The TTMC will comprise of modern bus
depot serving over 250 buses and
commercial / leisure facilities for the transit
passengers and the neighbourhood.
 Mahindra wold city club house chennai
Client- Mahindra Year-2015 Status-completed
lifespace
developers
Concept-
The inspiration-

The inspiration for the space

come from the form of majestic
peacock which is the national bird
of india. the design weaves in and
out of the form of a fan,
symbolized by a dancing peacock
to achieve a carefully constructed
connection to the natural
environment.

Rain chains ‘Fish scale’

along the aqa bands that
exterior are part of the
corridors are façade is an
proven and cost architecture
effective method of
measures to conveying
convey rain rainwater to
water run offs. the ground.
The day lighting in most spaces within the Light is reflected from the ceiling by the
club have been the club maximized based on tiles which create a blue reflection on the
optimal orientation and site placement of the underside of the roof overlaps
built form vis-à-vis the open landscape area.
First floor plan
Second floor plan
sections
elevation