Karun Kumbera

Experience

1. Principal

   Kkau

   Apr 2007 — Present · Bengaluru, IN

   Having studied in the Malnad school of architecture in Hassan in 1993, Karun Kumberaworked with various architectural practices in India and has practiced in his own capacity inBangalore, India. After working for eight years in India, he studied Urbanism in École Nationale Supérieure d’Architecture de Paris-Belleville and then urban architecture in École nationale supérieure d’architecture de Paris-La Villette, while working with various offices of architectureand urbanism in Paris, where he worked rigorously on the topics of micro-urbanism andurban ecology and its synergy with built architecture. In 2008 he established Karun KumberaArchitects and Urbanists, In Bangalore.Karun Kumbera Architects and Urbanists was formed with a belief that all domains of designand creativity are interdependent. The team of multidisciplinary professionals functions withthe intention of catering to the holistic aspects of human living, considering the physical,spatial, environmental and spiritual needs, and with emphasis on respecting the elements, thathelp human living to flourish.The firm functions with the rationale that, all aspects of human living are interconnected:From objects that we use that are placed in a space that constitute the space, a community ofspaces that constitute a building, the building that participates in the morphology of the streetand the street in turn that forms the locality and the locality forms the city.The team of professionals that comprises of designers, architects andurbanists, with close interaction of consultants and professionals from allied fields, strive tofind an equilibrium between the physical environment generated by human needs and the environment.

Skills

• Site Planning
• Architectural Design
• Green Building
• Urban Design
• Sustainable Design
• Interior Design
• Sketchup
• Residential Design
• Design Research
• Urban Planning
• Urban
• Urban Regeneration
• Urbanism
• Landscape Architecture
• Architecture
• Comprehensive Planning