SCALARshift

About


Scalar Shift is a young and emerging design studio led by Sudhir Ambasana, founded at the intersection of architecture, with focus on furniture and lighting design.

The design methodology of the studio is primarily based on formal exploration of structure and geometry where the final outcome is heavily informed by the processes involved in the making of it. Rooted in a respect for hand craftsmanship, the studio works closely with skilled artisans whose knowledge of joinery, finishing, and construction informs every stage of production without concealing labor, but instead revealing it through exposed structure and tactile surfaces.

Based in Mumbai, the studio was started in October (2024). Since then, Scalar Shift has produced its first series of furniture design, titled ‘Moderne Variations’ which encompasses a range of different cabinets, tables and lighting devices.


is an architect, a filmmaker and an artist. He received his B.Arch from Mumbai University and his M.A. in architecture and aesthetic practice from Hochschule für Bildende Künste – Städelschule in Frankfurt.

His work has been a part of Timcheh Music Festival in Cologne and the India Art Fair in New Delhi. He has exhibited at Emami Art Gallery in Kolkata, Terrain.Art and Nature-Morte in New Delhi. His film, Scale as Such has been screened at Fringe Art Festival in Bath and Harkat Studios in Mumbai.

List of Projects


House in Pune
A boutique with the red stairway
Portuguese house in Goa
Moderne Variations (Furniture Series 01)
Villa in Rajasthan
Villa in Nagpur
Villa in Aurangabad
House in Pune
Villa in Gujarat
Art Gallery in the Virtual


Contact


email: shift.in.scale (at) gmail.com
instagram: @scalarshift
address: Smruti, Borivali East, Mumbai 400066


Cabinet 01

Cabinet variation on framing, horizontality and curvilinear geometry.

Materials: Laminate on ply and teak wood.
L180 X W40 X H60 cm



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Cabinet 02

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Cabinet variation on the edge condition or a single segment edge beveled geometry and the resultant 45 deg. aligned doors, fixed with an inward slope.


Materials: Laminate on ply and teak wood.
L120 
X W40 X H60 cm




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Cabinet variation onframing, frontality and subdivision surface.

Materials
: Laminate on ply and teak wood.
L120 X W45 X
H83 cm

Cabinet variation on monumentality, scale and the 'architecture-ness' of an object.

Materials: Laminate on ply and teak wood.
L135 X W45 X H90 cm

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Cabinet variation on offset geometry and stacking.


Materials: Laminate on ply and teak wood.
L135 X W45 X H90 cm



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Cabinet variation on a cuboidal sideboard.

Materials: Polish on ply and teak wood.
L15 X W15 X H15 cm



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Cabinet variation on the writing bureau with a cabinet on-stand architecture inspired by James Krenov and the slanted, drop front door reminiscent of the classic secretary desk.

Materials: Polish on ply, teak wood and acrylic.
L60 X W40 X H150 cm




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Cabinet variation on the writing bureau with a cabinet on-stand architecture inspired by James Krenov and the slanted, drop front door reminiscent of the classic secretary desk.

Material: Ply and teak wood fininshed in french polish, metal strings and clamps.
L100 X B27 X H27 cm



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Variation 02 is semi-large coffe table built using Oak wood built with a series of linear elements, each measuring not more than 25mm, both vertical and horizontal and assemebled purely as load bearing entity in order to produce a very definite visual transfer of weight.

Material: Oak Wood and Glass
L90 X B90 X H40 cm




Variation 01 is a circular end table in Oak wood built only with 2 intersected element forming a base pedestal for a piece of resting glass top.

Double layer water based wood stain on Oak wood, oil finished and acrylic.

Material
: Double layer water based wood stain on Oak wood, oil finished and glass.
Dia. 40cm, H40cm


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Variation 01.2 is a circular end table in Oak wood built only with 2 intersected element forming a base pedestal for a piece of resting glass top.

Material
: Double layer water based wood stain on Oak wood, oil finished and acrylic.
Dia. 40cm, H40cm




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Cabinet variation on the writing bureau with a cabinet on-stand architecture inspired by James Krenov and the slanted, drop front door reminiscent of the classic secretary desk.

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Exposure table for Deus.Press (a printmaking studio in Mumbai) is a


Material: Metal fininshed in paint, connector screws and barrel nuts, pine wood, MDF and glass, 150 X 70 cms.



Cabinet variation on the writing bureau with a cabinet on-stand architecture inspired by James Krenov and the slanted, drop front door reminiscent of the classic secretary desk.

Material: Ply base fininshed in paint and textured glass top
L90 X B70 X H40 cm



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