Ankur Choksi

Ankur Choksi heads large-scale Integrated Hospitality and Adaptive Reuse interventions, and Private Residences. Deeply invested in the nature of the practice, he works closely with the leadership group to hold the values & culture, the design process, leadership development & training, integration of technology, and strategic organizational structuring. Ankur has studied Visual Communication at the National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad and has extensively worked in the domains of graphic design, exhibition and museum design prior to co-founding Studio Lotus.

Ankur believes in and is excited by the idea of storytelling through the studio’s work. His design approach draws from regional context and culture, and in the integration of the hand-built, to highlight the tactility and grace of local material and artisanal skills. He advocates adaptive reuse of the already-built as a starting point for sustainability in architecture. Some of the Studio’s significant projects in his domain include the Godrej Trees Project in Vikhroli—all adaptive reuse intervention within the legacy of an industrial site, Clubhouse for Antara—a first-of-its-kind senior living community in the city of Dehradun, the Taj Guras Kutir in Sikkim, an upcoming jungle resort at Bandhavgarh for the Oberoi group, and a boutique 15-key resort at Havelock Islands.

Keen to share the learnings of the practice Ankur actively engages with academia and the design community. He has served as a visiting faculty member, guest lecturer and juror at institutions such as NID, CEPT Ahmedabad, NIFT Delhi, and other schools. Industry platforms where Ankur has spoken on the studio’s work and ethos include India-NOW, organized by AIA New York in 2022. He was also on the international jury at WAF in 2021 and the WAF China Awards in 2020. Ankur is driven by learning. Apart from physical adventures, he enjoys the exploration of new experiences.

He loves to engage with technology and is deeply interested in the art of making music, and the language of music, especially Indian classical and Jazz. He loves building with his hands, and the satisfaction that the process of creation brings. In a different life, Ankur would have chosen to be a carpenter or a sculptor.