This Architect Built a Studio Around Impact, Not Instagram Trends

Описание: What if architecture slowed life down instead of speeding it up?

Ar. Vivek Vashisht, IIT Roorkee graduate and Founder of The SLOW Life, is not chasing scale for the sake of scale. After working with JLL and building over a decade of independent practice, his studio is shaped around one idea that most firms forget to ask early enough, what impact does architecture leave behind?

SLOW is not a name. It is a manifesto. Sustainable. Luxurious. Organic. Vernacular. Versatile.
From homes to workplaces, schools to public spaces, his work focuses on spatial experiences that affect mental wellness, identity, and everyday life, long after the drawings are closed.

In this candid conversation with Surfaces Reporter, he speaks about unlearning design conditioning, designing with empathy, and why the next decade of architecture will belong to studios that understand people before form.

And this is where Matecia Exhibition East 2026 comes in.

Matecia has drawn 55,000+ professionals and hundreds of brands across India, becoming one of the most influential platforms in the architecture and interiors ecosystem.
The East and North-East edition in Kolkata is not just another city on the map. It is a strategic gateway into rapidly evolving markets across residential, institutional, hospitality, and infrastructure development.

This is where designers do not just discover materials.
They discover direction.

Miss it, and you will not just hear about it later. You will watch these ideas ripple across the industry, knowing you were not present when the conversations began.
Be there, and you witness ideas turn into movements in real time.

📍 Biswa Bangla Mela Prangan, Kolkata
🗓 30th, 31st Jan and 1st Feb 2026

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