Sarah ChangeziArchitecture · Bombay

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Sarah Changezi

Architecture student and maker in Bombay. I draw by hand, from a crochet stitch to a courtyard.

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  1. Purple crochet lace, close up: rows of chain stitches open into a pattern of holes.

    1:1

    A stitch

    Crochet lace. Small Worlds.

  2. A hand-painted square tile: blue floral motifs on a red ground.

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    A tile

    Forging Patterns, painted on a 20 × 20 cm tile. Basic Design, Semester 2.

  3. Pencil and watercolour isometric of a timber shelf with round openings for a cat and hollows for potted plants.

    1:20

    A shelf

    A cat shelf with hollows for plants. Studio Apartment, Semester 3.

  4. Watercolour isometric of a studio apartment: a red sofa, green chairs, shelves, a desk and plants in one room.

    1:50

    A room

    Studio Apartment, inhabited isometric. Semester 3.

  5. Watercolour ground-floor plan of a café, with curved seating, small tables, a kitchen and outdoor seats.

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    A café

    Atelier Cafe, ground-floor plan in pencil and watercolour.

  6. Working-drawing section through a ground-plus-five residential building, with floor levels and construction notes.

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    A building

    Residential working drawings, Section A–A′. Semester 6.

  7. Site plan of the Literary Art Space in Lucknow: buildings around a garden courtyard, with trees and section lines.

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    A courtyard

    Literary Art Space, Rifa-e-Aam, Lucknow. Semester 6.

Each piece is labelled with the scale an architect would draw it to.

I study architecture at Rizvi College in Bombay. I learn a place by drawing it.

Ink and watercolour drawing of an artist at a desk by a tall window.
Semesters 1 and 2
First overall
Architectural Design 01 and 02
Second
Technical Design 02
First

The drawing register, largest first.

8 drawers226 drawings, studies and small works14 studies in 3DOpen the plan chest, every drawing

No.ProjectKindSemesterAt the scale of
01 Literary Art SpaceA museum, a library and three gardens behind a heritage club in old Lucknow.15 drawings · 1 in 3D Architecture6A site 02 InteractionsA library in two buildings, joined by a semi-open passage.14 drawings · 1 in 3D Architecture5A site 03 Working DrawingsA G+5 housing block, from the typical floor to the edge of a kitchen counter.16 drawings · 2 in 3D Technical6A building 04 Atelier CafeCoffee and a workshop, drawn in pencil and watercolour.34 drawings · 1 in 3D Interior—An interior 05 Studio ApartmentOne room for a law student, her jewellery, her friends and Felix the cat.14 drawings · 4 in 3D Interior3A room 06 Basic DesignSix studies in card, paint, paper and chain.42 studies · 5 in 3D Studio studies1–2The hand 07 Small WorldsCrochet, miniatures, drawings and paintings.43 works, with the sketchbook Making—A stitch 08 MarksFour identities, with the pencil pages behind each mark.48 drawings Identity—A stamp

Small Worlds

Worlds small enough to hold.

A miniature room built in a box: a tiny gramophone, a rug and framed pictures.
A room for a gramophone
A snail creeping along a branch beneath tall pink-capped mushrooms, in ink and watercolour.
A snail under the mushrooms
A walled town with towers on a green cliff under a violet sky, in fine ink line and watercolour.
A town on a cliff
A small crochet pouch in cream and pink, held in a hand.
A pouch, crocheted
Ink drawing of a sailing ship inside a light bulb, the bulb cut out of black and edged with small blue symbols and waves.
A ship in a bulb

All small worlds

Left-handed, and drawing since I was very small.

I’m in the fourth year of my B.Arch. Outside the studio I crochet, paint and build rooms inside boxes.

Read about SarahSee the small worlds