Founded in 2020, OTLA is a young architecture & design practice with its studios based out of Mumbai and Bangalore, and a makeshift studio based out of Kagala, North Karnataka. The team is involved in a varied set of architectural design and research projects ranging from eco-retreats and tourism, staff housing, community skill development, along with private houses and apartments.

Otla attempts to curate sensitive spaces through an iterative design process, which involves detailed studies of the region, physical models, illustrations, material sampling and full scale on-site mock-ups and drawings. As experiential designers, the goal is to involve and partner with the client and communities to create impactful spaces that develop a relationship with the land and the people who occupy it.

Steeped in the philosophy of building from and for the land, the studio strives to curate spaces and experiences through in-depth explorations and learnings from its immediate surroundings. OTLA’s architecture attempts to encompass the tangible and intangible, defined by an innate sensitivity to the socio-cultural, ecological and physical context. With careful consideration of the land and its exisiting ecosystem, each of the designs are developed with innovation through local material, skill, indigenous methods and optimum use of technology. The purpose is to create spaces that can accomodate, adapt and evolve.