Tectonic Fantastic
Anagram Architects
This pavilion is conceived as an architectural assembly of human-scaled matchboxes arranged in a shifting, tectonic tessellation. Each matchbox can slide, swing or pull open to reveal a dioramic world within—stories, rituals, urban myths and hyperlocal moments drawn from Mumbai’s layered everyday life.
Together, they form a dense field of fragments where ordinary routines collide, overlap and entangle, reflecting the city’s unpredictable rhythms. Visually inspired by vintage Indian matchbox graphics, Bollywood posters and pop art, the pavilion compresses narrative, emotion and spectacle into vivid, tactile forms that transform the mundane into the iconic.
Madhav Raman and Vaibhav Dimri
Madhav is an architect and urbanist who co-founded Anagram Architects with Vaibhav Dimri after graduating from SPA Delhi in 2001. Established in 2004, the firm is internationally recognized for contextual, sustainable, and conceptually bold work across architecture, interiors, urban design, and environmental design.
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