{"id":6958,"date":"2026-06-15T06:47:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-15T06:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thefutureatlas.com\/?p=6958"},"modified":"2026-06-15T06:56:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-15T06:56:08","slug":"the-unpublished-layer-nipun-prabhakar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thefutureatlas.com\/zh\/the-unpublished-layer-nipun-prabhakar\/","title":{"rendered":"The Unpublished Layer: Nipun Prabhakar on What Architecture Photographs Cannot Fully Hold"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"6958\" class=\"elementor elementor-6958\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-40e5b796 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"40e5b796\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_has_onepagescroll_dot&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f20b796 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" 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data-widget_type=\"elementskit-heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-wid-con\" ><div class=\"ekit-heading elementskit-section-title-wraper text_left   ekit_heading_tablet-   ekit_heading_mobile-\"><h6 class=\"ekit-heading--title elementskit-section-title\">The Unpublished Layer: Nipun Prabhakar on What Architecture Photographs Cannot Fully Hold<\/h6><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-41ddb623 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"41ddb623\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_has_onepagescroll_dot&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c857d11 elementor-widget elementor-widget-theme-post-featured-image elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"c857d11\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"theme-post-featured-image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1410\" src=\"https:\/\/thefutureatlas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/NP.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-6982\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thefutureatlas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/NP.png 2000w, https:\/\/thefutureatlas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/NP-300x212.png 300w, https:\/\/thefutureatlas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/NP-1024x722.png 1024w, https:\/\/thefutureatlas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/NP-768x541.png 768w, https:\/\/thefutureatlas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/NP-1536x1083.png 1536w, https:\/\/thefutureatlas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/NP-18x12.png 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-10a6c120 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"10a6c120\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_has_onepagescroll_dot&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-703c4689 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"703c4689\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_has_onepagescroll_dot&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-120ccd68 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"120ccd68\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_has_onepagescroll_dot&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-69d01766 elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"69d01766\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;,&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"icon icon-pencil\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Candice Lim<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-709b0a28 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"709b0a28\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_has_onepagescroll_dot&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6a881aa3 elementor-drop-cap-yes elementor-drop-cap-view-default elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6a881aa3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;,&quot;drop_cap&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>I first knew architect, photographer and community practitioner Nipun Prabhakar years ago, when he approached me with a Charles Correa story I could not refuse. He went on to write regularly for the magazine I used to run, often supporting his stories with his own photographs. In the years since, our conversations have continued in a looser but no less interesting way: a chair made from recycled pallet wood; a journey through Nepal; a conversation with artisans as they work by hand; a place or person he has encountered before the rest of us see the frame.<\/p><p>I have always been a huge fan of Nipun\u2019s photography, although I suspect that, with his work, the photograph is only one part of the encounter. His camera may hold the building, the craft process, the person, the landscape or the trace of use, but there is usually another layer just outside the image: the waiting, the permission, the awkwardness, the intimacy, the trust still being built, and the things his eyes have seen that the camera cannot\u2014or should not\u2014fully carry.<\/p><p>In this conversation with The Future Atlas, we spoke about the relationships behind documentation, the limits of the architectural image, and the everyday details that rarely make it into the frame.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-332cb2f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"332cb2f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"464\" src=\"https:\/\/thefutureatlas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-2026-06-12-at-3.11.30-PM-1024x594.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-6968\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thefutureatlas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-2026-06-12-at-3.11.30-PM-1024x594.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/thefutureatlas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-2026-06-12-at-3.11.30-PM-300x174.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thefutureatlas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-2026-06-12-at-3.11.30-PM-768x446.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thefutureatlas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-2026-06-12-at-3.11.30-PM-1536x892.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/thefutureatlas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-2026-06-12-at-3.11.30-PM-2048x1189.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/thefutureatlas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-2026-06-12-at-3.11.30-PM-18x10.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Photography on Charles Correa's work by Nipun.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-564e282 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"564e282\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"890\" src=\"https:\/\/thefutureatlas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/screenshot-1-920x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-6969\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thefutureatlas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/screenshot-1-920x1024.jpg 920w, https:\/\/thefutureatlas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/screenshot-1-269x300.jpg 269w, https:\/\/thefutureatlas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/screenshot-1-768x855.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thefutureatlas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/screenshot-1-1379x1536.jpg 1379w, https:\/\/thefutureatlas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/screenshot-1-1839x2048.jpg 1839w, https:\/\/thefutureatlas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/screenshot-1-11x12.jpg 11w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Photo story by Nipun on his parents during COVID. <\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bb816a0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bb816a0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>You share quite generously online, but I\u2019m interested in the things usually left out of the frame: failed access, awkward negotiations, trust that is not yet established, fatigue, translation, waiting, or the day when you realise today is not the day to get that shot. What are the things that do not make it into the frame or onto paper? What is your unpublished layer?<\/strong><\/p><p><strong>NP:<\/strong> It\u2019s a very interesting question, and I have to think about it. You got me.<\/p><p>I often think about this in terms of proximity. As a documentary photographer, it is notoriously difficult to photograph the people closest to you\u2014your own family, or your own people. I think it is the same with writing also.<\/p><p>With the people closest to you, you already have a relationship. It existed before you were doing all this, before you were writing or photographing. For me, it is easier to go to another city, already have an email conversation with an architect or someone connected to a story, introduce myself as a new person, take permission and photograph.<\/p><p>So in that sense, it is easier. But a lot of everyday things are missed out.<\/p><p>Sometimes, with people closest to you, the relationship is already going on in a certain way. You cannot suddenly enter it as a photographer. You cannot suddenly say: now I am documenting this. That makes it difficult. I think that is one part of the unpublished layer.<\/p><p>The other part is the everyday itself. A lot of things that are around us all the time are not looked at carefully because they are so close. They do not always feel like \u201cstories\u201d, but they are important.<\/p><p><strong>Has there been a time when photographing or publishing something felt insufficient, or even wrong? What are your limits of documentation?<\/strong><\/p><p><strong>NP:<\/strong> As long as documenting something teaches or evokes a thought in the people reading it, I am okay. But there has to be basic humility and respect. If we cross beyond that, I do not think it should be done.<\/p><p>In architecture photography, for example, I am sometimes told not to photograph a certain part of a building because it is not clean, or because the architect does not want it seen. But sometimes that is exactly the part I am interested in.<\/p><p>One thing I always do is photograph the toilets of an architect\u2019s work. It can be a very intimate, revealing photo of a building.<\/p><p>But the question is not whether something should be hidden or exposed. The question is whether showing it adds something to the understanding of the work. If it is only to make fun of something, or to show something without care, then I do not think that is right.<\/p><p>For me, documentation has to come with responsibility. It has to be useful in some way\u2014not necessarily in a practical sense, but useful in making people think more deeply about what they are looking at.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-908196b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"908196b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Because you are trained as an architect, and you also work with communities, how do you decide when to observe, when to intervene, and when to step back? Do you see your role as a photographer as more participant than observer?<\/strong><\/p><p><strong>NP:<\/strong> It depends on where I am and what I am photographing. For me, the boundaries are blurred.<\/p><p>A lot of times, I go as an architect and observe as a photographer. For example, in the Madhya Pradesh Tourism project that we are working on, we are going to villages and understanding architectural typology and culture. I am visiting as an architect, but I am using photography as a tool to observe and reflect.<\/p><p>In other places, photography becomes the first perspective I have. I was in Sri Lanka recently looking at Carl Pruscha, the Austrian architect, and his work through my lens.<\/p><p>This always reminds me of something I read about Gandhi. There was an international photographer, Margaret Bourke-White, who came to photograph him at his ashram in Ahmedabad. As I remember it, Gandhi put a condition: she herself had to spin the charkha before taking his portrait. She wanted to photograph him at work, and he wanted her to come and experience the work first, then take the photo.<\/p><p>I always feel that even as a photographer, I want to build a genuine relationship first. I cannot have a hard boundary between me and the people or places I am photographing. Actually, \u201csubject\u201d is also not the right word. It is more like a collaborator\u2014the building or the people I am working with.<\/p><p>I always try to know a person first, and then go beyond, and then take permission to photograph. With that, sometimes I miss very amazing candid moments. But I think it is important to give that respect to the person being photographed, or the place being photographed.<\/p><p>That is why I do not really work on quick-turnaround assignments. It is more like visiting a place, experiencing it, and then deciding to photograph.<\/p><p>Being an architect is also a blessing because it gives me a chance to observe, reflect and sometimes participate. But it is always case by case.<\/p><p><strong>From your experience on both sides\u2014as someone who photographs and writes about architecture, and as someone also involved in design\u2014what role does architecture media play in shaping how buildings are understood after publication?<\/strong><\/p><p><strong>NP:<\/strong> Media has a big role to play.<\/p><p>A lot of magazines and online publications work directly from the media or PR folders of architects and their projects, and take it as it is, rather than questioning it critically. I think that is something we need to look at.<\/p><p>I have also seen great examples where it has not been done that way. I remember photographing for the Aga Khan Awards, where I went to Sri Lanka to photograph a school and had a proper checklist. I had to look for each and everything the architect had suggested, and cross-verify it. There was even one line that said: look for cracks in the building. Look at how people are interacting with it.<\/p><p>I found cracks. I photographed them. That level of scrutiny is rare, but it is what good documentation looks like.<\/p><p>In India, a lot of this is now PR-driven. I get multiple emails from different PR organisations, and the title is almost always the same: \u201cExploring an authored article for my so-and-so client.\u201d Then it has the whole media folder in it.<\/p><p>But I can also think from the media side, being part of the journalism circle. It takes time and real investment to give proper attention to a project. At the moment, everything has to be churned out very fast. So it is a difficult time for media as well. Only some publications that can afford that investment, in terms of money and time, are able to work critically.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dd6af63 elementor-blockquote--skin-border elementor-widget elementor-widget-blockquote\" data-id=\"dd6af63\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"blockquote.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<blockquote class=\"elementor-blockquote\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-blockquote__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\u201cThe question is not whether something should be hidden or exposed. The question is whether showing it adds something to the understanding of the work.\u201d\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/blockquote>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-afd3a27 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"afd3a27\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" src=\"https:\/\/thefutureatlas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Old-photo-at-the-same-spot.-Rahisu-chacha-is-no-more-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-6970\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thefutureatlas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Old-photo-at-the-same-spot.-Rahisu-chacha-is-no-more-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/thefutureatlas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Old-photo-at-the-same-spot.-Rahisu-chacha-is-no-more-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thefutureatlas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Old-photo-at-the-same-spot.-Rahisu-chacha-is-no-more-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thefutureatlas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Old-photo-at-the-same-spot.-Rahisu-chacha-is-no-more-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/thefutureatlas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Old-photo-at-the-same-spot.-Rahisu-chacha-is-no-more-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/thefutureatlas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Old-photo-at-the-same-spot.-Rahisu-chacha-is-no-more-18x12.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">An inauguration card for a Hunnarshala Foundation housing project from 2015, held against the exact same space one year later to capture the lived-in reality of the home. Photo by Nipun Prabhakar.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-95efa11 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"95efa11\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>When you return to a building or settlement years later, what usually tells you more: the architecture itself, or the small changes people make to survive, improve, decorate, repair or claim it?<\/strong><\/p><p><strong>NP:<\/strong> I look at many things, from the biggest to the smallest.<\/p><p>First, I look at how the architecture has evolved, because the home is ever-evolving. I remember in Muzaffarnagar in 2015, when I first met Raisu Chacha and his wife. They were standing on a staircase with no balustrade. It was only the staircase in their courtyard. That was the time their house was inaugurated.<\/p><p>When I went back one or two years later, the staircase had a handrail added. But Raisu Chacha was no more. Only his wife was there.<\/p><p>So I look at these little additions. I also look at the posters on the wall, because posters always display aspirations.<\/p><p>A lot of times, division is also a way to look at how a house has evolved. When we think of incrementality in design, we generally think of how a house will grow\u2014vertically or horizontally. But the other way to look at it is how the house will be divided.<\/p><p>When families grow larger and the area is restricted, the house gets divided between brothers or sisters. Sometimes it starts with a curtain in the centre. After some years, it becomes a wall.<\/p><p>If the users are the same, I also look at how the children are growing. In Muzaffarnagar, a lot of kids were born in the relief camps\u2014so they and the buildings came into the world at the same time.<\/p><p>In public buildings, especially government-owned ones in India, it is different. One bureaucrat can decide to paint over all the stone walls, and that is gone. Never to be seen again.<\/p><p>I am interested in looking at change both through a photographer\u2019s eyes and an architect\u2019s vision.<\/p><p><strong>From the places and communities you have been working with recently, where do you think architecture is being tested most quietly\u2014not in the most visible projects, but in everyday practice?<\/strong><\/p><p><strong>NP:<\/strong> In the places I work, two things are happening simultaneously that fascinate me.<\/p><p>One is that more people are realising the importance of earth-based, non-toxic materials, and learning from techniques that existed before but suddenly stopped. There is a real attempt to revive building crafts and the culture around them that was nearly lost. We have the last generation of building artisans and craftsmen.<\/p><p>Parallel to that, we are in the middle of a revolution in artificial intelligence and cutting-edge technology. I really see a future where both of these things are worked together as complements.<\/p><p>I have already seen the gap in student juries. A student shows one rough sketch, and then suddenly a very photorealistic render. What is in between? That missing gap is important and nobody is talking about it.<\/p><p>Generally, technology is used by high-end builders, for mass housing, or at very large scales. But if it can be brought into community-centric projects, into work with earth-based materials and artisans, something interesting can happen.<\/p><p>We recently collaborated with the Digital Craft in Architecture programme at Oxford Brookes, where we used mixed reality to work with shallow dome makers in Bhopal. It was a perfect collaboration between craft and tech, where one was supporting and not replacing the other.<\/p><p>Architecture will be impacted by AI a little later than some other fields, but it will be impacted. The question for me is: how do we bring together building craft, community knowledge and new technology, without losing the relationships and processes behind them?<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d7e1616 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"d7e1616\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" src=\"https:\/\/thefutureatlas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/CFLS9988-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-6971\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thefutureatlas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/CFLS9988-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/thefutureatlas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/CFLS9988-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thefutureatlas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/CFLS9988-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thefutureatlas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/CFLS9988-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/thefutureatlas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/CFLS9988-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/thefutureatlas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/CFLS9988-18x12.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Dome artisan Azad Singh works on a brick dome, keeping his mixed reality headset pushed up on his forehead. Throughout the process, he alternates between wearing the headset for digital guidance and removing it to physically lay the bricks. Photo by Nipun Prabhakar.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0b85255 elementor-blockquote--skin-border elementor-widget elementor-widget-blockquote\" data-id=\"0b85255\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"blockquote.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<blockquote class=\"elementor-blockquote\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-blockquote__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\u201cThe question for me is: how do we bring together building craft, community knowledge and new technology, without losing the relationships and processes behind them?\u201d\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/blockquote>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6536674 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6536674\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/thefutureatlas.com\/zh\/connecting\/\">Nipun Prabhakar<\/a> is a photographer, writer, and community architect working at the intersection of memory, migration, craft, and the built environment. His work has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, among others, and he has collaborated with institutions such as MIT, Cornell, and IDS. He is a recipient of the SAJA Award 2025, Eddie Award 2025, SOPA Award 2025, and SOPA HM 2024. He was the Cornell South Asia Program Fellow 2019\u201320, and a speaker at the RIBA Architecture Photography Festival 2023. He is also the founder of the Dhammada Collective which has recently won the prestigious Ammodo Architecture Award in the Local Scale category.<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-abb6061 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"abb6061\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_has_onepagescroll_dot&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5cce10c elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"5cce10c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul 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format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-interview tag-ai tag-architects tag-architecture tag-community tag-design tag-future tag-interview tag-materials tag-media tag-perspective tag-photography tag-sustainability tag-technique\" role=\"listitem\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail__link\" href=\"https:\/\/thefutureatlas.com\/zh\/the-unpublished-layer-nipun-prabhakar\/\" tabindex=\"-1\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"212\" src=\"https:\/\/thefutureatlas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/NP-300x212.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-6982\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thefutureatlas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/NP-300x212.png 300w, https:\/\/thefutureatlas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/NP-1024x722.png 1024w, https:\/\/thefutureatlas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/NP-768x541.png 768w, https:\/\/thefutureatlas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/NP-1536x1083.png 1536w, https:\/\/thefutureatlas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/NP-18x12.png 18w, https:\/\/thefutureatlas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/NP.png 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__text\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-post__title\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/thefutureatlas.com\/zh\/the-unpublished-layer-nipun-prabhakar\/\" >\n\t\t\t\tThe Unpublished Layer: Nipun Prabhakar on What Architecture Photographs Cannot Fully Hold\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\n\t\t<a class=\"elementor-post__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/thefutureatlas.com\/zh\/the-unpublished-layer-nipun-prabhakar\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about The Unpublished Layer: Nipun Prabhakar on What Architecture Photographs Cannot Fully Hold\" tabindex=\"-1\" >\n\t\t\t\u9605\u8bfb\u66f4\u591a \u00bb\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<article 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Assembly and Reuse\" tabindex=\"-1\" >\n\t\t\t\u9605\u8bfb\u66f4\u591a \u00bb\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<article class=\"elementor-post elementor-grid-item post-6767 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-projects tag-architects tag-architecture tag-community tag-sustainability tag-urban-design tag-urban-greenery tag-urban-plaza\" role=\"listitem\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail__link\" href=\"https:\/\/thefutureatlas.com\/zh\/can-a-small-private-building-become-a-better-urban-neighbour\/\" tabindex=\"-1\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/thefutureatlas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Photo-by-Akira-Koyama_03-300x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-6813\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thefutureatlas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Photo-by-Akira-Koyama_03-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thefutureatlas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Photo-by-Akira-Koyama_03-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/thefutureatlas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Photo-by-Akira-Koyama_03-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thefutureatlas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Photo-by-Akira-Koyama_03-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/thefutureatlas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Photo-by-Akira-Koyama_03-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/thefutureatlas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Photo-by-Akira-Koyama_03-18x12.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__text\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-post__title\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/thefutureatlas.com\/zh\/can-a-small-private-building-become-a-better-urban-neighbour\/\" >\n\t\t\t\tCan a Small Private Building Become a Better Urban Neighbour?\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\n\t\t<a class=\"elementor-post__read-more\" 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