Sukhada Gawankar’s Journey Towards Constructing Beautiful and Functional Spaces

It began at an early age, when Sukhada discovered her uncle’s ‘Architect’s Handbook’ at her home’s attic and the sketches, drawings within it fascinated her. The picturesque town of Vengurla, along coastal Maharashtra, which is where she grew up also inspires her creativity. Recognized as one of the “40 under 40 India 2024 leaders” her journey began upon completion of her degree from Academy of Architecture, Mumbai and gaining first-hand experience in several live projects on Architectural and Interiors, Sukhada jumped into the bandwagon of entrepreneurial expedition.

Coming from a family with business background, opening her own venture was always in her mind and that’s how StudioSGA took up its shape in 2016. With happy customers and a satisfied clientele, StudioSGA is sailing through smoothly under the able guidance of Ar. Sukhada Gawankar. With a strong team comprising of experienced architects and designers, structural designers, draftsmen and outsourced vendors, Sukhada’s StudioSGA has successfully completed around 90+ projects and are venturing into luxury interior assignments. With her constant desire to create beautiful designs and to build a space which people can call home; she has been in a constant R&D in the industry to bring out mesmerizing from everything that we have with us.

Being passionate about architecture and designing, and working over the years in this field, Sukhada states, “I have and will always believe in churning out happy customers.” Hence, every time she takes up a new project, she makes sure an impeccable outcome is delivered which she believes starts with understanding her client’s requirement, their lifestyle and taste, budget and delivery timeline. With a synchronized effort on all of these elements, she delivers quality outcome despite all professional challenges. She believes that designs should be creative but along with that they should be simple, they should be meaningful not comprising of anything unnecessary hence her motto “Simplicity is about adding the meaningful & subtracting the unwanted”. And that’s probably her success mantra. 

She has built a healthy relation with everyone she has worked with as she says,” I believe we are all different people with different believes, taste and choices but in the end we all share a single goal and that is to build a better future”. Her family has always been supportive since the inception of StudioSGA, and being from a business family it didn’t pose any hindrance to her entrepreneurship journey. Besides being a successful architect, she has loved imparting her knowledge and experience to the young minds from various educational institutes. In this highly competitive market, where many projects are bagged through pure references, having happy customers is the key to success. 

To all the young aspirants in the entrepreneurial world of architecture, Sukhada advices to stick to the basics and remain abreast with the latest tools and techniques in design and architectural space. She believes that there’s no alternative to hard work while keeping those creative cells intact can help one grow in this field.