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Architectural Design

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Interior Design

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Design-Build

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Urban & Master Planning

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Selected Work

Our
Projects

02 Projects
The Inner Light - KOARC
01 · 2021 · Residential
The Inner Light
Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar, Punjab
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White Rock Hostel - KOARC
02 · 2025 · Student Housing
White Rock Hostel
Raipur Kalan, Punjab
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The Firm
Architecture rooted in understanding —
not trends. Design and construction as a single act.
2019
Founded
6+
Years Active
100%
Design-Build

KOARC was founded in 2019 by architect Harman Sodhi in Chandigarh, India's first modern planned city. The studio emerged from a belief that architecture should be rooted in understanding rather than trends, and that Indian architecture deserves a stronger voice on the global stage.

Before pursuing architecture, Harman began his academic path at IIT, eventually choosing to follow a deeper passion for the built environment. His education, professional experience across India, and exposure to Germany's culture of urban planning shaped a design approach that values both creativity and discipline.

What distinguishes KOARC is this: we design and we build. A beautiful concept compromised in construction is an incomplete idea. We oversee every detail from conception through completion — because architecture lives in execution, not just in drawings.

The KOARC Principles
K
Knowledge
People, place, climate, culture, construction & purpose.
O
Order
Clarity through planning, proportion & spatial discipline.
A
Architecture
Spaces that support life, identity, function & aspiration.
R
Relevance
Buildings belonging to their users, context & time.
C
Craft
Materiality, detail, light & precise execution.
What We Do

Services

01
Architectural Design
Concept development, schematic design, technical documentation, and permit drawings. Every detail resolved before a single brick is laid.
02
Design-Build
Integrated design and construction under one contract. Faster timelines, sharper budget control, and direct accountability from us to you.
03
Interior Design
Interior architecture extending the logic of the building inward — spatial planning, materiality, lighting design, and bespoke detailing.
04
Urban & Master Planning
Site analysis, zoning strategy, and large-scale planning for residential communities, mixed-use developments, and public spaces.
The Studio

Our
People

Founder & Principal Architect
Harman
Sodhi
B.Arch from CCA and an MBA grounding in entrepreneurship. At KOARC, Harman shapes the overall vision and direction — from concept to completed building.

Passionate about architecture not just as design, but as a discipline that can be built into something globally recognised and respected.

Outside of work: ideas, business, geopolitics, strategy, photography — and any conversation with real depth.
"My goal is to grow KOARC into one of India's best architecture practices — where our work is seen globally and recognised for its quality and thought."
Architectural Assistant
Jagmohan
Diploma in Architecture from the College of Military Engineering, Pune. Over 20 years of hands-on experience across Army, Air Force and Navy — spanning residential, commercial, technical and public buildings for civil and military purposes.

Holds the Vastu Praveena certificate from the Indian Council of Astrological Sciences, integrating directional energy, spatial planning and environmental balance into design.

At KOARC: CAD drafting, 3D modelling, technical drawing production and MEP coordination.
20+ Years CAD & 3D Vastu MEP
Interior Designer
Aarti
Finds inspiration in everyday spaces — and has built a practice around turning that instinct into rooms that feel both functional and personal.

Brings a creative eye and careful attention to detail to every project, working closely with the architecture team to ensure interiors and buildings speak the same language.

Focused on spaces where people genuinely want to spend time.
"Good interior design is invisible — you just feel at home."
Junior Architect
Gaurav
Explores creative ideas, learns new design trends and brings attention to detail and willingness to adapt to every brief.

Focused on designing spaces that are both functional and visually considered, with a goal of taking on greater responsibility and contributing to work that makes a real impact.

Outside of work: sports, gymnastics, bike riding — and anything creative that takes him away from a screen.
"If anyone else is into sports, gymnastics, bike riding or creative things outside of work — I'd love to connect."
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Studio
Chandigarh, India
Hours
Mon – Sat, 9:00 – 18:00 IST
The Inner Light — exterior
The Inner Light
Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar, Punjab · Private Residence
Year
2021
Status
Built
Size
5–10K sqft
Type
Private House

Rooted in the legacy of Chandigarh's measured modernism, The Inner Light is a home designed around pause, presence, and quiet radiance.

Anchored by sunlit courtyards and double-height volumes, the design invites light to fall not just upon the surfaces, but into the heart of the home. The spatial choreography is not performative — it is intentional. Transparency and texture are used not to impress, but to express: to connect daily rituals with nature, silence, and soul.

Rather than follow trends, the home embraces clarity, honesty in material, and emotional luxury. A central staircase wall — part sculpture, part sentinel — grounds the space with a tactile rhythm. Custom built-ins and curated details complete the experience of a home that is at once elevated and elemental.

Here, light is not decoration. It is character. It is compass. It is home.

KOARC Principles at Work
KSite orientation and family rituals studied before a line was drawn
ODouble-height volumes and courtyard as spatial anchor
ALight as the primary architectural material
RA home shaped for the way this family actually lives
CCustom staircase wall, stone floors, bespoke built-ins
White Rock Hostel
Raipur Kalan, Punjab · Student Housing
Year
2025
Status
Built
Area
22,000 sqft
Land
1.5 Kanal

Every site tells you what it needs. This one spoke clearly.

Hemmed in on both sides — one neighbour a wall of silence, the other a home deserving of privacy — the land offered only one open face: a south-east front, welcoming the morning sun. Rather than resist these constraints, the design listened to them. Knowledge of site, orientation, and adjacency became the first act of design.

From this understanding came Order — not imposed, but discovered. A central courtyard emerged as the natural answer: a void that organises, a breath within the building's mass. Where the perimeter closes itself to the world out of necessity, the interior opens itself fully to sky, light, and life.

The courtyard does not merely sit at the centre of the plan. It sits at the centre of daily life — the place where students pass each other, pause, and belong. Constrained on all sides. Open to the sky. That was always enough.

KOARC Principles at Work
KSite constraints read as design intelligence
OCentral courtyard as the building's organisational soul
ASpaces shaped for experience, not appearance
RA hostel that belongs to its students and its street
CBrick and white facades that age with honesty