Studio Aranya

Studio Aranya is an award-winning multi-disciplinary architectural practice based in Kochi, India. We offer professional services in architecture, urban design, landscape, interior & graphic design. The firm is involved in various master planning, urban renewal, placemaking, hospitality, residential and other public projects alongside private clients and public sector clients such as Cochin Smart City Mission Ltd, Kochi Metro Rail Ltd, Kadapa Municipal Corporation and is also associated with various projects in Nellore and Chittoor districts of Andhra Pradesh. The studio is led by principal architects Ar. Bella Ullas & Ar. Thejus Augustine. The studio has won the prestigious Young Architect Award at the Vanitha Veedu Architecture Awards 2025 (Vanitha Veedu is a subsidiary of Malayala Manorama News Paper) and has also presented their projects as part of the “Indo-French Day on Architecture and Urban Planning” – a symposium organised by the Embassy of France in India and the French Institute in India at the Alliance Française, Delhi (2025). In 2023, the founders were invited as speakers at the CEPT Conference on Urban Design in India organised by the CEPT Research and Development Foundation (CRDF) and the Faculty of Planning. Studio Aranya's notable projects, such as the 2.5 km Kochi Marine Drive Walkway Redevelopment for Cochin Smart City Mission Ltd. and Kunnara Park Redevelopment for Kochi Metro Rail Ltd, were published in “ Transforming Urban Landscape in India : A Compendium of 75 Public Spaces”, published by the National Institute of Urban Affairs (NIUA) in 2022.