{"id":820800,"date":"2026-05-25T09:38:32","date_gmt":"2026-05-25T09:38:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/820800\/"},"modified":"2026-05-25T09:38:32","modified_gmt":"2026-05-25T09:38:32","slug":"renesas-brick-like-rugs-explore-architecture-beyond-buildings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/820800\/","title":{"rendered":"Renesa’s brick-like rugs explore architecture beyond buildings"},"content":{"rendered":"

Architecture studio Renesa<\/a> has collaborated with Indian<\/a> rug brand House of Knots<\/a> to create a series of hand-tufted collectible rugs<\/a> designed as geometric abstractions of the humble brick<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The collection, named Brick by Brick, takes its cue from the modular building material as the “first act of architecture” according to Sanchit Arora, principal architect at Renesa<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“In India especially, brick has been a silent constant across vernacular and modern practices,” he told Dezeen. “The idea was to strip architecture down to its most fundamental unit and then rebuild it conceptually.”<\/p>\n

\"BrickRenesa and House of Knots have collaborated to produce Brick by Brick<\/p>\n

The design was conceived by Renesa’s Janvi Bhatia and as a kind of collapsed architectural drawing, whereby plan, section and elevation are merged into a single textural plane.<\/p>\n

The resulting rugs “sit somewhere between an architectural diagram and an imagined memory of space”, Arora explained.<\/p>\n

Courtyards<\/a>, stepwells, masonry patterns and sectional drawings were key references, emblematic of Indian architecture and its use of the brick.<\/p>\n

\"BrickThe rugs were designed to resemble a collapsed architectural drawing<\/p>\n

For Arora, the rug collection ultimately aims to provoke thinking about architecture beyond buildings.<\/p>\n

“Architecture is fundamentally a way of thinking, not just building,” said the architect. “It can exist in objects, textiles, even narratives. This collection explores that independence.”<\/p>\n

“Brick by Brick positions the rug not as a passive surface, but as an architectural artefact, where each knot becomes a unit of construction.”<\/p>\n

\"BrickThe rugs are produced by artisans in Bhadohi, India and take over 50 days to create<\/p>\n

The designs are translated into weaving maps, used by master artisans to guide their tufting. Each rug takes between 50 and 60 days to create using a mixture of wool<\/a> and silk<\/a> blends.<\/p>\n

“Even in a textile format, the work remains rooted in architectural discipline and proportion,” he said.<\/p>\n

“The entire composition grows from aggregation and repetition. There’s a system of alignment, offsetting and layering \u2013 very similar to how buildings are constructed.”<\/p>\n

\"BrickThe collection’s design aims to provoke thinking about architecture beyond buildings<\/p>\n

To achieve a sense of depth and structure, varying pile heights were combined with custom dyeing using tones to evoke India’s earthen landscapes, clay<\/a> and kiln-fired terracotta<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The biggest production challenge was maintaining precision and structure without losing textural warmth, essential to the rugs.<\/p>\n

“Architecture is rigid, but textile is inherently soft,” said Arora. “Balancing those two was critical.”<\/p>\n

The artisans navigated this using their understanding of material behaviour rooted in generational tradition, which ultimately informed the final outcome.<\/p>\n

\"BrickThe rugs were first presented at design platform Alcova in Milan<\/p>\n

“Many refinements, especially in gradients and edges, came through on-ground experimentation,” said Shivam Agarwal, CEO of House of Knots.<\/p>\n

“The design is one aspect, but it is the artisans that truly bring it to life with the craft and experience,” she continued.<\/p>\n

Brick by Brick made its debut last month during Milan design week<\/a> at design platform Alcova<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Also exhibited at Milan design week was Japanese architect\u00a0Kengo Kuma<\/a>‘s collaboration with Indian brand Jaipur Rugs. Named Faces, the collection of wool rugs<\/a> was modelled on his buildings, including the Albert Kahn Museum in France<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Other projects by Renesa include a low-slung home featuring sweeping concrete and brick walls<\/a> located in Punjab, India.<\/p>\n

The photography is by Gianluca.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Architecture studio Renesa has collaborated with Indian rug brand House of Knots to create a series of hand-tufted…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":820801,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[32],"tags":[337490,648,1032,1033,171,337489,300857,186517,337488,92915,94270,142227,67,132,68,265777],"class_list":["post-820800","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-alcova","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-design","tag-entertainment","tag-homeware","tag-milan-design-week","tag-renesa","tag-rugs","tag-sectionall","tag-sectiondesign","tag-silk","tag-united-states","tag-unitedstates","tag-us","tag-wool"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116634552025630272","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/820800","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=820800"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/820800\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/820801"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=820800"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=820800"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=820800"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}