Chitra details her experience of breaking the barrier of only designing homes and switching to designing office and private commercial spaces. She notes that their work with Action for Social Advancement (ASA) was because of their previous work profile on water design. She further mentions how the Eklavya Foundation contacted several architects for their building project and Biome was one of them. She describes getting these projects and several other office spaces that they designed. She also expands on an association she made with Raj Mistry and the learnings she gained from that experience while gaining knowledge on how to make a room cooler through the use of some materials like ‘kaccha brick’ etc. She further shares her insights on the systems of cooling they experimented with. Talking about the Eklavya Foundation and ASA projects, she provides design details and structural decisions she made as per the client’s demands. This included focusing on garden spaces for the Eklavya building and adding a design of balcony spaces to the ASA offices. 

Commenting further on how Biome has delivered interior-related projects, she mentions details about their design approach like light, texture, and the use of natural materials like wood, etc. which has often elevated their work. She also notes how as an architect she feels it’s important to work with the interior that is available to them in both private and residential settings. The conversation then moved towards a discussion on the aesthetics of office construction, finesse, detailing, and how Biome’s cost-reduction methods are unique and different.