Ayaz Basrai is one half of the duo behind The Busride Design Studio, an architectural and design studio. The other half being his brother, Zameer Basrai. Spaces such as The Bombay Canteen, Bhane, Smoke House Deli, Toit Brewery, Social, Café Zoe, The Taj Mahal Tea House and Le15 Café are a few of their designs. Ayaz doesn't like to slot their work under tags and thus limit their design capabilities. ⠀ ⠀ Through their Busride Design Lab set up in Goa, he hopes to also focus his work on solutions that can bring about better utilisation of public spaces for humanity. From the design of homes post COVID and does aesthetics really play an important role?, to the intersection of architecture and artificial intelligence in designing, tune into the podcast to hear how he thinks the design field will evolve. ⠀ You can check out the Maharani Talks on Instagram at www.instagram.com/maharanitalks MUSIC: Lights by Sappheiros https://soundcloud.com/sappheirosmusic Highlights: • Initial days at The Busride [06:55] • What does he look for in a project? [14:06] • Encasing both history and future outlook of the city in a design [23:31] . Convergence of architecture and AI [27:29] . Role of aesthetics during a design process [37:06] . Design of spaces post-COVID [44:47] . What has the pandemic taught the design community? [53:13]