AXS Design combines the expertise of:
Access Architects, Mumbai with Yann Leroy Design & Planning, Paris and Studio Aria, Bangkok.
OUR STORY
AXS is an international architecture studio operating across Paris, Mumbai, and Bangkok. It brings together Yann Leroy’s international design experience, Access Architects’ deep knowledge of delivery in India, and Studio Aria’s regional experience in Southeast Asia.
The premise is simple: as technology makes production and exploration faster, the scarce resource becomes architectural judgement. AXS uses new tools to give experienced designers greater leverage, allowing more possibilities to be explored while keeping strong design authorship involved from concept through the decisions that determine what finally gets built.
The objective is not to automate architecture. It is to allow architects to spend more time being architects.
The team at the Mumbai office
LEADERSHIP
Yann Leroy
Atul Shah
Jay Shah
Design Director
Design Continuity
Good architecture is rarely lost in one dramatic decision. It is diluted through a hundred small ones.
Structure changes. Services require more space. Regulations intervene. Vastu affects planning. Budgets tighten. Materials change. Value engineering begins.
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AXS is structured so that design leadership remains close to these decisions rather than disappearing after concept design.
The value of authorship is not only having the first idea. It is protecting and improving that idea as the project becomes real.
OUR VISION
​AXS brings together local understanding, international design experience and coordinated delivery. Our approach is built around ideas that are context-led, technically resolved and designed to create lasting value.
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INNOVATION
Every project begins with its place—its climate, culture, users and constraints. We develop design responses that are specific to their setting while remaining clear, functional and enduring.
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GLOBAL DESIGN EXCELLENCE
Our work draws on experience across cities, sectors and scales. This allows us to bring fresh thinking to each brief while maintaining a strong architectural direction from concept through delivery.
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LOCAL EXPERTISE
Local expertise is essential to making good design work in practice. Our teams understand regional regulations, construction methods and site conditions, helping translate design intent into buildable, well-coordinated outcomes.
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