Ar.Pramod Balakrishnan, Founder and Principal Architect at Edifice, Chennai, is the Mentor for the Proposed Housing Studio for the 6th Semester Students at the School. His Radical Approach to the Design Process and his Conviction in the Nonlinearity of the same are Visible in his Narrative and Storytelling Approach to Design Methodology. His Lecture on Collective Living as an Introduction to the Housing Studio Focuses on the Ways of Living and the House as an Abode. His Emphasis on Housing as a Process Rather than a Commodity Open up Another Perspective in Approaching the Design.