Studio Modha

Meet Mahesh More, a hidden treasure in Kenya.
A fine artist who reminds you what it truly means to be original.

His rule of thumb is simple, learn to control the pencil and learn to see colour.
From there, let your mind grow.

There is something rare about the way he teaches. He does not just instruct, he awakens.
It is a pleasure to watch him inspire, and to see him bring the child out of us.
Blessed to have to work with this legend

It’s been an incredible journey. Architecture has taken me from blank sheets to detailed drawings, from no work to no time to spare. Grateful to everyone who’s been part of this ride. Thank you for being there. 🙏

Sahaj Williams

Every day I witness something extraordinary: the spirit of architecture without architects.
Small kiosks packed with thousands of products. Mama mboga shaping whole micro-economies within spaces barely two square meters. Families negotiating inherited land through fences, rooms, and thresholds. Each boundary carries deep cultural meaning.

But on the outskirts, a new landscape appears. It is painted in corporate colours and branded by paint companies and mabati manufacturers. Entire settlements now wear the same plastic gloss, sponsored by marketing rather than meaning.
If AI is trained on this kind of data, based on homogenized and branded landscapes, what will it replicate? Will it preserve cultural heritage, or accelerate its erasure? Will future museums be clad in sponsored sheet metal, curated by paint companies, while real architectural memory, vernacular craft, and the spatial wisdom of survival are lost under algorithmic templates?

In Kenya, most architecture is produced outside the formal profession. It is created by fundis, self-builders, and informal communities. If AI is trained only on formal, regulation-based design logic, does it risk erasing this kind of spatial intelligence?
Should we use AI to impose order, or to learn from the improvisation we have too often refused to recognize as architecture?

In a world where I cannot even share photographs without risking defamation, I trust you understand the point.

This is a reflection from Nakuru, rooted in the everyday ingenuity of Kenyan cities the urban boraqs who shape space with meaning, not metrics. A call to recognize the wisdom of informal urbanism, the power of self-built cities, and the urgent need to document Architecture without Architects.