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IN CONVERSATION Logical Thinking on Distinct Ways

In Conversation with IA&B, Sanjay Puri expresses his views on the rampant construction in India, vertical living and how smart architectural systems can improve daily lives.

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Features a range of façade designs, elements of a structure which

coalesce holistically into a lucid and functional entity, within the framework of a concept.

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ARCHITECTURE Rhythmic Fins

Thirdspace Architecture Studio adds a dynamic front to the sedentary glass façade with the help of louvers.

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LOGICAL THINKING ON DISTINCT WAYS In Conversation with IA&B, Sanjay Puri expresses his views on the rampant construction in India, vertical living and how smart architectural systems can improve daily lives.

Text and Images: courtesy Sanjay Puri Architects

Sanjay Puri is a Mumbai based architect, who started his practice, Sanjay Puri Architects in 1992. Greatly influenced by the book Fountainhead, Puri graduated from the Academy of Architecture after working with Hafeez Contractor on various kinds of projects.

Through his five years in Architecture College, he continued working with Contractor, in addition to his academic projects and several small interior projects and became an Associate Architect at the practice before his graduation. During his years at the office, Puri was approached by a developer to work on a site of 64 acres, which subsequently became his first project and led to him starting his own practice.

IA&B: Did you always want to be an architect? Can you share with us your journey through the years while discovering your commitment towards the field of Architecture?

Sanjay Puri: I earlier toyed with the idea of being an artist or to be in advertising. Reading the book Fountainhead at the age of 16 made me decide to become an architect.

IA&B: What are your views on the rate at which cities are now growing?

SP: In India, cities are growing at an alarming pace. Without the augmentation of infrastructure in accordance with the growth of the cities, life in cities is becoming very difficult in every way. There is Indian Architect & Builder - December 2016

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a lack of good public transport, open park areas, pedestrian spaces, cultural buildings, sport areas, parking spaces, insufficient roads and landscaped spaces in each of the Indian cities.

Buildings of any scale are being built next to each other without any overall density and master planning guidelines for the cities.

IA&B: You have been an advocate of building vertically, citing space constraints as the reason. How do you deal with the burdens of acquiring maximum profits, without consideration of open spaces and recreation areas?

SP: I do not advocate building vertically unless there is no option based upon the floor space index of the plot and the limitations of its size. However, if one has no option but to build vertically, the design should create a large amount of landscaped space for the community as well as individual open spaces for each house or apartment.

IA&B: As in the case of Sky Courts, Mumbai, you have had to deal with a relatively tight site, coercing a residential building within a commercial area. What were the challenges in this case?

SP: In the case of Sky Courts, the plot is very small with a large buildable area. With the site constraints the max building height could be only 70 meters.

On either side residential developments of over 20 times the size of Sky Courts is already in progress with apartment blocks of 50 to 100 storeys in height.

To overcome the restraints of the small site amidst the larger developments each apartment in Sky Courts is designed with three 24 feet high gardens allowing each room of the apartment to open into a 2 floor high garden space. Thus each apartment has 600 to 800 sqft of garden at its level. In addition the terrace is planned as a community

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space with a pool, gym and other facilities and the podium is vehicle free with landscaped spaces. The design creates 150 percent of the site area in the form of open terraces & landscaped spaces.

IA&B: Is it more interesting to work in cities like Ahmedabad, which is not as densely populated as Mumbai, and in addition has the infrastructure to support more flexible design solutions.

SP: It is more interesting to work in any city other than Mumbai due to the rules prevalent in Mumbai. In every city in India, It is permissible to have open to sky terraces except Mumbai.

This one aspect itself changes the entire way one looks at designing a project. In other cities we are designing residential projects, offices, institutes and hotels with terraces that are open and act as outdoor extensions to each space. Only in Mumbai, this is not possible.

IA&B: In most of your projects, you have focused on small pockets of landscape areas which cater to smaller groups of people. Does this not reduce human interactions, in an era where it is already lacking?

SP: In every project we design, there are large communal spaces created as well as smaller private ones.

IA&B: What is your opinion on the rampant redevelopment in cities? What would you suggest as a sensitive solution to this inevitable problem?

SP: Every city needs to have coherent development control guidelines and carry out impact studies for new developments. For instance, if you wish to develop a mall in Dubai you cannot just submit plans and get it approved immediately the way it is done in Indian cities. There is an impact study carried out with respect to traffic and other supporting infrastructure. Once this has been resolved and augmented, only then plans can be approved. In India, one can develop a mall anywhere.

This result in traffic problems since a large number of people visit a mall on each day.

Our cities need to have an architectural control system too. Why are completely glazed buildings being allowed in cities like Jaipur or Ahmedabad which have temperatures in excess of 40 degrees Celsius through 8 months of the year?

This should not be allowed. Such buildings consume 30 percent more energy than a building with smaller windows oriented correctly.

Well master planned areas need to be added on the periphery of each city with a judicious mix of residential, commercial, educational, entertainment and work spaces.

In the last 2 decades every Indian city has expanded on its periphery without any overall master plan resulting in completely unplanned growth without a mix of each kind of space thereby increasing traffic, depleting open spaces and creating numerous problems.

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rchitectural Design focuses on the organisation and layout of components of a structure or system to coalesce them holistically into a lucid and functional entity, within the framework of a common concept. In this context, the design of a façade is, more often than not, the distinguishing facet of the building.

Most commonly defined as the front, exterior face of the structure, the façade forms a significant aspect of the design as it establishes the character of the building. Historically characterised by classical elements like pediments, tympanum, acroterium, stylobate and stereobate, to name a few, the façade in the contemporary world has evolved to a more minimalistic rendition of its classical counterpart. Devoid of ornamentation, the modern façade design of an ideal building is derived as a response to the micro- climate, which is reflected in the position and size of the fenestrations on its surface.

With the invention of new materials and technologies, designers are now getting a chance to explore innovative means of creating iconic, or inversely, inconspicuous images for their designs. In the contemporary context; with more or less cosmopolitan environments and multiple layers of history in an urban ecosystem; a diversity of styles, materials and forms are possible.

This issue of Indian Architect & Builder features a range of façade designs, both national and international. While the Abu Dhabi Central Market adheres to traditional forms, albeit re-interpreted in a different material, the Elbphilharmonie uses the historic reference in its vicinity to create a binary opposite image. On the other hand, the Corporate Office for Lokmanya Multipurpose Co-op Credit Society uses a skin of perforated fins in steel to accentuate the seamless character of the plan. Finally, the Vaughan Civic Centre Resource Library creates a simultaneously transparent and solid interface between the interior and exterior due to its ever-changing form, with response to the program of the spaces within.

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Rhythmic Fins

Corporate Office for Lokmanya Multipurpose Co-Op Credit Society, Pune Thirdspace Architecture Studio have disbursed new aesthetics to this commercial structure by complimenting the glass exterior with dynamic rhythmic louvers.

Text: Divya Pai Drawings: courtesy Thirdspace Architecture Studio Photographs: courtesy Hemant Patil Indian Architect & Builder - December 2016

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Faรงades The primary building envelope is composed of alternating bands of 200mm thick masonry walls and sinuous ribbon windows. The windows seamlessly widen into floor height glazing and narrow down to thin bands. The continuous variation of the ribbon windows is in response to several climatic, programmatic and contextual parameters. What is essentially a simple box, with split levels and an atrium is articulated as a smooth seamless space. This is further enhanced by a skin of vertical fins in perforated steel that cover the building on the southern and south eastern faรงades.

The building is an amalgam of layers of diverse programmatic, contextual and climatic responses that results in an interior scape that simultaneously offers privacy and identity to the various functions.

These sectional manipulations and the resultant interior spatial experiences are expressed on the exteriors using climate responsive

windows and a skin, creating a structure that partially reveals and hints at its interiors as well as intrigues and engages the onlooker for a deeper exploration.

FACT FILE: Project Title :

Project Location : Project Year : Architects : Design Team : Engineer : Civil Contractors : Precast Concrete Elements : Interior Designers : Fabrication : Total Area :

Corporate Office for Lokmanya Multipurpose Co-Op Credit Society Senapati Bapat Road, Pune, Maharashtra, India 2016 Thirdspace Architecture Studio Praveen Bavadekar Sunil Mutalik and Associates, Pune Niranjan Builders, Pune Concrete Technologies, Pune Aarya Design, Pune Rajesh Hebbale, Arnav Infrastructure, Belgaum 854.84 sqm

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Re-incarnated Traditions Abu Dhabi Central Market, Abu Dhabi

Designed by Foster + Partners, the Abu Dhabi Central market is a manifestation of traditional commercial practices with a contemporary embodiment.

Text: Dhwani Shanghvi Images: courtesy Nigel Young_Foster + Partners

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he Abu Dhabi Central Market, designed by Foster + Partners, involves the reinvention of the traditional market, and one of the oldest parts, in the heart of the city of Abu Dhabi. Dismissing the universal one-size-fits-all shopping mall typology, the market is designed by taking clues from the traditional souq. The alluring character of these open-air markets, endemic to Western Asian and North African countries, unravels itself in the form of the new market, built in its place.

Owing to the infrequent and unpredictable nature of ancient travellers, the souq; historically located on the outskirts of large cities; invariably served as a community space. In this capacity, not only did it host festivals, but also transformed into a social and cultural gathering space. The contemporary market thus accommodates a variety of Indian Architect & Builder - December 2016

commercial activities, which include boutiques for luxury goods, food markets and industries that promote crafts. Although designed as an enclosed space, the market is assembled as a sequence of squares, courtyards, and couloirs, with coloured fountains, native zellij tilework and stained glass openings, which are reminiscent of the historic place it imitates.

Façade The pleasant weather of Abu Dhabi allows the space to be utilised as an open-to-air market for six months of the year. The consequent arrangement of the public couloirs and squares thus facilitates the long established shopping experience, where the users can drift from place to place, with intermediate pockets for eating and relaxing.

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Internal courtyard of the market.

Traditional Zellij work with a modern re-incarnation.

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Architecture, the designers have also created terraced gardens on the roof of the building.

The Abu Dhabi Central Market rises amidst an assemblage of high rises as one of the shortest buildings in the area. Connected to the World Trade Centre mall, it is evocative of the historic glories of traditional Arabic architecture. The façade not only resonates the cultural practices of the region, but also softens the landscape of the otherwise modern market district.

FACT FILE: Project Name Location Architect Client Façade Consultant Market Site Area Souk Site Area Initiation of Project Completion of Project

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Abu Dhabi Central Market Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates Foster + Partners ALDAR Properties PJSC Arup 39,400 sq m 17,700 sq m 2006 2014

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