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ARCHITECTURE Morpheus Hotel, Zaha Hadid Architects Skyline Office, FLXBL Design Consultancy Pvt Ltd Dock 45, Spacefiction Studio The Engineer’s House, ESSTEAM Woxsen School of business, Designhaaus Solutions Pvt. Ltd Taksila Roots, sga-studio

A SHINING DISPLAY OF GERMAN ENGINEERING. A modern stainless steel piping system that matches even the highest quality standards.

When you are driving quality forward it is essential to have a partner you can rely on. Over 30,000 feet of Viega Sanpress stainless steel pipes and roughly 50,000 gunmetal connectors make it possible to provide 15,000 Audi employees with clean drinking water and thereby enable impeccable work – right to the very last detail. Viega. Connected in quality.

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A SHINING DISPLAY OF GERMAN ENGINEERING. A modern stainless steel piping system that matches even the highest quality standards.

When you are driving quality forward it is essential to have a partner you can rely on. Over 30,000 feet of Viega Sanpress stainless steel pipes and roughly 50,000 gunmetal connectors make it possible to provide 15,000 Audi employees with clean drinking water and thereby enable impeccable work – right to the very last detail. Viega. Connected in quality.

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Lead A Stylish & Colourful Life With Supreme Furniture

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upreme Furniture, the leading manufacturer and supplier of superior quality Plastic furniture, brings unique yet functional designs for home interiors. Experience the vast range of stylish & colourful designer plastic chairs & dinning sets and add elegance & comfort to your lifestyle.

From the impressive portfolio of products in the chair segment, Supreme Furniture brings to you latest collection in the form of Cruz (Coke Red & Black), Futura (Green), Oak (Amber Gold), Web (Red) and Amazon (Globus Brown). Supreme Furniture, renowned for its sheer durability and stunning design styles, promises a riot of colours at an attractive cost.

The superior quality chairs are ever so sleek and compliments the everchanging tastes of new age consumers. These durable and termite proof stackable chairs are high on fashion as well as space saving quotient.

Mr. Sanjeev Jain, Associate Vice President, Supreme Furniture said, “Supreme Furniture represents an array of seemingly colourful chairs. The chairs are designed by keeping in mind the evolved taste and lifestyle preferences of modern day consumers. With Supreme Furniture, buyers can enjoy the vibrant colours of life and make a distinct style statement. In contrast to conventional wooden chairs, the plastic moulded chairs can also be used for outdoor or garden set ups due to its weatherproof nature.”

Supreme Furniture, offers products for home usage, office usage as well as commercial usage like restaurants, Cafés, schools, institutes, hospitals, parlours, shops, outdoor event lawns etc. Supreme Furniture uses 100% virgin polymers and computerized designer art moulds to produce over one million pieces of modern plastic furniture every month.

The buyers can mix and match the chairs with variety of tables from the same brand for modern, comfortable & sophisticated home interiors.

Available in variety of shapes, sizes and models, Supreme Furniture chairs are very hygienic and convenient to be used in all weather conditions.

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Go ahead and explore stylish, sensuous and colourful interiors with Supreme Furniture!!

Supreme Furniture – Truly Stylish!

About Supreme Furniture

Supreme Furniture is winning the hearts of millions of customers since last 25 years.

Supreme’s technological knowhow & modern production facility is providing an edge over other brands. Supreme Furniture is available across India through a large network of distributors as well retailors. Due to its design language & adherence to international standards, their products are exported to various countries across the globe. Whether it is indoor or outdoor requirement or a commercial requirement, Supreme Furniture has crafted a special place for itself in the hearts of consumers.

For more details: Website: http://www.supreme.co.in/ App: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.appectual. supremefurniture&hl=en Also available on android as well as IOS app – Supreme furniture.

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GREENPANEL becomes India’s largest wood panel manufacturer

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DF revolution The Engineered Panel Division(EPD) of Greenply Industries Limited has been instrumental in revolutionising the wood panel industry with Medium Density Fibreboard(MDF) against all odds. The division has rewritten the rules of the game with two iconic brands Green Panelmax and Green Floormax offering infinite possibilities in the wood panelling industry.

New identity As a transformative strategy, the Engineered Panel Division has reinvented itself with a new brand identity and will now be rebranded as GREENPANEL. The new identity logo stemming from the brand key depicts the G & P merging together to form an infinity. The logo symbolises, infinite future possibilities in wood panelling. The use of the colour green, embodies growth, prosperity, sustainability and harmony.

The insight for the new brand came from the fact that the future is full of infinite possibilities and this future with its infinite possibilities, is what we always look forward to. How wonderful would it be then for the future to manifest in the present? GREENPANEL promises to make the future happen today by bringing it to life in the living spaces of the current times.

With its rebranding, the group has redefined its commitment to innovation in the wood panelling industry.

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The new identity and logo was revealed to media at a recently held glittering event at Shangri-La Hotel in Delhi. Mr. Shobhan Mittal (CEO & Joint Managing Director) unveiled the new logo and spoke to the media at length about the new identity and the road ahead. Mr Mittal said ”This is an exciting time for us. The rebranding builds on many improvements we have made to our products and services in recent years. This continuing evolution builds a franchise whose value to you, as our customer, increases by the day. In fact, it is more about you than it is about us!”

The largest MDF plant in Asia The re-branding exercise was followed with the commercial commissioning of the company’s MDF production facility at Chittoor in Andhra Pradesh. The Chittoor plant, being Asia’s largest MDF manufacturing plant, not only consolidates their leadership in the wood panelling industry, but also significantly improves the logistics by ensuring that orders to South India are supplied in shorter time spans.

The new MDF plant in Andhra Pradesh, which also happens to be the largest MDF plant in Asia, is spread across 200 acres and has a staggering annual production capacity of 3,60,000 CBM. With the additional production capacity of the new MDF plant in Andhra Pradesh coupled with the existing production capacity of 1,80,000 CBM generated by the Rudrapur MDF plant, GREENPANEL has become India’s largest wood panel manufacturer.

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SANKET INDIA- The Face of Modern Electronic Stores in India

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hoppers are still drawn and want physical stores to tangibly touch items, make purchases and process returns or exchanges, despite the rising trend of online shopping. As Marketers and Consumers debate about which platform between the two is getting more popular these days, retailers are taking a smarter route. By unifying their channel strategies to get the best of both worlds, retailers are also coming up with innovative formats that increase their profitability and revenues.

about the challenges while designing this store, Mr. Dipen quoted “For such a scale of Project, Budget is a major constraint. We have kept the theme industrial for this wherein bare essential elements only are kept. Hence, Sanket overcame the challenge of housing a number of functions in one retail space.” Dipen and his team further quoted, “For us designing the store was an opportunity, in which we strived to strike a balance between aesthetics and functionality in all its designs that we achieved.”

One such example that has recently blown away the white and brown industry and has not only brands, but many multi-brand, huge scale retailers running for their money in Anand, Gujarat is “Sanket India”. Sanket India has recently opened an electronic shopping complex which is spread over a whopping land area of 1, 25,325 sq.ft. and also houses electronics and consumer durables goods of leading brands like Hitachi, Samsung, Apple, LG, Sony, Godrej, Whirlpool to name a few. Offering a one stop solution for any house hold electronic appliances, high end professional Home Theatres, premium Air Conditioners and other digital products such as Smart Speakers, Smart Watches, Home Automation solution related needs of the consumers, the design of the showroom is such that it strikes a perfect balance between the artificial and natural resources available.

Mehul Patel & Sanket Patel, owner of the Electronics store organised a launch recently that was inaugurated by Mr. Gurmeet Singh, Chairman and Managing Director Johnson Controls- Hitachi Air Conditioning India limited.

On the occasion of launch, Mr. Mehul patel said “Sanket India at Anand is one of the largest Electronic and Home appliances retail store in India, and offering a pleasant shopping experience with enhanced customer care is the core promise of Sanket. Thus, with the latest store opening Sanket has witnessed 34% growth in sales volume with respect to last year.”

The Architect of this Showroom, Dipen Gada and Associates, have also won many awards for this project which include IIID Anchor Design Excellence Awards ‘17 (Zonal Winner for Retail and Commendation for Furniture Design), Visual Merchandising and Retail Design Award (VM & RD) ‘17 (Winner in Consumer Durables, IT & Telecom Specialty Store category) and Festival of Architecture & Interior Designing (FOAID) ’17 (Certificate of Appreciation). Talking about the Architecture and design of the showroom, Mr. Dipen Gada said “More than a job, this project was a responsibility to give the best to the realm. We have designed the entire showroom in such a way that it utilises the natural resources available (Terrace Gardens that keep the area below cooler, Solar Panels that generates energy and Solar Control glasses that bring in adequate light but stops heat as well). Since the area is hot and dry, we have completely blocked the south sun and the building opens towards the north, with an array of slant east facing walls.

Large double height entrance foyer not only offers grandeur but also brings in adequate light. Continuing the same linearity in the internal space the ground floor is kept partition free and so the openness is felt”. Talking Indian Architect & Builder - August 2018

Dr. Rutwik Trivedi, who lives in Anand recently purchased a Hitachi Inverter AC from the store and is more than satisfied with his purchase. He was quoted saying,” I recently purchased a Hitachi Inverter AC from Sanket Electronics store. I was more than impressed with an Electronic store like Sanket in the vicinity with the best electronic appliances to offer. I was suggested to purchase Hitachi because of its premium quality and good after sales service and am happy with the purchase.”

Sanket India currently has stores in Anand, Nadiad, Borsad, Junagadh, Mehsana, Morbi, Palanpur, Keshod and will be spreading more in time to come.

“Visiting the new Electronics store is a visual treat in terms of design and product display. Offering an entire gamut of leading home appliance brands in a one stop shop, providing best price with superfast delivery and great customer care is something where Sanket India is creating a niche. We need many more such well-planned and organized retail partners who not only delight the customer but also set a benchmark for the industry”.

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ARCHITECTURE Giving an iconic shape to iconic aspirations Zaha Hadid Architects designs the world’s first free-form exoskeleton high-rise - The Morpheus hotel.

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Light and lightness FLXBL Design Consultancy Pvt Ltd designs the Skyline Office building for an Ahmedabad-based construction company by drawing from modern, industrial-inspired architecture in order to impart a tangible shape and identity to the ethos of the company.

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Still waters run deep Dock 45, designed by Spacefiction Studio is a nautical-themed nightclub in Hyderabad with an exterior that starkly contrasts its interiors. The exterior emulates bright shipping containers while the indoors reveal a striking difference in character.

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An experiential experiment The Engineer’s house by ESSTEAM amalgamates the client’s, an engineer, knowledge translating quirky ideas into astonishing engineering marvels that question the conventional paradigms of everyday objects.

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In pursuit of brilliance Designhaaus Solutions Pvt. Ltd. take on an ambitious project to provide a habitation at the Woxsen School of business, Hyderabad, Telangana that complements the institute’s high standards and principles.

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Indigenous design of knowledge The Taksila Roots is school project by sga-studio represents the infinite opportunities that architecture can offer towards public institutions in cities and rural landscape using logical planning, simple technology and minimal materials.

ACADEMIA 86. GMD - Green Mobility Dynamics: a Metamorphosis in Mobility

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Through the years, the conference has connected various disciplines of design, by offering dialogue opportunities across essential themes like Architecture and the City, Architecture & Identity, Architecture of Purpose, New Spirit in Architecture, Design & Informal Cities, Earth Matters, Imagining Urban Futures, Material Innovations & Discourse, Intuition & Syntax in Architecture.

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Nirali Stainless Steel Kitchen Sinks

company is guided by one underlining principle: QUALITY. The factory manufactures 89 models, in 143 different sizes to suit the needs and budget of every household. Another feather to the company’s cap is that Nirali Kitchen Sinks has extensive exports to Europe, USA, including Nepal, Vietnam, Kenya and Sri Lanka. The company has earned the BS EN ISO 9001:2015 certificate instituted by the BSI and also ISO 14001:2015 for adhering to eco-friendly manufacturing processes and policies.

“Innovative products that are not only advanced but more importantly very customer-focused has seen the company making rapid inroads and establishing sizable market shares with every new introduction” says Mr Sarang Gada, Director, who now oversees the company’s aggressive future plans.

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t Jyoti India Metal Industries Pvt. Ltd, manufacturers of India’s # 1 stainless steel kitchen sinks, innovation, and more innovation is the only way of life. This permeates right from Mr B. R. Gada, Director who has been the driving force behind the company’s meteoric position. In his own words, “The market is always dynamic, always changing. That’s why you have to constantly anticipate future needs and innovate with new products of highest quality. This has given us the edge to be consistently India’s largest selling kitchen sink brand in the organized sector.”

This simple tenet drives everything the company does; right from anticipating the new emerging needs of the customer, to innovative ideas in reaching out to them and not to forget the excellent and inventive ideas forged by the company in establishing, nurturing and fostering its family of over 2000 dealers spread across India.

Some of the path-breaking innovations: FIRST TO INTRODUCE 1) Plastic Guard 2) Chock-Stop 3) Single Body Kitchen Sink 4) Anti-Scratch Range 5) 3 Finishes i.e. Glossy, Satin & Anti-Scratch 6) Expell Range 7) Silent Range 8) Stainless Steel Basin, Urinals, WC Its state -of -the -art facility is equipped with high technology machines and today is the largest stainless sink manufacturing unit in India. The

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Nirali recently introduced India’s 1st multi-purpose stainless steel sink with their EXA range with detachable lids that cover up unwashed vessels and also double up as an extension of the kitchen platform. The other innovation is in their ORUS sink in the silent sink range which has 2 deeper bowls, one in 16” x 16” and the other in 11” x11” giving homemakers the advantage of separating the larger cooking vessels from the fragile cups, saucers and glasses.

The Idea is to increase personalized interaction with the customers, so Nirali now has its own exclusive Nirali display centers, two of which are company owned and eight dealer based display centers the biggest being approximately 700sq foot. The exclusive display centers only display Nirali Kitchen Sinks and allow the customer to choose from a wide range of Kitchen sinks all under one roof.

Nirali has the maximum number of kitchen sink displays at retail outlets of the dealers all across India. Today, Nirali Stainless Kitchen Sinks have become the most preferred choice amongst architects, builders and discerning real estate companies who look to Nirali to supply them their extensive and wide ranges.

Another exclusive brand for kitchen and bathroom accessories named EBAX has been created by Nirali and its products include an extensive range of stainless steel hygienic floor drains and bath sets that include soap dispenser, tooth brush holder, soap dish and tumbler.

For more details: +91-22-24315500/11/22 (India).

Sales: sales@nirali.com Email: nirali@nirali.com website: www.niralisinks.com www.ebax.in

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fficient and cost-effective LED bollards with rotationally symmetrical illumination for ground surfaces. The photometric design of these luminaires is based on LED integrated with K-Lite’s precision reflector module. Consistent implementation of a new technological developments combined with the highest technical and structural quality have resulted in these state of art luminaires. These luminaires are characterised by their high luminous efficiency, extremely long service life and the uniformity of the degree of illuminance. These luminaires are available in Ø100 and Ø166, three different heights to suit the installation site. Their sturdy construction makes them especially suitable for areas in which considerable robustness is required to ensure vandal proof service.

Application: For the illumination of footpaths, entrance areas, driveway, private and public areas.

K-Lite Advantages - Powerful Design Powerful light • Extruded aluminium alloy housing through homogenization for durability and thermal management.

• Stainless Steel hardware used for long life and for easy of maintenance.

• Silicon EPDM gasket used for IP ratings and conforming to the safety and reliability requirements of the products.

• UV stabilized, non yellowing polycarbonate diffusers for better light transmission, vandal resistant and UV stabilisation.

• Finished with 60 micron thick polyester based powder coating for uniform deposition and excellent finish.

• CREE / OSRAM / NICHIA make LEDs, which are internationally recognized brands with higher lumen output are used for better illumination and longevity.

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CERA’s impressive triple launch of designer tiles and designer Sanitaryware for architects ↑

Ar Hafeez Contractor, Ar Divya Kush, Ar S Gopakumar, Ar N Mahesh, etc. taking a visit of the display of tiles.

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also in Tiles. Also, CERA’s position in the premium and luxury spaces is also cemented with this launch.

The new launch, aptly called Royal Collection from CERA Tiles consisted of over 1000 designs in various categories like:

Many renowned architects like Ar Hafeez Contractor, Ar N Mahesh, Ar S Gopakumar, Ar G Shankar, Ar Sangeet Sharma, Ar Divya Kush, Ar K R Raju, Ar Hiren Patel, Ar Gyanendra Shekhawat, etc. to name a few, appreciated the huge collection of designs of CERA.

ERA Sanitaryware Limited, the fastest growing premium home solutions company, launched an impressive range of new offerings from CERA stable at a glittering event held in Fairmont Hotel, Jaipur in which over 300 architects from all over India attended.

1. Refinito (double charged vitrified tiles) in 600x1200mm, 1000x1000mm, 800x800mm and 600x600mm. Also full body tiles and step tiles.

2. Lucido (digital glazed vitrified tiles) in 600x1200mm in high definition, in matt travertine, in matt tobacco, same punch concept, matt crossline, and 600x600mm in matt romano, wood, single tile bookmatch and 3D. 3. Panache: (vitrified wall tile highlighter concept) in 300x600mm in polish, single tile bookmatch, sugar lappato, matt sugar, matt, matt butter, matter corporate.

4. Digitale: (high definition digital tiles) 300x600mm in high gloss polish, single tile bookmatch, glue, TR coating, vitrosa, mica, matt sugar, matt lappato sugar, corporate, 300x450mm in gloss, matt, 300x600mm in elevation. 300x450 in elevation and 200x800 in wood planks.

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These tile designs are exclusively conceputalised by the team of designers for CERA, considering the current and future trends in India.

SENATOR by CERA, the premium offerings of sanitaryware, faucets, wellness and mirrors too were launched at the same event for architects.

SENATOR, which will cater to the premium segment, is conceived by CERA’s own core team consisting of designing, manufacturing, sales and marketing and is curated by the famous Italian designer, Mr Ettore Giordano. He is based out of Milan and runs a successful design company.

ISVEA, the Italian luxury designer Sanitaryware, exclusively brought to India by CERA too were showcased for architects. ISVEA is internationally acclaimed for its designer collection of Sanitaryware, Faucet and Cabinets.

Mr Atul Sanghvi, Executive Director, CERA said that the launch event was a great success and the response was overwhelming. CERA has become a force to reckon with not only in Sanitaryware and Faucets, but Indian Architect & Builder - August 2018

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‘Meraki - 2018’ – Futurewise A visionary Seminar series

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eraki is an interactive seminar series conducted to create a platform of synergy between the professionals and students of architecture. The Grand Seminar Series ‘Meraki’, since its inception in 2014, has evolved around a variety of themes showcasing the contemporary and vernacular styles of architecture which in turn help the students to understand the intricacies involved and keep abreast with the global developments.

Last September 2017 we successfully concluded our fourth session. We broke record numbers with over 800 participants including Principals of various architecture colleges, eminent architects, academicians, professionals and students from all over Maharashtra.

Meraki 2017 had focused on the theme 1:1, Design Execution.

The guest speakers for last year comprised of Ar.Farid Esmaeil & Ar.Ahmed Al Ali from ‘X-Architects’ - Dubai, Ar. Tran Thi Ngu

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Ngon and Ar.Nguyen Hai Long from ‘Tropical Space’ - Hongkong, Ar. Khushru Irani from ‘KIDS’ - Pune and Ar. Abin Chaudhary from ‘Abin Design studio’ - Kolkata. They provided great insights on their design philosophy and methodology.

This year Meraki 2018 presents ‘FutureWise’. It aims at questioning contemporary architecture. Before the age of communication and the internet, architecture followed a linear path. The first traces of buildings were a direct response to the physical needs of the individual and then the community. As architectural styles began to evolve, each was a reaction to its preceding style while adding a layer of intricacy with every new rendition of the style. With the explosion in mass communication, architecture has changed its preset patterns. Immediate social feedback became possible and with the help of software, even before a structure is built. This has resulted in no definite style dominating this era.

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In line with the theme ‘Futurewise’, Meraki 2018 has a distinguished panel of guest speakers; Ar. Anupama Kundoo from (Anupama Kundoo Architects, Spain), Ar. Shimul Zaveri (SJK Architects, Mumbai), Ar. Louis Schulz from (Assemble Studio, UK) and Ar. Swapnil Patil from (Swapnil Patil + Partners, Pune).

Architecture has never fit into neat boxes; today there are too many boxes to choose from. In our quest to analyse our past, we have lost sight of our present. The question that we ask today is what context are we creating in order to predict the future of Architecture.

Dr. Baliram Hiray COA invites you to be a part of this discussion!

Ar. Niroppama S Sawant Faculty - Design Chair, Dr. Baliram Hiray COA

Date: Saturday, 8th September 2018 Time: 9:00 am - 6:00 pm Venue: Swatantrya Veer Savarkar Rashtriya Smarak Auditorium, Dadar (west), Mumbai 400028, Maharashtra Registration fees: Students Rs 750 /Professionals: Rs 1000 /Contact: Bhaskar Engineer: +91 7021886983 Deval Ambavi: + 91 9867078254 www.facebook.com/merakihiray

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Giving an iconic shape to iconic aspirations Morpheus Hotel, Cotai, Macau Joining the ranks of world-class hotels in the entertainment hub, Macau, the Morpheus hotel

by Zaha Hadid Architects is every bit iconic as it is functional. Borrowing motifs from its context for the design of it striking exoskeleton – the world’s first free-form exoskeleton high-rise – the sinuous, curvaceous structure is a timeless contemporary masterpiece that will carve its niche as a distinctive landmark in a region sprinkled generously with glitzy, self-proclaimed unique architecture.

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tures of the design was a two edged sword. Too little, and Morpheus would have been unbuildable, certainly with the resources available. But with too much rationalisation, Zaha Hadid Architects’ design concept would have evaporated.

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The first challenge emerged at the early conceptual design stage, when Morpheus’ external massing and the form of its vortical throughpenetrations was over-simplified, and flattened out, with pared down bridges, to the point where it lost its flowing sculptural qualities and began

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Riding this trend wave, Melco Resorts & Entertainment wanted to build a flagship luxury hotel in City of Dream, an integrated resort including a casino, two theatres, shopping district, 20 restaurants and four other hotels. The brief was to build a worldclass hotel that would be part of City of Dreams, with 770 guest rooms, suites and sky villas, and include civic spaces, meeting and event facilities, gaming rooms, lobby atrium, restaurants, spa and rooftop pool, as well as extensive back-of-house areas and ancillary facilities. However, by the time Zaha Hadid Architects took charge of Morpheus, the foundations of a recently cancelled project were

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Thus, the design is essentially two towers connected at ground and roof levels, with voids that create visual interest while also linking the hotel’s interior communal spaces with the city. Besides these voids, which have a certain organic, seamless quality, the most interesting aspect of the hotel is undoubtedly its exoskeleton.

The entire building is wrapped in a lattice-like webbing, which also happens to be the world’s first free-form high-rise exoskeleton.

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The exoskeleton, the architects mention, takes inspiration from the Chinese tradition of jade cutting. But it also brings to mind a number of other motifs, some Chinese, some universal – perhaps a hexagonal paper lantern such as the Vesak lanterns, or the lattice, which holds a special place in Chinese culture. The lattice as a motif is used widely as ornamentation on doors with cultural symbols and geometric patterns making up the lattice. It also perhaps appears like a delicate as ribbon, gift-wrapping structural strength into the building. Taking all these cultural, organic motifs, the exoskeleton perhaps improvises and adapts to produce something more modern, more sophisticated. The lattice pattern also continues into the voids; the void itself looks like a vortex that has sucked up space and matter into itself, and the lattice-like exoskeleton follows suit.

The exoskeleton, though a thing of great beauty, is not simply that. It is a functional element of engineering that protects the building in case of, say, typhoon conditions and seismic action, in accordance to Macau’s building laws. Similarly, it protects the interior spaces from the solar gain in Macau’s humid subtropical climate. Inside the building, the lattice continues, as if one was inside the lantern, or perhaps a honeycomb. The lattice work gives the spaces a sense of motion, rising and falling organically to demarcate spaces. At some points, the interior spaces give a fair

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impression of what it would feel like to be inside a perfect-cut diamond.

Built to symbolize its moniker, one of the thousand sons of Hypnos, the god of sleep in ancient Greek mythology, the hotel not only takes care of sleep functions for its inhabitants, but also metaphorically satisfies the dreams of the most sophisticated international travelers.

Undertaking a project as dynamic as a hotel, especially one that is experienced by thousands with exceptionally high expectations, on a daily basis, to fulfil their whims and fancies, is by no means an easy task. Similarly, building in a region that is undergoing tremendous chances in order to reiterate its image and positioning as a global city, compounds the problem even further. How do you build an iconic structure in a city wherein the city itself is an icon? Where every building aspires to be iconic?How do you then ‘stand out’ when every building aspires to do the same? How do you contextualize the design, root it in its site and cultural location, while still creating something that is strong enough to not drown out in its milieu? Or appear dated; something that bowed down to ‘trends’? In a city as forward-looking as Macau, what even is timeless architecture? With the Morpheus hotel, Zaha Hadid Architects have perhaps asked themselves all these questions, and some more. For what they have created, Morpheus hotel is a tangible response to all this, and some more.

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Flores, Clara Martins : Miron Mutyaba, Milind Khade, Pierandrea

Angius, Massimo Napoleoni, Stefano Iacopini,

Davide Del Giudice, Luciano Letteriello,

Luis Migue Samanez, Cyril Manyara, Alvin

Triestanto, Muhammed Shameel, Goswin

Rothenthal, Santiago Fernandez-Achury, Vahid

Eshraghi, Melika Aljukic : Daniel Fiser, Thomas Sonder, Daniel Coley,

Yooyeon Noh, Jinqi Huang, Mirta Bilos,

Alexander Kuroda, Gaganjit Singh, Marina

Martinez, Shajay Bhooshan, Henry Louth,

Filippo Nassetti, David Reeves, Marko

Gligorov, Neil Ridgen, Milica Pihler-Mirjanic,

Grace Chung, Mario Mattia, Mariagrazia Lanza : Viviana Muscettola, Tiago Correia, Clara

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Interior contractors: San Fong Seng Construction & Engineering – L00 car park area and BOH office Pat Davie (Macau) – L01 Lobby and Porte Cochere and Atrium Feature Wall, L03 Restaurant ‘Alan Ducasse’ ICON Projects – L02 Gaming and Li Yi Lounge San Fong Seng Construction & Engineering Co – L03 Spa SunDart Engineering Services (Macau) - L05-L38 Guest Room Typical Floor, L21 Chinese Restaurant, L23 Art Gallery

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Dock 45 marks its presence with the obvious. Dock 45, designed by Spacefiction Studio is a nautical themed nightclub in Hyderabad with an exterior that resembles stacked shipping-containers. But like water itself - the bearer of seas, marine-life and nauticals; there is much that seethes beneath the surface.

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he architects at Spacefiction Studio could hardly escape suggestions of deploying shipping-container architecture for Dock 45, a nightclub wherein the cuisine and concept both emanated from nauticals. Shipping containers as architecture or building material, though formerly appreciated by architects and advocates of sustainability, have also received a fair share of criticism. They are economical, reusable and abundant. If used as a box without any engineering or modification, it is a delightful object. But is it equally viable to be used as a material? The shipping container, if deployed as shelter, needs insulation as they are good conductors of heat. They are available in fixed dimensions. With an approximate width of 7 to 8 feet, the interior is hardly ergonomically sound.

The corrugated exterior, is however an interesting aesthetic. But aesthetic alone is not a criterion of a sound building material. The architects anchored onto this challenge of devising a shippingcontainer architectural aesthetic but eliminate its shortcomings.

While translations and interpretations of nautical are multifold, the architects adopted an imagery of static containers and layered the overall concept with elements from life within the seas and life at sea. Life within the sea entails marine biology; the turtles, seahorses, mollusks, fish and so on. Life at sea pertains to ships and shipping equipment. Then, there is another quality that the architects explored in the built-form wherein they contradicted the exterior with a starkly dissimilar interior.

The exterior is striking owing to the use of bright colours and a prominent builtform that resembles shipping containers stacked atop one another with cantilevers; almost like Lego Blocks composed in a colourful choreography of red, yellow, green and blue. To create the exterior that emulated shipping containers the architects devised boxes constructed in framed structures of mild steel (MS) box-section columns and beams. The external face of the frame is fitted with glass-wool for insulation and then cladded with corrugated metal sheets. The corrugated metal sheets were acquired from transport trucks and not shipping containers. Given the remoteness of ports from Hyderabad and the cost of transporting the heavy and enormous commodity, procuring similar material from trucks was a viable and economical option. Cutouts were created in the sheets to accommodate windows. Foliage is added in carefully articulated niches. This imparts a character which implies that shipping containers have been stacked away, devoid of use and trees have grown around them owing to lack of movement or activity in them. Tropical plants like Lyrata, Brassia and Areca palm are used to adhere to the nautical concept.

Text: Shriti Das Images: LINK Studio Drawings: Spacefiction Studio

The ambience that is created in the exteriors leads the user to believe that they are entering a space that is enclosed by cuboids, like the insides of a shipping container or the back of a truck. However, the interiors are oriented around an open-to-sky courtyard, taking the user by surprise. The aesthetics perform a backflip in its translation and execution of the nautical-themed nightclub. The closely-bound boxes dissolve, the primary colours give way to a white-dominated colour palette and the insides of shipping container nightclub borrow from elements of marine engineering and ships. Medium density fiberboard (MDF) boards are used to create ‘fins’ that are fixed on the internal walls. These fins are designed parametrically to resemble sea-waves on these continuous walls. The walls span continuously for over 20 feet and the fins add visual interest on this expansive canvas. The fins, while a prominent feature, also exercises restraint owing to the use of white.

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And as the vision travels with the waves, it takes soaks in the space and takes note of details like mollusk, tortoise, fish-fossil and seahorse imprints on the concrete floor. There are also the obvious indications, elements that have been salvaged from broken ships from Vizag. Steam pipes, leverage hooks and chains, compasses, windows, and an engine order telegraph are used at various areas. Fabricated metal fins are fitted on small ventilator motors. These are fitted behind metal meshes that induce an effect similar to propeller motion. This minimizes the static character of the club walls. The interiors and all its nautical elements are set against a white backdrop contrasted by the staircase, toilet foyers and bar counters finished in bright primary colours.

A successful nightclub is one that incites curiosity, draws onlookers inwards, keeps them involved and occupied with not only food beverages but also in its decor and perhaps even disconnects them from the outside. A space where the user not only consumes food and beverage but also the ambience with as much zeal. While these ideas can be built and implemented with textbook accuracy, Dock 45 takes it a notch above by exploring annotations, techniques, abstractions and literal borrowing of elements. Yet, neither the built-form nor the interiors overwhelm the senses in anyway. It keeps the mind guessing and discovering, wandering and exploring.

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Light and lightness Skyline Office, Ahmedabad, Gujarat An office building for a construction company in Ahmedabad designed by FLXBL Design Consultancy Pvt Ltd draws from modern, industrial-inspired architecture in order to give tangible shape and identity to the ethos of the company, and everything it represents. The architects’ crafty use of design elements, glass walls and colour, not only imparts a sense of lightness to the building, but also inspires the onlooker’s curiosity and communicates the promise of an exciting future that lies ahead for the construction company.

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ffice buildings often bear the burden of having to adequately representing what the organization, the brand, or the industry it operates within, does. It has to tangibly symbolize the vision of the organization, the mission of the work it sets out to do, and its ideologies and philosophies. This becomes all the more necessary when the office houses a design function at its core – be it an advertising agency, an architect’s practice, a fashion designer’s studio, or a construction company’s corporate arm. After all, these are the people and job functions that translate their clients’ ideas into tangible reality, so why not start with their own? It then almost becomes a pilot project, a portfolio of sorts, to showcase the organization’s skills and competencies, to exhibit their prowess in what they claim to do.

Against this backdrop, perhaps, FLXBL Design Consultancy Pvt Ltd was entrusted the responsibility to create a corporate office for a city-based construction company. The brief was to build a 4000 sq. ft. space with a conscious corporate shape and form that was unconventional for an industrial area in Ahmedabad. The first cue here was perhaps the project’s site. An industrial area, the site perhaps sowed the seeds for an industrial-looking, futuristic design. The building is a striking red, origami form that seems to levitate over the garden it is perched upon. Hoisted, in a sense, on slender steel girders, the building seems to sit lightly within its context. The 4000 sq. ft. bulk of glass-walled space thus caresses the ground it is located in ever so lightly, almost like an alien ship hovering over the ground, shining its lights on the green space below. The floating mass takes inspiration from the industrial setting it belongs to, and becomes a focal attention point from the highway nearby.

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The form, concept and execution bring to mind another project with a similar brief. In 2010, ETA Star, one of Asia’s leading property developers, hired Chennai-based architectureRED to design a small office building that would announce the launch of their 100-acre mixed use development in Sriperumbudur, near Chennai. Being the first building to be constructed, the office aptly defined the context of what the customers could expect from the developers, while also evoking curiosity from the highway right next to the office building, much like the Skyline office project.

Thus, the Skyline office too is, perhaps, a harbinger of what the future holds for the construction firm. It arrests one’s attention and announces the start of something new, something futuristic, something grand yet elegant. The modern-looking office building, hovering close to the ground like a spaceship in constant yet ever so slight motion, also breaks away from our traditional perception of what an ‘industrial’ building in an industrial setting should look like.

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The design perhaps symbolizes evolution, much like a bridge between what is and what is about to become; connecting the past and future.

One can see traces of similarity between the office space and tin boxes, like shipping containers, used as temporary offices that are often seen next to construction sites and infrastructure projects; the design, one could argue, harks back to these containers, establishing the link to an industrial context.

It is to be observed, that just like the tin-box temporary offices, the Skyline office too announces transition; that something great is about to take shape, something amazing is just around the corner. The design perhaps symbolizes this evolution, much like a bridge between what is and what is about to become; connecting the past and future, closing the gap between a plan on paper and tangible design, capable of being experienced.

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The coming together of architects and engineers has always resulted in the creation of exceptional structures. On the same lines, a house for an engineer designed by ESSTEAM in Surat gives the engineer’s knowledge a canvas to take shape on, translating quirky ideas into astonishing engineering marvels that question the conventional paradigms of everyday objects, and impart a bespoke, fun personality to the house.

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quick Google search on ‘Architects Versus Engineers’ comes up with some rather funny results. ‘Architects…Engineers who can’t do math’; ‘Engineers…Architects who can’t do art’; ‘Architect’s dream = Engineer’s nightmare’; ‘Architecture begins where engineering ends’… and so on. And while the search results surely draw a chuckle, they also casually point towards the intersection – or the lack thereof – between the two professions.

The underlying, unspoken distinction – the demarcation between the perceptions of what it means to be an architect and an engineer; the age-old disconnect between the architect and the engineer has shaped a rather uneasy relationship. While the one versus another debate is quite pointless, this alleged disconnect is often the source of great sorrow for all those involved in designing and executing building projects. However, the reality is that both key actors in the construction industry need to rely heavily on each other’s skill sets to create projects that have a creative flair and inspire awe, yet exhibit structural integrity and pragmatism.

And more often than not, throughout time, the coming together and joining forces of engineers and architects has given birth to iconic projects that have shaped architectural history to where it stands today. Think Eiffel Tower in Paris, or Opera House in Sydney, for instance. In the Indian context, perhaps Tagore Memorial Theatre in Ahmedabad, the National Cooperative Development Building in Delhi, the Hall of Nations in Delhi, the Chandigarh High Court, and the Premabhai Hall in Ahmedabad are perhaps iconic structures that merit mention. Clearly, the collaboration between engineers and architects not only executes the design vision, but also enhances it. Another, more recent case in point, is the The

Engineer’s House in Surat, where the client – a brilliant mechanical engineer and a global leader in the manufacturing of very high-end diamond-process related machines – collaborated wholeheartedly with ESSTEAM architects. The result –a technologically advanced house that pushes the conventional definition of what a house encapsulates, making every aspect of the house seem like a fun experiment in experientiality.

The client and the architect agreed to collaborate in a way that the house incorporates the rather large body of the engineers’ knowledge in its design, through meaningful engineering resolutions to issues. This kick-started the endeavour to question the conventional paradigms of common elements that one doesn’t give a second thought to – door closers, ceilings fans, elevators, air conditioning, louvres etc. yet, to truly customise the house, engineered solutions were put in place wherever possible – with no doubt stunning results, but involved massive product design and development efforts. And yet, these exercises didn’t turn the design into a workshop-cum-museum-cum-artist’s gallery hybrid – a space wonderful to look at but lacks the empathy and feel that one associates with a home. On the contrary, The Engineer’s House retains the warmth one would expect of a home for a family of four, complete with the quality, style, and operational ease that a family unit demands.

The site is a 1400 square yard corner plot located in a gated society in one of Surat’s newly developed areas. On this site sits a four bedroom villa, organised around two open spaces – the public lawns and the private courtyard.

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All North and South-facing spaces, including the four bedrooms, have indigenously designed operable louvers systems with an open-able layer of glass, from wall to wall.

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The louvers not only come in handy in Surat’s hot and humid climate but also help in maintaining the connection with the landscape outside the rooms.

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These louvers can also be lifted up, much like a bird’s wingspan, to create a pergola.

The public block houses the living room, dining area, the kitchen and the elevator for the first-floor family room. Above the dining area is a slightly inclined copper box – the family room. Beyond the public block, a few steps led into the private realm with four bedrooms built around the courtyard. The material palette of house is simple, minimalistic and natural. Form finished, textured concrete walls add drama to the stark grey monotones used throughout, also accentuating the sudden bursts of colour in various rooms.

And while the program is standard for a housing format, it is the engineering marvels infused into every the various elements of the house that make this project so striking.

Take the louvered walls on the north and south for instance. All North and South-facing spaces, including the four bedrooms, have indigenously designed operable louvers systems with an openable layer of glass, from wall to wall. Not only does this come in handy in Surat’s hot and humid climate, but also helps in maintaining the connection with the landscape outside the rooms. The space opens up as the louvers are drawn up, blurring the distinction between the indoors and the outdoors. It also harks back to the otta or otla, the entrance to a traditional Gujarati house that is accessed by a series of steps and serves a vibrant social function. These multi-function louvers control the amount of light and natural elements entering the rooms, and also ensure safety by keeping burglars out! These louvers can also be lifted up, much like a bird’s wingspan, to create a pergola. The functioning is controlled by user-friendly mechanisms that lift and lock the louvers, and have been engineered using number of gears and levers.

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Another interesting detail is the green elevator. Located in the living room, the elevator that connects to the family room on the first level is actually a square wooden platform with a bicycle seat and paddles mounted on a stand. This manually powered elevator can transport three people at a time to the upper level by simply paddling as if you would cycle! Again, this engineering marvel is complete with safety features such as an electrical override. The quirkiness continues in the rethinking of the ceiling fan – a large piece of fabric hands vertically over the bed. A complex metal assembly fixed to it operates it, much like a modern version of the Maharaja Fan found in Indian palaces and vernacular architecture where electricity was absent. The furniture too is designed with personality. For instance, the small bench in the veranda space is constructed using independent pieces of wood tied together using tensioned metal rope. So, when one sits on this bench, the wooden pieces displace and adjust to accommodate the contours of the person sitting on it.

The design excels in its incorporate of engineering elements while carefully and sensitively imbibing elements that are central to the creation of a home. While it literally is an engineer’s mind and drawing board translated into a space one can live and enjoy, it is a space for discovery for even for those without an engineerarchitect bent of mind. The design no doubt creates a house that is quirky, has a stunning personality and distinct character, but also questions the form and function of everyday objects; and tests innovations that hold the powder to completely alter how we experience a space.

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The manually powered elevator can transport three people at a time to the upper level by simply paddling like a cycle.

This engineering marvel is complete with safety features such as an electrical override.

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The shell of the house and much of the interior is constructed in form finished concrete.

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In pursuit of brilliance Woxsen School of business, Hyderabad, Telangana The Woxsen School of business in Hyderabad endeavours to make a mark in the league of extraordinary schools by 2020 and supersede standards of education. It seeks to realign not only entrepreneurship concepts, but also notions of sustainability and pedagogy. The architects at Designhaaus Solutions took on the ambitious project to provide a habitation that would complement this learning and leadership ambition that Woxsen upholds.

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ocated in serene precinct of the Hyderabad-Mumbai National highway, The Woxsen School of business spreads across approximately 200 acres. The visitors experience a tranquil landscape as they enter the premises. Manicured lawns and a water-body flank the road that leads the user into the building. The road being long and linear heightens the experience of manoeuvring through the landscaped precinct. The Woxsen building imparts an exalted impression on the onlooker. However, it is to be noted that while its monumentality strikes the user, the structure is neither overwhelming nor extravagant when experienced and walked into.

The structure hosts massive cut-outs and openings but is minimal in character. This is owing to the fact that while the building encompasses enormous volumes, the space within is devoid of any ornamentation.

Exposed concrete being the prime material ascertains aesthetic prominence in the space. The concrete is juxtaposed with glass and wood, each establishing an independent identity, and at the same time intermingling cohesively. This quality of independence and cohesive teamwork is also perhaps an aspiration that the institutes

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imbibes and aims to provide to its visitors.The first space that the user experiences within the building is the admin block. The admin block is the core of the institute, envisaged as the focal point of activity. The triple height atrium is designed to accommodate formal as well as informal activities. The oval cut-outs on the walls follow the Golden Ratio for the major to the minor axis. An expansive skylight further highlights the grandeur of the admin block. The low-e glass used for the skylight maintains high solar performance.

The imposing space is juxtaposed with bright furniture that endows an informal and affable vibe. This ensures that the user does not feel alienated or overwhelmed by the magnanimous volumes. The exposed HVAC ducts echo the design aesthetic and intent of integrity towards construction and material. This narrative is continued by the exposed concrete expression as the structure sprawls towards the east. A structural grid system of verandahs, open corridors, terraces and courts are interconnected at various levels. These informal spaces juxtapose against the program of the faculty rooms and lecture theatres to dissipate any air of overt formality or impose excess decorum. They also help and maintain a visual link andconnect with the outdoors.

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The lecture theatre is designed to accommodate an oval enclosure with raked seating. This system ensures focus and attention of all students.

It also helps the teacher maintain seamless eye-contact and facilitates effective communication. The student’s accommodation is planned at a considerable distance from the main institution. This not only ensures privacy and informality amongst the students but also encourages them to walk and cycle. Amenities like gymnasium, restaurant, spa and swimming pool, a salon are provided within an activity centre inside their accommodation.

The architecture in totality amalgamates a formal demeanour punctuated with leisurely spaces. The solid geometries and open spaces reinforce that excellence in design and achievements need not always be solemn

and starched. The projects have all the makings of a sustainable and green design that minimizes carbon –footprint. And beyond the physical accomplishment of the design, the campus also showcases a 100% barrier free environment. While accessible design should perhaps be a mandate to architecture, it is also the most easily overlooked entity in most buildings. Achieving the same optimally is indeed an achievement and will go a long way to establish and strengthen the institute’s valuesystem beyond education. It is an indicator of equality, justice and honesty; these are values that are not always imparted by education alone, but a symbolises righteousness and integrity of character.

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spaces alone. No specialisation or expertise transpires in isolation. In most B-schools and like many institutions, education begins with the individual but learning also happens within large groups and alumni networks are forged. Keeping in line with constant flux of ideas and global advancements, curriculums are constantly updated and redesigned.

Beyond the classroom, each available resource is tapped into, to derive knowledge and experience. And given this infinite spectrum of knowledge and experience where learning modules are being constantly reinvented and perhaps even questioned and debated, perhaps the only entity that remains constant is the built-form.

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Indigenous design of knowledge Taksila Roots, Ambedkar Nagar, Uttar Pradesh Taksila roots, built on 1 acre land, caters to the primary department of the Taksila academy and is located within the city of Akbarpur. Like many small cities in India, educational infrastructure in Akbarpur are inadequate with very little improvement .The client considers this project to be the drop in the ocean and hopes to bring about urban transformation in the city.

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aksila academy is a primary school comprising of classes from nursery to the 5th standard along with ancillary spaces. The structure is housed on one side of the rectangular plot, keeping a larger chunk on the south for the playfield, tyre park, service block and the vehicular parking. The building is oriented parallel to the main road, with the longer façade towards the south/south east.

The building is designed as a set of cluster blocks connected by a large flying roof and circulation around a courtyard. It is a G +2 storey structure in exposed brick and concrete, with an organizational rule to the project. Each floor has three clusters of classrooms with activity spaces always facing the courtyard or a terrace. Outer spaces such as corridors, terraces and court are used as educational spaces. The plinth of the structure is free flowing having an open access from all sides and connects all the external spaces like the splash pool, the stage and other outdoor activities to the built space.

The courtyard is flanked on either side by two mirrored staircases connecting the blocks with a huge cut out on the roof enabling ample amount of light for the space. This opening on the roof also acts as a driving force of the entire design adding to the aesthetic value. The circular cut outs on the slab serves the purpose of a simple chajja enhancing the play of light and shadow. These openings not only fulfil the job of bringing in light to the space but also break the geometry of the overall rectangular planning of

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The roof is the most striking feature of the project connecting all the blocks together, creating a sense of fluidity to the space. It acts as an artificial floor which is utilised by the children for playing activities. The roof when visualized from inside, bestows a feeling of shade and protection. Moreover, the exaggerated projection of the roof on either side speaks of the greatness of the entire space signifying the importance of a school.

The designer implemented an interesting material palette keeping the materials exposed. The modularity and the exposed RCC structure play a vital role in the visual aesthetics of the project.

Special attention has been taken in articulation of structural elements with columns allowing for corner windows in each classroom, circular columns surrounding the courtyard and the gigantic flying roof adding to the sensitive character of a school.

The school has no air-conditioning. The orientation of the building, the cluster formation (thermal mass), the massive courtyard, the wide circular cut outs and the roof result in achieving optimum temperature for the entire space. The ventilators running around every room to bring in light and the tilted columns are other interesting parts of the design.

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This project has integrated BALA (Building as a learning Aid) elements, within the main civil construction of the building. The flooring patterns, elements on the walls and corridors have puzzles, theorems and games to stimulate children’s learning environment.

not involve any special technology as such, thereby inculcating confidence in them. The aim was to create a masterpiece which in turn would act as an urban catalyst for the development of the city and contribute towards its growth.

Taksila Roots is imperative not only to the city but to the people involved in it. The contractor and labour had never imagined that they had the potential to construct a project of this nature.

Cities in India are undergoing incoherent urban transformation at a rapid rate with chaotic growth. The disorganised development of these cities involving fragmented planning and a complete lack of an urban foresight bring about sheer mediocrity in the overall development of the city. India has almost 4000 cities and towns, out of which only 30-35 are under the first-tier category. The remaining cities seem to suffer in terms of infrastructure and urban development due to the negligence of the authoritative bodies. Architecture seems to be given the last preference, especially in the lower-tiered cities, considering

They were trained on site (especially with the brick work) and were constantly encouraged towards achieving a modern structure based on a brilliant design. Training the local labour in terms of their construction skills was an added advantage to their community but at the same time, the quality of construction did Indian Architect & Builder - August 2018

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it as an extravagant commodity. Talking about public buildings or institutions/educational organizations, the situation is even pathetic.

The Taksila school project works on this issue representing the infinite opportunities that architecture can offer towards public institutions in cities and rural landscape using logical planning, simple technology and minimal materials.

It sets as an example for breaking the stereotypical design of school buildings, and instead crafting a cohesive environment incorporating natural light and ventilation. The combination of various activities besides the classroom teaching has been designed to maintain the balance between the outdoor and the indoor learning space.

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GMD - Green Mobility Dynamics, a Metamorphosis In Mobility Author: Adhiraj Miglani Name of the College: Sushant School of Art & Architecture, Gurugram, Haryana Thesis Mentor: Dr. Will Thomas, Professor Himanshu Sanghani

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elhi saw the deterioration from one of the greenest city to the most polluted city in the world because owing to increasing vehicular pollution. The air quality in Delhi, the capital of India, according to a WHO survey of 1600 world cities, is the worst of any major city in the world. Automobile pollution is one of the major contributors in the air pollution. Delhi has more than 7.4 million vehicles on its roads, with an additional 1,200 added each day and the result is a ‘Pollution Hotspot’. In order to tackle the problem of pollution we have to undergo a paradigm shift from non-renewable resources to a much needed renewable and sustainable solutions for transportation. Tip-toe if we must, but we have to move forward.

Converting the fossilized automobile energy into a renewable one would be a small but significant step.

now we’re starting to think of them as smart vehicles running on batteries. We can very well say that mobility is the epitome of technology accessible to common Man.

We should try to leave earth a better place than when we arrived and by our collective effort. We will find a panacea to make the world’s air, breathable for us and our future generations. The architectural interventions serve as catalyst to the way forward.

It inspires, recreates and proliferate resilience. Cars can mean a lot of different things to different people. Over time, they’ve been thought of as everything from horseless carriages to hot rods, and

To promote the green mobility, Government has launched National Mission Electric Mobility Plan 2020 (NMEM) under FAME scheme also known as Faster Adoption and Manufacture of Electric and Hybrid Vehicles. This has provided for early Adoption and Market Creation of both Hybrid and Electric Vehicles in the country. Till date there has been no place offering cleaner fuel technology which accommodates the EV’s (Electric and Hybrid vehicles).

We cannot avoid personal mobility. It has been my utmost desire to create such a convergence of technologies in an area which is completely dedicated to Greener Mobility Solutions which can cater to the buying capacities of different strata’s of people , whereby they can conduct ample research work in order to zero-in on an automobile. Not only will this plaza cater to cars, but also be dedicated to 2 and 3 wheelers thereby entertaining the lower strata of society as well as the elite class of buyers whose norm of vehicular mobility will be fulfilled.

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Green Mobility Center is a specialty mall dedicated only to Green Mobility which entails hybrid and electric vehicles. It’s a concourse of eco-kinetics which has a sustainable approach in the future in terms of the physicality as well as the thought which saves the non-renewable resources of energy. It is a ‘need specific mall’. This will not only serve the purpose of retail and purchase of Automobiles but will be a place of information as to beginning of the green revolution and its Darwinian evolution into Green Mobility. This showcases the story which started with the innovation of the Wheel to how the electric cars concept came into play. It will disburse information and educate people as to why they should see transference to the Greener Mobility Solutions.

This is a host mall dedicated to a single prototype of goods.

To fulfil ones dream, an individual has to make countless visits to various automobile showrooms wasting time, energy and fuel. It is a one-stop solution for all the buyers where various brands of EVs (electric and hybrid vehicles) are under one roof. This will provide an exemplary and unparalleled experience. The client will avail all the facilities from buying vehicles, modifications, accessories, finance, insurance and its registration at one place. This has been designed to offer a complete peace of mind to the buyer thereby saving time and energy with a greater scope for the expansion of EVs Industry in India.

Located in the sector 105, Noida spread over an area of 34150 Sq. Mt., this plaza is an expression of stark geometric form. The site gains a prominence as it becomes a full automotive corridor connecting the Pragati Maidan in Delhi, India Exposition Mart and Buddh International Circuit in greater Noida. To establish a visual connect with the building from Noida Expressway, the functions are stacked atop each other to attain the feasible height. The building is placed along the North-South direction thereby chamfering the south side to accommodate the BIPV (Building integrated photovoltaic) panels across the entire façade, generating energy and letting diffused light fill the atrium.

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520 BIPV Amorphous Silicon Transparent Panels cover 5800 sq.

Mt. area and generate 450kw of energy for the building’s overall functions. GMD is an attempt to save on conventional fuels by harnessing the free source of energy, the sun. Alternatively an off the grid solution to generate electricity has been developed. To maximize the shade for recreational purposes beneath the building the North side is also chamfered in a manner with the cantilevered part becoming the car display multiplying as a balcony and natural light source on each floor.

Green Mobility Dynamics is envisioned to be a sustainable approach in terms of materiality. The building is perceived as a Green-walled cloaked, solar cocoon with fabrication of preengineered, steel and trellis frame column-free building. Structure enveloped via the living green walls provide a buffer and improves the air quality of surroundings. It is an integration of photovoltaic blue dome complete with solar trees surrounded by a zen park.

To supply the water to all the green areas water conservation methods like Effluent Treatment Plant & rainwater harvesting system are dispensed which recycles gray water reducing the water consumption for toilets & landscaping.

The building and the Site is proposed to be the model for a sustainable future. The site is divided into 4 parts by placing the building in the center, along the N-S Direction, the GREENS used for recreational purposes, East being the service areas and west as the solar car charging station/parking.

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Entrance is dominated by the serene water bodies complete with imposing pedestal for electric cars. Backdrop is complete with the white service bay area for comprehensive car care on the east. The overhang serves as a fire refuge area and doubling up as an open cafe with seating being shaded by the solar trees. The terrace garden below it completes the scene as it wraps the whole area with calmness and serenity. Inclined design casts its shade over the eco-cafe residing in the Zen Park on the north. Abutting it is the Solar Forest with panels imagined as leaves generating energy for the car parking with Payable Charging Stations for visitors as well as public on the west generating 150 kW of energy. The South end offers an unparalleled experience with E-Mobility Ride via Segway and an Electric Cart through the greens.

The ingress of the building is very profound with BIPV panels letting diffused daylight fill the atrium. The entrance showcases the interconnectedness of the past, present and the future. The mall makes the human mind believe that it’s warping from the past behind us, to the present as the place where we are and the future as ahead of us. Capsule lifts, coloured Mezzanine panes, bulging out escalators, display of cars which create a sense of chaotic serenity. Engrossing the information of the mall creates a temporal mind stone that engrains a sense of ecological health preservation and instils the need to shift to a greener technology.

The central cut in the floor ascents on itself till the top of the floor plate forming a skylight to usher in daylight and articulates the hanging display of cars with in it. The 1st floor is envisaged to be a Green Mobility Travelogue showing the emergence of green mobility.

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department is placed on the mezzanine floor as a sculptural light weight mass with dichroic panes of glass which changes colour when viewed from different angles to give a vibrant experience to the visitor. The epoxy flooring stretching across the whole floor giving a seamless expression with the automobile machines dominating the whole area. The flooring and paints used in the building with low VOC adds up in the step towards improving air quality.

The 4-wheeler display and retail is spread across the entire 3 floors above housing multiple brands with battery operated vehicles. All the retail floors are filled with natural daylight facing the North with the high-performance glazing. It reduces the ingress of heat at the same time allows higher penetration of daylight and reduces sound pollution. The 6th floor accommodates the automobile services like finance, insurance, accessories, wheels to offer the buyer a unique purchasing experience. The food court and the themed restaurant residing on the 7th floor completes the building giving the customer wholesome experience.

GMD is a column free, pre-engineered fabricated structure. PreFabricated construction has been done with steel which is a green material, which allows the structure to be modular with reduced construction timeline, thus reducing overall carbon footprint. It is a recyclable edifice that is pre-Engineered steel interlaced with trellis frame. The structure multiplies as a portal frame of pre-engineered box section on either side with the metal beams spanning across the whole floor taking the load transferred by the amalgamation of the trellis frames.

Green Mobility Dynamics is the essence of tomorrow visualized today - Vehicular Pollution the Cause, Green Mobility Dynamics the Remedy.

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