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IN CONVERSATION Dr Cecil Balmond, OBE ARCHITECTURE The Collage House, S+PS Architects The Ridge House, AKDA STRUCTURE & ARCHITECTURE Prof Mahesh Tandon, Tandon Consultants URBANISM Salalah Airport City Project, ArchtectureRED INTERIORS Maredo Flagship Restaurant Staircase at Amot Atrium Tower

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For something as grand as liberty itself, only the state-of-the-art and proven fire protection of the Viega Profipress (according to US standard) copper piping system will do. The precise manufacturing, highest standards in material and build quality, and extreme reliability make the landmark of freedom a whole lot safer. Viega. Connected in quality.

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FunderMax has strengthened its ever expanding range of façade solution with an innovative new surface “SKY” First of its kind surface collection for the Indian market, which is developed to meet challenges of stone cladding

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underMax is proud to launch a new exterior textured surface “SKY” with stone finishes in 10 decors and 2 sizes i.e , 4100x1300mm in 6mm and 8mm thickness. SKY is an aesthetically striking new addition which enables designers and architects to effectively re-create stone and concrete like facades.

This is suitable wherever stone cladding preferred but couldn’t be considered due to constraints like high structural load and other risks associated like stones are highly porous and absorb the stain marks very easily. Also some stones are soft, brittle and very susceptible to chipping, developing cracks and breaking. The stone cladding is time consuming and labor intensive processes which require regular maintenance over the years and have to be polished periodically.

Available in a variety of traditional and contemporary shades this unique alternative to stone, ceramic and metal facades is already proving highly popular.

Dr. Prashanth Reddy, Managing Director FunderMax India says, “We’re incredibly excited to be unveiling SKY surface for the Indian market. Designed ‘for people who create’, this unique and new exterior surface will allow professionals to achieve the very best in terms of visual depth and texture. And as the surface design doesn’t have a grain, architects no longer need to worry about the direction of the cut during installation.”

About FunderMax India: FunderMax is owned by Constantia Industries AG, one of the largest industrial companies in Austria.

FunderMax primarily deals in wood processing, manufacturing wooden High Pressure Laminates and other products used in the building and construction industry.

Headquartered in Bengaluru, FunderMax India Pvt. Ltd. is a 100% subsidiary of FunderMax GmbH, Austria.

It has in its offering a wide range of decors used in both “Exteriors & Interiors” applications. Company has pan India presence with 44 business partners located across all major Tier 1 and Tier 2 cities in India.

FunderMax India has executed more than 7000 projects in the past 8 years across Residential, Hospitality and Retail sectors.

FunderMax is a complete solution provider and supports its customers by providing them with the right Installation system with right façade consultancy on design & product compatibility along with the usage of only recommended & specified installation accessories and the right tools and trained manpower. All of this is well supported by FunderMax’s trained & experienced Authorized Business Partners across the country.

For further information, contact: FunderMax India Private Ltd. #13, 1st Floor, 13th Cross, Wilson Garden, Bangalore - 560027. India Tel: +91 80 4661 7000 Email: officeindia@fundermax.biz Website: www.fundermax.at

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Installation systems from Viega in the Antarctic Region:

Guaranteed water supply at minus 40°C

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he Indian “Bharati” research station in the eastern Antarctic region, with an area of approximately 2000 m² and up to 50 inhabitants, has been commissioned to facilitate year-round scientific research activity by the Indian Antarctic program.

Since its inception, the research station is functioning like a small town with its own electricity and drinking water that includes three district heating systems and treatment plants.

This eastern part of Antarctica faces extreme weather conditions where temperature could fall as low as minus 40°C. The year-round provision of heat and drinking water to the “Bharati” research station in such extreme weather condition posed a great challenge in maintaining water supply used for heating and drinking. It required a proper selection of piping system and material of construction.

For this reason, the International Division of YIT Germany, which completed the heating and sanitary installations on behalf of KAEFER Construction GmbH, relied on the leading manufacturers of installation technology for sanitary and heating system “Viega” right from the start. Specially tested piping systems from Viega were used for heating and drinking water installations that are proven for years to be reliable in such extreme conditions even in Antarctica.

Despite the name and proven record, as with any other project, careful research was carried out to determine which piping system is best suited to the specific conditions with the “Bharati” research station.

For example, YIT installed the heating system with the electrolytically galvanised steel pipe of the “Viega Prestabo” pipe system with about 2,500 metres in the nominal widths of DN 18 to 54.

In order to prevent freezing of the heating water in the system, Glycol-L was admixed in a concentration of 57 percent. Viega laboratories specially studied the reaction of EPDM sealing element rings of the

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press connectors and confirmed it is safe to use even in such extreme conditions. In addition, the qualifications for operating temperatures of less than minus 40° C was tested to a maximum pressure of 6 bar.

Hygienically reliable drinking water installation When it comes to the drinking water system, hygiene requirements play a decisive role in material selection. These requirements could be met by the high-quality piping system “Viega Sanpress Inox” made of stainless steel 1.4521. Three pipework ranging from DN12 - DN40 were made to run cold water, hot water and household wastewater.

A constant hot water temperature of 60°C is guaranteed by Viega Easytop - circulation control valves with thermal disinfection device to protect against legionella.

International project The “New Indian Research Station Bharati” was commissioned by the National Centre of Antarctic and Ocean Research (NCAOR), which belongs to the Indian Ministry for Geoscience. IMS Ingenieurgesellschaft mbH (Hamburg) were responsible for the basic design. KAEFER Construction GmbH, with its headquarters in Bremen, was entrusted with the task of the detailed planning and completion of the building.

Viega GmbH & Co. KG was responsible for installation of piping system for heating and drinking water.

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IN CONVERSATION In pursuit of a new aesthetic In Conversation with Indian Architect & Builder, Dr Cecil Balmond OBE of Balmond Studio talking about how he translates abstract concepts into tangible reality.

ARCHITECTURE 32 Over the Ridge, Within the Clutter of the City The Ridge House designed by AKDA highlights the need for

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An Artwork of the City The Collage House designed by S+PS Architects which reflects the nature of the city.

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URBANISM Making of an aerotropolis architectureRED’s Salalah Airport City project points at the emergence of the aerotropolis as the future of cities.

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INTERIORS Staircase at Amot Atrium Tower Oded Halaf and Tomer Gelfand collaborate on Organic Staircase from American Tulipwood for Amot Atrium Tower.

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IKEA Breaks Ground For Its First Mumbai Store • IKEA Mumbai store will be an investment of around 1000 crore • The IKEA store will employ around 700 direct coworkers and create around 1500 indirect job opportunities

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KEA, the Swedish home furnishing retailer celebrated the groundbreaking ceremony of its first store in Navi Mumbai on 18 th May’2017. This is a step towards giving the many people in Mumbai access to IKEA’s well-designed range of home furnishing solutions.

The ceremony took place in the presence of the Honorable Chief Minister of Maharashtra, Mr. Devendra Fadnavis, Swedish Director General, Ms. Karin Olofsdotter, CEO IKEA India, Juvencio Maeztu, IKEA suppliers and coworkers, and many other distinguished guests, friends and well-wishers.

The IKEA store in Mumbai will participate as a partner and will employ women from this program. In parallel to the store openings IKEA is on its way to double the sourcing from India by 2020 to 600 million euros for its India and global stores. IKEA is committed to being people and planet positive and sustainability will be an integral part of business operations whether in the store or the supply chain. IKEA stores will have solar panels, LED lights, water treatment plants and modern waste management systems. IKEA suppliers in India work with good social and environmental practices as part of their compliance code, making the lives of their co-workers better.

The IKEA store, planned to open early 2019, is located near the Turbhe train station, spread across 430,000 sq. ft. area. The store will have 1500 parking spaces and a 1000 seat restaurant serving Swedish and Indian delicacies. To help people shop at ease, there will a supervised children’s play area for visitors called “Smaland”. More than 9500 products will be displayed in an inspirational way, including more than 60 room settings and 3 full size homes giving Mumbaikars access to beautiful, affordable and good quality home furnishing product solutions. The Navi Mumbai store is expected to be visited by more than 4 million Mumbaikars every year.

IKEA plans to open 25 stores in India by 2025, and will be opening its first India store in Hyderabad in early 2018. The Mumbai store is planned to be open in early 2019.

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About the company: The IKEA vision is to create a better everyday life for the many people and we offer well designed, functional and affordable, high quality home furnishing, produced with care for people and the environment. There are currently 390 IKEA stores in 46 countries with a sales volume of 34.2 billion euros. 783 million customers visited IKEA stores in FY16 and more than 2.1 billion people visited IKEA online. Our 163,600 co-workers from all over the world are the inner strength of IKEA, sharing fundamental humanistic values of togetherness, humbleness, simplicity, cost-consciousness and common sense.

For further information, contact: IKEA D-15, Thane-Belapur Rd, MIDC Industrial Area, Turbhe, Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra 400705

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This Summer, Beat the heat with Crompton Air Coolers

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t’s that time of the year when everyone has begun chanting “Feeling Hot, Hot, Hot”. With summer setting in, each one of us is looking for methods to stay cool indoors and air coolers are a great option to get respite from the scorching heat. Air coolers have now become one of the most important and sought after home appliances for any household. To beat the blazing heat Crompton Air Coolers are your go-to product this summer.

Crompton offers a wide range of best-in-class Air Coolers to the consumers. These uniquely designed products are available in different colors and types namely – Gini and Marvel priced at INR 3,999 and 7,900 in personal cooler segment, Mystique and Mystique Deluxe priced at MRP INR 9,200 and 10,200 respectively in tower cooler segment. There is also a wide range of desert coolers namely About Crompton Crompton Greaves Consumer Electricals Ltd. is India’s market leader in fans, number one player in residential pumps and has significant market position in its other product categories. The company manufactures and markets a wide spectrum of consumer products, ranging from fans, lamps and luminaires, to pumps and household appliances such as water heaters, coolers, Kitchen appliances etc. Crompton has a strong dealer base across the country and a wide service network that offers robust after sales service to its consumers.

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Turbo Sleek, Ozone 55, Ozone 75 and Ozone 88 priced from INR 14,900 to 18, 200. While personal coolers and tower coolers have a tank capacity of 7 liters to 35 liters, dessert coolers come with a tank capacity of 55 liters to 88 liters. As the name suggests desert coolers are meant for larger rooms and they have an air throw of up to 50 feet. Crompton coolers have the reputation of low noise and ease of installation.

While all Crompton coolers offer an ultimate blend of elegant design, technology, safety, and energy-efficiency, there are models that prevent mosquito entry into the cooler.

All in all, scorching summers without a cooler can be a nightmare.

So, get your Crompton air cooler soon and make your home a cool hangout.

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UltraTech recognizes India’s promising Engineers & Architects at ‘India Next’ 2017

• India next recognizes India’s most promising architects, engineers & students with innovative ideas for India’s smart cities and villages • The event witnessed a key note speech by renowned Italian-Israeli Architect David Fisher

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umbai, 28 th April 2017: UltraTech Cement, an Aditya Birla Group company awarded stalwarts of the construction industry at the ‘India Next’ awards evening. India Next is India’s first competition that recognizes ideas by professionals and students from the construction fraternity for smart ideas and solutions that bridge the country’s urban and rural problems by focusing on an improved ‘collective’ future.

India Next is a platform under UltraTech’s Build Beautiful philosophy that engages future builders of India to make more intelligent use of technology with available people and resources for improved management of the urban and rural landscapes.

A step towards new India, India Next felicitated engineers and architects for their inspiring ideas and solutions towards building a better future. After 6 months of rigorous screening through 400 detailed concept entries by 16 eminent jury members, India Next awarded 17 participants with trophies and citations for coming up

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Ultratech has always partnered in India’s growth story. All the iconic buildings in the country, be it the Bandra-Worli Sea Link, Terminal T2 of Mumbai, Metros, etc. have been built with cement and concrete especially formulated by UltraTech to lend elegance and beauty to these marvelous structures.

UltraTech believes in a seamless partnership with all its stakeholders.

In line with government’s vision of grand, beautiful and powerful India, UltraTech now seeks to unleash the power of ideas of architects, engineers and students. India Next was designed to give them a platform to showcase their vision of a Smart Society, a Beautiful Society.

with the best ideas that if implemented, can bring a transformation towards societies at large.

Prominent architect David Fisher of Dynamic Architecture along with Mr. K K Maheshwari, Managing Director, UltraTech Cement felicitated the most inspiring ideas that inspire to create a ‘Smart Cities and Villages’.

Speaking on the occasion, Mr. K K Maheshwari, Managing Director, and UltraTech Cement said “India is moving towards claiming its rightful place in the world through a series of determined steps. Taking advantage of the vast potential of this country, government is leading initiatives to create infrastructure at par with the world’s best.

This is a story of transformation of the country and its society, through multiple initiatives like better governance, Swacha Bharat Abhiyan, irrigation, water and waste management programs, to name a few - all culminating to a clean and healthier livelihood for all. The plan to create Smart Cities will make life a real pleasure, and ultimately improve productivity. All of this will lead to an India where the next generation will experience life in a manner dramatically different from what it is today and be the envy of the world.

We are proud to be part of this journey of India Next while we are galloping ahead building massive roads and bridges, airports and seaports, skyscrapers, small and big houses, all giving life to the dreams of designers, architects and engineers in creating a Beautiful India.”

The award jury for India Next comprised of eminent names like civil engineer, Mahendra Raj, architect Raj Rewal, and senior director of Teri Sanjay Seth among other noted industry stalwarts.

This competition delved upon solutions that traversed diverse socioeconomic landscape and was welcomed with open minds by the entire fraternity.

For further information, contact: UltraTech Cement B Wing, 2nd Floor, Ahura Centre, Mahakali Caves Road, Andheri (East), Mumbai, Maharashtra 400093 Tel: 070656 63772

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First Prize Winner Daikin Airconditioning receiving the coveted tropy.

Highly Successful Third Edition of BIZNET commenced!

BIZNET - ULTIMATE business & networking Platform by CREDAI – MCHI for Real Estate industry held on May 3, 2017, at Hotel Sofitel, BKC, Mumbai met with tremendous success amidst the presence of over 100 well-known developers & 20 Allied industry players.

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IZNET venue was abuzz with activity when Who’s Who of real estate fraternity as a part of the jury congregated to judge the presentations made by the allied industry brands showcasing their premium lifestyle products and services. Thus efficiently fulfilling the objective of bridging the demand and supply of building/construction material industry and be a catalyst to bulk buying in real estate.

BIZNET began with traditional lamp – lighting ceremony amidst the presence of Mr. Mayur Shah, President – Elect, Mr. Boman Irani, VP, Mr. Mukesh Patel, Jt. Treasurer, Mr. Deepak Goradia, VP, Mr. Munish Doshi, Mr. Nayan Bheda, Mr. Tejas Vyas, Mr. Rajesh Prajapati and Mr. Diipesh Bhagtani, Committee Members.

Mr. Mukesh Patel set the stage for BIZNET by sharing his experience at PM’s Office on affordable housing. He said, “The PM’s mission of “Housing for All” cannot be fulfilled without you as true partners of real estate developers and you all are here today to accelerate this momentum on behalf of CREDAI-MCHI. We as fraternity extend all support you need from us to make PM’s dream a reality.”

Mr. Mayur Shah, addressing the BIZNET participants said, “ We at CREDAI-MCHI are witnessing big boom happening from 2017 onwards and you as allied industry players gear up to supply all the materials, new products and the innovative technology, which all our CREDAI members will be requiring from time to time. Let’s see your business grow from here and BIZNET creates win win situation for all.”

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Inauguration by Mr. Boman Irani,VP, Mayur Shah, President - Elect, Deepak Goradia, VP, Mukesh Patel, Jt. Treasurer and Nayan Bheda. On left, Mr. T.D.Joseph - Business Head, CREDAI -MCHI.

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Mr. Boman Irani, throwing light on the role played by allied industry said, “We are in tremendously opportune times and we got to make it

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Jury at BIZNET.

India Pvt. Ltd, Deceuninck, Koochie Global, H & R JOHNSON (India), The Supreme Industries, JSW Steel Ltd. Anchor by Panasonic, Glass Wall Systems, Polycab Wires, City Lifts, Cera Sanitaryware, Pidilite Industries, Microscan Computers, Huliot Pipes & Fittings, Eros Elevators & Escalators, Webzaa & Cubedots, Sleek International and Maggpie Living.

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Mr. Mayur Shah, President - Elect addressing the gathering.

work. Construction work is going on everywhere. My message to you is, following the Hon’ble PM’s grand vision of “Housing for All”, we as CREDAI and our various chapters to go ahead and make all out efforts to give shape to this dream of PM. We are here to get knowledge about your product & services which will enable us to get competitive pricing from you as allied industry players.”

The first session of BIZNET witnessed many a well-known developers as part of the jury like Mr./S. Boman Irani, Mayur Shah, Ashok Mohnani, Sukhraj Nahar, Mukesh Patel, Neelkanth, Deepak Goradia, Bandish Ajmera, Rajesh Prajapati, Rajesh Agnelo, Abhishek Kabra, Deepak Gundecha, Nilesh Puranik and Shrikant Puranik and Nayan Bheda.

Speaking about Biznet, Shri Mr. Rajeev Jain, National Convener, BIZNET said, “After two highly successful editions of BIZNET in Mumbai & Pune, it was a thoughtful decision to repeat the success in Mumbai and I am extremely happy that third edition also met with phenomenal success. The seed of the idea has started bearing fruits with BIZNET emerging as the ultimate business & networking platform for developers and allied industry players Mr. T.D. Joseph, Business Head – CREDAI – MCHI, the man behind the show, “This is the third edition of BIZNET in one year, which has met with phenomenal success with the presence of many well-known developers as part of the jury. In this edition, one-on-one meeting was a big draw with participants who got exclusive time with present developers and their procurement heads. Going forward, we want to take it pan India so that stake-holders are mutually benefitted with this unique business & networking event curated by CREDAI – MCHI.” The customary award ceremony in the evening was attended by one and all where the award for best presentations went to Daikin Air- Conditioning (First), Polycab Wires (Second) and H & R Johnson (India) (Third). Magppie Living received the Jury Choice Award.

In the second session, around 100 purchase heads were part of the jury, representing groups like Wadhwa group, Gundecha Group, Kalpataru, Naman Group, Hiranandani Group, HBS Realtors, Rustomjee, Rajesh Lifespaces, Ajmera Realty, Transcon and Shapoorji Pallonji.

The prominent brands which made presentations before this select jury included: Kone Elevator, Daikin Air-conditioning, RAK Ceramics

For further information, contact: Bienu Vaghela Email: bienu@mchi.net

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Allies in Style Have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful or believe to be beautiful.

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elebrating wood in its true form, our Allies in Style are small flat strips of wood joined together to form the top of the table. The wood flats have been glued together and are completely nail-less.

The companion tables have been built in a combination of 2 woods or wood and metal, these vertical cross sections created out of Vengai, ash wood, Teak wood and metals accentuate differential colouring and grain. Variations are available with tops made of MS and thin powder coated aluminium. These tables are ideal for living rooms or other spaces around the home. Moreover, they add an original touch of imagination to professional environments.

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IN PURSUIT OF A NEW AESTHETIC

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Constantly pushing for a new architectural order, Cecil Balmond OBE of Balmond Studio, translates abstract concepts into tangible reality, employing a stunningly visual application of architectural theory. In this interview, Balmond reflects on his architectural journey, the idea of cities in the context of globalisation, and the permeable boundaries between art, engineering, and architecture – he reiterates his belief that today’s architects must attempt to reflect the knowledge of a multitude of disciplines, combining the insights of engineers, scientists, artists, craftsmen, philosophers, and entrepreneurs.

Text & Images: Balmond studio Compiled by: Sharmila Chakravorty

An internationally renowned artist, architect and engineer, Balmond transcends the conventional boundaries of discipline working in the crossover between art and science. In this dynamic area, he has re-invented the very concept of space, transforming the meaning of geometry, form and structure. Balmond’s design approach engages inner organisational systems - a process based on rigorous research. Balmond creates alternate theoretical models and negotiates new emergent forms by experimentation.

Before setting up Balmond Studio in 2011, Balmond was Deputy Chairman of Arup. He was also Chairman of Arup’s European Building Division, and ran the critically acclaimed design group, AGU (Advanced Geometry Unit).

In addition to his own studio design work he has collaborated with several key architects.

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Waterfront, Colombo, Sri Lanka.

IA&B: Can you share with us your journey through the years while discovering your commitment towards the field of Engineering and Architecture?

Dr Cecil Balmond: My journey has always felt like a progression along a consistent trajectory; a natural, unpredictable path shaped by my own approach, outlook, and philosophy. A journey often implies a chronology – a definitive starting point, a fixed direction, and a tangible end. Yet, in my experience, at times there were multiple paths to choose from, often leading to new destinations.

I was born in Sri Lanka, but my family and I moved to Nigeria when the civil war broke out. We moved again to the UK and I enrolled in the University of Southampton’s engineering department. Back then I actually wanted to be a classical guitarist; I spent my nights playing in the local bars. However, I knew it was an unstable existence.

I saw engineering as a conventional career choice and it focused on one of my principal passions – mathematics.

After graduating, I joined Arup in 1968. At the time, Arup had been brought in to help on the Sydney Opera House as Jørn Utzon’s sail-like roof forms seemed quite unbuildable. But the solution was simple.

There was no need to create a composition of dissimilar forms.

Rather, all of the ‘shells’ could be designed with the same curvature – individual pieces cut from the same sphere. These concrete plates of the same radius were efficient, easy to manufacture, and gave clarity to the design.

This was an epiphany for me. For the first time, I saw engineering as more than just calculating; I saw how it could reimagine an architectural design. I became increasingly intrigued by how forces shaped things, how structures could be assembled in series; and the idea that engineers could help shape things. I was always looking at patterns, and not just the structure.

I was learning to push structure further, span impossible distances.

In 1977, I worked with architect James Stirling on the stone-clad Staatsgalerie in Stuttgart, Germany, bringing structural engineering into the architectural conversation. But my real breakthrough was the partnership with Rem Koolhaas. We worked on the ZKM Center for Art and Media Technology, in Karlsruhe, Germany and later the Maison a Bordeaux, Seattle Library, Casa da Musica, and CCTV Headquarters in Beijing.

I saw that architecture had been confined too long within the Cartesian logic of compartmentalised space. We began moving away from a strategy of containment and inert solid forms, to one of animate geometry and structural expansion into space itself - to imagine how geometry, and therefore the structure, of a building might be something quite different to traditional architectural forms. This lead to arguably some of the most famous architecture of the last 30 years.

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and Toyo Ito – architects that were pushing the limits of their discipline. It was always my aim to explore forms that they might not have considered before. Lifting architecture to new dimensions, enriching its language, exploring geometries that were not fixed but rather structurally animate – containing twists and turns in mathematical reasoning. The result was the creation of a new aesthetic – a shifting of asymmetrical structures that mocked conventional notions of stability, and form.

To explore the dynamic overlap between architecture and engineering further, I set up the AGU (Advanced Geometry Unit).

This was a group of architects, engineers, and mathematicians tasked with exploring areas normally reserved for architects – from houses to office buildings, to master plans. Then, in 2010, I left Arup to form Balmond Studio – an international, research-led practice of architects, designers, artists, and theoreticians. Again, I wanted to push the boundaries of design further, working in the crossover between art and science, looking into emergent form, and exploring the inner systems at the root of life itself.

IA&B: You have worked in various cities across the world.

What are your views on the rate at which cities are now growing? Do you think we are losing our ethnicities as we proceed towards globalisation?

Dr Cecil Balmond: It has been said that 70% of the world would be urbanised by 2050. However, urbanization is complex, non-uniform growth. Regional, demographic, economic and environmental factors all have a role to play.

But I am more interested in the evolution of cities in a more general sense. For example, the rise of the Smart City and the re-imagining of existing urban planning to maximise space and increase infrastructural efficiency. Or the re-integration of displaced populations into growing cities. The term ‘slum’ is no longer applicable as these areas often have thriving micro-economies, and influence wider urban development. It is the very nature of cities as entities themselves that interests me, more so than conventional questions of growth.

In terms of the relationship between globalisation and ethnicity, it is undeniable that globalisation brings with it a level of uniformity, standardized corporate culture, and a communal zeitgeist. However, simultaneously, this ‘threat’ can galvanise populations to re-affirm their identity and ethnicity through new protective legislation or the creation of vibrant sub-cultures. Also, since the issue is constantly shifting and evolving, there will be a series of outcomes that change over time.

IA&B: Your projects such as the Arcelor Mittal Tower, The Serpentine Pavilion and the Bridge in Coimbra have been acclaimed for their artistic mannerism amalgamated with architectural grandeur. How do you so generously manage to bring the artist within you in your works?

Dr Cecil Balmond: Architecture is essentially defined by its attempt to incorporate multi-disciplinary knowledge. Therefore trans-disciplinary methods can be used both for research and as a part of the creative process. The architect or designer is an artist,

innovator, engineer, philosopher, humanitarian, and social reformer.

So, I do not ‘insert’ my artistic ideas into the work, rather an artistic identity or interpretation in the concept is just an organic output when I design.

IA&B: You bring your research, combined with structural knowledge as well as art, into your work. Could you tell us how you know where to look, and when to stop?

Dr Cecil Balmond: In emergent form, everything begins with an abstract idea; I have a vague idea in my mind of what form I want before I start anything. This helps to identify a particular organisational system in which to operate. Here, forty years’ research into these systems helps me instinctively find the appropriate one. Once I have the systemic framework, the catalyst for form-making is a self-organising function within the system, a coded action or instruction – like an algorithm, or a fractal.

We start the process, feedback into the system then repeat – multiple times. It seems that a basic rule of something adhering to another similar idea, repeated, leads to stabilities. I feel that this is a function of relational data sets, linked to rules, leading to a myriad of forms. Architecture thus becomes a philosophy of practice as an experiment, a journey of improvisation and process.

The building becomes a laboratory of ideas.

This process can go on forever, but again, my instincts tell me when to stop. The more I work within the system, the more I understand its potential and capabilities. Therefore, I can interpret the data, predict behaviour to a degree and know when to stop inputting to obtain the form I am searching for.

IA&B: How does your work address a particular site or context? Can you describe your process of conceiving a form and developing it to realisation?

Dr Cecil Balmond: Architecture isn’t necessarily an independent external imposition; a building doesn’t have to be an autonomous entity that is simply ‘placed’ on site. There has to be a synergy between site or context and design.

The Battersea Masterplan from 2005, for instance, was inspired by its adjacent social fabric. I placed the entry into the site at the south end to welcome the adjacent area into the scheme, then a collective movement winding its way up from the deep, breaking out over the ground plane, tilting and folding, then evening out to the north.

Sometimes the context can be philosophical, historical or mythological. For instance, I designed the Pedro Y Ines bridge in Coimbra Portugal as a bridge that ‘doesn’t meet’; conceptually at least. It reflects the forbidden love of Pedro for his wife-to-be’s lady-in-waiting, Ines. The couple could never be and the legend ended in death and despair. It is a famous story, entrenched in the culture of the region and reflected in the final bridge.

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drawn into space in these locations. This was a local impetus and the unit idea multiplied to form a ‘net’ solution.

So the process of conceiving a form and developing it to realisation isn’t fixed. Designs are wayfinding paths or discoveries in webs of many shifting polarities. Unseen paths inform the design; virtual intent against fact observed, metaphor sought against substance realised.

As I go deeper into the design, I make, I code, I remake. I think of it as a ‘reading’ of the work. It is a back and forth of balance between the virtual and the real, a transaction of cultural imperatives within a background of archetypes, a play on the ideal versus the pragmatic.

The evolving view of the work thus created is a discovery rather than a fixed forecast of intended outcome.

IA&B: Your widely acclaimed book ‘Informal’ blurs the boundaries between architecture and structural engineering.

Do you personally believe there are no boundaries?

Dr Cecil Balmond: It actually acknowledges that these boundaries are flexible, overlapping and permeable. It is in our nature to define and quantify. This evokes a sense of control and consequent comprehension. But is this not a reductive way of thinking?

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For too long architecture and engineering have hidden behind the masks of their discipline – but in fact, multiple factors such as art and mathematics infiltrate both areas, creating overlap and similarity. Actually, crossing disciplinary boundaries is a prerequisite of design. A holistic approach implies that design cannot be adequately explained by reduction to the properties of its parts, nor can it be defined as a simple sum of its parts. Relations are embedded within the hierarchy of the entire network with complex factors and relationships at every level.

IA&B: You have extensively spoken about Emergent theory in your lecture at the Conference, do you think this is the Future of Architecture?

Dr Cecil Balmond: Rather than the future, the theory is simply another paradigm of architectural thought. Emergent, Nonlinear, Blob, Animate, Digital, Informal – whatever you chose to call it, its significance cannot be denied; alternative interpretations are leading to new design models. Emergent theory stresses the patterns that emerge from new assumptions.

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The traditional way of thinking of structure is formal, through the Phileban solids and the grids that they are based upon. Emergence doesn’t reject this approach; it simply accepts that it is merely one part of a much larger picture. A picture where form isn’t necessarily just about objects, but rather the internal forces shaping their organisation. These forces create patterns, which, through feedback, cause jumps and changes in organisational form. With these rules, new forms can occur spontaneously. These processes are all around us – from our DNA to the growth of galaxies. We are thus tapping into the very secrets and mysteries of life itself!

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Over the Ridge, Within the Clutter of the City The Ridge House In this residential neighbourhood, building five-storeys on a foundation of pure rock was the first challenge. As hydraulic splitters and explosives could not be used due to the nature of the area, manual labour excavated large portions of the foundations.

Text: Sahiba Gulati Drawings & Images: Team AKDA

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small two-storey house stood on the ridge in the Kailash colony of Delhi. The ridge is a northern extension of the ancient Aravalli Mountain Range in North India, some 1500 million years old. Mostly rocky quartzite, it extends from the Southeast, branching out in places and tapering off in the north of the city on the west bank of the river Yamuna. Notoriously hard to build on, the ridge has an undulating topography, with higher points occupied by older religious structures and the low lying land used for row housing.

This house with its unique set of challenges was to be remade. It could be built up till five storeys according to bye-laws. The ground floor could be used for parking, services and storage, while the rest of the floors were permitted for residential use.

It shared its boundary with a large rocky outcrop at the rear that rises almost 25 feet above the front road. Surrounded by a 50 feet high party wall on the left, and another house on the right, the site was an example of the dearth of large spaces, the congestion in Delhi.

However, on the right the house opened into the neighbours’ garden.

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carved out volume throughout, creating a double-shared courtyard to benefit both the parties mutually. This is a rare asset in the city.

In this residential neighbourhood, building five-storeys on a foundation of pure rock was the first challenge. As hydraulic splitters and explosives could not be used due to the nature of the area, manual labour excavated large portions of the foundations. However, this enabled the building of a basement without retaining walls as the sheer mass of the rock was enough. The stone surfaces were left exposed in the interior of the basement.

Each floor had to adhere to different requirements. The footprint of the ground floor was maximized as it determined the size of the subterranean level. Maximizing the built area, it was split into two apartments arranged around the courtyard with independent access from the parking level. This was designed specifically for the purpose of renting out. The next floor had been reduced in size since it was a single apartment for the grandparents. Thus, a large sun facing terrace resulted, a luxury unheard of in multi-storey housing. The third level was again designed with the intention of renting out to tenants, and the three-bedroom penthouse was for the client whenever he would be in the country. The penthouse opens up to a generous terrace to be used for entertaining.

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Courtyard on the Southern Side for winter sun Brick Jali Screen on the west facade to protect the internal spaces from the harsh sun Playing with projections and volumes, creating balconies at different level

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Creating a large cut out for sun to penetrate into the building from the rear side

Given Plot area with the maximum height and ground coverage

Plot line with the given Context

Creating courtyard following the building onthe right

Following the shape of the building on the right we get a courtyard

Adding Jali screens for diffused lights and ventilation

Creating a back terrace on the rear end, for light and ventilation inside the building

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As each floor is different, so are their structural requirements.

This proved a challenge to the architects as the basement required a large column free span to be used for religious congregations.

The parking caters to both the owners and the tenants. This was achieved by creating two zones, one at the front and the other at the rear of the building.

The excavated stone is red in colour, and so it guided the aesthetic of the house. A red brick faรงade unifies the entire building. Brick jails filter the West sun and permit only glare free light within the double courtyard. They screen the individual floors especially at the rear of the house, marking their privacy. Regular sized bricks have been combined with thinner ones to create an irregular pattern of openings in the jails. Kota is also used on the faรงade with a grooved pattern in order to mask its inherent colour variation. On the floor is kota along with left over granite pieces saved from the wastage of countertops.

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protective dust seals in the open able shutters are used throughout the building. Accompanying the brick jails in mitigating heat is the double insulation on the roof.

The project attempts to champion the cause of sustainability in a multi-storey apartment project with a myriad of challenges.

FACT FILE: Project Location Architect Design team Client Built up Area Site Area Project Area Structural Engineer Civil contractors Initiation of Project Completion of project

: Ridge House : Kailash Colony, New Delhi : Mr. Amit Khanna : AKDA : Undisclosed : 18000 Sq.Ft. : 20,200 sqm : 2,530s qm : Space Consulting Engineers : Adhunik Infrastructure : 2014 : 2016

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An Artwork of the City The Collage House

The house reflects the nature of the city. A collage of not only materials, but of all the practices that the city is known for has resulted in a striking piece of architecture that is rare, beautiful and ingenious.

Text: Sahiba Gulati Drawings & Images: S+PS Architects, Sebastian Zachariah, Ira Gosalia, Photographix, Pinkish Shah

Architect’s Note: Living in Mumbai, India it is impossible to ignore the informal settlements in the city, and if looked at closely there are many lessons to be learnt in frugality, adaptability, multi-tasking, resourcefulness and ingenuity. A visual language emerges that is of the found object, ad-hoc, eclectic, patched and collaged.

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umbai is a city that captures one’s fascination- with the local train and the hordes of people hanging from it, with Dharavi, one of the biggest informal settlements that the world has seen, and the opportunities that it offers as all kinds of people flock there. Perhaps it could be called cosmopolitan. The architects saw in the character of the city a collage.

“Living in Mumbai, India it is impossible to ignore the informal settlements in the city, and if looked at closely there are many lessons to be learnt in frugality, adaptability, multi-tasking, resourcefulness and ingenuity. A visual language emerges that is of the found object, ad-hoc, eclectic, patched and collaged.”

These lessons the architects have applied practically in their project of the Collage house, “without romanticizing or fetishizing them”. The idea of recycling and collage making has been practiced in various ways, using materials, energy and other material resources as well as employing and bringing forth the intangible i.e. history, space and memories.

The front facade arrests; a collage it is. Scores of windows and doors, old and reclaimed, have been patched together in a flat face which is then framed by a concrete band that goes over it and comes to rest on the side, framing a staircase as well, allowing the facade to breathe, for the collage to stand out. A single tiny blue balcony juts out as if to say, welcome to this unique place with a character like no other, or perhaps to frame the person standing in the balcony as well and make them a part of the collage itself. A rubble stone formed boundary wall welcomes with a similar flourish; it is truly an eclectic mix, one that goes very well together, beautifully.On the other side, within, the Indian Architect & Builder - June 2017

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First Floor Plan

Ground Floor Plan

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1 External Stair to first floor 2 Services 3 Duct 4 Parking 5 Puja Room 6 Elevator 7 Entry Lounge 8 Utility 9 Bedroom 10 Staff Lobby 11 Staff Rppm 12 Vegetable Garden 13 50,000L rain water harvesting 14 Earth Fill 15 Verandah 16 Courtyard

17 Spillover Pool 18 Living-Dining 19 Kitchen 20 Powder Room 21 Dressing 22 Study 23 Lap Pool 24 Pantry 25 Balcony 26 Deck 27 Roof Garden 28 Counter 29 Rooftop Pavillion 30 Dry Landscape 31 Overhead Tank 32 Stairwell

1 External Stair to first floor 2 Services 3 Duct 4 Parking 5 Puja Room 6 Elevator 7 Entry Lounge 8 Utility 9 Bedroom 10 Staff Lobby 11 Staff Rppm 12 Vegetable Garden 13 50,000L rain water harvesting 14 Earth Fill 15 Verandah 16 Courtyard

17 Spillover Pool 18 Living-Dining 19 Kitchen 20 Powder Room 21 Dressing 22 Study 23 Lap Pool 24 Pantry 25 Balcony 26 Deck 27 Roof Garden 28 Counter 29 Rooftop Pavillion 30 Dry Landscape 31 Overhead Tank 32 Stairwell

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R.C.C. Slab 10MM THK top base plate in position 10MM Ø anchor fastner holding base plate in position grey aggregate plaster Aluminium cap for polycarbonate sheet with external grade Silicone sealant at joint 9”Ø M.S. Column 12MM THK Multiwall polycarbonate sheet Vertical P.C. Clip to hold P.C. Sheets 1.5”X1.5” M.S. box Section as hanger to hold 1.5” X 3” M.S. frame in position 0.5”X3.25” T.W. cover moulding with 0.25”X0.25” groove at centre 1.5”X3” M.S. Frame member 2”X1” T.W. cover Moulding PATTI OVER 1.5”X3” M.S. frame Recycled T.W. window shutter & panel/glas Recycled T.W. window frame Recycled timber flooring with skirting at end 10MM THK Wall plate in position Stepped stone cill as rebate 1-½” YHK Vertical rough Cudappah planter side Earth filling 10MM THK bottom base plate Water proofing

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recycled doors and windows are a backdrop for the living room, with a polished white marble floor and intricate brass inlay, an exposed concrete ceiling, a long green sofa, and a chair that is as colourful in appearance and style as could be. What happens in the transition from without to within is as fascinating as the two are- a blue door, a puja room encased in translucent green, a brick wall, an elevator mesh enclosure that gives in to murals in between, a single blue seat next to the staircase; how each element works with the other without missing a beat is arresting, it is a kind of beauty that is creatively brought out, that is rare.

The house is perched on top of the hill, but the presence of neighbours on all three sides rendered the prospect of looking without unexciting.

So emerged the path of the design process to look inwards, and build around the quintessential and sometimes clichĂŠd Indian courtyard. But this Indian courtyard is anything but a clichĂŠ. Housing a rainwaterharvesting tank below that is wrapped in rock removed from the hillside during excavation, the court is raised one floor above the ground. The large four-generation family comes together here.

A collage of metal pipe leftovers arranged like a bamboo wall and painted, take up one side of the courtyard. It integrates structural columns, rainwater downtake pipes and a sculpture of spouts that comes alive during the monsoon season. Kitsch coloured tile samples encase a planter on one side at the base. The next wall showcases an arrangement of scrap rusted metal plates riveted together. The wall opposite this is clad in cut-waste stone slivers lifted off the back of stone cutting yards and waste generated on site.

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have been recycled. At the same time new ways of using traditional elements and materials like carved wooden mouldings, bevelled mirrors, heritage cement tiles and more have been seen here.

“A language emerges that is both new but strangely familiar at the same time and that makes us rethink notions of beauty that we take for granted around us. To make this mélange more “acceptable”, it is encased in a “garb of modernity” (Nehru). This concrete frame - in a rough aggregate finish outside and in a smooth form finish inside wraps and connects all the spaces from back to front and across all three levels.”

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Pavilion at the terrace.

Soaring above looking towards the hills, at the terrace is a pavilion framed by hundred-year-old columns from a dismantled house. It brings back memories and nostalgia and at the same time is rooted in the contemporary times with a lightweight, steel and glass covering.

Solar panels sit atop the pavilion.

Everything is old and everything is new, it is difficult to say where the traditional starts and contemporary ends or where rough materials give way to more finished ones. Old textile blocks, flooring of old Burma teak rafters and purlins, colonial furniture, fabric waste (chindi)

Project : Location : Architect : Design Team :

Site Area : Project Area : Liasion Architects : Structural Engineers : Services Consultants : Main Civil Contractors : Landscape Consultants : Site Supervision : Initiation of Project : Completion of Project :

Collage House Parsik Hill, Belapur, Navi Mumbai S+PS Architects Pinkish Shah, Shilpa Gore-Shah, Mayank Patel,Gaurav Agarwal, Shrutika Nirgun, Divya Malu, Manali Patel, Ved Panchwagh, Priyadarshi 350 Square Meters 520 Square Meters Sopan Prabhu Architects Rajeev Shah & Associates Arkk Consultants Homework Constructions S+PS Architects Amish Mistry Architect 2006 2015

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Making of an aerotropolis In the wake of transit-oriented development in contemporary times, airports are increasingly becoming the focal point around which urban development is planned. architectureRED’s Salalah Airport City Project reiterates this phenomenon, pointing at the emergence of the aerotropolis as the future of cities.

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Salalah in the larger context of the Arabian peninsula.

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raditionally, airports have always been relegated to the outskirts of the city, at a comfortable distance from urban settlements – close enough to not be a tedious commute, but far enough to mitigate any related inconvenience. However, in recent times, airports have become intrinsic nodes, linking travel and an increasingly mobile population. But it doesn’t end at that. Airports are now becoming anchors for cities to bloom around.

The new airport at Salalah, the second largest city in Oman, has triggered the creation of one such aerotropolis. The vision is to transform the landscape around the airport with mixed-use zones, bustling with life and all the trappings of urbanity. Driving this vision are Biju Kuriakose and his team from ArchitectureRED, entrusted with the massive responsibility of bringing to life the master plan they’ve designed for the Salalah Airport City.

The paradigm has shifted, the aerotropolis has taken root.

The geography and context

An aerotropolis is a new urban format where an airport lies at the heart of the city, with infrastructure, land use, and economy, planned around this central airport. Essentially, an aerotropolis is an airportcentric development, where planning principles are laid down in accordance to the airport.

Oman’s dry landscape is spread over three landforms – a coastal plain, a plateau, and a mountain range. The coastal plains, a dry extent of land, form the southern edge of Oman. It extends north towards a dry, rocky plateau. This ‘empty quarter’ is subsequently flanked by the mountain range that occupies the northern part of Oman.

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The city of Salalah sits within this geographic context. Steep hills act as boundary walls to demarcate the city from the rest of Oman.

Fertile plains extend from these bordering hills to Salalah’s coastline, creating one of the few patches of greenery in Oman’s otherwise arid landscape. With the hills and the sea on its either side, the city is bound by two starkly contrasting landscapes. This unique topography, however, makes Salalah one of the few places in the Arabian Peninsula to be blessed with a monsoon season. In addition, owing to its coastline, Salalah has been a major sea port since ancient times.

Not only have these factors played a key role in the growth of the city, but also in defining its limits.

The aerotropolis planned around the new airport responds to these conditions, and limitations. It will mirror the existing city in its culture, its aspirations, and yet be a beacon of modern, systematic, airportcentric development. Driven by these factors,the master plan aims to develop the vast area surrounding the new airport adopts the strong urban context of the existing city and its inherent culture.

An aerotropolis taking shape The master plan splits the 900-acre site into two parcels of 200 and 700 acres each. These parcels are further broken down into smaller parcels – some acting as independent developments, some adhering to a thematic idea at their very core.

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For instance, the 200-acre land – comprising parcels E, Ea and F – lies very close to the existing city. This led the design decision to impart a distinctive cultural flavour to this part of the site. The city’s water edge too influenced this decision, highlighting the site’s potential to create opportunities for tourism, culture, and entertainment. Hence, this part of the site was designed as an entertainment hub reflecting the rich culture of Oman. Its traditional urban planning techniques were refined to adapt to contemporary programmes and user behaviours.

Identifying potential nodes on the site to connect to the city and define an imagable entrance from the airport.

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Land parcel E, Ea, and F: Creating a cohesive development to be weaved with the existing urban fabric.

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The entertainment hub is spread across two development parcels accentuating the existing wind flow. It forms the heart of this destination, and is embraced with pedestrian linkages.

Thus, narrow alleyways were incorporated into the design to create shaded spaces to ensure a pedestrian-friendly environment. In addition, central courts interspersed into the layout create ample avenues for chance interactions and social integrity within the neighbourhood. The entertainment hub thereby planned will include spaces for art galleries, souks, plazas and lagoons, boutique hotels, amphitheatre, villas and apartments, as well as retail spaces.

On the other hand, the 700-acre land – comprising parcels A, B and C – will be developed as independent clusters with residential developments. The residential clusters will be developed along the northern edge of the land parcel facing the existing road network, and overlooking the hills farther north. Since the land parcel lies in close proximity to the existing industrial zone, the industrial land use will be extended along the south-western edge. This will act as a buffer for the residential neighbourhood from the new airport.

Woven through the residential and industrial corridor, the golf course allows the residential neighbourhoods lush green views. Taking advantage of the existing imagability, the hotel and the convention centre will be located on the north-eastern corner of the site to further enhance the node as the city’s entrance from the airport. The planning approach used here is versatile – a sustainable neighbourhood with a mixed land use of Industrial, commercial, retail, hotel and convention centre, and supporting residential neighbourhoods overlooking the golf course.

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and their global aspirations. What is now witnessed in Salalah is an attempt to make its mark in the world while retaining its cultural values. This project, thus, is much more than the assimilation of various functionalities – it is an expression of the city’s aspirations for future growth. The project intends to adapt to the contemporary needs while retaining the essence of Salalah’s rich heritage and culture.

dictated where and how a city would come into existence. Today, travel and mobility have taken over, assuming the highest level of importance and focus in urban planning. And this seems to be the general trend-trajectory for the future too. With this background, the Salalah Airport City directly addresses the future of urban planning, as a thought-experiment giving us a glimpse into what the future of cities could be like!

Not only will this project give the new city a future-ready, able infrastructure, it will also arrest haphazard urban sprawl. This doesn’t mean, however, that the city will not be able to evolve and grow in future, or that the master plan will be a strict, unmodifiable framework. Both the development parcels are strategically located along this transition corridor which in turn strengthens the existing city’s growth pattern. The systematic foundations laid down by the master plan will encourage methodical evolution, aptly responding to the challenges of the future. In the past, the availability of water

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Professor Mahesh Tandon The Art of Sustainability in Bridge Construction

Professor Mahesh Tandon of ‘Tandon Consultants’ is one of India’s leading structural engineers.

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Professor Mahesh Tandon shows us how this can been done when the opportunities available naturally, are taken advantage of as compared to simply relying on the customary practices that we have been following unquestioningly through a majority of our projects. Can we use less structure and more earth ramps and embankments? Can we reduce, reuse and recycle by using especially in bridge construction, recycled aggregates, flyash and other materials that are friendlier to the environment? The durability of the structure only benefits from most of these materials.

How architects, engineers and builders approach a project deeply impact its usage or lack thereof throughout its life span. Far too many times it has been observed in the Indian scenario that flyovers are constructed to connect one point to another without, it seems, a thorough assesment of the needs of the other users or even of the motorised vehicles themselves. As massive flyovers cross over not very wide roads, congesting the traffic below, and restricting all pedestrian movement, they hardly do any good for the vehicles above them. As the flyover is made to connect two points on the map, all other possible directions in which the vehicle could or would want to move are more often than not disregarded.

Sustainability is tied to how we as people perceive or use a space. How can a project be sustainable if it does not explore its full advantage to benefit all user groups? How can a project be successful if it solves one problem and neglects or even creates others? Then all resources used for it would amount to nothing.

The Ghazipur interchange that is met with while going from Delhi to Noida stands as an example of a project where multiple problems have been tackled. Not only does the interchange built across three levels cater to pedestrian, bicycle and motor vehicle movement separately, the construction process too became a sustainable endeavour as minimum inconvenience was inflicted upon existing users. The three levels were constructed simultaneously, thereby reducing construction time. All of this was done without disturbing the water body right next to it, treating it as an asset to be maintained.

“Aim for public transportation at its best”. This, Professor Tandon displays through the project of Mukerba Chowk right outside Delhi. The emphasis lies on viewing the project not as one of a flyover, but that of a complete transportation scheme. With a bus stop at the peak of the flyover, a pioneering idea in Delhi, and segregation of pedestrian and bicycle traffic, the Mukerba Chowk stands for social sustainability.

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hat is sustainability?

Our understanding of sustainability has gradually grown through the decades since its inception as an idea, as a concept, to its realisation as a practice. From the initial understanding of sustainability as a judicious usage of available resources, we have now come to perceive the importance of a “cradle to grave” assessment of each project. The entire process, from siting, designing and construction, to repair and maintenance to its final demolition, is required to be conducted in a manner such that it does not exhaust and demand from natural and material resources more than is imperative.

Sustainability is tied to how we as people perceive or use a space. For how can a project be sustainable if it does not explore its full advantage to benefit all user groups? How can a project be successful if it solves one problem and neglects or even creates others? Then all resources used for it would amount to nothing.

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Badarpur Elevated Corridor, Faridabad.

FIG 7. BADARPUR ELEVATED CORRIDOR, FARIDABAD : minimise structure, maximise embankments

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Mukerba Chowk Interchange.

There is no one size fits all solution. With each project a unique set of challenges appear, and by consciously dealing with and generating solutions to these challenges, the project can be made sustainable.

Professor Tandon talks of using steel box girders instead of concrete in bridges where appropriate. He talks of the streamlined beauty and technological advantage of conceptual stages. Yet, the most neglected, Indian Architect & Builder - June 2017

disused and ugly spaces remain those under the flyovers themselves.

Used for peeing, spitting, throwing garbage or as temporary shelters by the homeless, the spaces remain resigned to their destiny. Is the city all about infrastructure that fulfils a set of functions? The citizens view it differently. If a space exists, it will be appropriated. If a blank wall exists, it will remain so for only a very short while. If a large disused piece of land is available, whether it is right in the middle of the hustle

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Mukerba Chowk: Continuous Steel Box Girder with Composite Concrete Slab.

Segment Lifters for Long Spans.

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Public Inititative Project under Tulpule Flyover, Mumbai.

The Team of Mad- Murals and Doodles.

bustle or in a corner, it will be occupied in one way or another, by humans or their waste. The state of our cities is a call to us to identify that beyond these set of functions, is an arena that needs our attention and inclusion.

Professor Tandon shares a public initiative project below the Tulpule flyover in Mumbai. The residents of ‘One Matunga’ living around the area transformed its degrading situation by initiating construction under the flyover. This inspired the Municipal Corporation to take lead. The result was right there in the midst of everything, a space

of no chaos, a tranquil walkway, a jogging track, a space to sit, a space to meet people. Do blank walls need to be left bare to be peed on? Can we as architects, engineers or even as residents do something? A group of youngsters who call themselves MAD (Murals and Doodles) paint bare walls with paintings with social messages to retract people from mauling public property.

There are various ways to claim public space, one at a time, and it is these initiatives that will make the urban landscape sustainable.

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The stair structure is composed of two sculptural elements, the spiraling stairs and a tornado.

Oded Halaf and Tomer Gelfand collaborate on Organic Staircase from American Tulipwood for Amot Atrium Tower Staircase at Amot Atrium Tower, Tel Aviv, Israel Sculptural staircase bends and swoops to create fluidity within the spacious office tower.

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he newest addition to Israel’s growing Diamond Exchange District is the uniquely geometrical Amot Atrium Tower, designed by prominent architect Moshe Zur. Located at the entrance of the Ramat Gan central business district in Tel Aviv, it presents a richly detailed and dynamic façade to visitors entering the city. At 158 meters and with 38 floors of retail, the glass skyscraper has been awarded LEED platinum certification - the first of its kind in Israel. Each floor of Indian Architect & Builder - June 2017

the 43-storey tower is comprised of two wings embracing a common elevator core that is visible from outside.

The north-facing atrium volume extends throughout the entire height of the tower, allowing a controlled amount of natural light to filter into the floor lobbies. This offers building users a viewing experience both while waiting for the elevator and while riding it. Additionally,

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The raw tulipwood used in the construction of the railings produced numerous natural colors.

The reception desk was conceived as the starting point for the spiraling wooden sculpture, completed with the same wooden profiles as the railings.

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the visibility of elevator movement from outside creates a dynamic tower façade from the outdoor perspective. The geometrical sequence exposing the atrium on the lower part of the tower continues until the upper floors. The upper floors enclose the atrium, which becomes an internal volume within, creating a unique geometrical formation.

Located in the entrance hall of the tower is an extraordinary sculptural staircase made from American tulipwood. In fact, the building’s name is drawn from its impressive atrium entrance hall, designed by architect Oded Halaf, who came up with a radical idea: to construct a tornado-shaped staircase, a sculptural piece that would provide both movement and interest into the orthogonal, glass-encased, four-storey high lobby. Halaf also wanted the staircase to be free of all visible support - a complex and seemingly impossible assignment, which had to be contracted out to an expert, who held the right mix of knowledge, experience and immense creativity.

Given the complexity of the project, Halaf commissioned Tomer Gelfand, a master craftsman who specializes in providing architectural solutions to engineering problems. Since inheriting his father’s studio, which was founded in 1976, Gelfand has had extensive experience with intricate design implementations in wood, stainless steel, and glass. Over the course of an 18-month period, from the time that Halaf presented his rough sketch of the staircase to Gelfand, he managed to execute, supervise and finalize all stages of construction, turning Halaf’s dream into a reality.

Together, they rise as an expressive tornado from the reception desk - conceived at the ground and rising up to the first-floor mezzanine, fourteen meters above. The reception desk was envisioned as the starting point for the spiraling wooden sculpture, and is made from the same tulipwood as the stair railings. To make this happen, Gelfand devised a system of continuous wooden profiles, which look fluid and flexible, but which are extremely stiff and stable.

“The entire structure includes the spiraling stairs and a tornado-like element, which seems to emerge from the reflecting walls of the entrance lobby. The stairs and the tornado elements merge at the top of the first floor, and the round top acts as a viewing balcony to the impressive hall below. Above, it is topped with a similar round element, crowning the project and perfecting the intricate composition,” said Gelfand.

Gelfand began by implementing an MRI-type scan to the skeleton, cutting vertically through the structure and generating sections in the width of the given wooden profile. The resulting number of crosssections, each exported with a different radius requirement, produced a seemingly-endless amount of arches. In order to deal with this, Gelfand narrowed it down to ‘master-arches’ - devised by calculating the wooden profile’s average bending tolerance, which dictated the radius and angle of the ‘master-arches’.

According to Gelfand, the stair structure is composed of two interlocking parts: a skeletal metal staircase and a sculptural wooden envelope.

Next was creating the radial profiles from the material itself: a total of 9,000 linear meters of tulipwood was cut by CNC machine to create the stock for the master-arches, each coded and marked to fit precisely in the grand scheme. As no single piece was interchangeable, every

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measurement had to be taken in advance to ensure the success of the final installation. For example, each of the connecting points between the modules was completed with a reverse radius; together, they form a sinuous wave, thus creating a seamless transition.

American tulipwood was selected for the project by both Halaf and Gelfand, as it fulfilled the requirements in terms of color. Additional factors were the cost, performance and workability of the material. Sourced from local suppliers, a total of 120 cubic meters of tulipwood was used in this project. According to Gelfand, freshly cut tulipwood showed a variety of natural colors, which would have hindered the seamless quality of the Indian Architect & Builder - June 2017

structure. In order to unify the design, a palette of 12 average shades was selected from the tulipwood pieces and then applied to the modules.

Lastly, the coded profiles were delivered to the site in order for the final puzzle to be put together: a very precise, four-month long, delicate process of assembly, managed and supervised by Gelfand himself. The final result encapsulates the paradox of contemporary creation: what appears as an artistic, hand-drawn gesture, is, in fact, a result of algorithmic data processing and the product of countless interchangeable pieces. Seemingly arbitrary yet utterly computerized; nature’s matter harnessed by today’s true artists of technology.

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The railings are constructed of 9,000 meters of raw tulipwood, cut in a CNC machine to form a series of arches that were then assembled in-situ.

The raw tulipwood used in the construction of the railings produced numerous natural colors.

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The stair structure is composed of two interlocking parts.

“Functionally and aesthetically beautiful, the staircase is in fact a viewing balcony to the office lobby below it. Though the structure may seem flexible, it is in fact completely unmovable; a combination of algorithmic data processing and masterful craftsmanship, creating an organically-inspired, artistic result,” concludes Gelfand. “Navigating it isn’t meant to be as simple as taking a functional set of stairs to get from one level of a building to the next; it’s an experience in itself, taking in the whole structure from a new angle with every step.”

The Amot Atrium Tower that houses the staircase has achieved LEED Platinum certification, which means it reaches the highest possible levels of sustainability and resource efficiency. It’s fitting then that its lobby feature an organic installation. Working with tulipwood, which is relatively light in weight and has a very high strength to weight ratio, Halaf and Gelfand have created a striking structure, which is not just a work of art in its unusual shape but also an example of how high-tech design and traditional woodworking can come together for modern usage.

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Though the structure may seem flexible and bendable, it is in fact extremely stiff and stable.

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Staircase at Amot Atrium Tower Tel Aviv, Israel Oded Halaf Aviva Ben Ari & Daria Tsoy Tomer Gelfand Aeronautic Engineer Prof. Doron Shalev 2016 American tulipwood

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From the Hearth of Horsemen Maredo Flagship Restaurant

The restaurant manifests tangibly in its aesthetic the origins of the food it serves.

A delightful gastronomic experience is anticipated as it is writ all over the space.

Text credits: Ippolito Fleitz Group GmbH, Identity Architects Text: Sahiba Gulati Drawings & Images: Zooey Braun, Stuttgart, Clara Tuma, Zürich, Switzerland

Architect’s Note: We employ a consistent design world for Maredo that centres on the South American gaucho to describe the core competences of the brand. Its visual implementation provides fresh ingredients for the brand’s new positioning.

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lack and white: the thought of the two together conjures up images of spaces that are cold or perhaps formal. Maredo have paired the two with a materiality that creates a warm and welcoming ambience, one that spells food, one that invariably speaks of an experience of dining.

Being a leading name in the steakhouse sector, the restaurant chain with over 50 outlets throughout Germany was redesigned and given a new look in order to stay relevant and in the lead, and not nostalgically forgotten in today’s fast paced world.

The contemporary aesthetic is a tangible manifestation of an intangible association with steak. Known for its excellent quality meat, the restaurant had to reflect this in its concept as well. Before steak was enjoyed in restaurants it was prepared and devoured by South American nomads and horsemen called the gaucho. The gaucho wore ponchos with geometrical patterns, called chiripa, and lived in makeshift huts. Various Indian Architect & Builder - June 2017

elements of their ethnic existence have been quite literally translated in the interiors of the restaurant.

Beef becomes fire; the place of its inception marked with nature, with wood and leather, become the materials used to create the restaurant; the poncho manifests in geometric patterns on the floors, ceilings and counters. The floor is the canvas for the restaurant, one of its most striking elements, as it makes its way through various spaces, generating not chaos with its heavy geometric pattern, but weaving the different spaces together. The floor tiles have been exclusively designed for Maredo, for the gaucho. The pattern of the tiles is complimented by the equally intense coffered ceiling, the myriad of geometric patterns over the sitting spaces and it may have been too much for the eye to take in, but then there is balance: in the clean lines of the simple and light, yet sophisticated furniture, in the streamlined light fixtures, in the sunlight filtering in, and in the seemingly achromatic nature of it all.

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Custom designed tiles and coffered ceiling with the geometric pattern inspired from the gaucho poncho.

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Beautiful straight lines of the wooden ceiling culminate in the bar; the display of wine in the black unit makes for a simple yet exquisite statement. A custom designed wallpaper runs along the length of the opposite wall, showing the landscape of the gaucho. Tree trunks and ropes from the lives of the herdsmen make appearances as visual partitions between zones. A traditional cast iron barbecue grill, large photographs of bulls on the walls and the sombrero-shaped lights follow the spatial concept to the finest details. An open fire barbecue greets guests at the entrance, grilled meat indulging their senses. Lit from beneath and capped with a brass hood, the barbecue with its earthy connotations spells quality. Juxtaposed against this is the salad bar, light and fresh against the charcoal fire, invigorating the space. A variety of dining experiences are offered- a long floating marble table hosts a dozen people, leather upholstered berths at the rear end of the restaurant provide more intimate spaces. A long open fire runs through the rear end for a cosy fireside experience. The toilets are no exception.

Specially designed washbasins of raw, galvanised steel in the shape of cattle trough and bright red WC partition walls grace the space.

The makeover has been given to the Berlin branch in ‘The Q’ mall, next to Berlin’s historic Gendarmenmarkt.

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Maredo Flagship Restaurant Berlin Kim Angenendt, Michael Bertram, Katrin Büttner, Gunter Fleitz, Timo Flott, Juliane Förster, Peter Ippolito, Vivien Kintopf, Tim Lessmann, Kerem Özerler, Verena Schiffl, David Schwarz Maredo Restaurants Holding GmbH 4800 sq.ft.

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