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Viega Advantix Vario Wall Drain: Good Hygiene Properties And Modern Design

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he Viega Advantix Vario Wall Drain impresses with its unbelievable flexibility and extremely narrow construction.

Without any major effort, the Viega Advantix Vario wall drains can be cut to length with millimetre precision and can even be extended if needed. This is especially valuable for renovations where precise integration with existing buildings can be crucial. This degree of flexibility not only gives bathroom designers maximum room for manoeuvre when planning showering areas, but also offers the specialist trade and installers optimal warehouse logistics. The successful symbiosis of minimalistic design and function, top performance and flexibility has impressed the jury of the “Design Plus powered by ISH”.

Contemporary slick design for modern bathrooms The first wall drain solution that can be shortened individually and can be used in virtually any situation with its 25 mm wall installation depth. It can be fitted in solid structures, light weight constructions and front wall structures. The plaster thickness or an XPS hard foam panel is often enough for its installation. The innovative technology also considers sound insulation guidelines which is in accordance with DIN 4109 and VDI 4100.

Simple and quick assembly The “Advantix Vario Wall Drain” has a length of 1200 mm as standard. Like the familiar “Advantix Vario” shower channel, it can be accurately shortened up to a length of 300 mm as needed. To do this, a saw support is included in the delivery along with a tiler’s set with all the necessary installation and sealing materials.

To prevent contamination during the installation phase, the flange surfaces are protected with adhesive strips and the drainage slot with a foam insert.

Many combinations options for renovation and new builds Depending on the installation circumstances, two drain designs are available. For bathroom renovations with a height of 70 mm and the standard 90 mm model for properties with a higher floor structure, which can be flexibly increased to 165 mm. The drainage capacities are between 0.6 and 0.75 litres per second, depending on variant. Water drains along the entire length of the wall drain. An inclination of one to two per cent is all that is needed. It is no longer necessary to laboriously cut to size the sloping tiles. The drainage capacity is between 0.6 and 0.75 litres per second in accordance with DIN EN 1253. The connectors can be rotated by 360 degrees in DN 40 or DN 50.

Easy cleaning The Viega Advantix Vario Wall Drain is designed for easy and hygienic cleaning, ensuring no dead space is created for dirt or hair. Using a cloth or cleaning brush, the drain age profile can be cleaned easily.

The multi-tool also acts as an application aid for a cleaning spiral.

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About Viega: Viega was founded in Attendorn, Germany, in 1899.

Worldwide, more than 4,000 people are employed by the Viega Group, which is among the leading manufacturers of installation technology for sanitary and heating. The range consists of approximately 17,000 articles in the product categories of piping systems as well as pre-wall and drainage technology. They are used nearly everywhere: in building services installations, in utilities, in industrial plant construction and shipbuilding.

Since 2005 Viega has been successfully present in the Indian market.

After several years with independent Sales Representatives, in 2015 the legal entity Viega India Pvt. Ltd. was founded in Ahmedabad, Gujarat to foster the Indian local footprint. In 2018 the company opened a manufacturing facility in India at Sanand, Gujarat. Over a period of time more and more products Viega sells in India would be produced here.

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Häfele Digital Door Security Systems - It’s time to ‘REinvent Access’…!

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ver the years, evolution in living patterns has demanded more from the traditional key than mere home security. People move out of their homes much more – be it for short durations to work or longer durations for holidays; and the home is left to the limited realms of security provided by a simple lock and key. During this time, the home has to be accessible to few key people like the domestic help coming in for household chores or children returning from school or maybe even a guest wanting to use your house while you are away on vacation. At the same time the home has to be secured from break-ins or unwanted access. And so comes to mind some pertinent questions about the modest possibilities of security from a key: ↑

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…BE TRUSTED? Today, people want smarter and convenient options to manage the access to their homes - the question is no longer about who stays out of the house but who can be let in.

Häfele introduces a new perspective to home security with its integrated range of Digital Home Security Solutions. With this range we bring to you the most advanced technologies in digital access modes, safety features, convenient settings and much more; attempting to provoke a serious thought towards home security. These solutions from Häfele can allow you to control multi-dimensional aspects of home access through a single locking device, as per your specific lifestyle and at the leisure of your convenience. So it’s time to move to a smarter way of life - it’s time to “REinvent Access”!

Through this range, we would like to introduce you 5 home security wonders that will redefine the spectrum of security and access for your homes: REVEAL: Because you need the highest form of security…

• Häfele’s REVEAL Digital Lock carefully scrutinizes every individual need that you may have from your home security system and presents itself as the ideal answer for all those needs. This fullyloaded face-recognition lock comes with the highest standards of technology that reads over 170 points on the user’s face – this means that it is highly sensitive to even the flinch of a nerve on your face and will only allow access if you exactly emulate the Indian Architect & Builder - March 2019

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• Its time your digital door security system gets a promotion with Häfele’s REAL Digital Door Lock. True to its name, this lock addresses the ‘real’ needs of holistic home security through its feature-rich proposition. With 4 different access modes – Finger Print, Key Pad, RFID and Mechanical Key – Häfele’s REAL Digital Lock brings you optimum security and more choices.

RESIZE: Because your fashionable door needs its ‘right’ match…

• Häfele’s RESIZE Digital Lock uniquely combines incomparable technology with an aesthetic design, bringing the much desired ornamentation to your door while also securing your home with planned access. Owing to its singular design, RESIZE allows you to combine its existence with any preferred lever handle as per your choice. This brings in a whiff of customization to your approach while designing the security needs for your door- you may not otherwise find such flexibility in the market.

REPLACE: Because your mechanical lock needs an upgrade…

• Häfele’s REPLACE Digital Lock is designed to bring a seamless transition from traditional mechanical locks to sophisticated digital security systems. As the name suggests, this lock will replace the limitations of the traditional lock-and-key with the innumerous possibilities of a tech-savvy digital lock- and literally overnight. With 3 different access modes – Key Pad, RFID and Mechanical Key – Häfele’s REPLACE Digital Lock addresses your principal security needs; and the possibility of combining two access modes neutralizes any chances of a break-in.

REBELL: Because you need a 99.99 “100” percent…

• Häfele’s REBELL video doorbell completes our offering for holistic home security with an added touch of smartness. This Wi-Fi enabled solution can be integrated into your smartphone through a featurepacked App that allows you to remotely manage all functions at your fingertips. This means that you could be lazing in your bed or sitting at your office desk or shopping at your favourite mall and yet you can see or even talk to the person standing at your doorstep.

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Shaw Contract’s New Bengaluru Experience Center Achieves the Leed Gold Standard

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fully-owned brand of Shaw Industries, the world’s largest carpet manufacturer and leading floor covering provider, Shaw Contract has just received the LEED v4 Gold for Interior Design and construction certification for its newly opened 343 square metres experience center in Bengaluru, India, making it one of the first few projects in India to have achieved this international standard. With this certification, Shaw Contract hopes to lead the design and build community in creating spaces which are better for the planet and better for people.

Said Mr Rakesh Lakra, Regional Vice President, Shaw Floors India, “Our approach to creating a better future is thought through every step – from sourcing materials, our manufacturing process to our sales offices and recycling centres. LEED’s rigorous standards made this achievement obligatory for Shaw Contract who has always chosen the environmentally smart approach.” Earlier in 2015, Shaw Industries’ state-of-the-art manufacturing facility in Nantong, China, built to cater to customers in the Asia Pacific region, was awarded the LEED Silver status in the New Construction category. The new Bengaluru experience center met high standards in sustainability by integrating more natural light through the effective use of glass panelling, minimising energy consumption and selecting furnishings that is environmentally friendly. The use of Shaw Contract’s own carpet tiles, which are completely recyclable and Cradle to Cradle Certified™, further contributed to credits and prerequisites set by LEED v4.

Shaw Contract is among the few carpet manufacturers in the world that have products that can contribute to all the LEED v4 credits raising the bar in achieving environmental, economic and social impact. Consistent with their commitment to full life-cycle sustainability, the use of their own carpet tiles helped the showroom easily achieve the gold standard.

Designed as an open collaborative workspace with pockets of space conducive for people to connect with one another, the Bengaluru experience center was designed without walls. Different spaces were marked out by

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mixing and combining colourful carpet tiles selected from Shaw Contract’s wide award-winning collections.

“Shaw Contract’s LEED certification for the Bengaluru experience center demonstrates tremendous green building leadership,” said P. Gopalakrishana, Managing Director, APAC & Middle East Market, Green Business Certification Inc. “LEED was created to make the world a better place and revolutionize the built environment by providing everyone with a healthy, green and high performing buildings. Shaw Contract Bengaluru experience center serves as a prime example of how the work of innovative building projects can use local solutions to make a global impact on the environment.”

With the final threads in place, Shaw Contract opened its latest experience center to welcome collaboration from designers, architects and industry partners to explore better solutions using sustainable and environmentally friendly products as demonstrated through its LEED certified showroom.

Shaw Contract: As a global floor covering brand, Shaw Contract believes in the impact of design and how to improve how people work, learn, heal and live. Driven by sustainability, our Cradle to Cradle Certified products perform in spaces across the world. The brand has received Best of NeoCon Awards 14 out of the past 15 years and is rated “best overall business experience” by facility managers and designers. The brand is also recognized among Contract magazine’s top ten “Brands that Inspire.” A brand of Shaw Industries, Shaw Contract combines the expertise of the world’s largest carpet manufacturer with the financial stability of a Berkshire Hathaway subsidiary.

For more details: visit www.shawcontract.com. shaw contract #19/3, Doddamane, 2nd Floor, Vittal Mallya RoadBangalore, Karnataka 560001 SHAW INDUSTRIES, INC. - A Berkshire Hathaway Company

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The solutions offered are backed by extensive understanding of illumination in urban spaces and the expertise gained over a period of three decades. The fixture are designed to provide value technology, ideally suited to Indian Conditions. The LEDs used comply to LM 80 testing requirements and from Internationally reputed makes such as Nichia / CREE. The luminaires are RoHS, LM 79 and CE certification compliant. The luminaire efficacy (lumens/ per watt) is much above 100 for all luminaires. Varied optical options for lighting distribution and correlated colour temperature (CCT) for cool white, neutral white or warm white are available to suit specific requirements.

The outstanding item of the series viz., the Sleek Polar Lighting Solutions is a contemporary design that is both timeless and unique in its impression. Compact without visible mounting equipment and optimised integration, Polar Lighting is in perfect continuity with the geometric lines of the square column.

These assemblies are ideal for surroundings of contemporary architectural constructions.

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IN CONVERSATION Patrik Schumacher, Zaha Hadid Architects

ARCHITECTURE Celebrating Mimar Sinan: An exhibition of selected works Mausam: The House of Seasons, Zero Studio Design Studio of Architect Dhananjay Shinde, Dhananjay Shinde Design Studio

ARCHITECTURE Salerno Maritime Terminal, Zaha Hadid Architects Retreat in the Sahyadris, Khosla Associates INTERIORS The Bengal Rowing Club, Ayan Sen Architects Urban Designers and planners The World Resources Institute, Biome Environmental Solutions The Matt House, Studio Course

INTERIORS Mobile Retail Space, I-Con Architects and Urban Planners Artist Zoë Le Ber’s Residence, Sophie Dries Architects

RESILIENCE Building resilience, essay, Architect Abin Chaudhuri

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MUMBAI ARCHITECTURE Twin Houses, Spasm Design The Pool House, IORA Studio Haveli Dharampura, Spaces Architects@ka New headquarters for Société Privée de Gérance, Giovanni Vaccarini Architetti

INTERIORS Versatile Decadence, Hsc Designs White Edge Architects’ office, White Edge Architects Cream Affair, Architecture_Interspace Pitchers Cafe Bar, Architecture Basics

ARCHITECTURE 15°, .warp The Pavilion, ARUR Vikarna Basement, Studio 4000

INTERIORS Baradari at City Palace Jaipur, Studio Lotus Apple Kids Play School, NAAMS Architectural Workshope

INSTALLATION Time Machine, Studio acrossZero

ARCHITECTURE INTERIORS CASA LUX, Studio WhiteScape Phantom House, UDAI

PRODUCT DESIGN GoT Window, MyInnoSpace

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RESILIENCE Building resilience within Indian craft clusters and communities: Kashmir

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POST EVENT Third Edition of Structure & Architecture Conference, New Delhi

RESILIENCE Imagining a Resilient City: Varanasi, essay, Architect Ritu Deshmukh

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Resilient City Powered by

CAMPAIGN A perspective by Julian Treasure on acoustically designed spaces

SHUBHENDU SHARMA PRASOON KUMAR

ARCHITECTURE Muraba Residences, RCR Arquitectes Skewed House, Studio Lagom Artrovert: Conversations in Grey, Anagram Architects The SHACK, The Side Lane – Design Co.

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Transforming a space while keeping its spirit intact Refurbishing an existing Bengaluru home with a large courtyard into a contemporary community space and café for art enthusiasts, M9 Design Studio creates a space that is flexible, charming and optimized to accommodate diverse art forms and performances.

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The world is changing faster than ever – socially, technologically, environmentally, politically, and economically. In the midst of these shifts, designers have the crucial task of thinking about what our future will look like and how we will interact with it.

The future of design will be more about what we do with our time through an array of technology-supported options.

Sustainability and the need to mitigate the impact of climate change will also require advanced technological solutions to improve energy efficiency. Designers and architects’ role will be to anticipate people’s interactions with technology and provide them with products, living and working spaces that help solve the many challenges the future will bring.

The future of design is about being malleable and giving people choices to live and work at their best. Think about the future. Think about needs. Think about people. Think about systems.

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One of the oldest and most respected design forums in India, the 361° Conference is an initiative by Indian Architect & Builder, under the aegis of Jasubhai Media, to inspire a truly relevant discussion on architecture.

The Conference establishes a thought – exchange program with lectures and discussions chronicling a multitude of ideas and innovations that have had a significant impact on our habitats.

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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“India is diverse economically, socially, culturally and climatically. We need to stop talking about buildings and talk about a sense of community. That is what identity stems from.”

“I think, any work of architecture that has, with it, some discussion, and some polemic, is good. It shows that people are interested and people are involved.”

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Building a future based on Long Lasting Infrastructure

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nfrastructure sector is a key driver for the Indian economy.

The sector is highly responsible for propelling India’s overall development and enjoys intense focus from Government for initiating policies that would ensure time-bound creation of world class infrastructure in the country. The demand for infrastructure, therefore, is set to expand significantly in the near future and, to meet it, the Central Government as well as State Governments is expediting various infrastructure projects not only in Public Infrastructure projects such as Airports, State of the art Railway Stations, metro rail, monorail, etc but also major emphasis is on Healthcare & Education sector.

The biggest challenges in the Public Infrastructure projects includes Indian Architect & Builder - March 2019

tight construction budgets, elevated demand for performance, extended product lifespans, durability and minimal maintenance requirements.

The specification of materials to be used has become absolute critical. Hence designers have started shifting their focus to value-efficient specification, considering the lifespan of materials, including the cost of maintenance and how the end user can benefit from more efficient specification.

Ceilings are important component of interior of any Infrastructure projects - Public Infrastructure, Healthcare, Education and Hospitality sectors as they are continuously exposed to many

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pollutants and if left uncleaned can be unsightly apart from creating health issues.

TrioGuard coating, a revolutionary product from Armstrong Ceiling Solutions is enabling the Designers to Build for the Future, by protecting ceilings from dust, grime build-up, and color fading, maintaining a cleaner, original look for long. Ceilings have to be also protective to fire & anti-microbial properties and TrioGuard provides one stop solution for all such needs.

In recent years, India has witnessed massive development in Rapid Transport System with introduction of Metros in not only A Tier cities but also in smaller cities. Air travel in India has

also grown at a phenomenal rate in recent years. This has led to massive upgrades of major airports in India, new airport being launched in smaller cities and much improved, glossy new airport terminals. Maintenance would be a key issue to increase life span of such infrastructure projects. Ceilings is the most exposed area in Metros & Airport terminals as they are exposed to many pollutants and if left uncleaned can pose several aesthetic and health issues. TrioGuard is the first metal finish in the world to address ceiling maintenance, appearance, hygienic challenges, and longevity in a single product, it repels dust build-up ten times more effectively than untreated ceiling tiles. It also creates an anti-microbial surface that is resistant to mould, mildew and bacteria growth.

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Along with their hygienic benefits, TrioGuard’s Coated MetalWorks products have a high light reflectance of up to 85% ensuring a vivid, bright appearance, delivering high internal visibility as natural light is harvested further into the building interior. It is enabling designers to build a future based on Long Lasting Infrastructure.

TrioGuard Coating - Building for the Future Benefits a. Dust repellant – resists dirt with a lasting “just like new appearance”. b. Cleaner - lower maintenance cost and easier cleaning. c. Ageing - excellent resistance to fluorescence & UV - A. d. Brighter - keeps the original colour for upto 10 years. e. Light reflectance - of > 85%. f. Fire performance- tested for reaction to fire. g. Anti - Microbial (Only plain tiles) • Resists growth of molds.

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Inspired spaces for ignited minds SandBox Startup, Hubli, Karnataka To create India’s largest idea incubation centre in Hubli for the Deshpande Foundation’s SandBox Startup that aspires to fuel start-up dreams for those not in metro cities, and restricted by the lack of infrastructure and opportunities, Deepak Hiremath and Associates turn to a climateresponsive, environment-friendly and function-oriented design. Their SandBox Startup building not only ensures spaces for inspiration, creativity and hard work; but also a comfortable, pleasant and focused experience for its entrepreneurs.

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The Foundation’s SandBox Startup was born out of the aspiration to create and nurture the entrepreneurial ecosystem - an eco-system of resources, connections, knowledge and talent to support missiondriven entrepreneurs to scale their venture. It would act as a living

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laboratory for entrepreneurs to test their business ideas, get it validated, build successful ventures, and scale to greater heights. And to create a building to accommodate all this and more, they roped in Deepak Hiremath and Associates.

The design brief from the Deshpande Foundation was simple. They required an iconic yet earth-hugging structure that would subtly assert its presence as India’s first and largest incubation center. The architects mention, “This encouraged us to see things differently, which in turn inspired us to work on a concept that is more climateresponsive, environment friendly and which would reduce the energy consumption and allow more natural light and ventilation into the spaces. The result of this thought process helped us design the form which is a function-oriented, green building that would save the maintenance costs in terms of energy consumption in future.”

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Responding to the design brief, the three-storey-high building – A Living Laboratory for Entrepreneurs – with an exposed brick and concrete façade stands strong in its milieu, but complements its context as an integral part of its surroundings. The exquisite bold elevation of brick work gives the sense of discipline. The exposed materials on the façade also set the tone for the treatment of materials inside. Within the SandBox Startup, the material palette is largely similar – wood, brickwork, and exposed concrete. Adding pops of colour are the lighting fixtures, decorations and typography, as well as railings. But overall, the treatment is rather rustic and raw. The design approach almost seems like a deliberate attempt to not overwhelm entrepreneurs, and distract their focus from their ideas. The architecture and interior design consciously plays the second fiddle here, with functional spaces where entrepreneurs can work and network.

As largest Incubation center in India, Sandbox Startup is an ideal space to think, ideate and translate ideas into action plans. The design

ensures that it responds specifically to this aspect. Workspaces have comfortable furniture set up, while meeting rooms are enclosed glass spaces designed for privacy. Further, phone booths on all floors provide spaces for introspection and undisturbed ideating.

The interior space also receives abundant natural light thanks to the skylight above a central courtyard – a wide open atrium in the central zone of the building which would throw in adequate amount of natural light during the day – as well as floor-to-ceiling windows and other fenestrations. The courtyard and the various walkways around it on various levels gives the building a feeling of openness, and spaces for chance meetings and interactions. The same courtyard also provides an opportunity to bring in the vegetation into play giving a feeling of oneness with the nature.

Speaking about the muted yet lively interiors, the architects conclude, “Walking through the doors, one finds the liveliness of the building expressed through use of vibrant colors. Quotes on walls inspire aspirants every day to achieve their goals.

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A Living Laboratory for Entrepreneurs – with an exposed brick and concrete façade stands strong in its milieu, but complements its context as an integral part of its surroundings.

These walls are in fact partition walls, and help maintain visual connect, although limited, as well as ventilation. The use of vibrant colors keeps one up and active while working without having a feeling of monotony in a building. The combination of wood, colored panels and unfinished concrete blend together to give an unusual yet a pleasant feeling when one is working inside. So is the concept that involves these materials that blend in together to build up space that different and yet work friendly which helps people working enjoy the atmosphere.”

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Sand Box Start Ups (An incubation centre for Deshpande Foundation) Near Airport, Hubli.

Deepak Hiremath & Associates Ar. Deepak Hiremath, Vigneshwar D.S, Arvind Vaidya , T.Jasmine, Juned Itagi, Sona Walke Deshpande Foundation 22,000 sq.m Joshi Associates Sirsi.

M.K. Hegde D.R Bellary Associates, Mumbai.

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Arvind Hegde 10 Crores (100 million) INR. August 2016v 18th July 2018 Ameyavikram Mahalingshetty, Solomon Rubdy ECO Inscape, Bangalore

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The Courtyard is a quaint, hidden space within its always-busy, fast-paced surroundings.

Transforming a space while keeping its spirit intact The Courtyard, Bengaluru, India Refurbishing an existing Bengaluru home with a large courtyard into a contemporary community space and cafĂŠ for art enthusiasts, M9 Design Studio creates a space that is flexible, charming, and optimized to accommodate diverse art forms and performances, while retaining its vibe, and its namesake courtyard.

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It is a community space where local artists and art enthusiasts come together for workshops, performances, exhibitions, social gatherings, and more. Amidst all this activity is the café, literally adding a ‘food for thought’ element in this artists’ haven where diverse people associate with diverse art forms. But The Courtyard now is perhaps drastically different from what it used to be, from what the architects started out with before the transformation.

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The space was originally an almost 50-year-old two-storeyed building with a large garden acting as the cafe, set in their client’s grandparent’s house. While the space was always used for artistic events and exhibitions, the informal, inflexible setting was a major hindrance in terms of popularizing and monetizing the space. Recognizing this challenge, the clients aspired to transform the charming garden café into a multi-purpose space that could accommodate different formats of performance arts, exhibitions, Main entrance. events and even movie screenings.

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The space was originally an almost 50-year-old two-storeyed building with a large garden acting as the cafe, set in their client’s grandparent’s house. The clients aspired to transform the garden café into a multi-purpose space that accommodated different formats of performance arts, exhibitions, events, and even movie screenings.

In essence, they envisioned it as a space that could be optimally utilized by artists to showcase talent, where art lovers engage with new artists and formats of art. This vision became the point of departure for the architects, turning eventually into their design brief.

A space for performing arts needs to emit certain kind of energy, one that connects with the creative energy of the artists and inspires them to showcase their best. More than the space itself, it is this nurturing, encouraging energy that creates the platform for performance arts. Given that The Courtyard had always been used for performances and exhibitions, it was only logical to retain the spirit of the space while giving it a makeover. In keeping with this, the new design took shape. The existing old house was refurbished, while an additional structure was introduced in order to bring in a multi-purpose space that the clients required. Both these structures would be connected by a courtyard, around which the design is centered. Thus, the space would take on a very contemporary, chic outdoorsy café vibe, while also keeping its family-home demeanor – almost as if built structures from two eras coexisted, connected by the courtyard. As per the architects, “The design of the new building was intended to minimise its impact on this existing house, both during and after its construction. A desire to maintain a connection with the existing house informed the decision to keep as much of the existing garden area as possible, and to position the entrance to the new building so it opens onto this space.”

The 3500-square-feet new structure mirrors the old one in terms of its height, but not material, consciously trying not to overpower the old house, but also creating a distinctive presence for itself.

Speaking about the new structure, the architects mention, “We aimed to create a unique building using mass-produced components – we all want high quality products, but at a cheap price and with short execution timeline. Rectangular in plan, the two-storey building features a flat roof, corrugated metal walls and a mild steel frame. Corrugated polycarbonate sheet facade encases the multi-purpose event space on the first floor. We used a thin and translucent material to replace the regular exterior walls, where natural light can be maximised in the interior space. The inside of this polycarbonate sheet facade is lined by rich textured drapes to control the amount of natural light inside during specific shows and events. Windows are made from the same material as the walls, so they don’t offer any additional light but can be opened to let fresh air into the building. A steel structure made up of I-beams is on show inside the building and has been painted black.

Deck sheet ceilings are left exposed, while the floors encompass a mixture of concrete and timber.”

On its lower level, it houses the kitchen, and an al fresco café. The multi-purpose event space is located on the upper level. Four large windows ensure that the multi-purpose area can be lit as per the performance’s requirement; the drapes or the curtains inside help to create a dark space whenever needed.

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The back office, two small rooms used as pop-up shops or temporary boutique outlets, and toilets are housed in the lower floor of the refurbished old building. It also has two guest rooms that are used as an artist residency.

At night, lights glowing from within transform the building into a huge light-box along the streetscape. Also, the café below is not disturbed during events due to the placement of the space on the upper level.

The back office, two small rooms used as pop-up shops or temporary boutique outlets, and toilets are housed in the lower floor of the refurbished old building. It also has two guest rooms that are used as an artist residency. The two structures separate in program and treatment, come together thanks to the courtyard that connects them.

Designing spaces in Bengaluru, one can imagine, just like living in the garden city, must be fascinating. It is one of the very few places where a true blurring of the inside-outside demarcation is not only a possibility, but also a welcome step. All year round, the climate is conducive to outdoor life, with vast canopies of old, lusciously green trees acting

as nature’s most efficient sun-shading system. And perhaps that is why traditionally architecture in Bengaluru has always accounted for a healthy mix of indoor and outdoor spaces. The Courtyard fits this mould perfectly, providing the architects an excellent opportunity to give the project a fresher perspective that retains the spirit of the space while infusing it with practicality and utility.

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A parsimonious extravaganza Minimum, Calicut, Kerala Often the simplest things in life endow most joy. And it is also the simplest things that are usually the most complicated or tricky to achieve. With design, the simpler the mechanisms and details, often the behind-the-scenes involve as many trials and tribulations. Aptly named ‘Minimum’, the project titled after the area of its footprint, is a three-storeyed structure designed to house a doctor’s family.

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he house stands on a plot measuring 870 square feet with a footprint of 375 square feet multiplied across 3 floors. The structure is an RCC-framed structure to build the 2 storeys above the ground floor. But it deploys mud-walls and hollow concrete blocks as partitions. Built for a family of 3, a doctor, his wife and daughter; the design program involved living and dining areas, bedrooms, a mini-pantry alongside provisions for outdoor seating, indoor landscape, terrace gardens, open-to-sky seating and a covered car porch along with a barbeque space. The intent was to maximise natural light and ventilation and also facilitate art and nature in the indoors as the client was fond of the same. However, for the architect, the focus and challenge lay in maximising each space, nook and cranny that would transpire in the built-form as the building took shape.

The structure is conceptualised vertically to accommodate its many functions. The staircase is treated as the focus and the main element of design. It is often the space below the stairway that is deemed ‘wasted’ or left unused in many schemes. At times, it is used as storage, as a design feature with lights, as seating, and so on. But for the said project, the architect provided with adequate head-space below each landing. As the user traverses 3 sets of staircase to navigate the ground+3 building, each landing is treated as a design element that engages the user visually and physically. The landings are larger

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and wider, enabling space for seating complete with windows that often become vantage points.

The materials are consciously chosen to imbibe local material and devise an aesthetic accordingly. The furniture is hardwood that has been reused and reclaimed while some are antiques. The backdrop is a mix of exposed concrete ceilings, Jaisalmer stone flooring mixed with handmade floor-tiles and sponge-finished walls with paint. There’s also pine-wood planks sourced from ship cargo scrap, raw bamboo used on windows, terracotta jaali bricks and so on, used in the building. There are no false-ceilings or ornamentations in the residence. Most material used within the residence can be recycled and reused further if the need arises.

The architectural elements; niches and projections owing to beam and column projections from brick walls are used as spaces that exhibit artefacts, art, photo-frames, etc. The architecture and interiors work in tandem as elements that complement one another. Ensuing a sustainable and environment-friendly lifestyle for its inhabitants, a bore-well is installed in the porch. There is an overhead tank placed above the staircase block. The backyard formed as a result of setbacks houses a rainwater harvesting tank and a septic tank. An organic waste compost alongside an aquaponics set-up ensues fish-farming and the water supplements an organic garden in the backyard.

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Minimum, staying true to its name, navigates through complexities with subtle simplicity and emerges a winner.

While the structure amalgamates and fuses not only elements but also a variety of materials, the form comes together cohesively, in the interiors and the exteriors. With as many entities merging and intermingling, it is possible that the final work seems over-done or excessive. But somehow Minimum, staying true to its name, navigates through complexities with subtle simplicity and emerges a winner.

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minimum Nestcraft Architecture mould Calicut, Kerala Rohit Palakkal Jithinlal, Niveditha 1525 sq. ft.

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The local-global conflate Assembly and Rural house form, Ahmednagar, Maharashtra While city and global practitioners are increasingly borrowing from vernacular the reverse is transpiring in the rural areas. As India urbanises, the steel and concrete imagery is taking over even agrarian land. While one may argue that; the trend is taking away from age-old knowledge and systems, that it is not as ecological as vernacular practices; it also denotes that buying power in agrarian areas is intensifying. It is indicative of progress, success and the ability to make choices.

Within this context, Atelier Shantanu Autade underlines the common concrete and steel shelter space near a farm with ingenuity in an attempt to investigate modern possibilities and prototypes in a rural set-up.

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Yet cities are urbanizing rapidly borrowing from metros to create agglomerates in concrete and steel. And an architect or architectural organisations may be employed in the capacity of a service provider, the contribution or real value addition of design seems at large. And as one moves towards agrarian areas, the architect becomes a distant reality. At the same time concrete has begun to make its mark in villages. And it has led to practitioners questioning whether the indigenous shall survive, or the vernacular will persist. While the architectural fraternity recognises and tries to bring to the fore the merits of native building knowledge, the natives are increasingly steering towards concrete. And it may be commonly believed that it is the imagery that they wish to adopt; of modernisation, development and economic progress as they advance towards ‘pucca’ buildings. But it is in fact the ease

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of convenience that concrete endows which makes it a desirable material to work with.

Assembly and Rural house Form by Atelier Shantanu Autade is an investigation of this overlap of local and global ideas. It is a response to local materials and common knowledge executed in a pragmatic and sound fashion. It doesn’t boast of sustainability or vernacular language or being green. And it is not finished in a refined fashion. Yet, it is perhaps an archetypical example of architecture and one that suits its context perfectly. Located at Pohegaon, Ahmednagar in Maharashtra, the form is an adaptation of temporary shelters built in farms or near farms for farmers to rest, recreate, take food breaks and for allied activities. The design process began with understanding multiple activities and functions that can be accommodated in the temporary resting space. The house’s resting spaces with provision for storing, packing and even selling farmed goods alongside its primary function.

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The design began with evaluating house-forms of the region. The architect traced the mud-house with verandahs to present day gated communities to low-cost shelter typologies made in concrete and tin. The structure was finalised and built in a thin concrete wall with a prefabricated metal skeleton capped with a galvanised iron (GI) sheet roof. It is a semi-open structure with a dwelling.

Thin concrete wall thickness ranges from 3 inches to 4 inches and is constructed in accordance with the local construction system where concrete is prevailing. The architects sought a typological prototype. The key elements and the material that determined it would regulate an example for similar structures.

The semi-open area and dwelling are disconnected, leading to a disintegration of activities in the houses. It envisages a built-form for “future” typologies. The form separates the envelope from the skin to create a gap that enables visual and physical connection with the precinct. A perforated gates are provided for security that furthers the visual connection. The utility and cooking space transpires in the core and also separates the living and resting area from the semi-open area. The concrete envelopes on either side while the front and back is closed by perforated sheets, being gates to the structure. The form evolved from a narrow remnant of land that was nestled between two fields. It emerged as a ‘veranda-like’ space that wrapped the living blocks and connected the two fields.

The structure organises common and convenient structural and construction systems in a sound and spatial fashion. It incites curiosity and keeps the user guessing. The design sensibility is also inspired by Glenn Murcutt’s notion of building, “Touch the earth lightly”. It is embodied by the sprightly form of the structure that despite being primarily a steel and concrete building, it is airy and open, bringing the green fields inward. And the user who is ‘within’ the structure is never disconnected from the outdoors.

And somehow the structure is at an interesting juncture of local and global. It does connect with the global aspiration and metaphor of ‘modern’ and is rooted to its context. At the same time, the prototype can be successfully uprooted and rerouted onto another land and context with similar requirements.

Even though the merits are listed, it can be argued and reinstated that steel and concrete architecture is detrimental to the environment. But that onus of being environment-conscious does not necessarily be the rural populace’s lookout. The access and means to technology implies development, capital power and hopefully even a shift in socio-economic politics and privileges.

And what about ecological responsibilities? Perhaps it’s hightime that our cities take up that onus and let the villages enjoy ‘development’ and capital benefits!

FACT FILE: Project name Architect’s Firm Project location Gross Area Site Area Project Category Initiation of Project Completion Year Photo credits

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Assembly and Rural house form Atelier Shantanu Autade Pohegaon, Kopergaon, Maharashtra, India.

400 sq.ft 600 sq.ft Architecture (House-Farm shed¬) March 2017 January 2018 Rajeshwar Singh, Tanishq Ostwal Indian Architect & Builder - March 2019

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RISING ABOVE THE TREES… Curator: Amrita Ravimohan Authored and images: Prachee Velankar

Prachi is a Mumbai-based Landscape Architect from CEPT, University, Ahmedabad. She is founder Site Stories.co, (@SiteStories. co on instagram) a design practice focusing on Interior and Landscape Architecture. She is also a visiting faculty for Landscape at various institutes. She has keen interest in documenting spaces that connect with nature. She believes that it is the smaller nuances in nature that make the difference and connect us with it.

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very window of our house has a story to tell. In some parts of Mumbai, where the high rise culture is still to take over, many windows in many homes still narrate some interesting stories; stories of the branching pattern of a Rain-tree just outside or of the Copper-pod crown topped with yellow flowers or of the striated trunk of the Banyan or of the bright red carpet of the Gulmohar.

Even today, there are windows and balconies of houses that reach out to the tree canopies. There is a connect with the outside greens, mostly visual, sometimes physical. The skies are filtered through an intricate branching pattern and the shades of blue and green are merged. All of this is something you experience just outside a window!

Like any other metropolis, Mumbai has an assortment of built character. Some localities in South Bombay and a few in suburbs display a cozy scale of buildings, streets and public spaces. In these areas, one would still find three to four storeyed buildings that humbly stand amidst the 70-80 year old trees with their canopies shading the entire street or the lane. These trees are a part of the natural heritage of Mumbai and have witnessed the city change over time.

The Badam tree turns its leaves red in preparation and as a hint of the upcoming rainless months. On some streets,the sidewalks are then covered with these red leaves which cannot go unnoticed. At some corner of the street you will find a huge Banyan tree which is under spot light during some of the festivals like Vat Poornima.

Some of the houses might be getting shade from the large robust India Rubber tree while some get filtered views of the surroundings through a Persian Lilac tree. There is a humane connect with the surroundings, with nature. The windows act as an interface with the ‘outside’ where a tree casually converses with you and where the sun tries to peep into your space.

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Mumbai is constantly fight for ‘Space’; space on ground and even space ‘of’ the sky. In this development spree, as we rise high, up and above the trees, the connect with the ground is lost. The dialogue with the trees which happened ‘just outside the window’ at one point of time, is missing. The ‘humanness’ in the landscape is disappearing. ‘Nature’ is no more casually appearing outside your window. The windows now tell stories of competition, survival and aspirations of the city. The spontaneous connect with nature is slowly fading and soon will become a nostalgia. As we rise above the trees, in this city, full of complexities and contradictions, what one needs to ask is How much of this connect can we allow to loose and How much of this nostalgia can we afford?

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Grounded.

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Getting Ready.

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Inspiring.

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Tree Of the Sky; of the Street.

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Relaxing for the eyes too.

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Behind the Bars.

Archilogue is the travelogue that documents places, cultures, geographies, ethos and more; curated by Amrita Ravimohan.

Amrita is a Mumbai based design educator, architect and writer. Her passions include writing about design, travel and food, and she has published articles across various media.

Last year, along with two other architects, she co-founded Three Flaneurs, a travel for design initiative (threeflaneurs. wordpress.com) and The India Architecture Open series (indiaarchopen.com) under the Peregrine Travels umbrella. ↑

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RISING ABOVE THE TREES… Curator: Amrita Ravimohan Authored and images: Prachi Velankar

Prachi is a Mumbai-based Landscape Architect from CEPT, University, Ahmedabad. She is founder Site Stories.co, (@SiteStories. co on instagram) a design practice focusing on Interior and Landscape Architecture. She is also a visiting faculty for Landscape at various institutes. She has keen interest in documenting spaces that connect with nature. She believes that it is the smaller nuances in nature that make the difference and connect us with it.

E

very window of our house has a story to tell. In some parts of Mumbai, where the high rise culture is still to take over, many windows in many homes still narrate some interesting stories; stories of the branching pattern of a Rain-tree just outside or of the Copper-pod crown topped with yellow flowers or of the striated trunk of the Banyan or of the bright red carpet of the Gulmohar.

Even today, there are windows and balconies of houses that reach out to the tree canopies. There is a connect with the outside greens, mostly visual, sometimes physical. The skies are filtered through an intricate branching pattern and the shades of blue and green are merged. All of this is something you experience just outside a window!

Like any other metropolis, Mumbai has an assortment of built character. Some localities in South Bombay and a few in suburbs display a cozy scale of buildings, streets and public spaces. In these areas, one would still find three to four storeyed buildings that humbly stand amidst the 70-80 year old trees with their canopies shading the entire street or the lane. These trees are a part of the natural heritage of Mumbai and have witnessed the city change over time.

The Badam tree turns its leaves red in preparation and as a hint of the upcoming rainless months. On some streets,the sidewalks are then covered with these red leaves which cannot go unnoticed. At some corner of the street you will find a huge Banyan tree which is under spot light during some of the festivals like Vat Poornima.

Some of the houses might be getting shade from the large robust India Rubber tree while some get filtered views of the surroundings through a Persian Lilac tree. There is a humane connect with the surroundings, with nature. The windows act as an interface with the ‘outside’ where a tree casually converses with you and where the sun tries to peep into your space.

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Mumbai is constantly fight for ‘Space’; space on ground and even space ‘of’ the sky. In this development spree, as we rise high, up and above the trees, the connect with the ground is lost. The dialogue with the trees which happened ‘just outside the window’ at one point of time, is missing. The ‘humanness’ in the landscape is disappearing. ‘Nature’ is no more casually appearing outside your window. The windows now tell stories of competition, survival and aspirations of the city. The spontaneous connect with nature is slowly fading and soon will become a nostalgia. As we rise above the trees, in this city, full of complexities and contradictions, what one needs to ask is How much of this connect can we allow to loose and How much of this nostalgia can we afford?

Competition.

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Grounded.

Indian Architect & Builder - March 2019

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Getting Ready.

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Inspiring.

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Tree Of the Sky; of the Street.

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Relaxing for the eyes too.

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Rising above the trees.

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Space OF the sky.

Archilogue is the travelogue that documents places, cultures, geographies, ethos and more; curated by Amrita Ravimohan. Amrita is a Mumbai based design educator, architect and writer. Her passions include writing about design, travel and food, and she has published articles across various media. Last year, along with two other architects, she co-founded Three Flaneurs, a travel for design initiative (threeflaneurs.wordpress.com) and The India Architecture Open series (indiaarchopen.com) under the Peregrine Travels umbrella.

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