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Stonex India Industrial Complex Stonex India’s administrative and industrial complex in Kishangarh has been conceptualized to serve as an eminent landmark in Kishangarh.
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nstead of erecting a factory-processed industrial shed that focuses on the product and does not communicate with the people who inhabit it, the Stonex factory is developed as a native production-house, geared for excellence and innovation of the global order, while successfully carving out a niche of its own amidst the industrial landscape. A product of simultaneous interactions between dynamic ordering of principles across varying systems and scales, and responses towards the site, the architecture is an attempt to reinforce the Urbanscape studio’s ethos of manifesting the user at the centre of the design process. Drawing inspiration and making reference to the regional Sonpura temple, the building crafts a sense of belongingness and a sense of place by using local rubble as a muse for its own identity. Keeping the worker who inhabits the typical stone processing factory of a similar scale and nature, under harsh working conditions, the design of the complex is an attempt to enable a better work environment. Typically, the workers work in harsh temperatures of around 48 degrees Celsius with scorching sun and dry heat throughout
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