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Shilp Twin Towers
Shilp Twin Towers – An Architectural Duet of Balance and Boldness Defining a New Paradigm of Vertical Urbanism:
In the emerging skyline of GIFT City, the Shilp Twin Towers rise as bold yet calibrated landmarks—each 28 floors high, reaching 120 meters—asserting presence without overwhelming the urban fabric. Conceived as a study in duality and rhythm, the design evolved from the idea of two identical volumes that subtly diverge through modulation, articulation, and structural expression. Rather than rigid symmetry, the towers embrace calibrated asymmetry, generating a dynamic skyline that transforms with changing vantage points.
The evolution of the form reflects a layered design inquiry into vertical rhythm, structural clarity, and spatial experience. Slender proportions establish a strong urban silhouette, while pixelated massing and strategic setbacks break monolithic scale. Deep cantilevers at intermediate levels carve dramatic silhouettes—supported by exposed concrete cross-bracing that expresses structural logic while accommodating spans of up to 6.5 meters. These gestures are not merely formal; they generate terraces and sky courts that introduce light, ventilation, and elevated public spaces within the vertical stack.
Shaped by contextual constraints and zoning envelopes, the massing explores maximum permissible height and footprint while carving out a landscaped urban plaza at ground level. This civic foreground anchors the towers, balancing vertical intensity with horizontal openness. A transparent space-frame canopy softens the plaza edge, activating it with retail, cafés, and cultural interfaces. A sculptural social staircase transforms circulation into promenade, linking the plaza to a private club level above. Lower floors are programmed for commerce and congregation, ensuring an active and porous public interface.
Central cores are positioned to optimize structural and seismic performance. The façade system reinforces the architectural evolution—full-height glazed curtain walls maximize transparency, while bronze-finished vertical fins introduce rhythm and solar modulation. A solar-responsive inner façade with dense grid glazing mitigates heat gain while enhancing daylight penetration. Integrated aluminium shading elements render the building skin both performative and refined, responsive to diurnal shifts in light.
Crowning the towers are curated sky-level programs—fine-dining terraces, landscaped rooftop gardens, and wellness zones—offering pause and perspective above the city. Below grade, four basement levels efficiently house parking and critical infrastructure, preserving clean and flexible commercial floorplates above.
The Shilp Twin Towers redefine high-density commercial typology in India—where verticality is not a singular gesture of ambition, but a calibrated evolution of form, structure, and public life.
Built-up Area: 201987 m2
Client: Shilp Group
Project Type / Program / Use / Building Function: Commercial / Retail
Firm / Consultant:
Architecture Firm - INI Design Studio
MEPF Engineering - INI Infrastructure & Engineering
Landscape Design - INI Design Studio
Structural Engineering - Setu Infrastructure
Jayesh Hariyani, Bhrugu Gangadia, Jaydeep Patel, Harshal Kandoi, Neel Parekh, Nayan Patel, Sameer Mansuri, Amit Mehta, Ashik Modi, Selvin Rozia, Dinesh Patel, Vipul Dalwadi
In the emerging skyline of GIFT City, the Shilp Twin Towers rise as bold yet calibrated landmarks—each 28 floors high, reaching 120 meters—asserting presence without overwhelming the urban fabric. Conceived as a study in duality and rhythm, the design evolved from the idea of two identical volumes that subtly diverge through modulation, articulation, and structural expression. Rather than rigid symmetry, the towers embrace calibrated asymmetry, generating a dynamic skyline that transforms with changing vantage points.
The evolution of the form reflects a layered design inquiry into vertical rhythm, structural clarity, and spatial experience. Slender proportions establish a strong urban silhouette, while pixelated massing and strategic setbacks break monolithic scale. Deep cantilevers at intermediate levels carve dramatic silhouettes—supported by exposed concrete cross-bracing that expresses structural logic while accommodating spans of up to 6.5 meters. These gestures are not merely formal; they generate terraces and sky courts that introduce light, ventilation, and elevated public spaces within the vertical stack.
Shaped by contextual constraints and zoning envelopes, the massing explores maximum permissible height and footprint while carving out a landscaped urban plaza at ground level. This civic foreground anchors the towers, balancing vertical intensity with horizontal openness. A transparent space-frame canopy softens the plaza edge, activating it with retail, cafés, and cultural interfaces. A sculptural social staircase transforms circulation into promenade, linking the plaza to a private club level above. Lower floors are programmed for commerce and congregation, ensuring an active and porous public interface.
Central cores are positioned to optimize structural and seismic performance. The façade system reinforces the architectural evolution—full-height glazed curtain walls maximize transparency, while bronze-finished vertical fins introduce rhythm and solar modulation. A solar-responsive inner façade with dense grid glazing mitigates heat gain while enhancing daylight penetration. Integrated aluminium shading elements render the building skin both performative and refined, responsive to diurnal shifts in light.
Crowning the towers are curated sky-level programs—fine-dining terraces, landscaped rooftop gardens, and wellness zones—offering pause and perspective above the city. Below grade, four basement levels efficiently house parking and critical infrastructure, preserving clean and flexible commercial floorplates above.
The Shilp Twin Towers redefine high-density commercial typology in India—where verticality is not a singular gesture of ambition, but a calibrated evolution of form, structure, and public life.
Built-up Area: 201987 m2
Client: Shilp Group
Project Type / Program / Use / Building Function: Commercial / Retail
Firm / Consultant:
Architecture Firm - INI Design Studio
MEPF Engineering - INI Infrastructure & Engineering
Landscape Design - INI Design Studio
Structural Engineering - Setu Infrastructure
Jayesh Hariyani, Bhrugu Gangadia, Jaydeep Patel, Harshal Kandoi, Neel Parekh, Nayan Patel, Sameer Mansuri, Amit Mehta, Ashik Modi, Selvin Rozia, Dinesh Patel, Vipul Dalwadi
The Grid Glamping
Located on a 16.13-hectare forested site at the foot of a mountain, The Grid proposes a modular glamping settlement organized around a central biological lake. The project is structured as a concentric spatial system: the lake forms the core, encircled by a social shoreline and shared circulation loop, while accommodation units expand outward in successive rings. Within and between these layers, natural continuity is preserved; architecture acts as a light, reversible layer resting gently on the terrain.
The settlement is generated through a flexible grid derived from the existing road trace and informed by tree patterns, natural clearings, and topographic movement. Birch timber structures establish minimal point contact with the ground, enabling low-impact construction and adaptation to sloped terrain. The system is scalable, replicable, and transferable to different landscapes.
Accommodation is composed of 4×4-meter modular units organized through a deliberate solid–void strategy. Some modules house camping units, while others remain terraces or open platforms, allowing existing trees to pass through the system. This porous configuration ensures spatial continuity between built form and forest fabric.
Waterproof tent membranes are articulated through varied roof typologies—triangular, mono-pitch, gable, and vaulted—each differentiated by subtle color variation. Controlled diversity within a unified structural logic generates visual rhythm while maintaining overall coherence.
A primary outer loop connects accommodation clusters and defines the project’s spatial spine, guiding movement across varying densities and clearings. A secondary inner loop encircles the lake, functioning as an activated social shoreline. Here, the circulation surface expands into shared platforms accommodating a culture house, rural dining spaces, local product units, terraces, and gathering areas.
Strategic retractions in the inner ring introduce a swimming pool and beach zone while preserving visual continuity with the lake. A campfire deck extending over the water and a topography-integrated open amphitheater establish collective anchors within the landscape.
The Grid proposes a low-impact, modular glamping model that balances collective experience with individual retreat. Through its ring-based spatial logic and minimal physical footprint, the project demonstrates how hospitality infrastructure can coexist with and amplify the ecological character of its setting.
Construction area: 5.430 sqm
Kerem Yazgan
Begüm Yazgan
Evrim Güven
Simay Başçoban
Aylin Köse
Ezgi Altınbulak
İbrahim Eraslan
The settlement is generated through a flexible grid derived from the existing road trace and informed by tree patterns, natural clearings, and topographic movement. Birch timber structures establish minimal point contact with the ground, enabling low-impact construction and adaptation to sloped terrain. The system is scalable, replicable, and transferable to different landscapes.
Accommodation is composed of 4×4-meter modular units organized through a deliberate solid–void strategy. Some modules house camping units, while others remain terraces or open platforms, allowing existing trees to pass through the system. This porous configuration ensures spatial continuity between built form and forest fabric.
Waterproof tent membranes are articulated through varied roof typologies—triangular, mono-pitch, gable, and vaulted—each differentiated by subtle color variation. Controlled diversity within a unified structural logic generates visual rhythm while maintaining overall coherence.
A primary outer loop connects accommodation clusters and defines the project’s spatial spine, guiding movement across varying densities and clearings. A secondary inner loop encircles the lake, functioning as an activated social shoreline. Here, the circulation surface expands into shared platforms accommodating a culture house, rural dining spaces, local product units, terraces, and gathering areas.
Strategic retractions in the inner ring introduce a swimming pool and beach zone while preserving visual continuity with the lake. A campfire deck extending over the water and a topography-integrated open amphitheater establish collective anchors within the landscape.
The Grid proposes a low-impact, modular glamping model that balances collective experience with individual retreat. Through its ring-based spatial logic and minimal physical footprint, the project demonstrates how hospitality infrastructure can coexist with and amplify the ecological character of its setting.
Construction area: 5.430 sqm
Kerem Yazgan
Begüm Yazgan
Evrim Güven
Simay Başçoban
Aylin Köse
Ezgi Altınbulak
İbrahim Eraslan
Urban Breathing Block
Urban Breathing Block is a high-density mixed-use urban prototype developed for Mediterranean climates where heat, wind and urban compaction significantly influence spatial performance. The project challenges conventional compact block typologies by proposing a porous urban system that integrates environmental responsiveness with spatial continuity and public life.
Rather than consolidating the program into a single massive volume, the design is structured as a system of separated building masses calibrated to prevailing wind directions and solar exposure. Building spacing preserves dominant wind corridors while allowing secondary sea breezes to penetrate the site, improving natural ventilation potential and reducing heat accumulation within the urban block. Carefully defined spatial gaps ensure year-round daylight penetration while minimizing excessive solar gain.
The ground level is conceived as a fully pedestrianized public realm where shaded streets, courtyards and open passages create continuous urban life. Elevated communal landscapes redefine the ground plane by lifting shared public spaces above infrastructure, enhancing thermal comfort and encouraging social interaction.
The integration of residential, office, hotel and retail functions creates a dynamic urban environment that supports activity throughout the day and night. Mixed-use temporal layering ensures social diversity and continuous occupancy across the site.
The structural system is conceived as a spatial enabler, supporting large-span public areas while ensuring seismic resilience appropriate to the Mediterranean context. Green roofs, terraces and shaded pedestrian networks enhance microclimatic performance and reduce heat gain across the urban block.
Urban Breathing Block proposes a replicable model for coastal cities where density operates as an environmental and social catalyst rather than a constraint. By transforming environmental forces into primary design drivers, the project demonstrates how high-density development can evolve into a performative urban framework.
Urban Breathing Block is designed as a high-density mixed-use development located in Antalya, Turkey, with an approximate total construction area of 166,000 m².
The program includes residential units, office spaces, hotel functions and retail areas organized within a porous block system that prioritizes environmental performance and spatial continuity.
The project integrates calibrated building spacing to preserve wind corridors and ensure solar access across the site. Ground levels are designed as car-free public spaces, while technical and parking functions are located within multi-level basement floors.
The structural system is conceived to support large-span public areas and flexible program distribution while ensuring seismic resilience appropriate to the Mediterranean context.
Green roofs, terraces and shaded pedestrian networks enhance microclimatic performance and reduce heat gain across the urban block.
Hakan Sabahlar — Lead Architect
Rather than consolidating the program into a single massive volume, the design is structured as a system of separated building masses calibrated to prevailing wind directions and solar exposure. Building spacing preserves dominant wind corridors while allowing secondary sea breezes to penetrate the site, improving natural ventilation potential and reducing heat accumulation within the urban block. Carefully defined spatial gaps ensure year-round daylight penetration while minimizing excessive solar gain.
The ground level is conceived as a fully pedestrianized public realm where shaded streets, courtyards and open passages create continuous urban life. Elevated communal landscapes redefine the ground plane by lifting shared public spaces above infrastructure, enhancing thermal comfort and encouraging social interaction.
The integration of residential, office, hotel and retail functions creates a dynamic urban environment that supports activity throughout the day and night. Mixed-use temporal layering ensures social diversity and continuous occupancy across the site.
The structural system is conceived as a spatial enabler, supporting large-span public areas while ensuring seismic resilience appropriate to the Mediterranean context. Green roofs, terraces and shaded pedestrian networks enhance microclimatic performance and reduce heat gain across the urban block.
Urban Breathing Block proposes a replicable model for coastal cities where density operates as an environmental and social catalyst rather than a constraint. By transforming environmental forces into primary design drivers, the project demonstrates how high-density development can evolve into a performative urban framework.
Urban Breathing Block is designed as a high-density mixed-use development located in Antalya, Turkey, with an approximate total construction area of 166,000 m².
The program includes residential units, office spaces, hotel functions and retail areas organized within a porous block system that prioritizes environmental performance and spatial continuity.
The project integrates calibrated building spacing to preserve wind corridors and ensure solar access across the site. Ground levels are designed as car-free public spaces, while technical and parking functions are located within multi-level basement floors.
The structural system is conceived to support large-span public areas and flexible program distribution while ensuring seismic resilience appropriate to the Mediterranean context.
Green roofs, terraces and shaded pedestrian networks enhance microclimatic performance and reduce heat gain across the urban block.
Hakan Sabahlar — Lead Architect
Chinese Medicine Hospital and Government Chinese Medicines Testing Institute of Hong Kong
Overview: The Chinese Medicine Hospital (CMH) and Government Chinese Medicines Testing Institute (GCMTI) are funded by HKSAR Government to establish a central healthcare facility for Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) services, training, research, hi-education, and testing within a modern hospital and laboratory complex. This initiative aims to improve public healthcare services and to position Hong Kong as an international "gateway" for modern TCM promotion.
A New Model of Hospital Design – The CMH utilizes TCM as the primary healthcare system, supported by western medicine, which is the first of its kind worldwide. This fundamental concept drives a new operating medical model. Without local precedent, the design prioritizes merging functional spaces of both Chinese & Western medicine operation with flexibility. The distinct nature of TCM consultations and treatments led to the development of a new kind of hospital environment such as cluster-style consult and treatment rooms to suit specific TCM treatment method / flow. The pharmacy is so unique that it needs to stock and cook a high volume of herbal medicine for hundreds of patients daily while running a combination of TCM and Western medicine modes. This is further supported by automated features using QR coded TCM cabinets, robotic TCM sorting & packaging, conveying belt system integrated with dispensary counters.
Interplay Between Modern Architecture and Chinese Culture - The CMH and GCMTI, is a healing, living, and working complex, where visitors and users are immersed in an environment that distils the origin of TCM and centuries of Chinese philosophical culture using traditional symbolic references of wellness. Concepts of yin-yang, united form and spirit, harmonies between man and nature / heaven and earth / the five elements (Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal, Water), physical representations on light and shadow, solid and void, form and emptiness, matter and qi are integrated into and inspire the architecture and interior design, landscaping, and wayfinding to create an intriguing and educational experience.
The facades are sheathed in a perforated screen, slightly bending to form an undulating crease that mimics the ridgeline of the surrounding hills. The proportions, colour and materiality of the screen reflect those of tradition Chinese fenestration, providing shading, and a soothing, ambient experience to interiors, creating intricate shadows that move with the sun during the day.
A grand central avenue elegantly links the lower street level pedestrian hub, the ground level CMH entrance, atrium, gardens, courtyards, pharmacy, and GCMTI drop-off colonnade. This avenue provides the setting for a second screen, inspired by traditional medicine cabinets (bai zi gui) —delicately translucent, veiling filtered light—immersing passers-through in a dynamic interplay of yin-yang and the five elements.
In the GCMTI, a “Herbarium Path” maps the journey of medicinal materials, with each laboratory aligned elementally: Wood (Plant Specimen Curation), Fire (Plant-Originated Curation), Earth (Specimen Repository), Metal/Gold (Decoction Reference), and Water (Formulation Reference). The path continues to the exterior Medicinal plant garden where more than 170 Medicines plant species are showcased.
Smart Technology: The project is the first multi-level hospital in Hong Kong extensively using Modular Integrated Construction (MiC) and employed new lifting techniques, using hybrid steel/concrete units, without in-situ floor slabs. 80% of the works in MiC units were completed off-site, allowing better safety, quality and programme control.
Being a “Smart Hospital”, Automated Mobile Robots (AMR) synchronized with the lift system and service corridor automated doors, are highly utilised for servicing with dedicated clean and dirty lift cores on each floor. These are fitted with charging facilities and supported by a central charging station in the basement. Other features such as pneumatic tube systems, smart toilets, and digital wayfinding are used to enhance operational efficiency and patient experience.
Sustainability: Passive design principles are adopted throughout the building. The design embraces the sloping terrain, tracing its natural contours while embedding podium levels into the landscape. The lower levels are heavily planted, anchored by the most formal landscape in the central garden. Courtyards and terraces thread through the upper floors, pulling nature, greenery, fresh air, and daylight deep into expansive floor plates. The architectural façade screen provides shading, particularly to the long ward floors facing east and west. Views through the screen to the surrounding green hillside, and the setting sun over the sea on the west side from deep within the interiors create a sense of well-being and seamless harmony between architecture and nature.
These features are supported by a host of active sustainable design elements including incorporating solar hot water system, building integrated photovoltaics, battery energy storage systems, rainwater harvesting and condensate water recycling, demand control chilled water, heat recovery for exhaust air among others.
In addition, selection of materials, such as use of steel reinforcement bars made from 97% recycled steel scrap, over 200,000m3 of concrete containing 35% pulverized fuel ash (PFA), use of nano-coatings on roofs to increase heat insulation and the widespread use of prefabrication Multi-trade Integrated Mechanical, Electrical and Plumbing (MiMEP) and Modular Integrated Construction (MIC) further improve the performance of the buildings.
Celebrating Traditional Chinese Medicine with the World - The completion of the CMH and GCMTI fulfil a long-awaited need as an integral part of our healthcare system. It asserts a cultural confidence for our country and our era, embodying profound civic pride that nurtures the advancement of TCM of our country, of Hong Kong and beyond.
Address: 1 Pak Shing Kok Road, Tseung Kwan O, Hong Kong, HKSAR.
Total Site Area: 60,000 sqm
Total CFA: 190,000 sqm
No. of Beds (CMH): 400 beds
Completion year: 2025
Client: - Architectural Services Department
Design and Build Contractor: - China State Construction Engineering (Hong Kong) Limited
Architectural Designer: - Wong & Ouyang (HK) Ltd.
Interior Designer: - ARVA Limited
Medical Planning Designer: - China State Construction Int’l Medical Industry Development Co., LTD.
Specified Interior Fit-out Works Designer (CMH): - James Law Cybertecture International Holdings Ltd.
Display Designer (GCMTI): - One Bite Design Studio
Specified Interior Fit-out Works Designer (GCMT): - Room 23 Limited
Building Services Designer: - WSP (Asia) Ltd.
Structural and Geotechnical Designer: - Siu Yin Wai & Associates Ltd.
Landscape Designer: - ADI Limited
A New Model of Hospital Design – The CMH utilizes TCM as the primary healthcare system, supported by western medicine, which is the first of its kind worldwide. This fundamental concept drives a new operating medical model. Without local precedent, the design prioritizes merging functional spaces of both Chinese & Western medicine operation with flexibility. The distinct nature of TCM consultations and treatments led to the development of a new kind of hospital environment such as cluster-style consult and treatment rooms to suit specific TCM treatment method / flow. The pharmacy is so unique that it needs to stock and cook a high volume of herbal medicine for hundreds of patients daily while running a combination of TCM and Western medicine modes. This is further supported by automated features using QR coded TCM cabinets, robotic TCM sorting & packaging, conveying belt system integrated with dispensary counters.
Interplay Between Modern Architecture and Chinese Culture - The CMH and GCMTI, is a healing, living, and working complex, where visitors and users are immersed in an environment that distils the origin of TCM and centuries of Chinese philosophical culture using traditional symbolic references of wellness. Concepts of yin-yang, united form and spirit, harmonies between man and nature / heaven and earth / the five elements (Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal, Water), physical representations on light and shadow, solid and void, form and emptiness, matter and qi are integrated into and inspire the architecture and interior design, landscaping, and wayfinding to create an intriguing and educational experience.
The facades are sheathed in a perforated screen, slightly bending to form an undulating crease that mimics the ridgeline of the surrounding hills. The proportions, colour and materiality of the screen reflect those of tradition Chinese fenestration, providing shading, and a soothing, ambient experience to interiors, creating intricate shadows that move with the sun during the day.
A grand central avenue elegantly links the lower street level pedestrian hub, the ground level CMH entrance, atrium, gardens, courtyards, pharmacy, and GCMTI drop-off colonnade. This avenue provides the setting for a second screen, inspired by traditional medicine cabinets (bai zi gui) —delicately translucent, veiling filtered light—immersing passers-through in a dynamic interplay of yin-yang and the five elements.
In the GCMTI, a “Herbarium Path” maps the journey of medicinal materials, with each laboratory aligned elementally: Wood (Plant Specimen Curation), Fire (Plant-Originated Curation), Earth (Specimen Repository), Metal/Gold (Decoction Reference), and Water (Formulation Reference). The path continues to the exterior Medicinal plant garden where more than 170 Medicines plant species are showcased.
Smart Technology: The project is the first multi-level hospital in Hong Kong extensively using Modular Integrated Construction (MiC) and employed new lifting techniques, using hybrid steel/concrete units, without in-situ floor slabs. 80% of the works in MiC units were completed off-site, allowing better safety, quality and programme control.
Being a “Smart Hospital”, Automated Mobile Robots (AMR) synchronized with the lift system and service corridor automated doors, are highly utilised for servicing with dedicated clean and dirty lift cores on each floor. These are fitted with charging facilities and supported by a central charging station in the basement. Other features such as pneumatic tube systems, smart toilets, and digital wayfinding are used to enhance operational efficiency and patient experience.
Sustainability: Passive design principles are adopted throughout the building. The design embraces the sloping terrain, tracing its natural contours while embedding podium levels into the landscape. The lower levels are heavily planted, anchored by the most formal landscape in the central garden. Courtyards and terraces thread through the upper floors, pulling nature, greenery, fresh air, and daylight deep into expansive floor plates. The architectural façade screen provides shading, particularly to the long ward floors facing east and west. Views through the screen to the surrounding green hillside, and the setting sun over the sea on the west side from deep within the interiors create a sense of well-being and seamless harmony between architecture and nature.
These features are supported by a host of active sustainable design elements including incorporating solar hot water system, building integrated photovoltaics, battery energy storage systems, rainwater harvesting and condensate water recycling, demand control chilled water, heat recovery for exhaust air among others.
In addition, selection of materials, such as use of steel reinforcement bars made from 97% recycled steel scrap, over 200,000m3 of concrete containing 35% pulverized fuel ash (PFA), use of nano-coatings on roofs to increase heat insulation and the widespread use of prefabrication Multi-trade Integrated Mechanical, Electrical and Plumbing (MiMEP) and Modular Integrated Construction (MIC) further improve the performance of the buildings.
Celebrating Traditional Chinese Medicine with the World - The completion of the CMH and GCMTI fulfil a long-awaited need as an integral part of our healthcare system. It asserts a cultural confidence for our country and our era, embodying profound civic pride that nurtures the advancement of TCM of our country, of Hong Kong and beyond.
Address: 1 Pak Shing Kok Road, Tseung Kwan O, Hong Kong, HKSAR.
Total Site Area: 60,000 sqm
Total CFA: 190,000 sqm
No. of Beds (CMH): 400 beds
Completion year: 2025
Client: - Architectural Services Department
Design and Build Contractor: - China State Construction Engineering (Hong Kong) Limited
Architectural Designer: - Wong & Ouyang (HK) Ltd.
Interior Designer: - ARVA Limited
Medical Planning Designer: - China State Construction Int’l Medical Industry Development Co., LTD.
Specified Interior Fit-out Works Designer (CMH): - James Law Cybertecture International Holdings Ltd.
Display Designer (GCMTI): - One Bite Design Studio
Specified Interior Fit-out Works Designer (GCMT): - Room 23 Limited
Building Services Designer: - WSP (Asia) Ltd.
Structural and Geotechnical Designer: - Siu Yin Wai & Associates Ltd.
Landscape Designer: - ADI Limited
Cielo
Cielo is a compact residential building in Nagpur city, Maharashtra India.
On a relatively small site of 900 sq.m. a total buildable area of 3600 sq.m. is built based upon the prevalent rules & client requirements.
The mandatory open spaces on all sides generates a buildable area of only 270 sq.m. at each floor.
A single 4 bedroom apartment is planned at each floor in this 12 storeyed building.
3 of the bedrooms are located on 3 corners with the kitchen forming the 4th corner to facilitate cross-ventilation in each room. The living spaces are centrally located to form the focal social interaction space.
Nagpur forms the geographical center of India with extensive summers and temperature in excess of 40°C for 8 months annually.
Taking cognizance of this climate each of the main rooms opens into 2 balcony spaces, one open and one screened. This helps to reduce heat gain substantially, simultaneously providing sheltered open spaces to each room.
The screened bays are designed as sectional curves, forming a screen at the lower level & curving outwards to form a balcony at the upper level. These sectionally curved screens alternate horizontally & vertically across the building, providing protection from heat, forming green open spaces for each room & lending a sculptural quality to the building. These screens allude to the architectural heritage of the region where screens have existed since the 17th century.
Cielo is designed to create naturally cross ventilated spaces that are sheathed in response to the climate. The lifecycle carbon footprint is reduced substantially by the design that includes an entire solar panel roof, water harvesting & recycling in addition to the screened envelope to mitigate heat gain and reduce air-conditioning cost.
NIL
Lead Architect: Mr. Sanjay Puri
Design Team: Ruchika Gupta, Nikita Dusing, Krishna Leela, Neha Wadodkar, Diganta Gujaran, Chanchari Malviya
On a relatively small site of 900 sq.m. a total buildable area of 3600 sq.m. is built based upon the prevalent rules & client requirements.
The mandatory open spaces on all sides generates a buildable area of only 270 sq.m. at each floor.
A single 4 bedroom apartment is planned at each floor in this 12 storeyed building.
3 of the bedrooms are located on 3 corners with the kitchen forming the 4th corner to facilitate cross-ventilation in each room. The living spaces are centrally located to form the focal social interaction space.
Nagpur forms the geographical center of India with extensive summers and temperature in excess of 40°C for 8 months annually.
Taking cognizance of this climate each of the main rooms opens into 2 balcony spaces, one open and one screened. This helps to reduce heat gain substantially, simultaneously providing sheltered open spaces to each room.
The screened bays are designed as sectional curves, forming a screen at the lower level & curving outwards to form a balcony at the upper level. These sectionally curved screens alternate horizontally & vertically across the building, providing protection from heat, forming green open spaces for each room & lending a sculptural quality to the building. These screens allude to the architectural heritage of the region where screens have existed since the 17th century.
Cielo is designed to create naturally cross ventilated spaces that are sheathed in response to the climate. The lifecycle carbon footprint is reduced substantially by the design that includes an entire solar panel roof, water harvesting & recycling in addition to the screened envelope to mitigate heat gain and reduce air-conditioning cost.
NIL
Lead Architect: Mr. Sanjay Puri
Design Team: Ruchika Gupta, Nikita Dusing, Krishna Leela, Neha Wadodkar, Diganta Gujaran, Chanchari Malviya
