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Designing an office for a client, who is an established Architect himself has its own challenges. While your designs are understood quickly, the challenge is when two creative minds meet and “agree to disagree“!!

“Atul Patel Architects“ approached Beyond Design Architects through a common friend requesting us to design their own office. Their vision was to move from a small 1000 ft.² office to a plush 12,000 ft.² office, to create a brand identity like no other, in the Navi Mumbai market. A place where employees will feel the new energy, the urge to come back to office every day and for the clients - a space and brand they resonate with!!

Hence right from day one of the conceptualisation of the design, the approach was keeping in mind that this would be a “corporate office“ for a design firm and not like a typical “rustic“ feel office that an architect may have or desire!!

Since we had the entire floor at our disposal the layout was done keeping in mind the maximum natural light for workstations then filtering into cabins. Lift lobby spills over into reception and gives the first image of the office which sets the tone for the entire remaining journey.

The reception is flanked on both sides by three meeting rooms which takes care of the visitors before letting them in through the access control doors.The reception also spills over into an area behind which is a multi-use area as cafeteria / coffee space / lounge and material library. It also works as an extended lounge for the visitors from reception into the office.

Both sides of the office flanking the glass has open office areas with workstations. Cabins and meeting rooms along the core of the building help reach the light to maximum areas. Architect Atul Patel's cabin and area is adjacent to the reception. It has a lounge, a six-seater meeting room, a conference room and of course a large cabin which is further utilised in three major sections as - dining come meeting area, work area and lounge area

Support areas like accounts, audit, HR are tucked away neatly in between the reception and cafeteria so that there are closer to the reception yet do not occupy the prime space.The approach in design was to use natural materials like exposed concrete, granite, birch ply, bricks, timber and exposed ceiling. And to add vibrancy, we took the brand colours and used them and colourful elements in different zones.


Natural bricks for wall cladding, PET sheets, carpets and granite stone cladding was used as basic finishes.
Lutron controlled lighting system enhances the space ambience and saves energy. Furniture and chairs from Haworth increase the comfort quotient of the space.
Chirag Thakkar, Gopal Ade, Vishal Makam

(Expo- Egypt) is an international exhibition to display innovations and inventions in the field of technology, and it has become a creative laboratory that blends architecture with the environment to serve humanity.
For more than 175 years, the International Expo exhibitions have been a platform for exploiting the most important innovations that shaped the world we know today.

Project Idea:-
Blending different world cultures and their context within a modern civilizational framework
With modernity by abstracting the symbols and lines that express every culture.

“Each pavilion tells the story of a country and a center connected to the world.”
The project includes a group of exhibition pavilions representing different regions of the world.
it contains:-
Represents the Middle East region (UAE Pavilion).
It represents the North Africa region (the pavilion of the host country, Egypt).
South Africa (Namibia Pavilion).
It represents the Saharan region of South Africa (Chad wing).
It represents the East Asian region (the wing of the Chinese state).
It represents the Western States region (the wing of the German state).

Concept:-
The design was based on the abstract, flowing lines of sandbanks, and the distinctive lines of different styles, and combining them with decorative elements of different cultures’ styles.

Zones:-
-Plaza reception area
-Sustainability Pavilion (represented by the State of Namibia).
-Heritage Pavilion (represented by the United Arab Emirates).
-Future Pavilion (represented by Germany).
-Environment Pavilion (represented by the State of Chad).
-Temporary exhibition halls
-Shops
-Bazaar
-Convention Center
-Lecture halls
-restaurant
-Cafeteria
-Administrative
-Planetarium
-Open theatre


Total Project Area: 18.000 m2
location of the project:-
The Pyramids Plateau area near Sphinx International Airport and the Egyptian Museum in Al-Kabir.
The Reason for choosing the location: The Pyramids Plateau is considered one of the new facades of Giza Governorate due to its archaeological importance, and therefore it will be a distinctive facade for the establishment of the World Fairgrounds.
Plaza Square (representing the North African region), the pavilion of the host country, Egypt, with the ancient
Egyptian character.

1-The events arena is a dome made of steel and covered with dual-view panoramic screens with RGP projectors and lighting elements. The design lines of the dome came from an analysis of one of the ancient Egyptian symbols, which is the sun disk in its radiant form, and the dome’s columns are from an analysis of the lines of the lotus flower.

2- The CONSTRUCTION of the building is mainly STEEL STRUCTURE including trusses, rafts and barriers. Two main materials are used for internal and external finishes which are GRC (glass reinforced concrete) and GRP
(glass reinforced plastic) with veneers of timber or other alternatives of thickness from 0.5 mm to 3 mm. (GRP) .

3-Sustainability aspects used in the project
-It consists of using environmentally friendly local materials that combine new technologies and forms with old ones, which reduces energy consumption and pollution, which interacts with the idea of ​​sustainability.
-The design uses advanced display technology such as holograms, projecting and displaying 3D images outdoors.
Project designed and presented by: Rahma Ibrahim Abdelatif
A student at the Faculty of Fine Arts, Department of Decor-Interior Architecture
Under the supervision of:
Dr-Shahedna Turk