Architecture + Design - November 2018

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CONTENTS 56
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EVOCATIVE RETAIL INTERIORS

62 40 Encapsulating the Outside
Showroom Plicosa, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
Miel Arquitectos, Barcelona/Mallorca, Spain
46 The success of a retail design lies in the
efficiency…
9 ABOUT THE ISSUE group DCA
50 Embodying modern, classical style…
12 REFLECTIONS Jade Blue, Ahmedabad
group DCA, New Delhi
14 UPDATES
56 A Miniature Metropolis...
20 MEMORIAL TALK Hangzhou Neobio Family Park, Hangzhou city, China
The Stories from my Journey X+LIVING, Shanghai, China
Christopher Charles Benninger 62 A spatial experience…

The Window Factory, Ahmedabad, Gujarat
STUDENT SECTION Saransh, Ahmedabad
38 rPOID – The Responsive Anthropoid
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68 Neutral Drapery builds Uniformity

Aje, Perth, Australia
We Are Triibe. Sydney/Melbourne, Australia
72 Stark Creativity
D’Arclight, New Delhi
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Renesa Architecture Design Interiors, New Delhi
Creating Micro-environments...
88
Ceramic Shoppe, Vadodara
a+t Associates, Vadodara
EXPLORING DESIGN
88 Delicate Luminaires PROJECT FEATURES
106 Influenced by the Vernacular
TRAVELOGUE Radisson Blu Temple Bay, Mamallapuram
94 The Helsinki Cosmos... Stapati, Calicut

Suneet Paul
112 INDUSTRY CONNECT
VIEWPOINT 116 VERSATILE PRODUCTS

104 Mahatma Gandhi and Frank Lloyd Wright
Vivek Sabherwal 120 For your reference
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N
ot every day does the architecture fraternity get an opportunity to be
audience to an absorbing and prolific talk by a dynamic and versatile
architect. Recently, there was this rare occasion in the capital when Pune
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based renowned architect Christopher Benninger delivered the ‘Cyrus Jhabvala

Memorial Lecture 2018’. This memorial talk series initiated by the Jhabvala family and
the School of Planning and Architecture (SPA), New Delhi, rekindles the awareness to
the great and effortless contribution made by architect Cyrus Jhabvala in structuring
the education process in the formative years of SPA. Apart from his contribution to
 Evocative Retail Spaces the then Indian architecture, he became a role model for architecture students of
that era to pursue the profession with a discipline and undergo the process of self-
 stories from my journey
– christopher benninger
discovery. Noted and acclaimed architect Raj Rewal recalls, “As a professor, he had
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Showtoom Plicosa, Palma de

Mallorca, Spain this marvelous ability to make students think for themselves rather than accept any
preconceived notions of any architecture theory of design.”
Architect: Miel Arquitectos,
Barcelona/Mallorca, Spain
All drawings and visuals for the

And Christopher in his well-articulated and intelligently crafted talk, took it a step
projects and articles, unless further, when he shared the diverse exploratory experiences in his earlier years
mentioned otherwise, are
courtesy the architects/authors. which inevitably contributed in shaping his architecture and vision. The simple
and holistic narrative of his perspective of life and the profession, brought the
audience closer to the path of his discovery of naturally identifying goals in
architecture. An explanatory thought of belief from this narrative - “First I came
“Architects in the to know that the truth of architecture is ‘place’. Each place has its unique cultural
past have tended to history and symbols. Each place has its own milieu and ambiance. Second,
concentrate their I realized that architecture is poetry; architecture speaks of intangible moments
attention on the of ecstasy, resonating our deepest feelings.”
building as a static Design for retail has both in India and internationally, evolved in a playful and yet
object. I believe innovative mode to intelligently catch the eye of the client. Architects and interior
dynamics are designers today are also conscious to weave in the philosophy of the Brands/
more important: the Companies. The rapid advancement in the availability of newer materials which
dynamics of people, are moldable, sustainable and subjected to high-grade specifications, gives
their interaction the designers greater flexibility to creatively explore elements of interior design.
with spaces and Customised lighting adds that cool and flamboyant environs much associated with
environmental contemporary retail spaces. The few interior projects that we publish in this Issue,
condition. portray the sensitivities of the designers in visualising spaces that make elegant and
— John Portman stylised statements in this segment.
1 2
Cave Architecture… 1. The Badami caves in Karnataka, India. 2. The Holy Batu caves near Kaula Lumpur, Malaysia.
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Reflections
Eco-friendly Festival
‘Bugs of the ecosystem’ was the theme for one of the editions
of the Echoes of the Earth music festival, the only one in India
to use recycled and up-cycled material from junkyards for
their set-up. The goal was to create awareness about different
aspects of ecology as well as the effects of global warming.
Artists like Tapanjeet Singh Badesha, Bheemaiah, and a
few others from the Karnataka Chitrakala Parishath particpated
in the design process.
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Updates
Event
“I s high urban density a prerequisite to sustaining the

growth of New Delhi?” was the subject at the panel
discussion held at the India Habitat Centre in September.
through densification and vertical development, further
stating that Jane Jacob-esque notions of urbanism cannot be
scaled to cities growing at exponential rates.
The 38th presentation of ‘Architecture and Society’ was led Prof. Vikram Soni, on the other hand, emphasised upon
by architects and urbanists and focused on addressing the carrying capacity of a city, and how densification
immediate concerns of the drives were often symptomatic of
citizens for their inherited city conspicuous consumption and not
by attempting to unpack the likely to improve quality of life of the
notion that large-scale estate city’s inhabitants. Prof. MN Ashish
regeneration is the answer to the Ganju supported this assertion by
planned densification of Delhi. suggesting that urban growth be
The discussion was moderated by examined at a grass-root level,
architect Amit Khanna. with a greater focus on resource
The discussion started with the allocation as well as development of
study of the city and the various infrastructure that supports existing
situations that comprise the social patterns and not supersede
urban structure of Delhi. Architect Sandip Kumar touched them in an attempt to adopt western models of urbanisation.
upon the processes that shape an urban settlement which A Q-and-A session with the audience followed
make it fertile ground for production as well as subsequent the discussion, wherein the topic for the next
investment. This led to the question of urban migration, which panel discussion, ‘One Hundred Years of Re-Imagining
architect Mitu Mathur theorised as best accommodated Delhi’, was touched upon.
O rganised jointly by CFTE

(China Foreign Trade Guangzhou
Exhibition General Corporation) and
China”, partly due to the contribution
made by over 90 high-level Chinese
brands attending CIFF Shanghai
outdoor and leisure, office show and
furniture machinery, and raw materials.
One of the stand-out events
Red Star Macalline, the 42th CIFF for the first time. The quality and at the convention was the 4th
Shanghai 2018 opened to nearly inventiveness of the products, the edition of the EAST Design Show.
146,419 professionals in September. care devoted to the presentations and It showcased the best of Asian
Under the theme of “An Example the architectural design of the stands design through handmade objects.
of Global Home Life”, the exhibition themselves, as well as the contents The theme of this edition was “More
gave both international and Chinese of the organised events, were the Different, More Interesting”.
operators new concepts of living valuable ingredients of a successful CIFF Shanghai 2018 also
and working, as well as new recipe that resulted in the attendance witnessed the award ceremony and
opportunities for acquiring information of a high number of designers, as well the exhibition of the 2nd edition of
and doing business. as dealers and buyers. the Pinnacle Awards Asia-Pacific,
The edition effectively helped The various sectors represented promoted by CIFF, by the American
changed the concept of “Made in at the convention included home Society of Furniture Designers (ASFD)
China” into “Designed and Created in furniture, home décor and home textile, and by High Point Market.

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In Remembrance
Photo by-Frank Hanswijk

“Modernism is about space.
‘Postmodernism’ is about communication.
You should do what turns you on.” Robert Venturi
- Robert Venturi 1925 - 2018
Sainsbury Wing of the National Gallery, London Vanna Venturi House, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
R ecently, world architecture lost a big one - noted American architect

Robert Charles Venturi. He, along with his wife, architect Denise
Scott Brown, strongly believed in postmodernism in architecture. He
Books by Robert Venturi -
• Learning from Las Vegas
• Complexity and Contradiction in
was founding principal of the firm Venturi, Scott Brown and Associates,
Architecture
and one of the major architectural figures of the twentieth century. 1991
• Iconography and Electronics upon
Pritzker Prize laureate, Venturi was a major influence in the postmodern
a generic Architecture
architecture movement and celebrated oversized, playful elements.
• An Industrious Art: Innovation in
He is also known for having coined the maxim “Less is a bore”, a
Pattern and Print at the Fabric
‘postmodern’ antidote to Mies van der Rohe’s famous modernist dictum Workshop
“Less is more”. His architecture has had worldwide impact, beginning in • Architecture as Signs and
the late 1960s with the dissemination of the broken-gable roof of the Vanna Systems: For a mannerist time
Venturi House and the segmentally arched window and interrupted string • Venturi Scott Brownn & Associates
courses of Guild House. The playful variations on vernacular house types on Houses and Housing
seen in the Trubeck and Wislocki Houses offered a new way to embrace,
Some of his important and selected works are –

• Vanna Venturi House; Philadelphia (1964) won the AIA Twenty-five Year Award and was recognized as a
“Masterwork of Modern American Architecture” by the United States Postal Service in May 2005.
• Guild House; Philadelphia (1964)
• Fire Station; Columbus, Indiana (1968)
• The Sainsbury Wing of the National Gallery (1991) in London
• The Lieb House located in Barnegat Light, New Jersey (1967)
• Biomedical Biological Science Research Building (BBSRB), University of Kentucky; Lexington, Kentucky (2005)

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Updates
In Remembrance
but transform, familiar forms. He has also taught at many

Some acccolades Robert Venturi won - universities like University of Pennsylvania, Yale University
• AIA Medal for Complexity and Contradiction in and Harvard University.
Architecture; 1978
Extract from The New Yoker by Nikhil Sawal
• Fellow in the American Institute of Architects, 1978
– Contributing writer “He was an admirer of the
• AIA Architecture Firm Award, to Venturi, Rauch and
neoclassicism of the Chicago World’s Fair, and he detested
Scott Brown; 1985
anyone—especially postmodernists—who treated its
• The Pritzker Architecture Prize; 1991
verities with irony or contempt. Venturi was argumentative,
• National Medal of Arts, United States Presidential
but in the manner of a literary critic: he was a close reader
Award; 1992 (with Denise Scott Brown)
of buildings. He admired structures with ambiguities and
• Design Mind Award, Cooper-Hewitt National Design
Awards; 2007 (with Denise Scott Brown) overloud statements, and wanted to produce them, even
• AIA Gold Medal (with Denise Scott Brown) 2016 if what he and Scott Brown ended up creating was quieter
and more understated”.
As an architect, I try to be guided not by habit but by conscious sense of the past-by precedent, thoughtfully
considered...As an artist I frankly write about what I like in architecture: complexity and contradiction. From
what we find we like-what we are easily attracted to-we can learn much of what we really are.
- Robert Venturi
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streamlined customer experience through the Steelcase dealer network.
It previously announced marketing and distribution relationships with Blu
Dot, Bolia, Extremis, FLOS, Mitchell Gold + Bob Williams, West Elm and the
acquisitions of AMQ and Smith System.

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Memorial Talk
THE STORIES FROM MY JOURNEY

Christopher Charles Benninger

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Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
Recently, Delhi-based architects witnessed The Cyrus Jhabvala Memorial Lecture 2018 at
the India International Centre, New Delhi. The key speaker for the evening was renowned
Pune-based architect Christopher Charles Benninger, who gave an inspiring speech. This event
was organised by the Jhabvala family and the School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi.
Architecture+Design brings some excerpts from his talk —
I
ndia is the land of storytelling. Since time
immemorial oral narratives have been the
medium of India’s learning and self-awareness.
Stories can be conveyed through songs, dances,
paintings, and of course dramas. Indian stories
often share spiritual meanings, and they also
educate people about paths of liberation.
The human settlements we have lived in, and
the buildings we have lived in, have molded and
tempered the way we think about space, form
and urban structure. In a way, these buildings and
spaces are stories too. Experiences in urban and
built space generate deductive rationality about
the way the world is, and gifts formative logic
about the way the world should be!
These are neither static experiences; nor
single shot photo images of a context imbedded
in our thoughts. Rather, these experiences are
narratives that have beginnings and endings,
openings and closures, yes, even conclusions
and lessons. So, there are stories that lie in our Kurukshetra war and various khands or Stories around the epic © Ramprasad Akkisetti
Born in America and living in India, Christopher Charles Benninger is one of India’s highly decorated architect and
planner. Perhaps, very few architects would have taken three different approaches to the profession as Benninger has in
a career spanning 4 decades as an institution builder and professor, as a UN and World Bank consultant advising many
governments and pioneering social planning, designing several thousands of low cost housing complexes for the less
privileged in Jamnagar, Chennai, Hyderabad and many other towns, and as a Master Architect designing many modern
institutions encouraging development in India. His most well-known award winning projects are the Mahindra United
World College of India, the Samundra Institute of Maritime Studies, and the YMCA Camp Site at Nilshi. Benninger studied
urban planning at MIT and architecture at Harvard University where he later taught. He settled in India in 1971,
founding the School of Planning at Ahmedabad, where he continues as a distinguished Professor. His recent book,
Letters To A Young Architect, focuses on the practice of architecture in transforming societies, and was on the Top 10 Best
Selling Non-Fiction Books List for 18 weeks in India. The book has also been translated into Chinese and Gujarati and is
currently being translated into Bengali, Arabic and Malayalam.
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Interaction with the audience (L-R) Ar Benninger, Ar IM Chisti Ar Benninger giving his talk
Absorbed audience at the talk
subconscious being, stories drawn from the an untold destination. So, before I begin to tell you
choreographies of our lives; from the places my stories, let me confess that architects write
where we have lived, all telling us who we are, their stories backwards! That is, they begin with
what the world is like and giving us hints of the the end in mind!
logic of why things are this way, or that. Most Maybe in telling you my stories, I am telling
our buildings, and even our city plans betray you narratives of my future, and yours too. Let
autobiographical stories about their authors me tell you the first story, that I’ll call, Adventure.
that molded their existence and determined
their designs. Through these creations we are ONE: THE STORY OF ADVENTURE
searching for the reality of ourselves! Within Bringing things into order, finding patterns generic
these stories crafted in built form, and histories to things, and making templates into which
laid out in our city plans, we are leaving eternal things can be “ordered” are the unique feats of
footprints of our being on this earth. the human brain, driving our strongest emotional
Architects and urban planners are always compulsions. Yet, this ordering project leads one
working in the realm of the future, doing to something I call the human conclusion, wherein
something creative today that will not happen almost all human societies come back to a
tomorrow, but next year, or even many years later. common set of concerns in an interesting closure
Dealing with the future is more uncertain than of the human condition. To make this short, can
dealing with the present or past! Our stories are I say we all get trapped into the same rites of
therefore more complex, messy and even chaotic. passage, and the same predictable samskara? In
They are a journey through the unknown toward other words: life is a trap.

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Perhaps, because of my identity as an Arnold Toynbee. Sailing in the Aegean Sea,
“outsider,” my life has been a story of escapes hearing their stories and learning of their
seeking alternative meaning systems, and freedom worldview, inspired me eventually to settle here
from oppression. Or, perhaps I found middle in India.
class American stereotypes just too mundane and In the afternoons, our small group would
boring to commit myself to. explore classical Greek sites. One evening,
So, I began a search, even as a child, doing at Samothrace, Professor Toynbee requested
poorly in studies, yet finding myself immersed in me to assist him in climbing up a hill behind
art! I found montage paintings more compelling the famous “Winged Victory” temple, where he
than realistic landscapes! I liked chaos, and the thought an undocumented crusader fort would
secrets of order deep within disarray! lie. Sure enough when we reached the top of
I call people who are on lifelong journeys this hill his eyes light up with joy as we saw the
of self-discovery travelers, because real travel ruined walls of an ancient site. Looking to the
involves a bit of risk and even danger; it works East I saw a massive black sky, appearing as a
without foresight, making decisions on the spur of mighty thunder storm headed our way. When I
the moment, and asking oneself each morning,
“where should I go today.” As opposed to a
traveler, a tourist seeks a planned schedule of
visiting pre-planned sites and events. For the
tourists, reservations are a must, always craving
safety and predictability. Tourists are buying
“canned experiences.”
In our daily lives, we are either travelers or
tourists! The known is the friend of the tourist, and
the unknown is the friend of the traveler. Being a
traveler of the spirit, and seeking adventure of the
mind, are metaphors of one another.
My first adventures were in playing hooky
from school. I’d use these escapes to cycle off
alone into the wilderness discovering raw nature,
or walking over to the university student centre,
watching abstract art films, which were often very
negative, about concentration camps, ethnic
cleansing or prostitution. They exposed me to the
lives of the oppressed, and I came to know that Khyber Pass, Pakistan, Asia © Luca Tettoni
there was “another world.”

My roommate reached Harvard in 1966,
arriving from a fifteen-thousand-kilometer bicycle
journey around the borders of America, making
him my guru of adventure. The next summer
we bicycled fifteen hundred kilometers from
Paris to Athens. We entered countries with no
visas and survived on the hospitality of simple
villagers who took an interest in our life’s journey.
In the summer of 1967, travelling in Yugoslavia,
I became a global citizen. I learned of humanity
traveling down back roads forbidden to
foreigners in a Communist country; everywhere
making friends out of strangers. In Athens, at
the Delos Symposium, on board Doxiadis’ yacht,
with my patron, Barbara Ward, I befriended
many thought leaders of the Twentieth Century,
like Margaret Mead, Buckminster Fuller and View of the Parthenon in 1978 © Steve Swayne

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cautioned professor of the impending deluge, he
smiled and said,
“Oh no, that’s just Asia.”
A huge, dark, dust cloud was hovering over
Turkey, and little did I know that this symposium
sealed my fate to spend my life in Asia. Then
professor said to me, “Go there and you will
discover yourself!”
On that day in June 1967 Arnold Toynbee
had turned my hazy information into knowledge:
he had fixed my sights on the destination of my
life! A year later following Professor Toynbee’s
suggestion, I applied and won a Fulbright
Fellowship to India.
This adventure, bringing me to India, informed
me that this was my new home. One can travel
on one’s feet, or travel through reading with one’s
Cyrus Jhabvala (1920-2014) was born in Bombay, who eyes. But travel one must! Travel and adventure
studied architecture at JJ School of Art, Bombay and RIBA,
are catalysts of imagination and friendship. They
London. He shaped generation of architects at School
of Planning and Architecture in its early Delhi years. are creators of self-knowledge, inner awareness
An unconventional and inspiring teacher, he was there at its and instill in one compassion for humanity.
creation and was the head of department of architecture for
a memorable decade. His extensive practice informed his TWO: THE STORY OF COMPASSION
teaching and induced an excitement and a knowledge Traditional societies strive for the happiness
of ground realities among young students and teachers. of the group, while modern societies teach us
In 1951 Anand Aptay and Jhabvala (AAJ) was established to be self-sufficient, to succeed, and to strive
as a partneship firm with two partners. The firm was also
for happiness through individual achievement!
responsible to rebuilt Delhi to suit a newly independent
nation and to house the lakhs to refugees who poured in after Traditional societies work with compassion as
partition. Jhabvala’s fascination with Mughal architecture, the driving emotion. Advanced societies work for
was reflected in his pencil studies of his monuments of the happiness of the individual, with competition
the period. His first book Delhi: Stones and Streets carried as the driving emotion. Individual ambition,
remarkable pencil drawings. A fellow of the Royal Institute of and the innovations it breeds, are unique feats
British Architects, he has done over 400 projects. of the human brain, driving strong emotional
compulsions, known as greed and pride!
Regrettably, the resulting “success pyramid”
concludes in a counter intuitive outcome: most
people are unhappy, while the few successful
are lonely! This “competition project” informs us
to brush aside inequality and poverty as obvious
human conclusions. “Winner takes all,” becomes
the closure of the modern human condition.
To make this short, can I say we get trapped
into an endless struggle for success, justifying
inequality: life is a trap.
When I was a child in Florida, we lived in a
segregated society where black people sat in
the back of busses, and their children attended
segregated “black schools.” They lived in
Qutb Minar and Tomb of Quli Khan shanty towns, while whites lived in manicured
Source: ‘Delhi: Stones and Streets’, Ravi Dayal Publisher, 1990
suburbs! This was a form of institutionalised
untouchability!
On a visit to Medellin, Colombia in 1965,
In his memory, the School of Planning and Architecture and the where my father was setting up a new school
Jhabvala family have initiated 'The Cyrus Jhabvala Memorial Lecture'.
Ar Benninger’s was third in the series. Ar Raj Rewal was the first keynote
speaker followed by Ar Rahul Mehrotra for the memorial talk.
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of business administration, I noted that the
population was divided into a first city for
the rich, and a second city for the poor,
whose unplanned, illegal barrios grew up the
mountain sides, while beautiful bungalows grew
through the valley into distant suburbs along
expressways.
Walking on the streets of Medellin I noticed
young beggars in rags sleeping on the footpaths.
One night I observed an amazing thing! Seeing
that a boy had no food, another ragged,
unshaven man divided his meager rations,
sharing the little he had with his worse-off fellow
street dweller. This gesture of compassion filled
me with shame, and I felt bound that I must use
my skills as an architect to make the world a
better place to live. A beggar man become my
unsuspected guru in the streets of Medellin!
At Harvard in 1967, Jose Luis Sert gave us
a thesis problem to design housing projects
in any country we wished. I choose Colombia,
and created a shelter system called “site and
services.” My design envisioned very small
plots, whose services would be enhanced, and
the inhabitants would build their own homes.
In 1968 when I was on a Fulbright fellowship,
I volunteered to design a shelter project for
Sanatbhai Mehta, a social worker in Vadodara,
but it could not be built. As good luck would have
it, in 1972 Sanatbhai became Gujarat’s Minister
‘Karuna’ Sculpture by Piraji Sagara Center for evelopment Studies and Activities,
of Housing, just when HUDCO was formed, Pune, Maharashtra, India 1986-1994 © Deepak Kaw
and he invited seven architects to design low
cost housing. The other architects found this
uninteresting, but my Jamnagar housing project fund, for creating the Centre for Development
became the first Economically Weaker Section Studies and Activities (CDSA) in Pune.
Scheme funded by HUDCO. Seeing this project From the early 1970’s, until now we employed
emerge, the World Bank approached me to work architecture as a social tool, building orphanages,
in Chennai, and I drew on my thesis, creating an and a network of social facilities for the Dalits of
effective site and services programme, resulting Maharashtra, centered at the Nagaloka campus
in thousands of plots becoming accessible to in Nagpur. Empathy and compassion are creators
homeless people. From Chennai, the World Bank of self-knowledge and inner awareness. They are
carried this concept around the world, lifting catalysts of friendship and imagination.
my spirits. The Hyderabad Urban Development
Authority then engaged me to design low cost THREE: THE STORY OF IMAGINATION
housing for Class IV government employees, Without our awareness, digital media, art critics,
where I created small core houses on plots large architectural historians and professors collectively
enough for “growing houses” to emerge. The promote a knowledge system inculcated within
owners added extra rooms, renting them out our meaning systems. These messengers are
to kinsmen migrating into the city, becoming a the high priests of our thoughts, and we believe
model for a self-managed urban rental system, what they say is good and correct, and like
reaching lower into the income strata, to those all gharanas, we promote this belief system,
who could not afford any monthly installments! passing on “truths” into the future. Thinking within
The fees from this large project became the seed- knowledge systems and designing our “creative

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to similar houses, all laid out on well drained,
paved roads, each almost as ugly as the next,
confirming the equality and homogeneous social
status of the neighborhood. What was called
variety and freedom of choice, came down to
Ranch, Spanish Colonial or Classical styles; take
your pick! This urban fabric was mind numbing
and mundane. Everyone shared the same bad
taste! But our knowledge system spoke to us,
telling us this was “good!”
I saw analogies between our popular taste,
common wisdom, and mass ignorance; all fed
by stereotypes, forms of racial, gender, class
and regional biases. One Christmas morning
I opened a magic gift that was the talisman
of my future; a book, called THE NATURAL
© Col. Vivek Mundkur HOUSE, by Frank Lloyd Wright, changing my
life forever. The book unraveled my thoughts
and gave me a sense of vision for my future;
a new knowledge system gave me a sense of
meaning, as it told me of a path I could follow to
self-discovery. It was not the images of dwellings
integrated within the natural landscapes, but
the credo, espousing nature, human scale,
honesty of expression and functionality. This
knowledge system fit well into my love for the
great wilderness, rivers, lakes and the ocean.
This sparked my thoughts, kindled my spirits
and catalysed my imagination! For the first time
I could dream of alternative worlds, concepts
UWC Mahindra College Pune, Maharashtra, India 1996-1998 © Ramprasad Akkisetti and of objects, that were not visible through my
immediate senses.
works” within their meanings, are the unique One day I saw a large newspaper spread
feats of the human brain, driving our strongest with photo-images of Le Corbusier’s forms and
emotional compulsions, through conformity, sculptural buildings in Chandigarh. It was love
gifting us meaning. at first site, carrying me on to romances with
If we are successful, our creations will be Ronchamp, La Tourette and the Marseille Block!
exhibited in the temples of our culture: within But this was a “turning,” from one knowledge
museums and exhibition halls! Yet, this meaning system to another, from a meaning system
system leads one to something I call the human based in the organic language of nature, to an
conclusion, wherein almost all architects and abstract language of ideologies in the brain!
urban designers revert to a common formula in Falling Water grew out of nature organically,
an interesting closure of their minds! To make while the Villa Savoy floated above, and away
this short, we all get trapped into the same from nature, with all the trees around it cut
belief system, and the same predictable way of down, creating an “intellectual setting,” or
finding solutions within its knowledge system! abstract landscape, within which this abstract
Imagination is thrown to the winds and we are object could preside! The American and the
not conceptualizing things that we cannot see European knowledge systems grew out of
or touch, but rather copying images from the different contexts and meanings!
media! We are seeking the approval of the “high I resolved this conflict, dissecting the true
priests,” most of whom have never designed meaning of architecture. First, I came to know that
anything! In other words: life is a trap. the truth of architecture is “place.” Each place
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place has its own milieu and ambiance. Second, their origins back through history. Modern city
I realized that architecture is poetry; architecture plans, campus plans, information technology
speaks of intangible moments of ecstasy, parks are just slight variations of British
resonating our deepest feelings. Cantonment plans, where a unique social space
I think it is important that we realize that we was created, defined by one’s race, occupation,
all think, imagine and create within knowledge gender and rank! An elite minority was admitted
systems, and that different knowledge systems into this unique urban estate, characterized by
are competing with one another. There is a potable water, sewerage systems, storm drains,
cultural imperialism, trying to invade our minds paved roads and social services! The real cities
and place alien meanings within us. Like the of India were left to rot!
suburbs of my youth, we are victims of popular This model is one of the precursors to
taste and common wisdom. “globalization” in urban planning where gated
Starchitects are creating monumental communities and malls have replaced the
stunts and making dramatic follies, all yelling, lively, informal public domains of traditional
“Look at Me!” By applauding these inane settlements. The loss of social space is
fabrications, we are succumbing to an insipid a metaphor of the loss of community and
cultural colonialism. I find it perverse that no indigenous identity. An undeclared strategy of
major architectural critic is speaking out against city planners is to replace ‘vernacular culture,’
monstrosities like the CCTV Tower in Beijing, with institutional culture, right from the plan of the
ugly urban spaces such as La Defence in Paris, city to the architecture of the buildings. Uniforms
or the terrible museums emerging year after have replaced pluraforms, which once gifted
year across the globe, missing an opportunity to personal cultural richness and identity.
gift us a new spirit of built form. Even the “high In 1979 I embarked upon an adventure into
priests,” seem to have their mouths sealed in the Kingdom of Bhutan, crossing the no-man’s-
front of their own knowledge system! land from Bagdogra to Phuentsholing, where
Architecture and urban design are potential foreigners were forbidden! During this stay in
catalysts of imagination and intellectual Bhutan I noted the healthy social life wherein
friendships. They can be creators of self- departmental directors, ministry secretaries and
knowledge and inner awareness, challenging our seniors in the military all played archery each
concepts of compassion and inclusiveness. afternoon with their drivers, office attendants
and maintenance staff. They all laughed and
FOUR: THE STORY OF INCLUSIVENESS danced and drank chhaang! Everyone was
City plans are not artifacts of accident, but rather a part of one social group, and there were no
arrangements of contrivance, with urban slums divisions! They were bonded together out of
being direct results of elite urban policies, foreign compassion for their community!
planning models, automobile and real estate
driven concepts, and an amazing lack of public
imagination. We design cities as if they are tinker
toys, not as all-inclusive socio-economic systems!
Yet, our cities are the unique feats of the
human brain, driving our strongest emotional
compulsions. City planning, around the
world, leads us to something I call the human
conclusion, wherein almost all urban societies
come back to a common set of urban crises, in
an interesting closure of the human condition. All
city plans, directly or indirectly, ironically exclude
most urban citizens.
To summarize, can I say we all are trapped
into the same urban conundrum, and the same
predictable inhumane city, be it Mumbai or
Manhattan! In other words: life is a trap. Or, is it?
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In 2001 I won a competition to prepare of pluraforms, from the inside outwards. On the
the capital plan of Bhutan. The Bhutanese contrary, in our contemporary institutionalised
Prime Minister, who was initiating the concept global cultures, the uniforms are imposed from
of Gross National Happiness, took special the outside inwards, suppressing down from
interest in this activity. We struggled to the top, on down into the parts. Our vernacular
discover pathways to make our capital plan dress and built forms are ‘expressions,’ while
more inclusive, resulting in the Principles of our institutional uniforms are ‘suppressions!’ This
Intelligent Urbanism. These principles acted as system of articulated stratification lives with us as
a charter through which to filter decisions, in all urban planners, tempering the way we think, how
our discussions, regardless of them being in a we deal with “others,” and even our self-images.
village meeting, or a cabinet meeting. Inclusiveness is essential for the evolution of
The Prime Minister rekindled memories civilisation, yet we seem to be moving backwards!
of my first visit, when free time was used to Inclusiveness is the catalyst of urban planning
meditate, and to play archery, bonding people imagination, and the creator of civility. It gifts
into close-knit communities, playing with communities’ self-knowledge and raises inner
traditional bows and arrows. awareness of “the right to the city,” and forces us
One day a foreign consultant arrived carrying to reflect upon the structure of our world and our
a “power bow,” made of fiberglass, with slick role in creating it!
arrows, shooting twice as far as any traditional
bow! That day changed Bhutan forever, dividing FIVE: THE STORY OF REFLECTION
every archery range into two parts: one part Collecting memories, attaching subjective
for the power bows and the other for traditional meanings to these recollections, and arranging
bows and arrows; one for the rich and one for these past events that have faded from reality
the poor! A class based society was born on into virtual concepts, are unique feats of the
Thimphu’s archery grounds! Thus, the archery human brain, driving our strongest emotional
matches evaporated as a binding social compulsions. Yet, this subconscious archival
force, globalizing the entire city into a divisive, project leads us to something I call the human
competitive society. conclusion, wherein almost all human societies
This parable of archery taught me that defining place values on their memories grouping them
factors in traditional societies emerged from into a common narrative of popular wisdom in
within diverse societal components, expressing an interesting closure of the human condition.
themselves to society as an inclusive collage To make this short, can I say we all get trapped
into the same story of life, and the same
predictable outcomes devoid of imagination? In
other words: life is a trap.
Architects, urban designers and artists are
writing stories of the future, drawing on memory
and reflections of the past, while creating new
narratives. Our compulsion to deal continuously in
future scenarios, leads to a kind of schizophrenia
where we are creating choreographies of future
scenes, with people moving in our imagined
spaces, yet drawing on past references as
building blocks for our ideas.
Urban public policy experts, urban planners,
and architects, per force, end up writing reports,
and as life proceeds we learn that fiction goes
down better than prose with our clients, and a
new kind of creative license emerges. Good
professionals write well, and successful ones
learn the art of weaving conceptual fictions into
the prose of clients’ budgets and functional
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WE GO THE
EXTRA SMILE.
Suzlon One Earth Global Corporate Headquarters, Pune, Maharashtra, India 2006-2009 © Deepak Kaw
our professional writing, into expressing our to me, taking the form of a major accusation! She
reflections and observations in artful forms of said, “The paper you have just presented is an
literary attempts, like my book LETTERS TO A insult to this gathering! Most of us sitting here were
YOUNG ARCHITECT. More of us must write and signatories to the Charter of the Seventh Human
we must teach our students to write! At CEPT Settlements Commission Meeting held in Angola.
University we are requiring all incoming students The paper you have just presented diametrically
to take a writing laboratory course, beginning in opposes the values and principles that we agreed
the first semester. My own education required upon that were enshrined within the Charter’s
me to take writing classes, and that lead me into well written words! What do you have to say for
publishing widely. I say this only to encourage yourself?” There was a hushed silence in the large
educators to make our young professionals auditorium, with deadly glares directed my way
truly literate citizens who can express thoughtful from fellow speakers on the podium! I got up,
views on our society. walked slowly to the podium, and said, “Madam,
In 1983 I was asked by the United Nations thank you for your wisdom! I am the author of the
to write the Theme Paper for the Seventh “well written words,” in the paper you have signed!
Session of the United Nations Commission on Do you have any more questions?” The large
Human Settlements. audience broke out into howls of laughter and
This was an arduous task defining the applauded my rebuttal enthusiastically.
goals and strategies for urban management So, writing can have its euphoric moments as
that member nations would mutually ratify. In well as depressing ones.
addition to writing, it was incumbent upon me to So, life is not a trap after all! For the true artist,
present the draft to each of the United Nations there are secret moments of transcendence,
Regional Commissions, so they could assess the and moments of inspiration when the profound
possibility of my offending a member nations’ arches unhampered over day-to-day trivia.
sense of propriety. Within that momentary sliver of self-realization
About a year later Government of India lies one’s eternal truth and being.
requested me to represent India at a non-aligned Writing, urban planning and architecture
conference on urban development in Sweden, are creative catalysts of imagination. They are
where I was asked to make a major presentation creators of self-knowledge and inner awareness.
to the international delegates. At the end of my If life is a trap, adventure, compassion,
presentation a senior Finnish official grabbed imagination, inclusiveness and reflection are our
much attention with a strongly worded question creative escapes!

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rPoid - THE RESPONSIVE ANTHROPOID

The 3rd year students of Apeejay School of Architecture and Planning, Greater Noida,
worked in tandem with the principles of human flexibility
as well as design efficiency to craft the Anthropoid.
Architecture+Design brings to you a glimpse of their creation...

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Student Team: Madhur Sharma (Student coordinator), Diwakar Varshney, Vidhushi Gupta, Sakhi Gulati
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he students’ intent was to create a product for urban product flexes itself to comfort the user.
users which can provide maximum functions with a The sleek battens of 35×45×550mm resemble the bones
minimum space requirement; the proposed design, of human skeletal system, reducing the visual weight and
thus, achieved multi-functionality and space efficiency with augment workability. The wood has good strength-to-
several functions viable in 14 ways. weight ratio, making the product portable. It is very minimal
The product has evolved from an analogy between and modular in nature. It is space efficient, dynamic and
human body with its bending joints to its overall structure adapts to various moods of man and requirements by
and bending lines. The human body comprises 3 joints bending into different forms.
longitudinally i.e. at shoulders, pelvis and knees. Similarly, It is just like a Rubik’s cube puzzle, generating a
this product has 3 turning points placed accordingly. sense of play; it is user friendly and interactive with the
The functions are influenced by the father and child scope of explorations and creativity as the user can work
relationship, as the father moulds himself for the child to permutations and combinations and create a design of
play with him and comfort him. In the same manner, this their own.

Evocative Retail Interiors
Encapsulating
the Outside
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Project: Showroom Plicosa, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
Architects: Miel Arquitectos, Barcelona/Mallorca, Spain
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he palm tree, hut and lounger form the essence of
the project, which is a display of outdoor furniture
for wholesalers. The space is designed to be
sufficiently abstract that is able to change each season
without losing its primordial condition; an outer space is
created within a commercial establishment.
The space resulted from the addition of 8 attached
industrial units with a slightly trapezoidal shape (20 x 7.60
/ 8.20m) - when the 7 internal divisions were removed, a
sea of pillars appeared on the 1.235m2 area.
The natural way in which one finds their our own way
in space is by placing their body in relation to two nearby
points, triangulating just as when navigating, seldom
drawing a mental grid!

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1. Storage
2. expoSition room
3. meeting room
4. management office
5. office room
6. open office
7. Kitchen
8. Wc
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Based on this cognitive evidence, the designers
established the spatial organisation of the set adapting to
the rhythm of the forest of palm trees with a slightly radial
triangulation pattern.
Restraining braces that support tribunes and balconies,
lattices of cypress that sift and ventilate, black pipes
and air condition shafts, boxes inside boxes, all form
hierarchies that are assembled as Russian dolls. This way,
the resulting “outer” space prepared for the ‘show’..
Factfile
Consultants: Engineering – Eduard Rodriguez, Structural – Toni Casas
Contractor: Xarxa Creating Homes
Built-up area: 1935sq m
Year of completion: 2018

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DCA Ahuja Sons (Photo credit: Andre J Fanthome)
The success of a retail design lies in the efficiency

with which one is able to profess the idea and the
concept of the brand…
Amit Aurora and Rahul Bansal

Text by: group DCA
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legant design decisions can catapult and techniques to make the appeal of these
the fate of any store. The opportunities spaces more attractive, and at the same time,
to introduce novelty are limitless in make these capable of providing the customer
retail design. From head-turning window with an immersive ambience. As an architect/
displays to signage prerequisites, one can designer, that is where the challenge lies to
let the ideas fly when it comes to a retail enable engagement and not merely redo a
store design. In order to thrive in the market space to improve aesthetics. The primary idea
and keep garnering the users’ attention, one however remains the same– to generate more
must look at the various design approaches sales for business.

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Noted American business tycoon Aerin
Launder has rightly said, “Luxury is anything
that feels special. I think luxury doesn’t
necessarily have to mean expensive”. Similarly,
the architects from group DCA believe that
luxury needs to be an experience, which need
not always co-relate with the expression of
economic extravagance.
The expertise of the architects in retail design
in India gives it the much-needed edge required
to craft an exemplary immersive environment
for the customer– the brand owner is provided
with the opportunity to showcase their products
in the deserved realm of opulence and finesse,
thus attracting the most distinguished clientele
for the product. Over the past 19 years, the firm
has conceptualised retail identities of various
brands, luxury stores and boutiques. With a
mantra of ‘Dream Design Discover Deliver’,
the architects provide services in architecture,
interior designing and design co-ordination
across a wide range of spaces including offices,
residential, retail, luxury retail and hospitality on
Akbarally’s (Photo credit: Kunal Bhatia) a pan-India basis.

Da Milano
Retail space is all about functionality and aesthetics and individuality of any brand
the experience of shopping, and in India, it is and also engage with the outside. Needless
difficult to put this domain within one defined to say, it needs to be exemplary. Due to
parenthesis. The retail idiom is so multi-layered its importance, a façade goes through
that there can never be a set of textbook intense design development stages.
challenges for designing retail space. Not only Starting with inundation of ideas and brand
are there various economic retail verticals for the vision, the design practicality, material
youth and the masses; there are also countless selection, the design proportion, originality,
varieties of retail space– clothing, jewellery, longevity, and adherence to budget is given
accessories, etc, with each vertical having its sufficient thought. After a series of design
own set of challenges. developments, presentations, approvals and
With the recent influx of e-commerce globally, amendments, the resultant design is one that
the job of a retail space designer has only is unique to the brand and to the streetscape.
become harder. There is so much available Spaces: The spaces inside a showroom often
online that the design has to offer an enriching flow into one another. These spaces should
experiential quality so as to excite the user to create or allow engagement for the user so
walk into the store and engage with the products that s/he moves from one part to the next, and
on display over ordering them online. This experiences the range in totality before leaving
means juggling with multiple design options the store. In addition to this, the spaces are
within a short window. designed with opulence, bordering towards
Having designed the best and foremost warmth and cosiness– so a customer feels
jewellery, watch and other lifestyle product special and comfortable being around the
showrooms in the country, some of the design product at the same time, which eventually
essentials lay utmost importance on the following: fuels the desire to own the product. This also
Façade: The façade of any showroom is fosters good relationships with the customer.
the very first impression of the brand. It Lighting: No part of the retail design exercise
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brand, and the product.
Let us take the argument by focusing
on some design strategies first hand. The
Ahujasons’s retail store at Khan Market
houses traditional, luxurious and hand-crafted
products across varied segments from casual
daily wear to high-end heritage shawls. With
the interesting interplay of half arches and
maintaining the overall balance of the canvas
with white background and dark toned display
settings, the store houses traditional products
in a contemporary avatar for the modern
discerning customer, and appeals to both
young and old to enhance with an attempt to
make traditional products fashionable in the
modern-day context.
However, the Akbarally’s Men in Fort,
Mumbai has been done in a trendier and
youth-centric manner. This has been done
to target the attention of the younger lot
among the audience. The Jade Blue Store in
Ahmedabad, Gujarat unfolds all its display like
a story. Starting with the smallest paraphernalia
Da Milano
to the exclusive formal wear collection, the
position of the displays have been strategised
lighting. It is a crucial aspect that reveals the methodically keeping in mind the circulation
materiality, depth, expanse and warmth in a pattern one intends to create for a user inside
space, thus, it is extremely important to have the store. The challenge while designing the
good lighting within spaces, which enhances retail outlet for Da Milano, Noida, was to exhibit
user experience and can make or break the the brand’s wide range of products in a small
beauty of the overall space. The fact is, the premise. The interiors are filled with colours,
impact of this medium can bring about a thereby creating a bright, youthful space. The
drastic and dramatic change in the quality of store portrays a vibrant exuberance to offset
space and its function. While working out all the classic accessories and products and
this, it is imperative to consider health and gives its customers an experience to cherish
well-being of the employees. Lighting helps right from the time they step in that focuses
communicate workplace standards and brand more on engagement.
standards better, which in turn enhances The success of a retail design lies in the
well-being. Endeavouring to put together the efficiency with which one is able to profess
right narrative to craft engaging experiences, the idea and the concept of the brand. Every
the deliberate process of light selection and brand is unique and has its own selling point.
customisation to create the perfect lighting But, it is also popularly stated that a function or
ambience forms a crucial part of the a notion of something can only be productive
design ethos. only when the space it is placed or conceived
Other Elements: Utilisation of small spaces in, allows it to. The architects strive to achieve
and corners, maximising display areas, ease this by striking the perfect symbiotic relationship
of movement within the space, ease of entry between branding, spaces, products, and most
and exit (even to the extent of working out the importantly, customers.
parking facility), multi-functionality of elements
and spaces, are some other design essentials group DCA is a Delhi-based architecture and
that add to the virtue of the showroom, the an interior design firm formed in 1996.

Embodying modern,
classical style...
Project: Jade Blue, Ahmedabad

Architects: group DCA, New Delhi
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he project is a multi-brand outlet within which an showcases its premium bespoke clothing linesported
exproject is a multi-brand outlet within which an by many celebrities. The showroom combines a modern
exclusive lounge has been fabricated essentially design language and rich materials to define a larger than
to provide service to the high-end customers. The lounge life space. They create designs for the prominent and aims
is designed with a lavish and contemporary ambience to cater to individual taste whilst providing exclusivity.
befitting the high-end clientele of the brand that only The interiors of this lounge are stylish and customised

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LAYOUT PLAN
to resonate the ideals of the people who showcase their discerning client looking for a personal and bespoke
collection. The space is a reflection of their own personality experience. It is equipped with plush seating to enable
and thoughts. Connected to a larger store, with an artistic the customer to leisurely watch the collections offered.
intent and contemporary aesthetics, the design of the Brass screens with intricate patterns serve as partitions
lounge is exclusive, classy and stylish. The elegant use of between the various pockets created. They ensure
materials and the extravagant planning of spaces aim at privacy and help in maintaining the homogeneity of the
providing a sumptuous and leisurely experience. lounge. This splendid pattern of jaali is inspired from the
A classical spiral staircase designed in a rich language Yemen Sufi Saint– Siddi Sayyed.
of wood and wrought iron takes one to the entrance of Display elements are vital to any retail store because
the lounge leading into one of the four distinct quadrants. they attract its connoisseurs. The architects have used
A central cross-display panel orients the visitor into large classical cupboards with glass panels to display their
four spaces out of which the two diagonally opposite range. Mannequins at various corners of the store ensure
ones house seating areas. Each seating area with an a panoramic vision to the assemblage. The arched niches
attached fitting room is designed to address the individual of the walls are finished partly in wood and gold paint to
requirements of the private customers. One of the four create display shelves. Lighting is customised to focus on
quadrants is used as an accessorised entry with a large the exhibited apparel. Finishes and furniture are interwoven
back lit logo on the wall. Two of these spaces house lounge into the look and feel of the retail space, ensuring an
seating to enjoy the ambience and the experience of effective operational lounge. The wooden flooring is
shopping. The fourth quadrant along the axis of the entry is elegant and keeps the décor grounded.
a large open space with display panels on each wall. This In this debonair lounge, various elements are
space is specifically designed as a transition and an area interestingly designed. A distinct striking feature is the
for displaying the exclusive collection. salvaged, antique ceiling with intricate and decorative
The project is conceived as a lounge for the motifs cut in brass work. It creates an uplifting effect

SECTION ELEVATION
making the area extremely vibrant and rich. Numerous establishing continuity with the use of mirrors on the
broken mirrors have been placed between the actual beams. Mirror with its inherent property makes the space
ceiling which gives the perception of a larger space. seem large and also makes the beams almost disappear.
Cutouts were made to execute the brass work ceiling. The dusky and beautiful pattern of the brass ceiling in stark
These cutouts were then replicated and wood painted to contrast to the wooden floor gives a feel of deep theatrics,
provide conformity to the entire space. The drop-down exemplified by the ambient lighting within.
cross beams with a lit-ceiling behind, is well combined Contemporary lighting creates a balanced ambience by
with arched portals in wood and camouflage the low cove recessed lighting and task lighting which is hidden.
hung beams and columns, whilst becoming the defining Spot lighting on display and select garments directs the
elements for the four spaces into which the entire store attention where necessary. Though minimalistic in its
is driven. The arched portals exemplify the beauty of the approach, the lighting between the two panels of the jaali
arched niches on the walls and frame the double panels of brings a dramatic element into the space. The sanctity
the jaali. Further drama is created by the low height ceiling of the ceiling is maintained with no glare while the visitor
that runs through the space covering the four quadrants, can enjoy the drama in the ceiling. Hidden lights in the

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recessed arches accentuate the design. Vintage artwork where one can enjoy the idea of dressing up in a luxurious
and framed photographs on the arched walls, the art and fashionable set up. The interiors implore the idea of
deco brackets on the display shelves and the antique stylish, chic, contemporary yet extremely rich but also set
earthenware pots together create an atmosphere that in deep traditions of cultural expression. The design of
is elegant, sophisticated and very characteristic of this the lounge is paradigmatic of the high-end brand that it
studio. While most finishes and accessories are classical houses, with strong cultural tones, modern sensibilities and
and antique, the grey rugs and the leather furniture are dramatic design quotient.
contemporary, but compliment the antiquate look of the
lounge well. Factfile
This private lounge of the Jade Blue brand is not Client: Jade Blue Lifestyle India
aimed to create what one may call the regular showroom Design Team: Amit Aurora (Principal Architect), Kajal Thakur,
for selling fashion labels, it is more of a lounge used by Maninder Kaur (Design Team)
the artist to showcase the exquisite collection to a select Built-up area: 600sq ft
clientele. The lounge provides one-of-its-kind experience Year of completion: 2016

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FLOOR PLAN 1. ENTRANCE 6. SIMS CITY

2. AMUSEMENT AREA 7. TRAMPOLINE AREA
3. CASHIER 8. RESTAURANT AREA
4. LIBRARY 9. VIP ROOM
5. WASHROOM 10. PARTY ROOM
A Miniature Metropolis...
Li Xiang
Project: Hangzhou Neobio Family Park, Hangzhou city, China
Architect: X+LIVING, Shanghai, China
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he project occupies the first floor of a shopping mall, Aesthetic concept of the project was derived from
adjacent to the river. Before the construction, the the abstraction of scenario modes, which focused on
developer removed all the entry lux shops at this coordinated integration of colors and composition rather
floor and permitted the designers to make use of the atrium than style interpretation. Since the family park is located
space. In other words, the design of the project integrated at the riverside, designers drew inspirations from natural
all parts of the shopping mall as a whole, and redefined the views in the composition of the design.
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family park was divided into four major functional areas, entertainment and education activities.
each with multiple accessory spaces. Such division For the reading area, the designers were presented
took into account age groups, interests and behaviors with a spectacular scene of sunshine after the rain.
of children, while at the same time combining functions They drew inspiration from the relationship between
for entertainment, education and rest during parent- rainbow and clouds, and abstracted the composition
child activities. The reasonable circulation in the space so that structures designed in this area can served as
makes it a comprehensive family park that integrates bookshelves and at the same time allow kids to enjoying

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Fixed light at the top
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climbing and going through holes. Despite the project being defined as a parent-child
As for the occupational experience area, the designers activity center, a water play area and party rooms were
made use of abstracted stone elements to build a virtual also embedded into the space. The main circulation
town for children. and auxiliary circulations were designed in a way that
Th comprehensive area for rest, dining and maximised the use of the space. All the furniture and
entertainment is situated at the atrium of the shopping lamps were specially designed and processed for the
mall. With the aim to let consumers above the ground floor project, which ensured all the structures and colors were
and get a clear view of this area, the designers zeroed perfectly matched.
in on the space with its top part reaching the third floor.
The creative design in the atrium made it a space full of Photo credit: Shao Feng
vitality and interactivity, and more importantly, improved
the overall aesthetic quality of the shopping mall with
its distinctive details. The designers took parasol-
shaped structures as main structures in this area, which Factfile
strengthened the visual tension in the space and marked Design team: Li Xiang (chief designer), Ren Lijiao, Chen Xue, Qian Huilan,
out the location of different functional spaces in the area. Fan Chen, Pan Xingchao
Seats dotted in the space including the carousel added a Area: 8000sq m
romantic atmosphere in the space. Year of completion: 2018

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A spatial experience…
Project: The Window Factory, Ahmedabad, Gujarat

Architects: Sãrãnsh, Ahmedabad
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rand stores serve as the public face of a business, Highway—the display store for The Window Factory is
an interface between the company and the a great example of the incorporation of this gravitas.
customer, as much a place for trade as it is an Showcasing aluminium and UPVC windows, this retail
assertion of the brand image. As such, the design of such space in Ahmedabad enjoys ample footfall owing to its
retail spaces becomes a crucial component of the brand’s location.
perception as a whole, lending a gravitas to the operation The store occupies 3,320sq ft of floor space; during
often absent from other stores. the planning stages, the existing built envelope presented
Located on the second floor of Sarthik Square—a a significant challenge– the floor space was long and
commercial complex along the Sarkhej-Gandhinagar narrow, with the only windows located on either ends,

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Malay Doshi Malini Doshi Manish Doshi
severely limiting the ingress of natural light. The interior demarcated through visually permeable divisions. The
space featured nothing but the toilet ducts and a couple visitors can walk from one zone to another and observe
of columns; within this linear space needed to be the different products in context, placed against a variety
accommodated a reception, an engaging exhibition space, of facades and jambs, which provides them a far better
a conference hall, the main office cabin as well as an framework to evaluate the merit and demerits of a product
admin area, in addition to the pantry and storage area. than an open space with rows of displays would have.
Acknowledging the requirement for spatial variety and This exhibition space consists of two galleries. Towards
interconnectedness, the exhibition space is conceptualised the front is Gallery 01, which houses the general range of
as an Experience Centre, consisting of several zones products. This gallery is open and accessible to visitors

important that visual coherence be maintained in the
exhibition area to provide display without taking away from
the aesthetic appeal of the space. To achieve this, a 9” x
9” black metallic grid was used in conjunction with black
flooring and walls, to tie the space together by providing
a much-needed constant amid the mass of materials. The
use of nondescript black flooring and grid also minimised
visual noise in the space, allowing the visitor to focus better
on the windows on display.
The use of the metallic grid introduces a sense
of enclosure within the expansive space, while still
maintaining transparency. The irregular openings in the
square grid serve as points of transition, lending the space
an air of informality and fluidity.
The design consciously shuns continuous straight
lines, both in the frames of the openings in the metallic
at all working hours. Beyond the Gallery 01—accessed grid and in the edges of the displayed facades. In the
by a sliding door—is Gallery 02; this gallery features Gallery 02—which houses a room within a room—this
pricier products, and is only accessible to customers design choice establishes a seamless appearance of the
upon invitation. The configuration of the Gallery 02 is such gallery, by reducing the sense of distinction between the
that it appears to have a room within a room– the inner two spaces. Additionally, in the absence of straight edges
room represents the outdoors, and is warmly lit to create in the openings and the façade corners, the frames of
the illusion of sunlight seeping in through the featured the windows become the longest—and hence, the most
windows. prominent—straight lines within the space. This helps
While displaying the wares—in this case, primarily highlight the windows greatly, despite the windows being
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FLOOR PLAN 1. RECEPTION 5. STAFF ROOM
N 2. MAIN GALLERY 6. CONFERENCE
3. LOW END GALLERY 7. PANTRY
4. HIGH END GALLERY 8. TOILET
Maintaining consistency, other areas within the store use

a similar material palette of metal and wood– the admin
area towards the rear end, for example, utilises sturdy
plywood and wooden floorboards, with wooden beadings
and aluminium edge bendings. The result is a warm-toned,
naturally lit space in the dual tones of wood and metal.
Creating a visual extension, the storage unit has been
polished using subtle variations in colour that create the
illusion of the use of wood.
In order to minimise the suspension of business due to
ongoing construction, the admin space in the rear end of
the building and the main cabin towards the front were the
first to be completed. The use of plywood ensured that the
work could be completed quickly, bringing down the total
project execution time and reducing costs considerably.
No finishes were used in these spaces, further expediting
the process.
It was crucial, in line with the client’s ethos, that this
space emerge as not just another retail space, but embody
the explorative nature of the brand. The resultant design
allows the visitor to immerse themselves in a dynamic
spatial experience and discover for themselves the wide
applicability of the products – and as an extension, the
core competence of the company.
In addition to the windows, the catalogue also features
ACP sheets, aluminium facades and aluminium casings. Photo credits: Satvik Bhavsar
In keeping with the theme, these materials are displayed
by means of various design interventions. In the reception,
this manifests as being clad on the walls to create a ‘cave’ Factfile
that leads towards the maze of windows within. With Client: Hi-fab Aluminium
multiple lighting panels on the polygonal surfaces of the Lead Architect: Malay Doshi
wall cladding, the ‘cave’ appears to glow, creating a sense Design Team: Malay Doshi, Brinda Panchal
of anticipation for the visitors and inciting curiosity in the Gross built-up area: 3,320sq ft
passers-by. Completion Year: 2017

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Neutral drapery builds uniformity...

Project: Aje, Perth, Australia
Architects: We Are Triibe, Sydney/Melbourne, Australia

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FLOOR PLAN
SECTION
T
he project sits within a high-end mall, Claremont There were challenges faced with the project due to
Quarter. It’s signature material palette is emphasised the smaller size of the store as well as the large existing
in this project, with layers of textures and finishes structural column in the store. Integrating the column
throughout. The client required a design that unified with was an early obstacle for the designers to map out the
their other stores, whilst still having its own unique identity. overall layout to accommodate everything it needed. They
Sitting within a high-end shopping centre set the tone approached it by making a feature of it, cladding it in
for the store’s personality, whereby the design was to Japanese ceramic tiles and integrated the seating.
allure customers into a unique and sensory-driven retail
experience, through the use of opulent, layered, neutral
materials. This is manifested throughout with Japanese
ceramic tiles cladding a feature column and point of sale. Factfile
Three different types of travertine are used throughout Client: Aje
to create interest and uniformity, as well as various fabrics Design team: Jessica D’Abadie, Christina Symes
for drapery and upholstery, along with rendered accents Contractors: Builders – Unita, Tiles – Artedomus
throughout. There is an emphasis on layering with texture Built-up area: 72.2sq m
and tone, whilst keeping the colour palette very subtle. Year of completion: 2017

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Stark Creativity
Project: D’Arclight, New Delhi

Architects: Renesa Architecture Design Interiors, New Delhi
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he project is India’s first light art gallery displaying
luxury lighting solutions, high-end designs specially
curated to enhance the quality of architectural
and design spaces. The architects has come up with an
interesting ideology to curate the aesthetics of modern
decorative lighting via artistic volumetric punctures and
partitioned zones and at the same time fusing the art
culture in the backdrop of these arched flowing spaces
and creates the first experience of dipping lights into art
and architecture via this gallery.

1. DISPLAY FOR DBEL
2. EXPERITIAL ROOM
3. RECEPTION
4. STORAGE
5. WORKSTATION
6. CABIN
7. STORE
8. TOILET
9. PANTRY
FLOOR PLAN

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The light art gallery works on the concept of creating Within the arches, the entrance sculpture inhabits
focal points within the sculpturesque flowing volumes an information desk, an experiential room and the
in the gallery arena. The ideology of commanding the main circulation staircase, which guides visitors to the
monolithic curves as per the design and placement of basement with a lighting arena gallery while screening the
the lights was to initially conceal the heavy structural employees’ official area on the other hand.
members at the site as well as provide a design harmony The idea was simple, to create the right blend of art
to the viewers’ path of the latest lighting and art design and architecture with the overlapping of the customizable
trends at offer . light design solutions and provide an overwhelming
Entering the gallery through an opening in the artistic experience to the viewers and the buyers..
monolithic facade, the arch-like curves continue to the
interior and gently merge into a clean white space for Art credits: Dilraj Bhatia Artwork
exhibiting the lights via the artworks. The open areas Photo credits: Vibhor Yadav
in the gallery offer a wide space for themed lighting
exhibition, while the gently curved partitions draw people
into the space and guide them naturally further into the
other various light galleries. Factfile
The solid expression of the exterior section continually Client: Dilraj Bhatia – DBEL Studio
merges with a carved out interior and increases the Design Team: Sanchit Arora, Vandana Arora, Virender Singh, Pranat Singh,
sculptural appearance of the interior section of this Mayank Goyal, Dharmender Kumar
gallery. Multiple arches altering in size and orientation Contractor: Umesh Mehta – Star Construction
create a continuous, gentle curve which becomes a Consultants: DBEL Studio/Tintech Lighting /Ms Dilraj Bhatia/Yashraj Bhatia
sculptural interpretation of the sculpturesque lighting with (Lighting)
the paintings exhibited in the background gallery arena. Built-up Area: 3600sq ft

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Creating micro
environments
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1. FOYER
2. RECEPTION AND WAITING AREA
3. DISPLAY AREA – 1
5. LIFT
Archis Patel Tanvi Rajpurohit
Project: Ceramic Shoppe, Vadodara

Architects: a+t Associates, Vadodara
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he project is a multistory tile and sanitary ware
showroom which covers an area of about 3500sq
ft; each floor is dedicated to a particular company
and their products. Since the showroom is located in
an old building, the most difficult yet intriguing part for
the designers was to connect all the floors otherwise
disconnected. The problem was rectified when an unused
pocket of the building was found at the back side, where
the lift was accommodated. GROUND FLOOR PLAN
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FIRST FLOOR PLAN
1. FOYER 4. DISPLAY AREA – 2
2. RECEPTION AND WAITING AREA 5. LIFT
1. LIFT
2. ENTRANCE AREA
3. DISPLAY AREA – 1A
4. TILE DISPLAY AREA – 3
5. DISPLAY AREA – 2A
6. STORAGE
7. FLAP DISPLAY FOR TILE
8. METAL STAIRCASE FOR 3RD FLOOR
9. PANTRY AND TOILET
SECOND FLOOR PLAN

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4. STORAGE AREA

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The first thought was to play with the lighting system; studied the ceramic business via extended discussions
lighting is done in a way that it is merging with the ceiling with the client. One of the basic requirements was that
pattern and itself creating a pattern. It plays a major role he wanted to display all sizes of tile at one place. A rack
in characterising the design of the showroom. Profile system was designed with light detail so one could see
lights that are 24” long are used for the same. the sizes displayed evenly while selection.
The overall theme revolves around a few basic colours The old showroom had a direct entrance, which the
so that product colours can be emphasised. Coloured architects sought to convert into an indirect one. A
and monochrome versions differentiate between the bespoke sculpted human form made out of scrap metal
product and interiors. Micro environments are detailed out sheet was placed at the entrance. The reception area
with lots of graphical patterns and art work installations was on the corner instead of the centre to create a clean
at certain places. Customers are encouraged to interact circulation space.
with the product by easily opening the panels and feeling
the samples.
The showroom has different zones: bathroom micro
environments, tile stands, meeting place, sanitary zone, Factfile
office and a small pantry. Tile stands are custom made Client: Mahesh Patel
and built-in to maintain the clean, minimalistic view of Design team: Archis Patel, Tanvi Rajpurohit, Viraj,
the showroom. Built-up area: 3,500sq ft
The most important part while designing any kind of a Cost of project: INR 1,05,00,000
retail project is to study their business. The architects had Year of completion: 2017

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Exploring Design
Delicate Luminares
Lighting can create atmosphere, drama and intrigue in a room.
Designing a light is an expression of originality and imagination, which
lends the resulting product both an aesthetic value as well as functionality.
Architecture+Design brings a glimpse of such delicate lighting
design by various designers -
Meshmatics Chandelier
Designer: Rick Tegelaar
Product size: 900 x 900 x 800mm
Materials used: Wire mesh,
stainless steel, brass Photo credit: Ingo Maurer, Munich (Germany)
As a tribute to a diamond’s devastating power of

enticement we have created this stunning lamp to
represent the journey of the gem’s rough beginnings
to exquisite end. Like any great love affair, it starts out
rugged and wild then slowly matures into something
elegant and eternal. Finished in an antique gold base
with an emerald green gem.
Porca Miseria!
Designer: Ingo Maurer
Product size: 900 x 900 x 800mm
Material: Porcelain and steal
Porca Miseria! is what an Italian wife calls her philandering

husband as she hurls plates at his head, and it aptly describes
a chandelier of flatware and china fragments that seem to be
exploding outward.I am fascinated by pictures of explosions,
especially seen in slow motion, and I wanted to challenge
today’s “chandelier mania” (conservative and humourless).
Photo credit: Moooi
This one-off piece was partly inspired by Anonioni’s film
“Zabriskie Point” – set in Death Valley.

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Photo credit: Joseph De Leo
Superordinate
Antler Chandelier
Designer: Jason Miller
Materials: Ceramic
The Superordinate Antler Collection,

designed in 2003, was influential
in breaking the rigidness of
contemporary modernism and
initiating the back-to-nature
movement in design. The natural
environment offers such a
breadth of beautiful forms, why not
bring it indoors?
TUSK Chandelier
Designer: Giovanni Luca Ferreri
Wisma Atria Interiors TUSK CHANDELIER” is from the Italian

brand Arte Veneziana. This contemporary chandelier holds
stately appearance with 15 lights made of hand blown Murano
glass crystal color. Its Metallic structure with shiny chromed
finishing along with Black plissé lampshades lets this Tusk
Chandelier to add a dazzle and highlighted shine with wonderful
bright sparkle to make a lustrous décor statement.

The Bracelet
Brand: Sans Souci
Designer: Martin Lukacka
The circular wristt ornament evolves into a geometric,

yet gorgeous light fixture with a string of cut crystal
beads held by a bracelet in glossy copper hue. The
robust shape of the bracelet is inspired by polygons.
A cloth screen with a shimmery copper finish forms
the bracelet through which pass a curtain of cut
crystal beads of different sizes, creating a magical
waterfall effect.
Pendant Light
Brand: Sans Souci
Designer: Martin Lukacka
Inspired by: The marigold and jasmine flower
Crafted using their years of experience in handling

glass and crystals, the chandelier is a collection
of strings of white glass units that have a yellow
flowers at the bottom end. Two screens of these
strings cross each other in a DNA-like structure
creating a grand dramatic effect.While the
star-shaped white units of the chandelier are in
fact the jasmine flower, the yellow flowers at the
bottom end are marigolds.

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R E G I S T E R N OW !
Fouette II
Unique 2013
Designer: Niamh Barry
Materials: Mirror polished
hand formed solid
bronze, Opal Glass, LEDs
Dimensions:
490mm wide x 2350mm
high x 490mm deep
“I make three dimensional

drawings in bronze and
light. I look at beauty in
nature for inspiration and
am at all times adding to
the ‘image bank’ in my
mind. It is not possible to
pin down exact references
for each particular piece
but rather a life time of
looking and seeing.”
Coral Collection
Designer: Ilda Pires (CEO and Chief-Designer

Material: Bronze and Glass
Lighting System: Halogen Light
Inspired by: The natural and complex
shapes of coral reefs.
Ideal for: Areas of extensive height and open for
complex patterned details.
Inspired by the beauty and natural complexity of coral reef

shapes, the Coral Collection stands as a dense structure
of intertwined metal branches aiming for a faithful
representation to its nature and visual impact. The glass
pieces fall into the glimpse of marine organisms in a visual
combination of great impression. Dense and robust, this
collection integrates a complex system of detail aiming for a
differential presence.

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Travelogue
The Helsinki Cosmos...

Text by: Suneet Paul
T
here are reasons why the Scandinavian and urban designers to carve urban and
countries stand apart in Europe and inhabitable spaces engulfed by water and
carry themselves with dignified pride. vegetation, thus flowing with the contours
A recent trip to Helsinki and her precincts of the landscape. A major attraction for the
in Finland brought home the truth of the nature lover is a ferry ride and visit to one of
rich cultural and pragmatic design texture the many islands around. The archipelago of
embodied in the urban fabric. Nestled in the city has around three hundred islands,
nature’s clean and fresh starkness where bestowed with abundance of fun-trails and
man-made architecture attempts to become an atmosphere to develop an intimate rapport
a part of the environs, Finland’s seventy-five with the macrocosm.
percent of forest cover and 187888 lakes Pocket-sized Helsinki is the capital of
(larger than 500sq.m), allow the city planners Finland with a population of about 6.5 million.

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In the recent times, she has won applaud in most progressive everyday life as a framework.
international forums for sustainable planning The city is for everyone. The best competitive
solutions. She enjoys prestigious tags such policy is therefore to be a functional city that
as ‘The Happiest City’, ‘The Most Functional people, companies, communities and visitors
City’, ‘Most Livable City in the World’ and live true in their everyday lives.”
such others. Jan Vapaavuori- the Mayor of This land of the great grand-master
Helsinki, sums their conviction well when he architect Alvar Aalto, is robust in design
proudly states, “Our functionality is based on explorations with straight and simple forms
the Nordic model of high-quality city services, that are evocative, expressive and tilted to
transparent governance and almost non- efficient functionalism. His name and work
existent corruption. We are convinced that are still talked with reverence, whether it be
the best way a city can serve its residents, architecture or then product/furniture design. It
companies and visitors is by providing the is a pleasure to visit the Alvar Aalto University
Kamppi Chapel of Silence Rock Church
Contemporary social housing Street art

Finlandia Hall Part facade of the railway station
Smooth tram network Part archipelago of the city
campus in Espoo, the second largest city of The new architecture buildings stand out
Finland. Some of the buildings in the campus for the contemporary play with mega space
take you back to an era when architecture in volumes. The continuous expansion process
Finland was defined by clean fine lines and of the campus aims towards sustainable
edges with an abundance of well landscaped development and creating healthy and
spaces- both inside and outside. The blend friendly environs for imparting and acquiring
of the well-crafted buildings here designed knowledge. The state-of-the-art facilities are
by Alvar Aalto and other well-known earlier a big contribution towards this goal. An urban
Finnish architects such as Raili and Reima planner described the ambition of making this
Pietila, etc. with contemporary structures is campus “a unique collaboration hub with an
aesthetically well coordinated. The focus in the open ecosystem for flexible use of all spaces.”
planning process has been on environmental Helsinki is very proud of its architectural
impacts related to energy consumption, heritage. Along with the thrust for
smooth transport and recycling technologies. contemporary and global design in the newer

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zones like Kalasatama, there is an equal
amount of enthusiasm for rehabilitation and
restoration of the buildings of the past. The
lively pulse of the city is kept vibrant with
the high quality of physical life- whether it
be the well decorated and landscaped open
spaces adorned with selective art pieces
or then the meticulously maintained and
corbelled public squares and walking alleys
with diverse entertainment activities. The port
areas apparently have been given a new throb
with restored unused port buildings adding
a fresh and light-hearted character to the
The waterfront with architecture in different styles
existing urbanity. This city based by the sea

on the Gulf of Helsinki, is proud of its royal and
imperial architecture in the State buildings and
churches. A city which has got shaped along
the Vantaa river, has developed some very
picturesque neo-classical waterfront zones
bustling with commercial, entertainment and
hospitality activities.
A striking feature is the governments’
initiatives towards exposing the community
to art and architecture. The Museum of
Architecture in Helsinki, with a well-equipped
library, showcases some very absorbing
works of renowned Finnish architects like Alvar
Aalto, Raili and Reima Pietila, modernist Eliel
Saarimen, Viljo Revell, Heikki and Kaija, and
such others. The absorbing documentation
of architecture of the early nineties in this
museum, is a keen peep into the evolution of
the profession in Finland to the present phase.
The museum also houses information about
the modern and contemporary architects
while simultaneously exhibiting Finnish
Helsinki Cathedral
participation in important international forums
and exhibitions of architecture. The institution
is no doubt a treasure trove for architects and
historians. The other stop to holistically get
acquainted with Finnish design is the Design
Museum housing diverse and unique products
of the past and present masters in furniture,
industrial and fashion design. The collection
extends to art and artists- portraying trends
and works through interesting and informative
audio/video presentations. This is a city of
museums and libraries. And the opportunity
to visit exhibitions and design events such
as the Habitare and the Design week can Alvar Aalto University Campus

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provide great insights to the current design
trends and the creativity in coupling products
with functionality. And to cap it, viewing a
performance at the very acoustically sensitive
and regal Helsinki Music Centre is a treat.
This Centre has robust activity in its cafes,
restaurants, music stores and library- each
space encouraging casual as well as intense
cultural dialogues.
Keeping abreast with the contemporary
idiom, Kalasatama is one of the newer
residential cum business district developments
along the waterfront. The new residential
blocks offer diverse housing alternatives and
the business district is envisaged to generate
Uspenski Cathedral thousands of jobs. Vertical architecture finds
acceptance here as it designed to be denser,
more urban with greater social encounters.
Smart gadget alternatives in personal living
and at the work front is high on the priority
list. It is being modeled on the lines of the
Helsinki Participation Model, which pursues
the basis of engaging the residents in all
important decisions. This consensus derivation
task is pursued through friendly participatory
workshops, walks, co-creations, hackathons,
events, etc. Smart methodologies and
technologies are being deployed for efficient
waste collection, energy conservation and
smooth mobility. In all fields, pilot projects lead
the way for the formation of the policies for the
rest of the city. Interestingly, the future schools
in this area are envisioned to be without
Dome of Uspenski Cathedral
classrooms, no desks and phenomenon-based
learning. Kalasatama no doubt appears
to be a test-bed for innovation and out-of-
the-box ideas.
Helsinki’s architecture is a blend of Neo-
classicism, Byzantine-Russian, Functionalism
followed by the Modern movement
interventions. The global touch is brought in by
international architects such as Steven Holl in
the design of the Museum of Contemporary Art
Kiasma. Contemporary Finnish architects show
no great affinity for experimental software aided
design. Street images are a mix of the restored
traditional with occasional contemporary
interventions. And to be honest, whether it
be interiors or then the facades, design is not
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Bust of Alvar Aalto Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma
Activity centre on the waterfront
activity centers add a gaiety and cheer to the The excitement of Helsinki lies in its cozy
atmosphere. Night life and entertainment can scale, people’s warmth where most of the
get extended till the end of your imagination. locals speak English, the constant link with
The flow of easy and unrestricted public heritage, the high-grade evolved and free
transport is kept going by a network of well- education system for the residents, and above
defined tram lines. A bird’s eye view shows the all, the joy to live with nature in its purity-.
city as an easy crisscross of streets with plenty The belief of the Greek philosopher Aristotle
of open spaces, lined with low rise structures that cities exist for the sake of good life, gets
and vast stretches of forests and water in the fulfilled in Helsinki.
outskirts. The non-wrinkled and non-browed
face of an average Finn on the street is an Ar Suneet Paul is the Editor-in-chief
indicator that life by and large is stress-free. of Architecture+Design magazine.
With so many public and private saunas
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Text by: Vivek Sabherwal
I
f a poll is to be conducted worldwide to select While Mahatma Gandhi fought the British rule
the most admired and powerful person of the to give India its true democracy, Frank Lloyd
twentieth century and perhaps even today in Wright towards the second half of his career
the public domain and in the field of architecture, fully developed the concept of “buildings
for democracy”. Mr. Wright did not consider
Vivek Sabherwal
two people would win hands down – Mahatma
Gandhi and Frank Lloyd Wright. democracy to be a form of government so
Frank Lloyd Wright and Mahatma Gandhi, to much as a way of a living. Both knew that idea
my mind were quintessential thinkers, sharing is the most important thing on earth, and both
similar views. Born in the same era, both believed caused a revolution in their respective worlds
in simplicity of thought and truth, and each with their ideas. Both needed an audience;
strived to achieve dignity for the individual while both found it; millions followed what they had
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sense of cultural identity crisis and both saw education than in learning from experience. Both
something under the sun for their countries. thought ‘outside the box’, dared to ask questions
They were visionaries, ahead of their time and few ever think of asking. Their spouses too
were able to inspire [then and now] millions of believed in and carried out their ideas with great
people in the world. While Mahatma Gandhi fervour and they never shied from expressing
was able to liberate Indians from colonial rule, themselves forcefully and with conviction. If we
Mr. Wright liberated people from the “prison of are wise, Gandhi said we will take care of the
the box”, a closed compartmentalised system present and the future will take of itself”
Mahatma Gandhi spinning cotton on his charkha in Gujarat,1925
of architecture and transformed them into a new Gandhiji’s wife was once asked by a
sense of freedom and space. Nothing was fake journalist, how he could accomplish so much.
about the two; both brought to the people a “Simple”, she said, “Gandhi is congruent with
whole new world of truth and beauty. They were regard to speech, thought and action”. The
concerned with moral and social values and same can be said for the life of Frank Lloyd
had environmental concerns. Their ideas are Wright. The level of congruency in an architect’s
timeless and they are thought about not just for character is the measurement of the quality
their countries but also for humanity as a whole. of service he may provide his fellow man. If
They were giants without equal. To adequately attempting to create an environment, which
study the life and works of Mr. Wright and Gandhi fosters cultural energy, the architect has a better
ji requires, as it merits, the work of a lifetime. Yet chance for success when he knows his core
anyone can benefit from even a fragmentary self, his mission, his limits, and capabilities with
acquaintance of their experience and thought. a minimum amount of self-deception.
Both wrote extensively and with great clarity Both were leaders to the end, inspiring
about their principles, objectives and experience. generations of people
They were not easily satisfied. When Mr. Wright and transforming their thoughts
was asked which was his best building, he and ideas.
said, “The next one”. Gandhi ji advised, that
true satisfaction lies in the effort rather than in Vivek Sabherwal is the director of the Apeejay
the attainment. Both put less stock in formal Institute of Architecture and Planning, Greater Noida.

Project Features
Influenced by
the Vernacular
Project: Radisson Blu Temple Bay, Mamallapuram

Architects: Stapati, Calicut
T
he design for the resort presented a unique set of
challenges. The site was very close to the Indian
Tony Joseph
Ocean and had an existing resort built along the
ocean edge, which occupied the most ideal part of the
property. Thus, the remaining area of the property on which
the new body of the resort was to be designed was further
set back from the sea, without a direct visual connectivity.
Mahabalipuram, with its beautiful rock cut temples of the
Pallava dynasty presented a strong contextual reference,
which could potentially overpower any intervention in the
space. These core issues had to be addressed while
contemplating any intervention on the site.
As a response to the warm humid climate, the functional
areas are planned with open courtyards in between,
which are then interconnected by covered walkways in
the main block. There is a clear delineation between the
public and private zones. All the common areas like the
entrance lobby, lounge, restaurant and the conference are
juxtaposed in an informal compositional grouping of built
and un-built volumes. This massing forms the major built
volume of the resort, yet the heaviness is not evident. It is
broken down by a very porous edge and the integration of
open-to-sky courts that bring in plenty of natural light and
ventilation. The porosity of the edges creates a seamless
transition from inside to outside.

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13
14
6 5
12 12
1. DROP OFF
4
2. PORCH
3. RECEPTION 7
9
4. CONFERENCE
5. PRE FUNCTION 8
6. SERVICES 11
7. RESTAURANT 10
8. WET BAR 9 3
9. POOL VILLAS
10. POOL 2
11. SPA
1
12. DUPLEX COTTAGE
13. PRESIDENTIAL SUITE
14. ACTIVITY AREA
N
SITE PLAN
The arrival gesture is celebrated through the vibrant and is accessed by a series of orthogonal passages
design of the reception lobby. A large sloping roof defines through landscaped courtyards. The L-shaped area of
the space. This is given scale by the beautifully designed the restaurant opens out onto a deck and water body.
granite columns that support intricately detailed wooden The large glass panels maintain the visual connectivity
trusses. The granite columns, the innovatively designed while at the same time functionally insulating the space
furniture and the large figurines of the cows in the lobby, for air-conditioning. Decks act as spill over spaces, an
all allude to the rich imagery of the vernacular. Covered intermediate plane tying together the interiors and exteriors.
walkways branch out from this space, traversing a series The interiors follow a predominantly warm colour
of open-to-sky courtyards, creating intermittent nodes of scheme with walls finished in textured yellow limestone.
greenery and light. Directionality of movement is suggested, The accentuating element in this space is the ceiling,
vistas are created and views gradually revealed. which is made up of vibrantly coloured fabrics influenced
The restaurant is offset from the entrance lobby space by the textile traditions of the region.
SECTION

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The residential units are organized around a references to the pristine blue of the sea, which although
meandering pool that forms the locus of the whole not visually seen, is present as an audible element in the
composition– a space which is communal, yet one where background. Functionally, it satisfies the psychological
the landscape creates pockets of refuge for a relaxed and physiological need for the body to be cooled in the
private sojourn with the family. This central space evolved blistering heat of the landscape.
out of the need to address the lack of visual connectivity Each unit, comprising of four rooms, is a double
to the sea– a unifying idea that guided the organizing storeyed sloping roofed structure, looking out onto the
of residential spaces. This large water body with lush pool on one side and landscape on the other. Each of
greenery on the edges and crisscrossed with bridges, the ground floor rooms is accessed through an intimately
responds to the subconscious at multiple levels. It scaled verandah, with built-in seat reminiscent of the
is an imagery of plentifulness that contrasts with the innumerable little entry spaces which modulate the entries
perceived dryness prevalent in the region. There are to the houses in this region.

The vernacular architectural influences are carried a clean, luxurious contemporary spatial experience while
forward in the interiors as well, which is reflected in the simultaneously respecting the rich cultural and vernacular
intricate furniture designs and in the beautiful headboards context of the region.
of the bed, which integrate the exquisitely crafted
Kancheepuram sarees. The rich hues and vibrant colours
of the fabric bring alive the interiors and help root the Factfile
space in the overall regional construct. Client: GRT Hotels & Resorts
The highly decorative ‘Kolam’ patterns, which are Interiors: Stapati
the quintessential insignia in front of the Tamil Brahmin Landscape design: Masterplan Landscapes
households, are re-interpreted as motifs on the walls of Structural design: Design Spectrum
some of the units, adding a dash of colour and dynamism. M & E: MEP Consulting Engineers
The design successfully addresses the need to provide Year of completion: 2010

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Industry Connect
Elegant Pavers
I
ndia’s premier brand of elegant ecoloc pavers, order to lay an aesthetic and stunning display for
Disha offers innovative, eco-friendly and a exterior applications.
wide range of textures including the exclusive Tuffstones are strong and long lasting and come
natural stone texture. with Disha’s lifelong warranty. Plain looking yards,
Amongst the finest Disha offerings, Tuffstone patios, driveways or walkways come alive when the
has caught attention of many top architects and Disha’s magic works on them. These pavers merge
landscape designers in India. Available in various perfectly with natural landscapes and are ideal for
earthy hues, it adds a natural look to the ambience outdoor areas like landscaped garden, resorts,
and enhances its natural beauty. clubs, parks, walkways, manicured grass areas and
The pavers are available in a colour palette of amphitheatres. These pavers are laid at random in
four shades - Brown, Dove Grey, Lilac and Dholpur different patterns; hence the overall design pattern
Yellow. The blend of these colours suits best in makes the area look even more splendid.

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Dove Grey
Saffron
Lilac
Brown
Cobblestone circles
A protective layer Eco-Shield is applied over the the pavers offered by Disha are engineered in a way
pavers to retain its elegant look and safeguard the to help rainwater harvesting; which ultimately leads to
colours from running. Water, sunlight and other natural a greener environment. The specially designed nibs
factors affect the pavers, leading them to lose their and the spaced out laying pattern allows rainwater to
texture and colour. When specially coated with eco- percolate in soil.
shield, the colour of the paver is protected by the Although Tuffstone has 4 different colours to offer,
special properties of the coating and prevents it from Disha can customize the colours for orders above
fading for many years. 50,000 sq. ft., if required. The dimension of the paver
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Phone: 0712-2532296, 6616699, +91 9881193612, E-mail: info@dishapavers.com

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Versatile Products
ELEGANT KITCHENS
Hacker released a line of kitchen displays with a stone-veneered front. The MDF board is coated with a slate veneer
with the rear side and edges lacquered in black. Additionally, the front is lacquered with a 1-2-component lacquer
system as a surface protection. This kitchen exhibits stone veneer in a handle-less range which creates a contrast to the
streamlined design with its unique, natural structure. Built-in appliances like the refrigerator, combi steam oven, combi
microwave oven, dishwasher and hob add to the character and the streamlined spatial concept. The open-shelf system
in a stainless steel colour provides additional spaces for storage and adds modernity to the kitchen space. The raw look
along with the sophisticated design elements set the tone and make for a homely atmosphere.
GRAND TILES
Kajaria Ceramics has introduced
a new range of tiles under the
name Ultima. The premium,
vitrified slabs comes in two sizes
– 40×120cm and 100×200cm.
The large size of the tiles renders
enhanced continuity to the design,
thus making living spaces appear
grand and spacious.

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TOUGH RAILINGS
Remson Rail Systems has introduced aluminum railings
for a multitude of uses, from construction giants to modest
residential units. A choice of of colour options provided
by the company ensure that the products gel with every

other element contained in a building structure. The
range boasts of aesthetic and durable products. Not
only are these rail systems easy to install, they are also
weather-proof, easy to clean and lightweight.
INTEGRATED BLINDS
WOV, working with Bhavya Aluminium Furniture, presented their range of integrated Venetian blinds. The
unconventional system of blinds can be assembled and then firmly sealed within double-glazed window units. With
no hassle of cleaning up the blinds, it preserves its brand new look.
The product comes with dual options of manual or electronic operations. Lift, lower and tilting functions can be done
by magnetic transmission through glass without puncturing.

DESIGNER BATHROOMS
VitrA recently introduced a new series of bathroom accessories,
christened Istanbul. Crafted by designer Ross Lovegrove, the
collection is inspired by “nature and the fluidity of water”; the designs
comprise streamlined forms integrated with fine lines. The collection
includes sink cupboard, Infinit sink, illuminated mirror, urinals, Istanbul
washbasin and fixtures. The collection is available in three lacquered
colour options – Burgundy high gloss, white and olive green.
DURABLE SLABS
RAK Ceramics recently introduced Maximus Mega UNI Slabs, a range of tiles in larger sizes of 135×305cm and
120×240cm. They are available in a multiple choice of colours with a choice of 14.5mm and 10.5mm thickness.
These slabs are best suitable for kitchen tops, counter tops and heavy duty areas.

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For your reference…
The listing that follows is of the consultants/companies involved in the published projects–
Consultants
44 Engineering Eduard Rodriguez, Structural Toni Casas
78 DBEL Studio/Tintech Lighting/Ms Dilraj Bhatia/Yashraj Bhatia (Lighting)
110 MEP Consulting Engineers (M & E), Stapati (Interiors), Design Spectrum (Structural Design)
Contractors
44 Xarxa Creating Homes
70 Builders Unita, Tiles Artedomus
78 Umesh Mehta Star Construction

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