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CONCLUSIONS:
345 TELENOR CAMPUS LTD
1.ENTRY COURT 1 4.SCULPTER. WELL DESIGNED HEADQUARTER.
REVOVLING AROUND THE CENTRAL UNIT
LOCATION: ISLAMABAD PAKISTAN. [WATER].
WATER STORING ARCHITECTURE.
TYPE: OFFICE BUILDING. GLASS AND RAMMED WALL USED
INSIDE OUT.
ARCHITECTS: ARCOP [PVT] [LMT]. DESIGN SCULPTURE FOR INHANCING
2. WATER BODY. 3.WATER BODY SCULPTER. THE AMBIANCE.
AREA: 394594 SQFT OPEN PLAN.
THERMAL COMFORT BECAUSE OF WATER
CONCEPT: In the Telenor office this concept is used as a focal point, SITE PLAN. STORAGE.
interconnecting blocks around large water bodies in the OVERCOME EXCESSIVE HEAT GAIM BECA
internal courts encourage social interaction between USE OF RAMMED FACADE.
the users EXTERIOR AND INTERIOR BOTH ARE DESIG
The design ensures that the site’s NED WELL .
existing topography and natural 2. WATER BODY. NIGHT VIEW.
water courses remain intact: for
this, inspiration was sought from
the historic stepwells of Pakistan’s
Punjab province and western India,
. The architecture and the interior planning
used as an architectural device for
questions the strong hierarchical system
storing rainwater
ever present in the local corporate sector
by introducing open plan work zones with
Conceptually the block orientation is kept WORK ZONES . MULTIPURPOSE HALL .
shared social hubs. A key aspect of the
in the North-South direction to minimize heat conceptual planning has been the Telenor
gain. In this regard, the thick insulated work place model where social, physical and
stabilized rammed earth flank walls have technological interaction is encouraged in a
been placed to the east and west with minimum variety of ways. The office campus is planned
openings. The circulation corridors and around the stepwells, woven together
meeting rooms overlook the central water through an internal street which changes
bodies FLOOR PLAN . CAFETERIA.
ATRIUM . in width and volume as it staggers around the
Rammed earth walls are constructed by comple
ramming a mixture of selected aggregates,
including gravel, sand, silt, and a small
amount of clay, into place between flat
panels called formwork.