Salient Projects
| Urban
Design | Institutional | Residential
| Commercial | Research and Development
| Green Building Design |
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Hospitality | Warehouses | Social
Infrastructure | Interior Design |
Training | Laboratories |
Industrial |
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A Zero Energy school at Bhikangaon spread over 14 acres of land |
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A 6500 sft residential bungalow design based on Vastu principles and sustainable technologies |
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A lively and contemporary lounge bar at Navi Mumbai |
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First zero energy structure incorporating passive solar architecture at IIT Indore, Simrol campus |
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Passive solar design of rowhouse on narrow plot at Indore
incorporating daylighting, induced ventilation, stack effect, shading
and appropriate window design |
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Design of bedroom for recording artist and DJ at Navi Mumbai |
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Sustainable design of residential cum commercial structure in hot and dry climate at Nanded |
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Interior design of office at Mumbai |
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English and Marathi medium school at Navi Mumbai incorporating passive solar design |
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First public building in India to get coveted LEED gold rating. 30,000 sqft Inspector General of Police Headquarters at Gulbarga - Consultancy for green building design. It incorporates innovative cooling towers for thermal comfort. |
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Award winning Green Building Design for an IT Complex at Mumbai in association with NSC |
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Co-author
for First reference book for Energy Conscious Design in India in
association with IIT-Bombay. Arcticles published in a number of well
known journals, books and conferences |
Salient Features of Design
The understanding of the social and economic aspects of the project lead to varied solutions that complement design. A sensitive approach towards the environment helps to develop a new type of vernacular language in architecture that is comfortable, delightful as well as energy conscious. This is achieved through a continuous development of skills and rigorous research. The appropriate use of new tools has helped facilitate better design.
There is an old proverb that states:
"We have not inherited this earth from our forefathers;
but have borrowed it from our children"
Hence, the focus in all our projects is on context sensitive and sustainable design.
Reduce | Reuse | Recycle
Sustainable Design
The last few years has witnessed a growing concern for the environment and the future of mankind. Climate change, global warming, sustainable buildings and carbon emissions have become increasingly important considerations in our daily life.
In this context, adoption of sustainable technologies in residential and commercial projects has become necessary to conserve the finite resources of our world. This also serves to protect the environment and ensure our well being.
A well designed building is not only more comfortable but also less expensive to run and maintain. Further, by employing appropriate technologies and design the cost of the building can actually be brought down without affecting the aesthetics.
We have been working in the field of green building design for more than fifteen years. It has been found that using this technology can help in achieving more comfortable interior spaces, energy conservation, efficient resource management and global brand recognition to the developer.
Basic Understanding
Sustainable design involves the principles of Reduce, Reuse and Recycle. These can be broadly categorised as follows:
Reduce:
Impact on environment, Energy consumption, Resource utilisation,
Dependence on conventional energy sources
Reuse:
Rainfall harvesting, Recover energy, Materials
Recycle:
Waste management, Water management, Materials
A number of technologies can be adopted to ensure sustainability. They include site erosion control, native landscaping, pollution control, passive solar architecture, energy efficient appliances, water and waste management, and renewable energy.
A framework to apply these technologies is available in the form of
LEED (promoted by IGBC) and TERI-Griha in India.These tools can also be
used to rate the sustainability of a project. Promotion of energy
conservation is enforced by the Energy Conservation Building Code
(ECBC) of India. The cost of a sustainable project is likely to go up
by about 5-8%. However, the cost can be controlled by using locally
available materials and labour, low cost construction technologies like
filler slabs and rat trap bond walls, and adoption of passive solar
architecture to reduce dependence on conventional cooling and heating
methods. The payback period ranges from 2 to 6 years depending on the
technologies adopted.
Running costs in terms of energy can be reduced by upto 50% compared
to a typical fully glazed building. Water management can easily reduce
consumption of fresh water by about 30%. In commercial buildings
thesetechniques can lead to lower operating costs and thus higher
profits.
This makes economic sense, as well as a commitment to social responsibility
