IDEA Next Coffee Table Book 2020 - October Edition

DIPEN GADA DIPEN GADA AND ASSOCIATES A TIGHT PLOT RESIDENTIAL BUNGALOW HAVING ALL THE NEEDFUL FUNCTIONALITIES AND AESTHETICS FULFILLED FOAID 2020

Project Name : Arham This tight size plot of 1540 Sq. ft situated in residential area of Kareliabugh in Vadodara was a challenge Location : Vadodara for us in making sure that we deliver them their dream home with zero compromise on the functionality Site Area : 1540 Sq. Ft and aesthetic aspect. This residential project named “Arham” is a beautiful example of how all the Project Area : 2460 Sq. Ft requirements can be achieved within a restricted plot area. The planning of the complete house is as per Initiation of the Project : Sep 2016 Vaastu compliance. Their requirement was of four bedrooms with living, dinning, kitchen and all needful Completion of the Project : Jan 2020 amenities. Exterior is very simple and needful being subtle and stands out in the surrounding. The Client Name : Mr. Kamlesh Porwal simple cuboid mass with one box little jutting out holds master bedroom on the first floor with folded Design Team : Dipen Gada, Nidhi Patel, Shraddha perforated screen having very nice rain drop pattern. longitudinal staircase block beside it, is having perforated screen allowing west breeze to flow in and control harsh sunlight, adding beauty to the overall Patel and Prakash Prajapati façade and stairways inside. Photo Credit : Tejas Shah Photography As one enters through North facing entry, having immediate car parking followed by entry foyer which is cozy and needful having nice grill pattern to give sufficient privacy from the neighbouring houses. It further falls into living area, having dining area and kitchen next to each other. There is also a parent bedroom at ground level in North – East Corner.An important element in all the floors is a very sleek folded metal staircase, catching your attention through the play of bold colour. It is giving a playful break to the overall subtle colour palates and material. It has added a new perspective to the entire house. The wall attached to the stairway is made of POP and few textured MDF panel, finally treated with micro concrete. We have added triangular shape in few of the panelling. It creates a nice environment with light falling on the wall from skylight on top of the stairways and the perforated screen in the front of stair block playing a magical role. Art works on the stair wall are overall curated on seize of architectural elements like windows and stairways. As we move towards the next level, there are 2 bedrooms along with pooja room in the outside. Master bedroom in the front pop out of the box, bit with perforated folded screen giving enough privacy, safety and nice screening from the sunlight in the west. On the second floor, there is one bedroom and small terrace in front. The bedrooms have been treated with simple yet needful furniture which are maintenance free and clutter less. Major flooring is multi-coloured leather finish kota stone of variable size in common area and mirror finish kota stones in bedrooms. Overall furniture play is kept very simple and neat giving the overall experience of calmness and soulfulness in the house.

DIPEN GADA, DIPEN GADA AND ASSOCIATES 98 Arham, Vadodara

DIPEN GADA, DIPEN GADA AND ASSOCIATES 99 Arham, Vadodara

DIPEN GADA, DIPEN GADA AND ASSOCIATES 100 Arham, Vadodara

DIPEN GADA, DIPEN GADA AND ASSOCIATES 101 Arham, Vadodara

DULAL MUKHERJEE DULAL MUKHERJEE AND ASSOCIATES (DMA) FOAID 2020

Project Name : Temple For Ankur Township, JSW Nested amidst the tall Sal trees, the Ankur Township in Salboni acts as a Cement Plant residential hub for the JSW Cement Plant (then, proposed Steel Plant) in the Paschim Medinipur district of West Bengal. Completed in 2016, by Architect Dulal Location : West Bengal Mukherjee, the township was recognized instantly for its local connect with its Site Area : 32 Acres (Township) iconic exposed brick cottages along with the backdrop of the huge industrial Project Area : 300 Sqm establishment of the Plant. Blending in the built structures with steel members, the Initiation of the Project : May 2019 township culminates into a celebration of steel. Completion of the Project : Oct 2021 Client Name : JSW Group Revisiting the site in 2020, the opportunity of building the community temple lead to Design Team : Dulal Mukherjee, Soma Kazi, Prasun exploring the themes of rural Bengal and the temple architecture of Bishnupur. Set in a quiet and homely environment, the temple yearned for an intimate setting with Dutta, Meghna Roy, Abhirup Dey its devotees. The structure was perceived as a pyramidal structure imposing strong lines softened by terracotta tiles handpicked from the nearby villages of Panchmura and Murlu in the Bankura district. The temple has a square base with a peripheral podium surrounded by morum paths. The interior houses Goddess Kali in the form of a stylized idol. Envisioned to be a dark space with slits for daylight entry, the interior walls are to be decorated with potochitro made famous by the artisans of Bengal. The temple is the architect’s interpretation of the regional architectural legacy. It should be evocative of the spirit of the township, and not simply an insipid and uninspiring imitation of temples of the past. 103

DULAL MUKHERJEE, DULAL MUKHERJEE AND ASSOCIATES (DMA) 104 Temple For Ankur Township, JSW Cement Plant, West Bengal

DULAL MUKHERJEE, DULAL MUKHERJEE AND ASSOCIATES (DMA) 105 Temple For Ankur Township, JSW Cement Plant, West Bengal

DULAL MUKHERJEE, DULAL MUKHERJEE AND ASSOCIATES (DMA) 106 Temple For Ankur Township, JSW Cement Plant, West Bengal

DULAL MUKHERJEE, DULAL MUKHERJEE AND ASSOCIATES (DMA) 107 Temple For Ankur Township, JSW Cement Plant, West Bengal

DULAL MUKHERJEE, DULAL MUKHERJEE AND ASSOCIATES (DMA) 108 Temple For Ankur Township, JSW Cement Plant, West Bengal

HARTMUT WURSTER BLOCHER PARTNERS INDIA A FLOATING SPATIAL CONNECTION BETWEEN INSIDE AND OUTSIDE NESTLED IN NATURE FOAID 2020

Project Name : Playschool The cornerstone of creating the playschool was to allow children to feel nature in daily life, to Location : Ahmedabad grow sensitivity by conscious use of space, colour, natural light and attention to detail. Site Area : 5767 sq. m. Project Area : 4435 sq. m. The school is conceived as toy blocks, with block like structures varying in heights and Initiation of the Project : July 2017 purposes clustered around a central courtyard, connected with a meandering passage and a Completion of the Project : Oct 2019 sculptural staircase. Accessible from all sides, the green courtyard forms the heart of the Design Team : Hartmut Wurster, Felix Lupatsch, school where children can play, experiment and feel the comfortable wind blowing. Trees pop out from the basement and some from the ground floor to surround the blocks with Raghav Kumar, Rumman Mateen, nature. Double height volume sheltering the trees is planned at the entrance as a gesture to Bhavin Mistry, Celia Duque, Rucha welcome the children. North facing chimney like skylights are integral part of the classrooms Phadke which funnel down natural light into the room, expanding children’s everyday spatial Photo Credit : Umang Shah experience and allowing them to chase light throughout day. The skylights along with the playful windows enable children to always look out and maintain visual connection with the sky and surrounding nature. Window sills doubles as seats and niches encouraging play. The folding steel and glass doors allow the play to spill out to the lawns and the dining room opens out to an outdoor deck. School becomes like a transparent space where children can always see outside staying within a safe environment and connect with nature. At the same time everybody has an insight of what is happening inside. The earthy materials are carefully chosen for children to physically feel nature in daily life and stimulate their senses. Interiors are designed to create an open, light and home like atmosphere which encourages investigation and inspires creativity of the children. Classroom are envisioned as open spaces which are combined with private nooks and play forts aiding independent and collaborative interactions. Toy Blocks provides a deliberately designed and stimulating environment surrounded with nature for emotional, physical and intellectual wellbeing. It has a transparent atmosphere both physically by soaking natural light and metaphorically by being open to ideas and availability of information.

HARTMUT WURSTER, BLOCHER PARTNERS INDIA 111 Playschool, Ahmedabad

HARTMUT WURSTER, BLOCHER PARTNERS INDIA 112 Playschool, Ahmedabad

HARTMUT WURSTER, BLOCHER PARTNERS INDIA 113 Playschool, Ahmedabad

HARTMUT WURSTER, BLOCHER PARTNERS INDIA 114 Playschool, Ahmedabad

HARTMUT WURSTER, BLOCHER PARTNERS INDIA 115 Playschool, Ahmedabad

HEMANTI & PRASHANT SUTARIA PSA – PRASHANT SUTARIA ARCHITECTS GOOD ARCHITECTURE IS A MODE OF KNOWLEDGE ! FOAID 2020

Project Name : Pawan House - A House of This house was named ‘Pawan’(pure) as the first ray of the morning sun cleanses it from Varandahs the East and the breeze from the mountains and the lake sanctifies it through the day! This home is a home of sanctity , we followed certain norms to maintain it ,as this home Location : Lonavla seems to have emerged from Mother Earth. We built around the natural vegetation & Site Area : 1 acre ensured there was no blasting on site. This site was built for construction & not destruction Project Area : House – 5200 sqft of the natural environment hence, the house size was determined by the balance available space. Servant quarters – 380 sqft Initiation of the Project : Nov 2017 This beautiful home stands out as a class apart in simplicity, quality,providing an enriching Completion of the Project : April 2019 and empowering experience .The true beauty of this home lies in bringing the outdoors Design Team : Shilpa, Pratik, Prerna, Ravindra, within. The home is subtle, passive and un-obtrusive.The approach road was also kept intact to enhance the rustic experience on approaching the space. Sharnita Photo Credit : PSA The plot was not exactly on the N-S-axis; So the house orientation has been slightly tilted in such a way that it is exactly facing the North-South axis. With traditional Indian architectural planning concepts in mind – A HOUSE OF VERANDAH’S has been created – with a 9 space grid that has clearly defined the house in planning and form. The veranda runs through entire the periphery of the house, : North – swimming pool, West – natural lake & mountains, South – natural land & mountains & East – garden & tulsikund, immersed in natural surroundings all four sides. An open kitchen plan, living room, 3 bedrooms,3 bathrooms , store room the Brahmasthan/centre of the house has been kept light, airy and open. Two terraces on the western side give a phenomenol panaromic lake view of the entire area. The house boasts of a phenomenol height,with an overpowering roof, where the ventilation and light flow is seamless! Passive strategies for environmental response have been used in planning this home as it is located in an area with very harsh summers & monsoon.

HEMANTI & PRASHANT SUTARIA, PSA – PRASHANT SUTARIA ARCHITECTS 118 Pawan House - A House of Varandahs, Lonavla

HEMANTI & PRASHANT SUTARIA, PSA – PRASHANT SUTARIA ARCHITECTS 119 Pawan House - A House of Varandahs, Lonavla

HEMANTI & PRASHANT SUTARIA, PSA – PRASHANT SUTARIA ARCHITECTS 120 Pawan House - A House of Varandahs, Lonavla

HEMANTI & PRASHANT SUTARIA, PSA – PRASHANT SUTARIA ARCHITECTS 121 Pawan House - A House of Varandahs, Lonavla

HEMANTI & PRASHANT SUTARIA, PSA – PRASHANT SUTARIA ARCHITECTS 122 Pawan House - A House of Varandahs, Lonavla

HEMANTI & PRASHANT SUTARIA, PSA – PRASHANT SUTARIA ARCHITECTS 123 Pawan House - A House of Varandahs, Lonavla

HIREN PATEL HIREN PATEL ARCHITECT FOAID 2020

Project Name : AVADH AWADH, the house stipulates. The house is built in an urban growing area. We have Location : Ahmedabad designed it in such a way that it gives the ambience of a resort. This house bears a family Site Area : 15986sq.ft. of five from grandmother to newly married couple. Everyone has their own comfortable Project Area : 15986 sqft spaces in a joint family living which is a strong character of Indian way of living. Its Completion of the Project : Nov 2019 architecture is not loud and statement making but it is in such a way that it’s gorgeous in Client Name : Dilip Patel volumes. Design Team : HPA TEAM Photo Credit : Vinay Panjwani Open plan homes have proven to be a popular choice for many modern homes. Not only do open plan homes enhance existing spaces by creating more room and introducing more light into living areas, but they also allows for easy entertaining. Awadh is a place which invites positive and peaceful feels to the house as it is designed while keeping in mind about the environment and sustainability in all over the house by giving much more greenery or the double heighted windows so that the natural light can come direct into the house. The design of the house also indicates the art of modernization as it is all about the simplicity and the subtle designs exercised in it. 125

HIREN PATEL, HIREN PATEL ARCHITECT 126 AVADH, Ahmedabad

HIREN PATEL, HIREN PATEL ARCHITECT 127 AVADH, Ahmedabad

HIREN PATEL, HIREN PATEL ARCHITECT 128 AVADH, Ahmedabad

HIREN PATEL, HIREN PATEL ARCHITECT 129 AVADH, Ahmedabad

HIREN PATEL, HIREN PATEL ARCHITECT 130 AVADH, Ahmedabad

JANNAT VASI JANNAT VASI INTERIOR DESIGN FOAID 2020

Project Name : Private Residence This living room surprises and delights like a special effects machine. Jannat Vasi opted for bold dramatic Location : Mumbai modernity instead of going down the conventional route of furniture, surfaces and classic materials. Project Area : 8500 Sq ft Jannat Vasi’s vision was to create an identity defining impact when you enter the home which sets the Completion of the Project : March 2019 tone for the rest of the spaces. The artistic brushstrokes of the Pierre Frey fabric on this sofa is dramatically uplifted against the embossed rug and bronze metal furniture from Scarlet Splendour. The polished CMC marble floor and white veneer walls from Tabu balance the strong identity of the colourful areas. The simplicity of the white allows for the richness of colour to emerge and holds everything in a cohesive legibility. Additionally, the delicate qualities of furniture details and lighting stand out. The red Gufram Rosso Cactus of the living room works together with the drenched blue wall, whilst the plain walls here allow the David Kracov artwork and other pieces to breathe. To enhance visual relationships, the custom juxtaposed bookshelf with a projected cantilever dining table is an interesting feature. This piece showcases the designer’s love for designing in three dimensionality. The tailor-made open kitchen shows a high degree of precision in design and blends in effortlessly in the living room. The designer proposed an exciting chromatic pattern and pure colour blocking reminiscent of the Memphis design movement. This design is a tribute to Ettore Sottsass’ Deco-meets-Pop style. Playing with pattern, shapes and diagonal stripes to create a strong visual impact, this is a space realized out of the designer’s sketchbook. It was creatively executed through the use of colour and angular lines which visually connect the walls, floor and ceiling. To balance this riot of colours, the designer has used white walls and blackboard wardrobe shutters. The Luce Naga gold lamps and bone inlay Sheikh Cabinet from Scarlet Splendour add maturity to this kid’s bedroom. With a key focus on texture and palette, the cool blue tones and rich timber textures represent understated luxury in this master suite. Using linear geometry and colour blocking, Jannat Vasi has created a modern traditionalist design with this beautiful well lit space. Showcasing the designer’s much sought after custom design skills, she has created an inlay with chianti marbles which complement the blue dual texture walls. The made to order bedding, wall panels, fabrics and chairs add mature hues to the overall tone of the room. The Scarlet Splendour Fool’s Gold Rhapsody Table exudes glam while the majestic Playhouse Cabinet is close to perfection. Iconic pieces like these are often shapers of space. The entrance corridor inlay is articulately hand crafted with red jasper and black stones.

JANNAT VASI, JANNAT VASI INTERIOR DESIGN 133 Private Residence, Mumbai

JANNAT VASI, JANNAT VASI INTERIOR DESIGN 134 Private Residence, Mumbai

JANNAT VASI, JANNAT VASI INTERIOR DESIGN 135 Private Residence, Mumbai

JANNAT VASI, JANNAT VASI INTERIOR DESIGN 136 Private Residence, Mumbai

KALPAK BHANDARI VEEKAS STUDIO FOAID 2020

Project Name : Spires – Gift City In all the major cities of the world the most prestigious offices are the glamorous high-rise office buildings. Like in Location : Ahmedabad most cities of urban India, high rise office buildings represent extrusions of generic towers that do not engage much with their environment and create isolation in Glass Boxes rather than connecting with the outdoors. The design of Spires is our attempt to add life to the office building and an exercise to create a bold and striking aesthetic statement. Spires, an upcoming office building is part of Ahmedabad’s, Gift City – a Smart City with its world class infrastructure envisioned by Mr.Narendra Modi. Spires boasts a high rise tower with floors designed for flexibility and efficiency. The building offers 3,30,000 sq ft of premium office space on 24 floors. They will include flexible workspaces that cater for individual and collaborative work as well as spaces for socializing. A 15.00 meter high arrival foyer welcomes the users into the building. The ground floor is planned as a business center with common facilities like meeting, conference rooms, pre function areas and a cafeteria. The structural grid is decided based on parking requirements, ease of circulation as well as considering efficiency in planning of internal furniture layouts of offices. The office floor plate is planned for flexibility to accommodate smaller offices as well as one large floor plate if required. Each floor has a two triple height terraces which act as relief and break out spaces for the offices. This 100 meter high office tower opens up the inner core and vertical circulation shaft to the exterior in a three-dimensional sculptural form to embrace the exterior. The Spiraling arrangement of terraces enable a dynamic, rational and efficient layouts for the office units and create an interesting exterior. The terraces create both physical and emotional connectivity between the indoor and outdoor environment and introduces break out spaces in the office building to provide much needed relief to the users of the building and also doubles up as refuge areas in event of fire. These terraces being triple heighted communicate with the terraces at other levels creating a sense of a large open landscaped volume which can support up tall trees. Gift City Development Authority has drafted and defined guidelines for use of materials on the facades for reasons of creating and projecting a certain image and also for maintaining a certain design vocabulary amongst all the buildings that would eventually come up in the entire development. The Building is planned to be energy efficient with the use of maximum sunlight boosting mental health, glare control using high performance tinted glass to enhance visual and physical comfort within the building and also to reduce fatigue and result in better productivity. The use of photovoltaic panels on the roof top to support all the common lighting as well as some basic internal lighting for all offices. A light tube is planned at the core of the building which provides natural light to a certain extent to the service zone at the core of the building. The Glass facade plays a key role in the energy efficiency of the building. It allows natural light to enter generously into the building while drastically reducing the cooling and heating needs and providing to the occupants an improved comfort by cutting glare and noise. The selection of glass is aimed at maximizing the performance in terms of light transmission, heat blocking and safety issues.

KALPAK BHANDARI, VEEKAS STUDIO 139 Spires – Gift City, Ahmedabad

KALPAK BHANDARI, VEEKAS STUDIO 140 Spires – Gift City, Ahmedabad

KALPAK BHANDARI, VEEKAS STUDIO 141 Spires – Gift City, Ahmedabad

KAYZAD SHROFF AND MARIA ISABEL JIMENEZ LEON SHROFFLEóN GOOD DESIGN TENDS TO BE A CULMINATION OF CREATIVITY BETWEEN US, THE VARIOUS CONSULTANTS AND THE CLIENTS FOAID 2020

Project Name : GMM Pfaudler Office The project is the head office for a publicly listed leading supplier of engineered Location : Mumbai equipment’s to global chemical and pharmaceutical markets. The brief was to have Project Area : 7500 sq.ft. within the overall space, the chairman’s chambers with its allied facilities, the senior Initiation of the Project : Feb 2019 management zone, with the rest of the space being an open office. Completion of the Project : Aug 2019 Client Name : Mr. Tarak Patel Spatially, the chairman’s zone, holds the cabins for the two directors, with a shared Design Team : Kayzad Shroff, Maria Isabel director lounge between the two executive rooms, with the senior management cabins flanking the opposite end. The space in between, became the general office area. It was Jimenez Leon and Mariyam out intention to have this large area broken down, so as create intimate spaces, spaces Kherodawala which one could then segregate team wise. This was achieved by creating senior pods Photo Credit : Suleiman Merchant within the large space, pods which extended the privacy of a cabin, yet the retained the fluidity of an open office plan. Materially, the palette was to be restricted to a subtle palette of neutral colors, with touches of blue, in sync with the colors of the brand, working towards an aesthetic that is executive in spirit yet not entirely imposing. The blue, made appearances throughout the office, serving as a base reference for important backdrops, storages, as well as the flooring. Feature elements were spread across the office, to add interest, both visually as well as in terms of usage. The reception area is marked by an house designed statement piece of furniture, a greeting desk made of translucent back lit plexiglass, which serves as the receiving element as one enters the space. The directors cabin, holds a floor to ceiling metal shelving unit in front of the windows, which doubles as a backdrop to the working desk. Suede and copper paneling finds feature in the director lounge, as a modern avatar of the traditional paneling found in country clubs. The cafeteria too has an element of surprise, with a glowing baffle wall of plants separating the executive dining with the rest, hinting at the possibility of a open to sky courtyard between the two spaces. 143

KAYZAD SHROFF AND MARIA ISABEL JIMENEZ LEON, SHROFFLEÓN 144 GMM Pfaudler Office, Mumbai

KAYZAD SHROFF AND MARIA ISABEL JIMENEZ LEON, SHROFFLEÓN 145 GMM Pfaudler Office, Mumbai