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Architects: DADA & Partners
- Area: 4000 ft²
- Year: 2019
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Photographs:Ranjan Sharma / Lightzone India
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Energy and Sustainable Consultants: PSI energy, Gaurav Shorey
Text description provided by the architects. Designing a new studio space for a long established and leading environmental graphics firm meant creating a spatial experience that provided continuity with their work ethic and yet explored new inter-relationships that could foster creative thinking.
The 500 sqm. Urban Plot is programmed as a sustainable live-work setup with the lower two levels as the studio space and the upper two as a residence. The two-level office for a non-hierarchical design studio called for strong integration between the two floors. A central void acts as an interactive heart for the office.
This generous double-height space, adjacent to the eastern light-court, not only provides visual and physical connect but also acts as a social hub. Neutral programming at the lower level of the void ensures multi-faceted use and experience. The built-threshold along the twin sunken courts maximise the inside-outside connect
The design uses a restrained palette of exposed brick, cast-in-situ concrete panels, and steel cladding.
