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Kesar Solitaire Sanpada, Navi Mumbai
- Typology Architecture Commercial, Interior Lobbies
- Plot Area 6326.27 SQ. MTS.
- Built Area 39396.76 SQ. MTS.
- Levels 3B+G+27 Floors
- Status Completed
- Design & Construction 2006 - 2010
- Developer Kesar Group
SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION
- Basement Floor ( Levels One, Two and Three ) - Parking
- Ground Floor - Double Height Lobby and Parking
- First & Second Floor - Parking
- Third Floor - Offices and Parking
- Fourth to Twenty Seventh Floor - Offices

The site is located on a prime stretch of Navi Mumbai, known as the Palm Beach Road; a 10-kilometre-long six-lane road that runs from Vashi in the north to Belapur in the south. Towards the west of this road is located the mangroves and the creek that separates Navi Mumbai from Mumbai. Towards the east where the plot is located, lies a stretch of some of the most luxurious and expensive apartments and condos in the city. This site is very strategically located where the axis of Palm Beach road tilts. The plot faces Palm Beach towards the southwest. The floor space index on the plot was 1.5 and the developers had a choice to build either residential or commercial. Palm Beach road had been known for prime residential development. The luxury office segment in Navi Mumbai did not exist. This is what had to be pursued.
Standing apart on Palm Beach Road; Navi Mumbai's most vibrant road, enjoying a view of the green mangrove-cover and the creek beyond is an office building 'Kesar Solitaire'.

With the shorter side facing the view, it was essential to locate all the offices facing the prominent viewing direction and positioning the service core towards the rear. However with a car parking requirement of 450 cars, it was essential to build three basements and a few upper floors for car parking.

Kesar Solitaire is a clean-cut, neat, straight line building. Hidden behind this essentially simple aesthetics, is an integrated structural and spatial design. The typical floor-plate spans 28 floors of column-free office space. This gives flexibility to accommodate small and large offices both. The RCC frame structure in M70 grade of self-compacting concrete, provides the necessary column-free space. The structural system follows a repetitive grid with sleeves left for easy integration of other ancillary systems like air-conditioning, fire-fighting and electrical; directly connecting it to the service areas at the rear.

The double glazed high performance glazed exterior provides panoramic views and ample lighting for each office also serves to act as a thermal insulation against the heat.
On the ground floor, facing the Palm Beach road, is an entrance driveway that is covered by a large glass canopy. The landscape has stepped lawn and a water element which complements the simple, straight-line architecture of the building. A large double height entrance lobby beyond the canopy, houses a seating lounge and waterfall.

Solitaire has been conceptualized and designed as a modern high-rise complete with a functional ease and an aesthetic edge. Completed in 2010, it stands out as a bold attempt to break the visual stereo-type of the immediate residential streetscape. It is an example of what can be achieved by integrating intelligent design and engineering within a limited paradigm.

Kesar Harmony Kharghar, Navi Mumbai
- Typology Interior Clubhouse, Architecture Residential, Architecture Commercial
- Plot Area 17736.68 SQ. MTS.
- Built Area 17734.652 Sq. MTS.
- Levels G+14 Floors
- Status Completed
- Design & Construction 2005 - 2008
- Developer Kesar Group
SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION
Ground Floor - Car Parking
First Floor - Podium Garden and Garden Facing Apartments
Second to Fourteenth Floor - Apartments

The project is set at the foot of Kharghar hills that lies to its west, flanked by a school in the north, a recreational open space to the south; the main access road and the node of Kharghar to the east.

As per governing byelaws, permissible land use was residential, and the specified floor space index was 1. The brief was to not just produce an apartment complex but to go beyond and conceptualize a master plan that met the aspirations of the residents.

The low floor space index gave a huge flexibility and impetus to work on plans that were linear generating a vast quantum of open space. As the design progressed, it became clear that all the built form would be long, strip-like structures on the periphery of the plot, with a large open landscaped green at the center. This space was the derivative of the masterplan that would cater to the spatial and recreational needs of the people.
The final built form was three linear buildings located towards the west, north and east of the plot. Each consisting of two wings, and each wing having three apartments per floor. All the apartments were planned to have unrestricted view of the central landscaped area. While the end apartments additionally achieved the much-needed cross ventilation.

The building fagade was visualized as a clean set of horizontal and vertical lines. The external driveway at the base accesses the entrance lobbies and the 430 car parks that are located directly below the central landscape. This clearly segregated the vehicular traffic and limited it to the ground floor level, ensuring that the first-floor landscape area was purely pedestrian.

The acute shortage of recreational open spaces in the city was addressed by this large landscaped podium of approximately 90,000 sq. ft. The podium garden was fashioned along the lines of a resort with meditation space, meandering pathways, a walk-in wave swimming pool, jogging track & informal outdoor meeting garden and a clubhouse. Thus, the design was conceptualized as a living envelope around it.

Kamdhenu Commerz Kamdhenu Realities
- Typology Architecture Commercial
- Plot Area 5761.43 SQ.MTS.
- Built Area B64O.O41 SQ. MTS.
- Levels G+21 Floors
- Status Completed
- Design & Construction 2015-2018
- Developer Kamdhenu Realities
SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION
- Ground Floor - Double Height Lobby, Shops and Parking
- First Floor - Offices and Parking
- Second Floor - Cafeteria + Parking
- Third to Twenty First Floor - Offices

The site is located in the midst of a residential neighbourhood in Kharghar, Navi Mumbai. The plot is a corner plot, the shorter side of the plot faces the west and the longer side faces the south.

The land-use for this plot is commercial. Towards the east is located the sector 14 upcoming Metro station which is within walking distance from the site. In the distance towards the south runs the Sion-Panvel highway, which subsequently connects to the Mumbai-Pune expressway.

Retail shopping had to be provided on the ground and the first floor of the project since it was abutting two major roads. This consumed a large area on the ground floor, the rest of the area on the ground was structured to form the entrance driveway that ran along the north side of the plot.
This led to the main entrance lobby and the cafeteria, business center and the conference room connected through the same. Part of the ground floor is further used to accommodate essential services and carparking; and a ramp access leads to parking on first and second floors.

The main entrance lobby leads to the lift core that connects to the offices from the 3rd to the 21 nd floor. The offices are linearly arranged with an access from a corridor towards the north. The fagade of the offices faces the south, overlooking the highway. This is finished in double glazed units with horizontal fritting done on surface two. This creates a random pattern of horizontal lines across the fagade of the building. This also helps reduce the direct sunlight from the south, controling the direct heat. The edges of the building have been rounded and fitted with curved glass to give the horizontal frit an enhanced continuity.

Cyber One Vashi, Navi Mumbai
- Typology Architecture Commercial
- Plot Area 4334.790 SQ.MTS.
- Built Area 12996.400 SQ. MTS.
- Levels G+24 Floors
- Status Completed
- Design & Construction 2010-2013
- Developer Greenspace Developers
SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION
- Ground Floor - Double Height Lobby, Parking and Services
- First Floor - Lobby and Parking
- Second to Sixth Floor - Parking
- Seventh to Twenty Fourth Floor - Offices

THE ARCHITECT HAS DEFINED THE MASS USING GLASS AS A VISUAL TEXTURE

It is a corner facing plot flanked by road on two adjacent sides. The site is located on the landmass that is protruding out into the north western direction towards Mumbai into the creek. It has dynamic views of the city around; the north-west front overlooks the SionPanvel highway and the south-east overlooks the sea.

Maximising the view of the cityscape, the footprint of the building reflects the shape of the land-mass.

As the building is located on marshy land, there was no possibility of creating a multi-layered basement. As parking was an important functional requirement, it was spread over the lower 6 floors.
Due to the shape of the plot, the corner was ideal to locate the ramp. The parking cylinder is a solid mass punctuated with horizontal slits that filters the light in during the day & filters the light out after dusk.

The car parking frontage produces the effect of a canopy going upto the sixth floor of the building. Internally, frosted glass to allow light to get into the parking section. At night, it lights up like a lantern. The vertical screens of glass creates a play; adding a bar code like element of colour. The rest of the office space starts from the 7th floor onwards up to the 24th floor.

Essentially a composition of a cylinder & two interlocking cuboids with a tapering top; the building stands tall at 110 m. Since the height to width facade ratio is huge; the building mass has been broken into two cuboids. One cuboid is composed in three different shades of panels are composed in 3 different shades; while the other is in a single monotone. This creates a moving visual matrix. The facade of the building is done up in a double glaze low E soft coat glass. The system for putting up the panels is a unitised system of construction. It is a 5 barrier system to prevent water from getting in. The three shades that have been used are Silver 20, Silver Grey 32 & Light Blue 52.
The structure is a large span column free space on the floor plate to cater to the requirements of IT offices. The front forms a large linear expanse of about 64m. This is also largely the north eastern direction creating ambient 'north' lighting within the office areas; while the service areas have been deliberately pushed to the south-west of the building. The lift are Mikonic-10 elevators with port technology; firstof-its-kind in India and the 8th in the world; when it was installed.

The landscape forms a complementary element to the buildings architecture.
In a bid to make the building more environmental friendly the following green features have been incorporated in the structure thus earning the building LEED Gold rating.

• Improved Lighting: Lower lighting power density (LPD) in the common areas and interior of the building as compared to the ASH RAE baseline.

• Glass: Use of double glazed glass with low solar Coefficient to reduce the amount of heat entering the building.

• Low VOC paints: Low volatile organic compound (VOC) paints are used in the building to reduce the ill effects of the paints on the building occupants.

• Electrical metering and sub-metering: Electrical energy metering is provided to monitor the energy consumption of the area under developer scope and also electricity consumed by each tenant.

• Covered Parking: 100% parking is provided at the stilt floor of the building.

• Recycled material:Materials with recycled content has been used to reduce the use of fresh material.

• CFC free fire suppression systems: The fire suppression systems which do not contain ozone depleting substances like CFC, HCFC are used in the project.
• Low flow water fixtures: To reduce the demand of potable and non-potable water low flow fixtures are used in the project.

• Non-fossil fuel facility for vehicles: To encourage the use of non-fossil fuel vehicles to reduce the pollution from automobile use, electric charging points are provided in the parking area to charge the electric cars and two-wheelers.

• Waste reduction during construction: To minimize the construction waste being sent to landfills, the waste generated during construction were either reused or sold to recycles.

• Tobacco smoke control: In order to minimize the adverse health impacts arising due to passive smoking, smoking is completely prohibited.

• Eco-friendly housekeeping chemicals: Eco-friendly housekeeping chemicals are used in the building to reduce the adverse health impacts for the occupants.

• CRI certified carpets: The carpets used in the building are CRI (Carpets and Rugs Institute) certified.

• Adequate Daylight: The building has been designed to allow maximum daylight in the building.

• Native Vegetation: Maximum usage of draught tolerant/native vegetation has been done in the landscape area to reduce the amount of landscaping water requirements.

The building is an attempt to merge technology & functionality without compromising on the energy issues faced by new structures.

Shagun Insignia Ulme, Navi Mumbai
- Typology Architecture Commercial
- Plot Area 2850.230 SQ. MTS.
- Built Area 4260.381 SQ. MTS.
- Levels G+12 Floors
- Status Completed
- Design & Construction 2015-2017
- Developer Shagun Realty
SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION
- Basement (Level One and Two) - Parking
- Ground & First Floor - Retail Section
- Second & Third Floor - Parking
- Fourth Floor - Retail with Podium Garden
- Fifth to Thirteenth Floor - Offices

The building is located on the junction of two, main, 30-meter wide arterial roads in an upcoming node in Navi Mumbai. The site is well connected by different modes of transport.

To augment the potential of the location; the design positioned commercial area on the ground and first floors. Hence, the plan that got generated worked towards ensuring that as much area as possible was built on the ground and upper floor. This ensured that almost 50% of the built-up area was consumed on the lower floors leaving half to be consumed on the floors above.
The building accommodates approximately 100 car parking spaces on 2nd and 3rd floor; while the office block is distributed on the 9 upper floors (4th to 12th floor). The fourth floor has a podium garden accessed from the common lobby. This also accommodates a restaurant for the use of the office goers.

The curtain wall glazing is done in a monochromatic gold glass and the shopping fa􀀔ade is done in black aluminum panels in a linear pattern. This project uses gold as a singular colour palette in keeping with the aspirational quality of the client's brief.

24 High NA
- Typology Architecture Commercial
- Plot Area NA
- Built Area NA
- Levels NA

Greenspace Cyber Works
- Typology Architecture Commercial
- Plot Area NA
- Built Area NA

Greenscape Cyber Square
- Typology Architecture Commercial
- Plot Area NA
- Built Area NA

Kamdhenu 23 West
- Typology Architecture Commercial
- Plot Area NA
- Built Area NA

Parinee Brillions NA
- Typology Architecture Commercial
- Plot Area NA
- Built Area NA
- Levels NA

Shelton Cubix Belapur, Navi Mumbai
- Typology Architecture Commercial
- Plot Area 3744.00 SQ MTS
- Built Area 7496.280 SQ MTS
- Levels G+12 Floors
- Status Completed
- Design & Construction 2012-2014
- Developer
SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION
- Basement Floor - PARKING
- Ground Floor - LOBBY AND PARKING
- First Floor - LOBBY AND PARKING
- Second Floor - PARKING
- Third to Twelfth floor - OFFICES

The project is located in the Central Business District of Navi Mumbai. The plot has a road towards the west, and has plots abutting it in the north, south and the east. The floor space index available on the plot was 1.5 and the land use was commercial. Since the upcomming airport was in the vicinity, the rise on the building was restricted to 45 mts.

The large quantum of car park required made it necessary to build a basement and upper floors for car parking. Since there were abutting plots with buildings built on them it was nescessary to position the built form with respect to the surrounding structures. The west had the road and was open, thus most of the offices had to be placed viewing the front.
However, due to aviation restrictions and office sizes required, all the area could not be accomodated in the front. The advantage on the rear was that the abutting plot to the east, had a low rise structure. The area that could not be consumed in the front towards the west could now be accomodated facing east.

The layout was organised with the offices facing the east and west side; and a central service core. This gave an oppurtunity of sculpting the fagade. Pushing the mass in and out created a mix of offices of varying sizes. White aluminium composite panels then run along the fagade to create a serpentine connectivity. The fagade using white aluminum composite panels and this along with high performance double glazed units glass dominates the fagade facing the the west and the east. Towards the side in the south and the north is where the service core opens up.

At the ground is a granite clad driveway with a large glass canopy that leads to the lobby and the car park beyond. Across the lobby is a landscape area that acts as a buffer between the road and the internal space.

At times the functional clarity of the plan allows for a form-based design; thus proving an age-old adage that, 'Form follows function'.

Shelton Sapphie C.B.D, Navi Mumbai
- Typology Architecture Commercial
- Plot Area 7020.302 SQ MTS
- Built Area 18429.464 SQ MTS
- Levels G + 13 Floors
- Status Completed
- Design & Construction 2012-2018
- Developer Shelton Group
SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION
- Basement, Level one and two - PARKING
- Ground Floor - LOBBY AND PARKING
- First Floor - LANDSCAPED PODIUM
- First to Thirteenth Floor - OFFICES

The site is situated just off the intersection of Palm Beach road and Ammra Marg, two major arterial roads of Navi Mumbai, in the Central Business District (CBD) of Navi Mumbai. Located in the neighbourhood are the headquarters of the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation and the High Court and the upcomming Navi Mumbai airport.
The building height was restricted and set as per height regulations around the vicinity of the airport. The building form is a response to the site and was visualised as a linear L-shaped building along the periphery of the plot. The orientation of the L-shaped form along the north and east boundaries of the plot ensures an unobstructed view towards the west and the south. The building, being pushed to the periphery ensures the gereation of a large open space towards the center, south and west. This area houses the parking in the two level basement and the ground floor. Above the ground floor car park, on the first floor is a large landscape area; ensuring all offices overlook this central green and views beyond. A small cafeteria placed within this landscape forms a amenity during breaks and meal times for the office users.

NMS Midas NA
- Typology Architecture Commercial
- Plot Area NA
- Built Area NA
- Levels NA

Zion Kharghar, Navi Mumbai
- Typology Architecture Commercial
- Plot Area 3999.690 SQ. MTS.
- Built Area 5999.249 SQ. MTS.
- Levels G+13 Floors
- Status Completed
- Design & Construction 2014-2018
- Developer Kamdhenu Realities
SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION
- Basement Floor (level one and two) - Parking
- Ground Floor - Lobby and Office
- First to Thirteen Floor - Offices

The site is located in a predominantly residential neighborhood of Kharghar. Towards the northeast and the northwest runs the national highway and towards the south west the main entrance road and a residential sector of Kharghar.

Since this office building was located in a dense residential neighborhood it was important to create a building with a strong visual focus. The offices are oriented away from the highway to cut down the sound of traffic. The offices now faced southwest. This increased direct heat gain and direct sunlight. The building facade was a response to these challenges. A conscious attempt has been made to use an unconventional color palette. The facade is a composition of grey and gold glass to take care of the direct heat and sunlight. The massing composition has been achieved by creating larger and smaller offices.
The car parking has been restricted to the basement. As one drives in, the entrance lobby comes to the left and elaborately landscaped garden on the right. Attached to the lobby is a business center, a conference room and a restaurant all of them overlooking the landscape.

As a result, a subtle interplay of form, juxtaposed with colour creates a space that resonates with energy and lives up to its functional aspiration.