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Kesar Harmony Kharghar, Navi Mumbai
- Typology Architecture Residential
- 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.

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.

Emerald Bay Nerul, Navi Mumbai
- Typology Architecture Residential
- Plot Area 7190.100 SQ. MTS.
- Built Area 10785.05 SQ. MTS.
- Levels 3B+G+29 Floors
- Status Completed
- Design & Construction 2010 - 2013
- Developer Maithil Builders
SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION
- Ground Floor - Entrance Lobby, Parking and Services
- First Floor - Amenities, Landscape, Swimming pool
- Second to Twenty Nine Floors - Apartments

The site is located on a prime stretch of the Palm Beach road in Navi 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. The plot is rectangular with the shorter side facing the viewing direction. The access is through the service road towards the west, running parallel to Palm Beach road and another service road that is on the east.

The floor space index on the residential plot was 1 .5. The location of the built form was obvious but had its own challenges The building had to be set along the shorter directions using up all the frontage that we had to capture the view of Palm Beach road, the mangroves, the creek, the city of Mumbai and the sunset beyond. The built form had to go vertical capturing as much frontage as possible. As a result, Emerald Bay is structured into two identical wings, ground plus 29 upper, that contains 28 identical apartments each wing.
Each apartment is a four bedroom apartment that measures around 2700 sq.ft The living and three of the bedrooms of each apartment face the view The living room towards the main road and the dining room towards the landscaped podium. The living room is attached with a large 20 ft wide cantilevered deck with wooden soffits, seamless glass railings. The decks project into the natural surroundings, providing expansive, panoramic views of the sea and the sunset Large double glazed windows ensure sound and heat insulation and optimize the ventilation whilst capturing the sun's complete trajectory, from sunrise to sunset At the ground floor level facing Palm Beach road, is a large 5 meter wide entrance canopy that runs along the length of the building. On one side of the covered granite clad driveway are the entrances to the two wings that further lead to the car park at the back and on the other a landscaped area with a water feature to cut down noise from the busy road.

Towards the rear, above the car park is the community space that comprises of a large 40,000 sq.ft podium that is elaborately landscaped with the clubhouse located at the far end. The pergolas on the clubhouse capture a play of light and shadows. The highlight of the landscape is the temple which has glass fagade on three sides.
Its base rests on a water body and is accessed through stepping stones which gives it a floating effect Amphitheatre like seating spaces have been created with the use of hardscape to overlook the softscape. Travertine-clad on the fagade of the clubhouse, interspersed in the landscape and compound walls gives a mono I ith ic character to the space.

A large pool, basketball court, a gym, table-tennis, billiards and banquet room complete the amenities. A larger-than-life interactive chess board, children's covered play area and the interplay of hard and soft surfaces complete the outdoor common spaces. The structure fits into the heterogeneous typology of the existing architecture around & justifies the commercial order of the neighbourhood.

Bhusan Residence Nerul, Navi Mumbai
- Typology Architecture Residential
- Plot Area NA
- Built Area NA
- Design & Construction 2014-2019
- Developer
This 4 BHK residence is a prime example of a creating a clean and uncomplicated design. Experimenting with sandstone and wood; the look and feel of the apartment was set right from the entrance.

To accommodate an extra guest room; we explored the opportunity to create an open kitchen and dining area. This layout now demanded privacy and segregation at the entrance from the kitchen. A screen using mirrors was thus added. This framed the view to the living and restricted the view of the dining. This first impression of the apartment doubled up the space and created an illusion at the entrance. This created 3 distinct zones in the living space as the entrance, living & kitchen-dining space.
Three large bedrooms with attached bathrooms and one tiny guestroom made up the other spaces. Two of the bathrooms have a walk-in closet attached. This was a challenge as space was a constraint. The use of hanging lights, focus lights and chandelier has created a layered light design.

An attempt to add a textural quality into the monochrome creates a vivid palette using Italian marble, stone and veneer in the spaces. This is an attempt to create drama and balance within a conventional residential space design.

Cityopia NA
- Typology Architecture Residential
- Plot Area NA
- Built Area NA

Kamdhenu Commerz Kharghar, Navi Mumbai
- 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.

Meraki Life Kunegaon, Lonavala
- Typology Interior Residential, Architecture Residential, Master Planning
- Plot Area 43,887.222 SQ. MTS.
- Built Area 15,692.909 SQ. MTS.
- Levels G+1 Structure , 29 Villas & Club House
- Status Ongoing
- Design & Construction 2016 - Ongoing
- Developer Greenspace Group
SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION
The project has 33 residential villas of the following areas:
- 650 SO.MT= 14 villas 700 SO.MT = 2 Villas
- 750 SO.MT= 7 Villas 1000 SO.MT= 4 Villas
- Every villas has a Basement (multipurpose hall), Living room, Kitchen & Dinning,
Family Room and Bed Rooms

The site is located in Kunegoan, Lonavala. Lonavala being a hill station and having a close proximity to both Pune and Mumbai city, has attracted a lot of people to build or buy weekend/second homes. The site is approximately 10.5 acres in area and has a shape of two intersecting rectangles. The entrance is towards the west and is the lowest part of site. As we enter the site the contours on the site rise upwards towards the east, the backdrop of which is the hill The level difference between the entry to the west and the hills towards the east is approximately 28 meters. Towards the south is located Della adventure park and towards the north is barren land.
The brief was to build a gated weekend retreat. The masterplan that was generated was done with a clear intention to negotiate the contours with a ring road and to centrally locate the common green spaces. All the villa subplots were thus automatically pushed to the periphery of the site. The connecting internal road now traversed between the central green and the frontage of the individual villas. This ensured, each villa a view of the central green space.

The central green space was largely contoured. Within it was developed a walking trail that was densely planted on either side, to ensure that people using the trail would be obscured from the villas outside and vice versa. Within the landscape is also located a small flattened lawn area for multipurpose activities. Toward the upper end of the green area where the contours were steepest is located the clubhouse.
Due to the steep slopes the clubhouse naturally sinks into the landscape giving way to a mound of grass on its roof top, making it an earth sheltered built form. The intention clearly was to make unfettered landscape, to become the focus, rather than the built form. The concrete finish clubhouse building is planned such that the restaurant overlooks both the internal courtyard that houses the lotus pool with the waterfall and the main swimming pool towards the outside. The main swimming pool further steps down the contours in the form of a waterfall, to form the children's pool. Extensive landscape on the clubhouse building and the area surrounding the pool ensure that people using the facility feel encompassed by nature.
The villa plots are located on the ring road that run along the outside of the central green. Villas are of varying sizes based on individual plot sizes. Each villa was a four bedroom villa provided with its private pool. The planning of the individual villas was done with a specific intent The plan was to make every villa unidirectional, the living, dining and all the four bedrooms, were oriented to face the front of the plot that abutted the road. Other areas such as the kitchen, the servant quarters and the family room on the first floor faced the rear of the plot. Other activities such as the den and the home theatre were located in the basement. The villa itself was located towards the rear end of the plot increasing the front open space. The living, dining and one of the bedrooms on the ground floor open up on to this front open space. The three bedrooms on the first floor have a large cantilevered balcony that overlooks this front open space. The cantilevered balcony provides for a covered patio for the living, dining and bedroom below. Large slim line windows on the lower and the upper floors provide unrestricted views of the landscape and private pool within the plot and the central green space beyond. The focus throughout the project was on the landscape, the attempt was to unbuild rather than build and to closely integrate architecture into an existing natural surrounds.
Villa 19 was the first of the villas to be built on the site. It was a result of a series of soul-searching debates and discussions about whether to obscure the built-form rather than mount it on a pedestal as a landmark.
The plot is a largish rectangle (almost ½ acre) wherein you enter the villa from the longer side, at the corner.

The entry is from a lower contour thereby slowly unveiling details and spaces within the villa. A waterfall on the right aligns itself to the garden entry while the straight inclined pathway leads to a double height sky-lit lobby.
Through it one is drawn into the large living room with huge windows on two adjacent sides that practically blurs the margins between the interior space; the outdoor pool deck and garden area.

The furniture is arranged to maximise the view of the outside; making it impossible to forget where we are. Moving inwards leads to the open kitchen that overlooks into a kitchen garden at the east and the hill beyond. It is designed as the core of the house connecting to the staircase, the lift, the servant entry, the guest bedroom and the common washroom. The house is spread over 3-storeys - a basement by virtue of the contour; ground level that houses the living, kitchen, one bedroom and the first floor that houses 3 bedrooms & the family room that overlooks the entrance lobby. All the 4 bedrooms overlook the poolside garden. Large span windows allow west views of the surrounding from the first floor.
Taking cues from the rugged landscape around, the cladding inside the villa is primarily in various local stone. For instance, the staircase and guest bedroom on the ground floor are clad in horizontal stacks of slate stone. This cladding is visualized as a monolithic element and extends into the exterior of the villa.

The woodwork collectively ties the house together through the wooden staircase and flooring; the wooden ceiling, paneling and the fins. The cladding in the master bedroom is in semi-dressed basalt stone neatly fitted in with the woodwork. The decor is visualized as a holistic material palette built into the house integrated to form a complete idea.

The garden forms the larger half of the villa with a fruit garden, a barbeque pit with seating, open lawns and a private pool. A waterfall from the edge of the pool along the staircase that takes you down to the entry point again. Wooden deck and the pool side here connect you to the private garden. External cladding is done using slatted natural stone blending with the mountain backdrop. The natural rock excavated from site has been reused as a construction material and a landscape feature; likewise the existing mango trees have been built around; retaining the natural elements existing on site.
Optimizing the contour of the land, the clubhouse is located on the slope towards the centre. This is also along the sightlines of the plot. Using the theory of cut and fill to balance the impact of building and trying to retain the natural topography of land by terracing. Given these contours; the entry level of the clubhouse has a sunken pool while the roof of the clubhouse is covered by a landscaped lawn that meets the internal road above. A scooped out courtyard with a naturally forming waterfall become the central focal point of the form finish clubhouse.

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.

The Trellis
- Typology Architecture Residential
- Plot Area NA
- Built Area NA

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.