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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.