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• Client : Pioneer Urban – Sales Centre

• Size : 13,000 sq.ft

• Year : Work In Progress

• Location : Kanpur, India

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• Client : Godrej Pura Vida Clubhouse

• Size : 30,000 sq.ft

• Year : Work In Progress

• Location : Pune, India

Client Brief and Expectations:
The brief was short but complex – designing spaces to meet the unique needs of all students that will not only benefit their academic and personal experiences, but also shape their world and enrich their lives.

Challenges:
Convert a commercial space into a Co-living student housing within a busy cityscape.

Concept and Design Approach:
A predominantly city area with a lot of traffic and people movement in the busy neighborhood of the cityscape and office dwellers, this project aims to change the conversation of what this neighborhood can be.
The overall concept and design approach within the space aims at simplifying circulation, creating a vibrant and lively streetscape approach to the corridors, and a very homely personalized fulfilling experience for the co-living rooms.

Objective 1: Maximizing Space

Efficient Space Utilization: One of our primary goals was to make the most out of the existing building’s space. We wanted to ensure that every square foot is utilized effectively to accommodate as many students as possible while maintaining comfort and functionality.

Optimizing Layout: We carefully planned the layout of each floor to minimize wasted space and ensure that it was both aesthetically pleasing and practical. This included smart storage solutions, compact common areas, and efficient circulation paths.

Multi-Functional Spaces: To maximize space, we created multi-functional areas that served different purposes throughout the day, ensuring that every inch of the building is utilized efficiently.

Objective 2: Creating a Comfortable Living Environment

Functional Living Units: Each individual living unit was designed with the comfort and well-being of the students in mind. This included well-planned bedrooms, bathrooms, and ergonomic furniture created a space where students could relax, study, and rest comfortably.

Comfort: Features included comfortable beds, chairs, and desks. Also, students were given the option of personalization of their spaces.

Privacy: The design prioritized privacy for the students in their living spaces. Each living space provided privacy for students to work, sleep and relax without interruptions.

Storage: Adequate storage solutions provided to ensure that students keep their belongings organized and easily accessible.

Climate Control: We prioritized climate control systems that provided optimal temperature settings for each living unit.

Soundproofing: Noise reduction measures were implemented to ensure that students have a peaceful and conducive environment for studying and rest.

Natural Light and Ventilation: Maximizing natural light and ventilation was a key focus, creating a healthier and more pleasant living environment.

Objective 3: Fostering a Sense of Community

Community Spaces: We designed inviting community spaces where students could gather, socialize, and build connections. These spaces included lounges, study areas, and recreation rooms, each designed to promote interaction and a sense of belonging.

Outdoor Areas: We incorporated outdoor spaces, where students could enjoy fresh air and a sense of community in an open environment.

Safety and Security: A safe and secure environment is essential for fostering a sense of community. We implemented security measures that ensured residents feel protected and comfortable in their surroundings.

Sustainability: Our endeavor was to be environmentally sustainable, using materials and systems that reduce energy consumption and minimize the impact on the environment.

Cultural and aesthetic considerations: The cultural context of Mumbai and the university community needed to be reflected, while also providing an aesthetically pleasing environment that inspired learning and creativity.

Objective 4: Cost-effectiveness:
The interior design needed to be cost-effective, utilizing materials and systems that provided value for money while meeting the needs of the university community.

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• Client : upGrad Living

• Size : 2,00,000 sq.ft

• Year : 2023

• Location : Mumbai, India

• Industry : Student Housing

All companies aspire towards creating an impactful space where one can host their client’s or anyone who visits the company but has no reason to be on the work floor, and in the process experiences the ethos of the company with an impact that has extreme recall value. IIFL having their own building in the most sort after localities in the city of Mumbai had the privilege of seeking this opportunity while renovating their premise. IIFL Business centre is a result of that thought process.

Entire space got designed as an elite art gallery, wherein wide corridors and quiet waiting lounges with many enclosed rooms formed the structure of the floor. As soon as one got out of the elevator, they would be greeted with a meet-and-greet desk and a large open lounge where the visitor could be hosted for a casual discussion and hosted with beverages.

There are few such niche areas created which not only become waiting areas, but they double up to convey the milestones that the company has already achieved through various achievements and awards. Multiple rooms of various sizes from 6 seaters to up to a large 25 seater provides various scale and sizes of meetings to be conducted. And for ease of operation all rooms can be booked through an intelligent digital system that is directly connected with the end users phone.

Considering that meetings with longer duration would break open into lunches, dinners and/or coffee breaks, there was a community dining designed to allow for such interaction to take place. An interesting openable wooden screen was designed to take care of larger or private gatherings as per the scale or requirement at that time.

All meeting room interiors were created using softer, sound absorbing materials which would provide the desired acoustic levels within the room and enhance the overall performance and requirement of these meeting spaces.

IIFL Business centre is a classic example of a mixture of art gallery into modern office space environment, thus optimizing the space and creating the right impact which has an excellent recall value for the visitors.

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• Category : Corporate

• Size : 10,000 sft

• In Association : OPOLIS

• Location : Mumbai, India

Millennials today are extremely particular about their health and wellbeing. Providing a work-life balance is key to retaining these talents, and that is how the management team at IIFL along with Alcove focused on providing a space that communicates the company’s focus on the wellbeing of their employees. A Health Café and Gym on the same floor were born out of this ideology.

A full-fledged gym with modern equipment’s, well designed changing and shower area including a personal trainer, ensures that taking care of individual’s health while working at the organization and reaching at work or leaving from work at any hour is no more of a concern for the end users anymore. Such approach breaks the boundaries or stereotypes of how an office gets used and engages the end users of the office with the premise in a way that they start correlating to it beyond a single purpose of using it only to sit on a workstation and deliver. It is ‘AN OFFICE NO MORE’ Similarly, the main concept for the café is to design a kitchen-living space as a kind of special ‘third place’ between public and intimate, where everyone is welcome. And a designated gym on the same floor further emphasized on the idea of the company’s concern on providing a healthy work-life balance for their staff.

While designing a public and yet an intimate space, it was important that the design took care of circulation such that people and material movement have less or no interaction as far as possible. Emphasis was given on the corridor widths and overall planning. Apart from that, it was important to understand the culture of people while using the premise. Indians by nature use this space to break open into loud laughs and casual conversations which are not meant for the work floor. In such a scenario acoustical treatments were of utmost importance. Hence, an anutone board and acoustically treated ceiling along with baffles which would absorb sound worked as a great solution. Variety of seating arrangements from a coffee table lounge seating, to bar stool style seating and dining table or bench style seating takes care of ergonomic requirements, allows various scale and nature of gatherings to occur within the space. Confectionary counters, buffet’s and health corner’s provide variety of options of food choices for the end users.

Thus the cafe as a whole performs as this dynamic space that connects people with colleagues, their work, and their organization. It transforms traditional corporate cafeteria real estate into destinations for connection, collaboration, focus and innovation.

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• Category : Corporate

• Size : 10,000 sft

• In Association : OPOLIS

• Location : Mumbai, India

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• Client : Confidential Wealth Management Cafe Deck

• Size : 5,000 sq.ft

• Location : Bangalore, India

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• Client : Benjarong – Thai

• Size : Variable

• Location : Hyderabad, Chennai, Bengaluru, Kolkata

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• Client : ZARA – Tapas Bar

• Size : Variable

• Location : Hyderabad, Chennai, Bengaluru, Kolkata

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• Client : Swiss Arabian Retail Concept

• In collaboration with: Brimaxx Dubai

• Size : Variable

• Location : Multiple GCC

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• Client : Pacific Fire Sushi

• Size : 5,000 sq.ft

• Location : Mumbai, India