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Kolsite Industries Administrative Office

This is a project by Tushar Desai Associates + Jagdish Jani & Associates and it is located at Daman, India. It was submitted to Architecture News Plus (ANP) by Tushar Desai Associates. Project's program: Office building. There are twenty six images for Kolsite Industries Administrative Office.

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Project details

Project name: Kolsite Industries Administrative Office
Location: Daman, India
Program: Office building
Area: Built-up Area: 15,000 sf
Year: Project Year: 2009-2011
More details: Cost per SqFt: Rs. 800 for Construction; Rs. 1200 for interiors
Client: Kolsite Industries
Project by: Tushar Desai Associates + Jagdish Jani & Associates
Team: Architecture Design Team: Tushar Desai, Jagdish Jani, Chaula Trivedi • Interior Design Team: Tushar Desai, Jagdish Jani, Chaula Trivedi, Sangeeta Sanga-Panchal
Others: Civil Contractors: Siddhi Construction • Interior Contractors: Kshitij Interiors Private Limited • Structure: MBA Consultants

Project images

Designer's statement

Administrative office for a factory at Daman:

The site admeasuring 3.5 Ha was located on the coastal highway at Daman in an upcoming industrial area. The location for administration building was demarcated in the master plan in the southern corner of the site.

Client brief:

A non air-conditioned office. Only manager/director cabins and conferences were to be air-conditioned.
Total compliance to vastu norms. Reception in North-East Corner; Dining in South East corner and Directors in South-West Corner.
Construction cost along with interior should be in range of 1800-2000 Rs/sf
Initially they were looking for a pre-fabricated building & later during the course of plan finalisation it was decided to go for RCC frame structure.

The challenge:

To create a comfortable working environment without air-conditioning.
To establish a design vocabulary that was simple enough to execute within the budget and yet strong enough to enhance working environs.
Integrate structure, services & the interiors to minimize duplication and wastage of resources.
Provides for glare free/heat free natural day lighting for interior spaces.

Our response:

Fit in the client requirements in two bays of 25’-0” x 110’-0” to accommodate the work areas, connected by utility & circulation areas & separated by a courtyard within.
Introduce RCC slab with punctures covered with glass skylight & roof ventilating fans over the courtyard to ensure ample light & ventilation.
Introduced greens inside to create a feel of working within a garden.
Brought all services on the external face & covered them with corrugated cement sheet fascia-which also served for weather protection.
In Interiors too we discarded unnecessary elements, used glazed partitions & minimal variations to create a feel of a “single space” & accentuate the architectural volume.

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