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Green Eye
My Eye Hospital, Nuvem, Goa
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hat Green architecture represents and how to make our buildings sustainable
has been keenly debated over the years throughout the globe. Different
agencies as we know have brought out various rating mechanisms based on
identified parameters to ascertain the greenness of a building. From being just individual
efforts, this process has now got a wider base and has also been institutionalised. A few
months back during a conversation with a fellow colleague in the profession, I came to
know about an association of focussed architects who had been very intensely debating
these issues. They had formulated a group named Gubbi and kept their practices inspired
through the exchange of shared ideas which got translated in their architecture. They
believe that we need to develop an approach to sustainability that is consistent, anchored
to human and ecological survival, plural and critical. Independence, innovation, openness
and sharing are among the core values that matter most to us. A section of the magazine
brings you across their views and approach to sustainable development in architecture.
In a world today where there is a serious concern towards energy conservation and in a
developing country such as India with an ever increasing urban population, it then
becomes all the more relevant to continue exploring and promoting innovative alternatives
in architecture to curtail energy consumption. It is here that design has to react to the
context. We also carry a few projects of theirs which incorporate design solutions as
envisaged by them. These projects bring to the fore the necessity of selection of
appropriate materials and utility of construction technologies that are eco-sensitive. A few
of them also exemplify how these methodologies can be incorporated in large
contemporary institutional projects. There are others which bring forth the significance of
traditional construction and craft to achieve the end goal. They bring us closer to
aesthetics of simplicity and minimalism. The architectural vocabulary that they incorporate
is attuned to a holistic dimension related to ecology and the basics.It responds to culture,
context and local traditions.
We welcome you to join this debate as to further explore venues to reduce emission
levels and forge a sustaining non-destructive link between man-made structures and
nature for a cleaner habitat.
PS: We appreciate the efforts of architects Vinod Gupta and Himanshu Burte to coordinate
the section on Social Sustainability
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A modern building should derive its architectural significance solely from the vigour and consequence of
its own organic proportions. It must be true to itself, logically transparent, and virginal of lies or trivialities...
Walter Gropius
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Reflections
Vana
Vana is the prototype for a large scale canopy construction that has
been developed as an iso-surface around an anastomotic network diagram, as the
cortex around the venation system. In a continuous transformation, nature
merges into architecture, columns merge into the sky and solid merges into
the ephemeral. Designed by New Delhi based architectural firm Orproject, the
installation appears to grow like branches of a tree blending into a
continuous canopy that floats above the visitor. It was designed for the
India Design Forum and is on display at The Brick House,
Project Jan-Path, New Delhi.
Project Architects: Rajat Sodhi, Christoph Klemmt; Project Team: Sambit Samant, Manu Sharma
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Social Sustainability
About Gubbi
Gubbi Alliance for Sustainable Habitat is a self-funded
association of habitat professionals and researchers who seek to
mainstream sustainability as a core concern in design, policy and
habitat management. Gubbi has come into being over a series of
meetings that began with a workshop near Bangalore in 2008.
Among its 20 members spread across the country, are pioneers and
leading Indian practitioners of genuinely sustainable approaches in
architecture, construction and participatory rehabilitation. The word
Gubbi means sparrow in Kannada, and also creatively misinterprets
the name of the place where the association members first met to
explore joint action.
Today, sustainable has become a buzz word that means different
things to different people. It has also become another way in which
market interests are promoted. Gubbi believes that we need to
develop an approach to sustainability that is consistent, anchored to
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To catalyse dialogue that will help this process along, Gubbi has
The articles and projects in this issue reveal the different
opportunities and challenges of pursuing sustainability through organised and will continue to organise various activities and
design and natural materials creates a beautiful and rhythmic
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Negotiated Judgements
Some cautions and caveats are now in
order to put the concept of critical
practice in perspective. As stated earlier, it
does not seek to yield a measurable scale
like say, rating systems. It is a conceptual
tool that we define and apply through
argument. Further, the concept can only
be defined in relation to its opposite,
uncritical practice. This gives it a peculiar
robustness. For one, it frees us from the
impossible burden of creating categories
critical or uncritical, for instance in
which specific designs, practices or
practitioners can be neatly boxed. It thus
helps us see each practice as potentially
having both, critical and uncritical
aspects. This is not surprising. All practice
is marked by contradictions that are
impossible to resolve within the
constraints and possibilities of any real
context. No practitioner can be perfectly
consistent to his or her avowed principles.
Yet we are routinely able to judge the
broad direction in which a practice or
practitioner (of architecture, politics or
medicine) is headed, through the thicket
of cross cutting orientations. We may
quibble about whether Laurie Baker
allowed users to participate in design, or
complain that he largely used
conventional land polluting sanitation
systems; but we still agree that he cut an
early path towards a critical practice of
sustainable architecture.
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Aesthetics of
Simplicity
Project: Madhu Industries Ltd, Ahmedabad
Architects: Kakani Associates, Ahmedabad
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Client: Madhu Industries
Design Team: Surya Kakani, Shweta Ranpura, Kasi Raju
Consultants: Himanshu Parikh (Structural), Dr Chamanlal Gupta (PDEC)
Contractors: Western India Engineering
Project Manager: Keyur Sarda
Built-up area: 11000sq m
Cost of Project: Rs 6.8 crores
Year of completion: 2008
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Load-bearing stone masonry and integrated evaporative cooling for a contemporary institution
Stone cladding, teak wood windows, lightweight shading system industrial principles of
production applied to traditional material and craft.
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Build with low process energy, renewable and recycled materials. Minimise
the use of high process energy materials, such as steel, aluminium and glass.
Design for day light and thermal comfort with passive or low energy means
so that artificial lights are needed only at night and air conditioning is
resorted to sparingly. Design by common sense standards of adaptive
comfort rather than those prescribed by American engineering.
Devise low-carbon urban settlement patterns where personal motor cars are
not necessary; where the microclimate is such that the outdoor environment
is comfortable; where one does not become dependent on lifts and air
conditioners backed by noisy and noxious generators.
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Green Eye
Project: My Eye Hospital, Nuvem, Goa
Architects: Vikram Varma & Associates, New Delhi
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16. PERSONNEL LIFT
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Client: Chandrakant Gaonkar
Design team: Vikram Varma
Consultants: Group Genesis (Structural), Celsius Consultants (HVAC), Art Consultants
(Electricals), Green Envirotech, Gurgaon (Biological Waste Management), Babli
Prabhu Desai, Dr Shaba, My Eye Hospital (PMC)
Contractors: N J Construction (Civil), Saundh Construction, Sastha Construction
Built-up area: 91000sq ft
Cost of project: Rs 15 crore approx
Year of completion: 2011 (Phase-I)
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1. Clutter also goes against the Zen attitude to design in vogue nowadays.
2. This is just a restatement of Jevons Paradox (from economics): Technological progress that increases the efficiency with which a
resource is used tends to increase (rather than decrease) the rate of consumption of that resource.
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Practising sufficiency
We must practise both sufficiency and
efficiency. Either one alone does not make
for viable, sustainable outcomes. I hope
you agree that we should never see the
day when the great Indian middle class
chases energy-efficient clothes dryers
instead of using their verandahs to dry
clothes. At least, I hope that this act does
not count as progress.
We must also distinguish between a
practice of sufficiency based on voluntary
simplicity and that based on the reduced
consumption caused by poverty. While it
is true that the consumption footprint of a
slum dweller is generally lower than that
of a middle-class person in our society,
this cannot be touted as a virtue: you
cant get the rich ones to swap lifestyles
with the poor. Therefore, as a value
sufficiency only becomes meaningful
when practised in a situation of choice, as
a post-affluence value, which has been
reached for the affluent and even the
middle classes in India.
The primary barrier in practising
sufficiency in India is said to be the pursuit
of economic development (justifying more
consumption) and the impatience of
modern capital (justifying great speed). But
this need not be so. The work and life of
Laurie Baker exemplified how one can
reduce physical resource consumption and
build rapidly while creating a better
lifestyle. By the way, with thousands of
homes to his credit and in a career where
he acted pretty much as a lone
professional, he also demonstrated that
such work can be done at volume by
3. To be honest, this state of affairs did not last very long. The residents sometimes wanted it to be cooler or warmer than it got, so they
fitted an air-conditioner and a heater. Now it was easier to run these devices for a short while than to run the whole tunnel system when
they wanted cooling for a short time. It did not make sense to switch on the tunnel at all when the devices were working because fresh
air only made the system inefficient. The upshot was that the place does not have fresh air any more, and it uses up a lot more energy to
condition the air, all for a 2 C improvement, and slightly better seasonal control. The sufficiency questions about comfort (how much is
sufficient?) is for me the central technical issue facing 21st century practice.
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A Holistic Approach...
Project: Campus for Agilent Technologies at IMT Manesar, Gurgaon
Architects: SHiFt (earlier Sanjay Prakash & Associates), Delhi
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ELECTRICAL ANALYSIS
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Client: Agilent Technologies
Design team: Sanjay Prakash, Nitin Sharma, Rakesh Sood, Priyanjali, Mayank, Mudith
Consultants: D K Sharma, SHiFt (earlier Sanjay Prakash & Associates) (Construction
management), JCI Singapore (Project Management), NNC Consultants (Structural), Lirio
Lopez (Electrical & Lighting), Sterling India (HVAC, Plumbing, Fire fighting, BMS),
Environmental Design Solutions (Environment Optimisation), Integrated Design (INDE)
(Landscape), Firm Terra (Interior)
Contractors: Ahluwalia Contractors Limited (Main), MAS (Electrical), JCI (BMS),
Bluestar (HVAC), Sidco (Interior), DSA (Plumbing), QCC (Landscape)
Built-up area: 50,000sq m
Cost of project: Rs 17500 lakh
Year of completion: 2009
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Existing Conditions
Based on the contour profile of the land, the diagram maps the various
micro watershed patterns that are formed on site. The micro watershed
patterns formed on site are largely due to the local level ground
conditions comprising rocky outcrops, bund formation on site due to past
agricultural activity and large loose boulders. These micro watersheds
form an integral part of the major watershed pattern on site that
eventually drain the surface water through the valleys.
The micro watershed pattern indentified on site are categorized as Flat
Area Watersheds these areas receive the water and then drain into either
another flat area eventually leading up to the depression areas these
zones in the watershed are potential harvesting zones on site
Masterplan Strategy Document for site at Chikballapur
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The BAB ZAERS project, a new urban settlement near Rabat in Morocco, positions this land capacity process through extensive
modelling of drainage and run-off networks analysis on site. Within the broader framework of the project oriented around
sustainable development, the entire structure and the figure ground of the urban development is based on the identification and
passive modulation of run-off patterns on site. This pattern, when thickened as a surface, accommodates all ecosystem services
and is translated as the primary infrastructure of the development. The pattern is used to orient and position built parcels,
inform the transport infrastructure to develop hierarchical urban nodes, develop pedestrian linkages, extend and integrate food
productivity zones within the urban realm and continuously inform and guide the land use of the development.
The process demonstrated is certainly not exhaustive in addressing all aspects of land capacity as the primary focus remains
water-centric; but it is enough to demonstrate that any intervention or development can be anchored based on soil,
geomorphology, vegetation, water resources and other natural parameters each implying a significant response based on its
specific attributes. This is not to say that only one or few of the parameters are to be considered for a development while
neglecting others; each site with specific land potential will highlight natural patterns that have a distinct hierarchical and
ecological relationship that is to be negotiated so as to position the design intervention better.
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Landscape infrastructure challenges the very notion of surface water management as is currently practiced. Typically, drainage has
been treated as a subsystem of vehicular networks as a means of draining the roads as well as the development. Irrespective of the
nature of site or the typology of development, this is considered standard practice. The origin of the practice has of course been to
achieve the fastest time to clear all incident rainwater from both the road surface as well as the property itself. Sustainable goals
demand that all incident rainwater be conserved, managed, harvested and utilised within the site with zero run off; thereby
reducing the need to import water into the site as well as increase water security for the development.
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Transportation is a major consumer of resources and large projects offer opportunities for changing the conventional approach of
automatically providing excessive roads and parking. At IITGn, the plan has been specially configured for promoting walking and
cycling as the main means of mobility within the campus. Resident faculty may use cars to connect to other parts of Gandhinagar
but IITGn will provide buses for students. In larger projects, it would be possible to reduce vehicular transport even further. Also,
the plan provides for a permanent place for labour colony close to the existing village settlement. Fortunately, the villagers were
not deprived of their agricultural fields by this project, only of land for grazing. A large part of the land has been left as a
biodiversity reserve, where existing fauna can continue to thrive and where cattle could also graze.
Large-scale projects create new opportunities. At Nalanda University campus there was a single solution for the problem of
rainwater management and procuring material for building. This was achieved in a proposal by using existing soil as material
for building walls (rammed earth and stabilised earth blocks) and the excavated pits for rainwater management
Social Sustainability
Minimalist Approach
Project: Studio Building of Shankar Narayan Architects, Secunderabad
Architects: Shankar Narayan Architects, Secunderabad
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FACTOR
Location
FEATURE
Full utility of serviced urban land open space is dedicated to community parks
Flat roofed single level spaces have greater utility and multi-functionality, thereby
extending the usable life of the building
Securing only what is valuable and absolutely necessary consumes less material.
Multi-functional use of spaces virtually halves the eco impact.
Common sense design solutions obviate the need for mechanical exhausts
Size of space directly proportional to its length of use optimises material consumption
Fully utilising all the properties of a material and multiple-use of the same (flooring stone
as roofing also) actually halves the material consumption leading to direct eco benefits
Every material in this building carries more than one function and/or is designed
to consume least material that its eco impact is virtually halved.
Site
Architectural Plan
and Design
Structure
ECO-EFFECT
Intelligent design
The staircase treads, for e.g., are bare concrete without stone facing or plaster
and paint finish
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FEATURE
Details
Furniture
General
Afterlife use has its eco benefits as importantly, it also leads to creative
design solutions
How to consume waste creatively
Idea is to consume every bit of material that comes to site no waste to throw away
The typical cost percentage mix in a normal building is 70-30 for material and labour.
For this project it was 50-50. Less on material, more on labour leads to better
human resource development and encouraging craftsmanship
Appreciating the inherent characteristics of material and using the most economical materials
and mixing them naturally, without prejudice leads to eco-sensitive solutions
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Each component is optimised for its purpose toilet door is for privacy, not security
A single material is used avoiding additional materials like cinder filling, screed,
floor tiles, water-proofing, etc. saving on multiple materials and varied labour
Extra attention to construction quality can save unnecessary material use in
finishing. The idea behind this building was to finish as you construct.
Avoids cutting and wastage of blocks
A single 25mm thick slab does the job of what multiple materials like brick, plaster, tile,
paint, etc, do which add up to at least 150mm thick. Stone is also a nature processed
material, ready-to-use, long lasting
Avoid use of steel, paint, welding, future maintenance, etc
Water usage is decided carefully
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1. ENTRY
2. RAMP GOING DOWN
3. PARKING
4. 20 WIDE ROAD
5. 25 WIDE ROAD
6. TOILET
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1. VERANDAH CABIN
2. STUDIO
3. MEETING ROOM
4. LOBBY
5. CUT-OUT
6. TOILET
7. PLOTTER
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Client: Sri A J Gurushankar
Design team: Ar G Shankar Narayan, K Andrew (Project Management);
Sri V V Ranga Rao, S.L.Structural Consortium (Consultants, Structural)
Contractors: In House. Main Civil Mason Sri Mathiah
Built-up area: 250sq m
Cost of project: Rs 28 lakhs
Year of completion: 2011
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Social Sustainability
Chitra Vishwanath
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Adobe Making
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Vaulted Roof
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U-Block Lintels
Social Sustainability
Sandeep Virmani
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1. OZARI WORKSHOP
2. ARTISIANS WORKING SPACE
3. STORE
4. CARPENTRY WORKSHOP
5. PANTRY
6. TOILET
7. KARIGARSHALA
8. STRUCTURAL LABORATORY
9. ENVIRONMENTAL LABORATORY
10. RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
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beautiful and long lasting roofs. They too have a company that
provides thatch services; last year their turnover was Rs 35 lakh.
Traditionally, wood was used for roofing under structures; so
post the earthquake, to stop the wanton cutting of the thorn
forests, space frames were introduced by simply bolting pipes
together. The artisan company, 'SPAN' now provides this
service for not just iconic buildings with large spans, but also for
quick interim shelters post disasters.
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Architects: Hunnarshala Foundation, Bhuj
Design team: Inputs from innumerable architects and artisans were assimilated
and the design was orchestrated by Kiran Vaghela
Contractors: The construction was undertaken by artisans of Hunnarshala
Built-up area: 845sq m covered area, 345sq m semi-covered area and 1170sq m
landscaped area
Cost of Project: 8000000 (so far)
Year of completion: On going
Project Feature
Sinuous Structure
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FLOOR PLAN
1. PRAYER ROOM
2. CHURCH HALL
3. OFFICE
4. KITCHEN
5. SACRISTY
6. COMMUNITY GARDEN
7. TOILET
8. MAIN ENTRANCE
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Due to its shape with three skylights, the roof of the church
was designed as a self-supporting steel construction with a
stucco ceiling. The structure was assembled in a wharf at the
Baltic Sea. The exterior skin is made of 8mm thick threedimensionally curved steel plates welded on a frame
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FactFile
Client: Association Freunde der Evangelischen Kirche in Hainburg/Donau, Austria
Design team: Wolf D Prix (Principal Designer), Martin Mostbck
(Project Architect), Sophie-Charlotte Grell (Design Architect), Steven Baites, Daniel
Bolojan, Victoria Coaloa, Jrg Hugo, Volker Kilian, Martin Neumann, Martin Jelinek
(Project Team)
Contractors and Consultants: Bollinger Grohmann Schneider ZT GmbH
(Structural Engineer), Spirk & Partner ZT GmbH (Construction Survey),
Markus Haderer Baubetrieb Ges.m.b.H (Main Work/Finishing)
Total gross floor area: 289sq m
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Residence Design
S.No
Material
Quantity used
name
4
3
(m )
Density
3
(kg/m )
Quantity of
Embodied
CO2
material used
energy
emission
(kg)
in kg
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Mud
Eg.2
Steel
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Col 5 X Col 6
Eg.1
Mud
Material name
Eg.2
Steel
3.
Quantity used (m )
S.No
1.
4.
Density (kg/m3)
2.
Electric equipment
5.
Quantity (kg)
3.
Quantity (nos)
6.
Fuel type
4.
7.
6.
7.
No of working days
8.
Total consumption
365 days (watt)
Col 6 X Col 7
9.
Col 81000
10.
11.
CO2 emission in kg
8.
9.
10.
No of trips
Col 3 X Col 4
Eg.1 Eg.2
CFL Fan
Col 5 Col 7
11.
12.
Fuel consumption
13.
Fuel emission
conversion factor
14.
CO2 emission in kg
Col 8 X Col 9
Col 10 X Col 11
Col 12 X Col 13
Col 9 X Col 10
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The results from the analysis show quantified carbon emission as below
S.No
Carbon emission of
Low Footprint Residence
(Relative emission quantity)
Carbon emission of
Conventional Residence
(Relative emission quantity)
2.5 A
A\3
A\3
3A
15 A
(for 90 years)
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(for 90 years)
Residence Design
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Urban Sustainability
Project: Residence, Mogri
Architect: HARMONY Planning Services Pvt Ltd, Vadodara, Gujarat
House design has reflected, throughout its history, the different solutions advanced by each
period to the continuing problem of securing a small controlled environment within a large-scale
setting too often beset by adverse forces of cold, heat, wind, water and sun.
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PROMOTION
DOWNTIME
IN ISTANBUL
Turkish Airlines has refurbished
and expanded its flagship lounge
in Istanbul to make it a stress-free
zone for travellers.
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1. MAIN ENTRY
2. ENTRANCE
3. FOYER
4. VERANDAH
5. PUJA ALCOVE
6. WAITING ROOM
7. RECEPTION
8. DINING ROOM
9. COURT
10. COURTYARD
11. DRAWING ROOM
12. LIBRARY/AV ROOM
13. KITCHEN
14. STORE ROOM
15. LAUNDRY
16. BEDROOM
17. SEVAKS ROOM
18. DRESSING
19. TOILET
20. ROOM FOR EXERCISE
21. SEMI-COVERED AREA
22. GAZEBO
23. LAWN
24. SLOPING LAWN
25. MEDITATION AREA
26. PRIVATE GARDEN
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Client: Anoopam Mission
Design team: Kalpesh Dalwadi (principal architect), Shreya Dalwadi, Pooja Shimpi,
Satish Ajmeri, Ravi Khamar
Consultants: Ami Desai (structure), Dinesh Patel (electrical), Jayesh Shah (plumbing)
Execution by: Anoopam Mission supervision and project execution team
Project Management Team: Ashok Patel and associates, Dwijen Panchal
Built-up area: 11200sq ft
Year of completion: 2011
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