![]() This access has been transformed through two primary interventions - the setting back of the site boundary to cede space to the city and the neighboring traffic, and the softening of the site boundaries through landscaping to enable the greater physical and visual connection between the complex and its immediate context. ![]() The site periphery, in turn, has been reserved for pedestrian access. The buildings are planned to create a wide promenade on the ground level, to facilitate vehicular access up to the building line. Moreover, the podium has so been configured, along the building’s northwest, so that its height is roughly the same as that of the adjacent railway colony, thereby maximizing views along this part of the building as well. The resultant intervention also optimizes vistas - while the reception lobby offers occupants views of lush vegetation flanking the building, the terrace level from the first floor and onwards afford virtually unimpeded views of the Baha'i House of Worship, and the skyline beyond. To account for vehicular parking for the eight-storey Block A that was to come up on the site, a parking podium was devised that simultaneously opens up the volume for the creation of a spacious triple-height reception lobby at the ground level. Additionally, traffic impact analyses necessitated the need for a two to three-basement deep vehicular parking, thus posing an unusual challenge for the design team. ![]() ![]() Since the development is in proximity to the Yamuna floodplain, the high water table meant that soil conditions in the area would prove to be unfavorable for deep excavations. ![]() Save this picture! © Noughts & Crosses LLP ![]()
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