You sure have heard lots about the famous anda cells of Arthur Road jail and their infamous inhabitants. But ever heard of an egg-shaped office building?
You sure have heard lots about the famous anda cells of Arthur Road jail and their infamous inhabitants. But ever heard of an egg-shaped office building?
No fiction this; it's a home truth. An egg-shaped office building is coming up at the heart of Bandra-Kurla Complex. Located behind the ICICI Tower, it will have a whopping saleable space of 5,00,000 sq ft. And you thought that the twin 60-storey towers at Tardeo had ushered in an era of skyscrapers!
Construction has already begun, and the 14-storey egg-shaped building -- yet another brand new face of Corporate India -- is slated to be completed in 2010. It is coming up on a 7,107 sq mt plot purchased by Wadhwa Developers at a record high Rs 5.04 lakh per sq mt (Rs 46,883 a sq ft) in November 2007.
The layout, designed by renowned Hong Kong-based architect James Law, will make intelligent and optimum use of space by doing away with columns within the floor plate. It will greatly enhance the usable floor plate -- from the usual 10,000 sq ft in the existing office buildings to a minimum of 12,000 sq ft and a maximum of 35,000 sq ft -- that is more than a three-fold increase -- in the upcoming 'anda' building.
With the building commanding a 92 per cent floor space efficiency, Wadhwa Developers hope to lease out huge office spaces to willing corporates at Rs400 a sq ft, which is the current market rate. Adding glamour to the building is James Law. The architect made a splash in the world of architecture by designing the world's most technologically advanced residential tower, 'The Pad', a 24-storey reactive living space in Dubai.
Sanjay Chhabaria, director of Wadhwa Developers, said, "The design is such that the building seems to be held by steel structures running externally, but actually they are connected to the concrete slabs. The central core comprising the lifts, air conditioning unit and two fire escapes will be constructed in RCC, thereby taking off the
building load.''
In addition to having a three-level basement car park for 450 cars, there will be skygardens at the top three levels. " It will have a special steel gray colour glass façade, with double louvre layer coating, which will shut out sun’s rays,'' added Chhabaria. The project cost is expected to run up to Rs320 crore, a major chunk of which the
developers hope to raise through institutions.
Like ‘The Pad’, the building will have the latest state-of-the-art hightech elevators and acoustics. Landscaping will be done by a top-notch Singapore-based firm.
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