MIDTERM EXAM

ARCHITECTURE AND BUILDING CONSTRUCTION

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Semester II Year 2014/2015

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POLBAN

DIII CONSTRUCTION BUILDING ENGINEERING

DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING

POLYTECHNIC OF BANDUNG
May, 2015

NAMASTE TOWER
Mumbai , India

Namaste Tower in Mumbai is a contemporary interpretation of India Architecture. The Namaste

Tower will be clad in fritted glazing, creating sense of transparency and depth to the building.
This 62-storey, 300 m high will include a hotel , office and retail space.

Architects: WS Atkins, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Client : Jaguar Buildcon
Plot Area : 6500 m2
Building Footprint : 4100 m2
Gross Floor Area : 120.000 m2
Height : 301 m
Lifts : 15 + 3

Location

Location of Namaste Tower : Senapati Bapat Marg, Gandhi

Nagar, Upper Worli, Worli
Mumbai, Maharashtra 400013
India
The front of the Namaste Tower faces North. It
is a North-facing wall. The back of the
Namaste Tower faces South. It is a Southfacing wall. The sides of the building faces
East and West. They are a North-facing and a
South facing wall.

The long axis of the building is orientated North-south. The orientation of the long axis is north-south. The
longer walls of the building faces east and west to minimize the area of wall exposed to the sun. Translated
to the building envelope this means a partly coverage to keep the heat outside and collect sunlight in PVcells. Also the roofs of the two large canopies have an additional layer of sun collecting cells which can
provide about 12% of the total energy demand.

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Namaste Tower is bounded by a garden to the west. A garden around the western
boundary. The building is bounded by a road to the north. A road runs along the western
boundary. Namaste Tower is bounded by many buildings to the west and bounded by garden to
the south. Namaste Tower has vehicular access from the road to the north. It does not have
vehicular access from the east, south or west.
Location in Google Earth

Shape of Namaste Tower

Namaste tower is shaped like a Surfing board and

two hands are clasped together.

The traditional Indian greeting of Namaste, where the hands are clasped
together in greeting, is the inspiration for the design of this tower.
In Sanskrit Namaste means I bow to you. It has a spiritual
significance of negating ones ego in the presence of another.
The Architecture of the Namaste Hotel builds on this ancient Indian
expression. The two wings of the hotel are clasped together like hands
greeting the city of Mumbai. In this way the architectural design of the
hotel provides the ultimate symbol of hospitality and welcome, as seen in
the cultural
context
India.
Area
ofofNamaste

Tower

The Namaste Tower Building is hollow. It has four curved external

surfaces.

Namaste tower has hight of enough building for skyscraper. The Namaste tower has a
hight of approximately 300 metres. Beside of this building hight,it has floor area that is Namaste
tower has 62 floors area. This area is enough fantastic.
Gross building Area 120,000 sq mtr.
Luxury rooms 380 with luxury & unique restaurants, bars, banqueting, spa facilities etc.
Offices A grade with 9,000 sq mtr areas.
Retail space World class with 6,000 sq mtr areas.

The longitudinal section of Namaste Tower is one opens hands (wings). And the cross
section of the building is a semi circular in shape (oval).
The tower is made up of two separate wings (or hands) which together form the
architectural expression of Namaste. The space between the wings forms the corridor spaces.
At either end of the corridor space a pair of open atria will offer hotel guests dramatic framed
views out over the city.
Internal Atrium Gardens These atria also serve to bring natural light deep into the plan.
At the plant floor levels these atria are broken with internal gardens that serve to bring greenery
into the corridor and atrium spaces. It was a central design aim to ensure that the circulation
areas of the hotel, (including corridors) are just as impressive as the rooms themselves.
At the summit of the building a generous quadruple height atrium space encloses a Sky
Restaurant and Bar which will provide a unique vantage point for patrons to gain panoramic
views out over the city
The main programmatic occupancy of the Namast Tower will be hotel. The middle part
houses regular hotel rooms, while the top part mainly consists of luxurious suites. The layout
between the 36th and 44th floor varies from 3 to 8 suites per floor. Above there is one entire
layer intended to be one single apartment, probably for the hotel owner.
The top of the building houses bars, a restaurant and panoramic decks, enclosed by a
glass roof where the fingers of the building come together.
The lower floors contain 9000 m2 of office space and 6000 m of retail. All program will
be accessed from the street level where ramps go up and down to enter the parking places or the
drop-off zones at the back of the tower. The specialty restaurants and the lounge are public
accessible from the retail floors.Inside the cores, elevators provide vertical transport for the
different users. From level 10 upwards less elevators are needed so the configuration changes.
The left-over space is used for both hotel service as corridor.
Many kinds of facilities in Namaste Tower : 120,000 m2 of Gross Construction Area, 380
key luxury hotel, Exclusive restaurants, bars, banqueting and spa facilities, 9,000 m2 of A grade
office space, 6,000 m2 of world class retail space and 300 m overall building height

Viewed from the top, general arrangement of facilities in Namaste Tower : Sky Atrium,
Sky Restaurant and Bar, Plant Floor, Owners Apartement, Standard Club and Suites, Spa, Plant
Rooms, Standard Hotel Rooms, Speciality Restaurant, Plant Floor and Offices.
Viewed from the top, The Spa room is in the centre of the building. The Sky Atrium is at
the top of the building. The offices is at the bottom of the building. The Owners Apartement is
between the plant Floor and Standard Club and Suites

Building Skin

of the Namast Tower comes from the henna tattoo tradition. The buildings exterior features intricate Mehndi

The Tower is envisaged to be clad in white Alpolic and

glass that is fitted with a large scale architectural graphic. This
will create a sense of transparency and depth to the building, at the
same time maintaining the thermal qualities required to meet the
buildings envelope design criteria.
The Podium materials are envisaged to be a
white Alpolic cladding and aggregate pre-cast panels.

Mehndi
Indian weddings can offen be long ritualistic and elaborate affairs with
lots of pre-wedding, wedding and post wedding ceremonies. The occasion of a
Mehndi ceremony (where the hands and feet are decorated with henna) is often
one of the most important pre-wedding rituals especially for the bride.

STUCTURE

Structure of Namaste Tower made of glass, concrete, panels pre-cast and steel. This
building used glass because glass is transparent and you can see the outsides scenery and
exposed to the sun. This building used concrete because concrete is non-combustible, cant bend
(strength), rigid and because is concrete has the property of high compressive strength. And this
building used because is steel has the property of high tensile strength.

In this building there are three responses to the wind :

1. Torsional Response
2. Across wind response
3. Along wind response

The Podium
The geometry of the podium is designed to integrate fully with the design of the tower.
Thus it is a highly symmetrical form that responds to the wing like canopies above the drop off.
Containing mostly retail, the facade of the podium is activated with water features and
fountainsthat cascade down to street level.
Besides hotel guests, the office workers, deliveries and visitors has to be led into the building.
governing
principles
in the design
of the podium
were
the requirement
to green oasis
DistinctKey
entrance
roads and
ramps regulate
the movements.
Below
the:canopies,
an urban
invite people
to visit
thekeeping
building.
Going
up with of
panorama
brings
them to of
the top floors
produce
a unified
design
with
the language
the towerelevators
above, the
introduction
where a restaurant and bar provide a wide view over downtown Mumbai.
double height volumes, the efficiency of planning especially in relation to access and loading
bays, drop-off area and simplicity and symmetry of form to aid in way finding and general
orientation