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The Reservoir project in Rajasthan, India draws inspiration from traditional stepped wells to create sustainable office buildings nestled in the desert landscape. The buildings are designed to step down the hilly terrain, maximizing northern exposure and daylight while creating landscaped terraces. The design enhances on-site water collection, serving the dual purpose of addressing water scarcity while creating a large community space around the reservoir. Local materials like sandstone are used to minimize energy needs and connect to the regional architectural context. The project has received recognition for its innovative and sustainable design approach to the contemporary office building typology.

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Design Story

The Reservoir project in Rajasthan, India draws inspiration from traditional stepped wells to create sustainable office buildings nestled in the desert landscape. The buildings are designed to step down the hilly terrain, maximizing northern exposure and daylight while creating landscaped terraces. The design enhances on-site water collection, serving the dual purpose of addressing water scarcity while creating a large community space around the reservoir. Local materials like sandstone are used to minimize energy needs and connect to the regional architectural context. The project has received recognition for its innovative and sustainable design approach to the contemporary office building typology.

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Design Story: Reservoir - Future of Contemporary Office Buildings By Sanjay

Puri Architectural Case Study Dated: 11 May 2018 Tweet 0 Comment(s)


Courtesy Sanjay Puri Architects Project: Reservoir, Rajasthan, India Location:
Rajasthan Client: Shree Cement Architect: Sanjay Puri Architects, Mumbai.
Sanjay Puri (principal architect); Ruchika Gupta (associate architect); Nandita
Rebello (architect) Area: 100,000 square feet Status: In Progress Nestled
amidst the deserts of Rajasthan, a place where water is a huge scarcity and
temperatures soar higher than 40 degrees C throughout major of the year.
The site is steeply contoured in topography creates a natural water collection
pit from the surrounding land. Courtesy Sanjay Puri Architects Methodology: A
meticulous study was performed on the stepped wells, a traditional
architectural structure which has been a part of Rajasthan, as a response to
the context and further to capitalize on the water collection that the site
naturally has, acting as a reservoir. Thus, the design of the built form draws
from the ancient architectural structure - stepped wells. Courtesy Sanjay Puri
Architects Design Evolution: Office spaces have been planned on the two
north facing sides gradually stepping down at each level along the existing
contours, embracing the north facing landscaped terraces fronting each
office. Courtesy Sanjay Puri Architects To initiate and promote social
integration, the opposite south facing sides have been shaped into open
stepped platforms along the site’s contours further generating landscaped
spaces, creating a large community space as the traditional stepped wells
had. Sheltered parking is evolved as a resulted of the earth berms that rise
externally from the southern edge to meet with the lower berms on the
northern edge. Courtesy Sanjay Puri Architects Sufficient natural light
penetrates through all the spaces, providing ample of daylight & artificial
lighting is not required through the day since the office spaces at each level of
the terraced site range between 6 - 7.5 meters in depth. Courtesy Sanjay Puri
Architects The water reservoir encompassed by the terrace walls of stepped
wells oriented towards the northern edge provides scenic visuals to the entire
space. The interiors extend visually to the outer space connecting inside to
outside. The design is responsive to the site contours, the climate of its
location and to the need of its users, creating office spaces that require much
lower energy consumption due to their orientation while imbibing the elements
of traditional architecture prevalent in the region since centuries. Creation of
this large water catchment area functions as a response to the water scarcity
prevalent in the location. Courtesy Sanjay Puri Architects Material Library:
Use of local materials: The entire structure will be built in local Chittorgarh
sandstone available in close proximity to the site, aiding both the design and
context. The design is thus sustainable in numerous ways creating an energy
efficient responsive architectural solution. Courtesy Sanjay Puri Architects The
offices while being a small part of a large 100-acre site, create a large
community space that is usable by the residents of the township. In addition,
the original water collection area is enlarged and will serve to augment the
water requirement of the entire township. Courtesy Sanjay Puri Architects The
Reservoir thus not only acts as a sustainable office design but it also extends
to create a meaningful & contextual community space. This project has been
highly lauded by the design fraternity and also was the winner at World
Architecture Festival 2015 for Office Building of the Future.

See more at: https://www.zingyhomes.com/architectural-case-study/design-


story-reservoir-future-contemporary-office-buildings/

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