CASE STUDY 1

Trade Tower Business Centre

Description FEATURES capsulated Panoramic elevators
• Located at Thapathali, Kathmandu
Office Spaces
• Site area: 11-06-3-1
• Developed by Kanchajunga Housing Pvt. Ltd Conference Seminar
• Designed by cage consult p. Ltd • Conferences space for around 260 persons
• Connected to 8m Thapathali- Maitighar road • It can also be segregated into two parts i.e. Large
• Total built up area = 17168.5 sq. ft. and Small
(1595m2) Superior Deluxe Hall
• capacity 210 members for medium sized meetings,
seminars, conferences, interactive sessions, and
corporate parties
Executive Hall
• It has capacity 30 people at one sitting.
Deluxe Hall
• It has capacity 50 people.
Recreational Space
• National and international food facilities and
3D View terrace garden

General span- 25’-0", 27’-0"

Pillar- 2’-5”
Entrance width- 5’6”(2 no.)
cold air
A N ventilation,
lighting and
circulation cold air
-wind flow from
north and west
-deeper areas
have lighting Planning
Ground floor plan
problem
-proper placement warm air • On the entrance commercial spaces are placed
of lifts near to the main entrance with18 modern shops.

Fifth floor plan

-staircases for • The office block is planned inside the site and
offices allocated
connected with arterial road with centrally core
planning with corridor for circulation.
• lifts and escalators are provided for vertical
circulation
• Office layout are different as their functional
use in the floor plan.
• The building house different offices like banks,
warm air
Safety small offices, consulting offices,
A
• Fire fighting system placed near to circulation
Washroom dimension- 4’6”X4’ (door
opens inside), 3’X4’ (door opens
college, cooperative offices, it offices and café.
area of the building
outside)
• The offices may be closed or cubicle or semi
• Emergency Exits open shape.
Parking: Beam depth- 31.5”
• Small offices are cubicle office form.
Basement parking and Surface Parking are provided Café in the hall
warm air
i Parking segregated according to office spaces
ii Semi-basement parking to enhance the natural light

cold air
Atrium view from the passage
Roof

Railing height- 3’3”

section at a-a north elevation
Analysis
• Large amount of hard landscape which looks dry
Context: commercial area at this complex.
Spaces Trade Tower Standards • Pedestrian entrance is well defined.
Planning: central atrium with corridors (Sq. ft.) (Sq. ft.) • Whole open spaces were used for parking purposes.
Ideology: Creation of centrally core • Atrium planning system to define the lighting
Materials and technology Office 1000 150-400
planned complex for accommodating mainly offices problem.
Reception 60 50
• Skeleton structural system, Activities: Business, offices and college Conference 4030(15.5 per 16-24 per seat • Main defect of the planning is no connection on
• Atrium planning system, seat) every floor via lift.
Target group:Employees, Businessmen and their Rentable 4165 (Bank) 260 • Lighting problem in the corridor of the 8th floor due
• Long ribbon window, clients, students Space to problem in designing the sky light.
• Open grid suspended false ceiling,
Spaces available:Public, semi-public and private Food Courts 729 (approx.29 16-24 per seat • Emergency exit allocated at the very corner of the
• Granite and glossy tiles used for floor finishing, per seat) building.
• Use of ACP, steel, aluminium,
Landscape:Hard landscape Parking 160 per car 216-236 per car • The allocated space for parking cannot withstand
• Extensively use of gypsum board for office Drawbacks:Landscape used as area for parking Toilet 100 Min. 160 the pressure at peak hour.
furnishing, Corridor 6.25 ft. 6 ft.
• Translucent glass to maintain privacy. PRESENTED BY:
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