CASE STUDIES

OF
COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS

K.AKSHAY
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Case study -1 :

NAME OF THE BUILDING: Aranya Bhawan

LOCATION - Jaipur (3,909,333)

BUILT-UP AREA - 10,000 Sqm

Key details - Type : Office

The building has : Five (G+4) + one basement level for parking and services

Types of Spaces - 1)Offices

2) Museum
3) Library
4) Auditorium
5)Guest Rooms

The building is supported by 45 kw grid connected rooftop solar PV.

The Building has three wings in the form of towers connected by internal staircases.
 1st Wing
2nd wing
3rd wing

Staircase
width -
1.8-2m
2.1m
wide
corridor

2.7m Wide
Corridor
The three wings comprises of the following spaces-

Offices 1st Floor

Library

Museum
2nd Floor Basement - Parking & other Services

Auditorium
Guest Rooms 3rd Floor

The Three wings of this building are connected by a circular Staircase of width 1.8m which surpasses the
wide corridor (Main corridor)of width 2.7m.
There are 2 commercial Office buildings near to Aranya Bhawan Building
Auditorium Main Wing
Staircase Staircase Guest
Office &
Library Rooms

Entry
My View -

The concept of long continuous Corridor was implemented in the building - Aranya bhawan
And the spaces were assigned in the form of respective tower kind wings which are
connected through this long corridor of width 2.7m.

The usage to the corinthian columns at the entrance of the main wing
Creates a welcoming atmosphere and the design and architecture with
respect to the planning of spaces can be seen here along with aesthetics.

The types of spaces in this building have been planned with the concept
Of - “United by Spaces”
Case study -2

Name of the Building - Fudan Jingshi Bookstore

Architect - SHUISHI

Area - 1140 Sqm

Location - Shanghai, China

Type : Book Store

- Shanghai Fudan Jingshi Bookstore was

established in 1993 and is affiliated to
Fudan University Press.
Interface -

● The site of the project is

long and flat, backed by a
centralised parking lot
inside the campus. Only
the west side along
Guonian Road faces the Parking lot
street

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eet
● The owner hopes that the
bookstore could be
y
completely transparent Entr
along the street, taking full
advantages of the street
so as to attract as many
visitors as possible.

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● They intended to project
nature onto the building in
some certain form, using
plants as an important
element of the ground scene;
meanwhile, simulate the
perception of people walking
on both sides of the street and
the poetic capture of the
effects of light and shadow
changes

● Covering about 1,140 square meters, Jingshi Bookstore needs to accommodate various functions
such as reading, exhibition, cultural creation, leisure, reading club, training, and office
Planning -

● The first floor is

mainly for
exhibition, reading
and book storage,
as well as activities
and water bar area.
The display space
on the first floor is
arranged in strips,
forming a long
gallery with the fold-
shaped interface
space intertwined
with the real and
the virtual with
coffee bar at
southwest corner
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ZONING - F1 5 6
13 7

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4
3 2 1 8

ENTRY
● The second floor is mainly for
the display and sale of leisure
and cultural and creative
products, and can hold
various special cultural
exhibitions of bookplates,
student works, and ancient
prints etc., as well as training
and high-quality cultural
lectures. The stairs leading to
the second floor are
connected to the inner
courtyard, creating an open
visual effect. The inner
courtyard itself also provides
good natural lighting for the
reading area, activity area,
and warehouse office area,
which adds the level of
space.
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ZONING - F2 8 3

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2

● It is composed of eighteen
12m*3m*3.2m, six 9m*3m*3.2m,
and five 6m*3m*3.2m cabinet units
(in total 29).
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Case study -3

Name of the Building - Automobile Design Studio

Architect - SJK Architects

Area - 2322 Sqm

Location - Mumbai, India

Type: Showroom (Design Studio)

Brief - Was to create a cutting edge design studio, where they would style their newest vehicles. The
studio would be the designer’s domain, holding special status and pride of place in the company, and
frequented by the company’s top management as well as by their international collaborators

“The brief described the need for the studio to have an ‘overwhelming sense of design’, an ‘emotive’
quality that could ‘energize and inspire thoughts’, ‘evolve’ with time and feel ‘true to its origins”.
Site & its Surroundings -
● The site identified for the
design studio was within
Automobile Design
their 64 acre M&M factory Studio
campus in Kandivili, with its
low-lying sheds and lush
greenery - an oasis,
reminiscent of Mumbai of
the bygone decades, amidst
the concrete jungle
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 ● The use of metal sheets for doors, screens etc. was inspired by the extensive use of the material
in the automobile industry and further impelled by Mumbai’s rich tradition of metal works.

● As we stitched the old and new together, the need for the studio to ‘evolve’ and ‘be true to its
origins’ influenced the treatment to material and detail of the project. We attempted to use all new
materials, concrete and plaster for walls and metals ‘raw’ - in an honest, exposed and bare format.

Design Display area

studio

Glass
windows