Office at #15 / Biome Environmental Solutions
The office for Biome is built over an older building. The owners had found the use of the upper floor to be redundant for them and were seeking to rent it out. An additional floor was added for this purpose. The project presented an opportunity to apply and test some new ideas in space, technique and material.
© Vivek Muthuramalingam
Architects: Biome Environmental Solutions
Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Design Team: Chitra Vishwanath, Sharath Nayak, Surabhi Pandurangi, Riddhi Panchal
Area: 325.0 m2
Project Year: 2017
Photographs: Vivek Muthuramalingam
Consultants: B.V.Ravindranath and SAI eemagineering
Contractors: Sri Vidya constructions
© Vivek Muthuramalingam
Text description provided by the architects. The office for Biome is built over an older building. The owners had found the use of the upper floor to be redundant for them and were seeking to rent it out. An additional floor was added for this purpose. The project presented an opportunity to apply and test some new ideas in space, technique and material.
Ground Floor Plan
Given that a floor was to be added to an older foundation, the additions were kept as light as possible. The use of steel columns for support and metal roofs was guided by this rationale. This also allowed for a design where space visually connected across various levels. Such a space was very important to the des...
© Vivek Muthuramalingam
Architects: Biome Environmental Solutions
Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Design Team: Chitra Vishwanath, Sharath Nayak, Surabhi Pandurangi, Riddhi Panchal
Area: 325.0 m2
Project Year: 2017
Photographs: Vivek Muthuramalingam
Consultants: B.V.Ravindranath and SAI eemagineering
Contractors: Sri Vidya constructions
© Vivek Muthuramalingam
Text description provided by the architects. The office for Biome is built over an older building. The owners had found the use of the upper floor to be redundant for them and were seeking to rent it out. An additional floor was added for this purpose. The project presented an opportunity to apply and test some new ideas in space, technique and material.
Ground Floor Plan
Given that a floor was to be added to an older foundation, the additions were kept as light as possible. The use of steel columns for support and metal roofs was guided by this rationale. This also allowed for a design where space visually connected across various levels. Such a space was very important to the des...
-------------------------------- |
|
Green House: Aoc architekti’s Sustainable Design in Prague
05-05-2024 05:26 - (
architecture )
Embedded House: Organic Blending of Nature and Architecture
05-05-2024 05:26 - (
architecture )