The client brief was to design a naturopathy center with a yoga hall in a tight urban site. The fact that the center was meant for therapy and wellness but had to be designed in a busy, noisy, polluted node in the city was the challenge. What struck us most when we visited the location was the presence of a huge Canon Ball tree (a sacred tree by many accounts), which defined the character of the site.  The site was also flanked by a very busy road which forms an important artery in the city?s road network.

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Architects: Cadence Architects

Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Lead Architects: Smaran Mallesh, Narendra Pirgal, Vikram Rajashekar

Project Year: 2018
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Text description provided by the architects. The client brief was to design a naturopathy center with a yoga hall in a tight urban site. The fact that the center was meant for therapy and wellness but had to be designed in a busy, noisy, polluted node in the city was the challenge. What struck us most when we visited the location was the presence of a huge Canon Ball tree (a sacred tree by many accounts), which defined the character of the site.  The site was also flanked by a very busy road which forms an important artery in the city?s road network.

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