Stella | Beyond The Glass Skyscraper
Sanjay Puri Architects
Nagpur, India
Stella is a compact office building located in Nagpur, Maharashtra, India. Within a plot of 836.07 sq.m., the project accommodates 5,575 sq.m. of office space across 14 levels, with four offices on each floor. The restricted plot size and statutory open space requirements resulted in a vertical configuration, optimizing the usable area while maintaining natural light and ventilation throughout.
Nagpur, among India’s hottest cities, records summer temperatures of up to 48°C. Responding to this extreme climate, the building’s façade is conceived as a layered, climate-responsive skin. Semicircular open decks and planters sheathed with aluminum louvers alternate along the entire perimeter, both horizontally and vertically...… see more here
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