The project is an apartment on 31 st floor which is a part of a residential development in Goregaon, Mumbai’s modern suburb. This development called ‘the Oberoi Garden City’, abutting the Arey green cover, was created with a vision to provide a holistic living experience to its residents. Today, it fulfils its residents’ live, work, play and other lifestyle needs all in the same location, a unique feature that very few in Mumbai enjoy.
Old design colleagues came together to design this apartment from first principles, by beginning on a clean slate—an open plan— which meant removing of all the non-structural walls from the space to get a free plan layout intended to customize the space exactly as per the need and usage of its inhabitants– a young couple, professionals practicing law and design!
Formerly planned as a three-bedroom apartment, an entire bedroom was collapsed as a part of the living room to accentuate the expanse of this public space– the most used area in the apartment. A sliding glass partition along the channels enabled one to make this space versatile and convertible into a private one if ever needed.
Due to its vantage, the view was the hero of this project and every space respected and aligned itself to it. The living and dining spaces have a full-scale view of the green Aarey colony while the bedrooms have urban and semi-urban views.
Conceptually, the apartment is planned along a single spine where all functions are sequentially arranged along a central axis. Public spaces merge into semi-public functions and eventually private spaces.
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A GRECIAN RETREAT
Shimona Bhansali imbues a subtle touch of opulence to this home in Mumbai
A BOLD STATEMENT
Dhampur Sugar Mills Limited's workspace in New Delhi designed and built by Officebanao adopts an industrial narrative
A BREATH OF FRAGRANT DESIGN IN DELHI'S HEART
An office that smells like perfumery; that is the vision that TWI brought to life in this office space designed for an acclaimed perfume company in India
MASTER OF ALL TRADES
The ethos of forward-thinking and ingenuity finds its architectural counterpart within the walls of Nikhil Kamath and Abhijeet Pai's office-a vision of organic design infused with the essence of India
A TOUCH OF OPULENCE
Designed by Aparna Kaushik, this Delhi office displays an interesting balance of classic aesthetics and contemporary sensibilities
THE WOODEN WONDERLAND
Priyanka and Piyush Mehra envision a stunning experience centre for Vikas Plywood
THE HUB: BUILDING COMMUNITIES
Studio Lotus designs a dynamic mixed-use community hub that activates Chennai's largest IT Park
THE WINNER'S PERCH
Baldiwala Edge designs a Singapore-based ship broker's office as a torch collector's paradise, offering a 360-degree bird's-eye view of the Mumbai skyline
THE DIRECTOR'S CABIN
Designed by Envisage, this office gives a new definition to the traditional notion of biophilia
Designing Corporate India
From weaving the magic of a Star Trek-themed command centre to crafting bespoke block-printed workstations, Vijaya Bhargav and Arnab Ghosh-the trailblazing co-founders of Ostraca-have astonishingly transformed a staggering 29 million square feet of office space for India's tech giants and global enterprises-all while maintaining a flat hierarchical company culture-fuelling a master class in corporate design