VINAYAK EXPERIENCE CENTRE
NAME
Vinayak Experience Centre
LOCATION
Lake Town, Kolkata, India
AREA
3500 sft
PROJECT DURATION
2021
TEAM
Animesh Nayak, Gaurav Bannerjee
DESIGN CONCEPT
The building is defined by the client’s brief to create a soothing environment to conduct business in the midst of a busy construction site. The interior space is formed by a winding and thick masonry wall that negotiates both the site and the client requirements. This wall starts at the site entrance, leading visitors up a ramp into a series of indoor spaces, culminating in the finale of an indoor landscape courtyard lit by a south facing skylight from above. This central garden space becomes the focal point of all the interior spaces and is a sensory relief from the noise and dust of the construction work taking place outside.
MATERIAL PALETTE
- Grey painted textured exterior wall featuring slender apertures dressed in translucent glass brick.
- Interior flooring, of plank style concrete finish tiles, lends a sense of continuity and expanse to the interior space.
- White walls finished with a rough pop texture is a delicate contrast to the rough nature of the grey walls.
- Duco painted, slender metal frames with large glass panel windows bring in ample natural light.
- Tropical plants including snake plants, umbrella tree, Philodendron and Calathea Lutea lend a lush feel.