{"id":12266,"date":"2021-06-11T12:22:47","date_gmt":"2021-06-11T06:52:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/media.biltrax.com\/?p=12266"},"modified":"2022-02-26T16:24:09","modified_gmt":"2022-02-26T10:54:09","slug":"edifice-consultants-authoring-the-architectural-future-of-the-country","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/sh040.global.temp.domains\/~vitamind\/biltrax.mediacontent\/edifice-consultants-authoring-the-architectural-future-of-the-country\/","title":{"rendered":"Edifice Consultants: Authoring the architectural future of the country"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Founded in 1989 by Ravi Sarangan and Sanjay Srinivasan, Edifice Consultants<\/a> is based in Mumbai. They practice collaborative architecture \u2013 sensitivity to culture, context, and the environment ties them together. With over 1200 projects of diverse sizes under their belt, the firm has striven to keep their idealism untarnished and have been accoladed with multiple awards and felicitations for the same. Sachin Bhatt, a member of the Board of directors spearheads the company\u2019s foray into Data centers and R&D Facilities. Sachin discusses the company ethos, their key projects and effects of the pandemic on the industry.<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

As architects, we are ideally the authors of change \u2013 identifying problems and catalysing design thinking into actionable strategies for improving the built environment.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Can you share insights on the Edifice Consultants ethos? How has the office culture established its trademark synergy over the years?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Edificians have always been at the core of everything. While each designer brings a distinct design philosophy, we walk the extra mile to create spaces that flourish. We follow a \u2018vertical\u2019 system for design and delivery \u2013 a domain-specific workflow for each typology to serve our clients’ requirements and goals. At Edifice, we slot everything we do into four bins: our design and creative process, the organisation’s finances and profitability, our people’s happiness and growth, and most importantly, client satisfaction. This \u2018learn-as-you-grow\u2019 approach helps us get the correct insights and feedback. It may not be helpful at first, but becomes vital as we grow and act on this data. We believe that this focus on fundamentals has helped us run a fairly stable ship for over 30 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“With every project, we make a concerted effort to improve its immediate surroundings and contribute to the wellbeing of its occupants and environs.” Can you share about any project built on this principle?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

TCS Synergy Park, spread over 51-acre in Hyderabad’s Gachibowli area, has been developed into an IT SEZ facility, and executed as per a three-phased master plan designed by our studio. The guiding principles for this project were strict adherence to the site’s eco-sensitive requirements by making the development merge with the existing natural setting rather than trying to take it over. It also involved planning and formalising a seasonal water retention area into a large man-made lake, which has prevented occasional flooding and helped improve the water table in the region. We see the success of our design, in the number of peacocks and other birds that are now regular visitors to this campus. A campus is a success when the ‘unbuilt’ spaces are used as much as the ‘built’, and the TCS campus does that beautifully.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n