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Message: <blockquote data-quote="HML" data-source="post: 9280331" data-attributes="member: 136955">Namaste Tower          LOWER PAREL   The  Namaste tower! Designed by the Atkins design  studio, work IS currently underway on this 300m-62 storeyed mixed use  tower that will encompass a hotel, office and retail space.  The location is Ambika mills which is a couple hundred meters south of the The developer of the project is unknown. The renders and text were submitted by Atkins to the World Architecture Festival in Barcelona (3-5 Nov 2010). Namaste: Hotel and Office Tower Category: Future Projects - Commercial Location: Mumbai, India Architects: WS Atkins, Dubai, United Arab Emirates Atkins, United Arab Emirates <img src="http://i1123.photobucket.com/albums/l552/HMLmalka/Namaste%20Tower/image001.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> <a href="http://www.getnidokidos.com/" target="_blank"></a> <a href="http://www.getnidokidos.com/" target="_blank"></a>Following  the long tradition of great Indian Architecture it was our aim that the  Namaste  Tower will stand as a landmark structure, representative of the  burgeoning economic and cultural significance of India. We aimed to  design a building that would become representative of the city: the  picture postcard of Mumbai. <img src="http://i1123.photobucket.com/albums/l552/HMLmalka/Namaste%20Tower/image002.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> <a href="http://www.getnidokidos.com/" target="_blank"></a> <a href="http://www.getnidokidos.com/" target="_blank"></a>Key Statistics: • 120,000 m2 of Gross Construction Area • 380 key luxury hotel • Exclusive restaurants, bars, banqueting and spa facilities • 9,000 m2 of A grade office space • 6,000 m2 of world class retail space • 300 m overall building height <img src="http://i1123.photobucket.com/albums/l552/HMLmalka/Namaste%20Tower/image003.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> <a href="http://www.getnidokidos.com/" target="_blank"></a> <a href="http://www.getnidokidos.com/" target="_blank"></a>“Namaste" The  traditional Indian greeting  of ‘Namaste’, where the hands are clasped together in greeting, is the  inspiration for the design of this tower. In Sanskrit “Namaste` means “I  bow to you`. It has a spiritual significance of negating one’s ego in  the presence of another. The Architecture of the Namaste Hotel  builds on this ancient Indian expression. The two wings of the hotel are  clasped together like hands greeting the city of Mumbai. In this way  the architectural design of the hotel provides the ultimate symbol of  hospitality and welcome, as seen in the as seen in the cultural context  of India. <img src="http://i1123.photobucket.com/albums/l552/HMLmalka/Namaste%20Tower/image004.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> <img src="http://i1123.photobucket.com/albums/l552/HMLmalka/Namaste%20Tower/image005.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> Visual Relationships to and from the Site With  a proposed height of 300 m the tower will be seen from a  distance of more than 40 km. Therefore the visual appearance of the  project as a major landmark is of great importance to the city of  Mumbai. Views from the tower will extend to the South over the  Mahalkshi Race course towards the Mumbai Peninsula and to the South West  over the Indian Ocean. The views to the north East are towards a number  of adjacent towers that are currently being constructed. The  orientation and massing of the tower have been designed in order to make  the very best of these visual relationships. <img src="http://i1123.photobucket.com/albums/l552/HMLmalka/Namaste%20Tower/image006.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> <img src="http://i1123.photobucket.com/albums/l552/HMLmalka/Namaste%20Tower/image007.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> The Building Skin The  tower has been designed to cater for large scale Indian weddings. The  occasion of a Mehndi ceremony (where the hands and feet of the bride and  groom  are decorated with henna) is often one of the most important  pre-wedding rituals in India. The design seeks to build on the  theme of the clasped hands by referencing the intricate Mehndi patterns  through the treatment of the building skin. The tower is will be clad in  fritted glazing that combines to form an architectural scale graphic on  the exterior of the building. This will create a sense of transparency  and depth to the building while at the same time helping to maintain the  thermal qualities required to meet the building’s envelope design  criteria. It is proposed that the large scale canopies over the  drop-off points area support an array of solar thermal collectors. Given  the available surface area and annual sunlight conditions these have  the potential to provide 12% of the energy required to heat the hot  water for the hotel. <img src="http://i1123.photobucket.com/albums/l552/HMLmalka/Namaste%20Tower/image008.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> <img src="http://i1123.photobucket.com/albums/l552/HMLmalka/Namaste%20Tower/image009.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> Location (View on google maps): <img src="http://i1123.photobucket.com/albums/l552/HMLmalka/Namaste%20Tower/image010.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> ^Site prep underway General Arrangement The  tower is made up of two separate wings (or hands) which together form  the architectural expression of “Namaste”. The space between the wings  forms the corridor spaces. At either end of the corridor space a pair of  open atria will offer hotel guests dramatic framed views out over the  city. <img src="http://i1123.photobucket.com/albums/l552/HMLmalka/Namaste%20Tower/image011.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> <a href="http://www.getnidokidos.com/" target="_blank"></a> <a href="http://www.getnidokidos.com/" target="_blank"></a> <a href="http://www.getnidokidos.com/" target="_blank"></a>Internal Atrium Gardens These  atria also serve to bring natural light deep into the plan. At the  plant floor levels these atria are broken with internal gardens that  serve to bring greenery into the corridor and atrium spaces. It was a  central design aim to ensure that the circulation areas of the hotel,  (including corridors) are just as impressive as the rooms themselves. <img src="http://i1123.photobucket.com/albums/l552/HMLmalka/Namaste%20Tower/image012.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> <a href="http://www.getnidokidos.com/" target="_blank"></a> <a href="http://www.getnidokidos.com/" target="_blank"></a>The Podium The  geometry of the podium is designed to integrate fully with the design  of the tower. Thus it is a highly symmetrical form that responds to the  wing like canopies above the drop off. Containing mostly retail, the  facade of the podium is activated with water features and fountains that  cascade down to street level. <img src="http://i1123.photobucket.com/albums/l552/HMLmalka/Namaste%20Tower/image013.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> <img src="http://i1123.photobucket.com/albums/l552/HMLmalka/Namaste%20Tower/image014.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> The Summit At  the summit of the building a generous quadruple height atrium space  encloses a Sky Restaurant and Bar which will provide a unique vantage  point for patrons to gain panoramic views out over the city. <img src="http://i1123.photobucket.com/albums/l552/HMLmalka/Namaste%20Tower/image015.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> <img src="http://i1123.photobucket.com/albums/l552/HMLmalka/Namaste%20Tower/image016.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> <img src="http://i1123.photobucket.com/albums/l552/HMLmalka/Namaste%20Tower/image020.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> </blockquote>

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