Romi khoslaFirm Name: Romi Khosla Design Studios , Maharani Bagh,New Delhi Year of Practice: 1974 EDUCATION - At Cambridge University UK, where he received a B.A. in economics and the Architectural Association London. •He has designed large educational and recreational complexes. His boutique hotel operated by Le Meridian in Kathmandu has been featured in architectural books of Nepal. •His prestigious reputation led to invitation to serve on the Aga Khan Award Jury as well as the Izmir City revitalisation Competition Jury in Turkey. •Appointed as a Principal Consultant to UNDP, UNOPS, UNESCO and WTO, he has carried out extensive Urban Planning and revitalisation and Tourism Planning missions to the Balkans, Cyprus, Central Asia and Tibet. •Mr. Khosla founded GRUP (Group for Rural and Urban Planning) in Delhi in 1974, and has designed a number of large institutional complexes as well as small communitybased rural projects. •Mr. Khosla’s published works include Buddhist Monasteries in Western Himalayas (1979). •He served as professional advisor for the Aga Khan Trust for Culture’s International Competition for Ideas on the Revitalisation of Samarkand. Mr. Khosla was a member of the Award Technical Review for the 1986, 1989, and 1992 cycles. •Romi Khosla Design Studio works across a broad spectrum of design opportunities. •While it is located in India and primarily works on the subcontinent, the Studio engages regularly with international concerns. •Its design concerns and parameters are primarily informed by the availability of materials at the location of the project, the Socio-economic profile of the users as well as need to define the form as a minimal object. •The use of natural materials, crafted by either hand or machines forms an important concern in the Studio’s expression of form. •Romi Khosla Design Studios is a middle size energetic design office with some international staff that is regarded as one of the top design offices in India. Awards : World Architecture Community Award – 9th cycle 2011 for The Dental College World Architecture Community Award – 8th cycle 2010 for The Plus house M. 2008 IIID interior award for Shantanu and Nikhil-1 in 2006 . fourth cycle June. Hussain Art Gallery – World Architecture. 2009 Building for Bowkunde – World Architecture. Gurgaon – World Architecture. 2009 Dharamshala. second cycle Dec. Guru Tegh Bahadur Hospital – World Architecture.F. third cycle March. fifth cycle Sept. 2009 Eicher-Volvo Headquarter. It’s a combination of all these and you need to be trained in architecture. but. because your mind needs to open up to all kinds of issues.Architect‘s words The unique thing about architecture is that as designers. However. somebody else pays for it. just like in medicine. you make something. environment. materials. . designing skills and a high level of abstract thinking. I am not like a sculptor or a painter. I see architecture as a holistic art including real life. who is being creative with his own efforts. We. artists. have to convince the client that we will give something interesting or unique and functional. as architects. HUSSAIN ART GALLERY POLYCLINIC FOR THE DESTITUTE. OLD DELHI VOLVO-EICHER HEADQUARTERS .F.GURGAON LE MERIDIAN . KATHMANDU .INSTITUTIONAL Projects M. DELHI . DELHI SWAROSVKI BLACK POD. DELHI BAMBOO FASHION SET . DELHI SUNEET VERMA STORE.INTERIORS Projects SHANTANU & NIKHIL SHOP . DELHI A-HOUSE. GOA .RESIDENTIAL Projects CHAKRAVARTY HOUSE. HIMACHAL PRADESH THE RIVER FARM . DELHI KAPOOR FARM HOUSE . DELHI SPRINGDALE SCHOOL .EDUCATIONAL Projects SCHOOL FOR SPASTIC CHILDREN. ASSAM . DELHI CHILDREN’S PLAYGROUND . TEZPUR . HARYANA ASSAM VALLEY SCHOOL. MYSORE KERALA HOUSING .HOUSING Projects ZUARI GARDEN CITY . MANDYA.P . GURGAON HOUSING FOR FACTORY WORKERS . U. KERALA ALAMADA LUXURY VILLAS . Contractor: Constructed by craftsmen employed directly by the client.Tribal Children's Hostel. Construction period: 1979-1981 Exterior view of a detail of the hostel . Kuju Project Data Client: Holy Cross Institute Location: Kuju. Anil Jain Consultants: Ashok Pavte. Central India Architects: Romi Khosla. Narendra Dengle. Bihar State. Semac (P) Ltd. •In fact the hostels are visualised as two small children's villages.•The present proposal for the Marsal Mandir Complex is an attempt to create a village atmosphere in an organised manner. simple buildings planned around open courts. . which are economical on space standards. . •Toilets are shared by two dorms and are also ventilated through the roof in addition to the normal windows. •The children's villages have dormitories for 20 students each. •The students have been provided with low shelves and windows related to their height. •The dorms are ventilated also through the roof to keep them dry and clean. •The perforated walls allow for breezes and privacy.•Internal courtyards are visually linked with one another and are utilised by the girlsfor recreation. . creating smaller spaces that look onto the central large open spaces. . •The landscaping suggested is to break the heavy wind.•All the important buildings are linked by an open-to-sky paved pathway. give shade and create a lively atmosphere for the growth of the tribal children. The common public. Megha Shah Project Location: Jamia Milia Islamia University. JMI. India Project Year: 2007-09 Project Area: 11696 sq.Dental College . mt Project Type: Institutional Contractor: CPWD The College was therefore a place where three users interacted with each other.New Delhi Architectural Group: Romi Khosla Design Studio Chief Architects: Romi Khosla. the doctors who treated and taught and thirdly the students who learned and practiced . Martand Khosla Clients Name: Jamia Milia Islamia University. New Delhi. Ram Pandarathil Nair. New Delhi Design Team: Maulik Bansal. . •These facilities have been arranged in a rectilinear plan form that encloses two large courtyards and has a certain formality to it. •It was a design judgment to simplify the formal layout of the building in order to contain the enormous volumes of spaces in a simple form that would be easily readable by all three categories of users. •It had two levels and both the levels were used to access the building for the public and students.•The site given for the building was a neglected and overgrown part of the campus. . Site entry level plan . HOD Room 14. Dark Room 7. Toilet (M) 15. UPS Room 9.Entrance 2. Toilet (L) 16.Students Room .Mueseum 22.Lecture room 23.Staff Room 8. Kitchen 13.Mortuary 17.Faculty Room 19.Dissection Lab 18. Faculty Room 11.Ground floor plan LEGEND:1.Histology 21. Café 12. X-Ray Room 6. Modeler’s Room 20.Server Room 24. Staff Room 10.Central block 4.Lobby 3. Terrace Garden 5. North side elevation South side elevation . The materials used for the structure of the building are • Reinforced concrete frames • Structural steel staircases and corridors •Brick walls. . •Stone is used for cladding wall surfaces • Structural glass for the north light window facades •Aluminium sheeting for cladding the brisk walls. •The treatment clinics have been provided with full 80% north side glazing that allows ample daylight to flood the clinics. •So instead of the dentist twisting and turning angle poise lamps into the patient face and dreading a power cut. the doctor can rely on daylight to illuminate the patient’s condition. skirting. FINISHES Walls: Brick walls with ACP & Stone Cladding. Curtain wall glazing on the North façade & Glass brick in filled in steel frame for corridors. dado. Its slabs have been used for flooring. the glazing has been confined to narrow slits which run horizontally and protect the south of the building in the clinic areas from heat gain. Floor: Kota stone is the hardest locally available stone.•On the south side. keeping in view the high expected usability of the building. Structure: Steel & RCC composite structure . •These staggered fenestrations also break the scale and the thin strips of windows help in exaggerating the horizontality of the structure. risers of steps etc. New Delhi . Ltd.Castro Cafe –. New Delhi. Praveen Rajputh Project Location: Jamia Milia Islamia University.. Contractor: Zumair Khan. mt Project Type: Institutional Electrical Consultant: WBG Consulting Engineers Structural Consultant: Chordia Techno Consultants Plumbing Consultants: Kumar Endecon Pvt. New Delhi Architectural Group: Romi Khosla Design Studio Chief Architects: Romi Khosla. New Delhi Design Team: Maulik Bansal. Martand Khosla Clients Name: Jamia Milia Islamia University. JMI. India Project Year: 2007 Project Area: 890 sq. Mass communication. and the winters often see temperatures below 5 degree centigrade. . where the summer sees temperatures of above 45 degrees centigrade. •Due to the extreme climatic conditions of New Delhi. • This allowed to have an ambient temperature for most of the year along with good ventilation. was expected to become hub of all social activities of the Campus.Design Concept •A Cafeteria in a University Campus located near Auditorium. This canteen was proposed as a ‘Semi open air Café’. and a variety of degrees of shade from the climate. Cultural Center. Site plan . Ground floor plan . North east elevation North west elevation South east elevation . •The building block has a kitchen block to the east. which is a fully enclosed space to cook and serve in. initially the eating enclosure is defined by two walls and a roof . . •As One walks along the length of the building westwards. Ceiling: Perforated aluminum sheet has been used as a ceiling so as to reduce noise levels within the canteen. with Sheesham wood tops.FINISHES :Kitchen: Marble Cladding over kitchen walls comes in handy for this kind of busiest place. Tables: RCC with granite top. Structure: Kitchen: RCC and Brick Eating Area: Steel . elevated from the floor on a steel I – section Floor: Kota stone is the hardest locally available stone. Roof: Coated galvanized iron sheets lay over steel framework. Eating Area: Waste off cuts of marble stacked on its side. Lights have been concealed in this ceiling to achieve a clean soffit. Furniture: Benches: Precast RCC. the client wanted his store to make a strong design statement and set itself apart from other stores..SUNEET VERMA STORE . Romi Khosla Client: Suneet Varma Located in a new luxury mall DLF Emporio among top international and Indian designer shops at Delhi. . NEW DELHI Architects: Romi Khosla Design Studios Location: New Delhi. India Chief architects: Martand Khosla. •Suspended from the metal trellis false-ceiling are hundred of flowers. from the main garment display . •The concept for the store was based on Origami – an idea of a space enclosed by folded planes of paper.•The architect sought to create a sleek.. AC ducts and vents. lazer-cut from sheets of acrylic. . understated articulation of space would convey a sense of high-end design. •The design consists of two folded white planes suspended inside a dark wooden box with requirements. •The 28 sectional permutation profiles served as the basis for the working drawings. uncluttered space that through its dynamic. The end .