Design Team
Rooshad Shroff, Purva Kundaje, Aneri Mehta
Located in the city's exclusive Rajajinagar area, Kessaku by the Phoenix Group is a large residential project featuring uber-luxury apartments, housed in five interconnected buildings. We were approached to create distinctive lobbies for the buildings, each independently connecting to a premium 7,500-square-foot common lounge, the latter catering to all the complex residents.
We commenced with a masterplan to optimise the space for each lobby and that of the lounge area. The theme proposed by the developers was the elements of nature -- earth, wind, fire, water and air. Each lobby was named after an element, which also provided the starting point for its design.
Niwa (earth) made use of earthy materials like stone and wood, with a primarily foliage-driven palette of green and brown. A curved wall at one end featured scallops and varying shades of green marble and onyx, alongside distressed mirrors and brass, creating the illusion of dense foliage. On the other side, we used fluted wood from floor to ceiling, with a reception desk in raw cut stone veneer to add to the earthy ambience.
