Design Team
Rooshad Shroff, Purva Kundaje, Aneri Mehta, Chintan Thakker
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.
Mizu (water) toys with the idea of ripples and reflections, played out by extruded stainless steel pipes of different diameters clad on the wall to create a rippling effect. It also features padded blue fabric walls, and the ceiling holds lights suspended from pipes of varying lengths to create the illusion of falling rain.
