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Project: Global Support Centre
Typology: Healthcare
Location: Hyderabad
Area: 8 lakh sqft
Ar. Nirmal Mangal
In designing the exterior envelope for this new building in Hyderabad, the emphasis was on supporting interior functions of the building through sustainability, technology, and marriage of science with poetry

Ar. Nirmal Mangal

The building envelope of Global Support Centre is a response to the extreme weather conditions in Hyderabad. The facade is cladded in a simplified, high-performance curtain wall system with a series of angled louvres. This system allows for maximum daylight penetration while minimizing heat gain, glare and energy use. The angled louvres shade and redirect sunlight at the right angle into the office space.

By selecting and sourcing materials that are available in the region whenever possible, maximizing access to daylight and specifying recycled and recyclable content for the exterior building components, we chose a sustainable design approach. The structure is inspired by our client’s business and more specifically by molecular chemistry. The building is simple yet striking.

The design embodies the best practices of our inside-out approach incorporating public spaces with a flexible work environment. In this way, the building itself becomes an amenity: a building that is simple, yet striking, flexible yet program specific. Our philosophy of designing from “inside-out” recognizes that the most important part of the building - its users - need to be acknowledged in terms of working style, spatial and infrastructure requirements, necessary amenities, flexibility, etc. before completion of the building shell. We view building footprint, building massing, and building envelope as a reflection of activities and requirements internal to the building.

M Moser Associates Taking a sustainable design approach