“Collector Office” is an administrative headquarters of the district located in the heart of Pune city. It is perceived as the “Power House” and hence it needs to be designed as a “Monumental Building
This new, majestic Collector Office with an area of 18,445 sqm. follows the philosophy of vernacular architecture while achieving a contemporary form and monumentality. In a true sense, it sets a precedent for all future government buildings to follow.
It is designed on the existing site, which was meant to replace the cluster consisting of small and old structures which were found functionally inefficient to cope up with the growing occupancy and requirement of the building.
Designing a building as prestigious as the Collector Office of any city is a very challenging task. Being an important public building, it needs to accommodate a large number of employees and visitors. They come from all over the district and sometimes they need to spend the entire day in the campus. Therefore, as much as it’s an office building, it needs to have efficient public spaces , and to combine both was the major challenge while designing. The building is completely designed based on solar, passive, climate responsive design strategies. The building has been designed in 3 wings. The Connecting bridges: The bridges spanning 24M provide column less connections between the two office wings. Stone masonry has been used at the ground floor forming a strong visual base. Above it, the office building rises with vertical fins, creating a tropical skin on the façade – responding to the context and climate of the city The building facade is a crucial element of building design, hence it is designed taking into consideration its orientation and function, as major part of the façade faces west and east. Façade is protected with vertical fins to restrict the solar radiation and allow diffused light. External fins are made of GI Sheet with infill of cellular paper to make it homogenous and light weight.
The execution of the project also followed environment-friendly ways of construction as per GRIHA norms- Protection of top soil, barricading with GI sheets to reduce the air pollution, protection of existing trees, replanting the existing lawn, curing with gunny
bags to save water, labor safety, being a few of the important aspects. Multi-level parking building: It has reduced the overall building foot print, saving existing trees and connection on all floor levels allow officers to park their vehicles at the same levels of the offices, minimizing the use of elevators. This building has received various awards till date and continues to be one of the most iconic project of our firm