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12th July 2023: Architect and Interiors India | Surat Dia ...

Morphogenesis’ project, The Surat Diamond Bourse gets published on Architect and Interiors India.

FOAID 2023

7th July 2023: FOAID Ahmedabad | Surat Diamond Bourse

Sonali Rastogi has been invited as a speaker on the topic ‘Surat Diamond Bourse: Behind the design of the World’s Largest Office Building’ at FOAID 2023, Ahmedabad Edition on 7th July 2023.

SPA Bhopal

6th July 2023: School of Planning & Architecture, Bh ...

Sonali Rastogi delivered a virtual lecture at the School of Planning and Architecture (SPA) Bhopal, focusing on Contemporary Architecture.

WAF 2023

4th July 2023: WAF, 2023 Shortlisted- Completed Office Bu ...

The Surat Diamond Bourse has been shortlisted for the World Architecture Festival 2023 in Completed Office Buildings category.

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How can we design sustainable buildings across different scales and contexts?

Sustainable design can reduce a building's energy consumption by up to 80%. However, sustainable design strategies should respond to the context— they should balance the site's unique geography and weather conditions with functional and budgetary restrictions.

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PLEA 2017 Edinburgh: The Practice of Architecture in the Tropics

By Nitin Bansal, Manit Rastogi and Piya Gupta

Integrated Design Approach Architecture in some of the densest cities in India (and the world) demands highly conscious spatial consumption with office design standards reaching efficiencies as low as 50sq.ft./person. Consequently, high internal gains and stress on available resources have led to innovative developments in the way these buildings need to be designed and built. Sustainable architecture mus ...

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Maximizing Daylight in Office Spaces and Dealing with Glare

By Rahat Varma

The modern workplace is undergoing a paradigm shift of changes in usage patterns and longevity of working hours. We as architects and interior designers need to design space such that the users are more comfortably integrated with their physical surroundings at the workplace. A big contributing factor towards indoor comfort, are the lighting levels. Le Corbusier identified the significance of light in architecture best when he ...

Cancer Hospital

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Cancer Day Care Centre

By Rahat Varma

Morphogenesis takes on the design of a Multispecialty health care centre, under its corporate social responsibility initiative. This centre is located in the Pan Bazaar, Guwahati and is being set up by a group of doctors to address the high incidence of cancer in the North Eastern region of the country. According to a report by the Indian Council of Medical Research in 2013, the incidence of cancer is highest in this region of ...

Daylight

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Daylighting in Offices

By Shruti Khandelwal

Natural daylight is abundant around us. Yet most of us work indoors under artificial light, as often not enough thought that goes into making the indoor working environment more healthy and enjoyable. According to studies, people inherently prefer working near windows. It is known to stimulate the mind and reduce stress, thereby increasing productivity. Moreover, natural daylight reduces energy consumption, hence promoting sus ...