Kolkata
Located within the rapidly evolving urban fabric of New Town, Kolkata, the Ambuja SPRE Mixed-Use Development reimagines a 25-acre site as an integrated urban precinct where density is shaped by landscape rather than built form. Conceived as a seamless composition of residential, commercial and retail programs, the masterplan establishes a clear spatial hierarchy that balances intensity with openness, creating an environment that is both vibrant and deeply liveable.
Rather than treating each programme as an independent destination, the development is organised around a continuous landscape framework that binds the precinct together. Retail activates the site’s primary urban edge, commercial towers engage the city’s public realm, while the residential enclave is positioned within a quieter, green setting. This deliberate layering creates distinct identities while fostering meaningful connections through shared open spaces, pedestrian networks and community amenities.
Movement across the site is defined by people rather than vehicles. By consolidating vehicular circulation along the periphery, the ground plane is liberated as a pedestrian-first environment of shaded promenades, plazas and landscaped spill-out spaces. These interconnected public realms transform circulation into an experience, encouraging interaction while strengthening the relationship between the project’s diverse uses.
Environmental performance is embedded within the planning strategy. Building orientation, passive design principles and landscape-led microclimate creation improve thermal comfort, maximise daylight and natural ventilation, and reduce energy demand. Residential towers are designed as three-sided corner residences surrounded by generous open spaces, while layered amenities across the commercial and residential precincts promote wellbeing, recreation and community life.
More than a mixed-use development, Ambuja SPRE proposes a new model for urban growth where architecture, landscape and infrastructure work in concert to create a resilient, people-centric destination that places open space at the heart of city-making.