Presidency Business School
Bangalore,India, 2013-2018
Practice : Architecture Paradigm, Bangalore
Type : Institutional
Role : Architectural Designer
Project floor area : 150,000 sq.ft
The Presidency Business school is a 12,500 Sq.ft institutional project which caters to 1830 students. The Business school is part of a larger 50 acre University campus which houses other programmes such as the Engineering, Medical & Law schools. The business school sits on a plot of 4.5 acres, bearing a sloped gradient of 9 meters running along the length of the site. This site condition thus drives the movement axis & architectural language of the built. The challenge here is to take advantage of the terrain without diluting the strong presence of the slope.
The programmes are arranged in an open plan with intermittent connectivity throughout different levels & zones. Accessibility between the blocks is achieved through a series of ramps and landings, allowing for a handicap accessible campus. The business school is zoned into classroom areas, faculty blocks, administrative areas & recreational areas. These spaces are formally interwoven into each other through terraced landscaped areas & volumetric organizations.