Future Towers Amanora Park Town, Pune, India

Future Towers
amanora park town, pune, india

year: 2010 – 2018
phase 1: 140,000m2 with 1,068 units
phase 1, 2, and 3: 370,000m2 with 3,500 units
(phase 2 and 3 for future development)
architect: MVRDV company
• Pune ,india’s 8th largest city, ‘future towers’ aims

to provide accommodation for a diverse
spectrum of the rapidly expanding population.
• in response to the brief, MVRDV has created a

singular mountainous structure with peaks and
valleys, under which 1,068 apartments are
unified in one building.
• the project is a true vertical village that will

house around 25,000 residents in one
building.
• MVRDV's proposal seeks to provide an
alternative solution that also creates a more
heterogenous mix of residents, by offering
dwellings ranging in size from 45 to 450
square metres.
• in the original master plan, 16 separate

towers were planned, all of which would
have more or less the same type of
apartments.’
• the design features 9 housing wings ranging

from 17 to 30 storeys arranged around just
4 circulation cores.
• The resulting reduction in the number of

lifts required to service the 1,068
apartments provided a substantial cost
saving.
Ground floor plan
• The facade will be made of concrete and
the large windows will have sun protection
by ornamented metal shutters, allowing for
natural ventilation between facade and the
many ventilation shafts that cross the
structure vertically.
• The circulation spaces and public spaces will

be clad in natural stone; the balconies are
all clad in wood.
• the ‘peaks’ allow for optimized daylight

conditions and the resulting inclined roofs
allow for a number of exterior terraces,
both private and communal.
• recessed balconies on the main façades of

the residential slabs hint at the diversity of
the homes behind, with a mixture of normal
size, double-height, double-width and even
some L- shaped balconies
• the strong graphical appearance created by
the balconies is accentuated by large,
brightly coloured openings known as
‘scoops’ that puncture the building’s façade.
• The arrangement of the towers is based on

a hexagonal grid that provides space at
ground level for a variety of public
courtyards.
• These spaces are dedicated to a range of

activities and are linked by four-storey
triangular openings in the facades.
• The courtyards below are linked by four-

storey-high triangular gates, creating a 500-
metre-long walk, and also feature different
uses, with some designated for play, and
others for sport, garden spaces, and more.
• While much of MVRDV’s approach focused
on rethinking Indian housing, the design
also recognises which features should carry
over from typical housing developments.
• A simple yet effective natural ventilation

system, which both cools the apartments
and can help extract air from kitchens, helps
to make personal air conditioning units
optional for residents.
• The floor plans also incorporate the

principles of Vastu Shastra, the traditional
system of architecture (often described as
India’s answer to Feng Shui) that has long
been expected of new developments in
India.
• The double-loaded central corridors and
cores located at the nodes service the
towers, while a contiguous network of
green ventilation shafts, terraces and
vertical gardens address the
environmental responsiveness of the
dense tower.
• Future Towers also contends with social

sustainability, introducing discrete
communal spaces for senior citizens,
guest rooms, facilities for staff, alongside
restaurants and cafeterias.
• The deliberate pairings of semi-private

spaces and residential modules will
induce adjacencies and eventually foster
micro-communities.
• Faced with Indian building codes that
require refuge spaces where people can
gather in case of fire or emergency, MVRDV
turned these spaces—called “scoops”—into
defining elements.
• In such a large complex, navigating the

various cores and long corridors can be
tricky for visitors.
• But the architects shrewdly placed the

scoops along the corridors to bring in
daylight and break down distances.
• The scoops and the courtyards also help

create a series of neighborhoods and
provide a more intimate scale to the
project.
• A fiber-optic cable network and digitally

controlled infrastructure provide a
sophisticated communications and
management network,
• while systems for recycling non-degradable • This building is the first of three planned
waste, composting wet waste, and phases proposed as part of the Future
harvesting rainwater make it more Towers project, which will eventually
environmentally sustainable than most provide a total of around 3,500
developments in the U.S. accommodation units.
• MVRDV is currently working on the project's

• Though “context-sensitive”, “diverse”, and second phase.
“community-focused” may not be the first
terms that come to mind when imagining a
building that houses over 5,000 people,
MVRDV’s Future Towers is an attempt to
upend those perceptions
• It is a building that understands the

demands of Indian housing and the
expectations of Indian culture, and uses the
context of a brand new township to
reimagine how they can be combined in a
way that is better for both residents and
cities at large.
THANK YOU

Future Towers Amanora Park Town, Pune, India

Uploaded by

Copyright:

Available Formats

Future Towers Amanora Park Town, Pune, India

Uploaded by

Document Information

Original Title

Copyright

Available Formats

Share this document

Share or Embed Document

Sharing Options

Did you find this document useful?

Is this content inappropriate?

Copyright:

Available Formats

Future Towers Amanora Park Town, Pune, India

Uploaded by

Copyright:

Available Formats

Future Towers

amanora park town, pune, india

• Pune ,india’s 8th largest city, ‘future towers’ aims

• in response to the brief, MVRDV has created a

• the project is a true vertical village that will

• in the original master plan, 16 separate

• the design features 9 housing wings ranging

• The resulting reduction in the number of

• The circulation spaces and public spaces will

• the ‘peaks’ allow for optimized daylight

• recessed balconies on the main façades of

• The arrangement of the towers is based on

• These spaces are dedicated to a range of

• The courtyards below are linked by four-

• A simple yet effective natural ventilation

• The floor plans also incorporate the

• Future Towers also contends with social

• The deliberate pairings of semi-private

• In such a large complex, navigating the

• But the architects shrewdly placed the

• The scoops and the courtyards also help

• A fiber-optic cable network and digitally

• MVRDV is currently working on the project's

• It is a building that understands the

You might also like