Abhishek Sharma

Work / Academic

Galleria, a Commercial Hub

A landscaped commercial hub for a fast-growing residential sector on the Gurgaon to Manesar corridor, where large housing estates have been built ahead of shops, public space and workplaces. Retail, food and office floors stack around a central court, with terraces, ramps and planted roofs tying the building to its surroundings.

Type
Architectural thesis
Place
Gurgaon, India
Year
2014
Site
A 7.4 acre plot in Sector 91
Type
Mixed-use: retail, food and office space
Programme
B.Arch final-year thesis
The terraced roofs: a long, low podium with a stepped upper block.

A field visit to an existing neighbourhood market set the brief: a central open court as the orienting space, shaded and arcaded circulation at the shop front, service routes behind the retail, and mixed use stacked vertically so the building is active through the day.

Above the podium the building narrows into office and studio floors, so the retail roofs below become planted terraces for the floors above.

Sun path, solstice sunrise and sunset, and prevailing winds on the site.
The site in February 2014: a levelled plot with high-rise housing on the skyline.
Site analysis sheet: location, land use, climate and figure-ground studies.
Ground floor, organised around the central court.
First floor.
Third floor. Roofs of the floors below shown in red.
Fifth floor.
Massing model: the approach elevation.
Massing model: arcade and entrance canopy.